yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] gr8wing:
I can't even determine what side of the computer the problem is. The pc sees it get plugged in, starts loading the software, then gets stuck. Looks like the puter is hanging up on loading the drivers, but when I plug in all of my other samsung devices, they work fine.

One question before I go back and do it all over again, when I had to flash an older kernel to be able to root, should I be reflashing a newer kernel after that?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jagrave:
Yeah. After you root reflash the ni2 kernel.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
What jgrave stated.

Also, have you tried on a different computer yet?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] gr8wing:
That did it. Thanks for the help. A lot of frustration over a simple problem.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Glad you got it sorted :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
huh.. well the HDD in my linux box just crashed.. SOOOooooo I won't be able to update anything for a little while until I can get another HDD :/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SightSeeker:
I'm having an issue where I flash the rom then the firmware in slot one and everything works but when I reboot systemui crashes and everything is fubar after that. It doesn't reboot into recovery either I have to do a battery pull. I did this off a freshly created slot. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
The first two versions of SS have screwed up slots. Only the stock slot works properly. A user posted an updated SS the supports slots. Try it out.

**Updated** Safestrap-G900V-3.75-KitKat.apk
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Hollywood67:
Had a similar thing happen to me. Bricked my S4 because it . Hope that doesn't happen for you too. Tried everything to recover but to no avail.

Ooh well, I am enjoying the S5 would have never left the S4 otherwise.

Keep us posted.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SightSeeker:
That worked. Thanks brah.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Got myself another HDD so I'll get getting things back up tonight. w00t!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
[MENTION=4549354]BigBot96[/MENTION] I have to come clean and say I cheated on you a little with moar 2.2 on sprint with jrkruses patch (I swear nothing happened, and it was only for science....) She was pretty but her personality and performance just didn't do it for me like this does. It was only for a few days and I'm back because I missed lovely OR. I restored my backup and I think the rom knew I committed some rom infidelity.. It gave me issues lmao. I had to clean install again and set everything back up. But I promise I'm back for good! Will you forgive me and take me back?!

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Hmm... Its OK. I understand a phones desire to explore its ROMuality. If its CPU is soldered on right, it'll come to its senses when it realizes not all ROMs can get its frequencies going the way it wants :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] kthorpe88:
If I'm NI2 already do I have to reload that with odin coming from a different rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Nope. Just flash the ROM and you're good to go.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] kthorpe88:
Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Appreciate you understanding and going along with the humor :).. This thing idled 9 hrs overnight and didn't drop a single % lol :D

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Must be nice having a custom kernel.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Yes sir :)

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Gotta love it. This rom with ktoonsez on my settings (balanced power and battery settings with -70mv undervolt across all frequency ranges) and a few extra initd scripts is simply the best to me out of every rom I've ran.. And I have tried several. Keep up the good work :)

Note: I did get 8 hr screen on time with extreme syndicate before but that was at the sacrifice of slightly over done debloat, which was a great rom, rip. For users wanting an experience without sacrificing features.. This is #1!

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] killa408shark:
[MENTION=4549354]BigBot96[/MENTION] I always thought this rom was on ART until today I found out it was on Dalvik. I know Xposed breaks ART but the phone being on Dalvik do you think it's safe to install Xposed? Do you recommend it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
BigBot himself does not used Xposed, I remember him previously stating he had no experience with it. However, as long as you exercise caution and do not go module-happy or download ANY modules that are not definitely compatible with touchwiz and the s5 in particular, you should not have any issues... conversely, should you try to download a vanilla android module such as Gravitybox and you may need 6 FDR's, 3 tibu restores, and some strong narcotics to make your head stop hurting (I speak from experience). Xposed definitely enhances the experience I have with my device and causes me no issues as I am on Dalvik, and I have 10 modules installed, 7 of them active at all times... just use caution in what modules you download, and I would recommend backing up before installing Xposed in case you do somehow screw something up... can always Nandroid back to where you were. AFAIK you would have to be a real moron to do any permanent damage to your phone with Xposed... hope this helps.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
As long as you're on Dalvik you're good to use Xposed if you want to, just stay on dalvik and be careful with the mods you use. Several modules work fine. I personally use gravity box for a few things and it's fine, no negative impact. I also use a few mods (non ui) like amplify, YouTube adaway etc. They work good too.

Just remember it's your own risk and if you end up with issues that are related to modules, don't blame the rom/developer :)

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] rhodiggah:
I also use Xposed with this ROM and it runs great, just be careful and choose wisely on the modules you use. I too am jealous that you get to use [MENTION=4325945]ktoonsez[/MENTION] kernels. It sucks having a locked bootloader... The S5 with this ROM is A+ all the way...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Thanks for all the positive feedback, guys :highfive:

The ROM defaults to dalvik as does every 4.4.x (I think). ART is fully functional but if you install xposed it will break ART and default back to dalvik.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] saintanthony:
Have you run into problems with any specific modules?

Is anyone else having issues with the IR blaster? It doesn't respond in some apps, and seems to be extremely large in others.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
'I'm not sure what feature of GravityBox I used that caused it, but that module being incompatible with the S5 absolutely wrecked my phone for a while.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
I only use hardware key remap (left key menu long press home recents) center clock and battery icon. Gotta be careful what you use I guess

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
2014-11-24

Release 12-6

Fixed Private Mode

Updated all apps

New Material Design inspired default background

[IMG="Material Home"]http://garrettek.com/android/SM-G900V/rom_header/home.png[/IMG]

Dirty flash is OK.

If you want the private mode toggle, you must do either or these two options:

A. Clean flash R12-6

OR

B. Using a SQLite editor:

-Open Settings Storage > settings.db > system

-Search for: notification_panel_active_app_list

--ADD..

PersonalMode;

... to:

notification_panel_active_app_list_for_reset

and

notification_panel_active_app_list

-Save and reboot phone

*** Release 12-6 ***
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] CamCroz99:
I'm on NI2 right now. Can I just make a ROM slot and install this along side my stock? I have installed ROMs before but that was before my phone forced NI2.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
You'll have issues I would flash over stock. With this you wouldn't need stock anyway :)

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Yeah. Supposedly the newest release of Safestrap by [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION] is capable of using ROM slots, but I've no experience with it. I honestly just recommend flashing to stock slot as there really isn't a reason not to. If you're worried about losing your stock ROM, just backup via safestrap then copy the backup dir from external_sd/twrp/[device id]/[backup name] to your computer, ZIP the directory, then drop it on dropbox or something.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
That's exactly what I did with my stock, except with twrp. Saves you space on phone storage too just back it up and copy it to your computer and copy it back and restore if you ever need it.

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Appears Alliance support has indeed stopped, will be jumping to this rom in the next week. really wish i did not need to keep these recordings on my phone in tact, ready to flash now lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Welcome to the party :D

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] fantasy2c:
Smoothest rom I've found for this phone, tried others and just have to come back to optimal. Best battery life too. I average 2.5 days a charge n 6-8 hrs sot :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
I see there is a flashlight toggle, but does this rom include a bright torch? Wasn't sure if the torch volume button indicated it does, or if I should try to Tibu restore my CM torch from Alliance... not too keen on installing a flashlight app with all the spying they are known to do and the stock flashlight on the S5 is awful.. I need to use a bright torch on quite a regular basis but don't want to restore anything I don't need to in Tibu for obvious reasons. Preparing to flash in the next few days, just trying to make sure I'm "prepared" for the switch.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
No bright torch, just the stock flashlight.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Appreciate the quick response.. hopefully TiBu will take it easy on my CM torch restore from Alliance, generally don't like to restore system apps but a torch hopefully will not gum up the works too much.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
If you know which APK and libs are required, you could probably copy/paste it over yourself if TiBu screws up.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Do you mean copying the APK and lib to my SD card and t, kepeing there til I flash OR, hen moving the APK and lib into system from there with TiBu? Not familiar with copying and pasting libs as I've never switched ROMs before, but that's my best guess as to what you meant... "copy/paste" sounds like it should be something simple, lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Yeah. I'd backup the APK from /system/app and the lib from /system/lib to, say, [external-sd]/torch_backup/

Then..

AFter you flash a new ROM, copy the app and lib back to /system/app and /system/lib. I'm unsure if (any) libs are required for the CM torch or which ones would be required.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] saintanthony:
Anything like that available to try to fix a broken ir blaster? I try to use the remote and it makes my lower buttons back light flicker but does not send a signal..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
If you use the IR blaster against a digital camera, do you see the IR light on the camera display whenever you press a button? I do. If you don't, then you may have a hardware problem

I'll see if I can control my TV when I get home. But it should be working.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] slvrbul:
Which SuperSu are you using in this ROM !!!

Chief
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] saintanthony:
Hmm, works when I go back to stock, but did the camera test with it and it takes a while to fire off the IR signal, and it seems like a shorter blast.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
I have no problems with it on my phone, don't think rom is at fault. If it works on his stock, I'd try a clean flash or blame hardware maybe?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Just tested it on my UN60F7100 Smart TV and it worked like a charm. I'd suggest what evilryry said and do a clean flash. Perhaps even clear cache/data for the IR Remote app. My recents and back button do the flash too, but I believe that's intentional.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
The latest SuperSU by chainfire.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
USER BONUS!

Here's a "OptimalROM User" sig image for anyone who wants to use it :highfive: No hard feelings if you don't wanna. Just for fun :good:

http://garrettek.com/android/SM-G900V/sigs/optimalrom_sig_user_material.png
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Yay. Proudly reppin' it!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] pacedrum69:
Gonna make the switch to this ROM from Alliance. ...looking forward to flashing ;) thanks for the hard work
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] rhodiggah:
You guys switching to this ROM are not going to regret it! Smooth as fcuk... Thank you [MENTION=4549354]BigBot96[/MENTION] for a top notch ROM. Keep up the great work!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Officially running OptimalRom 12.6... so far so good. Recordings weren't corrupted, so everything is fine.. couldn't hold of flashing any longer
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] zounduser:
Do I have to update the firmware to run a 4.4.4 rom? I'm without my pc right now.

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Yeah u do

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] zounduser:
Thank u my man.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] phonefreedom:
V12-6 Thumbs Up

Other great update!

I'm usually a silent user but I thought I'd drop a quick line to mention that my IR remote is working well also. The one thing I have notice is that it is slower than the actual remote but it is fully functional. :)

Happy Wednesday to All!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Abeyance8o4:
I have a few questions about this Rom. First, do you need to install safestrap to flash it and secondly, does it still have the Samsung apps? Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] lukedwards:
Thanks for all the great work!!

Well, I normally try and avoid posting things unless I feel I can contribute in some way. That said, I hope this helps anyone that made the same mistake I did.

My Phone:

Galaxy S5 Retail - Verizon

I had my phone rooted from day one so I could use the "Wifi Tether" app (Yes I have an unlimited account.). Everything was fine until last Friday and I hadn't installed any apps or updates for over a week, I woke up and although my computer was still tethered to my phone I couldn't get anywhere online with the computer (Yes I did try several computers and tablets). I could still access the internet on the phone itself though just not the computers. Rebooting only solved the problem for a couple min before I could once again no longer get online with the computer. It seemed that the phone would put the Data connection to sleep soon after I started any wifi tethering app (I tried several that used to work all with the same issue.). In doing some research I decided the best route to take to fix the problem would be to install a custom Rom. That's where the fun began. The ISP I use besides my phone is terribly slow, 300kb compared to 3000kb. Downloading the custom roms and firmware would have taken me all day so I did it at a friends.

The problem I had was with the Instructions and this rom is no different than the others I've seen. It's like most of the technical people forgot how to write in laymens terms at all. I'm no stranger to custom roms as I've been using them off and on since the G1, however the terminology keeps changing and seems overly complex when explained by the developers. It's actually quite simple, however I made a simple mistake by mis-reading the instructions when trying to get the rom installed that ended up with me being stuck in a boot loop with no custom recovery. I'm not sure if this would be the place to put new instructions so I'll hold off on that but if anyone needs help getting this installed let me know. I can probably explain it in a language that anyone can understand and you wouldn't have to bother the dev's.

After getting it all setup and running, I'm happy to report I have had no issues except somehow I lost connection to the hotspot overnight. Not a big deal, I just toggled it off and on and was back in business. Thank you very much!! In fact I even switched back and forth a couple times just to be sure and the internet is significantly faster on this rom than the stock. Almost twice the speed. Thanks again for all your hard work!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ImYoungxD:
I'm coming from Bean 4.4.2

I have to flash 4.4.4 stock then flash Optimal then Odin the NI2?

I can't just total wipe and flash Optimal and Odin NI2?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Quie2TP:
Does jrkruse's dark theme still work with this rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Yep, I use it. Works great

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---------- Post added at 05:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:16 PM ----------

U can do whatever method you please as long as it gets you to 4.4.4 firmware. I believe the firmware only zip retains safestrap the easy way.

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
So to avoid issues I clean flashed and didn't TiBu restore anything. So far everything is good except I've noticed my batter drain is very, very rapid when the screen is on.. when idle it's fine. Looking in BetterBatteryStats I have not been able to find a culprit.. is there anything about this particular ROM that I might want to set up differently that I am missing? The battery life is good when idle or when the phone is on, but when the screen is on it drains aabout a percent every 2 and a half minutes.. anyone with any ideas for me I would greatly appreciate it, if I can get that fixed up I'll be quite happy with this rom.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] A1Barrett:
Slicker than snot--

This rom is slicker than snot. Coming from other TW roms and CM 11/Fusion. This rom just screams. Great job. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Can't say I've experienced this. Is it doing this from a clean flash or after you've installed some apps?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
If you're a retail edition, yes.if you're on a developer edition, then you can use whatever recovery you want.

I did not remove many of Samsung's apps or features. Just the junk.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Hard to say, I installed like 45 apps within minutes of a clean flash (Play Store installed apps being saved FTW lol) so I am truly not sure. Do roms take some time to settle? I know this questions sounds stupid, but I've only ever had stock, stock rooted and AllianceRom running on this or any device so I have no basis for comparison or flashing rom to rom. I know you personally don't use Xposed, but I do have the Amplify module controlling several wakelocks... only thing I can think of is that maybe it doesn't play nice with OR.. but I dunno why that would be because it was fine on Alliance. I have power saver enabled and automatic brightness, 30 second screen timeout. I've yet to see it fall below 1.2% an hour in BBS, and that's when left idle... when using moderately I'm draining like 2.5% an hour. ROM is definitely smooth and quite stable, just would like to figure out if the battery drain is related to this ROM itself (given I clean flashed and everyone seems to love the battery life on this ROM I doubt that very much) or if there's some other issue I have going on. I have nothing installed here I didn't have on Alliance and I got excellent battery life there, if that helps you or anyone else possibly pinpoint the issue. Nothing troubling in BBS or I'd post a dump file. If you or anyone else have any idea what it could be, advice, or if ROMs actually do take a little time to settle, I'd very much appreciate any information you or anyone else on here could provide. ROM is quite smooth, if I can get my battery life back up I think I'll be quite happy here. Thanks for responding, it is definitely nice to be able to get responses directly from the ROM's developer... hell I was coming to you with questions when I was on Alliance, lol.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Some take time to settle. I personally got terrible battery life on Alliance even with ktoonsez. Haven't used it since I picked up OptimalROM. With it installing apps and stuff, cpu is probably running higher. Check your cpu wakelocks, and alarms too. In bbs check cpu speed option (forgot what it was called) and look if it's going to deep sleep instead of idling 300mhz. Look at times in state. Probably a dumb question, but you did odin ni2 firmware right?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] wrongway213:
Yeah, I Odin'd NI2. Deep sleep is what it's doing 70% of the time, 16% at 300mhz. My top wakelock is Proximitysensor and next is Audioin, as usual. As for alarms, Play Store and Android are at the top as usual, but com.sec.ims.android is one I am not familiar with that is high on the list.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] zounduser:
I'm downloading the firmware only now. So i flash the rom then flash the firmware only from download mode using odin? Right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] evilryry:
Right

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
My recommendation is clean flash and to not install any apps at first. Let it settle down after it's first boot. Then start installing your apps little by little until you find what may be draining your battery.

In this order:

1. Flash ROM via safestrap

2. Using safestraps reboot options, reboot to download mode

3. flash firmware and reboot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Zacb01:
Retail

I purchased my sm-900v from verzion yesterday. I understand that my bootloader is locked. I have successfully rooted my phone. Will I be able to install this rom with a locked bootloader?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] mmw68666:
Yes you will need safestrap
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jagrave:
Yep. Install safestrap and make sure you're on the correct firmware then flash via directions in op.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Zacb01:
Other ROMS

Am I limited to specific ROMS? I would like to flash Omega but I can't find one for the 900v. Can someone help me with a link to Omega?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jagrave:
We are very limited. Has to be touchwiz based with our kernel. With our locked bootloader we can't flash kernels, so we don't have many different options. We have several great devs doing the best they can with what we have. Look in this section and those are your options right now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] fantasy2c:
Why I love this rom...if I wouldn't have played assassins creed unity I would have made it over 10 hours sot easily also had around 50 minutes talk time. Gotta love it