Rooting Samsung Galaxy V Plus Android Phone with Chainfire's SuperSU

Rooting our Android phone is a must if we want to mod our Samsung Galaxy V Plus Android phone. And the best rooting method known on Android community is Chainfire's SuperSU.

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KituTech — Well, my statement above is at least applied to older Android version like Android 6.0 and below, such as my Samsung Galaxy V which still using Android 4.4.

A more modern and popular rooting method known now amongst Android modder folks that is still being updated is Magisk. However, Magisk as of now only supports newer Android versions like Marshmallow 6.0 and up.

And so, I think SuperSU by Chainfire is a better option for my Samsung Galaxy V Plus SM-G318HZ which as the the post first written was running CyanogenMod 11 ROM powered by Android 4.4.4 KitKat.

Re-rooting my Samsung Galaxy V Plus SM-G318HZ Android phone from KingoRoot

So, on the previous post, I have shared how to root our Android device without PC using KingoRoot Android app.

Although the KingoRoot works just fine with its superuser management app, it's always recommended to switch to Chainfire's SuperSU as it was known being open source and more widely known and recognized on the Android community.

Requirements:

• Backups!
• Custom recovery installed. Also read: Installing TWRP Custom Recovery on Samsung Galaxy V Plus SM-G318HZ without PC.
• SuperSU by Chainfire flashable binary (download link at the end of this post).

Steps rooting Samsung Galaxy V Plus Android phone with SuperSU by Chainfire

1. Download the SuperSU by Chainfire flashable zip and save it on our Samsung Galaxy V Plus Android phone.
2. Boot into recovery mode: Power off our Samsung Galaxy V Plus Android phone, then press and hold volume up + home + power simultaneously, hold it for a few seconds until the phone vibrates.
3. Install/flash the SuperSU flashable zip from the custom recovery menu, example on TWRP recovery:
   • On TWRP main menu, tap Install menu.
     
   • Locate where we saved the flashable SuperSU zip file and select it.
   • Swipe to confirm Flash and wait until its done.
     
4. Clear dalvik cache. On TWRP:
   • From TWRP main menu, tap Wipe → Advanced Wipe.
   • Tick/check only "Dalvik / ART Cache" and "Cache".
   • Swipe to Wipe.
     
5. Done! Reboot our Samsung Galaxy V Plus Android phone (On TWRP, from its main menu, tap Reboot → System). The next time we reboot, we should see the SuperSU app with its iconic yellow hashtag icon on our launcher's app drawer.

And if you're using another rooting method previously like KingoRoot, it should be safe to uninstall it now from your Samsung Galaxy V Plus Android phone.

SuperSU by Chainfire flashable binary zip download link