yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 General] serendipity909:
Can't get Odin to work!

I had previously rooted my phone, but due to a failed attempt at using Link2SD Plus I had to flash the ROM again. What I didn't realize was that by doing so, I had removed the root! Now when I connect my phone to Odin, the COM port stays yellow but Odin does sense that I have added my phone. Does anyone know why the COM port is yellow and how I can get it to become blue?
[Galaxy S 5 General] EmBeez:
Can i flash G900F rom on it?

Hey,

As you said that G900W8 and G900F have same hardware... My question is I have carrier unlocked G900W8 can I flash G900F stock rom on my phone from sammobile without bricking my phone?
[Galaxy S 5 General] vincom:
i thought i wrote it but when i did try a g900f fw via odin it error out, wouldnt flash, i didnt bother trying to figure it out as fw is basically the same throughout the phone variants minus the bootloader, mdm?, kernel? , security updates and bloatware, not much to be gained if i succeeded, but ymmv.

afaik all 900w8 fw from the canadian carriers are the same, its the diff bloatware packages that get installed that are different. bloatware gets installed depending on the initial csc on boot/downloade mode

any fw from the different canadian carriers flashed successfully on my s5 which originally was from bell
[Galaxy S 5 General] godkingofcanada:
I'd just flash the rom intended for the phone. But I know with custom ROMs they are compatible. Get a rom from the s5 unified development thread.
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Is your GPS working properly? I heard it will messed up if you're coming from sixperience? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63272776&postcount=6655
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
I never used sixperience before so I have no idea. :p
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
This one looks promising too :) http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development/rom-wip-27-9-14-t2889474
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Heres cm 12.1 gapps:https://github.com/cgapps/vendor_google/blob/builds/README.md

Here's cm12.1

http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=klte

Have fun installing

Remember to install cm12.1 first before gapps.

Also this is for lolipop5.1.1
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Hey bud, Do you mind sharing the link to download the CM12.1 KLTE G900* Unified - GSM and GAPPS? I am planning to go for a clean install coming from fresh firmware update using odin, root then flash CM12.1

The link on the 2nd post not working for me though. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
I put a link some where in the comments not too long ago I think.
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Ok... Thank you very much :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] biomech91:
Bluetooth stuttering is a known issue for a lot of people with CM 12.1 on our device. No fixes for it yet as far as I know.
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
How about GPS is it working good? I downloaded the ROM and GAPPS lastnight and planning to flash them tonight. :)

Edit: Do you know if it contains multi CSC? Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] biomech91:
I don't use CM due to it's issues, but GPS was working fine when I last used it a few months ago.

CSC should be fine as well.
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Thanks a lot man ;)
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Here's a picture of my lock screen https://www.dropbox.com/s/1lcy43s2rbiw5hi/Screenshot_2015-10-26-18-12-29.png?dl=0

It looks perfect now and it's very smooth.

Also is there an app that I can use to fix Bluetooth issues with cm12?
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Nice one!

I Just finished flashing the CM12.1, everything works fine or maybe just too early to tell that :) Just rebooted my phone and it is charging now right after flashing. I wonder WHY my provider showing up ROGERS when it is supposedly FIDO. I know Fido is under ROGERS but on my lockscreen just like your image it is showing ROGERS :). Never had a chance to do some tweaks though because I need to charge my battery. Any heads up and tweaks?
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Its normal rogers is/owns fido.

Cm12 downloads new updates to its self.

Also instal cm12 recovery if you want to install downloaded updates. You can use flashify app for installing it just back up your old recovery first with it.(The recovery link is located right next to the cm12 link you downloaded on the cm website just make sure its the right one)
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Thanks for this but.... Just went to check my phone and how come I lost my root? I root my phone using the OP post on page 1

edit:Got back my root now. Re-flashed the SUPERSU from page 1 then reboot my phone.

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Here's mine now :) https://agasagas.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/

Are you using auto updater app for your CM rom?
[Galaxy S 5 General] ArdentWings:
Thanks so much for this post!

I was just spending the last couple weeks trying to decide how to update my phone and what ROM to go with this time. The old projects I followed seem to have died off and I was kind of stuck for an up-to-date answer.

As I kept looking around for more info I was leaning more and more towards a more stock like experience (I'm currently running CM nightlies). And I couldn't find one that seemed to be both up to date and debloated with subtle tweaks. But I was starting to notice a trend that all the features of these popular ROMs match up with features available in xposed modules. Running stock rooted with xposed modules seems to be a very clean way to run things as problem free as possible. I just wanted to thank you for an up to date post on the often neglected Canadian model :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Cm12 has root and su built into it you don't need su. Just go into developer options and enable root. To enable developer options rapid tap the build number.

No I do not use the updater app. It has a built in update downloader that uses cm12 recovery to instal it. Go to about phone and click the update thing to download updates. Once its downloaded click instal and it will boot into cm12 recovery if you have it installed it will instal the update like a normal stock android does.

Sorry if I didn't say this before I have been really busy lately.
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
That's a big help my friend. Good to know and u deserves a thank button :) again really appreciated
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Hi Zehlek, Are you on 5.1.1 now or 5.0 still? I saw your post at MIUI7 rom and would like to know how was that rom perform with G900w8. Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zehlek:
My bootloader, modem, baseband is 5.1.1 and presently I'm trying out CM12.1. The Miui ROM actually runs perfect I found except that IR remote doesn't work at the moment. I really like miui a lot and I had no issues.
[Galaxy S 5 General] shnitzell:
downloaded the stock rom twice from android soul link, both times winrar reports corrupt file
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Thank u and I will try miui tonight :). Running cm12.1 since last night and wholeday today and it is good. My phone went too hot earlier after updating but it is okay now. The thing is, I have some apps that I need everyday for my photography and want them in 1 folder at the time but will rearrange once I'll reboot or update the ROM. This is really a nice and fast ROM.

Edit: Lol! I am stupid:) just tick the expanded apps.

2nd edit: Not working again. Well, might try the MIUI tonight
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Can you try this one? http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/general/canadian-s5-900w8-5-1-1-oficial-update-t3225935

or this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2715487

Hope it helps :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] biomech91:
That's where I downloaded the ROM from and it extracted fine. Probably a bad download. If all else fails, try using 7-zip to extract the file.
[Galaxy S 5 General] reverseskip:
Sorry for seeming so obtuse, but can you please tell me where I can find the *.tar.md5 file to flash? And when you say, to "flash it", do you mean to flash the phone with the kernel patch using Odin which has the stock 5.1.1 already updated on the phone?

Also, this probably will have your eyes rolling, but in your rooting procedure, you say to copy the patched kernel and the SU files to the phone or the sdcard and then to flash using either TWRP/CWM. In TWRP, is this using the Install menu? Sorry, I don't find a "Flash" menu option in TWRP.

But also, when you're flashing these two files, what state would your S5 be in? In other words, what Lollipop version would it have? Rooted?

Sorry for all these stupid questions, but I have already rooted my S5 with Lollipop 5.0 using Odin and CF Auto Root, so I'm rather embarrassed that I couldn't understand your instructions, but I needed to ask. Thank you for your patience and courtesy.

EDIT: NVM! I just found out that you don't have to be rooted in order to install twrp. DOH! That's what I had assumed when I rooted my S5 on 5.0 using CF Auto.
[Galaxy S 5 General] cbr69er:
My bad, been answered.
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Hello, Not sure what is confusing with the procedure but if you can't follow then here's a shortcut:

1. Download the Firmware Update of your phone to 5.1.1, Links can be found first page Upper Part /Below the title, select your provider( You need to use ODIN and then Flash TWRP or any recovery of your choice)

2. Once upgraded to 5.1.1 and have Recovery. Download and copy to your SDcard the Patched kernel and SuperSU beta (Links in #2 post, first page)

3. Once copied on your card, Reboot your phone and Open Recovery (Hold Power, Menu and Volume Up, same time) - Flash the patched Kernel and Flash SuperSU

4. Reboot - Benefit and enjoy :)

FLASHING (what I mean) is to INSTALL using your recovery (i.e TWRP)

Hope that helps.

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Just want you guys to know that this ROM http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/development/rom-5-1-1-tw-revolution-s5-s6e-note-5-t3235824 is working with our G900W8. Currently running with this.
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Does multirom work?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zehlek:
I didn't know there was a multirom for S5
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
I looked in there supported device list and it showed samsung s5. I dont know if Canadian varient is supported tho.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ragz:
If it supports g900f , w8 is also supported.
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Its for

Samsung Galaxy S5 - Verizon Variant

Samsung Galaxy S5 - AT&T Variant

Samsung Galaxy S5 - T-Mobile Variant

Samsung Galaxy S5 - Sprint Variant

Samsung Galaxy S5 - International Variant
[Galaxy S 5 General] ragz:
The 900f is the international version
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Perfect I might test it then
[Galaxy S 5 General] xtrakill101:
Hello, I removed Google Play Store in Titanium backup.. I restored it using the backup I have made. But now everytime I open google play store, it says "unfortunately google play store has stopped".. Hope you can help me
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Find the correct gapps for your phone and install them through a custom recovery.That's how you get playstore back.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xtrakill101:
Ok. Because I am rooted by towelroot and I dont want to trip knox. Will installing a custom recovery trip knox?
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
I think it does trip Knox.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xtrakill101:
I just fixed it using odin. Thanks for the reply.

Now, Im in 4.4.2 and I get this update with details about "improved performance" (137.48 mb). And Im planning to use towelroot. Should I update it then use towelroot? Or dont update it?
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
Try Settings - Applications - Application Manager - click, google Play Store then hit "Clear Data" and reboot. Hope it helps

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Custom recovery will trip knox. Even rooting will trip knox if your firmware is a bit dated. In my case I don't mind tripping knox.

Edit: A helpful topic about knox :) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2469434
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spacemonkie4207:
Any good custom kernels for the new 5.1.1. Update?
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
You can try hispasian kernel https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByCSXdF6inyoZGw2NUlKVHdTZGM/view?pli=1 . I am using it for the REVOLUTION S5 rom which is 5.1.1 :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spacemonkie4207:
Has anyone got viper4 Android to work?
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
It is fully functioning with revolution s5 rom and hispasian kernel. Using it daily on my headphone and car.

I am using it with poweramp player.
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Whats the most powerful rom available for s5?
[Galaxy S 5 General] trichrome1:
deodexed

does anyone have a stock deodexed base for the W8 ? I'm having a hard time locating one.
[Galaxy S 5 General] agasagas:
What do you mean by powerful? It all depends on your needs. There are lots of roms that will suit your needs. There are roms that are debloated which are considerable too and there is cm and cm based rom thatare blazing fast. And if you want some styles there is also miui7. But if ur on 5.1.1 now make sure to nandroid backup before going to miui7, you need to clean install and wipe and so as cm rom. And if u prefer the interface of s6 there are some choices too. Again.,it all goes down to your needs and what suit you best :)

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By the way, forgot to mention that not all roms runs to our canadian w8. Make sure to check., read and ask before flashing. Sad to say, we are minority here lol :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spacemonkie4207:
I would also be interested in this.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xtrakill101:
Would it be possible to upgrade my rooted kitkat to lollipop without tripping knox? I rooted it with towelroot...
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Is there any one working on a port of multirom for ktlecan?
[Galaxy S 5 General] trichrome1:
if nobody has a deodexed stock rom for the ktlecan (G900W8), can someone post their file from the edify_defs folder in android kitchen for this device?
[Galaxy S 5 General] g17123:
Any one know how to get split screen on cyanogenmod?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Catmanxmeouch:
If I update my rooted stock 5.0.1 lollipop would I still be rooted?
[Galaxy S 5 General] dmalott8409:
network connection

I'm running the bootloader and modem listed as most current on XtreStoLite rom page. I've tried many different roms recently and for some reason the S6 ports and others running 5.1.1 won't connect to Telus data network. Phone and texting work fine but no data connection.

I've gone into settings and played with the more networks tab and chosen different types of signal to connect to but nothing will work. I've rebooted. I've pulled my SIM card.

Any help?
[Galaxy S 5 General] bilaliz:
I have the cm 12.1 and it has a bunch of big issues. (From my perspective at least)

1- camera has no flash

2- sometimes camera just won't start.

3- the flashlight turns off randomly.

4- the famous Bluetooth problems. Specially when switching between call and music

5- small. I am with wind and home screen shows digits instead of carrier name..

Any problem free daily drivers out there?

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Have you confirmed that the APN settings are correct?
[Galaxy S 5 General] dmalott8409:
Hmm I have not. I guess I should make a note of what they all are and try one of the S6 ports to see. Over the next couple days I should get a chance. Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zehlek:
CM13 works great on g900w8
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spacemonkie4207:
Any issues?
[Galaxy S 5 General] dmalott8409:
Thanks bilaliz! I checked the APN settings and they weren't correct so I updated them and now I'm up and running on the Revolution S5 rom finally. :o
[Galaxy S 5 General] unit_vector:
Recently after restarting my phone went into a bootloop. It is running stock COI4 with the kernel mod and beta SuperSU from post #2. I think I've narrowed down the problem to a recent "Security Policy Update". Reflashing stock COI4 with Odin "fixes" the problem and allows me to boot up like normal with no problem except for loss of root. Flashing the kernel mod and/or custom recovery doesn't cause a problem, but flashing SuperSU again causes the bootloop. Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know how to "undo" security policy updates (clearing app data for "Security Policy Updates" does not work)? In the meantime do not accept any Samsung Security Policy Update popups if you are running rooted stock COI4.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zehlek:
I have no issues. Just maybe low sound recording
[Galaxy S 5 General] androidjunkees:
how to CSC code

Hi everyone,

Is there a way to change csc code after flashing a rom. I flashed TW Revolution s5 rom and I am not getting LTE only 4G and sms app is not working properly

model:Sm-G900w8 fido

rom: TW Revolution S5 5.1.1
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zehlek:
4G is LTE. When connected to 4G if you look under status settings it will say LTE as network type
[Galaxy S 5 General] Satstalker:
I followed the instructions but its not working. TWRP loads just fine and i flashed both files but My phone keeps trying to boot but i get this red writing at the top at the samsung galaxy S5 logo screen.

It says Kernal is not seandroid enforcing. Then under that it says Set warranty bit : Kernal in yellow, then it just reboots and back to the same screen and a reboot. Do i need to wipe the cache?
[Galaxy S 5 General] ragz:
I use this Rom as well, I deleted xposed and modules then, used Alliance control

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3129116

Then go to status bar, signal icon, pick the last one on the bottom (cm) hit ui reset, and you have LTE, and many other options with out xposed.... Priceless.

Thanks to txr33 and Tired Storeman for their great work

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[Galaxy S 5 General] Fly_Miss:
Same thing happened to me yesterday!!!! Flashed stock rom back on, rooted it AGAIN restored all my apps with Titanium Backup, then randomly today when i tried to go into TB it said i had lost root. SuperSU says roots gone... something in the stock kernel undoes the root... when i tried to flash SuperSU back with TWRP - bootloop!! Had to flash stock rom back..
[Galaxy S 5 General] oran6e:
Same issue, randomly opened Super SU - no root. Bootloop after restart. Happened 2 times - factory reset helped but it did't last a day. Could you please help me where can I get stock pre-rooted COI4 kernel for G900W8 and how to flash it with Odin? Thanks

Edit: trying to disable automatic updates to see if this helps in Settings>Security>Security policy updates
[Galaxy S 5 General] Fly_Miss:
Let me know if it works! I was over in the SuperSU forum and apparently this new security update is messing with a lot of people who are on 5.1.1. Flashing a newer firmware solves the issue for other phones, but us G900W8 users only have COI4 :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] Spearman873:
Hey guys, do you know any S6/Note5 roms for the Canadian S5?

Thankss
[Galaxy S 5 General] androidjunkees:
ok thx

so I have to uninstall xposed and then flash alliance control
[Galaxy S 5 General] ragz:
No, I just freeze xposed Uninstaller with titanium backup, then flash alliance and all is good.
[Galaxy S 5 General] epeglab:
Anyone using the Boeffla-kernel on the new update.

Another question, If I stay at the G900W8VLU1BOC2 firmware could I still use the kernel?

It says its meant for the G900F but the G900W8 is nearly identical, however in the patch notes:

"Note: Do NOT use this kernel version when you are on an older firmware than XXU1BOH4 !!!"
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zehlek:
I have used it on COI4 with CM12.1 no issues
[Galaxy S 5 General] epeglab:
All right, and another question.

Do you guys know if there is an AOSP rom w/ the ability to use the fingerprint scanner?

From what I have researched, only TW roms can use the scanner due to the API or something.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zehlek:
AFAIK no Aosp ROM has fingerprint scanner yet
[Galaxy S 5 General] epeglab:
Last time I flashed a kernel, it soft bricked my phone.

Just making sure that I flash the recovery file.zip right?

EDIT : It worked :D, thanks for the advice
[Galaxy S 5 General] oran6e:
It works fine so far. No issues with root. It could be the solution until we get updated kernel or SU
[Galaxy S 5 General] 522:
Just checked and, unfortunately, all my security policy updates are applied and up to date so I'm sorta stuck for now, I assume.

When I first tried this patched kernel and root method a few days ago it immediately went into a bootloop and the only way i was able to recover (there're probably better ways but this way was the first that worked for me) was to connect to Smart Switch which asked me to confirm serial and model and then reinstalled *5.1.1* (the phone came with 5.0 and i had applied an over the air update a few days later).

Pretty new to this, but I'm guessing if i did a factory reset, i'd still be on 5.1.1 but without the problem update; if that's true, then i could immediately disable auto security policy updates; get custom recovery, and try to flash the patched kernel and root it.. If that update is a part of factory reset image then I guess I'm out of luck til a new patched kernel comes along?

Anyway, thanks for the cdn thread, the info on root and patched kernel, etc. -Great stuff, and super interesting. I'll be watching for any more news.

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Take my advice with a grain of salt -I'm new to this; read other replies before applying anything I've said.

Same thing happened to me. I attempted a few things to get out of the bootloop. What eventually worked was trying to restore through Smart Switch --**NOTE: I think that this is NOT the ideal way to do this, it may be that it would have been smarter of me to try reflashing stock via Odin**---

So i got Smart Switch to recognize the device, attempted restoring backup, Smart Switch moaned a bit and asked me for my model and serial found behind battery, then, as far as i can tell, reimaged using 5.1.1, and restored a bit of my backed up data. That got me back to a working phone but, again, I THINK I should have first attempted to re-flash stock with Odin.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S 5 General] oran6e:
At the moment my s5 is 5.1.1 rooted with COI4 kernel and super SU. Only thing I did to fix bootloop is factory reset>and immediate disable automatic policy update in settings>security. So far no issue
[Galaxy S 5 General] krazycanuck82:
im updating a s5 from G900W8VLU1ANF3 (4.4.2) to G900W8VLU1COI4 (5.1.1).... am I correct to assume that it's a standard odin flash, will lose root and will maintain SIM unlock (which was paid for)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Satstalker:
Yep! You will lose root but you will not lose your unlocked sim.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Satstalker:
Thanks for the reply. I did re-flash my phone back to stock with odin and its back to the way it was before trying to root it. I still have no root. I guess ill just keep looking.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ironman3:
Hi Guys,

I could use some help. I followed the instructions and my phone has been soft bricked. The first thing I did was load the two files in the OP onto my external microSD card. I then installed twrp. Once installed I entered twrp and went to the install section. I then flashed both of the aforementioned files. Afterwards I rebooted. Now my phone is stuck in a booting loop with an error message that says "KERNAL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING."

Any advice would be greatly appreciate!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Satstalker:
I had the same thing happen. Just download your correct phone flash from Sams and re flash it with odin. Your phone will be back to what it was before you tried to root it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] oran6e:
My phone was OK after root but after couple of weeks had bootloop after restart. I did factory reset and disabled automatic policy update in settings>security>policy update. So far is working fine
[Galaxy S 5 General] maxflay:
oran6e : but now your phone is not rooted ..... right ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] oran6e:
It's rooted, 5.1.1, just checked super SU :)

Factory reset didn't remove root, it just helped to boot the phone from bootloop