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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
Rooted galaxy s5

I have taken the dive into rooting my Galaxy S5. When opening SuperSu it pops up a prompt to disable Samsung KNOX. I clicked cancel and have had none of the issues everyone it talking about in this thread or online in other blogs. My privacy mode still works with finger scanner. I have not been prompted to update firmware. I was able to use xposed installer and add modules with no issues. I'm also able to use titanium Backup with no issues as well. I'm able to back up and uninstall bloatware with no issues.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] reverepats:
Stock NCB Tar file, courtesy of SamMobile

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407586002
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pdelacr2:
^^^^^

What is this 1.5GB file?

Thanks
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sleshepic:
Looks like a mirror of the Sammobile Official .tar
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] reverepats:
yep, thats it...Prolly should have stated that lol
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] geolemon:
My understanding is that Knox isn't a big deal for rooting, but is a big deal if you want to install a new Rom.

It's that correct?

My S3 contract is up, and this one's my top candidate for upgrade... I'm fine running stock for a while, but just long enough to make me appreciate the features and details of a custom Rom.

...preferably without eating up all my storage because the stock ROM has to live side by side, like I think it does because of Knox. :what:

Thoughts?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eloko:
I'm in the same shoes. So that means, if root fails, just flash stock. What about triangle away app?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
Flashing custom ROMS with KNOX

Never had a problem flashing custom ROMS with a KNOX on my Galaxy S4. You have to root phone to flash custom ROMS. Once you root, KNOX is tripped and that's not a big deal. Flashing custom ROMS was not a problem for me.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] geolemon:
My coworker has an S4 on AT&T, he's more of a geek about this stuff than me - on a different custom ROM every other month.

The catch was - on that phone - the only way to install a a custom ROM was that the ENTIRE stock image had to remain in place, eating up all that storage... essentially isolated to work around whatever protection this was.

...sure you could install a custom ROM next to it, but what a waste of storage.

That wasn't true on the S4 for Sprint? That would be good news, if true.

Anyone know for sure? It's a deciding factor for upgrading, for sure. :cool:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Hey guys... to all that have rooted, can you try out Xposed Installer and tll which modules do/do not work (Wanam, Gravitybox, etc.)?! That'd be AWESOME!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] reverepats:
I saw some guys from the other S5 variants that alot of functions weren't working, but I'll give it a shot, I didnt even think about trying out Xposed to be honest!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
Xposed Installer working...sorta ;-]

I have installed and have been able to use Wanam Kit, snapcapture, snapshare, and xposed torch....still playing around with others. I know that advanced power menu on xposed and wanam are not working correctly causing phone to reset randomly until it is turn off and reset.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Joey121215:
How does one fry their screen and make it look like it's not their fault and have to pay the crazy deductible?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Bigslammu:
Bloatware D:

So now that we've got the root rolling out, anyone got a list of bloatware that we can remove without problems? I know it's a bit early but I figure it's about time for people to start compiling a list of Sprint/samsung trash. That's what i'm going to be doing for the night at least. Also, +1 on the root working. No problems here.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] cballin22:
so i rooted great its rooted but .... now i notice the voicemail icon always shows in upper left hand since rooting also i thought i backed up my system apps before removing bloat im assuming sprint id is linked to the s health app because it force closes and wont even start now if anyone can pm me the sprint i.d. apk from those who have backed up all system apps that would be great but whatever once custom roms start dropping im sure that will all be addressed n what not ..
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Sweet let us know your findings!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] cballin22:
alright so if install xposed it breaks some apps on the s5 xposed module works gravity box features work not all but if u want to use s health it breaks the app
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] reverepats:
Can confirm that Philz Recovery is working pretty well. Backups & Restores are working also. Just confirmed that, and working just fine
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eloko:
So which phillz did you use?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] reverepats:
I used his 2.62.2 version...But he is going to be releasing another version (probably today) which fixes USB Mounting. But his ealier version is working great for myself. Of course you dont really need a recovery at the moment, cause nothing is really available to flash at the moment. Just a heads up
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] cballin22:
which one did u flash to get it working?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eloko:
Cool.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tweezy_:
So a couple quick questions:

1.) If I wanna revert back to stock, all I have to do is flash the the Stock NCB tar file via Odin?

2.) Does anyone's Private Mode still work after root?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eloko:
What is private mode anyways?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] reverepats:
Yep, flash thru Odin. Remmeber one then tho, if you happen to get stuck in the boot screen, hold the power down so your phone reboots, then hold the volume up button so I boots you back into recovery. Even if your phone doesnt boot after you flash the stock tar, the stock recovery will still be installed. Just factory reset in the Stock recovery the reboot. Then it'll boot up
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] vtcp:
A few answers

1. I flashed the stock NCB file and it took away root but left everything else the same as it was before I flashed it.

2. My private mode does not work after root.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] crzy619:
My private mode works fine and I'm rooted. Look up private mode s5 on YouTube and see how to use it. Every picture I click on and want private goes private.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ChaddyPaddy:
Chainfire autoroot was painless, PhilZ Recovery flashed just fine, Xposed Framekwork is working beautifully. Confirmed, looking forward to ROM developers to make this thing fly!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eloko:
So, everything I want to do so far it works... Nice.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] evilbeef54:
ok so here is a weird/interesting turn of events, i Odin'd this and upon reboot noticed everything was exactally like i left it, no data wipe at all BUT i can now take updates again and it is back to "enforcing" mode, pretty stoked about that, i am still gonna factory reset it to see if that fixes the other issues, but nice to know you can go back to "stock" with out data wipe
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] juniorr7710:
Hi.. where and how can I place PhilZ Recovery on my GS5 - I'm rooted

Thanks
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] cballin22:
this is the one you would use ----- >>>> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2706253
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] hotstocks:
Hotspot

How do you get the free hotspot working?

Do we have to wait for a file to flash?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
Yes, there was a file to flash with the s4. I'm assuming it'll be the same for the s5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] stljim2005:
couple quick questions.??

so is there any settings to pre set in Odin when trying to do the root??? if not what SHOULD be checked just so I know and do it right..

ALSO any possible CONFIRMED wifi tethering happening??
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] stljim2005:
Nevermind previous post. Worked perfect with NO issues at the moment. Just would like to figure out tethering at least for now... hope someone gets that figured out. But until then good work chainfire!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] bmark34:
Is anyone having issues hard rebooting the S5? I'm used to holding down the power button for 10 seconds, but for the S5 doesn't seem to work. I've tried the other button combos, but to no avail. RP, thoughts?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] cballin22:
has anyone gotten heartbeat scanner to work after xposed being installed it seems to break that app
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] reverepats:
Yeah know, I haven't had the need to try that out, but it seems your right. That sux, cause I used to use that all the time when testing themes and mods. Specially when my phone wouldn't boot. Looks like we'll ha e to pull the battery the time around.

Not sure if that was a software or hardware feature. I'll try and find out today.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
I can hardly get mine to work unrooted

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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] cballin22:
when using it has to be pretty quite also u dont need to press ur finger forcefully over the scanner just hold it with lil pressure that should make it work just fine
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sleshepic:
I was also used to that on my S2, but as of using my Note 2 I got used to not being able to rely on it. That's all just to say I don't believe it's completely new, but unfortunate. My "water resistance" is surely going to be tested with all the battery pulls I ultimately end up doing
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ajmcedar:
I use Quick Boot from the app store on my SGS4, not sure if it works on the s5.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ChadH42:
Quick Boot works fine on my s5.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] bmark34:
From the OS isn't the issue, when you get stuck outside of the OS, you have to pull battery. Hopefully a firmware update of some sort fixes this. I'm betting with all the attempts by Samsung to block unofficial software, they removed this. How many normal users knew of the hard reboot...only people that dabbled in xda and the like mostly. Heck, many on XDA don't even know...Hopefully a smart dev finds a way to bring this back.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] stljim2005:
Hope we see some ROM's getting developed asap. Along with hotspot / tethering !!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
+1!! T Mobile is the first US Carrier with a ROM, although it is stock... still #progress !
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Hey guys which Philz Recovery are you using to backup and restore? Is "Philz Touch 6.26.6 klte" the correct one? Thanks!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] dpwhitty11:
I got the device on launch day and I'm just now feeling like I want to root it. Does this method do a wipe? The file is tiny so I'd assume not, but still.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Menardo:
No it doesn't... Very simple instructions also!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] dpwhitty11:
Sweeeet, last Samsung phone I had was the S3, and for that we had to do a full wipe.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] crazymook:
I dont remember as its been awhile since I rooted. Can I still accept OTA? Im thinking no...but I also seem to remember it would install and restore factory root.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] cjohnsonthe2nd:
private mode works after root, but if you install xposed framework you break private mode. Works as soon as I disable xposed.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] cballin22:
yes that is the correct one
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] K-Mack:
Rooted without issues!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sarreq:
I'd like to know this too. feeling rather constricted at work.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Shad Stang:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2718172

Wifi Tether Router is $2.50 on the play store and that has worked for me the best, but only on 4G for me at least.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] smooth703:
Fastest root ive done nice
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sarreq:
:(

this seems to only work for me for 10 minutes, then nothing, I have to reboot the phone to get any connection back
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] reverepats:
I heard that FoxFi from the market works, but haven't tried it myself. Think it's a paid app, but for you guys who need it desperately, guess that's an option
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] dpwhitty11:
I've used FoxFi for years and I can say that it is the easiest and most hassle-free way to tether. You have to install the desktop app along with it, but that takes 2 minutes and it connects super quickly over WiFi, USB, or Bluetooth.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] hotstocks:
I won't buy or root a phone till there is a flashable zip to get free wi-fi hotspot. I pay for unlimited data, I am gonna use it on a trip or rare instances. If I have a large screen phone like Galaxy 5 or Note 2, wtf is the difference if I stream netflix on my phone or to the larger screen laptop? These carriers gotta get a clue and just include it, everyone who wants it just gets around it with an app or flash anyways. Let me know when it is out for GS5 and I will go buy one, till then my GS3 does everything just as well almost.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] miked63017:
Time to buy one http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52089811&postcount=9 :laugh:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] hotstocks:
Well that was quick. Might have to order one. Is this Sprint hotspot flash confirmed working from multiple sources and testing?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] roadrunnrr:
I rooted my S5 today and I wont be able to receive OTA. If i unroot... Will I be able to receive ota's again? I hope someone knows
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eloko:
Wifi hotspot workin.. Thats fast. Good work
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
good work man!!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] DragonOutlawKing:
You will be able to receive OTA's if you unroot.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Bazirker:
I assume this root causes a yellow triangle at boot?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] reverepats:
Nope nothing like that. Not like on the S2 I browse did that!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Bazirker:
Ha, that's exactly what I had in mind, I'm coming from an Epic 4G Touch.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
Private mode

This is true for me as well. I noticed this when I first installed the xposed framework. If you have the app installed just need to go in to the framework tab and uninstall the framework files and reboot the xposed app will be installed on phone and private mode will work.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Bazirker:
Rooted. Super easy, no snags.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Majin101:
Ya installed xposed and s health fcs and the private mode breaks
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] drbadass:
Anybody tried Wanam with this yet? it says it's not yet supporting the S5 but a reviewer claims it does-- when I tried it didn't seem to work, but I'm new to Xposed stuff.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Works like a charm, so does Gravitybox. Check out my thread to see which Xposed Modules work for our device. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2716709
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] drbadass:
Thanks for the link. I believe I figured out what I was doing wrong.

Another question though-- whenever I enable and reboot, my phone connects to LTE, drops, connects to LTE, drops, then settles on 3G. This is repeatable in multiple locations. When I disable and reboot, it stays on LTE.

Any thoughts?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Enable/disable what?

Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] drbadass:
My bad-- enable/disable Wanam.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
I dunno, I didn't create Wanam, why don't you ask him lol.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Androidfreakz:
There is an update that just ota'ed
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Androidfreakz:
New update
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Bazirker:
Does it break root?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] CCallahan:
Yes but can easily root after update. See this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2729617
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
some are not able to apply the OTA update at all once rooted...i wonder why some can, and some cant?

xposed also breaks s-health
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AcE2DuCe:
Cool

I did notice I was having issues with the S-Health after it keep bugging me to update. It now crashes a lot , I just froze it for now with titanium backup.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] thcdhd:
I think I am stuck outside the OS. The phone says, " Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I can get to the downloading mode by holding power volume down and the home keys then press volume up. What are the steps from here to get back the phone?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Download the stock NCB tar found in my thread (step 2).
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sedric1:
i downloaded and extracted CF-Auto-Root-kltespr-kltespr-smg900p per my sprints version. The installation all starts fine, but it seems to hang every time that I get to <ID:0/003> recovery.img

Pretty much have to disconnect the phone at that point. Any thoughts on what might be causing that?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] miked63017:
I don't think you are supposed to extract it. Just click pda and select the tar file in odin.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sedric1:
I may have spoke wrong. I downloaded the .zip from page one and extracted the 5 files within it (so that I see the executable for Odin3-v3.07.exe).I put the .md5 file directly in the pda and it starts up. it just never gets beyond writing that recovery file in the install process - as if there isnt write access on my phone or so.

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CF-Auto-Root-kltespr-kltespr-smg900p.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> recovery.img
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] miked63017:
Do you have the latest drivers from samsung installed? Also, try running as administrator. Do any other odin files flash successfully for you?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sedric1:
yea i downloaded those fresh before my install. I was thinking of installing samsung kies and trying it again jsut to be sure.

I ran as administrator as well and same result. One thing of note;

I also tried installing phils cwm script. It takes an awfully long time to install the recovery.img through odin but it does seem as though it works (or at least says successful). Then when I go to reboot my phone into cwm, it says something about installing updates and then it doesnt show his version.. it is just the stock recovery screen :(

I'm sorta out of ideas otherwise so any ideas you have are appreciated.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sedric1:
just an update on this for anyone who runs into this brick wall like myself -> i fixed my issue after doing these things:

1. i cleared my phone's cache

2. uninstalled and reinstalled the samsung drivers (which were just installed fresh.. but oh well)

3. tried a 3rd port on my pc

4. reinstalled with no probs.

not sure if just one of those steps worked but i did them all and it worked like a charm today.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] PMGRANDS:
Definitely True in my Experiences at least... Lol
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Herby6262:
Uh oh - I had read I thought that telling SuperSU to disable knox creates other problems once you restart the phone .. i think anyway, I could be wrong but I read something like that last month. I always hit NO when it asks, but maybe you will be just fine :) Please let us know if so, Id love to turn it off lol - thx

---------- Post added at 02:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:18 PM ----------

Samsung Kies will fix this (or use Odin with the factory image from http://www.androidrootz.com/p/galaxy-s5-stock-firmwares.html or your favorite site, just make sure it is the latest one. Doing that with Odin got me going again, but using Kies allows me to now get OTA updates again. The image sees itself as Official instead of Custom :D Good luck!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sedric1:
Thanks for getting back. I was actually able to get this going. It turned out to be the usb port. For some reason the front ports on my pc didnt work,although they recognized the device, etc. Moving to the back of the pc, it worked.
[Tizen Software Development] ash99:
Here is a Link showing how to install the Tizen SDK for wearables and also has some additional links as well:

http://www.tizenexperts.com/2014/04/videohow-to-install-tizen-wearables/
[Tizen Software Development] GermanBrot:
Hey thanks for this!
[Tizen Software Development] adfree:
http://www.tizenexperts.com/2014/04/tizen-sdk-for-wearable-1-0-0-beta2-released/

After beta 1... now beta 2...

Fast steps to Tizen 4. :D

Anyway thanx for blogging.

Otherwise I would not see such news. :good:

Best Regards
[Tizen Software Development] adfree:
http://developer.samsung.com/remotetestlab/rtlDeviceList.action#

RTL seems to support wearable... not tested yet...

Best Regards
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
is anyone else? i came from a G2 hoping for a much better camera, as I preferred the GS4 camera to my G2...yeah, well I get my GS5, and i'm sitting here looking at the pics i've taken, and good god they're awful. they just look horrible compared to what the G2 shoots.

and low light? FORGET IT. if you can even get it to focus without the flash on (which it won't, at all, after numerous attempts of me trying with even lights on behind me) it's going to look like garbage anyway.

now i'm sitting here wondering if I should return it or not. I spent full price on the damn thing (after selling a GS4 and a Gnex) and i'm really wondering if it's even worth it to keep because i was honestly expecting a good camera, especially from all of the raving about it i've seen.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeremiah_1988:
Camera looks great here
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
terrible. it can't even focus on something with lighting in the room...and the outdoors pic? is this phone for real?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazie1:
There were some reviews about the galaxy s 5 camera, the reviewers seemed to not like the camera.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JBeXX:
Maybe stating the obvious, but did you remove the plastic film over the lens?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayochs:
yep, first thing i did. if ya notice, the plastic doesn't cover the sensor itself..only the outer portion.

oh well, i gave up on the S5. on top of build quality issues (the creaking/shifting body that Samsung is known for..) and that crappy camera, I just went and returned it tonight. had to pay a $35 restocking fee, but whatever. got my $600 back.

wish you guys the best!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdrussell:
You got a dud. That's too bad. it happens. My pictures are nothing like yours.

Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr

Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr

Untitled by Mechatricity, on Flickr
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] openwheelracing:
S5 has abandoned Sony sensors right? That would explain OP. Maybe new Samsung sensors are just not as good as Sony's. We all know megapixel is secondary anyway....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EVOme:
My cam is fine...I posted a pic in other thread. You got a bad phone. Exchange it. Those pics you posted aren't good.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demiurge7:
I'm happy with the cam as well. Haven't tried any outdoor shots yet but it looks at least as good as my s4 so far. I like the new options and cleaner access. Just snapped this on a whim...