yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 General] ironman3:
Yeah, that's what I ended up doing and thankfully I was able to revert my phone back to what it was prior to my rooting attempt.

I had disabled policy updating prior to trying to root the phone. I also, tried to root it again after I recovered my phone using the same method in the OP and ended up with the same results. Not sure if I am doing something incorrectly or not.
[Galaxy S 5 General] oran6e:
It looks like your policy has been updated already before you disabled it to update automatically. I would try to do factory reset and then immediately disabling automatic policy update. Don't forget that factory reset will wipe your personal data and settings. Hope this helps
[Galaxy S 5 General] kageyb:
I have the latest ota firmware + security policy. I am experiencing boot loop from flashing supersu, not the kernel. Both the supersu that is suggested to be installed from twrp as well as the linked to beta supersu version. Factory reset isn't really an option for me because i want to use titanium backup (once root is achieved) to backup all of my app data. I have a system restore in twrp so it isn't a problem getting back to my original system state.
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
You can move your backUp folder for Titanium to your external SDCard so that whenever you wipe and install you can still restore your app data after. Unless, you wipe also your external SD card (I normally don't do that but I'll wipe internal card though when doing clean install). :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] databoy2k:
I'm in the same boat as [MENTION=4808426]kageyb[/MENTION] and I suspect that this isn't quite the answer that he's looking for. I think he wants to run Tibu BEFORE doing a factory reset to preserve the current state of his phone.

I went with the latest firmware on Friday, promptly rooted and used TiBu to restore everything. I then did a ton of tweaks in different programs, so those backups would be a waste. I didn't know to disable the security policy (NOTE: Maybe the second post should be updated to reflect that!!). This morning my phone booted into a bootloop. I've since reflashed the firmware with Odin, and then reinstalled the kernel, but apparently the security policy is persistent through Odin updates.

So I suspect that I'm also waiting for an update to SuperSu for this new security policy. Has anyone found a way to undo the security policy? I've got TWRP so I can flash to system, even if I don't have root access once I'm booted.

--Databoy2k
[Galaxy S 5 General] databoy2k:
GREAT news [MENTION=4808426]kageyb[/MENTION] (and anyone else similarly affected). First, go to this post and throw [MENTION=6283251]lePoMo[/MENTION] a thanks for being a gracious help.

Ok, so here's what you do if you flash 2.52 and get trapped in a bootloop after an updated security policy:

1. Boot into TWRP recovery

2. BACKUP (though I suppose how could it get any worse?)

3. Advanced --> File Manager --> use the up level to go to the root of your system.

4. You're looking to select "/data/security/spota". This directory needs death. Delete it.

5. Flash SuperSu (not sure if this is necessary if you're already bootlooping).

6. Profit.

Happily, it appears that the upgraded security policy gets dumped into that spota folder. Destroying it gets rid of it. I'm not sure about how persistent it is, mind you, so make sure that once you get live again you disable security updates. The /spota folder seems to get recreated on boot but doesn't propagate with any nasty-SuperSu killing files, but maybe keep an eye on it to see if new things appear there.

Enjoy!

--Databoy2k
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Sorry for my late reply.

I just USED the procedure (OP) coming from this ROM http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/general/rom-popwiz-telstra-v1-0-note-5-port-t3254486 . I didn't intend to go back to this C014 but I was having trouble with version 2.1 with the rom mention above using ODIN. I thought I can't recover my phone back to life but what I did is.

-Odin and flashed the C014 firmware mentioned in OP. At first BOOTLOOP. I took battery out then go to KIES (menu+power+volume up) then I choose WIPE DATA.

-Re-flashed again the C014 firmware, this time it went through.

-Using ODIN, I flashed TWRP.

-(note:) I copied CO14 Stock_Patched and Beta Super SU ( mentioned in OP, post #2) on my external SDcard prior flashing

-Flash the Patched Kernel and SuperSu with no problem

My phone is working like spanking brand new now. I am about to flash the PopWiz 2.1 but I'll be using the TWRP though.

Hope it helps. :)

Good day!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zod5000:
Thanks, that worked great. Completely pissed me off the other day that my phone went into a bootloop after turning it off/on. Had to reflash without root for a few days. At least I'm back up and running now :) Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 General] databoy2k:
I think the wipe data would have wiped either or both of supersu and \spota, hence the successful boot. The solution is to drain that folder so that the new policy can't force a supersu bootloop. You're probably fine from here though - most custom roms have the security policy updater deleted and so they don't have the problem that us stock root users do.

--Databoy2k
[Galaxy S 5 General] Bolandk:
Yer Awesome!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Locky19_:
Bootloop

I've followed all instructions properly and i'm stuck in a bootloop. I've also tried wiping dalvik and cache
[Galaxy S 5 General] fuzzmania:
Anyone have the G900W8VLU1COI4 baseband separately? No matter what I do to update the baseband sticks @ BOC3
[Galaxy S 5 General] zoltrix:
Hi Everyone,

I have the sm-g900w8 from Telus running 5.1.1 (LMY47X.G900W8VLU1COI4)

When i look around at ROMs, i see that some have reference to the g900w8 , but most have reference to klte or kltecan and others.

Before i flash, how can i guarantee that the ROM is compatible?

Am i ok to install everything that says g900w8 and kltecan and thats it? What about klte? or whatever the others may be?

Im thinking of installing CM12.1 or CM13 and i want to be sure :)

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 General] ragz:
Klte works as well, I have used those on my w8.
[Galaxy S 5 General] zoltrix:
Awesome thank you

Is there any klte variant that i should absolutely avoid?

from what i can see, 99% of the roms are for klte, but i want to be 100% sure.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zehlek:
I had to flash it twice. First time without auto reboot checked and I pull the battery. Then boot into download mode again and flash fw again
[Galaxy S 5 General] zoltrix:
Are there any kltecan radios i should be installing?

I just flashed the latest version of Blisspop but i think im having reception issues...
[Galaxy S 5 General] Bolandk:
Had the Spota folder re-appear this evening. Past week the phone has been running fine, rebooting ok and everything. Suddenly tonight I got a bootloop again. Looked and the Spota folder was back. Deleted it again and I'm back up and running. Annoying though.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 5 General] databoy2k:
Had you turned off security policy updates (Settings --> Security --> Security Policy Updates --> Uncheck "Automatic Updates") before the bootloop began? I haven't had any problems since my post.

The /spota folder reappeared on the first boot after I deleted it; however, mine was (and remains) empty now. The linked posts that I threw out there speculated about a hierarchy of reading policies, where /spota is the first, and if it's empty or corrupt the software moves to other (non-ota) policies. I suspect that it gets recreated on boot so that it doesn't throw an error, but only populated on update to the security policies.

--Databoy2k
[Galaxy S 5 General] slaman:
Thank you SO much. That week was the longest in the past few years that my device has been unrooted.
[Galaxy S 5 General] gabrielnic:
Alliance ROM on G900W8

Hey guys, I was hoping to get a little help installing the Alliance Rom on my 900W8. I’d love to post in the actual thread but I’m not allowed yet. My issue is that I just got the phone and I would like to keep the warranty if possible. Over in the Alliance thread, post #7918 http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58910760&postcount=7918 has instructions on how to install it without tripping the Knox. Currently the phone is updated to 5.1.1 which obviously cannot yet be rooted without tripping the Knox so my plan is as follows:

1.	Use PC ODIN to go back to Stock 4.4.2 (Shouldn’t trip Knox)

2.	Use towel root to root.

3.	Use mobile ODIN to install Alliance V9 or V10

4.	This is where I get confused…. the install process of Alliance will ask for me to choose a kernel, either the 900I, F or Ktoonz kernel. I’m not sure which to pick since the instructions in post #7918 say that I would need to flash the newer boot loader and modem before booting up the phone.

My guess is as follows:

5.	In order to get everything to be happy on my phone I need the kernel, boot loader and modem to match so when I use Mobile ODIN to install Alliance I need to tell it to use my Canadian version of the kernel, boot loader and modem, not just boot loader and modem as the instructions say. This brings up a question, can I use the latest 5.1.1 kernel, boot loader and modem or should I use the 5.0.x ones?

6.	Since I’m installing my own kernel I can choose whatever when the Alliance installer asks me to pick one of the three mentioned in step 3 since I’ll be changing it anyway?

Lastly, I was looking around to see how to extract the kernel, boot loader and modem out of tar files and I came across a warning that said do not use mobile ODIN to flash boot loaders as it may encounter MD5 errors and maybe even brick the phone. Should I be worried? the instructions in the above post clearly say mobile ODIN will flash boot loaders.

Thank you guys, any help would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I see user TiVa in post #8673 of that same thread has version 10 of Alliance on his phone with the Canadian BOC2 kernel, boot loader and modem that are lollipop 5.0.x so I know that works but I’m not sure if I can use the 5.1 kernel , boot loader and modem.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Chrifister:
Not having our own forum makes things really complicated and it's difficult to piece together all of the information needed to do anything for our phones. There's so many different threads with different guides for different phones. I'm looking for a way to be on 5.0+, rooted, and without Knox being tripped. Sounds simple but without our own forum, I haven't been able to piece together the actual steps.

As you said I know we need to downgrade to an early version of 4.4.2 and use towelroot. I just received a G900W8 on BOC1 firmware. Sammobile has three Koodo 4.4.2 firmwares: ANCG, AND1, and ANF3. None of these match the firmwares mentioned in any of the guides. Since towelroot is supposed to work for firmwares before June, 2014, I assume that either ANCG or AND1 would work. So that's the first two steps and here is where it gets difficult.

Seems the next steps have to do with flashing different kernels, then a pre-rooted 5.0 ROM, and then maybe a 5.0 bootloader. None of the provided kernels or anything else mentioned is for our phones. Supposedly the G900F is similar to ours but I've read in this forum about people having issues trying to flash G900F kernels on our phones. So now what? There is no guide for us, everybody just says to follow one of the other guides.

TL:DR: It'd be nice to have a proper guide with the proper files for rooting our Canadian pre-5.1 phones.
[Galaxy S 5 General] nalgrim:
I used Odin to install TWRP, I didn't care if I tripped Knox I originally used chainfire autoroot, then flashed a ROM. My current bootloader is the G900W8VLUBOC1 I'm on Telus, its the same as Koodo. If you look for a ROM in the unified thread then u need to choose a ROM that's ktlecan, or a cyanogen Kyle unified gsm version I'm currently on the CM 13.0

I've used Omega, xtreolite, and alliance ROM from the main thread without issues.

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Currently the newest bootloader or baseband is G900W8VKUCOI4

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VLU not VKU
[Galaxy S 5 General] gabrielnic:
Ya, it would be nice to have instructions just for our phones.

As far as I can tell once we're back on 4.4.2 (I would use the oldest one) and we're rooted, what has to happen ALL IN ONE GO is to select the Alliance rom in mobile ODIN, then tell it to install the BOC2 kernel, modem and bootloader after it flashes the rom.

There are two problems that I still have with this:

One is that the alliance rom will ask you to choose a kernel during the install process, will this mess up mobile ODIN?

Two is that as far as I can tell mobile ODIN will not flash bootloaders, and if you can get it to, it's risky unless you know what you're doing. The phone will not like mismatched bootloader and kernel/modem.

I'm starting to think that it can't be done without tripping knox but I'll keep looking.
[Galaxy S 5 General] FjarrKontroll:
Is anyone able to get their USB-OTG devices working with this Rooted COI4 ROM/Patched Kernel? That's the only thing I really miss from my last ROM (KitKat). Otherwise it's working great!
[Galaxy S 5 General] jimlee20:
My phone is the same model but SM-G900WZKABMC to be exact

I installed this and I notice it is G900W8VLU1CO14 ? does it matter?
[Galaxy S 5 General] fuzzmania:
Thanks man, this worked!
[Galaxy S 5 General] phzi:
Life saver. Thank-you! Was so annoyed that I couldn't get recovery flashed. Disabling auto-reboot was the trick.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ZMan2k2:
Okay all, I've been flashing the kernel that is in the first post of this thread. My goal, and the only reason for root to me is V4A. I'm trying to get an all in one device. Anyways, it works great when I use PowerAmp to play through headphones and my phone speaker through PowerAmp. The trouble comes when I get into my truck and use Bluetooth to stream my music. The phone reverts to the stock player, and I can't figure out why, but if I disable the stock music player, I have no menu to change albums and such. Then, when I go back to playing music through the headphones, V4A is broken. Is there a more stable kernel that I can run with the stock Touchwiz ROM, that would prevent the breaking of V4A when I stream bluetooth?

*edit* Nevermore. A case of RTFM. Read through all the troubleshooting info, put V4A in compatible mode, and I'm good.
[Galaxy S 5 General] roy862011:
thanks so much man! finally got mine out of boot loop... is it also possible to change selinux enforce somehow?
[Galaxy S 5 General] -crazy-horse-xda:
thanks for the tutorial, first time rooter. I saw that cf-auto root is supported for android 5.1.1 on their homepage, it was 4.4.2 a couple days ago think is safe to root with chainfire's auto root. I've been getting bootloops with this method once in awhile and have to reflash stock and reroot all over again. main root purpose is titanium back and through exposed installer modules youtube adaway and that one removes water damage message popups.
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Cm13 nightlys are now out for klte and work on Canadian samsung s5.
[Galaxy S 5 General] patch81:
This method worked nicely for me until the battery died and then my boot went loopy. I had to reinstall the ROM even after fullwipe, as a side note does anyone know if the samsung fix for the data toggle works on the s5 or is it just the s6
[Galaxy S 5 General] kevin.delaney:
Worked great on Rogers SM-G900W8 5.1.1 and latest TWRP - thank you so much!
[Galaxy S 5 General] nashy10:
No data???

Canadian koodo user here. Been flashing a couple w8 compatible tw roms, got bored of them and odin'd back to stock. now unable to get any data connection, and cannot register sim on a network???? can still recieve sms... Tried flashing the previously working rom, no luck. What am i supposed to do here??? Coming from a nexus 5, this phone's giving me a headache:(

****UPDATE****

Completely wiped phone (which really sucked) and Odin'd again, I get data now, but phone still says Sim is invalid when checking some stats... weird..
[Galaxy S 5 General] strikeraj:
Do you still have root after flashing cm13?
[Galaxy S 5 General] epeglab:
Root is built in the CM roms.
[Galaxy S 5 General] nutpants:
I picked up a 900w8 from a friend, he was using the xstrolite tw 442 rom which is nice but had no option for custom notification sounds in contacts or messenger.

Anyone on a Canadian 4.4.2 tw Rom that can say the option is there In contacts to set a custom sound for message notifications for each contact?

Or of anyone has a link to the telus/rogers/bell 4.4.2 Samsung Rom that is twrp flashable I would be very grateful.

(I think it is G900W8VLU1ANF3)

Thanks for any info.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zannii:
I know this is a dummy question. I used odin a year ago or something and also towelroot. I love rooted phones. I know everyone means well but you guys are telling us what to do like we already know what all this flashing and stuff mean. Is there a more detailed step by step tut...
[Galaxy S 5 General] nashy10:
Yes, scan through the general sub, many tuts that apply to g900f will work with w8
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zannii:
Thanks for the quick reply...
[Galaxy S 5 General] unit68:
cf autoroot has been updated to support 5.1.1 for g900w8, im going to try that method since ive used it in the past. im still on 5.0 so im downloading 5.1.1 firmware now then ill update and giver a try. will post here once done with results.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zannii:
Sweet. Ive done cf root and was nice and easy. Thanks for updating us
[Galaxy S 5 General] unit68:
cf autoroot works for 5.1.1

Old steps deleted ... use steps at bittom of post

steps i took

1. backup phone with samsung smar

other notes while it was flashing the stuff from cf it said not to allow twrp to install supersu if it asks

now time to debloat it with tb

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hmmm i dont think its rooted correctly or im missing something

i can install and use apps that require root but when i use tb to uninstall all the bloat it is still there...

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soo i installed twrp and while rebooting i installed supersu from twrp infinite boot loop need to start over

reflashed firmware and cfautoroot still supersu wont update binaries ive modified some setting going to try to use tb to remove bloat again

titanium backup still wont remove all the rogers, samsung,google apps

ill keep trying and update if i figure something out

got it!

See post below

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ok after a little bit of fighting with this thing finally got it figured out

1)update to 5.1.1 by flashing firmware in odin

2) let system reboot

3) use cfauto root for 5.1.1 and flash via odin

4) *may not be needed* go to play store and install SuperSu, ignore msgs about updating binaries because it wont work

5) download SuperSu 2.52 from here: http://download.chainfire.eu/743/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.52.zip

6) go to play store and get TWRP manager

7) install recovery from TWRP and boot into it

8) install SuperSu zip file from step 5

9) reboot into system

now i have root thats working 100% and i can delete garbage system apps and install adblockers

YAY!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zannii:
Any links to updaded cf root
[Galaxy S 5 General] unit68:
https://download.chainfire.eu/406/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-kltecan-kltevl-smg900w8.zip
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zannii:
Great thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zannii:
Not sure what i did wrong but it didnt work. I'll try again and see what happens
[Galaxy S 5 General] little_monkey:
I've root my phone 3 times over the past 2 weeks and it gets unrooted for some reason, i think i have a security patch that gets installed anyone else experience this?
[Galaxy S 5 General] unit68:
What issues are you having?

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Mine has been good so far... try my method aboe at the bottom of the post
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zannii:
When i check root it says its not rooted and when i reboot i get a set warranty something at the top left. But phone seems to work fine

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I cant see your method Little_Monkey but usually cf autoroot is pretty self explanatory.
[Galaxy S 5 General] unit68:
Have you done every step in my post? What are you using to check root?
[HTC One Mini] sahilg009:
My Image CRC shows

0x0 in all

rpm,boot,hboot etc.

I am unable to flash any rom,image or anything via fastboot

FAILED (remote: image update error)

I am unable to format any partition via fastboot

I can't perform a factory reset and I can't get into recovery either.

I am unable to boot into rom the device always boots in fastboot no matter what I do
[Sony Xperia M] SpiRinG:
Hi, I am writing here of the problems that are repeated a few times but I do not know how to fix it.

The thing that evening I normally use my phone and when I went to sleep so I gave it to charge. Morning when I took him by the application, the application of a falling so I restart the phone. And a terrace where I have this -

A month ago he returned from service after the exchange and power up the speaker key, reinstall the software service

I asked for a brief tutorial how to fix it?

I tested the Sony PC Companion but I only get an error 100 ...

Thank you so much for your help (written using Google Translator)
[Sony Xperia M] elmkzgirxp:
There are currently no found solutions to the issue yet. You have to return the device to a Sony service center (note that the warranty won't cover it).
[Sony Xperia M] SpiRinG:
10/20/2015 I put the phone in for service. I read somewhere that the guarantee is applicable to it. What kind of bug is it all about? Why and how did this happen?
[Sony Xperia M] elmkzgirxp:
Some users have reported that after returning their devices to a service center, they were told that warranty doesn't cover it. Users and developers went through the problem here and didn't find any solutions, but most of your questions will be answered there.

Disregard my comment on the thread. I wasn't completely aware of the problem at the time.
[Sony Xperia M] SpiRinG:
It's weird Whereas mobile service came recently from him ... And because Christmas tiero end of warranty so that terraces down. After returning from service the phone went a bit weird but it was not until such trouble that I reinstalled it using a Sony PC Companion
[Sony Xperia M] SpiRinG:
Phone came from complaints for the verdict 'corrected'

So I did not pay anything for it under warranty

"The problem was caused by hardware defect on the base plate. The defect was a removal in exchange baseplates"
[Sony Xperia M] legna07:
Install android SD card

I can install android on the SD card? , because the internal memory is damaged

I have the same problem.
[Sony Xperia M] praveenjain101:
There's no soft solution for this.

'cause it has locked the eMMc, nothing will happen if we'll do flashmode/fastboot

Only the sol., is replacing the motherboard
[General Topics] Schromyk:
Hello all,

I ask you if you could create cm11 (4.4.4) for my tablet Quanta Gigaset QV830.

I was looking for most of forums, but i found nothing.

And I ask you if you could say how to flash twrp on this tablet.

Thanks you

Sorry for my bad English, because i'm from Czech Rep.
[General Topics] v0rn:
We need more developers to look at this

A custom recovery seems to be an issue I also can't find anything about it working anywhere it would be nice if some dev would take some time to see if it is possible.
[General Topics] Magnum_Enforcer:
First, this is not a ROM request forum. Second, it's generally considered rude to ask a developer to make a ROM. Developers for the most part do this as a hobby, in their free time with no compensation outside of any donations they may receive. They do not work for you. You are welcome to start reading and researching how to build your own Android ROM.

Please do not make further posts of this nature.

Thread closed.