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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] deviouskind:
Thanks for the reply. You might be right. The OK3Root folder doesnt look like it has any logs so im not exactly sure.

I do remember that root.bat told me to install safestrap. So the phone rebooted and root.bat was saying

"waiting to connect" - I went through the kingroot, busybox and safestrap. Then I believe that was it.

So this is probably the issue.

Should I try the root2.bat instead now?

If this was the issue, what do you think I should re-run?

Thanks appreciate it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
start from scratch idk what ur doing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
Did you get to step 7 of the first instructions without any issue? If so, then you're done rooting.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] deviouskind:
Yes, Root was sucessful. Looking to install safestrap so I can proceed installing rom. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
In your apps, do you an app named "LP Safestrap Installer"? If you do, just click on that and grant superuser permission and then click on "reboot to recovery" and it will reboot your phone to safestrap recovery.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mr Hassan:
bro i done root. with your method ,just one thing ,i want to say to members, the playstore paid version is not working ,as you said 6.7 free version is working fine... 6.7 replace the kingroot and after that supersu is working great..........

thanks to you.........
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sdsubball23:
Does anyone know how to unroot the phone back to the state it was before rooting?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] i9192droid:
Just wipe system and cache in recovery and flash the stock rom in odin
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Slicktrick:
Root.bat issues....

Thank you for this thread. Great info, I've taken a week to review and study.

I am currently on the bpb1 version, got through that section fine. :good:

My issue arises with the root.bat and root2.

"Waiting for phone to be reconnect"......

Yes, I've installed the UPDATED DRIVERS, my phone is VISIBLE IN WINDOWS, I've been stuck on this step for the past 2 evenings.... the program will not recognize my phone.

To check status, I can open odin, and it shows my phone in the small box, so I know I have connection, yet root.bat and root2 will not initiate past "waiting for phone to be reconnect"

When I FIRST ran root.bat, the program recognized my phone and progressed to opening odin for the nk2 kernal, then Odin wouldn't show my phone in the box..... so I closed the root program and flashed the nk2 kernal via Odin outside the root.bat program. I had to flash the bpb1 kernal after, to get phone to reboot. I also see that I have king root installed, safestrap, busybox.

So after reading directions, I went straight to root2, power down, root boot into recovery, wipe cache only, reboot to download, and plug in, then to root2.

Waiting for phone to be reconnect.....

Switch to root.bat, same message....

King root of course says root not available, because root.bat and root2 did not finish installing root.

How can I get past this?

Is there any way to flash something through odin, since this is at least working for me?

Frustrated.

I've tried so many times to get root2 and root.bat to recognize my phone, but it will not cooperate....

I need the LAST SECTION in the root2 program to install root...... everything else is already done....

Thank you for any help.......

Phone is functioning without issues. Thankfully.

Thank you to Jrkruse!!! Wizard!!!! :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
You did not follow directions, you weren't supposed to close root.bat, you are supposed to flash NK2 and ur SUPPOSED TO GET STUCK AT THE SAMSUNG SCREEN OR ROOT WILL NOT WORK. I don't like repeating that >.> Odin NK2 to your phone, reboot, and run root2.bat, let me know when you see kslog is done
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Alixbot:
Ok guys I'm currently rooted but got a heads up that there's a boot loader exploit? Can someone direct me with a quick link or some instructions to get through unlock after root? Thank you kindly.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
It's a sticky in the development section :/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Alixbot:
I found your link going through this thread c: ima see if It works for me, I'll send a thank you donation come next pay cycle, thanks again, I know you especially put a lot of effort into it and deserve at least a keg. You gonna be drunk afff ✌
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
I'm so underage >.>
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Bryanx86:
you are AWESOME! worked great, i had my doubts when it didnt work the first couple of times, buti didnt give up.

you're a wiz when it comes to android. Thank You Sir
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Slicktrick:
Thank you for the reply Getex, I will try that today. I see you list a adr6400 thunderbolt in your devices. I still have mine rooted on liquid smooth. It crapped out about 2 weeks ago after 5yrs....... that's the last root I peformed. What a kick ass phone.

Things are a bit different in 2016.... lolololol

My apologies... TX for the help. :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Slicktrick:
Odin n2k to phone, no problem. PASS

phone stuck on samsung screen.

Pull battery, reboot to recovery, wipe cache only. Reboot to bootloader.

Plug in, open root2, "waiting for the phone to be reconnect"

Will not progress past this point.

(Opened odin just to check connection, 0:[com5] is in the box)

Phone is connected.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Alixbot:
You need to uninstall all android drivers (including HTC, Samsung, LG, etc) and reinstall only Samsung, I had the same issue, it should say com:4 if its com:5 its because of your drivers, let me know if this helps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xyros7:
I have tried multiple times. I am getting stuck after KRSLOG...

Any help? I have flashed the kernel after getting stuck and Kingo says I'm not rooted.

Installing Apps

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

1463 KB/s (9302274 bytes in 6.208s)

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

Success

7495 KB/s (2745636 bytes in 0.357s)

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

Success

7403 KB/s (27799757 bytes in 3.666s)

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 patint ...

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

Waiting for the phone to be reconnect ...

error: protocol fault (couldn't read status): Invalid argument

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

uname

linux_ver

##########

off_set

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

##########

KRSLOG: prepare done.

system part @ /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system

KRSLOG: /data/local/tmp

KRSLOG: [+] This device: Verizon samsung SM-G900V Linux version 3.4.0-2525521 (dpi@SWDD5816) (gcc version 4.7 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Sep 14 18:04:11 KST 2014
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Leopolll:
I did all the instructions. Root is present. OK

But Google Play is now error. When I install or update anything the error code 492 is coming.

I need to repeat some steps?

Or should I flash another rom? But I do not understand which one, and where I can see detailed instructions for flash no_bootloaders rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Slicktrick:
Followed your instructions, wiped all drivers, installed only samsung, and now I am showing COM4 in Odin.

Root2 is still not recognizing my phone.

"Waiting for the phone to be reconnect"

Thanks for the help on the drivers!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
We BOTH had them on Liquid haha. Was one of my best phones. Sadly it was lost :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Slicktrick:
Ok, so I originally decided that I had enough for today, and needed my phone back. So obviously I had to flash the bpb1 kernal to get my phone to reboot and active. Which I did. No issue.

Just for the kicks, I plugged in, and opened root2. It ran......

Device was listed, and program started.....

KRSLOG: prepare done.

The phone rebooted. Did not stick on samsung screen.

Screen prompt for

" flash ok3 kernal"

"Remember to download supersume to remove king root"

"Enjoy"

"Error: no devices found

Press any key to continue."

King root says "root not available".

I'm going to assume the process was unsuccessful.

So, root2 will run when the phone is ON, but it will Not run in download mode after n2k flash, which is when I need it, if I'm correct.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
no, you are supposed to run NK2 and get stuck on the samsung screen. Best way to make this work

open root2.bat

turn on the phone, the SECOND it vibrates, plug in the USB cable. It should work!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fubaya:
Hey guys. O.M.G. Thank you so much! I'm finally rooted!!

One problem/question. 7. Install This zip Knox_Removal_SU_BB_INIT.D.zip If you dont want a custom rom your done!

I don't want a ROM. Are you supposed to install the knox removal from ODIN or through recovery? I couldn't figure out how to do it with ODIN so I booted the phone to download it. When I tried in recovery, it said something about the footer not matching, then some text scrolled by like maybe it was installing then it rebooted. Is that normal? Did it install or did I screw up?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Slicktrick:
PROUD TO SAY, ROOT OBTAINED! :D

Thank you very much for the assistance Getex!

I will continue forward from here, loading the deox rom.

Have a great eve!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
You flash in safe strap :/

---------- Post added at 07:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:34 PM ----------

EPIC On the root obtainment. I found that my Clevo D900C wouldn't flash it unless i did that(it would still fail sometimes) but if i used my Dell C840 It worked everytime. There could be some chipset issues we don't know about?

Anyways, Enjoy rooting and romming, unlock that bootloader if you can :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fubaya:
Dagnabbit! I was going to try that but "Safestrap" disappeared from my apps. I thought it was a one-time use app or something. Now I realize it's called "LP Safestrap." D'oh!!!

Thank you!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Derp¿
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] pyrite123:
Hey guys, I flashed the G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_VZW.zip because I wanted to go back to stock but now after it boots up I am faced with endless Force Closes and I'm unable to do anything with it. I can only use odin and download mode now and I don't know what I need to do to fix this, please send help and medics asap!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
Uhhh, you flash the stock tarball via Odin and also you can check reformat and use the PIT file in the thread
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MinerOSaintNick:
What do I do if I am on BPB1

It says if you're not on BPB1 then proceed to prepare your phone but I am so what do I do then?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Paul-Z:
Need help with step 3

Thanks for all the help with the root process for s5 bp1

Have root but am getting stuck on step 3

"3. Copy G900V_Fix Safestrap.zip (It may come in handy later on) to your SD Card and Internal Storage.

Copy Safestrap_Flashable_Kernels and Safestrap_Flashable_Firmware, for latest Kernels/ROMs see: http://tinyurl.com/jkbmf33

Copy anything else you want to install like the below rom

4. Now open Busybox Installer Allow SuperSu-Me (or KingRoot) permission click on install

5. Click on Safstrap (Opt: Allow KingRoot permission) then click Install Safestrap after it installs reopen Safestrap and click on install again

6. Click Safestrap's Reboot To Recovery. If during this process you every get stuck on samsung screen.

Pull battery reboot phone to bootloader (VolDwn+Pwr+Home) Plug phone into computer open Odin In the AP Slot

Flash VZW_BPB1_KERNEL_ONLY.tar.md5 Located in the OK3_ROOT Folder

7. Install This zip Knox_Removal_SU_BB_INIT.D.zip If you dont want a custom rom your done!

My question is how do you "Copy Safestrap_Flashable_Kernels and Safestrap_Flashable_Firmware, for my latest ROM
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MinerOSaintNick:
Stuck at Samsung Logo

Everytime I use the root.bat it gets to flashing NK2 then when my phone restarts it gets stuck at the samsung boot logo, tried going to recovery and clearing cache then rebooting but didn't work. I flashed back to stock until I find out how to do this.

(SM-G900V BPB1)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
...does no one read?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Villanx1:
I think I screwed everything up.

I was rooting my phone and everything was going fine until the second phase of Supersu Me. After waiting a bit, a popup informing me that Supersu Me was denied root access came up. Not long after that my phone said to reboot due to unauthorized access (or something of that nature." I decided to just restart the process again, but after I re-flashed the nk2 kernel during the process of root.bat, the phone went to the Samsung screen, but then went to recovery. Now I can't access the bootloader (just goes back to recovery), my phone is no longer being recognized by Odin, and when I try to flash the Factory Tar BPB1 Full Restore Image in recovery, I get a "failed to map file" error.

I'm just wondering if there's any way out of this, or if I should just call myself an idiot and chalk this up to an expensive learning experience?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Alixbot:
Update Google play services, should be able to find latest version through Google search
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Paul-Z:
How do you complete step 3????

3. Copy this G900V_Fix Safestrap.zip (It may come in handy later on) to your SD Card and Internal Storage Copy Safestrap_Flashable_Kernels and Safestrap_Flashable_Firmware and anything else you want to install like the below rom

Do I use Odin to Copy Safestrap_Flashable_Kernels and Safestrap_Flashable_Firmware or Safestrap, not sure how to complete this step

TIA, Paul-Z
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Griffith500:
Thank you

Worked without a glitch for me ( after reading all the instructions ;)

S5 is now rooted and looking for a good ROM to replace the stock LP...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
We said to copy the files.... not odin, you take the folders, and copy paste :/

Regarding the phone stuck going to recovery and not bootloader, simply hold the volume down(and home i think) button then hit power, once it vibrates, it should ask to enter DL mode

Just because you have root, you still cannot load custom roms :P
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Alixbot:
So here's something, after I had everything perfect, rooted, twrp installed, I accidentally wiped everything, SD card, bootloader, etc when I went to install a rom and I had to start from scratch, but now safestrap shows a toast saying it's installed but the app itself says not installed and won't let me boot to recovery. Any thoughts? I'm gonna keep trying..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Paul-Z:
I see the copy and paste the files....copy and paste were and for what reason if i dont actually run Safestrap_Flashable_Kernels and Safestrap_Flashable_Firmware then I'm not sure what the point of copy/paste is

Tried to copy to :/ but failed - read only file system
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Villanx1:
Thanks

Ah man, how did I forget about that? Thanks man, everything's working great now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
nope.....

(off topic) HTC ADR 6400 on Amazon for $39.88
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GeTex:
I've considered buying another Thunderbolt, don't tempt me >.>
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] iramm:
Shall i root my cell by king root app tell me please?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shikkapow:
ok im completely lost.

read the directions ( a few times) browsed 30 or 40 pges of the post looking for answers, and im still not able to get this figured out.

I downloaded the new drivers and installed, downloaded the OK3_root.exe and unzipped to a desktop folder

downloaded G900V_Fix Safestrap.zip to the sd card on the phone, and gave it a whirl.

the root.bat ran fine installed everything after i went through the developer setup in the phone.

it auto loaded odin, and i selected the NK2 kernel.tar, and it ran as designed:

<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)

the phone locked on the samsung splash screen and i left it waiting for about 20 minutes while i ate dinner, and zippo.

pulled the battery , pulled the cord, restarted in recovery, cleared cache, restarted in bootlloader mode, and then opened root2

i gave me the "enjoy" screen so i moved to kroot, and ran it.

and nothing.

i tried root2 again and it gave me this error:

Waiting for the phone to be reconnect ...

error: device unauthorized.

This adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set

Try 'adb kill-server' if that seems wrong.

Otherwise check for a confirmation dialog on your device.

the phone is reconnecting and windows recognizes the phone, but the root2 doesnt see it.

king root states the phone isnt rooted and checking request queue....

did i miss a step?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
Have you checked to always allow adb ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Slicktrick:
Quick update on my progress if it helps anyone.

I had issues with supersume pro. I think it's 9.3.8 now.

"Processing please wait".......

I did find a free download of 6.7apk.

Installed and it worked perfectly.

King root gone.

Busybox installed

Safe strap would now install, no issues.

I flashed the Knox removal, sucess.

Made a backup, no problem.

Now letting my phone charge up before wipe and flash the deox bpb1 rom.

TX again to Getex.

:good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] meek2100:
I just finished getting my phone rooted, bit now I'm confused about what ROMS I can flash using SafeStrap. Is there a 6.0.1 Marshmallow ROM anyone knows of that is flashable?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Griffith500:
CM13 based ROM?

I read the relevant sections but am still not sure if I can flash a CM13 based ROM. Can anybody recommend a MM ROM that doesn't mess with the boot loader?

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sn3pro:
Ok the only reason why i want to root is because of battery draining issue on PB1 ,now before i proceed can someone that has rooted this way recommend a ROM that will work and will have LTE support i think i need band 4.. since this thread says that CM13 wont work... plz doesnt matter what room is i just want my normal battery back and LTE as i had in 4.4.4
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shikkapow:
yes. the pop up for "always allow this computer to dubug" and i checked yes (if that is what you meant)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] chaojimbo:
EDIT: Figured it out
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shikkapow:
i went through the whole process again today and flashed both vzw kernels BOK3 and BPB1 just to see what worked, and neither one did.

currently have the LRX21T:G900VVRU2BPB1 build installed on the phone (downloaded from the second post in the thread) last night because it was hanging up on my old build.

not sure what im supposed to be doing now, but it isnt rooting (per kingroot).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sn3pro:
OK after you flash NK2 kernel the phone will be stock in SAMSUNG GALAXY S5 POWERED BY ANDROID here if your root process was sucessfull you will then FLASH THE OK3 KERNEL with odin so that the phone can boot up....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shikkapow:
ok the phone is stuck in the galaxy 5 android screen (locked).

I cant flash anything at this point with odin. it doesnt work. (just tried).

i cant do anything at this point becuase its stuck in the boot.

in odin i get this in the dialog box while trying to flash in the locked boot screen:

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

if i unplug, pull the battery and start in bootloader and flash the VZW_BOK3_KERNEL_ONLY.tar

odin tells me:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> VZW_BOK3_KERNEL_ONLY.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<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)

and the phone reboots normally. i run kingroot, and get "root strategy unavailable"

i went ahead and re-opened root2.bat and the phone doesnt connect and i get an error:

Waiting for the phone to be reconnect ...

/system/bin/sh: ./schrodinger32: not found

so im going to start all over with root 1 again and see what happens.

---------- Post added at 03:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:40 PM ----------

started with root 1 again and got the errors that kingroot and the opter aps are already installed and it lanched odin. I flashed the NK2 kernel and it was successful. the root.bat window is open "waiting for the phone to reconnect" odin is done and was succesful, and the phone is stuck on the galaxy boot screen.

is the phone or root.bat supposed to do anything at this point? or will it wait for forever to "reconnect" since it is stuck in the reboot?

at this point I have been closing the programs on the laptop, pulling the cord, pulling the battery, restarting in recovery, wiping the cache partition, rebooting into bootloader, and then running root2, it does whatever it does (which is normally nothing because it wits for the phone to reconnect, which it doesn't). I manually open odin, and flash the VZW_BOK3_KERNEL_ONLY.tar kernel that is included in the download folder. The phone reboots and I have my old unrooted phone back.

once the flash is done and the phone reboots, root2 recognizes that a phone is connected:

Waiting for the phone to be reconnect ...

error: no devices found

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

[*] Flash OK3_kernel

[*] If Phone Does Not Reboot To Booloader

[*] Unplug Pull Battery Reboot To Bootloader (VolDn+Pwr+Home)

[*] if the root didn't work try to install KROOT manually

[*] Remember you will need to download Super-Sume from the Play Store to remove KingRoot

[*] Enjoy ...

error: no devices found

Press any key to continue.

I press a key and root2 closes.

aaaaaand wash rinse repeat and nothing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yossijoe:
When its stuck on Samsung logo after flashing nk2. The root.bat should detect device & root it. If it doesn't detect. Close it & run root2.bat.

Once it's rooted flash back the other kernel & open kingroot. CLEAR ENOUGH ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Shikkapow:
i guess the problem is that either of the root files are NOT detecting the phone.

i reloaded the drivers early on in this process directly from samsung, and that didnt help.

the instructions in both the thread and inside the .bat files suck, and it doesn't help that they make no sense, and the files dont match the instructions. so no, the clarity in this thread is lacking

.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alaneddy:
Unless you unlock the bootloader, then you CANNOT flash anything other than verizon touchwiz based roms.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sslove32:
I'm not as familiar with touchwiz based roms. Do you have any recommendations?