yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 General] the_pinkfloyd:
When you flash ANE2 you need to flash BL and CP too. When you will flash your future rom ( use flashfire under android ) check the reboot to download mode, and here, flash BL and CP from odin pc of your new rom.
[Galaxy S 5 General] -Majkel-:
I cannot flash ANE2 that is the whole concern about. I have the black screen. One question how can I install custom recovery after if I succeed on flashing and rooting of course without triggering knox?
[Galaxy S 5 General] keithross39:
You can't flash custom *anything* without tripping knox......

This includes recoveries and roms.....

http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
[Galaxy S 5 General] -Majkel-:
Thank you for your answer, so I don't see the point of doing it, I was hoping that I could install any rom from this site. Thank you for your answer. I will wait until 6.0 and I will find out maybe it will be good rom to be using. For all ppl who have SM-G900F with black screen after using software from post 1 there is no solution to do root. So you must trigger knox if you want to do it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] keithross39:
Rooting and keeping knox at 0x0 does allow *some* possibilities......

I got my phone before 5.0 was released.

I towelrooted and have kept it at 4.4.2 since.....

I've debloated, applied some xposed modules, altered some of the UI elements and increased the headphone volume level.....and my knox remains at 0x0.

My phone is half way through it's 2 year warranty period, and when it's finished.....

Well, that's when I start to have flashing fun.... :D:D:D

(Not particularly interested in upgrading....My S5 does everything I could ask of it).......

http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
[Galaxy S 5 General] halsee:
Support android 5.1?
[Galaxy S 5 General] s2000115:
This is useful, thank you:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 5 General] muratturatci:
Please someone make a "how to-guide" for returning to stock and unrooting in a safe way (without triggering knox etc.). Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 General] fubo73:
Odin + stock image. No guide is needed here, there are plenty of on the web.
[Galaxy S 5 General] muratturatci:
Hello can anyone please upload stock kernel for "G900FXXU1ANL1" build Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 5 General] mrwan74:
is there an update on this for the latest os ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] DoRiLoN:
Can I flash >> G900FXXU1CRH1, Android 6.0.1 - stable << from the _alexandr thread if I rooted with towelroot and have my KNOX 0x0?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Prof Peach:
My network reception is poor at home and meant towelroot didn't work. When I checked, wifi was switched off. Activated okay and entered wifi password and towelroot worked 1st try.

Sent from my Galaxy S5 running NeatRom 0X0
[Galaxy S 5 General] z89x23:
thanx for this guide.. you rock..

did anyone tried the EXPERIMENTAL to Change Device status from Custom to official ??

thanx again
[Galaxy S 5 General] johnpienaar:
Thanks!

Just wanted to post a huge thanks. I've spent days trying out other methods, and this is the only one that worked. Was almost on the verge of giving up the root dream.
[Galaxy S 5 General] dkreventon:
I did it with xposed on ANE2.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spidy1000:
Question about update to NG9

Question i now have a rooted NE2 FW installed on my g900f, do i need to unroot before updating to NG9? I also changed my model number in my build prop to support a certain game, do i need to change this back?

Next question do i need to do the procedure in the first post AFTER updating to NG9.

Last question, can i also just update the FW to NG9 without loosing root or changing my model name back, using mobile odin pro?

Please advice...Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] Inferbubu:
Did you use a module of xposed??
[Galaxy S 5 General] dkreventon:
Yes. It is called Wanam Xposed.
[Galaxy S 5 General] miki2o:
Worked on SM-G900F ANG9 ITV; )

Inviato dal mio SM-G900F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 General] AttiZ:
thanx for this guide.. you're incredible...

I confirm the guide works on SM-G900F ANG9 ITV.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S 5 General] cseck:
What did u manage too change it from custom too official then, If so how did u do it then???
[Galaxy S 5 General] sw25:
Anyone tried this with the 900i? (Australian version)
[Galaxy S 5 General] z89x23:
Can you please write the procedure for that ?

Thanx.. :good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] miki2o:
Install wanam xposed and then go into security section and activate "Fake system status" or something like that :)

This method was working with ANE2 and is working now with ANG9; )

Inviato dal mio SM-G900F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spidy1000:
Can anyone please help me with this question? Especially the question about the changed model name in build prop...
[Galaxy S 5 General] z89x23:
ok thanx.. I will do this after i root my phone with ANE2 and get it back to ANG9 ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] syntox:
Yes it also worked for me on ANG2.

Thanks!

UPDATE: For some reason my SYSTEM STATUS is back to Custom again.
[Galaxy S 5 General] amplifier86:
This is great guide,works great.Does anyone know,is there solution for activating usb mass storage on stock rom?
[Galaxy S 5 General] petest:
Not working on my G900F with XxU1 ANG2

---------- Post added at 09:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:33 PM ----------

Oops, just read 1st post. Didn't try anything other than install Towelroot and press go
[Galaxy S 5 General] egps2:
It should theoretically work fine but we need to have the kernels extracted from G900I roms that have been repackaged for flashing. I haven't had a chance to do that but if anyone has already done this I would really appreciate them sharing!

We would need to update to the latest G900IDDU1ANG2 and flash a kernel from an older rom such as G900IZTU1ANE3 that would allow us to use towelroot and then we would reflash the ANG2 kernel to have a rooted ANG2 rom on the G900I.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spidy1000:
Is there no one here who can answer my questions?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
- No you do`t have to unroot to update/flash a rom with Mobile Odin Pro. Download the whole updated firmware and flash with MOP (enable everroot and the other 2 options and check wipe dalvik cache) and you`ll keep root.

- Yes you have to change the buildprop to the original model code before the flash.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spidy1000:
Thanks for your answer. One other question, when i wipe dalvik cache, will i loose any apps/settings? I really do not want too loose any game data/ progress
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
Nope ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spidy1000:
ok, I tried using odin mobile pro, worked fine till the phone rebooted. Got stuck in booting recovery. Went into download mode and flashed the bootloader from NG9 and phone came back to life. I now have a working NG9 FW on the phone but no root anymore.

I tried the procedure from the first post.

Flashed NE2 kernel and all went fine, got the expected problems with s health, but when i tried towelroot it said that my phone is not supported.

Any ideas on how to get past this problem? I have a SM-G900F

UPDATE: tried it again and this time IT WORKED.

Thank a lot for the GREAT work
[Galaxy S 5 General] ChelseaHansa:
Same happen to me. Stuck in booting recovery. But I don't gave Mobile Odin an second chance.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ortaliz:
This worked perfectly for me. Quick question, if I do a factory reset, will I lose root?
[Galaxy S 5 General] ZerGsiX:
Nope, only if you upload a new ROM.

You can, reset and wipe cache. ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] ChelseaHansa:
I think you need to install SuperSU to be sure. I don't think you will be rooted after factory reset if you only have installed towelroot. But I'm not sure.
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
Towelroot should stick after a factory reset as its installed as a system application.
[Galaxy S 5 General] labeeqhussain:
Not working on latest samsung update

I was looking for a way to root my S5 without tripping knox and stumbled upon this method. However, if you have updated your s5 via samsung ota update, then it doesnt work. WHne I downloaded towelroot installed and ran it, then it said this phone (something along those lines) is not supported :(. So instead I had to do it the old fashioned way through ODIN which tripped knox :( oh well, Im now on a custom rom and i am LOVING IT :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] Painman1963:
What did you do in Odin to trip Knox? If you're flashing stock firmware them the knox flag should not trip. Did you try flashing a custom recovery or something?

Oh. Or by old fashioned way do you mean CF Autoroot? Because that we already knew trips knox
[Galaxy S 5 General] labeeqhussain:
Shall I tell you the truth bro, I'm a newbie and have no clue haha! I just followed a tutorial on youtube so I THINK i must have tripped knox, is there anyway to check whether knox has been tripped? Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Painman1963:
There's am app on the play store called Phone Info and that's the easiest way to check. However, if you are running a custom Rom then that alone will have tripped your knox.

Look, it's no good coming on adding that you did this with Odin and tripped Knox if you don't even know if you did. It confuses everyone and detracts from the excellent info that previous contributors have given!
[Galaxy S 5 General] ChelseaHansa:
Ok. Nice to know.
[Galaxy S 5 General] enigma1981:
Once I have rooted using this method (which worked flawlessly by the way. Thanks to the OP), after using SuperSU to completely durable knox, does that mean that in I can then then flash Philz CWM without trooping the counter?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Quinnaay:
I believe a custom recovery will always trip knox
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
If that we`re only true, unfortunately not. Flashing a custom recovery or kernel will still trip KNOX. Only a part of KNOX is disabled by superSU.
[Galaxy S 5 General] griffin_1:
This is why im still questioning if i keep my s5 or not. I had a s3 and after the update to 4.3 i rooted and changed roms & installed mods, so knox was tripped and don't care that much (luckily i never had to take it to warranty). But i hate that Samsung imposed this system on the users and that they can hide behind of something like rooting just so they don't accept the phone and what i like about android is that you can change it, with either roms or just mods, that's a big thing for me that differentiates it from iOS.

I do live in Europe, but i have read cases where the warranty was denied because of knox (a few sucessful cases were it was repaired,but others where they refuse it). The annoying thing is that a lot of hardware issues, or even issues with build quality, won't be caused by rooting or other changes. Overclock maybe, but just simple things won't really affect the hardware that would be cause to refuse warranty.

So, im still having that in mind to decide if i keep my s5 or not.

Sorry about my little rant here lol But it is good to know that there is some development in rooting.
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
If something should happen to your phone thats not caused by rooting and the service center should deny warrrant you should call Samsung and tell them they are breaking the law. Thats what i did with a Note 3 that had a screen issue and it worked and they replaced the screen under warranty. You have to put your foot down and be firm or else you loose.
[Galaxy S 5 General] griffin_1:
I never had to use the warranty on the s3 (thankfully), but i never know when i might need it.

I think that is what i will do if i get dennied repair under that. From what i have read, the company that does the official repairs on behalf of Samsung under warranty has sent phones back to users because of it, but has also accepted a few at first. I don't know if the users ever got around to contact samsung or what happened after, but hopefully they did.

Is Samsung the only one with a system like this? Or htc has it also? Meaning one that can show if the phone was rooted or modified, even after returning to stock? My only recent android aside from the s5 was the s3, so im not really aware of how other companies handle the warranty
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
It can happen with all of the oems (htc,lg, sony, samsung etc etc) that they initialy deny warranty coverage when rooted. But if you stay correct and firm that usualy helps.
[Galaxy S 5 General] u1988:
[MENTION=3535808]wajiman[/MENTION]

Can you please write form what Ver. can i downgrade to ?

ANG9 to ANG7

ANG9 to ANG2/3

ANG9 to ANE2

ANG7 to ANG2/3

ANG7 to ANG2

ANG7 to ANE2 etc...

with out trip the knox and brick my S5.

even with no concction to root.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
You van downgrade to any version but only on NE2 or below towelroot works as mentioned in the thread.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Lonski:
This method worked on my Australian Vodafone 900i with the new Voda ANG3 ROM. I have root and Knox 0x0. I was not successful in getting Device Status "official" though.
[Galaxy S 5 General] razorjack81:
Super! work like a charme:)

however a little bit scared when supersu try to disable knox.... waited 30 minute and stuck on trying...

shutdown, flash new kernel and reopened supersu, do the trick!

thankyou very much:)
[Galaxy S 5 General] yake:
Many thanks! I was worried about downgrading to ANE2 before rooting and than making a lot of operations to be back to ANG3, but your method is easier for the ones who have already updated to ANG3 and have not rooted their phones before..

Worked flawlessly in my SM-G900M (ZTO too).
[Galaxy S 5 General] ccrows:
Guys I'm gonna ask a noob question, try to take it easy on me.

My question:

With all the problems/hoops that we are going through to get the Galaxy S 5 Rooted.

Is this more of "Android root exploits getting patched in general", or is more of "Knox BS"?

(why am I asking such a noob question?)

I kinda took a break from buying Samsung since my GS2. I went Nexus for a while, but I started to miss Sammy. Now I'm noticing all this Knox BS. I have no problem freezing updates to save root for now, but is Knox to blame for why rooting is such a PITA for the Galaxy S 5 or has Google really caught up to patching root exploits?

TIA...
[Galaxy S 5 General] rameses:
I've just taken delivery of a shiny new S5. It's brand new and had not even been out of the box. I've powered it up and found the following:

Model: SM-G900F

Baseband: G900FXXU1ANE2

Build Number: KOT49H.G900FXXU1ANE2

Kernel version 3.4.0-1539356

It also states the county as being United Arab Emirates.

So my question is, do I just use towelroot to root the phone and keep Knox intact as it's still on NE2 (or have I mis understood the above), or do I follow the steps in to OP? I've rooted various phones and flashed loads of ROMs and Kernels before, but this one has me confused.

Secondly, and less importantly, can I change the country to United Kingdom?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
Yes you can root a NE2 rom with Towelroot. If you upgrade to a newer NGx rom you will loose root however and you have the follow the instructions as stated in the OP. Or you can use Mobile Odin Pro in Google Play, flash the new rom with it and keep root.
[Galaxy S 5 General] rameses:
Thanks, I thought that was the case, but didn't want to risk it. I assume if I leave the phone to receive OTA updates I'll loose root. If I flash a new NGx ROM using Odin Pro will Knox still be in tact? Is it just custom ROMs, Kernels and recoveries that break it?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
Recoveries kernels and Cf Root

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G900F met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 General] ccrows:
^ Bump...
[Galaxy S 5 General] Painman1963:
Rooting the S5 is easy on any stock firmware, you can just flash CF Autoroot. However, that will trip Knox and may (or may not) void your warranty.

Messing around as you have to with this method (which is actually quite simple by the way) is to stop the tripping of knox by using an old exploit that Sammy plugged in later updates.

So, in effect, Sammy knox is the problem not Google Android. What I don't understand is why Sammy insist on forcing knox on all of us. Private (non business) users form a large percentage of their customer base yet we are forced to carry this BS around with us. .... or forget about knox and do what we want [emoji6]
[Galaxy S 5 General] themulvster:
[MENTION=3535808]wajiman[/MENTION]

You rock!!!!!!! Knox counter has not been tripped!!!!!! :D G900F on ANG2

Wow!!!!! :D

One question, if I put PhilzTouch recovery on now will this trip my Knox counter?? :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
Any custom recovery and Kernal (i.e Not samsung branded ) WILL trip knox. Hence, answer to your question is yes
[Galaxy S 5 General] themulvster:
Cool :( that makes me sad, but is there a recovery that won't trip KNOX so I can flash Sammy Roms?

Sorry if I am getting the wrong end of the stick ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
What [MENTION=4545034]Painman1963[/MENTION] said and this thread is about Rooting the latest available room without tripping KNOX. So no matter if samsung has patched it you can still root on any latest available firmware as of now.
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
Yes stock recovery :p but you won't be able to flash any roms using it
[Galaxy S 5 General] themulvster:
So basically if you want to flash anything including Samsung Branded roms you will trip the counter?
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
Nope. Anything apart from Samsung branded will trip knox. Samsung branded will not trip knox.
[Galaxy S 5 General] themulvster:
How do you flash Samsung branded rims then mate?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Sincci:
By using Windows PC and program called Odin.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Lonski:
Hmmmm that got me thinking. Thats one thing I didn't try with my 900I. I wonder if going back to an earlier ROM, Root it, then mobile odin the new ROM if that keeps the Device Status as "Official".
[Galaxy S 5 General] themulvster:
Let me know if it works for you if you try it ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] ccrows:
^ You and "Wajiman" have answered a lot. THANKS! :)

& you definitely hit the nail on the head about Knox being forced on us.

I came back to Sammy to kick the "Touchwiz tires" around for a bit, but then go Cyanogen afterwards on Sammy's hardware, just like I did with my GS2.

Now I'm looking at this phone and wondering "WHY was Knox forced on us?!".

*sigh* I guess I could see both Sammy and carriers wanting something like that, but FFS they're "****-blocking" one of the best things about Android. From a business POV I kinda get it, but other manufacturers (at least for now) aren't doing this BS.

IDK, I love Samsung for giving us a removable battery and a Micro-SD, but this Knox stuff (which is like "triangle away" on steroids) is gonna weigh into buying decisions for me down the road...
[Galaxy S 5 General] themulvster:
Hello again mate

Do you know if I can install Xposed without a custom rom installed?

I.e. I'm rooted but that's about it :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] themulvster:
Sorry to be a pain but could you give me an example of such a rom please friend? ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
You can download the roms from SamMobile
[Galaxy S 5 General] tomciopaluch357:
Will this trip knox on G900T bversion ANE6 ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] AhmadRHY:
hello ,

First thank you for this way ,

I did it and everything look like good at start

But then i notic that MY S health program ( Heart rate sensor , and count steps ) Does not work at all

heart sensor looks like stop completly , keep tell me to put my finger on sensor , but it wont get to the red light

is there anyway to fix that ?

or should i flash rom again ?

have g900F with latest room
[Galaxy S 5 General] Stedman42:
Hi Guys

I have a Samsung G900F, build number KOT49H.G900FXXU1ANG2, so I am assuming I can use this method without modification for my phone, and I have already downloaded the necessary kernels and have Odin 3.09 installed. One very quick question - when I come to flash the kernels, what options need to be checked/unchecked in Odin. Do I just tick Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time, and leave everything else unchecked? I have looked at various tutorials, and different ones tell you to do different things.Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Stedman42:
I managed to figure it out myself - I kept F. Reset Time and Auto Reboot checked, and it worked fine. Thanks a lot for the info here, I now own a fully rooted S5 with Knox 0x0. :laugh:
[Galaxy S 5 General] Stedman42:
Hi

My SHealth worked fine after rooting. In fact, it was the first thing I checked. That was last night. This morning I installed Xposed and some modules like wanam and thought nothing more about it, till I got home and realised the pedometer still had zero steps. I went into SHealth which said it needed to update (it was either update or cancel). On updating it crashed continually, and I had to freeze it using Ti Backup. I then uninstalled the xposed modules I had installed, and uninstalled Xposed and rebooted. I unfroze SHealth and it no longer crahsed, but it didn't work either and still wasn't counting my steps. I googled it and found it is a well known problem with S Health and Xposed. I managed to cure it by:

1. Going to settings->application manager->all, and clearing the cache data and uninstalling updates of S Health and Health Service, and disabling the service.

2. I then uninstalled S Health using Ti Backup.

3. I went into Galaxy Essentials and downloaded and installed S Health again, and set it up from scratch. It seems to be working fine now, but I daren't install xposed in case the same thing happens.

Even if you don't have Xposed installed, I suggest you follow the steps above. If that doesn't work, then what I would do is to remove root and see if that helps. If not, back everything up using Ti Backup, re-flash the stock ROM (this will also remove root) and do a factory reset. (I believe that when you factory re-set, your photos/videos/mp3s etc are left untouched, but I would back them up also to be on the safe side.) Check to see if S Health works (if not, it is a hardware fault and you will need to send your phone back for servicing). If it does then work, re-root again, and install your apps one-by-one (testing S Health as you do it) to find out which one is causing your problem.
[Galaxy S 5 General] joykiller:
very confused

I tried to root my att Samsung galaxy s5 and it said this phone not supported. device name Samsung sm g900a android 4,4,2 baseband version g900aucu2ang3 kernel number 340-2178781 built # KOT49HG900AUCU2ANG3 SE FOR ANDROID STATUS ENFORCING SEPF_ SAMSUNG-SM-G900A_4.4.2_0018 WHAT AM I DOING WRONG. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU.
[Galaxy S 5 General] BiggaThanLife:
I did use towel root in the past and updated by mistake, would this walk through apply to my situation?
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
it will but you will need kernel of the old and latest firmware as per your phone model number
[Galaxy S 5 General] BiggaThanLife:
Okay not to be ignorant, but how could I downgrade?
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
Flash the kernal using Pc Odin, read op instructions
[Galaxy S 5 General] BiggaThanLife:
Your the man! Much appreciated:good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] Muyfa666:
This worked great. No issues so far. A question thou; it seems KitKat 4.4.4 is coming... would a update break this root method, or could you simply update, then use the NE2 kernel to downgrade, then upgrade to latest again?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
Possibly, unless Samsung decides to block that option in 4.4.4. Or you may flash the 4.4.4 rom with Mobile Odin Pro and keep root that way.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Muyfa666:
Wouldn't that method trigger knox?

On the subject, how to I completly remove this root?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
Flashing official firmware will never tripp KNOX. Just install Triangle Away for resetting the system status and binaries and then unroot in the supersU app, reflash a stock rom and data factory reset afterwards and you`re full original stock.
[Galaxy S 5 General] lmfabr:
This method could be run on G900MD? the default ROM it is G900MDUBU1ANG3.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Muyfa666:
I mean doesn't the mobile odin root method trigger knox?

Also, I thought triangle away didn't work on S5?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
No, Mobile Odin doesn`t trip KNOX if you flash firmware, yes Triangle Away works by resetting the official status and binaries but it doesn`t reset the KNOX flag.