Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime Installing CWM Recovery + Rooting ( SM-G610F/SM-G610M ) Tested & Working

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The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime is a “slim beauty” but with very powerful hardware inside. Rather than briefing about it’s strong hardware we will be focusing on rooting this beasty today.

  • Know Issue
    SDCARD & EXTSDCARD not mounting in CWM ( Not being able to flash/install ZIPs )

 

  • FixI suggest you to Install zip using sideload, here’s a step by step guide :First boot up your phone into CWM recovery
    Go to Install zip update package and select Install zip from sideload
    Now connect your android device to your computer
    Download this and extract it.
    Open command prompt in the ADB folder (mfastboot-v2 folder) by right clicking in the empty space of the folder while holding the Shift key.
    Copy the Zip file you want to install on your device to the ADB folder, for example Xposed.zip.
    Run the following command to sideload zip to your phone : adb sideload <filename.Zip>
    Example adb sideload Xposed.zip
    Voila! That’s how you can flash Zip files

 

  • First Part: Installing CWM Recovery

 

  • NOTE BEFORE
    Please make sure to follow the guide carefully and thoroughly as i won’t be responsible for any damages caused to your device and also keep in mind that rooting your phone will automatically void your warranty.MUST READ
    Before you start, please note that this root has only been tested on the SM-G610F and SM-G610M variants of the Samsung Galaxy J7 prime, so kindly check your phone’s variant before proceeding.(Check the back of your device)

Required Files:

CWM & ROOT

Samsung USB Driver

ADB USB Driver

How to install CWM Recovery

After downloading the required files make sure your system has an active Samsung USB Driver or you can simply download it from here
Also don’t forget to Enable USB Debugging & Unlock OEM, this can be done by going to Developer Options and make sure to have these 2 boxes checked.
Then go to Lockscreen and Security under Settings and enable Unknown Sources.
With these done we are ready to kick-off!

Step by Step Instructions

STEP 1 : Connect your phone to your computer & Allow access to your device when the MTP Connection box pops up

STEP 2 : Now go to the ROOT J7 PRIME(2016) folder ( you will need to extract the rar file) you just downloaded and run 1-EnterDownloadMode.bat

STEP 3 : Wait for the phone to reboot into Download Mode ( If nothing happens after running 1-EnterDownloadMode.bat then you might need to disconnect and reconnect your USB cable and Allow USB Debugging (Check Always allow from this computer) when it prompts you. With this done, your device should automatically reboot into Downloading Mode.

STEP 4 : In Downloading Mode Run Odinv3.10.7.exe (Found in ROOT J7 PRIME(2016) folder) and click on AP and open
SM-G610_cwm.tar from ROOT J7 PRIME(2016) folder
After this go to Options in Odinv3.10.7.exe and uncheck both Auto Reboot & F Reset Time and finally click on start to execute the installation of CWM recovery. Wait for it to finish (When it says ‘PASS!’) and after that press and hold the Volume Down, Power and Home Button together ( To get out of download Mode ) and when you see the phone gets rebooted press and hold Volume Up, Power button and Home button to boot into CWM Recovery

STEP 5 : Enjoy! You now have CWM recovery installed

Second Part: Installing SuperSU

MUST READ
Use Volume buttons and power button in CWM Recovery to navigate through and select the different options.

How to Root

STEP 1 : In CWM Recovery, go to install zip package and then select install zip from sideload.
At this point you will have to connect your device to your computer and once done run ROOT.bat from ROOT J7 PRIME(2016) folder and wait for it to finish.

STEP 2 : Now run 3-Reboot.bat from ROOT J7 PRIME(2016) folder and you should see your phone get rebooted.

STEP 3 : Enjoy! You have just rooted your phone!

If you want to flash the stock recovery just repeat the steps for installing CWM but select SM-G610F_stock_recovery.tar or
SM-G610M_stock_recovery.tar instead of SM-G610_cwm.tar

You now have a voided warranty Cheers!


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