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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] speedyranger:
Or more simply: factory reset by stock recovery. Tested by my self.

Inviato dal mio SM-G900F utilizzando Tapatalk

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V1 it's a little than v2... and when you install v2, will se "no need to reboot".

V1, rebooting itself into 15 seconds.

Inviato dal mio SM-G900F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] agimur:
Success with my S4 LTE-A i9506 android 4.3. Root and Knox to 0x0.

But don't work with Galaxy Express 2 SM-G3815, android 4.2.2 last version. :(

I need to have Knox to 0x0. Can i do anything?

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
Is it overkill to have multiple File Managers? I have ES File Explorer & Root Browser & am entertaining using Root Explorer as well - which is only $3.99.

I've learned (the hard way) that having only one backup of computer data isn't a good idea. What if your flashdrive or external harddrive fails one day like mine did?.

I have the same fear of File Managers. Or am I putting too much thought into this?:confused:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] social-design-concepts:
I didn't think you needed to keep it after it placed the su binary? It's an exploit isn't it only need to initially gain privileges to setup su once the su binary has been installed why would you need to keep it isn't having an app installed that can gain privileges without needing to call su and superSU a bad idea? Why would anyone need to keep it installed after the devices has been rooted? I removed it after rooting and my razrm is still rooted.

Was that user referring to unrooting?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DLegado24:
untroot

did not work on my note 3. still have custom unlock at start up
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
I've since updated that post cause I read it incorrectly. Is there a reason to keep or not keep towelroot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] radionerd:
You can freeze it or delete it. You would only need to run it again if you some how lost root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ramsenn:
Hi i wounder what the fuss is about that using towelroot will expose the mobile to hackers to take full control of the mobile? Is the problem solved by installing SU?

or i f i want to root should i go with YOLO mode and go with CF root

I hate samsung that stop this community from rooting
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] asacado:
I was one of the few who updated to Sense 6.0 on the newest update for HTC one M7 with verizon, is there a chance we might see Towelroot work on this device in the future?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Can you unfreeze something if you lost root?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] radionerd:
Good point, Tightainum backup needs root to work. So if someone was paranoid about the apk, they could keep a copy of it somewhere safe, Just in case.

I just froze mine.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Xenrutcon:
Thank you so much! Sending a donation your way Geo...I was about to blow $500 on an unlocked maxx hd...now I have it unlocked! THANKS THANKS THANKS :highfive:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] matze19999:
Thank you, but...

...doesnˋt work on Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 with newest Firmware :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wtherrell:
Unlocked? That's a new twist! How?

Which phone did you manage to unlock? I presume you mean bootloader & not sim unlock.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Kryptonium:
Can anyone confirm if it works on device ZTE Z730?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Xenrutcon:
Yes, bootloader. The towel root allows drjbliss' motopacalypse to unlock again. This is already fixed in 4.4.4 so unlock now
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wtherrell:
Exciting, but which phone? Just D-Maxx?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Xenrutcon:
Sorry, tried to edit my post with phone info, 5 minute wait for me between posts. Anyhow, I did it to a RAZR HD. It will work on all the RAZR line, and possibly other moto phones. Check droidrzr.com for the info
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Nightstalk3rs:
Freezing an app in Titanium is similar to disabling an app in the phone's stock Application Manager. It doesn't look like you could re-enable it that way though as the disable button does not even appear as an option for towelroot in the app manager.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thedicemaster:
it has been mentioned before that this doesn't work with the galaxy k zoom.

i managed to capture a rather uninforming logcat of it:

I/towelroot_java( 9895): server says: da
I/towelroot( 9895): ************************
I/towelroot( 9895): native towelroot running with pid 9895
I/towelroot( 9895): got kernel version Linux version 3.4.39-1522600 (dpi@SWDD5515) (gcc version 4.6.x-google 20120106 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 2 20:17:33 KST 2014
I/towelroot( 9895):
I/towelroot( 9895): no matching phone found, trying default
I/towelroot( 9895): i have a client like hookers
I/towelroot( 9895): starting the dangerous things
V/NetworkStats( 2878): performPollLocked(flags=0x1)

the moment i hit the root button the entire device locks up.

my tablet(pc/w8) still sees my phone, but my pebble disconnects and only a battery pull can make the phone usable again.(even long-press power fails)

this is a device that really needs root.

only 4GB usable internal storage, and no SDcard access at all beyond the few stock apps that use it.

even apps that claim to have kitkat workarounds like FX file explorer and dropsync have no access.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] P4k1t0:
Ok guys successful root my SM-G900F :) Works 100% :)

I just have one question, if have any update from samsung, should i update my phone with root? Have any problem?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xerxes76:
rooting a Zopo ZP950 doesn't work even with towelroot v2. the app simply hangs. trying to kill it results in a reboot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Updates always try their best to cancel out any exploits so you probably would not be able to root again until things caught up

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Do not update!! All this OTA talk is driving me nuts. You can't have root and OTA. The new versions are full of patches to fix the things we exploit!!! If you want to keep root, you can not take official updates. Soon we will have safestrap anyway and you can flash certain ROMS.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cryptojunky:
Galaxy Note 3

Thanks geohot. The root worked great for Samsung Galaxy Note 3 AT&T Kit Kat 4.4.2 Can now get total recall call recorder to work...Awesome job, will send a BTC donation :good:

Update: BTC sent...Thanks Again
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] P4k1t0:
Thanks for your reply, is there any way to unroot easy?

BTW what is the certain ROMS u talk? Bcs we cant enable boot-loader.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1iwilly:
that statement is not true go here=http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2790292&page=2 read from post #11 as how to do it. me an others have taken the new ota t-mobile put out yesterday and flash it to our phone and still kept root.using mobile odin pro HAS TO BE PRO VERSION.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Luigiiska:
Thank you very much.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] aholeinthewor1d:
Whyyyy does this thread still exist or why is it not locked..all info about rooting and what you can so so far and how to do it is in the other thread. This is just a giant ongoing thread of the same 3 questions asked over and over
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
aren't we supposed to be talking about Verizon phones as the bootloader is locked I don't think T Mobile has a locked bootloader so it's a non-issue

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] imnok1:
Strange, my NB1 doesn't root with v1 or v2. Wonder what possible other difference there could be...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1iwilly:
no i was just trying to tell/show other that are paranoid that they can still take OTA and still keep root and as long as it is the galaxy s5 what diff does it really make. cause at the end of the day. it's just about the same principle ROOTING .
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cybershawngates:
Upgrade to nc1 first ota. For att s4
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Samsung usually screws you and with bootloader locked it's a different game.

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Sweet, you go ahead and keep accepting the OTAs and see how long that lasts. Also, you didn't even need this method to unroot tmobile so I don't know why that's relevant. Samsung and verizon/att and any other responsible carrier/company releases OTA to update the OS with new features and bug fixes which more often than not include patching known exploits. You can't argue this, it is fact.

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It's people like you that spread false information and cause others to have issues.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1iwilly:
since you don't don't seem to understand the concept behind it. let me put it this way. i just got the phone 2 months ago making payments on it

plus the insurance crap. so towel root comes along and takes my worries away knowing it won't trip the knox counter.and i can run apps that are for rooted phone. especially the adfree and freeze bloatware. yes my boot loader is unlocked big deal i couldn't care less about it

as long i have worried free ROOT.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
True, Russian Roulette is lots of fun and big thrills until you finally get the bullet ?

Don't we all love to do things without reading the manual!

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1iwilly:
what false info have i posted the dam bottom line is were are both using the same root method.so where is the false info in that. second we both have galaxy s5 where is the wrong info on that.i just said we=t-mobile just had NEW OTA and it took away root when tried to root again no go.

so we flash back to previous firmware re towel root=key word not CF root.then use mobile odin pro to flash the modem firmware and kernel and maintain root while having a new OTA install. again where is the wrong info on that.i was just stating an example if you guys wrong to this kind of issue maybe it could would too.so i ask again where is the false info in that.we are here to help each other weather verizon t-mobile spring galaxy s5 is the same phone only exception t-mobile has unlocked bootloader.

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dude hacking phone is trial an error where the hell is there a reading manual for that .trying to share positives finding and only get dumb statements like these.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Newbies like myself don't know how to undo trial and error experiences, that's best left for veterans who love the challenge.

As you prob know when you step in a pile of crap very few will help you get it off!

It's disheartening when someone is crying "help me I've been fatally wounded" and there's only silence because no one knows how to save them.

At this point in my learning curve I appreciate careful accurate info.

Too many say "look I made it through the mine field, everyone else should come too!"

Only a few posts back I witnessed this very thing, yet people "want it now" and won't study first and be patient so it keeps happening.

If you wanna be a good big brother on the forum, be conservative in what you encourage your little brother to do unless you will be there to bail him out.

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] popkurn611:
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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] drahpatel02:
Confirmed. Roots Verizon n3 nc4.

You r great...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] riotdog7:
Rooted:)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tada10:
How about Note 3? Any news?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dydigital:
It worked!! So can we safely disable the KNOX apps without tripping anything?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 0145ethan:
I can verify this works in a matter of seconds... Beautiful. Incredible work Geohot
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cerobles1:
Nice, I guess it doesnt download Super SU, which means you have to download it manually. Thanks Geo
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RusherDude:
People, apart from posting that it worked, could you update with Knox tripped or not info?

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] midnight assassin:
Didn't mean for it to sound that way. Apologies.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] avisnofsky:
Didnt work on my att note 3 running nc2
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrbxx7:
Excellent work geohot. I'll donate just to keep u around for the note 4!! :D

TaPpEd from my XpOsEd 4.4.2 NIII
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] codyvance:
Verizon and Samsung so pissed right now..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cssacropolis:
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have root. SM-G900A (ATT S5). Confirmed. Thank you, geohot. Its been a truly long wait.

EDIT: Knox is NOT tripped. Double checked.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
At the moment you can't update the su binary, but if you install supersu you can start using it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] K-alz:
nope

from my locked note 3!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RusherDude:
Last post in the page fux no1 will see it :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sgtcasey:
How do you check if Knox tripped?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Nucleartx:
SU shows install failed but it seems to work fine.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cod3L1ne:
Didn't change anything on my note 3. My wife's s5 said wait 15 sec phone will be rooted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] micadee6453:
Didnt work on my note 3 ... i donated but thanks anyways
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Since you don't seem to understand the concept behind an OTA I'll help you. Long story short- if you want your worry free root, don't accept OTAs. You are contradicting yourself by trying to be worry free and accepting otas.

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When you start actually creating exploits and not spewing false information by telling people to accept OTAs, then you can talk about hacking. YOU haven't hacked anything, you pushed a button without knowing what it does or why it's even possible. By doing your unnecessary experiments that have already been proven false long ago, you are causing others to have issues. If you're worried about all your insurance you'd take the time to research how to unroot and bring back to a factory state. You have an unlocked bootloader which means you can flash all the latest Roms with updates. Which means you don't need and shouldn't be accepting OTAs.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] FoneWatcher:
Are you worried that your file manager will fail? Just install another one if it does.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jmz768:
So once rooting with this and then removing bloat, how do I download and install updates?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Which updates? Ota OS from Verizon or Samsung etc or Google updates for your apps?

The latter works fine and is no big deal.

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] FoneWatcher:
I guess that BIG RED POST started this fear?

The best way to prevent malicious apps is to be aware of what it is that you're installing and the source from which it came.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
Not to get sidetracked but I installed adblocker "worked great" but it did slow my responsiveness I gained from rooting and tossing my bloatware so I tossed it.. Things are faster with the ads!.. Lol!

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jmz768:
OTA's from Verizon. I've tried updating my S3 and it fails. I unroot with SuperSU and it still fails.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
I meant Google works fine.

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Arvindb02:
Any luck getting to work on the kindle fire HD (KFSOWI) ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wantabe:
Just curious. Ads?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PS4AndroidHacker:
Yeah. Ads. I'm also running adblocker. It works great and takes ALL the ads off my device. Try it out. Look up adfree on google. Look for the website. Download the app and install. It's simple and works great!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SnuggP:
Maybe it's because you have the mini, that's what you have correct?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Boom:
Towelroot?

My KFHD just updated twice in the past week, and root with restore by Bin4ry, works awesome and easy!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] JVT:
Has mms stopped after root for anyone else?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wantabe:
Was here lurking, doing some research for my brother who refuses to use the sdk on his N5. I was just curious which adblocker windstrings was referring to. I'm aware of all the adblockers but for the most part used my own hosts file for years but kicked it to the curb because it would occasionally block a video from playing if there was an ad at the beginning. 99% of my apps are paid or donate versions, so no ads and I use Dolphin Browser with their AdBlock add-on available in "Lab" section. No ads, text reflow and flash works on 4.4+

Apologize for the hijack, I will now quietly slink away! ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
Yeah, this is an easy fix and answer and is what I had considered. Thanks. I was just wondering what the community thoughts were on multiple File Managers.

Are you saying to install another if it fails? Or install another now in case one fails? Anyone even have a File Manager fail?

I don't remember ever hearing about that in my 4-5 years of root experience.

On the other hand, all the File Managers do now (at least for me) is for renaming a few apk's and TiBu is where I freeze/delete bloat.

All I've done so far is #towelroot > SU > TiBu should I, as I've read in other posts, have Odin? (I have a GS4)

I'm not really concerned with a warranty since these things rarely break, but I will keep my $9.99 a month

everything covered

insurance in case I drop it in a puddle - or one of my client's in a wheelchair turns and knocks it into their toilet....again (happened to my Droid X2 once) :crying:

Thanks again for your feedback :good:

edit (9:56 pm) If another File Mgr is installed, will it contain the same info ES File Manager did before I renamed a few apk's? Would I have to rename them again?

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By the way, what are you guys doing about this battery drain since having root. I saw a few other remarks about this but didn't see any suggestions
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bazzarooney:
Towelroot does not seem to work on any Exynos based device

Towelroot does not seem to work on any Exynos based device, followed every step on my n7100 and my note 10.1 no joy

tried every permutation and root test, devices just reboot immediately (no wait or message) no su binary, tried chainfire tried terminal emulator and root checker, it does not work.

Maybe TW3 will be the winner.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1iwilly:
here is another one that doesn't understands what he reads. where on my posting did i state or said you must take the OTA update no matter.what. dude i was just simply saying if you do take an OTA update and loose root or can root how to find a worked around.

by the way my call signs are N1XWL tech plus license been tinkering with electronics for a long time by the way tons of things in this world where made either by risking experiments or by accident.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
I was using this one.. Read the faq on it.. They admit "everything has to go through it"

Anymore questions just PM. Me.

https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] FoneWatcher:
I have never had a problem with a file manager and have had approximately 200 devices come through my custody (buying and selling on eBay) since 2011 or so, and on my personal stable of devices, I often have had multiple file managers (but definitely have my favorites that I rely on) and they never caused a crash or worse.

The caveat to that is it depends what you do with it and what changes you make to files. Messing with permissions or renaming critical system files, e.g., can get you in trouble if you're not sure what you're changing, but generally opening files, copying, etc. is lightweight stuff (again, depends on what you rename and the file's function) and it's just a matter of preference on the file manager's interface.

Also, I now realized (obviosuly too late) that we're straying too far OT and perhaps you should continue such a question in a different thread. :eek:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sjmiller:
I read one fix was to clear cache from recovery. I did so, and it helped. Your mileage may vary.

Scott
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] weathertom:
Ok, I apologize in advance for this question, but...

I always try to find my answer in previous posts, but there is way too much contradictory information and arguing for me to feel confident that I know the correct answer to this question. Based on past experience, I'm guessing I should not accept any OTA updates if prompted (I have a newly (towel)rooted AT&T Galaxy S5). Although I've installed SuperSU and enabled the OTA preservation, I know that that is far from foolproof. In any event, I'm just looking for the quick simple answer to this question, and sensible suggestions on how I might proceed to update down the road (and retain root) if in fact we shouldn't accept OTAs. Of course, like many, I'm hoping that somehow someone can figure out how to unlock the bootloader on this phone, then none of this matters, but until then (if that ever happens) I just want to make sure I hold onto root (mainly so I don't lose WiFi tethering, even though there are plenty of other things I wouldn't want to lose as well).

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jvtrigo:
I have a gs5 SM-G900M rooted with towelroot, so my Knox counter is 0x0. If I flash a custom recovery will it trip the counter to 0x1?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
If you accept an OTA, especially from Verizon or att, you will most likely lose root. They don't leave these holes open when they're discovered.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UnhoIy:
For apps that require you to be unrooted, try the Xposed module 'Root Cloak'
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
How'd you do this? Recovery? Where? Sorry but without a ROM I'm not sure how to or how you did it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] weathertom:
Thanks, that's exactly what I expected, but got lost in trying to read through previous posts in the thread (most turned into sniping and arguments).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lane W.:
You didn't stray too far, you gave me what I'm looking for. The only renaming I did was to the ota and security update. Yeah, I can understand root & potential ROM's as I have on my other phones, but I'm not going deep into the device's system/folders any more than the few renames I did. Thank you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sjmiller:
Every phone has recovery. Even phones running stock ROMs. Search Google for your phone model and how to boot to recovery. Once there, you should find an option to clear cache.

Scott
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
Understandable. The purpose of an OTA is to release new features and bug fixes/exploit patches. If you've had root on a previous release, it's very unlikely you'll have root on the next official due to the fact that they keep tabs on exploitable holes.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1iwilly:
to get into recovery you turn phone completely off then hold volume up the home button and power button at the same time.i usually press the volume up then home button then power when you see the screen light up let go of the power button once in recovery use the volume down key to highlight the clear cache then press only the power button let it do its thing when it finishes reboot will be highlighted press power button again phone reboots. hope that helps
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slick4747:
yep S4 Mini SGH-i257 (U.S. AT&T)