Just want to share an experience i went thru while trying to root my metro pcs galaxy s5 on android 5.1.1 I've read in a few forums that it cant be rooted. Or you had to downgrade firmware in order to root. I Was able to root & install TWRP recovery on my galaxy s5. Using Chainfires CF auto root for metro klte. And Odin v3.07 All while never fully booting ( stuck in boot loop) my phone.
1) powered phone to download mode.
2) connected to odin, flashed cf auto root. Phone passes unplug from computer.
3) phone boots up but stays on galaxy s5 boot screen.( never fully boots)
4) removed battery, put back, powered phone to stock recovery, factory reset it. Reboot, again. Still stuck on boot loop.
5) removed battery again, put back, powered phone to download mode, noticed knox counter was now tripped. 0x1, and phone status was now custom instead of official. Took a chance...
6) connected phone back to odin, flashed TWRP recovery img. Phone passes again, boots up but still stuck on galaxy s5 boot screen.
7) removed battery, put back once more, powered phone into recovery mode. To my surprise TWRP recovery now installed.
8) In twrp recovery did a full wipe, and flashed custom rom, and gapps. Now wife is enjoying her Cm 12.1 rom.
Was surprised to learn all this was accomplished without fully booting my phone ( sort of stuck in soft brick) and not verifying root with root checker app.
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Nemsiis72 said:
Just want to share an experience i went thru while trying to root my metro pcs galaxy s5 on android 5.1.1 I've read in a few forums that it cant be rooted. Or you had to downgrade firmware in order to root. I Was able to root & install TWRP recovery on my galaxy s5. Using Chainfires CF auto root for metro klte. And Odin v3.07 All while never fully booting ( stuck in boot loop) my phone.
1) Powered phone to download mode.
2) connected to odin, flashed cf auto root. Phone passes unplug from computer.
3) phone boots up but stays on galaxy s5 boot screen.( never fully boots)
4) removed battery, put back, powered phone to stock recovery, factory reset it. Reboot, again. Still stuck on boot loop.
5) removed battery again, put back, powered phone to download mode, noticed knox counter was now tripped. 0x1, and phone status was now custom instead of official. Took a chance...
6) connected phone back to odin, flashed TWRP recovery img. Phone passes again, boots up but still stuck on galaxy s5 boot screen.
7) removed battery, put back once more, powered phone into recovery mode. To my surprise TWRP recovery now installed.
8) In twrp recovery did a full wipe, and flashed custom rom, and gapps. Now wife is enjoying her Cm 12.1 rom.
Was surprised to learn all this was accomplished without fully booting my phone ( sort of stuck in soft brick) and not verifying root with root checker app.
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As long as odin says "success"!! Then you should be golden.
In fact your success might also be attributed to the boot loop not being able to auto-wipe and restore the factory recovery before TWRP had a Chance to take hold.
No doubt that TWRP contributed to the success of CF-autoroot for this device & 5.1.1 software combination.
Heres My story...
I too have the metro pcs galaxy s5 on android 5.1.1... All be it.. it's 5.1.1 now because of an OTA firmware update that T-Mobile released. I downloaded it because I intended to root the stock 5.1.1 android image..
( and that is what I achieved, two S5's fully rooted on stock 5.1.1 image, with custom recovery, and customized and de-bloated to my liking)...
I was previously rooted on 4.4.2 with this S5, So I flashed the stock T-Mobile firmware I got from samfirwares.com using Odin3 v3.10.6 to esentaly unroot and get stock 5.1.1.
My device having already been rooted before on 4.4.2, would not alow me to OTA to the 5.1.1 update that Metro PCS pushed via the network.... (My wife's non-rooted S5 however; was able to receive it via the network so I rooted hers the same way as mine following same steps minus flashing the stock firmware with odin after first using mine as the guinea pig.)
That said.. After first reboot of stock 5.1.1. Firmware I verified my fears and indeed root had been broken.
I then immediately returned to download mode and flashed TWRP via Odin, after reboot I then immediately booted to TWRP recovery and flashed the waiting CF-autoroot.zip I had placed on SD previously while on 4.4.2. .... So.. root was easily achieved
Thanks to TWRP..
If I remember correctly I did have the same need to pull the battery after flashing TWRP via odin.. due to hanging on the Samsung logo....
To sum this up:
1. I'M ON STOCK 5.1.1 WITH TWRP AND ROOT ON MY S5.
2. Knox is not tripped, (update its now tripped thanks to Titanium Backup... useless app in my opinion now that others can freeze/disable system apps. )
3. Because of the way that all of my flashing went without issue.. I never lost contacts, homescreen background, icon & widget layout, or settings. (I DID HAVE TO RE-ENABLE Developer Mode and USB debugging along with animation settings, also had to run "SD fix" again one time, but that's it.) I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO put my WiFi passwords back.
Ps I know most of that can be backed up and restored automatically. But I never had to bother.
NOTE: After each step following the successful flash of TWRP do yourself a favor and make a Nandroid backup to the SD. (U'll need at least 32gb to make 3 full incremental backups and still have space.) I suggest transferring them to USB or PC ASAP so that if u some how wipe the SD card U'll still have a way back.
I liked CM10 on my old phone... maybe now that I've made my nandroid backups at each step along the way I have little to loose if I try a custom S5 rom now..
Anybody have any ROM suggestions, they have personally flashed on S5?
Closing thoughts:
I full owe all of my success to the wonderful community of developers here on XDA-developer forums..
Without them and their strong following of loyal users, I would never have even attempted this on my S5.
Nor would I have been able to root my wife's unrooted android 5.1.1 MetroPCS Samsung Galaxy S5.
XDA has now helped me accomplish root on more then 10 devices over the years..
Thank you XDA, & a special thanks to Chainfire, Team Win Recovery Project, Clock Work MOD (for their help with previous devices), and all the testers out there.
THANK YOU ALL..
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Free mobile app
Im running this Rom at the moment. XDA dev. Albinoman's unofficial Cm 12.1 along with the suggested gapps and it runs flawlessly on my metro pcs galaxy s5. Haven't had an issue yet. You will find it in the xda forum under galaxy s5 unified development sub forum.
So far I've ran 6 custom ROMs on my galaxy, and this one seems the best so far.
Your rooting process was interesting, effective but interesting!
It's cool finding out new was this thing can be achieved.
Have fun bro.
STAY ROOTED....
TEFjLONjDON said:
As long as odin says "success"!! Then you should be golden.
In fact your success might also be attributed to the boot loop not being able to auto-wipe and restore the factory recovery before TWRP had a Chance to take hold.
No doubt that TWRP contributed to the success of CF-autoroot for this device & 5.1.1 software combination.
Heres My story...
I too have the metro pcs galaxy s5 on android 5.1.1... All be it.. it's 5.1.1 now because of an OTA firmware update that T-Mobile released. I downloaded it because I intended to root the stock 5.1.1 android image..
( and that is what I achieved, two S5's fully rooted on stock 5.1.1 image, with custom recovery, and customized and de-bloated to my liking)...
I was previously rooted on 4.4.2 with this S5, So I flashed the stock T-Mobile firmware I got from samfirwares.com using Odin3 v3.10.6 to esentaly unroot and get stock 5.1.1.
My device having already been rooted before on 4.4.2, would not alow me to OTA to the 5.1.1 update that Metro PCS pushed via the network.... (My wife's non-rooted S5 however; was able to receive it via the network so I rooted hers the same way as mine following same steps minus flashing the stock firmware with odin after first using mine as the guinea pig.)
That said.. After first reboot of stock 5.1.1. Firmware I verified my fears and indeed root had been broken.
I then immediately returned to download mode and flashed TWRP via Odin, after reboot I then immediately booted to TWRP recovery and flashed the waiting CF-autoroot.zip I had placed on SD previously while on 4.4.2. .... So.. root was easily achieved
Thanks to TWRP..
If I remember correctly I did have the same need to pull the battery after flashing TWRP via odin.. due to hanging on the Samsung logo....
To sum this up:
1. I'M ON STOCK 5.1.1 WITH TWRP AND ROOT ON MY S5.
2. Knox is not tripped, (update its now tripped thanks to Titanium Backup... useless app in my opinion now that others can freeze/disable system apps. )
3. Because of the way that all of my flashing went without issue.. I never lost contacts, homescreen background, icon & widget layout, or settings. (I DID HAVE TO RE-ENABLE Developer Mode and USB debugging along with animation settings, also had to run "SD fix" again one time, but that's it.) I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO put my WiFi passwords back.
Ps I know most of that can be backed up and restored automatically. But I never had to bother.
NOTE: After each step following the successful flash of TWRP do yourself a favor and make a Nandroid backup to the SD. (U'll need at least 32gb to make 3 full incremental backups and still have space.) I suggest transferring them to USB or PC ASAP so that if u some how wipe the SD card U'll still have a way back.
I liked CM10 on my old phone... maybe now that I've made my nandroid backups at each step along the way I have little to loose if I try a custom S5 rom now..
Anybody have any ROM suggestions, they have personally flashed on S5?
Closing thoughts:
I full owe all of my success to the wonderful community of developers here on XDA-developer forums..
Without them and their strong following of loyal users, I would never have even attempted this on my S5.
Nor would I have been able to root my wife's unrooted android 5.1.1 MetroPCS Samsung Galaxy S5.
XDA has now helped me accomplish root on more then 10 devices over the years..
Thank you XDA, & a special thanks to Chainfire, Team Win Recovery Project, Clock Work MOD (for their help with previous devices), and all the testers out there.
THANK YOU ALL..
Sent from my SM-G900T using XDA Free mobile app
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I was hoping for a root for the stock rom, has anyone found a method to root stock rom yet?
Another method FYI
Nemsiis72 said:
Just want to share an experience i went thru while trying to root my metro pcs galaxy s5 on android 5.1.1 I've read in a few forums that it cant be rooted. Or you had to downgrade firmware in order to root. I Was able to root & install TWRP recovery on my galaxy s5. Using Chainfires CF auto root for metro klte. And Odin v3.07 All while never fully booting ( stuck in boot loop) my phone.
1) powered phone to download mode.
2) connected to odin, flashed cf auto root. Phone passes unplug from computer.
3) phone boots up but stays on galaxy s5 boot screen.( never fully boots)
4) removed battery, put back, powered phone to stock recovery, factory reset it. Reboot, again. Still stuck on boot loop.
5) removed battery again, put back, powered phone to download mode, noticed knox counter was now tripped. 0x1, and phone status was now custom instead of official. Took a chance...
6) connected phone back to odin, flashed TWRP recovery img. Phone passes again, boots up but still stuck on galaxy s5 boot screen.
7) removed battery, put back once more, powered phone into recovery mode. To my surprise TWRP recovery now installed.
8) In twrp recovery did a full wipe, and flashed custom rom, and gapps. Now wife is enjoying her Cm 12.1 rom.
Was surprised to learn all this was accomplished without fully booting my phone ( sort of stuck in soft brick) and not verifying root with root checker app.
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Here is what I did to achieve root on my MetroPcs galaxy s5 on lollipop: I headed over to: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900T/ and downloaded the newest FOJ4 firmware for the T-MOBILE VERSION of the s5. I flashed this through Odin. Then I went to: https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys5qualcomm.html and downloaded the Odin flashable version of TWRP. I flashed this through Odin. Then I headed here: http://xda-android-foru.blogspot.com/2015/11/rootkernel-root-method-for-foj4.html?m=1 and downloaded the version you can flash through TWRP. Move that file to your SD card on your phone and then reboot to recovery and flash that zip file. Boom you have now achieved root on your MetroPcs galaxy s5 on lollipop 5.1.1 albeit you now basically have a t mobile phone. Next thing you can do is just change your apn settings to those that MetroPcs uses to get your data and mms working properly. Just Google "MetroPcs apn settings galaxy s5" and follow the instructions on those sites that pop up. Hope this helps. I got tired of waiting for a release of a dedicated root method for the MetroPCS Galaxy s5, but there are plenty available for the T-MOBILE variant.
MotorBoater84 said:
Here is what I did to achieve root on my MetroPcs galaxy s5 on lollipop: I headed over to: LINK1 and downloaded the newest FOJ4 firmware for the T-MOBILE VERSION of the s5. I flashed this through Odin. Then I went to: Link2 and downloaded the Odin flashable version of TWRP. I flashed this through Odin. Then I headed here: "This Link" and downloaded the version you can flash through TWRP. Move that file to your SD card on your phone and then reboot to recovery and flash that zip file. Boom you have now achieved root on your MetroPcs galaxy s5 on lollipop 5.1.1 albeit you now basically have a t mobile phone. Next thing you can do is just change your apn settings to those that MetroPcs uses to get your data and mms working properly. Just Google "MetroPcs apn settings galaxy s5" and follow the instructions on those sites that pop up. Hope this helps. I got tired of waiting for a release of a dedicated root method for the MetroPCS Galaxy s5, but there are plenty available for the T-MOBILE variant.
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The third link is down buddy. Can you update it please.
Hi, my friends dad purchased a galaxy s5 (scl23 - sm900j, running 4.4.2 )from some website and its performance has been atrocious. Me and my friend have attempted to install a custom rom but have ran into issues. At first we tried to flash twrp through odin but that failed so then we tried to install twrp through twrp manager (we gained root through towel root). The main problem happened when he rebooted into the bootloader/recovery screen where he got the "could not do normal boot" message. Google says that to resolve this you flash the stock rom, so we tried googling for that but not even sammobile has the 900j stock rom. Does anyone any way to fix the problem/ what/where the 900j rom is?
edit: i think i might have found it, using SCL23 brings up results even though 900J doesnt.
follow up question: say we are able to boot back to stock rom, are there any tailored guides for the 900J on how to flash?
Hello I really want HELP
I AM USING A SAMSUNG GALAXY VERIZON S4 RUNNING ON ANDROID 5.0.1 LOLLIPOP. TODAY I WAS TRY TO INSTALL TWRP RECOVERY ON IT BUT IT DID NOT WORK INSTEAD MY PHONE COULD NOT BOOT UP BACK SO I FIND A WAY TO BOOT IT UP BACK. BUT NOW ANYTIME I TRY TO GO INTO RECOVERY MODE IT LOADS UP ODIN MODE..AND NOW I GOT NO RECOVERY TO FLASH CUSTOM ROM'S OR ANYTHING. CAN YOU HELP ME FIX this PLEASE
Shaquille dale said:
Hello I really want HELP
I AM USING A SAMSUNG GALAXY VERIZON S4 RUNNING ON ANDROID 5.0.1 LOLLIPOP. TODAY I WAS TRY TO INSTALL TWRP RECOVERY ON IT BUT IT DID NOT WORK INSTEAD MY PHONE COULD NOT BOOT UP BACK SO I FIND A WAY TO BOOT IT UP BACK. BUT NOW ANYTIME I TRY TO GO INTO RECOVERY MODE IT LOADS UP ODIN MODE..AND NOW I GOT NO RECOVERY TO FLASH CUSTOM ROM'S OR ANYTHING. CAN YOU HELP ME FIX this PLEASE
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First of all, Verizon S4 lollipop has a locked bootloader so you won't be able to flash TWRP or custom ROMs.
If you can get to download mode then flash the i545 stock lollipop firmware via Odin(same as you have or newer, you can't flash any older builds than what you have because of the bootloader).
Then you'll have to use Safestrap Recovery and modified stock TW(TouchWiz) ROMs.
You can find information and instructions for all that in the two development subforums in the Verizon S4 forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon?nocache=1&z=7969651510939002
Hi,
I recently rooted my Samsung Galaxy s6 g920f using TWRP and Magisk v14.0. While working perfectly, I decided to dual boot a custom rom with my stock one, using dual boot patcher. However not only can't I patch the kernel for my custom Lineage os 15 Oreo s6 rom I found:
mega.nz/#F!omZF1IQJ!2bk4dxzyW8ZwluqgrH945g!p3pCyaxI (please put https:// infront of the link to make it work as I am not allowed to post urls yet as i am new)
using dual boot patcher, but I also can't install anything using the flasher. This isn't too big of an issue as I can just flash it in twrp, but as said before, I can't patch the IMG kernel and if i download it as a .zip and patch it, when I go to install it redirects me to another file I don't want to install. I have a nandroid backup, which I have downloaded to my PC. The only reason why I want to dual boot my s6 is so I can still use the gear VR, which is great fun! Please help as I can't figure it out
Thank you
Hey!
My Samsung Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F) Gets a bootloop everytime i flash a custom Rom, obviously i backed up but still.. i have checked the rom's requirements everything!
How can i fix this?
Try a different version of TWRP? You confirmed the model # in download mode?
Use twrp 3.1.1 for Nougat Roms or 3.2.1 for Oreo.