In this tutorial, we will see how to install TWRP and root Samsung Galaxy J7 SM-J700F [2015 Edition].

Preparation

Below are a few things to be taken care of before proceeding.

Requirements

1. Guide to completely backup your device
2. Download latest USB driver for your device
3. Guide to enable Developer Options and USB Debugging

Necessary Downloads

Please download the below files.

1. Odin3_v3.10.6.zip – Unzip this and keep it on your PC
2. Samsung Kies – Install this on your PC
3. twrp-2.8.7.0-j7elte.img.tar – Do not extract this. Keep this on your PC.
4. Super Su – Do not unzip this. Copy this to your phone.

Enable Developer Options

1. Go to Settings > About Phone
2. Then tap on the ‘Build number’ 7 times or until you get the message ‘You’re now a developer!’
3. Go back to Settings, choose ‘Developer options’. Find the ‘USB debugging’ option and enable it.
4. In the ‘Developer Options’ menu, you will also find the ‘OEM Unlocking’ option, just enable it.

Copy SuperSu to phone

1. Connect your phone to PC via USB Cable
2. Transfer the SuperSu.zip file from your PC to the external memory of Samsung J7 (you can also copy to internal)

Install TWRP Recovery On Samsung Galaxy J7 SM-J700F

1. Right click on the Odin3 v3.10.6.exe file and select ‘Run as administrator’.
2. Click on AP and browse twrp-2.8.7.0-j7elte.img.tar like this
3. Switch off your phone.
4. Press and hold the Power + Volume Down + Home buttonsimultaneously until its screen off and boot into a blue screen showing Warning
5. Now press Volume UP button to Continue. You will be on this screen now:
6. Now connect your Phone to PC via USB Cable.
7. You will see that first box under ID:COM in Odin has turned blue. This indicates that your device is detected by Odin and everything is fine.
8. Now click on the Start button on Odin.
9. Once the process is over, you will see green Pass like this:
10. Exit Odin and disconnect your Phone and turn it on.

Root Samsung Galaxy J7 SM-J700F by flashing SuperSu

1. Switch off your device.
2. Now press and hold Power+Volume Up+ Home button simultaneously until it boots into TWRP recovery.
3. Tick on the checkbox of “Never show this screen during boot again”
4. Then Swipe to allow modification
5. Now tap on Install and browse the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip file (If you have put it in External then tap on Storage and browse it)
6. Once you find the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip file just tap on it
7. Now swipe to confirm flash
8. Once the flashing process is done, you will get successful message
9. Now tap on Reboot system
10. Your Samsung Galaxy J7 SM-J700F has been rooted.

To check whether your Samsung Galaxy J7 SM-J700F has root access or not, just go to Google Play Store and install Root Checker and run it. Click below to get root checker:

Root Checker

Price: Free