Recent content by Chloe Norman

I was able to reinstall the firmware using Odin. Not sure why it worked for that, but it did. Guess we'll save the rooting for another time. Thanks for the help.

Tried the factory reset and it still will not let my phone start up. I hope I don't have to go to Verizon. They are a two hour drive for me and I do not use Verizon's upgrades anyway. Can't with my current plan or I'll lose everything they grandfather'd in when everything changed. :mad:

Tried that, still hangs up on the start and will not let me get beyond that. Nor will my computer acknowledge that the phone is connected. I have uninstalled and re-installed the USB driver and changed to a newer cord. So far, no joy.

All I get after doing that is the screensaying Samsung S5 powered by Android and that's as far as I can get. Tried a different/newer USB cable and that did not help so far.

Android 5.0

I have started the root process and made it through the first root.bat, but it hung up on the reboot and now I can't get my computers to recognize my phone is plugged in to finish. So now I have a phone that won't start up at all and I can't get it to connect to a computer. I have installed...

I have an S5 that I would like to root, but it's Verizon. Tried KingoRoot but it could not do it. Here is my info: SM-G900V Android Version 5.0 Android Security Patch level 2016-02-01 Baseband Version G900VRU2BPB1 Kernal Version 3.4.0 KNOX Version 2.3 As a side note, I can't get my computer...

I would like to be able to use it with my yoga/pilates workouts and any other fitness DVD I may have. So, I guess I'd like to be able to select more types of exercises than walking or running. The S Health App on my S5 has those, however it does not follow my workout, it just guesses how many...

I was hoping I was just not doing something correctly. Are there any smart watches out there that will do more than just walking and running?