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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartK87:
Hi

Can someone point me to the right firmware for my Galaxy S5 for SM-G900I which is currently using kitkat.

I am after Lollipop but wondered how important it is to get an Australian one and if i could just go for one which isn't Australia and everything will be ok?

The phone is fully unlocked.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyt0plas:
T-Mobile S5 (lollipop) to Telus

Hello,

I have been trying for 16+ hours to get a T-Mobile S5 to run a Telus rom (so I can do things like tap to pay with my bank).

Flashing stock Telus in Odin gets me an aboot error. I've tried using Mobile Odin to flash, but it just causes an "Entering Recovery", which never goes away. I tried just flashing the cache partition (to update the CSC) using Mobile Odin Pro, but it reboots and hangs with a blank screen. I also tried Mobile Odin removing the bootloader, and still errored out.

I've also tried unpacking the .tar.md5, and flashing the telus cache.img.ext4 in a .tar. Odin freezes before it's written, and the phone ceases to work.

Does anyone know how to switch CSCs (and ideally ROMs) from a T-Mo variant with modern firmware?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damianssj661:
Hello,

I have possibility of buying cheap new S5. I am going to sell that with profit.

I don't know men who sell it. He said that it is without simlock but I have to check it when buying as phones without simlock are much more expensive.

If I turn on the phone, put simcard from different brand than I will check if the simlock is removed. If I want to reset everything to make the phone as it was when it went out of factory than I need to do hard reset or flash stock rom? It have to be with all this activation methods etc. I will not use the phone for more than 5 minutes.

Thank you for help
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidNoob935:
Hey guys does anyone have the S5 animation when you completely power off and plug it in to charge? Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidgreen:
APN settings

I flashed Twi5ted rom and I'm trying to get my mobile data and text messaging working. I can't find where my APN setting is at. Anyone know how to get to it?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
Very weird. My APN settings are right under the Data Roaming. Which device/version S5 do you have? Carrier? Never seen that. If we can't figure it out, you may need to revert back to stock for a bit. Did you make a nandroid/backup??
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidgreen:
I have a g900r4 S5 from US Cellular. I did flash back but it's still not there.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
No clue friend, sorry. I Googled it also but no luck. Sounds like it should be there.....strange. Can you take it to a US Cellular store??
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidgreen:
I can't find anything about it either. I can try and see if US cell will help

---------- Post added at 11:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 AM ----------

Just checked another US cell phone and it doesn't have the apn setting either
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swimguy14:
Everything will be okay, the only things are to: make sure you flash a custom kernel alongside the rom if it's touchwiz that you want to install.

Touchwiz lollipop Rom needs touchwiz boot loader in order to boot.

If you want to install aosp/cyanogen/etc, don't worry about the boot loader thing.

I have a "g900az" which rarely gets mentioned on this forum, but I haven't found a Rom that doesn't work on it. Point being, just go for it and if something goes wrong then restore your fully functioning backup and go back to the classroom(here).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidgreen:
I found how to get to my apn settings. I flashed the rom and then the kernel. Checked my apn settings and they are blank. Do you know how to create a new one?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
On my APN page, there is a + sign in the top right corner that lets me add/create one. You don't have that I'm assuming?? UGH. :confused:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidgreen:
No, I do have that, but I don't know what to put in it. I'm reflashing to stock again and will copy what my original says and the reflash again. Hopefully all goes well after that! This is crazy. First time adding a custom rom :eek:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
OHHH. I see. Yeah, 1st time is rough. I remember. Still has exciting moments later too. Backups are your friend, remember that. I'll reply back again if I come up with anything. Let me know how it goes! :highfive:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
UPDATE Does this help/work??

:good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidgreen:
My stock apn name is LTE and there are 2 of them, but they aren't checked. I checked one of them and then my 4g went to 3g! lol I give up. Thanks for the help :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
Does this LINK offer any benefit/help?? :good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidgreen:
I will give it shot and see thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] desbarts:
FC's after setting change in TWRP

Hello guys,

I really need some help here.

I wanted to install a rom on my s5. So first i rooted it. Then i needed a custom recovery. The rom advised me Twrp so i downloaded the app from the playstore.

Then I got some popups, not really sure what they were saying.

I saw that the location was set on the internal storage. Because it's almost full (reason why i wanted a custom rom) i changed it to extsdcard or someting. Then it asked me to reboot it into recovery. I pressed ok, but I did't installed the recovery yet. So i ended up in the stock recovery. After rebooting again. It started up but when the normal OS should come up, I only get Force Close error's and a black screen. I can only get the off menu to work. I think that I've located the path wrong. But how can I change this back? I can't get in the app. I did install Twrp via Odin but can't change it there either.

I'm still on the stock rom and locked bootloader.

I hope that someone can help me because I'm kinda stessing out a bit now :(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
any luck buddy??
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cidgreen:
No man, I gave up. No help from the developer either. Any good roms that actually work for US Cellular?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
Boo. [emoji24] I'm unsure but I'll read up and see if I can make a recommendation. That stinks.

Sent from my Android 4.4.4 LGV500 on Mahdi 2.9 w RedKernel
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Flash a stock ROM from sammobile dot com with ODIN
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartK87:
Ok thanks..

Well ive just downloaded this h t t p : / / w w w . s a m m o b ...wnload/41645/G900IZTU1BOA1_G900IZZT1BOA1_BRI/

It seems this is the latest lollipop for the SM-G900I.

However i'm not sure what you meant by the touchwiz thing...Sorry

I dont know if i have touchwiz on this phone or if i need it? What is it exactly?

I have actually now downloaded this: h t t p : / / w w w . s a m m o b...wnload/41645/G900IZTU1BOA1_G900IZZT1BOA1_BRI/

I would like to flash it so I was wondering if you could help point me to the most reliable guide in order to do this...

Also to provide more help regarding the touchwiz thing...

Thanks a lot :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
^^ Need to remove your sammobile links, they are banned here, which is why I wrote sammobile dot com
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartK87:
ok done thank you.

Don't suppose you know an answer to the question at all?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
TouchWiz is basically the UI/Launcher that comes with stock Samsung ROMs

You can install alternatives such as NOVA Launcher

Instructions are under the download on sammobile site for flashing:

Instructions

Extract (unzip) the firmware file

Download Odin v3.10.6

Extract Odin ZIP file

Open Odin v.3.10.6

Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)

Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin

Add the firmware file to AP / PDA

Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked

Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M3s5:
I flash the stock firmware lollipop 5.0 on my Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F

if I have to flash the stock firmware should I put obligatorily what was already there? (G900FXXU1BNL9 then a Czech branded O2C) or I can even put a firmware ( for example the italian version(G900FXXU1BOA3)) different with lollipop 5.0?

---------- Post added at 03:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:11 PM ----------

if I have to flash the stock firmware should I put obligatorily what was already there? (G900FXXU1BNL9 then a Czech branded O2C) or I can even put a firmware ( for example the italian version(G900FXXU1BOA3)) different with lollipop 5.0?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3545alg:
Cannot remove apps

I have several problems. I am still on the stock ROM. I updated with Kies to Android 5.0. I then rooted the phone. I have not flashed a custom ROM yet. I have tried to remove system apps with my old favorite root app removers and they simply don't work. They say successful but the apps come right back. I have backed up my phone with the standard recovery apps, TWRP, Philz touch and ROM Manager. I carefully chose backup to the SD card but all of them also save the backup to the phone memory also. Those backups eat the phone memory and I cannot remove them. Removal fails. Files are write protected. I was able to remove the backups by using the factory reset. That is a real pain. I'm now afraid to use any recovery now. With only 16 GB of memory, I choose to use the SD card. Is Android 5.0 causing these problems? Am I stuck with the stock Android 5.0? Kies warned me that I can't go backwards. I had none of these problems with the Samsung S3 and S4 with custom ROMs. I might add that I used a no bloat program with the S5 and Android 5.0. It bricked my phone. It was quite difficult to get it working again with the stock Android ROM. I wish I not bought the S5 or updated to Android 5.0.

My phone is a G900F with Lollypop 5.0 Rooted with CF auto-root
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed794:
Hi guys i have noticed that my s5 is g900f but the download mode shows my phone as g900t. My CP is showing g900t too. Is it normal? Also mine has a galaxy s5 printed on the back cover too...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan.lumbard:
Can I use Odin to flash a Lollipop ROM onto my ATT S5 Active (G870A)

Hi,

I wondered if this was possible without screwing up the phone, I'm not worried about not having support for the extra active button or having the un-required fingerprint software.

I was hoping to use the UK stock S5 Lollipop ROM on my American AT&T S5 Active. So I guess, G900f onto my G870a

If this is dumb, how about flashing g900a onto my g870a? Aren't the two devices identical in cicuit design the only differences the FP reader and hardware buttons and extra active button?

If not possible do I need to root it first and then flash a Custom ROM, or can I flash a stock rom once rooted?

Sorry for the super noobiness.

Dan.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartK87:
How would I go about finding the latest STOCK ROM for my Galaxy S5 which is a SM-G900I?

Currently it runs Kitkat and is an unblocked phone.

Can someone please PM me with the latest Stock ROM for Android Lollipop to be compatible with my G900I which is purchased from Vodafone Australia.

I know sam mobile can't be mentioned here so please show me a link as i am having trouble finding it.

Thank you people.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan.lumbard:
Just type sammobile dot com forward slash firmwares/database/SM-G900I/ into ur browser....
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
You can install Phone Info * Samsung * app from Play store.

It shows you more details about the device and has also a refurbishment check integrated.

My tapatalk signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v7.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1BOB7

Recovery:

TWRP by Ktoonsez

Modem:

G900FXU1BOB7

If you have any question about or any issue with your SGS2, just ask in the New members friendly Q&A thread.

... for the SGS5, just ask in the Noob friendly S5 All in one support thread

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed794:
thankyou for your reply! actually the thing is that i have been trying to flash a stock firmware via odin for about 5 months but always fails at NAND Write (i have been exchanging pcs and cables etc but no luck) i was hopeless and thought that im stuck in 4.4.2 forever . today i foundout that the baseband and bootloader version of my G900F is G900T's . i was thinking if i try to flash G900T's Firmware on my G900F will it work?

p.s My phone is original not refurbished
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Please check General tab.

If you have SM-G900F as Phone Model, klte as Device Type and kltexx as Product Name, then you should flash a G900F firmware (AP), shut down the phone (no reboot). Then manually boot into download mode and flash the corresponding G900F bootloader (BL) and modem (CP).

Then you can reboot into the system.

Worked fine for me.

My tapatalk signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v7.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1BOB7

Recovery:

TWRP by Ktoonsez

Modem:

G900FXU1BOB7

If you have any question about or any issue with your SGS2, just ask in the New members friendly Q&A thread.

... for the SGS5, just ask in the Noob friendly S5 All in one support thread

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed794:
Thankyou for your time, but as i have told you, when i try to flash firmware, bootloader or modem odin always fail at NAND WRITE START FAIL(Auth).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Hmm ... maybe you can get help in the [GUIDE][Troubleshoot a failed Odin flash] by Hopper8 thread.

It's originally for another device (S2), but flashing with Odin is nearly the same for the S5.

Please provide as many details as you can ... along with some screenshots of the (error) messages of Odin.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed794:
Thanx but i have tried everything the guide says except for flashing pit file because its too risky. Chainfire's new flashfire is my only hope :(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Yeah ... the beta version is already available.

Although I don't know how it will fix (or work around) the NAND write error.

Crossing my fingers that it will work.

My tapatalk signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v7.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1BOB7

Recovery:

TWRP by Ktoonsez

Modem:

G900FXU1BOB7

If you have any question about or any issue with your SGS2, just ask in the New members friendly Q&A thread.

... for the SGS5, just ask in the Noob friendly S5 All in one support thread

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed794:
I will try it once the full version is released and i hope it fixes my problem. One strange thing is that i can flash twrp or cwm successfully via odin...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
So you can try to flash a ROM zip file in recovery.

My tapatalk signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v7.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1BOB7

Recovery:

TWRP by Ktoonsez

Modem:

G900FXU1BOB7

If you have any question about or any issue with your SGS2, just ask in the New members friendly Q&A thread.

... for the SGS5, just ask in the Noob friendly S5 All in one support thread

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed794:
AFAIK there are no stock roms in .zip format that can be flashed with recovery. I think stock roms can only be flashed via odin ( correct me if I'm wrong)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Stock based custom ROMs are available ... e.g. AllianceROM (link is in my signature).

My tapatalk signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v7.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1BOB7

Recovery:

TWRP by Ktoonsez

Modem:

G900FXU1BOB7

If you have any question about or any issue with your SGS2, just ask in the New members friendly Q&A thread.

... for the SGS5, just ask in the Noob friendly S5 All in one support thread

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed794:
Alliance rom is what im using rite now, i wanted to taste lollipop thou but alliance lollipop requires flashing bootloader and stuff from odin which does not work for me.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manojpy:
Waleed just double check the following.

1. USB debugging is ticked in Dev option

2. All drivers are installed on your pc

3. Switch off the phone. Remove battery, insert, go into download mode

4. Use Odin version 3.09 or higher

5. Connect phone to pc

6. PuT bootloader in BL

7.put modem in CP

Odin should show light blue colour under id:com

Only Auto reboot and F. Reset time should be checked

Flash

Let me know
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stryg:
Cant update past 4.4.2

Hey guys.

Ive been trying to upgrade to lollipop since it recently got released (telus) and haven't been successful at all so far. I've tried loading the rom via Odin, the update seems to take place and goes to a 100% and an update completed message pops up. Yet it still shows 4.4.2 in the about phone.

Bear with me here, I'm not very knowledgeable about this.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartK87:
Worked a treat!

Thanks.

I can see a firmware i need :)

What do the samsung kies logo mean though because some are greyed out and some are in colour... What is that all about?

Thanks for the help
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
If you select to install ktoonsez kernel along with the ROM, you don't need to flash a LP bootloader or modem.

It's only needed when on stock LP kernel.

My tapatalk signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v7.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1BOB7

Recovery:

TWRP by Ktoonsez

Modem:

G900FXU1BOB7

If you have any question about or any issue with your SGS2, just ask in the New members friendly Q&A thread.

... for the SGS5, just ask in the Noob friendly S5 All in one support thread

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TChopper89:
Hey guys I'm pretty noob to hacking, my friend told me to download xda for advise and information but I'm finding it pretty difficult. can someone experienced please walk me through it or if it's too much trouble could someone please point me in the right direction?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed794:
Wow thats new to hear . Can you elaborate a little plz?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Nothing to elaborate.

Just flash the ROM zip file in TWRP recovery and select to install Ktoonsez kernel instead of stock kernel.

That's all. No need to flash the bootloader or modem.

This custom kernel will boot into system even on old KitKat bootloader and modem.

Only stock kernel checks if you have the corresponding bootloader version installed and aborts booting into system if not.

My tapatalk signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v7.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1BOB7

Recovery:

TWRP by Ktoonsez

Modem:

G900FXU1BOB7

If you have any question about or any issue with your SGS2, just ask in the New members friendly Q&A thread.

... for the SGS5, just ask in the Noob friendly S5 All in one support thread

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed794:
Thanx im download alliance lollipop rite now :D . One more question, will the installer ask me whether i want to install ktoon kernel or not? Or i have to flash the kernel separately?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
It's a choice in the Aroma installer. So it will ask which kernel to be installed.

And you have several other options in the installer too.

Just select what you want.

Hope that it will work fine for you.

My tapatalk signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v7.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1BOB7

Recovery:

TWRP by Ktoonsez

Modem:

G900FXU1BOB7

If you have any question about or any issue with your SGS2, just ask in the New members friendly Q&A thread.

... for the SGS5, just ask in the Noob friendly S5 All in one support thread

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waleed794:
Thanks a lot man !!! I'm running lollipop now :D :D :D

Edit: I hate to say this that im preety disappointed at lollipop . its so laggy and slow . any advice ? ( i have performed factory restore and wiped caches twice)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Steve_:
Hi guys,

Please excuse my ignorance and thanks for taking the time helping noobs like myself.

So im looking at rooting my S5 to enable me to delete the bloatware and tidy it up a little while not flashing a custom rom but have a few questions. I'm sure they've all been answered but like most things online, the more questions i find answers to, the more seem to pop up.

So firstly I've got a G900F running lollipop. As im only looking to gain root access and not install a custom ROM do i need to downgrade to KK. If this is the case can i pick any date version of the sammobile site, or should i just choose the most recent.

Secondly to root the phone should i just follow the instructions on the link below.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-triggering-knox-2nd-method-t2843044

Theyre not crystal clear to me so are there any all out noob guides out there?

Will doing either of these also wipe my phone and regardless should i back it up and if so using what?

:cool:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harley1rocker:
I just bought a s5. It's stock rooted 4.4.2... will safe strap work?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -8-DEAMON-8-:
SM-900F, Android 5: Internal memory file recovery? :S

Hello

Our Galaxy S5 (SM-900F, Android 5) just made a random Factory Reset for a couple of days ago, and all our easter-holiday photos disappear :(

The photos were stored on the internal SDcard. :(

So according to some threads it is hard to mount the internal SDcard as a USB Mass Storage. I found software like Jihosoft and Asofttech but these require USB Mass Storage mode i think? Soo these DiskDigger might be better? But we need to root the Galaxy S5 first? Hmmmm...

Someone who have some ideas about how to recover some or all photos?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuberio1:
You can try photorec (easy to find on Google) or any other recovery software. But not sure 100% it will recognise your internal SD card whereas it would with an external micro SD or any USB mass storage
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ_BARO:
[Q] How to convert filesystem from ext4 to F2FS?

Hello everyone!,

I have a problem to convert my filesystem to F2FS I

After I wiped everthing,in "changing file system",there isn't a button to convert it to F2FS? (using Ktoonsez Kernel TW 5.0)

Regards

PS: Which Custom ROM for the S5 supports Ft2s?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cuberio1:
Hello DJ BARO, I use ktoonsez TWRP. Don't know about that option in other recoveries but at least for sure that one lets you convert any partition in desired file system.

Following KT main thread I managed to change the system partition by flashing the related f2fs_maker zip file right after flashing CM 12.1 - gapps - KT kernel, and manually changed the cache partition in F2FS. Better let data partition in ext4 (I tried the very first time and got bootloop).

Result is great, really smoother while using the device, and flashing or wiping while in recovery seems much faster.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ_BARO:
Thank you so much,it worked :) :good:

Which Custom Roms are supporting F2FS?