Famous hacker Geohot has released Root for Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. Fans of Apple’s iPhone – and more specifically those involved in the jailbreak community – will know Geohot from his days involved in the cat and mouse game with Apple. In more recent times he has also gained infamy thanks to his well-publicized legal wrangle with Sony after publishing information online on how to “jailbreak” the company’s PS3 console.

Here is a complete step by step tutorial on how to root Samsung Galaxy S4 international version GT-I9500 on Android 4.2.2.