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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
I've got a simple question...

In my (very False) believe, i had thought that Prepaid Variants to most devices just had the "PP" added to the end.

Since the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 is the SM-G900V, that (very False) belief would make the Prepaid Variant an SM-G900VPP which is the Galaxy J1.

Or am I just thinking wrong and it's true that the G900VPP is actually the Prepaid Variant but, with a different Make (aka Name).

Can anyone please confirm, deny or just correct me all together? :)

Thanks a Bunch!!!

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
I am going back to my S5 tonight (I miss it) I will update my TWRP and let you know if I am getting the same error. Are you using Odin or the app?

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I looked around on google, the S5 models I see are:

Verizon - SM-G900V

J1 Prepaid - SM-J1900LPP

I couldn't find anything on Verizon prepaid S5 other than SM-G900V. The J1s start as J1 for the model numbers because the J1s are not galaxy phones, where as galaxy phones start with G.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
I had used Google as well...

I wasn't sure if it was just me or, as you know, sometimes there's searches that doesn't provide a real good idea without that "Magic Word" that provides a slew of results.

I appreciate your help with this and I have a feeling that the there has never been an actual Prepaid device for the G900V and am inclined to believe that Verizon had released a "Comparable" device for its Prepaid counterpart, more than likely, because of the cost of the real deal.

I appreciate your response!!! :)

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adversity:
Can i get a Rooting step by step guide for Samsung S5 SM-G903W

I have a s5 neo sm-g903w. I am on 7.0 nougat. I have tried kingo root, king root, chainfire as well as odin. My provider is telus. I do have oem unlocked as well as usb debugging and unknown sources enabled. Ive tried many files that said it was supposed to work. I have even tried factory resetting which just auto updates it back to 7.0. The baseboard version of the phone is G903WVLU1CQI1. Can anyone help me root my phone, it doesn't much matter what os it goes to as long as its above 5.1 lollipop. I cant seem to get anything to work.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sickyman678:
Hi

I'm running ressurection remix 7.1.2 on my galaxy S5.I put the s-view cover and it detected.In the settings there is a flip cover option.I was wondering whether you can personalize the cover.Change the background colour and add things like on vanilla stock samsung rom.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
Are you getting any errors while trying to root in odin? do you have a log of the install? I can try and help but I have never rooted a neo before.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maurice315:
Encryption

Hello, I read somewhere that the best method to "delete" permanently files on the device is to encrypt and format it, so they'll be inaccessible. Is that true?

Could I have any type of problem? (Android 5.0*; rooted with CF-Auto-Root; knox 0x1 (4); stock recovery, I guess)

* This is what I read from Info, in Settings. Instead, in the recovery it says "klte 6.0.1/MMB29M/G900FXXS1CQC2" ... I'm confused.

Can anyone give me some advice? Thank you! :cyclops:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
This Question is a sort of a few questions put together.

Regarding the question of Encryption...

Encryption provides a type of protection for the data that's being encrypted.

So encrypting information before deleting it would make encryption a mute point.

If you're looking to permanently wipe your device, just formating it will do the trick because, if a device is being redone over again, the new flash will overwrite the formatted information.

The G900F is just an international variant of the klte devices.

I hope that I had explained this okay via text... :)

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
In case anyone was interested, I had just uploaded the USB driver for the Samsung devices to my File Host Account.

The following link takes you there. It's for Windows OS and I also had Zipped it up to help reduce the size (all you have to do is unzip it for the software).

Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones v1.5.65.0 {05-22-2017} - Android File Host

I believe that this is the latest version released in May 2017 but, if anyone knows where there's a more recent release than the v1.5.65.0, please let me know.

I hope this is helpful for you and Enjoy!!! :)

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maurice315:
Thank you very much for your reply, I have few questions :)

So I could just format the device and no one will be able to recover deleted data with a recovery software?

In this case I was confused about the version, because the Info inside Setting says "5.0", but the recovery says "6.0.1", plus if I search for G900FXXS1CQC2 on Google I found something like Android version 6.0.1

Thank you for your help
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
There is an Sdelete app on the google store, i am not sure if it does a real Sdelete like the windows app. There is another app on the store called secure erase with ishredder 5 that looks like it has the same options as a windows Sdelete (deletes files and unused space) with a multi pass wipe if you are really paranoid about data forensic recovery.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maurice315:
I like privacy and I also like clarify.

I was looking for an answer to "what's the best way to delete personal data?"

I said that because I know (or better I read it as anything else) that software like those are efficient, but they also delete files with a lot of cicles, that consume and degrade physical memory very fast. Or I could simply format the device, but are all the files really deleted? That's the reason for my first question. :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed 747:
Need help to update.thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
First please remove the screenshot with your IMEI. No need to post it here.

Second, please turn off your phone, pull out the battery and check the label underneath - does it tell "SM-G900F..." or "SM-G900W8..."?

This is very important for suggesting the right files to flash for updating your firmware.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adversity:
Odin Failed.

I know I have the right file for odin to flash onto my phone. The log fails at XmitWrite_Data. Anyone know what that means and how to fix it.

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> G903WVLU1AOJ9_G903WOYA1AOJ9_G903WVLU1AOJ9_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/003> sboot.bin

<ID:0/003> __XmitData_Write

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

S5 Neo, SM-G903W, Telus, Android 7.0. Trying to flash 5.1 lollipop onto my phone to downgrade then root it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed 747:
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This phone is :G900D .... THANKS .... PLEASE HELP ME ...

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This phone is G900D ... please help me ...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
The "__XmitData_Write" message usually indicates that the flash failed while it was Transmitting (Xmit) during the process of Writing/Programming the Data to the device.

This could happen for a number of reasons...

Bad, Defective or Wrong USB Cable.

USB Port wasn't working right.

USB Drivers not up to date.

USB port on the device had somehow lost a connection somewhere.

Odin isn't communicating appropriately to complete the flash.

Sometimes if Kies is just installed on the PC and, your only using Odin, it can also cause problems with Odin.

It's not the Firmware but, well put from the movie Cool Hand Luke...

"What we have here is a Failure to Communicate"

Good Luck!

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmed 747:
This phone is s5 :G900D .... THANKS .... PLEASE HELP ME ...my question is: need help to update
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MD500:
Any custom kernel for SM-G900T ? I see many G900F kernels but I don't know if will be compatible. Running Sammy stock 6.0.1 marshmallow.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
Here are some LOS Kernals:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development/kernel-project-kltexxx-t3564206

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development/unofficial-boeffla-kernel-lmkmod-low-t3685662

These are for Oreo and Nougat so you will need to upgrade. The G900f is international, it will not work with a G900T
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bantu97:
hey Guys I need any help i can get on this

am using galaxy s5 sm-g900p . problem on the about device it shows IMEI :unknown but the baseband is there, it shows invalid sim card so can not connect to the network or make any calls . any suggestions please
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
I am not certain but the IMEI saying unknown might be because the Sim is not working. Is this a new phone for you? You may want to contact your phone provider to see if they can supply you with a new Sim card. If that does not work, there could be something wrong with the modem.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parthdesai29:
Hi, i recently installed resurrection remix (5.8.5) on my gs5 g900h(k3gxx) . I was wonder if i could unlock the capabilities of the camera like-

1.4k recording

2.1080p60 recording

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YeshYyyK:
How likely am I to brick my phone? And how easy is it to recover from small problems?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BruceElliott:
I soft-bricked my non-rooted SM-G900T by disabling some boot-critical system service using BK Disabler and now am stuck at tmo boot screen, unable to safe boot. Clearing cache, which is about the only option with stock recovery, does not help. I believe that BK Disabler sets flags to prevent disabled apps & servies from startig. I need to recover data (photos, contacts, messages, etc. if possible. Can someone please sugges what stock system components would be best flashed in order to regain boot without losing personal and app data? Or is there some method to read the internal data with the phone not booted in order to back up both personal and app data without the phone being booted? I sure appreciate any assistance.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
It depends on what you are doing. I would recommend having a copy of the Stock and odin handy while you are messing with your phone just incase something goes wrong. Always make nandroid back ups as well.

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Have you tried connecting your phone to the computer to see if you can see any files? If you flash the stock, you run the risk of losing your data during the flash.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BruceElliott:
Hey thanks, Fear; good idea (that I should have thought of before). Computer sees something at the port, but the Samsung USB drivers may not have installed correctly. I will look into this when I return from an appointment. The phone will not have been left in "USB Developer Mode" when it bricked. Not sure if that is necessary for PC to see/transfer Android files, but I will give it a shot when I return. Also not sure whether calendar, contacts, etc. files are in protected spaces unavailable to Windows Explorer. Anyway, I will give this a shot when I return. Tks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] didi87:
J'ai besoin d'un root pour mon Samsung s5 svp
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vv211:
Used pm uninstall on some critical com.* can I get them back?

I'm on a non-root verizon variant, and was attempting to de-crapify my phone with the adb tools

(I tried rooting when I first got it, but kept running into some issue and gave up)

I was looking at other people's lists of apps they'd successfuly removed with pm uninstall, and among them were

com.android.providers.telephony

com.sec.phone

com.android.providers.contacts

com.android.contacts

Which I thought would just remove the built-in apps, but apparently it also broke my current phone and contacts app, and put my phone in an boot loop (it doesn't reboot right away though, after like 5 minutes maybe)

Is there an easy way to fix this? Hopefully without losing everything on my phone? I've tried pm install, and pm enable, on the APKs I could find

pm install says the package is already installed

pm enable gives permission denied error

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
If you can get any type of boot, I would recommend backing up your data and doing a wipe on the phone. Those folders can mess up the network on your phone when they are removed. You may have some corruption at this point that could be giving you the install errors. You might have to flash the OS and modem if it is really bad. At that point, if you want to have a phone with little bloatware, root the phone and get a custom OS. Or atleast look for a stock that has the bloatware removed.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C31051989c:
Neffos co max
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vv211:
Thanks

I was hoping I wouldn't have to go that route, but figured it was likely. And yeah, I'm getting network errors too haha.

Is there a particular backup tool you would suggest? Especially if the phone is rebooting itself every ~5min or so? (ie the backup picks up where it left off?)

At least this gives me a good excuse to have another go at rooting the phone :p
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
the pictures or any files saved on your phone you just need a basic file manager, I can't remember if stock S5 comes with one or not. Check your downloads, media folder and picture folder when backing up. If you have text messages you want to keep, I used SMS backup & restore when I went back to my S5, it wasn't too bad an app, and the ads dont suck as much as other sms/mms transfer apps. With the exception of the sms files, I would recommend moving all your files in small chunks so that way if it reboots it is less likely to do it during transfer.

Good Luck!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vv211:
Thanks!

I've had MiXplorer from xda here installed for the past few weeks so I used that to move what I could (mostly screenshots, and recorded phone calls with ins company, downloads and a few others I considered disposable and skipped ). I had camera pics set to save to sd card so I was all good there :) Contacts and notes I was creating through Google's apps so they're all recoverable, and I jotted down a quick list of apps I had installed

Unfortunately, call logs and sms were all lost, as any access to them was provided by the telephony provider, which I had deleted. I tried a few backup apps, and with no root I'm not sure there was really anything I could do

The stock galaxy s5 os is going through its initial setup process right now (optimizing 302! apps; really samsung?), until I have time to go through the rooting process
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Could anyone help me with flashing LineageOS to my S5 (klteduos)?

I sideload the zip, and around the end I get "E:failed to verify whole-file signature" error and instalaltion aborts.

I wiped everything the bootloader let me before.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdelkader azhar:
Hello everyone

I really need a help and i wish if can someone can help me or just give me an idea

My phone is G900F

I have stock official rom at the moment .

The problem is my phone have a huge battery drain but is happen only at night

For example if i charge my phone till 70%

When i wake up i found it becomes 1%

This problem started when i flashed nemesis rom V5

So i decided to flash the official rom to see if this problem will be fixed

But No

I wish if can someone can give me an idea about what is happening

And thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
Where are you getting the zip files from?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Solved, it was locked bootloader and some problems with Samsung account.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
It maybe an application you are installing on both roms. Are you using any kind of optimizer program? That could be causing the issue. It could also be the battery. Make sure you put your phone in a well ventilated area before you go to sleep. Putting it somewhere like a pillow can causing the battery to overheat and mess it up.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DDriggs00:
First off: SM-G900V, Unlocked Bootloader, Resurrection Remix Nougat, TWRP Recovery

I have a strange issue with the phone. The phone works well, although it is wearing out, and everything works fine with one exception:

When the phone is powered off and charging, It alternates between a picture of a light gray battery with white lightning bolt in the middle (with the yellow text: "Set warranty bit: Kernel") and a black screen (completely powered off). While you can break out of this by turning the phone on, it is definitely not supposed to happen, and I would like to fix it. Does anyone know how to fix this?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
That's is the custom OS charge animation. The stock one used to be white and green but the custom OS is gray. The warranty bit thing is from your root. To take those off you have to go back to non-root stock.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DDriggs00:
There is no charge animation. It shows the image for ~1 sec, then acts like the power was cut, and repeats.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
Is there any issues charging or heating up?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DDriggs00:
Nope, No nothing like that. The actual charging works just fine. It is like it can't find a charging animation, so it just gives up then repeats.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
Not sure if its even worth the effort, but you can try and reload the OS or see if there is an update to run to see if that will fix it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DDriggs00:
I will try that. Any suggestions for a new rom?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
I'm using plain lineage right now. I thinking about changing ROMs but my replacement s5 is coming in soon so I'm waiting for that.

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I got a question. Does anyone know if you can activate a new line on a phone that's already rooted? I want to root my s5 before the people activate the phone, so they don't try and update the OS on me. I know you can't with a custom ROM, so I will keep it as stock, but with root and the ROMs ready to load.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
I'll try to help you with an answer but, I "Fear_The_Fluff"... LMAO! :eek:

You should have no problem with activating your device if it's either/or Rooted, Unlocked Bootloader, etc...

The service providers just need simple information like the IMEI (aka Serial Number) and the SIM Number. Sometimes they ask for the devices Make and Model but, that's usually provided to them via the IMEI.

I could be wrong regarding carriers I've never personally dealt with but, I've never been asked for any other information when activating a device with a carrier.

Good Luck!

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BruceElliott:
Hey Fear,

You probably have this sorted out by now, but just in case: I found all of the system files on my SM-G900T that T-Mobile uses for OTAs and disabled them using BK Disabler. (And unfortunately, even more critical-for-boot system files, as you can tell from my recent posts.) The point is that anyone interested in disabling OTAs without boot while maintaining stock ROM can do so very easily from the BK Disabler GUI. I have to admit taht it is a fabulous tool, notwithstanding all of the recent grief that it has caused me. On the other hand, minus some exploit catastrophe, the final update from Samsung to the carriers for the S5 was a slew of 6.0.1 exploit patches in March 2017. Our phone model is so old that OS OTAs are one thing that we don't have to worry about. However, the carriers may push out OTA updates to their own junkware. (E.g., T-Mobile "Visual Voicemail," etc.) Also, just FYI, I found and disabled components of a serious spyware app on the TMO S5 version, obstensibly installed for "diagnostic purposes."

Bruce
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
Thanks Ibuprophen, I think I have seen posts of people rooted before activation, but I wasn't sure. It doesn't matter now anyways, I just got the phones in and they are already updated, they weren't supposed to be. Oh well!

Always Fear The Fluff!!! lol
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
Not a problem my friend! :)

I try to keep in mind 2 primary statements...

1) "Hope for the Best but, Always Prepare for the Worse!"

2) "I May Not Know Everything but, If Something Goes Wrong... I Know Nothing!"

As fearful as "The Fluff" may be... I believe that being fearful of my "Ex-Wife" always comes first... LMAO! :eek: :eek:

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangoman99:
Please excuse my noobiness, but I've been away from the scene for a while - last time I ventured here was 2015? when I rooted my Samsung S5.

I'd like to upgrade from 4.4.2, and looking at options, especially debloating, improved battery etc,

Reading through this thread, it appears that I can flash any ROM using an app on the phone, which means no wipe and not lose KNOX,

Or I can stick with Stock Recovery etc, and flash a stock rom from the Pc and not lose KNOX, because KNOX is triggered by a non custom Recovery/Kernel

Or I can trip KNOX, flash anything I like, but install Magisk and that will cover up KNOX's absence as far as the software that checks it goes?

Is my reading correct?

If not, what am I missing?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fear_The_Fluff:
I am not sure what you mean by an app, I am going to assume you are talking about the TWRP app. You still need TWRP installed on your phone to use it, and that requires root, which tripps knox.

Stock recovery can still have KNOX tripped if your phone is rooted. If you have a non-rooted stock, Knox will be "Official".

Magisk is supposed to hide the tripping of KNOX, but sometimes it doesn't, if you are ok with knox tripped, test it on your phone to see if it works.

I am not sure what you prefer, the stock only goes up to android 6.0.1. The custom roms go up to oreo, I have not used oreo yet, some people say its buggy on the S5.