yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] stickman1981:
try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48543781
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] designgears:
Could someone who has done this create an sdcard debrick image? I posted the command to do so over here; http://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/request-create-g900a-debricking-image-t3085344

Thanks for any help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jimwick:
Thk you, for some reason TiBu says my SD is now writable but Root Explorer says it is... I will check out that app after work, thks again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Any feedback on this?

If it works just as well as the firmware process it would further simplify the process and it is a much smaller file to download.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Joehen873:
Muniz ur work is amazing. R we any closer to having root through 5.0??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] talkingmonkeys:
Asking every day isn't helping it get done quicker
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] raphsabb:
Happy to report that Im on 5.0 thanx to FF!!

One word of advice, watchout when your restoring from Tibu, I restored something that kept freezing the phone when left idle. Wiped from FF and started back to slowly inspect what I was restoring, took a little while but running smooth! [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] DTR204:
Thinking of testing to get xposed working:

Bad idea to flash the alpha version of xposed 5.0 in FF?

found it here : http://www.xda-developers.com/xposed-framework-for-android-lollipop-is-here/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mykmayk:
As of 4/15/2015, 7:43AM, not a good idea for Samsung TouchWiz-based ROMs.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58829021&postcount=2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
This method is buggy. Here is my test procedure and what I found:

1- I started with a downgraded system with everything NCE except for aboot partition which was OA1. Prior to flashing your zip everything worked fine.

2- I flashed the zip via FlashFire per above instructions and let it reboot.

3- After the first reboot the display froze up at the initial black and white Galaxy-S5-powered-by-android splash screen but I could hear AT&T melody so I let it sit there for a while. After about 3 minutes the splash screen cleared and I was presented with the initial setup screen.

4- The touchscreen at this point didn't work. So I had to force reboot,

4- Upon the second reboot the exact thing happened as instep 4 except that I didn't hear the AT&T power up melody anymore and when the set up screen came up the touch screen worked but everything was very slow.

5- I set it up and the launcher appeared. Initially the system was slow but it started to speed up.

6- I tried more reboots and again the AT&T melody and splash screen never appeared and it just went from the initial black and white Galaxy-S5-powered-by-android splash to the lockscreen. When the lockscreen appears it is at full brightness although the autobrightness is enabled and the touch screen doesn't work for a few seconds. After that I can unlock the screen and the system speeds up over the next 10 seconds or so.

So there you have it. I checked the system with Phone Info and it says nootloader is OA1 and everything else is OC4.. Knox still 0x0as expected. However my guess is that FF likely doesn't flash some of the protected partitions (most likely NON-HLOS) and that is why things are buggy.

PS: I installed FlashFire right after and it got stuck at "Acquiring root access" screen. I am downgrading to NCE.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] samccfl99:
not many seem to want to test this. i am wondering, if we all have the same phone then why does it seem to work for some phones (are they doing it the exact way? the instructions are fairly simple) and others are a pain like this install? this does not give me a warm and fuzzy, but i do understand the need for it to work 100%, mainly to be able to flash once permanently on LP. i still have all the old original files and procedure and have been told it still can work that way since both methods produce a stock 5.0. it is really useless for many without Xposed working (and who knows how many modules will work or not). i might like to try it again for a few days to really evaluate LP, like the battery. first time i did it, most apps worked if i could remember correctly. it was a while ago. its just too blinding!!! are there at least any themes yet such as our GPE theme we have in XDK? and if FF wont install on 5.0, how do you even flash something? Odin? also, what is the backup/restore process currently like we have in SS? sorry for all the questions. i do wonder alot. :confused::D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Thx for testing, in short it's the updater script. May work on it at some point but since the method in the OP works it will be low priority. Thx again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
Sure thing. I have a question for you. Have you tried flashing the t mobile 5.0 stock ROM on s5 (or any version of Tmobile stock roms for that matter)? I know the /system can be flashed but I wonder if flashing the other partitions (if at all possible) will trip knox, in particular BL kernel, and the modems?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
I never attempted to run a tmobile ROM when I owned a G900A. However it did work on the I337. And yes, flashing tmo kernel or BL on G900A will trip knox or worse. The modem likely will be ignored and will not flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] powder_7:
Anyone noticed that the 5.0 oc4 heats up more than 4.4.2? I can feel the heat when I hold it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] K-alz:
[MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION] sorry to bother you again bro. Do you have the OC3 kernel by itself? Or somewhere in this thread?

from my lollipoped Alianced N3!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934552704
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] K-alz:
Thank you very much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Davie3:
I'm on 4.4.2 (G900AUCU2ANG3) will I be able to use this method? I'm currently stuck on this version as I haven't been able to upgrade to 4.4.4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Waiting4MyAndroid:
I was on NG3 too. It worked like a charm with no glitches. I removed SS before flashing.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] talkingmonkeys:
I want you guys to know that alliancerom will be ported soon. I will be getting it done and sending it to Goldie to release for us hopefully within the week.

Its not completely stable on 7.1 but its usable. I've used it for a few days and it runs good but I've had some weird things happen but they seem to work themselves out and stop. I don't feel like going into a lot of detail especially since 8 just came out so I'm going to work on it instead and test it for a few days. It may have some bugs but it will be worth waiting for.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Davie3:
Thanks for the info!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Those interested in Alliance ROM or any other AROMA installer ROM's should check out this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60128231&postcount=324

If this works on the G900A it means no more need to port. You can just convert each release your self to aroma 2.70 rc2 and run any compatible ROM. [MENTION=3271517]carl1961[/MENTION] is very helpful and I am certain will lend a hand.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
So the demo one in his post will work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
IDK, someone with a G900A will have to test.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
I'd be more than happy to try, any reason to worry aside from the objective risk?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Don't believe so. Just don't wipe prior to flashing. Worst case you pull the battery and reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
Alright, and just to double check, the aroma zip he attatched already includes his modified updater script?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
I went ahead and gave it a shot, i saw the flashfire screen for a coiple seconds and saw like two lines then it went black, i gave it a bit(probably not long enough after reading the logs) and battery pulled, im not sure what the expected output was but heres my lastlog [MENTION=3271517]carl1961[/MENTION] [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] carl1961:
script stopped at just before running update-script, must be when you pulled battery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
Ah, i'll give it another go then.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] talkingmonkeys:
Let me know how it works. If not let me see the scripts and the original for the ROM youre trying to use. Upload them to dropbox or something

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Its still worth while to put out. I'll be messing with this. Would love to have aroma working. Thanks for the info guys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
[MENTION=3271517]carl1961[/MENTION] [MENTION=5266065]talkingmonkeys[/MENTION] [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION] Just did it again and waited significantly longer, at least 5 minutes or so, and same result, a couple lines then black screen, and the lastlog is identical, their sizes are actually different, but when reading through the flashing portion it stops at that same initializing line. I'm just using the demo zip carl attached in his post TM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MetalHead66:
This method worked perfect for me, coming from rooted 4.4.2 NG3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] atcwoody:
I have also given it a go twice, trying to install Carl's demo. I've PM'd him also that I couldn't get to the point of reboot. FF runs, displays the list of files very quickly, just like normal, gets to a black screen with the back and menu lights lit but no further. Had to battery pull both times to reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] 1Zero3forlife:
This worked perfect on the first try. FF is awesome and real easy to use. Thanks again!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gus2144:
Is the battery usage any higher? Download titanium backup and get the pro version so you can freeze all the bloat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] talkingmonkeys:
Send me the updater-script to look at. I'll see if I can figure out whats wrong with it if you want.

I haven't looked at the aroma stuff you posted too closely. I'm ready to test Alliance 8.0 now however. I had some free time this morning to get everything fixed up. If everything goes smoothly I'll get it to the right people to post it in development. It will be out eventually, my guess is toward the end of the week if everything goes right. No more mention of it in this thread from this point on from me. Please everyone else do the same and lets get this thread back on topic. I also want to note that I am going to be working on the deodexed releases for the g900a and g870a again. I think I found my mistake from my last attempt at it and after I am sure AllianceROM is ready to go I will put them as my top priority. I'm thinking I should just use and update cstayton's script from 4.4.2 to make OC4 work for both instead of doing them seperate so anyone else interested in developing for this device has less work to do. I may just release them both though in case anyone wants the deodexed g870a build.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] pyro43284:
I just got the S5 and still giving myself a refresher on Samsung methods.. could someone pm what other roms are compatible like alliance what device is that??? My last Samsung was the s4 on t-mobile and not used to all this stuff but I'm up and running like a champ on lollipop with this guide thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] talkingmonkeys:
On lollipop the only one I suggest using at the moment is this stock rooted one. Wait for us to get other roms out unless you know the risks and know what you're doing to remove the boot.img and fix the build.prop, csc, updater-script and other aspects of the roms from the g900f. I'd post a guide on how to do all of this but I don't want to see people ripping off others work and trying to post it. You can feel free to try them just removing the boot.img from the ROM zip and avoiding any that use aroma installers for now but I suggest waiting just to be sure you don't run into any problems that aren't so easily reversible.

You made a mistake switching to AT&T from tmobile, you'll find that out quickly. This is the black sheep of the S5 variants. And AT&T has gone downhill for development the last 2 years I've been doing this and it just continues to get worse.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
I'll give it a try in a bit. How long did yall let it sit. I flashed alliance v7.1 the other day and the menu button and back button stayed lit for 25 min before it booted. I was actually fixing to battery pull when it booted. Yall might not be waiting long enough.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] talkingmonkeys:
What they're flashing shouldn't take long at all. Alliance took so long because of it being a full rom and having to set up the system. ART takes a long time to boot, which has been slowly getting longer since 4.1.2 as I've noticed with the S3 and now this device. Patience is a virtue but in the case of this aroma test it just doesn't load the aroma script. I hope I can figure out what needs done to it to get it working. It'd be nice to have aroma back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
OK thanks I'm still learning all this so i didn't know it shouldn't take long. Lol. I'll hold off then. I'm not even sure what aroma is. Ha i just know we haven't been able to install it. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Dark_Vortex:
Followed the procedure in the OP and it was such a simple and painless upgrade that I was worried at first it didn't work. Flash Fire may be a must-buy once it comes out of beta.

The only weirdness I've noticed so far is that I had Titanium Backup configured to store my backups on my SD card and in Lollipop I'm not able to delete backups. I had to move the backup folder back to the internal storage to delete app backups I no longer wanted to keep.

[EDIT: I figured out that Titanium Backup did not have RW access to the SD card. Thought Lollipop fixed that? Must be a side-effect of how we updated. Downloaded NextApp SDFix from the Play Store. Ran it and said it was fixed. Rebooted....not fixed. Re-ran SDFix and it says that things should work...but they didn't. Ended up having to edit platform.xml by hand and now it works properly.]

My phone gets a bit hotter than it did running Kit Kat, but it is lightning fast. I really didn't know what to expect with Lollipop, but it pleasantly surprised. Lots of new features and tweaks throughout the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
Its just the one attached to this post, it has the actual script and a demo installer with the script in it(i compared the hashes just to be sure) http://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433/post60128231#post60128231 you can check i think page 37 which has a post from me with my lastlog attached so you can see what the issue is.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] joseste4:
So has anyone gotten Aliance Rom to work successfully on 5.0 and if so can you post the correct steps to loading it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
Hopefully in a few days they will get it compatable with our s5. It is in the making right now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] unk2009:
Sweet Bro...Truly appreciate all the hard work and time that you Devs put into giving us awesome roms on G900A

But I'm actually considering buying a G900T and using it on AT&T any thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] geekselite:
Anyway to down grade if it took the Ota to 5.0?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] nutt_case:
No....not yet anyways...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Anyone successfully running leandroid or greenpower on this build? Neither app is shutting off my data.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] JonGonzalvo:
I am running a rooted 4.4.2.. Can i just flash the OA1 bootloader? I am on G900AUCU2AND3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ryan0720:
help

I have followed directions for this numerous times had to downgrade a lot every time I try and restore backup it fails...what am I doing wrong??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] samccfl99:
It's all in POST #1

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] daltonhrrll:
Anyone know when we can expect lollipop on a active
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Nixdawg1:
I apologize for my ignorance but what is the latest bootloader that came out with lollipop? Does this method upgrades everything but the bootloader?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] daltonhrrll:
Or will this work for active , even though I wont be able to use active button
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
boot loader questions

1- can this method be used without upgrading the bootloader to lollipop?

2- if not, after using this method, is it possible to downgrade everything else other than the bootloader to a lower version like NCE?

Edit: Ok, after reading the OP again I found the answers to my questiosn:

1- According to this post, the rooted lollipop runs on OA1 bootloader, which is what the 4.4.4 update had installed on the phone,

2- I know from first hand experience that if the booloader is OA1 then the modem, AP, and CSC can be downgraded all the way back to NCE.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jerrys0828:
The rooted backup .rar file extracts to multiple .win000 files. Do I place all of these in my TWRP/backups/##### folder? Do I need to re-combine them into a .zip for Safestrap to recognize them?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] drklazarus26:
Worked like a charm. Thanks dude!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] atoddvr6:
Has anyone tried this WITHOUT wiping everything? I'm assuming that is the only choice but I just wanted to ask. Would be so much easier if I don't have to wipe the data. In other words, can I just wipe dalvik cache, cache, and system?

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The folder that those files are in is the folder you copy to your ex sdcard. No zip or rar. Just the extracted folder. I was confused at first as well but like it says in the OP, if you don't see the Backups folder than you need to have Safestrap do a backup of your system and then it will create that folder.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] samsingla:
Need some help...followed all instructions but now my phone is not booting to system. After the first restart I saw the 'Galaxy S5' animation, then it went to the second screen showing bootstrap (continue/recovery) screen and after 2 seconds the screen went blank. After 5 minutes, the phone rebooted into system recovery.

I have tried the OP instructions three times now and everytime I end up with the above scenario. Any help is appreciated!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Did both files flash successfully?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Joehen873:
I read the whole post and i know alot of custom stuff but what im asking is will there be a way to root att s5 after it got 5.0 update?????
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] samsingla:
Yes, Safestrap reported successful update and so did ODIN.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] atoddvr6:
I'm confused by your question. The whole point of the OP is to MAINTAIN root. So it's assuming you are CURRENTLY rooted. So there would be no need to root after the update. I mean, correct me if I'm way off here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Shot it the dark......do a factory data reset from stock recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] atoddvr6:
Sorry to ask this again but has anyone tried this WITHOUT wiping everything? I'm assuming that is the only choice but I just wanted to ask. Would be so much easier if I don't have to wipe data. In other words, can I just wipe dalvik cache, cache, and system?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ryan0720:
just an update for any one else having my prob..when you extract the file and put it in your backup for some reason mine made 2 folders i had to go in the first folder and just copy the second folder and erase the first....then all went well..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ejc1214:
Question: I'm running Rick's Rom on my S5 and have safestrap installed and I got flashfire downloaded on my phone and wanted to try this one more time but I'm wondering if I can go restore Rick's ROM thru Flashfire or do I need to use Odin and flash the NIK2 firmware and then use safestrap? Or is Flashfire only for 5.0? If I do a back up with Flashfire, do I just do the normal option to sdcard?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Use FF to make a normal backup of Rick's ROM system, kernel, and data. You can then restore it at anytime. You will need to wipe prior to restoring. Do the same for stock, rooted OC4 if you wish to switch back and forth between each build.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ejc1214:
Sounds like Safestrap is a thing of the past then! Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
IMO. yes. Backup/Restore is still a little buggy on FF so may take a couple of tries but they should be worked out sooner than later.

Also, stay tuned for MultiSystem coming soon which will offer ROM slots very similar to Safestrap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] rivenas:
Thanks for the update was not thinking when i updated work phone ohh well till then....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UsandThem:
Downgrade from 5.0 to 4.4.2? Yes, I've done it on my bricked device due to technical problems and was able to downgrade. You're able to reflash back to 5.0 from 4.4.2 as well with no problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
Can you explain how you did that? What files and tools did you use? Flashing 4.4.2 firmware on 5.0 using odin gives an error.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UsandThem:
Where is it giving you an error? I used files from this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3077652 and flashed them with odin both in the PDA (AP) slot. It says not to do it if you've applied the ota update but I've done both, installing the ota through stock recovery and the rooted stock firmware through the Fireflash app. I deleted a system app and my phone bricked to where I was only able to get to the Lollipop stock recovery and Download Mode. I think I had to also reflash the 4.4.2 kernel cause there was a problem with going back up to 5.0 but this may not be your case too. I was able to downgrade to 4.4.2 and reflash back to 5.0 with no problems. I really don't recommend you try this considering it did say not to apply to an ota update but also I'm not sure why. It's still stock, no? Why do you want to downgrade?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
Oh ok. I can see why the downgrade worked for you. You applied the OTA through FF which doesn't flash the bootloader among other things. If you take the OTA via the normal phone update process, or do it via the stock recovery, the bootloader will be upgraded to 5.0 and you will not be able to downgrade.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UsandThem:
Is the bootloader the Download Mode? I'm a noob when it comes to these things lol. My phone was updated from 4.4.4 to 5.0 in the very beginning. I bricked it so bad I considered it a hard brick. I found files from forums regarding unbricking the G900A model using valid stock 4.4.2 firmware. I flashed those files along with flashing stock kernels for stock 4.4.2, rooted my device using towelroot v3, installed Fire flash and began reflashing everything back to 5.0 . Why do you want to downgrade?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] killatoyota4569:
just installed and followed the tutorial and it was easy and works great. Now I just wish they have some better De bloated roms for this. Hate all them extra apps they put on these phones
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Waiting4MyAndroid:
You know you have root? Right? You can remove all that bloat.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] killatoyota4569:
Yeah I do know that, How do you remove the bloat?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
Install titanium backup from the pay store. Click backup/restore find an app you don't want, click on it then click Freeze. I never Uninstall just freeze them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] najoor:
Disabling/Debloating

I normally go for a hardcore approach of removing the bloat from the file system but I have found that with this ATT release a lot can (surprisingly) be disabled without much need for root access. Here is a list of what you can disable in Settings-> General -> Application, and get a pretty outstanding battery life (~1% per hour in standby)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] yoonus:
That a big step. Its good to know apps can be disabled even without root.