Can I get some help rooting my S5 (AT&T)?

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Need rooting help. S5 (AT&T)

(I'm pretty new to troubleshooting androids. I have rooted two devices before, but I never ran into any problems with either. I just watched the videos and that's all) Hi, I got a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900A) running Lollipop 5.0 and I've been having trouble rooting it. When I try to use TWRP I get the same message every time. It says "FAIL! (Auth)". I looked it up and all the threads said the same thing, to disable reactivation lock which I did. Sorry it's kinda long xD, I try to get as much as I can in.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Re: Need rooting help. S5 (AT&T)

Welcome to the forums. Can you say to where you got your rooting instructions from?

 

[BertMcfallen]

Re: Need rooting help. S5 (AT&T)

I tried using towelroot although it said device is not supported. I can't do anything with Odin or I get the "FAIL! (Auth)" message. I noticed on the Download Mode I see "SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE". Do you thing that could be it?

 

[Golfdriver97]

Re: Need rooting help. S5 (AT&T)

If the OS was updated so that the kernel was built after June 2nd, then yes.

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[Evan Mohr]

Re: Need rooting help. S5 (AT&T)

Hello I have the exact same carrier and device model and unfortunately there is no root available, and when it's available if towel root doesn't work try changing mods strings.

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[troshs]

Re: Need rooting help. S5 (AT&T)

As far as I know, AT&T has completely locked out the ability to root the S5. I tried with Odin several times and it failed within 2 seconds. Gave up after hours of Internet searching.

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