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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Arsenal420:
Really? Ok so if your boss came and asked you a question about one of your documents, would you answer his/her question and then say "Can't you read?"

Yea that's pretty respectful and you can tell yourself that as you walk out the door after being fired. It's insanely rude and not at all necessary. I put quite a lot of work into my post, I was direct, listed my steps, my results and asked politely for help. If you can't treat people properly then you shouldn't be surprised when one of them mentions it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
If my boss couldn't read and asked me to hold his hand through everything, I think I'd just quit

...oh wait, Alot of Dev's are quitting for that exact reason...lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] layvin1:
Hello! First off, id like to give a shout out and thanks to jrkruse for amazing work!

A couple days ago I got ahold of an GS5 through warranty replacement of a ****ty LG G4. Loving the performance of this S5! Dont think the G4 was ever really opperating at full capacity even being brand new. I miss that 4K IPS screen though..............

Anyhow, after doing the reading and research I came accross this woderful thread and proceeded to doing my thing with the S5. Everything went perfectly! Obtained Root, did everything to the T and had an awesome start to having a controlable Android device again.

So over the last couple days I have been tweaking things, freezing things through TB following a freeze/debloat guide. but before I got too far into all of this i made a full backup in Safestrap to be safe because obviously you should. So, in the days of messing arround and tweaking things I must have went a little too far somewhere?? because i started to experience so lockups/device freezing up...so naturally i booted into Safestrap so I could restore back to a perfect working rooted state before i changed too much. So in Safestrap I flashed the Safestrap Fix.zip with no issues, procceeded to immediately restore my backup and it went perfectly or so it said??? upon system reboot it failed and went to the repair through Verizon software screen...it stated it failed becuase of the Kernal. So naturally thinking i put it into Download mode and flashed through Odin the BPB1 Kernal provided in the rooting package and without a problem the S5 reboots and my backup starts up no issues......everything is there nothing crazy going on with android, still have root, SuperSU, Safestrap, Busybox etc.......so i run some apps, sent some text, make a call, just normal use to make sure everything is good to go and no issues at all...........

Except one!! I cant reboot or shutdown or the S5 now because if I do it still wont reboot on its own. It still goes to the failed boot screen and I have to flash the kernal everytime to get it boot!! Why is this happening?? Im Lost on what to do. I have tried both the OK3 and BPB1 kernals and both work for me to be able to boot and use the phone but its highly unlikely ill be able to go the rest of my life without having to turn it off or restart it..lol......

Sorry for the long write up, but i figured the more detail the better.

Im not really a noob at this but im sure ther is a fix im not doing or seeing , any help would be awesome!!

Thanks!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Flash PB1 firmware and give it a go
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] layvin1:
Ok.....it's all good in the hood again! Thanks GeTex !

Ill try to keep this short....

I flashed the B1 Firmware through Odin like you said to try....it worked and got rid of the failed boot issue..... but I lost root. No biggie. I went ahead and did a factory wipe and did the whole rooting method all over again and then once I was able to boot back into safestrap I flashed the fix zip for it....flashed Knox removal zip...and then I restored my rooted backup. Worked like a charm!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Thank you Getex. Yeah, that's quite true. People with that kind of attitude get no help/answers and push GREAT Dev's away because of people's attitudes/remarks. If he doesn't think so, he needs to look at the OptimalRom thread and see what happened. That user made it easy for the Dev to decide early retirement on the VZW S5(wish him the best on his new journey) and tge user was banned/suspended for his act of conduct. And the dedicated users were severely PO'd....

So I think he needs to take it down a notch and be greatful for the help he got....end of rant...lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ndemers:
S5 5.0 OK3 not working splash to recovery

Alright so before you crucify me I have followed the instructions....sooooo many times.

After NK2 install It reloads into splash screen will stay there for about 1-3 minutes and then reload into recovery.

Lets start with the basics.

PREPARE FOR ROOT

Drivers - Uninstalled Kingo root (had a diver) , Installed stock samsung drivers provided in guide. Performed a reboot of PC post install.

Developer - Turned on.

Debug - Turned on.

Verify Apps - Unchecked

Allow USB debug (PC) - Checked and Always

BEGIN ROOT PROCESS

Apps are installed successfully - Moves onto NK2

When prompted I installed NK2 via Odin - Success

S5 reboots - Splash screen for 1-3 minutes.

S5 reboots again into recovery mode

TROUBLESHOOT TIME

I have done the following all with the same result, ultimately

pulled battery and rebooted device - booted to recovery

pulled battery and plugged in cable at first vibration - booted to recovery (earlier suggestion from another person)

went to recovery mode, clears cache and reboots - sometimes it will wait on splash screen again.

manually load bootloader and loads the OK3 kernel. - This appears to skip the rooting process because the S5 never "connects to root.bat again" i.e. Waiting for the phone to be connected...

Phone boots up with OK3 - Not rooted and will not root via Kingroot in OS.

Reload NK2 and try again - Same result.

Tries root2.bat - Same result.

Loaded the G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_VZW.zip to start fresh - Same result again.

Ultimately the real problem is this.....after NK2 is loaded and installed it gets to the splash screen. Waits and then goes to recovery. It never connects to the pc again until i load OK3 which bypasses the rooting process from what I understand. I have already cleared and reloaded drivers to the best of my ability unless someone has an actual guide on that front. Maybe I missed something with clearing drivers.

I really have tried to follow the directions but I feel like there might a caveat in the process. One potention problem is that I have a PIN at boot on my phone which is required by corporate email. Also encrypts the data and the SD card. Could that be the issue?

Any thoughts?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Encryption very well can break it

Please verify you are using the Samsung drivers included. As far as I know adb needs to read a permission set in data which cannot be read on encrypted devices

So you need to disable encryption

---------- Post added at 05:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:44 PM ----------

Good :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ndemers:
Samsung Drivers | Encrypted Drive

1. Yes using the Samsung drivers that were recommended in the OP.

2. I will remove the email/encryption and try again. Will report back.

Thank you regardless.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
No problem

Verifiying that you checked always allow on the adb notice when you setup for root?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ndemers:
ADB Always Allow

We are talking about when you first "Revoke USB debugging authorizations" then connect S5 to the PC. It should ask you if you want to allow this device to "debug" Yes there is an always allow option and that is checked.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
ok
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clifford25501:
Hi to all. I have S5 Verizon on OG5. Reactivation lock on. Can it be rooted by this method? Or it just not power on after flashing?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MtFujiInMyPants:
EDIT: Disregard Quoted Text. I've solved my problem.

I went back and "Prepared Phone for Root" under the First Post. I didn't think I needed to do this since I was already on BPB1. I'm leaving my message up in case others have similar issues.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Do not try this with reactivation lock on, seriously
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clifford25501:
[MENTION=5414005]GeTex[/MENTION] can u explain why? As i read is needed only to downgrade to stock kernel or reactivation lock do not alow this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Reactivation lock stops flashing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clifford25501:
[MENTION=5414005]GeTex[/MENTION] i know that it stops only custom flashing, but not stock?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Stops all flashing and could brick ur device. Its a big no no while using custom stuff

Reactivation lock is useless when there's IMEI blacklisting
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] clifford25501:
Imei is not blacklisted. I try to flash NK2 kernel but phone do not power on corectly, it just hangs on startup and after 20-30 sec reboots in to recovery. After flashing OK3 kernel all ok. But still have rectivation lock. Any idea how to bypas it? I have access to Setiings and App in phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] deviouskind:
Hey guys, I am following directions and I have done this root method with another S5 before.

Having an issue when I try to run root.bat: "error: more than one device/emulator - waiting for device -"

Phone does not show as Unauthorized...

"List of devices attached

7a79cc08 device

emulator-5554 offline"

I've tried Revoking Debug Auth, Rebooting device, Reloading USB Debug, Reinstalling Drivers, etc.

Not sure if the Emulator-5554 Offline has anything to do with this.

Anyone know what this is all about? Any help appreciated! Thank you!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barbieluv08:
PLEASE HELP. I accidentally updated to marshmallow. i was running lollipop pb1 and installed this as my rom "[VZW_Stock Based TW Rom][5.0 Lollipop BPB1 Build Odex/Deodex] 3-4-16". Everything was working until I tried to sync photos using KIES with a mac and it upgraded me to 6.0.1 PD1. I lost root and my rom, please help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Just flash the PB1 full tar to downgrade, super easy

Also gee, it says "error, more than one device or emulator" I wonder.... Yes the emulator is the problem!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
1) don't use kies

2) I think you're sol until mm is rooted. We're you rooted before? Unlocked bootloader? Any info?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
I just said they can flash back to LP from MM. There's no blocking of downgrading

You can root MM too, it requires a 15 Samsung S5, not a 11 Toshiba S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barbieluv08:
Yes I was. I followed the directions here to root my Samsung Galaxy s5 g900v pb1, then I installed the ROM I mentioned earlier. Everything was running perfectly until I accidentally upgraded to MM. Is there a working root for the g900v? 6.0.1 my baseband version is now pd1.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Did you not read my above post...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] deviouskind:
Your a ****

I'll figure it out myself...

Used a different computer. Worked. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bad bone:
Can't handle a little sarcasm when someone is trying to help you out wow

You should be thanking him for his help and the work he has done....

http://bit.ly/1brshoa
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] deviouskind:
After this we will drop it. I will thank him for the work he has done.

No problem there. However, usually when I ask a question I get a decent response like

"try this or try that". With basically a repeat to what i said and a smart remark, it's just not what I normally see.

But I will say on his behalf, im sure he gets a lot of the same questions... so I understand the sarcasm.

Just throw in a decent clue or an older post while your at it. Done! Thank you all. Appreciate it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Just saying I did say your emulator was the problem. The script even said error more than one device or emulator... It kinda told you your problem
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bad bone:
Thanks again worked great the first time
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] noamparn:
Wow!

You found a way to put into words what I've been thinking about this process for *years*! I consider myself a rather competent technical person, but each time I go to root my phone (or upgrade without losing root), I find myself so nervous about the process. From my perspective, it feels like the tutorials are written from the point-of-view of someone very intimately familiar with the way the pieces all fit together - which is a perfectly acceptable way to do it. Over the years, I've spent a lot of time having to write SOPs for technical procedures I intimately understand, and it is easy when I'm only writing for myself (to have a guide for remembering some of the intricate steps, or command line switches I need to use, etc). However, I find it infinitely harder to write documentation for someone *else* to have to follow. I take for granted what I know and understand, and I have to force myself to think about what the reader *doesn't* know, so that I can explain it better for them.

Don't get me wrong - I'm very appreciative of the immense amounts of time hard work that goes into figuring out these procedures, testing them, and putting them out there for others. However, it would be even better if someone could take the first version of the procedures, and "fill in the blanks" for those of us who don't have the same intimate knowledge of the subject.

The second thing that frustrates me is that I have three Galaxy S5's on my account, so I need to repeat the upgrade / root / unlock / etc steps three times, usually spaced out over the course of a few weeks. What I find frustrating sometimes is that the procedures to change and evolve over time, specifically as others find faster / more efficient / more reliable ways to do the different steps. However, I find myself having to go back and learn a whole new procedure each time, because the same upgrade path has now changed. Part of that is my fault - I tend to rush in to the upgrade / root / unlock early, and by the time I'm confident enough to do the other two phones, the process has been streamlined. This time, however, there is a lot going on, and I'm not sure I'll be able to do it right the second time, as some of the processes are now overlapping a bit.

I was able to take my rooted, locked, Verizon GS5 running PB1 with an OG5 bootloader, and get it to rooted, unlocked MM PD1 with a MM PD1 bootloader. I lost my data backup along the way (I didn't know that Flashfire couldn't restore a Lollipop app/data backup onto Marshmallow - oops), but I did it (and re-installing all my apps gave me a chance to do some housecleaning). However, I'm nervous about doing the next one. I'm told I can backup my apps and data using Titanium (I tested with one app - backing it up on a LP phone, and restoring it on a MM phone), but since the unlock/root/upgrade/unlock/root process has changed in the past week, I'm no longer confident about that part. So, I'll have to go back and re-read, again, to make sure I have the steps right. Again.

Thanks for listening.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] manusapucahy:
My safestrap is not working. It boots to a text mode recovery screen, and after that I have to flash a kernel with Odin. I'm on BPB1.

any clue?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] OVR9000wrx05:
encryption

Everything works great but I need to encrypt the device. When I go to encrypt it sticks at black screen with blue LED constant and have to remove the battery and start all over. Is there a way around this that I am missing?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ecen92:
Interesting stuff to read between the two long posts on this page. I just wanted to put my two cents in saying that it can be difficult reading all these posts and it can be just as frustrating when people ask questions that the OP thinks is a no brainer question, especially after a long day. I know I've been on both sides of that issue and it sucks. But then again Samsung and VZW locking the phones is what creates the majority of these issues.

Also wanted to let you know that you can restore data (at least thru TWRP from PB1 to PD1, I don't know if TWRP can restore a FF backup set) if you follow a specific process. I documented it in http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy...0-keeproot-t3149784/post67248881#post67248881
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Normally I don't entertain people on these posts but I decided I have to. First of all the 19 year old blonde girl comment wasn't a Joke... I am said 19 year old blond girl.

Our biggest issue is all the information is out there. Google is your best friend, heck even the thread search tool is your best friend. We can't simply dictionary describe every tool used here and what every little thing does because it's a huge amount of time we don't have. First its everyone begs for a root method and offers "huge" bounties for it, and we give them a root method... Now everyone whines that its too complex and need hand holding and no one even pays out the bounty in the first place... No one... I know [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] does it for the science and not the money and so do I. I love breaking down walls and ruining everyone's day because they thought they could tell us consumers what we can and can't do on our very own property, its sick. But we all cannot handle it when we sit here and all everyone does is ask questions that a simple google search can answer, its written in the op, and people even inventing their own steps...

I mean most of you probably are clueless on how your car works or any of the complex features but you manage to drive it to and from... With that said I simply cannot understand how in the world none of you can figure out the root method. I even walked someone through it who had no idea and they didn't even speak English. I had faith all of you could do this on your own but I may stand corrected... But a lot of us cannot stand the consistent questions... For example "I flashed NI2 and the phone froze on startup, so I pulled the battery" uhhh... Yeah, we say right in the batch file when you flash NI2, it will get stuck on boot, that's how this exploit works...

Someone here tried flashing files via stock recovery... I just am so confused where everyone makes up their own steps >.>
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
How bout this, where are you stuck?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
I haven't messed with my S5 in a long time. I've got a S6 and Nexus 5X I have been fiddling with. The only reason I took another look was someone posted on an old post of mine. I saw the possible bootloader unlock and the root for PB1 so I took another look. I've tried this several times (might be my computer because I made mine into a dual boot windows-Linux). I was wondering if anyone else ever got this message. It pops up just as soon as I flash the NK2 kernel and the Samsung Logo comes up. I'm on stock PB1 at the moment. I've factory reset and started over with the PB1 tar file many times. Used a different port. I did a search and I haven't seen anyone with this message though

===============================================

Waiting for the phone to be reconnect ...

/system/bin/sh: ./schrodinger32: not found

===============================================

[*] Flash OK3_kernel

[*] If Phone Does Not Reboot To Booloader

[*] Unplug Pull Battery Reboot To Bootloader (VolDn+Pwr+Home)

[*] if the root didn't work try to install KROOT manually

[*] Remember you will need to download Super-Sume from the Play Store to remove

KingRoot

[*] Enjoy ...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
you have to extract the zip, you cannot run it within the zip

do NOT run as admin if you are

make sure you check the box to always trust your computer
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
I'm doing all three, that is if are referring to trying to run the OK3_Root_v5.exe as is instead of unzipping it and running the bat file. Just tried again and got the same message. I wonder if I need to include a pit file on my next odin of PB1? Could my partitions be messed up?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
can you take a screenshot of the bat winow, wanna make sure it's on the PC side no phone o.o
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
Are you talking about the folder structure how it appears in window explorer? I'm not sure how to do that. It is too large to paste directly on here. Will this work?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
the batch window? when the script errors out, a full screenshot, use snip
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
Here you go.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
odd, can you please try this on another computer for me?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
Just tried it on another computer, exact same results. Sure was hoping it was my computer....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
wtf, okay uhhh... thats really not supposed to happen... What where you running prior?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
I was on PB1, rooted, where you can upgrade and keep root. I saw where you can unlock the bootloader and I did it. I was wanting to upgrade to MM with an unlocked bootloader. Something messed up somewhere. My softkeys quit working and I couldn't connect to wifi. I saw that there was root for PB1 now so I did the prep to where I odined the PB1 tar. Everything worked after that and it seemed fine. I guess not, though, huh?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
So your on PB1 now? Try from scratch
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
That is what I have been doing, over and over again. Same results. Just did the factory reset and odin'd PB1 again. Booting as we speak.

---------- Post added at 12:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:14 AM ----------

Thank you very much for your time and help. If you think of anything that I can try, give me a shout.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
Tried a pit file. re-tried. Same results
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
What OS?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
Me? PB1. Factory reset and flashed the tar again along with the pit the last time. Is there root for MM? I thought I saw that somewhere but I couldn't find a method.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
On the PC
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
Windows 7 64 bit

The second computer I tried was Windows 8 32 bit
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Wtf, what is going on here..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
Perplexing, huh? I flashed the pit in conjunction with the PB1 tar file. I wonder if I need to find the separated system files instead. I've never done it before.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
I'm confused if its pushing the files or not
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
I don't know other than the apps. As soon as I unplug the phone the permission for Odin to open pop up opens..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
super odd!

I swear you must be doing something wrong...

Worst case I'd offer to root it for you but :P I'd rather help you here
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tulsadiver:
It is a spare phone so I could do without it for as long as it takes as far as that goes so I appreciate the offer. Like you said it would be best to solve it here.

The first couple of times I tried it I did not get the message about the schrodinger32 file it couldn't find or load (at least I missed it if it did). I tried to follow JRKruse's instructions though there was one part I didn't understand. He said if the first method hung too long to boot into recovery, delete cache, boot into bootloader mode and run root2.bat. Would root2.bat be able to recognize the phone in download mode?