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LordManhattan

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Oy!

So, Geohot released a one-click root tool for the Galaxy S5 earlier today, and it should - according to him, work on any device running firmwares 4.4.2 or earlier. I'm already rooted, but I installed it on my Ultra running stock 4.4.2, and it installed fine, and I guess it ran and finished, because it did what it said it would do (root and reboot within 15 seconds), and I didn't get any errors, BUT a person here with a non-rooted 4.4.2 device has to try it out before we can conclude that this does indeed work on the Ultra.

Confirmed working on the Xperia Z, Xperia T, Xperia E1, Xperia SP and possibly Z1 Compact (not confirmed)


How does it work?

NOTE: Towelroot does not actually install SuperSU, so install SuperSU from the Play Store after you've ran Towelroot and it has rebooted. If you can't update binaries in SuperSU, it's a bug.

UPDATE: USE THIS TOOL INSTEAD http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784900

- Go to http://towelroot.com/
- Install APK
- Run APK
- Done

Original thread: here
 
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LordManhattan said:
Oy!

So, Geohot released a one-click root tool for the Galaxy S5 earlier today, and it should - according to him, work on any device running firmwares 4.4.2 or earlier. I'm already rooted, but I installed it on my Ultra running stock 4.4.2, and it installed fine, and I guess it ran and finished, because it did what it said it would do (root and reboot within 15 seconds), and I didn't get any errors, BUT a person here with a non-rooted 4.4.2 device has to try it out before we can conclude that this does indeed work on the Ultra.

Confirmed working on the Xperia Z, Xperia T, Xperia E1, Xperia SP and possibly Z1 Compact (not confirmed)


How does it work?

NOTE: Towelroot does not actually install SuperSU, so install SuperSU from the Play Store after you've ran Towelroot and it has rebooted. If you can't update binaries in SuperSU, it's a bug.

- Go to http://towelroot.com/
- Install APK
- Run APK
- Done

Original thread: here
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Unfortunately not working with stock sony Kitkat (757). It just stuck there after the button got clicked, and sending ANR after a while. when Ok'd, the phone restarts.. And.......... Nothing happened.. Oh well..

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Tried it. Doesn't work on stock 757. It restarts my phone after some time with in-between not responding messages.

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Chima2

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Great news! This is bringing a much welcome change.

Totally OT: Hacking pays! Geohot made around $18.000 for the towelroot, and I believe it was just back in March he found some exploits for ChromeOS and made $150.000 off of that. I'm extremely jelly. Time to learn how to read code >_<
 
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Chima2 said:
Great news! This is bringing a much welcome change.

Totally OT: Hacking pays! Geohot made around $18.000 for the towelroot, and I believe it was just back in March he found some exploits for ChromeOS and made $150.000 off of that. I'm extremely jelly. Time to learn how to read code >_<
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those were just pledges. a pledge works like this, "I pledge $5 that someone can get this to work". That is it. I am in no way forced to follow through with my pledge. I am sure Geohot got some mad donations, but that $18,000 pledge reward was probably a stretch.

Now regarding the root. I read, very briefly, on reddit that this root process may not be as secure as others and may open you devices up to malware easier. Can anyone confirm this?
 
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doctahjeph said:
those were just pledges. a pledge works like this, "I pledge $5 that someone can get this to work". That is it. I am in no way forced to follow through with my pledge. I am sure Geohot got some mad donations, but that $18,000 pledge reward was probably a stretch.

Now regarding the root. I read, very briefly, on reddit that this root process may not be as secure as others and may open you devices up to malware easier. Can anyone confirm this?
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I didn't pledge anything but I sent him a few bucks to have a cold one on me. been looking for an easy root solution for my gpe model for some time now
 
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xd4d3v

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Ther only thing not working is updating the superuser binaries, though. i'm sure there's an easy fix for that.
 
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    LordManhattan
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    Oy!

    So, Geohot released a one-click root tool for the Galaxy S5 earlier today, and it should - according to him, work on any device running firmwares 4.4.2 or earlier. I'm already rooted, but I installed it on my Ultra running stock 4.4.2, and it installed fine, and I guess it ran and finished, because it did what it said it would do (root and reboot within 15 seconds), and I didn't get any errors, BUT a person here with a non-rooted 4.4.2 device has to try it out before we can conclude that this does indeed work on the Ultra.

    Confirmed working on the Xperia Z, Xperia T, Xperia E1, Xperia SP and possibly Z1 Compact (not confirmed)


    How does it work?

    NOTE: Towelroot does not actually install SuperSU, so install SuperSU from the Play Store after you've ran Towelroot and it has rebooted. If you can't update binaries in SuperSU, it's a bug.

    UPDATE: USE THIS TOOL INSTEAD http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784900

    - Go to http://towelroot.com/
    - Install APK
    - Run APK
    - Done

    Original thread: here
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    maxouffr
    It works with this tool ?

    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784900

    It's made for Z1 and Z1 compact. Maybe it can works with Z Ultra because they are the same CPU
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    iBuzman
    iBuzman
    The Xperia version (http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2784900) works perfectly with 4.4.4 (I've made an ftf for 6833 14.4.A.0.108 and will post link soon,it's 80% uploaded atm)
    @LordManhattan I've linked this thread in my 4.4.4 ftf ZU thread (thought it polite to let you know)
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    b22ri22an
    confirmed to work on gpe models as well running 4.4.3 kernel 3.4.0-perf-g5b037df

    rooted and busybox install

    SuperSU binaries dont update, but when root is needed it does pop the grant box and allow su
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    xd4d3v
    maxouffr said:
    It works with this tool ?

    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784900

    It's made for Z1 and Z1 compact. Maybe it can works with Z Ultra because they are the same CPU
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    It works!!!! yay!!!
    finally!
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