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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Most of the people that had problems got it rooted. And probably most of those will admit they were doing something wrong and that's why it didn't work
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Been Rooting Since 2000(when did android come out?) and has 10 posts and is a junior memeber..... LOL

And most of his posts are this thread

Also

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help/trying-to-to-phone-t3237338/post63585504#post63585504

Yeah, I was totally running kitkat root before this(not!)

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
I'm fairly new at rooting (this sort of sophisticated process). I did root a Droid2Global but it was a simple bat file run.

I first rooted a brand new in the box Verizon Galaxy S5. The biggest confusion I ran into was, it is difficult to tell you're rooted from the "about" page. If SuperSU grants you SU access, you're rooted. I messed up the custom ROM step a couple times and lost root but then rerooted each time. After I got the new S5 running well, I went back and rooted my OLD Galaxy S5 which has been through every Verizon OTA for the last 2 years. Absolutely no problem. It's running MOAR ROM and I use it as a WIFI only device.

I don't have a dev edition S5, so that might be different but I doubt it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
S5 Dev editions come with an unlocked bootloader so it's even easeier :laugh:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
That's a neat trick. The first Android device was released in late 2008. You must be one of the original developers?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollieanne:
Step 2 of the OP?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
Step 2 of the instructions in the

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riginal

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ost. The first post in this thread.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollieanne:
Well I have tried all of that and I always get a fail. I am not sure if I am using the proper stock file or something? I'm so stuck and lost. I just don't understand it to much. I guess I shouldn't have tried to root my phone in the first place. But now I just want it to at least work again. But no file I download works. I'm not trying to be annoying or make you repeat stuff you've already said. I have read all the posts in this forum. I just don't get a lot of the terminology and stuff. So if anyone feels up too it and won't get annoyed can someone please help me?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
What do you get when you reboot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
Alright.

Download G900VVRU2BOK3_G900VVZW2BOK3_VZW.zip and unzip it (extract it to somewhere you'll remember, like a folder on your Desktop). This is a factory restore image that clears everything and puts your phone back to the state it was in when it left the factory, updated to the latest firmware.

Power your phone off. Then start it into Download mode by Power+Volume DOWN+Home Button at the same time.

Plug the phone into your computer and open the Odin program. Click on the "AP" button, browse to the BOK3 factory image that you extracted to your computer's Desktop. It will take a minute to check the integrity of the file. Don't change any of the other settings. When it's done checking the file, click "Start" and then wait. Do NOT unplug it or power off the phone. When it's done, your phone will reboot automatically.

If your phone still fails to start up, unplug it and pull the battery. Put the battery back in, then go into the stock recovery by holding Power+Volume UP+Home (that's volume UP, not Down). When it boots into recovery, select "clear cache" and "factory reset". then Reboot.

Your phone should start back up, fresh and ready to be set up.

If you choose to continue attempting to root your phone, that's how you recover from a serious problem.

Edited to add: didn't the earlier discussion of your problem involve the samsung activation lock? Also try what jrkruse linked to you here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65156033&postcount=605
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
Just to clarify, download the factory image to a COMPUTER and unzip it. I think it has to be windows based--no Macs.

Power up the phone into the Download mode. The phone will be off. PRESS AND HOLD THE volume DOWN button, the Home button and the Power button all at the same time and hold it for several seconds. To continue, when the droid warning comes on, you will need to push the Volume up button. It will read Odin Mode.

Plug your phone into the computer via USB cable.

Open the folder you unzipped. Open the Odin folder and double click the Odin program. When it opens, wait and make sure it says something in the connect box (upper left of the program window). Use the AP button to select the G900VVRU2BOK3_G900VVZW2BOK3_G900VVRU2BOK3_HOME.tar .md5 file. When it shows up in the AP window, click the Start button.

The upper left window will show a Green PASS when done. You will be back at fresh factory reset.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ricosf415:
U can call me a junior whats ur point? Im trying to handle business not make it seem like someone better then the other so im here for a reason and not putting someone is the reason but its all gd

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Thats gd to know good looking out
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
Nobody thinks they're better than you. I believe you know enough about rooting phones in general that you are not confused by the instructions. It just rubs people the wrong way when you come into a thread that's 80 pages long and comprised of troubleshooting and numerous reports of root success, and declare that the method doesn't work. A more productive approach would be "this is exactly what I've done and it isn't working for me, what am I missing?" It's an imperfect method, we are still ironing out the wrinkles, and the instructions have already been revised numerous times and will be revised more in the future. It does take some trial and error on a lot of people's phones. Persistence and a methodical approach seem to be paying off for everyone, though.

Pretend you have no experience gaining root on phones. Go step by step through the instructions again, while telling yourself that you must have missed some tiny but important detail. Pay close attention every step, and know that even when you do that it might not work on the first try. Just try again, and you'll get your phone rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DigiPooch:
Hey guys, I apologize if this is already been mentioned or ask previously in the trend but I originally went through this process successfully and install the deodexed ROM. I noticed my phone became sluggish worse than it ever has been. Also, when I rebooted it would literally hang on the Red Verizon logo for 10 minutes no exaggeration. I then decided to try the stock version but not deodexed and it seems like it booted up a million times faster and was extremely smooth, but then I realized I could not install xposed without having a deodexed ROM. So at this point I have now wiped everything and started fresh on deodexed again. However, I'm having the same extremely sluggish boot and hanging at the vzw screen. I didn't know if anybody may have any suggestions or a way to optimize the deodexed version somehow so it does not freeze like it has been or hang on the boot screen. Thank you in advance for any advice and thank you again for all the hard work!

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Oh, and also my lte signal send extremely low on the deodexed version, not sure why this would be affected. Any insight would be awesome. Thanks again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Bump. Two questions in my original post. Can anyone answer these questions?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
It's normal for the first boot of a deodexed ROM to take 10 minutes. But does this happen every time you reboot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DigiPooch:
Thank you for the reply, it was happening every time and I definitely noticed a difference in signal quality. Maybe it was applications I had installed or something . I read somewhere earlier in this post somebody said they zipaligned apk. I didn't know if maybe that was something that might help with performance. It doesn't seem nearly as bad now that I've wiped everything and reinstalled the rom, I'm hoping it remains stable as I restore some of my applications. But as of right now, rebooting is not nearly as bad as it was.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
I can't directly answer this, but ES FileExplorer works for me and has root privileges
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Skadavinski:
Works perfectly. I had success Wednesday. The biggest issue I had was with my Win 7 media pc (not) recognizing my phone. It would not connect to my newer media pc but it did to my 2006 Gateway laptop running Win 7. On the media pc the phone kept being recognized as a cd rom. If I double clicked on it I was prompted to install Verizon software.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spartn1:
Thanks for the guide. I am getting there. I got to step 14 and got an odd response. It is seeing 2 devices. Still scanning the threads but haven't seen this yet.

First line is my device, second line is an emulator

I can't even get this image to load. Here is a link to the image. http://imgur.com/didlgN1

suggestions? Thank you

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Did you figure out what was happening? I have the same problem.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
This simply means that one emulator is already running (could be minimized in another command window, or in the background).

Try This

Press Shift and Right Click In the folder with the root.bat and open command window

then type

adb devices

should reveal something like:

List of devices attached

26f5d38c device

emulator-5554

Then simply unmount the one you don't care about, leaving the one you do:

adb disconnect emulator-5554
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spartn1:
Thanks, will try that now

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Here is the message I get:

C:\Users\Spartandad\Desktop\Root S5\Root_OG5_V11\G900V_TEAM_ROOT>adb devices

List of devices attached

26f5d38c device

emulator-5554 device

C:\Users\Spartandad\Desktop\Root S5\Root_OG5_V11\G900V_TEAM_ROOT>adb disconnect emulator-5554

error: no such device 'emulator-5554:5555'

C:\Users\Spartandad\Desktop\Root S5\Root_OG5_V11\G900V_TEAM_ROOT>adb devices

List of devices attached

26f5d38c device

emulator-5554 device

C:\Users\Spartandad\Desktop\Root S5\Root_OG5_V11\G900V_TEAM_ROOT>adb disconnect emulator-5554

error: no such device 'emulator-5554:5555'

C:\Users\Spartandad\Desktop\Root S5\Root_OG5_V11\G900V_TEAM_ROOT>
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
do you have a program called BlueStacks on your computer If so close it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
To All, please remember that a Deodexed rom does indeed boot slower than a odexed rom, explanation is simple, odexed roms have .odex files to speed up the boot but makes modification near damn impossible with all these extra files floating around, a deodexed rom instead has dex files which if I'm not mistaken are not loaded into the cache or dalvik cache, meaning at boot times are slower. I am trying not to get to technical, and am very sick right now >.>

Also I am the meber who mentioned zip alighing the apk's, it does give a small perf increase, although idk if lolipop does it by default or not, read up about zipalign
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spartn1:
Thanks, getting farther. Now I am to step 16 and stuck where it says root installing now. Doesn't leave this screen. Tried it 3x so far.

Check that...on the 5th try it worked, now loading lollipop kernel

Moving to step 24!

I believe I have done it. After final reboot it says Android is upgrading...Optimizing app...

Now I just have to figure out wireless tether. Thank you jrkruse!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DigiPooch:
Wondering if anybody else is having severe 4G signal drop on deodexed? Like I go to install apps now and they literally take several mins each downloading . I did not have any data issues like this on kk. Ive tried global and cdma/lte or whatever but no difference.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
No issues here whatsoever. Tether works, LTE, EVerything except android pay WHICH I MAY HAVE A FIX FOR... but I warn everyone, I've so far gotten alot of soft bricks working on it. Will continue and see what I find
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ricosf415:
Makes sense but still i had to speak my mind amd i also did state that it doesnt and didnt work but am i 100% probably not but for the most part ia disagree with this thread even though imma stay following and reading...do u understand how big this is of it can be rooted? Let me ask u this cause this is a gd one...why hasnt anyone or the one who made this possible make a video on youtube? I follow and ask all questons with rootjunky if u ever heard of him and yet still theres a no so maybe if anyone reading this reads well it would be nice to see with our own eyes a video on this i mean what u think cause alot of things sound and look gd on text or paper but seeing video is alot most asurance wouldnt u agree? Anyways read ur messege and my bad if anyone thought it wouldnt work but dont be all happy thinking yes im for sure getting rooted cause like the messege i recieved there wrinkles and other stuff so probably wait till stuff gets straighten out im jus saying....

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Jus gonna add that when im not busy tomorrow tattooing imma try this again and every step here provided will be done and i will be taking photos with another one then imma flood this page with aome images so people can maybe see what there up against and maybe someone can see what and where i did wrong so everyone who hasnt done it think they did it wrong lets see if we match up or can get root cause dam i nees it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
If you load the deodexed stock ROM, it's done for you. The extSDcard R/W fix too
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spartn1:
Huge Thank You. I have root, and...another question

Thank you for your guidance jrkruse. I have root. I am wondering if you can point me to one more solution. This is my wife's phone which was rooted previously. The wifi and hotspot stopped working. I have seen some posts about Lollipop causing some initial problems when it first came, but her phone was working fine. Before I started this process, and now I still have that wifi problem. I press wifi and it turns to a faded green but never fully turns on. Then if I try to turn on mobile hotspot it gives the warning that wifi is on and that it will have to shut that off to turn on hotspot. Except wifi isn't on, it is just partially on and doesn't work. Same thing happens in reverse. Looking for suggestions on what I could try to flash to fix the problem.

Thank you again for your patience. I can confirm that your methods work. My problem is unrelated to it but I am hoping you can direct me to a solution.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
I'm no expert, but I think I would reflash the firmware (BOK3) and see if that fixes the WIFI issue.

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Using a completely new phone, and the deodexed stock ROM, my phone is scorching fast. Much faster than before. It reboots maybe a few seconds longer. I acquire 4G LTE faster in a location that typically has troubles where I work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spartn1:
Thanks Mr. Whippy. Let me make sure I understand. You are suggesting i use the Lollipop safestrap app, install safestrap, and then flash the safestrap flashable firmware that was in the original zip file? Is that right? Then reboot? Or use Flashfire or Odin? Sorry. So many programs...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
So yes. using Lollipop SS, Reboot into Recovery.

Choose INSTALL and pick the Safestrap_firmware_flashable folder and select the BOK3.zip (I think it's the only file in there).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] spartn1:
Okay thanks. No change with wifi. Am thinking I need to go totally back to stock and see if it works then. Is there a link with directions on how to take my phone back to stock?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
In the second post is a link to the factory BOK3 image.

If you're going to keep root, just install with SS. If you're unrooting, I think (not sure) you will want to do it via Odin after doing a full factory reset from Reboot into Recovery.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
It can been and has been rooted, and yes it is big.

A couple people have suggested making a video, but it's a project nobody has stepped up for yet. We DON'T need a video to prove it works, but a video may be helpful with some of the steps. The problem is making a video that covers all the variables is a big undertaking. It wouldn't be fair to ask jrkruse or anyone else to put in that much more work than they've already done to make root possible and to help so many people troubleshoot the process.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] be free:
One click root script for OG5 using KingRoot

DOWNLOAD
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
It's so big, after reading it, I waited a week to see if the method was robust. Once it was clear it worked, RATHER than wait for the upcoming S7 (I wanted the SDcard and waterproofness that was stripped out of the S6), I went ahead and bought another new S5 to replace my aging S5. I rooted it, swapped the SIM card and could not be happier (unless the S7 comes with an unlocked bootloader--haha).

It's a whole new game and I predict a run on S5's from Verizon users.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] boatguypat:
OptimalRom

I did just successfully perform this procedure on my Lollipop (OTA) BOK3, then immediately flashed OptimalROM 15.5 Deodex edition. Worked fine. Just remember to flash the Kernel after the ROM.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollieanne:
Mine wasn't bok3 originally it was BOG5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
so it's flash rom

flash kernal

then reboot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] boatguypat:
Yes if you forget to flash the kernel before rebooting, phone will just hang at startup. There are now reminders right in SafeStrap - very thoughtful!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
Is this for real?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
fast reply, thanks!

been putting off the last steps as i am a big noob, just want to have all in place when i go for it

I'm also OK3

flash using OptimalROM_15_ODEX-Edition_BigBot96

then kernal G900V_OK3_Stock_KERNEL_SafeStrap-Flashable.zip

reboot and we'll be good to go?

TIA
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Why dont you guys check this thread out it is you no longer have to flash kernel when exiting safestrap
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
It's ok. This will upgrade you to BOK3 in the process.

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Possibly not. The download link now stops at a page with the warning, "the file you have attempted to download was determined to be dangerous"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
Thought so. I didn't click the link, all I could think of was

[IMG="It's a trap"]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/72/5a/03/725a03ecd72bc9c5c794f50440cdb1d8.jpg[/IMG]
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gordie99:
much easier!

so install Lollipop_Safestrap_Reboot_Extended_PM_V16.zip

then use it with OptimalROM_15_ODEX-Edition_BigBot96 (which is on the SDcard

reboot?

your work on this is most appreciated!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
I was going to download it and see what the hell it was, because it was a zip file.

If it contained a batch file, I was going to look at its contents. But if it was an APK or an EXE, it was going straight into the trash.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollieanne:
Even if my phone is soft bricked this will fix it? Like for real? Because I swear I've tried this way multiple times
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
You can always fix a soft brick.

Just closely follow the instructions I gave you, and be patient: it can take 10 minutes to boot up the first time.

If it fails boot after more than 10 minutes, pull the battery and then boot into the recovery mode to clear the cache and factory reset, then reboot and wait at least 10 minutes again.

If that fails for some reason, flash the PIT file that jrkruse linked you to and try it again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DigiPooch:
Is there anyway to go back to kk? Like the ank kernel or whatever if I saved a backup? I'm having way too many troubles on this from random reboots to system errors to major data signal loss. I just don't see a way to fix this stuff on the deodexed version I'm running. I really just want to revert back if at all possible. Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] boatguypat:
Wow didn't know about that - thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
If your having major troubles Im going to go out on a limb and say either you didnt wipe data or you restored data? Did you check the md5 of the rom you downloaded? Did you manually remove apps?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DigiPooch:
Yes I wiped data, no I didn't check md5 I downloaded the deodexed one from this post, and no I haven't removed any apps or restored data. I installed my apps from playstore which takes forever for some reason. Thank you for the response btw.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] be free:
Yes, you can try it

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Updated .

Mediafire

Dev-Host
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
So, it appears to be substantially a repackaged version of what jrkruse has provided, but with a lot less instructions. What would be the point of that?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
This works really well Im just tweaking it a bit. Is this your package [MENTION=5901467]be free[/MENTION]
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jjdavis699:
Little late, but thanks mate. Running the BS_FREE rom ATM.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Colby_M:
Not necessarily the best way, but if you have another android device, you can install Samsung Smart Switch Mobile on both devices. When transferring files, you can choose Wifi passwords. After installing whatever rom, you can transfer those files back

Hope this helped :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] akanesaki31:
It worked !!!

Thanks a lot!! I thought my verizon S5 is boring if i couldn't root it but when i read this topic, i finally can root it !!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shadow 6:
Ok I am a bit lost, been awhile since I did this stuff. I am pretty sure that I have done everything and I have root. I just need a hint on how to install the deodexed rom, don't taze me bro, dumb question. Also I read the Wifi tether is already fixed to work? and do i have to keep busy box installed?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
ok so here is my question

i have the last ota update on my verizon galaxy s5 so witch one do i need to root my phone ive have tryed downgrading it back to kit kat and for some very wired reason i keep getting a fail in odin did verizon block odin from been used in the last ota
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] usefmalkawi:
You are zalmate in my language (lord and saviour xD)

Anyway so I was wondering

I have currently the latest bok3 Ota update

I had the activation lock (kk) on

I still do :/ BTW it's a samsung activation lock not google..

anyway I was able to bypass it and all I am actually using it

to do this reply..

my question is:

Can I actually get rid of the activation lock (kk) now

with this rooting method?

Though that I have it all bypassed and all but it's just that

every time I press the home button

it redirects me to the activation screen

I am about to do your method in a few hours I was just wondering

if i could take this god damn thing off with root and safest rap

Thanks in advance :)