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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Legitsu:
if you check the unfied/general s5 section there are several ASOP/LOS roms for the KLTEVZW

currently I am running cosmic rom with the boeffla kernel but there is Resurrection remix,LOS nightly AICP12.1 a a few others with dedicated KLTEVZW builds

again CID15 only the best you are gonna get on CID11 is a deodexed stock marshmallow rom with no root, no custom kernels no custom recovery no NOTHING

should just start telling people with CID11's just not to bother because there is no point
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] comcam100:
I used the COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_257265 6_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 on it and it starts into that but after that the entire process isn't working for me.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Legitsu:
make sure you are using the stuff from THIS https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120711169 zip

which is specifically for locked bootloaders

install towel root

root and install supersu

reboot

install busybox and safestrap

reboot again

you should then see the safestrap splash on boot

flash rom linked in the 11 section
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] comcam100:
link the rom i should flash for my phone so i get the right one please :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
What does it do? It screws up is a pretty broad statement. Can you get into safestrap? If so then what zip are you trying to install?

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My playstore rom is about as close to aosp as you'll get. I have one specifically for safestrap
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
I'm gonna use a modded Nexus or CM SystemUI to complete the experience ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
What are you wanting to run Lollipop or MM?

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If you can get aosp system ui working on MM please share. On lollipop it caused nothing but problems. I have up on it and just themed the system ui
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Legitsu:
the only way you ever ever gonna get anything close to real ASOP on CID11 devices is to build it from the ground up

thats means a **** ton of reverse engineering and porting code from TW into ASOP so it will boot under the stock kernel

you are talking a massive amount of work because you would need to rewrite a fair ammount of the rom source to make it play nice with the abomination that is the touchwizz kernel

but its do-able

but again there is no point there is never going to be any permanent root on MM+ devices with verity enabled it exists solely to prevent root access and google has done there job this time its as bullet proof as you are gonna get

period end of discussion, thus you might just as well run stock because there is no point and doing any of this without root themes or not its still gonna be touchwizz underneth and thus junk
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
I used the SystemUI from FreedomROM (for now), and I'm gonna start work on porting it myself this weekend.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Here are 3 different MarshMallow roms that can be flashed on eMMC Toshiba Cid 11 Using safestrap. The first is an S7 port with lots of customizations available. The second is a heavily debloated Pixel style rom. With almost all samsung apps replaced with google apps. The third is a stock slightly debloat rom with hotspot fix and debloat script and add blocking script that can both be flashed in safestrap if you choose. As for lollipop roms you can run any TW 5.0 rom in the verizon s5 android development thread as long as they dont have an aroma installer. And if you want to flash aroma installers the you will need to use flashfire.

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/s7-port-phoenix-rom-v15-0-6-0-1-t3555880

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/vzwplaystore-rom-t3553926

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/vzwstock-tw-rom-t3551401
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
We can't get out of the hands of TouchWiz, but we may as well make it look good ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Thats for lollipop. It fc alot and will cause the phone to lock up once in awhile and not be able to unlock phone and for some it would just fc constantly. If you can work out some of those bugs that would be great

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Your statement is only partly true you cant have custom kernels or recovery but you can run more than stock deodexed rom. I have an S7 ported Phoenix Marshmallow rom that works on CID 11 with locked bootloader. I have an asop pixel style rom that works on locked bootloaders.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] afaneh92:
At boot stage systemless root use e2fsck to make su.img

I take the advantage to run the hijack script wich are e2fsck.

Also the rootfs will be mounted rw at this stage.

With system root the rootfs mounted ro!

I got way to run safestrap on (system root on s4 5.0) but it lead me to lost my internal storage twice and unstabe at the moment.

Tryed on s5 6.0.1 and ended to flash rom and wipe data.

Thanks my friend.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
What if we use an init script to mount the rootfs rw and create/mount the SU.img? Wouldn't that get rid of the need to patch the kernel?

Sorry if I may not be fully understanding this.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Legitsu:
you can't do anything to ANY of the partitions without modifying the boot loader (disable dm-verity)

and you can't do that without a unlocked boot-loader

we already have root for devices with unlocked bootloaders. rooting 5.x is easy MM is probably never going to happen, you might be-able to rig a rootfs overlay on boot using safestrap

but still no writing to /system or /cache

dm--verity checks the file system at the block level cryptographicly each partition down to the block is checked and it makes sure its exactly as it expects a paired key and hash stored in the boot.img is used to verify that nothing has changed

to modify a partition you either need to A: re-hash the checksum and store them in the boot.img/intramfs or B: turn verity off easily done on a unlocked bootloader no so much on ones you can't
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
Ugh, placing the blame on at&t and Verizon at this point. Why can't they unlock our BLs and keep their fat noses out of our business.

I'm guessing a simple System root won't work due to BL/Kernel restrictions on MM, so we're still stuck with root only on 5.0

What about the /data partition? I doubt it but is there anything of use there?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Legitsu:
we already have a solution for that its called magisk or system less root

a way to inject a initial suimage into the intramfs

you might be-able to make a root-overlay using safestrap but it would likely be slow any any changes you made would be wiped at every reboot or you would need to re-load anything you install to the overlay and perform a chroot this is sorta what magisk does

in short you aren't getting root on ANYTHING marshmallow without a unlocked bootloader

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what needs to happen and this is stuff nobdy wants to touch because its out of a lot of peoples wheel house is get kexec running on 5.0

then you can just boot anouther kernel and rom and you are home free

you can implement kexec using some custom kernel modules to patch the tw kernel and perform a ksplice after that you can do a inplace reboot and boot the new kernel with whatever rom you want
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
I'd love to see kexec on this phone (it's been on my to do list for weeks) but I don't have the level of programming experience to even fathom building it. If someone else builds kexec for 4.4 or 5.0 I will gladly test it on my 900A (should work the same as the V).

And I'm pretty sure most of the patching needed for kexec can be done from Safestrap, so we don't have much in our way really.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Legitsu:
building it is easy getting it to boot ... thats anouther story usually what happens is it dies in 'limbo' and ceses to provide any debugging output
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
Well how'd they get it to work with BootMenuManager on the Atrix 2?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
sorry to frustrate you about this. I know its a lot of work that doesn't need to be done but I want to completely wipe the phone back to new and start over. I did it again and twrp remains when trying to boot into safestrap. I cannot figure out why this is happening. I wish I could take a screen shot in twrp to show you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
I'm just wondering...

Is your eMMC a CID11 or CID15?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
it's 15. I've had this rooted and unlocked with this exact process before. I'm just having the issue of when going into recovery after installing safestrap it goes into twrp. I flashed one of the firmwares that you sent me a link for. same outcome.

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it's 15. I've had this rooted and unlocked with this exact process before. I'm just having the issue of when going into recovery after installing safestrap it goes into twrp. I flashed one of the firmwares that you sent me a link for. same outcome. when booting it brings up a black screen with a person and says safestrap disabled along with the word recovery on bottom left and continue on bottom right.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] swiftbones74:
There is no need to start over. Just flash a new ROM. You can only get rid of twrp by locking your bootloader witch you do by flashing a a non devaboot ROM. Nothing will be achieved by doing what you are talking about doing. Do a full wipe flash new ROM and go! That's it, trust me. Check out some aosp /lineage based ROMs. You can flash anything for klte that is from the last 12/16 month as our phone the kltevzw was unified over a year ago.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
I just wanted to be sure... :thumbup:

[MENTION=8135223]swiftbones74[/MENTION] was correct with keeping TWRP in and helping to get you straight with one of the Custom Firmwares available for your device but, I've got a feeling that this may be too late since you had referenced SafeStrap.

So now we come to the question of where exactly your at...

Correct me if I'm wrong but, I've got a feeling that you had already flashed the Stock Firmware via Odin (all over again) and your stuck somewhere between Steps 11-13 on the OP.

I understand your frustration and please calm down. We all just want to be on the same page as you and be sure that we are all understanding each other to help prevent any misunderstandings.

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
I know it's over the top but I want to remove twrp and lock my bootloader. could you point me in the right direction to find a non devaboot rom. is it just flashed through odin?. I do appreciate you help and time I guess I'm a little ocd and want to completely start from scratch. thank's again for your help.

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yes sir, I'm on step 12 and when I go to boot into safestrap it boot's into twrp. at the top of the screen where it tells you the twrp version it has safestrap version right next to it. twrp also wont let me flash anything when I try. hopefully this kinda gives you a better picture. thank's
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] swiftbones74:
OK I can help but will be [MENTION=408485]work[/MENTION] for the next ten hrs or so. [MENTION=8240249]Ibuprofen[/MENTION] might be a better candidate to help you with this one if available and is both helpful and knowledgeable. Good luck and just post here tonight if you still need help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
If you see what looks like TWRP Recovery, and it states SafeStrap, then your in SafeStrap.

SafeStrap is made to look like TWRP but, isn't TWRP...

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
ok, thank's
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
this is what I was talking about. ive never seen twrp with safestrap on the same screen
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
this is what I see
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
I have seen it...

It's SafeStrap that's TWRP UI based. Meaning to look like and operate in the same format as TWRP.

You could say that it's SafeStrap that's TWRP themed.

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
if you could help me with the devaboot to remove twrp that would be great. thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bbsc:
Just flash this factory firmware and your phone will be like new:

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850486654
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
flashed it like instructed and it shows its locked but twrp is still there. twrp wont let me even restore images or flash new roms. I'm officially lost.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bbsc:
TWRP is still there after flashing THIS?

Impossible.

How do you know?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
IDK, I do appreciate your help but I'm officially done. I want to thank everyone for their help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] swiftbones74:
That photo is DL/mode not twrp. I don't understand what your confused about? You have a stock g900v now. No flashing anything for you (odin sock roms only) unless you unlock your bootloader. You had this done already but for some cockamamie reason wanted to start over?? Now your done ? I am the one who is confused........

We are here for you if you want to clear up any confusion. I will give you some unsolicited advice. This process is confusing till you really understand what is happening with your device @ each step. I found it overwhelming until I printed the steps on paper and studied them.. After a few days I started checking steps off one @ a time. It still took me one failed attempt and a few shutouts on this and other threads before I was really understanding. This isn't for everyone but I have grown to love it ,for a lot of different reasons. For me our ,mostly helpful, community is a big part the attraction. If you are done that's fine, and understandable, if not. One step [MENTION=228023]a[/MENTION] time. If you don't understand a step ask for help. Honestly it is beyond simple once it clicks.

Anyway, I digress. Good luck
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bbsc:
Remove the battery, insert it back and power on the phone.

The first boot will take about 15 min so be patient.

It should boot into stock Samsung Setup Wizard.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
I'm having the same issue. Once I boot into safestrap recovery it goes straight to twrp and it won't allow me to flash anything. On the twrp recovery screen it also says safestrap. Any thoughts. I have been working with a couple other members trying to figure this out.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
I understand that what looks simple to me may not be viewed the same to others.

I'll try to see if I can help explain it a bit differently in hopes of helping with some clarification issues. I'll also add what I did at one point in the process as well.

I'll just be covering steps 13 & 14 in a combined way.

Remember that In the earlier steps,, it states that you have to download some files that includes the following file...

"EMMC_15_SafeStrap_QB2_6_0_1_MM_Bootloader_Unlock_AIO.zip"

You should have placed it in a location that you can easily locate like the MicroSD.

So in Step 13, you should be booted in the SafeStrap Recovery and then you need to choose install and then navigate to the location where the "EMMC_15_SafeStrap_QB2_6_0_1_MM_Bootloader_Unlock_AIO.zip" is located and select it to install that specific zip file.

During the install process, your device will power itself off.

When the device is off, boot the device back into recovery using the standard combination of the Home button + Volume Up + Power button and then release them once you see the first TWRP Splash Screen.

This TWRP Recovery is an older version and I just felt that I should update it to the most recent one before I proceeded to the next step.

I had decided this because of possible compatibility issues with some of the the Custom Firmware like LineageOS and such.

I figured that since I was in TWRP, I just used it to first enter Download Mode. I then connected the device to my PC and then used Odin to flash the most recent release of TWRP (I had unchecked the auto reboot option in Odin).

Once done, I shut off my device and then booted the device back into recovery (using the same key combination as above) and I now had the latest version of TWRP.

I then proceeded to Step 15...

I hope that I had explained this okay via text... :)

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
that's where I have the issues. once I go to reboot into safestrap to install the file it goes straight into TWRP. everything goes well up to this. I install super su, busybox then ss. then it boots into TWRP when it should be SS. that's where I stand. i'll keep on searching, thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
Well I wanted to thank you. I updated twrp, rebooted back to recovery to see the update along with the zips which it let me install. That whole twrp thing really frustrated me. Now unlocked with root again. Thanks much.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
Your very welcome! :)

Sometimes it just takes a different way to explain the same thing for that "A-HA!" moment.

I didn't change the instructions at all... I only rephrased it differently and I'm happy that it helped you and hopefully others as well.

Happy Droiding! :eek:

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ZexGX:
Wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction... I have a stock Verizon SM-G900V on PB1 with a CID of 11 and want to get Oreo on it and still use it on the Verizon network. Did some more reading and saw it's essentially not possible with a CID 11 phone (correct me if I'm wrong and it is possible). If I can't get Oreo, what's the newest version of Android that I can run and what custom ROMs can I run if any?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] swiftbones74:
Oreo is not @ the moment possible on cid11. Most likely never will be. The best you can do with that phone is root and install a handful of specific tochwiz based ROMs and you can't get above marshmallow.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dashgyn:
Greetings. Did not unlock the bootloader on s5 g900v?

I have cid11
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] swiftbones74:
No not on CID11 only CID15 has bootloader unlock.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
Just to add to what [MENTION=8135223]swiftbones74[/MENTION] had correctly clarified...

If you read the OP, it clearly states that CID15 is the Unlockable Bootloader and also provides instructions for rooting, SafeStrap, etc...

The only Firmware option for CID11 devices are TW Based ROM's.

The TW (TouchWiz) Based ROM's are a form of Customized Stock Firmware and there's some really decent ones to choose from.

For example... My Galaxy S4 has a Locked Bootloader, SafeStrap and a very nice GS4 TW based ROM installed called "Stang5litre".

Good Luck!

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dashgyn:
Thanks for answers. It's sad that can not unlock the bootloader
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] toyotajon93:
Hey, getting as far as the TowelRoot install and its saying please make sure you are connected to the internet, cant figure out why its saying that should I root another way? Suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] yota92:
I get as far as running TowelRoot (8. Now Install tr_v2.apk open and CLICK MAKE IT RAIN ) in the 15 bootloader instructions, but when I click the button in TowelRoot, TowelRoot hangs and does nothing.

I have the 15 Bootloader and I previously had Lollipop OK3 with unlocked bootloader and root. I improperly flashed a MM rom and messed that up, so now I have reverted to Stock MM QB2. I tried flashing stock QB2 (MM) and stock PB1 (Lollipop) as starting points with the same result. TowelRoot hangs. I even tried re-downloading the files listed in the OP and got the same result. Am I missing something?

Edit: Got it working. You must have Internet connected for TowelRoot to work, otherwise it just hangs with no error message.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reidless:
APKs

I am stuck on installing busybox. When I open the app and hit the install button, it freezes.

And from what I understand, SafeStrap is like TWRP? I am familiar with flashing roms with TWRP and ClockworkMod but I am lost in this. I just wanted to unlock the bootloader, install TWRP, and magisk, but following the OP I am stuck with a different OS on android 4.4.2 when the stock was on 6.0.1. I'm not sure why a previous version of android had to be loaded on.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
This behavior is typical when BusyBox is unable to obtain root permissions in one form or another.

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SafeStrap is completely different from TWRP.

I've seen this confusion before that primarily stems from the identical user interface SafeStrap uses from the TWRP.

TWRP is a devices actual Recovery Program.

SafeStrap is a form of a "Middle Manager" that boots up Before the Android Firmware and After the devices Stock Recovery Program.

The User Interface (aka UI) of SafeStrap was only made to look like TWRP because of its familiar UI but, cannot install certain things like a Custom Firmware and such.

SafeStrap can backup, flash and other functions that requires Root but, doesn't require an Unlocked Bootloader. If someone was to flash a TW based Firmware, SafeStrap can do this because the TW Firmware is like a Modified Stock Firmware that the device with a Locked Bootloader will permit thinking that it's the real deal.

There's more to it than this but, i can't remember where I had seen SafeStrap explained in a much more detailed way.

I hope that I had clarified this okay via text...

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Figlet:
After entering SafeStrap Recovery and flashing the initial Bootloader Unlock package, I lose external SD access. I'm sure I probably just needed to mess with fstab or something, NBD, but on SM-G900V, using the internal storage instructions were flawless. Well done!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dashgyn:
understandably
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] JaceStratton:
I followed the instructions for CID 15 and was able to root no problem. However, I'm unable to pass the SafetyNet check in Magisk Manager. I removed all super user apps and left only Magisk but still no luck. Anyone know how to fix this? I'm pretty new to rooting so sorry if this is an easily fixed problem.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
This may be something that should be asked on the following Magisk thread but, if you have XPosed installed then there's the culprit because SafetyNet will fail with XPosed.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3432382

Good Luck!

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