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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SODA8297:
I reinstalled everything once I ran KROOT I installed super su to uninstall KROOT then installed busybox then sucess with safestrap :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SODA8297:
So playing with my phone I got soft brick, but doing the process again I don't mind, the thing is safestrap is not installing :/ ...... OK learning here in order to have SAFESTRAP INSTALLED you need first BUSYBOX INSTALLED.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
To be honest, I've always just flashed the Lollipop SafeStrap zip through FF(FlashFire) and went through the steps to install SS(SafeStrap)....never actually had BusyBox installed persay.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SODA8297:
Ohhh great to know, so I was reading about busybox is just to program, so is not that useful if I have it installed?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Bryanx86:
You have to have busybox to have safestrap, the flashfire safestrap flashable zip must install the necessary utilities for safestrap to work if its without busybox. Busybox is just a set of individual linux like utilities to help program your phone mo better.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
BusyBox is literally a set of Linux programs that nearly every rooted app needs to function. It's best to install it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SODA8297:
OK I'm going to keep it, thanks ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
I just hard bricked my phone - please HELP!!!

I used this method, read the instructions at least 10 times, researched on other forums, and now my phone only boots into recover mode - I cannot get into download mode to flash the factory image.

I have the OG5 firmware version, so I skipped the "flashing PBI" part and went right to GS5_LOLLIROOT_BLACKCAT.7z , NK2_kernel.tar ran successfully and it got to the point where it said kingroot installed successfully (or however it was worded), my phone automatically rebooted but went into recover "reboot system now" and it will not get past that no matter what I try.

I have pulled battery for over a minute and tried vol up+home+power and it only goes to the that same recovery screen, cannot get to download so I can flash factory image.

What went wrong? And is there any way to get my phone back?

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
beyond that being a soft brick and not a hard brick, simply disconnect all cables, hold power, home, volume down, you will enter download mode

also your indicating you made it to step 4?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
My bad for calling it a hard brick if it is just a soft. I've tried numerous time to do the vol up+home+power boot. If I take the battery out and back in, then vol/home/power it boots to the:

Android system recovery <3e>

LRX21T.G900VVRU2BOG5

Volume up/down to move highlight;

power button to select.

reboot system now

etc

Bottom of the screen it says:

# MANUAL MODE #

--- Appling Multi-CSC... (that is not a typo)

Applies the CSC-code : VZW

Successfully applied multi-CSC

At this screen if I try vol/home/power it does nothing, can't even power off without removing battery.

I've tried "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition", still will only boot to this recovery screen.

Yes, I made it to the end of the install of of NK2_Kernel.tar where the screen says: KRSLOG: ROOT DONE!

Any other things I can do?

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Maybe read what i said since you haven't?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
Sorry, did not realize vol down did this.

Do I flash the:

Factory Tar BPB1 Full Restore Image.

or

BOG5_Firmware_No_Bootloaders.zip

from the guide: http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370

Really appreciate your help. Yes, I know I'm a noob.

ALSO, from this guide am I correct that I do not need to do the "Installing PB1" part if I have OG5 and can go right to the "Rooting Instructions", which is what I actually did.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
In the LOLLIROOT zip there should be a OG5 kernel, if not, try flashing the PB1 kernel, it should boot, if not, find an official odinable OG5 kernel(should be in the OP)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
Thanks.

But the og5 kernel on the OP page unzips to a .img file, tried to mount that to see what was inside and it fails with every program I try.

Does anyone know where I can find a stock OG5 kernel for Odin?

The PB1 does not get me as far as when I tried with my original OG5, and PB1 does not recognize my SIM so I cannot even use the phone in between trying to root it.

I've google searched and cannot find a link.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
So with PB1 installed, I run the first bat, it installs kingroot, safestrap, and busybox successfully. Then I Odin flash Nk2 that installs correctly "pass" then reboots phone.

At this point, my phone is connected to my computer, I know this for 2 reasons, the computer says it is connected to samsung device etc in the tray by the time/calender, AND the bat file 3 runs through the series of hashtags and identifying phone info etc. But this is where it hangs. The phone is at the black and white galaxy screen and the bat3 hangs where is has identified phone info.

I have updated drivers and I tried on all 3 usb ports, so it is not a connection issue.

Also, interesting peice to note when I tried this on my stock OG5 build it made it all the way to the end of bat three and said kroot was successful (in whatever language that was as now I can't remember).

I've spent all of last night and this morning reading everything (10 times) and my understand of the process is exponentially greater, but no matter what I try I get stuck on the bat3. Unless of course bat3 should take over 30 minutes because that is how long I have waited.

Any pointers in the right direction is greatly appreciated. I'm not going to give up or go away so please help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Have you tried this thread to use any of the kernals? That and the other LP SS thread? Also, have you looked into Jrkruse's AFH to see if he has any posted? Which I'm sure he does but that's for you to search.....below is the link to the SS thread

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61944569&postcount=1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
Thanks,

It seems that jrkrese has everything but OG5 odinable. I cannot from my PB1 build install safestrap and then use his safestrap images to go back to OG5? Everything I've read seems to say this will not work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Why don't you just go by the OP and install/flash everything that's listed? That way kernel and all matches. Regardless of what you're currently on and/or running....no need to worry about it after that....so to speak

From what I am reading throughout the OP, you should be doing that anyways
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
Yes, just start at the beginning. Flash everything that is listed. Don't try and skip things that don't seem like they're needed because that only causes problems later. Download things in the OP, and follow the steps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
I have done just that. Originally I did not do the first step of "Installing PB1" because the OP said "If your firmware is NOT listed above, you MUST FIRST Follow the section that says "Flashing PB1", my firmware (OG5) was listed above so by simple logic that would mean I did not need to flash PB1.

But since then I have done all the steps, first installing PB1 after wiping data/facory reset. I have done this over a dozen times now.

Here are the exact steps I have taken:

1. installed usb drivers - both the ones linked and also a newer version.

2. installed PB1 from the OP's link: G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_VZW.zip

3. ran the bat files reading instructions to the letter, and no problem with setting the developer mode options.

I've tried this several times on all 3 usb ports on my computer. I have tried on a different computer, both windows 7.

And I always get hung on bat 3 "root process.bat" at this point:

Press any key to continue . . .

We Are Gonna try and root this thing!

Waiting for the phone to reconnect

uname

linux_ver

##########

off_set

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

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 (d

pi@SWDD5816) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 14 18:04:11 KST 201

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One question, at the end of the second bat it says phone will reboot to the samsung screen and hang (my phone does this). Then it says wait til the phone reconnects. Well, my phone never loses connection to the pc I believe. And by the output of the script that I have pasted above this proves that this is not a reconnection problem. Am I correct??? Also I only let this script run for about a half hour at this point were it seems hung, is that enough time or could this be still running?

Any other advice about what to try differently is appreciated.

Is there a manual process for the root part? Or are there underlying logs that can tell me why it hangs at this point?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Not being a 'smart#*!' by saying this but search or look back a good many posts.....as i believe [MENTION=5414005]GeTex[/MENTION] and others may have mentioned that you may have to do a battery pull or something. I wish I could help you out more but my device has never been passed OC4, so i can't be certain to tell you what to do but only guide you from what I've seen and read throughout this thread. Again, just do a search within this thread because your issue has been answered many, many times
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
You're not being a smartass by saying that, I appreciate any input I can get.

But, I have done that at least 15 times now. I reread everything. Maybe I'm not reading correctly so here is what I do:

When I get to the hung screen, the screen I have recopied below, I close the bat, disconnect my phone usb from computer, pull the batery, wait 10 seconds, replace battery, boot to recovery (vol up+home+power), wipe cache, reboot, it goes back to the galaxy screen, plug in usb, wait 2 minutes just to be sure it is connected. Then I re-run bat3.

It always hangs at this spot:

Press any key to continue . . .

We Are Gonna try and root this thing!

Waiting for the phone to reconnect

uname

linux_ver

##########

off_set

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

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 (d

pi@SWDD5816) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 14 18:04:11 KST 201

4

---------- Post added at 11:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:35 PM ----------

In bat4 it says:

"If the root didn't work try to install KROOT manually"

How do you install KROOT manually?

The Kingroot APK is of course installed on the phone from bat1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
No promises, when the script gets stuck, hit ctrl-c, then respond n, it should continue
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xxclubmaniacxx:
G900V GSM Unlocked

Hey new here and im buying a Samsunug Galaxy S5 G900V GSM unlocked for verizon i currently have cricket and i want to root this phone im a little confused and want to make sure i do nothing wrong to break this phone i want to make sure i flash a recovery and back up everything so nothing can go wrong if anybody wants to help me out let me know or just send a reply. Also i will not be doing this until next week and just wanted to get a headstart.

:laugh::good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
all verizon GS5's are factory unlocked
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Instead of booting into recovery(vol up, home and power), aren't you to boot into Download mode(vol dwn, home and power)? [MENTION=5414005]GeTex[/MENTION]?

To flash/install a kernal or something? Just curious and mentioning
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
he is only wiping cache
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xxclubmaniacxx:
So does that mean i will be fine if i buy the samsung galaxy s5 g900v
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
yes, there is no promise LTE will work but my LTE works on TMO
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
Hold up, are you saying I need to be in download mode when running bat3? I've been running it from the black and white samsung galaxy screen.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
NO! you are doing it right. did you try my advice?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
Yes, ctrl-c prompts yes or no to stop the script, I chose no, the script did not stop but it jumped to the end and no kroot install.

....but....

Finally!!! It rooted.

Here is what I did for anyone else having my same issues, although I'm not sure if any of what I did before the script finished with a successful root done message makes any difference.

I noticed that after I wiped and flashed PB1 clean it would boot up with setup questions, I always chose "skip" when available, but at one screen it said it was downloading updates or something and skip was greyed out. That troubled me, so the next time I wiped and flashed PB1 I removed the SIM card and ran the scripts with no SIM.

The other thing I did differently was when script 2 fininshed and phone booted to galaxy screen, I disconnected usb cable, but did not remove battery or wipe cache, I simply launched bat 3 and it said something like waiting for device to reconnect, then I plugged usb back in and it took a few seconds then the script ran all the way through to root done!.

Thanks all for your help. Only took a whole weekend to root my phone. :)

---------- Post added at 03:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:06 AM ----------

One last noob question, hopefully.

My phone's CID is 11 not 15. What does that limit me from doing exactly?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
If your CID is an 11, it is the Toshiba eMMC chip so unfortunately you're unable to unlock your bootloader. If you had/have the Samsung eMMC 15 chip, then you're able to unlock your bootloader.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
I understand that, but what does being able to unlock my bootloader allow me to do? I still have root access on my phone right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
no custom recovery, no custom roms
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
My SuperSU is failing to update binary. Is this because my ROM is 11?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
How are you updating it? Normal or TWRP/CWM? You don't select TWRP/CWM, you need to select Normal to update....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hyperlightdrifter:
Flash the kernel that matches your firmware?

When you said you MUST flash the kernel that matches your firmware, do you mean I have to downgrade to PB1 first? My current firmware is PG2.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
didn't bother to read the OP huh...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tilopa108:
yes, I am selecting normal per OP instructions.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hyperlightdrifter:
Uhh no, I read the whole thing. I am just having trouble understanding the instructions.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
read the whole thing they said.... the first thing in the OP, literally the FIRST THING
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hyperlightdrifter:
so close!

Whenever I flash NK2, the phone reconnects as a cd-drive. Is that right? After Odin says the flash succeeded, and the phone is there (still cd-drive logo), I ran batch #3. It says:

Set permissive for toolbox

type toolbox does not exist

##########

Set permissive for toolbox_exec

type toolbox_exec does not exist

TOY

KRSLOG: ROOT DONE!

After that I press 'enter' and my phone stays on the Samsung screen. From there I have to flash the original rom. Afterwards, I ran kingroot and after about 30 percent it says it can't be rooted. What could I have missed?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
why are you flashing the rom...? flash the PB1 kernel in the zip
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hyperlightdrifter:
Sorry, I don't think I was careful with my wording. I flashed PB1 after the samsung logo screen freeze (which is after batch#3). After that Kingroot should work right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
you flash the kernel right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hyperlightdrifter:
I believe so. I used ODIN3 for flashing both PB1 and NK2 to the AP. I can verify the PB1 flash under settings > build number, but I can't boot with NK2.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hyperlightdrifter:
Root is working!

Thanks a ton gentlemen! You have my kudos!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hyperlightdrifter:
WORKS!!! I just had one question, when flashing a new ROM for the 900V, can I flash any rom or does is there a standard?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mythias:
Flash NK2, Reboot Stuck Connecting as CD Drive

"Whenever I flash NK2, the phone reconnects as a cd-drive. "

The problem he talks about with the phone booting into CD Drive is exactly how it's going for me. Things he is tried to explain what he has done applies to me along with the same results he has gotten.

Are we doing something wrong or is there something else that makes this work for some but not others? I was already PB1 but I went through the PB1 process step by step very carefully as stated in the instructions. That went fine. I didn't set up any account or select anything else when setting up the phone except to choose "English" for language.

Under rooting instructions, I have been very careful to follow every step (many times now) but still when it hangs on the "Samsung Galaxy S5" screen, I am connected as a CD Drive on my Windows 10 computer. I have tried this using drivers in the package here and the latest drivers from this year I could find from Samsung. Normally my phone connects fine to the computer but when I flash to NK2 kernel, this is the result and the rest of the rooting steps will not work. Nothing can access the phone in this CD drive state in the My Computer area (now called This PC in Windows 10). Is it possible to be a Windows 10 issue? I have been guessing all day.

I did root earlier this year using something I found on this forum called Painiac's Guide (can't remember full title), which was not clear in parts and a pain the a** but it did work. I guess I try to do it that way again though I was not on PB1 then. I have lost all on my phone except the few things on my SD card. I hope someone can help so all hasn't been for nothing (time and phone contents lost).

*EDIT*

I want to add that none of this from the instructions worked either.

"If the root process hangs Close the bat, unplug phone pull battery and reboot phone to recovery (VolUp+Pwr+Home). In recovery wipe cache only and reboot. If phone reboots back to recovery instead, pull battery and manually reboot. Now plug phone back in and Launch Bat #3." ← Pulling battery and clearing cache has no effect on this problem.

"IF you get into android and cannot get root, Open bat file #2 and start from there again" ← To get into android (no root of course has happened), I must use Odin and flash the kernel to PB1 again. After that happens, I make it to the red Verizon screen but it freezes there. I pull batter, do manual boot. Then it starts, it update files and makes me do a phone setup again.

"If your phone wont reboot, use Bat #4 and try and enter download mode manually(VolDown+Pwr+Home)" ← The bat file says phone is not connected to the computer and Odin launches on my computer.

So I am stuck on why does this seem to work for so many and I am only seeing 1 person post having problems like mine. Can anyone help here?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] deathcomesnoob:
Im having the same issues as the user above on windows 10 and get a cd drive. Looks like this root process will not work for windows 10 users.

---------- Post added at 04:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:20 AM ----------

Can't flash the kernel cause windows 10 sees our phones as a cd drive after successful nk2 flash. I can't do anything to get past s5 screen reboot manually fails.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mythias:
I have multiple computers and I tried just now on another computer using Windows 7. It installed extra drivers for the CD part of this but otherwise, everything was the same. The problem is not the operating system. I did notice in my phone is SM-G900V.05 Is the .05 of that something that means anything? I always see just SM-G900V mentioned on these S5 Verizon phones.

My phone was rooted until last night. A freak accident gave it an OTA update to PB1 and I lost the root. Now I can't remember where on this forum I found to root it like I did earlier this year, if I still can even.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cassybalfourjr:
Does anyone have the DPF4 modem Baseband/modem/Radio zip?? Please and thank you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] guynamedtravis:
Completed the root steps but....there is no root

I have read this forum in great detail to try and prevent from asking this question but I cannot seem to find the answer. I have successfully flashed everything to PB1 (bootloaded) and matching Kernal . Everything boots correctly and runs soundly.

I thought the next step was to flash the system with PB1 no bootloaders to take full advantage of removing bloatware and most importantly saving apps to the SD card.

Unfortunately, I read in the extra information paragraph doing so will brick your phone.

Whats the next step or did something happen in my installation where it did not take full advantage of the root? Nothing stalled and everything ran flawlessly.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
Did you get it rooted?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] guynamedtravis:
Thats a very good question, its very hard for me to tell since I do have super U power and I was able to uninstall kingroot etc... The entire operating system says its custom install. I wish I had a version/number or something to clarify everything, its still on Lolliopop 5.0. I cannot uninstall bloatware or anything so I'm guessing the root did not work even though the whole process worked perfectly?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
Easy to check!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mythias:
Stuck On CD Root Not Working; Way To Make It Work

I got it working today but I had to get the files from another source. The files provided here would not let me do it.

Watch this video. You do not need to understand the language if you are familiar with going through the process.

→ watch?v=SvWET-6LyZs (I'm not allowed to put links until I make 10 posts). Just put that after YouTube dot com

Here's the link to his set of files which seem to be the same except the bat files are different. You click just root.bat instead of the bat 1, 2, 3, 4.

→ #!P81mAZQb!8karXymU9yNvBfGDwg9EHG627ZCNK005Zquw8cePp9w (Again, my lack of posts prevents links). Just put that after mega.nz or look in the YouTube description.

The only difference in what my phone was doing during the process (using his files) from what was happening in the video on this guy's phone in the process is that when it came time for the screen to do a root using NK2 kernel (where we were stuck from not being detected by my computer properly), was putting the kernel back to the version it was before. The root did go through as you see in the video BUT Odin would not work to put PB1 kernel back. So I just pulled my battery and nothing to my phone (no cache clearing or anything) and I put it into download mode (Pwr+VolDwn+Home). Then I used Odin to flash the kernel back to my PB1 kernel and the phone booted up. I checked for root when it was booted and it says it is rooted.

I hope this helps you and others that had our problem.