New verizon update and towelroot

cdmjlt369

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Does anyone have any idea if towelroot will work after the new update? Could running towelroot brick the phone?

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I don't really mod much but I want to disable my home button from waking up my phone. The most annoying thing about the phone.

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yes it will trip knox because knox came with 4.3. Also you can change the home button from waking up your phone, but you must root.
 

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It will not trip Knox.... And you must flash back to old ncg kernel through Odin then use towelroot and then update to the ne9 kernel again through Odin... I just did this on Sunday.. There are a couple of videos on YouTube on how to do this... And yes this IS for the verizon s5

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I'm using towelroot and have not tripped Knox... Isn't chainfire for the T-Mobile variant s5?

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Currently towelroot will not work. I installed the Verizon update the other day and also lost root access, and towelroot gives an error message. I'm in the same boat as you.
 

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I found this video which claims to achieve rooting after the new update.

Since I'm relatively new to rooting, can someone smarter than me confirm that I understand what is being done in this tutorial? If I understand it correctly, the steps outlined are:

1) flash back to the previous kernel / system status since before the update
2) root using towelroot
3) install the current kernel

Correct?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok_w5sxEFC0#t=96
 
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i know how. you go into titanium backup and freeze something called svm(i think thats what its called). I used it and it workedd for me.
 

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