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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] joo14:
The phone is already at ng3, does that mean I can't root it? And yes I meant when lollipop comes out for it, if it comes out for it..

Also, I read somewhere that I can use T mobile, Verizon, and sprint gs5 roms on the AT&T gs5, is this true?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Here's how you can root NG3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2862299

When 5.0 drops there'll be no root for the G900A as far as Roms you can flash G900T G900F but not Verizon because of not being able to flash a custom kernel Sprint would be the same but it's also a radio problem as well. GSM vs. CDMA

When flashing T mobile or International you'll just have set apns manually.

"And on that bombshell it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A powered by Pyrana Rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] joo14:
Awesome, thanks for the info s5freak.

I can root the gs5, install a custom rom and then activate my sim card, is that correct?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Activate meaning unlock sim? Or just activating your AT&T sim? There's no problem activating sim prior to any rooting

"And on that bombshell it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A powered by Pyrana Rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] joo14:
Well right now my gs3 is still activated, I want to root the gs5, install a custom rom and then get my service switched to the gs5. Is that possible?

Does the phone need to be stock for me to switch the service over?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
No it doesn't need to stock as far as needing the sim good question I'm not sure about I've rooted my S2 S3 S4 and S5 and never worried about it I just popped in the sim and rooted them.

"And on that bombshell it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A powered by Pyrana Rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Darian71:
Same here. I've always just used my same sim. What AT&T don't know won't hurt doesn't look like. I've been on prepaid though for 4 years and they just upgraded me to unlimited data with throttling beginning at 3GB
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] joo14:
Thanks guys. This is my second smart phone so I wasn't really sure how the sim fits into play. Gonna try using the one from my gs3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FtaWolf:
Sim u got for your s5 will work just fine in your s3. Still have my s3 also . Every now & then I switch out phones.

Samsung unlock Bootloader on SM-870A.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] starfox5194:
Can I get CM12 and custom kernel with double tap to wake on my newly purchased att s5? I'm assuming I need a bootloader unlock for a custom kernel. Does that exist yet?

Thanks,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
No and no and no not ever

"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my A0001
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] xCAVEMANx:
The bootloader for AT&T and VZW is locked and encrypted. You will not be able to install any kernels or CM based anything. You have a TW locked phone. Am I wrong?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
@

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AT&T and Verizon bootloaders are locked down tight.

Its not a Samsung T/W requirement. Its carrier requirement.

"All we know is... He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my A0001
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] xCAVEMANx:
No wasn't saying that TW is why they are locked... Was saying that with the 900A & V users are locked into using TW based ROMs only.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Gotcha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] starfox5194:
Ended up selling my att phone for a t mobile one. Because of the fact the bootloader is locked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Darian71:
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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
ok so im trying to root my s5 so i can use my app radio touch screen function. Towel root doesn't work on my phone because its a newer kernal and has been "fixed". I was wondering if there was any other way to root my phone or at least make it permissive so i can use my app radio touch screen function to control the phone. I see there is talk about the guy who made the towel root working for google now so there is no way of getting an updated towel root. Anyone have any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
Your answer should be in this thread.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
Thanks, the hunt begins.

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After some research i think i got it rooted! SuperSU is running and lets me give permission to certain apps, does this mean im rooted now? I also downloaded SELinuxmodechanger and if lets me click permissive but keeps returning to enforcing. Any idea why?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
Sounds like you're rooted. Can't help with permissive. I never played around with it.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
ok. So i guess now i can try out a different custom rom on this site. I dont have an sd card so ill buy one tomorrow and then try it out. Thanks alot my friend.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
You still have to install safe strap recovery. Continue your search.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
oh to clean wipe i presume.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
To back up your rom, install custom rom, etc.

Please read more about this and make sure you flash the correct rom for your device. You will learn more by reading.

Good luck.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
OK. I checked the kernal and os version but i will read up on it, thanks again youve been a great help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
Just had a sinking feeling. Did you root using towelroot? If so, did you install safestrap? If not, you've got more work to do.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
Yes i used towelroot and i also have supersu, twrp manager, selinuxmodevhanger, busy box installed, but i need to get my micro sd tomorrow in order to do safestrap. so no i dont have safestrap yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
Cool! Sounds like you are on the right path.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Here and please continue to read you're doing great

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2794087
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
thank but that kind of made me worried now. lol. How do i know if i have encryption enabled because im assuming i dont want a bricked phone?...lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
You're not going to brick your phone installing Safestrap
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
ok i just installed safestrap and created my stock recovery for safety. Im about to install this rom! cant wait but i have a question, it says stock rom only for now, i can put this custom rom on my slot 1 right? because i want to keep my stock just incase.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
Rom slots are still buggy. High battery drain. I recommend backing up your stock rom and installing in Stock slot .

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
ok thanks. WHats the easiest way to save my stock rom?

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nvm stupid question
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
Prepare yourself! Your heart will start pounding shortly! Lol

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
This is a good question though, lol. Do i put the usb fix for this rom in the stock slock as well after i install the custom rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
Yes. All fixes for the rom go to stock slot.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
LMAO. Yea its installing now then ill give it the 5 minutes before i touch anything. Im still wondering about the usb fix though. I guess thats installed on the stock slot as well them same way as the custom rom...?

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Its alive. Works fine, and i could tell a difference from the first letter i hit when i typed my wifi password. WOW i am very impressed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Smart guy you're going to do just fine just keep reading and have fun. It's very hard to brick this device if you stay with what's compatible. You can't flash custom kernels or AOSP Roms.

As long as you have backups you'll be fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
thanks i appreciate it. I was hoping to get them rom that included wifi calling but i dont think thats compatible with the g900a
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
G900T Roms are compatible but Wi-Fi calling won't work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
oh ok thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
still working flawlessly. i was wondering if you could recommend a kernal that would work with this rom and my g900a that would give me permissive selinux.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
You can't flash custom kernels on a locked bootloader period. You can't flash AOSP ROMs. You can flash mods, themes and stuff like that.

Touchwiz custom Roms only from G900A, G900T and G900F are compatible and will flash on your device. The G900F and G900T Roms will flash the system but not that Roms kernel it will keep the stock G900A kernel and run it.

The Stock kernel is still an awesome kernel.

You probably need to read this OP again it would be a good idea.

There's Selinux changers on Playstore for free.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] e_deher:
oh ok yea its still a bit confusing. I tried the ones from playstore but have not had any luck. I will try a different one and see if it clears it up. Maybe it is working but not showing up when i click on about device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] killatoyota4569:
Thanks to the OP for posting much appreciated will get to doin some work. :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MalikLS:
[FIX] Please help camera problem after flashing visionx rom on at&t galaxy s5

To fix titleHello everyone thanks for trying to help heres my problem in not from the us I actually live in a country called Trinidad. I got this at&t galaxy s5 from someone and the phone is amazing it works good and I had all but one problem I wanted it rooted. Now I have had all the other galaxys but this one I didn't know anything about locker boot leaders and stuff like that cause I'm really acustomed to my phones being unlocked this one is but with slot of complications so here's what I did. I read slot of articles and I saw my phone was on baseband of july but in order for me to root it with towelroot by geohot I downgrade to get a baseband of march now all was well until I realised my fingerprint scanner wasn't working anymore so I desperatly tried everything to get it back now I got a break through I downloaded busy box and safestrap and got a customer recover for this locked bootloader and eurika I download the vision x rom and flashed it and regained my fingerprint scanner all was well and randy and I was happy as hell until I opens my camera soon as I opened my famer the first thing I saw was a green flash and then the camera would work but it would have computer duplicated of what the camera was seeing on the screen but there is a temorary soloutiom I found I would just open my panel turn hdr off or on and the camera would work and function normal the phone records video without a hitch please help I tried everything I did factory reset I restarted the phone I cleared camera cache and still nothing its annoying the heck out of me I took some screen shots so I'll post it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Did You try dirty flashing the Rom? Someone else had the same problem in the VisionX thread

"All we know is… He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my Bacon dressed in gorgeous wiima360 Blue
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MalikLS:
I tried to dirty flash it and it didn't work it still happens I get a green flash on the screen then the camera moves slow and looks like the screen shot until I for example turn hdr on or off and it goes to working normal
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
In the VisionX thread someone had the same problem I'm not sure if they found the fix.

You might have to clean flash the Rom and start over
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MalikLS:
I did :(

I did do that my friend and sigh no luck I wonder it it was a bad download ill re download it and make sure :D Thanks slot tho.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Respect35:
Can i upgrade to android 5.0 (on odin flash sm-g900f)?:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
No locked bootloader prevents that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] M1kep:
Changed build prop and killed myself

Ok, so I have a ATT Galaxy S5, I had it rooted on 4.4.2 and I moified the build prop and changed the dpi from 480 to 10

Now I can't do anything on my phone. Also I attempted to factory reset and everything through the hardware menus and that didn't work, so now I have a "factory" un rooted phone without any touch interface. So at the moment I am downloading the SM-G900A 4.4.2 from this thread and going to hopeufly flash that to my phone and everything will be bfine and dandy, but if anybody sees this before I edit this/reply could you please tell me what I should probably do?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
This is unfortunate for you. Please people backup before you change anything. It saves so much extra work and heartache.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] M1kep:
Okay so the flash worked. Although i dont have data now.... any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Check your apns if you haven't already

"All we know is...he's called the Stig!"

Sent from my Bliss powered Baconness

Rocking XKrome
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] M1kep:
Your awesome! Thank you :D

So another thing, now that I fixed it, how would I go about updating to the latest Rootable update? Also when flashing with Oden if I have all the files should I flash all of the fields to guarantee that everything matches up? Atm I feel like there's some mismatching
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
No need to flash bootloader. NG3 is the latest rootable update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] M1kep:
Awesome, thanks for the help!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] iamwaynes:
towelroot

i cant ev en get towelroot to install. yesterday my phone automatically updated to 4.4.4' Samsung sm-g900a kernal 3.4.0-3116194

build no. ktu84p, g900aucu2aoa1

so can u point me in right direction to start rooting? ive been surfing web for 3 days.ive done this on other phones but this one is ab out to piss me off... lol

i think phone is blocking towelroot but it lets me install other rooting apps why?

thanks in advance

Judy
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
go here to root the AT&T 4.4.4 update http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58621872&postcount=1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] klaberte:
Sorry, a noob question, but can you do a nandroid backup using the stock recovery? If not, is there a good way to do a full backup straight out of the box (e.g. Odin, adb)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
You need a custom recovery to backup. Not sure about other methods. Google is your friend.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] klaberte:
Dear berniesteven,

Sorry, I appreciate the fact that you are trying to help. However, when you say "This is unfortunate for you. Please people backup before you change anything. It saves so much extra work and heartache.," you miss the point that, as far as I can tell, making a backup requires gaining root and changing the recovery.

In other words, you tell us to back up before we change anything, and then, with your most recent post, admit that you cannot (to your knowledge) back up anything without first changing many things, some of which can do bad things to your phone.

I would, in fact, like to backup my phone before changing anything. However, I don't know how to do that without rooting and installing a new recovery. How does one fix this chicken-and-egg problem? Before asking here, I spent a couple of hours with my friends xda and Google; neither provided a clear answer....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
Read the thread on rooting, make sure you are using the correct rom version and install towelroot. That will not do any damage. From there you can install safestrap and make a backup. I was referring to the post before yours in which he changed the dpi and rendered his phone useless. Not a brick, but a big heartache.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] klaberte:
Too late!

Ha! I re-read my last post and realized it might come off snippy (not my intention), and was going to delete it before you saw it! Too late! I really didn't mean any disrespect, you've helped lots of people, and hopefully me too once I get a chance to try your advice.

Just to clarify, the general approach of http://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/g900and3tong3keeprootota-zip-t2862299 is to just downgrade the kernel to a rootable version (ND3), root the phone with towel, then restore the upgraded kernel (NG3) (which shouldn't lose root), install supersu, and go? Am I getting this conceptually?

Also, changing the kernel won't change any data or apps, right?

Cheers, and thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] berniesteven:
I think you have it. Now, read it again. Practice the steps. No, I didn't think you were snippy. Good luck.

SM-G870A Peace
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Just take your time and read the steps a couple times its actually very easy make sure you have all necessary files downloaded first and we're here to help. I've done it several times and if I, a practical computer noob, can do it anyone can.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] blkghost22:
root?

I dont know if this has been brought up yet (i apologize in advance/too lazy to searchh right now) but I have found this thread on XDA and wanted to know if someone tried it on the att varient of the s5?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51907009
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rdnckreaper:
i think it might if you can find a custom recovery that works for att s5

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That makes me happy...i wanted to actually give touchwiz a try but i wanted features like kill all and the ability to write files to my external sd since att changed the permissions for that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] blkghost22:
it says that phils recovery is on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] hlb3:
ATT had nothing to do with that one, that was all Google.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rdnckreaper:
Try it out and let us know...

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So you have to have root and customer recovery so you can fix all the permissions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rdnckreaper:
Philzrecovery root

I am going to give this a try. I found out the the Galaxy S jig will put the AT&T S5 into download mode so if something messes up then I just have to wait for stock flashables.

Wish me luck guys!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ted77usa:
[MENTION=2433139]rdnckreaper[/MENTION]

Keep stock SM-G900A firmware handy from OP. Flash it via odin just in case something goes wrong to get u back.

EDIT 1: [MENTION=2433139]rdnckreaper[/MENTION] ...I used v1.85 and v3.09. Any Odin version should work as long as u have latest usb driver install and use debugging checked.

EDIT 2: [MENTION=2433139]rdnckreaper[/MENTION] ...I dont have mine yet....i guess is NOT that easy as we thought. Check your PM.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rdnckreaper:
Is there a specific version of ODIN that I need?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] hlb3:
You SHOULD be able to just install SDFix from the Play store once we have root access to take care of it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rdnckreaper:
I dont like it when someone says ALL VARIANTS!!!!

I have tried 5 different versions of ODIN and tried flashing philzrecovery but I keep getting an error on my phone and failure on ODIN.

This is what I get on my phone. ODIN fails at NAND WRITE

UDC Start

SYS REV CHECK FAIL : NO VERSION

SECURE MAGICCODE CHECK FAIL : RECOVERY

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So you were able to get it to work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] TOA Duck:
You are getting those errors because the boot loader is locked. The recovery is what is needed and Odin will not do it with a locked boot loader
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rdnckreaper:
Is there a way utilizing adb to get past the bootloader?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] TOA Duck:
Can't utilize adb without root.

Here it is simple

Locked boot loader= no root

No root= nothing. No modified anything
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rdnckreaper:
So if that is true then how is it that so many phones have been rooted without custom recoveries utilizing adb and pushing the superuser, busybox, and su through onto the phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
simple answer is this --> they are doing so on Galaxy S5's that are not AT&T variants (i.e. AT&T = locked bootloader, other Variants (Tmobile) not so much)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ted77usa:
If u guys look on ATT S4 forum, we have BL locked since it was released last year but we are able to root and install custom SafeStrap Recovery http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448925 by [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] and hopefully he would do the same for S5 community after we find root method. I was talking to [MENTION=5105831]ricky310711[/MENTION] creator of Universal S5root method and he might be able to help us making root exploit to push all root files manually using ADB command.[emoji106]

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rdnckreaper:
are there any guides to creating a root exploit? I have looked and can't find any.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] karmuh:
It's incredibly amusing to me that some people on here are so negative. Locked bootloader does not mean no root. Please, just stop with your nonsense and spreading misinformation. The phone hasn't even been out a week yet and some of you are all doom and gloom already. Coming from an iPhone, where we had to wait anywhere from 3-6 months for a jailbreak, I find all of this negativity and impatience hilarious.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
you are correct in that having a locked bootloader doesnt mean no root, however, you cant just adb push files to /system without an exploit first,

no need for custom recovery to root but you need it to flash custom roms and with locked BL your not getting a custom recovery unless SafeStrap is available for the S5 or someone finds an exploit to unlock the bootloader.

it's a viscous little circle we dealt with frequently in the HTC forums, my outlook "If there's a will there's a way"

We just need to stay positive, nothing happens overnight...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Ricky Divjakovski:
lets get this stuff on a role!

i need a few testers! if anyone can help please message me on facebook(the links below)

my ETA for a root method(if its as simple as I hear) I will release tonight, provided I have testers!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rdnckreaper:
The best thing that I can tell you to do is to find the original stock rom on sammobile and odin flash it then root with towelroot. I had to do this for my friend's s5active, he updated it and towelroot wouldn't work so I found the stock rom and flashed with odin and then installed towelroot and all went well.

Here is a link to stock rom download: http://downloadandroidfiles.org/fil...ock Files/G900AUCU1ANCE_G900AATT1ANCE_ATT.zip

If you don't want to download from there you can search for the sammobile download. But this is the original stock firmware and flashing it with odin 3.0.9 is easy. But I do know this is how you can get it to a point where you can root it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] penguinzrock:
Hi! New member here, sorry.

I guess I just have two questions:

1. If I'm on a custom ROM (like Extreme Debloat), will I have to go back to stock ROM to update when Lollipop gets pushed out?

2. I've tried going back to stock just to check out 4.4.4, but it keeps getting 'interrupted' and failing at 36%. What should I do?

Thank you for any help!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
No need to apologize for being a new member we all were at one time.

Running a custom ROM means you're rooted therefore unable to take updates.

Second question; use this threads method for going back to stock and updating to 4.4.4

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3021120