yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
:) Pleased its working

No, that is not original firmware, it comes with benefits such as customisation, overclocking if the kernel allows, better speed, debloated (No crapware), more free storage, probably can install Xposed Framework for loads of tweaks and hacks and mods

Basically just about anything you want to change about your phone, you should be able to with a custom ROM, or at least request that change to the dev in that ROMs thread

But now that you have TWRP installed, you can pick and choose any custom ROM you want to try by using the same method you used to get this one installed

World is your oyster now :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
Ive now used it for a couple of days. and its just amazing! However I have encountered some problems with apps not working correctly. Snapchat wont load stories, and I cant watch any snapchat movies - but normal images works great when sending to my friends, which is weird. I get this errer " could not connect to server, please try again later". have tried to reinstall, clear cache etc but it seems it wont work. Ill read through the Xtrestolite thread and see if i find a solution now as Im a little more familiar with the forum :)

If I decide to install another ROM, is it any way that i can backup my whole phone ? so if i mess up again I can just reflash the one thats backed up, and all my apps and stuff will be just like it was ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Yea sure, just boot back into TWRP, goto the 'Backup' section, and create a full Nandroid backup, tick all the boxes other than the caches

Make sure you have enough room on your external MicroSD (Select that as the backup location)

Once that is done, you can wipe, flash etc etc, play about with any ROM you like, and if and when you want to go back to your backup, just wipe the old one, and restore the backup from TWRP again, and your phone should be exactly the way it was when you backed it up once it finishes first boot

Very powerful recovery is TWRP :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
Thanks alot again!

Im experiencing some problems with some apps while using the Xtrestolite.

- Snapchat, wont load Stories at all, and wont open private video snaps, but normal pictures sent to my friends works. ( states that there was a problem connecting to the server, but when i use my Samsung S3 it works just fine )

- Dropbox - unable to preview any pictures and videoes

- larger apps/games that requires extra download ( like 3-500 MB ) wont open/load/download at all.

To me it seems that there is a problem with the phone writing temp files, such as snapschats, dropbox preview pictures.

Do you see any pattern here, maybe even some suggestions? :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanr1977:
Did you do a FULL WIPE? Sounds like something went wrong, try SuperWipe, but make sure you have the Rom.zip on your external SD Card & not on you phone memory or you will not have nothing to flash & you will have to start mucking about. Hope this helps
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Did you format along with wiping before you flashed the ROM?

Sometimes necessary to format too to get the file system the way the ROM needs - for example with my tablet (TF101), if I use the correct recovery version, but only wipe, and not format, then everything works except Google Play gives connection errors

Formatting, then re-flashing the ROM fixes it
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
Great, I will try that.

I tried to backup my things with TWRP, but didnt manage to boot into recovery mode. I get this error in the top left corner : "Custom binary blocked by reactivation lock - secure fail: recovery " along with a yellow triangle with a " ! " in the middle.

Edit: Used the Xtrestrolite function that allows me to boot into recovery mode, and now my phone wont boot up at all. just boots right into the error message I mentioned above. :eek:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Ah yes, the good old reactivation lock in Xtrestrolite, many people miss that option and leave it enabled, which is retarded that it's set as enabled as default, the dev should disable it

You are going to have to flash a stock KitKat ROM, and disable reactivation lock from that, no other way around it, unless you can boot back into Xtrestrolite and disable it from there

Settings > General > Security > Uncheck Reactivation lock
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
I seem to mess up anything thats related to my S5 not beign stock haha, but Im learning and thats great.

Do you have a link to a stock KitKat ROM ? :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanr1977:
If you read these tips I left for you before about the activation lock, maybe you wouldn't have done this, but I don't know why anyone would leave this as default in a Rom?.... That's just asking for trouble ? find the official firmware from my link above & match It to your phone & provider, doesn't matter if its an earlier firmware it will just update again once installed, then you can root again? I'm running Phoenix v10.2 & it's silky smooth but hey you go with what ever you want? Hope this helps, & I hope you have a few hours spare to get your phone back where you want it again.

& heres a tip you will always remember, the first rule of flashing Roms/recoverys/bootloaders or messing with UI's & or System files.... Read, read again, read again & before you do the operation read once more.... Then do it. Better to be safe than sorry. Take care & I'm sure your get it sorted again soon, we all make mistakes from time to time but lucky enough you are in the XDA forums so there is always a chance to reverse or correct the problem ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Sammobile .com firmware section, enter your S5 model into that section, choose your region from the dropdown, and download

Its slow and you need a free account, but it works

What is the model of your S5 ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanr1977:
Follow my download link the sammobile link is in there as well. http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/general/read-flashing-rom-t3145703
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
The reason I didn't link to sammobile directly is because links to that site are banned on XDA, as are samsung-updates. com ;)

Something to do with them not adhering to the rules of file hosting sites I think
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
Looks like I sneaked arround the Reactivation lock by trying to flash TWRP again( did get a FAIL while flashing ) TWRP did not flash but I managed to boot up into Xtrestrolite and all my files are still fine :confused:

and now im trying to find the option where i can disable the reactivation lock. I cant seem to find it, and I did some googling and it looks like I have to log into my Samsung account or something like that?

It was my first time trying to root a device, and I just got scared when my phone got partly bricked hehe. So I simply did not notice the reactivation lock you mentioned!

I've learned alot in the past couple of days as a member of the XDA forum, one of them beign read, read again, read more, and read once more. thanks alot for your advice!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Haven't used that ROM before, but it should be in the same place I posted I'd have thought

Settings > General > Security > Uncheck Reactivation lock

And yea, log into your samsung account to disable it, but you might still find you need to use a KitKat ROM, depending on if it thinks you've installed a new ROM or not, that one is Lollipop isn't it?

The reactivation lock disable trick only works with Kitkat, it was patched in LP
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
In the security tab I do not have any option that says " Reactivation lock". BUT when i search for it, it appears. and when I try to press/touch it I get sent into the security tab - and its gone. (???) I also tried to uncheck it from the search menu, but same thing here - got sent to the security tab and the "reactivation lock" does not show anywhere..

My android version is 5.0 Lillipop indeed
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
My bet is that it is a bug in his ROM that he can't fix, hence it is enabled by default, and you can't disable it from the ROM

You're gonna have to try flashing a stock KitKat ROM and disable it from there
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
hmm okay.

My days in this forum has learned me that backup is important, and I would like to do a backup of my phone as it is now.

My guess is that when i try to boot into TWRP again to do a backup, the reactivate lock will kick and lock me out just as it did earlier today.

If i flash stock KitKat ROM, my stuff will be wiped , correct?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanr1977:
Activation lock will disappear yes but like you said you will lose all your stuff, hopefully your contacts & apps will be saved by Google but any settings or personal data & game data will be gone for ever. Sure you will survive mate & know better for next time
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
I just remembered that at the very beginning of this solution to my soft-brick, I did try to flash

several

stock firmwares from samsung. I tried 5 or 6 different ones ( different dates etc ) and none of them would flash correctly. This makes me think that the same thing will occur now when i try to flash back to old KitKat. what do you think about that ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanr1977:
It will be fine mate, just make sure you use the one for your carrier/provider & for the G900F only, flash the bootloader (I'm sure I done this too but i can't remember to be honest) & put everything on your card, Full wipe & clean cache or Superwipe if possible & then flash the KitKat rom, think that's what I done with KitKat too, then it updated to Lollypop once that had been reinstalled. Your be fine mate, use Odin to reinstall the Original Firmware
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
How do I perform a Full wipe & clean cache when I cant boot into recovery mode ?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanr1977:
Why can't you boot Into recovery? You should still be able to boot Into recovery turn the phone off then power on & hold the right buttons to enter recovery? Flash a recovery from Odin if yours is missing?

Edit (sorry I forgot)

Ah the Activation Lock, scratch the wipe mate just go with the firmware flash from Odin, get downloading mate It takes a while but your be fine
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
You're gonna have to try flashing direct from ODIN if you can't get into recovery at all

If it flashes OK, boot into recovery after the flash and factory reset

Still haven't posted which model S5 you have, it will tell you in download mode, it's possible the sticker/box is wrong, and that's why you were having problems flashing the ROM originally
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
I have the SM-G900F ( seen from the download mode ) and it matches the sticker behind the battery .
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Then it should flash successfully fine

Did you try a KitKat ROM yet?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
Just finished first try. it did not work. getting the same error as when I first tried to flash the stock firmware. " FAIL ( size) "

Edit: even though I got the error from odin while flashing, I did manage to boot up into KitKat after clearing cache and factory reseting through the "original" recovery boot menu!

Now I have disabled this bloody Reactivate Lock aswell :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanr1977:
Oh well at lest we got you through it at last
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
So ODIN says it has failed, but it has actually flashed successfully?

Which version of ODIN are you using? Running it as Admin?

Good news you got that reactivation lock disabled - now you can flash TWRP again - make a full backup of stock KitKat immediately!

Then flash what you like after that knowing you can get back to stock KK whenever you like

I would also strongly advise that you backup your EFS partition asap too

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2696153

That contains the IMEI and radios needed to make calls etc, if you lose that, you're screwed completely, back that up and save it somewhere safe on your PC / DVD etc
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SumanthBv:
I was rooting my G900H, the root was successful but I had forgotten to enable USB debugging and now the phone doesn't boot. Help needed
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Make your own thread
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
yes, Odin said it did fail the flashing, but Kitkat successfully booted up. which is kinda weird.

Im runnning ODIN 3.10.7

Ive tried to flash the Xtrestolite custom rom for some hours now, did the same thing as I did when I got it to flash correctly, but now its messed up. I get the "flash successfull" in TWRP, but as soon as It restarts it gets stuck on the second samsung screen ( did wait over an hour before hard reset ). after hard reset I booted into recovery and wiped cache, then my device would boot up past the samsung screens, and into " upgrading apps 1/95 etc...". this would complete and I ended up stuck on "upgrading andorid, starting apps" - have been stuck here for hours now.

What am I doing wrong :(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Try factory resetting from TWRP (Not wipe, not format, just factory reset)

I'd probably stay away from Xtrestolite though because of the lock, if you have problems flashing KitKat, unless you plan on keeping it permanently

Not a big deal if you can easily flash back to KK, but in your case, it seems like pot luck that you managed to unlock it this time around

EDIT - You can also try wiping ONLY the DATA partition, if it's hanging on starting apps
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
Now I've tried factory reseting and that did not work, stuck on the samsung logo.

I really liked the xtrestolite experience, my phone was

way

faster than what it used to be before, with the major drawback beign that simple apps would not work properly..

I also tried to wipe only the data partition, but same result here - stuck on the samsung logo.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Just gonna have to be a case of flashing ROMs and recovery until you get back in

If TWRP is working, try some different ROMs first, there is a MarshMallow CM13 ROM kicking about

When you're in TWRP, format and wipe everything except MicroSD, then flash whichever ROM you choose & Gapps

I'd give the PIT file and Stock ROM another shot too, if it worked with KitKat earlier, then the PIT file will delete and recreate all partitions, 100% wiping everything in the process, then it will flash stock (Hopefully)

Once you have that done, you know your phone is 100% like new, and you can start from scratch with TWRP and custom

There are other recoveries you can try too, PhilzTouch is a popular one but looks outdated

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2706253
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
I've tried different things now but I seem to get nowhere.

I think the problem lies in my lack of knownledge in this field. I really have no idea what I'm doing to my phone. yeah sure I can follow Instructions and manuals and download different files from different places and so on, but as soon as I encounter any sort of problem Im lost and dont know what to do.

There is many things and "terms", that does things to my phone - but I dont know what hehe.

I just have to thank you for your patience with me, I really truly appreciate it a lot! Without your help I would be

really

lost in this uphill rooting and flashing battle.

But let me get to the point.

- When I flash the PIT file to my phone, what does it do ?

- what does wiping cache do to my phone?

- same with Dalvik cache

- "wipe cache partitions" from the stock recovery mode menu ?

Also, do you have any logical explanation to why flashing Xtrestolite worked out so fine and smooth on the first try, and now its not flashing at all?

Edit: And how do i assure that the rom that im trying to flash has the absolute best chance/baseline to be a successfull flash?

Again, thanks alot for your help and your patience, I really appreciate it!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
Finally some good news!

Tried to flash another custom rom ( Darthrom ) and it worked out just fine!

But now as I've had a taste of Xtrestolites ROM, I simply cant switch to something else hehe, this darthrom just issnt my style.

since i did manage to finally boot up again I have now taken a full backup(I've learned from my mistakes) of the working rom, and I'm ready to walk this dark road back to a (hopefully) fully working Xtrestolite ROM.

What do you think is the best way to proceed from here? I have TWRP and my Xtrestolite zip is on my external sdcard ready to be flashed.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanr1977:
All this information is online In all the phone flashing forums. Read, read & read again until you understand this process, you have successfully un-softbricked your phone so be careful what you do next, you have been lucky that some of the nice people on this forum were nice enough to help you through this tough time of your soft bricked S5, & it would be a shame if you end up in the same state so please be very careful.

Read here -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3145703

Then follow this

1. Check hash sums are correct For your bootloader & Rom downloads with the hash sums giving from where or who ever you downloaded it from (if wrong redownload them)

2. Make sure you have a backup

3. Flash the correct bootloader for the new rom your going to flash (may take a few trys with Odin but check in settings that it's changed before moving on)

4. Boot into recovery (I am currently using TWRP) wipe dev cache, & do a wipe/factory reset or install Superwipe & wipe with that (but will wipe "EVERYTHING" except your SD Card where your rom & backup should be)

5. Install your new Rom (once it reboots to the boot animation it will or should take around 10-30ish minutes for the first boot up)

6. If everything goes good once installed do 1 full reboot

7. Like my comment & thank me for all the great help and advice/time I have gave you towards getting your S5 back up & running

8. Enjoy your smooth sexy S5

Hope this all helps
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
My last post explained what the PIT file does, it deletes and recreates the partitions

Clearing caches deletes temp files, cache partitions are temp folders if you like, they get populated when you see Android starting for the first time, getting apps ready

Personally, I think you have been extremely lucky up to now, considering you can not flash stock easily, I would avoid Xtrestolite like the plague, but it's your phone, your choice

Remember, with reactivation lock enabled, it caused problems in TWRP last time, which means that backup you just made might have problems restoring from TWRP if reactivation lock causes problems again

My advice - Pick a ROM, flash it, leave the phone alone after that, ROM side anyway

There's not much more info I can give other than what is already in this thread, each time you brick it, you need to go back to page 1 and follow the same posts that got your phone working again the first time, and cross your fingers that it works again

The methods you are using, either shouldn't be working and are, or should be working and are not, how you managed to unbrick with a failed ODIN flash I will never know, so look at that as your 10th chance, and don't push it ;) Unless you can afford the repair / another phone

I know it's exciting learning and flashing, but remember it's an expensive device you are playing with, and it is yours - remember how you felt when you made the first post in this thread, thinking the phone was dead

Keep on like this and it might be ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deanr1977:
[MENTION=4369943]*Detection*[/MENTION] I like that advice you gave

& you would be wise to listen to everybody who gave you advice, I know what it feels like when you think your phones dead & it takes you like 8-10hrs of reading & trying ways to bring it back. Like I said Read, read and read some more before you do anything new or risky on XDA cause it could be an expensive hobby modding phones
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Yup, even though I was already pretty experienced with Droid and rooting, when I got my S5, I spent about 3 weeks in these forums reading everything 10x until I was 100% sure I knew exactly what I was doing, before I even rooted it

Might sound boring reading and reading and reading first, but it's like gold once you have that knowledge, because when something goes wrong, instead of having to search through thousands of threads, you already know how to fix it / nothing goes wrong because you already knew how to not make the mistakes in the first place
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
I just have to thank you once again. I'm now running Xtrestolite flawlessly without any bugs what so ever.

And I managed to remove the reactivation lock with your instructions ( left a picture in attachments for proof :cool: )
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Great :)

So there is an option in Xtrestolite to disable reactivation lock after all? Just hidden and needs searching for?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babydash123:
no its not an option to diable it, however it does show up when i search for it, which is very weird.. I did disable it through kitkat, and when i was doing the installation after flashing Xtrestolite, I had an option to turn it either off or on. I think I missed that in the first install.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peti439:
I tried to connect my One M8 with MHL to TV and run the media output search and not found the TV. I not have the stock rom. My dad have a Sony Xperia SP with stock rooted rom, the phone shows MHL connected and TV event, but the TV don't shows anything. What's the problem? The MHL adapter was new. We don't know what's the problem. We have a Sony Bravia TV.
[Verizon LG G2] darkharbinger81:
Here's my question I'm trying to theme cm11 from a stock based rom by swapping pngs from folder to folder like I've done with cm7, cm9,and cm10 but the phone I was using was pulling from the drawable/res/hdpi folder for pngs.

Where or what folder should I look into for the lg g2 to find what pngs it's pulling from?

Thank you in advance

Darkharbinger81
[Verizon LG G2] darkharbinger81:
Nevermind guys I found it out I think where to look, I'm trying to make an aroma installer so xxhdpi was what I used for the button layout so I'd be guessing that pngs would've pulled from that folder in a rom
[Galaxy S II Accessories] gorandroid:
Hello i'm looking to buy new S2 ORIGINAL battery. Here are the photos of "Original Galaxy S2" battery, could this be original? does every single sign/thing has to be at the same spot and to be the same size as on the original battery to be so called "original"? Also what about Manufacture date that says "2015.6.26" do Samsung still produce s2 batteries? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] malic111:
It doesn't look original to me.

There are few of small dents and bumps on it and the finishing is too poor to be original.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] gorandroid:
I knew it... Well then i guess there is no original battery by SAMSUNG available anywhere in the world except the second-hand ones...