yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] anonimoyque:
what am I doing wrong? I have the driver installed... i try running the bat file and it doesn't recognize my phone (WAITING FOR APPEAR YOUR DEVICE N900V)... still i opened odin and installed the 01_G900V_NI2_Kernel file and it was successful, then tried once again to run the bat and got the same problem...

had to reinstall the stock rom to make it work again...

what am I doing wrong?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Make sure the phone is unpluged after you flash the NI2 kernel close odin open the ROOT_G900V_5.0.bat plug your phone in. It takes a couple of minutes once it starts the root process starts. If it doesnt reconize the phone leave the ROOT_G900V_5.0.bat open unplug the phone and plug into a different port on the computer
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Aireos:
How long is a couple of minutes?

Having factory flashed once more, the first time I run the .bat, it fails with multi errors about the device not being present. This first failure does not trigger a reboot of my phone.

I flash the new kernel, and follow all your instructions to the T, however, once I get the the step with the .bat, once again:

ROOT INSTALLING NOW... forever..

Not sure what I am doing wrong.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
what version of windows is on your computer?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rnh:
Thank you. I didn't realize you had updated the root og5 zip from yesterday
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Aireos:
I am running win 7 64 bit.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] justaguynamedchris:
Thank you so much for this!

Forgive me, I seemed to have run into a problem it seems.

Everything went well just as the instructions state; however, the phone rebooted into recovery.

-I got to step 17, pulled the battery, but when attempting to reboot into download mode, it automatically goes into Android system recovery.

I tried "reboot system now" and "power down" but I end up in recovery again.

On reboot, in the top left corner it says "recovery booting"

Then, briefly the little android dude with his chest open, then it goes into recovery.

Any suggestions?

Thank you so much for this, as well as, anyone who can help! (So sorry if this is a noob error)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Power button + volume down + home button all at the same time will get you too download mode
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rnh:
If we rooted bok3 does this mean we can install only bok3 roms or can we install roms from lower builds? Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Aireos:
Not sure if these images uploaded correctly, however these are the two problems I encounter. INSTALLING ROOT NOW will hang forever. I've clocked it at over 20 minutes.

These images are in reverse order. The bottom image is what happens pre odin, and the hangup is post odin
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] justaguynamedchris:
Thank you so much! I tried that about 10 times, but, it worked now! Now I feel stupid :silly:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] puterdoc:
Mine did same thing when I did it and freaked out as well. Only took me twice to quickly do the buttons for download mode to come up again.

I rooted BOG5. Can I install VZW_BOK3_STOCK_ROM_DEODEXED.zip over this or do I need to do a BOG5 only?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
BOK3 should be fine. I will make some firmware zips for people that dont have older bootloaders
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] justaguynamedchris:
Anyone having this problem?

KingRoot: "Root strategy unavailable - no strategy now"

SuperSU me: "Preparing environment, please wait" (been this way for an hour or more maybe?)

(oe1)

Thank you everyone for your help and time!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] voices!:
in mine i didnt install supersu i just installed kinguser and its working fine
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] justaguynamedchris:
Thank you so much for your reply and help! Unfortunately, that didn't seem to work for me as busybox would not install with this message: "There was a problem opening the shell...device is improperly rooted...etc etc"

Also, Rootchecker couldn't verify too, unfortunately. (oe1)

I followed all the instructions and everything went smoothly. So, not sure what to do next or maybe simply start over and try again?

EDIT: RESOLVED

Forgive me everyone! I made a mistake at instruction line 15; I was on Samsung boot screen for too long it went into recovery and I seemingly missed that step. Can confirm working perfectly on OE1 ROOT!!!!!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!

Thanks to everyone in this community and to all the hard working devs and of course huge thanks to jrkruse!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sean19661:
Looks like Xmas did come for everyone ty jrkruse for this wonderful news
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] high5sgoodvibes:
flashing zips

Thank you so much JKRuse for this easy to use, step-by-step guide! I successfully rooted my S5 on BOK3 last night, installed Safestrap Recovery, and flashed the respective kernel to return to normal. Out of curiosity, would you recommend using the FlashFire.apk (included with "Apps to Install") to flash zips for blacked-out/inverted apps, or Safestrap Recovery?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
for those stuck on the root.bat

i started hitting keys and hit ctrl n and it finished !

installed king first and it read rooted

but super su me is hanging on the deinstall (just like others have reported)

figured it out..i used the super su me from "Rooting_Tools_For_S5_Lollipop_V6_2.zip" and it's working
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
i personally use safestrap just for the safety net it provides, but flashfire is a really good tool to flash things just dont have that safety net if something fails in the flash but that doesnt happen that often
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] leotakacs:
Silly me.

Should I just start Safestrap recovery, wipe data, and flash the rom?

Thanks so much for this tutorial by the way =)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] high5sgoodvibes:
Okay, I just tried and failed to install a zip with FlashFire, where the "Samsung write protection" reads "Current Binary: Official". Is it necessary to flash a custom rom like VZW_BOK3_STOCK_ROM_DEODEXED.zip from the OP for FlashFire to work?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
questions about the last steps:

"24. Now open Busybox and reinstall it. Click on Lollipop Safstrap and click Install Safestrap after it installs click the back button and click on Recovery Reboot

25. I would flash a custom rom as soon as you get busybox and safestrap installed

VZW_BOK3_STOCK_ROM_DEODEXED.zip

after all is done..then fire up odin and click off auto reboot/click on nand erase and then flash with this?

26. Remember when using Safestrap to return to rom from Safestrap recovery you must flash the Safestrap Flashable kernel zip matching your firmware"

please explain this ? does this have to do with #24?

thanks again!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] geekgurl70:
SuperSUMe Hung

How did you get it to work? My SuperSU Me is hung at the same place

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Mine is also hung up there. Can I get a link? I get the valid copy and then the big processing. please wait.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
i cannot post links as i am a newbie :)

try this and add the rest

add the http and www

androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960683891
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
After your rooted and have safestrap installed all roms are flashed with safestrap not Odin. The only time you will use Odin again is something goes wrong. You have to flash bok3 kernel whenever you leave safestrap to reboot back to rom
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
I sent a pm to the dev of supersu me about this
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] leotakacs:
What should I do exactly to flash deodexed ROM found near the end of the first post?

I already have stock 5.0 / BOK3 root (followed the tut at page 1)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Head on over to the QA section on installing custom roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64794443
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] geekgurl70:
Thank you!

Thanks much!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfem:
Question about Step 14

In step 14. "Reboot your phone to Download mode and use Odin_3.10.0 located in the Root_OG5 Folder and install 01_G900V_NI2_Kernel.tar. Your phone will reboot and get stuck on the samsung screen, this is ok!"

When starting step 14, ODIN was still open from loading Kernel. I see it should be closed/opened first. What file option need to be selected? Thanks for your help!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
really appreciate this thread, nice work

i guess the biggest problem is understanding the nomenclature

i got busybox installed but i cannot see where you can click on anything

"24. Now open Busybox and reinstall it. Click on Lollipop Safstrap and click Install Safestrap after it installs click the back button and click on Recovery Reboot"

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just click on AP and load the ni2.tar

make sure that the com port is green again (means your phone is communicating)

you no longer need to have nand erase checked and if you want to save time, click the autoreboot
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Close busybox installer Open the the Lollipop SafeStrap app and click install Safestrap once intalled click back button on phone the you can click recovery reboot
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] leotakacs:
Flashed that.

Then flashed xposed and then the kernel. Got stuck on the verizon screen.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] schmii:
Is there any way to install Xposed on this? I installed the Xposed installer but it said the OS wasn't supported.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] geekgurl70:
Bat File just Hanging

SO, I figured out I wasn't rooted at all and I reran. The .bat file just keeps hanging. I've rebooted and rebooted and rebooted. Here is a pic.

[IMG="ROOTBAT"]https://i.gyazo.com/495d211195f738bd0d04e9110b77f910.png[/IMG]
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
might have flash ok3 kernel using odin wipe data in stock recovery then go through set up to enable usb debbugging and try the proccess again from there
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] geekgurl70:
It was set

I had USB Debugging Set and the script picks up the device. And doesn't give me the blank device box.

[IMG="device"]https://i.gyazo.com/a1294f23ab88b8c982a3cfbcac588f1b.png[/IMG]
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] leotakacs:
That is what is supposed to happen.

Where "device" is, it would say "offline" or "unauthorized" if there was a problem.

If you have trouble, use Root_OG5_V6 instead of V8.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] geekgurl70:
Link?

Where can i download the v6?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfem:
Do I need to start over? I made a mistake and chose the BL option for step 14 with the Nand Erase All and Uncheck Auto Reboot checked. I retried with AP only selected and it seemed to work but when I get to the ROOT_G900V_5.0.bat and enter 01 device is not recognized. I see it show up in the file system as a storage device. I tried unplugging, pulling battery, rebooting.

Thanks for your help! I truly appreciate it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] geekgurl70:
v6 hangs in same place

v6 didn't work either. Hangs in same place. Reloading NI2 again and seeing if that helps. Do I need to use AP or another option on Odin?

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So after reloading NI2 - it runs through and popped this:

[IMG="RUNTIMEERROR"]https://i.gyazo.com/10085f8a7805243ff343e4a761c4f835.png[/IMG]
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
this is what i kept getting

finally i started to hit a bunch of keys, hit crtl n (maybe a bunch of ctrl +) and it completed

you have to see "ROOT DONE!"

the whole process should take seconds, but for some reason it pauses

you'll know you are rooted when you run king

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problem is you can do that over and over and still the same hang of the root.bat

i started to try and break out of it without hitting abort and the script finished

i saw root done and installing king/super su me worked perfectly

it definitely works but i had the identical issue

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everytime when i could not the root.bat script to finish i went back to either step #1 and erased data

you could save time and just reflash the lollipop kernel for your firmware (mine was OK3)

then the ni2, then root.bat

everytime it would hang during root.bat

all i can say is i had to hit a bunch of keys in the cmd window and root.bat completed

i must have done it 20 times before i just hit some keys!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfem:
Did I brick my S5 BOG5?

I made a mistake and chose the BL option for step 14 with the Nand Erase All and Uncheck Auto Reboot . I retried with AP only selected and it seemed to work but when I get to the ROOT_G900V_5.0.bat and enter 01 device is not recognized. I see device show up in pc file system as a storage device. I tried unplugging, pulling battery, rebooting.

The phone reboots to system recovery. Is there a way to start over from factory firmware?

Thanks for your help! I truly appreciate it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1storm976:
U can start over it won't hurt just keep to the directions .. when u get to the batch file where u root ur phone open it full screen u can see things better ..on top u will see if it's connected. I hit 05 to connect to make sure then root . If it don't see ur phone unplug .. if not then wipe in recovery and start over. I hope it helps..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UsualNoise:
About to try this. Is there any danger of wiping the EFS partition if I follow these steps? Since I don't have root I can't back it up yet (unless I've missed something somewhere while doing research).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
This step will greatly increase root success.

Before you reboot to odin to flash NI2 kernel Do This

1. After You have done a full wipe and phone is set up with usb debugging enabled

2. Reboot to recovery Power+Vol Up+Home

3. Wipe Cache only

4. Reboot to bootloader from stock recovery

5. Use Odin Flash NI2 kernel and continue from there

this process had 6 out of 10 time success on the first try and the other 4 hung on root screen. I rebooted phone started root again and all 4 was successful on the second try.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UsualNoise:
Thanks for the quick response. I'll try this tomorrow, hopefully all goes well. I've rooted and installed custom stuff on older Samsung devices before with good success so I'm optimistic. Thanks for the detailed guide.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
this should be amended to the OP

thanks again for starting this thread!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] WKurt:
Can you grab a logcat? I tried when the same happened to me, and got a few errors. I forgot to copy and save them though.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ryan giggs:
error

when i click the .bat file and select 01 i get an error that say "adb server is out of date killing" and the commad prompt close how do i fix this
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UsualNoise:
I finally got this to work! Tried 3-4 times without success (hung on root). Switched to a new PC, it worked on the 4th try. Don't know why, but I'll take it.

Tried installing safestrap but everytime I try running it it says "Unfortunately Lollipop Safestrap Recovery has stopped" so I'm not sure why. Are those utilities (BusyBox & Safestrap) both required to install the deodexed custom ROM?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Did you install busybox? Then did you install safestrap?Then did you click on recovery reboot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Google search the problem. There is a tool to fix that
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ryan giggs:
i foud the tool but dont know how to fix the error with it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UsualNoise:
Installed busybox.apk. Opened it and installed busybox to phone. Installed LollipopSafeStrap.apk. Opened Lollipop Safestrap, clicked "Install SafeStrap" - that's when I get the "SafeStrap Recovery has stopped" message. Didn't think I should do recovery reboot without the "Install SafeStrap" succeeding.

Should I install SafeStrapReboot.apk or Safestrap.apk separately from these? Hadn't tried either of those yet. Sorry if this is obvious, haven't done any custom work on Lollipop or the Galaxy S5 prior to now.

Thanks for the root procedure though - nice to have!

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Answered my own question - figured out I had to install the other safestrap apks as well. Now into recovery and about to try flashing the deodexed custom ROM. Thanks again for the walkthrough!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Jman36x:
Hitting random keys worked for me too

I was going to make my own post, but it looks like [MENTION=7235335]gordie99[/MENTION] had the same result after hitting a bunch of keys during the root process. After getting the same error (for the like 50th time) that many people have got so far, which is after like 15 rows of "########", I got frustrated and just started press a bunch of random keys on the keyboard and somehow it just started working. O.o I hope this helps someone figure out the cause of the failure or just get past the error :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Scar.6ix:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] do you know of or have any custom roms that work with the stock kernel ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1storm976:
If on bok3 firmware u can use the new alliance rom v10. It great.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] randyk2016:
Any other methods being worked on?

I have followed every post and did every suggestion and yet I get stuck while tring to root my galaxy s5 bok3. Are there some that just can not be rooted for one reason or another? I cleared everything so many times and no matter what I do, I just will not work. So , I am just wondering if there are any new ways being worked on... I had a similar tough time with a droid dna but after some time i got that one rooted. This darn phone just does not want to work for me. If anyone knows of any other ways please let me know. Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Why don't you reboot to recovery and wipe data again. Go through setup and add no accounts. As soon as you get to home screen goto settings and enable USB debugging. Reboot to stock recovery wipe cache only the from there reboot to bootloader flash ni2 kernel plug in phone open up the root.bat screen and give it another try. If it hangs on the root screen more than a minute pull the batter restart phone and try again
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] randyk2016:
This is what I have done so many times. I really have tried maybe 8 or 9 times. It gets stuck on the root screen and I try again and again... with no luck. I will try one more time tonight when I get home from work. If I can not get it then I am considering going online to buy one that has not already been updated to the android 5. I appreciate all the work that so many of you do to help other so we can root our phones.. this phone just to much of a hassle.. I like verizon phones but Im getting sick of them trying to block our ability to fully enjoy our phones.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
this one

?

does it work with a 900V?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] HereToStay:
I finally got root!!! ... but now have another issue. I booted to safestrap, backed up, and now it won't boot. I can still boot into safestrap but not sure how to correct this. One thing I noticed is that when it boots it is supposed to count down from 10 before starting. The 10 never counts down and after about 5 seconds it just goes to a black screen.

Any ideas?

Oh, and thank you to everyone!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
was in the same boat

try breaking out of the command prompt (yours is stuck at the date line, yes?)

don't crtl+c though (that's an abort)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] landshark68:
No, not that one. That one is for the G900F which is the international variant of the S5. You need to use this one:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/rom-allianceromv10-lite-available-18-t3299791

It's found right here in the Verizon Galaxy S5 Android Development section. This is where ROMs for this phone are posted:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development

Only flash ROMs from this section. These are the ROMs designed for this phone. If you are new to this, you need to familiarize yourself with this entire Verizon Galaxy S5 subforum and where things can be found.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Did you flash bok3 kernel zip before you left safestrap
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
I'm sorry to trouble you with an inane question, but will this root method work if I opt to flash the image you posted of mismatched OK3 firmware with the downgradable OD5 bootloader? http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/g900vvru2bog5-factoryodintarimage-t3179527
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Yes
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] HereToStay:
I sure thought I did. Not sure what my options are now. Can I go back to a certain step and try again or should I just start everything over from the beginning?

Edit, reread your question, no, I don't believe I did. Is that what i need to do?

Edit 2- just for clarity, I believe you are talking about step 26. I just did it and it seems to be moving forward.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1storm976:
Yes before you exit from safestrap flash the BOK 3 kernel for some reason when I reboot from safestrap it hangs up on me so instead of rebooting I tell it to turn off then power it up see if that helps
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] HereToStay:
Ok, so I flashed the bok 3 kernal but now am getting stuck on red verizon screen. I have let it go for a while (didn't time it), pulled the battery and am stuck there again (this time I am timing it). How long should it be stuck here before I just realize I have a problem.

Full disclosure, while in safestrap, I did go to a menu item and picked "fix permissions". I wonder if this screwed things up and if I just need to start over from step 1.

As I'm still learning, I want to thank you all for you replies/help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Where is it hanging on the black Samsung screen or the boot animation screen
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xXAaron04Xx:
Question. I try installing Safestrsp but when I do, it goes through the process, but at the end it still says its not installed. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] swing4thefence:
Jkruse started a thread in Q&A to discuss the best roms to use http://xdaforums.com/veri...ooted-t3292655
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wotron:
Works fantastic!

I don't know if it was mentioned yet in the thread but if you have bit defender it will block the root.bat file from completing. I didn't catch it at first then I turned bit defender off and it worked flawlessly :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Reinstall busybox
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
you're not kidding!!

thank you for the alliance info!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] YOLO_POLIO:
Clarification

I am running V9.6 PhoeniX rom based on BOH4. For clarification, in order for me to root to these roms, I need to root back to NE9 stock room using download mode and ODIN, towel root, install safestrap to install these roms?

-or-

Can I just go into download mode from my current rom and use these instructions to install these roms and their matching kernels?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
If your running phoenix rom your already rooted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] YOLO_POLIO:
Yes I am. In order to install a different rom, I would essentially go into download mode and use Odin to flash a rom of my choosing? It is my understanding that I cannot have safestrap while running an Android v5.xx rom... Is this a correct assumption?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
You install any other rom the same way you installed the Phoenix rom. You use safestrap or flash fire
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] luis052593:
WORKING!!

I tried the bat file on windows 8.1 x64 and not works, then i installed stock ok3 firmware and then flash the ni2 kernel and run the bat file on windows 7 x64 finally working thanks!!!