yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Nicksung:
Here is what it says:

Updating partition details...

Full SELinux support is present.

Installing '/external_sd/G900V_OA8_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip'...

Checking for MD5 file...

Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found

Verifying zip signature...

E:Zip signature verification failed: 1

Error flashing zip '/external_sd/G900V_OA8_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip'

Updating partition details...

That is as far as I get before it fails.

Edit: I got it to go through by unchecking the signature verification. This did not work the last time I tried it, although I was on 4.4.2 when I tried it.

Everything seems to be working, with root.

Thanks again everyone for your help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Glad you managed to get it fixed up.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
For those that may be wondering, I believe I've narrowed down the culprit for the screen rotation issue. Removing VZ Protect (support and protection, VMS.apk) immediately broke rotation and visual voicemail on my device. Put it back on and rotation is working again. Huh...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
That's great work. Have you determined if freezing it also breaks rotation?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
its hard to say without knowing what people removed in the first place lol.. some of the apks names arent exactly easy to see what it is

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im 99% sure it is not the culprit.. im on a test build of my extreme debloat rom and i remove just about everything including all the vzw junk and have no rotation issues
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alphahere:
Do you have a list of these apps, please?

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
Well.... here's the thing. If I remove it via root explorer, everything's fine. If I uninstall it via Titanium Backup, it breaks rotation. So basically, I think we can blame Titanium Backup for the fubar.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crevis24:
I deleted it from the zip on a pc before flashing it and I didn't have any issues with rotation either. So it must be an issue with TB
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
Delete... nevermind.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
odd.. i use tb 10+ times a day lol then again i dont use it unless im crack flashing but i remove bloat beforehand
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
For what it's worth, I reinstalled the VZW Protect app from Play Store and rebooted the phone, and the screen rotation won't work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
I wonder if it would work again if you restore it from TiBu?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Can't restore what was removed, like you could if you un-froze it in TiBu. Unless I am misunderstanding what you are saying..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
If TiBu made a backup of it before it was removed (not just frozen) you should still have the backup at the bottom of your TiBu Backup/Restore list. If not, I may be able to send you the apk from my most recent backup.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
I didn't make a backup. Stupid me, I know. Your backup was stock rooted 5.0?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
Yup, it's still stock. I've frozen some things but haven't de-bloated anything since I reinstalled 5.0 and got my rotation back. No promises that it will work, but let me see if I can get a backup for you...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
A full backup would be awesome. I can re-customize after. I just want my rotation back. Small youtube videos suck..... lol

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As an aside, if you have it working, and it's a stock backup, then may be worth posting just in case anyone else FUBAR's their phone..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
Let's see if it works for you first.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
At this time, I cannot seem to figure out how to import the files to make them an .apk that is a System app. Every time I try to import, it fails. I think it would have to be a full backup.zip to be able to be "restored" to.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
Restoring Support and Protection / VZ Protect from TiBu does not work. Mine stayed stuck on "restoring" for over 10 minutes until I killed it. Also, moving the original directory VMS and VMS.apk back to /system/priv-app/ also does not work to correct rotation. I don't know what TiBu does, but when you use TiBu to UNINSTALL VZ Protect, it does more than just remove vms.apk. Like it's removing some important system files.

If you want rotation back, reflash the stock ROM or wait for some custom ROMs to start coming back out. Then debloat everything except Support and Protection / VZ Protect. Then you can manually remove /system/priv-app/VMS with a root explorer.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dshu:
Follow instructions and obtained root on LP. Thank you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Guess I am going to have to. You can just toss the ROM in Odin right? AP slot? or...?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
I'd recommend following the same procedure in OP. Just flash back to NK2 kernel, flash ROM in SS, flash OA8 kernel. you should not have to wipe data so you won't lose anything.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
That's a lot of hassle. Is it possible to just flash the Rooted LP Rom in Odin?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
Are you saying that if we flash the NK2 kernel over our OA8 installation, we will be able to install SS and then can easily reflash OA8? I thought SS didn't work on lollipop or is the incompatibility only with the OA8 kernel?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
Unless there's a rooted ODIN tar, no. As far as I know, the rooted ROM in the OP is a zip, which means recovery/SS only.

The current version of SS is not compatible with the OA8 kernel, which is why it's necessary to flash the NK2 kernel, do your SS business, then reboot directly to download mode and reflash the OA8 kernel. You will need to already have SS installed from a previous KitKat ROM, though.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
If that's the case, then would this be something I could flash in Odin?

Stock Deodexed from Jrkruse.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
Nope. That's also a zip for SS/Recovery. I don't think we have any rooted ODIN tars.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
So it sounds like the only way to do it is flash the NI2 kernel, do what I need, then flash back?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
Unfortunately, yes. It's pretty easy, though. Each kernel flashes in under 10 seconds, do what you need to do in SS, then reboot directly to download mode using SS advanced reboot then flash the OA8 kernel.

I'm hoping someone will pick up the torch for SafeStrap and add 5.0 compatibility. If it's even possible.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Or, if it's possible, make an ODIN'able Rooted L 5.0 Rom, would be amazing. No more FUBAR and SS, just flash back in odin and go! <3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
May be possible. If you give me till this afternoon, I'll see if I can DD out my system partition and package it for ODIN. Although, it may trip KNOX.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
My S5 is paid off, and Knox was removed from Mine I believe.. I'm not terribly worried..

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As an aside, I guess the new version when you SS the 5.0 it reinstalls Knox.. Yuck.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
When I mention knox, I'm referring to the bootloader knox warranty void built into the system. Flashing official images has no effect on the counter, but once you flash an unsigned image (such as my system partition), it'll trip the KNOX warranty counter and any warranty you have left will be gone :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
You're making this sound less and less appetizing to go about. lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
lol which is why I suggested following the OP again. It really doesn't take that long.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
I guess my concern was FUBAR'ing my phone. Haven't had it happen yet, but I feel I've been lucky it hasn't. haha

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Another thing that I am curious about [MENTION=4549354]BigBot96[/MENTION] is, if I flash down and back, do I have to reflash the Tether Unlock? [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION]
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
If you reflash the ROM, yes. The ROM updater script wipes out the existing system partition, so any MODs would also be wiped.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Thanks Bot

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Took me all of 5 minutes literally to re-do everything. Now waiting to find out what I can remove...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
See, all that worry for nothing!

Did you simply flash the NK2 kernel then use SS to flash OA8?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Exactly. It was seemless. Flashed the NK2 kernel, it popped up to SS, I entered Recovery, flashed OA8 Rom (took about 1.5 minutes), returned to install to do the tether add-on (roughly 30 seconds), and then rebooted to download, flashed the OA8 kernel. "Optimized" 64 apps, and popped back up, still had all my existing apps, and settings. (

THIS MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR YOU.

) So now, I just have to figure out what to Debloat, and how.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Anyone know of any apps to change the UI yet? I used xposed on 4.4.4 that would change everything. (UI meaning battery, WiFi, data, etc.)... Or do a bunch of other tweaks for that matter?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
I can confirm that I used Fx, searched for the File Folder, entered, unlocked, and deleted the VMS.apk and STILL have rotation.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
I have successfully removed all of the VZW bloat apps using Fx. (requires a Phone reboot to remove the tiles) and STILL have rotation (tested after each deletion). Am going to start on the Google ones now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
Here's everything I've removed without problems (only VMS caused issues via TiBu)

IN /system/app/
Accessories
Amazon_Audible
Amazon_IMDB
Amazon_MP3
Amazon_Widget
Blurb
Books
Bridge
canid
com.gotv.nflgamecenter.us.lite
Drive
Flipboard
InteractiveTutorial
Kindle
KnoxAttestationAgent
KnoxSetupWizardClient
Music2
Newsstand
PlayGames
PlusOne
SDM
Slacker
Videos
VZMessages
VZNavigator
VzTones
YouTube

IN /system/priv-app/
Amazon_Appstore
Amazon_Shopping
FamilyBaseCom
IsisWallet
KLMSAgent
MyInfozone
SPDClient
VMS
VzCloud

Entire dir /system/container
Entire dir /system/KnowYourDevice
Entire dir /system/preloadedkiosk
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] crazychapin:
I'm on 5.0 unrooted, can I just flash the NCG full tar, root, install SS, and then follow this method? Or it has to be nk2 or another build #?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Thanks BigBot96.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] chuckSICS:
I've been having the same problem. Has anyone already helped you with the issue? Please do share. I'm sorry for the disturbance. I've been trying a lot of the posted suggestions and still no luck. :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dejahboi:
Has there been a fix for the heart rate sensor to go on within proximity? I can feel my phone getting hot in my pocket (the sensor is the culprit), which is killing my battery.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] freak69ize:
I finally had a reason to try to enter SS since exposed for L is out.. i tried both the NI2 and NK2 firmware in Odin 3.09 but it hangs up on splash screen. Do i need something else?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rusticoar:
Trouble SS back to 4.4.4

So after a week or 2 of running 5.0, I have decided that the pros of upgrading to lollipop do not out-weigh the cons of losing SS, Xposed, Busybox...

So I odined back to nk2, wiped data, cache, dalvik and system in SS and then restored an old 4.4.4 backup. However there is something wrong with /sdcard. It's empty. I can see that the files are still intact in /data/media/0 but they are not loading to /sdcard nor can i place them there with rootbrowser. This is messing with my gallery, everytime i open it I get "not enough space" even though there is plenty of free storage.(I'm assuming the 2 are linked) So I've been forced to go back to 5.0, and it works as expected.

I did notice that my video thumbnails are now in data/media/0/.thumbnails/G900VVRU1BOOA8_5.0. So there is obvious evidence that the upgrade has changed some of the files in /data/media. I would still like to go back to 4.4.4,until the dust settles, if possible. I'm hoping that someone much smarter than me has an easy fix to this. Aside from odin to factory 4.4, reroot and SS old backup data. Any Ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] banditsw:
Hi. Thanks op for the instructions.

I'm on NI2 stock rooted, and use foxfi to tether with my unlimited data plan.

Does enabling native tethering in the op's post allow me to tether and use unlimited data?

Did a thread search but could not find the answer. Thanks in advance
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ahmadveg:
Post Install Roundup

So ive been running with this ROM for a few days now and I am still loving it. I dont have any issues with the battery. as for speed, it got faster as time went on and everything settled in and got to play nice with each other. I have found a few glitches. I too have lost screen rotation. the screen rotation doesnt really bother me because i realized i rarely use it. i use it to view pictures in my gallery, or for youtube videos. the work around that i did was an app called Ultimate Rotation Control from the app store. this allows me to manually switch the screen from landscape to portrait. a plus with this app is i can now have my lock screen on landscape mood. another hangup i found was the airwake feature is not working. not a problem for me, because i never used it. But this has me wondering if the two problems are linked. something is not letting my s5 use its sensors??? also and ftr ive reinstalled and deleted and froze the vzw support app using both tb and fx. and ive unfrozen sdm and froze again. stil hasnt fixed my issues. im just curious if any one else had these glitches and worked around them.

and like i said in a previous post.... HATS OFF TO THE DEV on this rom
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cell128:
Went back to KitKat ROM feels much better to me than L phone runs cooler too
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
to my knowledge we cant make custom odin tars bcuz of a locked bl.. but i could be wrong lol

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rotation works on my rom and its extremely debloated.. i did however remove the airwakeup.apk bcuz i never heard of anyone using it ha

i also never had a rotation or battery issue since updating to L.. i always recommend a clean install and not restoring data from a previous rom bcuz it will cause issues..

it is not the vms.apk or any other apk at that causing the problems it must be something else
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ahmadveg:
thanks :)

Thanks for the information. i thought i had done a clean install, but then again i did save and load user data. glad to see im not the only one that thinks airwake is useless!! as for my rotation issues i guess i can try to go about a downgrade and reinstalling this time without user data. but i think ill live with it. it would probably be more appealing to me if i wasnt running LINUX at home and easy access to a windows system (anyone in the new york area care to rent me there pc for 15 minutes? lol) thanks to you and all the other DEVS out there :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
i use win7 and boot off usb when i want to use linux.. before i had my pc to dual boot win7 and linux but i needed the room on my hdd so i woped and did a clean install of win7.. its mainly a media pc
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jucytec:
does Clash of Clans run on this build?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
if it doesnt its bcuz they havent updated the game to work lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] RojoNinja:
The method from OP worked great, I'm just steadily growing more and more sick of all the issues with lollipop. Namely the fact it always gets to the point where apps are constantly restarted in the background, causing the phone to heat up a lot and slow down to a crawl (or just stop responding in general), requiring a restart or battery pull, happens almost daily. Here's to hoping that 5.0.1 or 5.0.2 addresses those issues and that we get it quickly, or I may find myself back on KK :/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
Ive had ZERO issues with L. To me its faster, better looking, and better battery.. there is only 1 app i use thats not compatible which is not an issue with L. I for one think theyve done an awesome job in 5.0.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
The rotation issue seems to be caused by the removal of Verizon Support & Protection using Titanium Backup. You should be able to get it back without losing user data by flashing a KitKat kernel in odin to get safe strap back, booting into SS, re flash OA8 (without wiping anything) then flash the oa8 kernel in odin.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jucytec:
I've assumed this as well, but apparently for some it's working...

I'm trying to see what they are doing different! i had to revert to a KK rom for now, until i hear from someone who's actually running the game on lollipop.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
This was possible on a recent vzw galaxy tab 2 with a locked BL, and also the S3, which is why I mentioned it. I never tried on the s5.

I updated that vms statement earlier by saying it was a problem with Titanium Backup. Debloating by manually removing apks (if done right) will not break rotation, but if one is using TiBu, rotation will be broken when VMS is uninstalled. No clue why, but it mist also be removing required system files.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Abknight:
I don't own a Ext-SD Card :|

Okay so, I'm pretty nooby at this stuff, I'm not sure if anyone has gone over this topic or not but is this possible without a ext-SD card?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Cat McGowan:
Yesterday, I updated to G900VVRU1BOA8 by following muniz_ri's instructions in the OP with the exception of flashing both ROM and TetherAddOn at Step 4. I have not yet experienced any problems with screen rotation or overheating. Knox count remained at 0x0. Google Play Services was immediately updated after the OA8 update was complete and so far, I have not seen any error messages regarding Google Play Services. The only problem I experienced was with ES File Explorer and ES Task Manager apps. When I was confirming their root functionality, I received an error message saying "Sorry, tests failed. This feature cannot be enabled on your device." The problem seems to be related to Lollipop's PIE (Position-Independent Executable) enforcement. Uninstalling and reinstalling the apps solved the problem.

Thank you, muniz_ri.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jkim204:
Damn it...

I already updated to the verizon 5.0 version.

Is there absolutely no way to root ? Towelroot just denied me....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
I believe towel root doesn't work on 5.0 of that is what you tried it on... You need to Odin down, then use towel root and then upgrade and flash the 5.0 ROM.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jkim204:
Where do u get the odined down file ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Not exactly sure the method because you will need to flash the lower version kernel I think and the ROM but I'm not sure how to do it other than safe strap. If you look in the general forums of how to downgrade, I'm sure the answer will be there
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jkim204:
You can't downgrade with the 5.0 though because u can't install safestrap unless you're rooted..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
You can still get rooted in lollipop. But, as xdnax stated, you need to downgrade to KitKat, root then upgrade using safe strap. I posted instructions here.

Unless you have pre existing backups from before you upgraded to lollipop, you will not be able to keep your data.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Chopstix9:
There is more to it than that... read the thread !! You not only have to downgrade you have to have SafeStrap installed as well. It isn't like previous rooting methods used prior to 5.0 Lolipop. And after you are rooted on 5.0 you will not be able to access SafeStrap any longer either (without a downgrade). Read the instructions at the beginning of the thread here => http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-update-to-g900vvru1boa8-5-0-t3020546
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you still access SS in lollipop if you flash a KitKat kernel, assuming it was installed before you did the oa8 upgrade? In his case, since he never installed SS, you are right and he has to downgrade to make it work.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Lol calm down man, I wouldnt expect him to follow that incredibly brief overview of what to do. Obviously he would find proper instructions and files and such. Its all good
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ahmadveg:
no rom needed?

if im reading or shall i say understanding correct, i just need the kernel and not the rom for KK? also i have a new sd card since upgrading, and placed SS on it, i had SS installed when i upgraded to L. is this safe or should i dig out my old sd card. Just a bit nervous with bricking it. But then again, Odin and this forum sure helps me out alot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
Yes, that is correct. As long as SS was installed before the upgrade to oa8, you only need to downgrade the kernel to get SS back.

You shouldn't need the old card, but keep it handy just in case. Make sure oa8 is on the new card before you begin!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
if you are on rooted 4.4.x with safestrap then yes.. you simply flash oa8 rom in safestrap then go straight to download mode and flash oa8 kernel... this is the only way since when you odin the full tar it will wipe internal storage whereas using SS it wont unless you do in recovery
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wareju:
Broken SMS

So I actually did this twice and same thing both times, seems like a weird situation to me but hopefully it's easier explained than I'm expecting. My method both times:

Odin to NK2 > install NCG Kernel, towelroot, busybox, superuser, safestrap > reboot to safestrap > backup data > full wipe > flash rom > restore data > install OA8 kernel.

When I boot to L every sms fails to send no matter which app I use. Everything else is perfect from what I can tell. Still rooted, data works, make and receive calls and receive texts. Just can't send texts. Unlocked verizon w straight talk lte. Like I said I did this twice and it was the same both times. When I go back to NK2 my messages are back to working normal.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
I have modified the OP to use a stock, pre-rooted, nandroid backup to update to 5.0 while keeping root. I have found on other devices that safestrap does a better job of retaining permissions and selinux contexts when restoring a backup than when flashing a ROM.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wareju:
Nice I'll try the backup when I wake up
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kushpancake:
Please help me!!!!

I was on my way to work today and realized that my mobile service doesnt work... Cannot make/receive calls, texts, and no mobile data. My 4g LTE icon and signal meter icon in the status bar show service. My phone has been running better than ever since flashing this ROM when it was first released so I'm not sure wtf happened!?! Any ideas on what to do to get this resolved??????
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
you posted this in 2 threads.. so are you on jrkruses rom or muniz rom? like i said, if you have this problem (first to report it) you are most likely having some issue with your service or user error.

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no offense but people are mainly having issues restoring data from a kk build.. it is not your original rom/instructions. You should always recommend a clean install or let people know you might have issues when restoring data from a previous android build