[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wmraim:
I wish to thank jrkruse for making this post two years ago, for a phone that is 9 years old.

I paid $45 for the Verizon version of the Galaxy S5. Obviously, I don’t know what I’m doing. Thanks to this post and all the work that went into researching the problems and packaging the solution into a concise solution, I have a working version of an unrooted Marshmallow.

When I got the phone, it started up from a factory reset but as soon as I connected to the internet I got the message

“Device owner policies aren't supported on this phone.”

The menu key, home key and camera were disabled. I was locked out.

I used the Verizon 6.01 upgrade package, hoping it would do a fresh install. It got worse, I got the Knox security violation. I was double locked out.

So I started reading. It was looking bad, there was an embedded kill switch that permanently bricks the phone. After a bit more reading, I discover that I had the Version with cid starting with 11 from a post that said any manufacture date after the year 2014 was a cid 11. I found this thread, so from a locked up phone. my situation worked out to a smoothly running unrooted version of Marshmallow.

I know I didn’t carefully follow the instructions but I’ll layout my journey, for anyone else who is in similar circumstances. I invite comments to tell me what I should’ve done.

Requirements, I used a Windows PC, cable connecting the PC to phone, a micro SD card and an SD adapter that connects to a PC.

The package EMMC_11_S5_Root_Tools_2022_V3.7z is the complete one stop shopping deal and I went to https://www.7-zip.org/download.html to be able to unzip it.

After you unzip it, everything is ready to go.

The procedures are done by scripts, so there is hardly any typing.

The first routine prepares the phone for rooting and safestrap.

The next instruction reads

‘7. Run the Install_One_Click.cmd this should install safestrap.”

When I first read this, it was confusing to me, because I didn’t see a One_Click program. But all you have to do is double click the file named “Install_One_Click”. This is a command file that does all of the typing, both on the PC and phone.

In my case, everything ran as planned and I could skip the instructions for contingency cases.

The script did more work than the instructions in the post required.

The script stops to ask to allow rooting to install safestrap. Tap allow.

The script ends up with the safestrap screen on the phone, asking to install a rooted TWRP. This second time you decline.

On the PC I copied the EMMC_11_QL1_MM_NonRooted_Safestrap_Full_V2.zip file onto a micro SD card, using a USB SD card adapter.

I inserted the card on the phone.

I tapped the install button in safestrap selecting the file on the SD card.

After the install, you end up with Marshmallow. All I did was a few clicks in Odlin, double click on “Install_One_Click” , one tap to allow rooting, one tap to prevent rooting of TWRP and one tap on the install button in safestrap. All in under 15 minutes.

I got a very sleek, clean Marshmallow.

I then got the pop screen “Unfortunately, Google Store has stopped.”

I followed instructions from

https://www.androidpolice.com/install-google-play-store-any-android-device/

I simply downloaded 4 files.

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...account-manager-6-0-1-2-android-apk-download/

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...ervices-framework-6-0-1-android-apk-download/

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-42-12-040408-481949630-android-apk-download/

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-18-21-0-pr-481699564-3-android-apk-download/

installed them and clicked done not open and then rebooted.

The Google Store message was gone, just like the Knox and owner policy messages.

I could download apps from Google Play.

Everyone’s work turned a broken phone into a fully operational one.

I thank everyone.