New verizon update and towelroot

[cdmjlt369]

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

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[Tillyfms]

Just to confirm, you are now on 4.4 verizon, and what phone are you?

 

[cdmjlt369]

Just to confirm, you are now on 4.4 verizon, and what phone are you?

Galaxy 5 and 4.4.2. Verizon just pushed a minor update.

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[Tillyfms]

Towelroot will not work but cf auto root will

 

[cdmjlt369]

Will it trip Knox?

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[cdmjlt369]

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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[Tillyfms]

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.

 

[bigmatt503]

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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[anon(1458)]

So with the new Verizon update, can we just run the chain fire root and get rooted again?

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[bbmjack]

Yes but knox warranty will be 0x1

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[anon(1458)]

So what do I need to download then?

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[Tillyfms]

towelroot. However, beware, you cannot reset the knox trip. Even if you use triangle away, the knox will always be tripped.

 

[bigmatt503]

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

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[anon(1458)]

I'm on the update though. It says it's not supported.

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[DeadMoneyDrew]

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.

 

[plemelin]

Towel root won't work after the update today. I should have froze SDM. Is there another way to root yet?

 

[carbear02]

can someone do a tutorial on how to disable the OTA updates?

 

[DeadMoneyDrew]

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

 

[Tillyfms]

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.