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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Neilisin:
Backstory:

I have spent best part of the day trying to resolve this update issue and lo and behold the past 3 hours before posting this I've been searching everywhere how to get around this.

My phone which I have only just fixed up (screen smashed back in May of this year) I had the phone in airplane mode when I smashed the phone with a swipe lock on digitizer was shot so no way to unlock device. The unit was until right now in pristine 4.4.2 condition. :D

Story:

I have been the last couple of days researching and trying to root, custom rom the device. Not being fluent in what I'm doing it has taken me a long time, but I was pleased to say I got rooted and have flashroot and SuperSU installed and felt I was moving forward. With that, it felt like a good days work was done and this afternoon I powered down the unit. :D

I had during/previously disabled the system update pending but to my surprise, some time later this afternoon, with the device powered down, the unit booted up and was installing at 25% by the time I noticed of said unwanted update. I ripped out the battery and saved myself an irksome update.

Facts surrounding the phone prior to this: I had left the phone in Wifi mode without a SIM while I rooted the device.

I'm now stuck with a device that will only boot in Recovery Mode straight to 25% of the update or boot it into Odin Mode. The good news is the device was rooted. I have nothing precious on the device so I'm happy to flash the device from here but I'm still not clear what steps I need to do from where I am. Would I need to install a new bootloader? OR ... can I somehow stop the recovery mode from trying to install the update?

I am unbiased about which custom ROM to use, but from my days trawling these threads the ones that seems most straight forward either been closed/superseded, or have been replaced by something else that doesn't support my device or are offering me more bling than I care for. Could someone point me where to go from here?

Before replying please take time and consider people like me who have spent hours trying to find articles that aren't time wasters so many great articles are sabotaged by tonnes of junky replies and trolly comments about "read the FAQ" or pointing to obnoxious links to unrelated or out of date threads.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
[MENTION=7143256]Neilisin[/MENTION] although i have never had this happen to me, i have read many many post in my days in XDA and they have ask days that, If you are rooted, then the ota will not be able to push through. Meaning it may download it and go through all the steps bit it will not be able to install. However since it hasn't gone the yet you should be able to go to one of Muniz pot and download the " nce downgrade" file that he post in step 4 out his threads. Boot into download mode And flash that with odin in the ap slot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Neilisin:
Success

Hi [MENTION=5880304]dirtydodge[/MENTION],

Thanks for your advice! This morning, I flashed the device with G870AUCU1ANE4_Full_Odin.tar using Odin's PDA/AP slot... and was returned to pre-root condition 4.4.2.

(For information about where I got these links please go to: [How-To] Update to G870A_OF3 (Active Model Only) - 5.0 and KeepRoot)

I'm taking christmas vacation now and will return to try and custom rom the unit after the vacation. Thanks for the tips even if totally simple!
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Manish Taneja:
Hi Friends

Yesterday, I have rooted my phone and installed Supersu in the phone and installed Xposed Installer, While completing Xposed Installer process it was asking for reboot and i have clicked on reboot after that its not getting on.

Can someone please help me how can i boot it

TIA
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] SouravDutta:
Boot into recovery mode and wipe cache,data,dalvik cache and factory reset....

OTHERWISE

Once again root ur phone....

if it does'nt work,download ur stock rom (From here http://xdaforums.com/grand-quattro/general/stock-rom-i8552xxanh4-t2853211 ) and flash it via odin...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] its right:
hi all

if anyone can safe the time for me to tell me how to activate the startup animation (reg and files required)

pandora kitchen has a package but its written there "can't run"

thanks in advanced ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] klabton:
When I've used HTC animation in Pandora, it works for me ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] its right:
could i have the package which worked with you, the kitchen is very big :o
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] klabton:
I'm running now Dopod Lite, but when i have made my rom with Pandora, when it was working, I have marked twice option to enable HTC Animation. When i will be at home, I will chceck this an make some screenshoots ;)

Ok. So I've checked this twice: one in utilities, second in Starup Animation menu. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] its right:
thanks so much bro, i'm downloading the kitchen to check out ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] klabton:
Here You go:)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] its right:
i meant the startup animation which animate a gif file with the booting :)

anyway, thanks for trying to help :o
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Madcap180:
It's a registry setting, if you check out Vp3G's 3.0 made with the AT&T WM6 he actually has the Animated HTC in a CAB file that you can download, it's located in the ADD-ONS file... all you have to do is run that cab and voila!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Madcap180:
VP3G addons can be found HERE at the end of the post
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cuboosh:
i tried running the cab and it doesnt work.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] klabton:
Same here. This cab is not making this logo to work. All regs are ok. But it's not working. I even tried make this HTC.gif as a splash and i've put is via RUU, but still no results...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] vp3G:
You can't just install my cabs on any old ROM and expect it to work. There are some ROM-specific animation components needed.

My cabs should work on any AT&T-branded WM6 or derivatives thereof, however I make no guarantees. They'll definitely work on vp3G v3.0 or v3.60.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
This one has been bugging me too. There's some specific differences between the AT&T 3.57 and the T-Mo 3.60 that the cab's (and my packages) don't resolve.

I'm hoping to find the specific dependency, and I'll post once it's found. I'm sure it's something simple - just elusive :) What better way to spend a rainy Thursday?

Edit: I got it working, but only by copying the entire OEMDrivers folder from 5.5 (3.57). I'm narrowing down which files specifically now...

Got it down to 40 files from the decompiled dll list... ugh...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyphol:
Are you trying to enable it on the dpod ROM? The Dopod and T-Mo/At&T has a different structure. Unil today I can only put it to run on T-Mo and AT&T only.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Just a T-Mo 3.60. It works now, but I had to use a bunch of the dll's from the OEM drivers (the decompiled ones).
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyphol:
Yes it's better for you to take all the .dlls in OEMDrivers and replace them in your own as necessary. It's for integrity also.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chymmylt:
Is it possible to get install it using a cab or does the changes have to be baked in?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyphol:
My opinion is, " When there're many .dlls files affected then it's better to be cooked in."

Since Mattk_r is going to enable it on Pandora, then you can have it very soon or you can just take Schaps or my ROM. It's already been enabled since my first ROM.:D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chymmylt:
Hahaha - But I can't wait for 6.2 to get posted :P
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyphol:
Then, try my ROM or Schaps or ..... I know that my cooked ROM is not as famous or as great as others but .......... Hmmmmm.... :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bingo123:
replace with this oem_misc.dll

用下面这个文件替换原来的文件开机动画即可使用
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] seamanzhou:
I will test this ...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
This sounds promising. It's one of the ones in the "trouble" group, but I didn't narrow it down to the specific one. I'm anxious to hear if by adding this one only (without adding animation.dll or playsnd.dll) it works.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] seamanzhou:
TNT 2.0 user dont use this unless you can save backup of the primary oem_misc.dll !

I tested fail.

It will cause problem.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Ouch. Well, if you want to try it, 6.2 is uploading now and should be posted in the next couple hours (I can't find a faster mirror).
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyphol:
Yes, this is the one + others.:D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyphol:
TNT 2.0 is DOPOD base.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bingo123:
replace with my oem_misc.dll and download my Startup_Animation's OEM。
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
What rom base did this work with? I tried this file combination with a base 3.57 and didn't have any luck.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cyphol:
Mattr_k,

I thought you said that you already succeeded in making it running. So, why don't you just stick with what you already have? It supossed to execute ok on T-Mo and AT&T base ROM but not DOPOD for the time being.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bingo123:
这个是我一直在用的一个OEM，在17745\17913\17944\18125中均可以使用，需要把这些文件全部放到ROM中重新刷机，不能直接替换那个oem_misc.dll。
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] yang05130:
哈哈

强烈支持~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Knight_T_T:
支持支持~

原来问题出在替换,必须重新Build诶
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
Yeah, I have. I was referring to my attempts to get 3.60 working and having tried just those files. I mistakenly referred to 3.57...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logi23:
Anyone else getting a "Can't play video" error when trying to replay a slow mo video through Google Photos? Been awhile since I have rewatched the videos, but I am sure it was fine before this months update.

The video itself will play just not in slow mo, and it seems to be 1.5x - 2x faster as well.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anarfox:
Same issue here. Got my phone yesterday so I can't comment on the updates.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logi23:
What update patch are you currently on?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anarfox:
Build MMB29M.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logi23:
Guessing it's this latest December patch that caused it then.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malexin:
Same problem here. The camera app says "Can't play video" and Google Photos says "Video not found", even though it's playing right underneath the error message.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] honki24:
Same here
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexobrien90:
Same here... I received the phone late December and the 6.0.1 was already ready to download. I am glad it worked before so I know it's probably software and not hardware related.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devhux:
It's probably the Photos app
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexobrien90:
I had 3 slow motion videos that were doing this initially but I just looked in my photos app and played them just fine. It's a little choppy though still... No error message anymore, however.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theBhav007:
Hey, I opened my new nexus 5x a couple days ago and it's been running great. However, I came from an htc one m7 that was rooted and had greenify auto hibernation thing. So, I sorta feel like rooting just for the greenify auto hibernation feature.

The reason why I don't feel like rooting this is because I spend too much time on upgrading (to new versions of a rom, and having to redownload everything over). Do you guys think it's worth rooting? How do you deal with updates of a rom?

If I root, I would just stick to one rom (the most stable one and wait for updates on that I guess, since updates to a rom don't require clean install of rom)
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elherr:
Like you I came from rooted M7 (running ARHD) . I did not even unlock the bootloader on my 5X.. and am quite satisfied.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlimSnoopOS:
Either way, you should unlock your bootloader. It is far easier to resolve any issues with your bootloader unlocked.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesoldier:
Not to mention, unlocking requires a complete wipe... Might as well get that out of the way
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theBhav007:
so wait, unlock bootloader, as in I should root my phone?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zurih:
Unlocking bootloader just unlocks it, it doesn't do anything other.

You can decide then if you want to root or not, but it would be wise to unlock it anyway if you ever change your mind because your phone is completely wiped when you unlock it, so it better be the first thing you do with your phone...

You can use the guide here to unlock it

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en

If you do decide to root, to upgrade to a new version you just flash it manually without wiping your data, so you don't need to reinstall anything. And after that just re-root, and that's it...
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_Automator:
As mentioned above as long as you stick with one rom you dont need to wipe internal storage with each update (usually data, system and cache) if that and reinstall su as current versions of superuser dont modify the the system partition.

Root gives more freedom with your phone easy backups with titanium and potentially better battery life or a rom more suited to your needs.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theBhav007:
Oh ok. I went to check out the Nexus 5x Android development thread and saw the stock rom of the new 6.0.1 update. But then, i saw someone on the comments asking if they had to flash the radios or something on post #5: http://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/development/rom-nexus-5x-stock-rom-t3267096

and the guy said, "Yeah, you need the bootloader, radio, vendor images. It's probably easier to just flash 6.0.1 from here https://developers.google.com/androi...mages#bullhead"

so everytime a new version comes out of stock, i need to flash the bootloader, radio, and vendor images?

What if I'm not on stock rom and on a custom rom, then everything will be included in the rom zip file i assume (i just flash the rom, and that's it)?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_Automator:
Custom roms usually dont include radio vendor or bootloader these are flashed from fastboot as opposed to recovery. Custom roms from what I understand mostly modify the system partition. Each thread for the roma tends to have great support. Im currently on uber rom
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rianta:
you can use :cowboy:Nexus root toolkit. all with one click, only what I don't like is the message that appears "we can't control if your device is corrupt".

Is there anybody who know how to prevent that message?

Rooting with this is a piece of cake.

I unroot my new nexus 5 because of the message.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcrajarshi12:
Respected Sir & Madam,

I am a new comer to Android phone user and I want to port a rom but I can not able to do it because, I can't not this boot.img please help me

It says Ramdisk not found.

I want port the boot.img for my

Gionee P4(boot.img-"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1nx2Nj5PFH9QkZPZExuNmtxS2c/view?usp=sharing") from

Gionee P3s(stock boot.img-"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1nx2Nj5PFH9LTdkZGZYVUlHam8/view?usp=sharing")
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] unholyrodz:
Everything works good it's just the modes don't work , every time I try to use them it force closes can someone help please
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TTG TriCkSh0tZz:
Hey guys,

I had been using a UMI Zero as my daily for about 6 months. Apparently the Zero has been known to have the swollen battery issue, however i had no problems with it.

That was until an unrelated issue brought that phone to its death. So i ordered a new UMI Zero since i love the phone. But just 4 weeks in to my new phone, my battery is swelling.

Now, here is the problem. With the first phone, my charger was outputting 5.85 volts (exactly as the specs says it should) THEN just before the second phone arrived i had to charge a Galaxy S5 with the charger from my first phone. That didnt work (didnt charge) and my charger got hotter than usual (Red flag no. 1). I have been using the charger and cable from the first phone, on the second phone. Shouldnt be a problem since they are identical in every way. Now i have noticed, that my charger is outputting 6.00 volts with the second phone (Red flag no. 2). Also my battery life is now pretty bad - at around 40%, it just loses the will to live and drops to 0% in minutes (Red flag no. 3)

So, my question is:

Is it more likely that attempting to charge the S5 damaged the charger which has in turn damaged my new battery?

OR

Could it just be that i got one of the faulty batteries that the UMI Zero is known for?

Obviously the battery needs to be replaced but my concern is that it will just happen again if i dont replace the charger too

Extra info:

I no longer have the first phone in order to rule out the charger

I have not noticed a change in the amperage supplied

Have reflashed ROM's multiple times and performed full charge/discharge cycles to calibrate it, no worky

Opinions?

Thanks guys
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
To be honest it could be both. The prob with some of these off brand oem is that they tend to use sub par components. So just to be safe use the charger that came with the second phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justmpm:
+1 for ^^^

Also having the battery over heat will also tend to make it bloat up faster. So it is best not to heavily use your device while charging. The Umi zero is pretty popular, so I bet you can find a replacement battery and a tutorial for how to replace it online. This should be cheaper than a new device. You will want to do something because the stuff inside the battery is toxic and it will leak all over the place if it bursts. If there is still gas inside it can even catch fire...neither are particularly fun to deal with :D :p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TTG TriCkSh0tZz:
Thanks for the help guys. Ive ordered the battery and the charger so hopefully that will sort it

Thanks again!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ehmedhemidli:
Hello. İ ordered fire 7 froma amazon and it will come i few days. What are you suggesting? İnstall google services on stock rom or instal slimrom or something.

And i want to know can i play games like dead trigger 2, nfs no limits on this tablet?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Giorgi-geo:
Can't help you with those games but played GTA San Andreas without a problem.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ehmedhemidli:
Thanks. You install it sd card? And which rom were you running?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Giorgi-geo:
FireOS 5.1.1. didn't know it would update as soon as connected to the wifi, so that was my mistake.

No it was installed to the internal memory. But you can avoid 5.1.1 update by not connecting to wifi, then install cm12 or just root and you will probably be able to move files to sdcard.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ehmedhemidli:
İt got enough storage for Gta sa? What is problem of updating it to 5.1.1?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Giorgi-geo:
it has 5.63GB left for user. Some of it is taken up by system I think.

Problem with FireOS 5.1.1 is guys here aren't able to root or install cm or any other rom yet, only on 5.0.1 I think. and you cant downgrade to 5.0.1 after upgrading to 5.1.1. It may be just a matter of time though.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ehmedhemidli:
İ think i will instal it slimrom.

Did you instal google play services to your stock rom? And how did you instal gta sa? With apk? And if possible can you try instal dead trigger 2? İt must be 450mb.

İ am living in azerbaijan. İ ordered my fire 7 at november , still didnt get it. İ will get it at january -,-
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Giorgi-geo:
Yes I installed google play. Installed GTA with cache + apk.

Downloaded dead trigger 2, played through 2 missions and it was very good, no lag.

I live in Georgia, ordered on 28th, it was delivered in USA on 9th and then shipped to me on 14th. Do you use Package forwarding company? That's what I used.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ehmedhemidli:
Ah nice. İ didnt see your name "geo" . when i ordered it was out of stock, but luckily i grab it for 35 dollar :D it will come with Camex. Today tablet delivered to camex. Camex will take it to AZe in 10-14 days.

Thank you for time. Then it is awesome device for that price.

İf google services, play store working good,should i instal custom rom? And can you tell how is display quality? İ am planning to watch movies , and play gamea sometimes(i am in army right now, i got no pc.i watxhing movies on my 4.7 inch galaxsy S3 , it is so boring :D)
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Giorgi-geo:
Can't tell you whether you should install custom rom or not, if you just want to play games and watch movies, I think there's no need to do anything, but I would 100% do this to disable updates, in case you decide to root or change rom later, also this method to remove ads doesn't work on 5.1.1.

Screen is pretty good, I'm not really competent in this matter though, this is my first tablet. It's not 720p like your phone, but games and movies look great to me :D

Good luck in the army.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ehmedhemidli:
İ think i should use it stock for 2-3 months then instal customs roms. İn few days they will achieve install cust rom to 5.1.1 :D i forgot almist about san andrras thanks for remind me. San adnreas will be very good game for time killing here :D i got 196 days left to army :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] guy2020:
I recently got a new ATT galaxy s5 (G900A). Upon setting it up, I used OTA to take it from stock to the latest version which was 5.1.1 I believe.

I then failed to do thorough research and attempted to downgrade it to 4.4.2 which started causing problems.

I retracted my actions in chronological order to help in troubleshooting this situation:

Upgraded via OTA to 5.1.1

used odin 3.10.7 in AP mode with file "AP_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5"

Odin reported a failure after a few moments of me pressing the "start" button. for the above AP file. On the phone's screen (whilst in download mode) , it showed the progress bar as not being completed and also not progressing after Odin Failed. I had to pull battery to restart the phone.

restarted phone and it threw a splash screen saying to use kies recovery due to a firmware error.

entered download mode, used odin in AP mode to flash "G900A_OC4_Stock_Partitions.tar.md5"

phone rebooted and hung on Samsung Galaxy S5 logo

entered recovery mode (vol up, home, power) to reset the cache, still hung up on samsung logo

entered recovery mode again to do factory reset/wipe, still hung on samsung logo

pulled battery, used odin in AP mode to flash file "G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5"

phone rebooted and hung on Samsung Galaxy S5 logo

I did quite a bit of searching around and have employed a few attempts at fixing the issue as listed above. I am still hanging on the Samsung logo though.

Could anyone offer me some insight on how to go about resolving this situation?

Thanks for your time!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Jsorren:
Same problem here. Really need a solution