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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MikeSCS:
Has myprocess hung up and do I need to:

If the root process hangs close root.bat. 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 open root2.bat. This will skip the install of apps and

the flashing of the nk2 kernel since this has already been done, and the

root2.bat will proceed directly to installing root.

or:

Goto Step 1

Below is what I see.

Ref:

Working Root Method For 5.0 Lollipop Roms [OE1] [OG5] [OK3] [PB1] [3-3-16]

page 151

Step 0:

I ran root.bat in the command prompt it says

List of devices attached

93e96209 device

[*] this will root your phone on ok3 kernerl using KingRoot.

[*] Goto Settings/About phone Click Build number 5 times to enable Developer Options

[*] make sure USB debugging is marked in Developer Options

[*] Make sure on the allow USB debugging dialog you Check Always allow this computer

[*] In Developer Options make sure Verify apps via USB is unchecked

[*] Make sure your device does not say unauthorized at the top of these instructions

[*] If your device says unauthorized Revoke USB debugging authorizations in Developer Options

and unplug your phone and replug in your phone

and then on the allow USB debugging dialog Check Always allow this computer

[*] Very Important!!!! Wait for device to show up in windows explorer before starting

Press any key to continue . . .

================================================

Waiting for the phone to be connected ...

Installing Apps

3008 KB/s (9302274 bytes in 3.019s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/KROOT.apk

Success

3497 KB/s (2745636 bytes in 0.766s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/busybox.apk

Success

3245 KB/s (27799757 bytes in 8.366s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/Safestrap.apk

Success

[*] 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 And Get Stuck On The Samsung Screen".

[*] Now Wait For The Phone To Reconnect

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

[*] Please be patient ...

===============================================

Waiting for the phone to be reconnect ...

The phone displays:

Odin mode

Product Name SW-G900V

Current Binary: Samsung official

System Status: Official

Reactivation Lock(kk): OFF

Qualcomm Secureboot: enable (csb)

Secure Download: enable

UDC Strat

DOWNLOADING

Do not turn off target

Odin3 Has nothing selected

The phone is a gs-900v verizon Samsung S5 Android v 5 Build # lrx21t.g900vvru2bok3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Z06Boricua:
You need to manually "flash NK2_kernel.tar In The AP slot using Odin" as described in the cmd prompt window. The script simply opens Odin for you and puts the phone into Bootloader mode. You will need to physically select the NK2_kernel.tar file in the AP slot and Start the process. It will continue on from there. Good luck!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MikeSCS:
Thanks for clearing that up! I did what you said and now have Odin3 saying PASS!.

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I have run root.bat, root2.bat, odin3 with Nk2_kernel.tar and Odin3 returned PASS!

Did "PhoneBootloader Update" need to be check. It was not when I ran Odin.

I am unsure what to do with the next step.

1. 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)

This is where I am at now:

I see odin3 came with KROOT.apk

My phone was froze on GALAXY S 3 splash screen .... power by android.

After several tries vol down home and power buttons I get a window with the text "custom OS can cause critical problems" screen on phone

I press up and get ODIN MODE Downloading.

I down loaded kingroot for windows it is chinese. and keep flashing a screen that

seem to be telling me make sure some developer mood setting are correct.

I never went passed this point.

Not sure how to do step 1.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Z06Boricua:
After flashing the NK2 kernel, the process should continue with ROOT2.BAT. If it hangs up, you'll need to run ROOT2.BAT manually. If it roots successfully, you'll have to go back into ODIN and flash the VZW_BPB1_KERNEL_ONLY.tar.md5 file (assuming you're on BPB1) and then you should be able to boot into the Android system and continue the process by opening KingRoot and doing the Up Arrow thing. You shouldn't have to do anything with KROOT.APK at this point.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] warnel33008:
im rooted by this method... how do i unroot for resale
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
flash the stock tarball in the op...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] warnel33008:
ok great.... im not even on pb1 yet... after i rooted I just left it as is... im on ok3... just flash the recommended 'VZW_BPB1_ODEX_DEODEX_V9.zip ' and reboot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Z06Boricua:
Go here in post #2:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
Here is the stock one: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911970571
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
I'm looking at some of the instructions for pb1 and I'm wondering what the next step is after "When Phone has finished loading and has booted up go through setup and do not add any google accounts or samsung accounts or anything"? Do I go to the step after where it says above "Open The OK3_ROOT click the root.bat plug in your phone and follow directions, etc."?

Also, why shouldn't I add any google or samsung accounts on that last step of the "Proceed your phone for root?"?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] warnel33008:
im rooted ... isnt my recovery suppose to be safestrap.... it looks like its back to stock recovery... how could that be?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
With a locked bootloader , you will have the stock recovery. safestrap is a "secondary" recovery so to speak.

If you want another recovery you have to unlock your bootloader. There is a thread for that if your device qualifies.

Here is the link:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/rd-unlocking-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] warnel33008:
thanks... i did figure that out awhile ago... i went to safestrap app n reboot into it... now i just did a factory reset and i dont have king root app busy box or safestrap.... i did this to re sell the phone... anyway i can get them back quickly... i think its still rooted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] _wal2rosario:
why after i using this method for root my galaxy s5 verizon, the playstore crashes with the 492 error, and the mi files app not work too?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] buffaloquinn:
Question: In the OP the "Prepare phone" section is supposed to be done only if not on OK3. In this revised version it says you need to do it if not on OK3 or PB1. Which is it" I've tried unsuccessfully several times now and I'm trying to narrow down the problem. I have rooted several other phones and tablets so I am not a NOOB. The first time I did it with the S5 using the OP's directions, (I am on PB1) I did the prepare phone section and it did get Kingroot on successfully but RootCheck did not verify root. Tried without prepare phone as in above quoted post but didn't get anything even close to initial trial.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Thanks I havent had time to do much
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
It's on my last post :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bloomx3:
thanks, tried on a different computer, forget what I was missing, but i solved it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MarLap2000:
Odin problem in root.bat file

"Windows cannot find Odin.exe" it says. My S5 is on PB1 not on NK2 kernel or anything and it's giving me this error
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
100$ says you tried to run the script as an admin -.-
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
I updated the OP

Thank You
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] FMinMI:
Just root

I just got a used S5 and only want to root it - I have no interest in custom ROMs. I just want to freeze updates and be able to tether. Am I reading the first post correctly in that all I need to do is run KingRoot.apk, then install SuperSU and TB Pro?

Thanks

Frank in Michigan
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
You didn't read it correctly.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] felixcatman:
Hi so I have rooted the phone and installed safestrap but I do not know which roms I'm able to flash. I'm on the BPB1 build and my main goal is to flash a rom with support for the Russian language as the stock one has no support. I've tried language enabler however the Samsung apps and settings remain in English. If anyone could help me out that would be great.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
You can only flash stock roms. For custom roms please unlock the bootloader
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] felixcatman:
So I'm unable to flash any rom besides the original stock rom using safestrap? I thought I could flash any touch wiz based rom? Is there anyway for me to flash the 900F rom onto the 900V so that I can enable the international languages?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] landshark68:
If you only root the phone and do not unlock the bootloader, then yes you are restricted to only touchwiz based ROMs of which I believe there are only a couple. I think the person who replied to you before was referring to touchwiz based ROMs as stock ROMs because they are basically just modified stock ROMs. I know jrkruse posted a thread with an international ROM patch, but I don't know enough about it to know whether or not it will allow you to flash a 900F ROM.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] felixcatman:
Ok thanks for all the info. I'll try commenting on that thread to see what the patch does.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] felixcatman:
Quick question. Out of the few touchwiz roms that I could flash does anyone know which ones have support for other languages?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] w0r5TxN1gHtMar3:
Can I get help with the pb1 I don't understand what to do. The whole skip to steps is a little confusing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jjpp23:
bootloop

sorry for being noob, stuck in bootloop need a tar to flash in odin. not sure what to flash

thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Z06Boricua:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911970571

---------- Post added at 08:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:26 AM ----------

If your phone is already on PB1, you can skip the entire "Prepare your phone" section and simply continue on with rooting.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfem:
Where are you at in the process? Read this first than try again!

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/guide-painiacs-essential-guide-to-t3319848
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] FMinMI:
This is where I am confused. In the first post, the beginning step says (besides downloading OK3_ROOT.EXE and installing the latest Samsung drivers):

If Your Not On BPB1 Build then Proceed too Prepare Your Phone ....

BUT I am on BPB1. Since I am, it says to go to the next step, which is:

1. 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[t] 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)

At the end of this step, if says I now have root, but in that same paragraph it talks about 'the bat said your were rooted'.

I am not sure about this step then...

Thanks

Frank in Michigan
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
You aren't reading, you're skipping around, thats your problem
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfem:
Frank - if your on BPB1 use root2.bat. Step 1 is after you root using root2.bat. Also check out my post a few up from yours.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
NO

root.bat is ran first, root2.bat is ran if the phone fails on root.bat
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] i9192droid:
I think there is something weird with the root process instructions, a plenty of users are not understanding how to make it and this will be bad for them... please, consider a reconstruction of the OP as a "noobproof" thread, i dont want to be disrespectful with the members but if i have done this procedure 6 or 7 times succesfully is sad to see some people that just cant do it. I know that most of us at here will have a basic, medium or pro knowledge in android development and modding, and there are members without experience too, like we were in our begining.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
you really shouldn't be rooting if you cannot understand this. Realize we aren't even obligated to provide this info but it becomes members demanding more and more and then we still get those who don't get it and it just feeds ignorance and destroys self learning. Like I really see the instructions as simple. I got it right with the old instructions and have updated the OP for jrkruse multiple times. Idk how much more you can all ask for
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] i9192droid:
Sad to read this... anyway, we are here to help too and everyone puts their aid in. Thanks for reading our comments and helping, all of us appreciate this.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Z06Boricua:
What are you talking about?? I should be able to send you my phone, have you pay overnight shipping both ways, and have you root it for me completely at your expense! :P
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
sad to read this?

Me and a few others have put countless hours into working on this... when we hear "you need to make this easier. You need to noob proof this" it's a HUGE slap in the face and is the biggest reason developers keep ditching XDA and leaving us/you all behind... It's really not cool
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] i9192droid:
You dont have the obligation to do it, its just a petition like the hundred of requests you receive here day by day, nothing more. All of us know about the countless hours of work put here, and thanks for this, because is for your knowledge and patience we write petitions like the above one. And the discussion ends here, a NO as response was enough. Keep doing your good job.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Trying, alot of us balance alot at once. Families, real world jobs, school, medical issues, and for some of us, multiple or all at once. It's really stressful, I'm working on trying to get emmc 11 devices bootloader unlocks and then going to try and work on some ROM ports and apps I've needed to realize and my awful version of adb tools that I made simply for myself to be lazy but I made it public because it's convenient because people couldn't figure out how to use cmd and adb... I can only do so much before I feel like Apple technical support x.x isn't the reason we have androids is the DIY nature? Anyways I'll keep posted if I make any more major changes

Also we get asked that constantly, and one no is nearly never enough, it drives many of us bonkers
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] i9192droid:
Respect that ??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
Looks I successfully rooted my first phone! Thank you to everyone that helped us out!

Just to verify, if on the Samsung logo screen it says "custom" with an unlocked lock picture and if it says "Custom" under options>about phone>status>phone status, does this mean I'm rooted?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tbclandot:
Easiest way to check if you are rooted is to download root checker from the play store friend
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
When I click on Supersumepro it says "Alert: It appears you are not rooted with King/Kingo Root, please root with King/Kingo Root and then run this application". What does this mean?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tbclandot:
You have to run kingroot first and you should be rooted then run the app to remove it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
When I was following the steps I opened kingroot and pressed the up arrow twice and then clicked try it. I then proceeded with the other steps.

Now I think I didn't follow step 2 and I think it was because it said "optional" and I may have taken that to mean that I didn't need to follow the rest of step 2 where I was supposed to open supersu-me and delete kingroot, then install binaries.

I tried the root checker app and it said I have root. Do I still have to delete kingroot by following step 2 or do I have to do the entire root process all over again?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] FMinMI:
It was "skipping around" because the steps were not clear to me (and others as well). I tried to show that in my previous post (#1880)...

I believe I now understand that I need to do the step (I will call it step 0) I thought I was supposed to skip...

Frank in Michigan
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
we didn't say to skip it though
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] FMinMI:
This was a very sad post for me to read, as it pertained to me not understanding the steps. There are many forums in the world that cover lots of topics but they all have a similar goal - to disseminate pertinent information, usually with the sub goal of helping others.

If you read the forum rules, #10 does a great job of explaining what users should do on XDA:

If you see posts from others where you can help out, please do so. This place exists because people are helping each other, and even if you are relatively new to the matter, there's probably quite a few people with less experience than you, who could benefit from what you've learned. Don't be shy.

and what they shouldn't:

2.3 Flaming / Lack of respect: XDA is about sharing and this does not involve virtual yelling (flaming) or rudeness. Flaming or posting with a lack of respect is unacceptable. Treat new members in the manner in which you would like to have been treated when you were a new member. When dealing with any member, provide them with guidance, advice and instructions when you can, showing them respect and courtesy. Never post in a demanding, argumentative, disrespectful or self-righteous manner.

My post was meant to help me understand the steps that were confusing to me as I read them, so I could get more out of my phone without damaging it. Since I have only rooted about 5 phones in my years on this forum, I wanted to make sure I knew how to do it correctly.

You are correct - you are not obligated to help, and if that is the way you feel, then so be it. I will not benefit from your expertise.

However, if I can help anyone, I do, and without reservation. I guess that is where we are different...

Best regards,

Frank in Michigan
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
there is a limit that you fail to understand, users don't use the search feature, don't follow directions, and make up imaginary steps and it's non stop. I simply don't have the time anymore to hand hold everyone through every step when it's already there. I have major issues in my personal life and I don't need more
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tbclandot:
Kingroot is a crummy root manager and kind of shady I'd use supersumepro if I were you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
I have supersu-me pro already.

I basically followed all the steps besides step 2 and I think I may have used kingroot. Do you think I have to go back root it again following all the steps or am I ok where I'm at right now?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tbclandot:
Yes run supersume pro you are rooted already you run it to remove kingroot and get supersu
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
I tried doing that, but it after opening the supersu-me pro app it says "Alert: It appears you are not rooted with King/Kingo Root, please root with King/Kingo Root and then run this application".

Also, supersu was automatically installed at some point during the rooting steps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tbclandot:
Then I got nothing man I tried you might need to redo the process if you used root checker and it said you have root then I got nothing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
It's all good. I appreciate your help.

I eventually want to unlock the bootloader and install cm 13. I'm wondering if I'm ok with where I'm at as far as being rooted despite not going through step 2. The root checker says I'm rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
...don't quote anyone when they reply to a specific user...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
quoting on mobile has been bugged for me, I don't have time for it. Thanks for your contribute-less post

Whoever asked about bootloader unlocking please go checkout the bootloader unlock thread, and verify your CID

You "can" use kingroot for this but supersu is better. I assume you skipped installing busybox, and thats why supersume is failing

when you install the busybox APK you must open it and click install
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
I installed busybox and stuff. I think I just skipped step 2 altogether. But I went through the rest of the steps and I checked for root and it says I'm rooted. I just wonder if I still messed up and if I have to start all over or if I can skip step 2 with deleting kingroot through supersu-me pro or if I can move on without any issue with unlocking the bootloader and installing cm 13?

I appreciate your help here GeTex!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Unlock may very well work, give it a shot in the dark. Verify your CID

I normally post nothing about my personal life here to anyone but I'm under ALOT of stress regularly. Today alone I pretty much lost my job from having an anxiety attack on in the dialing room. I'm also suffer a major sore throat so it's not very fun. I don't try to be rude to all of you but repetitive questions and lack of thanks for all the work we do makes alot of us quit.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] splague:
Hi! Just rooted g900v with this manual! Thanks!

Can someone advice me a like stock European firmware to flesh? I found stock G900FXXS1BPC3 from g900f (rooted, deleted KNOX) that spouse to flash with FlashFire. Will it work?

Thanks again!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr Hassan:
bro where,s this folder ?

6 Now goto the Root_OG5_V(#) folder you extracted on your computer and open the G900V_TEAM_ROOT folder

please upload it . i have not found it any where .

please help ,if any mistake ,so please ignore it i,m new here:D

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you share the folder ok3 root, in this busy box need to update? when i checked in playstore , if i don,t update it so it,ll work fine? for safestrap???
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] deviouskind:
I am having an issue installing the Safestrap Recovery Installer.

I did a quick search but I must have missed if someone already had this issue... Sorry.

Anyway, I am stuck on step 5 & 6.

I allowed Kingroot permission to Safestrap.

When I tried to install 2x's and reboot, Safestrap is not installing correctly because the State is: Not Installed and I don't have the option to Reboot to Recovery (greyed out).

On my S4 I had a similar issue and the way I fixed it was by using a specific version of Safestrap. I dont know if thats the case here.

If anyone can help me get through these steps I would appreciate it!

Thanks!

Verizon S5: SM-G900V - BPB1 - SE Enforcing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
Those are part of the old directions. Did you try only following the new directions?

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When you ran root.bat, did you follow all the instructions on it? I think during the root.bat instructions, it tells you or installs safestrap for you. (Though I could be wrong on that).