yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] putney1477:
I seriously don't have this :( I don't have the sdm one either. I had renamed the sdm.apk to sdm.apk.bak somewhere.....do you think that's why it's not showing up in tibu?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] joshua.justice:
I'm assuming because the kernel is updated?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Jraider44:
Yep.. We have to look elsewhere for an exploit.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
Yes my statements stand however
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] silentwitness1:
hey sorry if this has already been asked but i wanted to confirm if this would work on the G900F version of the phone?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maksnogin:
Yes :)

Worked on (v1)

Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F) - 4.4.2
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bismuth:
Worked with one click on my AT&T Note 3, KitKat, Kernal 3.4.0-722276. So easy! Titanium works now. I can remove the bloatware. Just sent my donation. Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
try it and see...it has yet to brick a phone
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cod3L1ne:
If you updated to 4.4.3 ota then your **** out of luck. Never accept ota atleast not right after 4.4.2 was just rooted

Sent from N900A ThunderKat HeadQuarterZ
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
haha
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Some reported 4.4.3 and even a 4.4.4 that made it, but I'm not willing to be the guinea pig!

I try only do what I've seen another do with my exact same phone, carrier, ROM, and OS version... You can call me chicken if you want but I am NOT versed and how to undo it so I'll be a chicken for now but a smart chicken that keeps his head intact!

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
Nothing bad will happen if you root using this method...it does not trip KNOX
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
I'm rooted with it, I was speaking about the OTA updating... Sorry

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
Oh yeah just install safestrap ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Last I heard that's not ready for vrzn sgs4 4.4.2?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
released for s5 though
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Yeah I saw that maybe this week for the s4 as popular as it is I would think

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] prentice.weitman:
TowelRoot

Both Version Don't work on my SGH-I337

Running 4.4.2 Build KOT49H.I337UCUFNB1

Any Ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] farmerj:
I got my n900a in February. Always wanted to root. Could never get Odin to do it. Thanks for this. I am now rooted using towelroot and safestrap. Have bricked it twice and fixed it lol and am now running purerom ce. Awesome. You guys rock. I would be willing to be a tester if anyone needs. Hit me up. Frmerj@gmail.com.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gothicasshole:
Look for the deadly venom magic tool it will partially downgrade you to mk2 and you root flash safe strap then odin flash the mdl then flash your rooted 4 4 2 rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2680868
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LEDAHGRIM:
Anyone successfully rooted the L70 D320 with towelroot? Mine was purchased in mexico with telcel...

Towelroot seems unable to root it...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Unfortunately I think we're all testers! ?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] paxone:
On Xperia Z model C6603, Android 4.4.2 latest from Sony..

WORK PERFECTLY!!!!!

VERY GOOD JOB! :fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] stephen417:
i535 Verizon

Anybody try Verizon s3 4.4.2? If so will a cwm work?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
no, use safestrap.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Superpenguin89:
Is it possible to use Towelroot to root a Galaxy Note 2 i605 with kit kat 4.4.2 with this method? From what I read here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2783714 it is not possible but I wanted to get other opinions.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MauricioAedo:
Geohot is a genius!!!

Rooted my Nexus 5 v4.4.4 without problems.

Regards
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
I don't know why people ask and don't try...nothing bad will happen if you try.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Superpenguin89:
Well I am still very new to this rooting business so I don't want to accidentally break my phone. I also have to figure out how to unroot my phone (currently jellybean 4.3) because I screwed up and used the Super SU full unroot feature before running the unroot script from saferoot (which is what I used to root the phone). If you know how I can unroot at this point the help would be appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] razkal1:
Working on huawei y530-c00
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
towelroot has yet to brick a phone...what people did after...that's another story entirely...just read things many times until you understand it well
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nick.delaserda:
Works on my SM-G900P
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Msmith2004:
Please jesus

If you can make this work on a note 2 SCH-I605 you will be a god amongst men.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hakeem5:
Works fine (Nexus 5 4.4.3)

Worked great on my Tmobile nexus 5 running stock 4.4.3 Woooooo
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Gappleto97:
Does anyone know how to undo this?

Device: Galaxy S5, AT&T variant. Android 4.4.2

I'm asking mostly because I want to undo it myself. I found that it made intensive operations "jittery", for lack of a better word.

After applying the appropriate version of Touchwiz (S Health is a good enough tradeoff for the bloated interface), Odin gave the following feedback:

The phone said SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]FUSED 2 > Binary 1

I then tried to do a factory reset of the phone and do the same thing. It gave the same feedback.

I consulted the people on /r/techsupport, and they suggested that I come here. I have also sent this to geohot, in hope of an answer. Any feedback would be appreciated, as I need to undo this anyhow when I go in for an upgrade on my phone (in nearly a year).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BadKarma81:
I didn't have any issues with Odin on Verizon S5, have used it twice to flash... Have you tried KIES 3? Where did you get the firmware from that you're using?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Savagerun:
Just noticed you asked me something but yes that is why.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nightfishing:
Worked just fine on my Nexus 5 after the 4.4.4 OTA update.

Took an extra reboot, but all is well.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Gappleto97:
Got if from there

I got the firmware from the AndroidRootz website
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TheCEO1:
V2 will not download.

I am still unable to download version 2. Is anyone else having this issue? everytime i click the main link, I did first and one.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] voivodsm336:
Worked on my AT&T Samsung Galaxy Express SGH-I437 running that last OTA it got a few weeks ago.

I can post the details when Wife is back in town. See attached screenshot.

One thing it did was reboot itself after a minute but root did stick. Installed supersu and good to go.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TheCEO1:
ldescea travelling

I have the samsung galaxy note 2. The one I just downloaded still rebooted the phone. When I looked at the app info, it verified it was still v1.0.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BadKarma81:
At this point, I would try the KIES 3 firmware update/restore. I *believe* KIES 3 will automatically download and install it for you, just need to download the KIES 3 program (windows) from Samsung. Hopefully that works for you, I honestly can't think of a reason why Odin would fail though...

---------- Post added at 09:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:47 PM ----------

Most people with this issue (I think) were using Firefox, have you tried chrome? If a different browser doesn't work you should be able to touch and hold the image, then choose save link/save as. Hope this helps :)

(Must wait 5 minutes between posts, geez...)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TheCEO1:
I tried Kies and no dice for the new version. I also tried to find it on the androidrootz site, no dice. I will try kies again and see how it goes. By the way I am just short on time and was hoping to test the new version this evening before bed.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hgoldner:
I rooted via this exploit on a Nexus 7 FHD with a locked bootloader, then took the 4.4.4 OTA update. Of course, it unrooted me. I re-installed Towelroot, ran SuperSU which tried to update binary and reported that it failed, rebooted, and was completely re-rooted. Took one more reboot to reload xposed.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TheCEO1:
hmmm. Well, it looks like it is just not going to work with the note 2 from verizon. Oh how I hate the "V"corp.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ukyfan:
Deleted

Sent from Big Blue Country
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
@robbyoconnor While you make a good point in your questioning "why people ask" it's better that he asks now before he comes back (like so many other people do) *after the fact* where it may be too late. He clearly states being "very new to this rooting business" and this is how people learn (myself included on rooting my first phone...way back in 2010)

@Superpenguin89

DON'T take any OTA updates or Security updates

now OR after you get root (if you do). These updates claim whatever they say they'll fix to help improve performance or make the phone better (something like that) while meanwhile, unbeknownst to you, whatever *fix* they apply closes the hole toweroot exploits.

Think he's got a question now? Let's help before he has 200 more.

@Superpenguin89 Ask questions > Read the thread (all of it) > Ask more questions > Reread the thread. It may get boring reading this but something you read now you'll already know when the question pops up in your head down the line.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] voivodsm336:
use lynx or netscape (yeah it works)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] galaxyII:
worked perfectly fine on Sony Xperia Tablet Z1. Thank you very much geohot
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ~wolverine~:
Try from here. You'll need to setup an account but it's free

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28224
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Luis945:
Will there ever be a root for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 SCH-i605 running on kitkat 4.4.2 !? Really want to root my phone.:confused:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Eodmule:
Version 3 is out but it still won't work on my Exynos based GT-N5110. So, anyone have a computer I can borrow so I can adb a logcat for geohot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] b0uncyfr0:
geohot you are a GOD. Not only is Droid M root successful, but boot loader is unlockable as well with your method. You've made a lot of Motorola peeps happy again and for that you have my deepest thanks!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rling:
OTA updated my Nexus 7 to 4.4.4 and then ran Towelroot. Nexus 7 rooted without any issues.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cahls:
AT&T OTA Foul up?

I was reading and following towelroot with interest. I purchased an AT&T 900a GS5 today based upon its success. I ran towelroot quickly after starting up the new phone and it worked as advertised. I downloaded SU, updated the binaries, rebooted and disabled knox, downloaded and installed several ROOT apps and they all worked... THEN after letting my phone restore my old apps, accounts, settings, etc via google play restore- I let the new S5 download and install 200ish apps that the play store restored. While it did this it took an AT&T 48ish meg OTA that did not change any android version, date, etc. but with this OTA my root was lost. When I ran TR again, it says it worked but the root checks, SU, etc, all say no root now... can't update binaries, or whatever. Sooo, with this small OTA, it cleared my root and now seems to prevent TR from working as supposed to... Any help anyone? I am also willing to trip knox but all my reading thus far seems to show A&T S5s are locked and not root capable with CF or other recoveries?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gothicasshole:
Hate to say it but you forgot the first rule of rooting install titanium and disable or delete the ot a update looks like they found out about it and patched this exploit
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rupene:
Confirm towelroot working on Telecom New Zealand i9505XXUFNC6.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cahls:
Only thing I got a chance to do on the first go-round was I disabled the knox... then I stupidly set the phone down and came back to it later...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maksnogin:
Hello, explain more clearly what is modstrings?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+are+mod+strings
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ajazz:
Hello

towelroot won't root my lenovo k900

will this root my k900 and is it safe?

Kingo Android Root

http://www.kingoapp.com/index.htm
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cahls:
Just as I posted about TR being removed by the AT&T update- I did a cold reboot with a battery swap ...and my root was restored when I tried TR again after the battery swap... I am too old to pull my hair out any more...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
The bad your **** comment didn't even yield any results. Just explain to the guy, sheesh, is that really that hard? Since you seem to have plenty of time to post useless comments, might as well fill the void with something of significance. But you obviously have no clue what he's asking about either.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
Well maybe he should read the OP then.

What's a modstring?

A way to support your obscure phone!

Since I don't own every phone, you can fix it yourself

http://towelroot.com/modstrings.html

And modstrings have their first success!

On LG L34C use "1337 0 0 0 4 0"

Eventually the server will push these if people find enough

Still no real HTC/Moto support from phones without writable system.

If someone is willing to give me one of these phones for testing I'll add good support.

== Introducing modstrings! ==

Modstrings are a way to modify the exploit parameters for your obscure phone.

This is only if your device can't be towelrooted.

Click "welcome to towelroot v3" 3 times and enter text.

1337 method(0-3), align(0-1), limit_offset(0-8191), hit_iov(0-7), temp_root(0-1)

method: which syscall is used in the blocking thread, try them all

align: which alignment to use for the iovs, try them all

limit_offset: 0 is probably the right value here, otherwise close to the samsung value and a multiple of 4

hit_iov: which iov to overwrite to cause block

temp_root: do a temp root putting su and daemonsu in /sbin, good for HTC and Motorola, doesn't fix exploit

To fix, align and method are probably your best bet(4*2=8 values), hit_iov maybe, limit_offset if you are desperate.

== Examples ==

Most phones: "1337 0 1 0 4 0"

New Samsung: "1337 0 1 7380 4 0"

Temp root: "1337 0 1 0 4 1"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slothicka:
Sprint gs4

Sph-l720 still not working after all 3 vrrsions.

4.4.2 kernal 3.4 jan 23

:(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dimmes:
900h

V3 don't work on Galaxy S5 900H....fix please....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dustynoff:
S4 i9500 Exynos

I have tried the following modstrings with no luck

"1337 0 0 0 4 0"

"1337 0 1 0 4 0"

"1337 1 0 0 4 0"

"1337 1 1 0 4 0"

"1337 0 0 7380 4 0"

"1337 0 1 7380 4 0"

"1337 1 0 7380 4 0"

"1337 1 1 7380 4 0"

"1337 2 0 7380 4 0"

"1337 2 1 7380 4 0"

"1337 3 0 7380 4 0"

"1337 3 1 7380 4 0"

Did anyone managed to find the right modstring combination for Samsung Exynos based devices?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Towelroot v3 Bug?

So I tried Towelroot on Xperia Z1, it says Root Completed or something like that,

then I checked with Root Checker: No root.

Towelroot v3 doesn't root my device even though it says it did, because there's no Superuser app.

I tried all safest combinations of the modstrings and I still got the same result. :eek:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] frukyyy:
Try V3. It should work eve on 2.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibub:
Ok, I have root and Supersu. How do I prevent updates? Please :)

TiBU doesn't show SDM or any other security settings. Maybe tracfone build doesn't have these?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] vxkillswitchxv37:
Rooted

S5 rooted but can't install superuser. Do we need superuser or not?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
All we need now is a thread started from someone who knows like every system app in this phone and tell which ones can be deleted (besides obvious bloat) and what they do in case someone wants to delete something else that others would want.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cr4ck3r4lif3:
Rooted and happy. Thanks Geo!

Here's my bounty as promised: 1WR53283993123635

Keep up the good work brother!

Who knows. Maybe we'll get bootloader unlock in August now that we have root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RusherDude:
What phone did you try this on?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cpslim:
well I:D donated thanks for all your hard work geo
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Nucleartx:
First things froze with Titanium Backup, Security policy update and ATT Software update!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Jraider44:
Same situation as stated above. SuperSU will not update binary
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thewebsiteisdown:
gs5 rooted vzw!

Got root here on my vzw gs5! Thank you geohot!!! Money coming your way now, get the boot loader unlocked for another fifty from me!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] micadee6453:
Are u on att note 3 with official firmware? if so how did u get that to work
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cerobles1:
Just use any apps that use root. And you'll see they ask for root from Super SU, and you can give root access to those apps. But you have to open the app when u install it to disable knox.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] faslane:
Congrats all you who now have root! This is awesome news!!

Faslane
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jcollier:
I didn't pledge, but donated because this is fantastic.

4MA99956LF467981C
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yanksrock1000:
Anybody confirm if it roots the Nexus 5? Already rooted but still curious.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] avisnofsky:
No luck with my att note 3. God I hate this phone. I regret getting it every day.

View attachment 2800018
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] vxkillswitchxv37:
Root

Can confirm root explorer working.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cerobles1:
Relax, read the OP. He said if it didnt work to send him a log cat and build number, something like that. Time for you to get a log cat.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
I've already removed bloat and froze Knox. Let's see if it sticks after reboot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Bone_Enterprise:
As already mentioned..

[12:10pm] <@geohot> note 3 with 722276 in /proc/version does not work

[12:10pm] <@geohot> working on fix

Just wait a while.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 32BitWhore:
VZW S5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kilroy1stcav:
What the hell, this is what I get when I run it! It's there another apk that one didn't see?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Riffer:
No luck for SM-P900 the wifi only model of the Galaxy Tab Pro (the LTE model did root with version 1).

I really ask myself where the big difference is.

Not working so far:

1337 0 1 7380 4 0

1337 1 1 7380 4 0

1337 2 1 7380 4 0

1337 3 1 7380 4 0

1337 0 1 8191 4 0

1337 0 1 7184 4 0

1337 0 0 7380 4 0

1337 0 1 7380 0 0

1337 0 1 7380 1 0

1337 0 1 7380 2 0

In every case the tablet reboots without giving a hint.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Val23:
Towelroot worked perfectly on my Xperia V and its work was so silent and fast that I needed to install a root checker to verify that everything was done!

Many thanx to geohot gor this wonderful apk! :victory:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Sharpless78:
So I have rooted successfully, but to be able to install SuperSU and the su binary I need to unlock the bootloader, and install a custom recovery, and flash the app?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dennisg34:
If you have Titanium Backup Pro you can freeze "security policy upd....s..>SPD_v2_1402_4_1" (that's the security updater that keeps popping up if you have it set to manual update) and rename (VIA Root Explorer or etc) SDK.apk to SDK.bak
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] livio80:
galaxy k zoom

Hello Folks!

i tried V3 with Galaxy K Zoom....it will not work!

i tried some modstring but without success. i obtain always one thing: a reboot when i press "make it rain".

what can be the best values to avoid the reboot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Reboot is inevitable...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibub:
Install Supersu from play store. If you don't get a message saying that su binaries could not be updated, then you are ok. Using a file manager, go to /system/ xbin, and daemonsu and su should be there (just to verify ).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Luis945:
Any modstrings for the Note 2 SCH-i605 on 4.4.2?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Sharpless78:
The only things in /system/xbin are antradio_app and dexdump. No su or daemonsu anywhere on the phone, that's why I assume I need to flash the phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kest874:
Confirm that it works with SM-P905V Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 (Verizon) using modstring 1337 0 1 7380 4 0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BeneTleilax:
v3 did it.

v3 worked on my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 running 4.4.2 by using the "New Samsung" modstring 1337 0 1 7380 4 0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slothicka:
Sprint gs4 sph-l720

4.4.2

3.4 kernal jan 28

Works with 1337 0 1 7380 4 0

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Demmonnixx:
Not sure if it has been said yet, couldn't find my self reading all 360 pgs but this does work for the Nexus 7(2013) on the latest 4.4.4 update. So far so good. Did it's thing in less than 5sec's. Root Check was good, Installed SU from the playstore, said something about the SU Binaries or something, rebooted and bam, that msg doesn't show up anymore and all looks to be good. Thank you geohot
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
OK I'm still confused, I keep seeing folks deleting knox "as did I" but isn't it still in the bootloader? , so are we even accomplishing anything to delete the user interface files?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator

---------- Post added at 08:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:50 AM ----------

Very cool link, was that done with an app or Windows 8? "Animated link"

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] naoliv:
Can't root SK17a Xperia Mini Pro

I own a Xperia Mini Pro (SK17a) but I am not having success in rooting it with towelroot.

While running tr I can see in the log:

I/towelroot(24935): ************************
I/towelroot(24935): native towelroot running with pid 24935 params
I/towelroot(24935): CPU affinity was 1
I/towelroot(24935): set CPU affinity 0
I/towelroot(24935): got kernel version Linux version 2.6.32.9-perf (BuildUser@BuildHost) (gcc version 4.4.3 (GCC) ) #1 PREEMPT Wed Jul 4 12:32:24 2012
I/towelroot(24935):
I/towelroot(24935): no matching phone found, trying default
I/towelroot(24935): first mmap failed?

tr just freezes and nothing is displayed. I can kill it then, but nothing seems to happens on the phone (no reboot or anything else).

I have tried the combinations, all without success:

Could it be something related with the kernel 2.6.32?

Can somebody give me any hint on this, please?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] poison spyder:
Just type "lmgtfy.com"in your web browser....thats it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] vishalsonawane:
I tried all possible code for xperia Z1 C6902 but nothing is happening anyone else facing same problem?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cassinni:
Does this work on

N9005

Android 4.3

Kernel 3.4.0-1628120 without trippin knox?

Will I keep

?

thanks