yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesd1085:
Tried full wipe stock install with flash tool?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Symbian_Black:
Yes
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jstlouis1993:
I had the same issue with my Sim port. My sim port went bad apparently and the way LG built the sim slot sawed into the mother board,

its irreplaceable. Every phone shop I went to told me the same and might as well get a new phone or buy a broke LG G2 off ebay and use its mother board on my G2. I ended up ordering the G3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Intub8:
Just make sure the model number matches yours and you should be all set. That file should contain everything you need to get back to stock. Follow the directions listed underneath the firmware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Thanks. All is good and I can confirm this works on the At&t S 5 Active (NE4).

I am fresh to start over.

Edit: All is good. Rooted, Busybox, Froze bloat etc. Safestraped, Backuped, Phone is running great!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Thanks. Its working!!!!! I thought this wasn't out yet. Looks out to me.

I will update OP and get on my XDA app to hit thanks. Thanks for pointing out the simple directions I failed to see on SAM mobile. My phone is back
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ted77usa:
Glad that worked out for u bud.....[emoji41][emoji106]

☆Swyped From SFive SS Edition☆
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
I wonder if this would work on the regular S5? If someone tries and it does please report back....THanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Caliesv:
WWWHYY would you even want to know if this will work when you have your own firmware?! Then you try and convince someone else to take the plunge and try instead of you doing it? Just wondering why... cause i'm very baffled right now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Uhhhh. I'm sorry you feel that way. I was running s 5 ROMS just fine on my phone. Their basicly the same but with a few different specs.

What plunge are you talking about dude? I have soft bricked my phone (formated data) and used this to start fresh. The more we know the better. I have done it. Its fine. I have ran NCE NE4, you must not know whats going on here. That what this thread is for. Restoring your phone to factory defaults. I have done it for the Active and if someone did it on their regular s 5 than I want to know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Caliesv:
LOL! nice actually made me laugh! lol i hear ya man. i was just wondering why. and you full fulled my wondering. thanks :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Its all good. I'm glad I made you laugh too. Really. I'm just messing with ya a little....This thread is for Active users. Like I said, if this can work for the regular S 5, then I will update the OP for S5/S5 Actives only. Thats all. I was on NCE (A regular S 5 ROM) when I did this and it worked perfectly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Caliesv:
No worries man lol. yeah i have an active too. i hope we get our own thread soon. And thanks for the steps, tons of people are going to need it lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
10-4.....It really helped me when I screwed up. This worked 100% for me. I have flashed over 5 different ROMS from T-Mobile, International, as well as At&t ROMs we have. Sometimes its better to start all the way over fresh. Sometimes we get into a pickle and need to start over. This will help us.....Thanks !!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] thepktrckt:
Continued thanks for being our official S5 Active tester. I'm glad to hear you got it back to running and that you were able to find the firmware for our G870A. This will come in handy when I get my phone past the point of no return, it usually takes me a month or so but I'll get there. :D

Please keep us informed as your tests, trials and discoveries continue!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
No problem. Looking at a GPS issue now. Something has screwed it all up. Probably a module or two (exposed) Almost tempted to restore again and test before each install.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Intub8:
If you go back to stock and the GPS still doesn't initiate let me know. There was a way to hard reset the GPS that I came across on the gs3 that may work. Every time I flash a rom if it's acting goofy I wipe everything and go back to 100% stock. Sometimes things get stuck and left behind that can muck things up. Think of it like a colon clense for your phone. Glad the Odin worked for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Yes, Please share if you don't mind. I broke the GPS lol. I don't believe flashing this official firmware did it though, I think flashing different ROM's did it but who am I......I found a GPS fix I used for my Note 3 (Kit Kat) You have to flash it in recovery. Is that how yours is? Here is the file for you to check out if you want to. I haven't flashed it yet though. >>>> Deleted Link ....That didnt work. Got random reboots.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Intub8:
Found it after about an hour of looking , You must Odin back to a stock ROM first.

((((2. Enter into dialer *2767*3855# (Will do a HARD reset, no internal storage will be lost except the usual data)

3. Boot up again and run... )))

keep in mind this was the method to fix the gps on the note 2 and it may or may not still be a good dialer code for your s5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
I restored a back up and it's working again. Something I installed did it. I'm trying to figure out what did. It could be anything. Thanks for this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
And [MENTION=3065316]Caliesv[/MENTION] I would ask you Why Not? The whole point of unlocking/rooting/building custom ROMs is because WE CAN, and how better to learn what we can and can't do then by trying? Just because a device has its own firmware has absolutely no bearing on what ROM you flash, granted as the default firmware it likely wont flash do to a signature mismatch but as a custom ROM why not?

I might just build one for the Heck of it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
GPS is a problem still. About to re-flash the restore and see what happens without root. Will report back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] nhutung:
i don't know tbh. I followed a guide that i should flashed NE4 firmware first then NG3. Then using towelroot method. But my phone went mad right after flashed NE4 frmware. It continued reboot into recovery. I guessed i am having soft bricked. I was using method to flash back to 4.4 (confirmed working by many posts) but it didn't work. I found 5.0 update zip, try to apply update but it kept booting in recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] nhutung:
I found solution. Just follow the guide in decription and everything is ok. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8481Qm0l010
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] holeshot77:
Cleared cache..factory reset..downloaded tar from 3/different sources..still a no go. Build ends in OF3. This phone hates me...so glad I have my nexus...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Dillon_Ray_:
Any way to root s5 active 5.0 of3? Or dowgrade?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] nutt_case:
No, and no. Once on the OF3 bootloader your stuck there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
No more support........It was fun while it lasted,,,,,,,,STUPID LOCKED BOOTLOADERS<,,,..,.,.....Not on THis HTC though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Not on this International Samsung S6+ Edge either

"And on that bombshell!"

Sent from my SM-G928C Rocking AUDAX+Rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Nice !!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] phi303:
Stuck on AT&T logo

My little cousin said he went into SU and did "full unroot" and after the reboot got stuck on the AT&T logo, the kid brought the phone to me in search of help.

I've tried every which way I could think of using odin to try and reflash everything under the sun and cannot find a solution. I can get into download and recovery fine but I cannot flash anything: odin flashes fail except when I when I use odin to flash boot.tar (AP), modem.bin (CP), recovery.tar (BL), it's one of the few times the flash is a pass instead of a fail; recovery won't authenticate any roms.

stumbled on this thread and downloaded an official rom but flashing fails after authentication:

[IMG="official rom"]http://i.imgur.com/1mPpRls.jpg[/IMG]

He said he was on 5.0, stock rooted stock rom - he told me he was sick and tired of the 5.1 update notification and tried to unroot to update and now it's soft-bricked.

here's a screen of all the firmwares and softwares and roms I've tried flashing every which way possible

[IMG="everything i've tried"]http://i.imgur.com/NqZeQlL.png[/IMG]

I've downloaded two md5s from sammobile.com - they don't seem to have the latest FW, they're still on 4.4 - the phone won't take anything before 5.0

[IMG="sammobile outdated"]http://i.imgur.com/pfeyBJB.png[/IMG]

Smart Switch and Kies3 asks for a recovery code (no idea where to get that); Sammobile only has FW for 4.3, this phone was at 5.0 - my understanding is that it's very difficult to go back from 5.0. I was thinking I could root again and then install custom recovery but can I even do that with no rom installed? any help would be much appreciated!

one more pic for good measure:

[IMG="boot, recovery and download"]http://i.imgur.com/ygHqDWn.jpg[/IMG]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
You've posted this in about 4 different threads, including this one which clearly says "no support" in all caps in the title, so you won't get any help here. Post once in your own thread and wait for a response.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] hawk_waleed:
i've tried this method but still my phone is in boot loop and i cant even access recovery boot, please suggest me what to do
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] captivated1971:
What booloader or version of rom are or wher you running and were you rooted?

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Hey

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If you were on 5.0 and not rooted or 5.1.1 you will have to flash back to that stock rom via odin in download mode
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] anhminhvip:
plz tell me fix your phone

my phone is failed AUTH and can't downgrade 4.4

now my phone can't boot to home screen :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] starstremr:
i get a fail and this

SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 2 > Binary 1

on the samsung s5 active

is there a fix for this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] phi303:
So is there new FW? The only one that shows on sammobile is 4.4.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Ouya-XD:
I don't think it's exactly dead, this phone isn't exactly a dud just yet.

People have just given up trying to bypass the BL which has caused laziness in everyone.

I see the bootloader being somewhat vulnerable if we drop to 4.4/5.0 though there has to be some testers around to safely do so.

Any S5 Active users who still use these threads please try and keep this thread updated as I'd like to see us make further progress with this and hear from peoples experiences.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] sailor0703:
Cant flash

I am also getting the Fused > Binary error showing on my phone when I try to flash stock firmware. What does this mean? And is there a way to fix it? My S5 Active is running like ****, I think because of the bloatware, but from what I've tried, I can"t do anything about it. Can I perhaps use Nand flash all to erase the firmware that's on it? Or is there something else I can do?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] sailor0703:
Would/could flashing this ROM directly work?

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-xxx-limits-1-1-stable-smooth-fast-t3304941

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Or is there a way to flash directly other roms, such as this one:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-neatrom-v1-t2828562

which say to flash via custom recovery?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
No
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rootmaster906:
i have downgraded from 5.0 to 4.4 but i cant remember how. i think i made sure that the 4.4 had revision 1 bootloader, then flashed 4.4. i think i used firmware boc5. anyone have this firmware laying around? lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Caliesv:
Ok.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Y'all leave him alone. LOL. Hey. My gps is so broke. About to flash this SAM MOBILE firmware and see if I get this gps back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
Pl let us know about the firmware I just signed up for Sammobile and grabbed it. But odin not working on this crap pc. Reason is I need to start fresh as i am having issues with root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Caliesv:
Haha! Thanks man, I can care less about what people say on the Internet lol. I thinks it's funny. But man, hope your GPS gets fixed!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
It works. Just follow the instructions in the OP. Download, extract, open odin, put tar file in the AP slot while in download mode on your phone and flash away for factory freshness. I've done this 3 times now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
Just wanted to mention i had to drop the .md5 file extension before odin would load it and flash. All is good and really enjoying this device now. Thankz for this thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
I fixed it. I just re-downloaded the sam mobile link for Actives firmware and Odin back again. I guess my 1st download was a bad one. GPS is back and all is good. Yes!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
OP is updated......Phone is still awesome and sick !!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
Awesome this will be our saving grace should we fubar our phone. Great work.

The Gods Approve This Post, From The Ghost Of Sparta's S5 active.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] khandom:
Do we not have a forum for the S5 active? Just got mine last weekend
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
Yea were still waiting.:sly:

The Gods Approve This Post, From The Ghost Of Sparta's S5 active.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Nope. They don't care
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] thepktrckt:
Have we received any feedback or replies from the moderators?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Nope.......Nobody cares anymore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
:eek::o:mad::banghead:

Yea feeling let down

The Gods Approve This Post, From The Ghost Of Sparta's S5 active.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Caliesv:
thats insane that they wont even take the time to tell us if they are going to do it or not. But let two people start arguing over something here on XDA and they spend at least an hour or so going through each post cleaning up the Thread! SMH.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
They did tell us something a while back...Let me find it >...................................

Okay, I could not locate it but this is what it said.

"> We probably won't have a Forum for the Active due to it being so locked down. < "

This was before GeoHot and Hashcode.

I know XDA was different when I first came on here. Looks like things are changing.

All good things come to an end right? We shall see.

I don't think it matters what we say, we are just noobs that dont know how to use XDA. Right? SMH
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] khandom:
Well it's it's rootable.....towel root worked just fine
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] seebeexee:
Wait, really? Sorry to quote a post from 3 weeks ago, but I wanted to clarify your ability to flash an S5 T-Mobile ROM on your S5 Active. I'm currently using my S5 Active on T-Mobile's network, but I could really benefit from T-Mobile's WiFi calling at work. Of course, I'd need a T-Mobile ROM to get that to work, so I've considered trying an S5 T-Mobile ROM.

Are you saying the T-Mobile S5 ROMs will work on an S5 Active?

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Yes. I installed the (NE5) Alliance ROM B2. >http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358541191

He updated it to the latest OTA Update, so I dont know about that one. The one I linked for you is the one I ran. As long as the bootloader is the same, you should be able to flash his new one I would believe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] seebeexee:
Excellent! Thank you for your quick response and detailed information. I'm gonna give it a whirl now that I know I can!

Thanks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Raccroc:
Does anybody have this OP ROM mirrored to a site that doesn't require registration?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3go7fyaxkin1kbp/G870AUCU1ANE4_G870AATT1ANE4_ATT.zip
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Updated OP with my links.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] tvromero:
I tried your method of just using Odin and the provided tar file. Everything seemed to have gone fine in that Odin finished and said "PASS!". Expect my device was not "like new". In fact it seems like nothing was reset, am I missing some step?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
That happened to me as well one time. DId you do a Full Wipe under advanced and wipe your data "Yes" enter?

Edit: Let me find a different odin for us to use. I think that one is crap.

Here you go >>>> TRY THIS ODIN
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] tvromero:
So I think you are talking about an option in the "safestrap" correct? I did not use that method and not sure how to enable "savestrap", do you have a link on how to get that installed and how to enter to safestrap?

Thanks,

Tim
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Here you go. Its simple. Just go to the playstore and install "Busybox" Go ahead and install that once you open it up. (Need to be rooted)

Once you install busy box < Download Safestrap apk and open it up and install recovery. > Here is Hascodes thread CLICK ME

Make sure and read......You can't use the Rom slots yet. Be Careful with all this man. I learned by reading and making smart decisions.

There is a video I believe too >>>>HERE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] tvromero:
Excellent, thanks, that should be enough.

I did some checking of just using the ODIN method and it does seem to be resolved my issue, although it was not a full factory reset. Basically I was seeing that getting root using towelroot killed "s health" and some other odd behavior. Using the AP file got the root removed and everything seems better. Now I just need to figure out how to get tethering and s health to work at the same time.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
You can use the Odin......Follow the instructions and report back if it worked for you. Try a different USB slot if you want.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
There are ways to do that. I dont use S Health but if I did, there is a thread about getting all to work. HERE MAYBE
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] tvromero:
Yep, Odin worked fine for me. I would just add to be sure to load the Samsung USB drivers otherwise Odin will never see the phone, you might also need to add "enable USB debugging"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Glad I could help. I will add your suggestions to the op. Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
The OP is updated....Happy Friday by the way....Oh wait, I have to work tomorrow,,,,LOL....Well if you don't....Happy Friday.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] dashuser:
My phone is acting sluggish and suffering from battery drain and overheating issues after root. I have safestrap and xposed framework with wanam module installed as well. I'm glad i found this thread so i can restore my S5 active but i have a question about # 7: what do you mean exactly when u said Try to catch it and go to download mode? How do i go to download mode after advance wipe any specific button to press. Thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
He means for you to immediately go into download mode upon leaving safestrap. Meaning as soon as you reboot out of safestrap, hold power+volume_down+home this will bring you to download mode. Now perform your final flash through odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Yes. Actually, once you hit enter after typing "YES" it will start deleting your internal memory. Safestrap gets deleted as well. When this happens, your phone will automatically reboot to the Samsung screen. As soon as your phone does this, try to catch it before the samsung screen and go into download mode. When it turns black, quickly hold Power + Volume down + home button. Then do the Odin step to a clean start. [MENTION=4047741]GDofWR420[/MENTION] Thanks for your help !!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
OP updated....Added our last comments.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] dashuser:
Thank You!

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Thank you! I'll be restoring my phone tonight...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Updated small stuff in OP. Hope all is well with your Actives.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
All good here
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] HempG0d:
I have successfully rooted my s5 Active with downgrading the firmware threw ODIN and using the june released G870AUCU1ANE4_G870AATT1ANE4_G870AUCU1ANE4_HOME.tar but lost it after an update by AT@T this morning about 2 hrs ago.. I had titanium blocking/ freezing, security but somehow it got threw..

Ive never owned a smart phone before 2 days ago and i find im highly addicted to it already.. Any suggestions on what I might do to stop this happening again? Or am i just N00bin it here? Help please :silly:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] thepktrckt:
Were you able to downgrade again and root again? I had the same update pop up and thankfully I was watching and went to airplane mode. Seems I hadn't frozen AT&T updater even though I thought I had. I now have AT&T Software update and Samsung Push Service frozen and no pushed update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] HempG0d:
Yes i was able to reflash again with ODIN and reroot after the update...

As per your comment I have frozen the apps you mentioned I hope this resolves the update issue..

Thanks for the comment..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ranthon007:
Worked for Me

Thanks for posting this. I had updated my phone in Mid-August 2014 and lost the ability to use towelroot. Once I followed your instructions and installed I was able to get root and install SDFix (which is the whole reason I wanted root in the first place). I did not do the entire wipe like you did, but maybe I will try it in the future.

Does anyone know how to turn off the AT&T updates. I understand that I cannot install them and keep root but if I could not be bothered by them then that would be great.

Thanks again for the very helpful (and only helpful) post on the S5 Active G870A!!!! Without it I would not have gotten root!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] BuLLitz:
Well, that's good news.

I may have to try it out.

Did you do the first 9 steps only or did you do the 10 additional ones too?

Are those additional ones required, do you know?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] HempG0d:
What I did step by step

I did a factory reset, flashed the phone in Download mode with ODIN and the firmware APK I got from Sammobile. Connected the phone to the PC and put the APKs in a folder and ran them. You know, like towelr00t, SU and titanium ect.. After that I hunted down the offending services/files running that update the phone. OTR updates I think you call it. The ones you mentioned here and the "general security one"..

I did some rebooting and crossed my fingers as I ran Pandora and a few other apps waiting. Few hours later I think I'm good :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
For those who updated your Active S 5, you can use this thread to get back. Make sure you freeze the At&t Update, Sammy push, and security updates. This will keep the updates from coming in on you.

If I have helped/or this thread has helped, please hit the

thanks button

for me. Thanks !!!