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Forum ยป [MOD REPS] Need help rooting Android (Samsung Galaxy S5) phone
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post 1454202543 07-23-2016, 07:37 PM
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[MOD REPS] Need help rooting Android (Samsung Galaxy S5) phone

If anybody knows anything about rooting Android phones, I could really use some help. I think I partially bricked my phone. It still works, but I can't get into the recovery screen without getting a weird error.

Anyway, the post is here with all the details:http://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showth...hp?t=172020573
post 1454202773 07-23-2016, 07:39 PM
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https://www.xda-developers.com/root/

XDA has everything you need (it depends which carrier your S5 is originally from FWIW)

http://www.androidsage.com/2016/04/2...ficial-update/
post 1454203653 07-23-2016, 07:47 PM
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Pretty lengthy, but it teaches a lot.

http://m.androidcentral.com/root
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ur twitter is interdasting. that is all.

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post 1454203883 07-23-2016, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted By Projectxlol⏩
hey pogue, long time no see. rep me IRC bro!
No sh!t man. You got Twitter? If so, HMU on there.
Originally Posted By mtpktz⏩
https://www.xda-developers.com/root/

XDA has everything you need (it depends which carrier your S5 is originally from FWIW)

http://www.androidsage.com/2016/04/2...ficial-update/
Yeah, but I'm totally lost at what I'm doing. Here's the story of what I was trying to that I posted back on XDA in their help section kind of summarized.
Need some help rooting my phone. It's a Samsung Galaxy S5 on VZW. I feel it's old enough now to root it and probably not have any problems.

I'm running Android 6.0.1. Model # SMG900V. I have the build # too. Is it safe to post that publicly?

I'm just trying to get rid of some of the stock apps and and move the rest to my SD card to clear up some space. So, I don't need any super packaged stuff that has all the bells and whistles.

It sounds good, but I don't know a thing about rooting. I've never rooted a phone, and I don't want to brick it. I was also looking at prebuilt roots like oneclickroot and kingroot but they sound a little iffy. Oneclickroot wouldn't work with my phone. I put it in developer mode and installed the ADP drivers that I think are for my phone locally.

I don't really want to install the full cyanogenmod, I'm happy with the standard Android OS, I just want some more power to do things my phone won't allow me, like deleting the stock apps that are taking up so much space.

I decided to try KingRoot as per the instructions on this video QicDqTKb_sU (I can't post links yet)
I downloaded the APK, ran it through Virustotal (which came back with a lot of positives, but I just assumed it was because it was a root installer, the AV software was warning against that). if you want to look it up yourself, the SHA256 hash is b780c2114c3b285d05024161345c72337f22b18c31ed178084 b8a8b41a586483.

So, I installed KingRoot, and it came back and said it didn't work. I ran the Root check app and it said I didn't have root access.

But now, when I boot with the "safe mode" where you clear cache and things like that, it has a warning that says:

Quote:
Warning!!

A custom OS can cause critical problems in phone and installed applications.

If you want to download a custom OS, press the volume up key.
Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel.

Volume up: Continue
Volume Down: Cancel (restart phone)

It won't let me do anything else at that screen, so out of curiosity I hit volume up. Then, I got stuck at a screen that said "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" and got stuck there and wouldn't do anything else.

The only way out is to pop the battery out and restart, or do the volume down, home and power button.

So, I'm kind of stuck. KingRoot won't work for me, and I found an article titled: "Update Verizon Galaxy S5 SM-G900V to Marshmallow 6.0.1 (PF4) and Keep Root" but I'm too much of a newb to follow the instructions and I'm not sure it would work for my particular situation since I'm already in 6.0.1.

Other than that, the phone works perfectly fine. I can't boot into recovery mode to clean cache, but besides that I'm okay.

As far as I've gotten, I got myself into developer mode, allowed USB to be installed from unknown sources, enabled USB debugging and installed what I think are the right APB drivers for the phone (which I was going to use for Oneclickroot, but that apparently won't work with my device either).

Basically, my question is how do I root this phone without bricking it? I can't boot into recovery mode anymore without the error message and I don't know what software I need to get root (and the bootloader I guess? I'm not sure what that is, tbh)

Any help would be appreciated & sorry for the long post!
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post 1454204433 07-23-2016, 07:53 PM
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post 1454205093 07-23-2016, 07:58 PM
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use Vroot
post 1454205243 07-23-2016, 07:59 PM
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this method of rooting worked for my moms galaxy

https://www.kingoapp.com/root-tutori...t-computer.htm
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post 1454205443 07-23-2016, 08:01 PM
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I don't remember how I even found out about this guy who rooted a couple of my devices but if you can find one and have $20 to spare all your troubles will be over.
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I've done it 10 times on my own phones. Chits easy. You got skype or something? I can walk you through it.
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post 1454206853 07-23-2016, 08:13 PM
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video tutorial for you bruh
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Long time no see. Check your cp bro
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Originally Posted By mtpktz⏩
https://www.xda-developers.com/root/

XDA has everything you need (it depends which carrier your S5 is originally from FWIW)

http://www.androidsage.com/2016/04/2...ficial-update/
I'm getting mixed messages from different people about whether or not the sh!t works on 6.0.1 or not. I posted a thread on XDA asking for help, but I haven't heard back, but I'll give it a read and see if I can figure it out or not.
Originally Posted By StrongFella⏩
Pretty lengthy, but it teaches a lot.

http://m.androidcentral.com/root
I'll give it a read, thanks.
Originally Posted By Sh1f7⏩
Off topic but..

How would you rate Fresh Balls by Fresh Body /10?
Do you read my Twitter?


I haven't tried Fresh Body, but I think Goldbond wins out for me on Fresh Balls a lot of the time. They're both not very pleasant to use, but Goldbond works and lasts for a few hours. Fresh Balls leaves this white film all over your d!ck and balls and if you have pubes it leaves little crusty white flakes in there. OTOH, Goldbond leaves white powder all over my bathroom floor.
Originally Posted By Kellonnn⏩
ur twitter is interdasting. that is all.

bye
Thanks. Feel free to HMU on there. I actually reply to my followers.
Originally Posted By ChalkyWhiteX⏩
http://www.howardforums.com/forum.php
Looks ok, but I was under the impress XDA was the place to go for this kind of thing?
Originally Posted By Habbening⏩
use Vroot
Never heard of it, can you tell me more?
Originally Posted By casiNo.⏩
this method of rooting worked for my moms galaxy

https://www.kingoapp.com/root-tutori...t-computer.htm
I tried that, and it left me in the predicament I'm in now. My bootloader is jacked, and my phone is not rooted. Anyway, it says it doesn't support my device.
Originally Posted By Swamp
I don't remember how I even found out about this guy who rooted a couple of my devices but if you can find one and have $20 to spare all your troubles will be over.
I was thinking about just looking on my local Craigslist and seeing if there was a service for people to root your phone for you. But, I'm not sure how to find out if they're legit or not.
Originally Posted By sices⏩
I've done it 10 times on my own phones. Chits easy. You got skype or something? I can walk you through it.
That would be dope. But, maybe we can do it another time? It's pretty late. Shoot me an email or tweet.
Originally Posted By FistoTheSexbot⏩
video tutorial for you bruh
Originally Posted By Dude.Jon⏩
Long time no see. Check your cp bro
You must have changed your username because I don't remember you. But, shoot me an email or tweet and maybe we can work something out.
post 1454223863 07-23-2016, 10:54 PM
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Anyway, I'll check this thread again tomorrow. Thanks everyone!
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For now, rooting can be very easy is choosing the right tool, many users have their phone root successfully with Android Root from RenewAndroid. You can try if needed! Here offer a guide: Root Galaxy S5 sm-g900v Verizon on 6.0.1 Marshmallow
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