yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
20.00 from me so far

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KaM1KaZ3:
I never gave a pledge on here but I have made a small donation for $750 I hope it will help some for the future every bit counts $1-$5 even counts
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
OK, you beat me!.. I give!

?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
did you count this one lol.. thats a pretty penny for sure!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Sure did!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] weathertom:
Paid remaining half of my pledge (so $200 total), transaction ID Transaction ID # 9UX67134EU940510H. Thanks again!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Vanakatherock:
Guys, I am not laying claim to anything here. However, I got the Verizon GS5 two weeks ago. Up until this weekend, my boot logo & device status remained official and locked. This weekend, it started displaying the unlocked logo on boot up and the device status now says custom. I have done absolutely nothing at all to get this stuff to show up. Does know of a way to verify if the bootloader is indeed unlocked on the VZW GS5? I'd be more than willing to share any stuff to help others gain root if it is indeed 100% unlocked.

If this is not the appropriate place to discuss this, please point me in the right direction. It just has me curious how it suddenly showed up over the weekend. Again, I'm not claiming anything here, but rebooting a few times has not gotten rid of it. I haven't performed a factory reset yet to see if it would disappear, however.

- Van
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
Didn't officially "pledge" but I did promise in a post (I think on 6/16) $50 once I got root.

Hope this helps the bounty final total :thumbup:

Unique Transaction ID # 8DC54811Y2137423M

Email:geohot@gmail.com

Amount sent:-$50.00 USD

Fee amount:$0.00 USD

Net amount:-$50.00 USD

Date:Jun 16, 2014

Time:10:45:12 PDT

Status:Completed
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] landshark68:
The unlock symbol does not mean your bootloader is unlocked. Other users have reported the "custom" and unlocked padlocks randomly appearing and disappearing for no apparent reason.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spotmark:
Did you switch from Dalvik to ART?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Vanakatherock:
Yes! That is the only thing different I've done.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spotmark:
There's your answer. It doesn't mean you're unlocked, however.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Vanakatherock:
I guess it's different on Samsung as opposed to a non-Nexus device. Switched to ART on my Nexus 5 and didn't get the same result.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
I don't even know what art is and mine bounces back and forth /GS4

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] lbrito:
Pledge Paid

I just found out that Geohot got us root! Made my day!

As pledged, I paid out $55 to cover my $50 + fees.

Donation Sent (Unique Transaction ID #86367824M9750281S)

Name:	George Hotz (The recipient of this payment is Verified)

Email:	geohot@gmail.com

Thanks to everyone involved in creating and maintaining this thread as well as geohot. Also, I agree, it would be nice to have a way to indicate a good pledge track record. I'm a low post user, but I've donated to the cause many times and just kept quiet. I see a benefit in these pledge threads though, and being able to make a pledge and have some kind of proof that you've been good on your word before in this community would help.

Thanks! Time to play with root!

Hopefully there are still other like me who pledged and just haven't heard the good news!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
Hopefully there are others like you who "heard the good news" and didn't pledge but now will since they have a phone with root.

Just my .02¢ :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] inline6power:
Mine is paid..this thread was still locked when we first got root. Here is my transaction
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KaM1KaZ3:
Art is taking over we will no longer have dalvik on the next device art was the test on s5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] M3ntalPurg3:
Doesn't ART mean - Android Run Time
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Demiurge7:
Yes... which seems a bit self explanatory to me.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] addiction41999:
Thank you!!!

Donated my pledge as promised ($20), and added an extra $20 for good measure ($40 total). Thank you to everyone who worked on this project and an extra special thanks to geohot for his solution!

Transaction ID:

9TW14262883903433
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hipcatjack:
Pledged $100 ... Paid $100

Transaction ID 3WF95550RM092254D

I'll pay $200 more if we can get that pesky Verizon boot loader unlocked using this root method :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] brivette007:
Just paid the $20 I pledged.

I did it as a donation by clicking the Donate link on the towelroot site.

Confirmation #0GD21053KB910532F
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] M3ntalPurg3:
Yeah well I knew that...It was for those that didn't get it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] djmouse:
Transaction ID: 1HG2766661842 partial pledge payment last night next half next week hopfully
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] renofreak:
Great JOB!

Confirmation number: 6VJ94287SF548372N God I love this place!

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unstoppable!

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Confirmation number: 6VJ94287SF548372N God I love this place!

UNSTOPPABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dirf:
Just found out this happened. Amazing. Just donated my $20 pledge to his paypal.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] shysstkille:
Is it a new way to root the phone?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rabid_Iguana:
Pledge Paid.

Transaction ID: 82N11962SL251080M

Thanks GeoHot. Great work. Hope everyone pays up!:good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] transce080:
No pledge

Donated $10

Confirmation 4WP251214T972880K

Never having to listen to that awful volume-changed sound effect ever again? PRICELESS
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] renofreak:
Waiting on the Future now..............................................................................................................................
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xsteven77x:
Is there a bounty for unlocking the bootloader?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Not technically, but I'm sure if Geohot or anyone else somehow cracks it they will get more money. I know I will donate more

Sent from my S5 using your mom
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xsteven77x:
Maybe we need to start a new bounty? That's really the last thing holding us back.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Don't think that will matter much. The S4's bootloader (non MDK baseband) has been locked for over a year

Sent from my S5 using your mom
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KaM1KaZ3:
There would be too many out burst on another bounty plus the mod would just shut it down unless keep it locked down for pledges only but like was just said s4 been locked for a long time chances are slim
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] JesseTron:
Donated to him directly as promised. Thanks George!

Sent from my AT&T Galaxy S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LinxuSx:
$50 donation sent to geohot. Rooting my new S5 was pathetically simple thanks to your awesome work.

Confirmation number: 5TX169888D5941152
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mu9enx:
Sent my 20 as promised. Thanks brother

Transaction ID

8B230118GY100294T
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Sleepycloud:
I didn't pledge, but Geohot has been my hero for a number of years. I was super stoked when I saw that root had been achieved by him. On another note, now that root has been achieved, can I convert my phone from Verizon to Sprint? I hope someone will answer that. EDIT---> I'll post my question in the proper proper place. My bad.

Transaction Details

Payment Sent (Unique Transaction ID # 6U0177575J8871939)

Sent to:

George Hotz (The recipient of this payment is Verified)

Email:

geohot@gmail.com

Amount sent:

-$25.00 USD

Fee amount:

$0.00 USD

Net amount:

-$25.00 USD
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] az-dave:
Pledge Paid

I already got the diff phone, however I also still used his root, and thus paid my orig $35 pledge.:

David, your donation is now completePayment by PayPal

Confirmation number: 498148140Y940634P.

An email with your donation details has been sent to **********@cox.net and you can print your donation receipt.

Donations Coordinator Contact Information

geohot@gmail.com

The super-fast and super-easy rooting was by and far the easiest root ive ever done. Im rather stunned.

Thank you GeoHOT!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Captain_FSU:
Bricking and Boot Loops on Nexus 7 2013 WI-FI

I have encounter an error on two separate Nexus 7 Wi-Fi 2013's that believe Towelroot may be the cause of.

Instance 1

Last Friday I install Towelroot onto my Nexus 7 2013, rooted it, install a custom kernel (elementalx) and everything was perfectly fine until the next night when the tablet froze rebooted itself and never got past the Google boot screen again. I returned the bricked Nexus 7 to the store and got a new Nexus 7 2013.

Instance 2

Yesterday I installed Towelroot onto my new Nexus 7 2013, rooted it but did not install a custom kernel. Almost immediately whenever the tablet froze or lagged the tablet would reboot itself and either get stuck at the Google screen or the Nexus logo screen. Once stuck the tablet will reboot itself and repeat the process until I either shut off the device or it eventually boots into Android, it can take 20 or more cycles.

The only real difference at least to me is that one tablet had a custom kernel and one did not, also I do not believe Towelroot is causing the leggings or the freezes but I think it's doing something once the Force Closes occur. I have never seen this kind of a behavior before from a device that I have rooted, I find the correlations very odd. If anyone has any work around that would be great, I just reinstalled towelroot and rooted the Nexus again just to be sure and so far so good. :confused:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Demiurge7:
I would recommend asking this question on the Nexus 7 forum. This is the bounty thread for the Samsung S5 on VZW. I have not heard of any broad device errors with towelroot (other than disclaimers on known incompatible devices/versions), so my guess is it is something else. Either way, this thread is slow and is being used for posting donations... Probably won't get much response here. Perhaps try the towel root thread if no luck on the Nexus 7 forum.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
Why would you use this on a nexus device anyway?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xinfinityoO:
so ther person who pledged 2000$ .. did he pay ..just curious
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Seeing his last activity online, no, he was all talk

Last Activity: 30th April 2014 01:15 PM
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PS4AndroidHacker:
Amazing that geohot is still making money from this root method. That's sweet. What a great root. I've been rooted since the day it came out and still loving it. Just running stock rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bajasur:
Is there a link to where it shows who's all paid?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
A million pages back I made a post about who did. I haven't done the last few page's worth as I'm tired of finding my comment and editing it lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bajasur:
I can only imagine! Seems like he's done well though. Wonder if it came close to the actual bounty amount.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Perhaps with the people who came after they heard and rooted/paid, maybe. Though I think there were a few pledges that were put out, and never paid.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
[MENTION=4854133]bajasur[/MENTION] there's about 10k confirmed paid and about another 50 comments who didn't specify how much and some people who probably didn't say anything. So I'm sure he came within 3-5 grand of the bounty.

Sent from my S5 using your mom
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jpcloudsurf:
So I have 360 security installed and I'm using the data monitor feature to turn off internets to certain apps and requires root right? So I grant root permission. Every now and then when i go back in to change privileges, it tell me that the app has no root access but clearly does. So I go into SuperSU and there it is, 360 security still has root privileges granted. So I remove 360 security from root access list. Turn off phone. Turn phone back on and then everything works. I've had to do this plenty of times. Sometimes when my phone reloads the unlocked symbol doesn't show up.

Just a little new to this and can't handle it on my own any help is greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] racechan:
I want to root my HTC One E8

hi, towelroot is great. But the current version cannot root my HTC ONE E8. Can you update towelroot? Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] landshark68:
Read the last 5 or so pages of the closed towelroot thread. Towelroot will not be updated for several reasons including GeoHot now working for Google.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] racechan:
Thank you for your reply. I really want to root my HTC ONE E8. Can you help me?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Genesisss_:
Root samsung galaxy s5

Maybe i know how to root samsung galaxy s5. Is the bounty still available?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] graydiggy:
Please tell me you are trolling...

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Nevermind... You're just a new user that doesn't know how to read.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Genesisss_:
[BOUNTY] NewRoot Method Exploit -ACHIEVED!!!!!

Is the bounty still available?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Email GeoHot to collect your bounty. He may have forgotten to collect it all in June when he rooted the phone...:fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] joshm.1219:
Yes just post all your banking info on here and we will send you all the money, pinky promise
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] arvind3023:
Till this time bootloader is unlocked or not? Please tell me searching from many days. Getting frustrated, finally planning to buy a developer version of samsung S5. Anyone have have unlocked this phone or not?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Demiurge7:
Searching for many days? Its really not that hard to find out - No, the bootloader is not unlocked on the VZW S5, nor is it likely to be.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] c4manceph:
How is it possible that you could "search for many days" and not find an answer to this question?

Maybe tethered on a Sprint network?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Because he's from Bangalore and English is clearly not his first language.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] arvind3023:
Sorry but Its close to 10 days i was searching for any .apk or method avilable to unlock bootloader of samsung galaxy S5, i posted some threads also regarding that but i was not getting clear answer on this. Thanks for clearing my confustion that its not avilable for samsung galaxy S5.

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yes i am from banglore and english is not my 1st language. So sometimes i do mistake in writing or speaking. No one is born perfect. There is always some scope of learning new things, be it technology or langauage.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] whtciv2k:
English is good enough for me to understand... shame on those for making fun of you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] arvind3023:
Hi whtciv2k,

Thanks, in hindi we say "sukriya".

But better we should not have to be rude.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] c4manceph:
My intention was not to make fun of arvind3023 but I couldn't wrap my mind around why this was difficult information to find.

Now I have clarification and totally understand the dilemma he was having. Sorry arvind3023 if my words came across as picking on you. I sincerely apologize if I was received in this manner.

You're doing great!

However, I will admit that I was picking on Sprint and rightfully so....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] arvind3023:
Oh its ok... no problem.... XDA developer forum is great, its bringing developers from various country on signle platform and they all helping each other.

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Oh its ok...

XDA Developers forum is great, bringing developers from various country on single platform, they all helping each other.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] arvind3023:
Thanks for reply,

one more question i have, u specifically mentioned VZW S5, can i know what about other variants? Is it the same status for all samsung galaxy S5?

Actually for my work any variant of galaxy S5 will be ok, if it is unlocked.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Demiurge7:
Yes, other variants are unlocked to my knowledge. I believe T-mobile and Sprint, but you would have to check their threads to be sure. Your best bet would most likely be in the unified development side.

Sprint Q&A

T-Mobile Q&A

The key to getting proper answers on XDA, is asking in the right places (and then searching). Your question has no doubt been asked and answered countless times in other relevant threads. I do not mean this in a condescending way, just trying to help. XDA is great for collaboration, answers, and help... but only in the relevant arenas.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] whtciv2k:
Agreed on the Sprint comment LOL. I loves me some VZW. Even if they are money hungry, blood sucking bammas :silly:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Stryke_the_Orc:
I have only one response to this, enjoy the locked bootloaders ;)

You could go T-Mobile, but Sprint has always treated me fairly, even if the service areas are a bit lackluster.

Slithering from the nether regions of a twisted mind and tarnished soul
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] m1xmstr:
status of Samsung S5 Bootloader...

If the bounty is still on, good news should be on the horizon. More details to follow.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
Bounty for the bootloader?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] m1xmstr:
I have been passing this around work, and have a person in mind who can achieve this goal. I know others think, this guy does... We'll wait and see.

-M1X
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Boom:
Talk about a tease!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Jubeldum:
Interesting.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Demiurge7:
May be a good idea if there is realistic potential. The likelihood of that happening was always painted as "near impossible, don't bother". But I have no idea if its realistic.

This thread was a handful, to say the least, so I will pass on the opportunity. But I do believe the exposure certainly helped in getting us root. It would be great if someone started a bootloader bounty to the same effect.

Its hard not to dream over what this phone would be like unlocked...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
I agree with the positivity, but have to clarify one thing. it wasn't the exposure that gained root; one user emailed Geohot out of the blue and asked him to do it. Half the thanks should go to him!:D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Demiurge7:
Lots of people who pledged and that were active (including myself) were touching base with many developers. Certainly due credit and much thanks to greatnesstx for getting a hold of him, but nobody would be looking like we were without the exposure of the bounty. I am not saying the exposure was solely responsible, but as I put it, "it certainly helped".
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
Hm. Nothing I guess.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xuhdev:
In the case we cannot unlock it, it's a better idea to sign the petition here to ask Verizon to unlock it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] x7r gaming:
Haven't we accomplished this for verizon yet?

Haven't we all ready accomplished this?

Because i have a rooted sm s5 verizon and knox is 0x0...

and people told me if i used oden i would trip knox... it did not

Im confused...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
what you were told is wrong. we achieved root which is NOT a bootloader unlock..

Also, Odin does NOT trip knox either since its only used to flash stock tar files and has nothing to do with root or BL unlock.. its official firmware tars from samsung/verizon
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pachonk:
I'll pledge $15 to the unlocked bootloader.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Janker5050:
If your root method will work on the Verizon Note 4 there is a bounty almost at $10,000 so if your root method works you'll be in the money

Snet from my Galaxy Note 4
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shao Merng:
can u pls update towelroot so i can root my sony d2005? when i was running on kitkat (20.1.a.0.47) i could root but after i unroot and updated to 20.1.a.2.13 i cant root anymore.thx
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] landshark68:
Dude, you need to read the towelroot thread. Geohot has worked for Google for several months now and towelroot will not be updated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Stryke_the_Orc:
Indeed, and as such I think this thread has pretty much run its course. Root has been achieved and I understand the standing bounty for bootloader unlock, but if updates to towel root continue to be the topic of this thread then it will need to be closed. I'll be keeping a close eye on this thread to monitor the progression of things.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] anthony2131:
bootloader

Hey everyone, bootloader is finally almost done i will be posting thread shortly and will also be posting my perma root solution. I have a post on aicp/lollipop community on google

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I am in the final stages of coming out with a apk called PERMA root. It will root while also giving you the option to unlock bootloader. I am testing on two more devices before release. I want to leave nobody unhappy. Therefore any device you may have will work. As new phones are introduced it will only take a couple days to activate from my end. Please be patient because as you already know this is some hard work and long hour testing.

Tested devices: (list includes all carriers) (multiple devices in each listed brand tested to include s4 and s5) Lg, Samsumg, htc, and currently testing last of others. Thanks for the patience.

Be welcome to share accross XDA

[Root][/community][bootloader][/community]
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] btonetbone:
If this is real, you'd certainly be delivering a holiday miracle!! WOO!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] holywhitebread:
If you aren't full of **** and this works for an AT&T Note 4, I will donate $200 immediately.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Volvogia:
Im with you also. If this works on our Note 4s for AT&T.. then ill be donating immediately as well. Ill be watching all these threads to see what is happening at almost all times. Now if this works for the bootloader as well, then this guy is going to get a a very merry christmas gift from everyone with a locked bootloader with a samsung device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SkinnyT:
I'll donate as well if this truly works for the Verizon s5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] g_ding84:
I'm in for a donation as well if the unlocks the boot loader.

Merry Xmas :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] anthony2131:
reply/ Update

:)I will confirm 4s does work for bootloader and root. Give me time to check these othwr two devices. I want no one to be dossapointed.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SkinnyT:
I'm checking this thread every 5 minutes. Hoping it's the real deal.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] holywhitebread:
If it works on Note 4s, upload a test video to clear all doubts.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hashbang173:
If this works for the Verizon S4 (SCH-I545) on the NC5 build or later expect more donations!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zerocool79346:
Think you can expect the same thing if it works for the Note 3 on any build.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Don't get your hopes up Much

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57621646
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] leroybrute:
It's so funny how people try to start crap without any proof. Maybe enough of the negativity will run him off. It would be sad if it didn't happen, "just saying" save the trash till it doesn't happen.

Be sure to edit your post if it does happen...

Lol.!