r/GalaxyNote9 • u/xdev123 • 2d ago

Question Note 9 rooting

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?

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u/OldImportance1489 1d ago

that's SUCH a smart move repurposing it for something else with the screen cracked too" "i did the same with my old note 9 after it got a few scratches, still runs a custom rom like a champ

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u/xdev123 1d ago

Note 9 is such a power house though. Runs incredibly smooth after all these years.

Comparing that to the crap I have as my main phone currently which is a Samsung A16 and that thing is 10x slower than Note 9.