[Q] Attained root with TowelRoot, how to install custom recovery and ROM?

rfkrocktk · Jun 18, 2014

I've just been able to (finally) get root on my AT&T G900A Galaxy S5. (And I tipped TowelRoot, because this is awesome.)

I just tried installing a custom recovery with "dd," and Sammy's secure boot broke everything until I was able to restore the stock recovery via Odin. How can I install a custom recovery on this device? Is there a way to stop and deactivate Samsung's secure boot now that I have root?

I'm really looking to get started trying out Team Hydra's CM 11 implementation for the device, but first need a recovery and a way to bypass the secure boot feature on the device. How do I do that?

joshyc5 · Jun 18, 2014

Yeah, this is going to suck to hear, but you can't. The G900A has a locked bootloader, which means the best you'll be able to do is use Safe Strap and other TouchWiz based roms only.

tydiamond11 · Jun 18, 2014

Just wait on hash code once he gets done we can put cm on I'm this phone lol

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rfkrocktk · Jun 18, 2014

I'm hearing mixed replies: one says that it's not possible, one says that it is.

Will we ever be able to flash custom recoveries and ROMs to the G900A?

ronnie498 · Jun 18, 2014

rfkrocktk said:
I'm hearing mixed replies: one says that it's not possible, one says that it is.

Will we ever be able to flash custom recoveries and ROMs to the G900A?

If you have the AT&T S5 it has a locked boot loader which means sadly that you are not able to flash a custom recovery.

rfkrocktk · Jun 19, 2014

Ever? As in "permanently, no you will NEVER EVER EVER be able to flash a custom recovery?"

gridflash · Jun 19, 2014

rfkrocktk said:
Ever? As in "permanently, no you will NEVER EVER EVER be able to flash a custom recovery?"

As in, "Everybody's working on it"

rfkrocktk · Jun 19, 2014

Understood. Sorry, I was just trying to clarify whether I should completely give up on the idea of possibly running CyanogenMod on my phone.

By the way, how does unlocking the bootloader work? Can they just dd the bootloader and brute-force it, or what's typically done?

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