Lollipop and Verizon GS5

[tangoboyz]

So what will Lollipop mean for us Verizon GS5 users? Will we loose Root if we upgrade?

 

[aescbrya]

No. Just have to wait for stock image to come to Verizon. Root will always be achievable on the S5. Now the boot loader, I don't think will ever be unlocked on this phone

 

[GuestK00143]

Root will always be achievable on the S5.

With Verizon's track record on tightening the noose on root I would not say this. All they need to do is make the firmware so you can not revert to a earlier version and you are up the creek without a paddle when you need to revert to stock.

 

[aescbrya]

You really see Odin going anywhere? If they wanted to do what your saying they could have done it along time ago. Yes I agree they have the ability, but probability is very unlikely. What would really suck is if they started simply pushing developer phones meaning if you want to do anything you have to pay for the special developer phone

 

[elliwigy]

You really see Odin going anywhere? If they wanted to do what your saying they could have done it along time ago. Yes I agree they have the ability, but probability is very unlikely. What would really suck is if they started simply pushing developer phones meaning if you want to do anything you have to pay for the special developer phone

they very much so have locked BL to where you couldnt revert to an older BL.. the vzw s4 is a perfect example.. if you updated past mdk unlocked BL you couldnt go back hence why they got SS..

As for the S5 5.0 update they have rooted it over on the international thread.. my suggestion would be to wait for a update.zip to flash with root then odin the firmware just like we do today.. if that doesnt work then were all screwed lol

 

[SkinnyT]

So why exactly is it that we'll probably never get an unlocked bootloader?

 

[GuestK00143]

You really see Odin going anywhere? If they wanted to do what your saying they could have done it along time ago. Yes I agree they have the ability, but probability is very unlikely. What would really suck is if they started simply pushing developer phones meaning if you want to do anything you have to pay for the special developer phone

I don't see Odin going anywhere bit it's useless for root if they do increment the bootloader like they do on nearly all of their devices. The S5 is the only new Samsung device they haven't locked down like fort knox. We'll just have to wait and see what happens with future updates to this device. Hopefully they will leave it as it is but I wouldn't count on it. The way Android security is going we may just have to buy a developer phone to enjoy root in the future. I just wish Verizon would offer them on contract or the Edge program to take the sting out of the cost.

 

[aescbrya]

I don't see Odin going anywhere bit it's useless for root if they do increment the bootloader like they do on nearly all of their devices. The S5 is the only new Samsung device they haven't locked down like fort knox. We'll just have to wait and see what happens with future updates to this device. Hopefully they will leave it as it is but I wouldn't count on it. The way Android security is going we may just have to buy a developer phone to enjoy root in the future. I just wish Verizon would offer them on contract or the Edge program to take the sting out of the cost.

Exactly! I wouldn't care about buying the developer phone if you didn't have to pay full price