[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ngravatt:
this guy just saved me from switching to verizon after being on att before it was cingular. i cant have a non rooted S5 because of the battery consumption from all the web traffic and the bloatware. Bloatware slams the memory and CPUs and consume web traffic making your wifi radio work. warm up my pocket. i can feel myself getting cancer.

if i disable my wi-fi adapter my S5 will last 3 days of low phone calls, tons of text, few pictures and some hours of music. i use an app called DroidWall to block network traffic. I used to use it only on my 4G connection to limit use of bandwidth (still do by the way and saves gigs a month thanks to Facebook and Google updates), but will now use it to limit what apps can talk on wifi when i want them. Droid wall needs root. The other saver is Es File Explorer. It works without root, but with root you can manually remove or disable bloatware. best of all you can disable it from startup so you use when want. you can simply disable it (read up) so you dont actually uninstall it and install it back if you need it for some reason

go the website below and download the app to root your phone, install it, open and click the 'make it rain button'

go to the play store to get droid wall and es file explorer, will need a few more apps to make root work (read up).

here is his first post with all the links and instructions, i take no credit for this guys awesome work and i will probably donate him $100 for saving my phone.

let me know if you have any other questions about what i have done. my phone just went from lasting barely a day with not much use to lasting two days with low use (i havent had root long)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2783157&nocache=1

Don't worry, you don't have to leave your house

When: 10 AM PDT tomorrow(6/15/14)

Where: In this thread, in #towelroot on freenode, and at towelroot.com

Software live at https://towelroot.com RIGHT NOW!

Please report bugs to my gmail geohot+towelroot or in this thread.

New version will be released later today hopefully fixing them.

Definitely invited: AT&T GS5, Verizon GS5, GS4 Active, Nexus 5

May have some troubles at the door but invited: AT&T/Verizon Note 3

Possibly invited: Every Android phone with a kernel build date < Jun 3

Stay tuned right here for updates. I'm coming for that bounty.

v3 is live! More support. Reboot on your own time. modstrings

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.

Same deal for Exynos.

Killed bugs:

Note 3 with kernel 3.4.0-722276 is FIXED! Redownload.

Fixed Note 3 with kernel 3.4.0-636608 thanks to analytics.

Download failed issue should be fixed.

Fixed Sprint Note 3 with kernel 3.4.0-951486

Nexus 5 v2 issue fixed

Known bugs:

Note 3 with kernel 3.4.0-257432 doesn't seem to work. Updating to 722276 should fix.

Newest Moto and HTC don't currently work because /system is write protected.

Detected as Andr.Exploit.Ratc by some virus scanners. It is an Android exploit. Will not fix.

Does it trip KNOX?

Most probably not. My phone says "KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x0", but no promises.

What's your paypal?

geohot@gmail.com if the tool works for you.

I also have a bitcoin: 1DFhk6fs26AafaNiQyEgdGM7NSaLzVN2VE

What's the hash of the apk file?

towelroot.com has https now!

People having DNS issues should clear their cache.

Will this brick my phone?

Most probably not. towelroot alone hasn't bricked a phone yet.

The stupid decisions you make once you have root are all your own however.

I rooted, what's next?

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