yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] davidstre:
I will pay up the second this hits Verizon hopefully I'll be able to exceed my pledge. Praise the lord or rather praise the devs!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bagery77:
I will release respect, appreciation, and funds once I can actually gain root on my own phone. My offer is still valid regardless of whomever deems it chump change.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
I will donate my money as well as soon as the requirements are met:

Be the first person to create or find a method to achieve the following: CHECK

Exploiting a fully stock VRU1ANCG build to gain root access CHECK

Make a post in this thread with the following:

Proving it works with appropriate photos and/or screenshots CHECK

Providing full step-by-step instructions for which anyone else can follow

NOT YET

Wait for at least one member to follow the same method and confirm it works the same on their fully stock device with VRU1ANCG build

NOT YET

Claim your bounty via PM from pledger(s)

NOT YET
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] eortizr:
I don't really think he will claim any pledges nor release the step by step. He just like to show that he was able to.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] davidstre:
That sounds a little crazy, I would seriously jump off a bridge.

I'm like a kid on Christmas morning right now. I can finally buy an S5.

But yeah he does say no release...worrisome.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Color Green:
He specifically said he wouldn't so don't get your hopes up
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
I know, which stinks, but if he (or someone else) can at least SHOW us steps on how to take advantage of doing this vulnerability ( [MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION] I'd love to be a guinea pig if you could guide us on Verizon) then that would get the bounty money. You can't post this and not show us how!! It's not fair :'(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] faslane:
Way to go Geo. He was a huge jailbreaker in the dev team days. I'm sure he has root if he days so. +1

Sent from a very modded and tricked out beast of a Note 3.

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Sent from a very modded and tricked out beast of a Note 3.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
are these the full commands written in ADB that provides the root? (Changes coming from phone name to which I assume his was 'geohot' and instead of att to put w/e the verizon code is)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Walter.White:
Unfortunately no!

[MENTION=2348906]designgears[/MENTION] get in here and try to exploit CVE-2014-3153 for us :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Nah...

Here's info on the exploit.

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/467

http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/27fl04/another_linux_kernel_exploit_this_time_reachable/

http://www.securelist.com/en/advisories/59029

Interesting, particularly the second link.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
wellll.. readin those links looks promising as does geohots info.. now we just need some devs to work it out.. if im not mistaken bounty goes to person who meets all requirements which means also posting for all of us to use as well.. either way this brings hope back for us patiently waiting and i can wait a bit longer long as i know ppl didnt forget about us over here!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tutorialbs:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/491

"Indeed. This is probably the biggest security flaw in Linux in the past 5 years (if not the biggest ever) since it allows a full kernel compromise even from extremely tight sandboxes." - Rich (ricky?) Felker

wow.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] chronicaust:
So close, yet so far away lol.

I bet this phone rooted is a freaking monster. Battery life for daysss.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Now that I've settled down from excitement, why would he need testers for Verizon if he never plans on releasing his steps?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] chronicaust:
I like the way you think, sir.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robstunner:
Now let's hope another Dev can figure this out before Samsung releases an OTA to patch it up
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PuffJr2:
if this works out in our favor. i will be so excited.

Sent from my SCH-I925
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hashbang173:
Would this work on the VZW s4 on KK? Rather do a root on stock instead of downgrading my system.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ali87va:
I don't think it would work on the s4, what I am sure of is this could lead the devs to better understand and maybe find a different route for the s4.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xboxexpert:
I have a Verizon and I would be willing to test I have it here all day and have time.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] un4givn85:
subbed to keep on this

i cant wait for this to happen
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LoSt180:
Sub'd for process to be released. I have an AT&T phone and would love to be a tester.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
He already said he's not going to release anything.

I can understand not releasing what/how he did it (from background with Sony) but possibly a package that can help us gain root rather instead.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LoSt180:
You know how this goes, he's already communicating with some people and mentioned asking for testers. He may not release it directly, but something this big isn't going to stay in the bag forever.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
How do you know he's communicating with people? Where has he asked for testers? The only thing I've seen was the OP saying that, but he himself later posted here and didn't mention any of that himself so if it's not coming directly from him I'm skeptical.

The good news is we know w/e he did works and the exact vulnerability so another dev can finish off what he started if George doesn't want to release anything.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LuckyColdJohnson:
Yes !!!! I wonder if it will work on the s5 Active as well. Sweeeeeet
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
I sent an email offering to test. I paid full price, so not worried at all (VZW).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PuffJr2:
I still have my Note2, so i'll be willing to try this out.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Believe he was saying that this portion is implied [MENTION=5097452]Dennisg34[/MENTION]... that now that he's made people aware of the Vuln, either he is messaging them or they are messaging him, and it's going to just be a matter of time.. At least I hope.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cstayton:
Rules state that in order for the bounty to be paid the Dev MUST provide/post a user reproducible method to root, No post no bounty.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] miller1821:
Geohot doesn't care about the money. He just did it just to say he did it 1st. It will not be released by geohot as he said it would not be but did give clues for the other developers to find root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SkyAttacksX:
On the downside that other dev could be in cahoots with Samsung and AT&T... This is all risky business.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
I hate "firsts".
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sureshot007:
I'd make an exception this time.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xXminiWHOOPERxX:
[MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION] ( aka ps3 god ) - glad to see you back hacking!! Give these s5 users something to play with... But us ps3 sceners miss you.!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
now post a jailbroken ps4 and id be really shocked
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xXminiWHOOPERxX:
No cause Sony will press legal actions again.. maybe the ps3 because they'll drop support for it eventually...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
Don't get me wrong. Hell of a lot of respect for this guy doing what he did. It's just my personal preference to hate "firsts" for the sake of doing it. It's basically like saying "Hey look, I can create nuclear fusion but I'm not releasing it. I just wanted to show you it can be done".

That's great for the high, but really does nothing from a scientific/technological perspective other than to show off.

Make no mistake - he has every right to. Something like this is something to brag about. From a personal perspective, it just rubs me the wrong way. Probably because I couldn't do it even if I tried. XD
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sureshot007:
I know what you mean. I've been trying to make heads or tails of it, and I don't even know where to start. I'm at the mercy of those smarter than me, and it sucks.

That being said, of geohot doesn't want to take the heat for releasing the exploit, I will gladly volunteer to take the heat for it!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mmw68666:
I will test
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Good to see a fellow former Note 3 user here.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tutorialbs:
I love it because it's part of the innovative process. Without that incentive I think, a lot of exploits, no forget computer science, innovation in all industries would be greatly reduced. When Pfizer develops a new drug they say "Hey look, I can create a new drug but I'm not releasing it until the patent expires" because there's profit and fame to be gained.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spinedoc:
Well that sucks, why post that you can do it and not release it? Why spend all that time on it just to deflate our hopes? I know I'm supposed to respect his leet skills and resume, but it just seems like a cruel tease at this point, all those skills and all you do with them is tease a bunch of forum users. Let's hope that he just doesn't want to deal with the legal ramifications and there is a way for the devs to figure out what he has done, which is completely understandable if that's the case.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hashbang173:
"Firefox < GS5 < Chromebook"

Is this a hint?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kidruk:
8 pages in I tell you... 8 pages in smh.

:::face palm:::
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcase:
Thread cleaned-ish

Infractions and thread closures for future insults.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] johnnytraveler:
So has anyone made a donation to geoholt? I know the bounty required proof from others, but it seems like this is the big break we were waiting for (well in my case 2 days). I was gonna throw $40 towards the first, but am considering giving some to geoholt. Thoughts?

PS. Please keep it clean so the thread doesn't get locked. If you want to flame me, send me a private message.

Sent from my CromiX KitKat Tf700.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Disregard
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Nobodies gonna flame you. As far as the public knows, no one has given geohot anything because he hasn't completely fulfilled the bounty requirements.

Edit: other than misterxtc
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robstunner:
He's probably getting a fat bounty from Samsung. Geohot did a shout out to pinkie pie for the root ; http://arstechnica.com/security/201...oid-and-ios-fetch-hackers-117500-in-bounties/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] johnnytraveler:
Just wanted confirmation others were thinking or doing the same.

Sent from my CromiX KitKat Tf700.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
While this is possible, in this case it seems like, due to the severity of the vulnerability, its something that Samsung would of patched in their kernel whether or not they knew it could be exploited on the s5 for root. But who knows... good article as well.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcase:
Bounty for what? As far as I know, no OEMs offer bounties for mobile devices, and one certainly would not pay a bounty on a publicly known vulnerability. Pinkie Pie disclosed the vulnerability last week.

Pwn2Own isn't ran by OEMs, it is ran by ZDI and it is more of a contest than a bounty.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jacklex13:
I volunteer to test
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
That dude is a genius
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Russ77:
perhaps he hasn't shared it due to the pages of users basically demanding root and acting like impatient toddlers, entitled to tweak and customize their devices?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
test what? lol im sure the devs workin on it (i hope they are) will ask for testers when time comes.. geo doesnt need testers if he already has root as well as isnt going to release anything.. and i dont think oems pay to find vulnerabilites but im sure someone could work for said company that makes $ finding exploits for mobile phones etc.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cyberace1985:
he might need testers for the vzw variant as hes an att user
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mmw68666:
Count me in
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cerobles1:
Firefox<GS5<Chromebook????

Does this mean u have to own a chromebook to be able to root the AT&T GS5??? I see the light at the end of the tunnel, and I dream of the day that I'll be able to custom ROM my phone again. #Epic4GDays #CWM #AOKP
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
He's saying that the galaxy s5 is more secure than Firefox but less secure than a chromebook.

It's a clue on how to exploit it, which a fairly decent number of people around here are probably capable of doing.

Like I said, props to the guy. I still don't like "first nyanya" but he knows this is inevitable.

Trust me. We'll get root now. So will everyone on an unpatched Android device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SamuriHL:
Just remember not to take ANY OTA's that come...it's a certainty that they'll block this exploit and you'll be back to square one.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] vda0323:
Already took an ota is that means im screwed?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] weasel87:
Ok. So now we know this is possible. We know it involves the futex system. So if anyone could give a hint on how to evoke that situation and inject code?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SamuriHL:
No, I don't think so. But any further OTA's from this point would not be wise.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kidruk:
I believe I saw a post stating that if you do a factory reset you will lose the security patch. So all is not lost. Do not quote me and do some research on your end but I am pretty sure I saw that.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SamuriHL:
Factory reset does not change the version you're on. At all. It simply erases the data partition, nothing more, nothing less.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jakeprogrammer:
Would we be able to flash the original version of the stock software before any patches were made? Or is there no place to find the signed unmodified system filese?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
One, dev I believe, noted that they had accepted the OTA. Apparently at some point their phone randomly rebooted and factory reset itself. Not only did it wipe everything, it returned them to a preOTA state. May or may not be true, but this incident is that of which people are referring.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SamuriHL:
I don't know what's available for you guys and gals. I'd assume an odin image exists but I'm not sure. Nor is it guaranteed to be able to downgrade even if there was one. Hence the warning about taking OTA's beyond this point if you want to use this exploit for root.

That would be a first as far as I'm aware. I've never heard of such a thing happening. Weird.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
it wasnt a firmware OTA but a security update.. it would make sense for it to revert back.. if a kernel or firmware is updated i can see it not allowing you to go back as with the s4 and those who updated past mdk (were unable to go back and get custom recovery.)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1ManWolfePack:
Unreal how people are even complaining one bit in here. You have proof of root, who cares how he releases or tells you.

If he wants to showboat, let him showboat. He earned it. How you act from here on out will determine if you can share the spoils.

Sent from my HTC6525LVW
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] inline6power:
Just got a new s5. How do I if the phone has the security update or not?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1ManWolfePack:
This is asked about every other post, bud. Start digging.

Sent from my HTC6525LVW
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Basically if your phone isn't constantly asking you to install security policy updates then it is probably installed.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] warriorpluto:
Lol I just swipe that sucka away.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] inline6power:
So no way to check what I have then
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
We have a screenshot and a paste. A painting of a briefcase is not proof of a million dollars.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
But the source is one of the most credible ones out there. It's as if that painting was of Bill Gates' money. In case you haven't heard of this guy, read up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ricky Divjakovski:
A factory reset will not return you to a pre OTA state unless a problem occured while updating, other then that a "factory reset" wiped /data and /preload and I think in some cases the cache aswell.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SamuriHL:
So it was an selinux policy update. Yea that's not an ota at all and nothing to fear.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] detr0yt:
Yeah.... These tools that Are like uhm so what... Or it's fake.... Are C.L.U.E.L.E.S.S. GEOHOT IS BORDER LINE genius.... Literally... In one way... You can't blame the guy for not giving it up.... He has something that literally thousands and thousands of people are dying for... Priceless... That and the fact that he has Sony lurking over his shoulder probably... Lol...

I am a M8 owner... And I'm Glad to see you guys finally getting a little piece of the rooting pie.... Good luck..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Lol even though Sony has nothing to do with Samsung. But thanks for wishing us luck! Much better than the other M8 trolls here
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
May I say, I am happy to accept the show of support from an M8 owner who's not a do**he about how their phone was rooted immediately. LOL And I am excited for the wait to end for sure
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] detr0yt:
Not sure why ks3rv3rg got quoted in my last post... Nothing towards him was directed in it... Sorry....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] K-alz:
give him a couple of days/weeks and he'll release. I've read some articles about him telling people that he was going release some of the iPhone jailbreak tools in 7 years then he just did 7 days later. he's a little moody and I'd never blame him for that, as you mentioned he's got something thousands are dying for and I'm sure it wasn't that easy for him to figure it out.

from my locked note 3!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] detr0yt:
I'm a looooooong time Sammy owner... I love Sammys quality... Just not a fan of a locked down phone and touch wiz... Specially when I pay full retail price... My fiance has the S5... It really is a beautiful phone... And has so much potential... Good luck fellas

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Yeah.. Man I keep going back to the N3 threads going to see some ng of radical change... I miss my note 3...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] chronicaust:
Fingers crossed that Geohot wants to see if anyone can break his 4 day record of figuring out how to root from this point forward. Haha

You know, knowing what CVE to exploit.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] detr0yt:
Sony has nothing to do with Samsung... But it has everything to do with Geohot.. Geohot probably doesn't need two of the biggest electronic company's trying to sue him at the same time for cracking open security exploits... Lol.. And let's not forget him jail breaking Crapple.... Lol... The guy is super smart... One of the ELITE... so if anyone is saying he is a fake... They are the king/queen of newbs... Lol...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kidruk:
The guy does not owe us anything. Everyone wants a handout smh. It will come my people. It will come.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
It's just too many people feel 'entitled' to this. It's something where, if you don't know what you're doing, shut your mouth and be patient. If you do know what you're doing, good for you. We will get it when we get it! I never complained because the main thing is, this is a bonus. Nobody has to root squat for us.. They could just leave us locked.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] detr0yt:
Yup..... It's no different winning any kind of race or game...When you wi .... Your waiving your trophy up high in the sky for everyone to see... He has bragging rights for sure... And he is only 25 years old.. Insane.. Lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kenkamm:
Maybe geohot is just going to keep it in his back pocket for a while to see if he receives any calls from Samsung or their attorneys.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Not much to keep in the back pocket when you gave away to the community, other devs, and users with knowledge, where to start looking and about how difficult it is....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
He's been done with Sony for a couple years. Long as they don't find out he hacks another Sony product he's fine. But yes, only newbs would think Geohot would fake this. He's not borderline genius, he IS genius. Hacking Crapple at 17 and Sony at 19 is ridiculous.

He won't. Others who have found root on previous Samsungs have had not calls.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Chainfire:
Geohot's root is certainly real. What's funny is that some of you (maybe him included) think this is actually the first working root for this device - I assure you it isn't. The people who have these roots though (before you ask - not me) sit on them for good (to them) reasons.

While it's certainly cool that Geohot did it, publicly stating he did so and then refusing to release anything is a bit weird. Of course this is XDA, and we know drama, but still. I have heard (some of) his reasons and certainly he can do whatever he wants, but maybe he should have kept it to himself then. So he stated which CVE to use - as if that is news to the people with the skills to actually exploit these vulnerabilities.

I know you're all suddenly very excited, but in reality, nothing has changed. Vulnerabilities were known to exist and be exploitable on the current firmwares before, and they still are now. There wasn't a public implementation available before, and there still isn't one now. The only difference is this thread full of nonsense.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
Holy crap, he's the kid that unlocked the iPhone and was sued by Sony?

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By the way, I wasn't calling him a fake. I said anyone can post a picture and call it proof.

If you check other threads I've not once said it's fake. I've looked over the futex exploitable and it's definitely legit.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank You. Took the words right out of my mouth. We just all need to be patient and not beg or get mad because its been 24 hours and nothing has happened. Just take a deep breath and relax, plus its Friday enjoy the weekend if you can :good::good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fillyo:
Well, I am hoping that a root method is made available to the public before the G3 release, otherwise, I am selling this puppy, love the S5, but I want root, mostly for tether, but also to uninstall garbage, I mean VZ Navigator should be illegal!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kenkamm:
Are they secrets or can you enlighten us?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Syn Ack:
I could be way wrong but I can imagine that representatives from AT&T and/or Verizon and/or Samsung might've contacted him about not releasing the exploit due to legal action.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] l34rn:
Do I smell drama among devs?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] eortizr:
We will get root in August (S5 and Note 3). Just read the forum and you will find why I say August.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Don't tease with this info. You should post a link then if you see it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1ManWolfePack:
No, so quit trying to stir the pot. Chainfire was stating facts.

Sent from my HTC6525LVW