Towelroot

dgrobe2112 said:

I did the towelroot on my S5 sprint phone. also, used the root checker, and said it was successful.

my question is, is this a true root? can i install roms? what is the best recovery to use?

Is there instructions out there, on how to get a recovery installed after doing towel root?

If i havent done the true, full root, how much further do i need to go, in order to start flashing roms?

Is there a true, Google Play edition rom out there for this phone?

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dgrobe2112 said:

Thanks for that information.. since i dont have the bootloader unlocked, i really cant do anything.

Should i just go back to stock? is there an easy way to do this?

Or

Should i unlock the bootloader? is there step by step instructions on this? Sprint Galaxy S5

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dgrobe2112 said:

Thanks for that information.. since i dont have the bootloader unlocked, i really cant do anything.

Should i just go back to stock? is there an easy way to do this?

Or

Should i unlock the bootloader? is there step by step instructions on this? Sprint Galaxy S5

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luriert said:

Yes that is correct you can't really do anything in terms of custom roms. That being said you still are rooted, so you can install titanium backup and the xposed framework and modify your phone using those methods. You still are on stock, just with an rooted phone, are you talking about unrooting the phone? I've seen things that can let you do that (like this) but I don't think your phone is supported.

I wish I could say that unlocking the bootloader is something that is as easy as you may think it is. It is extremely difficult from my understanding. I don't know a lot about it so I can't give you a good answer to be honest, but I haven't seen anything on the subject.

Just so you know, that once VZW pushes an update to your phone, you will lose root (if you update) and won't be able to reroot until a new exploit is found (assuming the update closes the exploit that towelroot initially took advantage of). This news sucks but this is just a fact of life when dealing with VZW and ATT.

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gee2012 said:

Not completely true, if you install superSU Pro from the play store root should stick after an update because of the survival mode.

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gee2012 said:

Not completely true, if you install superSU Pro from the play store root will stick after an update because of the survival mode.

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dgrobe2112 said:

all good info..

the reason i want to root, is in hopes of getting a true google phone. No Touchwiz.. i did install superSU. i understand that will keep my phone from getting viruses as easy.

however, my phone popped up an update icon, so i went to check if i could download the update. the message i got was..

"the operating system on your device has been modified in an unauthorized way. try downloading software updates using samsung kiel on your PC, or visit a customer service center."

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