Samsung Galaxy S6 & Galaxy S6 Edge T-Mobile rooted ahead of launch

"Before actually rooting though, consider that KNOX will likely be tripped, and there's a good chance untripped KNOX will be required for phone based payments." - warns Chainfire, so pay attention or your Samsung Pay will become Samsung No-pay. In addition, your smartphone's warranty gets voided, which is quite a hurdle considering the S6's price.

Although the root is available in both Odin-based executable and flashable .img formats, you'll need to get your Galaxy S6's bootloader unlocked before you can do anything. As per tradition, only the T-Mobile GS6 units (possibly Sprint units too) come with an unlocked bootloader. And with Hashcode having discontinued work on Safestrap, we're not so sure Verizon & AT&T subscribers will be able to mingle with their Galaxy S6s anytime soon. But you can always purchase an unlocked smartphone, of course.