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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phi303:
G870A ATT S5 ACTIVE soft-bricked, please help!

My little cousin said he went into SU and did "full unroot" and after the reboot got stuck on the AT&T logo, the kid brought the phone to me in search of help.

I've tried every which way I could think of using odin to try and reflash everything under the sun and cannot find a solution. I can get into download and recovery fine but I cannot flash anything: odin flashes fail except when I when I use odin to flash boot.tar (AP), modem.bin (CP), recovery.tar (BL), it's one of the few times the flash is a pass instead of a fail; recovery won't authenticate any roms.

stumbled on this thread and downloaded an official rom but flashing fails after authentication:

[IMG="official rom"]http://i.imgur.com/1mPpRls.jpg[/IMG]

He said he was on 5.0, stock rooted stock rom - he told me he was sick and tired of the 5.1 update notification and tried to unroot to update and now it's soft-bricked.

here's a screen of all the firmwares and softwares and roms I've tried flashing every which way possible

[IMG="everything i've tried"]http://i.imgur.com/NqZeQlL.png[/IMG]

Smart Switch and Kies3 asks for a recovery code (no idea where to get that); Sammobile only has FW for 4.3, this phone was at 5.0 - my understanding is that it's very difficult to go back from 5.0. I was thinking I could root again and then install custom recovery but can I even do that with no rom installed? any help would be much appreciated!

one more pic for good measure:

[IMG="boot, recovery and download"]http://i.imgur.com/ygHqDWn.jpg[/IMG]
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
you may have better luck posting in an s5 active thread.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaidahmadHTC:
I hadnt installed any custom roms yet. I had just rooted it. I guess im gonna try to revert to stock. I cant seem to find the stock firmware for my country, can i use any build thats for sm g900-f? Or does it necessearily have to be specified for my country? I bought the phone in Malaysia btw..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnotzilla:
No you can use any country m8
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZippyDSMlee:
I have a S5 Active SM-G870A

the main thing I'd like to do is run my 30+ GB of music off a NTSF formatted 128gb SD Card , is there any somewhat fool proof way to do this or am I just better off using exFAT?

Would not mind if everything was backed up to the card regularly either but I dunno, I just rooted it but having trouble finding the SD card folder.

edit

Ya I guess if I need tera copy to copy long file name,ect then the device probly won't read it(sorry was working on new phone all day my brain is fried) need to redo my folder layout for my MP3's so I get no issues. So far so good rooted it, trying to gain some control over whats running to save bat life, I'll use it more for MP3's than talking LOL
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayydin:
Can someone who is using his external sd as internal in CM 13 to tell if is causing very long boot time? I have also Xposed but didn't remember after each my phone begin to boot very slow.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOOALLICA:
Anybody got any info on a lg k7 custom recovery and rom please help
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
Wrong thread
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOOALLICA:
Sorry I just figured that out
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 911Guy:
Corrupt SDCARD

Hello,

I have a 32Gb SDCARD that worked fine on Lollipop ROM and on an AOKP Marshmallow ROM, but when I installed the CM based Ressurection Remix ROM, the card is suddenly "corrupt" and formatting with the phone doesn't fix it. I removed the card and formatted in Windows (worked perfectly ... could RW without any trouble). Put the card back in the phone and it's "corrupt" again.

Is this a known problem with this ROM? With CM ROM's in general?

Thanks for the help! Have a great day!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnotzilla:
Is your card fat32 formatted cause I Believe cm13 only supports fat32 (not sure so if I'm wrong please forgive me) I did have the same problem formatted to fat32 and that fixed it for me

S5 plus G901f

Cm13

Latest updated gpu drivers Feb 2016
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrjorin:
Has anyone figured out the hidden folder or private folder on the s5 after a flash its gone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
I had that issue when I got my 64 GB SDXC. I think I got it working by formatting the card, putting it in a stock samsung phone, and then in my phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bakuryu42:
Been out of the loop since I rooted my phone a while back. I've been meaning to do this for a while now and never got a chance, but I think my phone is currently vulnerable to stagefright. Its SM-G900V Version 4.4.2. I want to update or patch it which ever is easier/possible while still keeping root.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 911Guy:
FYI... Got those that are trying to help with my SDCard problem...

Build 03-10 of Resurrection Remix MM fixed the issue... It shows correctly now!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dns94:
Hello my fellow S5 users! I just wanna know what people think is the best ROM for S5 atm, when used S4 and S3 I used Slimrom as I'm not updated in the ROM univers I'm not sure what its called atm, but I would like something similar light weight but also customizable. I have looked at xtrestolite ROM and saw it as a good replacement as I use omega atm (4.4.4).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
Are you wanting to stay on Lollipop or move up to Marshmallow? When I was on 5.0, I personally found nothing better for me than Omega. MM is kinda disappointing for me overall. I really don't think you're gonna gain anything other than headaches if you leave Lollipop, at least until samsung releases 6.0 for our device which is supposed to be pretty soon i.e. May...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dns94:
It really does not matter as long as I have something that's works without any problem,but it seems like I should not go for MM tho haha :P
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonkoetje:
Hey guys, I flashed my previous s3 and now i tried flashing my s5 sm-900F.

So I installed Odin 3.10.7 and I've tried installing multiple TWRP versions(2.8.4, 2.8.5, 3.0) and it passes and successfully installs.

I continue to toggle my phone off and press volume up, home and power button to enter the supposed TWRP menu and it doesn't load, just gives something like "No task".

I didn't install the previously named versions after one another i went through the process of repeating each step with different versions to see if that made a difference but sadly it didn't.

How do I proceed from here, since my phone just remains unrooted given I can't install the superSU or get into the TWRP menu?

Thank you in advance,

Jonkoetje
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnotzilla:
I always use Odin 3.07 maybe that helps
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panacoolxd:
Battery life is terrible - CM13 KLTE

Hey guys!

I have a problem with my S5 running latest CM13. I get EXTREMELY bad battery life and I can barely get 3 hours just playing Sonic 2 (16 bit 2D). I didn't wipe completely and I don't think that it is of any help.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
Hi all!

I have a question guyz . I just installed a new Alexndr ROM on my Samsung galaxy s5 (G900F). I installed this ROM---> G900FXXU1BPB2_DevBase_v2.2 (5.0 Lolipop).

Can You tell me how to install working Xposed on this ROM without triggering Knox to 0x1?

I alredy installed some xposed 3 times and still getting bootloops on samsung logo maybe here some1 alredy made it.

Thank You very much for help guyz.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuffBuster:
Could you not use FlashFire to flash the xposed zip? Make sure your using the right version of xposed also. xposed-v75-sdk21-arm-arter97-snapdragon for deodex and xposed-v79-samsung-test for odex.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
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Oh I see Can You tell me which one version is right for this ROM which I use? and then I just need to flash it with FlashFire in ''zip update'' right? I dont get bootloop in that process?

Btw Thanks for advice and reply mate.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuffBuster:
I can't remember weather the ROM is set to install odex or deodex by default... Check inside the ROM zip for the options file to see what it's set to. If it's deodex then use http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3510618&d=1445173511.

Now I've never used flashfire for this as I have a custom recovery and have tripped Knox myself. But that "should" work but I'm not 100% sure.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melandroid:
HELLO GUYS I Just New Joined Here ı need your help

ı need your help

seriously

I'm using samsung galaxy s5 and while I'am trying to install TWRP in S5 , I lost my Android Stock Recovery

at the moment,I can install nothing on my galaxy s5

with odin

I tried everything to flash but I could not take result

I can Only access donwload mode

every time I try , I get an error

download mode reads on screen;

SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE

ı opened USB debug and Unchecked samsung Lock Access in security settings
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wasil8888:
ahhh I need to be 100% sure if this is safe process coz I rly dont want to do reinstall all ROM again. And my ROM is Deodexed for sure coz I made it Deodexed while I'm installing it (I changed value in options.prop to '=1' in Deodex line).

Maybe some1 more Can tell me more about this.

I just wait for more advices its already my 3rd forum where I looking for help and still I didnt get 100% sure answer for my problem.

Btw thank You very much for help and Your working version of Xposed mate.

Cheers :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
Which s5 version do you have?

Which version of odin? I recommend 3.10

Seriously makes a difference so I always reboot pc 1st.

Make sure pc has latest Samsung drivers.

Before trying odin again, pull phone battery for 30 sec then put it back and manually enter download mode.

What are you trying to do? Restore stock? Only install twrp recovery? Did you make a backup 1st and store it externally?

Sent from my Android 6.0.1 LGV500 on CM 13 or my LG G4 H811 on AT&T with Android MM 6.0 eXtreme ROM v3.3
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melandroid:
Thank you so much for your quick return.

Firstly it was Lollipop 5.0 SM-G900F international but after i did this (i tried to install TWRP) my donwload mode turned chinese and it reads SM-G9006V this means chinese somethings i know :D

When i look my settings for android version and model it is normal but in download mode chinese and when i push volume up button for odin mode right here everything is changing my model is beeing SM-G9006V.

I tried all of odin versions 3 and 3.x.x above

Even i tried 3.10 too

I tried my netbook and my laptop again and again.

I reinstalled drivers 2 times , i installed kies and i closed it for odin so i think no problem here

I did pulling battery even i took off my battery and while my battery is on the out

side i pushed download mode buttons(volume down + menu + power on) and suddenly i put battery, nothing has changed

I was trying to install custom recovery for Cyanogenmod and rooting but i guess i mixed :D before i succeeded with my s4 but now things have been tough

No problem backup for me :D i just wanted to install Cyanogenmod ,still i want to install. When i try any custom recovery , odin says PASS!! But it doesn't work

I think problem is SECURE ENABLE BOOT, this child doesnt let me install anything But i dont know better than you guys
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
use odin 3.10.7

connect s5 to pc with USB. pull battery 1st. reinsert battery; then manually enter download mode, with vol down, power and home button; once in download mode, make sure ODIN has blue square box with COM in left side of screen.

make sure you have twrp 2.8.7.0 klte tar. put that in PDA slot and hit start.

Once you have TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery installed, then you can upgrade to 3.0 using TWRP and the 3.0 image file.

If that doesn't work let me know.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melandroid:
Seandroid Enforcing

I did as you said but this time I am receiving the seandroid enforcing error so still i cant get in recovery mode

ı can normally use my phone but ı cant get in or install any recovvery mode

At the same time, I have some images about my errors but ı cant send you now because of spam

XDA said that;

After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding! :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
Can you still get into stock recovery? If so, then factory reset and then do the instructions in above post to do custom recovery.

IF that doesn't work return to stock firmware with odin, then install custom recovery then you can restore your backup.

Sent from my Android 6.0.1 LGV500 on CM 13 or my LG G4 H811 on AT&T with Android MM 6.0 eXtreme ROM v3.3
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melandroid:
Yeah bro i know this as i said I cant get into stock recovery

I'm getting the same error every way I try

Also I cant install any custom or stock rom even I literally tried Stock Lollipop rom but ODİN gives error something like that

Aboot.mbn error NAND WRITE....

by the way you are very fast :D pls give me advice

you look like someone who knows
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
Ok so no stock recovery. Your only option is odin firmware to stock. No other option. If its not working try different usb cables or different usb slot on your pc.

Sent from my Android 6.0.1 LGV500 on CM 13 or my LG G4 H811 on AT&T with Android MM 6.0 eXtreme ROM v3.3
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melandroid:
Now ı tried chinese CWM and I Succeeded :D really

and I could Access recovery , I barely rooted

Now just I want to learn How can i install Cyanogenmod

I tried to install Cyanogenmod '''cm-12.1-20151007-SNAPSHOT-YOG4PAO333-klte''' in Chinese recovery

it says Can't install this package on top of incompatible data

Shall I Wipe and Factory Reset but I don't know what happens :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
Yes wipe data reset then install rom

Sent from my Android 6.0.1 LGV500 on CM 13 or my LG G4 H811 on AT&T with Android MM 6.0 eXtreme ROM v3.3
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
Hello guyz any1 using cm13 on s5 ?!

Any1 experiencing WiFi dropouts on cm13
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
Yes. Known issue. No eta yet on when it'll be fixed.

Sent from my Android 6.0.1 LGV500 on CM 13 or my LG G4 H811 on AT&T with Android MM 6.0 eXtreme ROM v3.3
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
Hello guyz.. I'm having this odd error which after every reboot my newly saved contacts disappear....I'm on cm13..

Any ideas ?!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karasahin:
I would like to know how to do full wipe that deletes the Data, Cache, System and Preload partitions of your internal memory. Btw, could this brick the device? Thx in advance
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
If you are using custom recovery like twrp you can boot into recovery mode then choose wipe.. Press on advance wipe.. And then select the parts that u want to delete..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karasahin:
Is there a way to do this without being rooted? I plan to rooting if necessary but until that, I am open to suggestions.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
If you wanna completely wipe everything in ur phone u can factory reset it.. It will be as brand new
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melandroid:
Hey dude,

I have tried Cm 13 but i have to say that CM 13 is not STABLE rom yet that's why i think you should not use UNSTABLE versions of CM because it has so many BUGS and ERRORS

use CM 12.1 SNAPSHOT which is STABLE :D until stable version of CM 13 showed up
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulGer01:
Don't know what variant you're on, but on my 900f all works kinda smooth. Better than Lollipop TW non the less.

Gesendet von meinem SM-G900F mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melandroid:
This is your choice but Which one is better for us ?

is it STABLE or SMOOTH ?

by the way Are you using Xposed ? if you are using , can you help me ? bcs we are using same variant of S5

Which Xposed.zip should i flash?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmad77888:
Hello friends. thanks for your topic. I have a galaxy s5 g900f. I've downloaded 2 different official ROMs for it, but each time i try to flash them using oding, the FAILED massage appears. By the way, in downloading mode, there is a line which reads sm-g900p! whats that? im sure that my phone is g900f and i can see this everywhere in phone's information and third-party apps.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wave3.3:
TouchWizHome.apk

Can anyone upload the file TouchWizHome.apk please???

I have G900F and stock KitKat 4.4.2 .

I have deleted this file and now i need it.. :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:

The file is in " System / Priv-App / TouchWizHome.apk "

Thankss
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozz200127:
Can anyone tell me how to change boot animation on g900v
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
Hello there.. Are u trying to flash a stock ROM or a custom ROM ?!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soufiansky:
Only trust download mode , if it says it's G900P then it is.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmad77888:
hi, stock Rom

is there any way to flash g900f rom on it??
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctradio:
I have rooted and loaded firmware on other devices before, but these Verizon S5 (KLTEVZW) units are awful. I have two of these. One has OTA updates and is at PB1 firmware and the other is rooted on the oldest 4.4.2 release. I want to root the PB1 unit and cannot seem to do so following the instructions I found on here.

As far as the rooted unit on 4.4.2, I would like to load a "custom" ROM such as MOAR. I downloaded MOAR and attempted to load it via Safestrap 3.75 and ended up getting the Verizon message about unauthorized software. I ended up going back to ODIN and reloading 4.4.2 so I could get my phone back up. What am I doing wrong?

Never again will I buy a handset from VZW as I hate being locked out of my own open source software. Thanks folks ... consider me a NOOB for this topic please.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
I'll go with what soufiansky said... Try flashing the version for g900p and see what happens from there..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmad77888:
Thank you for your answer. I downloaded a g900p rom but it seems that this rom will lock the device, as there is an unlocking turtrial inside the zip file along with md5 file. The turtrial leads to a web site Which sells unlock codes. In afraid if i flash this rom, my phone might be locked and i loose the Sim card avalability. Whats your idea?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
Can u redirect me to the link u downloaded the ROM from.. I'd like to take a look to help u better...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmad77888:
here's the link : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=38872

i downloaded the fourth one: G900PVPU3BOG1_SPT3BOG1_SPR_Sprint_5.0.zip

inside the zip file, there is a web page which redirects to the following address:

https://www.cheap-unlock.com/unlock-phone/samsung/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unibombz:
So You're forced to downgrade to 4.4.2 firmware before you can root and toss recovery on the phone

then you have to update the newest bootloader and do it all again...

What is the process for 5.1.1 on SG900W8 (S5 Canadian)

trying to avoid the confusion from everything here.

Thanks

here is a stock image for the S5 --- G900W8VLU1ANCG_G900W8OYA1ANCG_G900W8VLU1ANCG_HOME.tar
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
Give this one a try..

www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/61697/G900PVPU3BOK4_G900PSPT3BOK4_SPR
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmad77888:
Thank you. Are you sure this one is not gonna lock the device? ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
I'm not 100% percent sure u could Google arnd abit
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
[MENTION=3446990]Ahmad77888[/MENTION]

I did some searching and its unlikely that flashing a ROM will lock your device down.. I can't tell for sure.. As I don't have a g900p
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlexiPack:
Hi all,

My G900F is currently on a 5.0 Custom TW rom. I'd like to try one of the AOSP MM roms but I'm unsure which bootloader and modem I need?

Edit: I have links to Alexander's thread containing all the bootloaders and modems but I'm baffled how you're supposed to tell which one you know. The Rom threads don't tell you.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yash92duster:
My S5 G900H received an update around 210mb

Is it a security update ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnotzilla:
Yes I believe that's the new stage fright patch
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musabcel:
Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmad77888:
thank you so much. i flashed the g900p rom and its all ok. no problem occurred, and now everywhere the phone shows g900p details. besides, the battery usage is much more better now!

still i have a problem: each time i restart the phone, the recent apps in recent menu still exist as before the restarting! is that something usual?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
Glad you got it working mate.. Yess its all normal and usual when restarting the phone the recent apps u used will still be there... Now you should give cm13 a try u won't get disappointed ;) u can press the thnx button too :p
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csibi2:
Can we get the s7 lockscreen on the s5 android 5.0?center clock and under the notification?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmad77888:
I can't find the option to enable massage delivery report on g900p. Is there any way??
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chuckyl1l:
Messages>settings>text messages>delivery report
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmad77888:
I know the path, but the only option in the -text message- sction is auto combination. No delivery report option!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csabex:
G900F qi charging problem and fast draining

Hello guys,

I purchased a genuine samsung qi pad EP-PG900IBE (2.0 A) and EP-CG900IBE (760mA) cover but the qi charging doesn't work normally. If i leave it over night on the pad, when i wake up in the morning the led blinks orange and i have only 85-90% charge.

I also observed that during the qi charge the phone gets very very hot, i take a look at the battery temp. and it was 47 C degrees.

The battery doesn't keep 2 days, i can only use it one day with a full charge, but without wifi, data or location, or hours of talking on the phone, nothing special just normal use and doesn't last at the end of day. Once i used the ultrapower save mode and it showed 62% but after a minute or two, the phone has switched off. When i plugged in the charger it showed me 0% battery...

Without ultrapower save mode it happens sometimes that on 27% it switches off and if i plug in the charger it is 0% again. What do u think guys, i have problems with the charging circuit? I notice that i have buyed a new battery a genuine one and the problem is the same. The phone it is still in warranty, i think that i will take it to the service. If i leave the original samsung qi pad and cover on, they still have to accept the reapir in warranty time, because i didn't use any third party qi devices, right? On the phone the Lollipop runs and i have no speed or any other issues, everything works great and normally. Thank you and Happy easter to all of you :)