[Q] is there a way to root 5.1.1? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5

hi guys.
i tried installing cf root but that made my phone crash.
tried rooting through TWRP recovery but that also made my hone crashed.

zocex said:
hi guys.
i tried installing cf root but that made my phone crash.
tried rooting through TWRP recovery but that also made my hone crashed.
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No way currently.

muniz_ri said:
No way currently.
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How long you think we should wait till we see such a thing happen?

zocex said:
How long you think we should wait till we see such a thing happen?
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No way of knowing but I suspect that @Chainfire will work on an updated SuperSu at some point.

zocex said:
How long you think we should wait till we see such a thing happen?
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I didn't test it to much since my goal was to get back down to kitkat I had enough of lolipop after 5.0.1 so when 5.1.1 hit I hit my breaking point with it.
When I flashed the MK2 loader + Modem than flashed custom recovery and than flashed the "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip" than flashed back to OD1 loader+Modem to boot back into 5.1.1 to backup some stuff Root seemed to be working. The SuperUser app didn't showup anywhere outside of the app manager but Titanium backup asked for root I granted it and it's root functions seemed to work perfectly.
Random glitch for me? Maybe, I thought about testing it out more but really I was in a rush to get back to KitKat. XD

ccdrop said:
I didn't test it to much since my goal was to get back down to kitkat I had enough of lolipop after 5.0.1 so when 5.1.1 hit I hit my breaking point with it.
When I flashed the MK2 loader + Modem than flashed custom recovery and than flashed the "UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip" than flashed back to OD1 loader+Modem to boot back into 5.1.1 to backup some stuff Root seemed to be working. The SuperUser app didn't showup anywhere outside of the app manager but Titanium backup asked for root I granted it and it's root functions seemed to work perfectly.
Random glitch for me? Maybe, I thought about testing it out more but really I was in a rush to get back to KitKat. XD
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Wow thank you man . I am going to try this, I hope it work for me as well

Has anyone had any luck so far?

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Help Needed with Sense 6 OTA update

I've unlocked my bootloader, rooted and installed CWM custom recovery. Not surprisingly the Sense 6 update will download but it won't install. I tried to flash it manually with CWM but that won't work either. Again, no surprise.
Is there a workaround that I can use to install the Sense 6 update?
appro77 said:
I've unlocked my bootloader, rooted and installed CWM custom recovery. Not surprisingly the Sense 6 update will download but it won't install. I tried to flash it manually with CWM but that won't work either. Again, no surprise.
Is there a workaround that I can use to install the Sense 6 update?
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Yes, you need the stock recovery not custom recovery to install the ota plus stock rom installed.
jerrycycle said:
Yes, you need the stock recovery not custom recovery to install the ota plus stock rom installed.
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Ok, I flashed stock recovery and the update looked like it was going to install but it failed about a third of the way through and gave me a red triangle. I rebooted and fortunately the phone is still working. I tried installing the update a second time with the same result. Any ideas?
appro77 said:
Ok, I flashed stock recovery and the update looked like it was going to install but it failed about a third of the way through and gave me a red triangle. I rebooted and fortunately the phone is still working. I tried installing the update a second time with the same result. Any ideas?
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You have to have a pure stock rom. You may have to nandroid a stock or RUU but you have to decide that, but it have to be stock not root or any system file edits. Sorry, missed the bootloader need to be locked.
jerrycycle said:
You have to have a pure stock rom. You may have to nandroid a stock or RUU but you have to decide that, but it have to be stock not root or any system file edits. Sorry, missed the bootloader need to be locked.
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My rom is stock (Telstra Australia) but I've installed a few Xposed mods. If I do a factory reset I'm assuming that will take the rom back to stock. If I then remove root and relock the bootloader will I then be ok to flash the Sense 6 update?
Mate, I'm having same issue, Telstra Australia.
Check out his thread. I think you need to save three files that get wiped when you unlock bootloader. The update looks for them. I'm still trying to get it to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2800140
Cjohn1200 said:
Mate, I'm having same issue, Telstra Australia.
Check out his thread. I think you need to save three files that get wiped when you unlock bootloader. The update looks for them. I'm still trying to get it to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2800140
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Thanks. I tried the 3 files thing and it didn't work for me probably because the bootloader was still unlocked. I got sick of dicking around with it and decided to try to get S-off which I'd been having trouble achieving with Hboot 2.49. Finally got S-off and then flashed this.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53890999
Cheers.
appro77 said:
My rom is stock (Telstra Australia) but I've installed a few Xposed mods. If I do a factory reset I'm assuming that will take the rom back to stock. If I then remove root and relock the bootloader will I then be ok to flash the Sense 6 update?
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appro77 said:
Thanks. I tried the 3 files thing and it didn't work for me probably because the bootloader was still unlocked. I got sick of dicking around with it and decided to try to get S-off which I'd been having trouble achieving with Hboot 2.49. Finally got S-off and then flashed this.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53890999
Cheers.
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Which method did you use to gain s-off? I couldn't get it to work.
Cjohn1200 said:
Which method did you use to gain s-off? I couldn't get it to work.
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Nothing was working for me and I'd almost given up but I was pointed to this.... http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/
I was already rooted but for some reason the first method wouldn't work for me. ADB is very new to me so I may have done something wrong even though I tried it a couple of times. I used the second method but didn't use temproot cause I figured as I was already rooted I didn't need it. When I used the commands in the second method S-off was achieved.
The rom I mentioned above looks really good btw.
Cjohn1200 said:
Which method did you use to gain s-off? I couldn't get it to work.
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appro77 said:
Nothing was working for me and I'd almost given up but I was pointed to this.... http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/
I was already rooted but for some reason the first method wouldn't work for me. ADB is very new to me so I may have done something wrong even though I tried it a couple of times. I used the second method but didn't use temproot cause I figured as I was already rooted I didn't need it. When I used the commands in the second method S-off was achieved.
The rom I mentioned above looks really good btw.
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Yeah it does look pretty slick. Wasn't sure about the large icons through. I watched a review on youtube. Looked a little strange...
Cjohn1200 said:
Yeah it does look pretty slick. Wasn't sure about the large icons through. I watched a review on youtube. Looked a little strange...
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Not sure what you are referring to there. I didn't see anything overly large. Was that on the stock launcher? I'm using Apex.
When the OTA update fails and you get the red triangle, have you tried holding the vol up button then pushing the power button?
This should take you to stock recovery and you can see why the update failed...
Might give you a point to work from.
Cjohn1200 said:
When the OTA update fails and you get the red triangle, have you tried holding the vol up button then pushing the power button?
This should take you to stock recovery and you can see why the update failed...
Might give you a point to work from.
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No I didn't do that. I'm on a custom recovery and custom rom now though.
I'm all back to stock with the three files saved. Just waiting for the OTA update to download now.
I'll let you know if it works.
So what's the sense 6 camera app like? I have never really been happy with the camera on the max.
Cjohn1200 said:
So what's the sense 6 camera app like? I have never really been happy with the camera on the max.
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I haven't had a really good look at it but I don't like the fact that you have to tap a button before you choose video. On the old app both camera and video were one tap away. Now if you aren't in video already it's 2 taps.
appro77 said:
No I didn't do that. I'm on a custom recovery and custom rom now though.
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I ended up getting this to work....
When you save the three files that are missing with a root file manager, you have to save them to \data\preload NOT system\data\preload
Worked a treat after I did this:good:
How did you get firewater to work?
I keep getting a kernel error. It says that my kernel has a anti firewater patch. Very frustrating i just want to be able to lock my bootloader so my finger print scanner works properly again.
Cjohn1200 said:
I ended up getting this to work....
When you save the three files that are missing with a root file manager, you have to save them to \data\preload NOT system\data\preload
Worked a treat after I did this:good:
How did you get firewater to work?
I keep getting a kernel error. It says that my kernel has a anti firewater patch. Very frustrating i just want to be able to lock my bootloader so my finger print scanner works properly again.
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That's interesting what you say about the 3 files. Now I know why it wouldn't work for me. Regarding Firewater I just followed the instructions in the link I posted earlier.
I've actually reverted to a Nandroid of my stock Sense 5.5 rom. I like it better than Sense 6.

[Q] Lost root after Hyperdrive Upgrade

I upgraded to Hyperdrive using SS after having rooted with towelroot. The upgrade went fine but soon noticed that I did not have root. Tried towelroot again but it said my phone wasn't supported. Tried flashing supersu, tried saferoot and it came back with permission denied. I'm assuming that has something to do with SELinux and not setting permissive mode. Is there a way to do that manually since the SElinux APK doesn't seem to be working? Vrufnc2 is what the build number is showing. Looking for some ideas here to get root back while maintaining the current hyperdrive rom. Thanks!
kylo77 said:
I upgraded to Hyperdrive using SS after having rooted with towelroot. The upgrade went fine but soon noticed that I did not have root. Tried towelroot again but it said my phone wasn't supported. Tried flashing supersu, tried saferoot and it came back with permission denied. I'm assuming that has something to do with SELinux and not setting permissive mode. Is there a way to do that manually since the SElinux APK doesn't seem to be working? Vrufnc2 is what the build number is showing. Looking for some ideas here to get root back while maintaining the current hyperdrive rom. Thanks!
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nevermind...Odin'd back and started from scratch
kylo77 said:
nevermind...Odin'd back and started from scratch
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Been awhile since I've been on HD, but next time try flashing the supersu zip immediately after the rom while still in safestrap recovery
kylo77 said:
nevermind...Odin'd back and started from scratch
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im having the same problem what did you odin back to
I think you guys can just towelroot it.
udg21 said:
im having the same problem what did you odin back to
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This is the process that worked for me thanks to gigilie: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720163
Raymondlikesroot said:
I think you guys can just towelroot it.
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Tried towelroot but it did not support the phone, even with adding in exceptions.

In case you guys haven't noticed already, Lollipop is here. What else? IT'S ROOTABLE!

Major credits again to @zachariahpope for the Lollipop build earlier tonight. Unfortunately getting it rooted from stock won't work. Which is why I proceeded to try the same method from my rooting guide to attempt root. And I am proud to say...I HAVE THE ROOTED LOLLIPOP SONY XPERIA Z3V!!!
And also, I have recovery as well.
If you're going to follow in the same footsteps, please PLEASE remember when you get the supersu file, grab the v2.49 as that is for LOLLIPOP.
@GigaSPX Make one of these in the development section too!!
well, looks like its time to flash
I thought this day would never come!!
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where is it? can I just root the phone when I Flash it back to stock root from there and not take the OTA and go straight to the pre-root for Lolipop?
GhostTrunks said:
where is it? can I just root the phone when I Flash it back to stock root from there and not take the OTA and go straight to the pre-root for Lolipop?
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If you want root, you need to preroot. Otherwise, you won't have it at all.
Also this is an update: it seems it's still Verizon holding all of us by the edge about VoLTE. I tried activating it but it won't work. Still can't browse and call at the same time dammit.
Is this patched for Stagefright?
rooted lollipop for z3v ,,,,,,,,,, congrats
1linuxfreak said:
Is this patched for Stagefright?
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Unfortunately... no.
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Unfortunately... no.
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Giga, any success in actually using Advanced Calling? I can't seem to get it to work, even after "activating" it on the phone
srsaloom said:
Giga, any success in actually using Advanced Calling? I can't seem to get it to work, even after "activating" it on the phone
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No, that's what I've been trying to tell a lot of people now. It's still all in the hands of the big red...
srsaloom said:
Giga, any success in actually using Advanced Calling? I can't seem to get it to work, even after "activating" it on the phone
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You must also activate it from your vzw account.
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No, that's what I've been trying to tell a lot of people now. It's still all in the hands of the big red...
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Figured so, just wasn't sure if I'd missed a memo somewhere along the way. Appreciate it!
Delebird said:
You must also activate it from your vzw account.
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srsaloom said:
Figured so, just wasn't sure if I'd missed a memo somewhere along the way. Appreciate it!
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Yeah, and can't activate it on the Verizon account when it won't let you to.
Has anyone tried installing Xposed? I can't flash to install.
GigaSPX said:
Has anyone tried installing Xposed? I can't flash to install.
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Just installed it. v74-sdk21-arm . Gave me a little scare, as it hung on the Sony logo after rebooting. Also, upon that initial reboot, the lockscreen was vacant and couldn't get beyond what should've been there. Had to long-press power to bring up power menu and select reboot.
Following that, things seem to be working fine. Xposed Installer crashes if you click on xda support links in module pages, and the installation of xposed modules from within the Xposed installer can take significantly longer than it did on KK.
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No, that's what I've been trying to tell a lot of people now. It's still all in the hands of the big red...
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Not sure if this helps, but, I jumped from this phone to the LG G4. We don't have much development but, some rooted users don't have advanced calling because they are rooted. I am a non-rooted user with advance calling. To add another variable to the equation, you have to have the My Verizon Mobile app installed and not disabled to at least initiate advanced calling. Some of the rooted users I think figured that out.
srsaloom said:
Just installed it. v74-sdk21-arm . Gave me a little scare, as it hung on the Sony logo after rebooting. Also, upon that initial reboot, the lockscreen was vacant and couldn't get beyond what should've been there. Had to long-press power to bring up power menu and select reboot.
Following that, things seem to be working fine. Xposed Installer crashes if you click on xda support links in module pages, and the installation of xposed modules from within the Xposed installer can take significantly longer than it did on KK.
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Big thanks here. Fully updated now, and with this tip I'm running xposed as well.
Uninstalled old xposed first (may not have been necessary)
TWRP dirty flashed pre-rooted 5.0.2 zip from post 44 of that lollipop dev thread
After boot TWRP isntalled v74-sdk21-arm module
Installed xposed_installer.apk and added back my most used modules
-chromepie
-xtether (still working )
Didn't bother with xperiaxposed, not even sure if it's updated. Never really used it
Also, I like this boot animation, not that it's of any importance http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/themes-apps/bootanimation-xperia-z3-t3079263
darker_slayer said:
Big thanks here. Fully updated now, and with this tip I'm running xposed as well.
Uninstalled old xposed first (may not have been necessary)
TWRP dirty flashed pre-rooted 5.0.2 zip from post 44 of that lollipop dev thread
After boot TWRP isntalled v74-sdk21-arm module
Installed xposed_installer.apk and added back my most used modules
-chromepie
-xtether (still working )
Didn't bother with xperiaxposed, not even sure if it's updated. Never really used it
Also, I like this boot animation, not that it's of any importance http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/themes-apps/bootanimation-xperia-z3-t3079263
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I did much the same but I did not uninstall xposed before I flashed and it wouldnt let me uninstall it after I upgraded to lollipop. But I flashed and installed the files above and it works great. Xperia Xposed works use v1.7 cause it's the only one that works.
Just wish there was a foolproof way to get rid of those useless small apps
darker_slayer said:
Just wish there was a foolproof way to get rid of those useless small apps
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They're super useful to me, being all multitasking useful and all. loll

hda6 4th gen no recovery ?

I downgraded to run kingroot, installed twrp, and then CM11
Worked fine, but I wasnt happy with some of the issues that CM11 has currently so I flashed 5.3.1.0 from twrp and its working fine but I dont have root (not that big a deal) and I cant get to recovery mode, not by doing adb reboot recover or by holding the volume button at poweron. Any idea where to start?
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I downgraded to run kingroot, installed twrp, and then CM11
Worked fine, but I wasnt happy with some of the issues that CM11 has currently so I flashed 5.3.1.0 from twrp and its working fine but I dont have root (not that big a deal) and I cant get to recovery mode, not by doing adb reboot recover or by holding the volume button at poweron. Any idea where to start?
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Not having root is a great deal, cause with root you could have used a certain tutorial got get TWRP back and flash whatever. I'm in a similar situation, no root too, and can't figure out what to do
Thanks
Killa8 said:
Not having root is a great deal, cause with root you could have used a certain tutorial got get TWRP back and flash whatever. I'm in a similar situation, no root too, and can't figure out what to do
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Yes if I had root I could fix it, I just meant in the end I don't need the device to be rooted, just want some kind of recovery just in case
well
I now have root, what tutorial can I use to get a recovery back
Still stuck with no recovery
How did you get root back?
wfg97079 said:
I now have root, what tutorial can I use to get a recovery back
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How did you get root back if you aren't on 4.5.3???
Mintzeh said:
How did you get root back if you aren't on 4.5.3???
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Yeah, I would like to know as well. Did almost the same as you. Have no recovery and cant fastboot anything to the kindle. Says hardware locked. Tried Kingoroot again and takes a long time. At 80% gives me root failed.
How u get it to connect adb? Plse help
plugged it in and when changed the driver to android adb. when you plug it in, does it register as anything?
kingroot 5.3.1.0
I used kingroot and am on 5.3.1.0 and stuck with no recovery
Mintzeh said:
How did you get root back if you aren't on 4.5.3???
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No OS on Lenovo P2a42

I was trying to root my Lenovo P2a42 with TWRP and SuperSU V2.76 but then something went wrong and it wouldn't boot up. I then did an advanced wipe and wiped everything using TWRP and now I have no OS, although I can go into TWRP and the Bootloader. Whenether I try to boot up I get the Bootloader. Now I just want to get it back to normal, I have no backups (Cuz I'm dumb). Please help, thanks in advance.
Excabyte said:
I was trying to root my Lenovo P2a42 with TWRP and SuperSU V2.76 but then something went wrong and it wouldn't boot up. I then did an advanced wipe and wiped everything using TWRP and now I have no OS, although I can go into TWRP and the Bootloader. Whenether I try to boot up I get the Bootloader. Now I just want to get it back to normal, I have no backups (Cuz I'm dumb). Please help, thanks in advance.
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Hey, did you fix this issue? Stuck at same point.
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Flashed the stock rom that is floating around three times and it worked.
Flipperdolphin said:
Hey, did you fix this issue? Stuck at same point.
FIXED:
Flashed the stock rom that is floating around three times and it worked.
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Yeah I fixed it a few weeks back. I did an advanced reset again then got a stock ROM zip transferred from my pc to my lenovo then flashed it with TWRP. Worked just fine although OTAs no longer work (Too happy to care).
Now, I still want to root my device... If you find a way that works could ya let me know? Thanks.
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Yeah I fixed it a few weeks back. I did an advanced reset again then got a stock ROM zip transferred from my pc to my lenovo then flashed it with TWRP. Worked just fine although OTAs no longer work (Too happy to care).
Now, I still want to root my device... If you find a way that works could ya let me know? Thanks.
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I still can't root the damn thing, I just don't understand, tried a few different ways and none of them work

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