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[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
After busting my head for 2 days in a roll. I finally managed to root my G900H S5. Thing is, that when it comes to this variant, nothing is in the same place. and nothing is as easy as it should. So, here i'm posting I managed to make it work.

The problems I was facing were:

-Odin Stuck after flashing CACHE.IMG, resulting in a big red "FAIL" for writting. And a Soft-Brick Phone.

-After this, I had to flash the soft all over again to make the phone start again.

-Half way Rooted with Philz method.

I compiled Info from all over the forum, about people facing the same problem, and theirs walk around. So i came to this:

FIRST OF ALL. I'm not taking any responsability if this procedure brick your phone, burn your house or kill your cat. This is your responsability

Requeriments:

1-ODIN 3.09 or 3.08

2-Samsung Drivers (if you install Kies you´ll have them, otherwise, there are everywhere for downloading them)

3-Chainfire CF-Auto-Root for H variant. Or enter Here for Chainfire Thread.

4-Galaxy S5 G900H fully functional. I mean, not soft Bricked nor Half Rooted.

If you need to flash again your phone, cause its already soft bricked or half rooted, in here , you'll find some softs for H variant. BE SURE THAT IT IS FOR H VARIANT.

If you need Help with this, let me know, I'll create a mini tutorial in the second post.

You must flash any stock rom, and make a hard reset, then follow the steps below. Otherwise, this procedure may not work!!.

STEPS:

1- Put a SIMCARD and Start your Phone.

2-Activate Developers Options menu (Go to Config-->about phone/device-->tap 7 times "Compilation Number")

3-Go to Developers Options and:

3.1-check USB Debugging

3.2-Uncheck Verify App through USB (or something like that, my phone is in spanish)

3.3-Check Allow Fake ubcation (again, my phone is in spanish, IDK if this translation is OK)

4- go to Security menu, in configuration menu, and check Unkown Source. allowing to install unknown sources apps

5-Turn Off your Phone

6-Remove SIM CARD

7-Enter download Mode ( press simultaniosly Vol -, Menu Button and Power Button. When a green Android Appears, press Vol +)

8-Open Odin 3.09 and check AP, and press AP button, select CF-AUTOROOT previously downloaded.

9-ONLY CHECK AUTO_REBOOT AND F. RESET TIME

10-Press Start and Wait for "PASS" signal to appear.

11-DONE

Once you finish, you must boot your phone, and enter SUPERSU app. when you do it, it will appear a text, saying that you must disable KNOX, and if you wanna try. hit yes, and everything wil be set.

well, that's it. excuse my poor english. and if you need help, post in here and as soon as posible I'll give you a hand.

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[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
Reserved.-
[Galaxy S 5 General] shadixs:
I see a lot of people root their devices with chainfire's root. How about towelroot? Is there any big advantage with chainfire's root than towelroot?
[Galaxy S 5 General] sunnysran:
Towelroot doesn't work on SM G900H.

Advantages Towelroot has over this method are:

1. Little bit easier, you just have to install an .apk file and run it.

2. Doesn't trigger the Knox flag

But these are immaterial because Towelroot doesn't work on this variant.
[Galaxy S 5 General] firionvin:
fail on root

hi pelpa, i tried the following steps, but still cannot done the root process :crying:

the first time odin fail, and second time just stuck on set up

i attached the screenshoot :crying:
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
You can't even start writing the nand....that's wierd ...are you sure you have the H variant?
[Galaxy S 5 General] firionvin:
yes mine is SM-G900H Indonesian version, made in Vietnam, i think i'll stick with non-root for now, thanks for your help pelpa, i'll give you thanks :crying:
[Galaxy S 5 General] sdandy:
Thanks

Thanks it worked great
[Galaxy S 5 General] tisazalay:
Do You know of a method that doesn't trip Knox?
[Galaxy S 5 General] lucasmag:
Gracias!!! Me pasó lo mismo y lo solucione siguiendo los pasos como los describiste.

Saludos
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
I think you forgot to mention that this week trigger knox
[Galaxy S 5 General] kunalmothe:
Mobile Rooting

Hello,

Mobile rooting is a simple way to lift your mobile capacity one step up. Basically rooting is for those mobile which has some difficulties with ram, result of rooting might be have uplift speed of mobile. And rooting also make mobile perform like new model.
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
I think you are confusing rooting with something else...like changing kernel.

The only thing that rooting your phone does, is giving you admin permission over your phone.
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
Well...if you fully read the thread...you could see that I say that this is if you're having problem rooting your phone. I'm assuming that you have already read that this variant can't be rooted, without tripping Knox. Cause is al over the forum...
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
No such thing for H variant...for now...
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
I told you this coz i can't find it in the OP. If you have time to reply to every question that asks whether it does trigger KNOX or not Please by all means go ahead :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
Well I tell you that you can't read...cause I already answer your question....and already said that is not in the op...and already explained why...
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
well i can tell you can't understand. As i said please carry on and please stop bothering me. Thanks for understanding.
[Galaxy S 5 General] mrthechuy:
still getting hung up on cache

I have tried this probably 12 or 15 times now, going back and forth between the stock rom and trying to root it following these instructions. I have tried odin 3.04, 3.07, and 3.09. Nothing seems to work. What am I missing????
[Galaxy S 5 General] rubenswing:
Go here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2696537
[Galaxy S 5 General] panglizhan:
my case and the same as your so my upgrade and G900HXXU1ANG3 that can root on my galaxy s5 SM-G900H
[Galaxy S 5 General] GabrielGuimaraes:
Hello, I've struggled tonight to root my S5 SM-G900H, following your tutorial I've removed the SIM, however I didn't remove the SD Card, so when It failed I never imagined it was the SD, I'm writing this asking for you to include on the first message a note to remove both the sim and SD cards, it helped me and I hope people won't pass for the trouble.

By the way, thanks for you post.
[Galaxy S 5 General] itsmesam89:
Thanks a lot it worked for me :) with removing SD card
[Galaxy S 5 General] gsibaja:
Hola, Gracias por este tutorial

para mi ha sido imposible rootear mi SM-G900H. estoy siguiendo tus indicaciones pero tengo problema con esta parte:

3.2-Uncheck Verify App through USB (or something like that, my phone is in spanish)

Mi teléfono tiene marcada esa opción por defecto y no puedo quitar el check. puedo intentar el root con esta opcion en Check?

Gracias
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
Hi! How are you?

Please post in English, forum rules demand it.

Sent me a private message so we can talk freely in Spanish

C yaaa
[Galaxy S 5 General] smartjain:
worked perfectly and now I am rooted on Lollipop :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] tisazalay:
Is there a method already that doesn't trip Knox for the H?
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
No there isn't. ..I don't think there is gonna be any, at this point.

Sadly not much developing around for G900*
[Galaxy S 5 General] vihang40:
cf root not working for me

can i root with supersu.zip via stock recovery i did same with my samsung galaxy y or any other way to root with ??

and i tried flashing custom recoverys but it fails to mount everything ,and dosnt work

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:o THX BRO your tutorial helped me through it the thing that i did is i factory reset the phone then enabled usb debug then i downloaded a fresh cfroot file and tada i have rooted ..... and dont keep sim nor sd card :laugh::cool:

and i was on lolipop so it worked on lolipop too nice

thx guys thx chain fire , thx pelpa 87
[Galaxy S 5 General] josepetri:
I had the same problem, but then I realized that I copy only the *.md5 file, and the other files are important too, so, you need to have 2 folders, one with the md5 file and others files that come together with it, and another folder with Odin 3, you start the Odin 3 and open in it the files that are in the md5 folder.

Work to me =]
[Galaxy S 5 General] firionvin:
Hi Josepetri, i solved the problem, the one making it failed to root is the reactivation lock, it's from Setting -> Security -> uncheck the Reactivation Lock, after that i tried the same instruction to root and it works like a charm ;)

Have fun exploring your lovely device xD
[Galaxy S 5 General] 0razor1:
Guys does this work with :

1. G900HXXU1BOB8

2. G900HXXU1BOB8
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
It should
[Galaxy S 5 General] chinmayanaokar:
I had a couple of questions:

1. Does this method get a Yellow Triangle on the boot screen?

2. If yes, is there a way to get rid of it? As triangleaway doesnt work with G900H.

I know it tripps knox and I dont care about it. Its just the triangle that irritates me!
[Galaxy S 5 General] an-_-dro:
have the same version recently, until now still not dare to root my phone :D

i read lots of tuts and more i got, more confusing...

i used to be a WT19i (Sony E) user and have a lil experience about rooting, apk de/compiling etc..

but this is new to me and i need to sure "the Fix" guide to root this G900H kind...
[Galaxy S 5 General] :
This method has been available for ages. Can't see what the purpose of this post is? There is nothing new that has been said by the author that is not already freely available. Besides, soft bricking your phone is part of the fun in rooting because you actually have to research a way out.

I'm no expert, but initial rooting with soft brick was probably the most exciting part.

My suggestion is to try first, don't use a tried and tested method as is described

Wasted my time reading this post .

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Reserved for what? Is this something new?
[Galaxy S 5 General] an-_-dro:
@ Ashish7347 : no one ask u to read this post or what so ever..so hands off!! and No!! softbricking and flashing start all over again is not my style..my life is NOT so that pathetic like yours.. :P

He/she made this thread for share his/her experience, because rooting this HH isn't as easy like others (I used to Sony user and rooting is as simple as one click WITHOUT RISK OF SOFTBRICKING IF ROOT FAILS).

So many thread/posts i've read and the result are varies even the method similar.

2 major points ( Ithink..): USB debug (must thicked) and reactivation lock (must UNTHICKED) that has very big effect, but again..there are some user claim that even those 2 things already set but rooting still fail (and UNKNOWN source instalation for additional have to be thicked also).

According to this thread.. i can not find "Check Allow Fake ubcation" on mine..where is it bro? I already prepared my stock firmware, ODIN etc. etc. just in case something go wrong and will root my phone after I'm sure and collecting informations to avoid soft brick...i don't want it and I never got it so far...

Sorry for my Spanglish :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
Hi there. The option you're are looking for is in security and named "permitir ubicaciones falsas" or "orígenes desconocidos"
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
No yellow triangle in S5 AFAIK
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
Well...I made this post because every tutorial I've tried, had fail to root my phone. After using my brain a while and applying some logic in the method, I've discovered that some options, that always need to be ticked, never appear in other posts.
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
Well, sorry! Here is da fack I give....ohh! Wait I don't have any more left....

Next time maybe ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] an-_-dro:
OK bro.., maybe i'm a lil bit confident now. the things that i notice are:

1. USB debug (this is already familiar setting for all kind of android rooting) [CHECKED]

2. Reactivation Lock [UNCHECK]

3. Unknown source [CHECKED]

4. last thing is (according to your post) Factory reset before rooting...

But I read in other site, even the all 4 those things in right place, there'ss still encounter error. Not sure if they miss something..

in youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r64EGpicpc) that's exactly same as mine (model and baseband etc..) and his rooting is very easy and simple :eek: and that makes me very confident. But again..when i read from the comment..there's still error from user. :eek::eek::eek:

**finally i did it!!

just like the 1st post..but i did not perform Factory reset.

Just pull out mmc and simcard (maybe this is not really impact, but for better chance to "avoid" error) and disable antivirus in my laptop.

flashd with odin 3.09, chainfire for g900H and done.
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
Glad you finally manage to make it work. I don't know why, but it seems that not all G900H are the same, because not all phones react the same in every method.

I'm 90% sure that removing SD and Simcard is a must, for it to work. But the others differences I don't know why sometimes works and sometimes don't .
[Galaxy S 5 General] an-_-dro:
i also removed simcard and mmc when rooting (my sony phone taht's not really important n a never do that for rooting).

i think if someone fail when rooting, it could be a setting in phone. we must check carefully our phone and pc setting setting too. This base on my experience also and maybe u can edit in your 1st post just in case u missed it.

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1. In security : REACTIVATION LOCK = UNCHECK

2. In security : UNKNOWN SOURCE = CHECK

3. In security : Verify Apps = UNCHECK

4. In Dev option : USB DEBUGGING = CHECK

5. In Dev option : Verify apps via USB = UNCHECK (but it usually "freeze" and uncheck).

6. Disable computer Antivirus and all program running that potentially can interfiere Odin (varies on each pc).

7. Flash with ODIN (i used 3.09) and Chainfire G900H.

99% rooting will success if surely that things above on the right set :eek:

**edit
[Galaxy S 5 General] banjara:
i am unable to uncheck my reactivation lock settinng from security menu. When i try to do so, it gives me a message that the "settings have stopped working" and exit the security page.

what can i do?

Edit: it's solved.
[Galaxy S 5 General] amankmr03:
awesome

:) it worked for me .... thanks :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] sandeeppathak007:
Will this method work with Lolipop also
[Galaxy S 5 General] Cptbirdseye:
Thought this worked but root checker says no. Any thoughts?

My device: G900H K3GXX, G900HXXU1BOD5, stock recovery, stock android 5.0

I followed these steps:

1. In security : REACTIVATION LOCK = UNCHECK

2. In security : UNKNOWN SOURCE = CHECK

3. In security : Verify Apps = UNCHECK

4. In Dev option : USB DEBUGGING = CHECK

5. In Dev option : Verify apps via USB = UNCHECK (but it usually "freeze" and uncheck).

6. Disable computer Antivirus and all program running that potentially can interfiere Odin (varies on each pc).(I DID NOT DO THIS.)

7. Flash with ODIN (i used 3.09) and Chainfire G900H.

removed sim and sd card,

I did not hard reset before....(Was this my error?)

NOTEs:

There were no errors during the flashing process.

When I followed the instruction to open supersu app upon first reboot(after flashing cf autoroot) it did not ask me to disable Knox count.

CPU-Z AND PHONE INFO say I have root access.

When I run root checker it says "sorry root access is not properly installed on this device."

Any help for a noob would be most appreciated.

JUST UPGRADED TO ROOT CHECKER PRO AND IT SAYS I DO HAVE ROOT ACCESS! So I guess I am sorted. Thank you.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ujpatec1810:
love you brother , thnx so much
[Galaxy S 5 General] ashish5465:
Damn, you are so good. You know everything about rooting, you are a geniass

Sent from my SM-G900H
[Galaxy S 5 General] srvkm88:
Stuck on reboot screen

I tried the method but my device is now stuck on reboot loop and not showing me anything else than boot screen. Please help. :confused::confused:
[Galaxy S 5 General] asheesh131:
so you must have updated your firmware BOG5,4 or 3 now what you've got to do is download twrp-2.8.7.0 flash with odin and flash supersu 2.46 via twrp.....your prob is solved
[Galaxy S 5 General] srvkm88:
Thank You asheesh. It worked well and now device is rooted and working. BTW can you help me understand why the device was stuck in booting loop? Was it soft bricked?
[Galaxy S 5 General] alnagar_eg2004:
I really loved it ..

thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] cuonghero50:
Thanks you, great guide. :good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] alnagar_eg2004:
amazing ... so cool

thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] rahulmadhan:
updated to BOG 5

experiencing horandus battery Backup :(

quick Suggestions/Help is appreciated

G900H (India)

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] googleminded:
hi there!

sorry for bit noob question am all confused up after reading whole thread from starting to end.. can anyone please give me what procedure to be followed to root my device (g900h) ; BOG4

THANKS IN ADVANCE! :):)
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
TThis should work for you. The only thing different you muts do is download the proper cf autoroot
[Galaxy S 5 General] loofy003:
how to root this firmware please G900HXXU1BOG5 ????
[Galaxy S 5 General] asheesh131:
download twrp-2.8.7.0 and flash it via odin then download supersu2.46.zip and put it into sd card and boot ur phone in twrp recovery mode and flash the supersu.....your phone will be rooted
[Galaxy S 5 General] loofy003:
Thank you very much sir

:)
[Galaxy S 5 General] zoreli:
There is NO twrp-2.8.7.0 for "H" Variant ... if you have it please share . Thanks .
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
Search it in here https://autoroot.chainfire.eu
[Galaxy S 5 General] superflex007:
=========================================================

Hello this happened because you have "REACTIVATION LOCK" enabled.

Go to Settings --> System--> Security -->Reactivation Lock

The reactivation lock box must be unchecked. Check it back afterwards
[Galaxy S 5 General] firionvin:
Hi thank you for your reply, yes it's exactly because of the reactivation lock, i solved and rooted already;)

now the only problem is our device doesn't have much rom choice :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 5 General] ZahidGT N7100:
Please help me

[MENTION=4575505]pelpa87[/MENTION] Everytime i tried to root using cf auto root with this method, my phone always got stuck on the bootscreen and nothing would come except for download mode. My counter showed 1 but my phone didnt boot. Where am i going wrong. Please help me. Should i go for factory data reset first and then do it?

:(
[Galaxy S 5 General] pelpa87:
You're flashing the wrong cf root. You have to use the one for your kernel version. Post me a screen shot of your hole "about" screen.

That's in setting and at the bottom of the list.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ZahidGT N7100:
Here you have it :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] ZahidGT N7100:
[MENTION=4575505]pelpa87[/MENTION] Is it the right cf auto root file for my kernel which you have uploaded mate?
[Galaxy S 5 General] coolmalayalee:
TWRP

Can someone point me to the right TWRP file for this model G900H? I am still on stock kitkat. I see this one (http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/orig-development/wip-porting-twrp-v2-8-6-0-beta-release-t3085458) However, it seem to have some bugs and is for lollipop? I also see a CWM version from PhilZ http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2721687 But not getting that file to download.

Any suggestions please?
[Galaxy S 5 General] ZahidGT N7100:
Please help me

[MENTION=4575505]pelpa87[/MENTION] sir please help me with my problem. Which cf auto root file should i use. Also i tried using the twrp method but i still get stuck on bootloop. Please i want to use the roms :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] rajubagwan:
Sm-g900h lollipop xposed work......? ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] navy773:
thanks for your help!
[Galaxy S 5 General] yanis488:
First one is good

The first is right , use Odin for flashing

Twrp recovery of mehdimyadi it works well for me

Backups on sd card external works too
[Galaxy S 5 General] Devilbosy:
root g900hxxu1bog4 plz help me

Sir how to root g900hxxu1bog4

Tried rooting but always failed

Sorry Im new to xda .don't know wdr m posting right
[Galaxy S 5 General] vihang40:
If u wish to just root then download cfroot for our phone then just flash it using odin and u can always flash custom recoveries using flashify after that so gl ill post a link to the file for ya

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http://download.chainfire.eu/402/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-k3g-k3gxx-smg900h.zip

This is the link for rootfile of sgs5 g900h dont try with other versions and b4 using it open ur developer option tick usb debugg and go to security and untick check apps via usb or somethi g like that so gud luck

Pm me if u need any assistance...

Hit thx lol
[Galaxy S 5 General] Devilbosy:
bricled !!stucked on logo ?what should i do now

im on lolipop version

and fon stucked on samsung lgo aftr rooting process
[Galaxy S 5 General] vihang40:
U will have to factory reset first then tick on usb debugg and untick check apps via usb then flash cfroot using odin it will work i m sure

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Or u can try flashing twrp recovery and root ur phone it works as well but dont try any other like philz/cwm recovery those arent working i have tried every single of em and u can always flash custom roms using it too so better than just rooting ill post a link to that as well wait a min

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Here it is

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3429605&d=1438811426

Go to this link download the file and flash using odin its a recovery working perfectly for g900h give me feedback

And yea if u have soft bricked ur phone flash this recovery and then reset via it ur phone will start
[Galaxy S 5 General] s9608227888:
I tried kingroot. Framroot. Towelroot. Cf autoroot. But not successful :confused::confused:
[Galaxy S 5 General] knoxor:
Bricked phone ?

My phone looked like it was bricked as it was hanging on startup screen. Booted up again after about 5 mins.
[Galaxy S 5 General] davieghbal:
hello

i root my g900h by cf root

i do all of steep successfully in odin and the device reseted but stand on (galaxy s5 logo)

what can i do ... i really need that

thank you
[Galaxy S 5 General] knoxor:
I had the same issue.

Take out your battery and try booting again. Leave it for a few minutes. It took my phone about 5 minutes to reboot but it rebooted fine. The root failed but phone is not bricked.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ayush23:
Gallery app

Hey guys, where can i get stock s5 gallery app.

Everywhere I search for it, it shows port s5 gallery which is the s6 gallery app.

Need help.
[Galaxy S 5 General] raiteens:
thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 General] halsee:
Besides this useful tutorial, here is another step by step guide on how to root galaxy s5 in 3 steps. This works fine on H variants.
[Galaxy S 5 General] russe123:
can't root my SM G900H, Model Built BOL1.

hi sir, please help me.

i can't root my SM G900H, Model Built BOL1.

I have tried more than 20 times and trying any trick to root my hh.

i waiting you sir

thx b4
[Galaxy S 5 General] dieto33:
actually I had this problem too....

Now my G900H come with annoying ads.... :crying:

I hope this rooting problem issue will be done soon....

#waiting
[Galaxy S 5 General] ansariaamir_leo:
If you have a memory card installed, just remove it and try to root. It should work.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Heithem1997:
My sm-g900h bricked and freezed in starting screen:(

But im reflash the stuck rom and my phone revive

What you recomand to root my phone???

Sorry for my poor english :p
[Galaxy S 5 General] jagwant singh:
......

I had done all the things and even pass was also there but still my phone wanted firmware I downloaded it and then restarted my phone it was not rooted..any other method
[Galaxy S 5 General] shahram Ali:
If you on MM use this method http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/general/root-mode-root-sm-g900h-6-0-1-t3417584