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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pyrite123:
Lol not sure what happened but I was suddenly rooted halfway through the instructions. I was beginning to panic because adb decided it couldn't detect my device and phone was stuck at nk2 kernel. I manually odin'd the pb1 kernel and bam rooted.

I was also on PF4 stock when I started and I have to say this was incredibly easy compared to the last time I rooted. Thanks everyone!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
... thats exactly what the instructions tell you to do -.-
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GioFer17:
Boe1 Question

Hey, I'm a little bit confused by the instructions. Here:

If I'm on BOE1, what exactly do I have to do different? Flash BOE1 every time it says BPB1? Or just flash back to BOE1 at the end? Or is there something else I'm not getting here?

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
No reason jot to use PB1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byzking:
I can not get this to work to save my life.. I went back to a stock PB1. then flashed your PB1 following your instructions.. Then ran the root script says success. then run the PB1 kernel. and reboot and still no root. I don't get it.. I've been working on it for like 6 hours and am getting no where.. I tried it without the PB1 kernel after and still nothing.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
Sounds like you didn't flash the NK2 kernel.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byzking:
Is there a stepped set of instructions. I'm really so confused on how I'm supposed to do this.

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The instructions are very unclear and there isn't a legit numbered set of instructions from the very first step
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
alot of the instructions are in the batch file
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byzking:
The only instructions in the bat are for the developer options which every one knows how to do.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
Actually, a lot of information is in the batch file. In the window, it tells you what to do and what is happening. Pay attention to the window. Mainly, it tells your whether it is done or not, etc.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byzking:
I opened the batch file and looked at the script. I need to know what order to do the loads.

Example start fron factory reset pb1

Run script

Flash nk1 from odin

Flash back to pb1 kernel

The instructions are unclear

I've been rooting phones for 10 years and have had every galaxy.

This is the worst, and I'm just trying to do this for my wife's phone
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] brianthomasjamiel:
this didn't work at all the safestrap would install but wouldnt actually install it went through the motion of installing got it to install once then it hung on the samsung screen and sat there. (**** you samsung for locking our bootloaders). now when i run both bats the first one show real device and then emulators so it doesnt know which device to chose, but still remains safestrap took a fat **** on my phone bricked it and then caused me frusturation. and yes i am on pb1 firmware have flashed both nk2 and ok3. so **** it i give up this is a pos company anyways for locking our **** that we spend money one Thanks Apple of the android market
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
You... You execute the batch file, you don't read it. The purpose of the bat is to automatically walk you through the steps. You know this, right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byzking:
Maybe I should be the one to write out the instructions . And explain for the process works as I got it to work.

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Wow, seriously? Lousy instructions get made and now we issult the intelligence if the users?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
It's nothing personal, I was not trying to make you feel bad. The majority of folks can get it working, you're the only one claiming they are broken. I don't know what to tell you, so I guess I won't. No harm meant pal...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byzking:
I'll draw up a step by step directions tomorrow
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Almost everyone here is going to question you since thousands of us got it working on our own. So if you cannot, then it doesn't mean much in terms of broken instructions. We don't get paid, we don't have all day to do this. And we don't get any thanks, support, or praise for our work. You wonder why most devs are quitting, that's the real death of the android community
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] landshark68:
It's not Samsung that made the decision to lock the phone. Verizon is the one who demanded a locked bootloader. Samsung is in the business of making and selling phones. There is no way Samsung is going to say no to the largest wireless provider and miss out on the sales of phones to Verizon customers. The bootloader on the S5 is unlocked on T-Mobile and Sprint right out of the box direct from Samsung.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
I'm moving to T-Mobile, as you can see one of my S5's is already on there for work. Just waiting for my Verizon Contract to end.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byzking:
I've had no issues through the last 7 generations of my galaxies. Back when I had a S5 it went much more smoothly and ran very well. It just seems going back to do this for my wife's phone was very frustrating. After I slept on the instructions, I did it myself. The solution came to me overnight. Woke up really and did it first try.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
So the instructions do work? No way! Just like everyone told you they did?

In all seriousness, what was it that finally allowed the process to work properly?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] byzking:
I'll write out detailed stepped instructions wheni.have some time today. I've got to get to the office. We're short handed today.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maw230:
Ok, finally rooted thanks to you wonderful folks. But I'm unable to install safestrap. It just says status not installed. Definitely rooted though. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] brianthomasjamiel:
this is my issue

[IMG="these emulators are what my issue is"]https://imgur.com/gallery/RwkjPZK[/IMG]

if you can explain why its defaulting to the setup the arrow is pointing to maybe we can fix this, but as of right now my phone isn't even plugged into my laptop yet it says its connected with two rando emulators. 1 i dont know what those emulators are, 2. dont know how to remove them
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
It's really a waste of time. Every instruction you can think of, is already posted many times

Glad you managed to root your phone at the end
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
You're not the first to have problems. Others eventually figure it out too. Not long ago, somebody else did exactly what you propose, by writing out his version of the instructions in a post. If that type of thing was helpful to people, you probably would've read HIS post. It might have helped...maybe not. Most people read the first few posts, and the last page or 2 of posts. Nobody will read yours pretty soon... Nothing personal. Save the time.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
jrkruse has been mia for a while, not really surprised, and I cannot update the OP anymore. I may ask a mod for help to let me modify the OP so i can keep it updated but tbh... the S5 platform soon will be excessively out of date and I think I soon too shall stop supporting it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
That would be very helpful though! Call it one last update to the procedures to get this phone into obscurity.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maw230:
So everything was golden here except Safestrap. It won't install no matter what I do. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] skorasaurus:
maw230,

I was just in your situation until 30 minutes ago. I first tried to uninstall and reinstall safestrap that was provided in the OK3_ROOT folder. Same result.

I then thought some other programs may be outdated, so I downloaded the newest version of busybox pro (and bought, support yr developers - only $1.99 ;)). Tried installing safestrap again from the OK3_Root folder. Still, safestrap was showing up as not installed even after installing twice, rebooting, and installing again.

After more searching, I saw that there was a newer version of safestrap available than what was provided in the OK3_ROOT folder. This newer version is available at http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/safestrap-5-0-lollipop-t3313800

Since I was already on the PB1 kernel, I downloaded Lollipop_Safestrap_Reboot_Extended_PM_PB1.zip but the instructions in that first page are a little vague. The APKs referenced in those instructions are in the zip folder (see http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65915618&postcount=79 for more information). I installed them, still said that safestrap was uninstalled after I ran it. I saw - just for a brief second - that Super SU had denied safestrap root permissions (even though I don't recall seeing any dialog prompting me to grant safestrap root access). So, I went to supersu and toggled the check box to re-authentication so it's checked (and it says ask for permission again if an app is re-installed or upgraded). I did that, rebooted; then install the 4 APKs and it finally worked: Safestrap finally installed!

Hope that works for you! If that didn't work for me, I was planning to start all over again from scratch and re-root my phone....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maw230:
Wow, thanks so much for the detailed message. I followed a similar path after I posted - i downloaded and installed the 4 apks. That didn't work, so I decided to pay $3.99 for SuperSUme pro or whatever. It's job is to remove kingroot and make everything happy an perfect. I finally got it to work. So I went back into LP Recovery app thing and installed safestrap two more times. it finally said "installed", so i clicked reboot to recovery to marvel over my newfound safestrap glory. My phone has not been able to boot up since then. I factory reset in recovery twice and still no boot. I guess I will try Odin when I get home. Not sure what I need to flash, but I suppose I'll figure that out. Looks like I'll be starting back from square one hopefully equipped with enough knowledge from my failures to create a resounding success story.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
We've mentioned time and time again in this thread that kingroot blocks installing safestrap
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
Correct me if I'm wrong too, GeTex, but I think you have to flash another kernel if you go into safestrap recovery (actually, before you leave) in order to boot your phone again. Not sure what you need to do if you've already rebooted several times... That is all discussed in the first couple of posts, or in the actual safestrap thread.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maw230:
It should be listed more prominently and/or in plain english in the OP. It says something to the effect of "if it doesn't work download supersume" where it should say in bright bold letters: "IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO INSTALL SAFESTRAP IT'S BECAUSE OF KINGROOT. DOWNLOAD SUPERSUME AND ALL WILL BE WELL WITH THE WORLD".

I'm not the only one having trouble with SS install.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
that as the entire point of the new safestrap reboot and lollipop safestrap we include in the ok3 root zip, The ENTIRE POINT of this, is because safestrap was meant for kitkat. So our workaround is hilarious, in the OK3 root folder you install safestrap, safestrap reboot, and lollipop safe strap. Lollipop safestrap is the only APK visible afterwards. When you click reboot in lollipop safestrap, all it does is flash the NK2 kernel and reboot, so when you boot, it can load safestrap(yes, safestrap ONLY boots with kitkat kernels, if you soft brick your phone, flash the NK2 kernel and it SHOULD enter safetsrap so you can fix stuff :) ), and then the modified version of safestrap in here flashes the PB1 kernel upon exit. Now, IT IS A PROBLEM FOR THOSE USING MM, but the easy fix is just use the old safestrap ver, that requires manual falshing and just manually flash the MM kernel :)

Any more questions can be answered by my How To Safestrap thread!

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-safestrap-vzw-s5-lp-mm-t3396357
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
Of course, the other problem is that [MENTION=5414005]GeTex[/MENTION] is not the OP, and editing that information is not that easy.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Stabbey:
Man Down!

Androidfile host is broke can some1 shoot me an alternative link for "Knox_Removal_SU_BB_INIT.D.zip" its the only thing i didnt have saved somwhere >.> :highfive:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alin919:
Here .
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Si5713:
Will this work with SM-G900V running 6.0.1 with a build model MMB29M.G900VVRU2DPF4?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
NO

Seriously, do you think your the first with this question?

Use the search button...

& That's besides the fact that in OP it says pb1

You need to downgrade to lollipop
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nwalker77:
Where do I find the file for PB1?

Im about to throw this phone through a window. Ive been trying to get root for 2 days now. I need to get it up and running by this weekend so I can have tethering for a trade show.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Donohuerp:
Hi all, somewhat new here. Been lurking for a bit and signed up this evening as I'm about to dive into this whole rooting business. Question though, Symantec Endpoint Protection is scanning the OK3_ROOT_V5 file and finding a trojan and subsequently quarantining the file. Using the link page 1. Anyone else experience this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Most root methods will be flagged by antivirus. Don't worry about it

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Everything you need is in OP
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Donohuerp:
I suspected, wanted to be sure. Thanks. Still have more reading to do
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rellycooljack:
yo guys help me out, I installed the root succesfully, but I cannot install SAFESTRAP for some weird reason, it just dosen't show installed, even after restarting....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
Have you tried clearing cache?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rellycooljack:
yup I did and the state shows:

State: Not installed

and it doesn't let me press reboot to recovery. Please help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
Changed to SuperSU with SuMe?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rellycooljack:
tried that and failed too, stuck on processing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
I would start over from fresh.... Something went wrong.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rellycooljack:
guess I'll do it a few days later, I'll enjoy it for now i guess
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Find and flash the busybox zip in flashfire or recovery. Worked for me when I had that issue
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rellycooljack:
Oh my! I am so sorry! I installed BusyBox perfectly. However, I cannot install Safestrap. I accidentally wrote BusyBox
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rellycooljack:
Hey guys could you please help me? I'm ultimately trying to install Resurrection remix. So now I rooted successfully but safestrap recovery won't install, any thoughts on what I should do?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rellycooljack:
Anyone has ideas or ringing a bell?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
tethering on all verizon devices is now enabled by default, no root needed... Are you not even trying?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] WookieeWarhammer:
OK3_ROOT_V5.exe

I hope I'm not breaking any rules by posting here immediately after making an account, but I've been trying to download OK3_ROOT_v5 from androidfilehost.com for the past couple days, and the file is corrupt every time, whether I download from the main file host or the mirror. Could somebody upload it here or to another mirror for me please?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
If it is not resolved soon, I'll link you to my modified version which should work better, unsure
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Unknown111:
How do I restore my phone if I screw this rooting process up so I can try again? Is it just through recovery or do I use Odin?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] brianthomasjamiel:
use odin and boot to download mode flash the PB1.tar.md5 you should be good to go it'll take a bit to come back up but you should be solid.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Unknown111:
Thanks for the quick reply I got it working. Awesome.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] brianthomasjamiel:
its what were here for glad you got it working again, i personally hate mm on the s5 samsung pushed a partial build ive been having all sorts of issues with
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Unknown111:
Spoke to soon... So in part 3 where on the sd card do I place G900V_Fix Safestrap.zip on the root? In android folder? Do I keep it zipped ? Also it says place G900V_PB1_Stock_KERNEL_SS-FF_Flashable and BPB1_Firmware_No_Bootloaders_SS_FF internal storage does that mean root of phone? Make a folder called Internal Storage? Do I keep them in zip? I assume I placed them into wrong folders tried installing safestrap a few times now. It won't let me click the boot to recovery tab. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] brianthomasjamiel:
how did you even get safestrap to work mine said it installed and then hung at the samsung screen when it rebooted now for the bat file it shows my devices and to emulated devices so it doesnt know which one to root
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Unknown111:
Well I didn't get safestrap to work. I got kingroot to unblock it for me then I tried installing it like the instructions said but I am pretty sure it didn't work cause I misplaced the files. Tried placing G900V_Fix+Safestrap.zip on root of SD and inside android/data folder and tried placing the BPB1_Firmware_No_Bootloaders_SS_FF.zip /// G900V_PB1_Stock_KERNEL_SS-FF_Flashable.zip into phone root and into android/data folder. Every time I click install safestrap it says it installed then I do it again says installed then reboot and yea it's not installed. I wouldn't mind some help with step 3 the rest looks so easy now once I finish step 3.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] brianthomasjamiel:
this root method was a bit much but anyways i got it rooted once and then safestrap pooped itself
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
You realize we've said countless times that to install safe strap you need supersu
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Unknown111:
I tried buying the Super Sume Pro through the google play store and then I tried to buy SupersuPro both today and yesterday but it wouldn't accept the credit card or my paypal . My paypal is linked to my hotmail account which is my main and I tried using a master card. Should I download Supersu free then uninstall kingroot then try to reinstall safe strap? Also did the files just go onto the root of the sd and phone like I thought (for step 3)? Would I use safe strap to install the Knox_Removal_SU_BB_INIT.D.zip (step 7).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
you cannot use supersu pro as it is not what you need, supersume is what you need to forcibly remove kingroot and install supersu

I cannot condone linking to the apk file here but I can't be told i can't tell you the obvious, just google for the apk and use it if you really must. The new versions of supersume don't work for alot of people and the developer is kinda rude, I've asked him if we can host a old version just for this thread and i got a very rude response email :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Unknown111:
Thanks a lot I feel bad about not paying considering what I am capable of doing with my phone now. Everything worked fine passed all the steps now. Thanks a lot for fast responses.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kurntech:
100% working
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sean19661:
Quick question if I take the pf4 update can I still downgrade to pb1 ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Yes
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Unknown111:
Since rooting my phone it has broken twice to the point where I had to pull out the battery. The cpu is about 20 C higher then before. It's very slow how do I reboot it back to normal before all these steps like removing the knox. Would I just have to uninstall rooted apps and flash VZW_BPB1_KERNEL_ONLY.tar using odin?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Sounds like you didn't wipe cache like we said
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Unknown111:
I only had to do root.batch and I had no problems it went straight to bootloader it didn't hang. The cpu did jump more like 10-15C probably from having more apps running in the background like supersu it also did get slower as well as less battery life. If I wipe the cache now would that fix the problem? If not then what are the steps for going back to unroot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Following instructions in OP under "prepare your phone for root"

Will return you to stock
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dmont12:
I've been watching this thread as a resource to possibly root my Samsung S5. The phone has been constantly rebooting itself since Marshmallow 6.0.1 was pushed to the phone through Verizon's network about 2 months ago. Verizon will not help us solve the problem, and their Software Upgrade Assistant was no help at all. Do you guys think rooting the phone will solve this problem?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bad bone:
If you take your time do the research and read ALL info then maybe there is no guarantee of anything but from my experience it can if you know what you're doing and read read read
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
why would rooting a device get rid of reboots?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Simply reflash over Odin, wipe cache and dalvik.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nnhimes:
G900V Marshmallow Downgrade?

Is it possible to downgrade from G900V 6.0.1 marshmallow to lollipop so that I can actually use this form? I have a nonrooted locked-bootloader GS5. I've never dont this before so any help is appreciated.

P.S.: I have searched the forms and online for hours before deciding to ask here, as I have not found any instructions on how to get a downgraded GS5. My basic understanding of the topic is this:

Steps:

1) Downgrade G900V to lollipop.

2) Use this form to root the phone.

3) Unlock bootloader for phone (this apparently requires a rooted phone).

4) Flash a stock android 6.0.1 for my Galaxy S5.

Again, any help helps. :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Holy crap... Just follow the instructions. See that part that says if your not on PB1? You just follow it. All the instructions here are up to date (for the most part)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Tango Cheetahs:
I got this to work yesterday. Downgraded from PF4 to PB1 using the instructions and was able to get root ^_^. Thanks [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] for putting this guide together :good:. However, I'm stuck after installing safestrap. I followed the directions to a T and my phone is unable to boot safestrap. The installer app says that SS is installed, but upon hitting "Reboot to Recovery," my phone gets stuck at the Samsung Logo with the Custom lock icon. I'm able to get PB1 to run after flashing it in dl mode, but I am unable to launch safestrap. Should I try flashing the stock image and start from square 1?

EDIT: I factory reset the device, and started from scratch. Still hangs on the Samsung Logo. I have to flash the PB1 kernal to get my phone to work again. I even tried uninstalling SS from the app and the app just crashes. SS stays. I tried updating and rebooting to recovery but no dice. I don't mind having kingroot manage my SU permissions, if it achieves a similar goal as supersu.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
It's just my opinion, but I might try a factory reset first. This root procedure and a factory reset will both erase everything in phone memory, but a factory reset is much simpler. I think Android phones just don't do the upgrade smoothly sometimes and it starts having problems that a reset might fix. If it's still having problems, you can always try this root procedure then. Just my $0.02...