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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KaliymT:
I think I'm bricked

I used Safestrap to Backup my data to my SD..took 562 seconds and it said that it was successful. I then restarted my device and ended up booting back up normally. I went back to SafeStrap and rebooted into recovery. I performed a successful Advanced Wipe on the specified locations and hit 'Home' to check to see if I had any restore points...I did not. I rebooted the device and it's now stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S5 Screen. Just getting it to factory settings would be perfectly fine. Forget root, Lollipop, everything.lol I just need my phone back. Please help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zimgir124:
Thanks a lot for your work!

I'm glad that this is already rootable and that they didn't make it so us on lollipop couldn't downgrade to a rootable firmware.

Anyways once I'm done with school at about 4PM MST I will be doing this or I will just skip school after lunch. (remember kids: skipping is bad)

I will post back when I try this out.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] gerland:
Like a moron I took the Ota am I screwed for root now?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zimgir124:
Bad news:Your bricked, not sure what went wrong but you need to use ODIN to flash.

Good news: easy fix, reflash using ODIN

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Odin to NK2, s3t up the phone and install Towel root, boot into download mode and flash NCG kernal.

After that let the phone boot and it will be glitchy as hel*, as fast as you can open towel root and click make it ra1n,

After that if it says complete, reboot into download and flash the stock NK2 kernal, and you should be rooted on NK2( right before the 2 updates for lollipop)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] noamparn:
I'm amazed at how quickly this was done, given that the update only started going out yesterday.

I've rooted my previous phones, but I've never done anything more adventurous than the upgrade/flash/root/re-flash process for this phone through NK2. I've only ever used ODIN for flashing the kernel (in the above-mentioned process), and I've never installed or used SafeStrap.

So:

1. Having never used SafeStrap before, can anyone point me to a *simple* guide for installing and using it?

2. As I understand it, I'll create a backup of my apps and my data first, wipe the phone, upgrade to OA8, and then restore the apps and data. Is there anything that won't get backed up or restored with this method? Is there anything that I *don't* want to restore (like earlier versions of built-in apps, or incompatible apps, etc)?

3. I know the rooted OA8 update is being billed as "100% stock," but is that really true? Is there any difference (other than it being rooted) between this and the OTA update?

4. Will going this route prevent me from getting the next update when it becomes available?

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
It does on the S4 (both att and vz) and on the G900A. Anyway, I will package the modem with the kernel in a few mins.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] cell128:
Anyone get hotspot mod working on this? Its the only thing holding me back
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] zimgir124:
1.I'll look for one for you, I'll update in a few

2. I usually just backup things I installed, and tend to stay away from the preinstalled apps

3. I Noticed nothing different, looks stock to me.

4.it will most likely be marked as CusTom firmware so it will probably block you from future updates unless you ODIN down to full stock.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
OK, so safestrap did successfully flash the modem. As long as it works no worries about the log. Thanks for all if your help.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sergiob1:
so does that answer provide an answer as far as flashing the kernel too? or just to the log?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rytharr:
Yeah my battery life sucks now. I usually have 50-70% by the time I get off work and today I was at 15%.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] osurferx:
My battery life has been amazing after freezing all the knox, security stuff and bloatware. 9% loss in 7 hours (light use of course)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
That's very, very good!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
We need to put a list of bloat for people so they don't get lost.

Also, no rotation issues or battery issues. If anything my phone has never worked better.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
I agree. I could use a list.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
Did you do a fresh wipe before upgrading or a dirty upgrade I guess like everyone else? I wonder if it is best to wipe everything clean, then install safe strap and upgrade
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
I upgraded from a debloated/deodexed ROM with zero issues.

I backed up data, wiped system, flashed the files in safestrap, restored data, rebooted.

Have had NO issues at all.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ivanver:
Hi

I upgraded to lolipop from rooted kitkat 4.4.4 and have problem with screen rotation. Everything else is working fine.

It was working at first but after debloating screen rotation stopped working.

Can I downgrade to kitkat and make upgrade to lolipop again??

And if I downgrade is it possible to use backup from safestrap I used for upgrading to lolipop.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] f15e308:
Screen Rotation fix?

Hi,

long time reader, first time posting.

I had odin'd an NCG firmware, rooted/safestrap/blahblahblah and then flashed this B0A8 rooted firmware. Everything was fine, started debloating and the boom...screen rotation no worky.

So....after reading all these comments and deciding that it was a hit-or-miss type bug, I decided to flash back to NCG. Then I formatted everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. Multiple times too. I did a factory reset, rebooted into stock recovery and did a full wipe with that as well, then I RE-FLASHED NCG with Odin. From there I installed towelroot/busybox/safestrap and booted into safestrap recovery. From there I did a factory wipe two times (why not?), then a full wipe of everything except my microsd two times (why not indeed?), and another cache wipe... THEN I flashed this B0A8.

After it finishes, DONT REBOOT REGULARLY!

I hit "HOME" and rebooted into download mode to flash the B0A8 kernel with Odin.

After it restarted, I did an initial setup of my accounts (google, samsung, etc) and let EVERYTHING install and/or upgrade. I let it sit for about an hour until all my apps were downloaded. I checked rotation, IT WAS GOOD! so, next step was I started to freeze apps with Titanium backup and after every freeze, I would restart and check rotation (it took awhile). So far I have no issues with rotation and I am debloated (to my liking). Not sure if it was a bad flash on the first go-round or if I had froze the wrong app at the wrong time(ie during an update). I hope this helps some people out there.

Sorry for the novel. :silly:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
A few of us have had this problem. I did just as you suggested (odin to KitKat, re-root, reinstall lollipop) but I decided to do a clean install and spent the time to reinstall my apps from the play store and restore their data from Titanium Backup. I have completed this and have frozen KNOX and SDM and for now my screen rotation is back to normal. I have not de-bloated AT ALL. It seems to me that that is where most people start having problems. I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to use your existing safestrap backup when reinstalling OA8. Please post your results when your finished.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
i tried telling ppl that it must b something they are removing thats causing rotation bug
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] A San:
Send message not working with country code

Yes, I also have the same problem, I am now using my Verizon outside, and I can't send any message if the number have the country code infront (+XXnumber), but not problem in recieving. It's only happen after upgrading to rooted Lolipop, are there any solution?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] noamparn:
I had a similar problem. I installed "BusyBox Installer" from the Play store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.busybox.installer&hl=en), and used that to install a slightly older version of BusyBox. Once that was done, I was then able to go into BusyBox and install the newest version.

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I had both of these issues. In my case, I *think* the problem was one of my apps (App Ops) that needed root access, and ran at startup. I hadn't gone back into it (after booting) and re-granted root access, so it would crash at startup and was also unable to optimize.

Once I granted it access again, both problems went away (or, it was a big coincidence).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] username=0:
Seems like bricked the phone!!!

after issues with screen rotation and etc, decided to reflash BOA8.

However, forgot and selected external SD card also during the wipe :(

Then removed the card and put the file using card-reader. However, now the device won't show the safestrap option it is hung on boot screen. Tried to reload the Kernel again-shows either error,(can't open the specified file. (Line: 1992) or it is hung on boot screen.

Can anybody help here?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
That's because SS has not been updated to support 5.0 yet. You will have to flash in Odin I believe...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
You will have to use Odin to flash back to KitKat, flash the NCG kernel, re-root then you can install safestrap.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] username=0:
How can I at least flash the stock ?

Phone enters the download mode and Odin sees the device, but I am complete 0 in here :)

Do not know what to do at all.

Any guide will be helpful.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
FOLLOW THIS GUIDE USERNAME=0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] username=0:
Ok, but there are many files, like OA8 firmware only, modem, kernel,...etc

The guide says nothing about it. What should I load in Odin?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Probably want to go back to NK2 I would think, being that it's most recent. You can then re-root, and re-upgrade to 5.0
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] username=0:
Thanks,

downloading NK2 for now. Let's hope for the best.

Or should I go all the way back to NCG?

Which one is the most stable you think?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
Open Odin on computer.

Place stock ROM in AP slot (click AP, select a stock KitKat rom.) Try this one:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95864024717068430

Put phone in download mode.

Plug into computer.

Select Start in Odin.

After phone reboots, install Root Checker and SuperSU from the play store and download and install Towel Root from here:

https://towelroot.com/

Shut down phone and boot into download mode.

Place the NCG kernel in the AP slot:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934525076

Plug in phone.

Start.

When phone reboots, it may be slow and have a lot of error pop-ups. Don't worry about them just yet.

Open TowelRoot and select Make It Rain. Your phone should now be rooted.

Open Root Checker and verify you have root. You may have to open SuperSU and update it first.

If all is well, shut down phone and again boot into download mode.

Place NK2 Kernel into AP slot:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95864024717068463

Plug in phone.

Start

When phone reboots, you should be on NK2, fully rooted. You can now follow the instructions to install OA8:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-update-to-g900vvru1boa8-5-0-t3020546
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Yeah^^^ (sorry, not able to go in depth like that. Work is kinda busy today and multi-tasking that much detail with work details, I might get confused. hahaha)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] username=0:
I downloaded NK2 already but there are two tar files, one is called restore, the other one(the one in your link) doesn't seem to be restore. Also I believe I will be needing CP and CSC files, right?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
The tar I linked to is all you need, along with the two kernels.

CP and CSC? I'm not familiar with those acronyms.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] username=0:
Thanks a lot, the CP and CSC are Odin slots http://www.galaxys5update.com/unbri...00a-soft-brick-fix-restore-to-stock-firmware/

I am downgrading to NCG as of now, then will root and install BOA8 if succeed.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
Ahhhh. Leave CP and CSC blank and unselected.

Be careful following the instructions you linked to. They are for an ATT version of the phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] username=0:
Booted to the stock NCG! :)

Great, thank you guys, I had no hope. Do not know if it worth to upgrade to Lolliop for now. I am using GSM sim card inside the phone, henc I rooted it to be able to update to Lollipop, but the battery life and screen rotation issues made me downgrade to stock again. Will probably wait until the developers fix the issues.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
You might run in to some compatibility issues with NCG and apps. you may want to bring it up to NK2 so there's as little gap between newest and an older version.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
Agreed. If you followed my I instructions you should be on NK2.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ThePolymath:
I updated to 5.0 without a problem using your guide, thanks very much. The only issue I am having is with the hotspot. Before the upgrade I was on 4.4.2 and using the X Tether module with Xposed and the hotspot worked fine. I have unlimited data. I flashed the TetherAddOn.zip you provided between steps 4 and 5 of the guide. I can turn the hotspot on and connect devices to it (such as my laptop), and devices connected to it say it has internet access, but I have no connectivity i.e. no webpage will load. Anyone have any suggestions or advice? Tethering is all I really used Xposed for so if I can get tethering to work I will be a happy camper.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Mobile Data box checked under "Mobile Networks" ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ThePolymath:
Yes it is.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ivanver:
Hi

I also odin back to kitkat re rooted and restored from previous safe strap backup, it didn't work first time but I tried second time and it worked.

Screen rotation works, but didn't de-bloated yet.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
Glad to hear it's working for people.

I used Titanium Backup and have frozen most of the things I would usually remove and I still have no problems. Since I have sufficient space remaining on my internal memory, I may forgo de-bloating and just continue freezing things I don't need/want.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ThePolymath:
I figured it out. Just to be safe I flashed back to the NK2 Kernel, flashed the TetherAddOn through Safestrap, and then flashed the OA8 kernel. This seems to have solved the problem. So in other words, don't flash the TetherAddOn between steps 4 and 5, just follow the instructions exactly as they are written.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
full stock ncg would be easiest if u are going to go straight to rooting/romming..

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lol theres nothing to fix imo.. L has been flawless and same if not better battery than on kk
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
Worked Like a Champ!!!

Thanks so much! Upgraded to LP and retained root!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Addicted2Droid:
I like the notification but I wish you could toggle what you see on the lock screen. I'd rather see an icon in the status bar on some apps and other apps the notification with content. Yes I'm picky lol

I like that you can turn of notification for individual apps but I wish that would turn them off for lock screen only since most apps have built in capability to turn off notification of the app.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ymDroid:
Any reason Safestrap keeps saying, but won't give me the option to boot in to the recovery and doesn't show the boot sequence ?

I also uninstalled xposed and changed my secure storage back to "true" and yet my s health keeps crashing.

Thought xposed was the cause of that.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
I had to install safestrap twice to get it to work. Install app, open, install SS, reboot, open SS , install again, then it worked for me.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ymDroid:
ok so I got SS installed. I uninstalled busybox, safestrap, deleted from SuperSU, and removed BusyBox from the phone.

Rebooted, installed BB from playstore and it took on Xbin this time. Which I believe was the issue with SS. Installed SS on to the phone and it installed, opened, installed the recovery, and I was able to boot into SS.

I got S Health back up by changing secure storage back to "false". Which is odd, because I thought this was a conflict with xposed and s health. But apparently, it's not. It an issue with root and s health.

Can anyone verify if S Health works after this rooted upgrade to 5.0? Or will Ihave to change secure storage back to false again after the update?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Was this on 4.4.4 or 5.0?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ymDroid:
The s health issue? I was on NI2.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
ym, sorry. I was trying to reply to someone else, musta gotten buried. Sorry.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ymDroid:
Upgraded with no problems, but I'm trying to change my platform.xml in ES file explorer and it won't let me. We it tries to get root privileges m it "sorry this function doesn't work on your device".

Help?

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kinda answering my own questions.. uninstalled and reinstalled. fixed,
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Nicksung:
Hello everyone. I am having trouble installing this ROM. When I try to flash the ROM using the Stock Slot in Safestrap TWRP it tells me 'Skipping MD5 Check No MD5 File Found' and that is as far as I get. Any other info needed I'll be glad to give. Thanks in advance for any help.

Model number: SM-G900V

Android version: 4.4.2

Baseband version: G900VVRU1ANCG

I am rooted with TowelRoot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ymDroid:
It worked. Had a few kinks but worked through them.

Flashed exactly like the original post. got everything booted and set up before I went back and did the tether zip. I DID uninstall Xposed and all the modules before starting any of this upgrade process.

I never had AppOpps? installed, so this was a non-issue.

A couple things I noticed.

1) It didn't recognize root right away. I had to reboot.

2) Root apps needed to be reinstalled for root to be recognized.

3) Very laggy at first but it getting better after a few reboots.

*4) I didn't have to freeze KNOX and SDM? Actually, all my frozen apps are still there frozen. IS THIS RIGHT? Did I miss anything?

5) Secure storage is now set to TRUE, and S Health works. Kinda nice since this means I can use Private mode again.

6) My rotation is working normally. Hopefully it doesn't change, since I don't have to freeze or delete anything because it's already there.

7) Hotspot toggle was already there, and hotspot works with no issues.

Did I miss anything?

Anything special about 5.0 I should know?

Are you all leaving Safestrap installed or deleting it?

Thank you all for your help! I'll update on lag and battery life in a few days.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
i did a clean install lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
Try upgrading to 4.4.4 first. [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION] may have been thinking that you could upgrade from any version, but I think he meant of 4.4.4, not 4.4.2 . So try upgrading to 4.4.4 first, rooting, installing busy box, SS, TiBu and whatever else you need to make your "stock" your own, then follow his instructions per the OP, and flash the 5.0 rom in the SS Stock Slot, and then the 5.0 Kernel in Odin in the AP slot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
you can upgrade from any rom using ss.. i think he should check md5/redownload rom because he is getting a flash error
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
It doesn't matter what version of KitKat you are on. You probably have a bad download of OA8. Try downloading it again and check the MD5 before you flash in SS.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nmostofsky:
My phone won't Boot

My phone is stuck on the screen that shows the little android guy (black background, words and icons all white). That tune that plays right before the verizon splash screen goes on plays about 75% then cuts off and phone is just stuck. I am freaking out!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
That's the screen you get before you plug it in to Odin. Just get Odin ready to go and unplug your phone, plug it in, and run Odin. Should work fine. You didn't mention what step you were on that got you "stuck". You could always do a battery pull.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nmostofsky:
I already did the Odin step. I did it three times. Odin reboots the phone, then this issue happens. I have auto rebbnot and f. reset time checked, i put the md5 file in AP and hit start. I cannot figure out for the life of me what i am doing wrong.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] SoccerRef12:
Do you see the progress bar in Odin or on your device?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nmostofsky:
odin says complete. i completely finished all the steps, but the part where it takes 3 minutes to reboot, that doesn't happen. i really do not want to reset to factory, but if I do, will hte backup i made during this process be able to restore everything?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BoscoCosta:
aweful battery life

Who else has seen a huge battery drain since updating..... and if so , what have you done to correct it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ahmadveg:
GREAT JOB

i followed the directions in the original post and followed along with the video, worked like a charm. the initial download took some time (but im assuming that was my connection). used ODIN for the kernel and was happy when my phone rebooted. i must admit i was very anxious to see what was going on, but i held my excitement till after flashing the kernel. booted right back up. i had little bit of a lag at first so i decided to do a manual reboot. during this manual reboot is when i hit the floor. i was stuck on the verizon splash screen for a good 20 minutes before i finally gave up and did a battery pull. been working like a charm ever since. and battery life seems to be just as good if not better than KitKat. GREAT JOB ON THE DIRECTIONS AND THE VIDEO. MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU, AS I BOW DOWN BEFORE THEE!! Follow the directions and you will be good to go.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BigBot96:
Has anybody figured out which app during the debloat process causes rotation to break? Or is it hit or miss...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nmostofsky:
rebooting constatnly

So after my phone bricked, i went to BestBuy, where they reflashed the phone. I then rooted it and updated it to lollipop. it worked this time but now i cant update or install anything from th play store, and phone seems to reboot every so often. Any Ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Nicksung:
I checked the MD5 and they do not match. Is there another G900V_OA8_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip file that the MD5 file matches?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
If the md5 doesn't match it simply means your download was corrupted. It happens sometimes. You can download it again from the same location.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Nicksung:
I have downloaded it a few times from the same location and still no match unfortunately.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] rotzy:
That's weird.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Nicksung:
I updated to 4.4.4 NK2 and I am rooted. Safestrap install of Lollipop ROM still fails. Would it be possible to update to Lollipop keeping root, but updating it all through ODIN instead of Safestrap?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kprice8:
You say it fails, can you explain what happens leading up to it failing?