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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
I agree, just freeze them. I uninstalled a lot of bloat and now having problems with PowerAmp. Keeps shutting down on me while connected via headphone jack to my trucks stereo. Thinking about relflashing this and starting over, and only freezing this time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] killatoyota4569:
Thanks. I'm having a issue with the play store. It won't download. It opens and just says app in purchase n does nothing. Not sure what to fix.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rpence89:
Firmware missing in FlashFire

I'm on the ND3 firmware using VisiX Rom. I tried doing this method and the firmware file does not show up in FlashFire, only the partition one does. Is there a step I'm missing?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] SoCalHTCFuze:
Did you unrar it first?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UsandThem:
Does it have the .tar.md5 file extension after unraring? Is it in the Internal Memory or Memory Card?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FtaWolf:
Try clearing the cache & data for play store.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
Having a problem here. Both PowerAmp and the stock music player are screwing up. About 10 seconds after screen off the audio cuts out. Swipe to unlock and noticing that the tracks are zipping through. Not sure what to do. I've reflashed this rom, installed all my apps via TiBu, and the only problem I have is that. Music is a just have for me. Anyone have any suggestions? I've wiped cache for both apps, rebooted, and still same problem. Very discouraged, my phone is blazing fast but I can't listen to my music. If no fix for this I will want to downgrade to the 4.4.4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Just uploaded a new Firmware file in .zip format.

This means there is no longer a need to extract a .tar file from a .rar prior to flashing. You can now download the .zip file directly to your device or PC and move the .zip file to your device and flash. Follow the updated instructions in the OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] scrawnyb:
Has anyone tried this on a Cricket S5 (SM-G900AZ) yet?

I'm hoping to hear from someone else before attempting to brick my phone, since I don't have a spare/backup phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] unk2009:
Man you're Amazing, thank for all the hard work Bro....Donation headed your way
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
I strongly advise against flashing the files on any device other than a G900A. Admittedly I am not at all familiar with the G900AZ but in my opinion the risk of hardbricking is not worth it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
Can I go back to 4.4.4 from this by following http://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-g900aucu2aoa1-4-4-4-2-3-2015-t3021120?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Did you use [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION] update? Or did you take the OTA update? If the latter nope
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
No OTA, directly from this thread. Everything seems to be working good except stock music player and PowerAmp. Just wanna go back to 4.4.4. Some people need their camera, I need my music.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
Then you can downgrade
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] SoCalHTCFuze:
What's wrong with the stock music player? It's been working fine for me... ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
Reflash the ROM and don't back up with tibu. Download from the play store.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] stickman1981:
I have ff when I try backup it just close or install just close 4.4.4 rooted oa1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jimwick:
Does the music only stop when screen locks? Do you have any 3rd party appz set to kill apps when screen locks like Cleaner Master ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] fvargasfrank:
I follow the instruction BUt my phone got stuck in the att logo for about 20 min, i rebooted my phone and now its brick i think, I can probably recover since i can hold the down volume key and come up to the restore part of the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
My suggestion is that if you're debricking don't use the 5.0 ota files because after that you will never be able to root. Flash a kitkat files to restore.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] SimmIsengard:
Quick question. If I do a hard reset the system will still hold root and erase sd card and all? Looking to start clean after running the orginal FF but not erasing the internal memory.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
I ended up reflashing twice, it seems to be working now. Yes the music stopped about 10 seconds after screen lock but if i unlocked the screen the music players were fast forwarding the music, it didnt actually stop. Kinda weird. I do have Greenify installed but thats it, and neither music player is set to hibernate.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jimwick:
Glad you got working, just wondering how you installed Greenify? I thought that needed Xposed to work and Xposed isn't working on Lollipop yet. Or am I wrong as usual?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
You can still install and use Greenify but you only have access to 2 settings in experimental settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jimwick:
Thks for the info...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
No problem. I only knew that because I was still using Greenify with Lollipop builds on my S3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] fvargasfrank:
Ok so i reverted back to 4.4.2, and i have rooted the device with towelroot, so whats next i dont want to brick the phone again ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] deadlesszombie:
Anyone got a flashfire apk they could give me?

My google stor is broken and I would like to use this guide :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] vendo:
Lollipop 5 downgrade

Hi so if I did OTA to Lollipop 5.0 I can`t downgrade? I had 2 days battery on 4.4.4 and it was much more stable. need to go back. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
No the bootloader has been updated so you'll have to wait til there's root
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
I am sorry but "need to go back" is not a phrase you get to use in presence of AT&T and Samsung. That is why I switched to T-mobile.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] vendo:
I only upgraded from S4 ( also ATT ) recently and there I had one Odin image 4.4.2 and I was able to go back and flash to start over, didn`t try Lollipop though on S4 but I was hoping there is always a way to downgrade to those first stock ROMs and start over.

I guess it is not the case here.

Excluding root and all the "stuff" I wonder since when and why ATT does not support customer choice to go back? to something which worked for someone better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
This has actually been going on for a while and it is regrettable that you didn't know about it before upgrading your S5. It started with Samsung introducing bootloaders with Knox capabilities in Note 3, and ATT adopting the locked version of these bootloaders, which disabled the loading of anything other than what ATT wants you to put on your phone.

Think about it; the 4.4.4 bootloader is perfectly good and 5.0 works well under it. So to pay an engineer to sit there and modify the bootloader for the sole purpose of preventing the users from going back is something that only Lucifer and AT&T are capable of.

And again, your assumption that AT&T is there to make sure you get something that "works better" for you, is wrong. AT&T is there to make money. Your phone will irreversibly get slower and more annoying after every update until you give up and buy a new one from AT&T. They will do all kinds of things to you that may piss you off but in their calculation are not bad enough to make you go to another carrier. The proof of that is that right now instead of shopping for a new phone company you are still browsing the AT&T S5 forum!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] raphsabb:
If u r on 5.0 after using FF u can wipe, check off what u dont want to wipe off course. Root will be there when u get back
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UsandThem:
I've done this same thing cause I kept getting ANR messages because I deleted system apps. I was on 5.0, had FF and reflashed the rooted stock firmware and ended up bricked and only able to get into Lollipop Stock Recovery and Download Mode. Flash to 4.4.2, root using towelroot v3, and reflash from there. This was my unbrick method. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] craign8:
Just curious if anyone has heard any updates about safestrap and lollipop working without having to flip the kernel?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
IMO and in light of FlashFire safestrap is now obsolete.

Additionally lookout for MultiSystem coming soon. Will offer virtual rom slots very similar to safestrap and will work on 4.x and 5.0. I will be helping the dev test on S5 and S4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UlisesXJL:
Will this wipe all data? It would not be any problem but want to make sure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] :
I'm in big trouble... my phone died yesterday so I plugged it in before I went to bed. I woke up and turned it on. I've been on G900A_OC4 - 5.0 with root using this guide since it was posted, for about 2 weeks with no issues.

All I get is an error message that says "Process system isn't responding." If I hit wait, eventually my status bar shows up but nothing is accessible and then it boot loops (definitely softbricked). Do I have any way to recover my phone? I have no clue what to do. I'm not sure if it was an OTA update that did this, despite having turned them off. This happened randomly, out of nowhere.

Help would be appreciated, either using the built in recovery or maybe ODIN...

EDIT: Doing a battery pull fixed it. That was f****** scary.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LoSt180:
So probably a dumb question, but does this method wipe all data? I'm wondering if I'll need to backup the things I have stored in the privacy mode partition. I've been quietly monitoring progress the past few weeks to make sure the process has been tested, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] vendo:
interesting, are you saying you were able to downgrade from Lollipop 5.0? Have you done OTA to Lollipop 5.0 or manual?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rocsrock:
Hey i did this with my S5A rooted and now i can't even flash the stock ROM onto my phone with ODIN any ideas as to why/ how to fix
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
If by S5A you mean the Active variant you are likely hardbricked. This guide is for the G900A.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rocsrock:
By A i meant AT&T lol im soft bricked ATM :l SM-G900a
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
Been running this for over a day now and I'm loving it so far. One question though, is there a way to use volume keys to skip music tracks? Can't find anything in the sertings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] talkingmonkeys:
Will multi system allow backups to be restored for example on a bootlooping device? That's the only thing missing from safestrap how it was setup to now with flashfire. It is very useful to not have to Odin back because of this. Hopefully we can even find a way to sideload multi system or flashfire so it can be loaded from a splash screen while booting to flash something else or restore a backup. That's my biggest need as a developer. Knowing I can quickly restore when things go badly.

You will need to back up the private partition. Flashing different Roms even wipes it. I found this out on 4.4.2.

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This is a mod that needs added
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UsandThem:
I've honestly flashed it both ways; OTA and rooted stock firmware. I was pretty much hard bricked with only lollipop stock recovery and download mode. I flashed back to 4.4.2 using odin, flashed stock 4.4.2 kernels using odin, rooted with towelroot v3, used fireflash to flash rooted stock firmware and was fine after that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
No, that would require a custom recovery like twrp. Multisystem will be another virtual recovery like safestrap. You will have to have a fully functioning device in order to access it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
Safestrap did allow unbricking though based on what you did, if you modified some system files you could unbootloop(as i did multiple times) by going in to safestrap, mounting whatever partition(usually /system) and then using the file explorer in SS you can just replace the file you modified or replaced or whatever that caused the bootloop with the backup of it you should have had, now you have to reflash if you mess anything up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] talkingmonkeys:
So we will have to find out how [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] made it so we could load it from the splash screen when the time comes. This is the most useful part of a recovery or virtual recovery to me especially how many times I run into issues testing things
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] JacenSolo2001:
I'm just about ready to take the plunge. I've seen the question asked several times, but I appears to get sidetracked. Will doing this erase my external SD card? if so, I want to back it up first to my computer.

can't wait to give this a go!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
It shouldn't erase your ext card. If I remember correctly I didn't even see the option to wipe ext SD in the Wipe options. Just make sure you already have root. And if you use TiBu do not restore any system settings. And be careful if you decide to freeze or remove certain system apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] JacenSolo2001:
thank you kind sir!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] meissen:
Anyone have any updates on whether or not we'll get XPosed for Lollipop? Really missing that part.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
Glad I can help even with my limited knowledge
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] skyrocketeer:
Currently Xposed only works on AOSP Lollipop. And even then it's in alpha stage. Xposed doesn't even work on Touchwiz 5.0 devices.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
I have another question. No problems with BBS but Wakelock Detector doesn't seem to work, even after granting SU. I know I don't really need it if I have BBS. It's just a redundancy. I cleared the log for it in SU and didn't work so I reinstalled and same thing. I can live without it ,I'm just curious.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] pelucaz491:
Is there a way to change the icon color of my status bar? Specifically the opacity so that it looks pure white on any background instead of gray?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] joseste4:
[MENTION=5906506]Rakuu[/MENTION] can you post the modded file to load twisted lollipop through FF. I've been trying with no I luck. It keeps failing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
The only mod i did to the zip was replace the kernel image included (boot.img) with the att one so you could flash it and it would put the correct one and you wouldnt have to odin the kernel, that's what the intent was at least. The zip failed to load no matter how many times i tried in flashfire, and when i tried to flash it in safestrap it failed there too, so sorry i won't be providing the link just so you won't brick yourself, there have been many reports of flashing the original zip and then odining the correct kernel going well, so i'd do that for now till i can figure out what is causing it to fail.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] bigtexan99:
Thanks!

I followed the instructions in the first post and successfully upgraded to 5.0 with root. I used TiBu to restore my apps and all turned out pretty good. I did have to do a few things:

1) uninstall and reinstall gmail as it was force closing when I launched it.

2) apply the kitkat based external sdcard write fix (apps could not write to the external card)

Question: Do I need to keep TWRP and ClockworkModRecovery on my phone any longer now that I have Flashfire?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UlisesXJL:
When I try to "flash firmware package" it only shows "Boot" option but there is no "System" option. Thanks in advance.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
FlashFire can flash stuff to your phone if/while it is already up and running. Twrp and cwm are recovery "programs" which means even if your system is broken and does not even boot up you can always boot into recovery and flash things or fix your system. so I would keep them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] joseste4:
I lost Safe Strap when I went to 5.0. How do I get it back?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
There is no safestrap in 5. If you really need it you should downgrade to kitkat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] 1afly:
I have a T Mobile SM-900T and I want to place the stock AT&T lollipop ROM on my device. I was able to upgrade to a stock Lollipop on T Mobile before I went to AT&T. I tried to flash the ATT 0C4 zip in TWRP and then flash the OC4 kernel and it won't load on my phone... any ideas as to why? I think this has to do with the T-Mobile 5.0 ROM and/or kernel that is on the device... I went into TWRP and restored my backup and now the phone won't boot... any ideas on what to do to get the phone on AT&T rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] dorqus:
Just curious as to why you'd want the Stock AT&T Rom if you have a SM-G900T with unlocked bootloader? You can still use your phone on AT&T's network, regardless of the ROM That's on your phone, so long as you have a AT&T Sim card in your phone.

The AT&T stock ROM is full of bloatware. You'd be better off with an AOSP based rom or Cyanogen Mod or something.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] 1afly:
I don't care what the ROM is I really want the ability to use HD calling... and the 5.0 version from T Mobile was slow and pretty buggy... right now my phone is a brick... $20 to whomever helps me get this thing working ASAP on AT&T Lollipop
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
As stated in bold type at the top of the OP using this process on any device other than a G900A may result in a hardbrick.

You will need jtag service to recover or try searching for an "unbrick.img" for your device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
First of all you SHOULD NOT flash one carrier's ROM on another (unless you know exactly what you are doing.) So if you manage to revive your phone stick to TMO Roms, or an ATT Rom that someone has modified to run on a TMO phone (I don't know of any). HD calling that comes with an ATT rom will not work on TMO and vice versa anyway.

To recover your phone remove the battery and write down the serial number. Put the battery back and leave the phone off. Connect the phone to your PC via the usb cable and run Kies on your PC (I am assuming you have downloaded and installed it from Samsung site). Go to Tools menu and click on Firmware upgrade and initialization. It will ask for your phone model name which I assume is SM-G900T. Then it asks for your serial number. If you do this correctly Kies will offer to restore your phone to the latest firmware for Tmobile.

Accept that and let the program download the firmware for you. It may prompt you at some point to turn the phone on in download mode (push the power on button while holding the volume down and home button and release the power button when you feel the initial vibration, then follow the screen instructions), OR Kies may turn the phone on in download mode for you. If the phone is not badly damaged it will restore your TMO system for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] 1afly:
This worked in about 15 minutes, I was able to unbrick my phone. I'll restore to 5.0 (restored to 4.4.2 right now) I guess and move on...

[MENTION=2504548]Muniz[/MENTION]?ri and [MENTION=6269881]ryan0720[/MENTION] said they managed to place the AT&T ROM on the SM-900T... So I guess this is not possible OR if it is, detailed instructions would be greatly appreciated!

Regardless.... THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE HELP... but if the unbrick method is failsafe I'm willing to try other options to get that ROM on my 900T. If all else fails I'll go back to stock 5.0 on 900T and then restore my backup via TWRP
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mwj2996:
Data

From what I am reading I will lose all data when I flash this, so will Kies or Titanium be able to restore the data after flashing 5 from 4.4.4?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
The firmware file in my G900A OC4 KeepRoot thread contains system, kernel, and recovery. You can flash that using FF but uncheck the recovery option after FF finishes scanning the firmware. Again, do not flash the partitions file as that file includes the G900A bootloader.

btw.....I ran the G900A firmware on my G900T and found it not completely compatible went back to tmobile's 5.0 build.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] i3one21:
I have ATT G900A, 4.4.2, baseband ND3, rooted. Can I update with this method in the first post?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] 1afly:
Please elaborate on what was not "completely compatible" if you don't mind.

For now I went back and flashed the 100% stock firmware that is 2.3GB big. It was up and running just fine and thought that I would simply flash my TWRP backup over the stock rom and have my data, texts, settings and move on (since I made the backup before I made ANY modifications besides installing TWRP) Unfortunately this only caused another brick where the all apps force close after boot and yet another install of the stock firmware. I then reflashed the stock firmware and now I am back up an running as if nothing ever happened... weird... but for the next guy who finds them self in this same position this is what I did right and wrong...

The whole point of going down this path was to 1) Have the HD calling feature since I am now with AT&T 2) Shed anything related to T-Mobile 3) Have a zipper experience. It seems that after a few months of use the T-Mobile ROM is slow and laggy...

I know I am being a pain.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] talkingmonkeys:
Yes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Everything would run fine until I attempted to make a phone call. Then the phone will start to blink and then freeze. Could not resolve. Thanks though for the donation!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Consolidated the firmware and partitions files into one. Follow the updated instructions in the OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jimwick:
Is there a way to dirty flash this ROM if we have it installed already?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mwj2996:
data restore

So if we install flash fire then do a backup then follow the instructions to upgrade to lollipop could we then restore the data from that backup like we did with safe strap?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] timasian:
Can't send/receive mms after bootup

I followed the instructions from the OP, starting from a clean install from NCE. I am on rooted L and it runs well, except for my MMS.

I double checked my APN and build.prop settings and they are as they should be. Mobile data and LTE still works. I am using the default Messages app.

On the first boot, I was able to send and receive MMS (group msg and photo) all day long. After some time, I could no longer upload/download them.

However, if i reboot my phone, instantly open the Messages app, and press Download or Resend, the message goes through. A few minutes later and

my MMS no longer works. The only way I can send/receive MMS is by my reboot workaround, which is really obnoxious. SMS and calls work just fine, too.

I have tried reflashing over from NCE and in OC4 in case of a faulty flash and flashing the G900A_OC4_Stock_Modem.tar.md5, but I still cannot seem to fix this problem.

Anyone know of a fix?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] BigBrad75:
Just wanted to say that I used the Flashfire method mentioned, followed the exact instructions provided, and everything worked absoltely perfect! Fixed every issue I had with my att Galaxy s5, and updated to lolipop! I had tried a couple other methods that had tended to do more harm than good, well, zero good... until now. Thanks for this amazing method!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] SamuelLG:
Hi. I followed the instructions and got no problems updating from 4.4.2 to 5.0. However, after the firmware update and reinstall apps I experienced a huge battery heat and draining, which I solved by a factory reset.

I updated from a rooted 4.4.2, but even with root permissions for Titanium Backup this app didnt worked and I was unable to restore some important backups. So, I downgraded using the 'downgrade to NCE' file, applied the root using Towelroot and upgraded again to 5.0 using this method, but again, Titanium backup isnt working. All other app that requires root privileges are working, except the Titanium. Any ideas?

Thanks