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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
There is hope for you yet...i finally got fully booted up n running...still work to do yet for me, but hopefully this was the only bump in the road.

big thanks go out to jrkruse for the assistance...and patience.

Anyway, i tried flashing with a couple different versions until going back to jrkruse' suggestion of trying the most recent version of MM...i used this one:

"G900VVRU2DQL1_G900VVZW2DQL1_G900VVRU2DQL1_HOME"

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3757416

i'm not sure if this was the time that i just let it keep looping as i played RDR2 or if i was messing with the volume up/dn while it was looping...but somehow i got to the screen where the top left had some basic info in yellow starting with Android Recovery something or other, then a list of selections in blue:

reboot system now

reboot to bootloader

apply update from adb

apply update from sd card

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

mount/system

view recovery logs

power off

first i selected wipe data/factory reset...it may have looped for a while, but then got to this screen again somehow and then i selected reboot to bootloader...got to the screen again and selected reboot system now.

that is when i got it to the verizon screen...this time i set the phone down and watched some TV. not sure how long it took but it was at least 10-15 minutes.

anyway i now can begin the process that i started yesterday evening.

sorry if this isnt very helpful but so many failed attempts kept me from keeping track of my precise steps.

good luck.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
Thanks [MENTION=2202327]Pokey11[/MENTION] I grabbed that firmware earlier, so I'll flash it and I'll try just letting it loop for a bit and see what happens. Good luck with the next steps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
small glitch in the matrix...while i did get it to load the OS as i described, as soon as i rebooted it went into a loop again...hopefully i can get through this without too many reboots.

Edit: So far so good...3 reboots in a row without looping
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
Make sure your time is set right on the phone
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
i started off with no internet...they didnt work, so i put in my sim...with sim internet it says phone is not supported for both red and green. took sim out, and will try again once the current bootloop tires itself out.

Edit:

back to no internet...still no worky

Edit 2:

tried with wifi,,,"this phone isn't currently supported"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
https://www.naldotech.com/how-to-fix-towelroot-phone-isnt-supported-problem/

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
thanks, but i couldnt get any of those three codes to work...i gotta get some sleep, and will continue this tomorrow evening if ur ard.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Try downloading towelroot and install again and try

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
oh yeah that reminds me...the install.cmd didn't work so i just installed them individually. I hope that doesn't matter, because i could figure out why the install.cmd would give me a white screen with the following message in the middle: All apps associated with this action have been turned off, blocked, or are not installed.

anyway, i will likely be swamped with other stuff until tomorrow evening, if you come up with any other possibilities.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
tried a bunch of different things last night with no luck.

I'm at work so I can't try anything, but i was reading up on the towelroot issue. is it true that if the kernel is dated after 2014 it will not work? if so i think may be the problem.

Kernel Version:

3.4.0

dpi@SWHD2412 #1

Thu Dec 7 18:35:47 KST 2017

Also if this is the problem, would flashing an older firmware fix that?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
You have to flash the eng kitkat firmware thats included in the zip from my thread. You are trying to run towel root from marshmallow firmware

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
yes, since post 910 that's what you said to do, since the "combination....tar.md5" was giving me the error. i will see if it works when i get home, but it has given me the same error everytime i've tried to flash it.

Edit:

Just to be certain...you are referring to "COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_2572656_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5"

correct?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
You have to be on KitKat for the exploits to work. Jrkruse has said that twice. Flashing the latest stock was only to get your phone booting again. Now that it is booting you start from the beginning of this, or jrkruse's thread.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
If you are referring to "COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_25726 56_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5", then I'm back to square one with my original post (just tried it again with the same resulting error):

top left shows:

Unknown Error! (Red)

Wait... (blue)

Done! (Blue)

UOC START (Red)

...and the center of the screen shows a little android guy that says "POWER RESET or UNKNOWN UPLOAD MODE" next to him.

Edit: to be more specific - Odin passes, then it goes into recovery booting (once) resulting in the error screen.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
You are correct...jrkruse did say to go back to the begining of the instructions. however the begining of the instructions is where i had my initial problem...which is still the problem. i get an error screen when flashing the firmware in the instructions. i have also tried the stock firmwares, but they all fail in Odin. i have only been able to get the latest MM firmware to load.

Thank you all who replied along the way. If you can think of anything else i could try, i would greatly appreciate it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
I'm stuck in basically the same position as you...except I can't even get stock to boot, or even get into real recovery, only maintenance boot mode, which just continues the loop regardless of which option I choose.

I have 3 things to try when I can. I generally flash from a different USB port on my host machine, but it is broken at the moment, so I'm going to fix that and try flashing from there. I also want to try flashing with an original s5 cable. I have always flashed with a kindle micro USB cable, and it has always worked. But I'm going to try to find my s5 cable. I'm also considering driver issues, so I might try a clean install of win 10. I doubt it is any of these things, as I'm always passing in Odin, but I'll give them all a shot. If nothing works, I'll mark this down as a hardware failure and save the screen for when I need a replacement on my primary device. Good luck to you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
update:

I still can't get the firmware to flash in step 1, without the unknown error. Of the stock firmware, I am able to get the newest MM (DQL1) and LP (BPB1) to flash successfully. The older/KK firmware Fails in Odin when i try to flash them. If it helps troubleshoot, the device shows the following when it fails in Odin:

SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 2 > Binary 1

I'm not sure what else to try...i am downloading the other firmware files but none of them will be useful if i can only root on the ones that either fail or give me the unknown error.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/rom-t3855148

You need to flash the firmware from this thread and use all the files from this thread and follow directions from this thread

Wipe data in stock recovery reboot to bootloader and use above stuff

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
Thanks, i am trying...not giving up. still getting bootloops occassionally so that makes it difficult and time consuming. many times i can't get it to the recovery screen to wipe it, and end up starting over alot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
You only have to wipe in recovery the reboot to bootloader from recovery and flash the v2 eng firmware if you flash without wiping the eng firmware may not boot and recovery with eng firmware doesn’t work properly so thats why I say wipe before you flash eng firmware then no more data wipes until twrp is installed

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
yea i'm trying to get to the recovery screen in order to do that.

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ok here's what it keeps doing. maybe you will see something i am doing wrong.

once at the recovery screen i select wipe...it does it's thing and then i select reboot to bootloader...it goes to the splash screen with recovery booting in the top left then shortly thereafter comes back to the same recovery screen. If at this point i select reboot to bootloader again it will go into a bootloop of the splash screen with recovery booting in the top left. i have even tried wiping again after the first reboot to bootloader try, but the second reboot to bootloader attempt always sends it into a recovery booting loop.

i have yet to get the reboot to bootloader bring me to the odin mode/download screen (that is what it is supposed to do, correct?).

Edit:

i noticed something flash on the screen when selecting "reboot to bootloader", so i took a video and played back in super slow mo...first it shows an android robot with his front open and it states "installing system update..." then immediately he gets knocked down and it states "no command". that whole thing happens in a split second, so i didn't even notice it before. am i supposed to be connected to my computer before i select "reboot to bootloader"? i was under the impression that "reboot to bootloader" should bring me to the same screen as when you go into download/odin mode.

Edit#2:

from the recovery screen i wiped data, then selected reboot to bootloader. on the second attempt it goes into a recovery booting loop...at which point i removed the battery and used voldn home pwr to get to the download/odin mode...from there i flashed your "combo...md5". this still gives me the error screen that i described previously.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
If you have wiped Just pull the battery and then reboot too download mode so you can use odin

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
yup...i've done that countless times. i get the previously described unknown error screen every time i flash your "combo...md5" file.

Passes in odin, but get error when it tries to boot.

top left shows:

Unknown Error! (Red)

Wait... (blue)

Done! (Blue)

UOC START (Red)

...and the center of the screen shows a little android guy that says "POWER RESET or UNKNOWN UPLOAD MODE" next to him.

Odin passes, then it goes into recovery booting resulting in the error screen.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
And it does this on stock Marshmallow firmware as well?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
yes. i flashed the latest MM. then wiped in recovery. then removed battery and started in download mode to flash your combo file...then error screen.

also there is still the underlying looping issue, which makes this process difficult and time consuming. whether in recovery booting, normal booting, or just a restart from os it will almost always loop at least a handful of times, usually longer. typically i let it go until it eventually either locks up or it magically boots. i have never been able to get reboot to bootloader to work from recovery screen though. i am only able to flash by starting up in download/odin mode.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
Have you tried pulling out your sdcard and try. Also did you check md5 of zip of mine you download?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
For what its worth: [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] [MENTION=2202327]Pokey11[/MENTION] I was given a device which was having bootlooping issues(bootlooped at initial galaxy s5 screen). I flashed it to the latest stock in Odin. With this, I was able to get into the "maintenance boot mode" but continued bootlooping regardless of which option I chose(normal reboot, wipe, safe mode). I attempted doing the pit file along with the latest stock firmware. I flashed the combo file and ended up in the same "unknown upload" mode as pokey. I also attempted flashing a bunch of other stuff(many of the firmwares included in jrkruse's thread, as well as ibuprophen's firmware thread) with Odin, I was able to get a "galaxy s5 custom" screen, which led to the "unauthorized by Verizon power off" screen. I did a bunch of googling, and came to the conclusion that my internal storage is FUBAR(most likely hardware failure, as this device was bootlooping on stock before I even got it). You can both keep beating your heads against the wall, but having done this process on 3 other g900v's I know that it shouldn't be this hard. I think it is safe to say at this point that it is a hardware issue, and pokey needs a new device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
sdcard and sim are not being used in any of these processes...using them in my temp phone. should i try with them in?

not sure what you mean by check the md5...how do I check it?

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i hope it is not broken hardware. i'm hoping that i'm doing something wrong (first time flashing) or i get over the hump with an intermittent issue (usually loops, but occasionally doesn't). what are the chances a refurb/used will be emmc15?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
You can always try my outdated root method for lollipop that may get you rooted. All you have to do is get safestrap installed to be able to unlock your bootloader and install twrp

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
Thanks, i will look into it, if it comes to that.

Obviously i'm a noob, but wouldn't the device not work at all if the internal storage was shot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
If you try several solutions that are known to work then the obvious is going to be some sort of phone hardware issue. I would suggest try the last method I mentioned if it don’t work then I would probably accept the fact that your phone is probably bad

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
I got lucky...It turns out that my sister still had her old S5...and i checked it is emmc15. So i commandeered it, wiped it and started this process all over again with a working phone. Everything up to and including safe strap worked perfectly. However, I seem to lose root right after that (steps 18-20):

-flash "EMMC_15_SafeStrap_QL1_6_0_1_MM_Bootloader_Unlock_A IO.zip"

-wipe

-then install "EMMC_15_VZW_QL1_MAGISK_ROOTED.zip"

After i perform those steps, the phone is on MM but not rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jrkruse:
When you flaah the bootloader unlock zip and phone powers off you are rebooting to twrp recovery too install the rom correct? If so you can just boot to twrp and reinstall magisk root zip

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
Thank you...not sure what i messed up the first time...i just started over and it seems to be working now.

Thanks for all your patience and assistance. Now i just need to figure out out to enable tethering...the mod seems to be missing in magisk and most of the threads are outdated...maybe i'm the only one left on a grandfathered unlimited non tethering plan.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
FYI, not dead after all...i took the battery out yesterday to use in my newly acquired device that didn't have a battery. Just for the hell of it i just put it back in to screw around with it some more...well magically it flashed easy peasy and no more boot loops. maybe it was an overheating issue with a part of the hardware that is very close to the battery that makes in temporarily fubar (was pretty hot from constantly flashing and booting and looping etc). Anyway, I did nothing different...i put in the battery and started in download mode flashed the combo tar etc. etc...with zero hiccups. i have now rebooted it at least a dozen times without any loops. It is still a big mystery to me but it wasn't a hardware issue...or if it was it may have just been a temporary issue...i might try to work it real hard to generate some heat in it to see if that creates the looping again, but figured i'd share for those that may not have tried removing the battery for a day or so. i don't remember the last thing i tried before removing the battery but i likely gave up at the error screen that appeared after flashing the combo...md5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]

New problem...

Was having trouble getting xposed to work with magisk, so i scrapped it and started all over. However, now towelroot doesn't work after the "combo...md5" install. i've wiped everything but when i try to run towelroot it says unfortunately towelroot has stopped working. am i not wiping everything correctly or do you think there is a deeper issue?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
I'm not sure how you ended up where you are now, but you should never have to go through the bootloader unlock again...unless you flash full stock from Odin. Once you have the bootloader unlocked and TWRP working you should never need to use Odin again. You can wipe and flash everything from TWRP. Do you still have TWRP?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
i must have flashed the stock and relocked the bootloader. So when i try to re-root, towelroot installs but won't open...am i SOL or is there a way to get towelroot to work again?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
As long as the phone still boots it should be salvageable. Is TWRP gone? When you boot to recovery what do you get? I suspect it is now stock recovery, but want to make sure before giving advice.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
TWRP is gone and bootup screen shows it is locked. i currently have the combo file flashed, so recovery booting sends me to a screen with the following:

Android system recovery <3e> (red)

KOT49H.FA44_G900VVRU2APA1 (red)

Volume up/down to move highlight; (red)

power button to select. (red)

reboot system now (blue)

apply update from ADB (blue)

apply update from external storage (blue)

wipe data/factory reset (blue)

wipe cache partition (blue)

apply update from cache (blue)

then in the middle of the screen is a bot on his back and front door open and a red triangle with an exclamation mark

bottom left has #MANUAL MODE# (yellow)

I am also able to flash stock MM or the later LPs, if that helps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
OK, follow the towelroot troubleshooting that jrkruse gave you earlier in this thread. There isn't any reason I can think of why it shouldn't work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
im not getting the "this phone isn't supported" message. towelroot never opens. it installs. but when i try to open it, i get the "unfortunately towelroot has stopped" message.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
Did you try downloading v3 from the website? You could also uninstall, clear cache in recovery and try reinstalling. https://towelroot.com
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
yup tried all those
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
If I was in your position this is what I would do:

Odin to most recent stock

Follow jrkruse guide

If you hit the same roadblock(with towelroot) again you could try an alternative root method.

There is no reason why towelroot shouldn't be working, but chainfire autoroot would probably work as a reasonable alternative to towelroot for this situation. Just replace the towelroot step with cf autoroot. Anything SuperSU isn't recommended anymore, as it was sold to a sketchy company, but since you are wiping right away it should be an OK option.

Before you get too rambunctious you might want to wait for other input, as I am no expert.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Pokey11:
CFautoroot doesn't work on locked bootloaders.

Update (for anyone in a similar position): i was able to re-root with towelroot...afer like a dozen different downloaded versions. even the version from towelroot.com didn't work (it gave me a phone isn't connected to the internet message even when it was, but at least i could open it...most others wouldn't even open after being installed). until finally a version that i downloaded from some random page from uptodown.com. anyway if you are in a similar situation try different downloads form different sources...one might work for no discernible reason at all.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DeWilt:
Can you post a link
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kingzero1990:
after i use this to flash my verizon s5 now my google process and mediaand play store isnt working

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i use the 11 eMMC
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] galaxy s5 dude:
question about the s5 variants

this article never mentions the Verizon variant of the galaxy s5, just the atnt one, Would this method work on a galaxy s5 SM-G900V running android 6.0.1? also if it helps my CID is 11
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Reverse-anastomosis:
Yeah, op is just a little confusing. This guide is for the g900v. I have followed this guide and will vouch that it works. That being said....you are very limited on what you can do with cid 11. The bootloader is locked, it cannot be unlocked. You can get safestrap and flash some modified touchwiz ROMs, but no custom ROMs.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Legitsu:
depends on the device

you would need a serial kernel console to figure out whats going on

ideally you would do most of the work on a CID15 with a unlocked bootloader that way you could compile the stock tw kernel with all the debug options enabled and get a idea of whats going on

again massive amount of work for a 3 year old device,when there are better cheaper less restrictive vendors available

[MENTION=4939386]Surge1223[/MENTION] do you think implementing kexec on the s5 would be easier then the s4 ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
I think the S4 could be old enough to just use Cuber to unlock it using an engineering firmware.

Gotta love those engineering firmwares!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Legitsu:
the s4 is a dead horse but you are welcome to try
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
I don't own one to test on lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Legitsu:
sold all the ones we had at the shop for 50 a piece

won't buy them either

there needs to be a sticky in the S4 section

:Abandon all hope ye who enter here
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
My dad has an old i337, I'll try to get him to let me have it :3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] guitar1238751:
Alright so I copied everything over manually to the sd card. I completed everything successfully until Step 12. I flashed the lollipop Safestrap_PB1_Bootloader_Unlock_AIO.zip

I clicked reboot to recovery, it never booted to recovery and got stuck at the Samsung logo. So I took the battery out and then pressed vol up+power+ home. Now I get the error "Start Up Failed" "Your device didn't start up successfully. Use the Verizon software repair assistant on a computer to repair your device" So when this screen appeared I booted back to download mode. But now when I attempt to re flash the combination_vzw... file in in Step 4 using Odin I get the error "Complete(Write) operation failed." Did I flash the wrong zip while in safestrap recovery? Also why is Odin error happening. I am going to redownload the files and try everything again now. I will report back in a few minutes. Here are some pictures.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AptLogic:
Ya sure you've got a CID 15 emmc? It sounds like you tried to flash on an 11