yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] grimtatu:
Thank you

I havent rooted a phone since i had the vibrant and the lg2

i have 5 kids and just moved to greensboro nc, and have just barely started building clientele here

but if your interested [MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION], I will give you a tattoo for not being able to donate to you at the moment

Now, since I havent been on this forum for a long time, I had forgotten a lot of how things work here, but i have read all 151 pages on this thread, still a bit confused about xposed etc

but I followed GeoHots instructions and had no problem whatsoever

this only works on Verizon and att phones

im on the note 3

htc and moto x cells doesnt work

not yet anyway

someone made a great list of which apps to freeze and not to freeze, just gotta find the link on this thread.. i cant post links

also

stop asking if it works on your cell, just try it

my main thing on here that I hope i can find is after rooting, am i able to do custom themes? icon packs etc?

i already downloaded xposed and wanam,

there is just so much here and after reading everything here im about exhausted

But thank you everyone who is here trying to help sort things out here, and GEOHOT, thanks YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] guitarz:
Thank you so muchhhhhh!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] idle0095:
So I rooted with the App. Do I need to download the SuperSU fro google play? If so I get installation failed please reboot and try again. So how do I have root?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spuniun:
Don't forget to read the OP in its entirety.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] helfrez:
Confirmed latest 4.4.2 TMobile D801 incoming Trans.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] idle0095:
I did and I cant figure it out. I have root but I cant get the SU to update at all.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] holleywood25:
Download a root checker app from the play store. Also, read the OP, because you probably need to DL the updated super SU from chainfire's own hosting site.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
Read the thread my friend......

....download Root Checker from play store and it will tell you.

As for SuperSU, there is a newer version floating around, search the thread.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] grimtatu:
smdh

he says it on his page, install not from google play because its not updated, he has a chainfire link with the updated one, and its been posted here multiple times already, just skim through the threads
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fillyo:
Download chainfire's supersu zip and extract on a pc or using a android zip utility, then click and install the apk file.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DrSeussFreak:
Install SuperSU and you are all set
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnhoIy:
The SU in the play store is outdated. Use this link http://download.chainfire.eu/447/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r4.zip extract, open the common file, and install the supersu apk.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] idle0095:
Thanks I got it now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DrSeussFreak:
Battery Issues

Anyone else having a major battery drain issue since rooting? Not sure what happened but my battery drains in like 4 hours.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Slack2116:
Anyone notice a speed increase after getting rid of all the crap apps?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spectrumfox:
I tried this on an AT&T Galaxy S5. I rooted, rebooted, installed the apk, updated the binaries, disabled KNOX and rebooted again.

However, I can't get any apps to request root successfully. I tried BetterBatteryStats and the app still constantly says root is required for most features.

What am I doing wrong?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] vaffanculo403:
Kinda hard to do when there's 157 Pages to go through. However thanks for the reply...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maharajah12:
download from here: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu

unzip it on your desktop copy into you phone and look in to the folder called "COMMON" super su is in there click and you are done.

if i helped you please PRESS THANKS BUTTON.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] The Bouncer:
I can't get the binary files to update even after using the apk from the zip.. it says the same thing every times
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] faslane:
Thats the main point of rooting so yes, everyone should see a significant speed increase after debloating.

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When they are shipped back to Samsung for factory check out Samsung can deny the warranty claim. I know people it's happened to. No, the stores won't have a clue probably but the warranty can come back a few weeks later as denied. Ive seen it first hand
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] J Ellis:
i am rooted but not sure if i tripped KNOX doing the SUperSU app. how do i know if i tripped KNOX..

I did find instruction on how to get into download mode where i should be able to check KNOX, but do not see KNOX or 0x0 or even 0x1. What i do see is:

Odin Mode

Product Name: SM-G900V

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Official

Reactivation Lock(KK): Off

Qualcomm SecureBOOT: ENable (CSB)

RP SWREV: S1, T!, R1, A1, P1

UDC START
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maharajah12:
download from here: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu

unzip it on your desktop copy into you phone and look in to the folder called "COMMON" super su is in there click and you are done.

if i helped you please press thanks button
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] aholeinthewor1d:
Anyone know? Can't stand the long press for menu
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maharajah12:
if you know how to put your phone into download mode its there on top left side on the screen second line from the bottom.

if i helped you please press thanks button
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PS4AndroidHacker:
I noticed a huge increase in speed!!

I also noticed faster battery drain and don't know why. Probably because I'm playing with my phone so much now and on the xda app so much.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ialazmi:
Wooow, amazing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DrSeussFreak:
Yea, not sure what is going on, but it is DRAMATIC. I have it plugged into my mac at the moment, screen off and the battery is going down.. WTF
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] armando988:
I confirm that doesn't work on galaxy s4 gt-i9505
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Longcat14:
Oh man, this is AWESOME! Can't wait to try it out on my S5 so I can get rid of the bloat.

Might try it out on my M8 too, might as well see if it works.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DrSeussFreak:
much appreciated. It will be a fantastic father's day for me, if this work for the s5 active!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hindutool:
NC4 Galaxy Note 3 root

Just joined but been watching from afar. I truly hope there is a patch for NC4 Note 3. I now know never to accept OTA updates. Was rooted on MJE, but lost it when I directly unexpectedly updated to NC4. Regarding the bounty, I specifically joined to pay homage to those responsible for allowing this to happen. I cannot live without root! I would like to contribute monetarily to the bounty. How do I go about doing this? Please let me know. Many thanks in advance, and thank you to all of you from the bottom of my heart.

Geohot, Thanks for this. How do I contribute to your cause?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cdmoore74:
Don't feel bad bro. I was on the leaked NC2 and I soft bricked my phone 12 hours ago. Got home to restore back to MJE and during the rooting process I accepted the OTA like a dumb ass. Sat there for 60 minutes trying to Odin that ***** back to 4.3 not knowing that I accepted NC4. I accepted the fact that root was lost for good but hot damn this is good news.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Crsdr37:
Let's just how everyone who did pledge puts their money down and pays what they pledged to. There are a few rather large pledges that were probably jokes but will see....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] E28 Bimmer:
This would be Awesome! Will make me miss my M8 a little less.

After breaking the camera 3 times on the M8 I had to break down and get this s5 active with all of it's girly bubbly sound effects.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] YoungDev:
Where can we put our pledge if [MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION] doesn't have his PayPal account in here to be donated to??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] speckledpig:
AWWW YISS!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] E28 Bimmer:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2728051

Thread is closed but you can message moderator and they will add your pledge to the list, you will get a PM about where to send the $$ once bounty is claimed officially
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] YoungDev:
Thank you! Just trying to find out for [MENTION=5905217]hindutool[/MENTION].. Will try to pay him a token of appreciation as soon as I get sufficient funds.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mozillaopera:
Famous GeoHot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] YoungDev:
Yes.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] IV97:
Giddy

I'm giddy with excitement.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bob_ross:
Next up PS4!

/too soon?

//ducks

///Just honored to be part of a GeoHot thread
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nathan951:
Thanks for inviting me to your party, what would you like me to bring?

:cool:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] stevestebo:
Steven

Me tooooooo. Ready for a root. Knew it would come, but happy to hear there is a release. Hopefully works on the Note 3 AT&T version.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Xpandurmind:
marvellous

Does anyone else feel like the pig from the geico commercial right now? "Wee wee weeeeeeee" outside the window hahaha can't sleep
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Droid_Evo_8:
Um, I hope you noticed that this a Verizon Galaxy S5 forum, not a AT&T Note 3 forum.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dudeitsrob:
Holy ****, is this for real? With all the ****ty luck I've been getting recently, pls be real...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] stevestebo:
I see now but hopefully its root for all

Hopefully its root for all.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] The Bouncer:
I already unzipped su on my phone using z archive and It didn't work.. so it has to be copied from pc to phone in order for it to work
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnhoIy:
I haven't had any battery drain, although I did install SetCPU and set the clocks lower

It's all that free RAM. It used to never get below 1.3gb used, now it stays at or below 1gb

I'm just the messenger here, it's stated in the OP and it has been working for loads of people. I would recommend clearing everything in SuperSU and uninstalling and trying again.

I used my phone for this. Unzip the file, go into the common folder and install the SuperSU apk.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xgerryx:
I'm gonna add another vote for a quick tutorial on how to change the stupid recents softkey back to a menu button. That's my number one complaint about this phone.

Is this possibly the most prolific android exploit ever utilized? This has been applied to how many variants now? 10, 20, 30 different phones? Just crazy.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spectrumfox:
I've tried again about four times already and still can't get any apps to request root. I was hoping others have encountered this same problem.

I rooted, rebooted, installed the apk, updated the binaries, disabled KNOX and rebooted again.

However, I can't get any apps to request root successfully. I tried BetterBatteryStats and the app still constantly says root is required for most features.

What am I doing wrong?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LuckyColdJohnson:
Just download unzip in playstore. Unzip the SU file on your phone without a PC. Go to the common folder and install that SU.apk
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] starfall42:
Verizon S5 rooted; bounty sent. I actually upped it to $50. Thanks so much!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnhoIy:
A quick google search for button remapping, looks promising http://lifehacker.com/how-to-remap-the-hardware-buttons-on-your-android-phone-1443192245
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maharajah12:
thats what i said UNZIP onto DESKTOP then copy into you phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mike163:
Thank you Geohot!!!!

I thought I was going to have to bite the bullet and buy a Developers Edition. I'm glad I waited.

I had not previously made a pledge for the bounty, but I just contributed $50 anyway.

This was the easiest root method that I've used on any Android device and I've been rooting since the original Motorola Droid.

Thank you for all your hard work Geohot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Guys please don't forget to donate if you can. Thanks!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xgerryx:
Thank you for that. I didn't realize that specific mod was so universal. I'll give it a shot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnhoIy:
Edit because I'm wrong.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DerMoeJoe:
works on the SM-P605 Galaxy Tab 10.1 2014 Edition LTE

with the newest German T-Mobile Software
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DrSeussFreak:
You have my vote

My battery just keeps going down, and no tools seem to be able to identify the cause... This is frustrating. I was at my Uncle's house for father's day yesterday and my phone was at 100% when I got there. 3 hours later, and not using it, location off, wifi off, bluetooth off, 43%...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xgerryx:
Yea that app might need to be updated to handle the GS5. But that's a good place to start.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
everythings fine here.. 24+hrs and over 6hrs screen on time not bad at all.. could b something else as i dont think its root that caused it

edit: i also used greenify to hibernate n e thing i dont need running as well as de bloated the hell outta this beast.. however, i had great battery before root so no noticeable changes for me thus far
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DrSeussFreak:
The only thing I was wondering if it could be related to SuperSU that I installed from the zip. The reason I am thinking this is unlike my last root, on my S4, this time I have an inordinate amount of notifications about apps being granted SU. They are all apps I approved (TiBu, RCB, CPU Sleeper), but it is killing my battery, even when charging.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] starfall42:
I was able to unzip SuperSU using the stock My Files app. There may be permissions issues if you try to install from a non-system app.

High power usage after freezing apps usually means something is trying to restart but failing. The retries use more battery than running in the background.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] koda1789:
Thanks that did it, file save as with Firefox didn't work needed to use Chrome
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rolling56:
Do you have 4.3 JB or 4.4.2 KK? Also did you have the KK 4.4.2 DNE6 Baseband for DL Booster, Kids Mode etc. when you used Towel root? TIA! :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] warriorpluto:
No battery drain here. After I cleared all the crap from my phone, I got seven hours on screen time with eighteen percent left on battery
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alucard_xs:
did someone try with the Nvidia Shield ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnhoIy:
I found the battery viewer that came with the phone is pretty adequate. Settings>General>Battery. So far I'm in 4 hours of moderate use and at 92%
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LoSt180:
^^THIS. Always reboot after going on a freezing spree. A lot of times freezing an app causes a wakelock, rebooting clears things up ...usually.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] waiters:
I didn't know this was being worked on.. But it did work for sgs4 att nc1 update.. Additionally the name is just funny.. And I am a towelhead.. :)

Sent donation. Thanks for everything!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robfarley772:
awesome work

thanks for your hard work
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mielletseed:
[MENTION=3280118]geohot[/MENTION]

For my SM-G900X it doesn't work. I downloaded and installed towelroot. When I click "make it ra1n" nothing happen (no texts etc.) but afer one second or two the phone reboots but SupereSU tells me, there is no SU binary.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnixSlayer:
For everyone who is rooting an AT&T phone..... you should go into Settings, Application Manager, and All.... scroll down, and find "Security Policy Update".... and turn it OFF. You don't have to Uninstall it. Just turn it off. If you do not, it will try to unroot your phone. It unrooted mine. I turned it off, and root has been fine.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DrSeussFreak:
I am going to move my issue away from this, to keep this thread on track. It seems that this issue is only with me. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kheltek:
You are a genius, thank you!!!! 3BF61224K4333021V
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Magissia:
HTC Desire 601 International with 4.4.2 (Sense 5.5) rooted with sucess.

Root isn't lost upon reboot.

Bootloader not unlocked.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] recon79:
Galaxy S4 rooted, no KNOX tripped. Thanks geohot.

Samsung Galaxy S4

Model: SGH-1337M

Kernel date: May 1

Firmware: KOT49H.1337MVLUFNE1

Carrier: Koodo

Rooted: Yes

KNOX tripped: NO, still 0x0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gadgetzombie:
If I try this on my Moto G and it doesn't work will my phone still work?

My phone was bought unlocked and is on 4.4.2
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnhoIy:
I only get the option to Force Stop it, Turn off is grayed out.

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So far, the worst that happens is your phone reboots and isn't rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnixSlayer:
I was able to turn mine off. Seems when you get a pop up on your shade that there is a Security Policy Update... then it asks to accept, or decline... if you decline, it keeps popping up once an hour. I found phone unrooted it self. And I didn't reboot it. All of a sudden a warning box popped up from Supersu saying all my apps have been denied. I lost root. I reapplied Geohot's Make It Rain.... rebooted.... and installed the new Supersu 1.99r4 again... disabled the Knox for a second time. I then turned off the Security Policy Update module In the Application Manager, and All has been fine... Knox is 0 x 0, and the Device Status says Official...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rgensel:
HTC One M7 with new OTA?

Is this working with the HTC One M7 with new OTA yet?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gerland:
Does not work on Verizon note 2. Don't bother trying. .. Maybe soon tho!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jstaff123:
So I downloaded the odin file and have my phone in download mode, but cannot get my pc to recognize my phone..i downloaded the latest usb drivers and Samsung Kies but no go..anyone had this issue and found a way to solve it so I can push an image to the phone?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jasvncnt1:
Glad to see you "back" Geohot! Awesome work
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] |oLo|:
OMG....162 pages?

Ok let me grab a cup of coffee. No sugar. No creme.

Someone needs to create another page to congest the info...Guide maybe?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fascinated512:
+1 to this!

THANK YOU Geohot....VZW S5=rooted!

Anybody tried installing xposed yet? Still a little scared to try it and/or any of the modules.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cocous:
one question.

how can download this file?

i dont found the download link..

any help?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnhoIy:
Yeah, I can't hide the notification, and I can't turn it off. It doesn't look like I should delete it, but I also don't feel like buying TBPro to freeze it, lol

I'll figure something out.

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Go to towelroot.com on your phone and follow the instructions
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bigbadwolf311:
Hi. Thanks for the party. Just wondering if the S5 active is supported. I idmt read the whole thread just skimmed through it so it is possible I missed it. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xgerryx:
Yea that's one of the first things I did. Some modules work, and not surprisingly, some don't. It's not going to break anything though, give it a shot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gadgetzombie:
I tried it and it didn't work maybe a future update?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TMadd:
I, and many others have installed and used Xposed on the Verizon GS5 and it works like a charm! Don't worry!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
I can confirm this works on vzw S4 i545

This was so effing easy (to think "one click root" was easy on my Droids). The longest part of towelroot was the 20-25 seconds during reboot

Note: Super SU didn't pop up the Knox display so I uninstalled SU > rebooted > reinstalled = A Win!

Best way for me to get the SU apk was to find it in downloads in File Explorer and extract it

Sent from my rooted Samsung Galaxy S4 (verizon)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cocous:
Thank you very much
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] deepgrass:
I tried and it will not work on i9505 with 4.4.2.

Samsung S4 I9505 | ROM: Stock 4.4.2 | BUILD: KOT49H.I9505XXUFNB8 |KERNEL: 3.4.0-481100
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tterb1980:
network error when trying to download from website

Can someone post the apk in here because downloading from towelroot.com results in network error
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrbxx7:
The biggest influx of noobs xda has ever seen. Lol. Guys this page has almost 200,000 views there should be a lot more thanks in the op.. also rate 5 stars.... and use the thread search function. I realize there's lots of pages but search works well.... Thanks geohot!! Glad to c this kind of progess!

TaPpEd from my XpOsEd 4.4.2 NIII
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Inkedadrenaline:
+1. Only 600+ 'thanks' with 200,000 views... Smh
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] aholeinthewor1d:
Yea that app is very outdated. I remember with my s3 there was build.prop edits we could make or something similar. Instead of an application.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hope everyone lives up to their bounty promise/pledge.

Thanks geohot for finding the exploit and making your root method so freaking easy! :laugh:

Payment Sent (Unique Transaction ID # 8DC54811Y2137423M)

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

Email:	geohot@gmail.com

Amount sent :	-$50.00 USD

Fee amount:	$0.00 USD

Net amount:	-$50.00 USD

Date: Jun 16, 2014

Time: 10:45:12 PDT

Status: Completed

Subject:	Thanks bro

Funding Type: PayPal Balance

Funding Source:	$50.00 USD - PayPal Account

Sent from my rooted Samsung Galaxy S4 (verizon)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PS4AndroidHacker:
I installed SuperSU as a system app. After that I had to reinstall SuperSU.apk just so it shows in my app drawer to get the requests to come up on my screen. Give that a try.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] disco1224:
Thank you George!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] aholeinthewor1d:
Searches for some gs3 in for and found this.

"""Are you talking about switching the capacitive keys below the screen?

If you are, go into /system/usr/keylayout/sec_touchkey.kl & switch the BACK & MENU. Reboot. Done.

Edit: If you want the Recents menu to popup on the right capacitive button AOSP style, change BACK to APP_SWITCHER & of course MENU to BACK. """

Just letting you know I have not tested anything yet
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
So if I used this exploit to get root successfully without tripping Knox, can I flash back a stock image for any warranty work? Cheers and amazing work!

Tapped it!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Angel0fDeath:
Here: https://mega.co.nz/#!0RsjACqQ!rPlTrcZCXwNBxFcfuHiBfOGp2uL7z4iXzQN-iNVI3LI

I'm not sure if its allowed (if not I'll take down the link)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] CapMyAssElmo:
Just a quick thanks

ATT Galaxy Note 3 - 4.4.2 installed and rooted perfectly!! Thanks Geohot, Always continue to amaze with your work!:highfive:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mickrg123:
Anyone having problems updating Su binaries?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tydiamond11:
Yes there is a tread in this form for Odin to restore back to stock.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PolarBearMI:
I have SM-G900V and about to root, question though.

I am (as most are) on android 4.4.2, if I root now will 4.4.3 or any other update be a problem ?

Will it remove root ? will it not install ?

Is there a way to remove root with GeoHot's apk ?

Also how do I get into "download mode" ?