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[Q] Not booting - Secure Fail: Recovery - any recommendations?

Getting "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
Any ideas?
Thank you

Go into Recovery mode (Vol Up + Home Button + Power Button) and Factory reset Data & Wipe Cache Partition...

moin786 said:
Go into Recovery mode (Vol Up + Home Button + Power Button) and Factory reset Data & Wipe Cache Partition...
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Still get the same thing. It starts to boot to recovery then says something that fails then goes to the screen I have posted previous.
This is what first loads (pretty quick - had to reboot about 10 times to get it)
recovery booting...
SYS REV CHECK FAIL : no version
Secure : Secure Version Failure (recovery.img)
Set Warranty Bit : Recovery

norem0rz said:
Still get the same thing. It starts to boot to recovery then says something that fails then goes to the screen I have posted previous.
This is what first loads (pretty quick - had to reboot about 10 times to get it)
recovery booting...
SYS REV CHECK FAIL : no version
Secure : Secure Version Failure (recovery.img)
Set Warranty Bit : Recovery
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What did you do prior to this? It looks like you flashed a custom recovery but Knox is terminating the boot process.

Have you tried to odin back to stock?
Sent from my Galaxy Note 3 ?

Trying to use Odin - downloading a stock ROM now.

No. You must get into download/Odin mode by pressing volume down + home + power simultaneously, then launch Odin, then connect phone to computer.
Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

norem0rz said:
yes, I was using clockwork and did something wrong...
doesn't the phone need to boot up before I can use Odin?
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If you have a Verizon retail version of the Note 3, you can not use Clockworkmod recovery. Because your bootloader is locked. You can only use Hashcode's Safestrap (in the Development section).

cam30era said:
If you have a Verizon retail version of the Note 3, you can not use Clockworkmod recovery. Because your bootloader is locked. You can only use Hashcode's Safestrap (in the Development section).
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+1
Which means you must be rooted first, then install Safestrap, which is a modified TWRP recovery. You can thank Verizon for that bullsh!t
Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Thank you all - using Odin with this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
Got me back up and running.

Flash PIT - this will fix it
You need to flash the PIT with ODIN, latest version (3.09, I believe). Google for a download mirror that hosts the PIT for whichever type of note 3 you have, then flash it with odin (should work while in the invalid software screen). Then, if it doesn't reboot, just remove the battery and unplug that sucka. When it reboots, it should go back to download mode or just regular bootup. I recommend setting up adb, which makes it much easier to put the phone into whatever mode you desire with a simple dos command.

got out of it
this happened to me last night, I went into Odin mode "home, volume down, power button" instead of selecting odin mode from that menu I selected "reboot phone" (or something to that effect) My note 3 restarted......PHEW...... hope this helps someone

enable android recovery mode
SM-N90OV
ok so I once got to the point to where I could not but factory reset my phone and so I did settings > backup and restore > factory reset > YES I'M SURE!!! then my phone when into recovery mode as it should normally only to tell me that it could not enter recovery. Verizon's fault and now I cant access my recovery mode. is there a way to get back into it so I can finally flash a new rom. oh I had figured out how to get out of the boot loop thing by entering download mode and canceling. but it would be nice to be able to mess with this beast of a phone. please help me. I don't want to do something I wasn't supposed to. im not sure want to do with klms agent deals with knox right?

Em also one of the victim
hi
i am rooted (de la Vega ) safestrap installed using Jelly beans 6 & stock Rom as well. i don't know how but i am not being able to get in the recovery to format the device.
Getting "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
What i do is getting into the download mode and only pressing Volume down to continue boot and Viola my phone restarts every time, but the thing which is pinching me is i can't able to format the phone.. Help required please.

xaneey said:
hi
i am rooted (de la Vega ) safestrap installed using Jelly beans 6 & stock Rom as well. i don't know how but i am not being able to get in the recovery to format the device.
Getting "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
What i do is getting into the download mode and only pressing Volume down to continue boot and Viola my phone restarts every time, but the thing which is pinching me is i can't able to format the phone.. Help required please.
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look at page one towards the bottom, the OP posted how to fix your problem

Solution
HI all
What worked for me is just ODIN
MI9 t0 MJE
and this is the beauty of ANDROID really happy to get it back..
Downloaded MJE for N900V http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=23535
Root through this in my case Vroot worked Kingo didn't work for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528707
Thn safe strap and all done

you guys and gals rock
saved my bacon ,was a little confusing to my novice self but downloaded odin to pc and ran it,downloaded clean vzw file and pit file ,plugged phone into pc and drivers loaded then ran odin and followed the steps.
Thank you very very much

[Q] Galaxy S4 i9505 Bricked - No Recovery Mode - Stuck in Bootloop

Guys,
I was using the Cyanogenmod 11 for about 2 weeks and I always got the "kernel is not seandroid enforcing" message and the phone always booted up fine 90% of the times. Today I got the message saying that there was a new version of the firmware and I clicked ok for the phone to restart and begin the update process.
After that, I was stuck in the "kernel is not seandroid enforcing" message no matter what I did.
I entered the recovery mode and wiped the cache partition to see if that solved the problem. After this, I'm not able to access the recovery mode anymore and the phone is stuck on the samsung logo.
So I put it in download mode, opened Odin (It recognized the phone just fine) and flashed the original firmware in order to unbrick the phone. Got a PASS on Odin and I was still stuck on bootloop with no recovery mode.
Tried flash it again with the pit file (thought it would fix the partition) and the problem stills perssists.
I tried to run the Cyanogenmod installer and it doesn't recognize the phone anymore, saying the model is not compatible. Odin still recognizes the phone as always when I put it in download mode.
Any ideas?
Have I lost the phone ?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Best Regards

menaum said:
Guys,
I was using the Cyanogenmod 11 for about 2 weeks and I always got the "kernel is not seandroid enforcing" message and the phone always booted up fine 90% of the times. Today I got the message saying that there was a new version of the firmware and I clicked ok for the phone to restart and begin the update process.
After that, I was stuck in the "kernel is not seandroid enforcing" message no matter what I did.
I entered the recovery mode and wiped the cache partition to see if that solved the problem. After this, I'm not able to access the recovery mode anymore and the phone is stuck on the samsung logo.
So I put it in download mode, opened Odin (It recognized the phone just fine) and flashed the original firmware in order to unbrick the phone. Got a PASS on Odin and I was still stuck on bootloop with no recovery mode.
Tried flash it again with the pit file (thought it would fix the partition) and the problem stills perssists.
I tried to run the Cyanogenmod installer and it doesn't recognize the phone anymore, saying the model is not compatible. Odin still recognizes the phone as always when I put it in download mode.
Any ideas?
Have I lost the phone ?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Best Regards
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Hi,
When you run the stock firmware through odin , you must wipe the cache an data before and after the flash.
Did you do that?

malybru said:
Hi,
When you run the stock firmware through odin , you must wipe the cache an data before and after the flash.
Did you do that?
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I can't to that without the recovery mode, right?
I have no acess to the recovery mode.

menaum said:
I can't to that without the recovery mode, right?
I have no acess to the recovery mode.
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Hi,
Are you sure you are trying to access it correctly?
Try holding the power button + volume up.
When the blue writing comes up , let go of all the buttons , and tap volume down.
If that still does not work , install the stock firmware again , and see if you can then get back to recovery mode.

malybru said:
Hi,
Are you sure you are trying to access it correctly?
Try holding the power button + volume up.
When the blue writing comes up , let go of all the buttons , and tap volume down.
If that still does not work , install the stock firmware again , and see if you can then get back to recovery mode.
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Already did that, still no sucess. It enters the download mode normally but when I try to enter the recovery mode the blue text appears and then the screen goes black and the phone tries to boot and gets stuck on the samsung logo. (And yes I already tried holding the buttons until something else appears on the screen and nothing happens. )
And yes I'm trying to acess it correctly.
Thansks!

menaum said:
Already did that, still no sucess. It enters the download mode normally but when I try to enter the recovery mode the blue text appears and then the screen goes black and the phone tries to boot and gets stuck on the samsung logo. (And yes I already tried holding the buttons until something else appears on the screen and nothing happens. )
And yes I'm trying to acess it correctly.
Thansks!
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Hi,
Do you have the knox bootloader?
What firmware are you trying to flash?

AT&T version here, same problem
malybru said:
Hi,
Do you have the knox bootloader?
What firmware are you trying to flash?
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Quick ?: I have the AT&T s4 i337 with the same problem. Can i use the same method ? And no on the knox(saferoot) . 4.2 i believe. Thanx & sorry for butting in ! Ardonie

ardonie said:
Quick ?: I have the AT&T s4 i337 with the same problem. Can i use the same method ? And no on the knox(saferoot) . 4.2 i believe. Thanx & sorry for butting in ! Ardonie
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Hi,
Then , you should try flashing a non-knox firmware .
Unfortunately ,I do not know AT&T firmwares.
Perhaps someone HERE can help.

I have the same issue on verizon, and searching for a solution. If you guys got any further in solving i would appreciate sharing the methods here

recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing
lorenzoraj said:
I have the same issue on verizon, and searching for a solution. If you guys got any further in solving i would appreciate sharing the methods here
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I also have the same problem with Galaxy s4 Active (i9295)
Flashing recovery finish successfully (tried Philz,CWM, TWRP )
But afterwards no recovery exists anymore
only:
recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing
When I flash stock ROM again, the basic recovery it there - no option for applying zip files

[Q] Rooting Note 3 LTE

Dear all..
im facing a problem trying to root my Note 3 LTE
i have done all steps to the rooting process
1- enabled the USB debugging mode
2- put my phone in download mode
3- started odin
4-installed the Samsung drivers
5-choose the CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005
6- clicked start button on ODIN 3.9 and done the same thing with ODIN 3.7
2 mins later odin says DONE
the phone stuck on
Recovery Booting ....
recovery is not senandroid enforcing
set warranty bit : recovery
although the odin says DONE
but the phone is stuck on that screen
Thanks and regards ...

Mr.SpY said:
Dear all..
im facing a problem trying to root my Note 3 LTE
i have done all steps to the rooting process
1- enabled the USB debugging mode
2- put my phone in download mode
3- started odin
4-installed the Samsung drivers
5-choose the CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005
6- clicked start button on ODIN 3.9 and done the same thing with ODIN 3.7
2 mins later odin says DONE
the phone stuck on
Recovery Booting ....
recovery is not senandroid enforcing
set warranty bit : recovery
although the odin says DONE
but the phone is stuck on that screen
Thanks and regards ...
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Press volume up + menu + power button and data factory reset and then try to reboot or try pressing power for about 10 seconds or flash a custom recovery in download mode.

gee2012 said:
Press volume up + menu + power button and data factory reset and then try to reboot or try pressing power for about 10 seconds or flash a custom recovery in download mode.
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i want to continue my rooting process , i can acsess my phone by going to download mode and choosing
cancel ( restart phone )
but my question is WHY i cant root the device ???
i don't have any problem accessing the phone ....
but my problem is that i want to root the device
thanks and regards

Mr.SpY said:
i want to continue my rooting process , i can acsess my phone by going to download mode and choosing
cancel ( restart phone )
but my question is WHY i cant root the device ???
i don't have any problem accessing the phone ....
but my problem is that i want to root the device
thanks and regards
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If i we`re you i would flash a custom recovery (.tar file) with Odin in downloadmode from here here http://d-h.st/users/xiaolu/?fld_id=31963 (check for the right file like hlte) and flash the latest superSU.zip (1.94 i think) in recovery and that should work. BTW did you disable Kies in windows task manager?

Mr.SpY said:
i want to continue my rooting process , i can acsess my phone by going to download mode and choosing
cancel ( restart phone )
but my question is WHY i cant root the device ???
i don't have any problem accessing the phone ....
but my problem is that i want to root the device
thanks and regards
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Did you follow and download the cf-auto root from here?http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423
And you didn't mention about reactivation lock

Mr.SpY said:
Dear all..
im facing a problem trying to root my Note 3 LTE
i have done all steps to the rooting process
1- enabled the USB debugging mode
2- put my phone in download mode
3- started odin
4-installed the Samsung drivers
5-choose the CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005
6- clicked start button on ODIN 3.9 and done the same thing with ODIN 3.7
2 mins later odin says DONE
the phone stuck on
Recovery Booting ....
recovery is not senandroid enforcing
set warranty bit : recovery
although the odin says DONE
but the phone is stuck on that screen
Thanks and regards ...
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Which os do you have 4.3 or 4.4.2?

hey_joe said:
Which os do you have 4.3 or 4.4.2?
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YES I followed the instructions in the previous post
its is
4.3

Mr.SpY said:
YES I followed the instructions in the previous post
its is
4.3
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You probably used the file meant for 4.4.2. Use this one for 4.3. It has the same name as the one for 4.4.2 so delete the one you previously used or extract on a different folder. No need to enable usb debugging as it's useless when in download mode but you need to make sure reactivation lock is off in settings>security.

thanx fellows
Yeah , that worked fine , im now rooted and voided my knox warranty :angel:
Thanks - TEAM

Mr.SpY said:
Yeah , that worked fine , im now rooted and voided my knox warranty :angel:
Thanks - TEAM
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Welcome to the club Flash away my friend, lots of goodies await you.

[Q] [HELP] Soft - Bricked my Note 3

Hi,
today i soft bricked my Note 3 because i tried to install CWM Recovery with Reactivation Lock on.
Now it shows a yellow triangle and says "Custom binary blocked by Reactivation Lock" and under that: "Secure Fail: Recovery"
I read that i can go back flashing the original stock firmware but i dont have any idea what my product code/csc is.
On the package it says ART code: SM-N9005ZWENEE
The Booklets in the package are printed in Swedish/Finish
Is there any help or do i have to send it back to Samsung?
Thanks in advance
Chris

hexacetat said:
Hi,
today i soft bricked my Note 3 because i tried to install CWM Recovery with Reactivation Lock on.
Now it shows a yellow triangle and says "Custom binary blocked by Reactivation Lock" and under that: "Secure Fail: Recovery"
I read that i can go back flashing the original stock firmware but i dont have any idea what my product code/csc is.
On the package it says ART code: SM-N9005ZWENEE
The Booklets in the package are printed in Swedish/Finish
Is there any help or do i have to send it back to Samsung?
Thanks in advance
Chris
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No better way on Earth to welcome you on XDA than a soft brick.
Long story short:
0. I hope you've learned your lesson. READ, READ, THEN WHEN YOU'RE SURE THAT YOU'LL MANAGE, READ SOME MORE.
1. You need your cable and a PC, on the PC you need the latest Samsung USB drivers. You can obtain them most easily by downloading Samsung Kies, it will install the drivers for you.
2. Download, for example, this: https://mega.co.nz/#!Ld03nbgB!N5xbTBnOKrwKmsalRrmLdBY-RF8-01YbNk2QpQEcj1k + Odin (for example, from here http://www74.zippyshare.com/v/18196321/file.html )
3. Unzip the file somewhere easily accessible.
4. Turn the phone off and put it in download mode (hold simultaneously Vol Down + Home Button + Power button), until you see that big yellow triangle and some Samsung nonsense about custom OS harming your phone. Press Vol Up to confirm you want to do it.
5. Unzip Odin somewhere, then start Odin 3.07.
6. Plug the phone to the PC with the cable.
7. Odin should put out a message "Added !!"
8. Click on AP and find the .tar.md5 file you extracted in step 3, and click Open.
9. Odin will process the file and when it puts out the message "Leave CS..." see if only F. Reset Time and Auto Reboot are checked. NOTHING else. And THEN click Start.
10. After the operation finishes and your phone reboots, perform a Factory reset.
11. Go on with rooting and CWM, but check the Reactivation lock.
Good luck.
7.

sirobelec said:
No better way on Earth to welcome you on XDA than a soft brick.
Long story short:
0. I hope you've learned your lesson. READ, READ, THEN WHEN YOU'RE SURE THAT YOU'LL MANAGE, READ SOME MORE.
1. You need your cable and a PC, on the PC you need the latest Samsung USB drivers. You can obtain them most easily by downloading Samsung Kies, it will install the drivers for you.
2. Download, for example, this:XXX + Odin (for example, from here XXXX )
3. Unzip the file somewhere easily accessible.
4. Turn the phone off and put it in download mode (hold simultaneously Vol Down + Home Button + Power button), until you see that big yellow triangle and some Samsung nonsense about custom OS harming your phone. Press Vol Up to confirm you want to do it.
5. Unzip Odin somewhere, then start Odin 3.07.
6. Plug the phone to the PC with the cable.
7. Odin should put out a message "Added !!"
8. Click on AP and find the .tar.md5 file you extracted in step 3, and click Open.
9. Odin will process the file and when it puts out the message "Leave CS..." see if only F. Reset Time and Auto Reboot are checked. NOTHING else. And THEN click Start.
10. After the operation finishes and your phone reboots, perform a Factory reset.
11. Go on with rooting and CWM, but check the Reactivation lock.
Good luck.
7.
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Thank you verry much.
I had a galaxy s and a note 2 rooted and with custom rom but still this didnt prepare me for this knox **** :/
Still you are right, i was way to carelessle for such an expensive phone.
The Android Version you supplied is UK branded, shure this will work on my phone?
I know i have 4.4.2 on the phone, the version that came out before the latests big patch.
Sorry but i dont want to flash the wrong things even further.
Regards
Chris

OMG,
Flashed it and everything is working perfectly again. BIG Thx mate, supply me with your paypal id and ill invite you for some beers!
THANKS

hexacetat said:
OMG,
Flashed it and everything is working perfectly again. BIG Thx mate, supply me with your paypal id and ill invite you for some beers!
THANKS
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Support the devs that make unbricking, flashing, etc. possible.
And have fun with the Nope 3, the ugliest phone on Earth, but still I wouldn't change it for anything but (probably) a Note 4 with Exynos 5433.

Can't get my SM-G900F rooted... ("Recovery is not SEAndroid enforcing"?)

Hello there, beginner here.
I'm having issues getting my SM-G900F rooted, which is running Android 5.0. My phone doesn't reboot into recovery after flashing cf-auto-root, and the trouble shooting section about this issue doesn't help me too.
I used this cf-auto-root release, as it states to be the one for SM-G900F and Android 5.0.
I then followed these steps with the Odin version included in the download.
However, after flashing, my phone does not reboot into recovery, and just stays in Download mode, with Odin saying PASS.
I know that there's a trouble shooting section below in the steps I linked, but it is not helping me, or I don't understand it. In fact, I have several questions about these steps, and maybe someone can help me about it. Let me cite the original post and my questions about it.
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- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
- Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5
- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, or run adb reboot download command)
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First question arises here. How should I put my device into download mode if I wanted to use the "ADB reboot download" command? According to the steps, it is not connected to my PC at the moment. So I chose to get into download mode with VolDown+Home+Power.
- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
- Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
- Click the Start button
- Wait for Android to boot
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As said, my phone does not reboot, even after Odin states "PASS". So I tried the steps explained in the following note:
NOTE: Sometimes the device does *not* boot into recovery mode and root your device. Just do the entire procedure again if this happens.
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What is meant with "do the entire procedure again"? My phone is now sitting in download mode, with Odin saying PASS. Should I just press "Start" again in Odin? That does nothing on my phone.
Should I pull the battery? My phone is still on then, since it takes the power from the USB connection. So I disconnect it too? If I do that and put the battery back in, it immediately automatically boots, and I get the following error on my screen:
RECOVERY BOOTING...
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : recovery
And then it just hangs there, and installs nothing. If I try to restart it normally, it goes back to this screen, all the time.
If it still will not install root and such, make sure that in Odin "Auto Reboot" is not checked. Then after flashing, pull the battery, and boot with VolUp+Home+Power button to boot into recovery manually. This will start the install process.
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This does not work together with the behavior I stated before. When I pull the battery and the USB connection to turn it off, and insert the battery back in, it immediately boots up. I'm not sure if I was too slow pressing VolUp+Home+Power, but my phone still says the aforementioned SEAndroid error.
Can anybody help the noob I am? In what state is my phone now? Do I understand correctly that it indeed wants to boot into Recovery, but does not like it because it is not fulfilling some "SEAndroid security stuffs"? =3
Thanks for all the help in advance.
PS: These are the lines if I get back into download mode:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G900F
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (2)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE
UDC START

Looks like I go another way now... just installing TWRP, what I mostly wanted (I think at least)...
When I was stuck with the SEAndroid boot all the time, I turned it off again and booted back into download mode, then flashed TWRP from here dl.twrp.me/klte/ (using the most recent *.tar file, and selecting it in ODIN as the PDA file).
After I did that, my S5 booted normally again. But as soon as I turned it off and tried to enter Recovery mode with VolUp+Home+Power, it first still spit out the 3 SEAndroid lines, but then TWRP showed up a second later... it offered me to install SuperSU as I wanted to reboot, which worked. When entering the SuperSU installer after my system booted, I selected the TWRP method to finally root my phone, and that seems to have worked. moving on now...
I just wonder if this is a normal procedure, or if I messed up somewhere so that it became so complicated.
Or maybe I'm just dumb.