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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ymDroid:
At least they designed it so it's readable in a fault so we can copy our stuff off. Otherwise, I would have lost a ton off irreplaceable docs and pics.

Costco has the SD cards on sale for $55, and black Friday weekend they'll be $25 off so $30 for another 64 gb card. Going to pick up a spare spare.

Here's the odd thing, the only thing I did different this time from previous S5 installs and my S4 was how I handle the secure storage false setting.

On the S4 and previous S5s I modified the build.prop using ES File Explorer.

With the NI2 update, I used the Xposed Module that does it for you.

Its the only thing I did different.

I'm stock, so I don't have a ROM loaded that already has it changed.

So my question is, how is everyone else that is Stock TW modifying thier Secure Storage to False so that they can use S Health?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] budies3:
I did a couple of tricks I found here to get it working for me. I just restored my phone yesterday, and rooted last night. I will be reinstalling Xposed today. It is a good thing that we can read, but it still make a useless card in the long run though....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1454:
Does anyone have the ni2 update that can be flashed with Odin? Or did I miss that in the first page?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
HERE, Post #1 has what you need.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ryezen:
Bluetooth Broken, Need to Flash System to Repair?

As of today, I'm having an issue with my Bluetooth not functioning (I try to turn it on, but it just says, "Turning on Bluetooth..." and then goes back to the previous prompt.

I followed this thread and I'm fully rooted on Stock 4.4.4 (no Safestrap), and on NI2 firmware. Upon booting, I have the "Custom" Boot Screen, and when I try to go into recovery to wipe davlik/cache to see if that would fix the problem, I can choose to wipe the cache, but then when choosing "Reboot System" it successfully reboots, but I get the message "Error" just before it does, and it doesn't appear to have wiped the cache (or at least not davlik) because the phone boots up in just a few seconds (like usual).

What would be the best way for me to flash the system again to try and fix my Bluetooth problem? I have a feeling that a factory reset may not fix it, as I don't believe that restores the system files, does it?

Is there a way I can just Odin the stock NI2 OTA while still retaining root and my data, or will that potentially brick my device?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 11tmaste:
I recommend flashing the full stock file which you can find hete on this site, sorry I dont have the link handy. Then just reroot. That should fix your problem. Make sure you backup your files as full stock flash will essentially factory reset your device. Another thing you might try before that is just reflashing your firmwares radio files which you can also find somewhere here on this site. Hope this helps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ryezen:
Still no Bluetooth :(

No dice. :( The stock NI2 flashed just fine, and I didn't lose any of my data, but problem persists. If I do a factory wipe/reset, I will lose root, correct, so I basically need to follow all the steps from the start of the thread again?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 11tmaste:
It sounds like you just flashed NI2 firmware, I was talking about the full stock file that flashes the firmware, kernel, radios and everythi g back to full stock, its a single file. And yes you will lose root and all data on your device. I cant think of any other options. When i intitially rooted i had the problem where i would get only 3g instead of LTE so I understand how it sucks when the root doesnt go write. I just restarted from scratch and it all worked the second time. Good luck, hopefully the same goes for you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ryezen:
Fixed, at a cost.

I actually flashed the whole NI2 stock file (1.7GB). It just didn't force a wipe; same as how updating from OTA doesn't force a wipe. However, the Bluetooth problem persisted after flashing the full file (which included radios, kernel, etc.), and I confirmed I lost root even.

I just did a data wipe/factory reset from NI2 and sure enough, Bluetooth is working again. Now to embark on getting root back...:rolleyes:

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Also, is it customary after obtaining root by following this process for the phone to show "Custom" with the unlock symbol on the boot screen?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Oicub49:
I'm trying...

I'm getting stuck at the towelroot step after Flash my device to NHA and then go and download the NCG kernel and try to open up TR it says device not supported :( someone help please!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RKramden:
After you Odin the nha file, reboot and then take the ota update to NI2, then Odin just the NCG kernel, then run towelroot. After it says you're rooted, then Odin the NI2 kernel. Not as complicated as it sounds
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] helllmonkey:
So im assuming this is working for brand new phones? Im about to go this phone today, but I refuse to get a phone I cannot root/rom. This will my first non motorolla phone, but the process looks similar with these steps. Im just using Odin to flash an older, vulnerable rom, applying 2 updates, rooting, doing another update, then I have root and can safestrap, right? Looks fairly simple, just want to make sure it will work on a brand new phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clambert11:
Yeah, you'll be fine. Just revert the kernel and restore the new kernel after you've rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KingKj52:
So I flash the G900VVRU1ANHA_G900VVZW1ANHA_VZW.zip even if my phone is already on the NI2 firmware, right? Then take the OTA to NI2 right after? Or, if my phone is on NI2 (just got the phone and my parents updated it <_>) do I just start at step 3?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Spartan117H3:
So yes, you start from step 3.

Damn it, this means I have to reinstall the OTA updater that I deleted once I rooted. I hope I have a backup of it in TitaniumBackup.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Bontikun:
I just finished rooting my S5 with this method, everything went great. After everything had loaded a pop up came up that said that there is a Verizon update available should I just ignore that or can i allow that to update?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] topogio:
Awesome guide

this took me less than a few minutes, not including the download times... :D

Great job

Gary
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hoovnick:
Super fast and easy to do. Only thing is now my keyboard I'd different. I can't long press for symbols...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hoovnick:
Fixed it. After installing Wanam Xposed module, I had to use it to re-enable long-press for symbols
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] STraver:
Any Encryption Solution Yet??

Like a few of the earlier posters, I can't use my password due to encryption after flashing the older kernel. I'm stuck on NI2 with no root. Has anyone with a rooted encrypted phone figured this out? Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ridenickel9:
Agreed! I did it over coffee at 9am today. Very grateful for XDA and the people here!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gamestar21:
took a few minutes. thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] berfles:
I'm still on the NCG version from factory, does that mean I basically start at step 3 and just flash the NI2 kernel, then take OTA to the latest version?

EDIT: Never mind, got impatient and followed the thread from step 1 and I'm all good with no issues.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Wired4Fun:
Super simple! Thanks for the info!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Surreptitious-Bacon:
so I successfully odined back to NHA but im not receiving the N12 OTA. I go to software upgrade in settings and it say's the service is unavailable. can i flash the update from odin manually and if so where do i get the files?

update: reflashing NHA fixed it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KillerSquirrel:
The root worked great for me, had it done in a few minutes. I just installed xposed framwork and restarted, now I am stuck at the samsung galaxy screen with a lock that says Custom. It will not go past that, even after clearing cache, doing a full wipe and odin->NI2 kernal again. Nothing works. Any ideas?

*edit* I flashed the stock rom, set it all up with root and everything and this time installed safestrap so I could at least get a backup before I messed with xposed. However this time it installed without a hitch. Everything is right with the world once again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PHiiLiZz:
You using S Health?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Scott183:
Just wanted to thank the OP for this info. Read the whole thread 3 times , because I didn't feel like bricking 5 day old S5. Super smooth install and instructions.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KillerSquirrel:
Well I think what I did wrong was I did the edits/fixes for the s health and external storage and then didn't reboot before installing xposed. The second time around I made sure to reboot after each and every change I did and everything seemed to work great. I knew better, I was just impatient and lazy and it bit me in the butt. Lesson learned!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Capaints:
...Another Success...

Thank You, Went just as you said it would....

I started wit a NEW phone on 4.4.2 NE9, was NOT able to gain Root until I Odin and took the update to 4.4.4 and then Odin back the kernel to NCG after Root was gained I flash back to NI2 kernel. :D

Now what ?????? what do we do Next ?

I'm thinking SuperSU and then WiFi , which Wifi HotSpot is everyone using????

some input would be Nice......... Thanks again, I did read the entire threat before starting.

:D :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TeamSpeakUser:
Is it normal for towelroot's website to not want to respond on my phone? It works fine on my browser.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tha_bearded_1:
hazah! first post for me but have used the fourm alot but this worked perfect had problems getting towel root had to press and hold then open in a new tab in chrome to get it to download hope that helps someone else out bc it had me stumpped it kept opening a bizzilion pages or would open the code. but found the fix so haaaaazzzzzzaaahhh
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mexiken:
I'm having a very weird issue. I got a new replacement phone recently and the very first thing I did was root it as per the OP instructions.

However, ever since then, I've had all kinds of force closes. Contextservice, maps, gallery, indexservice, etc etc.

Anyone else having these issues???? I'm curious if it's my phone or the NI2 build or possibly even my Google data. Thoughts????
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RKramden:
I'd reinstall the NI2 kernel. I had those fc's with the NCG kernel but once I reinstalled the NI2 kernel it was all good
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mexiken:
I'm embarassed to say, I still had the NCG kernel on there. I forgot to flash NI2 back.

I now have a separate issue. Flashing NI2 kernel only makes the phone get stuck at the boot screen =(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] B. J.:
ODIN is the wrong version(?)

I downloaded all the drivers and odin. When i turned my phone on in custom os mode and clicked on ODIN on my computer it had the wrong number 0 COM 4 in stead of 5 or 10 and didn't have pda option. How can i fix this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RKramden:
Are you using the original cable? Also what version of Odin? I tried to use an older version and had the same thing happen. Downloaded the newer one (3.9) and it worked flawlessly
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] CruelSun:
Hmmm, Newb probs...

when I try to dl Towleroot, Firefox does not offer to download it, it opens it as an html, or text file - displaying the contents... I didn't have much luck with Chrome either.

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Managed to get TR DL'd, now a new problem

OK, ODIN v3.09 did not see my phone (Drivers loaded automatically in Win7), so now the phone is stuck in odin mode displaying:

"Downloading...

Do not turn off target!!"

and will not respond to button presses. How do I get back? Pull the batt?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Savagerun:
Yeah you can pull the battery.

Edit... You can get towel root here https://towelroot.com/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] CruelSun:
Thank you, I eventually got TR downloaded using Chrome, I think I have succeeded in achieving root, but supersu blocked rootchecker... and now supersu is taking a long time to load so I can try to unblock root checker.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slvfox:
I just odined to NHA and when I hit update it says that I'm on the latest software. How do I update to N12. I reodin the NHA tar twice and still the same problem.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Savagerun:
Just odin straight to n12 https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712473760
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slvfox:
I got impatience and just skipped that step and flashed the NCG kernel, towelrooted then flashed the N12 kernel. It rooted but still on NHA . Should I flash the file you gave and start from there again?

Edit: Sorry for all the questions but my phone is an LG G3, this is the wifes phone which I haven't touched since towelroot was released.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Savagerun:
Yes just odin the link i gave you then follow the instructions to odin the ncg kernel then root then odin n12 kernel.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slvfox:
That did it. Thanks for the link and help.

Edit: Now back to familiar territory, LG
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] CruelSun:
All good now here, supersu was having a moment. .., had to close it and reboot.

Many thanks to all! !
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wkupike2000:
On step 3, "3. Once your phones starts put it back into download mode, and select G900V_NCG_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 under PA and Click start and wait a few minutes." Is PA supposed to mean AP in Odin or if not, what does PA stand for? I've rooted every phone I've had in past 5 years but that throws me. Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
lol.. i dont think theres a pa on there so it must mean ap ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dfoote626:
New Software Update?

I jsut did this yesterday and all went very smooth. Now I just noticed that there is a Software update. Will this removed my root or negatively affect my Samsung S5 or the performance of it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Take a look at the other threads nearby in this subforum. You will see this has already been addressed, and it is still possible to be rooted if you want to update, and try, go for it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bdorr1105:
This method actually works on the latest NK2 Firmware, trust me I am still going through ass pain, but I rooted being on NK2, followed same exact steps and got root...There is a NK2 Firmware for ODIN in Android Development that I used to flash the Modem firmware and root is maintained...It is a pre rooted only firmware, not full stock so method works good. Can safely update....

Ass pain for me is with safestrap because I wiped and flashed wrong ROM so I have to redo...I F WORD HATE SAFESTRAP
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] monkey116:
I have been running the n12 firmware with towel root for about 2 months now. There is an update That I just noticed was available yesterday. Can I take the update and keep root without using Odin again. And will this update give me advanced calling. I have tried to figure this out through reading the above post and what not but It didn't seem to be specific. Can someone post a link or something that could possible lead me in the right direction
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] naetog:
Thank you for the ridiculously easy to follow guide. Worked like a charm.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] lmarranzino:
So I am not rooted can I just Odin rooted stock. Sorry confused. New to VZ
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] iced327:
Phone UNrooted overnight??

Got a GS5 yesterday, successfully followed the Towelroot for NI2 procedure and was able to remove bloat, use root exporer, etc. Great guide, btw.

It appears that last night my phone automatically downloaded and installed a Verizon update (I got a notification of success in the morning, and my recent apps bin was clear indicating restart) and now I've LOST root. I still have the custom unlocked padlock boot screen, but both TiBu and Root Explorer are telling me they lost root access.

Now what? Can I just redo the process and it'll be rooted again?

And how do I stop this from happening again? Did I miss a step that would have prevented an automatic no-prompt update?

Attached is a screenshot of my About Phone screen, if it helps.

Thanks for your help, guys!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bdorr1105:
All you have to do is Odin the pre rooted firmware that you just upgraded to. It is stock, but already rooted. That's it.... Do some research all the information is in the forum

Edit.... Also all you have to do is flash the NI2 kernel, just make sure towel root is installed.... Upon reboot run towel root.. It's the same process still then Odin flash latest kernel

Go here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2878981 for the NK2 firmware after you root with towel root so it flashes current NK2 kernel.... Literally the same process as this OP
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] iced327:
You'll have to forgive me, I'm technologically competent in every area except mobile OSes - is the "G900VVRU1ANHA_G900VVZW1ANHA_VZW.zip" the pre-rooted firmware? And I can Odin that by having the phone in download mode and doing it the same way I load (flash?) anything to it?

When I first rooted, I followed all the steps except that one because my phone was already the correct version, so it sounds like you're telling me to just redo all the steps + that one, is that correct?

You have to ELI5 or like I'm a windows user. Thanks again, really do appreciate it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bdorr1105:
NK2 Rooting

No since you are on the latest firmware.... Just follow this OP but start with flashing the kernel in step 3, just have towel root already installed because of all the force closes, then flash the NK2 firmware from the link I provided and you will have root

GUIDE to ROOT on NK2 Firmware (If you are on NK2 and not rooted)

1. Install Towel Root

2. Download G900V_NCG_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 from this OP

3. Odin flash NCG Stock Kernel

4. Reboot phone

5. Root with Towel Root

6. Reboot to Download Mode

7. Odin flash (Extract Tar from Zip before you flash)NK2_Firmware_Only.zip (This installs Kernel and Modem and retains root or NK2_Kernel Only. Either one is fine

8. Install Superuser from Market if you have not already (You can do this during step 1 as well

9. Open Superuser and It should request to update binary - Choose Normal (DO NOT CHOSE TWRP)

10. Done

You can use safestrap to flash custom ROMs on the NK2 base only if you want custom ROMs
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] iced327:
Success - if there was a way to gift you gold or something on here, I would - thanks so much!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bdorr1105:
No problem glad you had success
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] skorasaurus:
Over past week or 2,

samsung was prompting me to install an update butt I kept on hitting install later; I woke up in the middle of the night, last night to the sound of the phone rebooting (it was on my nightstand not far from my head); and saw that the update was trying to be applied without my permission as well, sort of panicked, and hit the back button, it rebooted and said update failed; and thankfully I still have root on NI2, and no visible problems :confused:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
It really is easy to get root back again...

swyped on my GS5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bdorr1105:
You can update to the latest base and easily gain root I posted the guide in here... There is a updated safestrap as well

Edit * I see you hit thanks on the guide did you do it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] lmarranzino:
Worked for me without issue. I did a back up. But I flashed from the Stock slot. Maing a ROM slot seemed to wipe out my internal storage. All seems ok so far.

I am use to TM this VZ stuff :confused:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bdorr1105:
If you do an advanced wipe it will erase internal memory... I am not as familiar with safestrap but I install on the stock slot to save internal memory nothing on the internal is ever important and I do a backup as well.... Anyways glad you are good to go...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jmarks2001:
Newbie here on kernel NK2 and have never rooted and am considering using this guide to root my Verizon S5. Two questions:

1) What implications will this have for me upgrading to Lollipop when Verizon makes it available?

2) Is there any danger of hard/soft bricking my phone by following these steps? I know there's an inherent danger in doing this, but I'm interested in knowing where things can go wrong.

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nynativ:
So I followed the steps to upgrade to NK2 but for some reason I'm still getting the Software Update available popup. I never had this happen with the previous updates that I manually did.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bdorr1105:
Are you sure it actually updated.. Did you check in settings to verify
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nynativ:
Yeah. the Baseband says NK2 hmmm but build number says NI2?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bdorr1105:
Cause you only flashed the modem it appears... You have to update the firmware by accepting the update from Verizon... Then rooting it the same way you did ni2
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nynativ:
Yup, that's what I did wrong. When I accept the update from Verizon it fails. So I need to install NK2 manually via ODIN. Do I use the NK2 Odex or DeOdex?

EDIT: Nevermind, that was a dumb question. I figured it out.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Just a general note to EVERYONE... if you do not want to Auto Update you should download TiBu and either Freeze (if you do wish to upgrade later naturally and you haven't debloated) or remove the SDM.apk on the phone. This will either disable or remove the possibility to upgrade.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kushpancake:
which app should i use to make a backup of my device? and if i'm on NK2 and havent previously rooted, do i still need to flash to nk2? sorry i'm not really understanding all the way. thanks in advance
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollywood67:
I recommend titanium backup from the play store. If you are going to start playing around with rooting and rom's. It is definitely worth it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] skorasaurus:
No, I was just thanking you for writing the guide for others :)

I was about to use the guide on the front page (because I'm on NI2 not NK2) but then I wasn't sure whether my settings and everything on the internal storage would be completely erased when I would flash the G900V_NCG_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 (step 3 on http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55495211&postcount=1 ); so I backed out.

Plus, I only have access to a windows computer at work (I have ubuntu at home) and work's been really busy, so I haven't had any time to do it.

Should I do the OTA to NK2? I thought you weren't generally supposed to do OTA updates?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bdorr1105:
Yes take the OTA....then follow the steps and you will be rooted on the latest version
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ymDroid:
Does this work the same for NK2?

Does anyone have the NK2 kernel?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thorkc14:
don't work

yes i just tryed this for my s5 it is a verizon s5 and it diddent work root checker says no root acess found and phone still is running slow apps are restarting phone shuts its self off after 5 mins of been on fallowed all steps in the youtube video on how to do this even went through each step one at a time did the excat same way it was done in the video towelroot gave me the error massage this phone isn't currently supported :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ymDroid:
Rooted the NK2 with no problems.

Flashed NCG kernel, ran towel root, flashed NK2.

Checked with Root checker, and installed SuperSU.

Smooth, easy.