[GUIDE] Root, Bootloader Unlocks, and More!

[Legitsu]

You can find a ROM in the Android Development or Unified Android Development sections of this forum. I would personally recommend LineageOS but it's ultimately up to you.

I would't recommend he run LOS on KLTEVZW they keep breaking stuff run a stable MM rom for now
such as AICP11

https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/rom-aicp-11-0-mm-t3357730

download rom and open gapps(6.0 ARM micro) to your sdcard
install rom zip
install gapps zip

reboot to system wait 15m for it to boot

remember the adage nightly builds are not for noobs

the complete lack of RTFM never ceases to astound me

 

[synbios16]

I think I found one. I'm not sure I installed it right, of course. Now my phone is just sitting on the red Verizon screen. I'm not sure how long it's supposed to stay there, but it has been several minutes already.

 

[Legitsu]

I think I found one. I'm not sure I installed it right, of course. Now my phone is just sitting on the red Verizon screen. I'm not sure how long it's supposed to stay there, but it has been several minutes already.

first boot can take 15/20m don't interrupt it

a red verizon screen indicates you flashed one of the stock roms in which case I hope you grabbed the one for CID15/unlocked bootloaders else you will be starting over

if it doesn't say Dev aboot on it and your device is running twrp then don't flash it

 

[jrkruse]

I would't recommend he run LOS on KLTEVZW they keep breaking stuff run a stable MM rom for now
such as AICP11

https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/rom-aicp-11-0-mm-t3357730

download rom and open gapps(6.0 ARM micro) to your sdcard
install rom zip
install gapps zip

reboot to system wait 15m for it to boot

remember the adage nightly builds are not for noobs

the complete lack of RTFM never ceases to astound me

The last thing a person that has no clue what they are doing is flashing AOSP or CM roms

 

[synbios16]

first boot can take 15/20m don't interrupt it

a red verizon screen indicates you flashed one of the stock roms in which case I hope you grabbed the one for CID15/unlocked bootloaders else you will be starting over

if it doesn't say Dev aboot on it and your device is running twrp then don't flash it

Got through it. Had to go through phone set up again. Looks like the phone forgot all my messages, email accounts, phone numbers, applications... pretty much everything. Amazingly my photos are still there.
Is there a way to unroot this thing now? Or if not, is there a way to go back to the stock operating system I had a few hours ago?

 

[Legitsu]

The last thing a person that has no clue what they are doing is flashing AOSP or CM roms

meh no point in doing any of this if you are gonna run touchwizz

AICP11 is stable

 

[jrkruse]

I think I found one. I'm not sure I installed it right, of course. Now my phone is just sitting on the red Verizon screen. I'm not sure how long it's supposed to stay there, but it has been several minutes already.

You need to be more specific. I think I flashed one well which one. I flashed the QA1 bootloader zip well which one. Exact names when asking for help. You flashed QA1 formware so did you flash a MM rom?

 

[synbios16]

You need to be more specific. I think I flashed one well which one. I flashed the QA1 bootloader zip well which one. Exact names when asking for help. You flashed QA1 formware so did you flash a MM rom?

I used this one

https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...ment/rom-verizon-stock-rooted-odexed-t3551404

I don't know what ODEXED or DEODEXED means.

If there is a way to go back to stock, or at the very least disable root, I'd take it.

 

[jrkruse]

I used this one

https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...ment/rom-verizon-stock-rooted-odexed-t3551404

I don't know what ODEXED or DEODEXED means.

If there is a way to go back to stock, or at the very least disable root, I'd take it.

There are 3 roms which one did you choose?

 

[synbios16]

There are 3 roms which one did you choose?

Oh, whoops. Third one:
VZW_QA1_STOCK_ROOTED_DEODEXED.zip

 

[jrkruse]

Oh, whoops. Third one:
VZW_QA1_STOCK_ROOTED_DEODEXED.zip

Ok. Odex roms are like stocl. The boot up faster but their isn't alot you can do with them. Deodexed roms can be modified more easily but they tale longer to boot the first time up to 20 minutes. You picked the most common one. Most mods and stuff will work on this rom. Its slightly debloated but all samsung features will still work except private mode

 

[AptLogic]

Oh, whoops. Third one:
VZW_QA1_STOCK_ROOTED_DEODEXED.zip

If you only want a stock os and no root then why did you do this in the first place lol

 

[synbios16]

If you only want a stock os and no root then why did you do this in the first place lol

I don't even know any more.

Is there a way to go back?

 

[AptLogic]

I don't even know any more.

Is there a way to go back?

There is but at this point its better to just stick with this and read up on Android/TouchWiz/Root and get educated
Its really quite simple and beautiful once you've got it all figured out, been doing this stuff since 2014.

 

[synbios16]

There is but at this point its better to just stick with this and read up on Android/TouchWiz/Root and get educated
Its really quite simple and beautiful once you've got it all figured out, been doing this stuff since 2014.

But now my kid's Pokemon game doesn't work. Apparently he was quite far and a rooted device kills the game. Would still like to go back.

 

[jrkruse]

I don't even know any more.

Is there a way to go back?

Now whats wrong

 

[Legitsu]

But now my kid's Pokemon game doesn't work. Apparently he was quite far and a rooted device kills the game. Would still like to go back.

there is a fix for that,requires either SUhide or preferably magsik

here is a taste of what you are giving up on

https://my.mixtape.moe/cgrtno.mp4


@jrkruse
may want to consider converting all your roms to magisk

 

[AptLogic]

it may not be strictly a permission problem it may be that something isn't getting mounted quickly enough it will throw that error if it can't write to where it needs to

also double check your service declarations your manifest systemui needs android:isolatedProcess=true

The isolatedProcess flag isn't present in the stock or the AOSP SystemUI manifests.

 

[Legitsu]

thread here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445
flash the magisk zip from TWRP reboot to system

grant magisk root access and enable the magisk hide tic box in the options

tap check safety net if it passes pgo should work as expected

 

[jrkruse]

there is a fix for that,requires either SUhide or preferably magsik

here is a taste of what you are giving up on

https://my.mixtape.moe/cgrtno.mp4


@jrkruse
may want to consider converting all your roms to magisk

I have thought about it