yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imtheblackcrow:
Have you tried to delete all of the "Knox" apk's in your system apps? Knox prevents most root functions. You will need to boot into custom recovery, install SU (maybe reboot and enable it, cant remember, then back to custom recovery), and locate all the knox apk's. After backing them up, delete them. Should have no more problems.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjf189:
The G900v fails every time via odin
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepPurple72:
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HOW TO MODIFY ( HACK ) the .IMG files using LINUX

(Note: I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS w/ MATE Desktop)

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*** The converted .IMG files created by simg2img can be edited in Linux

This should work for all .IMG files from ALL ROMS, (KK, LL, MM

If you want to deknow/debloat/inject 'su'/busybox, edit build.prop etc.

*** This is for the 'dd' method via adb shell as root! NOT FLASHABLE via ODIN!

You would need rooted rom BEFORE you can 'dd' the IMG files.

Downgrade to factory Test 4.4.2, root/busybox it

following the '902L' steps.

(1) as a superuser ( via 'su' or 'sudo' ) create a folder to use as a mount-point

or in File Manager, RT-CLICK on the parent folder, OPEN AS ADMIN.

(2) Create a folder - ex: system1

(3) change into the directory where your system.img file is

either via terminal or in file manager, RT-CLICK-Open in Terminal

(3) Use 'su' in terminal first ( if not already root user )

(4) mount -o loop,rw,sync system.img /path-to/system1

( *Replace '/path-to/system1' with actual path name )

(5) Use Filemanager, and rt-click on the mount-folder, OPEN AS ADMIN

(* or from terminal: sudo caja ( or sudo nautilus ) )

(6) You can now R+W the mounted image in FIleManager as Superuser ( or via Terminal as superuser ), and Remove KNOX, Security Update, edit build.prop, Inject 'su' to ./xbin, inject superuser,apk, etc

(7) unmount the mounted img. Now its ready to be copied to Internal SD, and 'dd' it thru the adb shell as root

* I wonder if the 6.01 Stock ROM could have KNOX/Security crap removed, su + superuser.apk injected, and 'dd' from rooted Factory Test 4.4.2 ???? Could we get a stock rooted 6.01 ? Then extract boot.bin from the AP archive, TAR just the boot.bin file, then ODIN as AP mode the boot.bin.tar to flash MM Kernel ( boot.bin ). Modems can be flashed via odin AP too by making a TAR using just the modem.bin. ( I have MM 6.01 PH3 modem/baseband on the 902L KK Rooted ROM, works great btw )

Anyone brave enough & got time to try that?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepPurple72:
Getting XPOSED SECURITY ALERT CODE 2 errors with some Games/Apps ?

Oh, if you are ROOTED + XPOSED and play games, some games ( like NetMarble games ) detect XPOSED , pop up an error, and wont allow you to play them.

See my post here on how to defeat this ( without uninstalling xposed and without any reboot! )

https://xdaforums.com/xposed/xposed-security-alert-code-2-netmarble-t3400258
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
You misunderstand, when they said "this phone must have just came out", they did not mean the S5 just came out, the meant the Straight Talk version SM-S903vl must not be that old.

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You are so lost.

What you said would work....assuming that they were rooted.....but they are not rooted, that's what his post was about, he's tring to find a way to root.

Would you like to try to productively answer his question again?

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Might I suggest that you start a thread with this with instructions using the 900v 4.4.4. It would be better for all XDA members to find all of this information as an OP instead of in a thread as there is a bit of extraneous(possibly very confusing for noobs) information involved on your last several posts.

I'm interested in this as I have this device and couldn't find a way to root other than the test ROM and little else when I first looked, I'm just now finding your posts, it's been a couple of months since I first looked. Can we get some more concise and ordered instructions just to make things precisely clear? The community and especially I would appreciate it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omgitsMATT:
Are you stuck at the part where you are now rooted on the test rom? Want the exact posts on another thread to move forward or did you already find them? It's not my tutorial so I won't write anything up, but I can show you where I got past the test rom
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
I haven't started yet, I haven't gathered enough of the information to satisfy me yet. I'm very meticulous when it comes to researching a device before I do anything with it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
Thank you, I'll run through this over the weekend.

Once I'm done I'll post a full guide with all the needed files already packaged instead of leaving instructions for extracting and converting the .imgs. to make it more noob friendly so I won't have to help so many of them with this in the future. I'll also try to streamline things and see if I can get the test ROM prepackaged with the G900V system and cache and the S903VL MM modem(hopefully without APN issues). Maybe it can be slimmed down to one flash with Odin then straight to towelroot, if so it will simplify this whole process.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
When flashing the 4.4.2 test firmware it shows that Odin successfully flashed it but when I reboot I'm on stock marshmallow. Any help ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
I'm guessing no help? Dead thread?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zapdad:
Anybody ever have any luck with this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
So far no, I think no one has an answer for this problem
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjf189:
What firmware is your phone using? If you took the update that came after Ph3 6.0 then you can't downgrade. I believe the update is a patch to block downgrading for this exact reason to block any possibilities of rooting. So if you get a prompt to update. Do NOT update!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
Yes that's what happened to me
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SnakeFist:
I just bought this yesterday and finding this out that you can't root or anything on 6.0.1 is bs.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mario24601:
Mine is 900t3 and had no problem rooting

Edit. Sorry read wrong model number in topic
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galahadUSA:
This S5 is smaller than the Tmobile S5 I have sitting next to it. Something does seem shady about this device.

Thanks for the info.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrWho0:
Would be sweet if one of you wizards whipped out a root. I really should have researched the phone more prior to buying, but finances and time were not on my side. While I am making this post I'd like to tip my hat to all you guys. I've rooted and been able to fully use and enjoy my previous devices because of all the effort you all put into your work. Thank you all.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
One of the wizards did until Straight talk pushed a security update that makes it impossible.

I DO NOT PROVIDE HELP IN PM, KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdub1984084:
You definitely are onto something and I am highly suspicious about the fact that there seems to be some screwery going on from Straight Talk to mass produce something and use what I'm guessing is some loophole to do it because I checked mine with an app called Phone Info+ and it came back as unverified and rebuilt. While the rebuilding might not have happened there is something not adding up about the FCC ID being the same number as the Verizon variant, I don't see why this phone wouldn't work with the info for that variant, they are technically the same phone if everything is the same right? I will try mine. I don't care if I brick the stupid thing. First I want to do a little more research on this topic and see what I can come up with, if u happen to stumble across any I would be really grateful if u contacted me either here or my email if u wouldn't mind. I want to check if there's something illegal going on or maybe there's some kind of retribution I can get from Samsung because my phone does register as having a warranty with Samsung so I'm thinking if they have sold me a phone that doesn't live up to the rest of the variants and has limited options then I want one that does as promised. Mine over heats if the screen is on more than 10 minutes and that's just ridiculous, and I'm not an expert but I'm no noob I guess and I know how to keep the phone in minimal power and memory sucking state and really the whole reason I got it was for the doggone memory! Lol. Anyways, I'm glad somebody aside from me addressed this because I have read so many threads and articles on this phone and never seen anyone else mentioned it so I been afraid to say it out loud thinking folks would assume I'm some idiot or tin foil wearing looney toon! lol

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I was mistaken about the FCC ID it's not 900f it's the G900V
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdub1984084:
I have been racking my brain and searching and the best I come up with is that I got to digging around and even spoke with Samsung, after I got suspicious about my model being the only one not listed for Samsung support and got suspicious of the avoidance on the topic when I asked detailed questions, but in a nutshell this phone is EXACTLY like the Verizon SG00V. Straight talk and TracFone have a contract with Samsung that Samsung just completely disowns support of the device and REFUSE to tell you why and what lex to this contract if you ask, they just repeat over and over that there is a contract and I'm guessing somewhere in it Straight Talk is not to be bad mouthed lol. I begged pretty much and laid the Southern Sugar on thick and I will share screen shots of the conversation with any of you who ask if you want to gauge the tone of that conversation and see if you feel like there's nefarious reasoning to the events that led to said contract
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjf189:
Any luck rooting this thing on marshmallow yet? Anyone try king root to see if it updated and supports this yet?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
Root for marshmallow was already found, but there have been two marshmallow updates since then that make rooting impossible. I don't low the build numbers but the last two updates gave a locked bootloader that can't be downgraded to an older version, it only works on the versions of marshmallow before these two updates, devices that have taken those updates, can't downgrade the bootloader and can't be rooted.

DO NOT CONTACT ME VIA PM TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU WILL BE IGNORED. KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjf189:
Now is this actual root within marshmallow? Or you talking the getting root by downgrading to KitKat and rooting? That's what I've done. I'm the one who simplified it by taking out any converting. Anyways please let me know cause I'm still using the PH3 firmware. Well I'm using the downgraded side of it but yeah. If able to root on marshmallow now within that build before any updates, can you tell me what is used to achieve root within the marshmallow build??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
No, it was the downgrade to the test firmware to gain root, then push the Verizon 4.4 system.img.

There is nothing at all to root 6.0.1 and never will be now that the bootloader is locked down on S903VL like the Verizon devices are locked.

DO NOT CONTACT ME VIA PM TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU WILL BE IGNORED. KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjf189:
Well thanks. Got my hopes up a bit. Should have known better. Oh well. I'll be going to the s7 here soon. Maybe have better luck on that though I'm hearing if you root the s7, you'll have lag issues. Worth a shot. Thanks tho
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lugnut2099:
So my wife messed up one of these the other day after not realizing that the downgrade trick didn't work anymore. As you might guess, we soon found that while there are some stock ROMs floating around for this device, the newest one that is now needed isn't. Or at least not anywhere that you could actually just friggin' download it, anyway. The correct one was available, but - surprise! - it's being hoarded by the usual semi-sketchy, all-sleazy "f**k-you-pay-me" type outlets that the Android community inexplicably seems perfectly okay with putting up with... but I digress...

So anyway, how 'bout f--k them, save your ten bucks?

Here's the latest 4-file ODIN-flashable stock ROM, hosted on my Mega so hopefully this link should remain available for quite some time. Filename is ALL_TFN_S903VLUDU6AQF5_S903VLTFN6AQF5_CL11576849_QB13995900_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.rar. (Don't worry, there's no password on the archive.) RAR size is 1.75gb. Link is here:

https://mega.nz/#!yw9H2DQI!D9dydqVWxEcp27eHnTSNQcFAb0M_CBK2leQbiPTL5eY
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Delgoth:
Did I miss something or did they jump from a v2 bootloader, straight to a v4 bootloader?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eldorado530:
So from what I understand you could root this phone only by downgrading it to KitKat, which would factory reset it, but after some security updates you can't even do that anymore? Im trying to recover some deleted files off of this phone and have been completely fustrated, has anyone been able to recover deleted files from this phone?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidriven:
That is correct, root isn't possible after the update.

As for retreiving deleted data, it isn't a very reliable process on android, but possible, although, some files won't be completely recovered because they get corrupted. If it has been a while since the data was deleted and the space that the data was stored in has been overwritten with other data, you won't be able to retreive the data that was there before it was overwritten.

Have yoy tried EaseUS Data Recovery for Windows? Or Dr. Phone?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WinterWolf1:
Data Recovery tools have improved as of late. If they can be coupled with ADB or through ADB Shell it may be possible to pull them.

Another option that may work is using a forensic software tool kit. I don't have much experience with using them on android devices, but on windows machines I could restore images that most of the free recovery apps couldn't.
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] patilsb:
Hi friends i am new for mi max .how to install twrp and root
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] Maskills24:
Is there anyway of me getting root on this phone? Its not a amazon exclusive device and was full price. Im on the retus software channel and have a baseband of m8952 and a build of mpj24 if that helps. Is my best bet to try to contact motorola customer support to get the bootloader unlocked?
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] hotdog18882:
What's the problem? your phone is unlockable. Follow normal procedure to unlock bootloader.
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] Rempala:
xt1625 is the US moto G4, try going to the moto bootunlocking site -https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a

Should give you a unlock code just fine.
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] Maskills24:
Im giong to close the thread, seems i had got my info mixed up, i had thought 1625 was only for amazon versions of the phone which cant be unlocked. But thats not the case and i have the unlock code already. Sorry for the wasted thread.
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] tsoheq:
Actually, I had the same confusion. My Moto G4 is US retail version, and it also said XT1625, and it does not come with Amazon ads. But when I searched online, a lot of the information on the XT1625 version was the Amazon version (oh, and there is also the India XT1625 version). I had no problem unlocking the bootloader at Motorola's website, and given that the Amazon ones were not unlockable, I knew there must be some difference.

This is really confusing indeed.
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] toxinburn:
Agreed I had same worries but also unlocked just fine, ofc I knew I was good when their werent any lame ads on the lockscreen lol.
[LG Watch Urbane] ranchu-panchu:
Hello,

Is there anywhere where I can find complete binaries for a root device ?

I have seen here and there partly images (boot.img, recovery.img and system.img), but on trying to flash these images the watch does not boot.

Currently it boots with Google's factory images for LG Urbane:

https://developer.android.com/wear/preview/downloads.html

Whatever I did to try and root it failed.

I am not sure why I have troubles trying to root this device (LG W200 , starting with the above factory images).

I see there were others who did it, but with their binaries nothing works on my watch.

http://xdaforums.com/watch-urbane/development/everything-urbane-root-how-tos-files-t3243975

Any suggestion will be appreciated.

Regards,

Ranchu
[LG Watch Urbane] Oliver3321:
have you worked this out now？
[LG Watch Urbane] ranchu-panchu:
No, After *many* trials, I left it unrooted.

WHat about you ? Did you find anything ?
[LG Watch Urbane] Oliver3321:
no..no rec available and I can't root it from PC.:(
[LG Watch Urbane] endrancer:
i found myself getting an easy and successful root with these images:

https://xdaforums.com/watch-urbane/orig-development/rom-ext4all-skin1980-t3341598

even though they are like a minor update behind, the performance was better than stock + being able to disable stuff was good. just went back to stock awaiting aw 2.0 update and i am not too happy about the stock performance :/
[LG Watch Urbane] ranchu-panchu:
Thanks,

but I think it's ROM for LG G, - not for LG Urbane.

So I'm not sure it will work with LG Urbane, Right ?
[LG Watch Urbane] endrancer:
It's for urbane and I have been using this on mine
[LG Watch Urbane] ranchu-panchu:
Many thanks for sharing that.

This ROM is already rooted ,Right ?

I'll try it.
[LG Watch Urbane] 809274473lc:
Hi,did you solve it?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tugay12:
Hi, I want to share my first boot animation for i9300. Inspired by Nougat's "N" logo. Just flash it and enjoy.

Note: TWRP recommended!

Link Updated!

Download Flashable Zip Here:

Download Here

Preview:

Version 2 Added!

Download V2 Here

Version 2 Preview:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tugay12:
Version 2 added
[Sable] Mike1002:
Hi, i was wondering if there would be an easy way to create a program that would set my volume to "off".

Id like to set it to the button that my camera normally occupies, as i dont really use it that much, and would like to have the option to mute my devide without taking it out of my pocket.

Am i missing something here, or will something need to be created (or already has been for that matter) for me to be able to do this?

Cheers, Mike.
[Sable] BoyBawang2:
Me too! I want a one click mute button. can anybody provide the shortcut or parameters?

thanks.
[Sable] thebranded:
so when you press the mute button on the top of the device is disables the audio and vibrate function instaed of only the audio?

What device do you have?
[Nexus 5 General] bruliniko:
Finally!!

https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=hammerheadcaf
[Nexus 5 General] Rezei:
CAF before normal?
[Nexus 5 General] bruliniko:
Yeah, weird but true.
[Nexus 5 General] unpaiktable:
Wow - anyone tried it?
[Nexus 5 General] aciupapa:
i will try it in 20 mins. So excited ^^
[Nexus 5 General] queimadus:
Installed it normally and everything went fine. Everything was working.

Tried installing it and configuring it to recover google backup settings and apps but couldn't get it to work when removing `CMSetupWizard` from the gapps (pico).
[Nexus 5 General] enochsalum:
debug

I am testing this in three Nexus' that I own.
[Nexus 5 General] badmashchamp:
Preety stable rom...but after 1 day use it start lagging. If someone want to tried 7.1 CAF Rom recommend DarkRom by Dark_Eyes. With recommended Bank Gapps . BTW waiting for Non-Caf CM 14.1
[Nexus 5 General] Alexandroid99:
When you're so busy building it yourself from source that you don't notice it goes official...
[Nexus 5 General] bruliniko:
Thank you for your feedback. Btw, try Fake Nexus for the almost full Pixel experience... in my opinion the best custom nougat rom :D
[Nexus 5 General] hammer-joe:
Same behavior for me, installed yesterday in the afternoon and I noticed some lag this morning. Then I rebooted and everything worked fine again. Charging seems to be slower then stock MM, is it possible?

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 CAF utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] faithless89:
Tested for a couples of days, everything seems fine. Power wise good idle time, but feels like discharging faster than MM with screen on (could not be related to the Rom itself though). Charging time seems faster than usual. BTW since I don't have used cm for some time I ought to ask: what happened to themes? Couldn't find anything related...
[Nexus 5 General] Therev86:
They mention this here: https://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/cm14-is-landing
[Nexus 5 General] Singhurn:
Weißt du ob man von der offiziellen Lollipop von Google auf das Updaten kann, ohne dass Gerät zu wipen? LG
[Nexus 5 General] bruliniko:
If you could write in English, that'd be great :good: Maybe I'll be able to help you then.
[Nexus 5 General] Bobo Willis:
Try to set Low Memory Killer as "aggressive" or "very aggressive" in kernel settings (using Kernel Adiutor or similar apps). It keeps enough free RAM in background to mantain the phone fast! :)
[Nexus 5 General] hammer-joe:
Good tip I'm going to set it just now. About charging issue I noticed I strangely have slow charge and fast drain when I use a 2A 5V charger, but it works all regularly when I charge using an 1.8A 5V one. Maybe it colud a battery issue but I'm reporting because I noticed it since I flashed thread rom

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 CAF utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] santi1993:
and the devs still refusing to support.

gfy closed minds

CM14.1 + PIE 3.0 + OmniRecents
[Nexus 5 General] badmashchamp:
These features would be added in the Future. CM 14 is in very early stage , even it doesn't support Themes. I think Unofficial Builds are doing well in developing CM 14.1. I mean Just give a look at CrDroid Rom. It contain many customization features than any other CM 14.1 Build. All I have to say is keep faith in Great Developers which we have.

Thanx...?
[Nexus 5 General] bruliniko:
https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=hammerhead

You're welcome :D
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4kudoshi:
OK, so for months now I have done everything from buying a new cable, battery, fully erasing both internal and external (I have a card reader I can put my micro SD card in), reformatted everything, tried using other computers to connect the phone, and the list goes on.

I never thought about this until lately, but is it possible to put a tar ROM file on my micro SD card and install it by adb sideload it in recovery? My phone has just been having too many glitches and I'm sick of it.

Thanks!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaron74:
How about chainfires Flashfire app?

http://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433

I've never used it myself, but maybe you can look into it.