yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mr0il:
Hey I'm running into an issue.

I followed the steps up until

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

however, my phone hangs up at the Verizon for an indefinite amount of time. I've searched the thread for similar issues, but, I cannot figure out how to proceed. Any advice?

I've reviewed the thread further but I still have not found any sort of solution. My phone had 6.0.1 originally, OP said MM would work, "so don't ask". I unzipped "G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_VZW", rebooted to recovery, and then ran Odin. After Odin finished is when my phone got stuck. What did I do wrong?

edit2: I was able to move past this step. I downloaded and ran Odin instead of using the version that was provided in the GS5_LOLLIROOT version.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
see this is why a youtube video needs to be made on how to do this because the written instructions are very confuseing and go back and forth plus they don't tell you how to fix errors our frezes our the secrecty issues
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
No, people just don't always follow the instructions explicitly. They say to download odin, so you should download THAT odin. The process cannot be guaranteed to work on all possible future combinations of software. Using all downloads in this thread have worked for many people though. Works better if you follow ALL instructions.

Of course, you ARE also welcome to make a video if you want.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] anonymoustl:
This was seriously a no-brainer... Wow.....

Read..READ.......R..E...A....D and it will go fine. In fact, the OP has too many steps!!!! It can be streamlined but that requires more than copy/paste CLI skills... It is very interesting when you start mixing PC-less root packages too. I am taking
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
I'm not the only one who agrees that the instructions are hard to understand because they are very dam confusing and they don't tell you what to if you get any errors telling someone to read incomplete and confusing instructions is like telling know it all they are not always right about things sense most of you want to be total jerks and very rude about this and don't want to help our fix the instructions so they are complete and not confusing and explain how to fix any and all errors someone may come across I'll do what now must be done!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] anonymoustl:
This is seriously a no-brainer....

Just read the OP and it will go smooth.. I was on MOST CURRENT FIRMWARE... And was able to go back to PB1 with one flash and one boot. The part that had me questioning was the freezing during the NK2 Boot... IT WILL NOT BOOT... THE EXPLOIT DOES NOT NEED A GUI ATTACK SURFACE, IT RIDES ON AN OPEN ADB SESSION LEFT FROM PREVIOUS BOOT/ENABLE ADB --- AND CHECK THE BOX THAT SAYS TO REMEMBER THE COMPUTER!!!!!! Also, when it gets to where it freezes on the NK2 boot, you will probably have to press 2 a few times to run the exploit! REMEMBER TO DO THIS!!!! MAKE SURE IT COMPLETES ALL THE WAY... There is a time where you might think it is done... it isn't ,... You will see a bunch of ##### to start, then the kernel declairation and exploit, and a TON MORE ############################################## Then you will see it setting SELinux to permissive and yada yada.. THEN IT IS DONE... THIS IS CRUTIAL!!!

The OP actually has more steps than necessary... But to accomplish what I speak of, requires more skills than being a double-clicking gui freak! If you can't install it the Microsoft method with M$ KB's, then there is no reason for me to throw some RedHat Enterprise Server into the mux... And if those references elude you altogether...... Case in point...

I am taking a pc-less root package from the 935 Edge I have rooted and just factory unlocked MYSELF WITH AN EXPLOIT I FOUND... And mixing it with preinstalling SuperSU via busybox cli and only using KRoot to give my SuperSU admin privs... so my SuperSU uninstalls that crap and installs the current binary... Pretty slick... My ZIP blows SuperSU ME out of the water...

Anywayus...... PC-Less SuperSU takeover in full effect! ----- Makes me wish I had a SUper man cape.... AAAHAHAHAHAHA that would be so ****ing badass!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
Does anyone have any ideas as to why i still dont have root even after going through the procedure multiple times? I cant achieve root, and i cant get supersume 6.7 (the version thats supposed to work) to work either kingroot doesnt install during the root process and even after manual installation it still doesnt show to be rooted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Thankyou for you really nice explanation! I May update the OP in the near future just because you made some good points. Have you made an alternate version SUperSu-Me that doesn't cost everyone and not work most of the time?

SuperSU-Me only works after you have root. You are skipping a step somewhere or doing something wrong, I am sure you are flashing the PB1 full tar instead of just the kernel?

I'm nolonger interested in trying to help you. You simply won't listen or read the OP. \
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazycranagelo:
ok getex game on now
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SRTMedic:
Geo, i may be flashing something wrong on the last step ill go back and check and do the whole procedure again, however, i did notice that kingroot did not install when it installed busybox and whatever other apk's it installs ill try to go through it again, starting with a factory reset and going from there on that last pb1 flash am i supposed to flash something different? Are there two different pb1 files? What am i missing?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
You could start by using punctuation ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ibrubeer:
It would certainly make it easier for others to understand your problem, and possibly be able to help you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
there is the PB1 full ship and the PB1 kernel
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Sorry to be OT. No need to worry about his punctuation...he should've learned from before with his spamming and disruptive posts/harsh comments. MODS/DEVS don't tolerate that....Some will never learn.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] worldwidejoe:
Hello everyone, I bought a used Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5, I would like to root it so I can delete

all the bloatware and unwanted apps. Unlocking the bootloader to install another ROM is not a

priority at the moment. -- if this needs to be a new thread I apologize.

Here are the details:

Phone Name
Samsung-SM-G900V

Model Number
SM-G900V

Android Version
5.0

Android Security Patch level
2016-02-11

Baseband Version
G900VVRU2BPB1

Kernel Version
3.4.0
dpi@SWHC3810#1
ThuFeb 18 20:47:28 KST 2016

Build Number
LRX21T.G900VVRU2BPB1

SE For Android Status
ENforcing
SEPF_SM-900V_5.0-1_0039
Thu Feb 18 20:50:45 2016

Hardware Version
G900V.05

Security Software Version
MDF v1.1 Release 4
VPN v1.4 Release 4.1

KNOX Version
KNOX 2.3
Standard SDK 5.3.0
Premium SDK 2.3.0
Customization SDK 2.0.0
Container 3.4.0
CEP 2.3.0
Enterpaise Billing 1.0.0
SE for ANdroid 2.3.0
SSO 2.1.1
TIMA 3.0
VPN 2.2.0

Configuration Version
J13.SAM.SMG900V.1

This phone has the Toshiba 11 eMMC

This phone also shows "MDM does not allow factory Reset" if I try to factory reset from stock recovery.

The only help I've seen with that issue is changing the settings in an app called Retail Mode. This

phone does not have a Retail Mode app or anything similar to it. And I checked to see if it was

hidden and it was not.

Can anyone tell me where to proceed in this 300 page forum post so I can start where things are

current? :D I'm not sure how popular this phone is anymore, I hope I can get it worked out. Thank you

in advance for any assistance.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
How did you determine your eMMC? I'm confused, the OP tells you what to do, but your also confusing me? Why can't you reset the device?

Is this what you need?

http://www.naldotech.com/how-to-disable-exit-galaxy-s5-demo-live-unit-retail-mode/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dcarbo:
Hi everyone, I have a question, so I've a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-900V and I updated it to android 6.0.1 but now I want to root it and I didn't find anything that can help me to do it,

Can I root a samsung galaxy S5 SM-900V with android 6.0.1 installed on it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
You need to downgrade it

-edited
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
No you cannot root on MM. There's many threads in the General Section of this VZW S5 forum. Only if your device is unlockable....please search rather than asking something that's been asked and answered many, many times.....:p...lol [MENTION=6807477]yossijoe[/MENTION] beat me....lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dcarbo:
Thanks, I'll use it next time :)

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The search button of course :fingers-crossed: lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Can't reset from settings menu?

I've seen once on a device with maas360 MDM

that even when it was removed,

Somehow it left a block on resetting from recovery & after resetting from settings this block was removed
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
He needs to follow the guide i sent, the APP has a command and flag the disables recovery from functioning so people can't mess phones up in store, it also disables ODIN from accepting packages. Because of this, it requires the app to be played with, but I linked instructions
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
I don't know if we should continue on this thread.

He/she wrote that he/she didn't see any retail mode app on the phone

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Can you post screenshot of the device admin screen?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
He may just need to install the MDM Retail Mode app then. Otherwise his only luck is to possibly force flash the phone with ODIN and the FULLship tarball, idk if it disabled download mode(via reactivation lock flag?)

i don't know many people going to stores and hooking a laptop upto demo phones and flashing via odin lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] _wal2rosario:
is there any way to root PG2 locked bootloader here?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] worldwidejoe:
Hi yossijoe, Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure which screen that is but I'll take a shot and give you one from Settings > Security > Phone Administrators
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] worldwidejoe:
Hi GeTex, I opened the file /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/cid. The number started with 11.

I put the "MDM does not allow factory Reset" in my post as general information about my device because it seemed odd, therefore pertinent. I can factory reset from within the setting of the phone. Another odd thing, when I boot into stock recovery, there is a flash of the green android robot with a red triangle or something. Then it goes into recovery.

The link you sent also refers to a Samsung Retail App which I don not have on the phone.

When I follow the OP's first step: Installing PB1 - Odin V3.12 results in a pass. Kingroot, busybox and safestrap are installed. However, when the phone reboots and I go through the setup process, in Settings > About Phone it shows all the same info as before. I'm wondering if the "MDM does not allow factory Reset" is a problem.

In OP's step two: Rooting Instructions - When I run the root.bat file, Odin opens up, I click ok at the Windows User account Control dialog box to let it run. It says "We Are Gonna Try and root this thing. Press any key to continue. When I do it says "Waiting for the phone to reconnect... Then it hangs there forever. Odin shows the phone still connected though, so I don't know how to proceed.

Thanks for any help!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
When Odin pops up. You have to actually flash a kernel. Did you do it,,?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] anonymoustl:
also that happens if you dirty flash (not factory reset first) or you have setup accounts, etc. I had it happen.. And I figured it out.. Are y'all afraid of your phones? I mean... If you grasp the concepts of the individual tar's within the main md5 of a stock rom, then you should start with this stuff. You should be able to troubleshoot if you are trying to be a power user. Otherwise… 4ll uR b4s3 r b3l0ng 2 uS

Off of the soapbox.…

When your phone does the raw kernel SU injection and selinux reg change, or when you see the ######## for those other users - and locks up, reflash the entire package again over the current install. You wont loose data. Also, if it locks up, pull the battery and close the command prompt..

Then right click on thr batch File and click edit. Erase all the script UP TO AND KEEPING: "echo [*] Now it's time to flash NK2" and everything below that. Click file>save as > and name it.

With your phone plugged in, run this new batch file and it should be right as rain.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] worldwidejoe:
Yes, I used the G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_G900VVRU2BPB1_HOME.tar .md5 file that was unziped from the G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_VZW.zip.

Is this in regards to worldwidejoe's post or another?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
You aren't following instructions closely
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RetroRider:
Hello,

I was excited to see there have been developments in rooting the Verizon Galaxy S5's since I checked a year ago.....hoping to double check my phone's compatibility before I start fumbling my way through it.

Model: SM-G900V

Android Version: 5.0

Baseband: G900VVRU2BOE1

Kernel: 3.4.0

Build: LRX21T.G900VVRU2BOE1

As long as I follow the instructions on the first page, I shouldn't have any problems....correct?

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] PalmCentro:
Yeh, Just flash before you start the PB1 firmware...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] worldwidejoe:
Totally helpful buddy, thanks!!! Look, nobody wants to have to come here and ask questions. What responses like that do is GUARANTEE that I have to come back and ask another one. Its' a waste of your time, my time, even that of future posters/help seekers/help givers. You responded to my post to help, I really appreciate that, but I'm here because I can't see my mistake. When it's a very simple RTFM situation, its aggravating, I get it. But let's be fair, the OP is not well written as evidenced by the numerous, numerous posts in this 300 page long thread.. Respectfully, it needs help with grammar, punctuation, and spelling at a minimum.

I believe I have followed the directions, it's not working, so I'm here. Thank you very much if you choose to read on.

I am on PB1 now so I'm skipping the "Installing PB1" instructions from the OP. This appears to be the right thing to do.

When I attempt to root the phone and I run the batch file, it never says "KSLOG: COMPLETE". It only shows:

KRSLOG: /data/local/tmp
KRSLOG: [+] This device: Verizon samsung SM-G900V Linux vesion 3.4.0-4782027 (dpi@SWHC3010)
(gcc version 4.8 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Deb 18 20:47:28: KST 2016

Then it just reboots the phone. The two pics are from the very first time I ran it, and then the second and subsequent times. (couldn't copy the text)

If you or anyone can point out my mistake I would say thank ya.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
The mistake is you aren't reading the bat file. How many times can I write read in the OP and bat file?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
No he's right. Your instructions aren't helpful for many people. You insist they are, which makes the problem worse because it doesn't help the situation. Would it be so horrible to let someone else take a crack at writing detailed instructions? If it works for 90% of the people instead of 50%, that would be advancing the cause, right?

This whole thing is so wildly out of control, the success rate is dropping. I don't know how I got it to work properly the first time, but the bat instructions aren't explicit enough. I just threw solutions at the wall and one eventually stuck. My kernel is still not permissive. I pray I don't have to follow this guide again, because it's not complete.

Egos aside, this should work for everyone, but obviously doesn't. There's a huge disconnect that hasn't been fixed.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Thats fine, I'm likely going to quit updating this thread because clearly enough people figure it out and i don't need all the ungrateful demanding users to keep dogging and demanding more of my time essentially wasted because theres always something you can't understand. Your statistics are thrown out there with no evidence to follow. the amount of times the root archive has been downloaded in the last 2-3 weeks alone is about 1500, i see less than 10 complaints. Sounds like it's 1% of you having issues.

It's been said before, you cannot set the kernel permissive without a unlocked bootloader. you can't flash the kernel on locked bootloaders. End of story

Notice alot of the devs have quit helping? it's for a reason, I tried sticking around this thread as long as possible but everyone is too ungrateful
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Well, if you decide to again grace us with your presence in the thread, we'll surely erect a statue for you:p

It's a chicken/egg situation; users are ungrateful, developers perceived at unhelpful. You have your side, we have ours.

And my BL is certainly unlocked, that has nothing to do with kernel=enforcing.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
did you even BOTHER to read my post? You can't flash kernels on unlocked bootloaders.... keyword, flash, if your bootloader is unlocked, you have to now flash a permissive kernel. This thread has nothing to do with kernels or setting such permissive, this isn't a onestop shop

as to the guy above? he clearly didn't read the bat because he didn't flash NK2.

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I'd like other to understand this right now. This process is complex, it's not easy to even make this easy. It's unreliable because of the way the S5 works. It's all around annoying and problematic. Stop being ungrateful and demanding.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Please block me, I'll block you. We'll never have to interact again. Sorry.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] worldwidejoe:
Aint' that the truth... You've got different OS's, software versions, phones, etc.. WHAT A MESS! But thank you for continuing to help :good:

The way that the formatting in the bat file reads, it makes it seem as if I press Continue, all the following steps will happen.

[*] Now its time to flash NK2_kernel.tar In The AP slot using Odin.

[*] The Phone WIll Reboot To Bootloader And Odin will Open".

[*] The Phone Will Get Stuck On The Samsung Screen"

[*] Nw Wait For The Phon To Reconnect

[*] If The Phone Never Reconnects Then You May Have a Driver Problem

[*] Please be patient ...

When this didn't work, I tried using the first line as the next step in the directions. Not sure if this is the right thing to do...

[*] Now its time to flash NK2_kernel.tar In The AP slot using Odin.

I used Odin to flash the NK2_kernel.tar to my phone.

The next line in the bat file says:

[*] The Phone Will Reboot To Bootloader And Odin will Open".

The phone did not reboot to bootloader, it only booted to the Samsung Galaxy S5 screen and remains stuck there.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
That is a whole group of text

I didn't write the bat befree did. It's supposed to read off as one section. Your phone should have gone to bootloader and odin should have opened? You flashed NK2 and it rebooted and got stuck, just press continue and let it do it's thing

I am gonna have to rewrite the WHOLE batch file now too. It's hard editing everything from my S5

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[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] , check PM, i have update OP and root process again
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] worldwidejoe:
I flashed the Factory Tar BPB1 Full Restore Image from the OP to start over. I run the bat file, Odin opens up on my desktop, I flash the NK2 kernel. The Odin output pane shows:

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/004> boot.img
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/004> RES OK !!
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/004> Remain Port .... 0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

At this point, my phone does not show up in Odin or Windows Explorer, and the phone is stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S5 screen.

Back in the bat file window, it says hit any key to continue, so I hit Enter to continue. ( I erased a lot of ##'s )

uname
linux_ver
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
##########
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 vesion 3.4.0-4782027 (dpi@SWHC3010) (gcc version 4.8

(GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 14 18:04:11: KST 2014

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

It never says KRSLOG: COMPLETE. I've retried but it always says the same thing.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
It is done, it is supposed to say that, I was dumb and wrote it wrong x.x
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
[MENTION=5414005]GeTex[/MENTION] made a new root zip and I updated the OP with her instructions.

Thanks You! [MENTION=5414005]GeTex[/MENTION]