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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ZangetsuSX:
Finally received the OTA Update early this morning. What I really want is Lollipop already. I'm curious though as to why the new Samsung boot animation shows the new powered by android logo (Lollipop Style lettering at the bottom).
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Done.

I have noticed that so far

The Wireless Charging sound is now gone (finally!)

The camera appears to load quicker for me, probably placebo effect

My phone latches on to B41 LTE2500 from much, much further out

My phone book actually downloaded over my bluetooth connection to my Dodge Durango Uconnect system (huge win there)

Lock screen dots look different

There's now a verified area of settings for apps that are allowed to send text messages to avoid scams/phishing, which is nice although I can't seem to find that settings area again after it popped up

Signal Check Pro now reports neighboring cells and PCI information

What else are people seeing? Not ready yet to switch over to ART, but hopefully that runs smoother too.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ZangetsuSX:
When I did the OTA update this morning I was running ART smoothly. After rebooting from update install I experienced a bunch of issues including freezing, slow system response, applications force closing, so I switched back to Dalvik runtime which got rid of all problems at once.

So for now, I won't be switching back to ART until there's solid evidence of it working properly for some of you out there.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
What is the new "HD Voice icon"?? What's that mean?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] lilflip21:
Hmm was gonna skip this and wait for 5.0 but starting to sound like the radio/modem updates make this worthwhile after all.. thanks!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
yeah, I'm picking up B41 inside my office now. That is nothing short of amazing. I used to roam here before Network Vision ever started. Then I could sporadically get B25LTE when that went live. Then much stronger B26LTE (obviously) when that was turned on. Now with this update to NK4, I'm sitting at my desk with a -108dBm B41 signal with 31 down and 14 up. They did something to the modem for sure with this, you will won't see any difference in signal bars (< -100 is still 1 bar), but I'm getting a more solid connection in my usual places.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
Well, won't be until tonight until I can test this. However, you can add the following alt mirror up for the tarball:

http://rwilco12.com/downloads.php?d...print) (SM-G900P)/Stock ROMs/NK4/Original TAR
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
[MENTION=4194834]garwynn[/MENTION] I'm uploading the stock tarball to AFH as well. I'll PM you the link when it is ready so you have another mirror if you need it.

I've already finished the NK4 deodexed rom. It wont run properly without the full OTA bootloader though. I tried just flashing the NK4 modem but it wasn't enough to get a 100% working rom. :rolleyes:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] creepsi10:
Can I do the OTA if I'm rooted with Towelroot, or do I have to unroot first? I don't mind losing root.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Did anyone happen to grab the GOTA link? I didn't, but could post that in the OP if people still needed it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Whats that?

BTW, the OTA tarball does not wipe data which is going to cause problems so a full wipe in custom recovery is recommended before flashing the OTA tar.

I've uploaded the full OTA tar here if anyone needs it as well and we should have a Data wipe version soon too:

G900PVPU1ANK4_G900PSPT1ANK4_SPR.zip
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
G

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ir server update link. It's a long string of what the update file is actually called directly from Google's servers, as in that's what gets pushed to your phone when your magic number is up. That way people can just download it and install it from recovery. Like stock recovery and stock set ups. It's a more official way to get an update without waiting. Just an alternative to modified files of any sort.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Oops sorry, didn't see you already posted a mirror on the OP for the tarball.

Maybe place the mirror link on the next line by itself so its easier to see?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Fixed. Thanks for the the suggestion.

I'll post anything that's "official" in this thread, meaning like official unmodified NK4 (or later versions). Not modified ROMs. That's for the Dev sections.

Is there anything else you suggest that I post in the OP?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Nope, it all looks good.

Got a good chuckle too when someone posted that they'd rather wait for Android 5.0 since its due out the first week of December. LOL

(definitely not true of course ;))
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
I wish... people can dream, can't they?! :silly:

Hey [MENTION=2663101]mmark27[/MENTION] ya know how you have in the OP "if you don't know what the tarball is, don't download it"... maybe put in a short description of what it is/does. It's fairly simple IMO and shouldn't really confuse people! Just my $0.02.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
that's fine, please write me a short description of what could/should be done with it then.

unpack and flash the zip in odin? what slot? etc.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
He can borrow some of the instructions I posted here for flashing OTA tar:

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s5/development/stock-rom-ni3-kitkat-rom-t2886171

Don't leave out that download mode should be accessed from a powered off state. It seems to be important to get the full tar to take, especially the modem.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Unzip the tarball

Wipe your phone in recovery; wipe data/cache/dalvik/system bc you might run into problems

Open odin and place in PDA/AP and boom you're good to go!

Now you will be on 100% stock NK4 with the 100% stock unrooted ROM and the NK4 modem.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Umm, my OTA tar was from sammobile, Rwilco12's is different.

Has anyone flashed Rwilco's NK4 that can verify if it wipes internal storage & data (either/or)?

The one from sammobile.com does not wipe either storage through Odin.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Well, even if it does why not be extra cautious and just wipe anyways, it's only an extra couple seconds of work ;)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Normal wipes in recovery do not wipe the internal SD.

Its extremely important to note if internal storage gets wiped. I'm backing up now to flash the OTA provided on the OP to see and I'll report back.

---------- Post added at 03:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:34 PM ----------

Ok, neither wipe Data or internal storage.

However, a full normal wipe is recommended since flashing without wiping data will result in the data apps force closing.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
That's why I recommended to wipe system aka internal SD :)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
Well, THAT was fast!

They must be working in double time. Day after we get our OTA.

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SM-G900P-SPRINT/NKB.rdf

Time to get this out in the news.

(For those that didn't catch, that's a new version in that RDF....)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Whoa. There's hope for Sprint to get back in front!

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Cooljb:
NK4 is official

NK4 is up on Samsung Opensource site:

http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sm-g900p
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
ha ha, right? Just check the OP and the last couple pages. This all happened yesterday.

NKB is Android 5.0 and is in testing.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
okay, does the OP sound fine now?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Sergekarol:
Yes no problem. And root but towelroot may not work.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
NKB sounding more realistic, this looks SMOOOOTH:

[YOUTUBE]watch?v=j7LFgUgqI1E[/YOUTUBE]
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Cooljb:
I realized that after I had posted. Didn't see the other post about NK4. Mods were mad about that post too - referred back to this thread.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
It's alright, they run a tight ship out there, which is good. Come in here where its cozy and safe.

Honestly, I'd rather have a dedicated single thread to observations for 4.4.4 (NK4) and then this separate thread for the RDF / new builds posting/general discussion about that, but not anything related to towelroots and whatnot. However, I don't work here, I just report the news.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] rukin1:
I have to agree ^.^. It makes no sense, this thread is dedicated to the discussion of the rdf page and updates to it. We don't need off topic posts really
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Jay5583:
We're at NKD now

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SM-G900P-SPRINT/NKD.rdf
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
How do you know that..??
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] rukin1:
Because it says lol
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] zune70:
Lol
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
This really made my weekend to know they are already testing it!! Maybe we get a nice X-Mas present?! :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Just picked up a gold S5 for my wife with the new Loyalty Lease program! $5 for life! Pretty sweet deal. Also, the gold S5 looks way better than I thought it would in person.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Sammobile.com posted a new video on Youtube for the S5 Android 5.0.

They even said they expect the release in December as well.

http://www.sammobile.com/2014/11/21/exclusive-second-preview-android-5-0-lollipop-on-the-galaxy-s5/

[YOUTUBE]j7LFgUgqI1E[/YOUTUBE]
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Should we start a pool for what we think the build number for Lollipop will be for our phones?

I'm going to guess that they'll want to wait for a December build since December is "L" in the Samsung build lingitty.

My guess will be "NL6"
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Ok so is it just me and I'm going crazy/seeing things.... but if you freeze at 1:37 doesn't it say SM-G900P (aka the Sprint S5!)?!!?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
F

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Ahhh.... so I am going crazy, thanks for confirming -_-
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Ha ha, I really like how excited you are though. The international version is "F" which would look a lot like P in a video.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Maybe they are skipping 4.4.4 entirely for the international version. I don't think they even have it yet. I went through there over the weekend just to check.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
Carriers may have opted to skip it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
What is your prediction for 5.0 to Sprint? J/w.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
We just saw that Samsung had two teams working on two separate builds for the S5 - one for 4.4.4, another for 5.0

Do I think it's already in the works? Absolutely. But then there's the Q/A testing, and that's always the unknown.

Look how long they tested the G3's ZV5 to abandon it and then go with ZV6 instead. And oddly enough that STILL hasn't been pushed.

My guess: Business likes to wrap things up at end of quarters.

I think they have a target of end of the year but it will come down to Q/A passing if it happens or not.

(Edit: Whoops: Thought this was G3, not S5. Adjusted accordingly, same goals probably for both though)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
What is Q/A testing?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
Quality Assurance testing. Every release doesn't just go out blind.

It gets tested internally by the manufacturer and then goes out to a secondary (and larger) testing to try and catch as many issues as possible before release.

Unfortunately we're generally not privy to those details since those comments and test builds are covered by non-disclosure agreements.

That's why you often see so many builds between releases, each one usually corrects one or more issues or tests a different scenario.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
I also think that Samsung's Mobile division is now under an extreme amount of pressure. Failed sales projections and device shipments (not to say the S5 is a failure of a device, it isn't) for 2014 is a big deal. If they get run over with upgrades to Lollipop, their image will be further tarnished and they know it. I'm guessing that we're going to see a lot of updates (on Samsung phones around the globe) before Christmas. The competition has never been more fierce in the Android space and the behemoth Samsung is starting to feel some pressure (despite still have a super dominant lead on the others). Exciting times for consumers.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Agreed 100% that's why I'm predicting a nice Xmas present from Sammy for us S5 users!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
NKF

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Our man [MENTION=4194834]garwynn[/MENTION] has a leaked NKD build up:

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s5/development/odin-sm-g900p-nkd-test-build-restore-t2953794

Added to OP as well.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Told ya we'd get 5.0 by December :)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
FYI, new video from [MENTION=3257216]qbking77[/MENTION] for the S5

http://youtu.be/_4VyhJmC68c

[YOUTUBE]_4VyhJmC68c[/YOUTUBE]

Looks much like what we saw on the Sammobile videos. I will say that the camera looks like it opens ridiculously fast as well as having a new shutter sound.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
NL1 is up for testing (no leaks)

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Gonna guess it's another 5.0 build?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ZangetsuSX:
I've been testing NKD and though it looks nice and UI is faster than the previous version, there's still some bugs that I want to report. This isn't a rant or anything of the sort just a list of things to expect if you're thinking of flashing this test build:

1) Gmail app force closes every now and then. I discovered that updating the profile (under system update) takes care of that problem.

2) Sometimes while on Chrome you'll notice that scrolling gets stuck for a few seconds but then goes.

3) There was one day last week where my friends mentioned that they tried calling me multiple times and it kept on going directly to voicemail. I live on a very fast and reliable LTE area and have very good reception so don't know if it was some kind of problem with the radios.

4) Phone completely crashed on Sunday morning due to a "fatal modem error" the screen kind of looked like the stock recovery interface but different. It had some weird data on it and a green android in the middle of the screen. I just simply held down the power button until it rebooted. Right after coming around I did a PRL & Profile Update and it hasn't happened again until now.

Well, that's about it. Certainly these bugs will be taken care of once we get the official update but until then this shall do.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
Thanks for posting this but it really should go here instead of this thread. This is only for new RDFs. Thanks!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Bro the same thing happened to me Sunday as well, did it happen to be Sunday night lol? It was really weird I deada$$ thought my phone broke lol..
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
NL2 now
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
NL2 official dropped for the Poland version (the F) a couple of days ago.

---------- Post added at 05:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:04 AM ----------

I think I'll port it. I bet it will run on our phone.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Done! NL2 international OTA is booting. :)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] zune70:
Well dam you never stop working!! Thanks for all your hard work!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Alright [MENTION=5102294]JoeFCaputo113[/MENTION] please make sure you're sitting down:

The "latest" is now listed as NKF. This "could" mean that we'll see a source drop soon. OR it could mean nothing. It just updated today from NE5.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

So hype!! Although root is extremely finicky, but I'll deal!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Also, for folks, I've added a link to this nifty chrome extension called Page Monitor: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/page-monitor/pemhgklkefakciniebenbfclihhmmfcd

You can have it watch static pages and it'll notify you of changes. For example, I've got it set up for the "latest" RDF page as well as the opensource page. What I haven't figured out is a good way to monitor for the new pages (ie, *.NL1.rdf or NL2.rdf) but I'm working on a bash script to run those for me automatically and then push them through via pushbullet when it finds a new one (it's kinda working, but sloppy). If any of your geniuses know how to do this better, please let me know!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
How would I set that up?! Pretty cool, I just DLed the extension.

Nevermind figured it out haha. But what's the difference between THIS PAGE and THIS PAGE ?! Also, where can I find the opensource page? Thanks bud.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
The page that is off the "latest" URL is normally what our phones currently have on them or it is a version that Sprint is just about to release (hence my earlier posting about you were potentially going to be excited, and you clearly are). The ones that just end in the version number (ie, NL1.RDF or NL2.RDF) are ones that appear when they are testing them. In general, history has shown that it's fairly predictable that the ones under the "latest" URL page are the ones we are just about to get (if we don't already have). However, this is not a rule and the "latest" URL could be updated to show a more recent test build of NL1 or something. The best predictor is when the opensource page is updated with the new version.....then the OTA follows a couple days later.

The open source page link is in the OP, and you can monitor that page as well. All details are updated the in OP as needed, so please check there often.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
SWEEEEEEEEET! Just monitered all three pages in preparation for 5.0.... That'd be dope as hell if we got it like next week!!!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
And there's this app too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.christofferalf.webpagemonitor&hl=en
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] emanuelrv:
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=g900p this is samsung opensource in the open source last version is G900PVPU1ANK4
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Already in OP
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] rukin1:
NKF is up!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Where? No source yet.....Already in "latest" yesterday.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Still no source posted :( , but I wanted to update this thread (and the OP, which is done already) with instructions on how to grab the GOTA link address since I feel that an update is probably coming soon. If you have another easier way to grab said link, please sound off, but this is a pretty simple method that I found over at Droid-Life for Nexus devices and it works for our phones too.

GOTA link is the URL from the

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ir server that gets pushed to our phones when we're up for an update. However, one can manually pull this file if you know the magic URL string. That's something that starts with the android.clients.google.com__________ then a bunch of random letters and numbers after it ending in a .zip. Follow the instructions here (and in OP) to grab that for us.

How to grab the GOTA link to share: (from Droid-Life posting)

Install the Android SDK, enable USB debugging (does NOT require root), (great video from [MENTION=3257216]qbking77[/MENTION] here) on your computer

When prompted to download an update, immediately plug your phone into that computer (with the SDK installed)

From that computer open a command prompt and type "adb logcat" and hit enter (information will start spewing from your phone to the command window)

THEN tap the download the update button on your phone, monitor the information from the logcat and find the URL (should start with "android.clients.google.com")

Might be easiest to copy the logcat into a text file and search for it

Once you have the URL, please post it in this thread so we can put it in the OP
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] jarablue:
Wonder how long Sprint will take to deploy this. Is it worth upgrading to at the moment?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
NL2 up. Since NKF is now in latest I would think it's our next planned OTA.

It can drop within 2-4 weeks of appearing so realistically possible this month, maybe right before New Year's.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SM-G900P-SPRINT/NL8.rdf

NL8 (still 5.0)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redsocks95:
i have a problem with my i9505 updated to kitkat 4.4.2: wifi signal is very very low and i can connect only if i am near to my router ( max 4-5 metres) ... if I go little further ( or in other rooms where other phone works perfectly with wifi ), I lost the signal and the phone disconnects. Anybody could help me ? it could be something such as broken wifi antenna?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redsocks95:
here is it:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Firmware seems ok and you have wifi how I see. It isnt normal that ur phone haven't wifi and other phones yes. Wifi antenna can be broken or maybe is about config of the router.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redsocks95:
problem is that I have 2 bars of signal even though i am a few feet from the router...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NetaA:
I don't think it's a hardware issue if it's only since his update.. to much of a coincidence for my taste.

From what I now, these antennas are very very sensitive. Is your phone using any sort of custom software? (kernel, recovery, ROM etc..)

I did a bit of googling and this issue is somewhat known. Advice there was to factory reset your device.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redsocks95:
no , firmware is 100% stock...i've already tried to wipe data/facotory reset and wipe cache and reflash stock firmware with odin
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NetaA:
Maybe try flashing back to 4.3. If the issue resolves, just keep it until an update is published.

If it persists then it probably is a hardware issue, in that case you need to get it fixed.

All the best :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
It's not possible flash android 4.3 without void the warranty. And ODIN dont let you downgrade either. Unique solution if your phone don't have normal WIFI signal is get it to one service center.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] reliablesoft:
There are 30 unique images of TyTN as well as feature comparison with K-JAM , JazJar and JAMin. For all images and feature comparison click http://www.mypocketpcmobile.com/PocketPCArticle38/tabid/111/Default.aspx
[General Questions and Answers] avi312singh:
Hi there i followed a guide on this site which invovled me setting up two primary partitions on my sd card, one in FAT 32 and the other in EX2 format, this was because one of the partitions can only be used for games while the other one was going to be used for apps. However i think my phone can only recognise one of the partitions and uses this for both apps and data, is there anyway to navigate to or access the other partition that is not in use so I can store music, movies on it.... Thanks

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-lDUT_dvGKrU/U4YpOwT43EI/AAAAAAAABkA/Rp6j0zrZX6w/s0-U-I/Screenshot_2014-05-28-19-14-47.png