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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
have a question for someone who could maybe help.

Just put lineage os 14.1 on my galaxy s5, which some are running without issues.

i have the verizon straight talk version.

right now it is stuck in the startup process on the part that says "Just a sec"

it keeps giving errors saying ....app keeps closing, and google framework keeps closing.

after i clear all the messages, it just sticks on the just a sec screen.

any ideas, or possible patches that could fix this? Im afraid i may have a trashed phone.

btw, i flashed open GApps micro 7.1 along with the ROM.

I do have a backup of the stock firmware and system which was kit kat, and i tried to restore it, but it also gave the same type of errors.

HELP?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
**UPDATE**

i flashed an older build of lineage 14.1 and installed Open GApps 7.1 micro, and all is fine now.

Phone is working and operational to the extent that i have checked.

over the next few days i will have a chance to reinstall apps that i don't have after the fresh os.

Only current question is if i update to a newer nightly build, should i be worried about functionality?

Thanks for all the valuable info you all put out here to help us newbies who need so much help!

You guys are the best!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
I just installed lineage os 14.1

It is working well so far!

Make sure it's the right version for your phone tho!

Good luck

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Research lineage os. It is Android Nougat and is the successor to CyanogenMod.

It is working well so far on my straight talk s5.

I am loving it so far.

I watched tons of video, and read tons of how to articles on it, and having never messed with upgrading manually before, I was able to successfully install it myself!

It's awesome!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blusir:
You should always worry about functionality when updating to a newer nightly. When you update be sure to make a full back up in your recovery before installing the new one. They are meant to be updates and improve on what's there but can often have issues. As long as you make a back up you can go back to if it doesn't work right you should be okay.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
Thanks for the info.

Here is my only worry about all this.

When I first installed lineage, it didn't flash correctly.

I had made a full backup of my stock forbears using TWRP.

When I tried to restore from this backup, it didn't work.

It kept saying "Google framework stopped" then gave a hundred errors and never would operate.

Is there a trick to restoring from a TWRP backup that I missed?

I followed the inform I found in my research, but not sure if I missed something.

If I would have been successful that time, I would not hesitate to to update.

Any ideas of what I possibly missed?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blusir:
I believe that only happens when restoring a backup of your stock ROM. I have had a number of device and I have had the exact same thing happen when restoring a back up of stock on every single one of them. I'm not entirely sure what causes it but it only does that with stock. Back ups of custom ROMs work fine.

As for lineage not working some times you can reflash it and that will help. If not redownload it if possible and try again. I have had ROMs of newer android versions not work properly if on an old version of twrp and work when updating it. Try updating it if nothing else works.

Sometimes twrp just makes mistakes and backups or installs just simple don't come out right although that is very rare and only happened to me twice.

If you want to go back to stock I think there were some posts about it a while back on this thread where some one successfully did it but I have not tried it myself.

I hope you find this information helpful.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
Thank you!

I have backed up the current version of lineage I'm using, which has been working great.

I may do another backup to my computer, then install the updates that are pending.

I see there are 3 ready for my phone, so I will do 1 at a time!

Thank you for the info. I'm not evidenced at all with this, so someone who's been down this road is a necessary help!

:)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blusir:
No problem. Although you don't have to do one at a time. Just download the latest version and install that. You don't need the ones before it. As long as you are running some version of lineage you can download the latest and install that at anytime Without needing the versions in between. (That goes for pretty much any rom)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
One more question, I just remembered.

When I went to restore from my backup, it said it cannot restore the modem since it is read only, I think it's what it said.

So when you back up your system, do you check everything?

I did.

What is the necessary things to back up?

The modern was one thing that I had in the list.

Should that not be one of the things that I back up?

I guess that was more than one question....

Sorry

;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blusir:
I usually back up everything including the modem. Try restoring everything but your modem. If it is working fine currently as far as I know it should function properly when you run the back up. Basically the modem deals with sending and receiving data so You shouldn't need to change anything with your modem usually. Modems are not entirely specific to your firmware so you shouldn't have to restore it even if its a back up of a different rom. If for some reason the modem doesn't work properly or gets messed up some how and you need to restore it I read that if you flash twrp version 3.0.2-1 you should be able to restore the modem without issue. Afterwards you can install the newer version or stay on that if you dont need the update. Although as long as you still have data and can send/receive messages you shouldn't need to restore it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
So, now I feel dumb.

I downloaded the latest update for my phone, lineage nightly February 22....

It does it's downloaded, and when I go to install the update, it boots me into TWRP.

But I can't find the file I just downloaded.

Where does it store the update, and what are the steps to use TWRP to install it?

Help....?!?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blusir:
Where it is stored depends on how you downloaded it. It should be in storage/emulated/0 and in one of the folders in there. If you downloaded it from a website check the downloads folder inside that above directory. If you downloaded it from a site but used a web browser that didn't come on your phone you may want to check for a folder with that apps name or go to that app and check for its download directory. Although if you downloaded it through your settings of your phone through the updates tab you may want to check that directory for a folder labeled something about lineage updates. If you still can't find it just start checking folders in the storage/emulated/0 directory one at a time. Twrp should highlight any flashable files in blue text.

As for the steps its pretty simple. Wipe system, delvic/art cache, data, cache before you install the rom. To do it go to wipe and click advanced wipe. Then install your rom. You will most likely need a gapps pack for your rom if you dont already have that downloaded. After you install your rom wipe cache and delvic cache and install the gapps. After that you are good to go and boot up your phone. First boots on a new rom can take a while so just wait for it to boot up
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
I searched through every folder in the install tab in TWRP.

Both the micro SD storage and phone storage.

Maybe I'm just missing it, but I can't find it.

I downloaded it through the settings/about phone/lineage os updates tab.

It shows it is downloaded, and had an install selection, but it boots me into TWRP, and I can't find the update there.

Not sure where to look.

Thanks tho.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blusir:
I did a little research on it and it seems to be stored in the lineage update app data folders.

Check /data/data/org.lineageos.updater/app_updates
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
Thank you! I will look it up!

Is it always best to clear the dalvik and cache after installing the ROM?

I admit I don't understand the workings of those completely, but it seems like a lot of installations call for wiping this after installing something.

I do appreciate all your help with this!

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blusir:
You probably should if you are installing something after it. If not then you probably don't have to unless its specifically says to do so. If you want to be safe you can go ahead and wipe them before and after an installation. Neither are very important so you dont really need to worry about losing anything.

If you have any more questions about installations or anything else like that just PM me so I can try and help you more personally and not take up as much space on the thread here.

Good luck on the installation. I hope everything goes smoothly for you
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
So, ever since I got lineage 14.1 on my S5, when I plug my phone into my computer, I can't access my phone through file explorer like before.

I used to see phone storage and SD card, and I could move things to and from the SD card.

Now, all it does is charge my phone.

I have the selection for external media selected on the phone, but I still can't see it all on the computer.

Am I missing a setting in my phone or computer I need to change?

Thanks all!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] je1003:
So, another question, since I'm full of them and have few answers.

Floor the Lineage 14.1, I just installed the latest OTA update, and I completely wired all my data to do so.

Is this necessary, or can I just wipe the dalvik cashed and install it on top of the version I'm currently running?

I guess, can I avoid losing all data for the OTA nightly updates?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blusir:
If you are just installing an update for your rom you shouldn't have to wipe all your data and install it. Wiping everything is only needed when switching to a different rom. If you Download a newer version you can just wipe cache and devlik and install it right over what you are currently running unless it specifically says to wipe more than just that but I haven't seen anything like that in rom updates.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Youdoofus:
has anyone been able to figure out how to make the stock 902VL's ROM be able to allow you to select GSM or global in the cellular data connection type? The verizon versions of the S5 should be all GSM unlocked, but the connection type only shows LTE and 3G. Build.prop editing maybe?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philhalo66:
I don't suppose anyone would have a stock rom for this? Like an idiot i didnt backup when i flashed lineageos and now when i try to flash the stock rom from sammobile and it just fails giving SW REV CHECK FAIL DEVICE 3, BINARY 2.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] briandelafresh:
Hello guys. i am still wondering how i can root my sungsung s5 sm-s902L tracfone. i saw your conversations but saw no help. Please someone message me my number is (323-405-4242) thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterx1234:
You need to install TWRP first through odin. then its rooted. I am using android noughat on my sm902L model s5. The rom i use is called Resurrection remix. There are some posts on here about it. Go back through this posts there is download links to the TWRP version you need.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] briandelafresh:
So in order to gain root access, I need to install a twrp mode?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirty Flasher:
Not exactly. TWRP is just a custom recovery. Although it allows you to easily install non-official firmware, it doesn't give you root access in and of itself.

Root access requires a superuser app and binaries. You'd still need to root your device if you keep a stock ROM on your phone or if you install a custom ROM which doesn't have root baked in.

ROMs like RR do have root baked in these days so it saves you doing that extra step, but root access isn't granted by TWRP.

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TWRP is custom recovery. It doesn't grant root access per se. However it can make it easier to get and you'll probably want it anyway.

I'm not familiar with your model, but assuming the bootloader isn't locked, it should be easy to get root and/or install a custom ROM.

Just keep searching and reading about your particular device and always make sure you're flashing the correct firmware or you can brick your phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] briandelafresh:
I seen some videos but still not sure where to get twip and super user
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] briandelafresh:
Hello I was wondering if the version of the twrp you listed, will work with my Samsung Galaxy s5 sm-s902l tracfone thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] briandelafresh:
is this the twrp for Samsung g s5 sm-s902l?

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Do you have the link for that twrp? Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbril09:
so I have the s5 straight talk sm-903vl. I've little experience with rooting phones. so the easiest method I've come up with is this. I found kit kat firmware for my s5 on easy firmware.com there is a fee though. If I can get the stock kit kat os on this 6.0.1 phone, then use towel root to one click root. then voila. root access. then getting custom roms should be easy.

if I'm wrong on this. please let me know
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trustingsoup:
Yes, it should.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
I've had no luck rooting this phone. I've tried kingroot, srs root. Kingoroot. Both Android and desktop versions. And I've also tried flashing TWRP via Odin. Multiple different versions of Odin and TWRP with no luck. Any help ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philhalo66:
all i did was flash TWRP then i flashed CyanogenMod 13 right after. no idea why yours isnt taking the custom recovery. maybe try unchecking auto restart in odin and once the TWRP flash finishes hold power + Home + Vol Up without restarting the phone it might be the stock rom overwriting the custom recovery.

just a fair warning if you flash anything other than stock you can never go back to stock, you will be stuck with custom roms for life. so flash wisely
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
I'm not new to custom ROMs or anything like that I'm just new to this phone. I've had plenty of other android devices I've played around with. And I love custom ROMs and mods and stuff like that. But I will try what you said and let you know what happens. Did you unlock the bootloader before flashing TWRP ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philhalo66:
bootloader on this phone is unlocked by factory.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
Alright. What about the s903vl? I believe that's what I have. I doubt there is a big difference between the s902l and s903vl, considering you can use g900v ROMs on the s902l.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philhalo66:
I'm not sure about that one only S5 i ever messed with is my S902l.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
Alright well thanks for your help. I'm starting to think that there's no hope for this phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirty Flasher:
Where did you get that idea? You can go back to stock any time you like. It's how most of us update our bootloader/modem or"reset" the phone to recover from major problems before returning to our favorite custom ROM.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philhalo66:
not on this phone you can't the only OS they ever released was 4.4.2 and once you flash a rom newer than that you can never go back to stock because the phone blocks downgrades. i myself am stuck on custom roms forever because the phone wont let me flash the stock rom.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirty Flasher:
Have you read this thread?

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help/help-rooting-straight-talk-s5-sm-s903vl-t3503505
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
I have. And it does work. But that does not give me an opportunity to flash custom ROMs or recoveries. It is stock KitKat without the play store or any other built in apps.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirty Flasher:
Yeah right. Just saw it's some obscure variant of a Verizon variant...

So do you treat it like a Verizon to unlock the bootloader and root it? Do you have that whole CID 11/15 thing?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philhalo66:
the bootloader is unlocked sort of, once you update the bootloader past kitkat your effed you can never downgrade. i just checked and mine is the toshiba CID so its impossible to force a downgrade. the fcc code says G900V so im guessing its that with a custom rom from tracfone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirty Flasher:
Edit : could you flash a later model Verizon stock if you wanted to? Wouldn't that "update" the bootloader and basically turn it into a "V" model?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philhalo66:
i already tried that, qualcom secureboot blocks that because the model numbers dont match.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
Can someone help me with the safestrap recovery ? I'm not sure how to flash it without already having root.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaden Stewart:
Yes I have and I also commented on that thread when flashing the 4.4.2 stock firmware, after Odin tells me it was successful, I boot up the phone and I still have stock marshmallow.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fleakm:
How come there are no new updates for lineage since back in March. I use the Verizon s902l. I also noticed on lineage site that it doesn't appear on their anymore for kltevzw.

So do I need to switch to just the klte?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philhalo66:
all the KLTE variants were merged into one, So you should be fine using the KLTE build.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fleakm:
I'll try it out, I just remember with cm 13 I tried the klte build and couldn't get any data or cell service. And for whatever reason I couldn't get the apn settings to work for Verizon
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corypeach:
I've been running kltevzw lineage on mine no problem. But when I try to use klte my texting quits working
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fleakm:
I may give it try later this week and see what it does. I've had no issues with the kltevzw one either but I would also like to still get updates.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudzter:
This is happened to me as well using the klte version. I'm using the Resurrection Remix ROM and everything worked fine up until this last build. When they took the kltevzw build and merged it with the klte build everything text related went down the crapper.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fleakm:
So I tried the klte build for my Samsung s5 sm-s902l. Everything works except outgoing text messages. Seems really odd
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zuh53:
any Klte rom's does not work properly on Sm-s902l

I have installed a rom on s5 sm-s902l but my phone does not detect sim card.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudzter:
Did you ever get outgoing texts working again?

I didn't. I have been at a April build and tried 3 months of new builds and even installed Lineage and RR. No luck....
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fleakm:
No I didn't get it working. I am still running the last nightly for kltevzw rom
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudzter:
Just found out that this was fixed in the July 15 build.

They fixed it in the July 12 Lineage OS build and it made it to RR.

I did a clean flash and SMS is working again.

Thank god... lol
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fleakm:
So are you using it with the Verizon towers. Just making sure b4 I download it again.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudzter:
Yes
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] driving x:
How are you able to run nougat what modem did you flash?

I am currently running 5.0 MOAR Thank you for the info.

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RR or lineage which is better
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] driving x:
The answer to my Question is amazingly that you don't do anything but flash the rom and gapps. I flashed Lineage and gapps 7.1 mini Everything is working great from KK to root to MOAR 5.0 to Lineage 7.0 With no modem or firmware upgrade. How is that even possible? This is the best S5 I have owned. I have had 5 so far 3 Verizon pull your hair out locked boot loaders and one Att same issue now a 902l that is so easy to flash I can't believe it. This is just a flash and go phone. I am really perplexed but happy.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fleakm:
Anyone having a issue will in a phone call your screen goes black and the phone goes into lock mode. I have to push the power button and unlock my phone to get back to the call
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natemanguy:
ive looked everywhere. Im running aicp marshmallow on my sm-s902l (klte), its always worked like a charm but after seeing Nougat, I want to upgrade. I've tried at least 6 different nougat OS's (Lineage, RR, aicp to name a few). After flashing rom and gapps through TWRP, they work awesome, runs smooth, no real issues besides that after I recieved a few text messages, I stop recieving them and I never get anybodys text after that. They recieve my text just fine. So, im back on my marshmallow recovery :/ anybody have any ideas to get my little sm-s902l beast updated?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluser:
That's odd to be having that issue on all nougat Roms but not marshmallow. I don't think I've ever had an issue like that on my s5 and I've run many Roms so it's hard to say what the issue is. Your messages still send so I take it your data still works fine when this happens? Are you using the stock messaging app on each rom or another app? If you are using the stock messaging app maybe try using another one off the play store or vise versa. Have you tried the basics like restarting it to see if the issue keeps occurring?

Anything you can do to debug the issue and identify what is causing it. If all of the above didn't work possibly try reflashing the nougat Roms over what you are running without erasing anything except maybe cache. See if that fixes anything or at least allows you to receive messages for a short time until it stops again. I know its a lot but the more you can narrow down the issue the easier it will be to fix.

If all that doesn't work you could try running a logcat through adb.(if you have a computer to do so with) try to have some one send you a message. When you receive messages you should see a lot go through the logs all at once compared to when your phone is at idle. That might help you identify if your phone is even receiving the messages. If you try that I'd recommend turning off gps wifi auto rotate or any thing you can to reduce the amount of things running through logs so you can more clearly see what's happening.

If you can't identify the issue the only thing I can think k of would be trying a specific from version you know works on another one. I run RR-N-v5.8.4-20170812-klte-official on mine and have had no issues. I see there are newer version but I haven't tried them myself so I don't know if they work or not and won't be able to test those because my s5 is no longer activated but when I did use it I ran that version and had no issues.

I hope this helped some. Maybe at least helped see where the issue is coming from.