I have looked everywhere and read everything and I'm more confused than ever. When I had an S3 it was pretty straightforward to root it, but this S5 and all the possibility for taking the wrong advice has me lost!
Can someone please let me know how I can successfully root my phone, or IF I can root it at all, especially without tripping knox. At this point I don't even care about knox, really, but it's pretty new and I'd rather not. BTW it came with lollipop 5.0 already installed. Firmware version G900W8VLU1BOC1
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hello, well first off Ii recently got the GS5 about a month ago and i must say i love it! Such a big change from my iPhone 5 and couldn't be happier. Now that i have decided I want to root there is way too much information to look through that it is overwhelming (so i apologize for the million times this question has been asked) and I am fairly new to rooting have had an iPhone for 3 years and was pretty capable with jailbreaking. Although, now getting to rooting I am pretty clueless beside the fact that my kernel which is the one from july 22 can not be rooted with towelroot. So now onto my questions:
How exactly can i go about getting the appropriate kernel to root with towelroot so i do not trip knox, even though I am not too sure what the purpose of knox is? And if i decided to not care about knox and go with custom roms what benefits would i get over staying stock rooted?
After rooting what are some key apps to download beside greenify and the xposed apps?
Finally not really much of a question but any other advice/tips would be greatly helpful and appreciated,.
Some info on my phone:
Kernel Version: 3.4.0-278781 July 22
Build number: G900A
Thanks.
Flashing An older stock kernel doesn't trip knox flag.
Furthermore, is a must if you want to root tour phone due to samsung to hace patched the latest kernel vulnerability.
Enviado desde mi SM-G900F
andrewm93 said:
hello, well first off Ii recently got the GS5 about a month ago and i must say i love it! Such a big change from my iPhone 5 and couldn't be happier. Now that i have decided I want to root there is way too much information to look through that it is overwhelming (so i apologize for the million times this question has been asked) and I am fairly new to rooting have had an iPhone for 3 years and was pretty capable with jailbreaking. Although, now getting to rooting I am pretty clueless beside the fact that my kernel which is the one from july 22 can not be rooted with towelroot. So now onto my questions:
How exactly can i go about getting the appropriate kernel to root with towelroot so i do not trip knox, even though I am not too sure what the purpose of knox is? And if i decided to not care about knox and go with custom roms what benefits would i get over staying stock rooted?
After rooting what are some key apps to download beside greenify and the xposed apps?
Finally not really much of a question but any other advice/tips would be greatly helpful and appreciated,.
Some info on my phone:
Kernel Version: 3.4.0-278781 July 22
Build number: G900A
Thanks.
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This is a good place to start http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2843044
And for more info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51949790
SM-G900W8, 0x1
Hello
My S4 got lollipop this weekend, (I9506XXUDOA6) and i want to root it without tripping knox. Is there any way to do this? Ive tryed towelroot or kingoroot but nothing worked
thanks in advance
I'm not 100% sure, but I don't believe you can downgrade the Android 5.0.1 modem to an earlier version and root using Towelroot. CF Autoroot still works, but it will trip Knox.
Yes thats the case.. I dont want to trip knox and i wont try to downgrade the modem.. Ok maybe patience is what i need
Im just facing some curious lags on my phone that have no sense... For example in the recent apps, on facebook, on messenger, and on swiftkey keyboard.. But i have to admit that battery is at its best. On kitkat with normal use, the phone was dead for about 20 hours, and now on lollipop for about 2 and a half days i guess? Does anyone know how to fix those lags or minimize them?
My main concern, and something I'll have to do further research into, is whether I'd lose my SIM unlock on an upgrade. I used RegionLock Away to unlock my S4 after repairing it. The unlock survived the restoration of Android 4.4.2, but I have my concerns as to whether it would survive an upgrade to 5.0.1. Especially as downgrading the modem apparently is not possible.
It might simply be easier for me to find a custom Touchwiz ROM and install it instead, but there aren't many of them as of yet.
Can anyone confirm that there is no way to saferoot a s4 lte-a with official lollipop?
Hello
Is there a warranty safe method for rooting SM-G900F? (Without tripping knox, voiding warranty etc.)
I don't want anything irreversible about warranty, knox etc.
If you're running Kitkat there are plenty of tutorials kicking about the forums, if you're running Lollipop, you'll need to downgrade first
I'm running KitKat but i don't know which KitKat build i must use to proper rooting. The tutorials aren't clear enough please redirect me.
If it's a build from before June 2014, you can root using Towelroot
If it's a build after June 2014, you'll need to either downgrade further, or flash a kernel from an earlier build, root, then flash your original kernel back again
Thanks for your great help. Is Towelroot only safe method for rooting or do we have any alternatives
I haven't heard of any others, but I've only had my S5 a couple months
Towelroot is just an app, so you can't really get much easier than that
https://towelroot.com/
Thank you so much for your answers You're very helpful @*Detection*. I'll use "towelroot" app.
Hi I Just did the 2nd update of lollipop 5.0 with software version ending in BOD3. But i have seem to have lost my root access. I'm very familiar with rooting my phone. But not sure what I need to do on this new process. If someone could lend me a hand that would be great. Thanks
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Hi I Just did the 2nd update of lollipop 5.0 with software version ending in BOD3. But i have seem to have lost my root access. I'm very familiar with rooting my phone. But not sure what I need to do on this new process. If someone could lend me a hand that would be great. Thanks
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How did you update? Did you have KNOX 0x0 before updating?
If you have tripped KNOX flag already (0x1) then just use CF Autoroot, i assume you have an SM-G900F since you mentioned BOD3.
Hello,
I really want to root my G900W8 Galaxy S5 which currently has Lollipop, all I really need is root I would like to keep the original Rom. I've been reading a lot on this forum but most options need you too install a new rom as I understand it. I really don't care about nox either as I'm out of the warranty any how. Can you please provide a quick guide or direct me to one that would be best.
Flash this with ODIN 3.10.6
http://download.chainfire.eu/406/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-kltecan-kltevl-smg900w8.zip
So flashing that will I still be at Lollipop 5.0 or does this downgrade me to 4.4.2 I would prefer to stay with 5.0 if possible. Also do I still need to install Super SU and gaps?
Yes it will stay on LP
No it doesn't downgrade you to KK
No you don't need SuperSU, CF Auto Root installs that for you
Why would you need Gapps? You're not flashing a custom ROM
There are no more steps needed or I would have included them in the instructions on how to root your phone - wouldn't be much good if I missed steps out or flashed your phone to a completely different version of Android when you asked specifically how to root Lollipop...
But you know, if you took some time to read some of the thousands of threads with all this info in them, you'd know all this
Shouldn't be messing about with things before you've done some self-educating, or your next thread will be asking how to unbrick your S5
I was already well experienced with Android (Different device) when I got my S5, but I didn't start rooting or messing until I'd spent a few weeks reading a shed load of threads in the S5 forums, until I was 100% sure I knew what I was doing
Word of Advice: Go find the EFS partition backup thread before doing anything else
Thanks so much for the help