I purchased my friends S5 which was from AT&T and then I used the BYOP plan with Straight Talk. How do I root this? I tried Towelroot and it says its not supported. Also what ROMs can I get with this if any? I want to root to get rid of all the at&t pre installed apps on here that I cant use with Straight talk. Also pretty new to this. I have Odin on my laptop from installing stock firmware on my S3. Any help with root and ROMs would be much appreciated.
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Need model and ROM version.
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Sm g 900a android 5.1.1
There is no root available for lollipop.
johnkirchner said:
There is no root available for lollipop.
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wow I cant root my phone i have an s5 att and on 5.1.1 also
warnel33008 said:
wow I cant root my phone i have an s5 att and on 5.1.1 also
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Yep, that's how things that apply to all of a phone model work.
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Is there any ROMs for the Samsung Galaxy s5 cricket wireless? I have it rooted and installed a custom recovery, but can't seem to find a ROM.
osker83 said:
Is there any ROMs for the Samsung Galaxy s5 cricket wireless? I have it rooted and installed a custom recovery, but can't seem to find a ROM.
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How did you root? Chainfire's method or towelroot? I think I might get a Cricket S5 if the bootloader is unlocked.
Y.G. said:
How did you root? Chainfire's method or towelroot? I think I might get a Cricket S5 if the bootloader is unlocked.
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I used towelroot and it worked. I also got the att ROM installed and everything works great. Right now I'm using dynamic kat 4.0
osker83 said:
I used towelroot and it worked. I also got the att ROM installed and everything works great. Right now I'm using dynamic kat 4.0
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O.K. I don't think Towelroot will work for a new Cricket S5. I was hoping that the bootloader was unlocked. Thanks for the info.
I have to get rid of my rooted, nearly mint, 64 gb s6 edge and go back to the fruit world for work. The significant other will not let me keep both. It is listed on swappa and I'm happy to discuss if anyone wants to inbox me.
kheltek said:
I have to get rid of my rooted, nearly mint, 64 gb s6 edge and go back to the fruit world for work. The significant other will not let me keep both. It is listed on swappa and I'm happy to discuss if anyone wants to inbox me.
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In before lock!!!
How can I root my verizon s6 edge 5.1.1
Any advice
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I don't think it is available and may not be for a while.
kheltek said:
I have to get rid of my rooted, nearly mint, 64 gb s6 edge and go back to the fruit world for work. The significant other will not let me keep both. It is listed on swappa and I'm happy to discuss if anyone wants to inbox me.
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Can i root my s6 edge 5.0.2. Base band g925vvru2a0f1 ???
diegohalbo said:
Can i root my s6 edge 5.0.2. Base band g925vvru2a0f1 ???
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Yes you can, I believe you have to Odin to oe2 to do so though. I may be wrong though. Download pingpong root apk and give it a try won't hurt anything.
I also have a rooted S6 in pretty great condition listed on Swappa right now if anyone else is looking for one.
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Can i root my s6 edge 5.0.2. Base band g925vvru2a0f1 ???
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To answer your question, no. Root was blocked in OF1 and beyond as well as with OF1 you cannot downgrade to a rootable firmware either.
You need to be on eiter OC3 ir OE2 in order to root.. Any other builds are not possible.
dr0mar said:
How can I root my verizon s6 edge 5.1.1
Any advice
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At this time its not possible at all.
elliwigy said:
To answer your question, no. Root was blocked in OF1 and beyond as well as with OF1 you cannot downgrade to a rootable firmware either.
You need to be on eiter OC3 ir OE2 in order to root.. Any other builds are not possible.
At this time its not possible at all.
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so my build number is AOC3 but I'm on 5.0.2 I can root?
keith7120 said:
so my build number is AOC3 but I'm on 5.0.2 I can root?
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if everything ison oc3 then yes.. basically the kernel has to be the kernel either on oe2 and/or oc3.
if you want to try it download ping pong root apk
hey everyone i just started an account and navigating the forum is pretty hard, is there a way to root a galaxy s5 for att smg 900a VERSION 5.0 LOLLIPOP? i would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me out. Thanks!
If you got the phone with lollipop installed, unfortunately there is no active rooting method.
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If you got the phone with lollipop installed, unfortunately there is no active rooting method.
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I have the AT&T S5 running Lollipop.
I don't recall - but I *think* I got this device before Lollipop was released. I got the device in May'14. My research shows that Lollipop came out Nov'14.
So - if I got the device with the prior release - but it's running Lollipop now - is there a way to root it?
Thanks.
No I have the same problem. I have been waiting for months now
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If you took the lollipop OTA then no, there is still no active root available.
Any news on root yet?
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i started with kitkat and it upgraded to 5.1.1 and i soft bricked the phone sm-g900a well unbricked and its now 5.0 lollipop is there no way to get back to kitkat for root any info would be greatly appreciated thanx
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i started with kitkat and it upgraded to 5.1.1 and i soft bricked the phone sm-g900a well unbricked and its now 5.0 lollipop is there no way to get back to kitkat for root any info would be greatly appreciated thanx
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If you are on the official 5.0+ ota, through any means other than the prerooted flashfire method, there is no known way to downgrade, root, etc. If you flashed the ota for lollipop, bought your phone and it had lollipop, or took the ota, and it is an att s5 (G900A) then it is not, at the time of me posting this, possible to downgrade to KitKat or root or anything of the sort.
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Thanx my phone actually just took the new update which I had no control of so im hust going to try n get the active kitkat 4.4.2 should have better luck with that I appreciate your reply
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Thanx my phone actually just took the new update which I had no control of so im hust going to try n get the active kitkat 4.4.2 should have better luck with that I appreciate your reply
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As in dow grade your active or get an active and hope its on KK, if is the former your SOL on that end as well.
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Rakuu said:
As in dow grade your active or get an active and hope its on KK, if is the former your SOL on that end as well.
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The active im looking @ hasnt taken the update @ still stock 4.2 thanx for ur help I jusr want a rooted phone and its been impossible for me
Well I got that active flashed it twice now I am oc5 with twisted lollipop I'm digging it but I didn't set root access for twisted wat are my options
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Well I got that active flashed it twice now I am oc5 with twisted lollipop I'm digging it but I didn't set root access for twisted wat are my options
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Does anyone have the firmware for the lollipop on s5 active?
Does anyone know if models of S5 being sold as new now are being released with lollipop or kitkat preinstalled?
Is there a way to know by serial number on the box?
The reason I am asking is I just purchased one online a few days ago on the daily steals website has it was advertised As new and unlocked. I did not realize being that I am from Canada that this was a lockdown AT&T model. It is scheduled to arrive in the next day or so and I would prefer not to open the box and affect my ability to return it without restocking fee if it already comes with lollipop on it. Hi I'm less concerned about achieving root and more concerned about having the ability to native flea tether on my plan back here in Canada.
Also if it did come with lollipop firmware preinstalled, is there a way to enable native tethering on the phone if root is not achievable?
Canadoc said:
Does anyone know if models of S5 being sold as new now are being released with lollipop or kitkat preinstalled?
Is there a way to know by serial number on the box?
The reason I am asking is I just purchased one online a few days ago on the daily steals website has it was advertised As new and unlocked. I did not realize being that I am from Canada that this was a lockdown AT&T model. It is scheduled to arrive in the next day or so and I would prefer not to open the box and affect my ability to return it without restocking fee if it already comes with lollipop on it. Hi I'm less concerned about achieving root and more concerned about having the ability to native flea tether on my plan back here in Canada.
Also if it did come with lollipop firmware preinstalled, is there a way to enable native tethering on the phone if root is not achievable?
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I'm not aware of any way of knowing before hand.
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I'm not sure either I would just see if it is a 5.0 and below and just achieve root its so simple then you flash native tethering it just sounds like that would be the easiest way
5.0 and below or just kit Kat?
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Not getting my hopes up, but hopefully with 6.0 there will be an exploit.
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is kitkat the only rootable firmware or is early lollipop 5.0
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is kitkat the only rootable firmware or is early lollipop 5.0
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KitKat 4.4.2, if you're on 4.4.4 you can downgrade, any higher (5.0) and you're stuck.
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Okay so I have the AT&T version of the galaxy s6 obviously and from what information I got it already it seems difficult to root this phone I've tried a few methods but they don't seem to work unless I'm doing something wrong I currently have service with Cricket Wireless but I'm using a AT&T galaxy s6 with that prevent me from rooting my phone any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance
I do not think root is currently possible for the latest (s6) versions of Android.
Correct. Depends on your software version whether it's rootable or not. If you are on 5.0.2 either OF3 or OF4, or any 5.1.1, there is currently no root available.
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Here is what I currently have, don't know if this matters
ayo2001 said:
Here is what I currently have, don't know if this matters
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That spot that says android version 5.1.1. That's your answer. Not rootable.
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****! Well can I at least tether my internet? And when exactly did the 5.1.1 update come out
So a thread on Reddit pointed to a thread on XDA claiming root has been achieved on the AT&T S7 via a leaked engineering bootloader.
The same was done with the T-Mobile S6 a while back. Anyone know how/where these leaks are coming from? Can we start a bounty for the same for our 920A? I'd consider chipping in...
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Here's the XDA thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3410538
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Rodman 100 running stock rooted s6 edge on att
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Here's the XDA thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3410538
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Just out of curiosity on your rooted s6 edge. Are you on 5.0.1 and never got 5.1.1 and that is how you have root? I'm frustrated my s6 came with 5.1.1 and can't get root. I found a video that claimed to have root for 6.0.1 on att. So I grabbed the oj9, pd5 and pd6 and adb and sideloaded to 6.0.1. Then I tried that root, I found, which bricked my phone. I have since recovered back to oj7, thanks to the awesomeness which is XDA. Thanks in advance for your reply.
Zipwadder said:
Just out of curiosity on your rooted s6 edge. Are you on 5.0.1 and never got 5.1.1 and that is how you have root? I'm frustrated my s6 came with 5.1.1 and can't get root. I found a video that claimed to have root for 6.0.1 on att. So I grabbed the oj9, pd5 and pd6 and adb and sideloaded to 6.0.1. Then I tried that root, I found, which bricked my phone. I have since recovered back to oj7, thanks to the awesomeness which is XDA. Thanks in advance for your reply.
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So for some background: I purchased the phone on release date so it came with OCE. Since I expected the phone to be difficult to root, I was careful when updating and only updated as far as OE2. As far as I know, that was the last version able to be rooted via Ping Pong. One of the reasons I purchased the phone was the ability to use Samsung Pay and I was tempted to update to 5.1.1 with Metalcated's method for rooting 5.1.1 but as I use the fingerprint scanner, the possible issues with it were a no go for me. I've been ever vigilant for possible ways to root, but nothing has seemed too promising.
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I am rooted on OE2 via Ping Pong and haven't updated since then since I'm waiting for a full root.