Root S5 Without Tripping Knox ?? topic

Hi guys ;)

As some of you know I've just bought a S5 and want to root it.

I touched on this in my last thread but thought it was way off topic and that i should start a new thread.

There's plenty of threads about this but they are either old or speak of particular models of s5 or include installing a custom firmware.


What i would like to know (i got there in the end....lol) is there a way to do a root only (without installing custom firmware or recovery) with out tripping knox?


I think I've looked everywhere but cant find any guides.

I'm in the uk and my s5 is the SM-G900F on android 4.4.2.



Also is it worth even trying to root it when 5.0 is just around the corner?

[Q]Setting selinux to permissive without tripping the dreaded knox flag topic

I have rooted my new Sprint Galaxy S5 and have quarantined all the Knox apps without tripping the knox flag. I have researched setting selinux to permissive on the Sprint Galaxy S5 with the stock kernel and there seems to be no way of doing it short of flashing a different kernel.

Can a selinux permissive kernel be flashed to a stock 4.4.2 rom without tripping the knox flag?