yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 General] Theshawty:
1. Flash 4.4 with Odin

2. Flash PIT file

3. Reboot. No reflash needed.

Props [MENTION=4685589]@non4[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 5 General] sitimber:
i downloaded these 2 files first

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54160372&postcount=11

i then restored backup flashed the 2 files with odin 3.09

i then wiped data

then i restored my backup again

all working fine now back to 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 5 General] popmpopm:
I see that there is some people he does not even have to flash their original flash

now they want come back to kitkat with a dangerous method for novice

if you fail to flash this rom who y want flash it not for y phone ( not same pit )

ty flashing your original rom not random rom from sam

I succeed why not you ( i have knox 0x1 )

1- wipe all ( or reset F )

2- flash with odine you latest kitkat ( with same latest bootloader ) ( the major problem some people don't know here original rom)

3- reset f
[Galaxy S 5 General] adamgwaps:
i wana downgrade is it possible by not wiping data?
[Galaxy S 5 General] wajiman:
not possible, wipe data is must, AFAIK
[Galaxy S 5 General] jfavellanedab:
Why are you going back to 4.4.2 ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] abhinav quietly brilliant:
And I am waiting eagerly for the lollipop update for my exynos s5
[Galaxy S 5 General] ashkan_mc:


Battery life on 4.4 is way better. L needs to be more polished. No project volta is there as far as i check in 4 days
[Galaxy S 5 General] gentr:
I return to kit kat from lollipop when I find the first firmware for my sm-g900f and after flash with Odin when phone restart you need to of the phone go in recovery factory reset and wipe check partition and restart phone. You are now in 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mohamed Bilal:
[MENTION=3655508]Theshawty[/MENTION] from where can i download the pit file?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Theshawty:
From the pit file thread. Just look for it.

You have a g900h though so no lollipop for you.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mohamed Bilal:
Yes i have g900h. I just wanted the pit file. Please can u post the link of the pit file thread.... thanx
[Galaxy S 5 General] Theshawty:
Don't remember where it is.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Foka002:
Pit file method didn't work for me. All I had to do was to find exact rom that came with the phone. Then it went through without any error message.
[Galaxy S 5 General] - [ D.I.E.S.E.L ] -:
It's okay now after wipe cache and factory reset ,, thanks for help all :)

but please if anyone have right and safe method let me know
[Galaxy S 5 General] liranz:
Hello

Is there a way to downhrade to 4.4.2 from the latest update of lollipop 5.0 BNL7 via odin by flashing 4.4.2 frimware?

Coz it's worked fine with the first lollipop version from Poland...

Just flash 4.4.2

And then did full wipe and the phone boot n 4.4.2 with no problem.

Even with knox 0x1

Please let me know

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] joecool666:
downgrading back to 4.4.2-sm-g900f

hi gut's N gal's, this is how i downgraded back to vodafone 4.4.2, okay the first thing i did was write down the S/N number under the battery,

then i flashed BNL2 LOLLIPOP, make sure you wipe factory data/and cheche/ before you flash.and after you flash. then when that's done downgrade back to poland 4.4.2 XEO.dont forget to wipe.before and after. okay if you get fail on odin after flashing you will see a message saying fail, you will also see error message on your device to. unplug your device DO NOT TURN IT OFF. close odin and open kies 3, goto tool's hit firmware upgrade and initialisation. enter your model number and S/N number. "all in capslock on" you will see your firmware for your device hit ok and let it download and install. it may take some time to start so just let it do what it has todo.when it has finshed wipe again. it should work, and then i flashed my firmware again with odin, my device is back to orignal state 4.4.2 vodafone knox 0x0, all good, hope this help's regard's joe ....hit thanks if this help's thank you. P.S this is all stock not custom might be differant step's if coming form custom rom's. do this at your own risk,,
[Galaxy S 5 General] liranz:
Woow big story in the first version i just flashed via odin 4.4.2 poland and then did full wipe and that's it..
[Galaxy S 5 General] joecool666:
there yo go no biggie regard's joe
[Galaxy S 5 General] liranz:
Sorry i didn't understend your answer please
[Galaxy S 5 General] joecool666:
i had some issue's when i was downgraded back to 4.4.2, so i had to take extra step's. kind regard's joe.
[Galaxy S 5 General] liranz:
Ok now i got it thanks mate

If it's like that and as easy as the first version i will sty with that new version of 5.0
[Galaxy S 5 General] joecool666:
yeah sure why not , i dont think it will be much longer for us all to get the update now...
[Galaxy S 5 General] liranz:
Yes you are right...

Thanks any way
[Galaxy S 5 General] TheATHEiST:
I just flashed stock kitkat twice with Odin 3.09 with bootloader flash enabled, then flashed twrp in odin and then restored previous TWRP backup. Worked fine for me.
[Galaxy S 5 General] joecool666:
no problem bud kind regard's

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handy to know if your running custom rom's and kernel's, regard's joe.
[Galaxy S 5 General] liranz:
is there a way to now for sure if the BNL7 the new update of 5.0 is safe to downgrade via odin by flashing stock rom 4.4.2 poland

or it's a big risk of brick the phone?

and if i do deceid to do that and get fail in odin does it mean that my phone is bricked ? or i could get into download mod agian and flash via odin the latest 5.0

and the phon will boot normaly ?

i don't have JIG just for the record...

thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] - [ D.I.E.S.E.L ] -:
Thanks All

Finally back to kitkat

I just wipe cache and factory rest before flash ,,

then go to bootloader without opening my device ,,

then flash stock rom downloaded from SamMobile ,,

after it finished ,, i did wipe cache and factory rest again

and i get small update after i flash official stock rom ,,,

My Knox now 0X0

Thanks ,
[Galaxy S 5 General] liranz:
Hi

Please tell me if i will do those next steps i will also get back to 4.4.2 kitkat...

I am on 5.0 lollipop BNL7 the second update of the version

Have no root i did full unroot via superSU

G900F

Knox 0x1

Now all i need to do is make full wipe when i am on 5.0 then open odin and flash any stock rom 4.4.2 from sammobile, in odin do i need to cancel somthing?

If not just flash it like a reguler frimware...

Then after i get the pass sign i'll need to enter to recovery mod and do once agin full wipe and my phone will boot up normaly with 4.4.2 kikat stock!!

Am i right will it work for me as wall?? Coz i don't wanna brick my phone

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] liranz:
Someone please what dose it mean flash bootlodear?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Theshawty:
I reverted from 5.0 to 4.4.2 without any issues. I ran triangle away to get the official system status, then I booted into twrp and wiped data and rebooted into download mode and flashed 4.4.2. Worked a treat.
[Galaxy S 5 General] liranz:
What does it mean triangl i am on offical stock

Please look above to see in what status i am and tell me if it will work for me

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] delijesever:
I read all your post but i cant find answer on my question...

I had lollipop BNL2 and twrp root too, i want to back on kit kat, i dont have any backup and ia cant restore from twrp. please help i dont want to brick my phone.

if someone tried and succed i will be pleased if writte step by step here, tnx :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] elitman:
....

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http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/help/to-downgrade-android-l-to-4-4-2-900f-t2965666/page3
[Galaxy S 5 General] delijesever:
i did all same, and i am stock i recovery booting....

sorry, it works, i flashed iz again and its ok now :)

tnx :good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] liranz:
hello

is there a way to downgrade to 4.4.2 from the new frimwere from Spain BNL9 ?

do the same procces full wipe then flash stock 4.4.2 via odin and then full wipe agian and it will boot in 4.4.2 kitkat stock?

thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] joecool666:
as some people say on here that's right.but some people also have been having problems aswel. regard's
[Galaxy S 5 General] floxos:
which version of odin is recommended for our s5?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gentr:
3.09
[Galaxy S 5 General] griffin_1:
Would downgrade from 5.0 back to 4.4.2 trip knox? I have it at 0x0 and im thinking since its all through odin and official firmware it wouldn't, but i havent found a definitive answer
[Galaxy S 5 General] elitman:
I have done it like 4 times and still 0x0
[Galaxy S 5 General] griffin_1:
Thanks. I'm curious to try the update but probably won't keep it mostly because of xposed mods
[Galaxy S 5 General] android167:
So is it safe to downgrade without triggering knox? Im on stock lollipop and my knox is 0x0.
[Galaxy S 5 General] *Detection*:
Think as long as what you are flashing is stock samsung, it won't trip KNOX, if it is custom, it will
[Galaxy S 5 General] android167:
Well.. I get an hidden.img.ext4 fail (size) error on Odin. Im on Polish Lollipop. I tried it to donwgrade it to croatian kitkat, but i got an error. Should i download polish kitkat version or what?
[Galaxy S 5 General] popmpopm:
never flash rondom kitkat stock rom ( pit error )

1- charge your battery to max

2- wipe all

3- flash your last kitkat rom with ( remember y last bootloader )

4- wipe again
[Galaxy S 5 General] dr-rox:
Looks like 5.0 is the Vista of Android series. And on S5 it looks like some half done update. No more possible to seek music track on lockscreen, TouchWiz icons not matching that material design. Material design flat as hell though it supposed to have some "depth", contact photos shrunken and now circular. All these updates are really tickling my OCD :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] griffin_1:
I tried the lollipop update and have already downgraded.

Honestly, i didn't thought it was bad. I noticed an improvement in performance, like for example opening the gallery which on 4.4.2 is kinda slow, and overall improvement on touchwiz. Some things were well implemented from android, like the animations at the end of a list or the multitask, but i do agree with the user above me, the tw icons are still the old ones and don't reflect the change of lollipop, same for the togles on the notification bar.

I will wait out a bit more to see new updates on what can be done with it. Performance wise is an improvement, but not enough to make me change now.

Also, this is to let you know that i updated and downgraded and it didn't change knox (i used the official firmware and odin)
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Downgraded from lollipop G900IZTU1BOA1 to G900IDVU1ANK1 .

Lollipop is not yet for me. A bit laggy, not XPOSED framework and much other stuff which worked fine on KK. Must wait to 5.0.2 version maybe? Or 5.5.2 ;) Version 5.0 is not worth installing IMO.

No noticable changes. For curious users: just 2,5k points less in AnTuTu while using KK than LL and even all advantage of LL is from using ART by LL (both tested with the same apps and conditions, not just clean ROM after flashing).

Total noooob downgrade without any concern and thinking ;):

1)Start phone in download mode

2)Flash KK firmware.

3)Your phone will not start normally either. Bootloop guaranted. Don't worry.

4)Remove battery and put in again.

5)Do a factory reset from STOCK recovery

6)Flash again KK firmware

7)Phone will start normally, you can start customization and other stuff like rooting or daily using.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Russmania:
Worked perfectly for me downgrading from a CM based lollipop rom.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 5 General] Haxsta:
Thanks, all I did was 1 - 5 then reboot and it worked .. no need for 6
[Galaxy S 5 General] andiii_7:
same worked for me like a charm. didn't even try to read before how to downgrade :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] ginger.bread:
Do you have a custom recovery? For me it helped to full wipe -> flash KitKat -> Get error -> remove battery and boot to download mode -> flash cwm/twrp -> boot to recovery -> if you use cwm click yes and device will auto reboot | if you use twrp just reboot
[Galaxy S 5 General] yapkui:
Thanks Bro,i just did step 1 - 5 .i downgraded to XXU1ANCE
[Galaxy S 5 General] gentr:
Lolli pop in s5 sm-g900f is great bug. Phone restart himself camera get blocked in black screen time after time.
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Cheers mate!

Point 6 is for obsessive–compulsive personality disorder people ;)

I just want be 100000% sure there is nothing from LP ROM ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] dr-rox:
That worked perfectly for me! Happy to have the old good music lockscreen again where I can scroll the song position. That was the most annoying loss on Lollipop. Also I did that older kernel + towelroot trick to gain root, all working OK.
[Galaxy S 5 General] koragg97:
Can I?

Can I make a nandroid backup while on 4.4.2, flash Lollipop and if I don't like it, restore my backup?
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
You mean via kies or custom recovery?

If you use custom recovery, then I think the most secure way is to flash by odin 4.4.2, do a wipe/factory reset from stock recovery, flash custom recovery via odin, and then restore nandroid backup.
[Galaxy S 5 General] koragg97:
Yeah, i meant TWRP. So just restoring a 4.4.2 backup ontop of lollipop won't work?
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Might be issues. The same is when you downgrade from 5 to 4.4.2 thru odin. You have to do a factory reset before first boot.

Otherwise there will be a bootloop.
[Galaxy S 5 General] koragg97:
Thanks. I'll have that in mind :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] lingowistico:
this should be stickied :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] prz0007:
S5 G900P Sprint

does any body know if this would work on the S5 G900P
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Tired of Lollipop sluggishness?

Little update to downgrade procedure steps (from autopsy) using ODIN and STOCK firmware files:

0)Turn off your lollipop phone.

1)Start Lollipop phone in recovery mode ([vol+]+[home]+[power] buttons) (stock or custom doesn't matter) and perform factory reset.

2)Do not turn on phone, just plug out battery when all is completed and wait 10 seconds.

3)Plug in battery. Start phone in download mode ([vol-]+[home]+[power] buttons).

4)Flash KK firmware via ODIN.

5)Your phone should start normally and ready to work in KitKat mode ;)

Steps

only in case

of bootloop (stuck Samsung logo):

6)Remove battery and put in again.

7)Do a factory reset from STOCK just flashed kitkat recovery ([vol+]+[home]+[power] buttons) and reboot phone.

8)Your phone should start normally and ready to work in KitKat mode ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] prz0007:
S5 G900P Sprint

I'm gonna answer my own question yes it does work on the S5 G900P
[Galaxy S 5 General] madscientistdam:
hey

anybody having problems downgrading back to lollipop follow this guys tutorial it totally worked for me lollipop was causing my battery to drain real bad now im back on kitkat and my phone is awsmome once again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glNRCuH4Yyw
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
gonna try this mate.

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i should try this!
[Galaxy S 5 General] *Detection*:
Well I decided to give this a try to see what all the fuss is about KK being better, and even after a factory reset from Stock recovery, the phone still gets stuck at the samsung logo

Flashing KK again to see if that fixes it

EDIT - Second time flashing was much faster and seems to be booting now

Yup, worked 2nd time
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
i will try it now :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] *Detection*:
Don't think I`ll be sticking with KK for long, I`ll give it a couple of days, but first impressions, Lollipop is way better for me

More interested to see if the battery life really is better, 7 hours SOT with LP seems fine to me
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 General] madscientistdam:
hi

no probs i take it you downgraded??
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Bod3 lollipop have much better battery life. Tested by myself
[Galaxy S 5 General] *Detection*:
Yea, I'm noticing worse battery life already, worse performance, worse UI, juddery scrolling through gallery pics

KitKat is definitely worse than LP for me

Pleased I made a backup

1h 16 mins on battery, with only 30 mins SOT = 89% battery left

With LP BOD3 I got like 3-4x that SOT and time on battery
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
i don't encounter any problem.
[Galaxy S 5 General] *Detection*:
Restored my Lollipop backup from TWRP, corrupted in some way

WhatsApp barely worked even after reinstalling, Dolphin browser was just a black screen, WiFI passwords stopped saving after a reboot

Don't understand how that can happen, it was working fine when I backed up, it should have been identical when I restored

Had to fresh install BOD3 again....
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
do you like Lollipop than kitkat mate?

because i'm thinking to switch again in LP.

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convincing. :) i'm going back to LP.
[Galaxy S 5 General] *Detection*:
Yup, LP is way better for me, in just about every way
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
I was very skeptical and even suspicious on first builds of Lollipop release. First releases based on BOA ware so bad.

BOD3 release should be first lollipop release. Maybe then Samsung could avoid all complaining stuff and warranty repairs due to battery drain and other problems caused by not doing factory reset. (I can bet that all repairs issues described like "My phone sucks after update", ended with factory reset / flash again firmware).

I am using BOD3 firmware for now and I am very pleased. I am during a long run test and for now there is almost 180h without single reboot! I haven't occurred even any FC or lagging!
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-t3078179

are you using this ROM now?
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Stock INU firmware for g900i even not rooted
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
you dont like STOCK LP?
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
It is stock lollipop for India region
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
i see :)

i'm using G900F. can work?
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Nope. You need g900f firmware lollipop bod3 UK (btu) region or other one.
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
i'm using this firmware now:

G900FDXU1BOA2
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
It's old one. Flash bod3 firmware from any other region than Philippines. It is much much better.
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
what firmware or country you'd recommend?

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/45921/G900FXXU1BOD3_G900FOXA1BOD3_BTU/http://

i will lock my carrier? or i cant use it?
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
It is off topic now. But BTU (uk) region is good. It was first published bod3.

Check firmware thread in general section.
[Galaxy S 5 General] botski:
ooppsss i'm sorry, i'm downloading it now.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Member8988001:
cant downgrade to KITKAT PHILIPPINES HIDDEN FAILE (SIZE)

ASIA S5 16GB OLB PIT FILE ALSO NOT WORKING

ANY IDEAS GUYS? IM FROM U.K. BOD3 (LATEST) i want to go back to kitkat any clues guys how can i flash back since i have flashed 5 firmwares now and stil cant proceed flashing the correct firmware..
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Tell more story. You have originaly BTU (UK) firmware? If yes try with BTU kitkat
[Galaxy S 5 General] sandeeppathak007:
Hey I got a Indian G900H and updated to lollipop and then did a factory reset and setup three phone all over once again still I am not getting more than 12 hour if standby time with 2-3 hour of screen on time and 30-50 minutes of voice call

Presser suggest is it normal battery backup

How much battery backup are you getting

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Don't know how to downgrade exynos version. Is it possible at all?
[Galaxy S 5 General] sandeeppathak007:
No I was asking abt hws ur battery backup, as i am thinking to return it and get a imported one
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
What battery backup? This is not good thread for asking about battery.

Topic says about downgrade g900f.
[Galaxy S 5 General] sandeeppathak007:
its getting confused, I asked it because i thought you are also from India and i am in a boat to either go with the Exynos version or get a Imported one from ebay, thanks for your help
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
No I'm not. If want to ask me why not use pm instead? Creating off topic, in downgrade help thread, about batteries in exynos version of S5 is not a good way to get quick answer.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
Hi, i have a g900f on uk vodafone network running the uk vodafone firmware on 5.0 Lolipop, could i downgrade it to a clean BTU version of 4.4.2 Kitkat? (Phone is unlocked to all networks but officially on Vodafone) Or does it have to be downgraded using the Vodafone Kitkat firmware?

Also would this trip Knox? Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Yeah with no fear about tripping knox.

Do what is said in thread and use only official stuff like odin and firmware files.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
But can i flash a BTU UK firmware on a branded Vodafone g900f? Because im thinking to keep it clean and without the network bloatware. Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
[MENTION=831380]kuljit55[/MENTION], Yes you can if you have unlocked bootloader. But with full wipe.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
How do i find out that i have a unlocked bootloader?
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
In download mode, there should be something that indicates you are locked.

Unlocked bootloader download mode looks like this.

http://i.imgur.com/uQMAA7F.jpg
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
This is whats in my download mode, can you check and let me know if my bootloader is unlocked and that i can downgrade from 5.0 to 4.4.2? Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
Yeah you can. But perform full wipe after downgrade and there is recommended to pull out battery and then put in and start download mode or turn off device for longer about 30s before downgrade. It is related with modem downgrade. There must be some time to fully switch off device.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
Thanks for confirming that :)

I didnt quite understand what you mean there, could you pm me a quick walk through of the whole process please?

My main concern is to downgrade from 5.0 to 4.4.2 and then root my s5 with towel root with Knox 0x0. Is that possible? Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] qubbus:
[MENTION=831380]kuljit55[/MENTION]

Sorry mate no PMs, especially you are in good section and whole instructions is here! :)

Turn off device for more than 30s before whole process or pull out battery.

1)Start phone in download mode

2)Flash KK firmware (ANE for towelroot)

3)Your phone probably will not start normally. May occurs bootloop and phone hangs on samsung logo but don't worry.

4)Remove phone battery and put in again.

5)Do a factory reset from STOCK recovery

6)Phone will start normally, you can start customization and other stuff like rooting or daily using.

Rooting with towelroot is possible only on ANE firmware kernel.

I have no experience with rooting firmware above ANE with knox 0x0.

Mine is 0x1 and I don't bother how to do it. There is thread in general section Rooting with towelroot, mobileodin and flashfire, just search.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kuljit55:
So there shouldnt be any problems with like modem conflicts and wifi not working after downgrade?

As my g900f is currently on 5.0 lolipop uk vodafone and i want to downgrade it to 4.4.2 kitkat uk vodafone firmware.

Can anyone else please confirm if i downgrade to 4.4.2 (PDA: G900FXXU1ANI3 CSC: G900FVFR1ANI2) firmware, would i be able to use towel root with knox 0x0? Thank you