yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mattnin:
Use 7zip to extract
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Is that a question or what you using...? Lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mattnin:
I always use 7zip to extract anything.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Lol. Ok. What's the file size when downloaded
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] aclardy85:
That actually worked. Not sure why winrar didn't like the files, but problem solved :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Glad 7zip worked for you....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
md5 would be wrong if it was wrong size
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] inbama:
'Custom' versus 'Official' phone status

I'm really thankful for all the work put into the info given and constant monitoring here. It's very helpful; to be able to study your work and learn. I was successful in rooting my OG5, which I suppose is now a PB1 (at least that's what it says now). This is my second go of it since losing root somehow, when trying the custom ROM a week ago. Now, I'm gaining knowledge before I try the custom ROM again. I've got root and I'm a happy camper. :) If I continue learning I may create a dictionary of common used terms; i.e. 'flash', 'firmware', 'ROM', 'kernal', 'pit', and an overview of how developers are using language to differentiate between one device and another (build numbers, KitKat, Lollipop, etc). :)

I do have a question through.... When I look in my wife's phone and mine (under phone status), under 'status', mine says 'Custom' and her's outputs 'Official'.

a) I'm not really concerned about warranty but is this information available to Verizon/Straight Talk?

b) would there be a reason to try to 'patch' this (I suppose it's related to the padlock on the start-up screen, which is unlocked)?

b) I flashed Knox_Removal_SU_BB_INIT.D.zip multiple times but it still shows. Should I continue reading and studying or is it supposed to be shown in 'about phone'?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
I'm assuming you're just rooted and not unlocked.....it all depends on the ROM you're running and how it was installed. The ROM Dev can make the ROM to show Official and Knox "none" in the 'About Device' under settings....I can't say as much for MM (6.0) ROM's but I do know it, at times, how the ROM Dev made the ROM's and/or how it was rooted. I've had the padlock display upon reboot after rooting and flashing a ROM and then, at times have the padlock not displaying after rooting when flashing a ROM....i guess it's a roulette when doing these things.....if you have unlocked your bootloader, that's a different story, as to since you've unlocked it and installed a custom recovery and/or kernel. Your going to get the padlock and custom upon reboot.

So it really depends on how you've flashed and rooted amd to all users it's different.....sorry it's not much of help but hope what's mentioned somewhat helps.....:D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] inbama:
Sure it helps and thanks. I followed the directions so I didn't unlock the bootloader. I have been studying about that in another thread but that's above my pay-grade, lol. I flashed PB1 and it's kernal, after obtaining root via the kitkat kernal and stall. It's a really simple process once I grasped the concept of what's happening.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
There's 2 ways to know if you're able to unlock your device/bootloader. The easiest way is to go to the Playstore and download the Samsung Info app. Once installed, see what your CID is. If the 1st 2 digits are 15, you have the Samsung eMMC chip and are ableto unlock. If they're 11, then, unfortunately, you have the Toshiba eMMC chip and cannot unlock at this time.

If you're able to Root using the Blackcat method, then you are definitely able to unlock your device.....heck, "there's an App for that"...haha lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
to restore offical status, flash a PB1 rom in Safestrap, or just flash stock recovery and stock kernel, power all the way down, and on next powerup it will say offical
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mattnin:
I took three Verizon bootloader unlocked phones to get service just this week. They don't care. They were probably impressed how smoothly the phones ran with CM13 actually. The clerk even made a remark and said they are nice phones. Gotta love the S5! I am new to the S5 too and I really like this phone for me and my family.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] inbama:
I've got 15 but not sure what that means. I haven't found a direct answer in the forums... only people announcing joyfully they have '15' and some announcing otherwise... I used 'x-plore' to drill into the files and read it, after I couldn't find my CID in 'CID getter' or the app you suggested. :) Is '15' good? :angel:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mattnin:
15 means you can unlock your bootloader. Yes it is good. Headed to the Verizon S5 section and look at the stickys
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Yes, 15 means you've struck gold.....lol....anyways go to this thread. As I mentioned, if you can root your S5 from the latest method then this is a walk in the park.....

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/rd-unlocking-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thekswenson:
/data/local/tmp/.2c360c7 missing

Hello,

I'm hoping someone could help me in rooting my S5 using my Ubuntu machine and Heimdall.

I managed to downgrade from Build Number MMB29M.G900VVRU2DPG2 to LRX21T.G900VVRU2BPB1 using:

"heimdall flash --pit ../mypit_orig.pit --ABOOT aboot.mbn --BOOT boot.img --CACHE cache.img.ext4 --MODEM modem.bin --APNHLOS NON-HLOS.bin --RECOVERY recovery.img --RPM rpm.mbn --SBL1 sbl1.mbn --DBI sdi.mbn --SYSTEM system.img.ext4 --TZ tz.mbn"

I then successfully ran, by hand, the commands in the "1 - Install APK's.bat" and "2 - Flash NK2.bat" files.

"3 - Root Process.bat" is puzzling me since there are lines that manipulate a directory called "/data/local/tmp/.2c360c7". I use adb to check for this directory and it doesn't seem to exist. It also doesn't appear in the "crc" folder that we push to the device.

I tried continuing while ignoring this issue by flashing the "stock kernel" (I think that is the file in G900V_PB1_Stock_KERNEL_SafeStrap-Flashable.zip), to no avail.

Could someone please explain to me what I'm missing here?

Thank you.

p.s. I've seen this file mentioned in the thread, but I haven't noticed any explanations.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Well, i don't know any about Ubuntu....but I believe this rooting method was intended to use on a Windows based system. So why don't you try with that using Windows and report back. FYI, not intending of being a Smart!#*....I've had no issues rooting using the Blackcat method that's in the OP.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thekswenson:
I'll have to try to get my hands on such a machine. I haven't had a windows box in 15 years!

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That being said, I don't see why this process is Windows-specific; all the commands use either adb or Odin, both of which have a linux version. I am trying to understand why the Windows version of these instructions would result in a directory called "/data/local/tmp/.2c360c7". That's the real question, since all the steps before that are working fine with Linux.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thekswenson:
OK... I found a Windows machine at work.

I have no problems until bat3 "3 - Root Process". At this point the rooting process hangs after printing the device info. I assume the message "KRSLOG: prepare done." does not mean the rooting process is finished.

The problem is exactly the same as described by tilopa108 in this post:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69715934&postcount=3034

I followed the thread for a while and found that tilopa108 eventually successfully rooted his/her phone:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69719222&postcount=3046

This method has not worked for me as the bat3 still hangs.

I've also tried <ctrl>c and then 'n'. When I continue to bat4 and flash the original PB1 kernal again ("G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_G900VVRU2BPB1_HOME.tar.md5") Kingroot always gives a failure message.

Could a kind soul give me any advice?

I just bought the phone (which is a 15####### samsung version) with the hopes that I could root it. Could it have something to do with how new the phone is (hardware differences)?

Thank for the help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mattnin:
Did you follow the instructions exactly as it says, if the root process hangs? It's highlighted in RED so people won't miss it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thekswenson:
I forgot to mention that I also tried these steps in the OP: "If the root process hangs Close the bat, unplug phone pull battery and reboot phone to recovery (VolUp+Pwr+Home). In recovery wipe cache only and reboot. If phone reboots back to recovery instead, pull battery and manually reboot. Now plug phone back in and Launch Bat #3."

Could this be related to the samsung driver SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.45.0.exe by any chance? I have installed it without an error message but I'm not sure how to verify it's actually being used.

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Thanks for the reply!

Yes, I have done that. Do you know exactly what the output of a successful bat3 run should look like? The bat says ' "KSLOG: DONE" or something similar', so it's hard to verify if this is actually the step that is causing problems for me.

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For bat4, "Flash Stock kernel", should I be flashing the entire G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_G900VVRU2BPB1_HOME.tar.md5 or just the kernel?

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I see that step 11 says "Then Install any rom of your choosing as long as it is a Verizon S5 TocuchWiz Based Rom CM builds will not work!". I think this means that you can't run TouchWiz apps with CyanogenMod.

I hope this sentence does not say that CM cannot run on 15###### based phones?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mattnin:
It should say kslog done. You can verify connection using command

adb devices

I hope you are following the instructions exactly as they are written. I've have done this procedure over a dozen times. The instructions need to be followed exactly as written.

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Also, I am on CM13. You can flash it right after you unlock bootloader and install TWRP.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
run the knox removal tool mentioned in the op

fixed me up :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
disable securitylogagent app
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] royta:
[MENTION=7974877]thekswenson[/MENTION], the last time I did this, it hung on the 3rd .bat file twice. The 3rd .bat file finally completed after two battery pulls, boot to recovery, wipe cache, and then reboot. It hung on the Samsung screen until after I ran the 4th .bat file. I hope that makes sense to you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] thekswenson:
Thanks [MENTION=4442685]royta[/MENTION].

I managed to get this to work finally using a friend's laptop. I'm still not sure what was wrong with the other windows machine.

Here is some information I wish I had had:

- the bat3 "3 - Root Process" actually prints out quite a bit when it works.

- kingroot will show a 2 by 2 grid if the rooting process worked.

I managed to free the bootloader and install CyanogenMod. What a nice interface!

Unfortunately my accelerometer seems to be broken stuck. I hadn't checked it before flashing so don't know if it's hardware or software. I guess the world cannot be perfect.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] moeet:
I want to root my device
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Well then. If you've got a VZW S5, read the OP.....it's ALL THERE and the process is easy to do/use.....:p....lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zounduser:
I just want to root so I can unlock the bootloader. So no need for safestrap correct?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Kaliaila:
Still need Safestrap, for the simplest unlocking methods, but that is all baked into the unlocking process anymore; but before you get into that are you sure that your s5 is one that can be unlocked?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zounduser:
Yes sir. Starts with 15. I'm going to attempt this when I get off. I unlocked my Verizon note 4 with the same unlock method exploited by beaups. This looks a little harder
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
The unlock method is the same as the N3/N4. As they originated from the S5 methods..... It's easy peasy once you're Rooted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Bren123:
I can confirm my S5 Is a 11 and My Note 4 is a 15 and unlocked.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
what....?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Bren123:
I was agreeing with what [MENTION=5209970]al50[/MENTION] said My S5 has a 11 CID but my Note 4 Has a 15 CID so my N4 follows the same unlock method as the S5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
why did you need the part about the 11 though... i don't get it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Bren123:
I don't know, I guess I felt like mentioning it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zounduser:
Lol. Thanks guys. I guess I'm going to attempt it now. My note 4 was easy. So, this shouldn't be too bad

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I'm still confused as to why I need safestrap? If I have root can't I just unlock bootloader. And flash TWRP?

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And I'm a little confused already. When I unzip the blackcat folder am I doing that on my phone, or the PC? Thanks for any help guys.

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OK, I just went through the process, took a little bit, and wouldn't let me boot until the 4th time I tried. I got the message that root succeeded, but I don't have a super user app anywhere? Checking with root checker right now....

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I'm good to go. Rooted. And that was almost too easy. U did all the dirty work for us. Lol. Thank you, I appreciate this.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] abramsgunner:
Just wanted to throw up a thanks to jrkruse. Took about 5 tries for things to take, but I was able to go from 4.4.4 rooted, to PB1... then root... then Safestrap to the given rooted V8.zip.

I got hung up on the Bat#3 about 4 different times (started from scratch each time), tried going back and manually rooting with Kingroot and failed, tried this and that.... finally got hung and restarted Bat#3 and it went through. I don't know what I did differently that 5th time, but persistence paid off.

Thanks again!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zounduser:
OK, so u safestrapped to the V8? Was that in order to unlock the bootloader? I'm just asking because I now have root, on my stock PB1 system, couldn't I just go straight to unlocking the bootloader? Or is V8 for Marshmallow? Thanks bro.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] abramsgunner:
I have the 11 chip...no unlock for me. I just safestrapped jrkruse''s PB1..V8.zip because it already had some tweaking I wanted to do (like SDCARD fix)... I'd have been fine with the original PB1 I rooted, but the V8 was available... *grin I may try some other roms later...nice to try on a known good rom first.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BlueLaguna88:
ok what am i looking for? build says bok3 baseband is bok3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] saycbone:
That's good!!

When flashing back to Safestrap and adding OK3 Roms, flashes or anything else be sure to do step 26 with the OK3 kernel from the Safestrsp kernel folder..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BlueLaguna88:
ok so just flash the firmware when in safestrap, and not the kernal?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
That is a screen of success!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Firmware zips only need tp be flashed once so ater that you just need to flask kernel .Firmware zips contain kernels so you dont need to flash both
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] britchel:
yessss!

Thank you very much for this treat! I lost root for making a little mistake like 6 montha ago and it was hell, I saw this post like around 2 am and immediately try, works perfect, thank you again! :cowboy::highfive::victory: can I share this post?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] raycardillo:
Still stuck - cannot root

I seem to be stuck and cannot get past this point. I am on the black Samsung screen after flashing with the NI2 kernel and verifying that the device is authorized. However, everything I try from here just gets stuck here...

[*] WAITING FOR APPEAR YOUR DIVECE N900V

[*] ROOT INSTALLING NOW ...IF Working You Should See A Whole Screen Of ########## down the left side of screen

[*] If The Process Hangs For More Than 2 Minutes Close Dialog Pull Battery On Phone And Reboot And Try Again

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] ayuub:
vu

i lost the access to my private mode after root i got the error message "faleid to enable the private mode try again" any idea about this issus ??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dartz28:
Quick question

Any samsung account apk...?

And thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
For what?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dartz28:
S note notes. That are saved. I was just wondering if there was a way to get it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] raycardillo:
Success!!

Finally rooted!! Just had to pull the battery, clear the cache, and retry a few times.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dartz28:
Also, I confirm root with this method.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RickJH:
USB Device not Recognized

Hi, I got to the step where I flashed the G900VVRU2BOK3_G900VVZW2BOK3_VZW.zip file using Odin, and everything was good up to that point.

But, when I plugged in the phone to move the files over to my phone in Step 3, I wasn't able to access my phone on my computer, and my device is labeled as "Unknown USB device" in the Device Manager on Windows 7. I deleted and reinstalled all the drivers on the phone, and the drivers are good. But, the device isn't recognized on any of my computers, and the phone's storage isn't available in my computer's file manager. And, the device manager says that the driver is the most up to date one for the unknown device.

When I started the process I was on a G900v that I downgraded to 4.4.2 so I could root it. The phone was previously on the Verizon network, but is now on the T-Mobile network. I found this thread after I did that, and was looking for a way to upgrade to 5.0 and keep root. I didn't think it would make a difference what version of android I was on prior to starting the process, since we'd all end up at the same place after using Odin to flash the G900VVRU2BOK3_G900VVZW2BOK3_VZW.zip file.

Am I wrong?

Either way, I can't access Odin, or any other interface on a computer, so I can't flash the stock ROM you posted. I downloaded it, but have no way to access my phone from the computer. Please help me, because this is my wife's phone, and she's pissed because she lost all her contacts. I backed everything up on my computer, but can't get to it.

Thank you in advance!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1storm976:
Ok so now i have all this done can i flash twisted lollipop 7? And other roms long as i flash my stock kernal in bootstrap? oh it has to be a rom with out a boot strap.. RIGHT?

Thx
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Did you wipe data in stock recovery
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dartz28:
I'm on a rom that has all samsung stuff out but how to at least get samsung account app.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] justaguynamedchris:
Hi All!

I hate to add more to this thread; but, I've seem to run into a problem and I'm kinda stumped.

I successfully rooted from oe1 to ok3 deodexed about 10 days ago, and everything went well - everything worked - data, text, wifi, calls, google play, etc.

However, this morning, there was no connection and the battery began draining rapidly. (No apps installed nothing changed whatsoever after rooting and ok3 install process) In fact, when charging, the charge went down when plugged in rather than up! (Eventually it began to charge normally).

I decided to do an advance wipe (dalvick, data, cache, sys.) - a step I did not do knowingly because it wasn't listed in the process of rooting (I know, seems that step goes without saying; but, it wasn't among the steps so I didn't do it)

After wipe, I flashed oe1 kernal (my original build), than the ok3 deodexed. I then sys. reboot.

Phone rebooted after about 10 minutes, though, when it rebooted, it was as if it were brand new out of box - no more custom and all the bloat returned along side of the deodexed apps.

I accessed safestrap, however, when trying to perform recovery, it remains on the Samsung boot screen. I left it this way for maybe 20+min.

Now, it will stay on that screen. (even after pulling the battery and trying to boot.)

Any ideas on where to start over? Why this may have happened? Should I factory reset?

Thank you all for the time and help and big, HUGE THANKS to jrkruse for all the time and help!

Much Appreciated!

(Odin didn't work flashing NI2_stock_kernel.tar.md5 says passed phone remains stuck on Samsung screen)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RickJH:
Yes, sir. I followed these instructions verbatim:

"Under Options check Nand Erase All and Uncheck Auto Reboot

Now click on Start

When Finished You Will Get A Green Box That Says PASS!

Reboot To Recovery Volume up+Power+Home and wipe data Now you might get the android updating symbol and it may reboot. If It does reboot pull the battery and reboot back to recovery and wipe data"

Was anything other than Nand Erase All and T.Reset supposed to be checked in Odin? Those were the only two selected. Then everything happened exactly as described in the instructions. For the wipe data, the option was "wipe data/factory reset."

Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
You might have to start over. I dont know whats wrong
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zounduser:
Ah, ok
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kizzelwhix:
I've spent about 5 hours on this, I'm at my wits end.

at this point, I am receiving the following error on the first line of the rooting process....

/ $ rm -R /data/local/tmp/* >NUL 2>&1

/system/bin/sh: can't create NUL: Read-only file system

what to do?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
sound slike you didn't follow the directions at all and tried to run the commands by hand
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xMask:
Thanks for the guide, I followed the steps and everything happened without any problem. Congratulations! :good: