yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 General] bagr3210:
I beg you, how you can unlock the bootloader?

I can not even install the Recovery Mode ... And anyway I do not root ..

For me Lollipops
[Galaxy S 5 General] gspears:
You can beg but NOBODY has found a way to unlock the bootloader. If they had, lots of people would be very happy.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Joker87:
Anyway to root with locked bootloader? You mean the t mobile version by chance?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gspears:
The G900T does not normally have a locked bootloader. The G900A does. Here in the States the G900T is for T-Mobile and the G900A is for AT&T.

Many people such as myself with AT&T service use the G900T because it doesn't have a locked bootloader and it get's all the AT&T LTE frequencies.

If you look in the AT&T threads and the T-Mobile threads here on XDA there are threads that will explain your rooting options and how to root your device.

Your best bet is to determine which device you have and then start reading all the threads for that device.
[Galaxy S 5 General] monkey300:
This works on the NZ G900IDVU1ANK1_G900INZC1ANJ2_G900IDVU1ANJ1_HOME.tar.md5 ROM as well - thanks!

Just needed to extract the boot.img and convert to tar.md5 using this script - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2446269
[Galaxy S 5 General] b631nz:
Fail

SM-G900I. Phone came with 4.4.2 Taiwan ANK1.

I'm from NZ. I wanted to flash Vodafone NZ 4.4.2 and then flash old kernel, towel, flash new kernel to have rooted 4.4.2 with my local ROM.

While flashing G900IDVU1ANK1_G900IVNZ1ANJ2_VNZ with ODIN it got almost completely to the end and then ODIN said failed due to file size. It appeared to be trying to flash hidden.img.ext4.

Now phone won't boot, it states I need to do recovery/repair with Kies.

I can boot into download and is recognisable in Odin.

I am reluctant to do a Kies recovery just yet because that will put 5.0 on it and I want KK.

I suspect the source of the error is that some ROMs are made with different partition sizes.

I did not tick any of the dangerous options (EFS, PIT, etc).

My plan is to reflash the Taiwan 4.4.2 that it came with and then go from there. Awaiting a slow download from sam-mobile. Any suggestions? Has anybody else had this problem and managed to fix it?

Update: reflashed what I thought to be the firmware it came with after downloading from sam-mobile. Working again. Didn't bother trying to get my local csc. Settling for the Taiwan edition. Flashed ANE kernel, towelrooted, supersu'd, reflashed ANI kernel (generated using script to convert boot.img into boot.tar.md5 from higher up in thread).

Now time for xposed...
[Galaxy S 5 General] Chronicles101:
Help Pls

I'm new to this thing. I just want to update my 4.4.2 SCL23 to Lollipop 5.1

I bought this already rooted so that it could be used here in the Philippines.

Baseband Version: SCL23KDU1BNE4

Build number: ht..tp:://bbs.romup.c.o.m

Hardware Version: G900J.07

Kernel Version: 3.4.0 dpi@SWDD3920

Can someone pls guide me on how to update. Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 General] AndoidTab:
Did someone used this method to root g901f without tripping knox?:)
[Galaxy S 5 General] de_johnny:
Got everything working perfect. ...thanks man.

Now i need flashfire for my custom roms....Any help with mirror links?[emoji6] [emoji6]
[Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfrog77:
Bought a Galaxy S5 today and Tried to flash from 5.0 to 4.4.2. It´s Mission Impossible.

When i flash anything older than ANG2 the phone boots but Display stay completly black.

tried to flash from G900FXXU1BOD3 to G900FXXU1ANE2 -----> Black screen

tried to flash from G900FXXU1BOD3 to G900FXXU1ANG2 -----> works, but towelroot does not support G900FXXU1ANG2

tried to flash from G900FXXU1BOD3 to G900FXXU1ANG2 and flash the G900FXXU1ANE2 Kernel -----> Black Screen
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
After flashing 4.4.2 did you factory reset?
[Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfrog77:
i´m not able to do anything cause the display is completely Dark.

going back to download mode is pretty easy without seeing anything but factory wipe and cache wipe ...no way
[Galaxy S 5 General] Joker87:
You can't even boot in to recovery mode? Did you turn off reactivation lock before flashing??
[Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfrog77:
No i can't

yes

immediately after start up the display goes off. in the background you can hear that typical samsung startup sound
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
Try flashing back the ane2 and then remove the battery hold the power button for 10 seconds. Reinsert the battery and then boot into recovery and see
[Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfrog77:
Same result as the last 20-30 times. Dark display :crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfrog77:
Seems like Samsung did somthing with new S5 to prevent Flashing to ANE2 in Germany . A user with a new S5 reported the same problem in a German forum
[Galaxy S 5 General] adrenalize_:
Is it definitely a G900F? I know some carriers in Europe now supply the G901F such as EE in the UK. I am looking to do this soon too so interested to see if you can root it.

I assume you can flash back to 5.0 and everything's OK, just not rooted?
[Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfrog77:
Yes it`s definitely a G900F

Correct

Here is another thread with this problem

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/help/custom-recovery-protection-samsung-t3135004
[Galaxy S 5 General] ionutmaruta:
Towelroot ia working on 4.4.2 ANE2 BOOTLOADER only ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfrog77:
i assume you didn´t read this

Bought a Galaxy S5 today and Tried to flash from 5.0 to 4.4.2. It´s Mission Impossible.

When i flash anything older than ANG2 the phone boots but Display stays completly black.

tried to flash from G900FXXU1BOD3 to G900FXXU1ANE2 -----> Black display

tried to flash from G900FXXU1BOD3 to G900FXXU1ANG2 -----> works, but towelroot does not support G900FXXU1ANG2

tried to flash from G900FXXU1BOD3 to G900FXXU1ANG2 and flash the G900FXXU1ANE2 Kernel -----> Black display

;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] fubo73:
You're not alone. Other users are reporting that newest s5 cannot be downgraded.

Sent by my SM-G900F, aka Galaxy S5
[Galaxy S 5 General] ionutmaruta:
Bad news. So you must buy when you device appear ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] keithross39:
Yeah....that REALLY helped didn't it......do you have any more useful advice?....

Sent from my rooted, debloated stocKK kn0x0 SM-G900F
[Galaxy S 5 General] ionutmaruta:
Try to flash ANG2 rom, then flash ANE2 bootloader only, then root it with towelroot and flash again with MOP or FlashFire the ANG2 bootloader only keeping everoot. If it stuck to the blackscreen, restart in recovery mode and wipe cache partition only then restart again.

If you can flash the ANG2 rom, then the above procedure must be working fine ;)

If this is heappend again, I don't know. You must root using cf auto root, but this procedure will trip the knox :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] cyberfrog77:
*FACEPALM*

You didn´t read the last two sides of this thread !
[Galaxy S 5 General] ionutmaruta:
Sorry I meant kernel instead of bootloader.

You can't flash the ANE2 kernel on ANG2 rom ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] jcplu:
G900fxxu1boa3 csc=xeo

Hello,

I have a "new" s5 lollipop 5.0 : G900FXXU1BOA3 CSC=XEO (I don't know why it is from Poland since I bought it in France...).

a) Do you know if I can go back to 4.4.2 ANE2 then root it and upgrade it to 5.0 with knox=0 ?

b) When I install kies, it doesn't work properly and recommends me to install smart switch ?

c) Can I backup my firmware with a software ?

d) Do I need to download ANE2 with CSC=XEO ?

e) Can I use Odin 3.10 or only 3.09 ?

Thanks for you help.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Georgie9117:
Hello!

Some answers...

a= yes, the root method is go back ANE2 4.4.2, root it, then install 5.0 with FlashFire;

c= FlashFire has got an option as backup;

d= to change CSC no need download again the stock ROM, if you like, you change CSC with phone code or an app, but not necessary;

e= on Samfirmware site, where you downloaded the stock ROM, you can find the correct ODIN version, just scroll down a bit.

G.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jcplu:
Downgrade 4.4.2 : Ok

Apply towelroot : Ok

Install and run SuperSU > normal : Ok

Check with root checker : Ok :)

A) How can I verify that knox has been disabled by SuperSU ?

B) How can I check that knox is 0 ? I'm not sure if I can run phone info ?

C) How do you download flashfire after joining ?

D) Can I use smart switch to restore my data without root or knox problem ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] Georgie9117:
A= I think you can check it with TitaniumBackup;

B= start your device in Download mode, you will see the KNOX status in the upper right corner;

C= to get download link sometimes needs hours;

D= best way to restore data is TitaniumBackup.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jcplu:
A=Can you explain how to check with TitaniumBackup if Knox is disabled ?

and if enabled, how to disable it ?

SuperSU ask me the first time but the question and answers were difficult to understand (french translation not accurate for me) ? But If I run SuperSU now, nothing to tell me if knox is enabled/disabled.

B= yes, DM : knox=0x0 :)

Do you think I can run phone info Samsung ? or is there a risk for the knox ?

Is there a way to exit DM (without downloading and beside the battery solution) ?

C= to get download link sometimes needs hours; :(

What is the current FlashFire version ?

Can I use Mobile Odin Pro instead ?

E= now I have ANE2 4.4.2 stock + Towelroot + SuperSU + (knox disabled ?)

And I want to switch to Lollipop so I think I have to use alexndr rom :

Do I need to flash the ANK7 first then the BOE6 ? or directly the BOE6 because I don't want to wipe data (if possible) ? and of course I want to keep knox=0x0, it's why I want to be sure that knox is disabled.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Oz4225:
To check if knox disable, check in TitaniumBackup if "Knox Notification manager 2.0" is on Freeze mode

You can use Mobile odin pro

You can flash to BOE6, but wipe it is highly recommended.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jcplu:
in SuperSu > Security > Mount namespace separation is checked.

is it OK ? because Titanium Backup told me that it may be incorrect ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] jcplu:
from ANE2 4.4.2 stock + root + knox=0, I try with Flashfire v0.21 to upgrade the rom with Alexndr 5.0 but without success :(

I select "Flash zip or OTA" and then the system files are copied (list of files are displayed on the screen) , phone reboots and then KO on black screen with Samsung s5 title ?

I forgot to switch FlashFire option from Reboot to Download mode, and then flash BL and CP after the DevBase with PC Odin and now it's OK :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Georgie9117:
My way to install 5.0.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Samga:
Has anybody successfully rooted FXXU1BOE3 or the newer FXXU1POF4 with Knox 0x0 in the meantime? If yes, how exactly?
[Galaxy S 5 General] GlumRipper:
By looking for easily found instructions and following them.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Samga:
Thanks! Do you mean the instructions in post #1 of this thread or could you please give a link?
[Galaxy S 5 General] GlumRipper:
Yes the first post, there is a link to another thread under "Flashing android 5.0 WITHOUT TRIGERRING KNOX". There are ROMs up to POF9 and you can flash them using Flashfire.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
Hello guys, sorry for resurrecting this thread with a similar question. I have read and followed up the thread but near the end getting mixed answers regarding Flashfire and Mobile Odin Pro.

Basically i want to update my g900f from 4.4.2 KK to 5.0 LP

Currently i am on Stock 4.4.2 UK Vodafone rom, i am towel rooted with Knox 0x0 which i wish to maintain.

So i have installed both Mobile Odin Pro and Flashfire on my device.

What i want to know is, that i want to install the latest Vodafone version of 5.0 Lollipop for my device downloaded from sammobile. Which app out the two will let me install the downloaded tar file onto my device allowing me to maintain my root and Knox 0x0?

Can someone please confirm this? and also advice me which settings do i need to tick/untick when doing so. Thank you
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
No it will flash whole formate not just kernel
[Galaxy S 5 General] Vivek_Neel:
Deleted.

Posted in the wrong thread :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] ChelseaHansa:
So how just flash the kernel?

Edit: Found it. Work as it should now.
[Galaxy S 5 General] rafaelw:
There is any way to extract my current kernel directly from my phone, without need to download the full firmware?
[Galaxy S 5 General] cseck:
Has anybody tried the second method yet (EXPERIMENTLE)??? If so what is ur feedback on it does it work???
[Galaxy S 5 General] rafaelw:
What about WIFI issues like described in OP?
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
they will get fixed once you flash back your official ROM as i have already mentioned in the OP
[Galaxy S 5 General] ChelseaHansa:
In Download mode, I have the text Reactivation Lock(KK) OFF

Are this the same as you describe and Off should be same as disable?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
Yes, they are the same. Disabling is turning off.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ChelseaHansa:
Ok, Strange that mobile odin not success to install the new firmware ANG2. I was rooted.

But I have enabled everroot, Inject Superuser and inject Mobile Odin, Wipe Dalvik cache.
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
why are you flashing the whole firmware, i only told flash the kernel using PC ODIN not MOBILE ODIN and you need MOBILE ODIN PRO for ever root
[Galaxy S 5 General] ChelseaHansa:
Hehe. My phone are OK now. I have only flashed just kernel, fix root, and then flash the new kernel. [emoji1]

So why I flash the new image are when I like to upgrade / downgrade the firmware.

I have the pro version [emoji6]

And I not success.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ferencs90:
Im sorry can i procede to upgrade if i have this model? i have not understand Very Well. .
[Galaxy S 5 General] gee2012:
Yes proceed with Towelroot.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G900F met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 General] ferencs90:
yes i have yet rooted the Phone with towelroot.. I m asking that this procedure is correct for my model. Be cause in the op i cant saw the ane2 firmware..I m wrong?
[Galaxy S 5 General] jordanni:
S Health

Is S health working fine for you all after the whole procedure?
[Galaxy S 5 General] ZaInT_:
The experimental method didn't work for me but I upgraded from NE2 to NG2 to NG8 (method 1 two times) and now I'm rooted and the phone works but still shows custom firmware :)

My saved wireless networks disappeared though :(

I don't know why I got NG8 because I flashed NG9 though.

Has anyone got a changelog for these kernels?
[Galaxy S 5 General] cseck:
So the second method doesn't work then too change status back too official??? I was going too try this but haven't got round too it yet. Anyone else tried second method yet???
[Galaxy S 5 General] _alexndr:
[MENTION=3535808]wajiman[/MENTION]

I've created an acount @ AndroidFileHost. I'm planning to put any new ROM component when it will be released (including kernel / bootloader / modem)

If you would like - you can use following 2 links and put in your thread in the same way as I did >> HERE <<

>> KERNEL_G900FXXU1ANE2.tar.md5 <<

>> Recent kernel versions for SM-G900F <<

... and then your thread will be up to date without any additional action :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
Thanks a bunch mate :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] 2ndcarpenter:
Flash fire will do this successfully and keep root and 0x0. I flashed to 5.0 using it and have flashed each update as well. No need to check or uncheck anything. By default all the proper settings are selected. Just choose the "flash firmware package", direct it to the correct file, it will check the file and then flash. You may need to go back and do it a second time and deselect all but select modem firmware so that it will update the baseband image. This is a protected partition and is not selected by default.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
Hi thanks for the reply, so once i download my updated rom from sammobile, do i need to unzip it to tar or i can flash it in the downloaded zip format?

Also i read something about having to select the everoot option and ticking Inject SuperSU, is that checked by default? Or do i need to check that? As i need root.

I didnt quite understand when you say " You may need to go back and do it a second time and deselect all but select modem firmware so that it will update the baseband image. This is a protected partition and is not selected by default"

What is that part for?
[Galaxy S 5 General] 2ndcarpenter:
Nah, No need to unzip it. Flash fire actually does that part for you, and can also even make flashable files out of all partitions for you.( you could then take those files to your PC and flash them using Odin.) But don't worry with this now. I have always seen that Everoot and SuperSU are already selected by deault, but if they are not then you will need to select them. As for explaining the " You may need to go back and do it a second time and deselect all but select modem firmware so that it will update the baseband image. This is a protected partition and is not selected by default" it would be easier to understand once you have used Flashfire. But basically once you allow Flashfire to scan the archived image file you got from Sammobile, it will show it to you broken down in a list with all partitions separated. Many will be greyed out these are either protected partitions, and not necessary for updating the rom. Modem Firmware will not be selected since it is a protected partition, and also not nessecary to update the firmware to Lollipop. It is necessary for the baseband or at least it was with mine, and caused lollipop to lag until I updated the baseband with the modem firmware.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
Awesome thanks alot, one last thing. For updating the baseband with the modem firmware, how do i perform that part? Do u have to flash the firmware twice or can you tick a option when i do it 1st time round? I want to ensure i dont get any sort of lag as you experianced, hence why i want to update from KK to LP. Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] 2ndcarpenter:
Yes, sorry I meant to address this in the last message. You can actually select it in the first flash and FF will tell you that it is a protected partition and it will give you the option of skipping that step or it will do 2 runs . or you could just delselect all the boxes and only select modem. so basically you would only be flashing the basband in the second flash and not the main rom or any other paratitions. i guess it is your call on which method to do. the only real advantage to doing it the 2nd way is that you could do a backup before you flash the baseband only, in case something goes wrong.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
Also my g900f has UK vodafone branded firmware, could i possibily flash unbranded BTU firmware direct with flashfire? Or would that trip knox? Or would i need change the CSC manually? Thanks

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So would you advice to do it on the 2nd run? Also once i flash the firmware with FF on first run, do i make that backup with FF itself before updating the baseband?

And my g900f has UK Vodafone branded firmware, can i flash non branded BTU firmware on it? Or would that trip knox? Or would i need to change the CSC manually? Thanks, sorry for prolonging the conversation.
[Galaxy S 5 General] 2ndcarpenter:
Personally I have always just done it as a second stage of the first attempt. ( or at least since I discovered that it was necessary) As far CSC changer there is a guy with an app that does that (Phone INFO ★Samsung★ by vndnguyen), I personally have not used that function of the app since I have the Korean 900k and there are no other Samsung compatible firmwares that i could use without bricking my phone. Also I cant offer you much advice about flashing a different firmware. The best I can tell you is that if it is a Samsung Firmware and the Kernel has not be altered, it will not break root, but i am no expert and honestly cannot guaranty that.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
Sadily i flashed latest LP 5.0 using flashfire with default options, process went smooth but then i got stuck in a bootloop, on the "Samsung Galaxy S5" screen, it just froze on there. It was that bad that i even got a bootloop in recovery that wouldnt open. Only could go in download mode so flashed KK 4.4.2 back via pc odin and called it a day :(

Dont know why it didnt work, maybe i should have did a wipe in flashfire before the flash process?
[Galaxy S 5 General] 2ndcarpenter:
Yeah, I was gonna say it, then I saw it in your last sentence. I would definitely wipe the cache. I usually, if I have the option to, wipe the cache partition and the dalvic.
[Galaxy S 5 General] pinkfloyd49:
Do you update the BootLoader with odin just after flashfire ???
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
So do you usually wipe the cache partition and the dalvik with flashfire before you start the flash procedure?
[Galaxy S 5 General] 2ndcarpenter:
If you have that option, it would be a good idea. I got the impression from your last post that you were not able to access your recovery mode after flashing. If you can access recovery mode, you can wipe from there. Either method should be ok.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
I was able to boot into recovery but recovery wont load and it froze on the black screen with "recovery loading" in blue text. So i guess it was kind of a recovery bootloop also. Next time i use flashfire i will do the wipes within the app and then flash rom. Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] 2ndcarpenter:
I quickly read through your posts, and also I am not an expert but I think i understand and may have a little insight. I know for a fact that you can flash the modem with Flashfire, I have done it myself. and for the bootloader there is a way to extract them and make them flashable with flashfire. You will then need to move that file to your PC and flash it with ODIN. I will try to explain the steps. Open FF, click the plus sign, select flash firmware package. Select your package, if you havent selected it before FF will first scan it. Now you will see all your partitions listed, Primary and secondary bootloader will be greyed out. Across the top you will see a red bar with( from left to right) an arrow pointing left, the word 'partition' a box with an arrow pointing down, and a check mark. If you select the box with the arrow pointing down it will opena new screen. Here primary and secondary bootloader will be selected, as well as trustZone and Modem and others. anything that you leave selected FF will create a flashable file for it. once this process completes, you can go find the achived files in the FF folder. take the ones you need and put them on your PC so that you can select them from ODIN. Hope this helps

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That's right. I recall reading that now that you mention it. My memory is starting to go now that I'm over 40, lol. I guess i could have read back up a few lines... Anyways, I hope this helps, good luck. hope it works for you this time.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xtrakill101:
Hi, I have a rooted s5 and want to upgrade to lollipop with root and not tripping knox. I have the AND1, do I need to change that like doing the 1st part? Or can I just do the method of _alexndr ??
[Galaxy S 5 General] -Majkel-:
Hej Guyjs, I cannot root with this method. I have Samsung s5 SG-900F. I am on XEO using G900FXXU1ANG2_G900FXEO1ANG2_XEO. In the instruction is information to use ANE2, but whenever I try to flash it by ODIN I received a black screen in my phone and my screen won't to turn on. I must on blidnly turn on ODIN installation on my phone and install other software. Like I said I can't install differents software because of black screen status. If I used Kernel in Post 1 with my ANG2 software it gets a issue and cannot start even I want to clean cache or format. Do you have any information what type of software it will be working with my telephone? I read this thread but did not find if someone has the same problem as me. Someone said to me that all with was build after June 2014 but they won't work too. I receive in TowelRoot information that my phone is not supported I think that is why I can't install this Kernel.