yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Applek2121:
Anyone know how to downgrade the Kitkat to Gingerbread 2.3???

I want to change the current Kitkat to Gingerbread 2.3, is there anyway to do it????
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NetVlad2009:
I don't think so... As far as I'm concerned, Samsung Galaxy S5 comes stock with KitKat. It never had Gingerbread and doesn't support it. Your best bet would be to try to look for a Rom that attempts to emulate GBread while still being kitkat at the core... and even then I don't understand why you would want to downgrade all the way there in the first place.

Good luck.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sakab:
Hey, there's a galaxy s5. Can you recommend some 5.0 or 5.1 Custom Rom, which is more stable, faster, more beautiful, more features than the factory can rom? Who does what experience?thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaushal.cooldude:
Hello Folks,

I have Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900F (SM-G900FXXU1POEC) which is not rooted.

Recently I have got 4G SIM here in India, but not able to connect to 4G Network.

Have LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect) selected under Network Mode.

on the SIM part, I have tried using this SIM in another LTE compatible device and with it 4G works fine. So no problem with SIM or service provider it seems.

I have observed that here 4G works with LTE Band 40 (2300MHz) which is not supported by his version of phone. Is there a way to enable this band without rooting the phone?

Please help.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] w21:
Similar problem here. Is it possible to enable LTE Band 38 (TDD 2600 MHz) on Galaxy S5 SM-G900F (Europe version) ? Oficially it works only on FDD bands...

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Is there option to root this phone with knox 0x0?

Hi guyz!

In start I apologize if I wrote this message in wrong place its my first post here.

I have a problem with ROOTing this phone:

Samsung Galaxy s5 G900F 16GB, G900FXXU1BOE5, Android 5.0 Lolipop. My question is:

Is there a possibility to root this model of phone with no problem with gaining Knox 0x1? How to do it? I already read a lot of tutorials but still dont know how to do it with this exackly model of S5.

Maybe some1 here can help me I will very thankful.

Cheers guyz.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georgie9117:
Hello!

You have to back KK (earlier than July of 2014), use towelroot to root, then install MobilODIN, or FlashFire to upgrade to LP - with EveRoot option. You will need to install LP bootloader and modem as well.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Hey mate!

I see but Can You tell me where Can I find all of those tutorials/files? I really afraid with gaining knox and lose warranty coz this is just new phone bought some days ago I would like to do all of this things perfectly with all steps. I think You understand me and my point of view.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georgie9117:
Don't worry mate, it works! I made it for a friend of mine and NKOX still 0x0 + root and she is on the latest LP.

You have to install official KK ROM (ANE2) from samfirmware.com. Install it with ODIN - correct version of it you can find on the download page of samfirmware.com just scroll down a bit. Start the device but don't let it download updates, just off mobile data and wifi. Then install TowelRoot from towelroot.com (click on the lambda symbol) with downloaded apk file. Run towelroot, connect to internet (towelroot needs it) and tap on make it ra1n button - done, your device is rooted. To handle it you have to install SuperSU 2.49. Now you have to official LP ROM from samfirmware.com and install MobileODIN PRO or FlashFire. (I always use FF, my version is 0.21.) Install LP ROM with FF (EveROOT option is ON!). Now you have to install modem, bootloader and kernel - these are must suite for the installed LP ROM. You can find these ALEXNDR's thread's #3 post > click the recent versions and download the correct ones. (Ex. if you installed POGC ROM then you need POGC modem, kernel and bootloader) All of 3 file you can install with ODIN - before install them switch off the phone and leave it for 10-15 secs then step in download mode only. In the end you have rooted LP - done.

Good luck!

G.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Hi again mate!

Thank You very much I really appreciate that help.

I will download all needed files and I will inform if something goes wrong or if I will have some problems with it.

I hope it will be fine :D

Till next time .

P.S If You have some free time plz check this thread maybe I will need some help with it <lol>
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georgie9117:
Hello!

The download speed is very low from sammobile.com without premium. So I will check here tomorow. :)

Good luck!

G.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superschmiddi:
[MENTION=6897039]Wasil8888[/MENTION]:

I advice you to not try to root your phone if you are not really familiar with flashing! The newer S5' have some new methods to pretend rooting/downgrading. Im coming from BOE5 too and I already downgraded to ANE2 for the towleroot process, but its not possible because Samsung added a lock that the screen appears to stay black if you downgrade to an older firmware. Easy fix, you blind start the download mode and flash the original BOE5, everything is fine again but you are not able to root..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Hi mate!

So there is no safe method to root this model? Did You find out safely method or I need to stay with original 5.0 without root access for a while yet?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superschmiddi:
I just tried it yesterday because I wanted to know if it really doesnt work. Actually there is no method to root your phone without triggering knox and loosing guarantee. I also posted in another thread here for help and im looking up in the german forums, but I think its a bit tricky and the devs have some problems with this black screen...

I advice you to wait, the only way would be flashing a custom recovery I think, but if you flash a custom recovery knox will be triggered..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Hello again!

Damn thats really bad news ;/ Hmmm so mate if You get some information about successfull rooting without gaining KNOX 0x1 or You find out it on maybe another forums plz let me know. I will really appreciate it.

Btw thank You very much for the information, bear goes to You :good::laugh:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georgie9117:
As I have wrote, that is the only way to root your phone without tripping KNOX. And it works.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
You didnt get mate black screen after flashing: KitKat G900FXXU1ANE2 as Superschmiddi said?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georgie9117:
Superschmiddi is right, but I don't know how he done that. If you have latest LP now, probably you will not success, but as Superschmiddi wrote, olny you install latest LP again, and evertything go back normal. SAMSUNG released new version of bootloader or added other protection from their firmwares.

My friend's (63 years old lady) phone (that I have rooted and installed BOE5 LP ROM) is runs absolutely great without issues. She bought her phone 2,5 months ago - with me, but mine is 900 FD 2 SIM card model. Her phone updated itself to LP right after the first switch on. There was not that protection like now, so I can downgrade it to KK easily. I have made full wipe, downgrade it to KK with ODIN, then rooted it with towelroot - before I forgot mentioned SuperSU is needet after rooting, I will correct my earlier post. Then I istalled FlashFire, I copied the esternal SDCard the latest LP and installed it with FF (with EveRoot). The need install the bootloader, modem and kernel with ODIN because the FF not install them due safety causes. And that's all - rooted LP on S5 (SM-900F).

On the last week I installed her ALEXNDR's ROM (with FF) and it runs great.

If you on the latest official LP maybe you will need fint other way to gowngrade your device because of locked or modified bootloader.

G.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Damn it, I have the latest LL I just yestarday updated it ;/ I think I need to wait with root coz its quite hard to safely do it as You shortly said. I have had Samsung galaxy s4 and was much easier to root it without any problem.

If You guyz have some more free time any day, You can add some links which I could check.

Btw I really thankful for those all information.:good:

Cheers guyz.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superschmiddi:
Which firmware was stock on your smartphone? My S5 came out of the box with POG7 (german branded BOE5) and thats why the downgrade is protected due bootloader or something.

If you updated to LP yourself you can downgrade again, a german user did it successfully
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
I just bought this phone some days ago in Poland (XEO).

Its brand new,non-branded I didnt change anything yet and its : G900FXXU1BOE5.

Then I turn on wifi and update firmware starts.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superschmiddi:
Soo, I think you will have the same effect like me, but you could try it and if you stay on black screen just flash the original BOE5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
So I need to download KK Rom and mine original from sammobile with BOE5 yea?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Georgie9117:
Yes. But KK ROM must be earlier than july of 2014. Towelroot not wotks with later versions.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
on Sammobiles Firmwares is only 1 KK Rom ANE2 for Galaxy s5 G900F I will download this one and try.

Am I need to know something important at the begging of flashing this Rom with odin?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fooking Rekt:
Private Mode after root

Is there any way to enable Private Mode after having your device rooted?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Yes there is.

You need to run a stock kernel AFAIK.

I have a rooted device with private mode working fine.

Signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v9.1

Kernel:

Stock XXU1BOE6 kernel

Recovery:

TWRP recovery by Ktoonsez

Modem:

XXU1POG1
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fooking Rekt:
I am running the stock kernel.

I am running the stock G900FXXUIBOE5 ROM with the stock kernel. I have TWRP recovery installed...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superschmiddi:
Did you ever flash a phone before? Its the same procedure as always. And dont panic if your screen stays black. You have to blind enter download mode then and connect your phone to odin and everything will be fine.

tapatalked via G900F
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
You can see my firmware/kernel combination in my signature.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Yes I was flashing my s4 i9505 but this phone was already knox triggered 0x1 so its a really easy story I just putting some roms on SD External Card and with TWRP recovery flashing it and I didnt need to worry about warranty coz its already gone.

With this s5 is a diffrent story so thats why I ask for all information about it even this stupid questions.

I think You understand my point of view mate.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fooking Rekt:
Great i got it working!!!

I think Private mode not working was fail flashing CWM (doesn't work on Lollipop)

I reflashed G900FXXUIBOE5, CF Autoroot and TWRP and now it's working fine!

Even my pictures and files are still there!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joohnjoohn:
battery

Hello guys,

I'm thinking of replacing the original ROM to the CM because of battery drain. I hate my battery for now.

The battery life improved enough after installation? worth it? the fingerprint reader keeps running?

I ask because when replacing the ROM, will void my warranty.

Thank you
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luriert:
Its in alpha stage, there have been a couple posts on Google+, but it probably wont be another week or two till we see anything. They never give ETAs though, so its not even worth asking.

---------- Post added at 08:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:49 AM ----------

Yes it can be rooted because it has an unlocked bootloader, but I don't think there are any root methods out there currently.

http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-developer-edition-verizon-now-available
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breni:
Flash stock firmware of other region

Hello everybody,

Is it safe to flash a stock firmware of another model of S5 (other region) on my phone? For example, if I flash the firmware built for SM-G900M into my SM-G900T, can it brick or lock my phone?

If it is possible, should I root the phone first? It will flag my KNOX counter?

Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
IDK about the compatiblility of the different S5 variants/models.

But AFAIK all available rooting mehtods for the S5 will trigger the KNOX flag (by flashing unsigned kernels and/or recoveries).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breni:
Thank you very much for your reply!!!

Do you know if, in case I try to flash this firmware of another model and something wrong happens, can I fix the problem?

I have a T-Mobile SM-G900T (the first carrier phone that I ever had) and I really don't like the way that they configure the phone and the apps pre-installed... Furthermore, I'm from Brazil and there's no option for Portuguese-BR language on this android and if I try to change the language using these common apps (Morelocale 2, Set locale...), after root, the Menu is not translated.

I really appreciate if someone could help me.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GODSPD:
Hello,

I am trying to reassign the menu key back to what it always was (opens settings and not recent apps) I tried with gravity box but for some reason it wont work :(

Any ideas or help would be great :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breni:
Try this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2733811
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidInsanity:
Getting the S5 soon. just got one question

I know the S5 is water resistant, and have seen many tests that show it working fine after a dunk. BUT I have seen some reviews where they don't recommend putting it in water and it's just in case you drop it down toilet or in the bath. So them saying that makes me believe maybe it's more splash resistant than water resistant. Can someone please just explain to me if it is ACTUALLY safe to soak it in water for a short time? like 100% if everything is sealed?

I don't plan to, but I will want to test it for peice of mind.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
YouTube it dude

-Sent from Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidInsanity:
Well I obviously have otherwise I wouldn't of said I have seen it dunk in water and say some reviews say they don't recommend it lol....
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luriert:
I don't know why they said, the first thing I did was put it in a liter of beer and its been completely fine. I will admit that it got a little dirty and had dried beer in it, but I wouldn't say I'm not recommending it. It's a great bar trick
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KillaCon22:
Has any one used the blaze kernel with the x note rom for sm g900t? Just wondering. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Oh ... beer is risky [emoji481]

Samsung only said it's water resistant [emoji6]

My tapatalk signature:

Phone 1:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

Stock G900FXXU1ANE2

Kernel:

CF-Auto-Rooted stock G900FXXU1ANE2

Recovery:

PhilZ-touch

Phone 2:

SGS2 (GT-I9100)

ROM:

XWMS3 NeatROM Lite v6.3

Kernel:

Apolo v4.14[/SIZE]

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

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wwwcosta:
Rooting an updated S5

Dear friends,

Is there any problem rooting my G900F after have the Android 4.4.2 being automatically updated??

I just bought my S5 and as soon as i turned it on Android was updated. It cause me a doubt about going ahead with the root process. May I go ahead with no worries?

Baseband version: G900FXXU1ANE2

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RiVenoX:
I have a similar question. My GS5 doesn't say anything about the knox warranty. It says:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SM-6900V

CURRENTY BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)

RP SWREF: S1, T1, A1, P1

UDC START

Everything else I see talks about Knox warranty: 0x0

is mine unaffected? Can I safely root without warranty issues?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fmaher:
Hi, I would like to change touchwiz grid size 5x6 and extend number of shortcut as well, can anyone help me please? I'm also looking for the list of all bloatware which is safe to remove. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agent_PIX:
Network Lock

is there any unlock hack for galaxy s5 ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
For the 5x6 grid and shortcuts check one of the available custom ROMs ... such as AllianceROM.

List of removable bloatware depends on what you still need/want to use on your device.

I recommend to only freeze/deactivate/turn off the (system) apps one by one and check if everything still works as expected.

If you get issues (FCs, apps/functions/services you need don't work anymore) then you can easily un-freeze/re-acitvate/turn on the (system) app again.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fmaher:
Thanks for your help. I'm currently using Alliance ROM, this ROM is very customisable but there is no option to change touchwiz grid size or change the maximum number of shortcuts.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Ok, I'm not sure about the number of shortcuts, but look again in latest ROM version (v3.1) about the launcher grid option ;)

At least Goldie has announced this option to be implemented into this version.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjckmen:
Yeah! Here is a smartphone and class. My wish is to own it
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulGer01:
Don't think it gets better with CM.

Battery drain is always worse with it...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Ok guyz I have really really great information for You.

Method with rooting without gaining knox to 0x1 which

Georgie9117

said IS WORKING, everything runing smoth and clear. Warranty are still there . All proccess was quite easy but I have some little problem with bootloop at the begging but I was fix it. :victory:

But my next question is:

Is there NOW possibility to download and flash ROM (without gaining knox to 0x1 ofc) other than official?

I mean I would like to have SLIM ROM without all that unneccesary things in it (Like Eudemony in samsung s4 I9505) and still have warranty.

Maybe You guyz have some advices for me I will be thankful.

Cheers.:)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superschmiddi:
Nice, the question is which firmware was on stock on your phone, you said you turned your phone on and it updated itself. Thats the reason why it works. Some other users on the german forums and me have BOE5 on stock, no update, nothing, and we are not able to downgrade cause black screen.. :(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Mate I have the same one BOE5 and I was downgrade it and its works. No black screen. I just update phone like 4-5 days ago so I think it was the latest firmware.

Now I would like as I said before flash any SLIM ROM without gaining knox to 0x1.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashhsalf:
Any one know how to resolve this error when entering Recovery: Secure Fail: REcovery.

I"m on the Verizon S5.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pudnik:
Impossible to Root SM-G900V true or false...

Hi, Android development noob here ... however, I am about to complete my computer science degree and I have 15 years programming experience.

True or False:

"...It is currently IMPOSSIBLE to unlock the boot loader on the following device so as to flash CyanogenMod onto the phone..."

Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 model SM-900V

Android Lollipop 5.0

Kernel Version 3.4.0
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zayn1:
Can anyone tell me that.. official support of cm12.1 is there for galaxy s5 G900i indian version?? Indian version is based on exynos chipset... I think the code name is same as galaxy s5 Vodafone version... 'Kltedv' ...... Can anyone over here tell me ..that will cm12.1 Vodafone version will work on s5 Indian version .. Or not.. please tell me I'm planning to take this phone...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] w21:
Just updated my SM-G900F to the oficial G900FXXU1BOH4_G900FOXA1BOH4_BTU from BOD3, and I am no longer able to access Service Mode by *#0011# - Back - Key Input "Q" - Key Input "0000" - wait 10 seconds method. Is there any other possible method? What can I do? I need the Band Selection menu.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] randomuser245:
Mounts2SD

Hello,

I'm trying to get Mounts2SD (via Playstore-App) to work on my klte running latest Cyanogenmod-Nightly. So far I got no luck with it :s

My SD-Card is partitioned with 4GB FAT32 Primary, 55~ GB EXT4 Primary, and 2GB SWAP. However, I can't get Mounts2SD to work, it will just list the external memory as not mounted, log file empty (debug enabled). Also installed Link2SD, I think it said something about an error while mounting the ext partition, but the error was just mount: command not found, or something like that (makes no sense, I know). I reformated the SD card like 5 times today, also tried with ext2, to no avail. The only explanation coming to my mind is that the kernel can't mount ext partitions, but I guess that would not make much sense, since I'm on Cyanogenmod, or does it?

Please help me to install at least a few apps on this damned phone :eek:

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Hey guyz its me again ;P

I have a question about xposed framework.

Is there any possibility to make xposed framework works in lolipop 5.0 on g900f? I already read a lot of quides here but still there some boot loops, not compatibillity with lolipop on samsung etc.

Some1 here maybe made it already works fine on this model?

Thanks for the replies.

cheers ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Yes, this version of the Xposed framework works fine on a deodexed TW ROM like mine (link in my signature).

I am running V6 Snapdragon.

The official Xposed framework version only works on a custom (e.g. CM) ROM on the S5.

Signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v9.1

Kernel:

Stock XXU1BOE6 kernel

Recovery:

TWRP recovery by Ktoonsez

Modem:

XXU1POG1
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Hi mate!

I have this ROM of mine : G900FXXU1BOE5_DevBase_alexndr.

I'm not sure if this one is Deodexed or not and actually I dont know how to check it ;/

I'm running on lolipop 5.0 BOE5 with know 0x0 (Its fresh phone).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
As the Xposed framework can be flashed on a rooted device with FlashFire, KNOX 0x0 should be possible. But I have flashed a custom recovery being on KNOX 0x1 myself.

Alexandr ROM (DevBase) is odexed AFAIK.

So you will have to deodex it yourself or flash a deodexed ROM before flashing Xposed.

Signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v9.1

Kernel:

Stock XXU1BOE6 kernel

Recovery:

TWRP recovery by Ktoonsez

Modem:

XXU1POG1
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
I see so mate is there any way to make this ODEX ROM which I have at the moment to DEODEX one? If yes How Can I make it?

Thanks btw for replies.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Hi,

Your Rom as @ It_ler wrote is odexed. You can check it by finding arm folders with "odex" files in /system/app or /system/priv-app. Deodexed roms don't have them.

If you like Alexandr roms, there are also deodexed versions available at the end of post no 2 in his thread.