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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curiousrom:
Re: NFC Battery Problem

Check the photos I attached to Fake vs OEM S5 Samsung Battery.

In the battery photo, top right is where the S5's small contact stub connects to the NFC antenna which should be under the silver wrapper.

Maybe you could lift the wrapper a little bit with a knife of something.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calacon:
Thank you curiousrom... I want to lift the wrapper but sadly I better not so I can still send it back if it does turn out that the battery is probably fake. But the outline I can see and feel is very obvious so if it is fake then they went to the trouble of putting something in there to cause exactly the same shaped lump comparing to the real battery I borrowed, and in those pictures you posted. I don't quite understand where that contact stub is, I see the flat cable in the pictures but I can't see anything on the phone... or does the flat cable just connect through to one of the four battery pins? It weighs 42g vs 45g for a real one vs 38g for a definite fake, so that doesn't seem good...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScottishFreedom:
Where To Download Most Up-To-Date Stock Image for Galaxy S5?

Hi, I would be really grateful if someone can point me to where I can download the most up-to-date flashable stock image for Galaxy S5?

Basically, I put Lineage OS on my S5 a few years ago, but I had originally bought the phone for its camera, and I have been disappointed with the Lineage OS camera software. I have TWRP installed!

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Svntana:
SM-G900W8 Can i put other language to this phone?Apps help only with half but english language stay on menu (phone, messages, date etc.)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjkjlal:
Hey there I have a Galaxy S5 that was running LineageOS, I started having some trouble recharging it, couldn't figure out if it was the battery or recharger.

I decided to leave it at a repair shop and afterwards buy a new battery from them. The first day it was working normally and I left it the whole day just recharging but then it started having some problems rebooting automatically. Now it keeps "rebooting" all the time which wasn't a problem with the old battery, the Galaxy S5 logo appears then it reboots and appears again etc.

I can't boot into recovery either but strangely enough I can get into download mode without it rebooting and it seems to work fine, even unplugged from any power source, this confuses me because I thought it was the battery.

Without being connected to a USB cable:

Power: Vibrates, Galaxy S5 logo appears, "recovery booting..." appears on top left, reboots immediately afterwards (doesn't enter recovery).

Volume UP + Home + Power: Vibrates, nothing appears on screen, slight flash on the screen as if it was damaged (but it isn't).

Volume DOWN + Home + Power: Boots into download mode absolutely fine, screen working 100%, doesn't reboot (can flash normally).

Being connected to a USB cable:

As soon as I connect it, the phone automatically tries to turn on as if I pressed the Power button ("recovery booting..." appears on top left), keeps rebooting as mentioned before, if I remove the battery while keeping it plugged in, it keeps doing the same thing but the Galaxy S5 Logo lasts longer on the screen and no "recovery booting..." appears on top left.

Volume UP + Home + Power: Same as just pressing Power mentioned before, keeps rebooting as mentioned but no slight flashes and screen works unlike when unplugged.

Volume DOWN + Home + Power: Boots into download mode absolutely fine, screen working 100%, doesn't reboot (can flash normally).

What I've tried so far:

Flash original ROM with Odin, flashed fine but still rebooting.

Flash TWRP on top of original ROM with Odin, flashed fine but still rebooting.

Flash "G900MUBU1BOE1_IUS1BOE1_v5.0_Repair_Firmware" along with the included .pit file, flashed fine but still rebooting.

Flash https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s5/firmware/SM-G900M/ZVV/download/G900MUBU1CPF2/88002/, flashed fine but still rebooting.

Flash "G900MUBU1BOK3", flashed fine but still rebooting.

Flash "G900MUBU1ANG3", flashed fine but still rebooting.

I can't seem to flash the 900M .pit file from the .pit files thread with none of the firmwares.

Download mode info:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SM-G90M

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): Off

KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (2)

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: Enable (CSB)

RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1

SECURE DOWNLOAD: Enable

UDC START

Anyone knows what could be the cause? If more info is needed on model, battery etc let me know.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobedi_BOB:
black screen when sign in

just got my g900f on lineage os 9 pie and when i try sign in to google the screen goes black but i can exit out of the black screen app and pull down notification in it to what shall i do
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spyrohack:
I have a Samsung Galaxy s5 g900a At&t version.It is kitkat.I rooted it using kingroot.My device beicked because of cwm recovery flash(showing recovery not seandroid enforcing).I need to download leneage os 15 on my phone by going download mode instead of downloading stock rom for unbrick my device. Is this will be correct? Please reply.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwdroid:
Help still needed?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esmael378:
Hey

i have a s5 china version(g900w6)

considering that it has exactly the same hardware as the global version (g900f), how can i install a g900f stock rom on it?

esmael378@gmail.com
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kisdauk:
SOS, please help!

I ran "adb reboot nvbackup" on G900V as suggested in https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1852255 and now I'm getting modem crash boot error on COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_2572656_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 from https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galax...oot-method-t3561529/post71202995#post71202995

The phone boots when I flash G900VVRU2DQL1_G900VVZW2DQL1_G900VVRU2DQL1_HOME.tar.md5 from https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/update-mmb29m-g900vvru2dql1-t3737197 but IMEI shows unknown

I have EFS backup made with adb as suggested in https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2342100

but I cannot restore it because it's not rooted now :(

Can I use Odin to restore an EFS backup taken with adb and if so how?

Many thanks for any ideas!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwdroid:
Having the F instead of V, but I'd try the multiple part stock.

Read somewhere that this sometimes helps restoring IMEI.

Afaik Odin can't flash that backup.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kisdauk:
Got it, thanks! Is there a rooted stock ROM you'd recommend?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwdroid:
I'm using https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development/crdroidv6-t4039471 but as I wrote I'm having S5 G900F.

Dunno if it fits yours so check first.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curiousrom:
S5 G900V No IMEI

See S5 - No Network, No IMEI, No SIM & EFS Partition Restore Fix as the S5 G900V running LineageOS or other custom ROMs is finicky & may require an EFS partition restore once in a while to get the IMEI back.

See this XDA thread for the S5 G900V: [GUIDE] Root, Bootloader Unlocks, and More!

The sequence for the SM-G900V is > Samsung OS > unlock bootloader > flash TWRP custom recovery > backup EFS partition > Flash LineageOS (or an other ROM) + optional packages if you wish.

See also S5 G900V Bootloader Update? and S5 Odin Flashable Modem & Bootloader

I did this LineageOS clean install 1 year & 5 months ago on my daily driver S5 G900M: S5 super clean install and it's still running fast & smoothly after more than 20 OTA updates using the built-in LineageOS Updater.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kisdauk:
S5 G900V No IMEI

Thank you all for responses.

Unfortunately I'm unable to follow [GUIDE] Root, Bootloader Unlocks, and More! to unlock the bootloader because I get modem crash when I flash COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_2572656_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5

At the same time I'm unable to install a rooted non-stock ROM with locked bootloader. In order to restore EFS I need root. So far I wasn't successful in finding a rooted stock ROM.

Do you folks have any further ideas?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
First I have to say that I do not own the G900V.

As I can see, you have to first root your device like described here: https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/testers-required-easier-root-method-t3561529/post71202995#post71202995

Then you have to unlock the bootloader like described here: https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/rd-unlocking-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909

Then you have to install a custom recovery (e.g. TWRP) like described in the above thread in the sction "Working TWRP and International Rom Patch".

And then you will be able to flash a rooted "stock" ROM like this one: https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/rom-stock-root-odex-deodex-knox-free-t2882101

Keeping mind that doing so may brick your device. Good luck!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kisdauk:
S5 G900V No IMEI

Thanks for trying to help but like I said above I'm unable to follow this route because I get modem crash on boot after flashing COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_257265 6_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 which is step 4 in the guide. This is because I previously ran "adb reboot nvbackup" on S5 G900V as suggested in https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1852255 and it corrupted EFS, IMEI and who knows what else :(

The phone boots when I flash G900VVRU2DQL1_G900VVZW2DQL1_G900VVRU2DQL1_HOME.tar.md5 from https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/update-mmb29m-g900vvru2dql1-t3737197 but IMEI shows unknown

I have EFS backup previously made with adb as suggested in https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2342100

but I cannot restore it because it's not rooted now

Any other ideas?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwdroid:
So flashing multiple part ROM didn't work either?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kisdauk:
S5 G900V No IMEI

I was unable to find one. Also I don't see how this could help restore IMEI which is unique to the phone.

Tried couple stock rooted ROMs but I'm getting this error:

SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 2 > Binary 1

Must be due to the locked bootloader.

It's a catch 22 problem. To unlock the bootloader I need to restore EFS, to restore EFS I need root, to root I need to unlock the bootloader...

I happen to have another S5 (not CDMA though). Is there a way to copy EFS from there with Odin or any other software (no root on either S5) temporarily before I restore the original one?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwdroid:
Use samfirm tool and check "binary nature" or "factory rom" depending on samfirm version.

Flashing multiple part stock sometimes restores IMEI.

At least it helped me once.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kisdauk:
S5 G900V No IMEI

Thank you! Samfirm looks promising, I just downloaded it.

For my model/region combination I'm getting this message:

Could not fetch info for SM-G900V/VZW

Tried other regions with the same model but the result is still the same.

Do you happen to know any other way to find a multipart ROM?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwdroid:
It's probably blocked as it's by Verizon.

Sammobile offers it as a multipart as well but you have to become a premium user to be able to get it.

Might check at updato.com as well (free) if this is a multipart stock also.

Downloading from there is extremly slow and I don't want to wait more than 5h to be able to tell you.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osdiz:
updated my s5 from 6.1 to LineageOS

wanted to go back to 6.1 because i had no data/or signal on lienage, restrored a nandroid (6.01) but could stuck in odin mode could not boot.

So i reset everytyhting, went back to 5.1 with Odin, then got the OF from android update to 6.1 again, rooted with CF auto root.

i am currently on 6.1 , but then i restore a nandroid(6.1) and during boot it say "could not do normal boot, ODIN MODE??
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curiousrom:
That's a known issue & easy to fix.

See EFS Partition Backup - No Service, No IMEI & No SIM Card Fix

What is your exact S5 model?

If you decide to try LineageOS again check S5 super clean install.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osdiz:
i dont understand why i cant restore a nandroid that ii did on 6.1 back onto a stock 6.1 and it happenned after flashing lineage.,

sprint s5, should be SP-900
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul_Lunardi:
Hi all

just wondering whether anyone has a stock marshmallow Rom that they'd recommend me download. my phone type is kltedv baseband version G900IDVU1CQD1 which I believe is the latest.

from Android 8 onwards I have had sporadic Bluetooth issues. it could be the actual device itself though it did seem to work great on the stock rom or a Bluetooth speaker.

thank you.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmduper:
Hi mate,

Same variant as mine.

I have the last stock Telstra MM build on my laptop. Are you on Telegram?

Cheers
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul_Lunardi:
Howdy I'm not sure as to whether that would be the same one that I need as I purchased my phone outright.

when I've used sammobile in the past it was xsa or unbranded so I'm not sure whether that's important or not.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmduper:
Hi mate,

Shouldn't matter. My g900i was bought through Telstra in 2014, however its unlocked as it was not on a prepaid plan.

I have in the past flashed Vodafone, XDA and Optus firmware in Australia and Telecom in NZ with no problems.

I have Telstra, Vodafone and XDA firmware which I download off Sam Mobile.

Happy to share if required :good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curiousrom:
Downloading S5 Original Samsung OS Tip

Thanks for that. :good::cool:

Check this out from https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html :

"Use either Frija or Samloader to download the latest firmware zip of your device directly from Samsung servers."

In Frija the CSC is required info. You can check if the original one for your device is shown in About phone or DevCheck > System > Product code's last 3 digits or check sammobile.com for example to find other CSC's.

Also Phone INFO Samsung > CSC CODE may also show the original one.

This said it's not required to flash the original Samsung stock with the same CSC.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmduper:
Hi [MENTION=4122877]curiousrom[/MENTION]

Thanks for your great info. I have installed Frija and amazed at how fast it downloaded my latest firmware for SM-G900I.

I had no idea this program existed. Even though I already have the download, I wished I had used it some time back :good:

[MENTION=6719778]Paul_Lunardi[/MENTION] I recommend you use this little program as it will save you time and headache :eek:

Thanks again mate :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BruceElliott:
TL;DR... Upon reviewing my posts I see that Ibuprohen helped me with this same issue two years ago. I may be getting too old for these youngster activities. lol

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to dirty-flash stock Marshmallow 6.0.1 to a Galaxy S5 KLTE (T-Mobile)? I believe that the answer is "no" because Android 6 firmware is a single *_HOME.tar.md5 file rather than having four distinct files with a choice of "HOME_CSC" or (dirty flash) or "CSC" (clean flash). (Specifically, I am flashing the last-released Samsung/T-Mobile stock firmware, "G900TUVU1GQC2_G900TTMB1GQC2_G900TUVU1GQC2_HOME.tar.md5"). On the other hand, maybe flashing without repartitioning (no pit file) will result in a dirty flash? If not, is there some other way to preserve the existing /data partition?

I (was) running the above firmware, rooted with Magisk v20.4 and with TWRP 3.2.1-0. Everything was running fine, with the phone locked down quite tightly using TitaniumPro Backup, NetGuard and a few other root-based tools. Between letting my removable SD card get full a few weeks ago and getting caught in Google's "SafetyNet" net, I managed to wreck my carefully tuned old phone. At one point TitaniumPro went bonkers and started to hang, probably because of the full external SD card. Soon after, on a rare visist to the Play Store, I saw that my phone was de-authorized. Shortly thereafter I found the Play Store app deleted from the phone altogether. Yep, no trace in /system/priv-apps where it should reside or anywhere else. And, an old version of the Magisk Manager app crashed when I tried to run it. Anyway, when I finally got around to figuring out how to properly format the new 128 GB SD card, copy the contents of the old SD card over, then attempt to restore the Play Store app yesterday I managed to soft brick the phone.

I would like to try a dirty flash re-install of stock Marshmallow to avoid a huge amount of tweaking done over a period of a few years that I cannot even remember now, so would appreciate any thoughts whether dirty flashing is possible with Marshmallow.

Many thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave678:
I tried downgrading my S5 to Lollipop from Marshmallow and Odin said everything was fine but now the phone is stuck on the Verizon splash screen.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Garry58:
My little buddy (G900F) started acting weirdly since yesterday. And I can't figure out what's wrong with it.

The ROM is randomly crashing which leads to infinite bootloop (recovery works fine, can flash any images, no issues).

The fix is to cool it down a bit and it starts normally again. It's definitely not the ROM (I tried multiple different ROMs, including full wipe and stock with stock recovery).

Obviously, I thought it simply overheats. I checked the temperatures, the phone reports 30-50 degrees on CPU/GPU on idle/low load and 30-40 for battery. Seems ok. I tried playing a game for half an hour, it reached 70-80 (!) degrees on CPU/GPU. No issues!

Would love to hear any ideas, because I don't have any.

tl;dr: can't figure out what's wrong with my phone. Any ROM crashes randomly under low load, which causes bootloop until you cool it down a bit (even though it doesn't actually overheat). At the same time, works fine under heavy load (reaching 80 degrees with no problems). Recovery is not affected, only ROM itself.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave678:
6.1? You mean 6.0.1.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laugh2:
Hi, I've three Galaxy S5 (SM-G900I) in the family - we like them.

Unfortunately a few weeks back one became very laggy and froze frequently. When restarting instead of the normal Samsung S5 splash/logo the entire screen is a noisy, static mix of individual, coloured pixels on a white background. Further, neither the Odin mode screen nor the stock Recovery screen appear - just the same coloured pixels on a white background.

Fortunately, if left for 5min or longer after booting the screen goes black and it can be woken by pressing the power button. The normal system then appears but continues to be laggy and frequently freezes. This makes me think that the hardware is OK and the issue concerns software or firmware.

What I've tried

1. Deleting photos, apps, and unneeded files freed up over 1GB of space. This didn't help.

2. A complete reset via the menu made no difference except to wipe everything, requiring therefore re-installation of everything.

3. Although the screen remains unusable during booting, I can boot into Odin mode and the stock Recovery by mimicking the required actions performed on one of the other S5, which is working fine.

4. Flashing the Stock ROM with Odin did not help.

5. Flashing the Stock ROM with Odin including the BL option did not help.

6. Flashing TWRP with Odin works - then booting into Recovery starts with the same unhelpful coloured pixels but after a while TWRP starts up and the screen is back to normal. :) Yeah!

.. however, the system remains laggy and the S5 still frequently freezes. I've not yet tried flashing a Custom ROM as I didn't think that'll help. (I'm running CarbonOS on the other phones - a really great ROM!)

Can anyone suggest a fix? The cause of this behaviour is unknown.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoIand:
Hi Guys

I wanna ask u about latest Nethunter version for S5

This is it ??? :

"Generic ARMhf 2021.1"

(https://images.kali.org/nethunter/nethunter-2021.1-generic-armhf-kalifs-full.zip) ???

S5 is still supported ?

Pls tell me 3.x wasnt last version :/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eagle_Droid:
The best Up to date Galaxy S5 G900H Custom ROM

Can anyone please send me the links to the best ROMs available for Galaxy S5 Exynos (G900H) Version? I couldn't find updated ROMs anywhere.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
For custom roms check this forum:

https://xdaforums.com/f/galaxy-s-5-android-development-exynos.6042/

Maybe there you can find a rom that fits your needs.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droid9684:
G900V KLTE - BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH PHONE DIES UNEXPECTEDLY!!! (new battery)

Still having a problem with black screen of death. I had made a post about it earlier in the week but no response. I have kept everything basically the same, except I use Magisk 21.4-23 (newest) ,and TWRP 3.5.2 upgraded from 3.5.0 like maybe a couple months ago. Ever since last month have had the problem. I have brand new batteries installed as I thought maybe that was what was causing it (previous experience). Screen goes black, phone vibrates a couple times, then I have to battery pull to try to power on. Sometimes it works, other times it doesnt. In other instances have had screen freeze and get all static and soft reboot itself. I can see the white captive touch buttons working and sound but screen does not wake. Battery pulls for X amount of time does not solve the screen issue. I have flashed correct firmware several times in ODIN. I had this black screen issue and phone died while at the store earlier today. I need a phone thats dependable! This has been happening on any custom roms I use 14.1-18.1. I'm so frustrated I nearly broke my phone in half last night!

Any ideas what's causing the screen issue?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwdroid:
@Droid9684 It happened to mine once that the connection cable screen to phone was kind of loose.

Perhaps it fell a bit to often.

Of course you have to dismantle it to check.

You wrote that stock has been flashed several times but don't say if it's working then.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droid9684:
Yeah taking apart my phone isn't an option I can guarantee I don't have that skill, and it wont work probably after.

This doesn't explain why after the black screen issue I do a battery pull to power on sometimes it won't power on unless I use another battery, why?

My phone can be sitting for hours then I go to use it and screen wont work.

I also mentioned static like I'll be in an app it will freeze all over the screen.

Soft reboots itself at times as I get the Samsung S5 logo. Other times it vibrates and phone just wont turn on at all. I purposely smacked the back and front of phone and it did reboot itself. Maybe new batteries are lose rather than a tight fit?

I have flashed stock firmware rather than stock rom of any sort. I have been using custom roms Lineage, RR, CrDroid 14.1-18.1. I think the last time I was on a stock rom for a brief moment was more than a year ago.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droid9684:
To mention the static thing that also happend with my Macbook a few years ago thankfully was under warranty. It ended up needing a new motherboard replacement. Maybe the same can be said with the S5? It is like 7 years old.