Root Possible to root Samsung Galaxy S5 SM 900V on BOG5?

[herseyboy]

Hello not sure if this has already been asked. I looked and couldn't find anything recent on this. Is is possible to root the SM-900V on Build G900VVRU2BOG5. If it is can anyone please walk me through how to do it? I want to put a stock android rom on it.

 

[ironass]

Hello not sure if this has already been asked. I looked and couldn't find anything recent on this. Is is possible to root the SM-900V on Build G900VVRU2BOG5. If it is can anyone please walk me through how to do it? I want to put a stock android rom on it.

Hello and welcome to Android Forums herseyboy!

I am afraid that anyone on Verizon who has updated to the OE1 and the later OG5 Lollipop releases, now have Verizon's new mega locked down bootloader which prevents downgrading firmware or rooting. This is now Verizon's policy that they have extended to other phones and manufacturers and AT&T are following suit. See #1.6 of 41 Galaxy S5 models - Dummies Guide.

The S5 on Verizon has been unrootable for over a year now, since the release of Android 4.4.4. Hence the reason that users had to downgrade to Android 4.4.2 to use a root exploit... now Verizon and AT&T, have closed even that possibility off 2 months ago. See, here.

 

[herseyboy]

Thank you for your response. This really sucks. Touch Wiz really eats up my ram. I rather have a more stock Android Rom than this heavy layout on top of it. I'm looking into selling this phone and getting the Blu Pure XL when it releases. Android 5.0 has been a burden on this phone and Samsung and Verizon doesn't seem to care about fixing it.

 

[ironass]

Thank you for your response. This really sucks. Touch Wiz really eats up my ram. I rather have a more stock Android Rom than this heavy layout on top of it. I'm looking into selling this phone and getting the Blu Pure XL when it releases. Android 5.0 has been a burden on this phone and Samsung and Verizon doesn't seem to care about fixing it.

Nothing to do with Samsung. My stock unbranded Samsung firmware on TouchWiz runs blooming great on the international model, I must say. So great that I stopped using custom ROMs such as CyanogenMod. It is rootable, has an unlocked bootloader, is fast, battery friendly and performs exceedingly well. Unfortunately for Verizon and AT&T customers, they are using a very old, out-of-date, heavily carrier bloated and modified ersatz version of this. See #1.6 of 41 Galaxy S5 models - Dummies Guide which starts with the sentence...

"Think that everyone's Samsung Galaxy S5 is the same as yours...
Think again!"