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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] B. J.:
I'm sorry. It worked on mine. But it took a few tries. The guy who was helping me said wipe cache partitions then wipe data/ factory reset from the stock recovery then flash the rom you want. He's the one who started this thread. If you quote him and ask a question he's really good about getting back to you. And really patient. I think one page back there are several exchanges that might help if you read them. I couldn't get mine to work for the longest time but he kept telling me what to do to fix every problem that came up while I was trying to get it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
As B.J. said your answer is in the last page or so. All of that info is also in the OP. If you get stuck you need to be more specific than "It didn't work." We need to know what error occurred in order to help you work it out. It makes the whole trouble shooting process easier for all. I'm not trying to discourage anyone by saying the answer is in previous posts but it gets really redundant to answer the same questions over and over again. Please don't take that the wrong way.

On a side note if your phone isn't working you have nothing to loose by trying again. Sometimes it takes a few tries. Most of the time I flash the Odin tar file and the pit file then reboot into recovery mode before it reboots into setup and factory data reset and wipe cache. Doing this usually resolves many issues with the phone not rebooting properly. More clear instructions are in the OP. Let us know if this works or not.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] caalca:
Hi, it is my first day with my galaxy S5 from verizon. I bought the SM-900V (from verizon) but I would like to flash a SM-900M o SM-900F stock firmware on this phone because I want to receive OTA updates without a Verizon SIM card. I also want to have to receive 4G with my actual operator (TELCEL from México) and debrand the phone. Is it safe to do this or do I have to flash only SM-900V firmwares?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Due to the locked boot loader you can only flash the SM-900v stock firmwares. The other firmwares won't flash and unlocking the boot loader isn't a option at this time.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] caalca:
Is there a way to receive OTA updates without a verizon SIM card?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
That I'm not sure. Maybe someone else can answer that.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
I haven't been able to since I switched out cards.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nwalker77:
I followed these instructions and im having a little bit of an issue. Every time I start up my phone it immediately brings up a box in the middle of the screen saying optimizing 3 apps. Once it does that, everything is sluggish. Especially on the swipe screen. And all my apps that are on the sd card isnt showing up. Just a blank spot for that app.

I have rooted this phone twice and it keeps doing the same thing. I dont get it. I didnt have any problems rooting my last phone. But I had to send it back to verizon and this is my replacement phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
If you followed these instructions you need to flash the NK2 kernel after you are rooted. I just noticed that important last step was left out.

Flash NK2 retail

Flash NCG kernel

Install Towelroot and "make it ra!n"

Install Busybox and run

Install Safestrap and run....

ADDED>>>Flash NK2 Kernel
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
Did you flash the NK2 kernel when you were done?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nwalker77:
Thanks!

Wonder if I should start all over again just to be on the safe side.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
No need to start over. If that's all you missed it's no big deal, you should be fine with flashing the kernel.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazychapin:
I'm on AO8 unrooted, can I just flash the NCG full tar directly, then root, install SS, and then upgrade to AO8 prerooted?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Yes, just be sure to read and follow the directions in the OP and you should be fine. You can flash up to NK2 for KitKat if you don't want Lollipoop.:D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Gary_QH:
I have the Verizon developer edition (G900VOYU1ANCG) and somehow managed to lose the backup I had of the stock system partition I made when I first started playing with it. I want to return the phone to completely stock original, unrooted and with stock recovery, but after reading this entire thread and doing a bunch of searches, I don't understand how to flash the stock NCG Rom without flashing over the boot loader. Obviously I don't want a locked boot loader. Is there an easy way to do this? What I'd really like to have is a "ready to flash" file that I can use whenever I manage to screw up the phone. It works now but has some weird problems that tells me messed up something. Help?

By the way, I'm no expert, in fact I know about enough to be dangerous but I am trying to learn. Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
I just added the NCG_Stock_Restore along with other files under the NCG link in the OP. The stock restore contains all stock images except the bootloader and will get you back to stock, unrooted and a unlocked bootloader. Back up your aboot with these instructions first if you haven't already.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Gary_QH:
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just backed up the aboot. I had to use the phone terminal emulator since I don't have linux but it seemed to work just fine. I made multiple copies and saved them in different places on different drives on my PC and also a couple of USB drives. It may be overkill but at least I know the aboot is safe. I'll try restoring the file you posted once I have some coffee in me and wake up some more. :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Gary_QH:
Ok, I flashed the phone with the NCG_Stock_Restore file and everything went well (although I was a nervous wreck until it was done). My phone now comes up as "G900VVRU1ANCG" instead of "G900VOYU1ANCG". Everything seems to work right so I guess it doesn't matter? Is there any difference? Also, as soon as everything booted up I was notified of an update to the firmware. I didn't take it as I seem to remember reading something about overwriting the boot loader. Is that right?

Anyway, thanks once again!

Gary :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Yes, do not take the update. Delete or disable the SDM.apk in the system/app folder, that's the OTA updater. Also there is SPDClient.apk in the system/priv-app folder you will want to do the same, that's the Samsung security policy updater. As for your baseband number being different I would have to say because the one I provided is for the retail phone and yours was for the dev edition. Removing the two apps will make it safe for you. I'm glad it worked for you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nwalker77:
I am still having problems with my root. I got everything working fine, following your instructions. I rooted for NK2. About a week after I root, I started having trouble with my WIFI Tether App. I turn on the app, then go to connect my laptop to the wifi and my laptop and other devices are saying limited connection. I have tried getting help from the app developer, but he cant figure out what is wrong with it. The only way I have found to fix it, is to re root the phone. Uninstalling and reinstalling the app doesnt work. Only re rooting. This app is the only reason why I root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
This is a problem with your app and not with root. Try flashing this instead of using the app. You will need safestrap and busybox installed for this.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nwalker77:
Is this for the stock wifi app? If so, is there a widget for it? Ive never messed with the stock app before, so im completely new to it.

Thanks again for your help
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Yes it's for the stock app and I think there is a toggle for it. I can't check right now because I'm stuck with my dumbphone for the weekend.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Echo_Platoon:
Thanks for this Misterxtc. I have a Verizon Galaxy S5 Developer Edition and was able to put OA8 (Lollipop) on my phone. The only thing I see that's missing is the VoLTE. I have Advanced Calling 1.0 enabled in my billing but I don't have VoLTE nor see the option in Settings to be able to enable VoLTE. How would I go about doing that?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
I'm not sure on that. I would think it should be there because the stock restore is all stock minus aboot. Maybe flash the modem, kernel and dev-ed firmware separate. As long as you don't flash the two retail labeled files you should be safe. It's good to know Lollipop works for the dev ed this way. As soon as Verizon releases it for the Note 4 I'll be all set on my dev ed Note 4 :good:. I don't use Volt so that isn't a concern for me but I would like to figure out how to get it working for others.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Echo_Platoon:
I tried this flashing everything separately afterwards but still didn't get the "Advanced Calling" option in Settings. I was consulting with jrkruse on the issue. He asked if I tried his stock ROM or MOAR ROM out, since he knew the ROMs had those options. With that suggestion, I flashed TWRP recovery and flashed his stock ROM. After doing that, I was able to see the "Advanced Calling" option in Settings. Below are my steps to doing everything on my S5 Developer Edition to get the "Advanced Calling" option. I'm not responsible for anything that happens to anyone's S5 Developer Edition, if you try this and something goes wrong; do this at your own risk.

NOTE: This is with starting with stock rooted NI2 KitKat.

1. Copy "OA8 Stock Restore" tar, "OA8 Dev-Edition Firmware Only" tar, the latest TWRP tar for Galaxy S5, the latest version of SuperSU, and jrkruse's [VZW_Stock Based TW Rom][5.0 Lollipop BOA8 Build Deodexed] ROM to the external storage (microSD card).

2. Flash TWRP recovery via Odin with only "F. Reset Time" checked.

3. Reboot into TWRP recovery.

4. Perform a factory reset and full wipe of system, cache, data, and Dalvik cache partitions.

5. Reboot into Download Mode.

6. Flash "OA8 Stock Restore" via Odin with only "F. Reset Time" checked.

7. Reboot into Download Mode.

8. Flash "OA8 Dev-Edition Firmware Only" via Odin with "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" checked.

9. After phone fully boots for the first time, reboot into Download Mode.

10. Flash TWRP recovery via Odin with only "F. Reset Time" checked.

11. Reboot into TWRP recovery.

12. Perform a factory reset and full wipe of system, cache, data, and Dalvik cache.

13. Flash jrkruse's [VZW_Stock Based TW Rom][5.0 Lollipop BOA8 Build Deodexed] ROM.

14. Flash the latest SuperSU.

15. Reboot to System. (NOTE: It will take 10 minutes or so for it to fully boot for the first time.)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] killa408shark:
[MENTION=5601139]Misterxtc[/MENTION] if I want to go back to stock and start all over again. If I go to NCG all I need to download is the full tar right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Correct or you can start from NK2 or whatever you want and then root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] killa408shark:
I tried to flash the NK2 tar through Odin last night when I clicked AP and select the tar it would hang for a few minutes and then I got an error saying the MD5 binaries didn't matched I even redownloaded the file 3 times I got the same error. I'm gonna try with a different tar
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
It's something to do with AFH, I've seen this before with other users.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] killa408shark:
I tried again this morning and it worked I was able to go back to NK2. Right now I'm on Rick V20. Thanks for all you do
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] taygutta:
Question for the pros,

Im having speed, lag, over heating, and random reboots every since I went to 5.0.

Is safe to Odin back to NK2, or how should I go about getting back to NK2.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] killa408shark:
From the OP download the full NK2 tar unzip it and flash it in odin just make sure you back up everything you have in your internal storage. If you want to reroot after there's also instructions how to root NK2.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] taygutta:
Should I then reboot into download mode and flash the modem?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] killa408shark:
You don't have to your phone will be completely stock. After you flash the tar in Odin your phone will boot up and you might get on a bootlop if you do press home button,power and volume up at the same time it will take you to the stock recovery in there do a factory reset and reboot
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] taygutta:
Thank you very much. I just always though you had to flash a modem with a tar.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crimsonedge:
I have a question. I tried looking through the post, but I'm at work and couldn't search completely. I flashed OA8 modem and upon boot everything crashes. I tried flashing the older modem, but the same thing occurred. I'm on ellywigs V2 Lollipop rom is that helps. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] chicken leg:
This happened to me once, also. The best thing to do is start over. Do a clean wipe of everything but your external card, reinstall the rom with a factory reset directly after installing rom in Safestrap and then Odin the OA8_Retail_Firmware_Only, not the modem only file. You might get mismatches in build and baseband if you flash the modem only after installing the rom.

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When reverting back to NK2 from Lollipop in Odin, sometimes it will hang on the Verizon screen while setting up, if it does just hold down volume+power+home button for several seconds and let the stock recovery come up and do a factory reset.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mbaran:
Will the OA8 update wipe /data, or should I wipe manually?

Going to try a restore on 5.0, running poorly.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
You will have to wipe manually before flashing the tar. All the tar files with the word "Home" in their title will not wipe and the ones with "Mulit-Cret" will wipe.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] lscarver:
Did this last night on NK2 build. Had to use the tr_v3.apk, but it worked perfectly! Thank you!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sasg000ch:
I am hoping that this isnt too much of a stretch to ask this on here but I thought I should give it a try.

I accidentally flashed the full tar file on my dev device. I am stuck in a bootloop, i cant get into a custom recover and the one that it kicks me into appears to be the stock one. Is there anyway of fixing this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] radionerd:
If you backed up your aboot before flashing the retail tar then you might be able to unlock again.

There is one guy that was able to convince Samsung to fix. He called the number that is on your original Developer Edition receipt. They are the only ones that might be able to help. Calling the regular support is a waist of time.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sasg000ch:
Awesome thanks man. I didnt do a backup because I thought I had downloaded the correct one.......Ill give them a call

edit: got a label to send it in!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] radionerd:
Great,

Were they 100% clear that you have a developer edition, and need the boot loader unlocked?

Just making sure, If you called 1-800-757-0280 there is a good chance they understand DE.

Most CSR's don't know what a DE is, and when it gets to the repair center they either send it back unpaired, or flashed with retail locked firmware.

Please update when you get it back :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sasg000ch:
I think so, I mentioned it multiple times. And he looked up my original order. Ill put a note in the box as well. Thanks for the heads up. Ill update after i receive it back.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] aigochamaloh:
What's the difference between the stock retail tar and the stock restore?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] con100:
So how long should I be stuck on the verizon boot screen after doing this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
^ Yes
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Boarder277:
Question, I'm on 4.4.2 running Alliance ROM, i want to Odin back to stock firmware and then take the Verizon OTA to 5.0 because my wife and I will be Edging up soon.

I have the drivers installed and have used Odin before, but im confused about exactly which file to download from the OP and flash in Odin, there are so many different downloads in the OP.

thanks for any help guys!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] killa408shark:
so i downloaded the NCG Tar and extracted the files inside. wich file am i suppose to flash on odin? theres a lot of them
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
You flash the whole tar.MD5 file without extracting.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] killa408shark:
You mean flash the zip on odin?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
Yes, that's how you flash.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Boarder277:
Im confused, when i click on the very first download link, it says for the Galaxy Note 3 on the download site.

It's the very first NC download link, is this the correct one?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
It's correct, I just uploaded it to the wrong folder on AFH. That's why it says it's for the Note 3.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Boarder277:
Ahh i see, thank you!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mervant:
:D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tcsccer10:
Back to rooted NK2

I have been out of the game as far as rooting goes.

I was on NK2 build and rooted my S5 with towel root, everything worked well with no complaints. I decided to flash to OA8 and have had a horrible experience with it.

I would like to go back to NK2 and still be rooted.

Can I just flash the NK2 Kernel using Odin and not go back to OA8?

Or do i need to go back to stock then re-root it?

Thanks for your help in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
You just need to flash an NK2 rooted rom. Done.

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You need to flash the kernel that matches your device and the Android version you're using. NI2 is the oldest version there, so you'll probably want at least an NK2 rom if not OA8 or the new 0C4, which was just released tonight.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mervant:
Thanks for the response but that was actually just my own stupidity and rushing. I was downloading the file which was taking for ever and decided to use a different mirror. Somehow the the NI2 build on that server was the wrong file. Which if I would of took the time to notice it was 80mb and downloaded in seconds instead of minutes, I would of saved myself a ton of time/headache... flashing 101... dont rush it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] smaut3:
Will you be posting the new Stock BOC4 files for the DE as well?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Sorry for the late reply, I haven't been keeping a eye on this thread. I am downloading OC4 now and will make and post a tar for the DevEd and retail sometime today. Stay tuned....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Updated OP. Finished uploading the OC4 files. DevEd included.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] smaut3:
Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mpetruzz:
I picked up an S5 after having an iPhone for a while. It has MOAR rom installed but i'm having some issues and want to reflash the rom clean. I just want to make sure I have the steps down correctly:

flash n12 kernel

boot into recovery via safestrap

flash rom

boot into download mode

flash oa8 kernel

Is that correct?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
I flash to NK2, but Yes. Or you can try the new Flashfire installer.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jhanson:
I've got a dev edition on OA8 and I'm wanting to go to OC4. What would my procedure be to get to OC4 rooted? Can I successfully run the OC4 Stock restore and then just flash SuperSu in TWRP?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Flash the OC4 Stock Restore and then TWRP and root. Make sure you delete the OTA updater. system/app/SDM.apk.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jhanson:
Worked perfectly, thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sasg000ch:
Sorry was out of the country for a bit, but i just got my phone back from with an unlocked bootloader still.

Thanks again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mike2246:
Trying to get root on G900VVRU1BOA8_G900VVZW1BOA8_G900VVRU1BOA8_HOME.zip

I'm following instructions from OP, with Odin I flashed file above, when I do next step of "G900V_NCG_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 in the AP slot" it doesn't boot and just sits at the Samsung startup screen. can't get any further.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] at0msplat:
Need help

I tried to load the NGC .tar on my stock OC4 verizon gs5 so I could do the towel root method. My phone is stuck on the bootloader and the only .tar I can get to load fully is the

Download NCG Retail Firmware

MD5: 037f38961cc669a7583934e568e6646b

all the other tar's fail for me in Odin and I am stuck with the use software repair assistant (which I don't have) I tried going into maintenance mode and and clearing the cache and factory reset afterwards, still leaves me on the boot loop. At this point I would just like to be able to use the phone again on any version. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Is there some special setting in Odin that I'm not selecting in options? I have tried to redownload the .tar files to see If I had a bad download, nothing works except that NCG retail Firmware.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
If you were able to load the retail NCG firmware, you should be good to go....towelroot, safestrap, flash LP, accept the OC4 OTA.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] at0msplat:
Even though I can get the NCG retail to load I am still stuck in the bootloop. Dont I need to get the phone to load up to do the towel root, safestrap?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] at0msplat:
Also when I go to recovery to do the wipe cache/factory reset I get a E: Failed to mount /system (Invalid argument)

I can't get anything to else to finish loading though in Odin. I always get a fail. Ughh shouldve just left it alone
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
Odin the full retail tar after wiping all but SD card. Then you can reroot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] iancarlin:
I tried to flash the OA8 files from a custom KK rom with safestrap and root, but now I'm stuck at the blue "Booting Recovery" screen. I think that means my recovery got borked. Does anyone know how to fix this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dbug2008:
What was the last version name for KK. I'm trying to revert back from lollipop for a friend and not familiar with verizon . Is it ANK2?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DHO:
Anyone with a dev edition just try updating the modem? I'm still on NCG
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DHO:
Has anyone with dev-edition had any luck with anything besides NCG?

OC4 Stock Restore + NK2 Stock Restore flash fine but bootloader hangs at 'entering recovery'

NK2 Dev-Edition Firmware Only can only boot to recovery. Hit system reboot and just goes to recovery

OC4 Dev-Edition Firmware Only - Results in the something is broken and goes to download screen.

NCG Stock Restore works fine. Wondering if it is a bootloader mismatch.

I did flash the NK2 modem only and seems to work, but I did not get a full baseband update that I am looking for.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DHO:
Flashing in this order works for dev-edition

1) OC4 Stock Restore

2) OC4 Dev-Edition Firmware Only

3) Custom Recovery

Not sure if #1 is needed
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
Did you wipe all but SD card? After you installed the ROM, did you flash the OA8 kernel in Odin?

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Yes
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] iamthedj:
i have a att galaxy s5 but my gf has the verizon version was wondering if i can flash the nk2 tar in odin and root if shes already on oc4
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] killa408shark:
Yes you can I would recommend go back to NCG easier to root and then you can flash NK2 roms
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] iamthedj:
awesome thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bdorr1105:
I did it this and the short way...Both worked fine for me
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] iamthedj:
this is the one i should use correct? ALL_VZW_G900VVRU1ANCG_G900VVZW1ANCG_964333_REV00_u ser_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar

just want to be sure because its not my phone