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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ambush102:
Stuck at boot after safestrap flash s5 g900v

I've used Jrkruse's downgrade root method for galaxy s5 G900V and the entire thing was flawless until the safestrap. i flashed safestrap using the flasher that installed and now after reboot im stuck at samsung boot logo and cant do anything but enter recovery mode and odin mode. please help. not sure if it was the safestrap or something i did i tried to follow directions to the note i have no idea whta has happened.:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

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I've used Jrkruse's downgrade root method for galaxy s5 G900V and the entire thing was flawless until the safestrap. i flashed safestrap using the flasher that installed and now after reboot im stuck at samsung boot logo and cant do anything but enter recovery mode and odin mode. please help. not sure if it was the safestrap or something i did i tried to follow directions to the note i have no idea whta has happened. please help :crying::crying::(:(

update ive unplugged it from odin and took the battery out and now it wont turn on at all. wtf.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
boot into download mode, flash PB1 kernel, it will work

so you are aware, Safestrap REQUIRES the following

SuperSU via supersu-me (Kingroot MUST BE REMOVED)

Busybox

Lollipop safestrap.apk

Safestrap.apk

Safestrap Reboot.apk
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ambush102:
Safestrape has me stuck in boot loop

Ive loved every bit of this until the safstrap that locked me in a boot loop, even after re-flashing the PB1 im still stuck in boot loop and im wondering why i am... you're a reliable source and im a little upset wondering what ive done wrong. plz help. thanks

:(

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I followed his method to the note including what youve just told me to do and it has done nothing but reboot my phone time and time again.. thanks for the reply so soon. but im also thinking the safestrap md5 might not be a match i didnt download the md5 checker could it be that?

also i could not have reached the safestrap point without having supersu i also donated to the dev everything was fine until the safestrap i was rooted had permissions i cant honestly say im an expert or even close to amateur but is the safestrap necessary?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
it is only needed for making backups and restores and flashing zips(although you can still flash zips via flashfire!)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ambush102:
Well, that would have been useful if i could have finished adding it to the device lmao. what do i do at this point? only thing i can imagine i flash stock firm and start from scratch... which is not preferred; if you have any other methods of fixing it? or another safestrap i can flash through odin? that is compatable with the bootloader..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
if flashing the kernel didn't work you have to start over. nothing unoffical works in odin unless you have an unlocked bootloader
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
So, once I get to the part where it is actually supposed to root the phone....how long is that supposed to take? I have made it to that point and the phone screen just stays in the bootloader screen saying "downloading, do not turn off target". On the command window it says "waiting for phone to reconnect". I have tried using different usb ports on my computer and this is as far as I get. I even re-installed the Samsung drivers from the Lollipop Root Folder. and it still doesn't go any further. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
you didn't follow an instruction, the bat file opens odin, it tells you to flash nk2 THEN continue
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
Ok, I haven't seen any .bat file that I can open to get the directions from. Therefore I didn't see anything about flashing nk2 (or whatever it is) in Odin. Do I get that from the LollipopRoot File?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ambush102:
Hey man, thorough process and a couple tips when you open Root.bat make sure usb debugging is turned on and revoke all permissions given and THEN plug in your device and you should not be in download mode because you have to verify the installation of kingroot you will get a prompt on screen so just sit and wait on the home screen until the downloads have finished and then the process should go smoothly when you get to the actual rooting part if it takes more than 3 minutes at any given point you should unplug your phone remove battery and then go into download mode (VolDwn+Power+Home for until it prompts warning) then restartthe root.bat hit ctrl+c to skip the downloads and get straight to the root process reflash the PB1 kernel if you must but you shouldnt have to.

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Yes. in Lolliroot file there is Root.bat and NI2 kernel that you will flash to before the rooting occurs something to do with not being able to flash on the PB1 but after you flash to NI2 the root process will take place and then you flash back and youre done. BUUUUUT heads up you might have to download Supersu 6.7 because the playstore version bugs out with the binary update. use this link

http://download.dlapk.org/?apkid=darkslide.com.supersume&ver=6.7&server=albrtkmxxo

ON YOUR PHONE

to get the 6.7 because you cant install any other way that im aware of

also make sure you extract everything to a folder dont leave it in zip
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
My sincere apologies. I just saw that instruction. The print is very small so its hard for me to read it. I will go back and include that step and go from there. Thanks again.....hoping for success this time around!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
As per xda policy, you need to remove the link to supersu-me since it's warez
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] -WhiteHawk-:
Will the Knox removal thing work for your 6.0.1 rooted deodexed rom? My phone still has Knox active
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
If you read the OP of that ROM, it has Knox removed
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] -WhiteHawk-:
Knox is still there though.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
That means the Knox Binary is present, we only froze it. It's still been disabled.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] -WhiteHawk-:
Ah okay. Thanks for clearing that up
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
Ok. I got as far as starting to root, then the process froze up after trying to jnstall some "toolbox" that it says wasnt available......so i am going to have to flash it back to pb1 again and try again. Do i install busybox or anything else after flashing to the nk2 thing before i root? Also, can someone send me that link that i was sent to download the super sume thing, and tell me when i am supposed to put that on my phone?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
if it said KSLOG DONE then you are rooted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] S5Guy:
Hey, I'm posting in here because I really really need help with my SM-G900V...

I've basically gotten all the way up to the actual rooting part. I get done with installing the packages and flashing the NK2 kernel. Phone reboots. Gets stuck on Samsung screen exactly as the instructions say. Alright then. But the problem is... After that, I just cannot get it to progress to where it says KSLOG: COMPLETE. It just stops at this:

Waiting for the phone to be reconnect ...
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

I tried rebooting the phone several times. I even tried rebooting the laptop and using different USB ports on it but none of that has worked. Made double sure I have the right Samsung USB drivers. I've reflashed the PB1 firmware several times now and redid the rooting process but of course, that didn't work either. Although I will say, I have not yet tried doing a factory wipe along with the PB1 firmware reflash yet nor have I tried clearing the cache partition.

Anyway, I'd read the whole thread for answers if I could but it's 100+ pages long and some of it even doesn't seem relevant now either, and I really have to get to bed now. (I wasted almost a whole day on this with no real results at all to show for it. D: ) But anyway, any help appreciated and thank you in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
I am kinda in the same situation except i didnt get this far.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
You already said the first answer, wipe cache.

That part occurs alot with interfering software, bad cable, or it dislikes your laptop, have another computer?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] S5Guy:
FINALLY. Basically I reflashed PB1 firmware and then wiped the cache, wiped the data, did the root.bat all over again. Now it hung at the same part. So I followed the advice here and went back to recovery and wiped the cache. Then the instructions say to reboot to the bootloader once you wipe the cache again.

No, this is wrong. The instructions in the root.bat are the correct ones. You just need to do a normal boot after you wipe the cache. After that, I got this:

##########
##########
##########
Set permissive for init
##########
Set permissive for init_shell
##########
Set permissive for s_init_shell
type s_init_shell does not exist
##########
Set permissive for kernel
##########
Set permissive for shell
##########
Set permissive for toolbox
type toolbox does not exist
##########
Set permissive for toolbox_exec
type toolbox_exec does not exist
TOY
KRSLOG: ROOT DONE!

The root.bat also needs to be edited though to say that it should say "KRSLOG:ROOT DONE!" instead of "KSLOG: COMPLETE". I got KRSLOG: ROOT DONE after one of the many attempts I made yesterday, but I didn't think it worked because that's not what it says in the .bat file instructions.

Then I flashed the PB1 kernel as per instructions and then rebooted normally. Rebooted just fine. Then I opened Kingroot but it said there was a strategy unavailable, so I followed the instructions again, rebooted and started up Kingroot again. However I noticed this time when I rebooted, there's an unlocked padlock this time with Custom written on the bottom of it. I can't tell you how happy I was when I saw that. :D Then I booted up Kingroot. Worked fine, and now I'm pretty bloody sure I have root. Anyway though, I would highly suggest that the author changes that part of the OP where if the root hangs. It should say what it says in the .bat file to just reboot normally. Do not reboot into the bootloader.

EDIT: Just to make absolutely sure I had root, I quickly downloaded and installed a terminal emulator and went into root with it, with Kingroot appropriately asking whether to allow it and for how long, so it definitely worked.

EDIT2: I want to upgrade back to 6.0.1 with root intact before I start messing around with anything else like Safestrap and Busybox. I was thinking of just using Flashfire to install PF4/PG2 firmware to keep root. Would this work?

What part did you get to? Tell us what happened.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
Ok according to the software when I did the root process, this time it showed that it was successful. However, I still do not have root. Kingroot did not install apparently. Can I install Kingroot by flashing it to the kernel using Odin? I can't find Kingroot anywhere on the phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
The instructions have been modified many times, we can only do so much.

[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] please locate the following and change it for me in the OP

"If the root process hangs Use ctrl+C to break the current operation(until you get the menu that asks you if you wish to retry). unplug phone pull battery and reboot phone to recovery (VolUp+Pwr+Home). In recovery wipe cache only and reboot to bootloader. If phone reboots back to recovery instead of bootloader pull battery and manually reboot to bootloader (VolDwn+Pwr+Home). Now plug phone back in and Retry. Retrying skips installing the apps, if you must just reopen the bat file and skip flashing in odin."

To

"If the root process hangs Use ctrl+C to break the current operation(until you get the menu that asks you if you wish to retry). 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 Retry. Retrying skips installing the apps, if you must just reopen the bat file and skip flashing in odin."

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I am going to update the root.bat soon and re upload a newer version
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
Ok. I managed to get kingroot manually moved to the phone and installed, however, the phone still wont root. So now i am stuck again.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
I updated it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
Ok, here is another *tedious* update. I finally got the whole procedure to work, and I still do not have root. KingRoot did not install, in spite of me trying to go back through the process 2-3 more times. Each time I got to the point where it said the process was done, I then flashed back to PB1, rebooted, and no root. I did some digging and managed to transfer KingRoot to the phone manually, and installed it. It said it couldn't root the phone. SuperSume Pro said the phone was not rooted. I tried using the Supersume Pro to remove KingRoot, and it locked up. It never would complete the process. I did more digging and found the version 6.7 that is supposed to work, but so far, it doesn't seem to be working either. I still don't have root, and I am not certain as to what I need to do from here......Please advise. Thank you!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Installing KingRoot does not make it work. When the process is complete you flash the PB1 kernel, not the full tar. Also there's a button at the bottom that says try root method
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
I did that i had to manually install kingroot, and i clicked the "try" button. It said the phone couldnt be rooted i flashed it back to the PB1 kernel as instructed after doing the procedure and there was no root
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] S5Guy:
When you finish successfully with the root.bat and Kingroot says no, just ignore it and reboot the phone and open Kingroot again. Strange, I know, but that's what it says in the instructions and it worked perfectly for me.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
I have tried that multiple times it still doesnt work it still shows no root and the supersume 6.7 is still locked up doesnt work either
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jog267:
Hangs on samsung screen

If for some reason you get an error flashing zips install this zip G900V_Fix Safestrap.zip in safestrap then you will be able to install roms. That zip wipes system and formats it so you will need to install a rom or backup before leaving safestrap.​

After installing fix zip I failed to install a rom or backup before leaving safestrap and rebooted instead - shouldn't have been so careless late at night. Now S5 hangs on samsung screen. I've tried using oden to flash NK2 kernel and VZW_BPB1_KERNEL_ONLY.tar.md5, to no avail. Not sure what to do now. Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
how do you flash the pb1 tar file
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jog267:
Flash pb1 tar file

Thanks for reply. Using the Odin version (per instructions from first page of this thread) found it GS5_LOLLIROOT folder.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Just flash PB1 full tar, you wiped your whole system
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
how do you flash it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
You were just told how
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
so how do i downgrade from dpf4 to bpb1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Not being hard bud......but it's clearly written in the OP....right where this is written "Installing PB1" then under that it says to "click to show" click that and BOOM, you can update/downgrade to PB1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jog267:
Done.

Thanks for your response. I've done what you suggested; now devise is not rooted and contra instructions at top of thread has google account. What next? Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
you have to start all over, the full tar only flashes everything else, you have a google account because you didn't wipe /data like it says to. your not reading
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
but it does not tell you how to downgrade from dpf4
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Yes it does, in the giant section labeled installing PB1.

It's literally one of the first things
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
ok im gonna try this again and i think ill make youtube video of it so some people can see how it is done vs been told some of us are better at seeing how something is done rather then been told our reading how to do espically when the instructions are not clear as i see others have has issues with this two
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
I might take a video tomorrow, I need to reflash my Verizon S5 so maybe I'll do it then. Probably not however. The instructions aren't that hard, really.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
um yes they actully are i'm not the only one haveing issues with them!!!

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sucess guys i went from dpd1 to bpb1 and now trying from bpb1 to bok3 if bok3 downgrade works ill try from bok3 to b0g5 tell i get all that way down to boa8 thin see if from boa8 i can go to ank2
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
You won't be able to go any lower than OK3, if that....bootloader/Firmware versions were locked from downgrading after updating passed OD5. Sorry bud, no can do as far as Odin is concerned. If it was possible, it would have been posted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
ok going from bpb1 to bok3 worked i thought verizon had it locked down so we couldn't downgrade any more

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ok all 50 sense im no back on bok3 it the rooting going to be a lot easyier?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Didn't quite get the last post. But you mentioned of downgrading to OA8 then NK2. Which it's not possible since your device has already taken the OTA update passed OD5. If you were on OD5 and below, you wouldn't really need to use this method from this thread but since you're on a version past that of OD5, you have to use this method
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
i noticed while on 5.0.1 when system update comes up it gives you 3 opctons no download later our download now never does that on 6.0.1 my phone been bugging me for two weeks to upgrade from dpd1 to dpg2 and i've herd that update locks all downgrades
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] anonymoustl:
i was on latest FW and downgraded to pb1 like cake... Installed like cake... Took a few go's at the cli root but that went finally, and this bish is rooted and flying!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
got errors doing the root the nik2 kernel file says its curputed our damadged can not open file thin in the root it says adb not found can not find odin.exe why is this happenning

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now my phone is stuck on the samsung galaxy s5 powerd by android screen how do i get it out of this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
I honestly don't know. But if you were trying to downgrade, you should've left the phone as you had it since you mentioned you finally got root. You may have to start from scratch again with the PB1 install...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
i never said i got root this is what i said happened --------> (got errors doing the root the nik2 kernel file says its curputed our damadged can not open file thin in the root it says adb not found can not find odin.exe why is this happenning all on the bok3 5.0.1 )
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
because I'm sure you either didn't extract the files or are running it as admin
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
the nik2 kernel says its curpted in power iso
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
My apologies. I thought by when you said success that you finally got root. Especiallywhen you mentioned about downgrading to OA8....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
phone is still stuck on samsung galaxy s5 screen help!!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Use 7Zip. Go to 7Zip website and download the file for your OS

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This is from the OP....be sure that yiure on the correct kernal...."Your original kernel is important but for the most part you should all do this on PB1 anyways. NI2 or NK2 are both kitkat kernels and can be used(one is included in the zip)to accomplish this process. because you clearly are not on a Kitkat system it will FREEZE while booting because it's not supposed to boot a lollipop system. So In order for root.bat to work(or root2.bat) you MUST flash a kitkat kernel(NI2 or NK2) and once it succeeds you must flash your original kernel(probably PB1)"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
im not on pb1 im on ok3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Try PB1 since it's suggested and the file for updating to PB1 is what's in the OP.....wish I could be more help but I've never officially updated past OC4.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
so where is the pb1 kurnel thin you said don't use the nik2 kernel even though it says to in the root cmd file
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
It might be in the PB1 zip that the instructions say to flash. Just follow the instructions in the OP until you get to root.bat (or root2.bat), and then you want to pay close attention to the instructions on the screen. The process as listed has worked for many people.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
ok all50 im now on pbp1 just need that kurnel

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nope the pbp1 kernel is not only the nik2 kernel is there
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
I believe you're misreading what i posted. Didn't say anything about not using it...that was about you mentioning downgrading to the OA8 and NK2 OS....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
If you followed the OP to get to PB1, then just continue with the rooting instructions from the OP to obtain root...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
ok got futher but now i did the root on the phone and i forgot to check mark unknowen sources in security so i gotta resinstall kingoroot apk

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now im getting a secruity notice on my phone says unoutherized action takken plase reset to remove any unaoutheroized actions

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now im getting a secruity notice on my phone says unoutherized action takken plase reset to remove any unaoutheroized actions kingo root says i don't have root after installing everything[
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Have you tried step 4 that's in the OP....

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)