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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Spartan117H3:
I jumped ship to the 6P as soon as it came out, got the 64GB graphite version. I also got a $50 refund for the recent price drop even though I preordered/was the first to get it. I had a 64GB SD card for my S5, the only reason I even got close to maxing it was having more than 3 backups at any given time. I was tempted to get the 128 but I don't need it. There are external storage solutions/cloud storage that fills the void well enough.

I'm content with the 6P. The only time I experience lag is from issues with apps itself, not the phone. Although, there was one time where I couldn't kill the google messages app and the keyboard bugged out. But I'm also using a third party keyboard. I went through two RMA's (one for the bottom right corner of the screen being not flat/sunken in, another for the RMA that I got's power button being too easily depressed). Quality control kind of sucks and the phone is a bit flimsy (people report slight bending issues and the finish of the phone scratching off easily - I'm worried about the charging port scratching, but otherwise I have a case).

I'm actually only back here because I was going to throw the latest OK3 deodexed rooted firmware before selling it on Swappa, but then I found out I have to revert it to Kitkat just to remove the stupid Samsung reactivation lock on it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Thanks for the update:p
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Spartan117H3:
Yeah I spent a few hours this morning in this forum and I see the same stupid stuff of people asking for root past OE1 in multiple threads. In the Nexus forums, I'll see some repeated questions here and there, but we're talking like a 600+ page threads, and they're actually thread specific. I have no idea what's wrong with people here.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wa3pnt:
Well my new S5 arrived from Verizon. I was told it would arrive with KitKat.

Unfortunately (for me) it arrived with 5.0 OG5.

Oh well. No rooting for me.

RodeoGeorge
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mister2quick:
Same thing happened to me... Only this phone was given to me by work so rooting it's only hope of survival. Looks like I'm going back to the turbo.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Skalofrio12:
Great thread. I'm glad to see it all in one place.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] loden27:
Hello! What has multilanguage firmware 5.0?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jdcoch:
You saved me from several days worth of headaches with this comment. Thank you! I just flashed the stock NCG kernel with odin and then I was able to download towelroot to root, then supersu, busybox, and safestrap to get SS going and boom... back in business with a rooted 4.4.2 with Sinfulrom.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sydater:
I made a little video w/instructions on how to root as a reference for others. This is for 5.0.

youtube.com/watch?v=yjQ6LvDBWis
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
Root 5.0 OG5, OK3, PB1

Just in case it hasnt made it into here yet.....

Root Directions Link

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370

AND if you're lucky enough to have a CID beginning with 15

Bootloader Unlock Link

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370

Im currently rooted with TWRP and unlocked DEV bootloader
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] borgey420:
My phone got stolen so I had to activate an old Galaxy S5 I had lying around as a backup device. I am lost without root but am not too sure if I can even root the device on the current build. The build number I am on is BPB1 (those are the last 4 characters of the build number).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] boblpn:
Trying to find an answer...

Recently received ins replacement GS5 900V with 5.0, build PB1 and Kernel date Feb 2016. I have gained root using instructions in a thread on here somewhere using the Lolli version of Safestrap.

However, I don't care for Lolli, and want to go back to KitKat, keeping root. Can this be done, and if so, how?

Can I use the current Safestrap I used for rooting 5.0? Busybox and SU are installed.

What are instructions for downgrading from rooted 5.0 to KitKat 4.4.4, keeping root?

Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thewebsiteisdown:
Is there a link for the pf4 modem for me to flash some where like a flashable zip that I can flash through twrp? I'm on an unlocked bootloader and running cm13 currently on pb1 modem.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Steve091:
Hi, I am trying to use towelroot on my Galaxy S5 with 6.0.1 standard OS, but it keeps saying "Phone is not supported." I have tried tapping on the title 3 times and using the 3 codes but none of them work. I noticed a lot of these guides are from the year 2014, are there newer guides out there? Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alin919:
You can not use towelroot anymore if you upgrade to MM rom ( you can not root MM ). Need to downgrade to pb1 rom and follow the instruction how to root again : http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cooze:
Hi!

At first, sorry for my english. I don't find the solution of my problem, so I ask. I've bought two g900v phones and I want to use in europe . The phones work on hungarian networs. I read that, it is possible the g900v "converting" to g900f. I attach my phones details (one white, one black to identify). I thought, it will esay to flash with odin the g900f stock firmware(example:G900FXXS1BPE3_G900FOXX1BOJ1_XEH) to g900v, but the phone says different error messages in download mode(ex: sbl1.mbn fail, SECURE CHECK FAIL: aboot).

Please help me, how can i flash the phones to g900f, or something else not network customized software!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] natepez23:
samsung lock bypassed can't trigger debugg dialog

I've bypassed my samsung lock with a couple of methods already stated on the forums. I've previously rooted and had a stable rom on it but I wanted to try my hands on upgrading it to marshmallow. I didn't realize that My samsung lock was on and when I try to enter in my information on the setup wizard it just said processing failed over and over.

I downgraded it back to a stock 5.0 and now I've figured out how to bypass the lock, but it still isn't a fully functional phone. Home button does not work when phone is booted up and neither does the left hand button. Also top menu does not come down to see usb settings when you connect it to the computer. I'm not sure if this is the reason why usb debugging dialog does not pop up, but it doesn't. I have the correct drivers, I've used them before just recently. If I can get the usb dialog to pop up, I can install root and downgrade to kitkat but I just cannot for the life of me get the pop up to show. I've also looked everywhere for an answer so now I'm seeing if any of you fine users can help me get that step forward. I can install any app, but when trying to get into any app that requires samsung info it force quits the app or closes out.

Build OK3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] computererds:
Please post a link for this if you find it. I'm also having issues as of late running cm (lte; good download no upload?) that I believe may need a modem flash.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hauckk@sfreserves.org:
Download pf4 stock debloated rooted rom for s5 then extract tar using 7 zip file manager them add modem As a tar then flash tar in odin
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alin919:
Here : http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/modem-modems-t3154630
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ChorizoBlanco:
Sorry I'm noob. I have the Verizon S5 with Marshmallow and I'd like to root it. I'm very noob and I only rooted 2 phones in my life. I've heard that I need to rollback all the way to lollipop in order to root it, is that true ? If so, can anybody give me a hand ? Thanks in advance !
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hauckk@sfreserves.org:
Yeah you have to downgrade to lollipop pb1 or ok3 firmware by flashing in odin

root by going to ok3 root thread on xda under s5 Verizon section
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slimcyril:
I believe the VZW S5 on Lollipop is upgradable to Marshmellow, will root access be saved & restored if I use the Flashfire app to install/update the VZW S5 from Lollipop to Marshmellow?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fukenbiker:
My S5 with the Toshiba chip set running OptimalROM R13-1 has been my daily driver for years now. I am pleased to announce scoring a used S5 that has the Samsung EMMc starting with 15. I have switched to it. This S5 is now my daily driver, and the other is a spare now.

I like having a custom recovery. I am using Titanium Backup to freeze all the bloatware in the official PB1 ROM

I got root and my bootloader is unlocked, and I have TWRP 2.7.0 installed.

I am posting this as a question about the difference in TWRP, as I saw a discussion about 3.0 and wonder what benefit there is in seeking to upgrade TWRP from 2.7 to 3.0?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] OrneryTX:
I have a Verizon Galaxy S5 (G900V) that I rooted a couple of years ago and never updated any further. It's currently running 4.4.4 / NK2 and I've started looking at upgrading to a Lollipop build. I have the Toshiba 11x eMMC so it doesn't sound like Marshmallow is an option if I want to keep root. I've spent the last couple of days rooting through the forums and can't seem to find a method to update my phone from KitKat to Lollipop (while keeping root) that is current, has the necessary files available to download, and works. Using FlashFire and G900V_OE1_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip followed by Odin and an OD5 bootloader is failing on my phone for whatever reason. The other methods, including muniz_ri's, don't seem to have current files.

I've fried my brain searching with no success. If anyone could point me to current directions/files to upgrade from KitKat to a solid Lollipop build while maintaining my root access, it would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mikerooter89:
Does this method still work and is it the quickest method? Ive yet to root my s5 and it has marshmellow now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ubigred:
Which method will work on OG5 build? I can find the answer anywhere. Please help!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] popkurn611:
ok yeah I'll go for the update and let you know then.

Sent from my *ROOTED* GS5!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hsoras:
As for SDM Manager I don't see it either. in Ti all I see is SDM 1.0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
that's it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] midnight assassin:
So we freeze that one?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
yes. freeze it and it will stop OTA updates. not the security update but OTAs that might break root etc etc.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] popkurn611:
performed the fix and worked like a charm. good stuff

Sent from my *ROOTED* GS5!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
woot woot...I heard it disables private mode (Samsung feature) but I don't use it. I can deal without it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] popkurn611:
yeah I haven't used it....so I wouldn't know either haha

Sent from my *ROOTED* GS5!

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Wonder if there will be a fix for it now that I looked it actually looks pretty cool. Always something!

Sent from my *ROOTED* GS5!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Eco_Minded:
Instead of freezing it I uninstalled SDM. Will this cause a problem? Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
unless someone has it you can put it back.... otherwise you need to use Odin I believe. you just won't get ota updates without it... freezing it disabled it while delete means bye bye
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Eco_Minded:
Yeah I figured it wasn't the end of the world. I was looking at another thread on what apps to freeze and uninstall to debloat and it was under uninstall. I realized after it might be something I need. I'll worry about it when the time comes. Great thread by the way! Very helpful. Thanks,
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xboxexpert:
If you goto my thread I have downloadable zips of ALL the apps you may have removed and can remove. Just go check it out.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
I posted it into the OP's. Thanks a bunch
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] evomattnc:
SuperSU updated in play store today. I installed and updated binaries just fine. Version 2 now I believe.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KingKurogiii:
hey guys, i have the retail VZW Galaxy S5 and i've already rooted.

what i'm wanting to know is how to get the stock Samsung Browser working.

i've already got the SBrowser.apk in my system apps and i've changed the permissions to rw- r-- r--

the app is showing up in my apps after rebooting and i've force stopped/cleared data but whenever i try to open it force closes.

any suggestions? is there anything else i need?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
If you didn't do it already set the permissions on the lib file for the browser.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KingKurogiii:
well i actually didn't add any of the lib files because i figured they'd already be there. xD

i did go ahead and add them, change their permissions and it's working fine now.

thanks for the help good sir.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
Added it to the OP earlier, finally convince my buddy to root his phone and I did it with him. Brought him over to the Dark Side :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tangoboyz:


Yes it's an S5 but I don't see sdm manager
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
id show you its there but i uninstalled mine already lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sgtcasey:
Here it is on mine. This is using Titanium Backup.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1967ls2:
I installed xposed and everything got super laggy and slow. Anyone else experience this? I had to uninstall xposed to get things moving normal again. I would love to try it out and use some of the mods but not at the expense the phone slowing down the point it's almost unusable.

Anyone have any tips or insight?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
S-Health is the culprit. see the OP for instructions on how to fix
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1967ls2:
Thanks! I saw the op about editing the build prop for s health, but root explore won't let me do any editing even when I change it to read write. I downloaded a build prop editor but that didn't work either. I'll give it another try
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
that's weird. make sure SuperSU gives it permission. make it R/W once your in the folder and then long press and select open in text editor. all in root explorer
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
try root browser or es file explorer with root features enabled?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1967ls2:
I agree, weird. I found a build prop editor and was able to make the changes. Does this mean s health no longer works at all while xposed is installed? Changing the build prop allowed me to get rid of the constant error message with s health, but now the app doesn't work at all.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
there's a second step. once you changed the build.prop you need to clear app data on s-health and health service. then you can reinstall xposed... then open s-health sign in and update it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1967ls2:
Ahhh, I forgot to clear data on the health services. Just did that and it seems to have resolved my issues. Gonna try some modules and see where that gets me. Thanks for the walkthrough!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] eragon5779:
Can I agent install gapps through stock recovery if it is signed?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
doubt it.. best is to extract n install what you need
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] eragon5779:
Okay. Just wondering. Wanted to install FaceUnlock.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bryan317:
Has anyone tried ROM toolbox to customize anything? Specifically the status bar?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
Wanam with Xposed works great
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cor_su:
It seems Wanam causes my boot screen to say custom where gravity box doesn't.

I haven't been able to get the battery % and carrier text to consistently be hidden after restarts. I have to go back into settings and apply the changes again. My kitkat battery with percent is always there as well as cursor scroll with volume keys. It seems hit or miss on what sticks and doesn't.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
I'll give a hand tomorrow. drinking right now :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
some changes will make it say custom . not a big deal....

as far as the other problems. I'd say email the wanam Dev....he got back to me quick. remember we jsut got root for the s5 so they may need to tweek certain settings
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] o0xx0o:
I have the EXACT same problem (ALL of the issues you described).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1967ls2:
Stock rooted Verizon s5. I'm trying to edit with root explorer but for the life of me root explorer won't let me do anything. I can't edit or modify anything. Not sure what's going on here. Any insight is appreciated!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
Make sure your supersu is up to date and make sure root explorer is listed as a root granted app within supersu. also in root explorer you need to make sure you hit the mount R/w tab in the directory you are in or you cant do nada. if you need more help PM me tomorrow.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dfurr88:
Isis stops working once rooted. It will run a check the first time you open it after root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] evomattnc:
I believe Isis checks for root...can probably use root cloak. Think I saw Isis on their list but don't quote me, I don't use Isis.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cor_su:
I stopped trying to use GravityBox as it techincailly isn't supported on the Samsung Touchwiz UI overlay. Maybe I will reenable as I do like the volume key cursor scrolling and Wanam doesn't have it.

The additional battery % icon text was a kitkat setting that I simply disabled so I'm good to go there.

The +/- brightness auto setting in Wanam doesn't seem to work for me but otherwise my setup is coming along pretty well.

Finally I need to figure out which app being frozen causes my email count notification to not show up. Something going 1 by 1 should resolve.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Have you been able to disable "wake on plug in/out" with Wanam? Can't seem to get this working with Wanam or any other app
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cor_su:
I just tried the Wanam Setting Lockscreen -> Turn on screen when unplugged and unchecked it. This worked to not turn the screen on for both a USB wall charger as well as being connected into a computer as a media device and charging.

I there another setting for when plugging in?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Weird, mine says "screen off when unplugging" so I put a check next to it, reboot, and still doesn't work. This is in Wanam Kit, right? I don't have Wanam Xposed installed, but I do have Gravity Box. Wonder if the 2 are conflicting somehow?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
I think you want Wanam Xposed over Wanam Kit.....I think Wanam Kit is specifically designed for AOSP while Wanam Xposed is for Samsung devices. I might be wrong though
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cor_su:
I have Wanam Xposed so that makes sense why I couldn't find the setting.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] edditnyc:
I started getting some random reboots and the inability for the power menu to come up. I noticed I had the Kit instead of Wanam Xposed. Seems like that was the cause. Not sure why it wasn't having problems earlier but everything is back to normal after the switch.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
I installed Wanam Xposed and unchecked the setting. Still wakes when I plug in USB. Oh well, not a huge deal at all, just wish i knew why it was happening.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Razzzzer:
I unchecked USB debugging, but it still just spins "disabling knox".... any tips?

I used the one on the app store... binaries updated without issue..

thanks

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did It disable knox okay? mine freezes and just keeps spinning on the disabling knox message... when I reboot and load supersu pro it still keeps telling me knox is on, disable?

usb debug mode is off.... fyi

any other tips?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] evomattnc:
I installed the previous apk from chainfires thread and was able to disable Knox initially that way. It was version 1.97 I think. It's linked in the op. Then the play store app updated days later and it was able to update binaries, my Knox was already disabled though.

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Hmmm on second thought it was probably 1.99r4 or something, either way it was linked in the op...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] grizzlebizzle:
I don't have Wanam installed yet but I also get custom on boot - guessing it is because I enabled R/W access to the SDCard. So it seems a lot of things that will enable this. It still says "Official" under About -> Device Status.

I have no idea what the reasoning behind the SD card permissions lockdown at Google is on this - especially since they have pretty much phased out external storage on their Nexus devices. Really don't see how it is any more dangerous for an app tohave R/W on ext storage than built-in storage.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Marplot:
Go into Wanam Exposed\Security Hacks\Fake System Status. That should get rid of the custom notice during boot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kilroy1stcav:
I use "hide my root" from the play store and it works great, before I use Isis I just open "hide my root" and hide it the use Isis, or any other app that checks root before running like google movies. Then when I need root I just reopen the app and restore root!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bowserbabe:
Apologies for being a noob but I've never rooted a phone before and I'm a little nervous. The linked thread doesn't seem to have any instructions and the towelroot page only seems to have an apk. Are there instructions for idiots anywhere?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jvtrigo:
Side load the apk file (remember to check install unknown sources under security). After installation run the app and follow the on screen tutorial.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bowserbabe:
It stalled on disabling KNOX the first time but did it instantly after I rebooted (I had it plugged into the computer the first time, maybe that was it). Root checker told me I didn't have root the first time (SuperSU popped up and asked me a question I probably didn't spend enough time looking at... I assume it was asking me for some permission?) but when I closed it and opened it back up it said I was good to go.

Guess I'm slightly not a noob anymore.

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
your probably fine....that was SuperSU asking for permission. download an additional root app like titanium backup and see if you are prompted and grant access
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] chrisbass:
I don't believe you can flash a custom recovery due to the locked bootloader
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
rtfm.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TechX1991:
Also, by the way, the Knox sensor can be tripped. mines tripped and all i did was root
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ks3rv3rg:
I'm pretty sure you are the only person so far. If so then either your phone is an anomaly or there was user error somewhere.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] windstrings:
To prevent an inadvertent OS OTA update.. Is sdm all i need to freeze?

What about security policies?

Security manager service?

Verizon remote diagnostics?

Verizon support and protection?

Sent from my GS4 Zombie Communicator
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] shark_dude:
This worked fine on the S5 so I decided to try it on my S3 (both Verizon). Everything was fine until I ran SuperSu and selected "Normal" method but it failed. However after rebooting the phone, Root Checker confirmed that it was in fact rooted even though SuperSu threw the "Failed" message. I've rebooted it a few times since and everything seems to be perfect root-wise :good: Not sure exactly what happened but good to go now!