yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheScriptKitty:
I'm trying to flash a FTF in FlashTool but my Xperia Play(R800a) isn't going into Flash Mode it just shows "Sony Ericsson" and then it starts charging. I have installed the drivers and even Unlocked the Bootloader via the TP method.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Solution:

This is what I have to do to get into Flash Mode

(RED=What was done different, Green=What was done the same)

1.Open FlashTool

2.Select Flash Mode

3.Select Firmware (FTF)

4.Wait till FlashTool tells you to connect your phone in Flash Mode

5.Remove Battery from phone

6.Connect phone while holding Back Button(With no Battery)

7.Insert battery

8.FlashTool will start Flashing the FTF, once done Reboot and enjoy

In order for this TO WORK Steps 6 and 7 have to be done REALLY FAST
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheScriptKitty:
Nobody Can Help? :(

Okay, I was able to go into Flash Mode in PCC but I still wasn't able to do it in FlashTool. I was also able to Root my phone but that didn't help ether. I also noticed that when the phone starts Charging after I failed to go into Flash Mode it says that Debugging is Off, witch is wrong(I do have Debugging On). Its also says that Debugging is Off when I first open flash tool and then connect the phone but it does recognizance Debugging On if I first connect my phone and then open FlashTool. Is Debugging the problem???

I also want to add that I have a Xperia X8 and FlashTool work fine with it.

Any body out there that had or has a problem like me???
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bakisha:
Try different usb cable or different usb port on PC.

Also, does your back button working when you boot into rom?

Maybe updating flashtool might help...

Don't be confused with that "debugging off" message, because you only need it when you are in normal mode. There is no point /need/purpose for debugging when phone is in flash, fastboot or charging mode (nor it is possible). Flashtool only report lack of it, but since you don't need it, just ignore it)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheScriptKitty:
I tried both a different Usb Cable and different Usb Port, I also tried it on a different PC. Yes the Back Button works when the ROM is already booted(and also worked when going into Flash Mode in PCC). I also have the latest version of Flash Tool. :(

Any other ideas to what might the problem be???
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bakisha:
Maybe PCC and Flashtool are in conflict. Exit PCC (right-click on systray icon). Also, kill all adb.exe processes from task manager before starting flashtool.

If that don't work, try more desparate measures: uninstall and install again drivers or PCC or flashtool...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheScriptKitty:
I tried doing that at the very beginning but didn't help :(

Do you know if there is an ADB Command to but into Flash Mode? Because I found one for Fastboot (adb reboot fastboot) but couldn't find any thing for Flash Mode.

Btw thanks for all the help.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bakisha:
I don't know either If there is adb command for flash mode.

And i'm out of ideas why flash mode don't work.

Unless... You are pressing and holding back button before pluging usb cable, right? Sry, as i said, i am out of ideas...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheScriptKitty:
I got it working! but only once in Flashtool. I don't think I did some thing different but some how it worked. I wasn't able to do it again :( any way one flash was all I needed. :)

Thanks for your help any ways
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheScriptKitty:
Solution

Solution:

This is what I have to do to get into Flash Mode

(RED=What was done different, Green=What was done the same)

1.Open FlashTool

2.Select Flash Mode

3.Select Firmware (FTF)

4.Wait till FlashTool tells you to connect your phone in Flash Mode

5.Remove Battery from phone

6.Connect phone while holding Back Button(With no Battery)

7.Insert battery

8.FlashTool will start Flashing the FTF, once done Reboot and enjoy

In order for this TO WORK Steps 6 and 7 have to be done REALLY FAST
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bakisha:
Strange, i must say. My guess was on faulty usb cable, but i'm glad you found a solution...

Good for future reference, for someone with similar problem
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shafi khan:
Hi, Guyx..... I have a google nexus s gsm. I have installed twrp 2.6.0 somehow. then Helly bean rom. In last past days Unfortunately my mobile phone couldnt connect to my laptop and giving notification of

"Devise not recognized"

i m using win 7. and after some days when i was restarting my phone my mobile stuck in opening where helly bean mark circle rotates. this happened, before but that time i mounted it through twrp and installed rom again and my problem was gone. But now when my phone is not connecting to laptop, i dnt knw how to install the rom. As u knw nexus s dnt have card slut. Please help me wat to do i much worried. Plzzz guyx
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wibirt14:
I was going through the 4.3 update discussion thread and came across twitter links to a possible downgrade from 4.3 to 4,1,2. Anyone have any new information on this? Is this true, and if so how can you do this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wibirt14:
https://twitter.com/MobileTechVids/status/454103612721860608

heres the tweet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
Let's not be fooled here one of two things are happening. Either it is a trick to get followers or they mistakenly "downgraded" a 4.3 rom that already had the insecure boot loader and are trying to figure out why it won't work again. There is no reason why the haven't put up the links already. I'm betting its a trick but who knows? Deep down inside I hope they figured something out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BattsNotIncld:
MobileTechVideos is a very renown website and Josh Groce is a very respected developer. He wouldn't try to "trick" anyone to believe something like this isn't true. Also, there is a reason he wouldn't put up any links because this wouldn't be something that can be done on the software level. It's most likely a hardware mod and requires JTAG.

Could he have been mistaken and jumped the gun on this announcement? Possibly. However it wouldn't be something as simple as not realizing the phone already had an insecure bootloader. He knows what he is doing.

To get a taste of the stuff he does check out some of his youtube videos. Here's an example:

[YOUTUBE]24axFOPLmRI[/YOUTUBE]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
I retract my last post. I took a look down in his Facebook posts and he accidentally found a way to downgrade. So call me crazy but you don't accidentally stumble across a fix like this if it requires a hardware mod and I thought jtag was proven to not work because of the efuse or qfuse or whatever its called. From the "feel" of his post he did a repair he has done before that works with both the 4.1.2 and 4.3 boot loader and didn't realize he mixed the two up until the customer told him he was on 4.3 before sending it in. I'll be the first to admit I know nothing about bootloaders and there operation. Perhaps he bypased the fuse by removing and programing the chip directly and that is his normal repair operation instead of jtag and that is why it worked? No matter what it is I am happy he figured it out and hope he gets a lot of business out of it. Sorry for my ramble I probably didn't need to post all of that but its done and I don't feel like deleting it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yoyomonk:
This is really exciting news, but I hope he updates soon. If he is wrong, I would not be mad but would rather know sooner than later. Right now, it's just a big tease :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ThePagel:
He did it three times on three different phones so I'm sure he is correct.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Kchitown1977:
long press recent apps button and menu posted up with in apps. And if on home screen long press recent brings up home screen options
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lodaserves:
ill try this..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Guadalupeohara:
What do mean by recent apps button ? can you please share with me this deeply ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Kchitown1977:
Look about 1.10 into video

15 Samsung Galaxy S5 Tips and Tricks: http://youtu.be/XD-58tnDl6k
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] EVOme:
I removed one app 5 times because I could only get to settings during initial setup. I was so angry there was no menu button. Then I heard about the long press
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lodaserves:
Step by step like a tutorial if you want to.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Kchitown1977:
Bottom left next to home
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] AmisRBjr:
New Message preview

After receiving a new text message, there's an alert on the lockscreen that reads, "Messages New Message". Anyone else find this practically useless? Is there a way to get that notification to give a preview of the message?

What I've been doing is either tapping on the New Message banner then swiping in the highlighted box below to unlock and go straight to that message. Or I pull down the top panel and tap on the message preview found there. Either works, but seems like extra steps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Guadalupeohara:
okay. I will try it. thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Huachipato:
You can create an auto-reject list.

From the Phone App - going into settings (3 dots on the top right) and Settings-> Call -> Call rejection. From there you can set to reject form list and start creating a list of numbers you don't want to hear from.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jagrave:
If you open the messaging app, go to settings, notifications, and at the bottom if you check lockscreen it will show the sender and part of the text instead of just new message. You can also turn on pop up where it shows a pop up message where you can reply to a message without going into the messaging app. Pretty convenient. Hope this helps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] chkn:
Card scanner built into contacts app

Open contacts >menu>business cards> hit + and you have a scanner !!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BatesUKfanJ:
What about scheduled messages? It was a feature on my S4 just wondering am I missing it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dclay89:
Anyone know of a way to make long pressing the home button on the lock screen turn on flashlight like in the miui rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] evilbeef54:
1. long press on the recent apps button while looking at one of your home screens, or long press on the home screen to get your scrren menu then hit "home screen settings" uncheck "my magizine" to get rid of the magazine tab

2. go into camera and hit settings turn off picture stabilization to make the camera much more responsive and get rid of that "please hold still" delay when trying to take pics of moving targets (dogs, kids, etc)

3. until we get root third part apps will NOT save to the external SD card (your camera and some stock apps will, but playlists from 3rd party mp3, back ups from any back up app, 3rd party notepad, 3rd party alarms like smart alarm, etc will not) so be careful that if you need to back something up use dropbox or something like that these third party apps may back up to an emulated storage (still internal storage) so if you factory reset when we actually get root you will still lose everything you thought you saved

4. if someone helped you hit the thanks button, lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wataytay69:
Disable/hide apps you don't use from your app drawer: go to app drawer - long press recents/hit menu button (three vertical dots) - select "Uninstall/Disable Apps"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] armyranger172:
So I was playing around with the fingerprint scanner and wanted to add more then 3 fingerprints. When I was setting up my thumb, I also swiped my pointer finger. After the set up was complete. I found it let me unlock the phone with both fingers from the one setup. I haven't seen this mentioned yet, so I figured someone out there might find it useful.

Semper Primus
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Maphack:
Already posted in the fingerprint thread but thought it could be useful here..

What I did was use the 3 allotted different fingerprints and scan my thumb at slightly different angles so I could swipe my thumb horizontally rather than vertically and it works a lot better now.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] f308gt4:
Thanks!! Just confirmed this worked for me. I was able to use right thumb, left thumb, and index finger on just 1 fingerprint setting.

I am going to copy and paste this info into the thread I made on the Fingerprint Scanner Tips.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pooleo:
Hi, i have an lg g2 since november 2013. I had installed an lg theme....i think. Anyhow, i recently had to do a factory reset and lost everything. I cant find the icon pack anywhere. I think it was part of the jelly bean theme because a few of the icons look familar. But before, there where like 300 icons. They where black and blue and round, some where white and some where a combination of the 3. Most of them looked like a variation of the android puppet guy. Mainly just rhe head portion. Some where like headphones. Others looked like the android head with an antennae sticking up. Some resembled alien kinda stuff. I really would like to get tjese back. I use them for contact icons. I have looked at some of the themed things that use installers but i dont want what thwy offer. I like the base lg theme but want to mod thw icons. Any help os grwatly appreciated.

I am kind of a smart phone newb. This being my first. I come from a long line of flip phones.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
ALL Firmwares are in 2nd post :D Enjoy!

Hi,

I am noticing too many firmware links from file hosts like Terafile , Rapidgator and Deposit files

These are not allowed on XDA as they breach XDA RULES # 13

Neither are links to sites like sammobile , and samsung-updates , which breach rules # 11 & 13

So , I am calling upon the good nature of XDA users to upload any firmware to any of these "Good" file hosts and post them in this thread for the benefit of all S5 users:

Android file hosting

OceanHost.co.uk - My File Storage Site which anyone is welcome to use.

Mega

Google Drive

Dropbox (Small files only) (Files get disabled after a lot of downloads)

Goo Im

Google

Mediafire

Box

Minus

Andro Transfer

Uploading​

Thank you to all in advance

:)

All Firmwares are Hosted On my Server which is connected to a 2GB port & and also Hosted in 2 locations in Both Canada & France :)

Firmwares Here

Also Here are some Extra Firmwares that may or may not be listed below: HERE

Pit files are HERE .. second post :)

There is also a method to extract your own , if you wish..

Thanks [MENTION=4975115]samersh72[/MENTION]

Thank you [MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] for Handing over this Thread to me :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
Another Post :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
OLDER

G900F​

https://mega.co.nz/#!ddwknIia!yviLD-eCNfjsJn8-o5WUUNU2xSL-siYmr3MIuCyBcq4

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Model: SM-G900F

Model name: GALAXY S5

Country: Poland

Version: Android 5.0

Changelist: 3548824

Build date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:12:37 +0000

Product Code: XEO

PDA: G900FXXU1BNL7

CSC: G900FXEO1BNL1

MODEM: G900FXXU1BNL7

Download for install with ODIN: MegaNZ

Or

https://mega.co.nz/#!YJ4xVD4I!WBdTxlMZzObJw9jSYPY8SCSAi458YF09YPllszY4T28

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Model: SM-G900F

Model name: GALAXY S5

Country: Poland

Version: Android 5.0

Changelist: 77433514

Build date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 08:40:19 +0000

Product Code: XEO

PDA: G900FXXU1BNL9

CSC: G900FXEO1BNL1

MODEM: G900FXXU1BNL9

Download for install with Odin: MegaNZ

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Model: SM-G900F

Model name: GALAXY S5

Country: United Kingdom

Version: Android 5.0

Changelist: 77433514

Build date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 11:18:56 +0000

Product Code: BTU

PDA: G900FXXU1BOA3

CSC: G900FOXA1BOA4

MODEM: G900FXXU1BOA3

Download for install with Odin: MegaNZ

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Model	SM-G900F

Model	SM-G900F

Model name	GALAXY S5

Country	Netherlands

Version	Android 5.0

Changelist	4209230

Build date	Fri, 13 Feb 2015 04:39:10 +0000

Product code	PHN

PDA	G900FXXU1BOB7

CSC	G900FPHN1BOB1

MODEM	G900FXXU1BOB7

Download for update with ODIN: MegaNZ

Model name	GALAXY S5

Country	United Kingdom

Version	Android 5.0

Changelist	77433514

Build date	Fri, 13 Feb 2015 04:39:10 +0000

Product code	BTU

PDA	G900FXXU1BOB7

CSC	G900FOXA1BOB7

MODEM	G900FXXU1BOB7

Download for update with ODIN: MegaNZ or

MegaNZ

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Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon)	SM-G900F

Region : BTU

PDA Version: G900FXXU1BOC7

CSC: G900FOXA1BOC7

OS Version : Android	5.0

Build Date: 16.03.2015

Changelist: 4469118[/QUOTE]

MegaNZ

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Model	SM-G900F

Model name	GALAXY S5

Country	United Kingdom

Version	Android 5.0

Changelist	4664691

Build date	Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:43:03 +0000

Product code	BTU

PDA	G900FXXU1BOD3

CSC	G900FOXA1BOD3

Download for install with Odin: MegaNZ

Model	SM-G900F

Model name	GALAXY S5

Country	Russia

Version	Android 5.0

Changelist	4872298

Build date	Sat, 09 May 2015 14:02:42 +0000

Product code	SER

PDA	G900FXXU1BOE3

CSC	G900FOXE1BOE1

Download:

MegaNZ

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This ROM is based on the today released ROM for Nordic (NEE) and made compatible for Netherlands UNbranded (PHN)

Model	SM-G900F

Model name	GALAXY S5

Country	Netherlands

Version	Android 5.0

Changelist	5640614

Build date	Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:09:46 +0000

Product code	PHN

PDA	G900FXXU1POI1

CSC	G900FPHN1POD1

Download for install with Odin: MegaNZ

Thanks:

[MENTION=1586120]henklbr[/MENTION] [MENTION=4545034]Painman1963[/MENTION] [MENTION=4365856]kremen666[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
Saved :) Never Know might need it :)

Hong Kong G900FZHU1ANE3 ....................................thanks [MENTION=4427530]TKokab[/MENTION] ........ (mega)

United Arab Emirates

G900HXXU1ANCI [XSG]

G900FXXU1ANCE [XSG]

Thanks [MENTION=5423395]abdo2a[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
G900/K/L​

G900LKLU1BOD3 http://fs1.androidfilesharing.com/e54d70a9d74cab12

G900KKTU1BOD3 http://fs1.androidfilesharing.com/4ad0426baea55951

G900SKSU1BOD3 http://fs1.androidfilesharing.com/e1267036602cc308

Thanks [MENTION=5025356]qubbus[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 5 General] marcochapita:
is thre any rom that dont have bloatware? because i wanted a clean rom from the Uk and the only one thats in there is From virgin Media.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
Terrafile & Rapidgator suck terribly! Not sure why anyone would use them anyway The speeds are terrible!

I highly recommend Mediafire out of all of them, Dev-Host is pretty good but they have annoying Fake Error messages that will pop up on Android saying "You have a Virus" or some fake junk like that. And I don`t like when People make multiple threads for EACH firmware I think there should be 1 thread for all of it.

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Here are some True Fast Downloads on a 2 Gigabit port on my Server!

Will Add Firmwares on the site as I get them! :) Click Here
[Galaxy S 5 General] malybru:
Hi,

Thanks for these .

Any others that you may get will be greatly appreciated, particularly if they are for the International section.

:)
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
Your Welcome :D , I actually had a few to upload last night but forgot too :( Uploaded them Just now! Just Keep Checking in I probably wont keep keep updating with a post each time lol

DOES anyone here have a Terrafile or Rapidgator account to help me out here? There are a TON of the firmwares hosted there but I can only download 1 every hour but yet it takes 10 hours to download PER file unless I pay money, I have a 2 gigabit connection so it only should take a min to download and upload. SO I can host these files for everyone to download. Thanks!, So if someone wants to to either donate money for an account or donate an account That would be AWESOME! But it would take me months to mirror all these files I have.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Assimilator69:
Looking for a bloat free SM-G900I so I can flush out Australian Optus Bloat
[Galaxy S 5 General] Captain Zero:
I have two I can post that are stock. How would I go about doing this?
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
What are those two? and what are they hosted by?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Captain Zero:
This thread is a repository for stock roms, right? I just got two S5's, the SM-G900W8 variants. I can post the roms to any host, I was just asking how I go about ripping the rom out.
[Galaxy S 5 General] malybru:
Hi,

Perhaps [MENTION=5105831]ricky310711[/MENTION] can help with that?

:)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ricky Divjakovski:
well luckily i just made a universal root method for rooting any S5 variant, actually it will root any device that has a custom recovery :)

so the steps from here are.

flash custom recovery

flash this S5 rootkit
[Galaxy S 5 General] SeverusSnape:
Why are only the hosters in Post #1 allowed ?

Regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
Well a lot of them are junk. For example: terafile and rapidgator both take about 14 hours to download a file instead of just a few minutes unless you pay a monthly subscription.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SeverusSnape:
I´ve got some Germand Downloads.

Mod Edit links removed

Regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] hyelton:
Thanks for the links but..

I`d remove those links... The Mirror links require to PAY to download cause the file is larger than a certain size, and the first link has porn ads and the speeds are just as bad as the other links so I`m pretty sure those links are not allowed sadly. I already have some German links I just gotta get them downloaded to upload them to my server.

---------- Post added at 11:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:36 PM ----------

Coming up in about 2 hours :D

EDIT: Also Australia firmwares AND Canadian Firmwares coming up as well :D

& in about 4 hours a Sprint Firmware :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] malybru:
Hi,

May I remind you of the XDA RULES # 13

This is the reason why these file hosts are not allowed on XDA.

Please bear this in mind next time , or ask if you are not sure.

:)
[Moto X Android Development] Q9Nap:
*deprecated*
[Moto X Android Development] cartmenicus:
Nice!
[Moto X Android Development] da900:
GSM version

Is there any chance to see a build for GSM Moto X?
[Moto X Android Development] Q9Nap:
it's possible, if there's much interest. if anything, i'd use the generic tmo build as a base.
[Moto X Android Development] da900:
I am interesting in it a lot... TMO build would be great.

sent from my Moto X DE
[Moto X Android Development] buschris:
thanks, is this 4.4.2 ?
[Moto X Android Development] Q9Nap:
yes
[Moto X Android Development] Gus194:
I'd like to see a GSM version also.

Sent from my XT1053
[Moto X Android Development] Q9Nap:
gsm build link added to op. also added md5sums. enjoy...
[Moto X Android Development] Kenichi:
Yussss! I've been itching to flash from stock lol. This phone is so solid that I haven't flashed this thing at all. Thanks for the GSM Build!
[Moto X Android Development] isaakmg:
Thanks. Fantastic. Why don't touchless control?

Enviado desde mi XT1052 mediante Tapatalk
[Moto X Android Development] Q9Nap:
Touchless control isn't included in the Google play edition. I kept active display because it's pretty much necessary.
[Moto X Android Development] da900:
Just install from PlayStore and it will appear in Settings. :)
[Moto X Android Development] kenosis:
If i run this, Will i be able to auto-update once 4.4.3 is available?
[Moto X Android Development] Q9Nap:
No, it won't. I stripped out all moto stuff that isn't needed for active display...
[Moto X Android Development] Q9Nap:
No, of course not. Updates will fail to install on a system with even the slightest modification.

You can fastboot back to stock when an update becomes available.