yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Mine is no longer under warranty anyway so I don't really care unless there is zero risk to remove the unlock icon, for all I care it could say "your phone is rooted!" Would be fine with me

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slick4747:
Okay - I PM'd [MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION] and sent him the specs on my phone so we'll see if that gets a solution - I know I can't be the only one with this model phone that can't get root - I started a thread in the Q&A here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2786017 and its gotten over 171 views in just a couple days but only 2 replies that didn't pan out - I also sent an adb logcat report to the gmail on his website - I'm keeping my fingers crossed and watching for replies - thanks for your suggestion - :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sashusmom:
att mega 6.3 i527

Tried TRv2 on our att mega 6.3. Still just going to an immediate reboot, with no root obtained. Logcat sent to geohot as requested in his TR site. Also, phone seemed to get a little hot. After a reboot, cooled.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mrao:
Did you try installing SuperSu and check if su binary is in place?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] madmartian:
[deleted by poster]
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] -Epix-:
You know that menu that pops up and says do you want to wait or close this app. That's what I'm speaking of. I hit wait it keeps doing whatever I tap ok it closes the app and restarts. Yep I have su installed says no binary installed and can't.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnixSlayer:
My phone is rooted and Device Status still shows Official.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] -Epix-:
Here's results.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
??

Put it in a bag of rice first :p

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I've had xposed also for 2-3 days with no problem(s).

Thanks again to @kidruck and @cubfan99 for the feedback about this :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ajd1321:
Did it trip knox?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] -Epix-:
If I could find version 1 I would love to try it. Also when I download the file it says downloading a txt file. I have to change it to apk and open
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1iwilly:
just to give you guys a head up i use towelroot on my t-mobile s5 work fine today t-mobile put out a new firmare=

PDA: G900TUVU1BNF6

CSC: G900TTMB1BNF6

MODEM: G900TUVU1BNF6

after reboot i tried towelroot either version not working.i know this is the verizon thread but just i just wanted to share it will happen to you guys if new firmware comes out.i'm going to try to go back to the previous firmware to see if i towelroot works. will keep you posted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] -Epix-:
Worked perfect on v1. Soon as I get home I'll donate thx
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Infinitodecimal:
help! can't find a way to do this

I've downloaded both versions of tr and they both reboot my phone and then nothing. The kernel date is the correct one <june 3 tried installing supersu, nothing, rootcheckers say it's not rooted

By the way i have an at&t s4 running 4.4.2

Please help me, i need to unbloat this phone
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sashusmom:
There is a link to the original TR on TR website- just below the lamda for the new download.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Peikko:
If I root my phone with towelroot, will root access stay even after a factory reset?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
Yes, because root files are under /system whereas the different types of factory reset only affect /data and /cache.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Peikko:
I see. Thank you!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MrApple24:
note 3

Quick question. I rooted my Note 3 for att. I have the custom unlock every time I reboot the phone. After a day or so I installed xposed and when I went to in the framework, it said that it failed to get root access. Does the the same thing with supersu and root checker tells it's not rooted. Any Ideas or fix.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
Did any OTA update happen with or without your knowledge in these past few days?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Can you Uninstall exposed?

Wonder if changes were made that an Uninstall won't fix?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mrgold2505:
sorry to ask but if we have already knox 0*1 this method reset to 0*0??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MrApple24:
note 3

Nope no updates have been made. I've uninstalled xposed and reinstalled and nothing. I've factory reset the phone and nothing helps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] raziel36:
No... you're not going to get that to reset.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
Have you tried rerooting?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maharajah12:
No, it doesn't my friend sorry.

If I helped you please press thanks button.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MrApple24:
note 3

Yep and still no help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zdoey33:
Same here..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mano1979:
So just to be sure... does this work on a note3 from t-mobile Netherlands? Or is it still limited to the att and verizon only?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pickupman66:
FWIW, instalin Xposed and Wanam may cause your rom status to show custom and the lock to appear, but KNOX is not tripped.

just cause I know that question will come up again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jinnk:
Is Ota update still working after rooting it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Google Play does for apps, I have no idea yet myself for Samsung or vrz OS updates.

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Yes you're able to accept OTA but if you do you'll likely lose root due to patches. I don't understand people's fixation for getting ota when you're rooting. It doesn't make sense and you should never accept the ota or security policy update if you want your phone to remain rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tcntad:
Awesomwe. Finally I can have my tablet rooted!

Anyone

Confirmed working??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hunterintustin:
The Verizon Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 can also be rooted by Towelroot. Great work and thank you for allowing me to finally rid the device of all the Verizon junk
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] eragon5779:
IT WORKS!!!!

Sent from my white SM G900V on XDA Premium 4
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DroidHam:
Now we need some custom ROMs asap :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] atown706:
nothing happens for me. Nothing to download or anything.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
THANK YOU [MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION] money will be there Thursday when I get paid:)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alsgarage:
OP will surely receive a donation from me
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] popkurn611:
How can it be that easy! Ahhhh you ate incredible [MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION]. Donating now
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] K-alz:
Not working for AT&T note 3. Gonna try again and see.

from my locked note 3!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] boosting1bar:
Confirmed working on AT&T S5 here! Cheer mate, well done!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LeKtRiCzzz:
Alas me lads it works

View attachment 2799992
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sumnerm1:
don't see download link?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
Confirmed working on ATT Samsung Galaxy S4 I337

Thanks, brutha! Donation coming your way!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hibby50:
ROOTED
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] djmouse:
worked flawlessly

SENT FROM DJMOUSE'S SM-G900A
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] putney1477:
Ok so literally I just go to towelroot.com on my phone and follow the directions? thats it? Sweet!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dejahboi:
Holy shiz i love you

-rooted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kingsley404:
Comfirmed working thanks geohot!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Nyc1231:
I'm afraid of using this Knox and all "sprint user"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] scoreboard:
Note 3 ??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] djmouse:
Amazing lol

SENT FROM DJMOUSE'S SM-G900A
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rozenstein:
I can't download the apk... Any idea what's up?

Figured it out... :p
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
While there may be a few updates and rare improvements, seems they bring in more bloatware and would undo much of the work we did to get things fast.

Again, I'll do it after others who know more do it first ?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] duboisbrian:
i see it says shouldn't tri[ knox just wanted to see what happened with other that did it

DID it trip knox or u still good

\

and will this work on a bell canada galaxy s4 4.4.2 ne1?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
I just downloaded v2 for grins and it was fine. I didn't try version 1

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A few had trouble getting root but I don't recall anyone say it has tripped Knox

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
Seems some people won't learn until it's too late

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent BlueTapatalk
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milski65:
Confirmed working Verizon s3 running 4.3. SWEET.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
So what are the options when OTA comes knocking?

1. Take the update and risk losing root and undoing much of our work then have to wait for another exploit ?

2. Refusing the update (but wont it force update after a while ?)

3. Be forced to make an executive decision and install a custom ROM?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnixSlayer:
You need to turn off your Security Policy Updates. It will unroot the phone if it's left on.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pac-Man:
It worked perfectly!

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tapatalked!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jkeuclid:
Sounds like you may need to reflash the firmware manually via stock recovery, do a full factory data reset beforehand.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] duboisbrian:
will this work on a bell canada galaxy s4 1337m 4.4.2 ne1?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jndrad:
i have searched best i can.....i can not find the file to update su binary....message on phone is NO SU BINARY INSTALLED
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
The OTA will not come knocking if you turn the updates off.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Edufex:
inew v3 root failed
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] vprocha:
wonderful

...wow ... my S4 i9505XXUFNC4, kernel 3.4.0-481100 got a root and knox-warranty-void is still 0x0:D ... many thanks for a great job.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
Reread the thread. In many places it's said how to freeze/eliminate OTAs and Security Updates, etc. Sorry I don't remember where they are amongst nearly 3000 replies to

this thread. Look for remarks also specific to your device & carrier. A lot apply to towelroot but they are also device specific.

I am speaking from my experience with my Galaxy S4 (with root, of course)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] stevendylan01:
does not work with s2 t989 variant

help in a future update may you please help work with s2 t989 when i click make it rain it freezes doesn't say any words then 10 seconds later it power down and boots up but no root:crying:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MrApple24:
note 3

I have it turned off. Still not working.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Which version supersu you using?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator

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That's what I'm using with vrz...

Freeze prob wiser than Uninstalling

I assume vrz support and protection and maybe even remote diagnostics

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] stevendylan01:
What do you mean what version sorry I'm a noob

i press the button it boots up and before i install super su i use root checker and it say not proper root access
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rakuu:
I think someone is mad...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tydiamond11:
I think that is crazy lol I love how it works though.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Longcat14:
Technically, the exploit that Towelroot uses can be used maliciously, but this is just Avast trying to get people to download their antivirus.

Never used an antivirus on Android, never will. Just don't see the point.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tankavenger:
sprint sm-n900p refuses to root

Every time I go to root my phone with the single click whether I use v1 or v2 my phone reboots and does not root. Any suggestions as what to do
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SamuriHL:
I don't want to kick up a snike storm here and I'm going to get a lot of hate for what I'm about to say. But this isn't ALL good news, guys and gals. There's a reason it's being flagged. Yes, towel root is awesome and can root a frack ton of phones. Yes, towel root is seriously easy to use. Doesn't that scare anyone at all? This thing just rooted your phone with an unmanaged su binary at the press of a button. SWEET! Except for the unmanaged su part. "So what, dude, I installed SuperSU and have it managed now." GREAT! But what's to stop a malware author from taking this exploit, removing the user interaction, and pushing an unmanaged su binary using it without any PC interaction at all? The fact that it's being flagged by antivirus and malware programs is a good thing. You don't want some unknown app just throwing su on there and having complete control of your system. Everyone gets so focused on acquiring root at all cost....but the consequences of having a security hole big enough to drive a towel through are not something people take the time to consider.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milski65:
Download super su from playstore. That's what I did for s3 Verizon on 4.3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
I did the same and froze it.

I have this suspicion too or gut feeling :confused: Root or not their system may be able to see something not being done to xxx device

Root is great, but without yet having a ROM we have to freeze/block things so we don't loose what we just got from@geo

Which is what will happen if an OTA or Security Update gets through :mad:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tankavenger:
All it says is that I do not have the support binaries installed towel root v2 isn't suppose to reboot my phone and it does and supersu doesn't work unless the root works
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gleepious:
was just about to say the same thing!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milski65:
Did you try version 1? I got no reboot on s3 version 2, rebooted, went to playstore, and downloaded super su 2.0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] JoeAngmar:
Note 3 SM-N9005 open german DTB kernel 3.4.0-636608 N9005XXUENB7

1. Download and install towelroot

2. Install SuperSU v2.0 from google store

3. SuperSu binary update fails.

4. Reboot and everything works fine (SuperSu, Titan, Rootexplorer)

5. Check Knox: 0x0

:D :good:

Damn good stuff - now my Note 3 is real alive.

Thx to geohot (payment is on the way) and the whole comunity!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tankavenger:
Yes, I tried towel root 1 and 2 neither are working I have tried more than 10 times with each.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Protibus:
Agreed. Everyone is thrilled and excited that they now have some control to tweak away with just a click and reboot...but not stopping a minute to think that someone else could also potentially take complete control of their phone or tablet too behind the scenes with just a click.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] louiscar:
Thanks for that I was worried since I don't want to upgrade to Kit kat.

Did you trip knox. I am still on MJ3 / MJ2 (see my sig). Will this work for me?

If it does it'll be a big break through for N9005 since RDLV trips knox above MJ1

Can other N9005 owners who try this please report your findings, and what Android / firmware you had and if you have knox 0x0?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milski65:
Don't know what to say. Someone pointed out on another thread it works for Verizon note 3 on 4.3 after downgrading from nc2 back. It appears hit or miss. I'm shocked how many phones it HAS worked for. Sorry.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Well there was a version a couple days ago that would not update binaries.... Once I got my hands on v1.99r5 it worked, then Later installed 2.0 from market and that too worked.

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tankavenger:
I have the sprint note 3 and it is 4.4.2 :/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ninja_unmatched:
Well I also have Avg installed on the phone for that purpose. Seems to pickup on all the problematic apps that I installed on it. It even had a problem with Riptide GP. Which I don't doubt given all the annoying ads
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] louiscar:
I think he means Chainfire's rooting method (certainly for N9005 at least).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] CheesyNutz:
Love to see this update for the newest NF1 update for the note 3 tmobile
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnixSlayer:
I totally agree with you. I use Norton Mobile Security on my phone. It caught the exploit when i downloaded towelroot. It also asked if i wanted to remove it. Of course i passed. ; )
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Minim3:
That doesn't make sense, the reason we want OTA is because we can't use custom ROMS with Towelroot, if we can then that's another story.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ninja_unmatched:
AVG saw the root exploit also. Passed it also
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Minim3:
The only reason we would accept OTA is because towelroot doesn't allow us to install custom ROM (correct me if I'm wrong), otherwise it would be a different story.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] louiscar:
In which case one can take them to court under the EU Directive 1999/44/CE as they HAVE to prove that rooting or tripping knox was the cause of damage to the phone.

https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/legal/flashingdevices.en.html

Further more there are equally many reports that UK centers have told people that the knox flag makes no difference.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Take the update and you'll likely never see root again. Similar to the s4. Early s4 was good to go, later s4 only SS.

You can disable the OTA service on your phone through titanium backup.

You can't install a rom because we have a locked bootloader. When we have safestrap that'll likely be as close to custom Roms as we get.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
And safestrap is not yet up to speed with 4.4.2 correct?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] John822:
Hahahahaha, Well said :)

the best part "misspelled caps-lock rants" hahaha
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] droopyar:
exploit

Hi,

I have decompiled the exploit.

libexploit.so using Obfuscator-clang version 3.4 (tags/RELEASE_34/final) (based on LLVM 3.4svn)

I will publish source code soon on github.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
I don't see the relationship between these. You can't install a custom rom on any phone with a locked bootloader, regardless of whether it is rooted or not, with towelroot or something else. How does an OTA give you the ability to install custom ROMs?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
For what geohot did? I'm not sure if 99% of the people here even care for the code on it.

Sent from my VW S5 using your mom.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] droopyar:
Exploit was discovered by Pie, 6 months ago aprox. And geohot just port it on android apk inserting the .so compiled linux library.

Credits to Pie first, and geohot for the porting to android.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bazzarooney:
N7100 still does not work

Just tried V2 on my N7100, still does not work. Phone just reboots straight away, install super SU from chainfire, su binary missing.

Waiting for V3 :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ireallyneedhelp:
Is there a list of which bloatware I can uninstall by Titanium Backup
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zunga:
I am having the exact same thing on my i9300i (S3 Neo). Towelroot is supposed to work with i9300i right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cubfan99:
If I hold out my foot in front of the founder of the Presbyterian Church, would it trip Knox?

-- Sent from my AT&T GS5 using Tapatalk VIP
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Minim3:
I didn't say you could install custom rom with OTA update. The only reasons why I would do OTA is usually improvements or bug fixes, battery life etc etc. If we can install custom rom which usually allows us to install the latest and greatest versions of the modded OS then there's no need for OTA, but if we can't then OTA is an alternative if the fixes are that significant. Which in this case, it's redundant because the bootloader is locked and there is no way to circumvent that.. yet.

My argument is this, to outweigh the amount of significant fixes on an OTA release against rooting your phone and freezing bloatware, which is more prevalent?. As of now, the only reason I'm rooted is because I want to get rid of bloatware to get better battery life and control features like airplane mode with third party apps, those right now are my biggest reasons, others may differ. If they decide to give back Airplane mode in the next OTA and give better battery performance, really "for me" there's no bigger reason to root.

In all honestly, we really just want better battery life and faster performance in our devices at the end of the day. :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] louiscar:
Now why would anyone worry about that? Google already take complete control of your phone and do you really trust them ? :0) Just kidding ... about the first sentence anyway.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
All due respect, you are wrong. Towelroot has never and will never prevent us from flashing custom roms. The fact that we have locked bootloaders prevents us from flashing roms.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wtherrell:
# facepalm

every app has a version number. You need SuperSU v 1.99 or higher. Playstore now has version 2.0 I believe & should work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Geohot didn't "port" anything. Pinkiepie discovered the exploit in a certain Linux kernel release. Geohot used that exploit on our kernel, which is the same Linux kernel to which the exploit applies.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ireallyneedhelp:
Is there a list of which bloatware I can uninstall by Titanium Backup?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
The best way to check su is to open terminal emulator and type "su". If you have root you'll have the root prompt, if you don't it'll tell you it doesn't recognize the command. Or you can just download the FREE root checker, from the market.

---------- Post added at 05:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:42 PM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784860
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
What measures can be taken to keep our devices safe because SuperSU has this vulnerability?

Lookout caught towelroot on my S4 almost instantly & I set it to ignore, but sadly this SU "weakness" does leave the chance of what you said
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Supersu doesn't have a vulnerability. By rooting our devices we've exploited and for all intensive purposes, permanently made this exploit possible on our phones. Unless of course you unroot and accept OTA and security updates. This is the price of root. There isn't a lot that can be done short of not rooting. Xposed has a great module called Xprivacy that manages individual app access to different information on the phone. That is a good start.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
FWIW I successfully installed towelroot & SU Sunday on my GS4. I got it 5/3/14 when I went in to see about getting my broken screen replaced on my SG3.

My friend's friend works at a verzion store and got me a GS4. Total cost was $63 & he got me an early upgrade (no $ ETF penalty) even though my GS3 was only

8-9 months old. Problem was, while he was doing the paperwork it got an OTA to 4.4.2 & locked the b/l. Thanks to @geo a month later it has root ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wtherrell:
Only if it was predestined!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
Only on Sunday :p
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wtherrell:
Only if it was predestined.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ireallyneedhelp:
Is there a list of which bloatware I can uninstall by Titanium Backup, I have an AT&T Samsung S4, not a Verizon.