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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Anyone having trouble rooting try this one. After you have setup phone When you enable usb debugging in developer options also uncheck the verify apps via usb. This is important! Then plug phone in and Allow USB Debugging dialog comes up check always allow this computer and click ok. If it doesn't come up in Settings/Developer Options and under USB Debugging click Revoke USB debugging authoriztions. This should bring up the dialog Allow USB Debugging dialog if it still doesnt come up once you open root.bat it should now follow instructions on the command window

Also this installs all the apps you need on your phone so you dont have to manually do it

OK3_ROOT.exe

Just click on it will ask you where to unzip files
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
The adb server seems to have many issues on certain chipsets. It's annoying, also alot of people seem to skip drivers...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bloomx3:
I'm having the problem where it get's stuck, on root installing now, after installing the NI2 Kernel, the only problem I could be having is the options checked in odin I tried with "AP"

I'm baffled and lost, please advice, I miss root

I've tried reflashing twice,

thanks,

bloomx

using windows 10 laptop with usb 3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] be free:
I had it in my laptop long ago. I don't remember its source. I think a friend gave it to me . :confused:

I just mad it one click . :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
I just wanted to know who to give credit to. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Try the on I posted a couple of post back
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kmaris64:
Just finished rooting, have to admit I was scared, company phone and brand new, worked just like JK said, appreciate the hard work man, thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ricosf415:
Yep ur right
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ricosf415:
Ok everyone im wondering if this my issue well i know it is but ive downlpaded the bok3 firmware over 5 times tales forever and everytime i check properties kn the download its size 1.69gb ok but look the download says its 1.7gb for some reason its not fully downloading...

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I also wonna add that if im already on bok3 build do i still need to flash this or can i jus wipe skip this part and proceed on to next step???
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ricosf415:
OK rooted s5 bok3 build Verizon what did I do wrong after following every step by step method????
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ricosf415:
My phone rebooted 4 sum reason but that's about it ..searching 4 answers anybody.thx
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
check this post out and try this method
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] youchian:
With the OK3_ROOT.exe method, after APing the OG5 kernel it simply freezes on the Samsung launch icon. I tried pulling battery and APing the OK3 kernel which then let me successfully boot, but KingRoot and Super-Sume didnt work. Did I misstep somewhere?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1storm976:
Well I'm curious , what version phone is it verizon? Or a spin off like strighttalk ??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
No one has still answered my question about how to do this after the last Verizon Ota for s5 plus the fact I keep getting fail in Odin someone please answer my question and help me out please
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1storm976:
Ok did u follow the steps set in the OP... it's s5 is still lollipop. The steps are very important . .. ? U can not down grade to KitKat because the bootloader is locked on lollipop .. and because upgraded ...ur stuck on lollipop . If u follow the OP I think u will b ok.

If I'm off someone chime in plz. :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
What is your build? Your like the 3rd person to say Odin has failed trying to install bok3 did Verizon push out an update this weekend that I'm not aware of
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1storm976:
I didn't hear of one yet... so a lille weird .. only reason I thought he missed a step.. not sure
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ricosf415:
As soon as I flash the N kernel phone gets stuck in bootloop and the so called bat.file all of a sudden don't recognize device it only recognizes my device as long as I don't flash kernel I'm on bok3 don't need bok kernel but anyways I'm about to say f.it and jus deal with stock there's way to much confusion and unsettled answers I'm like wow good looking out
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Adrian Dennis:
When you flash the "01_G900V_NI2_Kernel.tar" your phone will be stuck on the Samsung screen, so check device manager to ensure that the phone is connected as ADB device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
You need to goto developer setting and revoke usb debugging authorizations then reaccept the allow usb debugging key. This is expained in the directions. You need to download the latest in the OP it tells you if your phone is connected right. Or try the link I gave you for the alternative one
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
What is different about it?

Was this thing floating around private circles for awhile before you received a working method?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
l33
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
I believe sharing pirated apps is frowned upon.

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Don't pay much attention to file properties. The only reliable way is to compare the md5 hash with the one provided on the site you downloaded the file from.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
That's true about pirated software. It's forbidden in the XDA. As I have read another forum to where a XDA Moderator had posted to a user that they can be banned from this forum if/of any postings or links.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
I received the method we use but no one could figure out how to make it work I came up with the procedure with some help from lots of people in this thread and others. It was first brought to my attention about 2 months ago. I worked hard on this even though I didnt come up with the exploit
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Seams that someone needs to be banned already with an attitude like that. Especially when he's a newbie and speaking to a respective Dev like this. Just my opinion
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
sounds like you need to mind your own business
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ythan:
Hey man, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you so much for all your work on this. I got an S5 for my girlfriend as a Valentine's Day present, and one of the reasons she was excited was that it could be rooted. I spent hours yesterday trying to follow the instructions in the original post, and it kept getting stuck with this exact problem. I was getting really bummed and frustrated because I don't consider myself an idiot, I was performing all the steps exactly as described, and it just wouldn't work no matter how many times I tried. She was disappointed.

Anyway, point is, I went back to it today and OK3_ROOT.exe worked like a champ the first time. Now she's happy and I look like a genius because I was able to follow your simple instructions. Thank you for taking the time to put this together into such a simple and straightforward release! It's very, very much appreciated. :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] landshark68:
I don't think he was referring to you. I think he was referring to the person saying this root method doesn't work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ricosf415:
Okay everyone imma try what was said above thank you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
I know you've put a great deal if work into it, and I hope I didn't come across like I was questioning it. I was actually asking a technical question because I am curious: how does the exploit posted by him differ from a technical standpoint from the one you released last month?

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That's how it starts... :rolleyes:

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He was referring to the comment about him potentially being banned for posting a link to a pirated version of SuperSuMe
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Thanks for clarifying. He also responded with calling the person, whom I assume was towards JrKrsue, Mr jerk....which both posts have been edited
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
I ask him to remove link he did so let's just forget it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Already have long ago....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned or if you knew this but I made an "oops" last night while trying to update one of my G900V's from OG5 to OK3 on the OD5 bootloader and I made a mistake while flashing and normally would've had to flash the ALL_VZW_G900VVRU1ANCG_G900VVZW1ANCG_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar (full wipe tar) but decided to test flashing your VZW_BOG5_RETAIL_FIRMWARE_WITH_BOD5_BOOTLOADERS.tar and use this method to try to root it and it worked.

So this doesn't only work on the newer, no downgrade bootloaders. It works on the OD5 bootloader too.

TL;DR:

It gives people a much easier way to root if they want to just Odin flash one of your FW packages with the OD5 bootloader so they don't have to factory reset, go back to NCG, re-root with towel-root, then flash a ROM to update.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Will say this one more time. YOU HAVE TO INSTALL THE SAMSUNG DRIVERS OR ADB WILL NOT WORK!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Give [MENTION=5901467]be free[/MENTION] a thanks He simplified the procedure
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Aceplanet:
This is incredible!!! I can't wait to try it!! But before I do, I have a couple of questions, first: does this trip Knox? second: If I ever need to unroot, how would I do that? Would I just use Odin to flash back to stock?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
At this point does it really matter if it trips knox? Who cares. The answer is no by the way. Yes to remove root you can always odin back to stock
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
The OP is Updated with the New Root Procedure. Its easier and it seems to work!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Aceplanet:
Thank you!! and I'll give the new procedure a shot!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] triadko:
Hi, can i do your instructions on OG5 baseband or do i need upgrade to OK3 first ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] youchian:
This is a rather dumb question, but I've rooted and installed safestrap/busybox. How do I flash the deodexed rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Adrian Dennis:
You can do it on OG5, i was on that same baseband also and rooted with out any problems.

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Flash in Safestrap Recovery

"Remember when using Safestrap to return to rom from Safestrap recovery you must flash the Safestrap Flashable kernel zip matching your firmware"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Yes Update to BOk3 why stay on OG5? There is no reason to

If you use the new stuff in the OP you no longer have to flash kernels in safestrap. If your still flashing kernels check this out
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] re11ek:
Awesome!

Yes, i got it working! I was having some issues, never done this before and second guessed myself on some things but all is good! Now to explore the possibilities with a rooted phone!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1storm976:
I do like the new safe strap just with the red tint looks like i should not hit the buttons lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] youchian:
Getting the error "set_metadata_recursive failed" when attempting to flash the deodexed ROM after rooting/installing lollipop safestrap. Tried starting from scratch, re-partitioned with the pit file from here, still gives me that error. Anyone have an idea for a solution?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
What does your safestrap look like on the main menu is your install button in the middle? If so the safestrap is not right
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] youchian:
No, it looks exactly like the pictures in this post. flashed v5.01, at the top still says 5.00. I'm pretty sure it is the correct safestrap because I no longer have to flash the OK3 kernel to leave safestrap
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Sometime you have to flash a different firmware to fix this Problem. Try flashing this G900VVRU2BOG5_G900VVZW2BOG5_VZW.zip with the pit file. After boots to recovery and updates and reboots, immediately pull the battery and reboot back to recovery and wipe data. Then set up and root and then after rooted with safestrap installed and verified working Flash this in safestrap recovery BOK3_Firmware_With_BOK3_Bootloader_CAUTION.zip. This will bring you back to BOK3 firmware and bootloaders

If above fails to work then try this method again this time use the BOK3 tar image
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] itsgeoofwg:
Help please >....< I'm so confused as to will this work on my phone. I'm currently using stock bog5 firmware and I was wondering if this method would work on my phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] itsgeoofwg:
So if i just follow the updated steps i shouldnt have any problems?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] stew1411:
Not sure if this has been asked, the search function is down. Would it be possible for someone to modify these steps (with permission from op of course) to achieve root on at&t s5 lollipop. It seems all devs have stopped searching for a method for our version, and now we all stuck with locked bootloaders and no root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Yes have at it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Updated the Op With OK3_ROOT_V3. Fix run.bat hanging on installing apps. If for some reason the procedure fails make sure the BOK3 kernel is flashed on go back and delete the apps installed by the root.bat before trying again
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Flash the Stock ROM in step 2 with the PIT file AND you must check NAND Erase(critical step or it won't fix it) :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rmedure:
Have a new Vz S5 pre-loaded with OK3 ... can I use this root method?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] flash629:
Confused

According to the OP in step 25 and 26 it is suggested to load a custom rom and then in order to get back to SafeStrap to install a SafeStrap Flashable Kernel and the NI2 file.

Being new at flashing these roms and don't want to brick the phone, is there any order in which this procedure is done? I did get the phone rooted and made a backup.

I just want to get it right the first time so I don't have to root try the 3rd time.. I did read the link to installing a custom rom.

I'm at the point where I really don't know what or where to go next. Your help would be appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Then read that OP again. You will see there are new files to download and new steps
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Maybe read the title of the thread
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kinglight123:
Please update support note 3 verizon (n900v) thanks you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
I had this happen to me last night ,so now I have a better understanding of what has been happening and now I feel bad for those couple of guys it is frustrating and to sum it up I dont have a freakin clue what is causing the problem. It took my probably 20 times of reflashing. The only way I got it to work was flashing with Heimdall of course @ about 90 percent done it failed but when I used odin after that it worked fine. For some reason when on BOE1 or higher bootloaders odin is not doing what it should be doing. When you flash a pit file with firmware and nanderase. You should get clean flash of the partitions but its not doing it. It only sometimes does it. I could use some input from people that have had this happen. Did it happen on your first time rooting? Or did it happen after you had to reroot? Did it happen with newer safestrap or old safestrap or no safestrap?. I need to find what is causing this problem.

So if your Getting the error "set_metadata_recursive failed in safestrap, in the advanced setting in safestrap before you exit copy the log file to sd card and send that to me. Same with flashfire because it doesnt seem to work either when safestrap isnt working. If a few people with a good working knowledge of this would be willing to flash stock BOK3 image and reroot again and see if the problem comes up and then help me work through it. PM if anyone can help. The problem can be fixed I got my phone back and going. I just need a better understanding of what causing it , what chain of events lead to this and what steps to fix it. Oh I also found when rooting at the very end when the root process completes if your phone does not hang up and you have to pull the battery to reboot to bootloader but instead just reboots to bootloader when the root.bat finishes then your going to have this problem. This has only happened to a couple of people so dont everyone panic!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rmedure:
Yeah, just wanted to make absolutely certain :P Thanks for this work by the way. :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Bren123:
It happened after a reroot i accidentally factory reset my phone in ss then restored a backup all was fine till i figured out i couldn't get back into ss even after reinstalling it so i odined and tried to root and i got to the point where i tried to flash the de odexed rom and it failed so odined like 5 times to no avail. i did install your latest ss the one where you dont have to flash the kernel to get out of it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Bren123:
I got it to work buy flashing the pit and selecting nand erase
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] krazykevin76:
Coming from the S4, which I rooted over 2 years ago...... Just got hold of the wifes S5, it already has the BOK3 update. So I downloaded and unzipped the OK3 Root. Next sentence says IF YOUR NOT ON BOK3, then go to prepare phone. Well, I'm BOK3 so I went to step 2. I unzipped, hit the bat file and plugged in the phone. It installed several files in the Cmd window. Then Odin came up. In the AP blank I put in the tar file from the unzipped folder, NK2 kernal per the instructions from the bat file, then the phone rebooted, odin said passed, and the phone hung on the boot screen for over 30 min. So I gave up, maybe to early, but I figured that was plenty of time. Now on a reboot, it hangs at that screen. Where did I mess up?

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Also, I can boot into recovery, is there anything I can do from the phone to get it back to working for now? Is it quicker to try to continue to root, or should I try to get back to a functioning phone and start over?

Thanks

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Also, I can boot into recovery, is there anything I can do from the phone to get it back to working for now? Is it quicker to try to continue to root, or should I try to get back to a functioning phone and start over?

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rtzn:
at the very last step, i failed...

Hi, i'm not too experienced with rooting, but after hours and hours i had managed to follow every single step described. After i booted with Safestrap i uninstalled data, cache, etc. as instructed, and then installed both the kernel and firmware for OK3 (maybe i was not supposed to do both). Safestrap said it was successful and asked if i wanted to reboot the system. I said yes, and now it won't even let me go back to Safestrap, just goes to the Samsung Galaxy opening welcome screen (with the Custom disclaimer and little lock drawing on it), it plays the welcome music, but doesn't go past that.

Really hope someone can help. I invested a huge amount of time learning how to do this and at the very last moment it all went to hell. Thanks...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Aceplanet:
I had this problem too, the only way I was able to fix it was to flash the completely stock files in Odin and start all over. There might be another way, but that was all I could figure out. I still have been unsuccessful in flashing anything through Safestrap.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zounduser:
I've tried this for 2 hours now. The apps install, but then says waiting for device. I have to manually unplug the phone and plug back in to get any further. The problem is when it gets to Odin everything stops. Whether I unplug it or not? Any help please?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Aceplanet:
Are you waiting for the script to run Odin for you? Because thats is not how it works, once odin opens you have to flash the software manually, following the instructions from the script and the original post.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zounduser:
OK I guess the script and the original post is a little misguided? The way I understood was to flash it again. Meaning it would have been flashed once already. I have all the apps installed, I guess I'm going to flash the kernel and continue.

And I know how to use Odin. Lol. I just thought the script took care of it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Aceplanet:
lol I thought the script did too, but it doesn't, I spent a good 20 minutes waiting for the script to do it but it doesn't. Unfortunately for me, at the time anyways, I had no idea how to use Odin.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zounduser:
I got it rooted, and ran the supersume app to remove kingroot. Now, I am going to attempt safestrap recovery. I have experience with this as well. Hopefully all goes well. And my problem with the script was that it kept turning off USB debugging mode! I had to go in and enable it again over and over.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Aceplanet:
I didn't have any problems with it turning off USB debugging mode! Let me know how safestrap recovery goes, and if you get it working, what steps you took to make it work. I have used safestrap before on my Droid RAZR, but I never got an error then. Now i keep having an issue with "set_metadata_recursive failed" and no matter what i try to do i can't seem to get rid of that, nothing flashes successfully. I googled it and from what I could figure out, it meant that nothing got wiped. When i try to wipe the system and stuff beforehand it says it wiped and completed the operation, but then I go into the file explorer in safe strap and everything is still there. However when I rebooted the phone, (I gave it a shot after trying about everything else I could think of) it wouldn't boot. This lead me to believe that it did wipe everything, which left me even more confused.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zounduser:
I got safestrap installed, made a backup already, and flashed the S6 keyboard app! I love this keyboard, I use it on my note 4 as well.

If I were u, I would Uninstall safestrap first. Open the app, and Uninstall recovery. Then I would physically uninstall the app. Then go to busybox and update it. Or reinstall it. Then install safestrap again, and run it, install it and see if that works. Let me know buddy
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
OK this is how I finally got it to work. Locate the vzwS5 pit file it posted several times throughout this thread. Load the pit file in the pit slot in odin with your phone in bootloader mode. Flash just the pit file. Reboot phone to bootloader again in Odin load the pit file in pit slot and this time load factory tar image in AP slot. Under options choose nand erase unchecked reboot After process is finished reboot back to bootloader and reflash again this time check the reboot box. When finished the phone will reboot to recovery and finish install. Once phone reboots pull battery reboot back to stock recovery and wipe data. Hopefully after you go through setup and root safestrap will work
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
My issue occured first time, and was fixed by pit file with nand erase
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
When it first happened had I changed safestrap yet?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zounduser:
I'm all set up and running great. Anyone know of a S6 type rom? Or 1 that's good? Thanks again to the OP and the app developers. I didn't think it would b possible when I bought the phone and saw lollipop on it. Lol.