[How to] Root for 4.4.2 and Flash rooted Stock Android 5.0 with KNOX 0x0?

wajiman · Aug 9, 2014

This method has been taken from the following threads and some what modified :
http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-g900vvru1ane9-t2836201
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2840150

Rooting method has been tested only on G900F, G900M, G900I and G900FD. Theoretically it should work on all the variants of S5 that were SUPPORTED by towelroot before updating . test and let me know ; )

FOR ANDROID LOLIPOP 5, LOOK BELOW THE ROOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO UPGRADE FROM 4.4.2 TO 5.0 WITHOUT TRIGGERING KNOX. The Rom has been compiled/cooked by @_alexndr

Hence credits go out to:
@muniz_ri
@open1your1eyes0
@Misterxtc
@FlairDevil
@Chainfire
@_alexndr
@geohot
@aguarello
@lufeig
@mkh.mourad
@faraaz @Lonski

Missed any1?? shoot me a PM

For G900M please look at post #13 or click here
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=54745709

Requirements:
1. Have ANG2 or latest 4.4.2 Rom installed
2. Require PC Odin 3.09
3. Kernal for NE2 (Old Rom Kernel for G900F ONLY, use F6 KERNEL FOR G900FD), get G900F kernels from here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cun1uainm2h07em/KERNEL_G900FXXU1ANE2.tar.md5
4. Your current Rom Kernel prior to flashing the old kernel. Here the kernel for FOR H900F ONLY: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=18027 (kudus to @_alexndr) (if your Kernel is not there and/or you have a different variant like 900I, look below the instructions on how to create flashable kernel)
5. DISABLE REACTIVATION LOCK
6. IF YOUR DEVICE IS ENCRYPTED, DECRYPT IT
7. Towelroot and SuperSU downloaded and installed prior to flashing NE2 kernel

For SM-900I Australian:
Look >>>>here<<<<

Root instructions:
1. Get to download mode, and flash ANE2 kernel or relevant kernel that supports towelroot
2. Once done, reboot and open towelroot and click make it rain. (NOTE: wifi and s health will not work after flashing ANE2 kernel and you will face numerous FCs)
3. After this, reboot again into download mode and flash your current rom kernel. everything will start to work and all FC will be gone.
4. Open SuperSU and update binary and viola!!

For any Questions FAQ first before posting: >>>Here<<<<

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Flashing android 5.0 WITHOUT TRIGERRING KNOX:

After rooting with the above method, flash using Mobile Odin Pro @_alexndr rom from this thread >>>>here <<<<

How to downgrade from Android 5 to 4.4.2??
1. Download ANE2 Firmware
2. Flash it via PC Odin.
3. Boot your phone into recovery mode and factory/data reset
4. Reboot and Viola

_alexndr · Aug 9, 2014

Congratulations

You've been faster

★ [ROOT][N9005] ★ Rooting 4.4.2 XXUFNF4 & NEWER stock firmwares ★ (KNOX 0x0) ★

I've planned to create a similar thread for G900F, but no problem

good work :good:

julianski · Aug 9, 2014

everything well explained below but i´ve got one question: Will it work with SM-G900f?

_alexndr · Aug 9, 2014

julianski said:
everything well explained below but i´ve got one question: Will it work with SM-G900f?

Yes, of course

it has been well tested by OP, me and my friends

julianski · Aug 10, 2014

I followed the instructions and everything went well. When i flashed NE2 kernel S Health Service was force closing all the time
When i flashed back to NG2 kernel phone was running again like a champ!
Thank you very much for this guide! worked flawlessly

BTW Knox 0X0

russ18uk · Aug 10, 2014

Lol you will cost chainfire quite a bit in lost revenue on mobile Odin

Jogi_CH · Aug 10, 2014

wajiman said:
Again, THIS DOES NOT TRIGGER KNOX

Work fine!
CIC: ATO (Austria)
Knox: 0x0

Status: Custom

Thanks for you job!

wajiman · Aug 10, 2014

Jogi_CH said:
Work fine!
CIC: ATO (Austria)
Knox: 0x0
Status: Custom

Thanks for you job!

There is a way to keep status official and also keep root. It worked on rom NE2.

Did not try it yet on this Method. Will c and update tonight

ernie199 · Aug 10, 2014

I'm not used to these procedures so I didn't really know what I was doing but it worked for me as well:

As above, S Health was FC constantly and it was pretty difficult to get into towelroot or SuperSU in between.

I already had SuperSU installed and I did not uninstall it before starting the procedure (may be I should have?). SuperSU wouldn't start because of no binaries installed so there was no way to install them (or I don't know how to do it). I could uninstall and reinstall SuperSU but it would not restart at all afterwards. I gave up.

During this time, I had also warning messages about unauthorized operations taking place and asking me to reboot to undo these changes. I ignored these messages.

I finally rebooted, flashed ANG2 kernel and rebooted. It seems everything is fine. I have root access and KNOX 0x0. SuperSU also works normally.

WiFi did not work either, as written in the guide. It looks like it removed the connexion settings. I had to re configure WiFi after last reboot.

Thank you very much for this procedure!

faraaz · Aug 10, 2014

I updated my phone through OTA and want to root again using TowelRoot. I have the following ROM; G900FXXU1ANG9, is the ANG2 kernel the same or do I need to find the ANG9 kernel? If not, can I extract the ANG9 kernel without root? Because I can't find a download link for ANG9...

See screenshot for details:

Thanks in advance! Great tutorial btw!

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G900F met Tapatalk

tisazalay · Aug 10, 2014

Hi, i know this is for the lte version (sm-g900f) but do you know of a working method for the sm-g900h? Thanks for sharing.

wajiman · Aug 10, 2014

faraaz said:
I updated my phone through OTA and want to root again using TowelRoot. I have the following ROM; G900FXXU1ANG9, is the ANG2 kernel the same or do I need to find the ANG9 kernel? If not, can I extract the ANG9 kernel without root? Because I can't find a download link for ANG9...

See screenshot for details:

Thanks in advance! Great tutorial btw!

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G900F met Tapatalk

Mate as per your screen, kernel version number is same but date and dpi are different. i dont know what do they stand for but to be on the safe side i wont recommend you as of now to root. you will need to wait until your firmware is out on sammobile so to extract the kernel file from it.

tisazalay said:
Hi, i know this is for the lte version (sm-g900f) but do you know of a working method for the sm-g900h? Thanks for sharing.

Sorry towelroot does not support G900H so this method wont work on yours

lufeig · Aug 11, 2014

i want to thank the OP and everybody involved somehow for making this method successful for me.

thanks for this method, now i have a SGS5 SM-G900M, on firmware G900MUBU1ANG3, rooted, knox 0x0.

i was already on stock (non-rooted) G900MUBU1ANG3. find below my steps to accomplish this:

1. install towelroot apk on device

2. downloaded ODIN 3.09 on PC

3. downloaded G900MUBU1ANE2 firmware on PC

4. downloaded G900MUBU1ANG3 firmware on PC

5. using WINRAR, i extracted G900MUBU1ANE2 kernel (boot.img)

6. using this script (kudos to mkh.mourad), i created boot.tar.md5

7. put device in download mode (turn off, press POWER + VOLUME DOWN + HOME buttons, connect to PC using USB cable

8. run ODIN 3.09, click AP button, select "boot.img" just created, and flashed it. then deleted "boot.img"

9. upon device reboot, you will receive lots of FCs. don't worry, run towelroot, click make it ra1n

10. put device in download mode (turn off, press POWER + VOLUME DOWN + HOME buttons, connect to PC using USB cable

11. using WINRAR, i extracted G900MUBU1ANG3 kernel (boot.img)

12. using this script (kudos to mkh.mourad), i created boot.tar.md5

13. put device in download mode (turn off, press POWER + VOLUME DOWN + HOME buttons, connect to PC using USB cable

14. run ODIN 3.09, click AP button, select "boot.img" just created, and flashed it. then deleted "boot.img"

now i have latest official firmware, rooted, knox 0x0!!!

thanks!!!

Markee89 · Aug 11, 2014

Hi!

I have a rooted G900F with ANE2. ANG2 is not available yet fro me. My question is if the update will be available and I want to update with root, I have to do the steps from the beginning or can I skip them and continue from 7?

gee2012 · Aug 11, 2014

Markee89 said:
Hi!

I have a rooted G900F with ANE2. ANG2 is not available yet fro me. My question is if the update will be available and I want to update with root, I have to do the steps from the beginning or can I skip them and continue from 7?

If i`am rooted i always disable the whole OTA procedure, just add .bak to FW Upgrade.apk and its odex file so it will not be active after reboot and you don`t get notifications anymore. Instead i flash the whole updated rom with Mobile Odin Pro and i check wipe data and cache, enable Everroot and the other 2 options and flash it. Make a app/data backup with Helium or Titanium Backup first of your apps and personal files.

aguarello · Aug 11, 2014

gee2012 said:
If i`am rooted i always disable the whole OTA procedure, just add .bak to FW Upgrade.apk and its odex file so it will not be active after reboot and you don`t get notifications anymore. Instead i flash the whole updated rom with Mobile Odin Pro and i check wipe data and cache, enable Everroot and the other 2 options and flash it. Make a app/data backup with Helium or Titanium Backup first of your apps and personal files.

Do you replace the .apk for .bak or do you add it at the end of the .apk?

Thanks

gee2012 · Aug 11, 2014

aguarello said:
Do you replace the .apk for .bak or do you add it at the end of the .apk?

Thanks

In /systems/app FWUpgrade.apk.bak and in system/priv-app FotaClient.apk.bak, the same for the odex files

asphaltkiller · Aug 12, 2014

faraaz said:
I updated my phone through OTA and want to root again using TowelRoot. I have the following ROM; G900FXXU1ANG9, is the ANG2 kernel the same or do I need to find the ANG9 kernel? If not, can I extract the ANG9 kernel without root? Because I can't find a download link for ANG9...

See screenshot for details:

Thanks in advance! Great tutorial btw!

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G900F met Tapatalk

you can download G900FXXU1ANG9 now sammobile has uploaded it!

I'll try to root G900FXXU1ANG9 tonight
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=33474

akdenizx · Aug 12, 2014

Hey guyz, do you think this work with "G900FQJVU1ANG4" installed S5? Thanks.

wajiman · Aug 12, 2014

akdenizx said:
Hey guyz, do you think this work with "G900FQJVU1ANG4" installed S5? Thanks.

It should work on any firmware but make sure you have ANG4 kernel with you

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