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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 2k10MBC300SPT:
For some reason, Every time I extract the oa8 Safetrap backup file to the SD card, SS doesn't see it..I finally got this and now I cannot restore that file..Any suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jjames7954:
I've tried this several times and after I flash the G900V_OA8_Stock_Partitions, upon reboot the phone sticks at the Samsung Galaxy S5 Custom Android screen on startup? Any suggestions or ways to fix this?

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
I like AutomateIt Pro.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
See the Notes section of the OP.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
Everything worksfine for me except autorotaion (as previously reported, I think it might be TiBu when I uninstalled system apps). I was going to go back to the NK2 kernel, dirty flash the LP ROM, then the OA8 kernel to get autorotation back. Do you guys think that will work?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
yes
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
WooHoo! Thanks, and thanks for this guide!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mervant:
Does anyone know removing which stock app disables the option to not password lock the lock screen?

This same thing happened on my LG when i removed LG remote control (a tv remote app)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mervant:
This kept happening to me every time I debloated. I ended up using jrkruse's debloat zip and it worked perfect. You can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58700721&postcount=2

After I used that there were a few things I still didnt want. I removed them one by one, and rebooted after each to see which gives that issue but it never happened again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollywood67:
File not found 404

I took the OTA and am on OA8. Can I root? I am unclear on where the files are needed to downgrade first.

Can someone help?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] chuckSICS:
Hello! If I may, have you already found a way to send sms using a non-Verizon SIM? Please share to me the details, if it isn't troubling, as I am having the inability to perform outgoing SMS as well and to no avail have I been able to find any answers on the Internet.

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Hello! If I may, have you already found a way to send sms using a non-Verizon SIM? Please share to me the details, if it isn't troubling, as I am having the inability to perform outgoing SMS as well, and to no avail have I been able to find any answers on the Internet. :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] h2osun:
The Verizon S5 automatically unlocks when using a foreign Sim card outside your service country. (For instance I have service in the US, and when I was in Greece, I used a Vodafone Greece sim.)

Additionally, I had to ask specifically for an international sim, one that would allow voice, data. However, the sim that allowed for sms was restricted for Greece only. My suggestion is to buy the international sim and use an app for data. Until Verizon allows unlocked bootloader with lollipop, that is the only option.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jjames7954:
muniz_ri; I saw that you updated the G900V_OA8_Stock_Rooted_Backup file, I downloaded this file and tried again and it worked this time around. Thanks for the fix and thanks for putting this together.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollywood67:
I have lost root and need to downgrade before following the OP. Can someone link me to files needed to go back to 4.4.4 and root?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
No fix, just updated busybox. Glad it's working for you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gerland:
OK guys I am definitely a moron! I cannot get 5.0 to root by this method, iam either on Ni2 or 5.0? No in between. I have read thru all this for days!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollywood67:
I am in the same boat. Currently on 5.0 not rooted and not happy....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but if you are on LP and not rooted, you need to flash the NCG kernel, run SU, Taparoot, SafeStrap, then flash the OA8 kernel. I'm in the same boat and will try this afternoon. Does this sound right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] asharma56:
Fixed auto-rotation problem after debloat

All, I too debloated with Tibu and my auto rotation went away. I know the link below is for Note and 4.4.2, but worked perfect on this ROM. Did the following and it's back -->

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2644293
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollywood67:
Good to hear people are chiming in, maybe we can get this straightened out soon.

I came from NK2, so don't have NCG kernal. Do you mean flash the kernal in odin? I have SU and SS on my external SD card. Used towel root before not taparoot.

If someone could put all the correct files together...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
I think this site has all the necessary files: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53447942&postcount=1&nocache=1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
That's exactly it. Odin to NCG version for OS and other items. Root via Towelroot, BusyBox and Safestrap, then follow the OP. This is not rocket science folks. Frankly, this scared me s**tless at first, and now it's not so scary.. Follow the OP to the T and you will NOT brick your device, you WILL have Stock Rooted LP after.....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollywood67:
When I tried a few days ago odin would not recognize the .rar file I got from the OP. Soft bricked and got nervous then ran the OTA.

Guess I will look around for NCG kernal and try again.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
I think you need to use the full NCG firmware. I just tried with the NCG kernel and it soft bricked also.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
click here if you want to root and get up to rooted 5.0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] myedroid:
So I have to wipe all my apps, data, media etc?

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
Yeah, but if you use Kies to back everything up, you can restore it all.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] wareju:
I still haven't figured anything out or found anything online either. This only seems to be a problem on 5.0, as downgrading back to 4.4.4 w/ root causes no problems.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollywood67:
I realize this may seem simple to some, but I am skeptical about following this link dated Jun2014. Specifically I am nervous that baseband, kernel and build #'s need to match. Came from NK2 and now I need to revert back to NCG? And again the .rar file from the OP does not load into odin
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Of course a .rar wouldn't load in odin. You have to unpack it..

And the files listed there are the original files for a stock experience of the S5 at each of those levels...

You can click or not, but I am trying to give you the information you asked for, and you're not taking the help out of skepticism.

I see both sides of the fence, but you notice, no one else is saying anything? Because they would tell you the same.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] randomwhitedude:
The link for the tar fIle to flash if u haven't rooted, says for galaxy s 4 when u click link? Halp? Also, do I need to have anything else on my s5 before flashing to root, or just debug checked? Many noob thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
As indicated by the file's naming convention it is for the G900V.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] randomwhitedude:
Thanks. Sorry! Do I need to have a recovery, or anything else on my phone first, before flashing that file?

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Also, can i do it from my stock 5.0 lolli, or do i need to flash 4.2 first?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Believe it would be 4.4.4 NCG would be the easiest. Flashing in Odin is not hard, so long as you follow the steps completely. See the link I shared above for tar files and instructions.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bumpaudio:
yes worked perfectly, follow the instructions on the main post (page 1) :good:

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Does any one have any other cool [MODS] for this update with root?

Im looking to remove carrier logo "verizon wireless" on lockscreen and flashlight toggle. and any other cool [MODS]
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] voodoo411:
Is there a thread on how to do this? I updated to OA8, lost root, flashed nk2, stuck in boot loop. Tried 3 times and stuck in loop each time. Dont have the time to comb through threads to find the HOW TO. SM-G900V. need root to use wi-fi teather( unlimited data). (work nights) Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Chopstix9:
The guide is in this very thread you posted in at the very beginning. I too use wifi tether on unlimited data. I do it via xposed module but you can tether without root by using Foxfi app ...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
*facepalm* .....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mkitchin:
Hotspot and WiFi issues

I followed this guide a day or 2 after it came out. I used the mobile hotspot update as well. Almost everything has worked perfectly. I have 2 problems that may be related. The mobile hotspot function randomly seems to simply turn off. Kids in the car will tell me their devices quit working. I look at my phone, and the hotspot is no longer running. I enable it again, and it works fine. It seems random. The other issue is WiFi will not function properly sometimes after disabling hotspot. The bars are there showing the signal, it shows connected to the correct network, but I have no connectivity. Disabling and re-enabling WiFi does not help. The only fix I can find is to reboot it. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollywood67:
Thanks for the help, just stuck on unpacking RAR. Win7 machine, I have the file its about 1.5GB, how do I get it into odin?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jeff_roey:
If you're using the Samsung Tether, in the Settings > More Networks > Mobile Hotspot > Settings Menu, there's a 'Timeout Settings' sub-sect that defaults to turning your hot spot off after 20 minutes. Take a look there.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mkitchin:
Thanks. I was not familiar with that setting, but I don't think that is my issue. That timeout indicates it is when there are no connected clients. That is definitely not the case for me. I was using it last week with my laptop when it died. I usually have 2 or 3 devices in the car connected to it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jeff_roey:
I know what it says but I'm not 100% sure I agree that's the way it's working. I stumbled across the setting after seeing the same issue you described before 5.0. I'd have an active tether with kids' devices connected and the complaints started rolling in from the back seat every 20 minutes. I'd have to restart my tether in 20 minute intervals even with devices connected. It prompted me to do some searching in settings that led me to finding the timeout. Changed it to "never" and the complaints stopped. :)

If yours is set at 20 minutes, change it and take a 30 minute road trip with the kids.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mkitchin:
I will give it a try. Mine was definitely dropping in under 5 minutes and it was set to 20. I was going by the description of this option where it says "Turn off Mobile Hotspot if there is no connection for X minutes"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollywood67:
Downloaded Win Rar attempting to unpack G900V_OA8_Stock_Rooted_Backup. How can I get odin to recognize this file?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
Do the instructions make any mention of flashing the backup file via Odin? Please follow directions.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Hollywood67:
My mistake. I am already on 5.0 and have no root or safestrap. I will have to go backwards, by closely following your directions:)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bumpaudio:
Does anyone have a way to remove carrier branding "verizon wireless" onthe lockscreen?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nathan951:
Okay so my phone has a cracked screen and a replacement in on its way. I'm currently running Rick's Rom v19.6, but I assume that my replacement will be lollipop. I don't really care if I'm on lollipop or not, but can I get back to safestrap & root on 4.4.4?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ymDroid:
Ok. I've tried this thing out for a while now. Can't get over the lag, and battery drain.

I'm going to factory reset and let Google Play do it's thing.

For those of you that did a factory reset after the upgrade to the rooted 5.0 ROM, are you doing your reset through the settings menu or the factory recovery?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mikenonymous:
I followed instructions exactly, and when I went to flash the OA8 kernel in Odin and it rebooted it got stuck on the boot animation screen. I waited about 10min then tried doing a reset (home+power+volume) and I can't get back into recovery mode to reflash with Odin. It only lets me go to Maintenance Boot with the option to Normal, Factory Reset, and Safe Mode. How do I revert back to KK? I just need to get Odin to work but I can't
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] stanleyopar2000:
so...advance wipe...EVERYTHING? even internal storage?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] FlipFlops24/7:
This is what I'm running right now. Do I follow OP's instructions completely or do I have another step to perform? Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nathan951:
Replacement phone will be here today, I'm hoping that someone can point me in the right direction.

Thanks for your help,

Nathan
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Raceit:
After battling horrendous battery usage and sluggish performance I tried full wipe from Recovery. Then setup the phone as a new device without importing any of my old settings automatically from Google. I even let it sit and do all its Play Store updating of apps, etc. I didn't Freeze or disable anything with Titanium Backup. The only things I restored with Titanium Backup were a few miscellaneous apps/games and their settings-nothing that you'd think would have any impact. For the rest of my apps I went through manually and reinstalled them all from the Play Store.

After all that it still sucks! lol Awful battery life and still sluggish.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TheTealThunder:
Is there any way to do this without an SD card because my S5 really seems to dislike SD cards. Refuses to believe the one I have in there exists, stole one from a friends S5 and it says that one is blank and won't let me mount or format it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Raceit:
Not at the moment.

Does your SD card work in your friend's S5? Also do either cards show up in a computer with an SD card reader?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TheTealThunder:
Not sure if mine will work in theirs, can check when they get home in a few hours. I don't have a micro SD reader only a full size SD reader for a computer. My SD cars is an older 4gb and it doesnt even show up when plugged into my phone,no error message, no way to mount it. Theirs registers when i plug it in but it says that its empty or is the wrong format and asks to format it it, when i format it and try to mount it, it continues to give me the same error message.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] voodoo411:
native tether

I was already in OA8. Followed your instructions to get root. I plugged in these steps

Then Odin OA8 to avoid stepping down again. Root was completed on sm-g900v. Tether didn't work. Was it supposed to remove Subscription Verification in Hotspot? Or something else? Looking forward to turning on Hotspot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] smaut3:
I'm running on a DE with Stock OA8 already installed, SuperSU and the SD hack for permissions. I do not have Safestrap, Busybox or Xposed. Is there a way to enable teathering to bypass the VZ lockout for those of us on unlimited data plans?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] tsew2674:
I did it all w/o an sdcard. It worked perfectly, I was on stock OA8, went back to NCG, rooted, installed safestrap, and restored rooted OA8, no issues whatsoever.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] masonjb:
I just purchased a S5 and it already has the OTA for Lollipop. Can I root it? If so what do I need to do? I am coming from a S3 and can't stand not having my S5 rooted.

Thanks for any help in advance!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Absolutely can root. Go into the general section I believe and look for like back to stock and keep root... All files are in there and some directions
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] voodoo411:
Root S5

Follow instructions on page 1 this thread. Infact, print them out and download all files and then read it again. You won't go wrong.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] masonjb:
It says if you don't already have root to odin this file G900VVRU1ANCG_Full_Odin.tar but when I go to download it it is not a .tar it is a .rar file.....what up with that? And does it matter what version of odin you use?

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] XNO:
Why is xmodgames not wroking on 5.0?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Def use Odin 3.0.9 just to make sure and I believe you have to extract it from the rar folder

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Could be the new ART format. Not totally sure but I had game killer installed on KK and it was awesome but once on lollipop I got crash messages all over the place
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] XNO:
Thanks, it kinda sucks because I was testing 5.0 the other day on my phone and like it, I just could not use xmodgames and that is just a NoNo lol.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] appyface:
I hope someone can help me, I haven't figured out how to restore the OA8 backup files using SafeStrap?

I downloaded the RAR file from step 1 (G900V_OA8_Stock_Rooted_Backup.rar from link given) and extracted the contents to my PC, a folder with six files inside.

I copied the extracted folder to my extSD below /TWRP/BACKUPS/RECOVER. SafeStrap doesn't see the folder or any of the files inside it. I also tried putting the folder directly below /TWRP/BACKUPS, that didn't work either.

So I zipped up the extracted folder and put the ZIP on my extSD below /TWRP/BACKUPS/RECOVER. SafeStrap sees the ZIP but fails it as invalid ZIP file.

I have a Verizon S5 running rooted KitKat 4.4.4 NK2 with SuperSU, BusyBox, and SafeStrap all working fine in all other respects. Safestrap is able to backup and restore from my extSD, for example -- I just can't get it to see these recovery files from step 1. What am I doing wrong?

Kind regards.

--appyface
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] masonjb:
I am having the exact same problem. I can't find a .tar file. When you extract the file they give us to download it doesn't have a .tar file in it. Can someone direct us to the correct file for the Rooted version of Lollipop 5.0.

Another question if I am on kitkat and rooted with safestrap can I flash any 5.0 lollipop rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
Re-read the intructions and follow them this time.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] masonjb:
Followed instructions now my phone is stuck on the screen that says "Samsung GALAXY S5 powered by android"
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Happen to me before, haven't read above yet what was said or anything, but i flashed a incompatible ROM and had to boot back into Odin and flash a full stock tar to fix it, then re-root and boom
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] masonjb:
So you went back to stock again then repeated everything a second time and i worked?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Yes sir! Well when I went back to stock, I flashed the ncg tar, re-rooted and installed safestrap, then flashed MOAR ROM for lollipop and then flash OA8 firmware and your golden
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] masonjb:
MOAR ROM??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Yes, look into Verizon galaxy s5 android development if you want to try it. Or you can flash stock lollipop
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] masonjb:
Any issues with that MOAR ROM? And if I go with it do I need to flash another kernal or modem or anything else?

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
No, once you have root and are in safe strap, you flash the moar ROM v6 and then you can do v8 update (go to thread and check it out) then flash OA8 firmware in Odin and just reboot and you are good
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] masonjb:
OK, guess I am missing something. I only see MOAR v6.5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Yes, that is the latest version, v6.5. But if you look back a couple pages from the end like I said you will see an update v8. Flash that after v6.5
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] masonjb:
OK, Thanks. Here goes nothing. I am back to 4.4.2 from Odin, rooted, and safestrap installed. Almost finished downloading MOAR v6.5 and I have the retail firmware on computer ready to odin it once I get the ROM installed. Once I do all of this I will look for the MOAR v8......
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] voodoo411:
hotspot

I went back and re-did what muniz_ri instructed. I don't know why it did not work the first time but it works just fine. I can now use my unlimited data for hotspot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
glad u got answered but really? every single L thread has specific instructions on what to do.. a simple read on any thread including this one would answer your question...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] appyface:
I apologize greatly for upsetting you, and do thank you for editing the instructions for step 1. I will try again with this latest info on creating a backup directory first and placing the extracted files there.

Kind regards.

--appyface
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
No need to apologize.

But I give my instructions, on my many threads, much thought and continuously adjust them to make them clearer based on questions posted. Therefore I expect all Users to make an effort to read them carefully and follow them before requesting assistance.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
Is anyone getting Camera Server Error messages when using camera?

I don't know if it has to do with Link Platform or not but I'm getting zero cooperation when I try to take pictures. Wiping cache fixed it temporarily but it keeps popping up.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] smaut3:
The instructions that I saw before required Safestrap and I thought Xposed. I was looking for something without as I'm running on a DE and have no need for Safestrap and really didn't want to run Xposed. There used to be methods documented for SQL edits. Do they still work? Can someone point me to a link?

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Irish Whiskey:
Tether issue

I upgraded from KitKat per the op and flashed the tether between 4 & 5. The hotspot turns on and is visible on the other device, but it will not connect. It keeps comming up with invalid password.

Any ideas???:confused:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Have you setup the hotspot or using the stock input info in the tether setup?

I changed mine, and haven't had an issue....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Irish Whiskey:
I did change the device name and password. i was able to get it to work shortly using the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot app, i believe it has to do with the security settings. it did not want to respond to the WPA2-PSK, but it did respond to the WPA-PSK. Unfortunately, the WPA-PSK is not an option on the regular hotsopt.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
......are you using a 3rd party app for this?

If so, just use the stock integrated hotspot app under Settings -> More Networks -> Mobile Hotspot ..........
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Irish Whiskey:
That is what i tried to use first, it wouldn't take the password. i got it to work once under the 3rd party app. it will work with open security, but i don't want anyone just going on it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Can you add "Allowed Devices" ? Where you see the WiFi hotspot name, you can click it and make it only Allowed Devices.. To add one, you connect to the Hotspot, and the Green + symbol next to the device name is what you click, give it a name, and it's now an "Allowed Device".
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Irish Whiskey:
It will work if i hide my device and have it on open security.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
Did you try configuring the hotspot, putting in your own password? Mine works fine. If so, are you sure your keyboard isn't automatically capitalizing the first letter when it shouldn't be or vice versa?