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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
The zip will remove knox update super su add init.d support. There would be more side affects of leaving knox than removing it. I have a master zips use for things. So just because the scripts are in there doesnt mean Its going to execute. I praise you for at least looking into what your flashing and not just flash away
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
Ah. Thanks for clarifying.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollieanne:
My phone says this when I try to flash bok3 what do I do?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Need a little more information?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ndm4ompk:
sir plz give us some best custom roms after this.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Roms list is very short, I use BS-FREE/NO-BS

To remove the warning about the covers, use wanam xposed, you can adjust alot with it(requires xposed)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollieanne:
Is there anyone that's really good at all of this stuff that wouldn't mind messaging or chatting with me to please help me fix my phone so I can at least use it again? This whole forum stuff is hard to keep track of because I don't understand most of this.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Pm me
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
We have mutiple times said if you don't understand you shouldn't do it x.x I don't understand why all of you go beyond your level constantly
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rmedure:
Well been in/out of SS often and this hasn't happened in a while ... so maybe it was a cache clearing thing or something. Anyway - awesome work! :)

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
I'd try to wipe cache. It shouldn't do that. Did you follow all the steps and come from a clean system?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
I have a few questions before I do anything that might kill my phone..

I notice the updater-script in the zip removes only 1 lib file..

/system/lib/libknoxdrawglfunction.so

which doesnt even exist in my /system/lib folder but anyways.

Would it be a mistake to delete the following ones?

libknox_encryption.so
libknox_km.so
libknox_migration.so
libknoxvpnfdsender.so
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Dont remove unless you want to be stuck on verizon red screen
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] WolfgangZ:
Kingroot remnants

Followed through steps 1-7 in OP (bought Supersu Me after rooting; skipped optional step 2). After all was said and done, there were still two folders in /sdcard named "KingMaster" and "Kingroot" and ES File Explorer brings up "com.kingroot.kingus" as one of my local apps. Should I just manually delete these, or should I run Supersu Me now? Everything root-wise seems to be working fine, I'm just trying to make sure the rest of Kingroot is eliminated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Flash a custom rom
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] WolfgangZ:
I thought we could stick with stock if we didn't want to flash custom. Does that only apply if we used Supersu Me?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
I have stated throughout the thread that too totally remove kingroot you need to flash another rom. The rom in the OP is stock its just pre rooted and deodexed with tethering mod and sd card write mod and some features unlocked in Settings and MMS thats it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] WolfgangZ:
Sorry, I thought the OP superseded the majority of old posts; I saw that you had been updating over some time. I also didn't realize I had to go to the old directions to find a live link for the deodexed rom - when I searched for it in the XDA search bar, it took me to your main thread about it, and that starts off by saying not to flash any firmware zips there. It was just a bit confusing.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rmedure:
I ran supersume v6.7 and had the same remnants. I deleted them and have been running fine on the stock rom ... But I'll probably load jrkruse's deodexed ROM eventually when I have time.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tahie81:
With this root, can I adjust the system language to dutch/netherlands?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] anand96999:
thnks very much i rooted note 4 verizon temporarily

with this root method i tried to root samsung note 4 n910v on bog5 with kernel ni1 and nj5

it worked but temporarily and gave me time to unlock hidden menu

thnks very very much
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] anothermember:
Hi. After following all tese steps of root can i be able to use my phone for international use. i'm in west africa and i'd like to know if i'll be able to use the phone with another mobile oprator like ours not verizon and enjoy all of the phone's advantages like call and send messages, connect 3G / 4G , share 3G/4G connection by the native G900V hotspot without using another application to do it. thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
As long as the phone is legally out of any contract, as discussion of unlocking a phone without operator permission is forbidden here(as far as I know)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dission:
I'm on the Verizon GS5 and just finished this process today. I don't suppose anyone has come across any working ROMs yet besides the one provided in the OP? Has anyone managed to get Xposed working?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Go here to this forum

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Verizon Phones are not sim locked there is nothing special you need to except put a different sim in there As far as 4g and all that you are limited to the band frequencies of the phone
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Whippy:
I have Xposed running on my G5 running the Deodexed Stock ROM from this thread. I also have an old S5 running the MOAR ROM very well too.

Both work fine.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] VerixOrichalcos:
CM Roms are guaranteed not to work ?

Just managed to root my phone. Finally ! :D My question is if CM ROMs won't work at all. Currently looking at the latest one, CM13 for the S5. Kinda new to all of this ( and to XDA too) so finding this thread was a godsend. Any advice would be greatly appreciated ! Again, thanks to whoever directly or indirectly contributed to this ! ^___^
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Unfortunately the bootloader is locked. So only stock based roms can be flashed.

But hey! At least we have root:)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] VerixOrichalcos:
True. Thanks for replying ! :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kendo109:
I was just wondering, and I know it may seem stupid but how can I double check if my s5 sm-g900v is on BOK3 build or not?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
Settings / About Phone

Look at the last 4 digits of the build number
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
I don't wanna be rude. But if you are planning to root & mod your phone.

You will sometimes have to Google stuff on your own.

You can very easily find out online how to see build number

Good luck
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bk43:
Am I missing something?

I have a VZW G900V with BOK3. Based on that, I followed the directions in the OP:

Install latest Samsung Drivers

run root.bat from the OK3 download

Follow the prompts to flash NK2_kernel.tar in the AP slot - Success

Phone reboots and root.bat indicates that root was successful

I Unplug Pull Battery Reboot To Bootloader

I then flash G900VVRU2BOK3_G900VVZW2BOK3_G900VVRU2BOK3_HOME.tar.md5 in the AP slot - Success

The phone then reboots and comes back to my original homescreen and apps. No setup prompted. I open KingRoot and after cliking "Tryit" I get the response that there is no root strategy for my device. I reboot another 2-3 times all with the same results. I can't proceed any further as do not have root.

Was I supposed the follow the steps in "Prepare your phone for root"? The way the OP is written, it appears I only need to do that if I am not BOK3.

I've been waiting to root this phone since early last year, so any help is much appreciated!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
You need to flash back the kernel only.

When you flash the HOME tar you are reflashing the entire OS & thus unrooting your phone
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] WolfgangZ:
I also started on BOK3, so I didn't follow the steps in "Prepare your phone for root," and was fine. Two things I did differently though were to reset my phone to factory before doing anything, and I flashed VZW_BOK3_KERNEL_ONLY.tar.md5, not G900VVRU2BOK3_G900VVZW2BOK3_G900VVRU2BOK3_HOME.tar.md5. If Kingroot keeps giving you trouble, maybe try these steps~
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] striker1211:
Haha, sir, step away from the ODIN. Seriously though, you only need to flash the kernel back, not the huge tar file. For what it's worth I didn't even have to open kingroot at all when I followed this method and I had full root from a freshly wiped and partitioned (with the ok3_home.tar file) device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Now who wants to break the bootloader :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 34Ford:
Is my phone a candidate for this to work?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
yes
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Yes.

First follow the steps to prepare your phone

& update to ok3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 34Ford:
Thanks for the replies. Will try later, once I am sure I understand the instructions. I have rooted Droids, but I may need some help on this one.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bk43:
Thanks and also to striker1211 for the assistance. I was able to get root once I flashed the VZW_BOK3_KERNEL_ONLY.tar.md5.

I did not wipe before flashing, so after reboot, my phone seems unchanged from before with the exception that I know have root.

My question is this: do I need to proceed to the steps listed in the OP? I installed busybox, but am unclear why I need safestrap or a different ROM.

My main goals for rooting are to be able to use my SD card as I choose and to get rid of the VZW bloatware. I also want to make sure I don't get updates that will disable root or make my phone less usable. I was seriously pissed once I got the OE1 update and found I was unable to root!

I don't mind wiping and flashing a new ROM if that is the only way to achieve those goals, but I would rather not have to reinstall everything if I don;t need to.

And BIG props to jrkruse and all the other contributors to this!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] striker1211:
I am not a developer, but I ran the root.bat and had full root right away. I, like you, also was freshly on OK3 flashed via odin (AP) from the huge home.tar. I never ran kingroot inside android. I only ran the busybox installer (then removed the installer). Then i used SuperSu-Me 6.7 (search for "supersu-me-v6.7.apk" in google it has an md5 checksum of b48b7079606bdf4005582cf1fba466b9) to switch out kingroot with SuperSu. I was then able to do everything i needed to with root and it worked fine... full disclosure: I did end up installing safestrap and flashing the deodexed OK3 tar file because I needed xposed framework. I don't see why you need to flash the rom if you did not need xposed. I mean, sure all the "kingroot" stuff is still there on the stock rom, possibly hiding in the background sending your data to chinese servers.... but who is to say a deodexed rom tweaked by an anonymous person on the internet in an xda forum is any less nefarious (no offense jrkruse). It's a risk you take rooting.... i still wonder what the hell "schrodinger32" and "kitty" is.... surely a reference to Schrodinger's cat (it works, or it doesnt) but still... fishy....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
When flashing stuff you have to put aside enough trust that your getting something legit but you also need to have enough confidence in your self to be able to fix the damage a malicious file or a bad flash can cause
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kendo109:
SM-G900V Reactivation lock

Hi,

I managed to root my BOE1 and now have BOK3 thanks to you!

I am still a newbie but i am having so much difficulty online trying to find a solution to downgrade the firmware to kitkat 4.4.4 now that the phone is rooted.

I have tried ODIN and it fails.

Could someone also confirm if downgrading will help me get rid of the reactivation lock on my phone? I am locked out as the phone is second hand. Been trying for months to get in!

Any ways to get rid of the reactivation lock on SM-G900V after it's been rooted?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] anothermember:
Translation in french for this root method will be better for french people

Somebody to help french people because some people like me who want to apply these steps will have some translation issues. thanks to the person who will be able to do it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sean19661:
You will not be able to fully downgrade to kit Kat because that requires downgrading your bootloader to a kit Kat bootloader. This is just to gain root. You can flash lollipop roms.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Once you are rooted on Android 5+ you won't be able to install ota updates
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rmedure:
Is this true ... even if on the "stock" ROM? I was under the impression that the de-odex'd ROM in the OP was rigged to not OTA update, but that the stock ROM will still try to update (and I assume you could lose root in that case as well).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kendo109:
Thanks for your reply mate.

Will flashing lollipop allow me to get rid of activation Samsung lock do you know?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] paco342003:
Fail for G900VVRU2BOK3 Lollipod 5.0

So, I tried with Galaxy G900V G900VVRU2BOK3 Lollipod 5.0 from Verizon, but when I run the first step the mobile re hot so much, them I come back and Flash the original kernel. In my case this method, don't work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
That made no sense...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Boom:
Well, I finally had a chance to do this last night. Worked perfectly. Every step. I even flashed the OK3 tethering fix with flashfire, and it works!

Thanks Jrkruse! Very easy to follow.

But then again, I've been rooting and flashing since the Droid Incredible days
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sean19661:
You would have to do that in security settings or when Samsung ask for your account information when you setup your phone from fresh
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TheMasterMindGT:
Hi all, I installed everything step by step, I have root access, but I can not use your SuperUser, now I have kingroot, now that I can not do is install safestrap, and install busybox, then I'll LP Safestrap Instalaer and pressed intall but not It enables me REBOOT TO RECOVERY button.

Any suggestions for me to work Safestrap LP.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr. Boom:
Super SU ME will remove kingroot and install super su.

It's in the instructions
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] atacks:
Hi again me :) now I did everything and when fnished odin , phone opened in recovery mode . ı selected the reboot system but it doesnt worked ...how can ı fix it ?? ... thanks for helping us :)

And before i want to say why i couldn't set root.bat because I had bluestack in pc and the program seen both phone and bluestack and it didnt work so when I exit the bluestack it done pperfectly :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 34Ford:
Ok see if I understand this right. As you saw in my post #1034 my phone is BOG5.

So I go straight to "Prepare for root".

Boot Odin and load the G900VVRU2BOK3_G900VVZW2BOK3_G900VVRU2BOK3_HOME.tar

Will get a PASS, phone reboots. When finished go thru setup but do not add google accounts.

Then what?

Do I pick a safestrap flashable firmware or safestrap flashable kernel from the Ops post #2?

Thanks for your help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Osama Chishty:
facing some issues

i keep getting this error after running root.bat file anyone can help me please...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] striker1211:
That step just updates you to the OK3 official firmware. Now you have to run the root.bat in OK3_ROOT to root.

You either need to elevate the batch file by right clicking and clicking "run as administrator" or you have an antivirus blocking the .exe files. Good luck :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Osama Chishty:
Thanks for response I ran the bat file as administrator still getting same error and I don't have any anti virus using windows 10 and I do turn off windows defender as well but still same error...?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mudzter:
Could someone explain to me why I can't get the baseband version changed from OG2? I've flashed everything correctly I thought. The build number is OK3 and I flashed all the OK3 files. What could I be doing wrong?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sean19661:
Og2 ? Weird is your phone Verizon ?if it is you need to flash the bok3 firmware without the bootloader that will update baseband to bok3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mrnadir:
What are the instructions on this "OK3 tethering fix with flashfire"???
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mudzter:
I have used safestrap and TWRP both to try to flash the ok3 firmware. It just won't take. My phone is a straight talk galaxy s5 that I've converted to the 900v stock rom. But I have tried all the other roms in this forum as well such as moar. For some reason I can't get the baseband to change on any of them.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TheMasterMindGT:
hello friend [MENTION=3376083]Mr. Boom[/MENTION] can tell me what was the zip you installed to solve OK3 FlashFire With tethering fix, and it works!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Alixbot:
the bat file s giving me this before telling me to flash the bok3 file, and kingroot doesnt have a root strategy, I originally started on og5 but i dont think thats what bugging the process. Any help??

text in bat file:

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

Waiting for the phone to be reconnect ...

error: protocol fault (couldn't read status): Invalid argument

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

** daemon still not running

error: cannot connect to daemon: cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:5037: No connection

could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)

===============================================
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Trainingwheels:
Is it really as simple as this?

Sorry to seem like a nervous, incontinent Chihuahua.... I just want make sure I understand.

Is rooting my BOK3 Galaxy s5 as simple as:

Download this zip OK3_ROOT_V3.exe

Unzip folder.

Open The OK3_ROOT click the root.bat plug in your phone and follow directions

Once the root procedure is finished

1. Open KingRoot.apk Click The Up Arrows a couple of time until you get to Try It and click Try It and that's it don click nothing else just close Kingroot. You should now have root.

Really?!! Is that all, to gain the ability to uninstall bloatware (which is basiclly all I want to do)?

Further clarification... on the instruction: Open KingRoot.apk Click The Up Arrows a couple of time until you get to Try It and click Try It

Does that mean I clink the command on my Windows 10 PC, or does it mean Tap the screen on my phone?

Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rtaji:
Open The OK3_ROOT click the root.bat plug in your phone and follow directions

Once you do this step the phone goes to a window and says downloading...do not turn off target!

How long is it supposed to be in this step?

sorry amateur here..trying to root my phone!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Did you flash the nk2 kernel ?

MORE IMPORTANTLY. Did u read the instructions ??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rtaji:
im following the instructions step by step...again first time rooter here

care to help me out?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ssur:
Glitch or sumthing

Process worked fine up until step 7. After Knox Removal zip install, system hung as Samsung. Flashed back Factory Tar BOK3 Full Restore Image.

Tried again, errors for things still installed. Still went through process ok, root given. Did the install again for busybox. LP Safstrap, won't install and can't boot into recovery. Flashing back to Factory Tar BOK3 Full Restore Image, until I find an answer or better process.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
At this point you have to flash the nk2 kernel via Odin. (the .bat should open it automatically). Click in the ap slot & select the kernel & click start )

Then wait for phone to reboot to Samsung logo,

Wait for the phone to reconnect & wait till the .bat says it's rooted. & reflash ok3 kernel

---------- Post added at 05:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:38 PM ----------

Have you extracted the zip ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crasssr:
Safestrap Doesn't Install

Hi, somewhat a noob at rooting a phone, here. Having a problem with Safestrap.

I followed the instructions all the way right up to KingRoot. My phone is rooted and working. However, I am not able to install Safestrap. I click "Install/Update Recovery" and it says "Installation Complete." I reboot, and the option "Reboot to Recovery" is still grayed out. LP Safestrap Installer is allowed in KingRoot and Busybox is installed. Is anyone else having this issue?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] striker1211:
This is odd. If you are rooted you should be able to install safestrap. If it's any help I used Superuser to install LP Safestrap and it went off without a hitch.

I recorded a video me rooting my phone because I wanted to see just how easy it was. A friend of mine will surely be asking for my help to root his phone and I am trying to get him to take the risk of bricking his phone himself in the future (haha).... so theoretically it is so easy a moderately intoxicated person can do it at 1 am in the morning:

[YOUTUBE]WS86FHqY6rE[/YOUTUBE]

Note that this is not a clear step by step tutorial, you still need to follow the instructions in the OP. This will just show you about how long stuff is supposed to take (I'm using USB 3.0 btw).

That is very strangle. Maybe your environmental variables are messed up? Right click on the rootlbat batch file and click edit. At the very top put:

setlocal
set PATH=%~dp0%

Basically this sets your path (temporarily and for this script only) to the folder where the batch is so it can "see" the other exe files. If that works you have an issue with your environmental variables. Google is your friend on that because messing with system variables can bork your pc.

I would love to know this as well. I decompiled the G900V_OC4_TetherAddOn.zip that used to work for older versions and it seems like flashing that to our OK3 systems would mess them up. If you wanna research further google "config_mobile_hotspot_provision_app".... but I will wait for an answer from [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] cuz he made the deodexed OK3 ROM that I am currently using to tether and it works great.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crasssr:
Used SuperSU me to replace KingRoot and tried it again. Found out that KingRoot wasn't even installing BusyBox. Safestrap is now installed. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mrnadir:
what is the difference between:

BOK3_Firmware_No_Bootloaders.zip

and:

VZW_BOK3_STOCK_ROM_DEODEXED.zip

and:

G900V_OK3_Stock_KERNEL_SafeStrap-Flashable.zip

??

what are the chances that there is some unknown code in the above which secretly sends info to some Chinese/indian/Russian/nigerian server?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] atacks:
Hi again me :) now I did everything and when fnished odin , phone opened in recovery mode . ı selected the reboot system but it doesnt worked ...how can ı fix it ?? ... thanks for helping us :)

I also had a problem which was Samsung logo screen when I flashed the NK2 kernel via odin to get rid of the error you must run the root.bat perfectly and it will do everything .. if you dont follow instructions which is in root.bat you couldnt root the phone ...why i couldn't set root.bat because I had bluestack in pc and the program seen both phone and bluestack and it didnt work so when I exit the bluestack it done perfectly :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wolfenstein3de:
Your Method work also for me, thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
If safestrap isnt working you will have to use supersu me and remove kingroot the reinstall busybox then safestrap will work
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 34Ford:
I followed your video and so far so good. I am at the point that you tried to remove knox with the Knox_Removal_SU_BB_INIT.D.zip.

Whats the advantage to removing it?

EDIT: Now root check says its not rooted. Back to the drawing board.