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SM-g900v 5.0 rootable firmwares

Hi,
In my possession i have the following firmwares:
...BOC4
...BOD5
and my phone is installed on the ...BOG5 firmware.
I wanted to know out of the above three which firmwares can be rooted, if any? So that i can flash the rootable firmware on my S5 verizon and root the phone.
thanks.

smn216 said:
Hi,
In my possession i have the following firmwares:
...BOC4
...BOD5
and my phone is installed on the ...BOG5 firmware.
I wanted to know out of the above three which firmwares can be rooted, if any? So that i can flash the rootable firmware on my S5 verizon and root the phone.
thanks.
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Your question has already been answered in a previous thread you started. Your phone is on BOG5 firmware therefore the only firmware you can flash onto your phone is BOG5. BOC4 and BOD5 can be rooted, but you cannot flash either onto your phone. Your phone cannot be rooted.

Ouch! Frosty are we? Must have been a bad day as usual for you..
Anyway, FYI: I didn't ask that question before, I asked about downgrading ans this is about replacing current 5.0 firmwares with other 5.0 firmwares.
Lighten up man, take it easy with life and you won't be so bitter all the the time.

smn216 said:
Ouch! Frosty are we? Must have been a bad day as usual for you..
Anyway, FYI: I didn't ask that question before, I asked about downgrading ans this is about replacing current 5.0 firmwares with other 5.0 firmwares.
Lighten up man, take it easy with life and you won't be so bitter all the the time.
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The problem is this question has been asked many times and the answer will never change. If you are on OG5, you cannot downgrade, you cannot flash backwards, and you cannot root. Period. Sorry, but you can thank Verizon and Samsung for that.

Any likely root to come out in the near future then? For example when this version of firmware gets old and they get another update firmware released.

Not unless someone finds a usable exploit. Possible, but not looking very good.

smn216 said:
Any likely root to come out in the near future then? For example when this version of firmware gets old and they get another update firmware released.
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Do everyone here a favor and search before you post. It is rule#1, and your questions have all been answered countless times. Maybe YOU should give it a rest instead.

Is this phone still rootable?

I have a g930a with the basband version G930AUCS4APK1 and I have done all OTA updates.
Is it still rootable? Am I on the new bootloader?

Root???
FreshIce21 said:
I have a g930a with the basband version G930AUCS4APK1 and I have done all OTA updates.
Is it still rootable? Am I on the new bootloader?
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THAT is an EXCELLENT question...

FreshIce21 said:
I have a g930a with the basband version G930AUCS4APK1 and I have done all OTA updates.
Is it still rootable? Am I on the new bootloader?
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go to the root thread, follow the instructions and give it a shot. That's really the best way to find out...just make sure you have the APK1 firmware on standby in case it doesn't turn out well.

SantinoInc said:
go to the root thread, follow the instructions and give it a shot. That's really the best way to find out...just make sure you have the APK1 firmware on standby in case it doesn't turn out well.
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Pretty much this. Backup files you don't want to lose, download the stock Odin files, and give rooting a shot. Worst case, you just gotta flash stock back via Odin. You may be able to flash an earlier firmware via Odin and root from there. Though I doubt Odin would let you. If I were you, I'd download all the applicable files, backup my data, wait until I've got a good chink of time ithat I don't need my phone and start playing around with it. I had all sorts of complications rooting mine s{ I was phone-less for like an hour

SantinoInc said:
go to the root thread, follow the instructions and give it a shot. That's really the best way to find out...just make sure you have the APK1 firmware on standby in case it doesn't turn out well.
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where can i find the apk1 firmware?

FreshIce21 said:
where can i find the apk1 firmware?
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Sammobile.com
Just search by your phones model #.

SantinoInc said:
Sammobile.com
Just search by your phones model #.
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They don't have any firmware for the att model just USB drivers

Any way to extract the firmware from my phone??

Update 12/6/16
I downgraded to the U firmware (G930UUEU4API3) following the steps here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/g930uueu4api3-firmware-download-t3481159
I then rooted using Max Lee's directions and I have root! Haven't tried rooting directly from APK1 firmware

I successfully rooted my G930AUCS4APK1 using princecomsy how to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/root-s7-att-g930a-g935a-t3410538
I'm still trying to learn the nomenclature....so, i'm assuming by the PK1 one part of the version that it is new than PI3?
Just wasn't sure about UUE part. Sorry, noob in this dept.
But, wanted to at least share that I had successful root with OP baseband.
Now to figure out how to make the battery last more than 10hrs and respond a little quicker.
The V15 fix hasn't seem to do much in comparison to stock OTA.
Hope this helps.

bweegn said:
I'm still trying to learn the nomenclature....so, i'm assuming by the PK1 one part of the version that it is new than PI3?
Just wasn't sure about UUE part. Sorry, noob in this dept.
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(for the others that may not know too)
The last three characters of the release are the ones that matter.
* The P indicates the year (P=16th letter of the alphabet, 2016)
* The K indicates the month (K=11th letter of the alphabet, November)
* The 1 represents the release number (to allow for more than one release each month)
Keep in mind that once you flash a newer firmware on the S7, you cannot go back to an older one. Odin will not let you flash it. Even if you could, it would most likely trip the KNOX flag.

Coming from Nexus devices. Very confused about how the G5 Plus works

Please excuse my incompetence. I'm just very overwhelmed how how different things are from Nexus devices
For Nexus devices, there is a page that has stock images for every update. I can't seem to find such a page for the G5 Plus. At least not an official one. Too many outdated threads that link to outdated pages with dead download links, I can't actually find what the latest update is.
Even still, I tried to install this update https://www.getdroidtips.com/npns25-137-33-11-august-moto-g5-plus/ and I get an error in recovery saying:
E3002: Package expects build thumbprint of 7.0/NPNS25.137-33-11/11:user/release-keys or 7.0/NPNS25.137-33-5/5:user/release-keys; this device has 7.0/NPN25.137-33/35:user/release-keys.
E:Error in /sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
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I then tried to download this update https://www.getdroidtips.com/npns25-137-35-5-may-moto-g5-plus/ butthe download link was dead
Further, on Nexus devices, if I had a custom ROM, and there was an update to the ROM that required some updates from the official stock image, I would just flash the vendor, radio, and bootloader images extracted from the stock zip file. These update files seem to only be flashable in stock recovery. How would I be able to get these updates with a custom ROM an TWRP?
Sorry if all of this is obvious. Like I said, I'm just overwhelmed.

Yousie642 said:
Please excuse my incompetence. I'm just very overwhelmed how how different things are from Nexus devices
For Nexus devices, there is a page that has stock images for every update. I can't seem to find such a page for the G5 Plus. At least not an official one. Too many outdated threads that link to outdated pages with dead download links, I can't actually find what the latest update is.
Even still, I tried to install this update https://www.getdroidtips.com/npns25-137-33-11-august-moto-g5-plus/ and I get an error in recovery saying:
I then tried to download this update https://www.getdroidtips.com/npns25-137-35-5-may-moto-g5-plus/ butthe download link was dead
Further, on Nexus devices, if I had a custom ROM, and there was an update to the ROM that required some updates from the official stock image, I would just flash the vendor, radio, and bootloader images extracted from the stock zip file. These update files seem to only be flashable in stock recovery. How would I be able to get these updates with a custom ROM an TWRP?
Sorry if all of this is obvious. Like I said, I'm just overwhelmed.
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Can you try the TWRP flashable builds from here?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/development/rom-twrp-flashable-stock-builds-t3675616
Or the fastboot ROM from here...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/how-to/stock-firmware-npn25-137-67-5-fastboot-t3694738

psychopac said:
Can you try the TWRP flashable builds from here?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/development/rom-twrp-flashable-stock-builds-t3675616
Or the fastboot ROM from here...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/how-to/stock-firmware-npn25-137-67-5-fastboot-t3694738
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I'd actually seen the Fastboot thread already, but I guess in my frustration I misread the firmware version of the download in the OP as the one I was currently on, so I dismissed it as being outdated info. Silly me lol. Thanks!

Yousie642 said:
I'd actually seen the Fastboot thread already, but I guess in my frustration I misread the firmware version of the download in the OP as the one I was currently on, so I dismissed it as being outdated info. Silly me lol. Thanks!
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From which nexus do you come?

GopalKaul said:
From which nexus do you come?
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5x, as well as the 5 before that

Moto G5 is a pretty "plain jane" Android device, so is a Nexus device...
That is where the similarity ends, Moto/Lenovo does not provide ANY factory images and all the ones we have are leaked files, and they do not support anything after an unlock code has been issues (doesn't matter if you actually unlock it or not), and "relocking" does not return it to a true locked status like a Nexus device. Downgrading is very difficult and often requires some trickery to get accomplished, if at all.
No device is really like a Nexus as far as enthusiast support, except maybe a OnePlus.
How does this help? It doesn't... it's just some info.

Yousie642 said:
5x, as well as the 5 before that
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On the 5..

acejavelin said:
Moto G5 is a pretty "plain jane" Android device, so is a Nexus device...
That is where the similarity ends, Moto/Lenovo does not provide ANY factory images and all the ones we have are leaked files, and they do not support anything after an unlock code has been issues (doesn't matter if you actually unlock it or not), and "relocking" does not return it to a true locked status like a Nexus device. Downgrading is very difficult and often requires some trickery to get accomplished, if at all.
No device is really like a Nexus as far as enthusiast support, except maybe a OnePlus.
How does this help? It doesn't... it's just some info.
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I appreciate it nonetheless. Thanks! I'm actually a bit scared about the warranty now that I've unlocked it. I saw the message that popped up and mentioned it as I was getting my unlock code, but I was kinda mindlessly clicking "OK" through things and didn't realize what it actually said until it was too late :S

Yousie642 said:
I appreciate it nonetheless. Thanks! I'm actually a bit scared about the warranty now that I've unlocked it. I saw the message that popped up and mentioned it as I was getting my unlock code, but I was kinda mindlessly clicking "OK" through things and didn't realize what it actually said until it was too late :S
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A G4 Play I have that's unlocked still gets updates. Haven't done anything with the G5+ yet.

What's the latest update we can use and not lose root?

I'm not well versed in this realm of rooting, but I've rooted my V20 (H918) and I'd like to update to the latest version possible and not lose root. I think it involves using some kdz file or something and flashing that, is that right? Let me know, thank you.

Wrong, you have to use this @runningnak3d tutorial to go back to root...but so far, even if you are on H91010T, you can roll back and root. ARB has not yet been implemented on this phone, so you're good to use any rooting method you see fit in this forum. Enjoy!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/root-h910-v10m-t3664500

jreed3786 said:
Wrong, you have to use this @runningnak3d tutorial to go back to root...but so far, even if you are on H91010T, you can roll back and root. ARB has not yet been implemented on this phone, so you're good to use any rooting method you see fit in this forum. Enjoy!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/root-h910-v10m-t3664500
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I think you may be responding to the wrong thread? I wasn't asking how to root, I've already rooted my phone. Also, I said I have a H918, not a H91010T.

Mr December said:
I think you may be responding to the wrong thread? I wasn't asking how to root, I've already rooted my phone. Also, I said I have a H918, not a H91010T.
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Oops!!!! LOL! That darn 8 looked like a 0! My bad, bro! LOL. Late night!!!

You can use kdz writter to upgrade to kdz with new security updates. You will not lose root.

jreed3786 said:
Wrong, you have to use this @runningnak3d tutorial to go back to root...but so far, even if you are on H91010T, you can roll back and root. ARB has not yet been implemented on this phone, so you're good to use any rooting method you see fit in this forum. Enjoy!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/root-h910-v10m-t3664500
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Wait i thought ARB was implemented on the lg v20 already, does that mean if i am on H91810Q, (T-Mobile) i don't have ARB yet?

jreed3786 said:
Oops!!!! LOL! That darn 8 looked like a 0! My bad, bro! LOL. Late night!!!
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Haha, it's alright, man.
shomi1417 said:
You can use kdz writter to upgrade to kdz with new security updates. You will not lose root.
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Thank you, I'll research this and see how to go about this.

do not use anything kdz to flash... you will lose root! you need to flash a TWRP flashable zip to update and keep root

dimm0k said:
do not use anything kdz to flash... you will lose root! you need to flash a TWRP flashable zip to update and keep root
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Thank you! That would've been atrocious. Can you point me to a guide that explains this? I'd hate to make a rookie mistake like I would've made and accidentally update the firmware past 10J.

Mr December said:
Thank you! That would've been atrocious. Can you point me to a guide that explains this? I'd hate to make a rookie mistake like I would've made and accidentally update the firmware past 10J.
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I don't know what version of H918 you're on now, but if I'm not mistaken 10k is the last one that you can still mess up and still get root back by downgrading to an earlier version, root and then upgrade. any version after 10k will increment ARB to 1 whereby you will not be able to get root if you lose it. that said, the latest version out now is 10s and if you have root then you should also have TWRP. here's my guide for updating to the latest versions while keep root https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-h91810q-stock-rom-twrp-flashable-zip-t3681312. looking at this now, I haven't posted the 10s update file, which I will do now... keep in mind that if you update to 10s that if you lose TWRP you'll be fscked and stuck without root, which at this point could be permanently.
EDIT: 10s is a go! original post updated with link. also removing the older versions from Google Drive to free up space... if they're still needed, PM

dimm0k said:
I don't know what version of H918 you're on now, but if I'm not mistaken 10k is the last one that you can still mess up and still get root back by downgrading to an earlier version, root and then upgrade. any version after 10k will increment ARB to 1 whereby you will not be able to get root if you lose it. that said, the latest version out now is 10s and if you have root then you should also have TWRP. here's my guide for updating to the latest versions while keep root https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-h91810q-stock-rom-twrp-flashable-zip-t3681312. looking at this now, I haven't posted the 10s update file, which I will do now... keep in mind that if you update to 10s that if you lose TWRP you'll be fscked and stuck without root, which at this point could be permanently.
EDIT: 10s is a go! original post updated with link. also removing the older versions from Google Drive to free up space... if they're still needed, PM
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Man that is awesome news! Thank you for linking me to your guide. I will do it tonight when I have the time! My current version is 10J, btw.

Mr December said:
Man that is awesome news! Thank you for linking me to your guide. I will do it tonight when I have the time! My current version is 10J, btw.
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if you're willing to take on the risk then go ahead... I did and am still rooted. just ask questions if you have any doubts

Will this work for the Verizon model?

dimm0k said:
if you're willing to take on the risk then go ahead... I did and am still rooted. just ask questions if you have any doubts
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Hey, I followed the instructions per your thread and successfully installed 10s and kept root! The bad news is that I did a factory reset immediately after and now it keeps bootlooping into TWRP. Any idea how to fix this? Sadly I didn't make a backup because my microsd card was too small and I didn't have the patience to wait til tomorrow and go out and buy one, really hope I didn't kick myself in the ass and brick my phone. :crying:
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I was able to find a fix by following these instructions:
"I had this happen to me after installing TWRP for the first time. It would keep rebooting to TWRP. This was after making sure I flashed SuperSU as well. Eventually in a moment of "might as well see what will happen" I rebooted then held down the power button and volume down. Got to the option if I wanted to factory reset my phone which I did which booted into TWRP. Rebooted to system from there which got me out of the TWRP Bootloop."
I also set my phone up again and can confirm that 10s is still good with root! Thanks for the guide and work, man. Much appreciated!

Anyway to revert from Oreo bootloader locked screen to Nougat style one?

Short of reverting to Nougat that is -- Is there a way to get rid of the new-style bootloader-locked screen that's the first thing you see on start-boot? I'd like to replace it with the Nougat style that allows you to hit a key and go right past it. I thought I'd seen a thread on how to do that here but if anyone knows, much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Oh yes -- It's a oneplus 5 and basically running that latest ob18 + NoLimits.

This is easy. Download and flash the Old Bootloader Unlocked Warning zip from this post of mine, and profit!

shadowstep said:
This is easy. Download and flash the Old Bootloader Unlocked Warning zip from this post of mine, and profit!
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Thanks so much - Probably just what I was after. I knew I'd seen it around.

hachamacha said:
Thanks so much - Probably just what I was after. I knew I'd seen it around.
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You can just dirty flash OOS and it'll get updated again, since the OOS zip also contains the firmware (of which the bootloader is a part).

shadowstep said:
This is easy. Download and flash the Old Bootloader Unlocked Warning zip from this post of mine, and profit!
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Worked very well - many thanks.

shadowstep said:
You can just dirty flash OOS and it'll get updated again, since the OOS zip also contains the firmware (of which the bootloader is a part).
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I noticed that as well, but decided your first way was easier.

hachamacha said:
I noticed that as well, but decided your first way was easier.
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If that's the case, then you can save the attached zip which has the new bootloader from OB18, in case you want to revert.