NOTE: THIS WORKED ON A SPRINT G900P. IT SHOULD WORK FOR OTHER S5, ALTHOUGH I CANNOT CONFIRM.
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INSTALL CWM
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STEP 0:
IF you are in your phone and not stuck in recovery, then plug into windows and drag supersu into the root of your phone via windows.
Get supersu file here:
downloadandroidrom [DOT] com/file/tools/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip
Now go to STEP 1 below.
HOWEVER, IF you are stuck in recovery, then ignore STEP 0 first get out of recovery loop by doing steps below (start at STEP 1):
(your recovery message you are stuck in) :
STEP 1:
download philz cwm for your device
galaxys5root [DOT] com/cwmtwrp-recovery/
STEP 2:
go into recovery mode by:
1) unplug from pc
2) take out battery
3) reinsert battery
4) hold POWER + HOME + VOLUME DOWN
STEP 3:
now in recovery, open odin 3.09, by left-click and choose RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR
(google for it if you don't have it, I lost the link where I downloaded it)
STEP 4:
plug in your S5
STEP 5:
in odin 3.09, PDA is same as AP button.
1) click AP and open the .tar for philz cwm
i.e. philz_touch_6.26.2-klte.tar.md5
2) UNCHECK "Auto Reboot"
thanks for this step goes to Hash_Slingin_Slasha from reddit:
4) WAIT for it to TOTALLY FINISH (it will say RESET then a few minutes later a big green PASS.)
NOTE: It will take a couple minutes saying RESET and will look like it's not doing anything.
WAIT for it to say PASS!! DON'T DISCONNECT OR PERM BRICK!!!
STEP 6:
now that it says PASS, go ahead and
1) unplug from your pc
2) take out battery
3) reinsert battery
4) hold POWER + HOME + VOLUME UP
5) wait a second once you see the previous what looks like boot loop
after a couple seconds it will go into the purple PHILZ CWM screen
STEP 7:
in PHILZ CWM,
1) scroll down using volume buttons to Reboot System Now
2) it asks, "root isn't installed, want to install?" or something like that, i forget the exact wording.
3) choose YES
4) wait and it will reboot into your phone.
NOTE: your device is NOT ROOTED yet. Now do the steps below to root:
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TIME TO ROOT YOUR DEVICE
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You can follow this guide for a visual tutorial, but it's simple, just follow my steps below.
galaxys5root [DOT] com/galaxy-s5-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s5/
supersu link (from the guide above):
downloadandroidrom [DOT] com/file/tools/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip
follow that guide if you want, but here a quick text steps:
1) once in your phone and booted up, plug into pc.
2) drag supersu into root of phone via windows
3) reboot phone into cwm
-- a) turn off phone
-- b) hold POWER + HOME + VOLUME UP to enter CWM
4) scroll down to install zip
5) scroll down to choose zip from sd card
6) navigate to supersu zip file (i.e. SUPERSU-v2.37.zip or whatever your zip is called)
7) install (choose YES)
8) press any key
9) choose Reboot System Now
10) check if rooted via root checker
worked for me! root checker verified I'm fully rooted now.
time to go delete lots of bloatware, and disable all the samsung junk! yay!
===================================
INSTALL CWM
===================================
STEP 0:
IF you are in your phone and not stuck in recovery, then plug into windows and drag supersu into the root of your phone via windows.
Get supersu file here:
downloadandroidrom [DOT] com/file/tools/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip
Now go to STEP 1 below.
HOWEVER, IF you are stuck in recovery, then ignore STEP 0 first get out of recovery loop by doing steps below (start at STEP 1):
(your recovery message you are stuck in) :
STEP 1:
download philz cwm for your device
galaxys5root [DOT] com/cwmtwrp-recovery/
STEP 2:
go into recovery mode by:
1) unplug from pc
2) take out battery
3) reinsert battery
4) hold POWER + HOME + VOLUME DOWN
STEP 3:
now in recovery, open odin 3.09, by left-click and choose RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR
(google for it if you don't have it, I lost the link where I downloaded it)
STEP 4:
plug in your S5
STEP 5:
in odin 3.09, PDA is same as AP button.
1) click AP and open the .tar for philz cwm
i.e. philz_touch_6.26.2-klte.tar.md5
2) UNCHECK "Auto Reboot"
thanks for this step goes to Hash_Slingin_Slasha from reddit:
3) Press Start button in Odin
4) WAIT for it to TOTALLY FINISH (it will say RESET then a few minutes later a big green PASS.)
NOTE: It will take a couple minutes saying RESET and will look like it's not doing anything.
WAIT for it to say PASS!! DON'T DISCONNECT OR PERM BRICK!!!
STEP 6:
now that it says PASS, go ahead and
1) unplug from your pc
2) take out battery
3) reinsert battery
4) hold POWER + HOME + VOLUME UP
5) wait a second once you see the previous what looks like boot loop
after a couple seconds it will go into the purple PHILZ CWM screen
STEP 7:
in PHILZ CWM,
1) scroll down using volume buttons to Reboot System Now
2) it asks, "root isn't installed, want to install?" or something like that, i forget the exact wording.
3) choose YES
4) wait and it will reboot into your phone.
NOTE: your device is NOT ROOTED yet. Now do the steps below to root:
===================================
TIME TO ROOT YOUR DEVICE
===================================
You can follow this guide for a visual tutorial, but it's simple, just follow my steps below.
galaxys5root [DOT] com/galaxy-s5-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s5/
supersu link (from the guide above):
downloadandroidrom [DOT] com/file/tools/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip
follow that guide if you want, but here a quick text steps:
1) once in your phone and booted up, plug into pc.
2) drag supersu into root of phone via windows
3) reboot phone into cwm
-- a) turn off phone
-- b) hold POWER + HOME + VOLUME UP to enter CWM
4) scroll down to install zip
5) scroll down to choose zip from sd card
6) navigate to supersu zip file (i.e. SUPERSU-v2.37.zip or whatever your zip is called)
7) install (choose YES)
8) press any key
9) choose Reboot System Now
10) check if rooted via root checker
worked for me! root checker verified I'm fully rooted now.
time to go delete lots of bloatware, and disable all the samsung junk! yay!
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