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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ArinAbdul:
i checked the busybox it's saying that its installed

but safe strap still wont install

Pls help

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it works fine now

the busybox in the zip didnt worked first

so i installed busybox from the other modern one

& it wasnt working but now after i installed the old busybox it worked this time & safe strap installed correctly Thx
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fmata:
galaxy s5 now in reactivation lock... help?

once i flashed the rom with safestrap, my phone wouldn't boot past safestrap. help please?

edit: i can go back to the rom that you flash with odin, i have a feeling you can flash a stock rom on it though

edit 2: phone is now vibrating at samsung logo. there are 2 short vibrations and a longer one after those two
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] drewcu:
Thanks. I ended up installing the Magisk version, but I see things like Knox, VZ Navigator, Amazon, IMDB, and other crapware weren't removed as you usually do. Froze them via Titanium Backup, but would be awesome if you get time to remove them in the non-Magisk version. Think you did apply the hotspot fix though, right, since that seemed to work for me in this version.

Thank you!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kbcore:
Well I'm grateful you did

I am super pleased you put those instructions in though, because it is just excellent having TWRP on this phone along with the flexibility of a larger ROM universe.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cv67:
Thanks

Have to say a huge thanks for this post and these instructions.

I've been struggling with my VZ Galaxy S5 even more recently as its been getting slower and slower even with a relatively recent factory reset. I'm also in the UK with a phone originally purchased in the US.

I applied this update following the instructions above and this phone is faster than it was new and battery life has increased probably 3-5x if not more. One additional benefit, I actually get 4G data speeds in the UK with an EE SIM whereas I was previously limited to 3G on the previous firmware.

Thanks again. The only question I would have is does anyone have a build without or instructions on removing the verizon bloatware that is still in this build..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dragosteel:
I have a sm-g900v running 6.0.1. It has the security patch from February 2017. Will this method work for this phone (11 method) as it is on MM or do I need to restore to factory via Odin before beginning?

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
I have debloat scripts you can flash https://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4032124&d=1486442393
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cremator1a:
respect

hi guys! first off i want to say thank you to [MENTION=7597286]AptLogic[/MENTION] for making this thread and [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] for giving us the updated root method. I dont know if it was easy for you guys to look for ways to be able to root devices or it gave you a good challenge but either way thank you for putting in time for this. We really appreciate it!

Im very new to this community. im still trying to understand the terminology used. I started reading last week since I have a verizon samsung galaxy s5 phone 4.4.4 kitkat given to me from a relative from the US. (im from the Philippines). Anyway, with enough reading i was able to root my phone and updated it to 5.0 lollipop OA8. (felt like i was one of you guys lol) now i want to upgrade to marshmallow and this is why i came across this thread. I read a couple but I was not sure of the steps because I could not really understand some of the steps that they are doing. When i came saw this thread i thought maybe i can do this. so I have a question and maybe its a stupid one and forgive me but i just want to be sure with what i am doing because i dont want to brick (yes i did learn some android community terms :)) lol

To be able to do [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] method, should i change my firmware from OA8 to PB1 or can i just proceed with OA8? There will be more questions as I go along... I hope you guys can answer them, I really appreciate it very much!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Just follow direction it doesnt matter what firmware your on
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cremator1a:
thank you [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]! still downloading the stock magisk root zip. ill inform you when im done.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cremator1a:
Thank you!

I followed all the of the instructions and i think i was successful since i have the 6.0.1 marshmallow QB2. I did ran into somethings that I would like to report.

1. when i installed busybox it got stuck in the removing old files or something like that. i left it alone until there was an alert to stop the app since it was not responding which i stopped and still proceeded to open safestrap to but safestrap installed recovery so i think it the busybox installed.

2. when i was done with the last step and rebooted, it says recovery is not seandroid enforcing. once again, i just left it alone, it rebooted again by itself and still the same message about not seandroid enforcing but after a couple of minutes, it went to the verizon screen. I waited for a couple of minutes and it displayed the splash screen and can use my phone now. I verified if i had root with root checker and it is verified. I tried to reboot just to see if the message would still be there or not but it still says recovery is not seandroid enforcing everytime i reboot but it loads much quicker now.

Question:

1. is the "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" message normal for this method upon rebooting?

2. because of the problem with my busybox would it have a problem with the unlocking of the bootloader?

3. how can i check if my bootloader is unlocked if i want to try a different rom?

4. is there any chance i can use mobile data here in the Philippines?

Once again, thank you very much [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]! :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
The message is normal and if you have twrp recovery installed instead of stock recovery you have an unlocked bootloader or during download mode in that little writing at top it will say status developer
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fmata:
Sorry if I am asking you in an incorrect way, I have no experience on this site. When I go to Safestrap to flash the marshmallow rom, reactivation lock says something about custom binaries when I do power + home + vol up. If I leave it alone, it sits at the Samsung logo and just vibrates. I have restored my phone by flashing PB1 stock rom and bypassing reactivation lock. (got my phone ruined by trying to follow a method that requires you to delete Samsung account to deactivate reactivation lock) Do you know any methods to get rid of reactivation lock on PB1 so I can root my phone? Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Flash stock firmware and log into Samsung and turn it off
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
PSA:

For the time being, I'm leaving all the support stuff to the community and [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]. This is so I can focus on things like rooting other devices and my ROM development.

If changes to the OP need to be made or you want to suggest a device for me to look into for root, please feel free to PM me, I will always take the time to read and answer them (unless they're spam :p).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cremator1a:
Ok thank you once again [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
Hey, I just want to say a big thanks to jrkruse. I've been lurking your forums putting safestrap and all on my s5 (I have 2 actually.) I have always been mad at Verizon locking down this phone... but you have saved me!

I followed the instructions (I have the 15 chip) and I got TWRP with unlocked bootloader. Currently I am running Lineage 14.1 (Android 7.1.1) rooted and it works great with Verizon sim card and all. I also plan to have a CM13 with Kali Net Hunter :) This phone is awesome now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rowanbd:
done all the steps but at the end when i flashed it says safestrap is disabled
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
I've had similar issues in the past... which version of SS are you using? Check jrkruse other thread here it helped me a lot before: https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370

Also make sure busybox was properly installed and you can try uninstalling and reinstalling SS.

Really check this thread on SS lots of good info: https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/safestrap-5-0-lollipop-t3313800

Also try boot recovery clear cache, remove battery wait and reboot. The LP recovery center app in the above thread helped me a lot.

If you have root (I'm assuming lol) use Flashify to make backups up recovery partition so if it messes up you just Odin the small 10MB recovery file and not the whole factory tar image.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fmata:
Sorry that I couldn't summarize this better, but as I said in the previous post, I don't have my Samsung account. (back when I still had my original account I still couldn't turn it off) I have disable a large part of the bloatware on my phone using Package Disabler (don't remember the full name). If I just uncheck the reactivation lock box, it doesn't even pop up anything, it just checks itself back. I have re-enabled everything except setup wizard (I haven't actually fully activated my phone because of my missing samsung account) but still, no luck.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mattnin:
Where are the aboot free stock images? I only found aboot free rooted images.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
jrkruse has got the stock tars minus bootloaders posted here:

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370

Second post.

I'm pretty sure you can download the stock tarball and remove aboot.mbn and boot.img. But don't listen to me if you don't want a brick lol. Not to mention that would screw up the MD5 hash... I think you can edit that before repackaging it though. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can correct me if I'm wrong here.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cremator1a:
Ho. I know yhis is off topic but how can i upgrade to 7.0 and retain root and unlocked bootloader? I want to try lineageos 14.1. :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mattnin:
Ok, I think that's what I'm going to do. I need to figure out how to deodex the ROM and make it flashable in TWRP. Do you know how to do that?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
jrkruse has BPB1 Deodex and debloated here: https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/vzwstock-based-tw-rom-3-4-16-t3329029

Don't forget to edit the options.prop before you flash it... otherwise you'll have to flash it again.

Here's another good thread about deodexing the ROM: https://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-deodex-lollipop-rom-t3065596

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If you have the 15 chip and already did the unlock and flashed TWRP like OP explains then you can download a Lineage 14.1 nightly... I used the app "Lineage Downloader" on the play store. Save it to your SD card and flash with TWRP. You'll want Open Gapps (Flash that zip with the Lineage ROM.) Gapps gives you google play store.... I used the pico version that contains basically just the play store.

To get root in Lineage ooen up developer options and enable root for apps. Then install a root control app of your choice (I am using Magisk since it's open source.) I couldn't get SuperSu's binary to update either so that's part of why I use Magisk.

Before you do any of that you should do a full backup of your current ROM in TWRP and save to external storage.

If you have the 11 chip you should be able to do all of this from Safestrap, but it'll make it harder to switch back and forth as you will lose Safestrap when you flash Lineage. You'll have to use Flashify or FlashFire from inside Lineage to reflash your original ROM that you backed up. Worst case you'll have to Odin the factory tar (BPB1 is best) and start over.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cremator1a:
Thank you for the reply. This ia compatible wirh the verizon s5 since they say that the verizon variation is tricky. Can i do this from 6.0.1 marahmallow? Im not sure if i have twrp or safestrap right now but i followed jrkruse method and i think i installed the safestrapkk.apk file. Also after flashing, will i need to wipe since its always part of theae kinds of process? Im still a noob so please bear with me. Ty
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
Re-read over the first and second posts, it explains a lot but it's also a lot of info to take in at once.

Use the eMMC app and see if you have the 15 chip or not. If you have the 15 you can follow OP's and jrkruse's instructions to unlock bootloader and install TWRP (much preferred to having locked bootloader and Safestrap... I love SS, but you want full TWRP.)

If you have the 11 chip then you have to stick with safestrap.

To answer your questions, yes it'll work from marshmallow of you're already rooted/SS'd. But don't take the MM update if you're still on LP as I'm not sure you can downgrade back. Yes to flash a whole ROM you should wipe everything (but SD card.) Wipe cache/dalvik, system, data, etc.

If you have the 11 chip don't flash any ROMs yet. I have a second S5 with the 11 chip... just give me a day or 2 and I'll tell you if it works or not. It very well could brick it (granted you should be able to Odin/Heimdall back the factory tarball.)

I'm pretty new to this too, but I have experience using Linux based systems with networking and ethical hacking. I'm moving mobile now though cause it's a pain to carry a laptop everywhere lol.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cremator1a:
I have the 15. Already done jrkruse method 3 days ago so i guess im rooted, unlocked and on custom recovery which is safestrap since its the apk used in jrkruse method. The safestap icon is not on ky app drawer though as well as TWRP however i can go to recovery mode and it says team win. If i need TWRP how can I delete safestrap? Is there a process to install TWRP like flashing or i just download it and install esp for verizon phones. Im sorry im not really tech savy, this just interest me and im still learning.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
Safestrap is a modified version of TWRP... the biggie with chip 15 is unlocking the bootloader. Since you have 15 just follow step 13 on down in OP's post.

"13. Once in SafeStrap Recovery choose install and select:

EMMC_15_SafeStrap_QB2_6_0_1_MM_Bootloader_Unlock_A IO.zip"

^ Flashing that zip will unlock your bootloader and install TWRP. Then in TWRP you can flash as many ROMs/zips as you want and make as many backups as you want so you can return to your previous ROM.

Once your unlocked and in TWRP you can flash a Lineage or CM ROM, or a deodexed stock ROM (add magisk zip for root when you flash.) It's okay to mess up when you have unlocked bootloader and TWRP as you can always restore a backup. Just don't flash over TWRP. There are other custom recoveries but I think TWRP is among the best and it's widely used.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cremator1a:
I went ahead and flashed the lineage os 14.1 and magisk as well as gapps. Went smoothly and I can feel my device is faster since there are really little apps installed. Thank you very much for the help!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Jerase:
What i can do if i have the reactivation lock on? When i install the EMMC_15_SafeStrap_QB2_6_0_1_MM_Bootloader_Unlock_A IO.zip and i reboot the phone to TWRP Recovery it says i have the reactivation lock and it crash. Do i have any chance? :eek:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
Flash back to stock with ODIN and disable the reactivation lock ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Jerase:
Is just that i cant get in with my account (im the owner) and im stuck :crying:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
If it's a password issue you can visit Samsung's website on a PC and reset it.

If it's a different issue then you'll have to search around online for an FRP bypass (apparently Samsung's​ FRP is relatively easy to crack, though I haven't had to do it yet)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Jerase:
Its not the password. Is there any other firmware that can work like the combination? In the meanwhile i see what i can do?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
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I'm pretty sure that the frp is controlled at a lower level than just the system firmware so your best bet is to bypass it and turn it off before flashing anything else.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Jerase:
If you or any other guy find something i will appreciate it because i cant find it, youtube doesnt help me and here in the forum i cant find it.

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tenye2003:
Very good guide. is QB2 bootloader still downgradable to pb1 ? Thanks. And if im on EMMC_15_VZW_QB2_STOCK_MAGISK_ROOT rom is there any way to add more languages csc ? or need to flash a international rom.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fmata:
same situation

If you are stuck at the Samsung/Google reactivation lock thing at setup, I know a method to bypass it on Lolipop. PM me if you want. I did it on my S5 but I can't disable reactivation lock from settings
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ∆ndro{wiz}™:
Should I have reactivation lock unchecked to do this even if i can bypass it? Thanks in advance for your help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fmata:
If you are asking about FRP lock, doesn't matter if it's enabled or disabled
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ∆ndro{wiz}™:
I think thats what i mean. The samsung/google reactivation lock. The way that i bypass it just gets around it but it stays on still.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fmata:
Check your messages inbox. I sent you a method to bypass.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mgfusion3:
Help!

So, I was able to install everything, however, when I'm in a call, I see this: http(colon slash slash)prntscr(dot)com/emf3k8

Is there any way I can remove the recording button? Recording calls is illegal in my state and it bugs me that stuff is getting cut off. Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SuperBrolySSJ:
Im on the OK3 lollipop build. Do i have to upgrade to PB1 in order to use this guide? And can i still downgrade after flashing the latest marshmallow zip in this guide?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SuperBrolySSJ:
After installing safestrap recovery i get this:

Now i know i gotta flash the stock rom in odin to make it work again, but how did this even happen?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
First remove your SIM card... then Flash back stock tarball (BPB1 is good) load that up and skip everything, no google, no email, no Samsung skip skip till the end when you get out of setup wizard. Then in settings-security- Find My Mobile that Reactivation Lock is not checked (like in the picture I posted attached.)

Also may sure there is no SIM lock, no encryption, nada. Then install KR (root your phone and install busybox, etc.) Then you should have a clean rooted BPB1 without Samsung lock to do as you please (as per the guides here.)

This may not work as APT said it may be deeper in firmware? If this doesn't work tell me if you have chip 11 or 15 and I will replicate your issue between by two phones and find you a fix.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
Dang man... SS shouldn't cause that... you had busybox installed with SuperSU root?

Use the eMMC checker app to see which chip you have, if you have the 15 chips you will be good either way as you'll be able to unlock the bootloader; but if you have chip 11 you need to be more careful as I'm not sure what you can and cannot return from. Let me know which chip you have and I'll guide you from there.

Keep in mind for Safestrap, you only need to Odin the kernel not the whole ROM. If you start over at BPB1 once you have root and busybox download flashify and use that to backup your original kernel and recovery.img. Download Zarchiever (great app) use that to take stock kernel and stock recovery.img(s) compress them into a tarball and safe those somewhere safe. Thus if you have this issue again, just Odin back the stock kernel/recovery.tar.

You safe a ton of time flashing back a 10MB file rather than 2GB+ of factory tarball... plus no need to re-root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UsualNoise:
I have the same question. Is it safe to follow this guide directly coming from the OK3 build?

Once done and on rooted Marshmallow can you then downgrade to (for example) your deodexed PB1 build?

Thanks for all the great tools!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
I believe BPB1 is the highest (newest LP ROM they put out.) Thus if OK3 is a LP it's a lower build. No reason not to update, but if you have chip 15 you're gold eitherway.

Basically, No. You don't have to change to BPB1 to do this so long as you can get rooted on OK3 (easy enough.) If you make a mistake that requires factory reset then (I would) use BPB1 as jrkruse has got his first instuctions centered on it and all the downloads are om his older posts.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nyttliv7:
Any chance this will work on a Sprint G900PVPU3BOG1 ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
Not sure... root it first then SS and if chip 15 go for it... minus the changes you gotta make to the verizon files.... post your rom file here if you need help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UsualNoise:
OK, thanks for responding. I followed the procedure for 15 devices and everything went smoothly. Now that I'm on rooted MM with TWRP recovery, is it possible to flash any custom ROMs I want? I'm thinking of trying AICP 11 unless anyone knows of a reason not to.

Thanks for the very specific instructions OP!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Uberschall:
Yeah flash away! Just keep TWRP and backup ROMs you like on extSDcard so you can come back to them. Tip: disable MD5s and no encryption for speed flashing.

Also you can upgrade to TWRP 3.1.0.0 (or whatever) I just did today... doesnt seem too much different except a few options.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Doesnt sprint have an unlocked bootloader

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Once your on PB1 thats as low as you can go you can still downgrade from MM back to PB1

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Start again
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MofoDubya:
Created an account just to say thank you. Everything worked perfectly. Truly appreciate the work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] UsualNoise:
I just wanted to mention that, while successful, I still ran into a minor snag on the final step (step 15). When I went to install the rooted MM QB2 build from my external micro SD card TWRP did not allow me to access it. I only had access to internal storage. Tried rebooting multiple times but nothing changed. Fortunately I was able to connect the phone to my computer while TWRP was up and copy the file to internal storage, then flashed from there. But I just wanted to mention this issue in case it happens to someone else. If there is a workaround that I missed to get the external card to show up I'd love to hear it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zipperhead46163:
I want to say thank you to AptLogic and Jrkruse for the great how to guide for rooting the Samsung Galaxy S5. I have the CID starting with 15 and was running stock 6.01. I went through the instructions with almost no issues. Installing Busybox was a little quirky. I hung up saying it was removing old versions. I simply rebooted and tried again then it worked. It also hung up on the red Verizon screen after installing the rom in the last instructions. I waited 5 minutes then just rebooted. It then started up and after a short period on the red Verizon screen it went on to optimizing the apps so all is well with a rooted 6.0.1 MM Galaxy S5. I also had the same problem as UsualNoise where I could not access my ext sdcard. I did the same thing and just copied it from the PC to the root of the internal memory. Many thanks to all who contributed. I now would like to find a good clean close to stock ROM but with all the bloat ware removed.