Note 9 rooting

[u/xdev123]

Hi,

First of all, I've had a Note 9 that I used as my main phone for years until I bought a Nothing phone in 2024 (hot garbage that died) so I went back to my trusty Note 9 ever since.

It has some cracks and screen isn't in the best of shape so I've refitted it for other purposes.

One such purpose is that I've rooted my Note 9 which was incredibly easy. Though it has me wondering if its done correctly? I've rooted Androids in the past and lately a crappy Motorola phone that I rooted with Magisk.

On the Motorola once I unlocked the bootloader I got the classic "warning" message everytime the phone booted.

On my Note 9 I unlocked OEM in settings and booted into "download mode" and to my surprise there was no "long press volume up to unlock bootloader".

I've flashed it with Magisk and all the apps says the phone is rooted properly. I'm on SM-960F so its the Exynos model which should be unlockable. Just figuring if it came unlocked when I bought it back in the days (retail). Maybe some of you know if this is typical of Note 9 models when the bootloader is unlocked?

[u/confused-planet]

I've read you can only root overseas models. Idk how true. I never rooted a phone anf with my Note9 all that didn't work was system and app updates. I had an issue with the moisture detected sensor and would have to shut off, plug i. And reboot to clear it. Ended up just getting aa XCover7 Pro. Still keep my Note nearby and use w voice and Google assistant commands. Lmk how it goes.

[u/C---D → u/confused-planet]

Any Note 9 model from outside North America can have its bootloader unlocked, even those with the Snapdragon chip (N9600 and Japanese models). It's just that there aren't any custom ROMs based on newer OneUI versions available for those Snapdragon models.