>super obscure Samsung Galaxy J1 2015 phone (SM-J100H)
>ignored by Samsung since its release, Lollipop was out at the time of this phone's release but it still has KitKat
>rather awful phone in general
>nasty Samsung bloatware... I guess I don't have to talk about this
>'fine, then root it' you may say, but I can't even do that, because it is such an obscure device there are hardly any root methods for it
>of course no CyanogenMod or any other trustworthy ROMs for it
>I won't be getting a new phone until June and I don't want to switch to iPhone
: /
Should have done research before you bought it.
>>58015897
I got it from a cell phone plan in June 2015 and I couldn't care less about smartphones back then.
It's a Samsung running kitkat so Towelroot should work on it.
Please post in >>>/g/sqt instead of making a thread next time.
>>58016184
Tried towelroot, got this
>>58016575
Try cf-autoroot for similar devices (j3,j5 2015)
>>58016823
Would it be too risky? I really don't want to brick my phone. I tried KingoRoot once, and the task was too great for my nasty laptop. It stopped doping anything and, against all advice, I deconnected the USB cable. My phone wouldn't boot and I thought I bricked it, but I took out the battery and somehow solve the problem.
>>58015830
I got a first gen J1 (4G), 4.4.4. I got it rooted by flashing a custom bootrom and and running a chink program that I don't recall the name on my PC.
>>58018912
>>58015830
Nigga, there is a ton of tutorials on YouTube and on GSM Arena, and they look pretty legit to me.
>>58018912
ah yes, did this too since my tablet couldn't connect to my computer and needed root for flashing a new recovery.
felt really sketch having to have the internet on to have root.