yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] winsmith:
what firrmware have you yoused?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] erwinr:
Model	SM-G800F

Model name	GALAXY S5 mini

Country	Netherlands (Vodafone)

Version	Android 5.1.1

Changelist	5886751

Build date	Fri, 11 Dec 2015 06:35:28 +0000

Product code	VDF

PDA	G800FXXU1BOL4

CSC	G800FVFG1BOL1

and:

Model	SM-G800F

Model name	GALAXY S5 mini

Country	Cyprus

Version	Android 5.1.1

Changelist	5886751

Build date	Fri, 11 Dec 2015 06:35:28 +0000

Product code	CYV

PDA	G800FXXU1BOL4

CSC	G800FVFG1BOL1

Back to 4.4.2 is no problem!
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] fuqi:
i've fixed that error with a pit file that has a larger hidden partition.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] erwinr:
Can you send a link to that PIT-file?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] fuqi:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960685133

be sure u use this on a "SM-G800F"
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] erwinr:
Thanks! I will try it right now and give you the result.

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Yes! This works for me.

First boot take a long time, now installing lollipop on my G800F! Thanks!
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] fuqi:
in case you get bootloop (which i did have!) you have to do a factory reset in recovery.

otherwise i'm glad it worked. have fun :)
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] S3bl:
Can I also install it on a s5 mini with t-mobile branding?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] Dr. Hurt:
How much RAM is available after the update?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] bobbobagan:
My phone is reporting 1.23 GB

[IMG="RAM"]http://iforce.co.nz/i/4xyocj5e.mwd.png[/IMG]
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] winsmith:
i'm not so smart to do that

could you explain step by step how to ?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] bobbobagan:
I used Odin v3.07

Just select the .pit file using the PIT button within Odin
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] beatwinthewave:
Great ! It's work fine with this files and Odin v3.09, with my G800F. THX a lot for this good method.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] jpph:
I had same issue. when it arrive, remove batery from phone, it will reboot in recovery. Extract the hidden.img from the rom (remove .md5 extension and open it with 7zip), then rename that file to hidden.bin.tar then flash as pda.

I have found it from:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS6/comments/35zshn/howto_fix_a_failed_odin_flash_softbrick_hiddenimg/

Worked perfeclty for me.

What I have understood it is becauase my phone is a branded one (Orange France) and I flashed the unbranded rom ( cyprus) from sammobile

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yes, mine was from Orange branding and I used the Cyprus Rom (unbranded). be sure that your s5 mini is a g800f from the about screen. See my previous post, I had to reflash separately the hidden partition...
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] haajee86:
Thank you so much!! So simple and working! I do it a little bit other:

1. Put from your firmware file hidden.img an rename it to hidden.img.tar

2. Flash the firmware in Odin as usual with AP. Wait for it to the fail/complete moment.

3. Press your volume down, home button again at the same time and hold it for CA 8 seconds. You came back in Odin load

4. Flash hidden.img.tar that your renamed yet with the AP option in Odin.

5. Your phone should now reboot. It takes a long time! :)

I'm very happy that i can finally use Android 5.1 on my SM-G800F. Hope that the unbranded versions arrive quickly :D
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] jpph:
the unbranded version is there on sammobile:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G800F/

take the one named "cyprus". I flashed it without any issue (there is all language in it, I am using french).
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] haajee86:
Oh i should use now the Vodafone Netherlands version. But i upgrade to cyprus ;) Thanks again!
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] S3bl:
Can i also use the vodafone (vd2) Firmware for my g800-f t-mobile (Germany) ?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] gulyasjozsi:
Hello. Tmobile version is comming?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] jpph:
I suggest you use the cyprus - unbranded one to avoid bloat you do not need from vodafone. (branded addition are added on the system partition, unnecessary overloading your ram)..
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] gulyasjozsi:
Please
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] papi54:
T-Mobile version is not for the time being, only Vodafone is safe to do because there is no difference between the two. :)
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] PlutoDelic:
i've been searching for this PIT file for months, it was right in front of my eyes.

Thanks a lot mate.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] mys5mini:
short report

I tested out the new 5.1.1 firmware:

:good: I was able to install the new firmware (vodafone germany) on g800 f with odin 3.07 (first post)

:confused: I was not able to install twrp recovery for g800 f, got this "seandroid" failure message (twrp_kminilte-build3)

:good: I was able to root the device with odin 3.07 (CF-Auto-Root-kminilte-kminiltexx-smg800f)

:good: I could easily remove all bloat software (system-app-remover-2.8.1020-release-website)

:good: I reinstalled then all the previous software and launcher and it somehow looks like it was before

What have I won? :angel:

Update:

:good: TWRP is installed successfully after having rebooted into recovery immediately after flashing
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] kamilr:
This is the same problem i mentioned here: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5-mini/help/sm-g800f-flashing-rom-problems-hidden-t3278837

But you solved it by flashing hidden.img, i flashed modem.bin and it was working too.

In link you gave there is such information:

So i can suppose that you have to do 2 steps, flash hidden, and modem after that.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] haajee86:
What's the reason for also flash modem.bin?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] kamilr:
I just found that solution somewhere, and it was working for me, and also in link ghozali wrote:

And i can suppose, that from some reason, while error occur while uploading hidden, then modem dont got upgraded. I'm just thinking loudly, maybe I'am wrong
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] epoxas:
I didn't encounter any updating problems after flashing modified PIT (from this thread) together with ROM. Baseband also seems to be updated.

The only problem I did get into, was rooting with Chainfire's "4.4.2" hack. First, I lost root access after installing BusyBox. Then, after re-rooting, I also noticed that Titanium fails uninstalling system apps (probably root related?). Also, trying to flash Xposed Framework on default kernel resulted in "Samsung" screen animation loop....

All in all, it seems we'll have to wait for proper root solution.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
ill be releasing a tweaked version of 5.1 shortly that doesn have the hidden.img issue as it does not flash it, also has performance tweaks (most i can do until samsung drop the kernel sources, could use a couple people who can test the odin image works though before release :)

my builds prerooted also :)
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] gamerdani97:
Hi guys!

Would u wait for the official OTA 5.1.1. or would u install the unofficial CM 12.1 5.1.1. firmware?

Ty for the answers.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
thats fairly down to personal preference, my opinion is id rather use samsung 5.1.1 but i dont particually like any CM build myself
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] gamerdani97:
And what do you think, when will the official update arrive to hungary (t-mobile/telekom) ?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
thats depenant on the mobile network and how long they take to add their modifications to the build. you could easily flash 5.1.1 stock now their is a few builds of it about (including mine soon)
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] kamilr:
this cyprus 5.1.1 rom is also vodafone branded. I just installed it and there is official samsung startup logo, but there are vodafone apps like "discover" and "updates" that reference to vodafone. But ROM is quite clear, i found only that 2 apps, all rest looks as unbranded.

I can also confirm that adding KMINILTE_EUR_OPEN_HIDDEN200M.pit during flash, solve hidden.img problem. (this pit file is for change partition size, and can be used only for SM-G800F)
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
yep the vodafone ones are not massively branded but other networks sometimes are.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] haajee86:
Strange. I have no Vodafone apps like Discover and updates with the Cyprus rom. I have do a full factory reset.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] abdou1241:
Hello everybody!

Hope that you enjoy the update !;)

I have a big PROBLEM, capacitive touches (return and récent apps) don't work anymore!

I've tried everything (flash,reset,custom rom) but no way!

Can I get some help please?

Envoyé de mon SM-G800F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] arrostos:
Which CSC code you have on your phone after upgrading to Lollipop? I have Slovenia SI CSC code SIM. Installed the Cyprus version. Previously i had Hungary.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] abdou1241:
I also installed Cyprus version. M'y csc code is G800FVFG1BOL1

But I dont understand, my phone takes much more time to boot up than before and capacitive touches dont Light up at any moment.

Envoyé de mon SM-G800F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] jpph:
On my side, I didn't have to reflash modem.bin. Only hidden.img failed.

I just see that I have also 2 Vodafone apps with the Cyprus rom :( I was able to disable only one of them. Anyway the branding seems very light compared to the orange branding!

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Strange, mine just boot fine (first boot after flash took long time). Maybe you could try a factory reset. For the capacitive keys, there is an option in display settings, be sure to have set to something like 1.5 or 6 seconds.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] abdou1241:
I have tried everything as possible but not working! Maybe it's hardware but it would be astonishing

I installed floating buttons for the moment

Envoyé de mon SM-G800F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] sasukesama:
For people having all kind of issues after updating

Flash the latest kitkat ROM from sammobile that matches the lollipop one

When you flash the kitkat with Odin it will fall that's normal and doesn't matter

After it falls flash the lollipop one and do a factory reset via recovery

Hope it helps
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] abdou1241:
Would it fix unresponsive capacitive buttons?

Thank you anyway!

Envoyé de mon SM-G800F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
It could fix things yes as i think the csc and preloaded apps are not applying correctly on lollipop at moment hence why some people are getting some carrier apps and others are not
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] 99chiel99:
Does 3G/4G/LTE work for anyone? I cant get it to work. I'm using the Cyprus rom.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] abdou1241:
OK,so i Will try later and tell you

Thank you!

Envoyé de mon SM-G800F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] Mihai824:
Download link

Download link Please!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] kamilr:
ALL ROMs:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G800F/

Cyprus (tested by most of us):

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/64163/G800FXXU1BOL4_G800FVFG1BOL1_CYV/

PIT file for repartition (only model SM-G800F. Add this pit file to odin if you have failed flashing on hidden.img):

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960685133
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] arrostos:
I installed the Cyprus version Rom and got Slovenian CSC County code. My phone was Hungary version. Why is that?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] sasukesama:
Who knows :D try and report if you can
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] geko37:
Is there a way to root?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
I have a rooted version jus need to confirm it flashes ok before i release it
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] haajee86:
[IMG="SM-G800F"]http://static.tweakers.net/ext/f/simKTEqDlD9sLfw9Kp6z7GCf/medium.png[/IMG]

Click on the picture for fullsize

First i installed the latest Dutch Kitkat version. Samsung give the Dutch SM-G800F a Kitkat update after the first Lollipop releases. Strange... See http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/64232/G800FXXU1AOL1_G800FPHN1APA1_PHN/

Better you can all use the SamFirm tool from another topic here on XDA. Works amazing quickly and you download directly from Samsung. :) http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] bebe.fier:
How to root g800f with official lollipop?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
wait around 10 mins then flash my version of it which is rooted
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] arrostos:
Hay mate, can you download phone info app from play store, and tell me what CSC Country code you got? Cause i had before XEH and now i got SIM.

Thanks
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
its up eventually :

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5-mini/development/g800f-tweaked-stock-build-rooted-t3295639
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] haajee86:
Hi there! Did you mean one of this screens?

[IMG="Phone info"]http://static.tweakers.net/ext/f/SMtoKIj8gnUpaJ82H5rnZRWD/medium.png[/IMG]

Click on the image for fullsize.

[IMG="Phone info"]http://static.tweakers.net/ext/f/uLzCj1K9qJnD5sLFJ1pLt7jJ/medium.png[/IMG]

Click on the image for fullsize.

[IMG="Phone info"]http://static.tweakers.net/ext/f/6NaR0dPXlOja8YB3UyDQB7n0/medium.png[/IMG]

Click on the image for fullsize.

:D
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] arrostos:
Yes, did you notice that your CSC Country code changed? And mine is Slovenian / SI. It suppose to be CYV or Hungary XEH like before.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] haajee86:
What do you exactly mean? After the flash your phone is modified in a Sloveninan version?

It was with the kitkat PHN. But a little bit strange that this Slovenian version is published as Cyprus... :confused: When the original version is online for my country i flash it back to PHN. And what if i flash the modem.bin or hidden.img from the kitkat?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] vinaldo7:
Can anyone confirm if the phone is more efficient in terms of RAM with lollipop rather than kitkat?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] arrostos:
I tried to install the XEH Hungary version kitkat but CSC is same Slovenian. Did you used the pit file to install lollipop? If yes maybe is pit file came with Slovenian version?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] winsmith:
anyone knows how to root, without re-flash prerooted firmware?

used chainfire autoroot , but he gave me bootloop.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] yetyhunter:
If I update directly from wifi will I keep all my settings and save games ?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
supersu 2..66 will root it fine

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in theory yes you should
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] yetyhunter:
But no update shows up. Is it possible that it's not released in my country yet ? (Romania)
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
that would be right, its only being released in batches it seems
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
i used twrp to flash it, twrp will flash but after flashing it with odin you HAVE to pull the battery and boot straight to recovery (vol up + home + power) do not boot into android or it will restore stock recovery
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] winsmith:
great! dj_steve you're master
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] bebe.fier:
I want radio fm offline apk for g800f with lollipo 5.1.1 !!! Help me please !!
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] haajee86:
No i didn't. I installed Only my original PHN kitkat last release. Short time Vodafone Branded Netherlands release and now the Cyprus version. I have not used the PIT file. Only flashing the Cyprus version. And handmade the hidden.img from the Cyprus version. When i start my Phone, i have encrypted, do i see with the first login a 'Balkan language'. Sorry, but don't understand what language exactly. I probe to make a photo of it.

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There should be never a FM radio in the S5 mini official... Please read http://forums.androidcentral.com/ask-question/446185-does-samsung-galaxy-s5-mini-have-radio.html and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2661286

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You can check here the latest versions released for the SM-G800F http://live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=SM-G800F

And the advice to do a factory reset when you install Android 5.1 otherwise you have a very slow phone...
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] jpph:
if you flash PDA using odin, you will keep everything also (do not flash PIT)
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
Yes but the odin images generally are not the same as a ota file and cant do insitu upgrades
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] jpph:
the one from cyprus did. I flashed it on my orange 4.4.2 version (had to reflash hidden.img file as described earlier), It upgraded everything and I lost nothing.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
Does not always work tho for some reason im unsure of
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] svsomere:
can you please provide the link to the zip file of supersu you used, because mine isn't working :/?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] Pandaboyz:
Hi, I'm downloading the Cyprus version 5.1.1 for my SM-G800F (Belgium). But until now, I have never done an upgrade like that (I came from iOS).

Someone could explain how to proceed ? Step by step (with Odin, on phone, etc).

Thx
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] kamilr:
First of all install Samsung usb drivers http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117#none (probably dont need if you have kies installed)

Make sure you have SM-G800F, download http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/64163/G800FXXU1BOL4_G800FVFG1BOL1_CYV/

Extract (unzip) the firmware file

Download Odin v3.10.7 - http://dl.sammobile.com/Odin3_v3.10.7.zip

Extract Odin ZIP file

Open Odin v3.10.7

Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)

Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin

Add the firmware file to AP / PDA

Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked

Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes

If you have problems with hidden.img during flash, then:

Remove usb cable and battery,

Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)

Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin

Add the firmware file to AP / PDA

Add PIT file: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960685133 (re-partition option will tick automatically, is ok)

Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes

Done.

Remember that using incorrect files, not belonging to your model can brick your phone. SM-G800F, and SM-G800H are different models of samsung galaxy s5 mini.

ps. use good quality usb cable, and usb 2.0 ports.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] Pandaboyz:
Feedback after the upgrade :

First, a big thank you to Kamilr for his help.

Like the others I had the PIT file problem but with the explanations, it was easy to fix.

Hanceforth (and finally, go home Samsung) I'm on Lollipop and everything looks OK. imgur -> /nvsTIoh :good:
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] haajee86:
And here is the picture of the encrypted authentication... Id didn't know the language...

[IMG="phone encryption"]http://static.tweakers.net/ext/f/drBJzPg6IUQBjCz9b1tfOErm/medium.jpg[/IMG]

Click on the picture for fullsize
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] Joseph67500:
Thanks you for this news ! It's very very good news ???

Envoyé de mon SM-G800F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] kamilr:
It is just slovenian and means:

Enter your PIN or password for the encrypted storage device

Wipe cache, make factory reset and probably will be ok. But all data will gone.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] arrostos:
But why Slovenian language? We installed the Cyprus version, it should be CYV ant not SI.

And now how we can flash back to Original version of the CSC code, do you know?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
ALL of the 5.1.1 builds are identical i think, they are all multi CSC so support a number of different areas and for some reason the SIM csc seems to apply a lot of the time.did exactly the same on my device, i dont think samsung have made different builds for different areas in 5.1 they are trying to keep them all pretty similar (which is a good thing)
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] arrostos:
If it is like that, is a good idea, but when i tried to flash back kitkat version from Hungary version, the CSC Country code didn't change. Is it normal?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] DJ_Steve:
i think to change csc is more complicated that a simple reflash, not 100% sure how the csc system works myself either :)
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] superadlen:
hello

Is it possible to return to the old version 4.2.2 without problems?
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] bobbobagan:
The performance of my device seems pretty terrible after the upgrade to 5.1.1... I am using everything stock / non-rooted device. Slow to open keyboards, move between screens, etc.

Anyone else finding the device quite slow after the update? Anyway I can make it faster... It is driving me a bit crazy.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] n3n00:
No way around it without root, pretty much. Try to install DJ Steve's version from Android Development section, he removed bloatware, added root and maybe some other things.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] no77ru:
Same thing happened to me. I did a 'Wipe Data / Factory Reset' and now it seems that mobile is more fluid.
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] Mihai824:
It works with romania version?????????

:)
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] zog24:
How to avoid failure during update

Hi All I used following two commands on non rooted adb shell to to try to figure out the size of my hidden partition (however only in blocks) on TMobile branded version (TMZ)

ls -al /dev/block/platform/dw_mmc.0/by-name

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-17 13:47 BOOT -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-17 13:47 BOTA0 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-17 13:47 BOTA1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-17 13:47 CACHE -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p19

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-17 13:47 CARRIER -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-17 13:47 CDMA-RADIO -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-17 13:47 EFS -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2016-01-17 13:47 HIDDEN -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p20

(output shortened)

shell@kminilte:/ $ cat /proc/partitions

cat /proc/partitions

major minor #blocks name

179 0 15388672 mmcblk0

179 1 4096 mmcblk0p1

179 2 4096 mmcblk0p2

179 3 20480 mmcblk0p3

179 4 4096 mmcblk0p4

179 5 4096 mmcblk0p5

179 6 4096 mmcblk0p6

179 7 1024 mmcblk0p7

259 0 8192 mmcblk0p8

259 1 10240 mmcblk0p9

259 2 12288 mmcblk0p10

259 3 8192 mmcblk0p11

259 4 1024 mmcblk0p12

259 5 32768 mmcblk0p13

259 6 1024 mmcblk0p14

259 7 1024 mmcblk0p15

259 8 12288 mmcblk0p16

259 9 1024 mmcblk0p17

259 10 2355200 mmcblk0p18

259 11 307200 mmcblk0p19

259 12 204800 mmcblk0p20

(output shortened)

Then I used odin 3.09

1) under PIT I added the above pit file Originally Posted by fuqi (many thanks fuqi) in odin repartition checked automatically

2) under AP I added the G800FXXU1BOL4_G800FVFG1BOL1_G800FXXU1BOL3_HOME.tar.md5 (I downloaded 3 different images including Cyprus and they all have same file with same CRC inside)

3) Clicked Start and everything finished successfully including the hidden partition and modem on the first run. Phone rebooted and updated without any issue to 5.1.1

Hope this will help to anyone hesitating to update like I was ....
[Galaxy S5 Mini General] jpph:
did you loose your data by flashing PIT ? (my though is that flashing new PIT, you loose data)