yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XdividerX:
I have the G900I and here's what I did to get around the locked dock.

Root the rom using cf-root and modify the following.

Open the /system/csc/others.xml file and change TRUE to FALSE on the following line:

<CscFeature_Launcher_ReplaceHotseatAreaInEditMode>TRUE</CscFeature_Launcher_ReplaceHotseatAreaInEditMode>

And while your at it, to enable gallery auto rotate after root, do the following in the same others.xml file

"<CscFeature_Gallery_AddAutoRotationIcon>TRUE</CscFeature_Gallery_AddAutoRotationIcon>" and change TRUE to FALSE.

Save your changes, reboot

As for using another rom, I'd wait until development is churning out lots of rom variations.

Sent from my SM-G900I.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevagreene:
Will this also allow us to move the "apps draw" icon in the dock ? the one which is firmly planted on the right hand side ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XdividerX:
trevagreene, no. The app drawer icon cannot be moved by the method described.

Sent from my SM-G900I
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevagreene:
Bugger. Thanks for the info.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antigravity:
Hmmm interesting... What about the lockscreen camera?

I'm about to flash the Taiwanese firmware to my Telstra Galaxy - it is a G900I however it has all the features unlocked.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjlamb:
For the time being I've just gone the easy way and installed Google Now launcher and Cover lock screen replacement. Good thing about cover is that I turn the phone to landscape and the camera shortcut appears. Nice addition.

Still doesn't get me the always on voice activation tho. The main reason I went with the S5 is because the Moto X was only released with 16GB and no SD.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XdividerX:
antigravity - im not sure bout the camera but as far as using the taiwanese firmware let us know how you go. The OP had a good point in that other countries use different LTE bands so it may or may not work. Either way let us know..

Sent from my SM-G900I
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnnyb33:
Just a heads up op I tried to flash a 900f firmware (uk btu) and it failed straight away possible from a locked bootloader on the aussie phones. So that doesnt help but if you edit the replace hotseat string to false you can move the dock icons to whatever you like. I would also like to know if the taiwanese firmware would work on our 900i's. Hope this helps
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osaka.son:
but taiwan rom doesnt have download booster

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is work if your G900I flash Taiwan G900I rom, is only error when using G900I mobile Flash G900F Rom...

taiwan rom is goot, unless no download booster
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antigravity:
Taiwanese firmware works perfectly well on an Australian 900I.

Doesn't have download booster or Paypal fingerprint, but I wouldn't use those features anyway.

Will probably end up loading a custom ROM at some stage, but so far, the Taiwanese firmware works great. No noticeable difference with 3G/4G on the Telstra network.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
what do you gain with the taiwanese firmware? do you get an unlocked dock?, can you turn off the shutter sound on the camera?, do you get the auto rotate in the gallery? thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antigravity:
All of those things. I just took photos and there was no shutter sound.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Assimilator69:
i'm running alliance custom g900f on my Aussie g900i and the biggest problem I've faced and others with other custom roms is it breaks the NFC to be non fictional.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
An update just came out today for the aussie 900i new build ending in D2

Was C6
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjlamb:
What about yhe always on voice control?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtda:
Has anyone here tried flashing the unbranded xsa over the Telstra firmware. From previous experience on my old s4, the dock was still locked on xsa firmware. Also is anyone finding WiFi to be slow on Telstra firmware. The browser loads very slow, my friends note 3 on same WiFi connection is fine.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
I've got an unbranded phone, bought from samsung direct, dock is locked, and all other restrictions on the other aussie versions are on this one too :( (can't turn off the camera shutter sound, no auto rotate in gallery, etc)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtda:
That's sucks. I don't understand why they lock features to certain countries. Firmware should be the same across the board, only modems should change for different carriers.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
if i flash the taiwan firmware, can i go back to the australian one without any knox tripping, warranty voiding?

G900IDVU1AND2 is out for australia

but taiwan is still a version behind at G900IZTU1ANCB

i can't find any info on whats new in G900IDVU1AND2
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyberbobpt:
Does anyone try the omega rom for Aussie S5 SM-G900I?

Enviado do meu SM-G900I através de Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prot-:
Does Taiwan ROM change the modem? Does it include camera on lock screen? Also if flashing do we need to wipe the phone first?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acarmody2002:
Yes I have. V1.4 works perfectly.

Others have had a few problems with battery, Bluetooth and NFC. I installed it like this. Chainfire's root, PhilzTouch Recovery, Factory Reset, Wipe to install new ROM, Install Omega. Not one issue.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XdividerX:
Hi people's,

I have created a thread for general discussions for all Galaxy S5 Australian users.

This thread has deviated from the OP Let's keep all our information flowing on the new thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2723223

Sent from my SM-G900I
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjlamb:
Hows your LTE? Do you have always on S Voice? Couldn't see in Omega thread....is Touchwiz still there? If so I assume dock is not locked? These are the main issues I'm looking to resolve.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjlamb:
Flashed xsa. All same issues are still there. ;(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
i flashed the taiwanese rom on my g900i and everything is better, going to do my partners phone later

i can recommend everyone flashing it, if you don't like it, you can go back to xsa (stock samsung)

except the svoice always on ? not sure about this one.

so with the taiwan rom i get unlocked dock, auto rotate in gallery, if the phone is muted or on vibrate the camera shutter sound is off too, usb3 works under windows, and i can turn on the camera on lock screen.

but svoice, I've got it turned on, but if i say hi galaxy it doesn't do anything, except in car mode, it works in car mode..

I've got to double press the home key to get svoice to come up.

am i missing something, is it meant to be listening all the time for the magic word? or wouldn't that just chew the battery up?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjlamb:
Apparently the Snapdragon has low power chip inside to allow always on without using much power.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acarmody2002:
LTE works fine. S Voice is on and still accessible by double tapping home button but it won't open on voice alone, seems to be a big issue, tonnes of links to it on Google. Omega is a Touchwiz rom so it is still there but I use Nova Launcher myself, absolutely love it. But I just switched to Touchwiz to try it for you and the dock is not locked, as in, you can switch out apps for other apps in the dock, if that's what you are asking?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prot-:
Taiwan rom has a different modem. meaning reception / data wont be as good, and will drain your battery as its constantly searching for a different frequency..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
havent noticed any problem. been running it all day, seems good. stable, battery bout the same as before.

speed test the same

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according to this

http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html

taiwan has the same frequency as australia.

but australia has 3G 850 (telstra), 3G 900 (optus and vodafone)

I've got to test in an area where telstra 2100 doesn't work to see if this modem operates in 850hz too :)

unless anyone knows of an app or a # code to display the frequencies on the phone.

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damn, i just put in a 4g sim card and it connected for a few seconds on 4g then reverted to 3g.

my normal sim is a boot sim card, it uses telstra 3g 850mhz and 2100mhz

wonder if i can just flash the australian modem over the top of the taiwan firmware.

that could work!

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maybe i don't have good 4g reception at home, tried another phone and it sits on 3g too. :(

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ok found a way around it.

flash the taiwan rom with odin.

let it reboot and complete.

and extract the tar contents from the xsa firmware

then go back into download mode

and flash modem.bin

go back to download mode and flash NON-HLOS.bin

both using the CP option in odin.

so you get the taiwan rom without all the restrictions and the official gsm and lte modem from the xsa firmware

works GREAT!!!!!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjlamb:
So given that works ok, we should be able to flash any G900F ROM that has everything working including always on listening and flash the modem over the top? Keep us updated as to how it goes with non Aus rom with xsa modem
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
that won't work because the boot loader will see that you're downloading an incorrect firmware, the boot loader identifies as g900i but when odin starts to send the g900f file it gets rejected because its a mismatch,

but sending the modem, its for the g900i so it passes.

i'll keep you updated after a few days

my partner has the same phone, we bought them both on launch, so i'll leave one at standard stock from samsung, and my one with the taiwan rom and xsa modem.

:) if theres anything you want me to try, let me know
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
heres some proof

baseband is G900IDVU1ANC6 (xsa)

android build is G900IZTU1ANCB (taiwan)

:)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gjlamb:
But G900F custom roms go onto G900I ok? Maybe just depends on which G900F rom is the base?

Maybe other variant rom can be flashed with s-off and change carrier ID?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prot-:
dude that is awesome! u have the start of a new rom here! u should upload it to the android thread. root it, strip back a few bloatware crap and there u go
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prot-:
I did what you said. everything fine EXCEPT

message app now adds +61 to all my contacts in the list cause it thinks its from a different country.

now my message app doesn't recognise any of my contacts.... do you have this issue too?? only thing i can do is merge contacts but im not going to do that to all of them and every new message that i get.

any way around this that you can think of?

they appear OK in contacts but not in message app
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
i had this issue too, I'm using exchange for my contacts/mail/calendar, so i removed the account, which removed all my contacts, then i re-added the account and it fixed it all up. i think its some cache problem from going from one firmware to another.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prot-:
nice! i unlinked my google account from the phone then logged back in and all good :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevagreene:
I tried to edit this file in ES Explorer but it wouldn't allow me to save it. Can you let me know what you used to edit it ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnnyb33:
Use root explorer and make sure you mount it as read write
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevagreene:
ok, thanks, but / is mounted as read only. so presumably we need to do something via the pc mount / as rw ?? or are you suggesting that root explorer can do all this ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnnyb33:
Yeah with root explorer before you edit the others.xml file it asks you if you want to mount as read/write remember you need root
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevagreene:
yep, cool. I've got root, used chainfire's method. Thanks heaps.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zimmy83:
i have the taiwan rom but the download booster is not offered...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramsesxv:
I try this method but no success i can't flash nothing with odin full firmware or only modem.bin give always secure check fail

i get modem.bin from g900f version it say fail check
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
U must get the 2 modem files from a g900i firmware, I suggest the latest ending in D2 download from sammobile dot com
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtda:
Any one tried the new btu firmware on their Telstra model?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnnyb33:
Check in settings/ security you dont teactivation lock ticked and try flashing the modems again
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
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[/COLOR]

you can't flash the btu firmware which is for the g900f onto a g900i Australian phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtda:
Ahh spewing, wasn't sure. I used to have Swedish firmware on my old optus S4. Guess I'll stick to Telstra firmware.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
ive flashed the taiwan firmware to get over the restrictions on the australians versions.

all Australian versions (carrier ones and direct from samsung ones) doesn't autorotate the pictures in the gallery when you turn the phone, theres no camera on the lock screen, you can't modify the dock icons, you can't silence the camera shutter sound.. etc...

have a look on the thread about Australian phones, you'll see lots of posts about it, and how you can remove the restrictions by flashing the taiwan rom, and the Australian modems to get the best experience.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hfs1314:
Yes. you can flash it..You can see the omega rom,it support g900i..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtda:
Cheers mate, mite have a look. I'm pretty happy with my phone as it stands just prefer the undbranded firmware. Plus I get great coverage now I'm with Telstra.

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Would I have to root to use omega. Im happy with sticking to official firmware at the moment. I used to root all my galaxies but kinda got over it
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markymarkis:
without prejudice:

1. omega rom isn't the latest BTU build, its based on the previous build.

2. omega rom is far from the official g900f firmware. its heavily modded.

3. i think the original question was has anyone flashed the original BTU firmware from g900f to the g900i which is NOT possible

i always used omega on my s4 and even donated to omega which got me pre-releases, but I'm not willing to trip my knox on a new phone when we don't know what problems could arise that may need to be replaced by warranty.

:laugh:

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can i suggest u flash the official taiwan rom, then flash the australian modems over.

makes the phone much better! and remains official with warranty.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtda:
Just got official DVU1AND2 on Telstra. Was a 30mb update, only said performance updates that's it. don't think I'll worry about tawain firmware but thanks for the help so far
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prot-:
I use XtreStoLite rom on my 900i. It works perfectly. It's co pretend stock but you get to choose what bloat were to install so it's clean and lite. Battery lasts 2 day easy for me
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r35gtr:
S5 G900i with Custom G900f Omega ROM

Hi,

I have Australian Galaxy S5 G900i, rooted using CF (via Odin), with Philz Recovery and Omega Rom v7.0.

Omega ROM v7.0 was installed as G900f last Sunday 27/7.

To date this setup is running smooth, no probs.

Using Optus network, showing "LTE" in "Status" under "About Device".

Getting consistent 4G reception as per stock ROM.

Hope this helps
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] al amery:
Please help I want install rom G900F on my G900V Verizon

Hi there

I want flash my phone, and install the rom of G900F to my verizon G900V, please help me if there are any way to do it, my phone already rooted by towel root
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
this works because custom roms dont change the bootloader or modems.

I've just bought a G900I to add to my ever growing collection (i get them second hand or damaged and fix them), and this is very similar to how the S4 variants worked.

Flash latest stock ROM for your model (g900i) to get bootloader and modems - then root, custom recovery, and install any custom rom of a similar firmware (stock 4.4.2 = custom 4.4.2 will work fine)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r35gtr:
stock 900i rom replaced by stock 900f

Hi Mussels, would this suggest that flashing "stock" 900f rom onto 900i actually overwrites the "original " 900i bootloader and modem?

You seem to imply that bootloader/modem is unchanged only with custom rom flash.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PattyDelunda:
Will the India G-900I marshmallow rom work with my G-900I Australian
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mugsyfied:
Yes mate - I just flashed INS-G900IDDU1CPE2-20160523112129 to my G900i...no problems at all
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] Bammeh:
Nevermind, flashed a version of TWRP that isnt from hasoons all in one.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] androidsupersu:
PROTOTYPE v1.0.3​

​

ROM INFO:

-100% KNOXfree

-Based on Kitkat 4.4.2

-Deodexed

-Debloated

-Pure Stock look

​

-VIPER4ANDROID

-OTA Updater

-AirCommand

-XposedInstaller v2.5.1

-Wanam Xposed v2.9.4

-Es File Explorer

-S5 Launcher

-MultiWindow from S5

-MusicPlayer from S5

-Calculator from S5

-MessageApp from S5

-Keyboard from S5

and a few others ...​

BUGS​

-Sound effects doen't work (fixed by including Viper4Android FX)

-PenWindow transparent​

Flash instructions​

TWRP

1) Make sure you have the latest TWRP recovery installed.

2) Next, make a backup from your app and your efs folder.

3) Go to TWRP recovery via pressing home + power + volume up button at the same time.

4) Make a nandroid backup if you haven't done so.

5) Go to: Wipe --> Advanced Wipe and check:

1) Dalvik Cache

2) Cache

3) System

4) Data

5) Internal Storage

Then ,,Swipe to Wipe"

7) REMEMBER THAT EVERYTHING YOU FLASH YOU DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK

6) Now go to: Install --> choose the path you stored the ROM.zip --> Tape on it

Then ,,Swipe to Confirm Flash"

7) Now the ROM is flashing. It should take less than 15 minutes till it boots.

8) Enjoy the ROM

PHILZ TOUCH

1) Make sure you have the latest PhilzTouch recovery installed.

2) Next, make a backup from your app and your efs folder.

3) Go to PhilzTouch recovery via pressing home + power + volume up button at the same time.

4) Make a nandroid backup if you haven't done so.

5) Go to: Wipe --> Wipe to install new ROM

7) REMEMBER THAT EVERYTHING YOU FLASH YOU DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK

6) Now go to: Install --> [*uncheck: "Don't Allow Old update-binary -->] choose the path you stored the ROM.zip --> Tape on it

7) Now the ROM is flashing. It should take less than 15 minutes till it boots.

8) Enjoy the ROM​

DOWNLOAD

FOLLOWING UPDATES ONLY OverTheAir !!!!​

Download: Direct; pCloud

MD5:686dd48efa8d10a70e2639fb5ad01f76

TWRP v2.7.0.0 or later

PhilzTouch 6.25.0 or later​

Thanks to:

-cosmyndemeter [Leak]

-ravijani [Leak]

-zhuhang [Viper4Android]

-Logel [AirCommand Themes]

*only PhilzTouch 6.25.0 and above

​

XDA:DevDB Information

PROTOTYPE v1.0.3, a ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note II

Contributors

androidsupersu

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x

ROM Firmware Required: CustomRecovery: TWRP v2.7.0.0 or later/PhilzTouch 6.25.0

Based On: Stock Android 4.4.2

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: v1.0.3

Stable Release Date: 2014-04-27

Current Beta Version: -

Beta Release Date: 2014-04-19

Created 2014-04-16

Last Updated 2014-04-27
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] androidsupersu:
Bug report Instructions​

If you want to report a bug you noticed please Use the BUG REPORT tab on top
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] androidsupersu:
MODs/[FIXes]

Viper4Android

REMEMBER: If you use other SoundMODs use “Compatible Mode”​

Add-on's:​

CREDITS:

Website:vipersaudio.com/

Installation Instructions:vipersaudio.com/ImpulseResponseSample

xda-Thread:http://xdaforums.com/Viper4Android

AirCommand Themes

REMEMBER: BEFORE FLASHING COPY YOUR framework-res.apk TO YOUR SDCARD TO RESTORE STOCK THEME​

Variants​

Screenshots: You'll fint the screenshots in "Screenshots" tab on top!!!

CREDITS:

Membersite:Logel

Downloads:

Blue Background rusted with brown centerplate

Blue Background rusted w/o brown centerplate

Silver Background rusted with brown centerplate

Installation Instructions: Flash the .zip via recovery
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] androidsupersu:
reserved

Screenshots​

http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=3714#screenshots

or

tape on the tab "Screenshots" on top
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] androidsupersu:
Reserved

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[Galaxy Note II Android Development] o1e:
permissive kernel sounds great... so will samsung smart view (tv) work? :good:
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] rraaka:
First to thank ! :)

s5 mw was a little buggy the last time it was tested but no worries...we know how to get past it !

Looking forward to this
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] MintiIceCream:
Ummm...

Titanium backup Pro is illegal if it is in a rom. Isnt it?

Just asking.

Jelly

Tapatalk 2-vel küldve az én GT-N7100-ről
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] nitol:
Yes, all paid apps should be removed. Few other apps too. [MENTION=5619282]androidsupersu[/MENTION], please remove paid apps ASAP, and release a new one, otherwise moderators will close the thread.

Regards.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] androidsupersu:
If i remove rootexplorer they don't have a text editor
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] nitol:
Try to understand buddy, this is against xda rules, you have to remove all paid apps if you want this thread alive.

Regards.

---------- Post added at 04:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:11 PM ----------

You can add es file explorer, it's free and text can be edited.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] aukhan:
This thread has been reported request you to remove the Pro apps asap.

Or the Thread will be closed.

@ androidsupersu
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Eko_Danarto:
Guys, where is the link for download this ROM?
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] rraaka:
OP, people will get their necessary apps and stuff from where they have to or already have,

but rules are rules here, a whole rom being disqualified for small squiggly apps will be so disappointing

we're all here to help
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] androidsupersu:
ROM is Uploading

I'm sorry but i can't remove and Update the Thread one Time (No PAID APPS AND THREAD UPDATED]

Ok i add Jota TextEditor (NOT PAID)