yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Jeremy537:
Well the fact that your reading first instead of just jumping into it is a good thing...better to understand what your doing. Odin is a great tool that can be used "flash" an image directly onto the phone or even re-partition your phone if you've really messed things up. The other great thing about Odin is that there is no need for a custom recovery which means you can recover from things that would brick other phones. The most important part of using Odin is to MAKE SURE you flash to the appropriate location. You almost always flash to PDA (or in v3.09+ it's AP), but always good to double check the op.

I just got my S5 five about a week ago and rooted using this method with no problems. One thing to keep in mind is that both towelroot and Safestrap need the ND3 kernel, so after you odin the ND3 kernel and root make sure you install Safestrap before returning to the NG3 kernel. Once rooted and SafeStrap installed you can do whatever you want. Right now I'm just running stock that I debloated by freezing apps with Titanium Backup until I figure out which ROM I want to play with first. Amazing the difference in battery life just by doing that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Darian71:
Hi Guy's. I too hav3 been reading up for about 3 weeks now and have decided this will now be the way to go for root. Am also wanting to install the Safestrap Recovery while I'm on the ND3 so I too can enjoy less bloat and even better battery. However, in all my searching, I can only find Safestrap for the S4. Is that the same apk or is there one specifically for my G900a? If there is a specific version, could someone please share the link? I'm sitting on go with towelroot installed, Latest Busybox, Super su, and SELINUX permissions changer. Thanks! ☺
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Deleted

"You stay classy San Diego"

Sent from my G900A powered by XKRom GoldLimiTed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Darian71:
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH! got it!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Glad I could help ???

"You stay classy San Diego"

Sent from my G900A powered by XKRom GoldLimiTed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Darian71:
Houston..... WE HAVE ROOT/SAFESTRAP INSTALLED......... LIFT OFF!!! thank you guys! ??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] xtearx:
Hey i downloaded Safestrap too, thanks for that. I have a question for you or i guess anyone else. With it rooted, from the looks of others using Towelroot before, updating the android with root will most likely cause it to become unrooted right? I know a lot of system updates for other systems attempt to break the jailbreak/root, and I am assuming this is similar.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Xx_xBLADEx_xX:
I know you've already rooted your phone but Its best to download from the thread below in the future (in case s5freak's dropbox link is no longer working) and also to help support others efforts.

Hashcode is no longer developing Safestrap but you should go to the thread and give him some thanks :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2794087
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Darian71:
Done!! Thanks for posting his link! Am now officially running the Unity ROM and love it![emoji2] [emoji106]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] y2kdread:
S5 - Play Store / Download not working

Hey Everyone -

Not sure if this was caused by rooting or from when I did the fix for wireless tethering, but I am not able to download from chrome/internet and from the play store (the internet works fine for browsing and in apps). I've checked to make sure that the download manager is enabled and background data isn't blocked. I've also done the same for the play store application. I've tried clearing the data and wiping the cache from both. I've also wiped the cache from the recovery manager.

I am really sure what else to try but could use any advice.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Xx_xBLADEx_xX:
I had the same issue downloading the LG G3 keyboard from another thread on my phone last week. What I ended up doing was installing Firefox from the app store and downloading from those mirrors worked. You could give that a try.

Its strange because I could download from the play store or other sites. Are you having issues with certain downloads or all downloads?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] y2kdread:
I have this problem with everything. I've tried a lot of different apps as well as downloading things using chrome and the stock browser. I've tried resetting the play store data, removing the play store upgrade, resetting the download manager's data, clearing the phone's cache, making sure none of the necessary components to download apps were disabled.

I am just thinking i need to reset the phone to factory and starting from scratch.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gspears:
Maybe it's download manager? Maybe try disabling it and see if that helps with anything? I'm just guessing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] iamthedj:
Redownload the file
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] morthnuravrgjosf:
Root verified with no root access??

Greetings. I've had my S5 for about a month now and I took the "NG3" OTA update when prompted. So, I was extremely delighted to discover this simple root method. I followed the instructions perfectly and my phone was rooted no problem...or So I thought. Even though I have verified that my phone is rooted using multiple checkers, I'm not completely sure that it is. When opening apps that require root access SuperSu prompts me for permission as expected. However, apps granted this permission show no use of root functions (i.e. ES Explorer not being able to open or read /System). Additionally, when trying to open SuperSu, that most irritating of prompts immediately pops up telling me I need to update the SU binary. Well without a recovery to flash it from (that i know of) my only option is to cancel out and just stare at that stupid hastag in my notification bar.

I know I sound like a total newb and I know this is still a relatively new method, but does anyone here know what might be going on? I've been researching all day and night for a solution, but everything just eventually links back onto itself with no real solution to the issue. Should I just wipe everything and flash back to unroot?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FtaWolf:
U can use SS to update.

Samsung unlock bootloader on SM-G870A ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Jeremy537:
If I remember correctly I was able to update to the SuperSU binary on my phone from the app. I know it only prompted me once, I clicked to update, and it did something and closed. Never prompted me again and all of my root apps are working as expected. I even think I had already flashed back to the NG3 kernel at that point too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Xx_xBLADEx_xX:
Try uninstalling SuperSu, restart the phone then reinstall. You also say you updated to NG3 OTA then rooted? Towelroot requires the ND3 kernel to run the exploit. I would flash the ND3 kernel with Odin and try Towelroot again then install supersu and test. Then flash the NG3 kernel back if you want to stay on that kernel.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] spiralinfinity8:
question

Does this mean I can't use this method to get root back?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Jeremy537:
This method still works for root as long as you've taken the OTA to NG3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] silrosriv:
Anyone gotten root without doing this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] djmouse:
This method will work even if you were on ND3 or ANCE and used Odin to flash NG3 kernel,I have done it every way,the first time I Odined back to ANCE because I did something dumb,once on ANCE I took the Ota not knowing it was gonna skip AND3 and go to NG3,Towel root is not compatible with NG3 kernel so no root,but if you use Odin and just flash the ND3 kernel towel root will work,I have even Odined back to ANCE flashed NG3 kernel by accident thinking I saw it as ND3,and th r not just went back to Odin and flashed ND3 kernel,so the moral of this story is this defenatly 100 percent works no matter what,as long as you can flash ND3 kernel you will be able to root,once rooted you can reflash the NG3 kernel if desired.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] spiralinfinity8:
root

Worked perfectly. Any concern about keeping it rooted? Are there any custom rom for AT&T version or can any rom work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Read here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2862299

"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my G900A powered by XKRom Gold LimiTed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Xx_xBLADEx_xX:
Look here for ROMS other than the AT&T variety:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2794838

Roms that currently can be flashed on AT&T S5

But Dynamic Kat is where it's at for the G900A imho. Look here for that gem.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2821650

[ROM][THEME][NG2][4.4.2] Dynamic Kat 3.0[GPE 2.0][9/4/2014]

QUICK NOTE: Brian is about to release a New build possibly this Monday if you want to wait for it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] joeyidk:
HALP

hello if you guys have time can you help my phone is NCE and i don't know what to do or begin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] spiralinfinity8:
Okay I flashed dk and love it, thanks for the advice. Do I need to reinstall ss? That's about the only thing missing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
I would start be reading the OP and here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=56108710

And here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2794087

"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my XKRom Gold LimiTed powered G900A

---------- Post added at 07:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:18 PM ----------

And I would please ask you to do as much reading as you can before doing anything else.

"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my XKRom Gold LimiTed powered G900A

---------- Post added at 07:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:19 PM ----------

Reinstall the Safestrap apk but if you were to reboot it should be there

"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my XKRom Gold LimiTed powered G900A
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] joeyidk:
i understand how to flash and to use safe strap and odin but it seems everyone who upgrades to ng3 have nd3 and it says in the op troubleshoot that if i can't download ng3 flash back to nce which i have , can't i use the zip to update to ng3 then follow the steps ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Yes

"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my XKRom Gold LimiTed powered G900A
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
G900A_NG3_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip

FYI.......Just added a G900A_NG3_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip to the OP under "Troubleshooting" section Option-2 for Safesterap Users.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
[MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION] awesome man you're on a roll many thanks sir????

"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my XKRom Gold LimiTed powered G900A
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Good read and a good opportunity to remind everyone, if root access is important to you, put off taking the L update when released until it can be evaluated: https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z13fjtr4voemxt4ph04cjl1aoor5ezninhc
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] xSnowbum801x:
I can still attest to this method, thank you so much OP for this and your continuing work to help those having problems. My advice to anyone using this method is to simply follow the instructions to a T. They are very well worded and detailed. But also know how Odin functions and about the KLEI software or the Samsung USB device drivers you must have in order for Odin to recognize your phone while it is in download mode. Now, my question is how to disable the at&t updates so that we do not loose root and can wait to see if root is supported with the update?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jae2014:
couldn't you just not agree to the OTA install?

Is NG3 the lastest update for the ATT Galaxy S5? I have an S5 but don't have ATT service so don't receive the OTA anymore and I am still on ND3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] C0derbear:
I just use Titanium Backup to freeze all related stuff to OTA updates. Non destructive and easy to revert. There is a tread discussing what are good candidates to freeze.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UltraCon79:
Custom without tripping KNOX

I ran into a weird situation where I did not trip KNOX but my Custom Unlock popped at boot.

I followed OP and then installed root checker,ChainFire SU, then Titanium and AdAway. Well after a few boots the custom unlock popped.

Rince and repeated a few times then it hit me. Uninstall Towelroot after you root! Then freeze all the AT&T stuff ( update ) KNOX and rename the security files before you boot.

Now running Full Root with AdAway SuperSU Titanium Backup Pro $5.99 Root Explorer and BusyBox with all the updates frozen. I have no Custom unlock and KNOX never tripped.

I figure if I just uninstall it all and then Odin to ND3 after then back to NG3 I can go in for warranty.

Thx for your hard work!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gregsarg:
The latest SU will generally pop custom....

But I'm still running towelroot, busybox, titanium, root exp. Pro, and greenify with an official tag..

It's nearly impossible to trip knox with a locked bootloader unless the wrong device files are pushed via Odin....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UltraCon79:
latest SU

Yeah my first time through the playstore SU asked to disable the KNOX and I got custom, but now after using the one from the chainfire site I am official.

Once I was custom however I could not flash official until after I uninstalled Towelroot. Then 1 flash of the ND3 file made me official and I decided to uninstall Towelroot after gaining access to avoid custom boot screen in the future.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gfifer1:
Thank you!

It took me a lot of Google searching to find this solution, but it ended up worked perfectly for me on my AT&T S5! Best of all KNOX still reads 0x0. Thanks a ton to the OP!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Getting rid of the unlocked custom splash screen is as simple as running triangle away. I've ran it on the S2 thru to and including the S5 just install the apk and follow the prompts.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114

"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my G900A powered by VisionX Rockin Blue XKRome
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] az-dave:
This worked perfect for my brand new AT&T S5. Thank you OP for the easy instructions and download links. I now have root, SU, Titanium back to freeze all the AT&T and Samsung Bloatware, and Im getting 2-1/2 days of life out of a battery...Awesome!

Phone is fast as you know what too - Thanks again!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ItsAGeekThing:
Thank you muniz_ri!

Successfully rooted my ATT Galaxy S5 without tripping knox. :victory:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] g8torz:
About to give this a shot...... Thanks in advance Muniz _ ri
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] PS4AndroidHacker:
I haven't read through this whole thread but I'm still running stock rooted AND3. Would it be safe to say I could just run the new kernel zip and root it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] shoprat:
confused

Sorry if this is really basic. New to this, trying to get all my research done and do it right. This thread is labeled for s5. If you use the links for the stock kernels, the download page says for s4. I have an AT&T galaxy s5 On 4.4.2 G900aucu2ang3. I don't want to flash an incorrect kernel. Will these files work for my phone even though the download screen says s4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
I own and support both the att s4 and s5 and since the s4 came first my AFH account still reflects that name. But the files naming conventions that I use should be very clear as to which file applies to which device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jae2014:
Is the NG3 the latest OTA for AT&T Galaxy S5? I have a Galaxy S5 AT&T version but I don't have service for AT&T since the summer. I don't know what the latest build for AT&T Galaxy S5 is. I have ND3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
yes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] shoprat:
thanks

Thanks, like I said, I thought it was a very basic question. I'm just trying to wrap my brain around everything before I go all in. I keep reading that incorrect files can or will permanently damage certain phones. Your thread name is very specific and the directions are straight forward. Thanks for the response.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jae2014:
Ok thanks! Now the other question I have is if the NG3 stock kernal is the same as having NG3 full stock?

http://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-s5/...ootota-zip-t2862299/post55133105#post55133105

I know that I can return to NCE full stock but can I do the same for NG3 using your stock kernal? If I flash your NG3 stock kernal will I still be on Android 4.4.2 with baseband ND3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cjsmith22:
worked fine

i performed all the steps and my phone rocks now!!! can now write to my ext sdcard. also did the xtether\moto tether. also have frozen the att software updater from striking again.

thanks for sharing!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] caicom98:
is there any rom we can install after this is rooted using this method? Or we will lose root if we go to other ROMs.

Has anyone tried RegionUnlock with this phone? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2470551
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] PS4AndroidHacker:
Updating to NG3

Hey guys, so I got ahold of Odin 3.09, got ahold of the NG3 update, applied it in Odin in the AP slot and it DID NOT update my phone. Im running on stock rooted AND3 with bloatware removed. Any help is greatly appreciated!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] PS4AndroidHacker:
Sideload

And how do we sideload that in ADB for those of us who have never sideloaded boefore?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Place the file on your extsdcard then boot into stock recovery. You will see a menu option to update from extsdcard. The OP is written for users with some level of experience modifying their phones therefore I did not list this process. Others should use the xda search function to fill in the gaps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] PS4AndroidHacker:
Yeah I've done side load b4, just a long time ago. I'm good now. I had to downgrade to NCE first and then take OTA updates then reroot. I'm now on NG3 rooted. Thanks guys!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] bitnerd:
In the safestrap version when you say to backup user data is that literally the data partition only? I thought if you restored just that one and not the system you would lose or break some applications you had on there before

I'm running Visix 4.0 so it should already be set up to use the correct NG3 modem. I tried this method both with the stock system partition and my visix partition and both seemed to work fine. Is there anything I may be missing if I don't use the stock one? Otherwise I'll stick with the visix one so I don't have to remove all the AT&T bloat again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] feh.amsterdam:
I am not able to get NG3 update via OTA, appears to have no updates on the AT & T software update. I can not root and I can not install a new ROM by ODIN to show the language Portuguese (Brazil). Help me!!!

Version SM G900A (AT&T)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Please read OP if you can't take OTA it's actually quite simple to do but you must read OP first

"And on that bombshell it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A powered by VisionX Rom Rockin XKRome
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] feh.amsterdam:
I read it again, if I can not upgrade at Ota, then I must proceed to step 2? I have no SD card to hold the alternate method.And I'm not getting at the root Towelroot because he says he does not support.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
You don't have an ex SD card??? You'll need to get one then before you can go on.

"And on that bombshell it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A powered by VisionX Rom Rockin XKRome
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] coho4life:
Will "Safestrap-KLTEATT-ND3-3.75-B03.apk" work with this NG3 root method?

Just wanted to say thanks for this root method. I lost my root a while back when I OTA udpated to NG3. Your root allowed me to finally get my AppRadio unchained app synced back up to my head unit.

My question is, Will the most current version of safestrap "Safestrap-KLTEATT-ND3-3.75-B03.apk" work with the latest firmware NG3?

I ask this because you provided a ND3 stock kernel to allow Towel root to do its magic and then returned the kernel back to NG3 after a successful Root. Will my NG3 kernel conflict with the above safestrap version?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] steeljack99:
THANK YOU!!! i downgraded my phone to NCE only to find out that it broke functionality with my fingerprint scanner. this fixed it!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] dr/owned:
This procedure worked for me last night. I had to flash back to NCE in order to get the OTA for NG3 to go 100% through and not die after 29%.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Joehen873:
Yo bro im lost did u have to use a pc on this root method
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Sun0fNothing:
Why do we need an external SD for this? I don't see what I would need it for based on the instructions.

Edit: nevermind lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Darian71:
If I'm understanding it correctly, he was having trouble getting the OTA from AT&T to automatically update him to NG3. my external SD Slot is messed up so I couldn't upgrade to NG3 with the zip in this thread using the stock recovery and update zip in it from an SD. but if you have an external SD the instructions and update zip to NG3 is in here somewhere. I've seen it. And how to do it.

Edit: Sorry. Meant to quote [MENTION=4997760]Joehen873[/MENTION]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Joehen873:
Yo bro sorry 2 more questions one what do u do if it says phone not supported and how do u install supersu do u install it like a normal apk or do u flash it like u do with the kernels? ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
The OP is self explanatory on how and when to use towelroot if your phone is saying not supported then you've skipped steps. Reread OP.

"And on that bombshell...it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A Running ClinchRomL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] steeljack99:
---------- Post added at 02:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:22 AM ----------

OP is pretty clear on what to do. yes it requires a pc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Darian71:
APK'S are installed after download by clicking on them and checking unknown sources when prompted. And by towel Root saying not supported, you're definitely still on NG3. that's why you have to Odin back to the ND3 Kernel. Towel Root works on it. Then follow instructions after you get root., Safestrap, Busy Box, Super SU and finaly Odin back to the NG3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Joehen873:
Yo bro You can root with odin 3.9 right
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
No you can't you root with towelroot

"And on that bombshell...it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A Running ClinchRomL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Darian71:
You use Odin to flash the ND3 kernel. So that you can use towel Root. LOL!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Then you use Odin to flash NG3 it's all in the OP if read carefully and instructions followed step by step. It actually shouldn't take anyone more than 20 minutes to do and most of that flashing OTA.

"And on that bombshell...it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A Running ClinchRomL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Joehen873:
Yeah i understand that but the op has 3.10 pdin and i cant get it to open on my computer but i have 3.09 odin so what im saying is can i do with 3.9 version? ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Yes

"And on that bombshell...it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A Running ClinchRomL

---------- Post added at 11:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:08 PM ----------

OP says in steps 1 thru 7 using Odin 3.09+

"And on that bombshell...it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A Running ClinchRomL

---------- Post added at 11:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:08 PM ----------

Sometimes it's better to just slow down and take a break then reread the OP on whatever you're trying to do.

The answers are there in OP

"And on that bombshell...it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A Running ClinchRomL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] caicom98:
First time using odin.

In the ODIN3.10.rar i see a JFLTE_USA_VZW_16G.pit, do i need to put this in while flashing? or this file was accidentally there (ie leave it blank)? From the file name the it sounds like its for verizon, i dont want to brick my ATT Samsung S5