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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nessuno1234:
Hi guys! there is a way to root the S5 900F with stock BOC7 without triggering KNOX and invalidating warranty ,

but at the same without losing my data ,setting etc ?

Some guide I have found require to swipe and reset data.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
No, when you root, you'll trip Knox.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amankmr03:
can anyone tell me that why my gallery is not showing any content in it wheather i have it in my phone and SD card ??? and music app is not showing music

i am on xtrestolite 2.1

please help me and reply me ASAP

Sent from my SM-G900H
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Hunt around. I think there was an exfat file on XDA that fixed this.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amankmr03:
stickmount

i found something called stickmount ...

do you think it will help me ?? :confused:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skurge:
Hi,

I have a stock G900A and it is still stuck on 4.4.2. and it still has the At&t stuff on there. Is there anyway i could install an international rom on there. I don't need it to be rooted.

TIA
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1998:
I would say you need a custom recovery 1st before replacing stock ROM with an intl ROM. Will probably get root in the process bc it can only help.

Sent from my Android 4.4.4 LGV500 on Mahdi 2.9 w RedKernel or my Galaxy S5 900T with Android 5.0 and Twi$ted Lollipop V7
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skurge:
Isn't the bootloader on this model locked? I don't know much about carrier phones. I've only ever owned Nexus phones.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Dunno. I never heard of that one so I couldn't say. But when I used to play around with stock ROM's and I had the problem you described, flashing exfat fixed it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amankmr03:
found the solution

i found a solution and i fix this problem by just clear data from media storage and force stop it and before all that i deleted all the .nomedia files via root explorer from the phone and then i restart my phone ... and BOOM the problem is gone ... thanks for your reply :good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Good to know. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fazzers:
bluetooth issues since updates

hi guys, need help desperately

since a recent auto update to 5.0 on my samsung S5 (uk on o2 network) im finding my bluetooth won't auto connect or store/save connections

i have tried clearing data and restarting, as well as deleting and re connecting but its not working

before, i would pair to my alpine car stereo and it would ask to save this connection and that was it, and everytime i turned the car on, it would connect without having to put in a code or anything

now, every single time i get into the car, it asks to pair, it asks to allow access to phonebook etc, the whole process takes ages, and it still doesn't connect perfectly as the bluetooth logo on the stereo constantly flashes, this is a huge problem for me, as i have 9 points on my driving licence, some of which for using my phone so any more and i lose my driving licence

about device

android 5.0

bandbase version g900fxxu1bod3

kernal version 3.4.0 - 4664691

se android status enforcing sepf_sm-g900f 5.0_0011 thur april 09 17:41:17 2015

security version mdf v1.1 release 4

vpn v1.4 release 3

anyone help? thanks very much
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stalegummy:
Rooted, now what?

Sorry, I just haven't been rooted in so ****ing long that I have no clue what to do now haha. The last 9 months before this were spent in futility searching for a root method for the moto x, and before that the moto razr, and before THAT the bionic- all to get back that beautiful feeling that I had with the OG droid. Nostalgia's a *****. Anyway, back to the S5- I have a vzw rooted on NI4 (4.4.4) but no recovery. Its unlocked, no sim, and this baby is ready to be ripped apart so I can root and get it perfect before I leave for Japan on an exchange trip. What roms do you guys recommend? What recovery do I use? Do i need to do something now that I have root to unlock the bootloader? What do you hate about this phone? and whats that x-file or whatever its called that everyone on the android subreddit rants and raves about constantly? Thank you so much to whoever answers, you're amazing if you do.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoogaus:
I just got the S5, the SM-G900I to be specific. I rooted it within a week of getting it because the battery/cpu consumption with the stock Samsung software was terrible.

I tried a number of ROMs, and I had some issues with some, but I'm not 100% I troubleshot them properly so I'm not able to say if it was the ROMs or me.

I now have Omega ROM v17, which runs LP 5.0, and I get about 3% battery consumption per hour of overnight bedside table non-usage. Omega has touchwiz UI, but you can deploy it with no Samsung or Google bloatware if you wish.

I'd suggest to give Omega a go if your S5 variant has all the necessary hardware equivalence to the G900I.

I wasn't able to avoid tripping the Knox flag so Samsung says I have no warranty. We have some pretty generous consumer protection laws here in Australia as far as "legislatively implied warranty rights that are illegal to remove" is concerned. I'll cross that warranty battle bridge if/when I get to it.

I saw you're in the US, I don't know what it's like there. So this last bit is more for any Aussies who read this post.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabucodonosor6969:
Upgrading my S5 from Android 4.4.2 to 5.0

Hello!

I own a Samsung Galaxy S5 (Mod. SM-G900W8), currently working with Rogers.

The device is running Android 4.4.2, but the Smart Switch software from Samsung is showing the option to upgrade to Android 5.0.

My phone is rooted and unlocked.

In addition, I have installed the Titanium Backup app. I mention this information just in case it is relevant to the questions below.

I would like to know the answers to these questions before I try the update:

1) Is there a way to upgrade to 5.0 without losing Root Access, using a stock ROM? Please, elaborate or point me to the right place in this Forum.

2) If I necessarily have to loose Root Access while installing the stock version of Android 5.0 for my particular model, please, give me a link that will take me to the proper instructions.

3) Every time I install a new app, the Clean Master App offers the option to install the new app in the SD Card, something I usually do. Will I be able to do the same in Android 5.0?

4) If something fails, is there a way to revert the phone to the exact state it is now?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
You will for sure lose root. Search your phone model with root in YouTube to get it back (easy). No idea about #3.

#4: Odin back to stock if all else fails. Just download a known good custom firmware for your device from Sammobile before you get all crazy.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabucodonosor6969:
Upgrading my S5 from Android 4.4.2 to 5.0

Thank you AuGmENTor. I was able to do the upgrade to Android 5.0 and root my device following the instructions I found in YouTube.

Now I bumped into an unexpected problem:

My phone is set to work in Canada and there is no option for Spanish, just for English, French, Korean and Chinese.

In previous versions of Android (4.4.2 or before) I was able to bring back the full list of language options hidden within the system by simply deleting the file: "language.xml" in the System/csc directory.

This trick is no longer working in Android 5.0.

The "language.xml" is where it is supposed to be but, if you delete it, nothing happens, you still get the same language options.

I have tried all the apps I could find available in Google Play for changing the language (locale). Some of them do not work with this new version of Android (they crash). The rest only change part of the texts, leaving all the configuration and system choices in English.

If someone have a solution for this problem, I would be very grateful if he/she decides to share it with me/us.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewscool101:
After using CF-Auto-Root, I can't boot my phone. It stucks on the boot screen and it says

RECOVERY BOOTING....

RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING

Set Warranty Bit: recovery

I'm going to have to try and restore to stock ROM. What went wrong?

SM-G900F on 5.0. I doubled checked that I used the correct version.

UPDATE: Just flashed stock ROM, haven't lost any data. Phone seems fine, not rooted of course.

Please tell me how to fix this so I can root for real.

Also, that screen cf-auto-root is suppose to say saying doing this, doing that rebooting now or whatever doesn't show. Because after Odin finishes it won't boot and recovery mode won't work.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johndilo:
I like use The Galaxy S5. Thank post
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoteJered:
I dunno wear to post my question but i cracked my s5 sport glass and i can only find a s5 active replacement glass, are they the same size? And can an s5 active glass be put on a s5 sport?

Sent from my G860PVPU2BOC5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Hmm ... should work, as it worked to root my S5 too.

Shut down the phone completely. Perpare the PC with Odin and CF-AUTO-ROOT in AP. And unchecked the Auto-reboot option.

Then boot the phone into download mode. Then connect it to the PC.

After Odin recognizes the device, start flashing.

Check the log output of Odin ... no errors? !

Then unplug the phone and hold the power button till the display is completely black.

Then turn on the phone.

Should not into system now ... hopefully.

Alternatively you can flash latest TWRP recovery and latest SuperSU zip in this vision recovery to root your device.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewscool101:
Nope, my phone isn't booting still.

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltedx-smg900f.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/004> RES OK !!

<ID:0/004> Remain Port .... 0

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

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

UPDATE: It looks like using TWRP worked great, I'm not rooted! :laugh:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Guys I don't know if its the right thread or not bt I have some doubts.

Does 'klte' refer to all variants of s5 including SM-G900FD (s5 duos)?

If yes, then does all custom roms in the developement section with [klte] support my device with dual sim support? :confused:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
So you have flashed TWRP recovery?

Have you flashed SuperSU zip in recovery?

How do you check if you're rooted?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewscool101:
Yes, I did all that and use root checker and I'm now rooted.

I wonder why cf-auto-root wouldn't work.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Enjoy your rooted phone and don't wonder about something which is no longer needed.

Always good to have alternative solutions to achieve what you want.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeppeX863:
Hello, I was just wondering is it possible to install any G900I rom onto a G900F?

Or does a rom specifically need to say compatible with which version of G900 in order to work?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewscool101:
Possible, yes if you don't mind bricking your phone.

Don't do it, it's not worth the risk and more than likely won't work.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeppeX863:
Thanks for the reply.

So how do I know if it is compatible with G900F? I primarily want to install Cyanogenmod 12.1.

I noticed on the XDA CM12.1 thread it has specific download links for different versions of G900.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-android-5-1-t3066252

But the original Cyanogenmod website does not. Are the builds from the Cyanogenmod website compatible with G900F or G900I?

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Klte_Info
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Never install a different model S5 ROM to your phone, they are different models because they are different phones

ROMs are not like Windows, you can not install any ROM to any model phone like you can with PCs

Occasionally hardware is the same between certain models, but not often

Custom ROMs often support more than one model device, stock ROMs do not
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
[MENTION=4369943]*Detection*[/MENTION] does customs roms listed as [klte] work with s5 duos SM-G900FD with dual sim support?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonymontana1234:
Hi everyone,

I am having difficulty determining which firmware to use. Prior to installation of new rom, my phone was running KitKat and firmware SM-G900F. I wanted to upgrade to lollipop and tried installing lollipop but every time Odin failed; the phone displaying "Secure check fail : aboot". After some searching, I learned that, for my situation, I had to run Chainfire's mobile Odin 4.20 to update to lollipop. After running mobile Odin, the phone rebooted but was stuck on the boot screen; I ultimately decided to just revert back to the stock rom, but Odin gave the same error from earlier, "Secure check fail:aboot". One peculiar thing I noticed was that in Odin mode, the product name was displayed as SM-G900T, the t-mobile variant. I figured to see if I can run a stock t-mobile rom and to my surprise it worked. My question is how can I change the product name in odin mode to be for SM-G900F, which also happens to be the model number displayed beneath the battery.

Any help would be much appreciated
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diskb0x:
Looking to change to a different custom ROM, possibly CM. I'm currently using ALEXNDR's BNL2 and have managed to keep knox 0x0 but it's not going slow and I think a fresh install might help.

I don't think I need to keep knox at 0x0 as I'm not using the features so a CM or other ROM is now possible.

Does anyone have suggestions for an alternative rom which meets the following:

Camera must work 100% for stills and video

ROOT is needed

Must be stable and have a ROM/Kernel release cycle by the devs which is methodical and tested. I don't want daily updates which break/fix/break the phone every 5 minutes.

Lite on initial apps so that I don't get up with a bloated phone on 1st install

Basically, I want a stable rom/kernel that gets new firmware/rom/kernel updates now and then, just not so quick that it introduces more bugs than not. My old phone had a kernel dev and a rom dev that worked closely together and held off releases until they had squashed the bugs but there's so many roms for the S5 that I don't have time to install and test them all to find a suitable one hence I request for a little help from you all.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
so with android M around the corner.... do you think samsung will adapt to the new fingerprint API making fingerprints on AOSP feasible?? :)

just an idiot's theory ;)

---------- Post added at 04:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:06 AM ----------

have you tried echoe ROM? they don't have an official thread here on XDA for the S5 but they do have a website :silly:

also they have a proprietary kernel (AEL) essentially both the ROM and kernel are built by the same dev

and unlike with CM it takes full advantage of camera hardware (although I prefer CM for just general UI smoothness over TW)

also even if you have the knox flag tripped , ROM devs have found a way to re-enable Private Mode (if that's the feature you were talking about)

another consideration would be AMBASADII ROM so far the best in battery life and stability for me (been running Echoe for about 20 min so I can't vouch for it yet)

if you really wanna go with CM though I recommend blisspop and KT kernel

goodluck :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikecars:
S5 stuck on samsung boot animation.

Okay,

currently my S5 is stuck on the boot animation, i installed a different rom. I have experience in this, so yes i wiped everything. used Philz. I have had this shht with any other ROM, but the phoenix rom and the Allience rom.

Please anyone help because i want to get this going.

Oh and the battery is getting low.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
If you've done this before, then you should know the drill: Odin back to stock, try a different download in case yours was corrupt, and try again.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikecars:
Ive had like 20smartphones by now, most of them android, and usually i could always just flash a different ROM on the go. Except the Mega and my S5 are being a serious b*tch about this. But ill try and let you guys know .
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Did you try factory reset after flashing?

If not try it before going to odin.

If however doesn't help, redownload rom zip, check md5 copy to phone and flash again. Be sure that the rom is compatible with your s5 version.

It this also doesn't work then flash back to stock with odin.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
I feel ya brother. I went back to stock after finding the custom ROM scene not stable enough to meet my needs. Been doing it fit years also. Why does something always have to be borked? And what the guy above me said is right as well. Make sure you FR
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikecars:
New problem

Okay so going to flash 5.0stock with odin,

But at the very end of the proces it says faild.

No clue why. The File is for my S5 (belgium).

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> G900FXXU1BOC7_G900FPRO1BOC1_G900FXXU1BOC7_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> sbl1.mbn

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/005> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/005> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/005> tz.mbn

<ID:0/005> sdi.mbn

<ID:0/005> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:0/005> boot.img

<ID:0/005> recovery.img

<ID:0/005> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/005> modem.bin

<ID:0/005> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/005> hidden.img.ext4

<ID:0/005>

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Were you able to factory reset before trying that? Probably not right?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikecars:
No. Any suggestions? Because really in a hurry...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
No sir. Sorry. I'm a work and very limited.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Some thoughts :

- try different stock rom (bod3 is the newest for Belgium)

- try different odin

- use default settings in odin (don't change anything), put rom into AP (or PDA)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikecars:
Just noticed it said "Size too big!" Should i flash 4.4.2?

How to be sure what country your S5 is from? because i got it from a very shady guy.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Too big for what? For the rom you just tried to flash? First try to download the newest 5.0 lollipop (bod3) and try flashing. Check md5 sum after downloading.

Btw I assume your phone is g900f?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikecars:
When the error comes on Odin, my G900F says "Size to big!". I read on other websites it means the firmware country is wrong. Im from belgium so i asume its bought in belgium. But i thought this never really matterd?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Ok. Might be corrupt rom file. As I said redownload rom and check md5 sums. May be for Belgium or even other country. It just must be for your phone version - g900f.

One more thing - seems you tried a branded rom. Try also a non branded rom. Download it frm Sammobile.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikecars:
Could you please link me that ROM that ISNT SamMobile (because its TERRIBLE slow)? Thank you insanely much !
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Here is the [SM-G900/F/K/L/W8/A/T/M] S5 Firmware Thread by hyelton ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikecars:
UPDATE!

I redownloaded a ROM for luxenburg, this one DOES work. My lovely S5 Is now booting and it looks like a succes!

Edit: its in android now but the setup wizard keeps on crashing, but atleast i can do something now.

Thanks for the Links! Ill make sure to safe those!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
The last thing you should do now is to say "Thank you for your time guys" :);)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikecars:
Ofcourse!

You have no idea how much i would thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ravenryan:
Can you not still use g900f Roms on a G900A like we used to on kitkat using flash fire??? I mean what's changed lol?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opexx:
after updating lollipop my camera always crash...can anyone help me? s5 noob here
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
More info please:

- s5 version?

- rom version?

- stock or custom kernel?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opexx:
Sorry sir..i put attachment

stock rooted

stock kernel
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
OK, please describe what kind of problem you are facing. Camera doesn't start at all or doesn't work properly.

Only problem I heard about is that camera doesn't work sometimes on a custom kernel.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opexx:
After taking picture.. msg came out 'mediaservice has stop.camera has to restart' something like that..i have to restart phone to use camera..then after sometimes i try to use it again..same msg... i have to restart again

Do i have to reflash back stock firmwsre 1 more time?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hello,

I have flashed geris.lp rom on my G900FD, but when I swipe left on my homescreen it shows 'application not installed' as my magazine app is missing.

Can someone provide my magazine app?

Sent from my SM-G900FD
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Many40:
Not sure but what I would do is in following order:

1. Clear data and cache of the camera app -> if doesn't help then:

2. Backup user data and do factory reset -> if doesn't help then:

3. Reflash the rom with full wipe

Regards
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GOOALLICA:
Galaxy s5 sm-g900h

---------- Post added at 10:57 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:55 AM ----------

I have a Samsung galaxy s5 sm-g900h what is the best rom and recovery I'm just tired of this stock rom please help thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farrukhna:
My problem because of which i am pissed off is that i cannot select my WiFi connection because that Wifi Setup Step has just 'vanished' on my BOD4 firmware, and it skips to Tap & Go setup which is seriously stupid. I dont have 3G in my area and i cannot complete the steps on this stupid phone. I have reflashed official firmware from kies as well. Any help please???
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sweak3r:
I have problem with my multitasking apps. It could be something I missed, or there really is a problem with the roms I've tried. problem is only with lollipop, CM and TW.

My multitasking apps can't access the "recent apps". like switchr for example. The only apps that show in the "running apps" section is the multitasking app itself.

Is there a multitasking app that can access the "recent apps" in lollipop?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opexx:
i did this step 1 n 2... still got the prob...so i did step 3...rooted...until now ok..no problem with camera....thanks sir :)