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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
Eff this man. My phone wont recognize an SD card even back on rooted PB1.

I'll wait until a more stable root method comes about.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Rakuu:
Stable and root generally can't be used to describe the same thing. This whole debacle came out yesterday I'm not sure why you expected something polished to come out of it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
how were you able to get it to work? the phone not seeing the sd card seems to be a common problem?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] windroidian:
Is this post continuing off the work in earlier posts on this thread? Will this method unlock the bootloader on a Verizon Galaxy S5 with a Toshiba eMMC so that we can install AOSP ROMs?

I didn't realize there was a marshmallow touchwiz release for the Verizon S5!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
There is still no unlock for Toshibia EMMC's I can see why devs get frustrated, it says it in the OP... they are working on it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] windroidian:
Okay thanks for the clarification, sorry I'm new to the forum.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
Also for those interested can confirm if you sideload goodlock from apk mirror it works fine and gives the S5 a much needed overhaul!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tydiamond11:
Is there a reason that my cid is not starting eithveither 15 or 11 ? It is 03 is that a issue ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
easy, your not using a GS5 -.-
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
It's a shame that the unlocking the bootloader method doesn't work on MM yet I guess there needs to be a root exploit first sigh I might just go back to RR lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
What are you talking about...?

It DOES work on MM, and Jrkruse just posted how to....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
I meant starting from stock unrooted MM I wasn't aware there was a way to do it thought you had to start from Pb1 and his current method is kind of broken as people including myself have been saying following his method our phones never see sd cards
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
The current method works fine, only you and a few people(probably using no name sd card) are having issues

Also works from MM as you can downgrade.... like its all in the last 2 pages
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
No name sd cards I'm using a sandisk 16gb and it worked perfectly fine to unlock the bootloader the first time and I've even formatted it before starting the new method and done it twice both times phone doesn't see my sd card.... there's nothing wrong with it that I'm aware of
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
very very odd, jrkruse has been doing it basically everyday because why not but in all seriousness, do you have a linux box? Try fdisk and manuall delete every partition and then make no new partitions and try again

thats really odd

class?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Wynnded:
Have you tried a different card?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
Really I think there's more a problem with the method than anything as other people are reporting it too and now on stock MM TW my phone sees that sd card no problem
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Wynnded:
Thought I'd ask. The method worked for me as written, but I used two cards.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
I will have a new method up later on its a little easier
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Elijah4127fox:
U will need 2 sd cards

one for unlocking the bootloader on ur Pb1 lolipop software and one for on the Deodex pb1 rom.

When the unlocking process is finished you will need to repartition the sd cards or else u will achieve some problems like for instance ur phone might not be able to read it or there might be less space on the sd card for example if u have a 8gb it may show as 15mb
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] THANKS!!!!

MM introduces secure storage, what type of SDcard is it formatted as?

Internal or portable?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tinroofrusted:
I am using a Samsung EVO class 10 32gb card...worked when i used it before for bootloader unlock.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Rakuu:
This i a good point. Noone with the card issue has clarified if it does that to all cards, when you use this it overwrites the SD card in your phone's partition table with the CID backup, so when you boot in to MM, no that card will not be properly recognized, so if you've only tried the card that was in your phone when you ran the unlock that's probably your issue.

Edit: Working to make this an easier process might not be the best idea, no offense to anyone but it seems to attract a lot of people who blindly run this without reading then get confused about the result.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
download terminal emulator on a rooted device

you can use fdisk to repartition it and fix it :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
For people having trouble with the sd card. My new method will help with that and also before you start I recommend formating your sdcard using your phone and not a computer before you start the process.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
Jrkruse, keep me posted

Will this replace the method in the OP? if so I'll update it ASAP
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
Jrkruse thanks for coming up with new methods but I continue to face the same problem with my sd card I guess you need to use 2 different sd cards or something it always happens after I flash the MM firmware tar before that my s5 sees my sd cards fine

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it says you must have 4gb card in the phone and I formatted it in my phone as instructed no idea what the problem is sure is weird

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also can confirm I've always been on Pb1

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My only other thought maybe is try one of the other ways to unlock my bootloader such as through windows but I don't think that will make a difference if my phone doesn't see the sd card after flashing that MM firmware in odin
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] noamparn:
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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] noamparn:
I don't have TWRP installed on my phone (which was rooted using the old NI2 method, and just updated from there).

How do I install TWRP on my phone, so that I can boot into it and install the kernel?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
I had an unlocked device, it relocked with jrkruse's instructions for upgrading to MM and now I'm back on PB1 and it wont unlock. FML.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Obviously you need to run the samsung unlocker app again

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
Obviously I tried that.

Along with every other method.

They all say fail at the end.

and I'm back on rooted PB1 with no SD card recognition or hardware buttons.

I'm not stupid jrkruse. I tried everything. I even Odin flashed and I still have no SD card recognition or hardware buttons.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
What did it say when you ran the samsununlocker app? Did it power off the phone when done? What rom did you try it from?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
It asked for root, I gave it, then I hit install and it did nothing.

No reboot, nothing. I have SuperSU and busybox installed.

I have been trying from a bootloader-less PB1 Odin tar that I rooted via your method.

Not sure how much closer to stock I could get.

Every other bootloader unlock method just ends in it telling me "Fail" whether it's via ADB or on device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Are you rooted now?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
Yes
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Try this manually copy the unlock to the system/bin folder set permission to 0755 and the SamsungUnlocker folder to system/ app folder

View attachment unlockerapp.zip

If this works then you will have MM bootloader unlocked and just continue from my directions from that point. Just for info were you on PB1 bootloaders before you tried this whole process?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
Interesting issues here

Knew MM was gonna make it a pain :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tydiamond11:
Actually i am i know thst for sure lol

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My whole phone is bought from verizon and i have the box to prove it :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Ryezen:
Quote:

Originally Posted by beaups

its done - https://twitter.com/firewaterdevs/st...81993064816640

If any bounties applicable, please donate to "make a wish foundation" or [MENTION=766721]ryanbg[/MENTION] (he's getting married)

--beaups

Does this mean we can change our CIDs so that those of us who having a Toshiba 11 eMMC can unlock the bootloader now?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
...i wish you'd read the OP

Also if your CID starts with 03 it's not a real GS5

You sure your not reading something wrong, please screenshot the emmc brickbug app
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] noamparn:
I had the same experience. I'm following to see what I'm doing wrong. The only thing I can think of so far is that my bootloader is still OD5, with a PB1 build.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tinroofrusted:
Just to update...I restarted from full pb1...then rooted...then formatted SD card on phone then began instructions. Same result of device not seeing the card so can't get bootloader unlocked. Tried a different card/brand/size with same result. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
Is everyone else who had a previously unlockable, now failing to unlock, bootloader also experiencing no recents or back hardware button response?

It's driving me crazy.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
I will try and spare the devs yes this a noted issue and right now unlocking the bootloader on MM seems to be kind of a broken Wifi also does not work in the process
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
The people I'm talking to, myself included, are back on lollipop and are having these problems.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
oh that I can't say I have had just problems reading my sd card when I try jrkruse method. If I do a clean wipe and start from scratch, my phone sees my sd cards again no problem.... Of course I have gone back to RR as it doesn't require MM bootloader and root is built in.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tinroofrusted:
No, I am still able to unlock my bootloader on pb1. No problem there.

Also no other issues on lollipop either.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
Ya the original method from pb1 to unlock the bootloader works flawlessly just when you do the new process it doesn't work right upgrading to MM
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] kulaga:
Need to re flash on firmware

For those of you giving up and still having problems with back buttons and wifi, you need to Odin back to PB firmware. I searched the forums for the firmware, flashed and was able to reboot, unlock and restore. As soon as I flashed back to PB firmware my sdcard was recognized.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tinroofrusted:
I was letting dudash know that after attempting the bootloader unlock on mm and failing I am still able to go back to lollipop without issue. Sounds like he was having problems with that.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tydiamond11:
Thats it lol i was reading something else that said cid lol thanks i have the 15 ????
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
I can't make or receive phone calls either. On PB1 lollipop.

the phone just immediately reboots.

I can text tho so that's a plus. lol.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
might be time to factory reset but just a suggestion
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
-.-

I'm a senior member who has contributed many times.

do you really think I wouldn't think of factory resetting before posting my problem? lol.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
Alright I understand your frustration just trying to help.... right now unlocking the bootloader to upgrade to M is pretty much broken.... guess you are going to have to wait patiently for jrkruse and the devs to come up with more solutions
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] al50:
Have you tried Jrkruse's new method that's in muniz_ri's thread? Here's the link

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67129950&postcount=838
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tinroofrusted:
Yeah, it's the same as the new one in the op here. Tried the first way he posted and the new way...same results w/ not seeing SD card unfortunately.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Guys this seems to be hit and miss rather it works or not. Several people have accomplished it but most have not. I dont have an answer to why your sd cards are not being read. I have tried 3 different sd cards and they all have worked. I even didnt format them maybe try the oldest sd card you can find an old 1 or 2 gig card and try them I used a 1 gig sd card and it worked fine. Try pulling the card out and back in why the phone is still on. Maybe try this . Do a full wipe internal data and allI odin pack to stock PB1 full factory tar image. Not one without bootloader or different bootloaders, the full image with PB1 bootloaders use the verizon pit file and repartion the phone. Reroot get super user installed get latest busybox installed. Not the one that supersu me installs but the full busybox. Even when MM full factory tar image is released There is not going to be an easy way to do this as you need to get the MM bootloader unlocked to root MM roms and the only way to Unlock the MM bootloader is by having root so the bootloader is going to have to be unlocked while still running a lollipop rom until some breaking new root method or something is found for MM. When trying this if it doesnt work dont just get on here and say it doesnt work give detailed info. like what rom were you running before you tried this. Some people have had trouble after running CM roms and RR roms not being able to flash back to a stock rom this is usally a result of corrupted system partition headers so give info on what rom you have used what type of sd card basically try to give helpful info not just complain Even if it sounds like a broken record that way I can see if there is a pattern of things causing this problem

Edit: Also tell me if you took the MM ota then downgraded back to PB1 and tried this. I never took the MM OTA so maybe this might have something to do with it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
I'm running RR but if I do a clean wipe and flash the prerooted pb1 rom I have no problems.... the part that always has problems for me and others is after you flash the MM firmware through odin and try to run the unlocker.... not seeing the sd card and my card is a 16gb sandisk card that works perfectly to unlock the bootloader from stock pb1 just not after flashing the MM firmware
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tinroofrusted:
I was on CM13 and am using a 32gb class 10 Samsung card. The other card I tried was a 64 gb PNC card. I did not try to repartition with the Verizon PIT file but will as soon as I can and report back w/ the results.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] al50:
Like JrKruse said try a 1GB-2GB card.....who knows, the bigger cards may be an issue...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] noamparn:
I'm sure I'm missing something here, and I haven't tried this yet (I'm pretty sure I need to have TWRP on my phone before I start, but I have no idea how to install it on my rooted Stock PB1 w/ locked OD5 bootloader). And/or, maybe I'm confusing two different processes, but doesn't the unlock process wipe the SD card, and make it unusable - until you reformat it? Also, reading through the instructions *again,* I'm seeing that the SuperSU zip is copied to internal storage, then a Wipe Data is done, and then the SuperSu is installed - doesn't the wipe delete it?

Does the unlock process give me the dev bootloader, or are those instructions ("How To Unlock MM Bootloader And Obtain Root For Dev Bootloaders Only") *only* for those who have a REAL dev edition phone?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
strange that the cards had no problems though with the original unlock method....

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the goal of the unlock is to make the retail editions those with samsung 15 emmc's turn into dev editions and you can flash twrp through odin pretty easily
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] noamparn:
Thanks for verifying that. I broke my phone last night trying to flash TWRP (I used the TWRP Manager app to do that), and I was unable to boot (it kept trying to go into recovery, and then failing). I was able to restore the recovery by re-flashing the OD5 bootloader I had before, and then flashing SafeStrap (which I didn't have before) in Odin. However, I think I downloaded the wrong version of TWRP. I think I did find the right version eventually, but I was too tired to try again last night.

I'm still confused, though, because if you can't use a non-stock recovery with a locked bootloader, how do I boot into TWRP once I flash it using Odin? Apparently I have SafeStrap now, but I have no idea how to get to it.

Thanks.

EDIT: One thing I forgot to add. I've got a ton of apps on the phone, and I remember how much of a pain it was to go through and customize all my settings each time I changed phones, so I've been doing a backup and restore with each Lollipop update (the ones I've installed using FlashFire - which wipes the phone each time). That process has gone smoothly, and I'm hoping it will go smoothly this time, too.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
Once you flash twrp through odin you have the new recovery and you just do the usual way to boot into recovery
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] noamparn:
Thanks for letting me know - I've been following this for a while, but I'm always worried about bricking my device - I don't want to have to rebuild everything (or worse, buy a new phone).

I always thought that we were stuck using the "stock" recovery, because of the locked bootloader. I remember that in order to use SafeStrap after upgrading to Lollipop (I never did use SafeStrap afterward, but I remember reading about this), I would have had to flash the kernel back to either NI2 or NK2 to use it. Is that no longer necessary with TWRP, even with a locked bootloader?

I'll have to try this at home this evening, but do I really just flash the TWRP in Odin, then reboot to recovery? Sounds simple enough (which might be why I didn't find instructions for such a simple procedure).

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tbclandot:
twrp is only for unlocked bootloaders
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] noamparn:
Anyone know the minimum size card I need for this? I have a spare 16 GB I can use, and I know I have a spare 128 MB (yes, MB!) lying around, but I don't know what I have in between those two sizes.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] bad bone:
It worked
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tenye2003:
Can you turn on reactivation lock after unlocked the bootloader? Or it must be permanently off?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Your playing with fire by turning it on reactivation lock and the ability to flash is not a good thing

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Can the people that have successfully unlocked MM bootloader give me a brief description of what you did. For example what rom were you running when you started. Did you take Ota then go back to pb1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tinroofrusted:
Hey jrkruse can I just Odin the pit file right over my existing pb1 rooted rom as is?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Elijah4127fox:
so im on MM unlocked bootloader and root. i used the deodexed version of the rom. so i started from scratch with the pb1 5.0 lolipop then i rooted and unlocked the bootloder.

i followed all the steps afterwards which at first caused a brick wen flashing the MM deodex zip and superuser zip. but all i did was reflashed the MM zip and superuser ziip using twrp and it wrkd
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
I'm beginning to think it might have something to do with Knox being removed. 3 people with success and myself all started from a freshly rooted rom that still had knox
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Molon-Labe:
Can't wait for the 6.0.1 bootloader unlock, root.... as my device was never unlocked.

Love run new kernel.

Patience i have.

Ammo alot more of.... going shoot my M3 Grease Gun ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] drewcu:
Bit of a newbie here, but doesn't a custom recovery like TWRP trigger the Knox counter or are you saying people removed the Knox counter altogether and that's what might be the problem?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tinroofrusted:
It's the size of the card...just tried a 2gb card and finally recognized by device. Didn't work w/ 32 and 64 gb cards. Hope this helps.

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Now on rooted and bootloader unlocked MM. Thanks jrkruse for the method/work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
I tried both a 32 and 64 gig and they both worked for me