Root [TMobile] Possible to run stock Android on Galaxy S5?

[Skyace888]

Hi all,

I just got a Galaxy S5 phone and it has quite a bit of "junk" and customization on it. Coming from mostly Nexus phones with stock Android it is quite different. I would like to know if it is possible to run stock Android on my T-Mobile Galaxy S5. I have read about rooting the device but it is not clear to me if that will let me run stock Android.

Maybe this question has been answered already but I can't seem to find it.

 

[Slice28]

The only way that you can run stock is if you root. Once you root you can flash any custom ROM. Cyanogenmod 11 is basically stock Kit Kat.

 

[Slice28]

Hi all,

I just got a Galaxy S5 phone and it has quite a bit of "junk" and customization on it. Coming from mostly Nexus phones with stock Android it is quite different. I would like to know if it is possible to run stock Android on my T-Mobile Galaxy S5. I have read about rooting the device but it is not clear to me if that will let me run stock Android.

Maybe this question has been answered already but I can't seem to find it.

Here it is on the S4.

Samsung Galaxy S4 CyanogenMod 11 Android 4.4 KitKat - Review - YouTube

 

[Skyace888]

Thanks for the reply.

So will the process for the mod on the Galaxy S4 work the same on the S5? Has anyone done this already? What about the special functions like fingerprint reader and such? Will those still work with the mod?

 

[Simple_fear85]

Can't do anything with st till root is available.

 

[Slice28]

How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S5 (All Variants) (No Loss of Apps or Data) - YouTube

 

[Slice28]

Thanks for the reply.

So will the process for the mod on the Galaxy S4 work the same on the S5? Has anyone done this already? What about the special functions like fingerprint reader and such? Will those still work with the mod?

The fingerprint scanner will still work according this...

If you root this phone you'll lose the fingerprint scanner - xda-developers

 

[Slice28]

I'm still debating whether to root or not. Touchwiz is starting to piss me off with all its lag and bloatware, but I do like some of the features that it offers.

 

[Simple_fear85]

Nova launcher would fix that

 

[AZgl1500]

Check out KK Launcher also.

It is based on Kit Kat and more features than previous launchers.

 

[Shabbypenguin]

the fingerprint scanner will work on samsung roms, aosp based roms like cm etc it will not work, nor will many of the samsung features. if you want stock android then you lose out on features that arent in stock android.

 

[liqrisquicker]

Head over to google and search R.D.D.T, there is sprint versions of the stock s5 rom rooted and debloated. Ive also ran the international version *sm-900f roms in my sprint s5.

 

[AZgl1500]

Head over to google and search R.D.D.T, there is sprint versions of the stock s5 rom rooted and debloated. Ive also ran the international version *sm-900f roms in my sprint s5.

I tried that on Google, and not a single reference to rooting a cellphone.
Loads of crap for a game by that name.


https://www.google.com/search?q=R.D...la:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb

 

[liqrisquicker]

Sprint custom debloated, deoxed, tweaked, tgere are also custom kernels I currently rom the nd2 version. All samsung feature work. Download nova launcher after installing rom

[ROM]4.4.2 - Rooted, Odexed/DeOdexed, De-Knoxed, Tweaked Stock NCB/ND2 5/1 - xda-developers

Xtremely debloated, this version is as close to vanilla android 4.4.2 you can get and still have finger print scanner to work.... still has touchwiz launcher so again so download nova from play store, or as listed above, kitkat launcher.... google now launcher is also nice

[ROM][G900F/I/T/M/W8][7MAY] XtreStoLite v.1.0.4 [Extremely Debloated | The Lightest & Smoothest TW Rom | AROMA Add-on Package | ART Compatible] [540 MB] - xda-developers

 

[davidben13]

So where did we land...can you install stock kitkat or android L on a verizon rooted GS5?

 

[Shabbypenguin]

you can install any version of android so long as its signed by samsung made for the verizon SGS5 and not lower than what you have already that you want .

those are the restrictions on the verizon/att models

 

[davidben13]

Sorry, this is my first time rooting an android device....where do i find a rom for stock android for the verizon gs5?

 

[Shabbypenguin]

Sorry i should have been a bit more clear, the only software you going to run is touchwiz, you might get modified touchwiz (stock) roms but you wont get AOSP based roms due to the locked bootloader.

 

[smith058]

I moved your thread to "TMobile's all things root" section