yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 General] montrealguy:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the BOB3's from Telus/Rogers/Fido/Bell all the exact same ROM? Does it make a difference which one you use?

Or is each rom customized for each carrier?
[Galaxy S 5 General] TiVa:
correct, minus maybe some carrier bloat.

You can switch between Firmware as long as you use G900W8 firmware.

I flashed ANJ1 a while ago from Puerto Rico on my Telus phone

(or atleast I flashed bootloader/modem, not the entire rom)
[Galaxy S 5 General] C2Q:
Nevermind
[Galaxy S 5 General] MaLiXs:
Anyone can tell me if this version include silent mod?
[Galaxy S 5 General] montrealguy:
Does anyone know if there is a way to flash just the modem AND bootloader using Odin with the raw BOB3 files?

Nobody has managed to separate the bootloader and modem yet into their own files.
[Galaxy S 5 General] TiVa:
I did extract bootloader. See first post on this page. But nobody confirms if what I did is right :P

Modem was extracted and posted on the previous page.

I'm for 85% sure what I did is correct as I'm no noob in programming and searching on the internet,

but didn't flash it myself because I need to be 100% sure :p

I also send some pm's out to devs to check. But no response yet.

As soon as I know that what I did is 100% correct you can just flash my tar.md5 file in odin.
[Galaxy S 5 General] biomech91:
Here are the G900W8 BOB3 bootloader and modem files, posted by edgarf28.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Hey guys I updated my work S5 to Lollipop and now the home key works to wake the device but not at all once the phone is actually unlocked?
[Galaxy S 5 General] montrealguy:
Since you have the same G900W8 - XtreStoLite LP Beta 5 (Kernel: KT 02.11) as me, I'd like to know how you plan on upgrading to BOB3 while maintaining all your data.

Has someone found out how to root BOB3?
[Galaxy S 5 General] biomech91:
I might just stick with what I have until edgar updates XtreStoLite to BOB3. I'm not sure what's changed in BOB3 anyway, and KT kernel is working fine.

You should be able to root it with CF-Auto-Root, if I'm not mistaken.
[Galaxy S 5 General] brayhanrd:
odin close

trying to flash a download Rom from Odin. lolipop sm-g900w8

ODIN DONT FINISH TO INSTALL NEW UPDATE. who can help me.

i chance CSC AND I DONT GET the same error
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ramsey:
I downloaded it and installed it today. awesome :)!

Now I'm waiting for a root method. I was on TowelRoot before. I'm checking CF-Auto-Root but I don't want to risk it and I don't want to install a recovery to root it yet.

Guys, question, is anyone getting really loud system volume with this? Even on lowest volume step for System, it is still way too loud (typing with keyboard, locking unlocking phone, etc..) Quite annoying!
[Galaxy S 5 General] howipig:
Ramsey,

Same here, and I think we need to root it to change the values in the gain table for that. Also like you, I am waiting for viable root alternatives.
[Galaxy S 5 General] bimmerdriver:
Does this version of lollipop have the memory leak problem? I'm holding off installing it, wondering about that.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Just don't upgrade to Lollipop if its a work phone and you're using Maas360. Trust me!
[Galaxy S 5 General] djcasao:
can you reply to this thread if you manage to get yours rooted, i want to know what method you used/will use.

Thanks :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] jeffking54:
Has anyone flashed this using a custom recovery?

I have a custom recovery installed and running Cyanogenmod 12 on my S5 right now. I downloaded the latested S5 stock for my rogers phone from Sammoible. Can I just flash that from my custom recovery? Or does anyone know how to return to stock using a custom recovery?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 General] brar.arsh:
Juat want to check with the guys on other LP TW Roms, does your heart rate sensor lights up when your screen is on and you touch it accidentally.? Even with our new Bootloader and modem.
[Galaxy S 5 General] TiVa:
Nope. S-Health is working fine over here and sensor isn't starting on his own.

I use new bootloader, modem and kernel, but I use Alliance 7 Rom instead of Stock ROM.
[Galaxy S 5 General] biomech91:
Doesn't for me, but I haven't installed S-Health.
[Galaxy S 5 General] blackenesian:
It's the stock email app that's messing with your buttons. Uninstall, go 3rd party, should do the trick.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Glas4d:
I personally don't experience this problem but have seen it discussed before. Apparently it has to do with Google fit. Do you by chance have it installed? If you do I would suggest deleting it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jebuchanan:
To recap from other threads, rooting without tripping Knox is no longer possible.

Get over it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] blackenesian:
Is there a reason people are just installing bootloader and modem instead of the whole thing? Wondering what the advatage is.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ramsey:
and how's that achieved?
[Galaxy S 5 General] unit68:
Agreed how do we root the g900w8? I checked cf-auto root and its not for 5.0 yet for our model
[Galaxy S 5 General] jebuchanan:
Root it with the KitKat version is what is found on the other threads.

I'm still on KitKat myself, with custom Recovery (Philz)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Yeah that's what I traced it down to as well. Found it too much of a pain in the ass to set up a third party email app to access corporate email, calendar etc. and also had to use a workaround maas browser apk. Also didn't like that the sound mode settings were removed from the power button menu. Gone back to KitKat for now. Might try again later but its pretty similar with touchwiz on top.
[Galaxy S 5 General] brar.arsh:
Thanks mate, this made my day. Uninstalled Fit.
[Galaxy S 5 General] TiVa:
People that are running custom roms and are just willing to update their bootloader and modem to latest version, without going back to stock rom.

A lot of folks were already running lollipop but were still stuck on kitkat bootloaders and modem, so that's why we update them seperately
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Has anyone made an Odin flashable boot loader/modem combo yet?
[Galaxy S 5 General] TiVa:
euh, yes... just go a few pages back!

People should really learn what a "Search" form is for, but anyway, I'm in a friendly mood today: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59218296&postcount=198
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ramsey:
Anyways, if anyone finds a root method that works, can you please share it here ? :D

Edit: Ok I got it rooted using CF-Auto-Root-kltecan-kltevl-smg900w8.tar and Odin 3.09

Taken from Chainfire's thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2696537

Note that it did trip knox 0x1 and now I can't software update OTA anymore since it's custom.

Root works though! even after restarting many times.
[Galaxy S 5 General] brayhanrd:
Root Work

ON GALAXY S SM-G900W8 G900W8VLU1BOB3

usin philz_touch_6.26.2-KLTE recovery +BETA-SuperSU-v2.38

if phone stock just wipe Davin catcher on advance In recovery.

some time after update super user u lost Root just reglas again a 100% it work
[Galaxy S 5 General] unit68:
thanks this worked i just used odin 3.07 that comes in the zip. just to clarify i used the 4.4.2 cf-root to root my 5.0 G900W8

SM-G900W8 (Canada): CF-Auto-Root-kltecan-kltevl-smg900w8.zip from the thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2696537

i used the odin that is in the zip 3.07 nox has been tripped 0x1 but i was aware of that so its all good
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
My bad, thanks for being friendly about it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Hope I didn't miss this too, but has anyone updated their boot loader and modem to BOB3 who is running CM12 or a CM12 based ROM? If so, working all good? Does it help with signal drop? Cheers
[Galaxy S 5 General] C2Q:
How are you guys finding the battery life? It seems to me that it's about the same or has gotten worse. Wonder if I need to do a factory reset to see if the battery life has improved since I updated over the previous stock rom.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ramsey:
Mine is pretty good so far.
[Galaxy S 5 General] TiVa:
About the same at first impression. But tot soon tot say. After each new ROM install you should give it some charging cycles. I flashed wednesday and charged wednesday night. In belgium it is now friday 8pm and i still have 10% left
[Galaxy S 5 General] Vap0rX:
From my 2 days experience with LTE and Wifi enabled according to the location as previously I was using on KK, battery life on LP doesn't last as long as the KK. Will update it you after using it for a week. Hope it goes better.
[Galaxy S 5 General] brianeg:
does anyone have any experience rooting an android on a mac computer
[Galaxy S 5 General] bluezz:
I really wish there was barebone pre-rooted stockish Lollipop rom for W8 :(

I've already flashed BOB3 Modem and Bootloader. I've had horrible luck in terms of stability in the last 3 days with roms like AllianceROM and WanamLite and XtreStoLite.

Today's I'm going to try and download stock image (G900W8VLU1BOB3) from SamMobile, flash it with ODIN and then try and root it myself :confused:
[Galaxy S 5 General] MaLiXs:
Edgarf28 will release an update for xtrestolite but build with bob7 and compatible with stock kernel for our w8
[Galaxy S 5 General] JoshReuben:
Bob3 is working great for me with CM12, as it was on Anj1. Ditto with XtreStolite on Anj1 before I made the move to CM12.

Sent from my SM-G900W8
[Galaxy S 5 General] crappleton:
pls post your result fr SamMobile

many thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
BOB3 bootloader/modem working with newest BlissPop nightly. No discernible difference from ANF3/ANJ1. Signal bars still periodically disappear while on Wifi.
[Galaxy S 5 General] montrealguy:
Guys! Brar.arsh and I tried the following to get a barebones and very clean lollipop ROM:

Make sure you are on a rooted rom. Flash the BOB3 modem and bootloader. Reboot and then flash Joeldroid's rom based on BOB7, but only flash the rom and add-on. Do not flash the modem or bootloader.

Everything should work fine. Your phone will work well. I did mine without a wipe so I could keep all my data and sms and calls, and the phone is slightly slower than CM12. But I'm guessing that will probably resolve if I do a factory reset.
[Galaxy S 5 General] biomech91:
I might give this a try, thanks for the tip!
[Galaxy S 5 General] skomes:
Is there any way to root the stock Rogers 5.0 ROM without Odin?

I hate flashing a ton of stuff and I prefer stock to custom ROMs but it seems like the only way to root the stock ROM right now is to flash it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] brar.arsh:
I was on CM12, before but when W8 lollipop released last week, I updated my Bootloader and Modem. Did Titanium, sms and call backups, wiped system, data, cache and dalvik. Flashed Joeldroid's Rom with stock kernel and everything working super awesome. SOT is around 5 hours with no power savers on.

Here's the 50% usage for today. Around 6 hours SOT.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ragz:
Thanks [MENTION=5216367]TiVa[/MENTION] for the stock kernel, works great.

SM-G900W8, 0x1

A recovered flashaholic since Aliance Rom 5.5
[Galaxy S 5 General] montrealguy:
I'm updating my recommendation. XtreStoLite 2.0 is out, which is a barebones Lollipop rom. I installed it with the new G900W8 Lollipop kernel and it is a dramatic improvement over JoelDroid's BOB7 stock kernel.

Here it is: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2732110
[Galaxy S 5 General] brar.arsh:
Great.. Did you do the factory reset again? Or dirty install? And can you share the link for Stock w8 kernel?
[Galaxy S 5 General] jebuchanan:
Stock W8 kernel, BOB3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59212852
[Galaxy S 5 General] blackenesian:
Root isn't working for me. Did Factory Data Reset in Recovery, Wipe Cache, ran CF Auto Root; if I try opening SuperSU, all that happens is it takes forever to open, then I get the "program isn't responding, what do you want to do?" bullspit. What am I doing wrong?

---------- Post added at 10:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:32 PM ----------

Should I not restore my Samsung and Google accounts til after I run CF Auto Root? Does that matter?

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I also get a "Unable to download. Please try agian later." toast notification after restarting after Auto Root or installing custom recovery or anything.
[Galaxy S 5 General] blackenesian:
UPDATE: I flashed Philz Recovery, then installed SuperSU.zip, got it working. Now I'm just waiting on Xposed, root is nothing without Xposed (at least for me anyway).
[Galaxy S 5 General] blackenesian:
Looks like I have bigger problems now. I tried accessing my Contacts this morning, it wasn't responding. Tried a few more times, still not responding. Tried to outsmart it by opening Phone, Contacts still not responding. Restart to a black screen saying "Proccess system not responding" with 2 choices WAIT or say OK to closing the program.

Damn. I think I'm gonna have to run Unrooted. Boourns.
[Galaxy S 5 General] C2Q:
Are there any solid TW v5.0 roms that would work on our phone? I'm kinda noobish at this so I'm not really sure if that barebones ROM mentioned a few posts above works? I thought anything made for the g900h will not work on our model?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 General] MaLiXs:
I'm using xtrestolite with stock Samsung kernel!
[Galaxy S 5 General] C2Q:
Cool! I was looking at the instructions on the thread and is all you need to do is flash it as it says? We don't need to flash the Lollipop bootloader/modem do we? Since we are already on it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] MaLiXs:
This is all explained on the op of the rom
[Galaxy S 5 General] brayhanrd:
New Release

New Release

Model	SM-G900W8

Model name	GALAXY S5

Country	Canada (Bell Mobile)

Version	Android 5.0

Changelist	4100894

Build date	Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:53:48 +0000

Product code	BMC

PDA	G900W8VLU1BOC1

CSC	G900W8OYA1BOC1

Go on Sammobile
[Galaxy S 5 General] MaLiXs:
there have any change log over bob7 for this build?
[Galaxy S 5 General] brayhanrd:
Am using and it feel better stable and battery is not drain.
[Galaxy S 5 General] JoshReuben:
Which carrier are you on?
[Galaxy S 5 General] brayhanrd:
Am using bell Rom. Whit not custom carrier app.

I root it and deleted those app.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Can someone get the bootloader and modem files extracted for me please? ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] brar.arsh:
Can you look few pages back please? Or get it from XtreStoLite rom first page.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ragz:
The latest boot, modem is BOC1,the ones on previous pages and xtresolite are for BOB3, so I also would like the new BOC1 modem and boot, also stock kernel if possible, Thanks.

SM-G900W8, 0x1

A recovered flashaholic since Aliance Rom 5.5
[Galaxy S 5 General] Andrewbud:
Currently working on doing this myself from the stock md5 file.

CM12 runs like crap for me using BOB3 modem/bootloader. Clean install.. Settings keeps crapping out.
[Galaxy S 5 General] montrealguy:
Any update on extracting the BOC1 kernel/modem/Etc?

Is there a way I can flash the BOC1 rom without doing a full wipe?
[Galaxy S 5 General] ragz:
New BOC1 modem, bootloader at

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59507652

Thanks to [MENTION=693309]edgarf28[/MENTION]

SM-G900W8, 0x1

A recovered flashaholic since Aliance Rom 5.5
[Galaxy S 5 General] montrealguy:
Here are the files for VLU1BOC1:

kernel: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934542895

bootloader: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934542893

modem: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934542894
[Galaxy S 5 General] JoshReuben:
Are you (or is anyone else) using BOC1 yet with CM12 or any other rooted ROM? Is all OK?
[Galaxy S 5 General] ragz:
I'm using it with TW alliance Rom 7.0 and all is good.

SM-G900W8, 0x1

A recovered flashaholic since Aliance Rom 5.5
[Galaxy S 5 General] montrealguy:
I flashed all three files on top of the BOB7 XtreStoLite 2.0.1 and everything is fine.
[Galaxy S 5 General] JoshReuben:
AWESOME! Thanks all!

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Just finished flashing with Odin. Followed the excellent guide at post 4 of XtreStoLite's thread and all good on BOC1 using CM 12 KLTE nightly on Rogers.
[Galaxy S 5 General] MaLiXs:
Everything running fine for me with latest bootloader, radio, kernel (from Edgarf26) and xtrestolite 2.0.1a
[Galaxy S 5 General] biomech91:
I wish we could know what the changes are between kernel/bootloader/modem versions.
[Galaxy S 5 General] brayhanrd:
You have Hotspot whit XtreStolite if Yes plz let me No how to fix it. Becouse I can't get it to work.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Andrewbud:
Same here.. Tried CM12 and Xtrestolite today.... I failed a few times to extract the files so I gave up and flashed the stock rom and started over again...
[Galaxy S 5 General] montrealguy:
Has anyone tried the stock BOC1 kernel with CM12 or Blisspop? I'm wondering whether it will mess up my phone or if I need to only use a CM-based kernel...
[Galaxy S 5 General] JoshReuben:
Asked and answered earlier in the thread. Short answer is that it works great.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
The BOC1 bootloader and modem work fine with BlissPop but I don't think the stock Samsung kernel would be a good idea.
[Galaxy S 5 General] bunder9999:
Just got the Lollipop OTA update message today... Bell S5 rooted by towel.

Has anyone tried SuperSU's survival mode yet to see if root sticks? I don't really want to upgrade until I know I can keep (or reacquire without tripping knox) root.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] cryomage:
ugh, im getting a bootloop after OTA update from Rogers on my G900W8.

If i put the phone in airplane more it doesnt go into bootloop but once its off, bootloop.

I managed to figure out its build BOC1 after putting the phone in airplane mode.

should i downgrade back to kitkat or flash via odin?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Try wiping the cache. You can do it through stock recovery by powering off the phone then powering on while holding the volume up and home key.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Rezvonflux:
Clarification please

Hello Everyone,

So i'm running ALLIANCE LOLLIPOP on my rooted G900-W8,

Is it worth it for me to move onto the official release of lollipop and then install custom ROM if i wanted to?

According to Sammy, this is what they have.... what's the difference?

Date	Country/Carrier	Version	PDA	CSC	Kies

2015-03-01	Canada (Fido Mobile)	5.0	G900W8VLU1BOC1	G900W8OYA1BOC1

2015-03-01	Canada (Fido Mobile)	5.0	G900W8VLU1BOB3	G900W8OYA1BOB3

I have to admit i'm not the strongest, nor am i a complete noob...

....but what is the difference in bootloaders, BOB3 and BOB7 i believe?

Thanks for helping me clear my head.

Came from S3, LG O2X amd now my S5
[Galaxy S 5 General] bunder9999:
Still undecided if I want to OTA, don't want to lose root or knox.

I was reading in the SuperSU forums (beta thread) that I can re-install it by using a recovery zip after doing the OTA. I'm assuming this would trip knox, right?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] cryomage:
i ended up doing a factory reset and wipe the cache.. now its working again..
[Galaxy S 5 General] Blazing angel:
What's the most reliable place to download rom's for another carrier? Sam mobile?

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Boc1 is newer, has some fixes under the hood
[Galaxy S 5 General] brayhanrd:
New Release

How made spanisg languaje for this model SM-G900W8 #Lolipop
[Galaxy S 5 General] styropian:
For this who wants to keep a root and have Lollipop I found and I want to shear interesting post from Muniz_ri.

We need to use the correct LP stock ROM for our phone model.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934549054

and require specific stock partition file for G900W8 : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934550905

I'm still not to sure if I want to Have LP or custom R with knox 0x1.My main concern is battery drain and to go custom looks a better choice.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 5 General] raazdar:
has anyone tired the above method using the BOC1 files for 900W8 and whether the knox counter is still at 0x0 after flashing? Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 General] styropian:
Yes, I did finally decided to go ahead and I flashed my s5 with this method. Successfully I had updated my s5 to Lollipop and conforming I have knox at 0x0 .

Addition to my first post You have to load new bootloader and modem (Boc1) at the end with Odin 3.09.

Cheers

(Thanks meter update will make my day)

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] raazdar:
Thanks for confirming. I'll test it out soon.

Just for my own understanding, doesn't the partitions.tar file contain the bootloader and modem or that it just defines the partitions and the files need to be flashed separately?
[Galaxy S 5 General] styropian:
You have to Load them separately. Fallow this instruction and download proper bootlader and modem from: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52210611&postcount=4

The best think of this is that my battery drain ONLY 20% a day(24h) with about 2 -3hrs usage after setup in wifi advance settings and disabling wifi scan at night.My Battery will last now about 5 days.

I do not need any custom room for now I'm VERY Happy with Looli.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 5 General] bunder9999:
Anyone tried using Flashfire on their S5? I tried using it to apply the official lollipop to my Bell S5 and I got stuck at the bootloader (wasn't looping, but it wouldn't boot anything or enter recovery mode). I had to use Odin to flash the update.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 5 General] VancouverGreek:
Hey Guys,

I have the SM-G900W8. Fully rooted running 12.1

I updated the boot loader / modem using the information provided from a previous poster. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52210611&postcount=4

I am having LTE issues. It keeps dropping to H+ quite frequently.

Does anyone know what is causing the instability?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Good chance it's CM related. My signal drops off and on quite a bit.
[Galaxy S 5 General] VancouverGreek:
Yea; I tried running a speed test and I am getting pretty good speeds... 30+ download and 10+ upload....

Hopefully they fix this on the next update.
[Galaxy S 5 General] cerberii:
I noticed this since stock version 4.2. I am still running stock, but rooted and TWRP recovery installed. I have noticed these same problems since the beginning. LTE always drops and goes to HSPA. And can happen at odd places. I believe its because there isnt enough coverage. BUt I have not check the signals when doing this.
[Galaxy S 5 General] montrealguy:
BOC2 is out for the W8!!!! Does anyone have the files to flash the modem/bootloader/kernel????
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Got all excited thinking it was 5.1.1. Probably just a stagefright fix.
[Galaxy S 5 General] TiVa:
Bootloader - Modem - Kernel

I downloaded Rogers version from SamMob and extracted all necessary files.

You can download them here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B09vL-xPOv6MNG9xb2dIY05sRm8
[Galaxy S 5 General] biomech91:
Fantastic, thanks for this. Trying to download the full ROM would've taken me hours and hours from all those crappy hosting sites.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zehlek:
Here is the one i recommend. S6 theme is for working

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3121078
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
Thanks for doing this!

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That's the rom I'm running too. Unfortunately stuck using 4.1 version until we get stock 5.1.1 firmware. On the plus side I can still use Xposed.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spacemonkie4207:
You can use xposed on 5.0
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
You can use it on lollipop 5.0 but Sixperience 5.0 is based on lollipop 5.1.1.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spacemonkie4207:
Right. It's funny how only T-Mobile got 5.1.1. And no one else.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Reechings:
I know, what's the deal with that? Hopefully they will get Xposed working for Touchwiz 5.1.1 around same time we finally get the update.
[Galaxy S 5 General] C2Q:
Having the same issue. Went to a TW ROM but I want to go back to CM12.1 once this is fixed. Does anyone know how to get around this?

One thing I did notice though is that the APN list on CM12 was huge whereas on the TW ROM it only has two APNs. Maybe deleting the APN list on CM might work?