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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dork997:
I you haven't already tried rooting a recently updated 5.0 i'd suggest u stay away from it it caused me too much trouble. If you still want to try here it is

Download ROM G900FXXU1BOC7_G900FOXA1BOC7_BTU

Download Odin Odin3_v3.10.6 (from xda, other sources have viruses)

Download CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f ( This root is for android 4.0 , for some reason the other file CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltedx-smg900f which is meant for 5.0 did not work for me)

Download philz_touch_6.57.8-klte.tar from XDA

Procedure (follow it precisely)

Put your phone in download mode and flash Philz Recovery twice. First time flash it with "auto reboot" option disabled in odin when its done flashing take out the battery and Boot your phone go directly into download mode again and flash with "auto reboot" enabled when its done flashing it will restart immediately disconnect USB and takeout battery. This way Philz recovery will stick and will not change back to stock recovery.

Next, go to recovery And Perform factory reset , delete data and contect, in custom format option format dalvik , cache , system and data. Then choose that "format for new rom flash" thingy. Select boot options and turn off the phone.

Boot up directly in download mode and flash the downloaded Firmware.

Complete initial setup. Turnoff the phone and boot into download mode again open Odin and uncheck "auto reboot" option then Flash the downloaded root file. When its done flashing it will not auto restart just disconnect usb cable and take out the battery and put it back in.

Reboot the phone it will display "recovery is not seandroid enforcing error" for 4-5 seconds then CF-auto root script will run and will root the phone.

When its done booting you will have a rooted 5.0 at this point if you want you may reflash "philz recovery" as it would have been replaced by stock while flashing stock firmware.

I was having problem of any 5.0 ROM not saving my password prior to performing above given steps i tried everything with TWRP. I got it working with Build. Prop editing method by changing ro.securestrorage to FALSE from true. But it was resulting in my phone crashing at startup. Now i don't know if it was due to TWRP, Prop.build edits or because of using older odin 3.07. But the above steps gave me a working phone with wifi saving passwords. I choose not to install custom recovery or root as samsung has totally messed things up for now and people dont really seem to know whats happening under the table. Only do above if you have already updated to latest 5.0 and are unable to root.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 33er_export:
The difference was the New twrp 2.8.7.0: https://dl.twrp.me/klte/

Have been on G900FXXU1BOD3 all the time. No Up-/Downgrading.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drwk340:
Thanks, I will try as soon as I can and let you know if that works for me too.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
Please, let me know as well.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drwk340:
Thanks thanks thanks!!!

IT WORKED! I will be grateful forever :D

To recap for the other folks in the same situation, unable to flash a custom recovery on a recent S5 (SM-G900F) with pre-installed G900FXXU1BOD3: use twrp 2.8.7.0! Any previous version will fail.

On a side note, I had to try this desperately a few minutes ago, because my S5 had gone another time into a reboot loop, caused by some unexplained mess in the "/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf" file. I had to factory reset the phone every time it happened. Now, thanks to the root privileges, after going into airplane mode, I've been able to delete that file and the reboot loop has gone.

I'm so happy, because this is a permanent solution, which I can replicate anytime it's needed, without factory resetting the phone anymore (and I did countless times in the past few weeks...).

Thanks again!!!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 33er_export:
I glad it worked. A phone without recovery +root is not a phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GT-I9000:
Has anyone else got this going using TWRP ? Keen to try it

Could I then install any of the compatible 900F custom roms ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Try it lol
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patrick-Mav:
Cool. Thanks. Worked smoothly on my brandnew S5 with BOD3. However, the storage handling in the recovery is borked. The internal storage is detected with only 9MB and no backups are possible. How do I fix this?

Edit: Forget it, a reboot later it's all good.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GT-I9000:
Worked for me, I did not tick "auto reboot" , then once flashed [PASS] I pulled the battery, 3 button recovery, and it then loaded no problem, Installed SU, Job done, nice one
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
What is the correct procedure? Sorry for asking, just want to be sure.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 33er_export:
Use odin3_v3.10.6 and flash twrp 2.8.7.0 (https://dl.twrp.me/klte/). untick "auto reboot" in Odin.

After flashing pull the battery and usb cable. Reboot into recovery (Vol+, Home, Power) and install UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip.

You´ll have root and knox 0x1 after it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
I tried multiple times, but Odin keeps saying FAIL.

I tried every USB port. Original USB cable, other USB cable. Run Odin as administrator, even tried Odin 3.9. Nothing worked!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
So, is this forum dead, or..?

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disobiech:
Has Knox already been triggered?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I had been on a custom rom earlier but had to return to touchwiz for work related reasons.

So I downloaded bod3 from sammobile to flash onto the phone. Now there is no need for touchwiz anymore and I'm really fed up with it and want to restore my custom rom from backup.

So yeah, Knox has been triggered before.

I really need root and custom recovery.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disobiech:
I am not very familar with odin but this doesn't sound like a usb or driver problem to me.

Are all kies services stopped?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
Yes. I suspect its some kind of security baked in by Samsung.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disobiech:
posters in this thread pointed out that the mysterious protection - or simply bug - occurs on new devices (>2015?)

You mentioned flashing bod3 before. Same pc? Same Odin?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
My device is from 2014 and was on BNL9 before I first rooted it.

So, I bought it on KitKat in 2014, upgraded tot lollipop BNL9, rooted and flashed cyanogenmod, later factory reset and flashed BOD3.

It could have been done on different pcs with different versions of odin. I can't remember.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
.........and BOD3 firmware makes it's presence felt yet again......though this time on an older device.....have you tried the combo pit and firmware flash?

Sent from my rooted, debloated stocKK kn0x0 SM-G900F
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
Maybe I missed something, what combo are you talking about? Please do tell [emoji4]

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
See post #54 onward in this thread......

Sent from my rooted, debloated stocKK kn0x0 SM-G900F
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
I've read your comment, I just need a moment with some time before I can try this. Will get back at you.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Well, I had an unrecoverable crash with BOE5, so I fired up ODIN to reflash, noticed an extracted BOD3 in my ODIN folder, realise I have run BOD3 previously, and it gave me the best battery life to date, and was rootable with CF no problems

So I just flashed it back again, and rooted with CF, no issues at all, so it doesn't seem to be purely BOD3 locking people from rooting
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
Will the method from post 54 and onward wipe all my data? what's the worst that can happen?

I tried that, but it didn't work. I keep getting a FAIL message in ODIN
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithross39:
Yes, by formatting and re - writing the data partitions (flashing a pit file), you WILL be erasing ANY/ALL personal data stored on your device. I doubt that it will affect a removable micro SD card. but if you have one in the phone, probably best to remove it (to be on the safe side).

Sent from my rooted, debloated stocKK kn0x0 SM-G900F
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
OK, I will start off by saying that I feel a bit stupid about this. But one fact that I missed and kept me searching was to uncheck reactivation lock in the settings menu. After I did this I could just flash (latest) twrp through odin and the whole rooting process just went automatic.

I'm very sorry if I bothered anyone with this, as it might seem like common knowledge, but it took me ages to find. I just hope it will be beneficial to anyone else.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disobiech:
Congratulations for reminding reactivation lock... Isn't there a flag on the downloadmode screen?

Anyway - Good to know in which way reactivationlock prevents flashing a recovery
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mykoolspamemail:
Running G900W8 and have been trying all night to get a custom recovery loaded.

Tried Odin 3.09 and Odin 3.10.6

Tried openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-gt-klte.tar and philz_touch_6.57.8-klte.tar.md5

Reactivation lock is not checked...

Im about to call this one in..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaanto:
Why not TWRP 2.8.7.0?

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disobiech:
Yes! Have a try with 2.8.7.0 ... Remember to pull out battery on reboot and restart direct into recovery mode.

Tried successful on my 900f boe3 manufactury date 2015/28/01
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpmkat:
Hi, is there any possibility to flash Custom Rom right now? I'm stuck with black screen after flashing any Firmware right now... Flashing TWRP 2.8.7.0 (and triggering KNOX ) helps in this case?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KRAZzysoldier:
Wow, thanks a lot! I have 3 S5 phones and the last one happened to be a new release. Spent 2 hours wondering what is going on with me. Really thought I was going crazy :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kamal363:
thx... its working for me.. just flash twrp 2.8.7.0 n Recovery is not SEANDROID ENFORCING gone... my device back to normal... :D

thank a lot....
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King_Rat:
Just recently got my hands on a used S5 i version...

I have seandroid on boot screen, but ph working fine (apart from latest ROM bugs).

Here's process I undertook:

*Rooted (stock Lollipop) with cf-root via Odin (v3.x.x, one of latest ones w/ no PDA button just PA)

*Then installed Flashify app from Play store and flashed TWRP via app.

*Everything working as I hoped it would. Now custom ROM = Resurrection Remix + latest gapps.

Boom! Marshmallowed S5!!

The seandroid thing on boot screen is mildly annoying :-[

But, it's not causing any harm (that I can tell). So, I'll leave well enough alone.

Perhaps until I try a different ROM ^^ I can feel the old Flash-i-tis coming on again o_0
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John-Snow:
Hi,

I am using TWRP v2.7.0.0 to install ROM, but getting error: "Error flashing zip(path),Updating partition details". I have tried with different ROMS, getting the same error. I think there is a problem with this version so want to change and use an upgraded one. I have already formatted my phone so cannot use any app to change the version of TWRP or install a different recovery. Can somebody guide me to install a different version of TWRP. Thanks in advance!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John-Snow:
I have followed the below suggestion(Option 1) but still its not changing the version.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2449670

What I am doing is, booting the mobile into recovery and then connecting the mobile to my pc and then running the set of adb commands.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hemant:
Hi Guys there is a telegram group for s6 and s6 edge members, anyone can join using the below link

https://telegram.me/joinchat/05d5bfdd013a8ace4f893b7ef4131511
[Galaxy Tab 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] longhai18:
Hi. I'm just flashed this rom: http://xdaforums.com/tab-4/development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-t3097152 and then flash moonbutt's testing kernel, then i got a "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing" error, so i can't boot to system. Please help me to install this rom, my device is sm-t331.

Sorry about my bad English

Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
"Kernel is not seandroid enforcing" is not an error, that's just the tablet's way of letting you know there's a custom rom installed every time you boot. Every custom rom I've (successfully) installed, I've seen this message on boot.

When you say you can't boot to system, are you letting it try, or do you just power down whenever you see the message? Because the message is not part of the problem.
[Galaxy Tab 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] longhai18:
I said clearly that i can't boot to system anyway. You mean i have to wait? Yes, i wait, wait and wait but the message still hang on the screen, maybe forever :))
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] me2kimi:
Hi all,

I got error blkdiscard failed invalid argument while flashing [ROM][MI3/Mi4][CM-12.1][Android-5.1.1]CM-Cancro.

Many said that I had to extend partition to 1.2GB, which I already did. I can install Temasek rom with extended

partition, but failed with Bitti09 rom.

Here is what I have did before

-flash r11 cwm

-manually extend partition

-script extend partition

-flash TWRP

all step above failed to install [ROM][MI3/Mi4][CM-12.1][Android-5.1.1]CM-Cancro.

Now running with audahadi Temasek rom.

Here is my log from TWRP

Installing '/sdcard/Custom_rom/cm-12.1-20150613-UNOFFICIAL-mi3-cancro.zip'...
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
I:Zip contains SELinux file_contexts file in its root. Extracting to /file_contexts
I:Legacy property environment initialized.
minzip: Extracted 4 file(s)
about to run program [/tmp/install/bin/backuptool.sh] with 2 args
about to run program [/tmp/install/bin/otasigcheck.sh] with 1 args
Patching system image unconditionally...blockimg version is 2

erasing 318848 blocks
script aborted: blkdiscard failed: Invalid argument

blkdiscard failed: Invalid argument
I:Legacy property environment disabled.
E:Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/Custom_rom/cm-12.1-20150613-UNOFFICIAL-mi3-cancro.zip'
Error flashing zip '/sdcard/Custom_rom/cm-12.1-20150613-UNOFFICIAL-mi3-cancro.zip'
Updating partition details...

Please help...
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] me2kimi:
Finally I have solved this problem. Yes "blkdiscard failed: Invalid argument" is error of unsuitable partition space to install a rom.

Initially my partition was like this

system = 1242 MB (1.2GB)

system1= 100 MB

After google and reading most comment from partition thread, I found out there is three version of system partition size which is 730MB, 1242MB and 1337 MB.

I found that [MENTION=4898058]audahadi[/MENTION] partition script use

system = 1337 MB

system1= 5MB

So using that script, i have succeed install CM based rom.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M7ammad.eb:
sorry but could you please elaborate!! I don't get it.. how could I see my partitions?! and how can I change them?!

sorry for being noob.
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] me2kimi:
Go to google play and install Disc Info app. You can see your partition
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devil Rocky:
Can you give me the link for system = 1337 MB

system1= 5MB partition?
[Mi 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] me2kimi:
Here you go

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3321267&d=1432050198
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitpie:
Hi.

I have miui rom and every weekend i got updates. After every update my phone is booting itself so i have ro do factory reset :( Im already tired sett up every time my phone exactly like was before. Ringtones from zedge, miui theme,installing again every app, setting up every app , etc.

Im looking for app or something where i can backup everything and after factory reset install so i don't have to spend few boring hrs set up again and again.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gvnax:
Titanium backup :good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mathman85:
It seems every link for the US versions of .108 or .157 ftf are dead. Does anybody have the file sitting somewhere that I can use? (I'd rather be on .157, but I remember rooting being easier on .108 and I'm hoping that if I'm on .108, Sony will want me to install .157 before trying to get me to install Lollipop. If I'm wrong, please let me know.)

Alternately, what is the risk in flashing a different region? XperiFirm shows the Netherlands (T-Mobile NL) .108 file still available, and there are many .157 files to choose from, but I don't want to have issues using the firmware in the U.S. I googled the hell out of this question, but couldn't find any answers (I figure that either means the drawbacks should be completely apparent or there are no drawbacks, but I'm too dumb to know which).

Help is greatly appreciated. My phone didn't make it through yesterday on stock Lollipop, and in ten months of having the phone, that's a first. I can't stand what Lollipop has done to my phone. :(
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stan R:
Newbie to smartphones needs some help.

I have an old Motorola flip phone that is using Verizon unlimited phone and text (about $34/mo total) and it is ready to die. It doesn’t have a sim card slot. I purchased the Moto E XT 1528PP from Best Buy (has not been turned on yet) and need some help to transfer my existing plan to the new phone without having to sign up for the pre-paid 6 month plan. I just want to have the ability to talk and text and be able to use the wireless capabilities WITHOUT a data plan, i.e., connect wirelessly to a hotspot or wireless modem. Can someone offer advice on the best way to do this? Do I need to buy some sort of postpaid micro sim card or do I need to do something else?

Thank you in advance for your help.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puertagustavo99:
I guess your old phone is a CDMA one, that's why it doesn't have a SIM Card. I don't think there's a way to transfer the plan so I would contact Version and ask them what should you do.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
VZ has a clear policy that states the phone needs to be on prepaid for 6 months before it can be moved to postpaid. If this were another carrier, say T-Mobile, you could switch phones every hour with none of this trouble.

Sent from my XT1528
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puertagustavo99:
Well, OP said it's a flip phone, so he must've had it for years right now. They would let him change to prepaid.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
Maybe the loyalty department would, but regular service reps tend to be strict about policies. Also his plan is very old and may automatically change when he activates the phone for his line.

Sent from my XT1528
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stan R:
I finally wound up calling Verizon and to my surprise they changed the Moto E from prepaid to postpaid and transferred my existing phone number and existing plan (unlimited talk/text) to it with no changes to my billing. I will use the wifi features so as to avoid data charges. This seems to have worked for me. Let me know your thoughts and if you think this was a good outcome.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] puertagustavo99:
Yeah, it was a good outcome.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LASERWOLF452:
I got the g4 and i love it so far. But i got an issue with chrome. Today i went to upload a pic to my facebook and i get an error that my browser isent supported. But it work on my g3. Whats causeing the issue. I know chrome can do it. Please help
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DNK83:
Dear XDA-Developers Forum,

I require your help fixing my HTC One M7.

When I tried to use an RUU to set it back to stock firmware the RUU.exe returned error 155. Maybe I did something wrong. I have some experience flashing different phones but I'm not a pro like most people here..

Anyway, the phone hung at the black screen with the HTC logo. At some point I managed to reconnect to the bootloader and Fastboot commands were still available. I tried using Fastboot to verify I had the correct RUU which to all appearance was the case. After trying to reboot to system the phone is stuck in a loop. It displays the CM logo from the ROM it had previously installed.

From here, I'm stuck. Power button does not work, combinations to go into bootloader don't work. The only thing that does work is holding power and vol+ and vol- at the same time. This makes the phone reboot (showing white HTC screen with green logo). After a few seconds I am however stuck with the CM logo.

Is there a way to fix this?

Some additional info on my device:

HBoot 1.55

Bootloader unlocked

S-ON (although that's strange cause I had it turned off before)

CM 10.2 installed

TWRP 2.8.5.0

I hope someone has a solution. Of course all drivers and software are up to date and I have backup of my relevent data. I fear that I will need to get a replacement since extensive Google-Search would not yield a solution so far. It could be I'm just not educated enough to understand.

Best regards

Nick
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DNK83:
Little Update

Without any chance of turning the device off and re-entering bootloader or recovery I waited until the battery finally died.

I plugged it into the wall charger. I was then finally able to start to the bootloader. It looked very usual. The security alert had disappeared and it was in HBoot mode.

I went on and selected factory reset guessing this to be the easiest and quite likely solution to the bootloop. TWRP started but showed a number of mounting errors and did not finish the operation. After auto-restart I'm back at the bootloop from the start.

Waiting for the battery to die again...

Any suggestions what I should do next?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanie280672:
Error 155 means your using the wrong RUU

You don't need to keep waiting for the battery to die, hold down the volume down button and the power button together, keep them held down, the captive lights on the bottom will flash about 15 times, when the phone goes off, let go of the power button only, the phone should now boot to the bootloader.

post your fastboot getvar all without imei and serial number please, anyone here needs more info about your phone before we can help and this will tell us all everything we need to know.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DNK83:
Hello,

thanks for your reply.

I have tried holding the power button and vol- together. Even after more than 30 seconds the phone does not react and keeps on showing the CM logo.

Sorry, for not providing more information. I would've posted the getvar info before but was not able to connect through fastboot.

Will do once the battery is charged enough for the next try.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DNK83:
After the battery dying and charging a little bit I was able to go into fastboot mode. The loader screen was showing "fastboot usb". Trying to obtain the variables yields:

C:\fastboot>fastboot getvar (all)

getvar:(all) FAILED (remote: unknown command)

finished. total time: 0.016s
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seanie280672:
take the brackets off the all () the command is fastboot getvar all