yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukixx:
Is there safe way to root G900F without triggering Knox?

Is there safe way to change rom without triggering Knox?

Also, if I'll use some kind of Knox disabler/uninstaller, will I be able to change rom, or it will still trigger the flag?

I've used towelroot and trying to install SuperSU but when asked to block Knox because some features might be unavailable, im afraid I'll trigger Knox flag.

Is it safe to block it?

I'm sorry im asking those questions, I've looked few posts before and didnt see reply. I'd like to know that before I'll get any further into research. :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonicc34:
SGS 5 connection to pc

Hi. I connect my sgs 5 to my pc but it does not recognize my phone. It says there are problem with installing drivers. I installed latest kies , enabled/disabled usb debugging but it did not work. My os is win7 64bit. But another computer with same os can see my phones memory. I think somebody can help me.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matheus_sc:
Anyone have links for Flashble modem/baseband for M variants?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aiden_7:
Anyone Can help me?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
There are lists you can find by Googling. There are threads right in here that tell you what you can and cannot kill/ freeze.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aiden_7:
Is normal that the home button is almost in The Glass of The display?? It comes out off THE display Glass i think maybe 0.2 max 0.3 millimiters... Is almost flush with the Glass of The display
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Mine does that too, but only because I have a glass screen protector. Did you get your phone used? Perhaps you have one as well.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aiden_7:
No is new But in The Glass i have mantain The screen protector it comes with The Phone. And is a Little Big thick
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ACash Money:
Still nothing, any ideas on getting rid of this?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirkStorck:
Hi. I would have a question. As far as I can remember there has been a menu in settings where you can see which app has used GPS. That menu had several tabs and one of them showed wich apps have used GPS.

Maybe I am wrong and this only has been on AOSP ROMs !?!

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
I think you refer to App ops, which has to be "re-enabled" as Google/Samsung have disabled it in latest stock firmware versions.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirkStorck:
Yes :) Thanks...that was what I had in minde :) Maybe [MENTION=3065070]Goldie[/MENTION] can re-enable it :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goldie:
Already in AllianceROM
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirkStorck:
Sorry..and where do I find it :D ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirkStorck:
Thank you. Found it ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mk262:
I have what I think may be a super dumb question. Never seen this before with my s1-s4 though.

I flashed cm11 and it works fine. Now when I try to flash back to stock, it completes, but when my phone reboots it stays at the galaxy s 5 splash screen eternally. This is the one you see when the phone FIRST turns on. It's not animated.

What am I missing? The only way I can get the phone to boot again is to flash cm11 again. ha!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Just data factory reset in recovery and it will boot aferwards.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mk262:
I tried that already without any change.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Try this: flash the rom with Odin but uncheck Auto Reboot first. After the flash pull the battery and after 20 seconds boot into recovery and do a data factory reset and reboot. Always worked for me.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GF12323:
Galaxy S5 T Mobile Please help!

Hello!

I have a new G5 t- mobile GM G900T Android Version 4.4.2.

I downloaded Towelroot, SupuerSU, WiFi Hotspot & Rootchecker. Everything worked great. I was rooted!

Later that day I noticed severe battery drainage and my G5 was warm to the touch. Concerned, I uninstalled everything and attempted to re-enstall all Apps.

Now when I download Towelroot it states that "this devise is not supported". SuperSU now states "There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!

Please advise.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manas94:
Galaxy S5 battery discharge

My Galaxy S5, Exynos variant loses a lot of battery on standby. It was on 37% when I went to sleep and 31 when I woke up in the morning. WiFi, 3G and other connectivity, all were switched off. Can the battery be defective?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
If you have battery life issues, I recommend to install and use Better Battery Stats app. Then record about 4 hours of idle time and post the dumpfile in the BBS app thread. There are some experts analysing your stats and giving advices how to optimize your battery life.

Alternatively you can use GSAM Battery Monitor app from Play store to see the biggest drainers.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acentonz:
I have got G900F as well and used towelroot. SuperSu installed and asked the same to block block knox features (knox notifications). In download mode Knox is 0x0 and private mode is working. Ota update not working but you can use Kies… be aware that update with Kies can bring the phone back to official status which is Custom for me know. With safestrap you cannot install any Custom rom which has aroma installer… I tried alliance working fine but unable to install Omega or Echoe roms.

---------- Post added at 10:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:58 AM ----------

I have got G900F as well and used towelroot. SuperSu installed and asked the same to block some knox features (knox notifications this case). In download mode Knox is 0x0 and private mode is working. Ota update not working but you can use Kies… be aware that update with Kies can bring the phone back to official status which is Custom for me now. With safestrap you cannot install any Custom rom which has aroma installer… I tried alliance working fine but unable to install Omega or Echoe roms due to aroma.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RooBoonix:
Hi everyone,

Hope I am posting in the right place... didn't fancy starting a thread for my little problem. My phone is running stock Samsung firmware not rooted.

When plugging my phone in via USB it sometimes takes ageeees to recognise my phone and see its contents. When it does work it doesn't show all the file information (ie:music, it only shows the date modified and created, not the artist or anything) and when I right click to paste something the paste option is greyed out.

Sorry if it's a silly question but I can't figure it out. only thing I haven't tried is installing Kies and the Samsung drivers. Could this be it?

Cheers,

Cam.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mehdi23i:
The Difference Between SM-G900F And SM-G900H

There Is Only One Difference In Their CPU

The SM-G900H Is The International Exynos Octa-Core With 1.9 And 1.3

The SM-G900F Is The International Qualcom Quad Core With 2.5 Ghz
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolvo7:
Google services battery drain

I've been experiencing huge battery drain on my S5 over the past week, the culprit being Google Services according to my battery stats and GSam battery monitor. The phone barely makes it past 8h with minimal use (occasional web browsing, no games, mostly sat on my desk screen off). The battery drains faster than a USB cable plugged in a PC charges it.

Google Play v5.0.84, sync is on, location is on power saving (wifi and mobile networks) - have switched it to GPS only but no change. Settings are no different to before it started draining at this speed.

Any ideas? Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Most of the times this is a connection issue, Google syncing is somehow not optimal and keeps on retrying to sync. My screenshots attached.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolvo7:
Cheers for the reply.

I'd suspect it's an issue with v5.0.84 since it's only been going on for a week or so. My phone used to be like yours and have Android system as the top battery user but now it's become ridiculous. Don't think it's a connectivity issue as my phone is on wifi or 4G pretty much all the time. I'm going to try to rollback to 4.4.52 and see if this fixes it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Turning off GPS/location services helps to save battery, only turn it on when you need it
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Get a Zerolemon extended battery. Yeah, your phone will weigh 6 lbs. but the battery can last 2 days for even a power user with all the bells and whistles turned on. Weather, GPS, FB Twitter all of it and I get 2 days per charge. IMO that battery was unrealistically undersized for this phone to start with.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolvo7:
Hey, just wanted to post back for future reference. I've restored Google play services to the factory version in the app settings then updated it back to 5.0.84. This seems to have resolved the issue, battery usage is now back to usual and google play services doesn't even appear in the battery menu. Seems like there was an bug with the initial update. Cheers for the replies guys.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKat:
Any way to get past the "Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest AT&T store for help" without actually doing it? I flashed TWRP without realizing I'd get this message :/ Speaking of, has anyone had any success going in there and asking to get the bootloader unlocked? I figure it wouldn't be too hard if I were to mention that other networks like Sprint don't lock the bootloader.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vuolia:
Hello there, today I got my brand new S5 and I have a question: if I root my phone using CF-ROOT http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2696537, can I use xposed modules without problem? Or I will need to use custom kernel? Also, is there any list of bloatware I could safly remowe using titanium backup without screwing stock rom? I mean to keep it functonal, but not overloaded with bloatware.

Thank you in advice.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Rooting is fine for running the Xposed framework.

No need to flash a custom kernel.

Lists of removable bloatware are available on xda at different places ... you have to search a little bit and freeze the apps you don't need one-by-one to check, if it's needed for other apps you still want to use.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vuolia:
Thank you. I see in your signature you are using AllianceROM v4.1, could you comment on its performance/stability compared to stock?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goldie:
He has left a review in the reviews tab of the roms thread ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vuolia:
Did not saw that, thanks for pointing it out. Any more advice for newcomer to S5 family? :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1009645:
Samsung Galaxy s5 Problem

Hi Guys , first of all I have to apologize because of my bad wordage ... actually I am a little noob in english

anyway , recently i bought samsung galaxy s5 ... i have 2 problems with it

1- i can not use smart remote while I'm not connected to internet { what can i do for this ? )

2- i can not setup vpn on my phone when my security lock set to fingerprint

thanks for your help <3
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muiacir:
hi

i am goinf to dubai

i want to know that does this phone will capture images under water in water parks?

i think the water is these parks are chloride
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
Its watter resitance. Samsung doesn´t specified what type of water should it be ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omarramzi:
Hey guys need some help with kernels/roms

I just popped my S5's cherry thanks to towelroot but now im kinda lost. Im not sure which roms/kernels combo to go for. So far i loaded the Omega rom and ive been trying out different kernels but they seem to heat up the phone. So im just wondering what combos work for you and what settings do you adjust in the kernel itself. I have no idea about voltages etc.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Check the S5 Water resistance thread.

I read somewhere that it has to be freshwater ... so no salt water.

I'm sure Samsung will complain about the Chlorine, if the phone gets damaged.

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.

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKat:
Anybody?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
I'm Sprint, so the only advice I can give you is to Odin back to stock and start over.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKat:
Think I would just be able to Odin back to stock recovery? if there's an img of that around somewhere?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
I know there is, as I've used it. You'll have to hunt it down though. I'm not one of those XDA guys who seem to know where everything is.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Here you go.

I think I'm one of those XDA guys who seem to know where everything is :D;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1009645:
No One ??????
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Sorry for late reply:

1. Works fine for me. I can remotely control my devices even in Airplane mode. Only the program schedule can not be shown/downloaded.

2. This is a security "feature" of Samsung. They decided that fingerprint unlock is not as secure as password or PIN unlock. It's not my personal opinion, but Samsung has implemented this mechanism that you have to change to password or PIN unlock when creating a VPN connection. I haven't found a workaround for this either. If you find one, please let me know.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dee-Mack:
Smart Remote on lockscreen

Is anyone using the Alliance Rom for G900I? I have been using it for a couple of days now and found no issue with it other than the Smart Remote app doesn't show up on the lockscreen but it does show and works fine in the notification panel.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
I can answer the 1st question... Update smart remote in Samsung store and it works without Internet... Just doesn't show what's on but you can change channels/volume

*GALAXY S5*
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKat:
I hate to appear as even more of a noob (which, I am anyways, lol) but which is for recovery, and is there a tutorial anywhere?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Zip files are to be flashed with a custom recovery and .tar.md5 files with Odin.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Search youtube. Try "unroot and return to stock s5" add your specific model variation within the quotes.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKat:
Wait, is there any way to flash /just/ the recovery back with Odin? The link you sent me to provided the full firmware, so I'd be reflashing the whole system and would have to start over, and I know for a fact I'm having this issue because I tried to install TWRP.

Edit: Just said screw it and tried to flash the firmware - put it in AP on Odin, checked it, have Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checked in top left corner, and my phone is indeed appearing as 0:[COM5]. It won't flash, however :/

Here's what the log says:

And on my phone, in the top left corner, in red, it says: "SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 2 > Binary 1"
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
You also need to flash the correct PIT flle along with the firmware for your device with Odin. Look here for the PIT files http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2737448 or a method how to extract them.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKat:
Just tried it with a PIT file too and I get

So, still not working :/ Now my phone says "SECURE CHECK FAIL : PIT" so is that not the correct PIT? It was one for SM-G900A, 16GB model, which is what I'm using. :/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Aatif-:
can anyone tell me how to change the theme in Galaxy S5?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masum56k:
Use any launcher. Like- Nova, Apex .etc..

Or you can use Custom ROM.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Aatif-:
i want to use Stock S5 SecThemechooser

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2703680
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masum56k:
May be I'm unable to understand you..

Mate, that is Stock TouchWiz Home Launcher, which is available in our S5.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Aatif-:
ok mate my question is that is Samsung Galaxy S5 has changing theme option like Lg ? because i have seen SecThemeChooser.apk & two themes in S5 Stock Rom

Theme Previews of S5

[IMG="http://i.imgur.com/PLZY65v.png"]http://i.imgur.com/PLZY65v.png[/IMG]

so how to change the theme in S5?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKat:
Alright, the S5 is able to power on now - I guess it was stuck in a recovery loop (of TWRP, which didn't allow it) I actually brought it into the ATT store, and it turned on fine then, embarrassingly enough. Anyways, apparently I can't get the bootloader unlocked until its completely paid off, which is just dumb. But yeah, I still can't go into recovery and would like to restore my old recovery is possible.. I can do it via Terminal Emulator now that I'm back into the system, but I still can't find a download of the stock recovery by itself anywhere. And yeah, I tried flashing back to stock completely via Odin, but as it says in my earlier post, it won't work at all, even with a PIT file.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Is there a comprehensive list of custom ROMs available for each variant of this device? I seem to be having no luck at all finding things for my Sprint S5. I'm rooted (finding and doing that was cake), but I'm having no luck finding something definitively compatible with my device. I can't live with the stock ROM hogging up so much of my internal storage.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakester09:
If you linked the post where you need help, that would be great.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Not directly AFAIK.

Here is the ROM index thread for the S5.

And in the Unified Dev section you should find ROMs compatible for all S5 models.

Do you have an unlocked bootloader?

If not, you may have to use Safetrap (recovery) to install a custom ROM in a Safetrap slot.

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.

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bezalel321:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/help/original-galaxy-s5-blue-greenish-t2814575
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Just for future wallpaper request, please bookmark the S5 wallpaper thread.

In post #2 you can also find the wallpaper you have asked for ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Gee, I really don't know if I have an unlocked boot loader. I flashed CWM recovery, and I was able to flash slim rom and get it to boot... I guess I should have said stable and polished roms. These all have deal breakers that make them ineligible as daily drivers. But thanks for the info. I'm looking around now for what will work. The stock ROM worked fine, it was just too big and too much bloat to try to remove manually.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
There are also debloated stock roms.

Check the ROM index thread again.

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.

If you need general help/assistence, please go to XDA-Assist.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aiden_7:
Two questions about bloatware

1. What process Most be active on The Phone for The correct work of The WiFi direct? WiFi direct And WiFi direct share are enought? Maybe i could defrost others?

2.DiagMonAgent? What is its function ? Can i Frost it?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKat:
pls? I'd really like to install a custom ROM and/or kernel :/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luriert:
From my understanding you can't flash a custom recovery, rom or kernel that is not based off Touchwiz framework on a phone with a locked bootloader (like yours).

That is why you can't flash TWRP or CWM recovery, and probably the reason why you are getting those errors. You can unlock it using Towelroot, but that does not unlock the bootloader, and last time I checked that is still not available.

Unfortunately, you may have bricked your device, unless you can go back to stock.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKat:
I'm alright with it being a touchwiz one, I'd just like something that's debloated and such. Also, I have root access via towelroot, and hilariously enough I'm in the system, so I'm not necessarily bricked per se, I just can't get to recovery.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Maybe you want to check this thread about debloating of the AT&T S5.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quarrell:
s5 G9006V Chinese version change to western....

I just received the S5 as a present as my nexus 4 has been busted.

The phone was bought in China and the android version on here is garbage, well, I should say its ANTI-GOOGLE. Seriously. I have tried to install gmail and the play store, both are blocked.

Simply, I am wondering if I can erase my current android version and put on a custom rom or another android that is not chinese based.

Any help would be great. (I haven't rooted my phone yet but I have no issue doing it)

Model number

SM-G9006V

Android version

4.4.2

Baseband version

G9006VZNU1ANF1

Kernal Version

3.4.0-1716152
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Here is the Samsung Galaxy S 5 > Galaxy S 5 General > Galaxy S5 SM-G9008V Owners' Thread.

And here you can find the Samsung Galaxy S 5 > Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > SM-G9006V Google Play & Roms thread.

Seems that there is already a stock ROM version available with Gapps included.

If you have any questions or need further help, please post in one of these threads first.

Good luck !
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quarrell:
Awesome and thank you, I don't know why I couldn't find those threads ugh.

Thank you so much. I've only had the phone a couple of days but its driving me nuts ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idsean:
900H

---------- Post added at 08:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:46 PM ----------

Hey guys, I recently rooted my galaxy s5 model SM-G900H and it is still running the stock rom.

I tried using my Allshare cast wireless dongle and when it connects after a second it disconnects and the phone says

hardware problem. Any way to work around this? I downloaded triangle away and my flash counter is at 3. I tried resetting the flash counter but it is not working. Any help will really be appreciated as I am in Africa and I really need the screen mirroring to implement some community projects. Thank you all
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
There are two international models:

1. SM-G900F = quad core /Qualcom Snapdragon 801 chip

2. SM-G900H = octa core /Exynos chip

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.

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