yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
well the emmc 11 method at least gives you safestrap as a custom recovery on MM rom so you can still mod thinks and install like xposed and stuff though some xposed stuff does need root many modules dont
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ForestCat:
Do you (or anyone reading this) know of a way to permanently disable all Verizon/Samsung/Google updates without root? Any methods I'm aware of require root, but I'd love to be wrong about that.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
I mean there are no more updates for this phone so what are you worried about
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
if you have the Marshmallow rom with safestrap you can delete any system app you want while booted too safestrap recovery you or flash a zip to do so but like I said there hasnt been updates for years for this phone
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
This is on unrooted rom with safestrap recovery on locked bootloader

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ForestCat:
That's what most people (including myself) thought. My wife's 4 year old G900V on MM has been getting unwanted updates recently (no, not PlayStore/app stuff) The last one, a few weeks ago, happened while we were at a restaurant. It ran for 45min, ran the battery down. 1st boot after charging, it started all over again, phone was unusable for close to an hour. I have no idea what was updated, except that it was a "system update", and it never gave her a choice. I said never again, and started looking for a eMMC 15 on ebay, no luck so far, no one willing to check. I'll try the things you suggested on a spare eMMC 11 G900V, and see if I can effectively neuter it. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
well my roms and stuff have the update stuff removed, You will end up with my rom if you follow the emmc 11 root thread
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ForestCat:
Awesome, thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ForestCat:
OK, done. It's installed. The description says "slightly debloated". I'd like to debloat a bit more. Normally, I'd use Titanium, but it needs root. Is there some tool I can use to debloat a non-rooted installed OS like this one? The only way that I'm aware of involves modifying the zip before it's installed via safestrap. Hoping there's a better way. Thanks again so much. Really do appreciate your work/step-by-steps on the S5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Use file manager in safestrap and delete stuff you dont want
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] WilboBaggins:
So basically I had a big post about issues I was having with Magisk after flashing. It was rooted but not behaving properly. But I ended up flashing uninstall and install .zip's through TWRP and now it's working fine. Thanks for all your work on this ROM. I've been enjoying it for a couple years on my old Galaxy S5 and am reinstalling again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] boyboy22:
can you provide a tutorial on how to flash lineage OS with this unlock? I followed all the steps successfully and have my s5 running the unlocked 6.0.1 firmware, But every time I try and flash lineageOS 18.1 with this I run into a boot loop and have to restore a back up in TWRP. New to android rooting/flashing custom rom sorry :/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
You may want to ask @afaneh92 he has some lineage builds for s5 and would probably be able too help better than me as I have never tried a lineage build on s5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] afaneh92:
You should find a tutorial on the rom thread, make sure you have the correct device as mentioned in OP of that rom. And try without GAPPS first.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] boyboy22:
i was able to get it up and running. I was following the lineageos instructions. But i was overlapping the flashing into recovery mode to boot into twrp. after that it installed right away
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] seedsca:
I just got done installing LineageOS 18.1 on my Verizon S5. I had to do some hackery to get this to work since I don't have access to windows.

I basically followed the instructions, then copy/pasted the Manual_Install_Root_Apps file and used only it's adb commands in a bash script.

What made the difference, and what I think you need to do, is flash the LineageOS recovery after following all of these steps. Then, installing LineageOS. I got a LOS boot loop the first time because I tried to use the TWRP recovery.

Hope that helps
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] 45apples:
i am wondering what exactly the odin program does at stage 4.

specifically i would like to replicate this step using heimdall... how would i go about that?

i can see that there are multiple files inside that tar file:

sbl1.mbn

aboot.mbn

rpm.mbn

tz.mbn

sdi.mbn

NON-HLOS.bin

boot.img

recovery.img

system.img.ext4

persist.img.ext4

persdata.img.ext4

modem.bin

KLTE_USA_VZW.pit

cache.img.ext4

and the slot should be the bootloader slot, BL.

i don't understand how odin works well enough to be sure what happens here. for example, when you select BL slot, do all these files get flashed, or only the bootloader?

thanks very much for your efforts!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Older devices use too have too flashed in specific order this is not the case anymore. The slots are just the order from top to bottom on how things will flash. If I put a tar file containing a boot and recovery images i the BL slot and a different one containing different boot and recovery images in the AP slotit will flash the ones in BL slot and the overwrite those 2 with the ones in AP slot so you will end up with boot and recovery images from the AP file because they flashed last. The firmware was broken up in later models so different it could be matched different ways and because of size of files.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] 45apples:
great! thank you.

and just to recap what i think this means:

in the case of step 4, it would not matter which slot we used, since we are only using one slot.

and all the files inside the tar file are used no matter which slot is selected.

is that correct?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] 45apples:
excellent!

for my understanding, what state is the phone in after that flash?

is this just to get the phone to a known beginning state, before the rooting step, or is there some vulnerability being exploited in step 4. as well?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
the firmware is eng firmware is for testing and has a permissive kernel that allows some of the root methods too work since most of them worked on kitkat firmware which is what the combo firmware is
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] 45apples:
beautiful thank you again!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] 45apples:
i am trying to port the "oneclick_install" script over to bash/linux.

i notice that in the tools zip file, there are 2 versions of adb.exe, and your script calls both of them.

i wonder what the significance of the 2 versions is. should i anticipate problems if i try to use a standard linux version only?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
the kingroot script wont run on any adb but that one thats in there and its so old it wont run many commands needed for the rest of the process so I just use both. I didnt make the kingroot script so I have no clue what it is doing tbh. I use it too root just too get safestrap installed. Towel root apks are one click root but some people have issues with them so you may want to use them instead of the kingroot script
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] 45apples:
ok awesome. so it sounds like i won't brick my phone by trying this -- i guess if the kingroot method does not work it won't harm the phone? is that right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
yes your just using this too get safestrap recovery from there you will flash new system images and stuff that will get rid of any trace of kingroot
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] 45apples:
thanks to much for all your help.

i did manage to get it working using a linux only system in the end.

using your guidance i:

used heimdall in place of odin,

then i rewrote the "one click install" in bash and ran that multiple times, debugging it as i went along.

it seemed to maybe get a bit further every time... until eventually it worked.

i'm not sure if your base android version (the 4.2.4 i think) came with king root on it already, or if the script installed it there. as you predicted, without the "special old" version of adb1.exe in your tools folder, the king root method did not seem to work by script/adb. i ran it by hand on the phone though -- a few times. the first few times it failed, don't know why. it eventually installed though.

so once again -- thank you for the support.

i was able to make this work -- and using linux only.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wtfsnottaken:
Just dug out an old box in my parents basement the other day and found this old dinosaur in it. "What's that?" my brother actually dared to ask....I said, uhhh..... Why.........this here is the Samsung Galaxy S5 (this one from Verizon). Felt the huge presense of mystique and I felt the need and went on to further explain that this small hunk of metal somehow ended up consuming up more time than Im OK with even admitting to myself, let alone stopping to share whats really just a long story made longer. Just odd, oddly somehow this little bugger piqued enough curiousity once again as if I havent seen enough of this site and its lesser infamous sisters and cousin forum sites of which i found all had a their pieces to solving what was then my larger more impulsive bouts of curious tendencys that i really have no business in learning about but see, becuz i guess somene made a comment about this thing called rooting, it must be a lot like jailbreaking that they do with iphones, Id be damned if I wasnt going to mod a little software, myself for craft and hobby, but how hard is it? What wasnt hard was to find some really obvious sketchy misleadiing malicious-type sites that were ones that also obviously heard of the things that go on with a certain new subgroup of people similar in mind like myself wont leave things just be and need reinventing them. that I dont know, are more particuarly smart phones, android smart phones not because ive always been fascinated by one brand or type, just that some other person has made actually made that, and then weird then to get one and become urged to put in the reading and studying to find out for myself if these so called hidden magical powers in these little treasures are real and do exist. hold three buttons here, plug it in on the side there, before I knew it theres the the strenuous moments of unsettling uncertaintly that follows after my first trials with odin wiping and waiting for it to boot up and work again finally was luck , but not before really believing for a short, but long one that i actually just did break the $700 mini computer and then had to find out why they call the broken phone bricks. Geesh. I cant explain the madness looking back but I somehow am one now to know of the method to that madness. it wasnt that no one person really ever showed me, just a wealth of knowledge available from an open source community. Hate thinking back to the times i didnt have any phone to use if i needed because of the the problems that only naturallly occur if you choose to learn by crash course

By the way, where'd you get that Android 6.0.1? Could you send me the link?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
If you're referring to lineage remember it only works with emmc 15 and unlocked bootloader

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-10-unofficial-lineageos-17-1-for-klte.3992419/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Mr.Puds:
Download link is dead :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Try Thsi Here
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] _skywalker_1_:
Does this link work for anyone else?

Its not working for me
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
S5_Root_Tools_2023.7z | by jrkruse for Galaxy S5

Download GApps, Roms, Kernels, Themes, Firmware, and more. Free file hosting for all Android developers.

www.androidfilehost.com
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] _skywalker_1_:
I cant thank you enough! I am hooked by the bug and have a lot of devices and ideas. Im sure you will hear from me again sooner than later.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] trxgt05x:
So I've been trying to root my old 900V with marshmallow. It's amazing how much old or bad info I had to filter through until I ended up here. I've been having issues getting this to work though. First, adb was looking for some dlls that I didn't have. Finally got that resolved by installing C++ distributables. Now when it gets to the part after enabling developer mode and the screen shows Check USB debugging Part 1, I get the following error

"* daemon not running: starting now at tcp:5037

could not read from ADB Server

* failed to start daemon

adb.exe: failed to check server version: cannot connect to daemon"

Even though it says you can continue without ADB debugging, I've tried but I get multiple daemon not running errors and it does not work for me.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
you have to turn off windows defender it probably deleted the files when you unziped the files
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] trxgt05x:
I have defender and antivirus turned off. I went ahead and re-unzipped the files just in case I still had them on when I did before, but still get the same results about daemon not running
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] trxgt05x:
Any idea what daemon adb is looking for and why it isn't running?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
You can pm on telegram if you want more answers @jrkruse
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] davew9:
Hi,

Thanks for all the work you do for out androids.

I do have kind of a basic problem. Windows 10 anti virus says the S5_Root_Tools_2023.7z file on multiple mirrors has virus and will not un-zip it. I have attached the error. The direct link on your OP does not appear to go anywhere? I have successfully download and un-zipped other XDA files from these mirrors before. None of them helped me with rooting my US s7, but that is another story.

So, any thoughts on my dilemma?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
yes you have to take control of your computer. There is no virus in my stuff add exceptions to defender to allow skipping scan of certain folders or disable it while you are installing stuff. Control your computer dont let windows control you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] AngelosLikesTech:
Hello! I am Following an old method that you have listed but the link is down for the

EMMC_15_And_11_S5_Root_Tools_2022_V7.7z Could you help in any way?

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Use this it will auto detect emmc 11 or 15 device and either unlock bootloaders if emmc 15 detected or use exploit if emmc 11 detected. It will install minimal rom when finished with twrp from there you can go any direction you feel. Custom rom or stock rooted

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12cD6vPaFPzCMkl5QlvCAnkl7OdSCz5PI/view?usp=drivesdk

S5_Root_Tools_2023.7z | by jrkruse for Galaxy S5

Download GApps, Roms, Kernels, Themes, Firmware, and more. Free file hosting for all Android developers.

androidfilehost.com
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Alot of my files posted on xda that I host on google drive have been reported by fine xda babies claiming they viruses to google unbelievable!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] dave678:
Probably because they have no clue that anything root will trigger the antivirus
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] AngelosLikesTech:
I Have Tried this already the problem is that it doesnt work for me and when booting to download mode and it fails with the message

Windows SafeTrap App

initializeConnection

Set Partition

Fail request receive 0

Fail send PIT info

Phone

and on the phone it says this Secure Check Fail Pit and it starts a progress bar on download mode with it not moving at all only at the very start when the program skips it with the error that i gave u

I have downloaded the file a lot of times, the phone is up to date , used diffrent usb port, diffrent pc, diffrent cable and all the usual stuff.What can i do?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Yes what device do you have this is for Verizon s5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] AngelosLikesTech:
Nevermind I fixed it. I Just Re-installed the whole os and somehow it worked? Anyway Thanks for Your Help!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Kartik_GG:
@jrkruse I have done every step according to your post but when I click on reactivation lock to untick it I am redirected to a samsung login as usual but upon entering the credentials it just shows a white box with cancel button on the bottom.

And I can confirm that when put random credentials it says wrong password but when I put right credentials it says processing then signing in and the mysterious white box comes up and I have left it on white box for 5 days continuously but nothing happens. Is it to do with samsung updating their account verification and the 4.4.2 apk isn't eligible? Idk just a speculation

Please help me out I can't sleep at night with knowing that a single samsung account reactivation lock is roadblocking my LOS journey.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Try setting up new account I honestly don’t remember. Try signing in on web with credentials you made and see if it will let you authorize phone when trying

Restart phone when it hangs. Might need to restart a couple times
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Kartik_GG:
@jrkruse

I had to make an account on a another device and then signing in on the S5 . I also tried logging in in chrome on the S5 and it succeeded but that doesn't add to the on device account which I need to disable reactivation lock.

Could it be due to Android system webview and samsung might have changed their login portal or something idk any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] billa:
More likely most websites and API's no longer work on an older version of Chrome which is on your device. I've experienced this while rooting some older devices. If you try to update Chrome on these older Android versions, it probably no longer available.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Kartik_GG:
But there's gotta be another way a while ago I never thought that Reactivation lock could be disabled but here we are. I just need to add a account to untick the Reactivation lock and then the bootloader is unlocked forever. Is there a way to update or install the newest possible Android system webview or the Samsung Account app. If there's a chance then I'll do it please lmk if you know anything like that
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] billa:
There's no way to install a newer version of Chrome and PlayStore simply because the old Android will refuse to install it. I had an old tablet with the same exact issue, I gave up.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Kartik_GG:
Wait I can update chrome and playstore you just have to use right APK. I did update them both and still the same issue. It's like the Samsung Account app is using it's own webview. I also had another idea what if I made the Samsung Account apk from A 5.0 make it compatible with 4.4.2 via changing the minSDK in manifest, would that work?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] billa:
That's why I said earlier, the older Android version prevents PlayStore, SamsungAccount, and WebView API's to function properly. You need to understand, NOT everything is possible, no matter how much you want it (I want a million dollars, but can't have it... lol) Everything has an expiration date, and the ship has sailed on this device. Move on to newer devices to root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Kartik_GG:
I've found the core issues or so I think

It's related to OAuth. Android system webview (ASW) got very big changes from android 5 . Long story short OAuth needs SSL certificates to let any ip address to be authenticated but the SSL certificates must from Android 5 or newer.

Samsung login process is a component of the Samsung Account app so we can't just install modified ASW because samsung will use it's in-app webview.

But there's still a solution by using Newer Webview certificates and installing them in 4.4.2.

So if you have a S5 running Android 5 or 6 could you please share me the certificates. If it's a privacy concern, contact me privately and we can find a common ground.

Appreciate your help!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] billa:
Interesting... unfortunately I don't have any working S5 laying around, maybe you can pick one up cheap on Ebay. ;)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Kartik_GG:
I can't find it in my region but any certificates from android 5/6/7 would work not constraint to S5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] billa:
I'll let you know if I come across one, in the meantime post your request on on GSM-Forums which is a techie site.

https://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/
[General Topics] Sneaky Russian:
Hi all, just as a matter of curiosity, why hasnt the samsung sgh i780 been added to the forums (i know there are people who have added stuff for the i780 here - there just isnt a link from the main page to a forum specifically for the i789)?

I know the forums are generally htc/treo targeted but the i780 is a windows mobile based device which out weighs the tytan 2 in many respects and performs well as a pda/ppc, surely it would be of interest to many to see what rom updates etc you guys could come up with for this great device from the first page?

I am a wizard owner and am upgrading to the i780 - hence the "mandatory" blowing of its horn. I would love to see what you guys come up with as i never make a move on my wizard without first reading up on it here, it would be a pity to start tinckering with the i780 without first cross referencing here on XDA :(
[General Topics] samy.3660:
This is a forum for htc devices only, people have asked for i780 forum before also, but as i said this forum is just for htc devices. You have to look somewhere else for samsung i780 forum (check my signature).
[General Topics] Sneaky Russian:
Hmmm... i always thought it was more for windows mobile devices as opposed to focusing on a single brand of phone, cant complain though - everything here is still awesome.

Thanks Sammy, i think this is the first reply i have ever gotten on xda, hence mu low post count :rolleyes: . Im checking out your sig now. Thanks again
[General Topics] raymerjacque:
hmmm, windows mobile is becoming a standard on alot of devices now. maybe they should consider adding a section for other brands since everyone ends up here on this site anyway.

Not to mention at the moment other brands have posts and threads all over the show making it all very messy.

They can simply add a section and call it : Non HTC brands ... will certainly keep the forum neater.

Maybe someone should make a poll and put some pressure on the guys to do it ?
[General Topics] Sneaky Russian:
Well, even though i had given up the query i am still inclined to feel that there isnt any reason phones like the i780 arent a featured device.

Fair enough, but no explanation as to why XDA describes itself as

Doesnt make much sense, it almost implies that htc, palm and treo are the "only" true hybrids... Dont know about anyone else but my i780 whips most of em and makes for a pretty realistic hybrid of phone and pda.

Such as it is though, i am still very appreciative of the people on xda, a lot of time and effort goes into their work - for htc's and whatever else the mobile world pumps out. So essentially if they dont want to waver from pure htc then who am i to argue. Hence i suggested and dropped it.

- by the by, any admins reading this... how do i change my screen name?