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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DHanson434:
I have flashed both the bpb1 and ok3 kernels and nothing....

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see I didn't know if it was SUPPOSE to get stuck I was thinking after reading it all that it was but wasn't sure about that. Mine has NEVER gotten stuck on the Samsung screen. I have done everything several times but no luck with it getting stuck....

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see I didn't know if it was SUPPOSE to get stuck I was thinking after reading it all that it was but wasn't sure about that. Mine has NEVER gotten stuck on the Samsung screen. I have done everything several times but no luck with it getting stuck....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
This isn't as easy as it says...to many people having the same problem...please help..I really appreciate the help from u guys..ty
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
If you lived in Southeast Alabama Id say bring it over and Id help ya in person.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Open the root.bat with a text editor & do all commands manually you'll probably see where it gets stuck
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DHanson434:
OMG. WHAAATTT...... lol. I now have root access on my S5!!! Found out what I wasn't doing. Flashing that first kernel! Thank u thank u thank u!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
The nk2 kernel dhanson434?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cjmccormick:
Will Xposed app work with this work around?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
War kernel wasn't u flashing at beginning?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tbclandot:
Xposed only works on deodoexed Touchwiz roms I'm running Twisted5lollipop at the moment with xposed
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uproared:
will anything happen to my root if I update the security policy like it wants me to?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
When I do the root.bat and when it done the bottom says no device and error
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
"use a different USB port" "Use a different computer"

Maybe listen?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
Also on first root.bat when I Odin the nk2 kernel now it boots the the Samsung logo the boots right into recovery
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cjmccormick:
hmm so it should work then if I used the custom rom here VZW_BPB1_ODEX_DEODEX_V8

It is deodexed and Touchwiz of course.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tbclandot:
Ya it should like I said as long as it is deodexed
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cjmccormick:
Try following the post here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65801806&postcount=1408

I had to do this 3 times until I got it right, I messed up after I rooted to install a custom rom so I had to start over. It does get easier.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
Do we need to everytime to factory reset and Odin the pb1 tar
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cjmccormick:
Able to change the boot animation or no since its locked? was thinking about using Boot Animation App on the Play Store
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
Boot animation doesn't have anything with the bootloader...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DHanson434:
I gotta question......my wife wants her S5 rooted but she doesn't want to lose anything on her phone. Do u have to restore ur phone? Could you just delete all your accounts where you have to sign in, then root without restoring??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
I've done a few phones with this method, and I never needed to wipe.

Am I missing something? Lol :p
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nictabor:
What instructions? The ones below it in "Old Instructions"? I want to be clear before I do anything else. Thanks for assuming I'm a moron though.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
I have a question....she u flash the kernel should that kernel in phone setting show up

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Mine never changes..always says the pb1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
New instructions
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gabbin.on:
Hi everybody, I'm new to the android world.

I made through all the steps and i have flashed the rom at the end of the first page, which should be deoxed. however, when I try to install xposed, it stucks my phone into a boot loop. What can I do? Should I flash a different custom rom? But which one? Is it ok if I install Plasma ROM?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
You can ONLY flash Verizon GS5 based touchwiz roms with NO bootloaders in them.

Side note, correct me if I'm wrong Devs, but I think I remember seeing somewhere that xposed caused issues with this phone.

Being an android noob, Did you make it through the guide in 1 try?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gabbin.on:
More or less, I had some difficulties with the "waiting phone to be reconnected" using the root.bat but it eventually worked.

So, what do you suggest I do to get xposed? Do you think I should look for a rom to flash or should I be able to get it working on the rom I' using (the one suggested in the first post)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uproared:
not fully sure but this might work http://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3113463/post65373013#post65373013
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
Im not to familiar with xposed and how it relates to this device. Id wait for one of the others with more knowledge of it.

Congrats on ease of the ROOT tho :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gabbin.on:
thanks, I'll try it and let you know. Also thanks alaneddy for your help
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
clicked root.bat then itinstalled apps..then went to odin and flashed nk2 kernel...then went and wiped cache in recovery and now I'm in bootloader again and nw says wating to reconnect...wat now?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
if the root.bat went through, and pushed all the APK's to your phone, and you got a bunch of this:

###### ######

####### #####

##### #### ##

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####### ####

####### #### ####

then hopefully a success msg, then all there is left to do is flash the OK3 kernel only file, then reboot phone and run the APK's from the app drawer.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] markcov:
I also used your guide on Pg141 this weekend. Thanks for the writeup. One suggestion, there's no point between your / jrkruse instructions where it says when to use SafeStrap to install the firmware / kernel. Step 3 says to copy it to the SD Card, but it doesn't say when to install them.

My phone didn't get stuck on Step6.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
then when I hit the kingroot doesn't say it rooted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] diver47591:
After thinking I had totally bricked my phone, In total frustration, and feeling I had nothing to lose I mashed buttons in various combinations and for different periods of time, it started buzzing and flashing until I thought smoke and lightning would shoot out of it at any moment. Then all of a sudden, it booted into recovery. I heard music come down out of heaven, the angels sang, and I knew I could recover with Odin from there. Then I started from scratch. I am now rooted and on the bloated factory rom. Only anomaly is during root.bat, it installed everything but Safestrap. now how do I get Safestrap without losing root? My reason for wanting root was to install de-bloated rom. Can I install rom with stock recovery? Sincerely, Antique Noob
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
Sideload safestrap.

You can't install anything not signed from stock recovery.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
I deleted my response.... I didnt read YOURS entirely and my answer was irrelevent.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] diver47591:
Install Safestrap via ADB?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
it says in safestrap when I open it not rooted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
Safestrap via ADB

How To install an APK using ADB

You can install an APK onto an Android device by connecting the device to a PC with a USB cord and then connecting to the device using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB).

1. Connect the device to the developer desktop environment with a USB cable.

2. Open a Windows Command Line and execute:

adb devices

The output should show the attached device:

$ adb devices

List of devices attached

(your phone) device

3. To install the application, navigate to the folder containing the downloaded APK. In our example C:\Temp and install APK using adb.

$ cd /c/temp

$ adb install safestrap.apk

4. If the device list is empty, or a given device is not listed, kill the ADB server by executing:

adb kill-server

5. Execute adb devices again to restart the server, re-detect devices, and try again.

Make sure safestrap.apk is in C:\TEMP or whichever directory you chose to install it from. I also recommend installing from the OK3_ROOT folder, since both the APK and ADB are already there.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
You're are making it very complicated.

Just open a cmd window in a folder where you have adb and then type adb install and drag in the apk you want to sideload, and hit enter!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rachelrgr:
if i used super-sume pro can i skip all the steps below step 3?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nictabor:
Perhaps I'm missing something, but using the new instructions on the first page of this thread, starting at the beginning, it says to skip to prepare your phone and that is it. No instructions afterward. I was on BOG3 (I think) but now I'm on the BPB1. I've rooted several phones before, but these instructions aren't clear. If they were, I wouldn't have asked someone to clarify. I've got a CS degree; running bat files is about as simple as it gets. That being said, I don't care to brick my phone. If anyone has completed the process from BOG and cares to assist, I'd appreciate it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
"if i used super-sume pro can i skip all the steps below step 3?"

You don't have to flash safestrap its optional
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
You missed a space after install
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
aiting for the phone to be reconnect ...

uname

linux_ver

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off_set

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KRSLOG: prepare done.

system part @ /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system

KRSLOG: /data/local/tmp

KRSLOG: [+] This device: Verizon samsung SM-G900V Linux version 3.4.0-2525521 (dpi@SWDD5816) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 14 18:04:11 KST 2014
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uproared:
why doesn't my safestrap have a splash screen when i reboot my phone anyone know a fix?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
Omg. Don't run the root.bat, just open a cmd prompt in the folder where you have adb.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
I I got it......its rooted...ty u for all your help....do I still need to do root2bat?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
If you are rooted then you are all good to go!

Enjoy your freedom :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
this phone runs xposed fine

whoever keeps saying kingroot doesn't say "rooted", realize you have to hit the try it button

-.-

safestrap doesnt have a splash screen, use safestrap reboot
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
NO! You are all done.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BlueLaguna88:
Ok guys, my phone is really acting up so i'm gonna clear the cache ,etc. and hopefully it'll work better. Now what exactly do i need to do? i feel like every time i try this i do something wrong, wipe dalvik chache, cache partition, factory reset, re-flash the rom and kernal and then reboot. is this correct? Can anyone make the directions clear for me? thank you!

I tried re flashing the rom, wiping data factory resetting and now its boot looping on the S5 screen :[
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uproared:
Do you know anyway to launch safestrap without actually going into the app? like volume down + Home + Power?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] musterion1973:
the only reason I wanted to go back was because. after root access. I tried to use titanium backup pro to UN-install the bloat ware. but in fact non if it was really deleted. no I am seriously.. sure the app icons were off my screen but they were not really deleted. I did not gain not one gb in storage back. so I got to thinking that..you know? what difference is it if you cannot delete what you want to. in weather it is rooted or not. my phone has 16gb. with 5.9gb used for memory. and the list goes on and on. all I want to do is get rid of all the crap that is not needed to allow the phone to work, camera, google play and the such. I just want the crap no one uses off my phone. I will re attempt the root again but I tried to find roms but I could not figure out how to install them, and I could not find one that seemed to look good. there is the nobs rom but I was not sure if the phone would still work, camera. play store. and so on. anyway. thanks everyone for helping and making xda the only place to get accurate info from trusted people.

"""""also in Step 19. When phone reboots Install All Apps in the Apps_To_Install folder you placed on your phone""" the link for the apps to install is gone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
no
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
Does anyone know if I can fix my SD card...it won't show up in storage...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
re-seat?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
Doesn't work still

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I've even true it in my SD card reader in laptop and nothing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Then it's a bad SD card
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pjesus.c:
Hi all. Hate to jump in the middle of a thread but I'm having some issues. Phone rooted with no issues at all, installed busybox, supersu, and safestrap just fine. Made a backup in Safestrap okay, I installed the update with no issues as well. It was when I attempted to install custom ROMs (AllianceRom and jrkruse's deodexed knox-free ROM) where it was giving me some issues and wasn't installing the zips. FlashFire was also giving me errors upon attempts to even back up. So I went back into the thread and flashed the G900V Safestrap fix, leaving my S5 (BOK3) stuck on the Galaxy boot screen. I attempted to flash the header partition fix through Odin, which is supposed to correct this issue, but no luck. I tried flashing the NI2 kernel to boot into Safestrap but that also didn't work. Only way I could escape from it is flashing a stock ROM through Odin and factory reset my phone so I could start again from scratch, but I know that I'll get the same result. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rachelrgr:
Thank you, worked perfectly. If I did a factory reset would I still have root access? And for all of you who want to try this I downloaded supersu me from http://download.apks.org/?apkid=darkslide.com.supersume&ver=6.7&server=albrtkmxxo
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
You will still have root access after reset. You will need to reinstall SuperSU if it isn't in the system
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
So why don't you just install the BS FREE Lollipop ROM?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] musterion1973:
cannot find it. I am on pb1 now so I am having a heck of a time trying to figure out how to use safestrap. or lollipop recovery I think they are the same thing? I honestly dont know. I want to install VZW_BPB1_ODEX_DEODEX_V9 but I dont know how to. he really does not go in to detail enough. I cannot even locate any info on safestrap. or what it's other names are I think lollipop recovery.... are the same thing. then again I could be wrong. I have tried three times and my screen shows some screen with a punk kid on it saying it will start in 10 seconds and my screen goes blank and I cannot get it to come back on I have to pull the battery and start root all from scratch. but thank you for your reply.

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how does one use the knox removal tool? what hoe does one install your VZW_BPB1_ODEX_DEODEX_V9?

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I second this one. the instructions are as though someone used an English translation program. accuracy and as much detail is what is needed. not intended to be a mean guy or say the wrong things but wow. I appriciate the time you take to do all this but you really need help with your grammar and research how to explain things in a clear accurate manner. where is the OP from?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
Im having the exact same problem. It gets partially through installing SYSTEM, then get a FAIL message. Ive tried without safestrap fix, and with it. No worries here since I can debloat the OEM rom well enough and customize it beyond recognition, but some new roms might be neat too.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ozz200127:
I wana do a backup before I flash a rom but only have a 4gb sdcard...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pjesus.c:
It would probably be best if you went with a card with a higher capacity, backups take up a decent amount of space.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] diver47591:
Sideloading w/ ADB

When side loading with ADB, What mode should phone be in?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
Regular mode.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
[MENTION=7339950]pjesus.c[/MENTION] [MENTION=5292942]alaneddy[/MENTION] First of all, no one read the OP once again, a FAIL while flashing system with Metadata Recursive means you need to flash from stock with the PIT file located in the thread

EDIT: I know you probably will be to lazy to use the search feature too so https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347765167

[MENTION=7161698]musterion1973[/MENTION] Second, I hope you all realize this is Linux? And that when you delete system apps"like titanium backup" you ARE DELETING SYSTEM APPS... Your /System partition has a fixed size, as does your /DATA, and also your /Storage. You won't gain internal storage room, you will gain /SYSTEM room.... If you cannot figure this out, I'm more worried you have root....

[MENTION=7161698]musterion1973[/MENTION] All of 6 seconds http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/bsfreelollipop5-0rombpb1based-t3331541

[MENTION=1539212]Voltron8Myhat[/MENTION] How many times do we have to repeat.... It's supposed to hang on the samsung screen

That KSLOG done means it's done, flash the PB1 or OK3 kernel in download mode(using the button combo to get into it) and it will boot right up.... Can no one read....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pjesus.c:
Flash the PIT through Odin? And this will repartition the phone to possibly fix the ability to flash the ROMs? I'm not quite sure I understand.

I don't exactly mean to be rude, but some of us know much less than others and are trying to figure this out with the help of more experienced users since that's really the only way to gain more knowledge without messing up our phones for good. I know I don't really know terribly much. I put in a lot of hours trying to research what's been going on.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Yes it will, if you read the thread, or even the op.... i just.... it's been asked so many times..... like.... seriously
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pjesus.c:
I apologize but it's a little difficult to find the answers to my specific problem in 154 pages of thread..but thank you for your input.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Theres an OP....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uproared:
Did it work or no?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Voltron8Myhat:
How many times do you have to *repeat? When did you mention it the FIRST time? I'm up and running now (rooted). The thing that wasn't clear was that when it hangs on the Samsung screen (after root confirmation in the bat), you need to pull battery, boot into bootloader, open Odin and flash the OK3_Kernal_Only.tar.md5 file (if that's the one that matches your device). The phone should then reboot into the system and you can proceed with the steps in the OP (KingRoot, BusyBox, and Safestrap).

It's pretty hilarious that you're getting all huffy about people "not reading" when the information just isn't (at all) clear. I SO appreciate all the work that's been put in here, but hopefully some of the language in the bat and on the OP can be updated as suggested so things are more clear for people who aren't as experienced with poking around inside their phones.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Thats just what i found a few moments ago. I know jrkruse has said it too!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] diver47591:
I think I'm almost there sideloading Safestrap.apk but after getting sdk up and dragging and dropping safestrap.apk into command line and hitting enter, it shows device attached (fa9blahblah) offline. usb cord plugged in and device on and usb debugging chkd, Unknown sources chkd, verify apps unchkd, and always allow this computer chkd

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Last post incomplete, I meant to ask why does it say device offline?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] diver47591:
Didn't get adb shell. says "error device offline"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pjesus.c:
I'm going to be a pain in the ass again, I made a backup in Safestrap, then for ****s and giggles I tried to restore the backup to my phone. Got a message saying the restore failed with no further detail. Is this because it skipped the MD5 check?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Mine always said restore failed till i fixed the partition but even though it said restore failed, it still "worked"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pjesus.c:
Really? That's weird. I won't notice the difference since it's a backup I just made but I'll take your word for it.

EDIT: I removed some stock widgets from the home screen and tried restoring again, said failed, then rebooted hoping I'd see the widgets back up and that it actually worked, but no luck.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] accessive:
Question from rooted galaxy s5

Question, I gained root through the older method of downgrading my Verizon galaxy s5 to 4.4.2, rooting, installing SU etc, then Odin to 5.0 & loading the de-odexed OE1 build. I used "FLASHFIRE" to do the non Odin flashing. Once I obtained root, SU, busybox, & everything I needed, I used titanium backup to Freeze the OTA software updater. Effectively keeping my phone on a rooted , stock OE1 build of 5.0 android with the older bootloader (not the mega locked down bootloader). I honestly forget what the older bootloader & build was now but it was something like OCG maybe? I forget but it WAS down-gradeable & I have stock ROM with Root.

Here's my questions. 1- Can I install a custom recovery now? If so, what is recommended?

2- is there any advantage to doing anything more to my device besides root, SU, & flashfire that I have? I'm not interested in custom ROMS at the moment.

Thanks, & great job with the progress, I knew you guys would eventually get it done.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pjesus.c:
Update: I have Safestrap working finally, however, it's version 3.75 and requires to flash a KitKat kernel every time it can be used. So in case of an emergency, my phone won't boot to Safestrap because it'll still have the Lollipop kernel, which I have to flash after every time I use Safestrap. I don't really mind that honestly, but if my phone craps out from a ROM, how would I be able to access Safestrap upon boot? Would I have to flash the most recent KitKat kernel through Odin?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
.....did you not....read...the....OP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gabbin.on:
It worked perfectly. Thank you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] larryk:
You CAN NOT install a custom recovery, because we have a locked bootloader. That is the purpose of safestrap, and or flashfire.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] accessive:
Ok thanks, that was the understanding I had as well. Flashfire & safestrap just use methods of bypassing the boot loader correct?

So at this time, no reason to mess with a rooted OE1 setup huh?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Alixbot:
I had exact issue, uninstall all android drivers (yes even Samsung) then reinstall only Samsung drivers and try again, this fixed it.