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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kethron:
Hello ladies and gents, has android 5.0 been cracked yet? I mean can you root a sprint gs5 that is running Android 5.0

I would like to rot my phone so I can install a program to my phone that requires root. I do not wish to change or flash new roms or anything. Just to root the phone for this software. Has 5.0 been cracked on the sprint gs5? If so can someone link me to the thread for the instructions and links for software? How successful is the root? I know rooting is at your own risk but sometimes it fails more then it succeeds and that feels a bit risky for me. I am on mobile so it is not easy for me to search all the threads. I did see the sticky about rooting this phone, but I do not remember saying what version of Android it was for. Thanks for all the help.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
The rooting method has not changed. All you need is Odin and the superuser tar.

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These are the files I used

https://www.dropbox.com/s/16zl5f4dchh1k4m/Root files.zip?dl=0
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kethron:
Thank you, I will try this when I get home.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
Cf auto root still works too.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kethron:
i dont know much about this stuff. What is CF auto root? will it do the same thing and allow me to install software that i would not be allowed to otherwise?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] itburnout:
I've been trying to find out how to actually load a firmware while my phone is stuck in bootloader (it locked up at 99% while loading a rom) and, while I still haven't solved the mystery of how to actually apply Wizard Love I have now a more pressing dilemma. My battery is dead. I don't have any way of charging the battery other than my USB cable, which doesn't appear to work now. Is there a way to charge the battery so that I can actually flash the phone without it dying?

I know that fixing the phone is possible, but I just haven't figured out how to do it. All the wiki's say is to flash it with Wizard Love, with little instructions as to how to go about it. Every time I try loading anything to it, I get a communication error. In boot loader I can see the USB connection establish on the phone screen, so I know I'm not dead. I'm just confused.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] itburnout:
I was able to borrow an AC adapter from a buddy here that has a Hermes, but still am having trouble figuring out how to get the ROM fixed on the phone. I've tried a hard reset, and also I've tried loading wizard love, but receive the error because of no activesync connection to start the process. I've also been fruitless in finding MTTY commands for the Wizard.

All the threads I've looked through on loading from the bootloader are a bit absent of key information. Even this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=294107

doesn't get into detail about what the steps are to flash in boot loader. It does tell you how to prep (disable activesync, remove the SD card, reconnect to USB) but glosses over the flash method with "Run the Upgrade again and it will work fine without any problems." THIS is where I am having the most difficulty. I can't seem to solve the puzzle of how to upgrade straight from the boot loader. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I'm just missing a thread, but with so much information it's hard to find exactly what I need.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] kegobeer:
Boot up the bootloader screen. Connect your PDA to your PC. You should see USB on your PDA. Flash your device.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] itburnout:
So I did end up getting my phone working again (yay). I had tried several times the morning I started this thread to run the t-mo 2.26 ROM with ill luck. It seems that it only worked when I took the memory card and the battery was COMPLETELY charged. I was then able to load buttons 1.05, run the unlock and then load a wm6 rom. I chose the Core 2.0 with blackberry support. Other attempts to get BES support on my phone under WM5 have ended poorly, so I am giving this a go.

I have read that many have had problems with MMS support for T-mobile. I too had loads of problems, but I was able to get it working by changing the gateway from 216.155.165.050 to 216.155.165.50. I did not add a seperate GPRS connection. I instead opted to to try to set it connect via WAP Network, and it worked like a champ. Other settings are as follows:

Port Number 8080

Sending size limitations: 300K

WAP version WAP 2.0
[Ouya Android Development] edgett:
I am trying to install the Cynogenmod 12 ROM on my Ouya. One of the prerequisites is the Ouya Bootmenu, which requires a recent ClockworkMod to be installed.

I have ADB installed.

On my Windows PC, I type "adb reboot recovery" and my Ouya reboots to a screen that says OUYA with a red exclamation mark.

On the OUYA, I hit my HOME key, and select to sideload from ADB. Yellow text appears on my OUYA screen that says "Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>" ..."

Back on the Windows PC, I try typing "adb sideload recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.8-ouya.zip" and get "error: device not found".

It appears that the OUYA isn't visible to the PC when it is in recovery mode, which seems to be a bit of a problem.
[Ouya Android Development] frickinjerms:
Well you might get told this is the wrong section for this question but I'll just try and answer here.. The red ! is stock recovery so sideloading probably won't work, you'll have to follow instructions HERE to ensure adb is working and superuser is good, then I personally used the manual method HERE to get CMW installed, finally you just flash the boot menu zip and you're good to go!
[Ouya Android Development] edgett:
The issue was that the CWM was getting over written every time the OUYA booted.

By deleting all the partitions, and then installing Bootmenu, CWM, and the new ROM without rebooting I kept it from doing that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] shook187:
Picked up my phone yesterday afternoon and after receiving the OTA and factory resetting afterwards, my battery life has been fantastic on the first initial charge. My screen on time is at 6+ hours and still going.

I haven't done anything special. My phone is bone stock with only T Mobile bloat disabled.

Is anyone else getting ridiculous screen on time?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] brushrop03:
Is this just leaving the screen on and not doing anything?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] shook187:
No...Just my regular usage on a lazy Sunday night while in bed.

I'm on wifi.. with Wifi calling on, web browsing watching videos on youtube, a couple phone calls and heavy texting. Also have 3 gmail account with push notification.

Stats look funny with the cell standby on top of my usage. Usually it's the screen that's on top
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] NJGSII:
I've been really impressed with the battery on this device. It's been more than enough to get me through an entire work day. The fast charge feature is great for a quick top off before a night out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] se1000:
I don't think this is out of the ordinary, I think the question was standby + SOT. It's easier to get high SOT times if there is no standby associated. So 6hrs SOT while the phone has been off the charger for 7hrs isn't as big of a deal as 6hrs SOT + being off the charger for over 24hrs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] B1aze:
That Cell Standby too, damn...that's caused by having VoLTE and WiFi Calling on. Agree with what everyone else said, 6hrs SOT with the phone being on for 7hrs41min is not really a proper measure of your battery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Dr. Fed:
The real question is...why is cell standby the highest battery user if you've been on wifi with wifi-calling? this is what makes no sense.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Michowski:
I am able to last a full work day just streaming satellite radio and always on and off it throughout the day and still have a lot of a room to spare. Pleasantly suprised with how great the battery life is. Short of watching video's I am still at 30% range come night time. My S4 would of bottomed out at some point in the afternoon. I have to train myself to not have this phone plugged in every outlet I can lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] KingFaisal:
That screen-on time.....

I get 4 hours max....... With whiped cache, VoLTE off, wi-fi scanning off, and wi-fi calling off.

Spotify and maps both slaughter the battery, but still.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] eMax999:
Wifi/VoLTE calling :(

Yeah I've noticed that when on WiFi calling (with or without VoLTE enabled) phone never shuts down the radio. As in, I actually see both the signal strength indicator (crappy at my office) and WiFi calling, which never happened on my Lg G3 -- as soon as it goes on WiFi calling it'd turn off regular radio.

I bet that's the reason for big cell standby energy consumption.

Did anyone else notice this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] KingFaisal:
http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/discuss-battery-problem-t3071622

Whipe your cache and disable wifi-calling and volte. The radio won't consume so much battery afterwards.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] eMax999:
Um... no. Without WiFi calling phone is useless. I was asking if anyone else had WiFi calling on and NO cell signal indicator at the same time
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] frettfreak:
i get the wifi calling and no signal type indicator (IE 4g, LTE, etc) but i do get signal bars. This is exactly how it functioned on my g3 as well though with the lollipop update. If you want no bars showing, you have to change your wifi calling prefs to "never use cellar network"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] eMax999:
Yeah my G3 before lollipop would simply remove the cellular indicator after about a second on the WiFi calling. I wonder if it's something that just changed in the system.

It's really annoying as previous behavior was exactly the logical one -- found WiFi, WiFi calling kicks in, regular radio gets turned off in a bit (hence no bars any more), if you go outside of WiFi coverage it turns back cell radio. Signal is so crappy at the office :(

Hopefully they'll fix it. I guess for now I have to keep switching "no cell at all, WiFi only" and back to "ok, cell but no WiFi calling". Ick.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] jonahtriangle:
I got 3 hours sot with 53% left to go. I have to say i am getting close to my note4 on this. I am very impressed so far.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] NJGSII:
Mine is doing well today. This is with Spotify and Snapchat usage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] kvillafana:
Mine is getting better
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] PunishedSnake:
So WiFi calling and volte on?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] kvillafana:
Yes to volte I don't use WiFi calling
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] agouracaguy:
I have airplane mode on, wifi calling, while I'm at home. Saves the most battery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] benjmiester:
Pretty damn good. I use gps, maps, and Voxer which has built in location everytime I send a voice message too for work, so this thing gets phenomenal battery life for it's battery size. You can see my home vs work usage really kick in around 4:30pm to 10pm. I had it plugged into PC for a few mins to transfer some files and flashed a kernel.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Looks like you got a 10% recharge when you plugged in to the pc.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] PunishedSnake:
On WiFi I can get 6hr sot but 4.5 on lte
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] benjmiester:
Did you happen to try switching to just 4G? I've been curious if this will help. I thought LTE was supposed to save battery, but who knows if that's the case. Often isn't lol. Best I've done is 5 hrs 48 mins so far with a mix of LTE and wifi when at home. About 60 to 75% LTE. Seems to idle better off wifi though for me. I heard 5g wifi kills it worse, can't test because my regular won't connect (on any device).

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Yeah, sounds about right... "I had it plugged into PC for a few mins to transfer some files and flashed a kernel" probably only took about 6 to 10 mins, but you know how fast this phone charges :D Though, it was on usb cable, 2.0 at that from PC so probably only 1 amp.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Lmax579:
So the best thing to do is turn off volte and WiFi calling with WiFi preferred?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] benjmiester:
Seems to be. I would say Cell only. There's a few more tweaks. I turn off find my mobile under lockscreen and security (google can do this anyway if you log in on a PC), turn off sending diagnostic info under privacy, turn off any unused gesture sensing, I use air wake and that's it. And keeping 1st level power save helps a lot and doesn't slow it down at all except for gaming. I use a kernel to set lower max clock though, but that's mainly what power save does, or lowers FPS. Lots of little tweaks really add up! Think of it this way, if each tiny thing only maybe uses 1% a day then turning off 20 of them could get you back 20% in a day! A lot of apps send stats, so look around in options in apps and advanced ans about menus. Nova launcher sends them, dolphin browser, good keyboard, I think Chrome does, etc.

This is about as good as I've done, but I use GPS, maps, and a two way voice messaging app also with location built in for work everyday so could possibly get into the 6 hr SOT range and 1.5 day life on a day off. It usually lasts so long I run out of things to do/read. I don't game though, I use a tab for video and gaming or PC.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Lmax579:
That's pretty good Benjmiester
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] bsanto9:
Finally hit 5 hrs
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] H3adru5H:
My battery life is great too. I've been consistently hitting 4-5 hours screen on time on xtrestrolite+k-toonzes kernel.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] benjmiester:
New personal best! Actually on any phone I've owned too. Though my Z2 could do 5 to 6 hrs with like 2 days of standby. Anyway, I decided to try using the old black wallpaper on AMOLED trick for lockscreen since i get a lot of notifications that wake the screen. Black home screen too. Certainly seems to help... and even at 6 hrs SOT, screen use isn't even in the top usage factors, at or somewhere below 10% (unfortunately, it cut off).

Also running ktoonsez kernel on Looper R1 rom. Little bit of underclock and undervolting. About -35mv per core set.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LuckRocks:
My personal best, probably won't happen again
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ipaq_101:
I will say after rooting via ping pong and disabling and completely uninstalling tons of bloat that my battery life has improved a lot. Using the full root functionality of Greenify has helped a lot as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] darklime:
What settings/tweaks did you do? Please let us know! Also, are you in an area with good reception?

Wifi calling on airplane mode saves more vs turning off wifi calling and airplane mode? Do you still get all your calls/texts?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] shook187:
Wifi calling doesn't work while phone is on airplane mode!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ThePagel:
Works for me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Synyster06Gates:
I don't know how you guys are getting so much screen on time. I've only had my screen on for 29 minutes today (total of 4 hours on battery) and I'm already at 75% battery. Yesterday I managed 1.5 hours SOT and 14 hours total on battery before reaching 3%.

I've got VoLTE and WiFi calling disabled but I'm still getting crappy battery life. Makes me miss my OPO, but the OPO wouldn't pick up band 2 LTE.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] glcK23:
How long have you had your S6? Batter life for me improved greatly after a week of usage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Synyster06Gates:
I picked it up on Thursday of last week - so today will be the 5th day of use. I installed GSAM Battery Monitor and noticed that (aside from using 3% battery/hour when doing nothing) it shows my phone radio being active the entire time. Not sure if that's normal or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] sublimaze:
1. Do a factory data reset (Settings > Backup and reset)

2. Open phone app > More (top right) > Settings > disable Voice over LTE

3. Open main Settings > More connection settings > disable Wifi Calling

4. Reboot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Synyster06Gates:
All done the day of receiving the phone. I had been reading up on what drains the battery and it was the first thing I did. Factory reset two different times. Today I flashed the stock firmware on top of itself without a factory reset to see if it helps any (recommendation from another thread). Kind of skewed results because Samsung pushed about 150mb worth of updates this afternoon and I'm on a slow WiFi connection.

26% of battery used in 3h 43m with 31 minutes of screen on time. I still see excessive drain there - even with the updates that were pushed. 7% per hour with very little actual use. Android System is second on the drain list behind Galaxy Apps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] sublimaze:
7% drain per hour while idle is awful. However, you just flashed a different rom, and the system is busy caching files and settling in, so battery results will be unreliable for a day or so. Do 3 battery cycles before evaluating battery life. If you root, then use Titanium Backup to freeze nonessential apps, and also use Greenify & Servicely to restrict apps from excessive wakelocks. If you are still getting crappy battery life, then flash a debloated rom and repeat the aforementioned steps. If you are still getting crappy battery life after all of that, then consider exchanging the phone for another S6, or sell it and get something else.

Edit: I just saw your battery stats. Your phone has been awake 2 hrs 9 min out of 3 hrs 43 min, which means apps are keeping your phone from deep sleeping. Your highest app usage is "Galaxy Apps". I don't have that on my S6, so I am not sure if that is an umbrella category for all Samsung proprietary apps installed, or if that is just a single process in the background constantly checking for updates. Unless you absolutely must have all those "Galaxy Apps" on your phone, then I recommend freezing/disabling them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Synyster06Gates:
Correct. Galaxy Apps is a specific app that came with the phone - Samsung uses it to push updates for their software. Today, a 132MB voice to text update and two others I don't remember were pushed. They totaled 218MB. It could be that the updates drained the battery today - I will give tomorrow a go with a fresh start and watch everything. Even then - since my last post (Samsung Apps is no longer keeping the phone awake) I've dropped another 5%.

Does flashing the stock ROM over itself clear caches? I know I didn't lose any info/settings so I'm not sure what it does with caches. I wiped my cache from recovery 2 days ago to see if it would help at all, but I still had to recharge in the middle of the day.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] sublimaze:
Down another 5% already? You definitely have some serious background activity killing your battery. Which is one of the most compelling reasons to flash a debloated rom. That way, you decide what gets installed & updated. Touchwiz tries to be all things to everybody. There is so much useless junk built into it that it is no wonder people get crappy battery life. That is what happens when you have a zillion apps & services running in the background. When you get tired of messing with stock Touchwiz, I highly recommend trying Looper or XtreStoLite.

Flashing the stock rom over itself does not clear caches. Flashing any rom over itself just replaces any modified system files and built-in/default apps with stock/unmodded versions. To clear caches, you must do that manually in recovery or via factory reset.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Synyster06Gates:
Got it. I was hoping to keep this phone relatively stock - I've done my fair share of root/recovery/ROM-ing with my Nexus phones and the OnePlus. A couple S3's in the past as well. I've got package disabler running. Is there any way to check what is keeping the phone awake without root? I'd like to keep the warranty. I know I can do the pingpong root and not trip KNOX, but if there's another way I'll try that first. I'm using Package Disabler Pro to disable the T-Mobile apps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] sublimaze:
adb shell dumpstate > /sdcard/dumpstate.txt

Grep the output file for "Wake lock" and post it here.

But if you don't want to root, then there isn't much you can do to change the results other than disabling the few apps that can be disabled. Without root permissions, your options are severely limited.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Synyster06Gates:
Interesting. I went ahead and did yet another factory reset and only installed apps that I use. I disabled all of the T-Mobile apps and most of the non essential Google apps as well.

After spending some time on battery, the first two that show up on the list are Android System and Kernel (Android OS). Keep awake is still about half of total time on battery, so I'm at a loss.

ETA : This morning the battery drain seems to be slightly better. I'm about 3.5 hours on battery with 1 hour of music playing. Very little screen on time. I'm at 88%. Held awake time is 1 hour 35 minutes (I assume because of the 1 hour of music. Since the gym it has only increased about 20 minutes). Not bad - but it can do better. Only 6 minutes of SOT.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] H3adru5H:
Some people are having strange issues. I'm on Xtrestolite with ktoonz on all stock settings and consistently hit 5-6 hours screen on time. I use WiFi and WiFi calling all the time, my brightess is always between 50-100% and J don't use any black wallpapers. I'm pretty careless with my settings yet I'm having phenominal battery life. Meanwhile my buddy just got his S6 and he's having cell standby issues and barely makes it to 2 hours screen on time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Synyster06Gates:
Have him just take it back. My device I was having problems with was exactly that way (cell standby and CONSTANT wakelocks). Wouldn't deep sleep when it should. Swapped it out for an S6 Edge and have had fantastic battery life even though today is only day one.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] norcalsfinest:
Not too bad... Had about 2 hours of Pandora usage today too over LTE. Im rooted with a lot of apps frozen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] floatingtrees:
Ever since I updated to lollipop I've noticed that the battery drains faster than it did on kitkat. I usually got 2-3 days of battery and 3-4 hours of on screen time, and now it's 1-2 days and 2-3 hours of on screen time. one app that used to be on the bottom of the list at around 2% is now at the top of the battery stats page at 10% or more. The app in question is google services. I've tried disabling location and sync, i have turned google now off and signed out of the google search app, and i have disabled google contact sync, google backup transport, google account manager, google calendar sync, and all of the att and samsung bloat that can be disabled. I even did a factory reset from the recovery screen and cleared the cache before and after the reset and the problem still persists, Is this normal on lollipop? attached are battery stats from a few days ago. post below any solutions as well as similar issues with battery life.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] jack man:
Have you ever done a BackUp & Reset from the settings menu? It erases everything on the phone, whereas a reset from the recovery menu only resets the operating system. Just make sure you back up anything you want to keep. That battery screen doesn't even look like mine. Where's your fast charging option and show battery percentage option?

After you do the backup and reset, let the phone sit for about 10 minutes, then when you sign in to your google account, let it sit for another 1o minutes or so to work. I'm already at over 3 hours of screen time and my battery is still at 62%.