yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
Don't know about that sorry... But factory reset and wipe cache/dalvik won't mess with the bootloader,..... The only times I've ever used those options to format system I always had to flash a new rom after because it usually wipes everything and you get stuck at Galaxy splash screen... The guys in philz or twrp thread would probably know more... If you don't get an answer here
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nigelj1190:
OK, so my new S5 is rooted and I installed twrp to take a nandroid backup. When the phone downloads a Samsung update it tries to reboot into the stock recovery to install the update, but twrp starts so the update fails. Anyone know where on the phone the updates get downloaded to, so I can install it manually? Cheers, Nige
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alteam:
Okey thanks.

Is the modem seperated from the rom? If i wipe a rom and install a new one i will still have my current modem?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferrao_malchom:
Hi,

I have a SM-G900F variant of the Samsung Galaxy S5 (801 Snapdragon).

I am currently using Alliance Rom (Base G900FXXU1ANCE). Now I want to change the ROM and use XtreStoLite ROM XtreStoLite (XXU1ANG2) or Omega v7.0 (Base XXU1ANG2).

Do I have to manually flash the XXU1ANG2 firmware (via Odin) before flashing the XtreStoLite ROM or do I directly flash the XtreStoLite ROM?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
Flashing most custom rom will only change your build number & kernel... Modem & bootloader will remain the same make sure you read instalation instructions before you flash.... Omega rom has been pretty good for my phone... Which ROM you going for?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alteam:
Okey thanks! :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ficeball:
thats what i said too,its looks like this. so i did clear cache partition but the camera effect has gone

how is it possible :confused:

No, she never use volume button even the effect filters are gone missing.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
Well the only thing that messed up my zoom before was the picture stabilization... Maybe try turning it off the only other options would be a factory reset or maybe a hardware issue.... My camera focuses alot faster with it off
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
NOPE. I have no idea. Please turn the device off and then back on again. If this fails to resolve your issue, please contact someone with a brain.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrongway213:
I'm on a Verizon S5, stock rooted with Xposed. I've been searching for a way to increase vibration intensity but to no avail. I tried a third party app such as vibe, but even with volume lock enabled via Xposed mod it still won't stay in vibrate. So there is a vibration pattern I have located on my phone that launches through Vibe that is loud enough to hear, but I cannot find it. Moreover, in Es File Explorer, I have been trying to find where my vibration patterns are located. I am hoping I am able to add a vibration pattern in there somehow so that I may set is as my vibration tone. I have been searching for quite a while now, and I am at a loss. Can anyone point me in the right direction?[/QUOTE]
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Please check your system Settings first:

1. Settings > Sound > Vibration intensity and set it to max:

2. Settings > Sound > Vibrations ... I can select between some predefined patterns:

... and create my own new pattern:

Maybe it works for you too.

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AllianceROM v4.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1ANE2

Recovery:

PhilZ-touch

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

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrongway213:
Way past all that, unfortunately. Made it as far as realizing a custom kernel is the choice for editing vibration intensity on many phones, but the primary kernel supported for the s 5 does not have this feature, let alone that a kernel will trip Knox, which I still have not touched by rooting. Thanks for your suggestion, though.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicolecoco02:
Hello everybody

I need your help because I recently rooted my phone and upgraded modern and boot loader to the ANG2 version but I experienced big lag issues with the different roms I tried.

For example during 1 day everything is okay, and then the phone become unusable, for one minute, one hour, or still after 2 or 3 reboots, any ideas on how to fix it ?

I uploaded this video to show you the lag, pm me for the link I can't post it !

Sometimes the lag stop after switching wifi, NFC or location, or something like that, I don't know if it can help.

Thanks I'm advance !
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itradsk:
Need to go back to stock

Hey,

I have the G900W (canadian) and need to go back to stock.

there is a hardware issue with my phone and i have to excercise the warranty and the backup i made using Philz fails md5

Although i have searched hi and low (i know ive seen it somewhere) i cant find the stock rom

Any one know where?

Its a bell phone

Itradsk
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csjhun:
camera focusing

Hello guys,

search the tread, found no solution.

When i try to make macro shoots (< 8-10cm) the can't focus correctly (over/under. Tried some apps (camera 360, camerzoomfx) same problem.

Made a screenshot from default (built-in camera app) will try to upload later, but i hope not need ;)

thx for all usefull reply :)

S5 is on stock rom
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cholerabob:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2715487

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
I'm on stock kernel. .. it's AllianceROM v5 but with stock XXU1ANE2 kernel, as I don't want to flash the new XXU1ANG2 bootloader ATM.

My tapatalk signature:

Phone:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v4.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1ANE2

Recovery:

PhilZ-touch

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

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

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirkStorck:
You can use katoonzified kernel with old bootloader without any problem ☺
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itradsk:
Flashing Stock rom to Galaxy S5 with odin

Hey,

I ahve acquired a stock rom for my 900W8

Im have tried flashing using ODIN 3.04 and it comes up with a chineese error message.

Im currently on Aliance and need to go back for warranty purposes.

any ideas??

using Canada Bell G900W8VLU1AND1_G900W8OYA1AND1_BMC.tar.md5

Itradsk
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djtechno98:
This phone is fantastic
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
Try Odin 3.07 or 3.09..ibe never seen any Chinese writing using Odin... Your sure you have the 900W8 firmware right...

*edit* looks like the right firmware... In 3.07 put firmware in PDA and if you use 3.09 put firmware in AP also make sure you put phone in download mode manually and not from power menu... Shut phone off completely then power+volume up +home button
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
And disable/terminate Kies in windows task manager, Kies can mess up the flash if its still running in the background :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] van414:
The minimum focus distance for the S5's camera is 10-15cm and would also depend on how well lit your environment is. Just try to be in the said distance and just zoom on your subject.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyevo52:
If I flashed T-Mobile bng3 tar, is it possible to go back and flash the previous version nf6 or is it not backwards compatible?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csjhun:
So, there is no way to make shots closer than 10cm?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicolecoco02:
Nobody to help me ? :p
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] van414:
None physically, because its the hardware's limitation. But as I suggested before just stay within 10cm or so so you'll be able to focus then just zoom in on your subject...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I downgraded from NG2 to NE2 and have no issues (G900F Dutch unbranded), don`t know know for US models for sure.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeaComms:
Glympse in Navigon

Howdy peoples.

Was using an S3 for the last 2 years and used the Navigon GPS quite a bit. I also used to use the Glympse feature to send my wife updates for when I would be home if a long way away at the end of the day.

Upgraded to the S5 on the weekend and today went to send her a Glympse notification and there is no menu button on the maps screen? Used to use the hard menu button on the S3, but on the S5 there is no menu icon I can find anywhere on the map screen?

Anyone got any ideas? Searched hi and low but have found no mention of this anywhere.

Cheers, Dave.

EDIT: Not being proficient with the S5 yet, just finally found a page showing that pressing the old menu key for a few seconds brings up the menus in older programs that don't have a dedicated menu icon... Learn something new every day!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazighi:
I have galaxy s5 , i lost data connection 3g every 5-10 mins , under original ROM and XstreStoLite the same problem , only cyanogen mod résolve this problem but it don t exist un g900h please help me with extract ROM flash from cyanogen any version tot resolve this problem
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h4rdXc0r3:
My stock weather widget on my S5 4.4.2 stock rom is gone and also not available on the widgets.

This happens whenever I activate Google Now Launcher.

Is there a way I can get it back while keeping Google Now Laucher?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] van414:
Long press the recent apps button for the menu to appear.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Stock weather widget is originally designed for stock TouchWiz launcher only.

As it's based on AccuWeather, you may add another AccuWeather app/widget to your Google Now launcher which looks similar.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erenjag:
If I want to unroot my device, will the OTA update unroot the device or I will have to flash the latest stock firmware to unroot it? So that not even Samsung will know that the device has been previously rooted. Knox is not tripped on my device! Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
Safest Firmware Region (SM-G900F) to flash?

Hi! I got plans of flashing the latest Firmware to my Galaxy S5 SM-G900F. But unfortunately I already rooted it and no longer can count on OTA's & even KIES (I encountered some problems with firmware upgrading). So my last option is to manually flash the firmware itself, but unfortunately, there is a problem with the latest firmware for my region (KSA). I am getting the file from Sammobile, but rather strange that the firmware is only 178mb, where other firmwares that I got are well over 1Gb in size. I already have experience of losing/corrupting the IMEI with my previous phone, Galaxy S4. And since my S5 is a 4G/LTE Phone, I am afraid that I may encounter problems with it's 4G/LTE Reception, since firmwares contains baseband/modems specific to their region.

Therefor, what Firmware region would you recommend to be the safest to flash? I already have Mobile Odin Pro, so I will be using that instead of the standard PC version of Odin.

Many thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Usually the OTA update will unroot your device. But there may be some "left -overs".

To be sure, you should flash the complete stock rom ... with pc version of Odin.

My tapatalk signature:

Phone:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v4.1

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1ANE2

Recovery:

PhilZ-touch

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

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

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
I just looked up KSA (Saudi Arabia) newest firmware and it should be 1.47Gb so you probably got a bad download. I would look around the Internet for a better download or try Sammobile again. Also I've never had much luck with mobile Odin in the past but that's up to you. I usually update with PC Odin and then just reroot with cf-auto-root. If your worried about reception it's probably best to flash the KSA firmware for your region. You can look them up on Samsung Update Live but they are very slow to download
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryandxter:
Hello sir

Can you tell me or give me link that provide tutorial for building samsung custom kernel?

I pretty sure that samsung especially exynos has different case kernel moreover 2 chipset AFAIK A7&A15

I'm not experiencing in samsung kernel but I've already learn once with kernel building for sony, so tell me... thanks a lot
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
There several tutorials available.

Read here or here.

You can also check xda university for useful guides and tips.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlatOutRU:
Does anyone have modem from newest G900FZHU1ANF6 ? Or how to extract modem from full firmware
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
You only need modem.bin and NON-HLOS.bin files from the full firmware.

So you can try to remove all other files from the ROM tar file ... remove the md5 extention, as this will no longer work after changing the content of the tar file anyway.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahfu25:
If I wanted to unroot and I'm on stock firm ware can I unroot via SU instead of flashing stock via Odin? I really don't want to set up my phone again.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erenjag:
Then, how can I backup everything on my device so that when I flash the latest stock rom, I will be able to restore all my data, just like how Titanium Backup Pro does the job in root since i will have to factory reset my device after flashing?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Helium (Premium) can backup and restore all user apps and their data without root. Its in Google Play.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flavio.cfg:
Question

Hello guys!

My friend got a SM-G900T from T-Mobile but he lives in Brazil.

The problem is that this model doesn't have portuguese language.

I'm wondering if it's possible to flash a SM-G900M ROM in this SM-G900T model or if there is a way taht I can add the portuguese language.

Thank you guys.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandonf058:
OK I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place but I ended up wiping my internal SD card on my sm-g900v using the wipe feature and I'm trying to flash the stock firmware using Odin 3.09 however I can't get Odin to recognize my phone I downloaded and installed the USB drivers and still I can't get the Odin p ogram to turn the android symbol from green to blue I followed the steps on the Samsung firmwares page and still I can't get odin to flash the file onto my phone I can boot into stock recovery and download mode but I'm looped on the initial Samsung screen.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrongway213:
Context Service will not stop force closing after every call I make or receive, and sometimes just randomly. This has been happening since I took the OTA the other day and flashed back to NCG, rerooted, and flashed NE9. Does anyone know if my ContextServices.apk could have possibly been corrupted during this process, why I could be possibly getting this error, or most importantly, how I can fix it? I read in a T-Mobile vaiant thread that someone had this issue and someone sent him the Context Services .apk and that appeared to fix it, but I do not know if that would work for the Verizon variant or not. Please, anyone, I am getting desperate here.. I really do not wanna have to wipe all this and set everything up again for the second time this week if I can avoid it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Pull the battery, wait 20 seconds and boot into downloadmode and try Odin again. If that doesn`t help i`d do a data factory in recovery, pull the battery and go into downloadmode and try Odin again.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandonf058:
Ok I tried that and I get an added messages in ODIN but then something is supposed to highlight to blue or yellow nothing highlights and I can't seem to get even the PC to connect to the phone
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
So the IDCOM window isn`t highlighted blue when you connect the phone showing a usb port number? Have you disabled/terminated Kies in windows task manager, tried another usb port or cable, have usb debugging enabled?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandonf058:
Ok so now I'm getting these <osm> messages like...

<osm>enter cs for md5

<osm>check md5.. Do not unplug

<Osm>please wait...

<osm>g900vvru1ancg_g900vvzw1angc_g900vvru1a

<osm>checking md5 finished successfully..

<osm>leave cs..

Is this normal? I still don't have a blue android do I just hit start?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Do you see an IDCOM number? Or did it say added in Odin? If you select start and the phone isn`t connected Odin will fail instantly i presume.

BTW: Are you in downloadmode? If you see the android you`re in recovery. Sorry i read over that part. Press volume down + menu + power to get in downloadmode and connect to the pc and your device should be identified by Odin.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JandtheZees:
S5 keyboard
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandonf058:
OK I got it to work. I was under the impression the android robot you see in download mode would turn blue when connected to Odin but it didn't so I sat there for 15 mind contemplating whether or not to hit start finally I did and got my phone back to stock however now I can't root it with towel root tr.app says it's not compatible with my device.

EDIT* I never used the pc version of Odin before so I'm thinking it turns blue using the mobile version of odin
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Look here for TR `not compatible`fix http://www.naldotech.com/how-to-fix-towelroot-phone-isnt-supported-problem/.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerocool0310:
I have sm-g900f, i'm interested in network unlocking. Can any of you suggest a legit website which can unlock my device through IMEI?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Hmm ... you have a SM-G900F and it's network locked?

Are you sure? Mine was unlocked (bootloader, network and SIM) ... only with the "region SIM lock", which was automatically unlocked after x minuts of using a European SIM card.

Or is it a SIM lock, which you can disable yourself in Settins > Security > SIM CARD LOCK > ... as long as you have the authorized SIM card inside.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandonf058:
Gee2012 thanks for your help I've been messing around with custom roms for about a year now and this was the first time I had bricked my devices I was able to unbrick my sph-l720 without a pc not sure what I did the only issue is ever time the phone powers down I gotta reinstall the rom im using liquid smooth kit Kat on my s4 and alliancerom on my s5. Of course this is the place I go for any questions I had. I just searched for 'been there, done that..'s but this time I needed a little more interactive q&a session so thank you. One more for ya if ya don't mind is a suggestion on another stable rom. And again thanks for your help I got root and safestrap back only this time I'm going to use the custom rom slots rather than installing the rom to to stock slot.and then I did the red wipe tab and typed yes hesitantly but with wishful thinking and bricked my phone. At its worst point I had less than 100 MB of data total (including system, cache and user) there was literally nothing on my s5 and not even kies would recognize my device. Lmao live and learn.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpirnie:
anyone know why Geo News may not register my device?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerocool0310:
Hmmmm. I'll try and look for that option in the settings when the wife comes home. She wouldn't let go of the phone.

I got that phone from the Philippines from Smart PH on a postpaid line. We're here in Japan now and when I put in a local Softbank Sim card, a pop-up came out asking for an unlock code so I assumed it is network locked.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Yes, it seems to be network locked.

Sorry. .. as I never needed to unlock any of my phones yet, I cannot recommend a reliable unlock code site /service.

My tapatalk signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v5

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1ANE2

Recovery:

PhilZ-touch

Modem:

G900FXU1ANG2

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

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

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
The Sammobile Unlock service (paid) is said to be a reputable unlock site specialised in Samsung devices. Look on Sammobile/Unlock.

Or look here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOSUUIM2W4, its TheUnlockingCompany.com (also paid).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlexiPack:
Hi all,

There seems to be multiple versions of Odin (PC Version), which one is best for the S5? With software, usually you go with the latest version but it seems that with Odin only some versions are compatible with certain phones. The version numbers are confusing, they go from 1.85 to 3.0x to multi-installers with a 4.xx prefix. Is there an official download page for Odin? A google search throws up many dodgy looking websites claiming to have Odin.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I haven`t xperienced any issues with Odin 3.09 with my G900F, link http://odindownload.com/.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlexiPack:
Thanks gee2012!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
You`re welcome ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevae:
hey guys,

i'm in a bind, and need explicid instructions on how to put my s5 g900f back to factory settings. unrooted and with normal rom. but all information i have researched is very confusing. i am presently running omega rom 7.0, xxu1ang2 firmware. i need to send this phone back, and it needs to be in orginal condition. please give me some help with this, as i am under a time crunch. thanks to any help.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Flash complete stock rom with pc version of Odin and do a factory reset (wipe data) afterwards.

But if your KNOX flag is already triggered, it will stay 0x1.

My tapatalk signature:

Device:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

AllianceROM v5

Kernel:

Stock G900FXXU1ANE2

Recovery:

PhilZ-touch

Modem:

G900FXU1ANG2

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

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

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.