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[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidamos77:
The SD card unmounting is no problem of KitKat, because it does not happen on my cheap China tablet with KitKat. It is something that LG broke.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hugo-PT:
Other users say they have never had problems with unmounting or other problems with the sdcard. :rolleyes: This makes it complicated to discover the source of the problem :(
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Natakranta:
H2testW results

Hi guys, I bought 64GB microSDXC UHS-I High Speed with Reader (Class 10)

I quick formatted it to exFAT in Windows 7 PC, then ran a H2testW on it. Is it OK that it shows 61083 MByte beeing nominally 64GB card?

Windows shows card properties as: 64,049,512,448 bytes 59.6GB, so seems good.

I have no experience with SD cards, could somebody comment if all is OK?

Tested in included USB adapter in USB2

Thanks!
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xEaGLeNeC:
I'm also having random unmounting sdcard problem. i can't say that it started after kitkat cuz I upgraded right after buying it. But it took a while for the problem to start showing.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erwaso:
This is ridiculous but works lol
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parsifal968:
I also had unmount problems after kitkat upgrade with a samsung 32gb that has always worked well and then I went back to 4.2.2

Now I had to change the 32gb with a samsung 64gb and I have unmount after waking from sleep with 4.2.2!

as soon as I have time I'll try a factory reset.

I think the problem is in the management of the external sd card by LG.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brian566:
SD card issues

I suspect it a Google Issue in the update to kit Kat
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidamos77:
No, it is not. My cheap China tablet with KitKat does not have these problems at all.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hugo-PT:
This tablet brought kitkat? Have you done any update to kitkat?
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidamos77:
It's a Colorfly. It had 4.2 and got 4.4.2 later (not OTA, but flash with Windows program).
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bodisson:
I don't think so...

My S4 is also on KitKat and has no SD unmount problems at all.

V500 started having SD card suddenly unmounted" problem few days ago.

Both V500 and S4 are using Transcend Class10 32GB SD cards...
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hugo-PT:
It is a custom ROM or stock?

Tanks

Hugo

---------- Post added at 01:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:32 PM ----------

Really seems to be a problem of LG with kitkat. Several users have reported to them, but LG says it not found any problem.. :(
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidamos77:
It is official ROM from Colorfly, but looks pretty much Android stock.

I have asked LG support in Germany and USA and both said, this should be a hardware fault and I should send in the tablet. LOL. :(
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hugo-PT:
It's a software problem and not hardware! They are crazy! :silly:

We have to wait for an update from LG to solve this issue, sooner or later :rolleyes:
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meanoc:
How many of you that are having the problems using link2sd? I also had a hell of a time with the sd card until I did a fresh install minus link2sd and haven't had one issue in over 3 weeks. I also verified in my case it was causing the problem by reinstalling the app and bingo all the problems reappear. I'm on LG 20B.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidamos77:
I don't. I was using the KitKat SD Write Fix, but I removed it and did a repair install and a factory reset. Still the same unmount problem.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Golagislow:
LG G Pad 8.3 not read SD Card sometimes after KitKat update from LG

Hi, I'm also having problems with Link2sd on my LG G Pad v50020d.

After linking apps to the sd card, am keep having errors like:

1. SD card unmount unexpectly,

2. so and so app stopped working

3. Home also stopped working and

4. keep rebooting over and over again continuously.

Initially I thought I didn't root properly. So I reload back to stock v50020d, reset several times to clear all the data and re-root again. After that I re-install all the apps back to the internal memory and run for couple of weeks without any problem, smooth and good. Or at least, none of the above problems showed up.

Then I start to create link using Link2sd for a few apps (games mostly) to test out. And the problems started all over again. I did the same on my Xiaomi Mi Pad, but without a single problem and running smoothly.

Anyone has the similar problem? Any rectifications?
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shayanagha85:
Sd not recognized at all

my problem is that the SD card is not recognized at all, some thing wrong with drivers i think.

when i installed AOSP-Marshmelow rom , the sd card worked just fine, so I'm sure my SD and My G Pad are ok.

but in this rom, when i insert the same SD, says SD inserted, and then nothing

in the Storage Setting the "mount sd card" and "erase sd card" are Grayed, and the SD is not recognized in any file manager, even when i connect my tablet to the PC just internal storage is shown.

PLZ guide me to fix it, i love this lollipop and i dont like the aosp marshmellow and kitkat.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Reformat the SD card from the running Android ROM. You can probably get anything you want to keep from it by using an adapter to connect the card to your PC first.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Cocytan:
Hello all!

I was very lucky today to be able to pick up the China Mobile variant of the Galaxy S5, one day early, and 1000 RMB cheaper! I've attached some photos to this post of both the handset, and the phone in the official S-View case to show what it looks like. Hopefully as other people pick up this variant of the phone, we can collect our findings here, and be able to help each other out as needs be.

First impressions are good. This is the single-sim version of the handset, and has 16GB of storage. No Google Services, unfortunately, but hopefully that will be something that will be rectified soon once people cleverer than I am get their hands on it and root it, etc.

If anyone has any questions, please ask away and I will try to help to the best of my ability!

edit: been a couple of days of usage now, and just received first update from the network to build number KOT49H.G9008VZMU1ANCH 2014-3-26.

Anyone else out there picked up the same model? Hopefully, there are some enterprising people out there working on root and recovery, as the phone is a little gimped without any Gapps on it!
[Galaxy S 5 General] bobopopo:
Hi,

Thanks to bubbl3 there is a much better and easier version available. Did that with my phone today after upgrading to the latest official ROM and really worked perfect... :good:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-gain-root-install-gapps-t2904863

Cheers,

bobopopo

Hi

got the G9008V (Samsung S5 - China Mobile TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE Version) and I am struggling with the following three questions:

1. I do not need the device to be rooted; I still want to be able to receive OTA-Updates - but I want to install Google Apps. Is that possible?

2. If the device needs to be rooted, is it possible and did anyone do it successfully yet? In this thread this model is not listed: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2696537 (On Taobabo already many shops offering rooting of the device but I prefer to use some offical version from XDA Developers to understand the process better.)

3. Did anyone already spot Custom ROMs for downloading? Links are appreciated.

I had a fruitful exchange

also e in this forum to unchain my HTC S720t; hopefully this can be also done for the SM-9008V...

Cheers,

bobopopo
[Galaxy S 5 General] Cocytan:
Hi bobopopo,

Glad to hear I'm not the only one!

I've had the phone for a week now and have successfully rooted and installed Gapps. As far as I'm aware, it's necessary to root in order to do this. I used the universal root method shown in the Android Development section of this forum, and the recovery image which I got from a Chinese message board http://www.tdbeta.cn/thread-134676-1-1.html - be aware the recovery menu is in Chinese, so you may need a Chinese speaker/reader to help you with it if you don't speak Mandarin.

If I can help further, please let me know!
[Galaxy S 5 General] bobopopo:
Hi Cocytan,

yes, feels good not to be the only one...

Sounds good that you managed to install the Google Apps, that will make life easier (if you are relying on Google stuff).

I have never rooted a Samsung phone (I only used HTC for a decade) but should be workable. I can deal with a Chinese CWM Recovery but for convenience I would prefer an English version. (Just for the convenience of others, the description of the universal flashing process can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2717061 )

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By the way, this looks also like a good resource: http://www.shuaji.net/samsung/s5/ It appears that they also have custom ROM for download - but it does not seem to be clear what this ROM is about. I would like to have a standard non-Chinese ROM (e.g. Singapore) that comes with the China Mobile radio stack. I have that for my S720t and it is clear of any China Mobile rubbish what is quite nice. Hopefully someone will have the knowledge and mercy to provide something like that... :D

Will try on the weekend, thanks so far!

br

bobopopo
[Galaxy S 5 General] bobopopo:
Successfully rooted now and with Google Apps

Hi,

As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.

So here is what I did:

1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB

2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).

3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).

4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.

5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)

6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).

7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.

Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.
[Galaxy S 5 General] otby:
Hi bobopopo, special thanks for your detailed instructions above. I recently purchased a galaxy s5 in China for my wife's birthday next week and it wasn't until I got it home that I realised it was missing all of the things that make her nexus (2 years old) a google phone. Really. Not. Cool. She uses all those features and I've been at this since Thursday trying to get the phone ready for her birthday on Wednesday (added to this I can only really work on it when she's not at home because I don't want her to see the phone).

Anyway, following your instructions I've put the phone in recovery and rooted the device, all worked like you described. I will say however that her phone doesn't have an SD card, so I put all those files on the internal memory and it still worked fine, I could locate them and install and it then gave me the successfully installed notice.

After rooting the phone I installed: gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip that is a package of all the google apps supposedly. I also installed all the .zips that were the last link in your post above. However, it seemed upon rebooting the phone that no new apps, calenders etc were installed. So I went online and downloaded google play and gmail apk. This time they installed (prior to the root they wouldn't), but none of them will open.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do next? Do I need to install an international ROM perhaps, and if so, does anyone have a link and some instructions?

We're still in China by the way, and on her nexus she has no problem accessing google play because we bought that phone in Australia. Her gmail and calender and google drive all work over the wifi here too.
[Galaxy S 5 General] bobopopo:
Hi otby,

I am not an expert on the google apps but I also encountered problems before (unexpected shutdowns etc.)

If I understand you correctly, you have used a different file than I did. My file (see link in my instructions above installed flawless and worked out fine. Maybe you just try the same file? If your wife is using the calendar sync then you need to install separately (also under the link above). All works well for my wife's phone; so if you have the same phone with the same original stock ROM it should be reproducable. Maybe the gapps that you installed do not match the ROM.

Please also make sure the following:

1. Check that your phone is really successfully rooted.

2. Make sure that you really install the gapps when being in recovery mode. The file I used was giving a lot of feedback during installation and also confirmed in the end that the installation was successful.

Installing an international ROM according my experience should kill the radio function of the phone (because this thread is about the G9008V which is China Mobile 4G which relies on TD-SCDMA standard which is mostly used by China Mobile only). If you install an international ROM your phone will be flashed with a different radio stack and does not know how to connect to the China Mobile network anymore. I did that with a HTC S720t and all I was left with was a PDA with wifi. So better do not try that.

My wifes phone still has the original ROM, just rooted and with Google Apps. To clean up the useless China Mobile rubbish from the ROM you can e.g. use Titanium Backup to free it from bloat ware (but be careful not to kill the ROM).

Good luck with the Google apps; maybe someone else with more experience than me can also comment on why your Gapps did not install successful.

If you can get it running, that phone will really rock; so keep on trying... :D

Cheers,

bobopopo
[Galaxy S 5 General] otby:
Again, thank you very much for your reply - yesterday I was searching for an international ROM and thank god I read your message before installing, the phone is exactly the same model and carrier as yours (she's already with China mobile so it was an easy choice), if we lost radio... Thanks.

Ok I'll try and install them again - I too get messages of success after installing - and see how that goes. Also, do the apps just appear in the apps section of the phone or do you have to do something in settings for them to be selected/show up? The link you posted for the Gapps is a link to six separate zip files (and I installed them all separately just in case I've done that wrong), should it have been one file?

I will get onto Titanium Backup to remove the bloatware, thanks for that suggestion.

Back to it!
[Galaxy S 5 General] hemander:
Am planning to buy this : http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=5932&c=samsung_sm-g9008v_galaxy_s5_td-lte

Is this worth the price? Am gonna give it to my partner.
[Galaxy S 5 General] bobopopo:
Hi otby,

any success? Otherwise I think you can also search on Taobao and try to find some Chinese guy in your city to get it done for you. If you live in a larger city that should be no big deal..

Cheers

bobopopo
[Galaxy S 5 General] ChinaMobilePain:
Is it ok to do this on a G9008V that was purchased via China mobile with a 2yr contract ?

Can they pick up on it or does it mess with the data package contract I have ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] llava:
CWM is NOT working with my S5 G9006V, but i can't root (. Sorry.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Klippz:
Can you help me out

I'm new to this but a fast leaner.... I been trying to install the my magazine apk and nothing,I'm rooted and all I also changed the permissions and all still nothing,can you please please me out,thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] otby:
Yes, I was finally successful last on Monday. My own fault, I had downloaded the gapps from the links you gave but as I mentioned, although they installed, they didn't actually show up on the phone - I believe this is because they were in individual zip files as opposed to one zip file containing them all, but being a noob and seeing as how it worked for you, I can't say for sure.

What worked for me was downloading the Kit Kat 4.4.2 Gapps file that I found {I'm not allowed to post links yet, as I haven't reached 10 posts, so just google search for Kit Kat 4.4.2 Gapps file} I had tried it last week but for some reason it hadn't downloaded properly. I gave it another try and this time the file was 83.1M, as it says on the webpage. This time it worked. I simply transferred the .zip file to the internal memory of the phone (I don't think it matters which folder, as long as you remember where you put it) and installed, then rebooted the phone and all the google apps were there and I could access google play store and gmail.

Since then, I've taken your advice and downloaded titanium backup, gotten rid of the bloatware, bought an SD card and backed everything up to it. You're right, this phone is awesome. I bought this for the wife, and I already have an iphone 5, but she's been using it for a couple days now and it is infinitely better than the iphone. I could go on, but seeing as this is the xda forums it'd be like preaching to the proverbial choir, I'll only say my next phone isn't going to be an iphone.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ornobohornish:
need help

do you have a cwm recovery for SM-G9006V link?

my device is Galaxy S5 SM-G9006V.

please help me!

actually I need to install "play store" on my SM-G9006V.

dear sir, Can u help me?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Chris_996:
Hi,

I tried following your instructions to get my Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G9008V) flashed, I'm stuck on the 1st step, ODIN won't detect my phone in download mode.

I running windows 8.1, I went thru Ricky310711's tutorial and tried all the self help I could do.

any suggestions would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Jason.Overs:
Please Help

I live in Shenzhen. I just got the same phone but I cannot seem to get the root to work. Can you please help me? 18820959126 or WeChat JasonCOvers
[Galaxy S 5 General] flollop:
Thanks! Do you have the s5rootkit.zip?

Thanks for this great walkthrough! The link to download the s5rootkit.zip file from the original maker isn't working anymore -- any chance that you still have it and could share it? I'm really missing the google apps on my phone :p Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 General] kistvan80:
[MENTION=5904905]flollop[/MENTION] - i have it, if you give me an email address i can send it to you
[Galaxy S 5 General] flollop:
That would be great, thank you! I'll PM you my email address. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 General] james308au:
S5 Root Kit

Hi all

I'm also stuck as I cannot find and download the S5rootkit.zip referred to in this thread, can anyone offer a working link or email.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 5 General] metri666:
Tripped Knox, but for what?

Hi Guys,

I feel like a complete n00b... maybe there is a reason for that.

I installed USB drivers & Odin

I downloaded Philz_touch (and g9008v-cmw)

I Connect the phone to the PC in Flash mode (Vol - + home + Power) and choose F option only. Select PDA file (Whichever) and then start

It says success.

I reboot into recovery mode and it says Detected blah blah setting security bit...

Recovery is not SEANDROID ENFORCING

Setting Security

Oh that sucks, but it was expected.

The phone reboots. I shut it off and then boot into recovery mode expecting to see Philz... but all I get is the same Android system recovery.

Now my phone shows custom Binary, custom System, and knox is tripped but I can't get into Philz or CWM only the regular system recovery.

I feel dumb and angry. All I wanted was the google play store, but I have to try and hack my phone so I can BUY apps. Retarded. Thanks China Mobile. But without this version, no 4G here.

I think it's dumb I have to do this to get google apps.

So my phone is SM-G9008V and anything you guys could suggest for me to try would be very much appreciated. I would love to be able to root this phone, especially since I've already voided the warranty.

Sorry if this comes off as bitter. I'm just frustrated.

Thanks

I guess Philz wasn't compatible. Used CMW 6.0.4.8 and it worked.... what a PITA glad it's going now. It just didn't act the same each flash. I must have repeated 10 times until it worked once
[Galaxy S 5 General] Vash the Stampede:
How to get Google Play Store to work on Galaxy S5 G9008V?

Hi everyone!

I recently bought a G9008V from a Walmart in Shanghai.

I was able to root it by using the root tool from Towelroot.

The root was confirmed successful by "root checker" from Amazon app store. (Poor me could only install Amazon app store on it).

Now I am still unable to use Google Play after I installed it.

It just won't connect and kept giving me the "retry" button. I am on a VPN from StrongVPN servers located in California, and I am able to watch netflix/youtube/facebook etc. So the great firewall isn't the problem here.

So what is wrong with this Google Play?

(by google around, some other people say all phones in China need a firmware flash before be able to get Play Store to work. Is it true?)

Could someone please give detailed step by step instruction for how to get Google Play to work on this version of Galaxy S5?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Belloti:
Hello Bobopopo,

Can I use the same to root the S5 90008W Duos?
[Galaxy S 5 General] AahmadB:
I also require the file urgent

can you please email me the file aswell as this link is not working thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] PJ6363:
S5rootit.zip please......

Hi kistvan, could you please send me a copy of s5rootkit.zip, I cant find it anywhere...many thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] sabrina51000:
[MENTION=5910953]kistvan80[/MENTION] Would you be able to send me the file too? Thank you very much! pm-ed you my email!
[Galaxy S 5 General] labeeqhussain:
ugh, I absolutely hate the look of that cover :eek: I loved the one for the S4 and S3 though, I would like that one ported over to the S5:D
[Galaxy S 5 General] Diegzynko:
missing file

Hi guys, I'm new here, buying a G9008V in Shanghai and of course wants to have Google Apps.

Can someone post a new link for the s5rootkit.zip file?

I will really appreciate it.

Besides this, I have a n00b question. What happens if I install a ROM from Singapore or Hong Kong? Have a beautiful IP67 brick? Or loose China Mobile services?

I did it with a Galaxy Tab, but was wifi only (the P600 model) with no problems, but since only wifi I don't know if there is an issue using China Mobile's 4G or SMS or any other service.

Thanks so much in advance. By the way, if someone in the forum does (or knows someone who does) this kind of service in English and in Shanghai, I will appreciate to know it. Otherwise I will do it myself once I have all the necessary files.

Thanks to all!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Diegzynko:
Can I also have the file please? Thanks!

If you still have it I will really appreciate a link or something so I can downloading. Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 5 General] pauicardeno:
How about for SM-9006V (China Unicom) ??

Hi All,

Any ideas what root method for 9006V? China Unicom version. All i want is to root and install google services. Please!!!! :laugh:

Thanks!