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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] hlb3:
Yeah, not having Xposed working is kind of a deal breaker for me. I was really hoping it would get fixed by the time AT&T finally got the update out, but no such luck.

This is definitely the last locked down AT&T POS phone that I'll be buying (and with the direction they took the S6, it will be the last Samsung).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] samsingla:
Wish I knew this before updating....I was using xposed module to bypass tethering restriction and now I have lost that ability :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] samccfl99:
I AGREE. POS...LOL. but i am really dying to just do it to see what the hell the L is all about. my only real reason to be curious is because i got a problem listening to music with the music fading out or chopping up intermittently and am wondering if its the phone or android. also being that is it probably 5.0 (is it?), there probably are many bugs. will probably go to it permenanly when there is an XDK rom for it or other roms to try. once they get SS working, which sounds like someone is doing it for VZ and might/should work on ours. will just take some time i suppose. i hope it is all going to be worth it. updates usually ultimately work and do their job. its when is the question....LOL

i got many modules using Xposed plus Wanam. its not really a great big deal to go back to NCE and come forward to XDK/NG3 using Odin and SS. I personally love MY tailored XDK build. and as far as that S6, no sdcard and no battery pull? is this the way they are all going to go? what phone would you be looking at to replace this whenever that may be? i dont know if i can afford it. my current payments end 06-2016 ...LOL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
I will be creating a tether addon for myself. Will share later tonight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Waiting4MyAndroid:
Thanks for that answer. I was about to ask about it. Will wiping internal storage also wipe the external SD card? I know it should not. Just want confirmation.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MercilessLTD:
I was trying to find specific examples, but honestly my search came up empty. My assumption, as is yours, is that external will not be touched since it explicitly states "Internal." If you are concerned, I'd make a backup of my external sd card's data or simply remove it if your flash zip is not located on it. Also, you can ask or do your own search in the FlashFire thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] turbo23:
It wasn't as bad as expected.

My battery life was about the same. I'm curious what will happen after I leave off all the bloatware when I reflash it in about five minutes.

I'll let you know....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] SyberB:
link for stock rooted oa1 not working.

Link is broken. Can someone please post another link or can u edit OP? Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Knumb:
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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Napsterbater:
It leaves and uses the old boot loader so you can go back.

Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S5 running Lollipop with Root.. Screw you AT&T/Samsung
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] joseste4:
When restoring a back up in FF do you have to wipe or just restore?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] vendo1110:
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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] J_M_H:
Another fine job by Chainfire. Worked without a hitch. I really don't understand the details on how this works, but since the boot loader is unlocked, would it be possible to use Flashfire to install a CM 12.1 ROM? Cyanagen has one for the S5, but with warnings about the locked AT&T bootloader. Also, what about TWRP? Could that be installed?

---------- Post added at 09:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:10 AM ----------

I answered my own question about TWRP. Apparently Flashfire has its own recovery built in. Anybody have any ideas if CM 12.1 would work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] slicetwo:
And I assume I can go back by just flashing the downgrade .tar file in the OP?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MercilessLTD:
Speaking of the G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar, that would be correct. Flash in FF or use Odin if you are soft bricked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] talkingmonkeys:
Use a root explorer and goto data/app and pull the flashfire apk. Thats what any of us would do to share it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mwj2996:
How did it go? Any changes to the battery life?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] turbo23:
So far its decent. Not like people are *****ing about. I couldnt debloat, I just froze the offensive apps. Its solid so far.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
Im pretty sure flashfire does not have its own recovery. Also the att s5 does have a locked bootloader, so no you cant load cm, just because we have this nee flashing utility does not suddenly unlock everything, its all the same as before just you use this instead of safestrap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mwj2996:
What apps did you freeze?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
Can anyone make an img backup of stock in multisystem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] tdreams:
hello, I'm in 4.2.2 and after having followed the tutorial , my phone is stuck on the AT & T logo for more than 25min . I have removed the battery and then magically the phone has rebooted on version 5.0 thank you very much !!: Bonne:: Tope là:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mrsubway:
So tempted to try this, but the phone works so nice on 4.4.4 once you freeze the crapware. I keep hearing about battery drains and FCs. If I install this, will I get the ota patches they claim fix the issues? And will those patches break root?

EDIT: Okay. Just did the upgrade. TiBU works great. Restored all my apps, no issue. Root Explorer wouldn't get root. Set SuperSU to allow all root requests. THEN the SuperSU popup showed. Set SuperSU back to always ask, and so far, so good. Can't say much for battery life yet, as I'll need to go to work tomorrow and carry it around. The phone is warm, but I've had the screen on for over an hour restoring things, so that's to be expected. I'll see how warm it stays in the morning. Froze AT&T trash, including the update service in TiBu. I don't want to have to worry about a wary update messing up my root.

OP is BRILLIANT! Instructions were perfect. BTW, the splash screen only hung for about 5 minutes upon the first reboot.

There's only one thing I miss. I had this small app that enabled you to kill apps by holding the back button. I reinstalled it, and it has SU permissions, it SAYS it's killing the app, but the app stays on the screen. It's an old apk, so I guess the dev just never updated it for Lollipop. A HUGE thank you for all who took the time to make this possible, and with the confidence that we can go back to KK if we wish! EXTREMELY well done. If there are any heat or battery issues tomorrow, I will update. Just to add, I came from 4.4.4, which I rooted with Towelroot using the old kernel Odin method. Good stuff! :D If anyone had trouble with apps force closing after restoring with TiBu (app+data), I'm betting it's because of the new Lollipop cache and the switch to ART. I had a few apps do it. Simple fix. Just clear the data for the apps giving you problems, and they then work fine again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] turbo23:
I froze everything related to At&t apps, I did actually as a test...uninstalled yellow pages and uber and the anti-virus app. The battery life is good and no force closes. I use my phone alot for work, during my 10 to 12 hr shifts. I am on it constantly. Today without charging it and having wifi always on, it was 23% at the shift end. In eight hour shifts its around 40 to 50%.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mrsubway:
One thing I did in TiBu, was freeze the update service. Now, if I click Updates in About Phone, nothing happens. I'm sure most of you knew about this, but it's the first thing I disabled. I don't want bootloaders or root killers installed on my phone by mistake.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] dusto2k3:
Just looking for a little help here.

I'm currently running XDK and I've installed flashfire and when I run the app, I get the list of system files, then flashfire pops up and say installing the D/L zip, then rebooting shows up twice, then it shuts down and thats it. Sometimes when I try, i get the glowing blue light, sometimes not. Is there another file I need to be flashing.

I'm not sure how to tell what i have as far as OC1 or OC4 or whatnot. Thanks in advance fellas.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] omaritsula:
I did everything and worked fine , but then when i saw ram it was 1.66gb (on 4.4.2 ram was 1.8gb), what does it mean? how to set on 1.8gb? sorry for my english grammar...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] slicetwo:
I ran all the instructions here and it worked perfectly. However, to make a long story short, I seem to hate Lollipop. The lack of Xposed, the ****ty new notification system, and a few other things are killing it for me. With that said, can I run the 4.4.2 downgrade TAR file right over my 5.0 install, or do I need to factory reset first?

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
Use the g900a downgrade to nce tar in odin, im not sure if it works in flashfire but that tar is the one thats worked for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] slicetwo:
Right, I got that. My question is, do I need to do a factory reset on 5.0 before doing hte downgrade, or can I just do the downgrade and still have all my apps and settings stay.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
You dont need to factory reset becayse it wipes everything, backup if you want to keep stuff.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] slicetwo:
Gotcha. Besides yesterday when I flashed 5.0, I hadn't used Odin in a while. Forgot it wiped everything itself.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Those on T-Mobile's network can test the following if you would like try to run the latest T-Mobile OB1_5.0 Firmware as a virtual system after following the OP:

Part-1: Repartition your ExtSdCard

1. Install MiniTool Partition Wizard onto your PC.

2. Backup the contents of your extsdcard.

3. Use MiniTool to "Delete" your extsdcard.

4. Press the MiniTool "Partition" option then Press "Create" and make the following setting changes: Create As = "Primary" and File System = "Fat32" then Press "OK"

5. Right click on your ExtSdCard and Press "Split" to create a new partition (recommended size is at least 7 - 10gb or larger).

6. Right click on the partition on the right handside and Press "Format" and make the following change to the settings: File System = "Ext4."

7. Right click on the right handside partition once again and Press "Set Partition as Primary."

8. Press "Apply" to apply the changes (time to completion will vary depending on the size of the partitions/extsdcard).

Part-2: Install MultiSystem

1. Download and install the latest Multisystem.apk (BusyBox is Required)!

Part-3: Install T-Mobile_OB1 5.0 Virtual System

1. Download the system_t-mobile_ob1.img.rar, extract the .img and place it onto your device (use either internal or external sdcard).

2. Use ES File Explorer (with root access enabled) to copy the system_t-mobile_ob1.img to the following folder: MultiSystem/img/system

3. From the MultiSystem app enable "Virtual System," Press "Update Configuration," then select the system_t-mobile_ob1.img under "Primary System IMG."

4. Press "Update Configuration" once again and reboot.

5. Once the Green led appears during reboot Press "Volume-Up" for about 2 seconds.

Your device should boot into the T-Mobile 5.0 Stock, Rooted, ROM. To return to your "Stock" System reboot and Press the "Home" button for about 2 seconds when you see the Green led.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] BeachNYC:
Can't Get Past Setup Wizard

Installed the Lollipop rooted update using Flashfire and it went very smoothly.

In the last couple of days, I did a complete Titanium backup. While in Titanium, I was reading their Wiki which explained about merging some of your system apps into the rom, in order to save some space on the internal memory. So I clicked that, it came up with 12 programs it proposed to merge, and started to do so. It got stuck half way through. And at that point, all hell broke loose, with Play Store constantly crashing, Play Services no longer working, and thus basically nothing that uses the Google account working. Moreover, in the Accounts page, there was no longer the option to even ADD a Google account!

I tried numerous solutions, but suffice it to say that the phone now boots but gets stuck on the Setup Wizard, when it is supposedly checking for software updates. (In the background, Play Services and Play Store are still crashing, which probably accounts for why it hangs at this screen.) I'm not terribly knowledgeable about recovery, and I tried to flash the Lollipop update that I installed a few days ago. It still hangs at the screen. I also tried using the update.zip that Titanium had created a couple of days ago. Same problem. Everything I read says that one would normally go back to the stock firmware, but such firmware doesn't exist for the G900A yet, does it?

I'm stuck. Can't get past the setup wizard, and have tried everything I know. I have Odin, can boot into recovery. If I choose a Factory Reset, what does it reset me to? Is wiping likely to be of value, since this seems to be a system issue, not an installed app issue? Right now, I am cut off with no phone, no SMS, and no idea what to do. I will appreciate any help that anyone can suggest. Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
I factory data reset from stock recovery will wipe all user data which sounds like the best approach at this point. If you have already reflashed my rom then your system should be back to stock and it is only the data that is borked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] BeachNYC:
Thank you for your advice.

I just tried what you suggested wiping with the stock recovery. (The stock recovery, btw, DOES indicate that I am running Lollipop). As the setup wizard started, I got past one or two screens before Gmail stopped running, immediately followed by Google Play Store not working. The wizard got past WIFI setup (and connected), checked the connection, but is again stuck at "Checking for software updates."

I guess I can flash the Update ROM in stock recovery again? Nothing I can think of seems very promising.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Actually just sounds like Google play services needs to be updated. Reboot a couple times and allow enough time to see if things stablize then update Google from Play.

Worst case just flash the Downgrade .tar from the OP in Odin and start fresh.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] BiteApple:
Does the method still work? Has anyone done it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] slicetwo:
I did the down grade to 4.4.2 a few times these past few days as my finger print sensor isn't working. In the hardware diagnostics menu, it shows finger print sensor version 0.0.0.0. Anyone know if there is a way to fix this?

Im also see crazy awake time via betterbatterystats, even with nothing running.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Rakuu:
Use downgrade to nce tar in odin fron debrick thread, reroot with towelroot and flashfire back up to lollipop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] DjeanBrazil:
I tried this method and it didn't work

I'm outside US, SM-G900A - Galaxy S5 from AT&T, firmware 4.4.2, rooted, I have the file G900A_OC4_Stock_Rooted_ROM_wOA1_BL.rar

The phone showed Flashfire in red while it was loading the files, it showed that everything went well, but then, it got stuck in the bootload.

I restored the phone, installed FlashFire and SuperSu again, confirmed that it was still rooted, and tried again, same result.

Tried at least 4 times, always following the instructions(I though I could have made some slightest mistake), same result

So, my phone keep rooted, but I can't upgrade it to lollipop.

Anyone can help me?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
When did you download the ROM?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] DjeanBrazil:
Last week
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gogodj:
Tether not working
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] JacenSolo2001:
quick question, my wife and I are both getting random freezes, and I can't tell what's causing it. Happens about once or twice a day, minimum. She's about to kill me :) Any ideas on how to resolve?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
Factory data reset from stock recovery should resolve. If not, uploaded new ROM yesterday after making slight modifications to the updater script. Try redownloading and reflash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] JacenSolo2001:
Will just clearing everything from the current ROM help using factory data reset, or going backwards the best bet?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gogodj:
Tethering works now !!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] SoCalHTCFuze:
I've been pretty happy with your original flashfire release that used the different rom and partitions files. It looks like you have made enhancements since then. Do you have a change log anywhere and are any of the changes worth flashing to the latest?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
The system file has remained the same. I mainly simplified the process by combining the files into the ROM and made minor updater script changes attempting to resolve the freeze on reboot that about 1 in 100 users experience.

At a loss on that. Don't want to blame FF since the cause remains undetermined. No advantage in reflashing for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] DjeanBrazil:
Do you know any method to update the SM-G900A(firmware 4.4.2) to firmware 4.4.4?

I was wondering if I could update it to 4.4.4 and then apply the update with OTA_S5_5.0.

The problem is that I can't find a method to update it to 4.4.4

I tried to use the Safestrap method, but after installing the Safestrap-G900A-3.75-KitKat.apk it doesn't shows the options that you mentioned, it has just 3 options: Install Recovery, Uninstall Recovery and another one that I can't remember, since I had to flash my phone back with G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.

So, have you ever heard of a phone that can't be updated?

I don't know what else to do update it.

I found a method that mentions the file G900A_OC4_Stock_Rooted_Firmware.rar to use it under firmware button on FireFlash, but nobody seems to have that file, those that had that file succeeded.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
You need to go here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3021120

Scroll down to the troubleshooting section and follow those instructions on how to sideload the two updates using your ex SD card and stock recovery.

The thread is closed but the links are good. It will work I've done it myself many times.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] dave23:
link seems to be down, can someone re-post?

nevermind...seems to be working now
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] DjeanBrazil:
Dear [MENTION=5072378]OPOfreak[/MENTION],

I thank you very much for your answer, but, I see that the first requirement is to take the OTA update, which I can't, because I'm not in the US.

1. Take the OA1 OTA update.

But the troubleshooting says that after downgrading it, I could flash it with the NCE To NG3 and then NG3 to OA1, but I don't know how to sideload. I will try to figure it out what that means and try this method as you suggested.

Troubleshooting:

1. Should the OA1 ota update fail consider returning to factory stock NCE (all User Data will be lost) by flashing the G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar using Odin's PDA slot(AP in Odin v3.09+) then taking the OTA updates to OA1. Or, place the G900A_NCE_to_NG3_OTA.zip and G900A_NG3_to_OA1_OTA.zip onto your ext-sdcard and sideload from stock recovery starting with the G900A_NCE_to_NG3_OTA.zip. Once updated to OA1 continue from Step 2 above.

I will let you know later how it went

Thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
You don't have to do anything other than download the NCE to NG3 update and the NG3 to OA1 update you don't have to downgrade to NCE you're already there just download those two update zips and sideload them from ex SD card. Don't worry about any of the the other steps.

Sideload is just allowing the your stock recovery to install the update zips.

Once you have the update zips downloaded and moved to your ex SD card boot to stock recovery scroll down to where it says install using ex SD card then select that option. Navigate to where you've stored the two zips select the first one and let the stock recovery install it. It's very simple. Don't worry about what it's saying about the "First requirement" just do what I said.

Once you have the NCE to NG3 done and it boots just reboot to stock recovery and repeat on the next zip.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Guillaume2x:
Thank you so much for this [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION]! Here are the results of my testing

I re-partitioned the sdcard using gparted on Linux. The process is essentially the same, except that "make primary partition" is called setting the "boot flag".

Another thing: the system_t-mobile_ob1.img did not show up immediately in Multisystem (under Primary System IMG). Rebooting fixed that.

At this point, I get the t-mobile splash screen, and the "Android is upgrading" screen.

However, the phone is stuck in a strange loop: when all the "upgrading" is done, I see a glimpse of touchwiz, and within a split second the phone crashes. The splash screen reappears, and shortly after the "android is upgrading" screen starts again from scratch. This seems to cycle forever.

Edit: doing a factory reset from the recovery menu fixed this. It looks like it's working!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] DjeanBrazil:
Dear [MENTION=5072378]OPOfreak[/MENTION],

I'll do that as soon as get home tonight.

Thank you very much for your patience and support.

I'll let you know as soon as I finish it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] DjeanBrazil:
It worked...

Thank you very much for your kindness and support.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mwmalm:
Reactivation Lock Will Not Uncheck

After updating and wanting to go to a more custom ROM, I was going through the process to uncheck reactivation lock. I click, login to the Samsung account, everything is accepted; but when I go back to the menu the box is still checked. Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] buddyray:
Coming from XDK with safestrap installed... just wanting to make sure I can follow the steps in post #1 and that's it?

Will my current rom with safestrap interfere with the instructions, or will safestrap along with rom be overwritten, thereby having no issues or conflicts with new rom?

Just want to be sure I don't have to do extra steps cause I don't want to mess things up.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] muniz_ri:
fyi...I was finally able to resolve the freeze upon reboot issue and will upload a new ROM later tonight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] BeachNYC:
Just wanted to mention that downgrading, towelrooting, and then reflashing solved all the problems. Not being an expert and frequently having to look up what some of the terms tossed around here mean, I can't thank everyone enough for their assistance. I really was in a situation where I could not fathom how to recover, everything I did seemed to make it worse. But with two or three good suggestions here, it all came back to life. Flashfire is awesome, such an intelligent way to flash, and while I really miss xposed, I suppose that will be returning at some point as well. In the meantime, thank you so much, Muniz, Rakuu and others, for taking the time to walk me through what needed to be done.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Nucleartx:
I had to go all the way back to NCE and take the updates to NG3 to be able to de-activate the lock when I had that issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] xCAVEMANx:
On a side note... This video claims to have xposed running on TW 5.0...and offers no links or procedures...Thoughts? https://youtu.be/38IZchr098E
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mwj2996:
Watch the first little video then another one will play that gives some instruction. Not real sure about it yet. May wait to hear from others first.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] pdksays:
lost gps

Flashed the rom with flash fire everything works perfectly but lost gps functionality. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] turbo23:
Might try a reset. Thats what I would do or reflash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] asferican20:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=60684994