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IS the galaxy s5 going to get root anytime soon?

Is the galaxy s5 going to get root? If so how long? Can't wait to root this device!!

nbrent1007 said:
Is the galaxy s5 going to get root? If so how long? Can't wait to root this device!!
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Odin root may or may not be possible on the ATT variant, only time will tell.

It time to return s5
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I saw a post from Chainfire indicating he was releasing auto-roots for a bunch of variants today(he didn't mention which ones but I've got my fingers crossed). Apparently the current bottleneck is Sammy's crappy d/l servers.

Looks like no dice with Chainfire, at least for now. https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/JVxv5298wdU
Apparently he needs the recovery extracted from the firmware. I checked sammobile.com for our firmware and they haven't put it out yet. I sure hope they do.

johnnyutah22 said:
Looks like no dice with Chainfire, at least for now. https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/JVxv5298wdU
Apparently he needs the recovery extracted from the firmware. I checked sammobile.com for our firmware and they haven't put it out yet. I sure hope they do.
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Yeah thats the part I'm not following. Can't I pull this from the Phone with Odin and send it to him or does the dump function not work on the S5?

cciechad said:
Yeah thats the part I'm not following. Can't I pull this from the Phone with Odin and send it to him or does the dump function not work on the S5?
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You can't usually dump the recovery partition without having root...usually a custom recovery is needed...hence he needs the firmware which contains the recovery partition.
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cciechad said:
Yeah thats the part I'm not following. Can't I pull this from the Phone with Odin and send it to him or does the dump function not work on the S5?
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Chainfire has already said more than once that it can't be dumped.
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Just curious if we will be able to root without a unlocked bootloader. With other devices I don't recall that being an issue. But then again this is the first one I've had that's been this locked down.
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jayv81 said:
Just curious if we will be able to root without a unlocked bootloader. With other devices I don't recall that being an issue. But then again this is the first one I've had that's been this locked down.
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CF root likely won't work if the ATT BL is locked, but the only definitive way to check is to get the firmware and extract the recovery, send it to CF and have him package something up and then have someone flash with Odin, if the BL is locked, then it will either fail to flash, fail to boot, or worse, also once you flash anything not deemed official you trip the knox warranty flag and your without a warranty..

djkinetic said:
CF root likely won't work if the ATT BL is locked, but the only definitive way to check is to get the firmware and extract the recovery, send it to CF and have him package something up and then have someone flash with Odin, if the BL is locked, then it will either fail to flash, fail to boot, or worse, also once you flash anything not deemed official you trip the knox warranty flag and your without a warranty..
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The only thing that worries me is the worse part. Really don't care about warranty. Just don't want a brick
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I'm pretty sure root will break some things. I was able to sign up for Isis and get the $50 credit, but my wife wasn't able since her Note 3 is rooted. Google Wallet might still work though. Ready to root though.
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cerobles1 said:
I'm pretty sure root will break some things. I was able to sign up for Isis and get the $50 credit, but my wife wasn't able since her Note 3 is rooted. Google Wallet might still work though. Ready to root though.
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Do you have xposed framework installed on her note 3? If so use rootcloak and your problem is solved.
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nbrent1007 said:
Is the galaxy s5 going to get root? If so how long? Can't wait to root this device!!
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SG i9305 Towelroot problem

Hi! I've just tried towelroot and it shoved in my face that my phone is not supported. I have tried the different modstrings and my kernel date is 28.11.2013 (should be supported). Any thoughts and ideas would be appreciated. Thank you!
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VankaMa said:
Hi! I've just tried towelroot and it shoved in my face that my phone is not supported. I have tried the different modstrings and my kernel date is 28.11.2013 (should be supported). Any thoughts and ideas would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Use odin to root your i9305. check the odin guide below in my signature and follow the steps to root your device, very easy

Thank you! I was thinking about Odin but yet again I was curious why the towelroot was not working uder those conditions. But I guess root is root no matter how you get it
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VankaMa said:
Thank you! I was thinking about Odin but yet again I was curious why the towelroot was not working uder those conditions. But I guess root is root no matter how you get it
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yep, you got that right
This is the easiest way in my opninion

MaHo_66 said:
yep, you got that right
This is the easiest way in my opninion
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I have also rooted my phone by flashing Philz recovery using stock recovery
Then, the way opened to Custom World.

Towelroot
VankaMa said:
Hi! I've just tried towelroot and it shoved in my face that my phone is not supported. I have tried the different modstrings and my kernel date is 28.11.2013 (should be supported). Any thoughts and ideas would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Somehow the new towelroot is not compatible with the i9305. knowing this because it happened to me too . until i decided to try the version 1 and version 2 . and version 2 worked for me. Now i don't see any difference whether you root with odin or with towelroot. Unless you don't want your knox warranty void.. that's the only difference. if you did upgraded to 4.3 and you rooted your device with a different method other than towelroot, it will void your knox warranty.

Hbohd said:
I have also rooted my phone by flashing Philz recovery using stock recovery
Then, the way opened to Custom World.
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I tried the tr v2 and v1 but no success whatsoever. Guess it's time to Odin my phone thank for the help!
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Hey guys do you think that the towelroot method will be available for the gt 19305 soon ? Have been wanting to root this phone for quite a while now would like to keep knox happy if you know what i mean.
just one more question does anybody know when the kitkat update will be available ota in Ireland?
CHEERS.

NC2 stock no OTA update to 4.4.4?

Hi, I'm new to the Note 3 community. I recently purchased one and realized I'm not receiving a OTA update for Stock ROM. Could anyone explain this?

iblakejames said:
Hi, I'm new to the Note 3 community. I recently purchased one and realized I'm not receiving a OTA update for Stock ROM. Could anyone explain this?
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Maybe they pull out from server since lolipop is coming. Mine wile you can use rhis thread to get to latest firmware : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=58092481
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norbarb said:
Maybe they pull out from server since lolipop is coming. Mine wile you can use rhis thread to get to latest firmware : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=58092481
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Thank you! One question though, if I flash NL2 over NC2 will I be able to root and will flashing this without removing data be safe?

iblakejames said:
Thank you! One question though, if I flash NL2 over NC2 will I be able to root and will flashing this without removing data be safe?
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Here is answer : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57729221
Clicking from notecable N910A

Are you using an att Sim card?
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SM-G920A 6.0.1 root?

I've not had much time lately to do proper research or trial-and-error on this topic (especially since this is for a friend). I was wondering if it is at all possible to root the SM-G920A on 6.0.1 G920AUCU3PD6? I've checked out the other threads and they are all about updating or there's that one about flashing the Verizon stock. But nothing about just achieving root on this update.
Thanks in advance if I don't get back to the replies quickly!

Not yet to my knowledge.
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Dang, lol I'm in the same situation, if you used odin all you would have to do is find the tar file :/

if the tethered root can be ported to 6.0.1 we might have something

jfmherokiller said:
if the tethered root can be ported to 6.0.1 we might have something
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There's nothing to port. We need an engineering kernel to leak as it did for Lollipop.

yeahmann said:
There's nothing to port. We need an engineering kernel to leak as it did for Lollipop.
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oh so thats how they did it i was wondering how they got it to work but hopefully one will leak soon

Any update here I'm on 6.0.1 g92a DPI1
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Help determining which nougat/marshmallow ROM to user for model SAMSUNG-SM-G900A

I'm trying to upgrade my buddie's phone here. Not very familiar with the s5 community and what's available..
Can this phone be rooted, TWRP'd, and flashed to nougat or marshmallow officially or otherwise?
Please help, any advice is appreciated.. Thanks

Depends on what version of android you have now if it can be rooted. If you have lollipop or marshmallow, then no, there is no root. Marshmallow is available via ota update.

johnkirchner said:
Depends on what version of android you have now if it can be rooted. If you have lollipop or marshmallow, then no, there is no root. Marshmallow is available via ota update.
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Yea it's on 5.0... I'll have to get his at&t sim and try to update it via OTA.
Thanks for replying.
Edit: Will this work?
http://www.samsungsfour.com/tutorials/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900a-for-at-t.html
Also, is root even needed for flashing custom ROMs?
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nldxda said:
Yea it's on 5.0... I'll have to get his at&t sim and try to update it via OTA.
Thanks for replying.
Edit: Will this work?
http://www.samsungsfour.com/tutorials/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900a-for-at-t.html
Also, is root even needed for flashing custom ROMs?
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Those instructions are for KitKat, it was patched in Lollipop.
Give me the baseband version of your phone (in settings, looks something like G900AUCU4BOF3)

AptLogic said:
Those instructions are for KitKat, it was patched in Lollipop.
Give me the baseband version of your phone (in settings, looks something like G900AUCU4BOF3)
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Yep baseband is G900AUCU4BOF3.
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nldxda said:
Yep baseband is G900AUCU4BOF3.
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As of now all you can try is Kingroot, which may or may not work (haven't tested it). Let's see if we can get as far as root and then we'll go into ROMing

AptLogic said:
As of now all you can try is Kingroot, which may or may not work (haven't tested it). Let's see if we can get as far as root and then we'll go into ROMing
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I'll try this out later when I'm back to the phone.. thanks
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AptLogic said:
As of now all you can try is Kingroot, which may or may not work (haven't tested it). Let's see if we can get as far as root and then we'll go into ROMing
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OK kingroot didn't work.. got the "not adaptable" message..
Looks like I'll try to get the official marshmallow update by downloading it and flashing it from my pc..
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nldxda said:
OK kingroot didn't work.. got the "not adaptable" message..
Looks like I'll try to get the official marshmallow update by downloading it and flashing it from my pc..
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NO DON'T!! YOU WILL BLOW A QFUSE AND THE PHONE WILL NEVER EVER BE ROOTABLE!
Your best bet is to wait for an iovyroot build and try that

AptLogic said:
NO DON'T!! YOU WILL BLOW A QFUSE AND THE PHONE WILL NEVER EVER BE ROOTABLE!
Your best bet is to wait for an iovyroot build and try that
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Lol oops, good thing I haven't touched it yet
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AptLogic said:
NO DON'T!! YOU WILL BLOW A QFUSE AND THE PHONE WILL NEVER EVER BE ROOTABLE!
Your best bet is to wait for an iovyroot build and try that
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Well my buddy will accept leaving his phone on official lollipop, but would at least like all the att apps removed...
Can I uninstall these apps rather than disable them? No root = no titanium backup [emoji52]
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