[Q] Does anyone know if this method works for rooting? - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm on G900FXXU1BOA3 5.0 Lollipop and I want to root without tripping KNOX. I found this on reddit and want to know if it will work
http://www.reddit.com/r/galaxys5/comments/2ubsbs/guide_rooted_android_50_for_the_international/
Thanks

No, Towelroot only works with KK prior to June 3rd iirc

It says you downgrade to a firmware with a kernel that works with towelroot before you do anything

You still need to be running KK - you can't flash a KK Kernel on Lollipop
Downgrading the Kernel is only if you are running a KK ROM build later than June

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fastest way from stock non rooted i9301i 4.4.2 to cm11

Sammobile dont have old 4.3 rom. And if they even had it, I am not sure would I brick it by downgrading. Can somebody just say easiest way of rooting and installing latest cwm possibly without tripping knox.
Thanks in advance, damn online update kk did not even ask for permission to upgrade.

sm-900W8 Rogers 5.0 root

Hi, im wondering if anyone can help?
i have a rogers s5 900w8 on 4.4.2 rooted with towel root. i want to go to stock rogers 5.0 that just came out and root. im not concerned about tripping the counter if i can prevent that it would be nice.
my plan was to download the firmware and flash with odin since the ota will not work but i cant seem to find clear instructions on how to root 5.0.
unit68 said:
Hi, im wondering if anyone can help?
i have a rogers s5 900w8 on 4.4.2 rooted with towel root. i want to go to stock rogers 5.0 that just came out and root. im not concerned about tripping the counter if i can prevent that it would be nice.
my plan was to download the firmware and flash with odin since the ota will not work but i cant seem to find clear instructions on how to root 5.0.
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Hi I'm on Telus g900w8 I had stock awhile ago. And then was on omega ROM after I rooted for months. I originally rooted using chainfires autoroot. I believe in superuser I just unrooted then flashed back to stock kitkat. Then once you download the the new version of stock and flash it will be back to normal. Then from there you just have to re root would be my guess.
I'm currently on Cyanogen mod 12 in the unified android development for the past month and its the Lollipop version. I prefer it over the Omega just because of lollipop seems smoother too. For our model you would use the gsm version (if you wanted to try it out). And I just used the stock kernel.
I had rooted my g900w8 about a month after I got it and tripped the Knox counter.
Hope this helps.
Sent from my SM-G900W8 using Tapatalk
thanks i'll look into the CFauto root

[Q] Root 5.0 without setting of knox

Hi.
Question, is there a way to root 5.0 (stock) without tripping knox?
Tried to search\google it, nothing came up.
It's very important to me not to set off knox I still have warranty.
please help :fingers-crossed:
Device model SM-G900F
Nope not really
There was some info about downgrading to KK and rooting with towelroot, then using Mobile ODIN Pro to inject root into a stock Lollipop ROM and upgrade that way, never got that working myself though
No way to directly root stock Android 5 on the Galaxy s5 without tripping knox. However, you can downgrade to a stock 4.4. ROM and then use Towelroot. Afterwards you flash Alexandr's prerooted Lollipop ROM. There are guides everywhere, you could use this one for example https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxys5/comments/2ubsbs/guide_rooted_android_50_for_the_international/
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No way to directly root stock Android 5 on the Galaxy s5 without tripping knox. However, you can downgrade to a stock 4.4. ROM and then use Towelroot. Afterwards you flash Alexandr's prerooted Lollipop ROM. There are guides everywhere, you could use this one for example https://www.reddit.com/r/galaxys5/comments/2ubsbs/guide_rooted_android_50_for_the_international/
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Thanks!
Can I just downgrade to 4.4, root it and leave it like that without upgrade it back to 5.0?
Yes, you can. No one is forcing you to use Lollipop. I find this thread very useful: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-triggering-knox-2nd-method-t2843044
If you just want to use towelroot on 4.4. follow the root instructions and do not flash the Lollipop firmware afterwards.

Rooting from KK or LP, does it matter?

Hello, my S5 is currently stock unrooted on KK 4.4.4 ANK7 and lately I've been thinking on rooting. However I have a concern if it matter whether you root from Kitkat or Lollipop? Meaning are there any differences that affect rooting depending on what version of Android you're coming from? If I take the LP ota update and then root, would I be able to flash KK roms or just LP roms?
Never, under any circumstances, take an OTA update. Once you take an upgrade to Lollipop, you're stuck with it forever. If you instead root KK and flash a safe Lollipop ROM that doesn't update the bootloader past BOD5, you can still downgrade to KK easily.
It's easier to stick with what you have, root it, and then flash a rooted Lollipop ROM. Lollipop is now rootable, but the root process is a little hit-or-miss. Rooting KK is painless.
I had success using this KK root method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880
CAUTION: The BOD5 bootloader is the last one that will allow you to downgrade back to KK. If you ever flash anything that has a BOE1, BOG5, or BOK3 bootloader, you can never go back.
You won't use these for the KK root process, but you'll need them later so save them: you want to ONLY flash these latest safe kernels and/or firmwares by jrkruse: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64744448&postcount=2

6.0.1 ports and bootloaders

So I got my father's old Note 3 after I lost a Z5 in Disneyland, I updated from JB to KK through OTA and installed SuperSU with Towelroot (Knox is still 0x0). I want to clear up some confusions before I go ahead and trip Knox:
AFAIK 4.4+ boot.imgs are not compatible with 4.3 aboot (and vice versa) and you can't downgrade the bootloader once it's updated (you can't odin a older firmware as a result). Will MM roms work with my current BL (rev counter 2)? I wasn't happy with the performance of stock 5.0 the last time I used a N3 and I don't want to risk losing the ability to revert to 4.4.2 if something went wrong with 6.0.
I'm probably sounding stupid but I never tinkered with a Samsung before.
MM is worser than LP so stay with KK.
I like my AryaMod 6.0.1 ROM, but no clue about BL. I always use newest. Why is tripping KNOX a problem? Warranty is no more anyways.

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