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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbrian99:
I have an s5 g900f Qualcomm version, the phone won't boot or enter recovery mode without an SD CARD inserted i tried flashing stock firmware but the problem remains... please help!!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Good thing is, there is a way of doing this:

Tutorial how to root S5 without tripping Knox

Bad thing is, that it's not that easy, as TowerRoot only works on old Android 4.4.2 stock firmware.

So you will have to flash such an old 4.4.2 stock firmware with Odin before.

And for not losing root when flashing back a current stock firmware, you have to use MobileOdin Pro with EverRoot option ... IDK if FlashFire will do the same job in free version too.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muham47:
Well thanks for the reply, touchwiz is a pain in the ass and as its a new device i dont wanna lose its warranty, not yet..

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One more thing, what about kingo root? Does this trip knox ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passport619:
Today my S5 started crashing whenever i go into my system settings. Any thoughts? I want to backup everything on my phone and sd card to start both from scratch but I never got a response on how to that here either. I backup my apps with Titanium. Question is how do I temporarily move all the backups and data from internal and external cards while I format and factory reset? Am i posting in the wrong place??
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
If you mean KingRoot, you can check here for reports from other S5 users:

Support thread for Kingroot (Samsung)

I never used this routing method myself.

Only TowelRoot on 4.4.2, and TWRP recovery with SuperSU (tripping Knox).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbrian99:
have an s5 g900f Qualcomm version, the phone won't boot or enter recovery mode without an SD CARD inserted i tried flashing stock firmware but the problem remains... please help!!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Strange issue.

Is it a problem to keep an SD card inserted all the time?

Does it work with any SD card or does it has to be a special SD card?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbrian99:
yes i have only 16gb of space plus i want to sell the phone

the sd isnt special and it works with any SD
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
If you don't mind about Knox, I recommend to flash a custom recovery (e.g. TWRP).

Then you can create a full system backup in recovery.

Save it on the external sd card.

Start with flashing a new firmware on the internal card with full wipe ... And keep the data on the external sd card first.

After successfully flashing the new firmware, you can use another sd card or move the data to somewhere else (pc or the internal card), then you can format the external card ... And move back the data if you want.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbrian99:
do i flash the stock fimware or a custom rom? and do i use odin or custom recovery
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Flashing stock firmware and wiping data = doing a factory reset should remove the checking of the external sd card.

If not, it could also be hardware related.

In that case, you may have to spend a cheap sd card to three buyer of your phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbrian99:
thanks let me see:good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
This answer was not to your question.

Stock firmware can be flashed with Odin.

As you want to sell the phone, stay on stock firmware.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbrian99:
could the problem be the bootloader?

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plus when i remove the sd the phone freezes and enters a bootloop
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passport619:
Thank you for replying. The phone is rooted so im not concerned with knox. The reason im formating the sd card is that it has become corrupted. What is on there now is safe for the mean time but anything i copy over to it becomes immediately corrupted and unusable. Learned the hard way when i was taking a video of my kid then when i tried to see it I found it was corrupted. Im hoping to find a way to salvage that video and repair it domeday. Its 500mb. Can i literally copy all contents on sd card and data/obb folder to my pc then copy them back on to phone after wipe? My Super Backup Pro folder is in my internal and consists of about 300mb, not so much concerned about the actual apks stored on sd card.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
1. Flash stock ROM via Odin. Or using custom ROM ;)

2. Simply unroot. Knox will be 0x1 but OTA starts working :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angryelpresidente:
Thanks for your speedy reply :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubberman542:
SM-G900D

Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with the SM-G900D (the Japanese Docomo variant)

It's not supported by Chainfire's Autoroot and I can't find anyway to root yet on the net but all the info is in Japanese so may be missing something.

Anyways if anyone here has any info it would be much appreciated
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sauby02:
So I had a few quick questions about the S5 and rooting if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated!

So I would like to install normal stock android on my S5. I want the vanilla experience without any AT&T and Samsung bloat. Do I need to root my phone to install that and if so how do I go about doing that on an AT&T S5. I heard its a locked bootloader so does that mean I can't root it?

Any help is appreciated!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lionking8600:
hi i have the sm-g900f variant and my wifi keep dropping after a while and i have to reenter the credentials again . what could be the problem?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
If there's a custom recovery available you can simply flash the SuperSU zip.

Enviado do meu Galaxy S5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubberman542:
Wow, holy overlook the obvious :p

Did some searching and there is a version of CWM available so flashed it and now rooted, thanks for that!

Just in case anyone else needs the CWM for the SM-G900D (SC-04f) can be found here... https://www.dropbox.com/s/c2kbzyyt89ffzit/SC04Fcwmrecovery.tar
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rainingmonkeys:
Have you found anything for the SCL23, the Japanese AU version?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubberman542:
Deleted -- sorry, forgot to press reply
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubberman542:
Can't vouch for the site but did a quick google search and found this.... hope it works for you

http://pan.baidu.com/wap/album/file?uk=704970239&album_id=6031394112765541086&fsid=1103803647191505
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jon_J:
variant of unlocked galaxy s5 for sale at walmart?

Hi, sorry if this is a noob question.

How do know the variant of an s5 unlocked phone for sale at walmart without first having the phone on hand to input "settings" > "about"

The location is in central illinois, united states.

Would it be an international version such as SM-G900F/SM-G900H?

I have seen several lists of the s5 variants, but none show any variant for "unlocked"

Thank you,

Jon
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubberman542:
Your best bet would probably be to call Walmart, they'd be able to tell you
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
The exact model/type should also be written on the label of the box and the phone under the battery.

Unlocked does only mean with unlocked bootloader and/or SIM unlocked.

You have to get the exact model/type before buying it.

My tapatalk signature:

Phone:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

Stock G900FXXU1ANE2

Kernel:

CF-Auto-Rooted 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] Jon_J:
Thank you both for replying. I reloaded the walmart webpage and found it under Specifications.

Model No.:	SM-G900HBLK (So it's international black, I assume)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Yes, it's the SM-G900H = international Exynos variant.

My tapatalk signature:

Phone:

SGS5 (SM-G900F)

ROM:

Stock G900FXXU1ANE2

Kernel:

CF-Auto-Rooted 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] Jon_J:
Thank you for enlightening me to this. "Exynos variant"

I've been wanting to get an S5 to flash "XtreStoLite"

I'll have to look elsewhere to purchase an S5.

Below is from the XtreStoLite ROM thread.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlwhdrlf:
So I have the SM-G900H and odin gets stuck at writing something in cache at the start and fails the process.

Someone suggested that I have Reactivation lock unchecked, but it was already unchecked when I try to root.

I would greatly appreciate any more help or suggestions.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Can have different reasons.

Please this thread to get to know about the most common and how to fix.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gilritch:
help to this

please help me to this thank you.... :(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emss:
air view

air view stopped work in email app. only very small square appears, without any preview content. but in sms app it still works well.

maybe any solutions excepting reset?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Hmm ... when flashing stock firmware, it should always be including the corresponding bootloader.

So this can be excluded easily.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbrian99:
what do you think the problem could be?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Remove the external sd card from the phone and attach it to a pc.

There are many file recovery tools which you can try to restore/rescue the video ... if possible.

Crossing my fingers.

Move all data to pc.

Then you can format the sd card and try again in your phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] passport619:
Ok, Thank you for your help.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
Just guessing.

If it's not hardware, it could be either a system app/service or a user app working on the external sd card which causes the crash.

You should check the Settings on your phone for a reference to the external storage.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muham47:
Best ROM for the G900H (Exynos) Variant ? like good battery backup and lag free unlike the stock ROM

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thanks! I dont see any g900h users experience with Kingoroot on that thread, guess it does trip Knox, if you were in my place what would you do? root the device dont care about warranty or use it how it is? :confused:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
I don't care about Knox.

That's why I flashed TWRP recovery and SuperSU.

But it's your device and your decision.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muham47:
ok thanks for replying, appreciate it ! one last thing, is there any CM13 for g900h ? I found a thread but its unofficial CM13 :/
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] It_ler:
I also found only the [ROM][G900H][6.0.1] UNOFFICIAL CyanogenMod 13.0 for Galaxy S5 Exynos thread.

BTW ... here you can find all officially listed ROMs for all S5 variants on xda-developers.

Maybe you want to test another ROM for the G900H, if you don't like the unofficial CM13.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muham47:
Ok thank you so much for your help buddy! :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrhack:
Verizon Galaxy S-5

I have a T-Mobile Stock S5. I have full bars and 4G LTE service where I am.

I have a Verizon S5 that I have rooted with VZW_BPB1_KERNEL_ONLY.tar.md5 and G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_G900VVRU2BPB1_HOME.tar.md5 (i think).

When I place my T-Mobile SIM Card in and come up, I get the same message for "Not Verizon SIM Card". When I long press on this message the App Reporting this is Android Agent. If I Force Close this app the message goes away until I reboot my phone.

Also, My Verizon phone will not give me 4G LTE (I get Edge, HSPA, and 3G). Are there any other settings I can do for Data?

Is that a different boot version I can put on my phone to make it work better with T-Mobile.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samuel.v:
I know this is probably a little to late to be asking but are there any good TouchWiz custom roms that are for the samsung galaxy s5

I'm still on the second android 5.0 update I dont feel like updating because it's just to much work... I'd rather just put a custom ROM on my phone.

Now the problem is with my phone is that I've tried g900f, g900m, g900a ROMs and they all break my sim card... I'm with us cellular by the way. If it helps any my model number is (SM-G900R4) and I am on the BOG2 firmware thanks :) the bootloader is unlocked to my knowledge

I've looked all over XDA havnt found any roms that say they support my phone except CyanogenMod... I tried it don't like it
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincom:
try roms made for G900V (Verizon); G900P (Sprint)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samuel.v:
They won't work my phone is a CDMA model
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrhack:
SIM Card Issue?

I used a different T-Mo Sim Card and I get solid 4G Data. When I compare them side-by side, the Verizon S5 with T-Mo Sim has faster speed then T-Mo S5 with Different T-Mo Sim. Rather strange.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JACKc2402:
Please help with root/flash of Trackphone variant of the S5

Brand: Samsung

Model: sm-s902l

Android Version: 4.4.2

Build Number: kot49h.s902ludu3aog2

Kernel: 3.4.0-4647767

I would love to flash Cyanogenmod on this Galaxy but I cannot find a solution for rooting this Trackphone version of the S5. Any help/advice is greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you all in advance.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ItsMeShouko:
Is there a rom for SM-G900W8 (kltecan/klte) which supports VoLTE?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totti_07:
anyone know where i can find latest rogers modem for SM-G900W8??
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omarblu:
I got a s5 from uae running android 5.0. its the sm-g900F variant. It says Verizon in "About phone" I can make calls and text but cannot access the playstore. I want to update software to latest 6.0 but cannot. Anybody got any ideas how to fix these 2 problems?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackson_c:
Anyway to check full changelog for the stock firmware updates?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ItsMeShouko:
Go to /system/etc/hosts and see if something related to google is listed?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0d:
hello, im installing cyanogenmod 14 and sitting on them long time, then i wanted touchwiz firmware and i installed stock android official 6.0.1 throught the 4 files service firmware. After that started to blink under the screen buttons and the phone terribly slow, like a very high ping in the games. And so on all tachwiz firmwarses. In Cyans everything is okay. I tried to install 5 android but the resualt was same. A very long response to touch, press and you wait, and then work. Only button does not blink at 5 android. What could this be and how to fight?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackson_c:
For best battery life, performance and camera, should I use stock KitKat or stock Marshmallow?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincom:
imo Marshmallow
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtrakill101:
hey, I was just wondering.. I just unlocked my phone (sim unlock).. I was using a custom rom but had to change back to stock rom to use the code (right now, Im in 4.4.2).

Now, Im planning to flash the custom rom again. I made a nandroid backup before going back to stock.

If I restore the nandroid backup, will I have a problem? such as problem with the sim... (since it wasnt unlocked before)?

Or Do I have to make a fresh install again of the custom rom ?

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincom:
once unlocked via unlock code for sim it will remain unlocked no matter what fw and/or rom u flash.

but......... if u restore the efs partition from a backup when it was locked it will relock phone, but u can use the previous code to re unlock it.

u can flash a nandroid backup w/out issues after unlocking it just as long as you have bootloader/modem combo same as what was running on ur backup
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtrakill101:
I see. If I restore the nandroid backup, i need to flash the bootloader/modem that I was using with the custom rom?

Or If I flash a new rom and I have to flash a new bootloader/modem, it is still OK?

(And when do I flash the bootloader/modem, before or after restoring?)

Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincom:
usually b4
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Luminaerie:
Boot Screen Freeze

Need help recovering phone short of reset. Wish to preserve my data. Freezes on carrier boot logo on startup. Thinking it's update related. Removed the ext. sd card, sim card and battery and cleared the cache to no avail. Can't boot into safe mode, but can into recovery mode. Thinking a recovery menu option may be the key. SM-G900R4.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Unfortunately i think you will need to say goodbye to your data, if you running custom recovery u can backup just the data and use TB to restore data from the backup
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] relgames:
Hi, are there modern ROMs for S5 Active G870F?

Latest Android available is 5.0; there is stock ROM with Android 6 for G870W (Canada), but I don't think it will work with G870F (I read some posts here saying I'll have problems with IMEA / cell network).

I tried CM 14.1 and 13, but hardware buttons do not work.

Is there a way to fix hardware buttons with CM?

Or is it safe to install G870W ROM to G870F?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Luminaerie:
Please elaborate. This hasn't been done before? Any thoughts on what's happening?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Are you rooted and running a custom recovery Or is your phone completely stock?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Luminaerie:
Stock.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chashmaa:
Friends my s5 SM G900H have latest update through odin with G900HXXS1CPI8 Base 6.0.1 mm. I need rooted my phone.can anyone help me how can rooted my s5 mm?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Then all u can do is wipe data and start again I'm afraid
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtrakill101:
Hello. Is there a way to flash soundalive? If yes, where can I get it?

I had viper4droid installed in the custom rom that I flashed but I removed it.

- more info: my rom is a ported note 5 (5.1.1)...g900w8.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geo_Tech:
Weird problem!

Hello, i have two friends who bought from the same seller the g900h, i rooted both phones and then installed the Wanted s7 port ROM to both of them. The first one was ok everything was working fine but the second one had a problem with the camera a message saying "Warning, Camera Failed" no method of what you can search and find in google had fix the problem i decided to install an official Marshmallow ROM and it didn't fix the problem, the problem was only fixed when i flashed 5.0 Lollipop. Does any one have an idea of why that is happening? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Thank you in advance for your time.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0d:
guys help please
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] degener8:
What 4 file firmwares?

The stock firmware is one single (very large, ~1.4gb) file.

try grabbing it again from this link and flash using ODIN (I assume you can do that and have made all necessary backups etc..)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0d:
nope, service samsung firmware has 4 files. Home firmware has one. But i tryed install any roms, customs, stock. The resault was the same - lags and blinking under the screen buttons. Only on aosp firmwares everything is ok.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J0shimi:
Hi all,

I've searched around and couldn't find a clear answer to this, I want to update the latest bootloader and firmware for my G900F (KLTE) and G901F (KKCAT6) and wondered if flashing the latest firmware from sammobile etc would do update these files? I am currently using Mokee Rom for both devices and would re-flash this rom after updating the bootloader and modem.

Would a simple flash of the firmware via Odin be enough? Many thanks for the help.

Edit: Do I also need to check/tick the box in Odin's options that says 'Phone Bootloader Update' when installing a stock firmware or does it update without this option?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mett64:
flashing a rom and personal data

Hi! I have a S5 900F with kitkat 4.4.2 installed and I would like to flash the xXx ROM with 6.0.1. TWRP 3.0.2 is already installed as recovery.

The question is: what is the best way to keep all the current data of the phone, i.e., SMS, whatsapp, contacts, call register etc etc?

Thanks for helping :o
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J0shimi:
Check out Titanium Backup, this is pretty good but things like WhatsApp can backup easily into Google Drive via the cloud in its own settings menu.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwman88:
Please Help

Hi Guys, I have samsung S5 with model number SM-900J. Android versionn 5.0, baseband SC04FOMU1WOEA, i want upgrade to android marshmallow, anyone can help me.. ? give me a link for firmware ? Thanks before
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincom:
nm
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muham47:
Lollipop Or Marshmallow

my S5 (Exynos) is running on Android 6.0.1 but the phone lags alot especially when I switch from apps especially Instagram or Youtube, I wanna know is this the Marshmallow problem on S5 ? as it has only 2GB of RAM plus Touchwiz ? Should I downgrade it back to 5.1 Lollipop for better smooth experience ? Please let me know :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muham47:
nevermind, I got it ! Android 5 (Lollipop) is much smoother and lag free than Android 6 (Marshmallow) ! :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricky Divjakovski:
agree, lollipop was significately much smoother then all android version,much more stable too

implementions after 5.0(art especially) just complicated things too much.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saber:
Things have improved since recent updates from Samsung. Phone feels much smoother than initial marshmallow releases and most issues (such as the fingerprint reboot bug) have been fixed.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricky Divjakovski:
ofcoarse, give it time for manufacturers to stabilize their firmware and it will be much better, but at the moment they are all just trying to implement something new at whatever the cost is just to compete in the market..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjpeewee71:
Rehue Colourblindness player

Greetings to all, Please forgive my english for I am french and totall nooby here on XDA.

My question is , can anyone tell me if g900f supports rehue player hardware acceleration when viewing 720p h264 videos? The reason I ask is because rehue player is the one and only player on android that can adjust brightness, contrast and saturation and that I'm presently shopping for this phone, being the smallest most powerful smartphone ever made.

Oh! and without to mention the tons of devs & support for this phone alone is simply incredible. Thanks in advance