yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mythias:
Now that which I have posted in the YouTube video is not working.

I just tried to get to Marshmallow after root, didn't work and I used the restore image provided here to get me back to factory on Lollipop. So I did the same process but now it's the same problem as before when I flash the kernel to NK2. I wonder why it just worked and now I had to do it over, it's back to the same problem?

*EDIT*

I went into recovery mode and did both wipe options. I then put the image file in again to start over. I followed the guy in the even the most unimportant steps to copy exactly what he was doing using the files he provided via the link in the description. I don't know if this is coincidence but it worked this time with same results I commented here before.

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After we are rooted on Lollipop, is it possible to upgrade to Marshmallow somehow and keep root or are we stuck on Lollipop?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Depending on your Cid

Search the thread for info
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mythias:
My CiD is the one that starts with 11, not the 15. I know that prevents me from having an unlocked bootloader on my phone but does that also will prevent me from having a rooted Marshmallow too? I can only have root on if I stay on Lollipop?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Exactly
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MJennings:
Hi,

I followed this guide on my S5 and everything worked accordingly, however the phone randomly reboots throughout the day. It didn't start doing this until I downgraded from MM and used this guide. How can I stop this? I did not install another ROM, I stopped at the knox zip patch. I have also went into SS and did a wipe on everything other than my microSD and started over in case I did something wrong but i'm getting same results.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] shopman59:
unrooting S5

What is the easiest way to unroot the S5 with ok3 firmware
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
By searching "unroot" in this thread:laugh:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] shopman59:
Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wa3pnt:
My GM-900V (Rooted on PB1) does not reboot, but occasionally it will start toggling between the Lock Screen and the Home Screen. It does this very rapidly.

I have to shut down the phone, and reboot, and the issue clears up.

It happens randomly, and may go days without doing this. At other times, it may do it within hours.

Haven't found the solution. I have numerous applications frozen with Titanium Backup, and it might be a disabled App that is causing it.

RodeoGeorge
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
That may be your issue and have answered your own question.....by "freezing" too many apps in TB, that's most likely why you're having issues.......some apps depend on others to do their job....either unfreeze the apps, reboot and let the ROM settle to freeze the 'necessary' one's, one by one OR reflash the ROM and start from a clean slate.....hope this may help you in some way.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] android-DEP:
GeTex and jrkruse, you guys

I ended up with an S5 from someone so I used it to play with. It was already on MM and using this guide, following your instructions, I was able to downgrade it back to 5.0 and successfully root it.

I did want to point out that AFTER the root bat file completes and the 4th bat file runs, in the AP section, you have to select the BOK3 kernel you provided in the zip instead of the BP1. At first I tried the BP1 but the UI wouldn't show on the screen. Only thing visible was the status bar. So I flashed the BOK3 kernel and it booted perfectly.

Thanks a million guys!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mumuni:
My model number is g900f. Lolipop 5.0, with baseband version g900f XXU2BOG5 . But when I use phone info app shows my brand to be Verizon.

Can I use this method to root it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
If it says G900F in download mode then you can use this CFAR.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mumuni:
I just did check, it is g900v
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
Hmmm, flash full PB1 firmware and use the method from this thread to root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
No

Do some more research.

All those questions have been answered time& again
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slimcyril:
I m looking for a straight answer not to tell me how many times it has been answered!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Well, and no offense, but as [MENTION=6807477]yossijoe[/MENTION] had said it has been answered and that's what all of these Sections and Threads in this VZW Forum are for. They're here for people to learn as they read the threads......to help you out, if you're device has the Samsung eMMC 15 chip, you're able to unlock your bootloader and have root for MM. If you have the Toshiba eMMC 11 chip, then the only root you'll be able to have is on LP. You can run the MM OS and able to Odin back to PB1 to regain root. For the bootloader unlock go to the Android Development section and for more information on MM go to the General Section of this forum. I, myself and others aren't intending to sound like "jerks"....but seeing the same question(s) repetitively, it kinda gets frustrating to keep answering the same thing over and over again.... we as well searched and read threads and posts to find the answers to our questions.....hope the general information i mentioned helps.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slimcyril:
Thanks bro u maked more sense & I learnt a lil from ur info above, I just wanna know what version of Lollipop should I update to, that will be safe to root with towelroot & unlock the bootloader?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
If you're on OD5 and below then you can Odin

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If you're on OD5 and below then you can Odin back to NCG and then Towelroot, install SuperSU and SS and flash a Rooted LP ROM. But if you're on anything above OD5, you'll have to use the root method in this thread.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
ok i have once again fallowed all instructions witch are no help i got as far a root .bat file step 1 it installes all of the apks thin my phone reboots and stays on the samsung screen ive unpluged the phone removed the battery rebooted it to no avail and yes b4 you ask i have the samsung usb drivers on my laptop how come noe one explains how to get the phone unstuck from the samsung screen after it installs the apks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Try booting into download mode and flash the kernel that's included via Odin.....i honestly did this method a few weeks ago and it literally took me about 15 minutes to be routed. Try another PC and/or with a different Windows OS on it.......again, it went like a breeze doing this Root method.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
witch one ni2 our pbp1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
It should have told you in the bat file...try PB1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
omg why does this keep doing this it is really upsetting me i,m fallowing all instructions and still phone stays stuck on samsung screen is something blocking the root been installed wish i could go back to kitkat our first verson of lolipop they where much easyer to root then pb1 is i,m allready on pb1 i have unknowen sorcues and usb debuging set in settings where am i going rong here i really wish someone would just make a vedio on how to do this ill keep requesting someone make a video untail a video is fanilly made
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Your demanding attitude will get you nowhere
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Ask your mommy to do it for you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mojhale:
Hanging on Root

Everything seemed to be going fine, but my phone is still hanging on the root process. I've rebooted, reinstalled drivers, and am running .bat #3.

KRSLOG: prepare done.

system part @ /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system

KRSLOG: /data/local/tmp

KRSLOG: [+] This device: Verizon samsung SM-G900V Linux version 3.4.0-2424421 (dpi@SWDD5816) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 14 18:04:11 KST 2014

Is there another step I can take?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] altwu:
i'm running into the same thing. i looked at batch file #3 and something doesn't look right to me.

adb wait-for-device
adb shell rm -R /data/local/tmp/* >NUL 2>&1
adb shell rm -R /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7 >NUL 2>&1

these commands wait for the phone to become available and then nuke the files under/data/local/tmp and also removes the /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7 directory.

adb push CRC /data/local/tmp/

output:
push: CRC/toolbox -> /data/local/tmp/toolbox
push: CRC/schrodinger32 -> /data/local/tmp/schrodinger32
push: CRC/lollipop -> /data/local/tmp/lollipop
push: CRC/krcfg.txt -> /data/local/tmp/krcfg.txt
push: CRC/kitty -> /data/local/tmp/kitty
push: CRC/Kinguser.apk -> /data/local/tmp/Kinguser.apk
push: CRC/kd -> /data/local/tmp/kd
push: CRC/busybox -> /data/local/tmp/busybox
8 files pushed. 0 files skipped.
4351 KB/s (10922280 bytes in 2.451s)

this copies the files in the CRC directory to /data/local/tmp on the phone.

adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/* >NUL 2>&1
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7 >NUL 2>&1
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7/* >NUL 2>&1

these commands change the permissions of the files under /data/local/tmp and /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7. but the problem i'm getting is that /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7 doesn't exist.

adb shell ls -al /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7

output:
/data/local/tmp/.2c360c7: No such file or directory

since /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7 doesn't exist, the next line in the script won't work.

adb shell "cd /data/local/tmp && ./schrodinger32 /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7/postroot.sh /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7 1 /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp"

this command reads from or writes to the /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7 directory. since that directory doesn't exist, this command won't work and this is where the script hangs for me.

i don't understand how other people are getting this batch file to work. the script deletes the /data/local/tmp/.2c360c7 directory and there's no subsequent command to create and populate it. so when schrodinger32 runs, it references a directory that doesn't exist.

what am i missing?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
The fact you think we just push files that is what your are missing, we are running an executable which if you cannot guess creates such folder. This script has been checked for over a year and works since day one. We aren't clueless here

If you are stuck try ctrl-c then respond with n
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] altwu:
thanks for the info. to satisfy my curiosity, what's the executable that gets run that creates the folder that i'm missing?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mojhale:
To the point, see my post above. Why is mine hanging while running this bat?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
what an a hole you are jerk
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Come on bud. You don't want to be band again, do you....

Anyways, if you've done majority of the steps from the blackcat folder and still get stuck on the Samsung screen then do this, which is in the OP.

If your phone wont reboot, use Bat #4 and try and enter download mode manually(VolDown+Pwr+Home)

4. 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. If It says Root not available and the bat said your were rooted Reboot Phone and open KingRoot You should now be rooted(otherwise reboot phone and check again)

Which is basically you Odin the PB1 kernel via the root bat#4. Your device should boot and when it does find the Kingroot APK select it, and root the D*!m device. Go to the Playstore and purchase SuperSuMe and use that app to remove Kingroot or whatever. I've done this rooting method 3 times within 1 week and have had NO issues. 1st attempt went flawless and the last 2 i had to do what i mentioned above.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
You wonder why no one will help you

[MENTION=5209970]al50[/MENTION] YOU ARE GIVING GOOD ADVICE

i also am hitting caps lock x.x But if your stuck why don't you read what i just posted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Thank you GeTex. I don't mind trying to help one's that can't figure and ones that have "issues" as such but if they cant then they need to pull the plug on it!!!!! Uninstall drivers, revoke USb from device, try another pc and/ or OS and remove any emulators that may be....!!!! And thats all the help and advice that im going to be able to give because that's all you/he needs to get it done!!! It's honestly not that difficult being that I've done this method 3 times. As i mentioned, the first time went all the way through the steps without a hitch the 2nd and 3rd times i had to manually install KingRoot and it rooted without any issues.....

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@crazycranagelo, here's your D!*m video....may be a little outdated as far as firmware but dang it bud, use Google search!!!! Found this one in 1 minute......!!!!

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...s4crnL-eowkXOW2yw&sig2=t31hgl6RHnrkLdoxsJq8iQ

And if you can tolerate Arabic/English then here's this one and this one took less than 7 minutes, which is how my 1st root attempt was about....

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...rax9W4tX1SScmp30g&sig2=G3WJPf4mqm6U33A2Hd2tiA
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Justblazeitup:
wrong thread
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DozerD88:
I'm having a small issue with the rooting. I have successfully rooted my S5 with Kingroot but I am not able to use Supersu ME to install Supersu. Whenever I run the program it stays stuck on step #1. The device tells me that I am rooted but it doesn't allow me to Uninstall the unwanted apps. I have attempted to Uninstall the bloatware through Titanium Backup but the apps keep coming back. I would like to mention that I am in Emmc 11. I know that dull unlocked bootloader is not possible at this time but has anyone else had this problem with rooting? I've searched up and down this thread and others and couldn't find any answer. The for the help ahead of time.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] slimcyril:
Try the free version of Supersume, it has done the job for me even when the pro version failed, also there's a script that could do the job too. Search for the free version of Supersume & the script on YouTube videos, there should be an apk & the script under one of the videos.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DozerD88:
Thx bro it worked
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
ok good news root finally worked bad news now i am getting that security notice on my phone amortized actions has been detected please reboot to fix how do I get rid of that?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Never seen or heard of that before
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
Remove securitylogagent.apk some from system/app
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] t-wrench:
A few questions on this root method if y'all don't mind.

1. My Verizon Galaxy S5 is on baseband version PB1 (G900VVRU2BPB1). I assume the prior owner simply took the OTA updates as VZW pushed them. I bought the phone and am using it on PagePlus (PP does not push OTA updates). Not sure any of this matters, just figured I'd mention it in case it raises a red flag.

2. Since I'm on PB1, can I skip the "Installing PB1" section in the OP?

3. If I can skip "Installing PB1" and go straight to "Rooting Instructions" in the OP, should I wipe and factory reset the phone prior to proceeding with "Rooting Instructions"?

4. Does the current version of Super-sume Pro successfully remove Kingroot?

5. Can I use the proprietary Samsung USB cable, or should I use a generic USB cable?

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mojhale:
I'm by no means an expert on all this, but I've been around the block and just went through the process a couple weeks ago.

2) I would say that you can most certainly skip the "installing PB1" section.

3) I would say that a factory reset would be a good idea, though I wouldn't think it necessary. I had some apps installed on PB1 (though after following the instructions to do so), and I didn't factory reset, and I had no trouble.

4) Super-sume Pro did remove Kingroot for me without any trouble.

5) I would say any quality cable should work, especially a Samsung proprietary one. I used a generic USB3 cable (Amazon flavored), though I'm sure even a USB2.0 cable would work without issue.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] t-wrench:
The OP mentions "Reactivation lock MUST BE TURNED OFF!!!" but doesn't provide any details on this. How is the reactivation lock turned off?

Edit: Oh, it's as simple as going to Settings > Security > making sure Reactivation lock is unchecked?

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After using Odin to flash NK2_kernel.tar, the phone stops at this stage:

Android system recovery screen. At the bottom, it shows "Successfully applied multi-CSC".

But I cannot continue the batch file process because the phone is not reconnecting to the computer. Am I supposed to select 'reboot system now'?

Edit: Tried wiping cache, then rebooting system, but the reboot brings me back to Android system recovery. Pulled battery and rebooted phone, but still boots into recovery.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Try booting into Download mode, open Odin, connect device to PC, select AP in Odin and select the PB1 firmware that is in the Blackcat folder....it's odd that you're having that issue where it's booting back into recovery but try that and see if it may resolve your issue....

If all else fails, start from scratch and Odin the PB1 tar that's in the OP....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] t-wrench:
You mean the VZW_BPB1_KERNEL_ONLY.tar.md5 file?

I might do this, just so I can start the root process from scratch.

Just to make sure I'm doing it correctly, from where I am currently (stuck booting to recovery):

1. Reboot to recovery (Power+Volume Up+Home Button) and wipe data from recovery, reboot to bootloader

2. Plug In your phone and run Odin, making sure phone is recognized (In the Odin Screen Under ID:COM the box under will be blue with your com port id #)

3. Click the AP button in the Odin Screen and locate and click on the G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_G900VVRU2BPB1_HOME.tar .md5

4. click on Start

5. When finished you will get a green box that says PASS!

6. Phone will reboot automatically to recovery and finish updating then it will restart

Is that the correct process?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
I shouldn't Have to tell you how to turn off the reactivation lock since only you can turn it on
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Answer to 1st question, yes. Odin the Kernel

Answer to 2nd question, yes. Odin the PB1 tar and then start with the root process that's in the OP

If any issues, go to this post

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70030010&postcount=3107

and then this one for a video....

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70031746&postcount=3109
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] t-wrench:
Thanks, got it working. I Odin'ed the PB1 tar and started from scratch. Had to run through batch #3 a few times before root was completed. After that, I ran Kingroot, then Super-Sume Pro, which seems to have successfully removed Kingroot and replaced it with SuperSU.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] t-wrench:
My phone isn't under warranty, so is there any reason to install Knox_Removal_SU_BB_INIT.D.zip ?

Also, since I need to restore the data from my Google account, I need to access the Setup Wizard, which I think I can only do by performing a factory reset. Is that going to screw up root?

Or can I factory reset, go through the setup wizard and restore my data, then download SuperSU, BusyBox and SafeStrap which should all work since root was left intact by the factory reset?

If a factory reset will destroy root, do I have any other options for accessing the Setup Wizard? Can I Odin the PB1 or will that also destroy root?

Or should I Odin the PB1, then go through Setup Wizard and restore my data, then follow the Rooting Instructions (using the batch files) in the OP to re-root the phone (while keeping my data intact hopefully)?

Edit: I went ahead with factory reset and it turns out this does not eliminate root (despite many claims online that it does). But factory reset was in vain as the whole point was to restore my Google data, but all it does is reinstall the apps, but importantly, not the app data. From some reading, it seems that Marshmallow has this feature, but Lollipop does not.

Just for kicks, I went through the rooting process from scratch (used Odin to flash PB1 and then root), and now that I've been through the process, it was quick and easy.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] strezac:
Can I root my G900V without wiping out my data?

I need to retrieve some SMS messages and the software demands root. Is there a way? THANK YOU A MILLION
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
read the OP
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TuxRox:
Stuck, Next Step?

I have followed this guide and got to the "3 - Root Process" my phone is stuck at the Samsung GALAXY S5 screen as expected, and windows detects it, I have tried multiple times pulling the battery and or wiping cache, and every time I run 3 - root process I get this output and then it just sits here for 45+ minutes so far I have let it sit. is it supposed to continue farther? any idea what my next step should be?

We Are Gonna try and root this thing!

Waiting for the phone to reconnect
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
uname
linux_ver
##########
off_set
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
KRSLOG: prepare done.
system part @ /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system
KRSLOG: /data/local/tmp
KRSLOG: [+] This device: Verizon samsung SM-G900V Linux version 3.4.0-2525521 (dpi@SWDD5816) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 14 18:04:11 KST 2014
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] t-wrench:
I ran into something similar. What worked for me is after flashing NK2_kernel.tar using Odin, phone reboots and gets stuck at Samsung splash screen; unplug phone; close batch file, exit Odin, launch batch file #3, and replug phone (still on same splash screen) and it connected and the rooting process began. The actual rooting only takes a couple of minutes.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TuxRox:
I tried that and it hangs for a minute and says

error: device offline
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TuxRox:
In case anyone wonders, I succeeded by switching to a different computer. I don't know what was wrong with mine but it worked on the second try on the other pc.

Everything proceeded smoothly after, though I am still unsure what I should do next as I would like to somehow get this thing on a clean rom and then unroot it so I can play pokemon go. but I don't think I can use xposed since my bootloader is not unlcokable.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Unplug device and boot into DL mode and Odin the PB1 kernel that's in the Blackcat folder....then you should be good to go.....just look for the latest posts by me.....they have pretty much helped others....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] aclardy85:
Hey, has anyone else had problems trying to extract the .zip files from the first post? Every time I try to extract the files from GS5_LOLLIROOT_BLACKCAT.7z, I get the following message: "Unknown method in" for every file in the archive. The files do appear to extract, but all I get is a folder full of 0kb files. I'm also getting a corrupt archive message for the G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_VZW.zip archive. I've tried downloading through multiple browsers and even tried downloading on a different computer, but keep getting these same errors EVERY TIME. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mattnin:
Does the md5 check out?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] aclardy85:
Just redownloaded the files and the md5 checks out for both, but the errors persist...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Use 7Zip if you aren't using it already....what's the file size before extracting both zips?