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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mattbirk:
First off, thanks for this ROM development, and glad you're getting close to 100% health!

I was wondering if there was an 'Explain Like I'm Five' set of instructions to install this ROM. I am currently on stock SM-G900V and just got done reading all 123 pages of this thread finally, and this ROM seems awesome. All I want is a fast phone! I have installed custom ROMs in the past, but usually always forget how after about two years of not doing it and have to figure it out again.

From what I understand, after I backup my device, what is the best way to do a clean install? And this is the first time I'm hearing of different slots.

So first question: how do I flash the ROM to the stock slot?

Then, download mode is powering device on while holding VOL DOWN/HOME/POWER BUTTON, correct?

Then I am confused about flashing the NI2 firmware tar. I know this uses ODIN.

I am going to try this later, but trying to get all information before my attempt. I will have my USB drivers installed as well as ODIN. Will this still work correctly if my phone was OTA updated to 5.0 recently?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mrjiggywiggy:
If you're on either of the 5.0s and are not already rooted (which I assume if you haven't flashed in 2 years) you need to do that first. To do that go into Odin on your computer and boot into download mode on your phone which is vol down + home + power when the device is already powered off. Download a stock ni2 tar from of the threads on the forum (I'm on mobile so I can't link you) and place that under the AP slot on Odin. Click start and it should begin to load. Next, wait for it to boot to the Verizon splash screen and then do a battery pull. Wait a few seconds and then place it back in. Boot to revovery by doing vol up + home + power and factory reset. Now start up the phone and skip as many things as possible for a faster install or set it up if you want but you'll be resetting again later. Now download towelroot onto the phone and install the apk. Also, go into the play store or download an apk of supersu. Now go into download mode again and this time flash an ncg kernel which you can get from (probably) the same thread as the ni2 tar under ap again. The phone will be really slow but open up towelroot and choose to "make it rain." Boot into download mode again and flash a ni2 kernel under ap again. Now setup supersu and download safestrap and install it from the development section. Open and install it. I haven't tried in a while, but if on reboot a screen doesn't show up saying something about recovery you're going to have to flash the ncg kernel, install safestrap again and flash the ni2 kernel again. Now download the rom. To do a clean install start off by doing a factory reset in Safestrap, which wipes /data but not the /data/media so your photos are saved. Next install the rom by selecting it when you choose install. That automatically is the stock slot. It will show options when finished, and select the wipe cache/dalvik option. Once that is done I'd suggest factory resetting again. After that click restart and select system or device or whatever one looks like a regular start. You should be all setup now. Let me know if you have any other questions.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mattbirk:
Thanks for that! Couple small questions for clarity:

What is AP slot?

I download towelroot from towelroot.com and install it that way and NOT in the Play Store?

Doesn't SuperSU come with this ROM? Also, how to I "setup supersu?"

I have never done the SafeStrap install before., I see you said to check developer options, is that where I download it from as well?

I don't use ODIN to install OptimalROM?

Sorry for all the questions, this one seems different than ones I have done in the past, which is why I try to ask the questions before breaking my phone :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mrjiggywiggy:
In Odin on the right hand side there'll be a few different areas to check. AP is the one you should use. Yes towelroot is from towelroot.com. There is none in the store. While supersu comes with the rom you need it to install safestrap. Setting up supersu is just opening it and installing the binaries. I never said anything about developer options, but you get safestrap from the development section of the forum. You install OptimalROM using safestrap.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mattbirk:
Awesome, I think I got it now. I haven't found Softstrap in the forums...well I searched it and there were thousands of hits, but I assume I can just go here: http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/how-to-safestrap/ and under "HOW DO I INSTALL SAFESTRAP?" it's the first option. Hopefully I can give this a try when I get home from work in a little bit!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mattbirk:
So I downloaded NI2 Firmware from the OP here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712474000

Booted into download mode, and loaded that file in AP, hit start, and that succeeded with the following messages: <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0) (I omitted all the other output), but said it Passed. When booting my phone, it stays in the Samsung Galaxy S5 splash screen and does not make it past that. It then reboots itself into recovery mode, so as of now it looks like I am stuck. I also did a factory reset, but that didn't fix my problem either.

Suggestions? In the meantime I am going to try and flash the NI2 file again. Thanks!

EDIT: Still no luck, unable to boot my phone. I can only get into recovery mode and download mode.

EDIT 2: I have successfully restored my phone back to stock.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
OC4 official firmware is out. Let the countdown begin :victory:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] killa408shark:
So far OC4 has been better for me than OA8 Can't wait for OR13! It's good to know you're doing better.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
I can't tell you how excited and impatient I am for or13 lol. Been on other roms for lollipop sake, but nothing quite as satisfying as OR was for me. Can't wait.. . Just wish Xposed worked on TW. I guess I'm good with just having ktoonsez kernel. But for reals, totally can't wait :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] phonefreedom:
Woohoo!!! This is great news!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] C288:
Did anyone see my post. I would really appreciate some help on why my battery life keeps dropping.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] killa408shark:
I don't know if this will work. if you're back on 4.4.4. Try to do a factory reset on settings/Back up and reset/factory data reset the phone will boot up right away go to SS recovery on the wipe menu do factory reset go to advanced and wipe everything but your SD card when you're done restore your back up of OR.

Hopefully will work good luck
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] C288:
Thanks but that didn't work. The battery life is seems fine in safe mode but when I go to battery, in setting, out of safe mode, there is no app that seems to be taking up battery life. Any ideas.

Edit: Do you think I should just do a factory reset and start from scratch.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] phonefreedom:
This is a thought.... Could the system be reindexing the phone? That would put a heavy drain on the battery resources until it finished. I seem to remember my phone did that for around 18 hours before it stored down.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] C288:
What do you mean by re-indexing. And I guess I do shut off my phone before I go to bed, so I will leave it on for a couple of days to see if it helps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] phonefreedom:
There is a service in the system that indexes all the files in order to speed up access to them. This can take up to a couple of days if you have a lot of files stored in both the internal and external storages. I hope this is your case.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] shoot2scre:
Any updates? Will updates be posted in this thread or will you create a new one for the new build?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Working on an alpha build as we speak :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] haps16:
Awesome can't wait to try it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Will be moving OR13 from alpha to beta here in a few days :victory:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] damagi123:
soooo exciting

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how can we become a beta tester? id love to test for bugs.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] phonefreedom:
Way cool! I'm looking forward to your release! :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] :
Please post pics of new rom! Sounds awesome!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] shoot2scre:
Can't wait to finally move up to Lollipop.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tymestomp:
Same here!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] JOrkin:
Really looking forward to seeing this. Is there anything I can do to prepare? I'm on Optimal 12 now. Does it make any sense to move to a OA8 stock ROMs first?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] shoot2scre:
Great question... I was wondering the same thing.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Not really worth moving to a stock oc4 rom unless you're wanting to get a feel for lollipop beforehand, which would be helpful. Will recommend a clean flash when upgrading anyway. Plus with you guys the current functionality of safestrap, it'd just be extra hoops to jump through when or13 is out.

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Quie2TP:
Dark Theme for OR13

Will this release be dark themed or a dark inverted theme available? Just wondering because I am more prone to dark themed roms. Thanks for all the hard work, can't wait for OR13.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] locomotive96:
Hey I installed this Rom about a day ago and have noticed that cell standby/phone radio is taking up quite a bit of my battery life. I'm in an area with pretty decent signal. Is there anything that you can recommend? I really like the speed of this Rom and the battery life screenshot looks amazing lol.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tymestomp:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60051383&postcount=1244

?..maybe
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Screenshot it and post here, include current battery percentage and total screen on time at time of screenshot. Usually cell standby doesn't affect anything, just looks like it is if the phone idles alot. I want to see what you're talking about tho

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] locomotive96:
Thank you guys for responding but it actually cleared itself up going through the day today. Don't know if I just hit a rough patch or something. :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] careingemt:


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Hello

I installed optimal rom on my S5 Saturday afternoon. I'm noticing some issuses. 1) was not able to share any apps from the playstore. 2.) skype ... I went to hit letter H and my phone rebooted when it came bak up I had to sign in again .....

Any ideas why apps are crashing

Thanks

Fran
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
What firmware are you on? If not ni2 or nk2 flash the firmware zip. Try a clean flash again if you are on ni2/nk2 already.

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] careingemt:
I am on NI2 .... as the instructions state ...

"You will need to flash the NI2 firmware located HERE"

Therefore I was not aware you could be on any other firmware than what the instructions state .... I'm not trying to be sarcastic just trying to learn as I'm new here .... I haven't had any issuses since Saturday the day I installed it .... I Remer reading about indexing ...... Could this have my case since no future issues .... would you still do a wipe and start over ?

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
If you are having app crashing issues I would wipe and start over. When I ran this rom I didn't have those kind of issues, I haven't been since lollipop came out though.

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] careingemt:
Ok thank you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SyntaxErr:
Thank you!

It's this ROM that got me off my brick. I am so thankful for the directions and links being so very extensive and helpful in this and the other threads. KUDOS to all who give their time here! :D

:good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] flashhsalf:
Can we use the Flashfire method to install this ROM? (http://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433)

Anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SkinnyT:
Agreed. I want to downgrade from lollipop but won't have access to Odin for a few days. Flashfire would make life easy.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] suprdave2:
MMS seems to not be sending in this ROM. I flashed everything clean and checked that the firmware loaded is NI2. When sending it just spins.

Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
[MENTION=4549354]BigBot96[/MENTION] Hey bud. How's progress? Looking forward to beta testing for you whenever you're ready to pass it out to us testers. Just wondering because I haven't seen you on for a while. Hope all is well.

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Quie2TP:
Are you running an ad blocker? Sometimes they will block those. Add

mms.vtex.com to your white list.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] purplepenguin:
Can't wait till this comes out. I love everything about the 4.4.4 version. CANNOT WAIT.

My only question/request would be: Could some type of Privacy Guard (Cyanogen) be implemented on a ROM like this? That would be a game changer for me and would make this just about perfect. Controlling permissions for things like Facebook is very important to me. For now, I just don't have it installed on my device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Hey man. Still here! Been working extra hours and a lot of work around the house the past two weeks. Not much time... Actually have some time this afternoon :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Should be able to as there doesn't seem to be anything special in that regard. However, I've not tested it so I can't verify.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Beta 1 is out to my testers. :victory:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ImYoungxD:
Is Lollipop any good ? I hear a lot of complaints and people downgrading back to 4.4

I am going to wait it out until I get a lot of positive responses before upgrading
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
OC4 is wonderful. OA8 (the first LP from vzw/samsung) was a bit on the unstable side for myself.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tymestomp:
Is anyone looking at trying to run Xposed? If no one has yet I can beta test that for you and give it a shot. I am not really sure if its just the new firmware that is unable to run it on Lollipop but it would be nice to have. Im sure if it is firmware then the developer would have to solve it. Just trying to help out.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SkinnyT:
Is there a way to enable the hidden menus on this rom. My screen rotation has been borked for some time now and I want to try and do some diagnostics in there. I've gone back to stock many times too and that hasn't worked.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] glicholas:
Can I install via flashfire if I'm on an OC4 rom? If so, can someone explain what I need to setup inside of flashfire (including app backup and restore if possible). If I can't use flashfire, then how can I get back to Safestrap from an OC4 rom? I see most posts say to flash NL2 firmware, which will allow you to boot into safestrap. However, I think I installed safestrap from NCG, will that make a difference? I've been trying to piece this information together on my own, but I haven't been able to find anything definitive yet. Any help is appreciated!

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
If you want safestrap, any Kitkat firmware would do the job. Ncg, ni2, etc. Flashfire if I'm not mistaken it doesn't matter so you can install on oc4. I have twrp so I don't use either option, but from what I've seen rom version/firmware doesn't matter.

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5

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Xposed is not compatible with Samsung lollipop still.

Does it not work at all or is it slow or what's going on? Use galaxy tools app (can find it on xda) to access hidden menu. It's alot easier than the normal methods.

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SkinnyT:
It hasn't worked at all for months.

I found a post which pointed me to the hidden menu file which I then turned ON. I was able to run a test on the gyroscope which very quickly failed. I'm back to believing that it's a hardware thing.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
I've read of a few possible fixes.

Unchecked auto rotate, power off/ back on, and recheck auto rotate.

Whack the back of your phone toward the middle on something like a chair, not hard enough to break it, to trigger recalibration.

Hold phone and do figure 8's while rotating it.

Use gps status and toolbox app to try to recalibrate compass and gyroscope

Just a few things I read. If they don't work I would assume hardware failure

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SkinnyT:
Yeah, I've tried all of those things so far with no luck. Thanks though. I'm tempted to take it apart and see what I can find.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] amosavitas:
I just had the same issue on the modded boc4 build. A wipe and reflash took care of it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SkinnyT:
Tried that too, several times. Even re-partitioned the file system.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
It would point to hardware problem at that point, not sure what to look for when you open it up though

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] saycbone:
How's the Beta1 looking Boys and Girls?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
I think it's nice, but I'm bias :P
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] amosavitas:
Paramount news, makes me happy as a pig in sh*t, I'd lost faith on solid dev support for this device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] tymestomp:
I know everyone has their preference of ROM for whatever device they have but I agree with you here. The best ROM going and just waiting on the update.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] fukenbiker:
I flashed optimalrom yesterday. I used SS to backup my stock rom and put it in a rom slot1 and I'm glad I did. I am reporting that OptimalRom will not 'power down' all the way off. The two keys either side of the home button stay lit, and also the notification light at the top stays blue. I have to pull the battery to get it turned off, which is a bit of a hassle with an otter box. I booted SS and went back to my stock rom for now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
If you've read up on this more you would have seen that this is a problem with Safestrap, not OptimalROM. I strongly discourage the use of ROM slots and recommend the use of the stock slot.

Or, you can install this patched version by muniz_ri.

**Updated** Safestrap-G900V-3.75-KitKat.apk w/Working ROM Slots

Do some research before blaming the ROM :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Hopefully we'll see a release this afternoon for OR13 :victory:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] shoot2scre:
You know it's not nice to tease!

Looking forward to moving up to Lollipop.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jagrave:
Looking forward to it!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Quie2TP:
Will we be able to use jk 's dark theme on this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
I don't know as I've not looked at it. Somebody can test it after release and report back.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Quie2TP:
K, thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
If you are talking about the dark it up theme in the themes section, no. It's based on ni2 kitkat. Unless there's one I haven't seen.

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Quie2TP:
Nah, I was referring to the dark theme from jk for his boc4 build.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] purplepenguin:
holy crap yes please release I'm starved for a 5.0 streamlined rom. any known bugs to be warned about? <3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Well as long as it's based on oc4 it will most likely be fine, but idk if it has a flashlight toggle and other things built in to the theme, which is some of the features included in the rom. I haven't looked into it much. Be wary that it might break a few things, emphasis on might. If you try it and some things are missing/don't work you know where it is. But it could very well work fine just make a backup beforehand.

Sent from my Supercharged KT Powered S5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
THE MOMENT HAS ARRIVED

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2015-05-18

OptimalROM Release 13

Updated to Android 5.0 OC4

SYSTEM

DeKnoxed system

Removed Tether Provisioning checks

Removed Verizon OTA updater

Removed 200mb Worth of How-To Videos

Read/Write to external storage

SuperSu by chainfire

Performance Improvements

Image Quality Improvements

Video Quality Improvements

Battery Conservation Improvements

Slimmed down

Busybox

Native Call Recording

Camera Shutter sound toggle in Camera Settings Menu

init.d support

zipalign /system/app, /system/priv-app, and /data/app at boot

Disabled battery cover popup

INTERFACE

Hidden Toggles

Android L UI sounds

Removed power on sound

Samsung GS5 Boot Animation (not VZW branded)

Removed annoying TouchWiz text on blank launcher pages

Galaxy S6 Keyboard

Galaxy S6 Browser (S Browser)

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A SM-G900V

RETAIL ONLY: You will need to flash the OC4 firmware located here --> OC4_FW_BigBot96.tar.md5

DevEd: Flash a compatible kernel from the Original Development thread.

IF YOU DO NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS.. STOP HERE!

RETAIL

A full wipe is only necessary if coming from a different ROM, all updates can be dirty flashed (unless otherwise noted).

BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!

If you are NOT on OC4 firmware:

Place ROM zip on SD card and reboot to Safestrap.

Backup

Wipe data/system/cache/dalvik... everything (except SD cards).

Flash ROM zip

Advanced reboot to Download Mode

Flash OC4_FW_BigBot96.tar.md5 in ODIN and let system boot completely

To enable extra toggles:

Place OC4_Extra_toggles[1].zip on SD card and reboot to download mode.

Flash NK2_kernel_BigBot96.tar.md5 in ODIN

Reboot to Safestrap

Flash the OC4_Extra_toggles[1].zip then advanced reboot to download mode

Then flash the OC4_kernel_BigBot96.tar.md5 in ODIN and reboot normally.

If already on OC4 firmware:

Place ROM zip on SD card and reboot to download mode.

Flash NK2_kernel_BigBot96.tar.md5 in ODIN

Reboot to Safestrap

Backup

Wipe data/system/cache/dalvik... everything (except SD cards).

Flash ROM zip

Advanced reboot to Download Mode

Flash OC4_kernel_BigBot96.tar.md5 in ODIN

After system boots, follow the above steps to get back to safestrap and flash OC4_Extra_toggles[1].zip. Then flash the OC4_kernel_BigBot96.tar.md5 in ODIN to reboot normally.

DevED

DO NOT FLASH OC4 FIRMWARE ON A DEVELOPER EDITION UNLESS YOU WANT TO LOCK YOUR BOOTLOADER!!!

Flash a compatible kernel

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Have a look at the Change Log for details for each individual release.

**Release 13-1**

**MIRROR**

MD5 hash:a9d7e0262a0387d4d141ce97fe5e318f​