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[Galaxy S 5 General] minin0la:
So lets say I have rooted my phone with Towelroot. When I want to go for service or I would say to get a warranty back. How do I unroot it?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
Install superSU from Play and inside the app choose to unroot. Data factory reset and that should be it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] minin0la:
Did you tried and use on SM-G900F before?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
No i haven`t myself, but it is confirmed that this works.
[Galaxy S 5 General] minin0la:
I will look more on Google about that. If anyone tried to unroot SM-G900F with Supersu and it's works, please do let me know about it. :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] *elmo*:
Mattyyey, maybe noob question. Root will erase internal memory? Will do factory reset?
[Galaxy S 5 General] minin0la:
Rooting should not be removing the internal memory. (Correct me if I am wrong)

They should just give you a 'superuser' right for you to be able to modify the system files, etc.

Sent from my SM-G900F
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
No this doesn't wipe anything, it just allows things to run with elevated permissions(root apps).

Also been exploring some more... I also now recommend you do a nandroid using online nandroid backup app as it'll do a nandroid without recovery. Then I installed exposed framework and am having fun with that hehe

Also you might wanna install busy box (titanium backup has its own)
[Galaxy S 5 General] zic1:
Confirmed for 900F model, everything is fine and knox is not triped!
[Galaxy S 5 General] *elmo*:
Device status unofficial :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
That`s to be expected off course after you gain root (admin) privleges ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] *elmo*:
Not able to disable knox in super su. In su start to disable and hold on...

PS. Now status is official :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] minin0la:
Did device status become Official too?

Sent from my SM-G900F
[Galaxy S 5 General] *elmo*:
I have official. But I'm not able yo turn of knox in supersu
[Galaxy S 5 General] minin0la:
What do i mean is when you try to unroot the device with Supersu. Did the device status turn to official too?

Sent from my SM-G900F
[Galaxy S 5 General] *elmo*:
I didn't try unroot.
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevenb691:
Yes you can unroot using super su.The first time I tried it didn't work.so I rebooted and it worked great root checker app confirm that my ph I ne fors not have root access everything looks as if it has never been rooted...thank you to all devs great work root and unroot has never been so easy.....
[Galaxy S 5 General] dejahboi:
Source from original thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2783157
[Galaxy S 5 General] lamecus:
Hi there,

Can I use it on my SM-G900H?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Haktar:
awesome thanks, rooted with warranty chuffed
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
added to OP for clarity...

It is suggested that it will work in the original thread. However, as this is new, which it will and wont work on is still a little unknown until more people report that it works, or doesnt so it can be fixed. Apparently towelroot has never bricked a device, and i trust chainfires supersu (i have pro too). So i dont see the harm in trying it :P but i hold no responsibility, totally ur choice.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Drixnya:
This works on my SM-G900T1 without tripping Knox. (Your milage may vary)
[Galaxy S 5 General] ChelseaHansa:
I do exact so. Work well. But I have problem with Titanium that says when try to make an backup, there are no space left on SD card. But it a 64gb memory card and almost empty. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S 5 General] *elmo*:
Did you install fix for SD card? It was mentioned
[Galaxy S 5 General] ChelseaHansa:
Now I have, and it works. Thanks. [emoji1]
[Galaxy S 5 General] simple-man:
I have a little question ... when i try to unroot the device for offical update .. it will erase all the apps and data in the phone ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] minin0la:
If you unroot you phone. The data like apps and your personal files will not be delete. However, it is recommended to flash a stock rom and do a factory reset everytime you unroot your device.
[Galaxy S 5 General] yud:
Works beautifully on the G900I (Vodafone Australia).

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 General] chriszuti:
wish i had waited now. thanks for the info though
[Galaxy S 5 General] simple-man:
Is it necessary to factory reset and flash the stock rom to get the OTA updates ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] minin0la:
I am not really sure if it is necessary.

However, I think that by doing factory reset and flash stock ROM may prevent some unexpected things happen in the future. Who knows when you update with OTA the new Knox detects it and trip the warranty? For me I will go for factory reset and flashing the stock rom just in case. Still, it is your choice.

If your device's status is custom. I do not think you could get a OTA update. (Correct me if i am wrong)
[Galaxy S 5 General] simple-man:
Although thanks ... I think if I flash the stock rom without factory reset it will be stock and the apps and data will not be deleted .. I think it's the best what about you ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] minin0la:
That's works too. I have no problem after flash rom. If I am not wrong, I get official status too.

Anyway good luck!
[Galaxy S 5 General] DesertHawk:
Works amazingly on G900F thanks OP
[Galaxy S 5 General] pacoelo:
TowelRoot

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Towel Root do not work on my Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900GH ,Is there another way to root my s5
[Galaxy S 5 General] GastonC:
G900T

what firmware
[Galaxy S 5 General] pacoelo:
TowelRoot

My S5 firmware is G900HXXU1ANE2 Android 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 5 General] minin0la:
What happen when you tried to press "make ot rain"?
[Galaxy S 5 General] pacoelo:
TowelRoot

when i try to make it ra1n,this say this phone is not currently supported

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When i try to make it ra1n,this say this phone isn't currently supported
[Galaxy S 5 General] jsbutran:
Same here on my Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900GH. It says phone is not currently supported. Any solution please.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Davidc19:
damn i wish i saw this before and had the patience instaed of tripping damn knox counter

bye bye warranty :crying:
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zanna:
And a huge thanks, G900F rooted with know 0x0 !!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spectre Nine:
Hi,

Can someone detail exactly how to un'root after using this method in steps? Don't wanna root until I can be sure its un'doable.

I get it that we use SuperSU to select "Unroot" and then flash stock rom back onto the phone again.

What method are we using to flash the stock rom back onto phone though?

Thanks, :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] h-e-a-v-e-n:
no need for SuperSU to unroot.. just go in sgs5 official recoveries factor reset there that all you need to unroot i done that and work fine here no problem here..
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spectre Nine:
I was hoping that would be the case. Thanks mate. :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] eric-filth:
Here never end "Disable KNOX" inside SuperSU any tip?
[Galaxy S 5 General] pharaohdk:
Reboot phone and try again, I had to do that myself.
[Galaxy S 5 General] *elmo*:
For me still doesn't work. I tried several times....
[Galaxy S 5 General] *elmo*:
Maybe this will help you http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53941301
[Galaxy S 5 General] Und3rtaker:
if i restore from online nandroid, do i keep 0x0 knox?

and same question, if i restore this stock rom from nandroid in twrp (in future when i'll have some custom rom with twrp recovery)?
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
I honestly don't know m8. I'd ask in there thread... because you can't install the recovery without tripping knox as far as I know, I did it for a backup of files b4 I started messing with system... If you do find out I wouldn't mind knowing too if you don't mind...
[Galaxy S 5 General] Und3rtaker:
second part of question was kind of stupid, i guess, because i can't have custom recovery without 0x1.

i made the same backup, just in case... I'll tell if I find out.

UPDATE: got answer here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54568113&postcount=2897

In short: NO !. Online Nandroid needs custom recovery for restore to work.
[Galaxy S 5 General] juDGEY2k10:
is there a way to reset knox if u have triped it?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Und3rtaker:
NO :/, and don't count on solution in near future
[Galaxy S 5 General] lnuy:
Already trip knox

is there any way to undo know because i rooted my s5 before towel root came out .
[Galaxy S 5 General] Und3rtaker:
NO.
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
Thanks for that's. good to know, however one thing I think the nandroid we have will be useful for is for example, if i merged app updates into system, but then later needed the original files so you can restore & reset then send for repair. Same with removing bloat ware. That's what I had in my mind... also was looking at some build.prop stuff I might try... same again... got backups ? but obviously we do have to be careful to do anything too drastic so it doesn't trip. I've had no troubles so far with folder mount, xposed and the like.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 5 General] itradsk:
towel root on 900w8?

Has anyone tried the canadian version? 900W8?

FYI i just replaced mine under warranty with tripped knox counter. (a piece of something floated down in front of the front camera so it was a hardware issue) LCKY????

anyway if towel works with the 900w8 i'd love to know.

itradsk
[Galaxy S 5 General] Kriomag:
why dont you just try? its simple apk it cant trip knox. it will work or not. nothing to loose.
[Galaxy S 5 General] itradsk:
Towel root on 900w8 works!!!

WORKS ON W8!!!!!

just as described. Excellent work.

now i have work to do :)

Itradsk

Galaxy S5 900W8 - towel root

Galaxy S2 - Cyanogen - SOLD

Galaxy S1 - Cyanogen - Still used in car for nav

Galaxy S1 - Cyanogen - Death by toilet (kid)
[Galaxy S 5 General] egozum:
rooted my phone(Hong Kong firmware) using this method without tripping the knox, could anybody help what should I do to run application in external sd card
[Galaxy S 5 General] bimmerdriver:
What android version is on your phone? What is your carrier?
[Galaxy S 5 General] dbzgod:
Hey guys,

I successfully rooted a Canadian S5 SM-G900W8 and it is on the latest firmware NF3 with a Kernel build date of June 16, 2014. Device status says Official and the Knox counter is not tripped.

I used towelroot and it worked just fine, glad that the newest build for this firmware still had not received the kernel patch.

Happy rooting~
[Galaxy S 5 General] bwayan75:
Hello

Indeed, I confirm that it is working fine

Good job
[Galaxy S 5 General] DualJoe:
Any news on that? 'Towelroot -> dd install custom recovery'. Will it trip KNOX?
[Galaxy S 5 General] brhoomy101:
Thanks

Knox - Is For companies only

Why Samsung paste with all Roms !
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
no deffo answer, but it's presumed it will trip by the mass populous.

I for one have not attempted it, and will not be doing till I have evidence to the contrary.

If you manage it without tripping knox please feel free to contact us :angel:
[Galaxy S 5 General] DualJoe:
I'm not flagged yet so this is probably the way i will try. I'm not afraid of tripping it though. I just want to pull most informations out of it.

Success depends if the bootloader checks the recovery or if it's just the download/odin flashing that trips the flag.
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
Flashing via odin WILL trip knox. Only official stock rom can be flashed with odin and not trip knox.

When I wrote that I was thinking about the methods that install recovery without rebooting.

As you said this requires an unlocked bootloader which AFAIK there isn't one atm (or getting it trips knox with no reset available)

Good luck m8!
[Galaxy S 5 General] DualJoe:
I will test towelroot -> dd (recovery) on an S4 i9506. That doesn't need odin or unlocked bootloader.
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
Let us know... I would prefer an s5 owner to test tho lol
[Galaxy S 5 General] DualJoe:
No need anymore.. Bootloaders and recoveries must be signed so no chance of success.

I never counted on Knox anyway...
[Galaxy S 5 General] tisazalay:
But, can't bootloaders be patched to grant every kernel & recovery as stock? That's what an unlocked bootloader is supposed to do I guess. If You flash such a patched bootloader it won't trip Knox and if You want to go back to full stock the You flash everything rom+recovery+bootloader And there shouldn't be A problem...

The wait is for an unlocked bootloader for the SM-G900H...
[Galaxy S 5 General] DualJoe:
Sure, but the bootloader is very likely signed as well so you cannot mess with it (chain of trust). Currently, it only raises the knox flag though. It doesn't prevent you from installing anything (at least on my device ->S4)
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
Thanks. I've been too busy with tasker to look it up properly. It makes sense the chain of trust thing. I guess unless we get triangle away work on the S5 we have little luck. I doesn't effect me for now anyway. I guess its the age old question.... If you want custom stuff you need to void warranty. I'm happy with root access and xposed framework mods.

I'll update the thread later....
[Galaxy S 5 General] Prof Peach:
Same here with SM-G900F.

Any one advize?

sent from my Samsung Galaxy S5
[Galaxy S 5 General] AbuYahya:
Official/ Custom Status

i used towel method ...then somewhere along the line (i think after Busybox install) I got custom status....

some time latter I got official status back ...i did lots of things in them few hours .....but I think it was freezing 3 Knox apps in titanium that did the trick.

I am still root and still have busybox.

Unrooting and factory reset ... (i should have remove busybox first...but forgot ) does not remove the Custom status
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
I'm sorry to hear that. I didn't install busy box to system. I used titanium backups built in one. Only after letting super user freeze knox did I attempt any thing. After that I did a search in titanium for knox and freezed loads more Inc several unneeded features and apps.

I think that's the point here, knox needs to be disabled before you do anything. I have 0x0 and official and still have been messing about with system.

My suggestion would be to install an official stock rom with odin. See if that fixes it. However if it has tripped in download mode (0x1) then it cannot be undone.

As I stated in the notes, with root it's possible to change something too much it detected it. Busybox install is probably monitored because puts scripts into the /bin folder or whatever.
[Galaxy S 5 General] DualJoe:
I have busybox installed and still 0x0. I read somewhere that you can disable/freeze knox apps without problems but when you reenable them you get flagged immediately.
[Galaxy S 5 General] *elmo*:
Can someone confirm?
[Galaxy S 5 General] DualJoe:
I normally wouldn't have installed busybox in the first place but as i wanted to 'dd' the most partitions for backup i entered 'which dd' and it told me 'command not found' so i installed busybox until i noticed it wasn't 'dd' missing but 'which'. :) At least now i have both...

Be aware that i'm on an S4 freshup (I9506, Snapdragon 800) with older 4.3 firmware/bootloader. I did not install 4.4 on purpose. YMMV.
[Galaxy S 5 General] AbuYahya:
Just to clarify.. I still have/had knox at 0x0 with root and even with busybox installed.

Device status is something different to knox.

and device status can by changed from Custom to Official...by freezing knox.

Others have mentioned that flashing an official stock rom wil also change device status back to official.

its good to know for future reference.
[Galaxy S 5 General] night_dex:
What so you mean by 'freezing knox'? I'm running with ANG2 towel root 0x0. My status is 'custom' with knox disabled.
[Galaxy S 5 General] AbuYahya:
If you get an application that can "freeze" system apps such as titanium backup or rom tools (probably many others too) then try freezing

'KNOX 1.0' 2 Apps named that and

'KLMS Agent ...'

I think that is what did it for me
[Galaxy S 5 General] dabink:
Recovery?

So with Towel Root done, if i wanted to install a custom recovery, can i just use TWRP manager? or would you guys recommend me using CF root to gain that?

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Weird, Mine was "Custom" too once i installed Busybox, but I went into SuperSU, I disabled KNOX and restarted my phone. Now it says Official again. Not sure why yours doesn't say official.
[Galaxy S 5 General] prallo:
Everything went fine !

Thank you mattyyey !
[Galaxy S 5 General] SmoothEraGames:
Is it possible to disable knox apps without error?
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
yes. I used SuperSU to do it when i first rooted. Then I installed Titanium Backup PRO (TT) (love this app) and freezed several knox apps n services. None of this caused and error on my phone, unless you count having to reboot after rooting it lol which i don't. :rolleyes: I have not tried freezing them with the application manager, only TT as I was going through searching bloatware and other such unless stuff (freezed SHealth n service - such a pain in the ass) I didnt want.

So i suggest you try a rooted app to freeze know like that. :highfive: and lets face it an odd one off error isnt the end of the world.

This should be standard for everyone intending to try n keep knox 0x0 I simply searched "knox" in TT and feezed them all. Then I looked through my system apps 1 by 1 in TT to see what I didnt want and freezed it. (or delete if you feel daring) - Thanks to AbuTahya for pointing me at the KLMS agent too.
[Galaxy S 5 General] corckie:
Hello, yesterday I bought my first Samsung device for years (last one I had was SGS2) and got punched in face by KNOX security.

Thankfully XDA exists and I see there is a root method without tripping KNOX. One thing that bothers me is that people in this thread talk about freezing KNOX apps in Titanium Backup. Could anyone please explain:

1) If there's OTA update, do I need to unroot?

2) If so, are there any consequences of this operation like loosing data?

3) How do KNOX apps affect root? Is there any risk tripping KNOX?

4) If I freeze KNOX apps, do I loose private mode?

I would like to know what are all these KNOX/root relations to understand the process and not to mess anything.

Shame on Samsung for implementing such a pain in neck for custom ROM users. I remember when I switched to SGS device it was such a pleasure to download odin, custom rom and in 3 clicks I had CWM, root and brand new ROM.
[Galaxy S 5 General] yud:
Will this method work after update to G900IDVU1ANG3 ?

A new firmware update is available.

I am certain it will break root.

Will this rooting method work after the update?

I believe the new build number is G900IDVU1ANG3 (my current rooted build is G900IDVU1ANE1)

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 General] DadamsJR:
I just tried towel root and it didn't work on my att s5 after the update
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
What a surprise! There are dozens of threads saying that all ANGx roms (specificaly the kernel) are ptached and TR is not effective anymore. Try to flash a older NE2 kernel and flash it with Odin and root with TR, after that flash the new ANGx kernel and you will keep root.
[Galaxy S 5 General] yud:
Will this method trip Knox?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Joker87:
Is anything similar for Galaxy tab S?
[Galaxy S 5 General] roroflores:
Is this working???
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
it works. but there are problems, things you need to know and do. read the entire thread to find out. its not a long thread after all...
[Galaxy S 5 General] snazer:
im using a gm900f and my phone isnt supported. any idea why???
[Galaxy S 5 General] mattyyey:
You updated it? The latest one breaks it iirc. I'm using ane2
[Galaxy S 5 General] robdevil:
Ive updated too and same here. Knox 0x0 but binary remain custom. How to go back to stock any ideas? Kies wont flash stock. Says this device can not be flashed.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ionutmaruta:
Hello guys. I'm new here and I want to know if TR by Geohot (Thanks for the hard work) is working fine on my SGS5 with original unbranded firmware (4.4.2): G900FXXU1ANG2_G900FROM1ANG2_G900FXXU1ANG2_ROM ???

I have my device from ~ 2 months ago and is not rooted :p

I want to root my phone with TR, but I want to know if I can back to unroot using my original firmware downloaded from SamMobile, using Odin 3.09;

I verify my device firmware using Phone INFO+ and it show me the following informations:

AP: G600FXXU1ANG2

CP: G600FXXU1ANG2

CSC: G900FROM1ANG2

About Device it show me:

3.4.0-2089850

dpi@SWDD5709 #1

Thu Jul 3 14:11:03 KST 2014

Status:

SEPF_SM-G900F_4.4.2_0018

Thu Jul 3 14:10:41 2014

I'm not expert, but I want to test my device using root access without trip my KNOX to 0x1.

In comparation with ChainFire root, many members are very dissatisfied because this method trip de KNOX :rolleyes:

I don't care about my phone applications, because I have backed up all to my cluoud account.

Beside I reading on another big forum, which SGS5 will get new firmware Android L after 2-3 months.... :eek:

If someone can read this post, please let me know, because I don't want to trip my KNOX and please let me know if this method is working fine using TR to root, and revert back with ODIN using my original unbranded firmware, posted above ?

My best regards, IM
[Galaxy S 5 General] minette1:
downgrade with odin NE2

SU, TR, Mobil Odin

NG2 on your SDCard

update with Mobil Odin

if you did good, you have

NG2 + Root + Knox 0x0 + Mobil Odin for future update

if you flash with odin PC, you loose the root
[Galaxy S 5 General] ionutmaruta:
I will lose the root if I will flash with Odin PC, I don't care, but I don't want to downgrade to previous firmware. I want to root my phone on this firmware posted above.

I don't care if I will lose the root, because next time when I rooting again with TR I want to know if the KNOW remain to 0x0.

I want to test some applications with root applied, then I want to unroot again, reinstalling the actual firmware using Odin PC.

My question is if the KNOX allways remain to 0x0 when I do this procedures or not ? (rooting with TR on actual firmware, then revert to unroot using Odin PC, after some days or months I want to root again with TR, then to revert using Odin PC ) :laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S 5 General] minette1:
they are others way to root the phone

but you will/can kill knox to 0x1

then it´s finish

downgrad, root, update

you can test you apps

if you want back to officiel, flash with odin pc
[Galaxy S 5 General] ionutmaruta:
Read my the last question again. I don't want to downgrade. Just i want to know if i can to root the actual firmware version from my phone (Jul 03 2014), read the above informations, then to revert back to unroot using Odin PC , writing the complete firmware (more than 2 gb size of tar.md5 file) downloaded from SamMobile, without trip my KNOX to 0x1.

I read on other places some discussions and i think this is possible.

I want to get a proper answer from some experts of you guys.

Thanks in advance.

Sent from Samsung Galaxy S5
[Galaxy S 5 General] MV10:
Where are the notes you refer to?