yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cr4ck3r4lif3:
I wonder if we need the Odin .tar file from Samsung to realistically make this happen? Anyone know if this is available yet?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
Has been for quite some time.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2728128
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] race4it:
$50 Verizon
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byte9:
A running total in the OP seems like it would be a motivator.

Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Demiurge7:
As in, total number of pledges? I can do that... Presently at 104
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byte9:
Rather a numeric $ total ongoing. I thought it was there, if I'm missing something then apologies.

Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Demiurge7:
Yep, that's there - at the bottom of the pledge list. I can put it outside of that quote box for easier viewing on mobile.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byte9:
Ah yes, I see it now from the workstation. But definitely, like many I'm on from mobile 50% of the time.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] JACKc2402:
$100 Verizon. Godspeed.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mu9enx:
$20 for Verizon. Let's do it, gents.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Syn Ack:
Yeah you have to click the "Continue Reading" button underneath the Requirements section on Tapatalk or mobile, etc. It just doesn't show up like it does on desktop mode.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] abraxo:
Forgot to mention, my contribution is for an ATT root if mods can update that. It was $35
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] JavaManRules-GS4:
Verizon Pledges of $50.00

:good: :cowboy: $50 for Verizon. Let's go Devs Lets blow this MFO open!!!,... :cowboy: :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Wrath_unleashed:
$100 VZW
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byte9:
Damn VZW is putting us ATT to shame. I think thread placement is shining. If we get more AT&T traffic or people that searched this bounty will be a shiny nickel.

Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] smknutson:
More than likely, an exploit on one will work for the other. :)

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byte9:
Indeed. My fear is the less than likely. Now we should focus on getting some social traction and getting the word out.

Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bagery77:
Is #193 not in play at all? Great if is, still looking good if it isn't. Thanks everyone!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Syn Ack:
I'm currently funding this and the Blue Mountain State movie Kickstarter lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clickclack333:
Count me in

Count me in for 20$ verizon root.

10$ more if we ever get a boot loader unlock.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] imeowsohard:
Bounty

$2000

got some money and need this phone rooted!:good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
:eek::svetius::fingers-crossed::highfive::laugh:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tehgyb:
I'm in for 50, verizon. Let's do it up!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] galaxy s4 nutjob:
$5 at&t us
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
I hate to repeat myself in multiple threads... that said, what happened to the dev to whom a phone was donated? I think we'd all love to hear some progress updates...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rsdntevl:
I'll put down $20 for AT&T
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ryanlitwiller:
$25 AT&T
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kheltek:
By no means am I asking for an eta, but can anyone give a tangible update as to whether any progress has been made? I.e. so and so has been working for some time, etc. I think having that sort of indication will add to the thread's momentum and commitment.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Theaccomplice88:
$25 ATT
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
It's been said that A Dev was donated a device for testing but we've heard no other news since.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] open1your1eyes0:
I don't think the donation has ever been confirmed. I am only aware that the developer required one for testing purposes but not that anyone ever actually followed through with that request.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] designgears:
I had been focused on download mode for the most part, I was pointed to there still being a hashing exploit (Note 3 Root) by one of my sources, however I think he is full of it at this point. This week I have been focused on tearing down apps and looking for exploits, but I am in a bit over my head with that. Basically learning as I go. Certainly not stalled, but very slow going.

I did find one odd thing in download mode tho. If you flash a modified system image and reboot, it will kick you back to download mode. However, if you then flash a stock boot/modem/recovery/etc... and reboot, it will try to boot and not kick you back to download mode. I don't think that is exploitable and it leaves you soft bricked since system partition is blank. Still interesting you can get out of download mode with a blank system partition tho.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clickclack333:
Any way to fake a blank system partition? I have no experience with exploits like this just trying to throw anything out there.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] designgears:
Fake it? As in create a blank system image and flash it? Nope, that won't work. You can erase it, just flash a modified system image to it, then flash a stock boot image. That will make it boot up and leave you stuck at the kernel splash. Not much can be done from there, adb doesn't start.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] seemles:
$30 for AT&T

Sent from Galaxy S5 in bootloader Prison
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clickclack333:
Damn. Well keep trying.I'm throwing good thoughts at you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] demitri834:
$50 for AT&T pledged
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Kael ruch:
$100 then?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nbrent1007:
$20 for att
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jhaze84:
Retracted. I returned my VZW S5. Good luck everyone!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pj1000:
$100 for ATT
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] djmouse:
I wish we knew what was tested and hasn't worked, I read that the official firmware on Samsung site doesn't contain the bootloader files for our s5 devices anymore, I have a tmobile s5 not rooted, say I root it , use a root explorer to extract the signed unlocked bootloader from it and try to flash just the bootloader on my att s5 threw odin or stock recovery would that work, seems to easy so it must have been tried, I know on my s4 threw odin you could flash bootloaders, just an idea, if anyone knows of a thread where there discussing what methods have been tested please link me or pm me, I hope the devs are communicating on what's been tested, and I have pledged for att already.

SENT FROM DJMOUSES SM-G900A
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xXJay_RXx:
I'm down for $20 on VZW. I'm thinking of switching to the S5 but no root is a no go for me
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Yes that's been tested. It doesn't work. It seems like all old exploits have been attempted. Based on comments here and there.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2714140

There is no thread specific to what has been tested already. In fact there has been little discussion by devs of attempts. Scattered throughout the above thread are the comments of which I mentioned.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcase:
It would be a brick if you could flash them
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] djmouse:
Cool thanks for pointing me somewhere, the devs should make a dev thread where we can just read and not post , for us non devs that like to experiment, but then again I guess they would be getting swamped with pms.

SENT FROM DJMOUSES SM-G900A

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I just talked to a well known dev about it, he said it would just fail in odin.

SENT FROM DJMOUSES SM-G900A
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcase:
Flash normally using odin? Yes failure, flash another route? Yes brick. Hence my "It would be a brick if you could flash them"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] djmouse:
Well I know that the fox hound rom I was using on my s4, they were flashing bootloaders I'm pretty sure once they got to 4.3 firmwares, I never tried it the roms always worked for, he was developing roms without bootloaders, and people that wanted the bootloader would get it from the official firmware on Samsung site,and they would use Odin to flash or install it, but I heard now Samsung is not including the bootloaders in the official firmwares anymore, but idk how true that is.

SENT FROM DJMOUSES SM-G900A

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And I just heard that lastnight, so that idea of getting the bootloader off the physical phone popped in my head.

SENT FROM DJMOUSES SM-G900A
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shadowzerosix:
Does someone have a developer version S5 to donate that has the unlocked bootloader we could borrow? Or will that make a difference? Could we put a percentage of the donation towarss one of these, and could it be the holy grail?

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If this could work, we could use the dollars donated to a root method, giving all who have contributed the credits. So to get one from Samsung providing us with what s necessary to have the means of root. Correct?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcase:
Not possible
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Surge1223:
Well one thing anyone that might help would be someone saving the output of this (will be a large file ~20-50MB)

find / -type l -exec ls -lad {} \; >>/sdcard/rootsymlinks.txt

I think [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] might know something about symlinks and the init process ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shadowzerosix:
Could you please provide an elaborate explanation more than that. If I have a clear understanding it would be good for all of us, as I am sure you would ask the same.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcase:
With Google's semi recent changes to init (init itself no longer follow's symlinks), SeAndroid (mitigates many attacks) and the changes Qualcomm ( -h parameter for chmod, to not follow symlinks) added after my last round that it isn't likely to yield anything here. Plus your not going to find much without root.

Google, Qualcomm and Samsung have really stepped up their security game, it is quite nice to see the low hanging fruit go away.

Sure, if you manage to flash it, your going to end in one of two situations (I haven't seen the s5 dev bootloader, so I'm not sure which). Either the key won't match, and you have a brick, or it will recognize that it is not a dev device and behave as a normal locked bootloader.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shadowzerosix:
Thank you. For communications sake, has this been tested and confirmed? Any way of manipulating or working with these keys? I apologize but I think your answers are too polar.

For us out in the community, it will help with something more clear. I think if we could retrieve an unlocked bootloader that is an S5 variant, it that would be a good place to work from. Maybe a confirmation here?

If communication starts at some point soon please from a dev working on this, I will contribute personally to who provides a solution to this.

TO START! $50 to a root method (I'm legitimate and serious to my contribution).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcase:
For a confirmation, you are looking at a cost of around $1200 and that includes likelyhood of bricking one device. My answers here are entirely accurate as far as the end result is (it won't work).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thewebsiteisdown:
There are people offering up 2K and you think the 1.2K figure is an issue why exactly? Point us to this magical 1.2K device please.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cr4ck3r4lif3:
You asked him an question, respect his answer. He knows what he's doing and is well known and respected in the dev community.

The issue is that it won't work and has been asked and answered the same way time and time again. Retail GS5 ($600) + Dev edition GS5 ($600) = $1200.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcase:
The issue is that the theory is flawed and won't work, testing the theory will result in the waste of money. These people are offering their money for a working "product", not a "lets test things that will waste money and get no results".

Magical devices:

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/ET-G900VMKAVZW

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...=1399131863&sr=8-1&keywords=verizon+galaxy+s5

Please read the posts.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thewebsiteisdown:
I just misunderstood you sorry. I get what you were talking about now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shadowzerosix:
Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
Cmon people relax. Worst case scenario is root takes a few more weeks or months to achieve. Humans are inherently flawed. Therefore human made programs are inherently flawed. With this logic, nothing is 100% impenetrable. It's only a matter of time until there is a vulnerability or exploit discovered for either linux kernel or system (or android 4.4.2 in general) that let's us in.

Honestly, this is the first phone I've owned where not having root isn't annoying. It's fast and most bloat can at least be turned off.

When root is found, ill throw $20 to the guy responsible.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1ManWolfePack:
My buddy has a $30,000 rig that he said he'll volunteer to try and break the encryption, he just doesn't known android, he knows Linux and SELinux like a boss. He's a server admin and one helluva smart kid. The rig he has is for bitcoin farming and is a beastly machine.

If someone with the know how wants to collaborate with him, shoot me a PM and I'll get you in touch.

Sent from my HTC6525LVW
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
What's he using? GPU? FPGA?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcase:
2048bit RSA.... only looking at probably until a bit past the end of time to complete this task
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thewebsiteisdown:
What if we could join pcs like his Friends and mine because its badass too and others that are powerful as well? What's the math work out to be? He'll I'm about to rerun my water lines and reorganize the two water pumps and radiators a little bit better for more effeciency.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcase:
In that case, maybe just a day after the end of time
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thewebsiteisdown:
I'm willing to give $100 to someone for vzw.

MODERATOR EDIT - Content removed
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Stryke_the_Orc:
Guys, I've said this a hundred times already. This thread needs to stay on topic. Arguing with the one person who actually might just know what he's talking about is far from being on topic. I believe this needs a cool down period. Let's say 24 hours.

I'll reopen sometime tomorrow and give this a heavy cleaning before I do.

Thread closed.

Edit - Thread reopened. Behave.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] open1your1eyes0:
Has anyone with some skill looked into this?

https://twitter.com/djrbliss/status/463315428111310848

Confirmed with bliss he did not mean this as a joke. It is a very likely exploit.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] owenbeals:
Crossing fingers
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] chronicaust:
Anyone care to put Dan's post in layman's terms? = O
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
There's apparently a vulnerability in Novell's kernels that can be exploited. May or may not be vulnerable on the S5 and may or may not grant privilege escalation.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
Just out of respect to the mods request. I would post that twitter link in one of the other root threads and leave this for the bounty. Dont want the bount thread to go off on a tangent again and get closed. Just my thought, dont mean to disrespect or talk out of line. Just want to do what is right.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Agreed!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] open1your1eyes0:
FYI any legitimate information or working together to figure out an exploit is completely allowed on this thread (as per OP rules). The thing we want to avoid in this thread are unnecessary comments like opinions/criticism and such. Factual and helpful information is always welcome!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Stryke_the_Orc:
Pretty much this.

Orc territory. Trolls not welcome!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
I agree, i just didnt want one topic to get out of hand again. No harm no foul. Sorry
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] designgears:
It's not patched on the S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bajasur:
Is anyone able to post a link to the Verizon S5 boot.img

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
How does one get to this .img ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
just the boot.img or anything else? I have the whole oden file unzipped into all the individual img files and such. Let me know what you want and i'll dropbox it for you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bajasur:
Just the boot.img for now would be awesome. You can pm it or post here

Thanks :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
https://www.dropbox.com/home/S5?select=boot.img

You can PM me anything else you need or if you find anything. I'll also be lingering in the IRC
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clickclack333:
I'm sure others have posted this. But if anyone needs any files from my phone and can instruct me how to get them I would love to help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bajasur:
This link doesn't work at least for me?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
I'll send you a PM...standby

Edit: PM Sent
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
just then... I got that first date, stomach drop feeling. So excited for the potential of the unknown!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clickclack333:
Maybe this s5 is more vulnerable than we thought.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] greatnesstx:
I wish GEOHOT would be be interested on Rooting this phone, he likes a challenge.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clickclack333:
Ask him. See if he has looked at it. Or see if he is interested.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dibeachdude:
If GEOHOT could root this phone, I think he would have done so already. He rooted the S4 Active very shortly after it had been released--maybe, the first week or so. Hopefully, I am wrong, and he is working on it now. I think Samsung and AT&T has the devs a stumped for now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clickclack333:
well hopfully someone will find root. They may have the devs stummped. But maybe not for to long.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byte9:
Just everybody remember and remind others to not accept that security credentials update that keeps pushing.

Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RockyCJC:
I saw that on the first day I got the phone and foolishly accepted it but then quickly went into settings and unchecked the box. I saw a thread previously where someone posted their security version and mine matched so I assumed I was OK.

To be 100% sure...can anyone tell me where you would look to know whether you were updated to the latest security.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Now I hear this..lol

Below is a screenshot of latest security, anyone know if how much of a difference this can make?

Also, excuse the noob question, but what's up with being able to turn off security certificates? Is there any exploit to finding a way to clear them which in the below picture is not able to be selected?

I know this is far from anything, just wondering:)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] greatnesstx:
Just write geohot an email and if he responds which I hope he does,I would mail him my phone if he needs it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byte9:
I've the same versions. I'm on AT&T, haven't accepted the push. It's not a kernel push so it shouldn't make a difference but remember, we want to leave as many 0 day exploits open on our devices as we can. ;)

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All sorts of context grey areas here in this statement. Do you mean you wrote him and if he responds you'll donate the device? I doubt he'll need a donation, or accept one.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] greatnesstx:
My apologies,I wrote him an email stating if he would Look into it if he had time, gave a link to the thread and offered my phone for testing purposes
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] open1your1eyes0:
Two possible vulnerabilities were posted in IRC in case anyone wants to help take a look

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/k.../?id=2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/k.../?id=ef87dbe7614341c2e7bfe8d32fcb7028cc97442c
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52446661&postcount=57

Posted that in one of the other threads, maybe it'll help anyone. it came form IRC

EDIT: NINJA'D ^^^^
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clickclack333:
Ohh goodness... My hopes getting up :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Alarand:
In on $100 for att
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byte9:
There must be hope. Also, what IRC?

Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tommyd2k:
$50 here. Hope it helps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Demiurge7:
I believe the Freenode channel is #sgs5

http://webchat.freenode.net/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TechX1991:
S5 Root Ability

You all know a Root Method has been discovered right? One 30 second google session and i found it and it worked

Not sure if I'm allowed to link to the site or not, if i am allowed, i'll update this with credits to the site
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ShotSkydiver:
Not for AT&T/VZW....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TechX1991:
I didn't bother trying yet... I'm a weird dev (haven't been on here long I know, i normally keep to myself when it isn't gaming related), I usually get an exploit by accident. my iPhone 4 on iOS 7.0 was jailbroken the day iOS 7 came out but its mostly due to the Limerain exploit. I just modified a public java based jailbreak tool and it worked... so that's my approach with rooting the S5 lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Have you even read this? Look at number 4...

"4. Ensure the phone is factory unlocked (not locked to any specific carrier)."

When you buy a phone under Verizon/ATT it is locked, this will not work with ours.

Let alone even the details here don't show ATT/Verizon..please read before you post stuff like this, thanks

1. Download the appropriate CF-Auto-Root tool for your device (based on region or carrier) from the following links:

SM-G900F (International Qualcomm)

SM-G900H (International Exynos)

SM-G900M (Middle and South America)

SM-G900R4 (US Cellular)

SM-G900T (T-Mobile US)

SM-G900P (Sprint)

SM-G900T1 (Metro PCS)

SM-G900W8 (Canada)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TechX1991:
Yes i did read it, and i did notice that. Honestly, i don't care about the whole bounty thing, as long as my device is rooted, who gives a dam right? Root is Root... I don't need my device to be "unlocked" for another carrier if i already have a cell phone plan
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Well, you must not have read it well, because I go on to further explain that your link doesn't support ATT nor Verizon, which is what this thread is all about. Don't worry, you won't get a bounty, because this will not root our phones
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Martinjv71:
And where do you see at&t or Verizon listed?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kidruk:
You my friend may need to go back to the drawing board and review rooting and unlocking of bootloaders in more depth because you are just going to make a fool of yourself in here. Sit back and watch these dev's do their thing. In the mean time....... google some more information on how we do things on the droid side of things. This is no iOS.:highfive:

BACK TO THE TOPIC because these possible exploits have me sort of excited :silly:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Honestly. If you didn't want the bounty, and you read the post and saw that it did NOT say VZW/ATT, why post it, draw further time away from the purpose of this thread?

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