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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] papadelogan:
I'm looking at the OP and the instructions don't match what's listed:

If coming from KitKat firmware (4.4):

You can use FlashFire if you wish, but this guide will focus on using SafeStrap

Download *_fw_bigbot96.tar.md5 to your computer ---> no such file - I'm on NI2 so per these instructions, I should find & use NI2_fw_bigbot96.tar.md5; where is that file please?

Download OptimalROM_*_BigBot96.zip to your SD Card ---> no such file - I'm on NI2 so per these instructions, I should find & use OptimalROM_NI2_BigBot96.zip; where is that file please?

Reboot to SafeStrap and MAKE A BACKUP!!!

Flash OptimalROM_*_BigBot96.zip and reboot to Download mode / Bootloader mode / ODIN mode

Flash *_fw_bigbot96.tar.md5 via ODIN in AP slot and reboot back into Download mode / Bootloader mode / ODIN mode

Flash G900V_OD5_Bootloader.tar.md5 via ODIN in AP slot and reboot system (Thanks [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION])

For extra toggles and FLASHLIGHT toggle: flash OR_Extra_toggles.zip located in the downloads section below.

I'm very interested in trying out this ROM, but the files you say are there simply are not. If the files that are needed have changed, but the instructions have not, then could those instructions be updated? I realize this ROM was originally released over a year ago, and for those that jumped on it right away, they just need updates, but that's not true for everyone. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] fukenbiker:
I'm using OptimalROM R13-1 and am pleased to report flawless performance for months now.

I dropped by to see if there was anything new, and I find "papadelogan" illustrating problems with the directions in the original post. I hope to see a reply concerning this by BigBot96.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Chopstix9:
I'm running this ROM with no problems for a week. I just plugged the phone into the PC to transfer some pictures and the PC is not seeing the phone? Drivers are installed on the PC (flashed with Odin) but I re-installed on PC anyhow to no avail. Suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] NotATreoFan:
Pull down the notification bar and make sure the phone isn't set to Installer. A common issue on VZW Samsung devices is for it to map that way each time the phone is connected to the computer.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] madhacker7:
Anyone have any luck with the Samsung browser?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
I've seen the reports earlier in the thread, but I've never had a problem ever after clean flashing over and over. In fact I just clean flashed my R9 beta and downloaded and installed Go Keyboard and was able to select and use it. Are you using a ROM slot or stock slot?

Don't know. Why?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Sorry I meant to get back to you. I tried only for a few minutes but in that few minutes it didn't work. I'll probably try again in a few days. Were you ever able to get it working on any other ROM?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jaladhjin:
Because I'd never seen it until I flashed your r8 then I noticed it when looking through location requests & battery use.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] elliwigy:
it could b something that was flashed through one of the mods.. only daemon i saw browsing through files was weather daemon apk but dunno what that one is lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] dydigital:
I have it working on the wizzle rom. Also had it working on stock rooted prior b4 any roms were out.

I used these instructions

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2783843
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Yeah I don't see it on mine. When did you first notice it? After flashing a mod? Dirty flash?

Seems odd.... I'll see if I can get it to work over the next few days.

In the meantime...

:victory:

2014-07-15

Release 9

Lockscreen Widgets!

Viper4Android Audio Official Website - May not work with Samsung Music Player.

-Don't know how to use V4A? Look Here

init.d support via init.qcom.post_boot.sh

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

And yes, I'm looking into the Flashlight toggle. It's of minor importance to myself, but it's on my to-do list :highfive:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] chrisbass:
Just throwing this out there........Any chance of baking in the lockscreen widget mod? Loving the rom, much appreciated!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Oops! Yes, it's already there in R9! Forgot to add it to my change log... hah. Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] dydigital:
Nice another update.

Looks like there is a flashable zip for the flashlight that Versatile1 made

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mnirbwak7k9lmq/RTS5_Flashlight.zip

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2796443&page=3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] madhacker7:
Yeah those are the same steps I followed. I have it working on my stock slot. I can't explain it...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
What ROM do you have installed on your stock slot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] madhacker7:
I still have factory stock rooted in my stock slot. Nothing fancy. I'm going to re-download the files and try again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] madhacker7:
So I downloaded the files again and everything worked. Go figure. Might I humbly request this browser make it into the next release?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Hmm mine is on stock slot (don't use ROM slots) and it won't work on mine either. I may have removed something necessary. I'll check it out.

If you don't mind, try it on stock slot. Just make sure to backup, then backup the backup to your PC. Then flash R9 (or whatever) on the stock slot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dennisg34:
Just an update, I flashed a different ROM and the keyboard thing in rom slot 1 isn't an issue, so it's not SS.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Did you try a clean flash of R9 on stock slot? Its kind of hard for me to debug something i can't reproduce :/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dennisg34:
Sorry, no :( I didn't try that since i wanted to keep Stock slot (for safety reasons) and backups on my SS fail and my computer fails to read my drivers so Odin back to start a new SS is out.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] madhacker7:
Back to the Sbrowser, I was missing a file call libswev8.so in system/lib. That did the trick for me.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] killdawabbit:
Any help or suggestions?!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] matholland:
I am on 15.1 can I use the upgrade and not wipe amything?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Badger50:
You should be fine. Just make a backup first as usual just in case :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] matholland:
Thanks! Everything went smooth. Thank you for the confirmation. I'm not by a pc right now with Internet. I'm trying to get wifi tethering to work (I don't pay verizon for it) but when I try it says I don't have a subscription with the factory setting and I've tried wifi tether router as well with no luck. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] NotATreoFan:
Did you flash 15-5? There was a few earlier builds that didn't have the tether fix added.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] matholland:
Yes I just updated from 15.1 and it still isn't working :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] XdroidPerfect:
My cell is heated.

The battery discharges faster.

I have not changed anything from the ROM.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] NotATreoFan:
Boot into recovery and clear cache.

I know that sounds like nothing special, but whenever I notice my battery draining faster than normal, it's almost always an app behaving badly in cache.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] XdroidPerfect:
I did the "Wipe Cache" commented in a few hours if it works, thanks for answering. :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] damagi123:
man the images in peoples sigs are really gunking up these pages and making it harder to find info
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Tomcat2737:
I agree. We are here to get info not see these stupid images.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] XdroidPerfect:
What version of Xposed works in this Rom?

xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430-arter97.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430-arter97-V2.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430-arter97-V3.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430-arter97-V4-generic.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430-arter97-V4-krait.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-v65-sdk21-arm-arter97-V5-generic.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-v65-sdk21-arm-arter97-V5-krait.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-v71-sdk21-arm-arter97-V6-exynos.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-v71-sdk21-arm-arter97-V6-snapdragon.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-uninstaller-arter97.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-v75-sdk21-arm-arter97-exynos.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-v75-sdk21-arm-arter97-exynos_requestConcurrentGC.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-v75-sdk21-arm-arter97-snapdragon.zip

File Type: zip	xposed-v75-sdk21-arm-arter97-snapdragon_requestConcurrentGC.zip

Sincerely hope the answer, thanks.:laugh:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] NotATreoFan:
Can't help you there. I don't run xposed on any devices.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Badger50:
Well, I'll give ya a hint! :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] XdroidPerfect:
Does this version work? File Type: zipxposed-v65-sdk21-arm-arter97-V5-krait.zip :)

Sincerely hope the answer, thanks. :D
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Badger50:
Yep, that's the one. Works great on my S5 :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] XdroidPerfect:
Thank you. :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] scauffiel:
Need to roll back...

Okay ladies and gents, I'm hoping someone can help me out here. Been on this ROM a long time and finally decided to go ahead and update to 15-5 from being very happy on 12-6.

Sadly, after customizing the bejeezuz out of my 12-6... I just wasn't happy with the latest, I was just missing too much stuff.

SO. I did my best to roll back to 12-6 but there's still some weirdness going on, especially with Wifi - it just doesn't seem to work as it should.

Does anyone happen to remember or know the steps needed to blow everything away and go back to firmware/radio/modem/all-of-it to get back to a point where I can restore my backup of my 12-6? I'm not convinced I got everything back to where it should be (with all of the bits aligned on NCG/NI2/whatever) so everything's working as it should. I'm fairly handy with the tech involved (Odin/Safestrap) but I'll be damned if I can find some solid steps that will take me back without a bunch of vague instructions leading to questions. :(

Any help would be seriously appreciated,

Steve
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Badger50:
Follow this guide to get back to totally stock NCG. Once there, install TR, busy box, SS, and then SuperSU from the play store. Or, if you still have a backup of your 12-6, you could restore that from SS. Hope this helps :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2784880
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] XdroidPerfect:
I do not see it anywhere Xposed Installer and install the zip. :confused:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Badger50:
I was responding to a different post my friend. Here is what your looking for.:)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3113463
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] XdroidPerfect:
Sorry it I was very lost and i have not much time that entered.

I have already installed it, I had to restart again.

already had Xposed Installer, but could not activate.

Thank you very much for your answer. :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] CrozB:
Party like a NOOB

Hey Guys,

Coming from rooted kitkat, I can't seem to find a key install file mentioned in the install instructions. Can you point me in the correct direction:

Reboot to SafeStrap and MAKE A BACKUP!!! (CHECK)

Flash OptimalROM_*_BigBot96.zip and reboot to Download mode / Bootloader mode / ODIN mode (CHECK)

[*]Flash *_fw_bigbot96.tar.md5 via ODIN (?????)

Flash G900V_OD5_Bootloader.tar.md5 via ODIN (CHECK)

Sorry for such an elementary question. I have read and re-read the instructions, searched the post and am totally scratching my head as to where to find *_fw_bigbot96.tar.md5.

Thanks,
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Badger50:
That's the firmware you need. And here it is.:)

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347796050
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] CrozB:
ok thanks. I actually did download that file but I could not get past the "No Bootloader" discrepancy in the file name, but not in the instructions. i.e. I was scared stupid :eek:

Thanks!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] al50:
It's in the OP right below INSTRUCTIONS written in RED before the steps to install that's written BLACK. If I'm not mistaken you flash which firmware you're wanting to use. Someone may want to chime in if I'm incorrect but just read and reread that post if need be.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] scauffiel:
Thanks a ton, that's one of two or three posts I kept coming back to as being the most complete and most easily understood by my little brain. lol Do you happen to recall which of the releases worked the best as far as radio and whatnot? NCG, NI2, NK2? One of the other ones? I remember one of them working the best for me (thought it was NI2 but... like a dumbass I didn't think to look before wiping everything and going to 15-5) but there doesn't seem to be a consensus anywhere.

I'm going to give the move to NCG a whack over the weekend (just in case something goes wrong and my phone is down for a while) and hopefully I'll be good to go come Monday.

Thanks again!

S.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Badger50:
I've never paid attention to the radios bro. I haven't noticed much difference on any of the builds. Just read and re read the OP. It's really not that difficult if you have a good understanding of Odin. I've done that procedure at least 2 dozen times when I've jacked stuff up. You'll be fine :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] damagi123:
you may be misunderstanding the purpose of flashing an older firmware. Its only to get into safestrap long enough to load the rom and then you just go back to the OG5 firmware before using the rom, so essentially dont worry about the old radios. Itl be on the OG5 radios once you do the steps in the correct order.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] scauffiel:
Sooooooo.... the OG5 firmware/radio will work for Optimal ROM version 12-6? Which is NOT Marshmallow? Because the guide linked to by Badger50 mentions nothing at all about OG5. If you haven't read back to when I started with my question you may be under the assumption I want to be on the latest Optimal ROM. I don't. I want to go back to 12-6. And I don't want to dink around with flashing a different firmware every time I may want to make a backup in SS, so I'll want to leave it at one of the older firmware versions anyway.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Badger50:
If you want to stay on KitKat, then your on the right track. Go back to NCG, root it up, get some SS going and flash your 12-5 stuff. OG5 is lollipop, Marshmallow roms yet for S5, and not likely to be. I'm not familiar with 12-5 optimal rom. But if it's an older lollipop rom, then just stay there and don't worry about upgrading to OG5 or whatever. Pick what you like, and roll with it :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] scauffiel:
Check - all done and it looks like it worked out pretty well. Sitting at NCG and restored my backup and it all appears good except for my "4G" isn't lit up and I'm only getting three bars out of five for a signal. Of course, I didn't happen to glance at that and see if it was doing that before I restored my backup (meaning, right after putting the stock ROM on there) so unless someone has an idea about that I may just do it all again and see if that happens with the stock ROM.

I suppose I could try the NE9/NHA/NI2/NK2 stock ROMs and restore my backup from there to see if that helps... What exactly is in the files that say "*** Retail Firmware Only" vs. the "*** Modem" and "*** Kernel Only" files? Does the "firmware only" file have both the modem and the kernel? Or is it something else entirely from the modem and kernel? I've not seen it broken out/called out like that before.

S.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Badger50:
Kernel and modem are in the firmware.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Hey all. Sorry for not being here for the past several weeks. There's been a lot going on and spent some time in the hospital. I'm on the mend now so I should have some time to stop by now and then.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] MFig74:
Hoping for a point in the right direction. I'm coming from KK 4.4. I've just successfully installed OptimalROM 15.5, and it seems to be working great. I had Safestrap installed with my previous ROM, but I've read several things that are confusing me. It sounds like Safestrap is no longer supported by the developer, but I've read about ways that I can flash a KK Kernel to allow a safestrap installation, and then flash back to my Lolipop Kernel. I don't want to have to flash kernels back and forth every time I want to use Safestrap. Can someone explain to me if safestrap is available using this ROM how exactly to install it (and where to find it since it appears that it's not supported anymore) If safestrap is no longer available, what are the alternatives if any?

Thanks so much for your help!

Mike
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Badger50:
Well, you have 2 options. 1st, you can keep using SS, and access it by using the N12 flasher app is the OP of this link....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3126686

2nd, you could also use FlashFire, but that only works well if your on the same build of lollipop. Doesn't work too well for switching back and forth between LP and KitKat roms. Keep in mind, when using SS, you have to flash a kitkat kernel to access it, hence, the N12 flasher app. Then, you have to flash a lollipop kernel to exit SS. There are LP flashable kernels you can use in SS without having to use Odin. Hope this helps :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] UliSmackAHoe:
Thanks bro, I got it to work on sm-g900v OG5 Stock
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] kycaver:
Maybe some one could help me. I am running this rom with no problems. I bought a spare battery. Fully charged the battery in the charger it came with. When I swap the battery the phone doesnt boot. It starts then restarts....over and over. I can get it started with the spare battery in it as long as the charger is connected to the phone but as soon as you unplug it. It restarts over and over again. With the original battery...I have no problem. Could this be an issue with the rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] sean19661:
Hmm sounds like a bad battery

Have you tried it in another phone

Do you know someone with a s5 ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] switch81:
Dude! hope things are going better for you! Thanks again for all your hard work and I'm definitely loving your ROM right now. I'm a new convert to the Galaxy S5, so the instructions you placed in the OP is super appreciated!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] phonefreedom:
I'm sorry to hear that you are still experiencing health problems. We hope you are asked to work through this and be on the top shelf soon. :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] phonefreedom:
I hate when autocorrect changes a word and I don't catch it! The word "asked" was supposed it be "able". Sorry about that!

---------- Post added at 07:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:33 AM ----------

I have read recently that Marshmallow is coming to the S-5. But I had also heard the rumor that Samsung was going to force the same security blocks that have been deployed on the S6 series. Has anyone else heard this? I'm hoping not as that would be a major impact to future ROM releases.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BigBot96:
Haha I was wondering what you meant lol.

Yes they are. KNOX has been fully integrated. I picked up the Galaxy Tab S2 in September and the only way to root was with selinux permissive, otherwise you get stuck in a bootloop. So we'd need an unlocked bootloader plus selinux permissive kernel to get anywhere. This is a great thing for security, a death sentence for root. Samsung has succeeded at defeating root on locked bootloaders.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jbucey06:
I do appreciate the build, it looks(ed) very nice while on the phone. Unfortunately it will not successfully encrypt. Any ideas of how to get it to work? Every attempt results in a forced factory reset after encryption fails.

Was running OG5 baseband, 3.4.0 kernel, OR 15-5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] phonefreedom:
It appears there is hope for us who own S5's... I ran across this yesterday about the boot loader....http://www.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5-bootloader-has-been-unlocked/

The person hasn't released how it was done but it does demonstrate proof of concept. :cool:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] xc rider:
So im going to sell my s5. How can i do a factory reset? I want to leave the rom and such.....

It was a good run. But ive moved on to newer tech. hah
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] NotATreoFan:
If you're leaving the ROM in place, use FlashFire to wipe everything other than System.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] xc rider:
Thanks!!!!!!!!!

---------- Post added at 08:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 AM ----------

So i wipe:

3rd Party Apps

Dalvik

Internal storage

Cache partition

????

Is that it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] NotATreoFan:
Yep.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Indyultra:
Anyone else have the random issue of your wallpaper going back to the default OR wallpaper? Also still getting the issue of the "system not responding" during reboot and having to pull the battery. Then all is good for a few weeks. Running 15-5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] NotATreoFan:
I've had both of them a few times. When the phone freezes, I go into recovery and wipe cache, then it works fine.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Indyultra:
Ya the tried wiping using SS first, still did it later on, just booted into recovery and did it there. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] unboostedzc:
Currently on 15-2 running OE1 kernal.

I have no specific need for private mode/flashlight toggle/s6 sounds.

Is it ok to flash the OG5 kernal on 15-2 or am I going to loop?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] SoccerRef12:
If I were you, I would do a Normal backup with Flash Fire, go into SS, wipe everything except SD card, flash 15.5, flash OG5, reboot, use Flash Fire to restore data only. You will be completely updated and your device will look and feel EXACTLY like before. All icons, passwords, wallpapers, everything will be the same.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] phonefreedom:
New Device Problem

I have a new S5 that has the stock OG5 installed. :( I know I can't install any of the rooting apps so I'm stuck with stock on this specific device. I know I can flash via Odin if came up with a proper ROM or at least it appears I could. I'd there a way to flash an older stock S5 ROM then move forward with installing newer rooted ROMs?

I think using Odin is the only option for approach right now it I can find an early jellybean ROM. The intent is to use this ROM eventually.

Thoughts?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] al50:
If it's factory stock (OTA) OG5 and it's not a stock rooted OG5 ROM, i believe and as others have posted, you are unfortunately out of luck my friend and I don't think if you Odin back to an older version you'll have any luck either. Someone can chime in and correct me if I'm wrong.

If it's a replacement, ive read where that other users have sent it back saying that they're having issues with that version and have gotten a replacement with an older rootable version on them. May try that. You never know...