yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] poison spyder:
Cause you wont.....you have to either get it from playstore or chainfires website....peace✌

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Why do even want to take the ota update??......you are rooted you will lose root after you accept the ota.....and you wont be able to root again using TR if you take the ota

Be happy with what you have and do not take the ota?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnboundDemon:
doesn't work on Galaxy S5 SM-G900H either.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] YMatrix:
There also wont be support for the g900H any time soon (OP quote):
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnboundDemon:
i tried to live without root waiting for towelroot on mine, but i can't, its been 3 days and i can't stand the adds and all the stock things :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] lasset:
Oppo 7 don´t get root by towelroot
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] K-NineHD:
Someone please help me what's the modstring for galaxy s3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] JoshuaCraft:
Me too

please help me what's the modstring for Asus fonepad 7 (ME175CG,K00Z) 4.4.2
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
You need to read more! ?

Good chance ota will remove root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KaM1KaZ3:
Would not be a good idea.... Unless you really want to lose root an take the chance of not getting it back my advice would be search through the s5 forum's for more info on your device! Read! Carefully!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
If you couldn't get root after OTA couldn't you just Odin back to the earlier firmware that you could root?

Tapped It!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RoryB:
Some updates like the ATT S3 4.3 update have a bootloader that you cannot downgrade without bricking.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Verizon too!... I'm. New to all this also, fortunately Samsung doesn't update too often... my last ota update brought my kernel date to mar 28 2014, If I had taken one more ota update I would have most likely been screwed.

I'm gonna guess that virtually every ota to date will have the exploit fixed by now
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jndrad:
battery life

i used towel root to root my s3...worked perfectly...unfortunetly my battery which use to last about 15 hours, now need recharging approximately every 4 hours...any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Have you looked to see what's using it under battery in System setting?

I recall issues with S Health & exposed, I just Uninstalled it myself.

Maybe your really not out of power but your battery meter just needs recalibration?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration

There are great apps to nail down what's using your power too.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm

If you're running 4.4 you need this too https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm.rootcompanion

THIS shows you CPU usage real-time https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eolwral.osmonitor
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] vikram66778:
Can somebody plz help me... Am unable to root my s4 running on NE4(india - 4.4.2). When i click the root button its saying to connect to internet n then after few seconds its showing The Phone isn't currently supported... But my kernel was build on May 18 (b4 jun 5):crying:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
You can try all 3 versions of tw for grins but some phones just aren't supported yet... Have you viewed the list a few posts earlier?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KaM1KaZ3:
For anyone asking about downgrade after OTA! It's like a fairy tail no such thing the only way is if the bootloader was unlocked. We are currently not unlocked we have ROOT ONLY! If you have five minutes of spare time Skip back a page are two alot of questions have been asked an answered every other page a member post Working Device's!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bgmg:
You sound as is you are saying all boot loaders on all phones are locked. For clarification, Tmobile and Sprint phones are not boot loader locked. Verizon and AT&T are locked. I dont know about other carriers, but I think it's important to be clear or we will confuse more readers.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PizzaBelly:
Can't download TowelRoot

I'm using my S3 with the default browser and when i got to the towelroot website and try to download the apk it says in progress for a while then says "Download Unsuccessful". i tried restarting and it still didn't work... could someone possibly give me a link to the apk file or figure out what im doing wrong :crying:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] FoneWatcher:
your mistake was not searching the thread.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dickie73:
I've been successful in using this root method. I own a Verizon Galaxy S4, running 4.4.2 with build VRUFNC5. My big dumb butt took the OTA and lost ALL root...........UNTIL..... THIS CAME ALONG! By far the easiest root method I have ever used! I haven't noticed any issues to date, but I've turned off most of the apps that may cause problems. I've also noticed that unlike previous root methods, my s4 does not show CUSTOM on start up. GREAT if you need to go to Verizon for an issue. WELLDONE! :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
I have the exact same setup and mine showd custom unlock icon during boot until I froze sysscope. Now it boots up perfectly normal however when I go look in device status it does say custom there

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Do you have a virus checker running you need to disable? Or another malware app?

Otherwise try another browser. Boat browser works
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wwwwd83:
should've been more specific...

I am using the LG G2 D801 White from TMO... Does that matter? I tried the LG support tool method to no avail. The ota is downloaded on my phone but I haven't installed it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 3kgt:
Thanks...works great on N 9005 4.4.2

Just wounder if i can install exposed without tripping knox?

And how to unroot if needed?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PappaFloyd:
Xposed works great, Knox didn't trip for me or anyone I've heard off. You can use SuperSU to unroot or just Odin back to stock.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PizzaBelly:
could you tell me what i missed...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] landshark68:
Seriously dude. Did you not see post #4300 by windstrings? It's a mere two posts after the post you quoted.

Sent from the Shark Tank using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KaM1KaZ3:
My Fault on that should have been a little more clear about att/Verizon
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DjDiabolik:
I have try to use "1337 0 1 0 4 0" on a LG L3 II E430..... but when i click on "make it rain" the device it's rebooted and supersu not appears.... exist a exact string i can use for this phone ??

I have try to used the normal whitout strings but when i click on "make it ra1n" i obtain device it's unsupported...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Xaffin:
Disabling KNOX

so... how long does it take to disable KNOX? i've been on that window for 20 minutes now.....

EDIT: nvm. i restarted the Super SU and disabled KNOX again and it's fine.

Thanks so much!! :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Try what's listed on the tw site

https://towelroot.com/modstrings.html

Try the Samsung first
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Sazz:
Hp slate 7 extreme 4.4.2 fail to be rooted :( is there a modstring for it? any1 has tried and make it work? scared to try and brick my tab.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tkometz:
There is, it's not called "Knox counter" it says "warranty bit" and either "0" (Knox not tripped) or "1" (Knox has been tripped and warranty is void).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] EagleTalon1:
( off topic ) do somebody experience delay in de sgs5? Android system at 23% almost more then Screen , it feel like everythings get delay specially when typing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Versatile1:
Isn't the Nexus unlocked? Couldn't you just flash recovery?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] soralanthanas:
i9305

sadly tr3 does not work for my s3 lte (i9305 intl.) 4.3; even with "1337 0 1 7380 4 0" it does nothing besides rebooting.

Has anybody get to root by a different limit_offset?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cska133:
Trekstor Xiron 7.0 HD, model nr. ST70408-1 freezes

After clicking on Let it rain-Button, my Tablet get freezed... no futher action by towelroot and and the system is busy, I have to long press the startup button to reboot.

My tablet is Trekstor Xiron 7.0 HD, model nr. ST70408-1, kernel date Nov. 2013, Android 4.2.2, Quadcore 1Ghz, 1Gb RAM DDR3, HD IPS Display 1280x800.

Experimenting with the modstrings dosent bring success, somethimes tablet dosent freez but than the towelroot app hangs

Is it possible to do something to get Towelroot to work? Do you need more info about my Tablet?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] korabio:
samsung galaxy s3 neo I9301IXXUANF4 root failed with all the string proposed... anyone can have the correct string? thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hoyagajjang:
SC-01F 4.4.2 Root fail

HI.

sc-01f 4.4.2 firmware is not rooting.

Could you please update tool?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] vikram66778:
I hav tried v1 & v3 on my S4 without any success... Moreover i hav checked the compatibility list n didn't find my device (i9500) under any category even though there is working root on i9505:crying::eek:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Try modstrings yet?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] poison spyder:
Its a no go for the exynos version.....must be something to do with the SoC?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gorcutt:
I disabled it using Titanium Backup. At the time it did seem more logical for me.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MeatHammer311:
US Cellular Galaxy Mega Root??

Towelroot will not work on my phone I get that. Is there any way someone could use the mod strings to make it root my phone. I have tried every other way of rooting and none work. When I got this phone it was already updated to 4.4.2 and none work with it. The kernel was made on June 4th. I know that towelroot does not work with one past June 3rd... Can someone please help???
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rebelduke:
My schooling is many years in the past but the way I was taught the symbols was that

less than

was represented by " < " and

greater than

was represented by " > ". I realize many, many things have changed but basic math has been a constant tho these many years.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] vikram66778:
What's "SoC":confused: so international version of s4 can't b rooted by Towelroot:(:(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MeatHammer311:
...

OK Genius. I was just asking for some help on this...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] laserbiz:
I have been reading and I still cant find if my phone... a Samsung Galaxy NOTE 3 Verizon, Model: SM-N900V , Android version 4.4.2 and Kernel Version 3.4.0 dated April 28 2014 will obtain root if I use the Towel Root apk. Thanks for your help in advance! (please be kind)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Right on the Original Post..

'Note 3 with kernel 3.4.0-722276 is FIXED! Redownload.'
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] laserbiz:
Redownload Towelroot? How do I check the version of Towel root?

OK never mind I was just scared to try the towelroot...but I went ahead and did it and i guess I have root, I downloaded Titanium back up and it said I have root! So now for my next blond question where should I get the superuser apk?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] poison spyder:
SoC stands for system on chip or in layman terms your phone chipset(exynos).........presently it cannot be rooted by using TR but you can always use CF auto root if you dont care about your warranty?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] vikram66778:
CF-Auto root will trip Knox, right??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] poison spyder:
Yep absolutely
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] laserbiz:
so after installing chain fire's SU and updating it, when I reboot is says Custom with an open padlock... is that supposed to happen, and what do I need to do to get rid of it?

As always thanks for your help and please be kind!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
SuperSU on Play Store
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrbxx7:
Ya it's normal. U can try wanam to get rid of it. Some devs have removed it on custom Roms also.

TaPpEd from my XpOsEd 4.4.2 NIII
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] laserbiz:
OK, so one last question... I promise! How do I stop an OTA from mucking up my recently gained root? Can I use Titanium back up to freeze any OTA that might come my way and if yes, how do I go about doing that? Many thanks to all that have responded!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrbxx7:
Make sure to freeze or remove the sdm app.

TaPpEd from my XpOsEd 4.4.2 NIII
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] roby59:
hello guys any news about note 10.1 (8020) updated at kitkat?

thanks a lot and ciao
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PappaFloyd:
I also froze the Security_policy update app to get rid of that security update pop-up
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
Just want to caution you guys that the only foolproof way is to remove the updaters. Freezing them only marks them as dormant but the code is still there and can still be activated by other processes. I have experienced this myself firsthand and there are a few threads on the xda discussing this very phenomenon. So here are two ways to do it:

1- open titanium, find and click on the app you want to disable, first make a backup, then uninstall.

2- this is my preferred method: open the terminal emulator, locate the apk you want to disable (normally under /system/app or /system/priv-app) and run the following:

su

mount -o rw,remount /system

cd /system/app (or /system/priv-app)

mv apptobedisabled.apk apptobedisabled.apk.bac

mv apptobedisabled.odex apptobedisabled.odex.bac (only if the apk has an associated odex file)

mount -o ro,remount /system

reboot

Both methods are reversible but the second preserves the original timestamp of the files you are disabling.

**EDIT: I modified the code a little to properly mount /system
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
What happens if you back them up and then just Uninstall without doing the terminal emulator stuff?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
1- You don't need Titanium for the second method and have full control over what is going on.

2- Titanium saves your backup file on your SD card. That is a user's area and as such is read/writable by anyone so you can easily delete your backups if you make a mistake. Whereas in the second one, the disabled apks are still in /system and unless you purposely mount /system as writable you cannot delete them by mistake.

3- Finally, I always tell anyone who is obsessing over the custom padlock that it really doesn't matter because anyone with a little patience can find out if you have ever rooted your system, regardless of what that padlock says. One of the many ways I can tell if you have modified your system is to look at the timestamp of the files in your /system and if some of them don't match the majority of the rest it means at some point you have modified your system partition. When you backup and uninstall, and subsequently restore with Titanium the timestamp of your files change which is a telltale of a modified system.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wizky911:
Can anyone confirm this to work on the 4.4.2 Sprint Galaxy Note 3 without tripping Knox?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Luis945:
No harm in trying it yourself. Worse case scenario it doesn't work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Elements95:
Has anyone managed to do this on the T-Mobile Note 2?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wizky911:
Except I could get disciplined at work for it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
Just so you know, in the more than four thousand plus posts here not even a single case of tripping the knox due to the use of towelroot has been reported.

If you do something crazy other than using one of the three versions of towelroot and manage to get your knox tripped, then that is another story.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
I got rid of padlock by simply freezing sysscope.

But I use ROM Toolbox and like Ti I can delete anything I want in System.

For instance "Knox", however I hear it's still in the bootloader since mine is locked.

If I simply "Uninstall" is that good after a reboot or do I need to use the emulator?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
After Uninstall and reboot you are good.

The part of Knox that resides in the bootloader only checks your kernel and recovery to make sure they are "original", and they are not affected by towelroot process. It does not check the integrity of your /system partition so you are safe.

Have a look at this post. It sheds some light on the knox business.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2797540
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wizky911:
I did it. It works. Just gotta be sure. I don't wanna lose my job over it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Works on G3 :P

it installs su binary, (Supersu can't update)

well this isn't as bad as we think

go to playstore and download superuser (from Clockworkmod makers)

open it and it will ask for installing su bunaries hit install recovery

supersu will grant access

reboot

and now open supersu and it will ask to remove superuser and you're done

YES! :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] goodraja14:
Hey guyz..

I am switching to false from build prop app and then installing xposed.... Still when I see s health dsnt open n when I go back n check in build prop.... Its automatically set back to true....

After I change to false it asked me to reboot to apply the changes... But it goes back to false again after reboot.. What can I do.???

Galaxy S5 LTE
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dieselboy:
Thanks :) Knox is 0x0.

Have installed SuperSU, Adfree and renamed the annoying camera shutter sounds so I dont have click click when I take photos any more :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Where would you find those?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MeatHammer311:
Explain ModString Use??

Can anyone explain to me how to use the modstrings to gain root on my Galaxy Mega? I just need a little help and I can take it from there. I really want root without tripping knox?? Thanks for the help!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dieselboy:
I renamed the sound files for the shutter in here: /system/media/audio/ui/

There were 4 files I had to rename. Look for files with shutter and camera in the name. I didn't change any of the camera focus ones, it doesn't make a noise when it focus anyway.

I got the above from this link: http://www.wirefresh.com/how-to-def...alaxy-s5-camera-shutter-sound/comment-page-1/

But I'm wondering if I can use the stream silencer now that the phone is rooted. I will play when I have more time. I can just imagine the phone logging errors of file not found or something along those lines each time I take a photo, now...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] laserbiz:
I tried freezing Syscope w/titanium and rebooted and that darn broken padlock is still there. My Knox is still 0x0(yay!) But I want the padlock gone! I have frozen all 3 of the items mentioned in the thread(SDM and 1 other that I doint remember, but still no luck!

I am not worried about the time-stamp issue, as the clerk in the Verizon store wouldn't know a time-stamp from a tramp-stamp;), but they do KNOW a broken padlock!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Elements95:
Anyone? D:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] WeT-Klb:
I tried - but seems it doesn´t work on T-Mobile Note 2 N-7105 LTE

View attachment 2844241 View attachment 2844242

Edit 11.07.2014:

I tried to play around with modstrings - that´s the result:

"1337 0 1 0 4 0" just restart

"1337 1 1 0 4 0" just restart

"1337 2 1 0 4 0" just restart

"1337 3 1 0 4 0" just restart

"1337 0 0 0 4 0" freeze

"1337 1 0 0 4 0" just restart

"1337 2 0 0 4 0" just restart

"1337 3 0 0 4 0" just restart

"1337 0 1 7380 4 0" just restart

"1337 1 1 7380 4 0" just restart

"1337 2 1 7380 4 0" just restart

"1337 3 1 7380 4 0" just restart

"1337 0 0 7380 4 0" freeze

"1337 1 0 7380 4 0" just restart

"1337 2 0 7380 4 0" just restart

"1337 3 0 7380 4 0" just restart
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RAF_SHC:
:(

:(:(

Not working on my Note 3 (N9005XXUFNF4)

Looking forward to future updates.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MeatHammer311:
Tried modstring

I tried the modstrings on the towelroot website for samsung phones. Did not work on my Mega. Phone rebooted.. Anyone had any luck with modstrings for this phone at all?? Thank you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
You can install Xposed and then install and activate Wanam module in it. After a reboot, open Wanam, go to security hacks, and tick Fake system status (status set to official). Reboot one or two times and your padlock will be gone.

Before you try this, make a backup copy of your /system/build.prop and /system/csc/feature.xml just in case.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] miscom:
Maybe the question should be: Will towelroot be updated for kernel 3.10 (past June 3rd)?

Thanks in advance for your help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] laserbiz:
I have Wanam installed and have rebooted several times and cant find the security hacks that you speak of. Where might I find it? The options I have are :

Status bar

Sound

Lockscreen

System

Phone

Advanced

I have looked in each choice, What am I doing wrong? Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SamuriHL:
The date isn't an arbitrary "just didn't feel like supporting it" kind of thing. What you're asking is akin to driving your car until you reach an ocean and asking "Will my car be updated to support driving on the ocean?" The reason this doesn't work on later kernels is because the vulnerability that it exploits is patched. Meaning this exploit no longer applies. Like trying to drive a car on the ocean. What you're really asking for is a new vulnerability and exploit to support it which is not a simple matter of "updating" this one. It's a whole new "find root" exercise. Look how long it took to find this one. It may be a while. Probably a whole new bounty.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Latheman:
Works great on the Asus transformer tab TF300t
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Humm, wonder of there is another file also needed that I've deleted or frozen?

I do have all my security stuff gone except security storage
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] najoor:
Look more under each menu and you will find it. But if you get tired of looking, uninstall the version you have now (it must be Wanam 2.9.8) and install 2.9.2. I have that on my phone and it has a security hack section.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
No because his exploit is for a specific kernel.

Sent from my S5 using your mom

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The amount of stupid, repetitive and off topic questions and comments in this thread are astounding...

Sent from my S5 using your mom
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SamuriHL:
Just an FYI to the RAZR HD people. Towel Root still works on the latest OTA that just went into soak last night. Kinda surprised it wasn't patched but there it is.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kpirnie:
confirmed works on the lg optimus l70 as well ;)

Rockin' it from my Smartly GoldenEye 35 ~ 20GB free cloud https://copy.com?r=vtiraF

Check me out online @ http://kevin.pirnie.us
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MeatHammer311:
Galaxy Mega?

I am willing to try modstrings as many as I can I just need to know what numbers I need to play with. This is the modstring provided on the site for samsung phones. Just tell me which ones to change??

1337 0 1 7380 4 0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pandabamboo:
Can I use this to root my Note 8.0 (GT-N5120) with kit kat 4.4.2?

edit: oh nvm, i saw the list and other threads saying it doesn't...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Eodmule:
The modstrings won't ever work because of the Exynos SoC your device uses. A simple search would have reveled that. Any Samsung device with a Exynos SoC can't be towelrooted. You could help by submitting (like in the very FIRST post) an adb logcat for your device so maybe geohot can start to work on something.