yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Nas_Ibrahim:
Thanks

Dear Jrkruse,

first of all many thanks for your useful post, confirm it is working fine without any problem.

one Q, can I flash Resurrection Remix V5.4.4 KLTEVZW ROM instead of Stock Verizon 5.0 BPB1 Based Lollipop Rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
We have said no
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] andres9303:
can someone please tell me if this OK3_ROOT_V5.exe works with OG5 or just to OK3. I do not understand English well
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
Update to PB1 and then root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
I rooted mine on OG5 with this method just fine.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] NvWatts:
I rooted my phone the other day and flashed the Moar rom, everything is working fine. I know when I have the phone turned on I can go to the lp safestrap to get in recovery, now my question is, is there anyway I can get into safestrap revovery with the phone being turned off? bc when I try it take me to the stock recovery
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
no
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Flashed back ok3 kernel?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
We've said no quite a few times to this. the best you can do is flash NI2 via odin(safestrap uses the NI2 kernel to boot)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] andres9303:
good morning, try to root my Samsung s5 OG5 but it does not work when I install the NK2_kernel not turn and I have to reinstall the VZW_BOG5_KERNEL_ONLY.tar. Someone can make a tutorial for OG5 easier to understand because I do not speak English and the translator does not translate well.

Could someone tell me if this file is used to make root Root_OG5_V15.zip. It is on the same site as the OK3_ROOT_V5¿como done?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
Yes.... I did my root before the PB1 kernel was available. I just read and followed the OP and had NO problems whatsoever. I was on OG5 to begin with.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
I'll do my best

When you install NK2, it SHOULD NOT START UP OR BOOT, IT SHOULD FREEZE ON THE SAMSUNG SCREEN. That is normal and means its working, the root.bat should continue
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SkinnyWhiteboi:
I didn't think I would ever get this thing rooted. Thanks!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
is there a thread showing how this is done?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SurferJon:
Hi, I have a Verizon S5 ending with the code for BOK3. I've never done this before, so excuse me if I sound stupid.

I've followed these instructions:

But right now it's stuck at a screen with the Android mascot and "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" I went through the next steps above and rebooted the phone (since it seemed to be hanging), and while I could see the three new programs installed, it doesn't seem that anything was rooted. Kingroot says the root is not available too.

On my PC there was also a program that popped up called "Odin3 v3.10." Am I supposed to do something with that?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy...op5-0rombpb1based-t3331541/page4#post65878767

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You didn't flash NK2? Then root???
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
:) time for some more ascii
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SurferJon:
I'm not sure what it did, I just followed the instructions. The instructions don't say for me to flash anything and I'm not sure how to do that. ^_^;;

I installed an app to check if the device is rooted and it says it's not. Now I'm not sure what to do. I just followed what the instructions said.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
the.... instructions... they tell you... to.... -.- omg.....

It says right in the bat

[*] Now its time to flash NK2_kernel.tar In The AP slot using Odin.

[*] NOTE "During the process the phone shall stay on samsung logo then go to download NOT RECOVERY".

[*] After the script complete reflash OK3_kernel

[*] Please be patint ...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SurferJon:
Oh, thank you, I must've missed the instructions when I opened that BAT the first time. I've never done anything like this before but I have to do it because of a feature I need.

So now the phone just stays stuck on the Samsung logo, even after removing the battery and disconnecting the cord (and waiting patiently like the prompt said). I bet I screwed it up. I tried reconnecting the cord and using the Odin program but nothing's happening.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
just go back to step 1 and start again

it's okay, many of us took more than 1 chance to get this right

do not be put off by anyone making you feel stupid!

they locked this bootloader good, so give major credit to those that figured this one out..not for the meek
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Again it should freeze on that screen. lemme guess, you didn't install the drivers :/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SurferJon:
Are you talking about "SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.45.0.exe?" As I said, I followed all the instructions in the post up until the point it didn't appear to work. I just missed the instructions in the .bat.

It appears that in attempting to do the Home/Volume Down/Power key combo, the phone selected "Factory Reset" and erased everything.

I'm able to open Odin and do the whole AP / NK2 thing.

Not sure what to do now.

EDIT: I also get a warning sometimes when I do Home/Power Up/Power: "Warning!! A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed apps. If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key. Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel."

Should I just go to the "Prepare your phone for root" steps?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] simon182:
Sorry for being an enormous noob but i'm new to android and all the other roots i've seen seemed much simpler than this. Any way if someone has a bit of extra time can they make a simple video tutorial? I'd very much appreciate it :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] denysscp:
Still nothing No Root

Tryed again to achieve root acces on my S5 and still stuck in the same problem...

Attach a picture of it... couldn't go beyond that...

Hellp needed here... S.O.S. F1

thanks in advance and best regards ..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] brooksyx:
Ill give it a try, thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Have you tried booting into recovery volume up+power+home buttons. Wipe data factory reset and then try again
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] denysscp:
Thanks for suggestions.. tryed several times.. still nothig . sometimes the bat just stucks on "Root Installing Now" .. but how long will it supposed to take to finnish process.... i even let working for about .. a couple of Matador US episodes... and nothing happens except a great lack of battery and heating the display... expecting to get succes with new root V6 ... . or any other solution from xda team or members... greetings from the island...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Beeko:
Confirmed working on my OG5!!! Thank you so much.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
When it gets stuck after a couple of minutes do close the root.bat screen unplug phone pull battery restart open root.bat and plug in phone and try again if doesn't work do same process again. If that doesn't work you have a problem with your drivers installed on computer
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] denysscp:
Ok thanks again i'll try this at home later (i'm working right now) drivers are the one linked in the tutorial.. used to have drivers from samsung smart switch ans as that software became useless for my purpose unistalled it.. cleaned the registry using Ccleaner and ASC 9 then installed those new ones... if that's the case i'll try original drivers included in the phone when connected to pc as instaler... please keep cooking this root until it came to us all as a delicious pie..! ja! best regards...

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forgot to tell.... working on BOK3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Zeranoe:
Nice work jrkruse.

I'm going to try this method tonight, but I'm curious about the best way to go from an OD5 bootloader and OG5 rom to a rooted OK3 rom and bootloader.

Should I flash G900VVRU2BOK3_G900VVZW2BOK3_VZW.zip from http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/g900vvru2bog5-factoryodintarimage-t3179527 or should I search for a OD5 rom, flash it so the rom and bootloader match, and OTA to OK3?

Is there any reason to stick with an OD5 bootloader if I don't plan to go back after I have root on OK3?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
There's also an Xposed module called "RootCloak" that you might try. http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.devadvance.rootcloak2
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uproared:
is Root_OG5_V6.zip the only thing I need to download to root a g900v ok3? also if i brick or boot loop or mess up my phone can i just use the Factory Tar BOK3 Full Restore Image to fix it? I've never rooted but I want to so I can have more fun with my s5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maquechen:
Same thing happened to me. Please let me know if you figure it out. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] staypuft1652:
Thank-You

This is very, very appreciated, thank you. Worked just as described.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
There is absolutely no reason not to update firmware to bok3. I would definitely flash the bok3 tar image the root that and go from there
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] username=0:
I did everything as described, but Kingroot cannot root the device, it says root failed

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never mind, worked after the second try! Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fooster091:
Trouble with KingRoot

i do everything but now im at kinguser (kingroot), i tap try it , and i got Root failed, everything before works well but now with kingroot im stuck !? Please Help me

FORGET IT I GOT IT *
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Artyomenko:
How u fix it? i`m still try, but no result.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LivinOne:
KingRoot failing

I have BOG5 and followed the instructions to the letter... twice. KingRoot always shows "Root Failed"

Flashing with ODIN always succeeds. I get the attached screens when running the BAT, not sure if that is the desired result?

thanks for the help!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] csorrentini:
I followed the steps up to the first boot to download mode and it didn't go into download mode but instead erased my entire phone of data...............Everything on my phone got wiped even my SD card! What the heck happened?????
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Artyomenko:
No, try again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mrsayyy:
Help.

OK I am on ok3 full firmware. Debugging and all configured

I run root.bat from root ok3 v5 zip pack

Apps are installed via root.bat, reboot into downloadmode, opens odin. I flash the nk2.tar as

Instructed. Odin finishes. As it reboots phone ive unplugged, sticks on samsung splash, plug back in, connection detected befins root install but get this error:

UNABLE TO OPEN. /DATA/LOCAL/TMP/.2C360C7/* NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY

as well ass three mor lines i assume are thru adb shell commands due to /SYSTEM/BIN/SH header and result in shrodinger32 not found

And

tmp directories = no such directory

What am i doing wrong here pls help
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
yes, restart from 1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] travioso:
Thanks

Just wanted to say thanks! Worked like a charm. Just purchased a refurbed on 5.0 and BOK3. I did have issues with installing Safestrap until I installed SuperSU-ME but then after a few attempts of installing / rebooting I was good to go.. Nice to have root again (coming from a 1st gen locked Verizon Moto G) and the options of different ROMs even though Bootloader unlock is impossible. Made my day! Time for ROM'n. Don't mean to derail the thread, still reading up on everything but is there any downfall to flashing a ROM (through Safestrap) that is based on PB1 firmware (as in backwards compatibility to BOK3 if for some reason *crossing fingers* that I lose root)? Thanks again. .
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
i hope you read. you cannot flash a rom unless it's based on the stock kernel, which gives you like 2-3 options for roms

just an fyi
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] travioso:
Yes sir! Thanks for the warning though. Knew there was only a few ROMs for this device going in but unfortunately for my area Verizon is the best bet for service and came across a good deal on one.. I'll be happy with a debloated / rooted ROM over nothin :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy...op5-0rombpb1based-t3331541/page4#post65878767
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] travioso:
Thanks again! Will give that one a shot in the morning.. Just started receiving an alert on phone though.. "Security Notice: Unauthorized actions have been detected. Restart your phone to undo any unauthorized changes." Are you familiar with that one at all? I'm just guessing it's trying to remove root. Don't have SD card or OTG cable handy to backup yet and really don't want to cross my fingers and pray things go right as not familiar with unbricking this phone..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
I had that same warning, the only way I was able to get rid of it was to reflash Stock OG5 (which is what I started with) and start all over from scratch. The message didnt hinder anything on the phone, but it was annoying to have it pop up every 5 minutes.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sorka95032:
Forgive me if this has been asked in the last 159 pages. My S4 just died. I have everything backed up on titanium. I have a number of apps that can't be had any more from the play store plus a load of automation apps that have complicated configurations that can't be backed up except through titnanium backup. Moving to an unrooted phone is simply not an option.

I have an S5 which I don't like as much but it's what I have. It has 4.4.2. What should I do? I just got the notification of a new update. Is this a new update that isn't covered by this rooting method or was my phone just slow to get it. It's only been on two or three times for a day or so over the last year so it could be an already known update.

Should I let it update to the latest lollipop that it wants to install?

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Hmm. I went ahead and installed the update but it's still on 4.4.4 after that. I guess it was an intermediate security update that is needed before going to 5.0?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] K3nsh1n_507:
Flashing Issue

I was following the procedure and the phone was stuck on

Quote

"'Once the root procedure is finished

If the root process hangs close root.bat. unplug phone pull battery and reboot phone to recovery (VolUp+Pwr+Home). In recovery wipe cache only and reboot to bootloader. If phone reboots back to recovery instead of bootloader pull battery and manually reboot to bootloader (VolDwn+Pwr+Home). Now plug phone back in and open root2.bat. This will skip the install of apps and the flashing of the nk2 kernel since this has already been done, and the root2.bat will proceed directly to installing root."'

Unquote

And still the hangs on S5 Logo, what i should do?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jamirbrown33:
it keeps saying adb out of date and after i flash nk2 phone stays on Samsung screen and then go to boot menu and root bat says waiting for devise to reconnect but it never reconnect and says error
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hoovnick:
Same here, tried this about 5 times last night all with same results. Tried reinstalling drivers and starting everything from scratch.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Start from prepare your phone and follow the instructions exactly
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hoovnick:
Maybe doing this when you've been awake for 24 hours isn't the best approach. Sat down and did it today with no problems. Not sure what step I was missing/doing wrong but its all good now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] davyon:
i want to know what is the point of rooting the device if we cant installs custom roms? i mean i want to get mashmellow, will ill be able to with this method, if possible... how?

this will unlock wireless modem for the device?...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tbclandot:
davyon.... You can install custom roms on the verizon S5 but they have to be Touchwiz based.... I'm now running Jrkruse's port of Toxicrom note 5 s6 beta which is 5.1.1 Lollipop stock Verizon S5 is still stuck on 5.0 and as for Android M who the heck knows with Verizon they take their sweet time....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ahmedadam1:
Have a look at xposed modules
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shahhere:
Please help Novice use the S5 Verizon phone on Tmobile....

Hey Guys,

I have a Verizon S5 that is on BOK3 and I followed the rooting instructions and I believe I am rooted.

I dont have verizon and need to use the phone on Tmobile and wanted to know if I can downgrade to a 4.4.4 rom and then install something to be able to use the phone on Tmobile? Sorry for the noviceness.

Shahhere
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
Look in the app drawer... see ALL those worthless bloatware apps? ROOT allows you to get rid of em permanently, freeing up system space, and allowing other customizations as well.

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nope.... once you went to lollipop you own it forever, unless verizon lets us have marshmallow, which will probably destroy our root and lock bootloader even tighter.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] davyon:
Can you now use verizon locked features? like wireless modem. and thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
It's already fact. MM will BE THE END OF ROOT FOR THE VZW GS5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shahhere:
I thought i read that i can downgrade the BOK3 to 4.4.4? No?

Big thing for me is the fact that I need wifi calling (no reception) else i'd not worry about it...

Shahhere
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] landshark68:
No, you are mistaken. You cannot downgrade from BOK3 to 4.4.4
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
Verizon Samsung Galaxy 5 SM-G900V running Lollipop 5.0 builds BOA8 BAC4 are the ONLY ones that can be downgraded. Once you pass that threshold you are stuck with 5.0

Here is the XDA link if in fact you DO have one of the mentioned builds:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-downgrade-lollipop-5-0-to-kitkat-t3088571
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shahhere:
Fark......Yea i followed Verizon thread to try to get Root and I in fact did start with a BAC4 build. In the midst of restoring i think i used the BOK3 image....:(......oh well...

The phone works on Tmobile mms/text/voicemail etc with the apn setting but just the wifi calling would have made it a more native Tmobile phone...lessons learned lol.

Shahhere
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jbevins9988:
Pb1 help please

please help. i have odin and it works fine. but i cant figure out how to flash safestrap or where the bat. is that i need. can someone please help me
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
start at PAGE 1 of this thread.... OK3_ROOT_V5.EXE contains the batch files and APK's for the root process.... start on page 1 tho, and follow it to the letter and you will have root in under 1/2 hr.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uproared:
Whats a good way to disable/remove ota updates? cause if i ever need to/want to i can just flash the update and keep root while the ota update will remove root to my knowledge. Is there anything in exposed installer I can use?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] damiensrules:
SafeStrap Flash Goes Black

I was able to successfully root and flash the Deodex ROM on my Verizon SG5 (PB1) using this method (Excellent write-up and overall easy to follow!! thank you for doing it!), but while trying to get the same done on my wife's Verizon SG5 (OK3) using the same method (minus the "prepare your phone" steps since she is not on PB1) I can get the root in place smoothly and make it all the way to the SafeStrap portion of the instructions and can't progress...

What's happening is when I "REBOOT TO RECOVERY" in SafeStrap and try to install a new zip (such as "Knox_Removal_SU_BB_INIT.D.zip" or "VZW_BP1_ODEX_DEODEX_V9.zip"), after i swipe to the right, the screen briefly (.1 sec) goes to the typical install screen and maybe one-two line(s) shows before the screen goes dark and I end up back on the main menu to Install, Wipe, Etc...

When this 1st occurred, I had tried rooting on a not clean install phone, so I did a complete wipe and BOK3 Factory Odin, then tried again and still getting this. I tried rebooting and uninstalling/reinstalling SafeStrap and still the same happens...I even decided to push PB1 on her phone via Samsung/Verizon updater and followed the "Prepare your Phone" section followed by the normal instructions since everything went smoothly on my PB1, but I still cannot flash any zips...no error messages, just black screen then back to main menu...

Root is in place and confirmed, can use rooted apps, manually remove bloat, Etc... I have a feeling it's going to be something stupid i'm overlooking, but I cannot find any reference of this happening to others in this thread, or the XDA Forums, of Google Search, so any advice on where I could be going wrong or a setting that just isn't in place that would cause this to happen would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
In the op.... Flash stock tar in ODIN and use PIT file while flashing, make sure to repartition
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] corey.snetselaar:
Need Help

Ok. So I'm on BOK3 version, haven't updated to the new version yet. I followed the opening steps word for word.

I unzipped the OK3_ROOT_V5.exe

While I was unzipping that to my desktop, I updated my Samsung drivers app on pc.

I opened root.bat, plugged phone in, and it did all that it was supposed to with installing apps and whatnot, it auto opened Odin. Once Odin recognized my device, I chose the NK2 kernal in the AP field, and it told me success and proceeded to reboot.

It rebooted my phone into the bootloader/downloader to install there. It never gave me an option to open KingRoot, booted back to recovery. So I wiped the cache only like the guide said, and rebooted again, it rebooted to recovery again, so I battery pulled and manually booted into bootloader like it says. It never popped up as the device being attached again.

I am now sitting looking at the Samsung Galaxy S5 screen for about 15 minutes now... Does anyone have a fix for this? All I was able to get through was through the flashing of the NK2 kernal through Odin, after that, I didn't have the same options as the guide stated, unless I did something wrong. PLEASE!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Chay555:
Quick question...

Hey quick question. I installed the stock deodexed rom that jrkruse put out and am wondering if I can flash the Toxicrom that you have on my S5. Thing is, when I installed the deodexed rom it didnt remove knox. Can I still install a custom rom if knox is still there? (Im still on 5.0 lollipop also)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
It's supposed to stay on Samsung logo. While the root.bat does its thing.

What do you see on the command window ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
If the root process completed successfully after the NK2, now boot to bootloader and flash the OK3 Kernel ONLY file, when it finishes and reboots all should be fine. Then go into app drawer an run the APK's for Kingroot, Busybox, Safestrap.

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Probably off topic, but it does affect this thread. Samsung launched the update to Marshmallow for the GS5 today in Korea, which means probably wont be long til we get it too. I have a feeling this will ruin our root process.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] newskin:
Great instructions, hopefully most can root without complications. I have encountered one myself though. I've been able to install root and then replace kingroot with super su. I have rebooted and made sure that i still have root with super su, which i do. I have now been able to at least get safestrap state to say "installed" but the safe system still says "not active". I am on pb1 and am using safestrap 3.75. Any help is appreciated.