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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] yueyejinghun:
I also downgraded to OK4, on OK4 no such notification appeared, once I upgrade to PCA, the message shows up again. I thought there could be some corrupted files, so I tried to format it, turned out it's useless.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
Sounds like you're good then. Don't let twrp install it, if it asks. When you flash supersu it'll tell you that also.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AOD_Corwin:
Yeah working great now. For thise having issues back up your stuff and get samsung smartswitch. Its the replacement for keis. After that the ota worked
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] FettyWap:
Just a few things I've noticed.

GOOGLE NOW (OK google) freezes on power*

saving mode.

TELEGRAM or other 3rd Party messaging apps will not work properly on power saving mode because you can no longer customize powersaving mode to allow backround data.

Noticed with a dim screen setting and dim lte 3 percent battery drain within 3 minutes.

Is there a recommended Write to SD card fix?*

Is there away to add more quick settings buttons to the touch wiz menu such as wifi hotspot and mobile data toggles.

What is a list of items to safely debloat?

A little spoiled coming off the Moar 7.0 rom.*

Upgraded 4/8

Installed SuperSu, xxposed and did wifi mod all in the original OP, I did accidently install the latest Twrp recovery. Hope this helps
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] R37ribution:
Hey guys I've done quite a bit of reading and I think I'm missing something...

It seems like most of you are trying to go "official" on OK4 (I'm assuming not rooted?) and take the MM OTA and later rooting again.

I'm currently on OK4 and have downloaded the OTA MM update but haven't installed it yet. I'd like to put it on but want to be sure I can root once it's installed. Once I have MM I will be able to flash TWRP 3.0.2-0 (someone said the 3.0.2-1 was bad, maybe cuz of SD card issues) with Odin 3.10.7 and then install SuperSU 2.71 in twrp to get root? I'd really like to do this without affecting knox... which I have yet to figure out where to check the status.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] malbert16442:
Rom is coming from malbert16442 he just got system dump

I am also making s7 Port for sprint users go to Insanity thread for new information in Samsung android dev
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] FettyWap:
Flashing a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM will trip Knox. If you already have a custom recovery, you most likely already tripped knox.

To see if you tripped it.

Turn off the device. While device is off, Press the Power button, Volume Down, and Home buttons and hold until you see a Warning screen, press Volume Up (continue). At the top left of the screen you'll see "Knox Warranty Void: X (0x000X)" where X is the number of times Knox has been tripped.

If you already tripped it I think Samsung Warranty is only 1 year from your date of purchase. And if you have Cell Phone insurance they really can't exclude you from coverage because you tripped knox, after all not all devices have knox.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] philiptibbs:
I can't wait. I check Sammobile every day so that we can get S7 on S5 thanks to Malbert !!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ranova:
Is your rom going to be debloated, slim, and rooted of s5 stock Android 6.0?

If so, thats exactly what I'm waiting for!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] nicolasnunez4:
Root after update

Can anyone tell me if you can root the phone after the update?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
Yes, just follow the instructions in the OP
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] plantucha:
i did 3x times still not root

3.0.2 twrp

2.71 su

reflash twrp thru odin => pull battery => reboot to recovery => flash su=> reboot to OS = no su

what I'm doing wrong?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] coolman9999:
I don't known what the difference, I used 3.0.1 twrp no problem
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
Are you using the systemless supersu?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
Any one else having problems with screen mirroring? It didn't work on OK4 for me and now not on MM.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] R37ribution:
Following up in case this is helpful to anyone else...

The part that I was missing is that Samsung appears to let you flash homegrown firmware via Odin. My previous experience with rooting was an HTC Evo (original) and the code had to be signed in order to take. If memory serves me right, the only way to root was via vulnerabilities discovered in each release from HTC so if you upgraded OTA to a new release you may not be able to root.

The other thing that was confusing was that most of the posts said to choose the PDA option in Odin which apparently is renamed to AP in a build <= 3.10.7. Once I found someone mentioning that AP == PDA I felt much better about flashing TWRP.

One thing that was odd was the first time I flashed twrp, it was replaced by samsung's recovery on the next reboot. Admittedly I hadn't applied Super SU during my first twrp session because I needed to copy it to my SD. I had assumed that I would be able to enable the computer to copy files to the SD somewhere in the recovery but I couldn't find this option. So I rebooted into system, copied the Super SU zip and then rebooted again to recovery and found samsung's instead of twrp. Just reflashed via Odin and immediately flashed Super SU from the first recovery boot and all is well.

I did end up tripping knox but a few months ago I removed the TEP protection, so I don't have coverage anyways. TEP replaced my HTC Evo in Dec 2014 with the refurb S5 for $50 (gave me a discount because I was irritated they couldn't give me another Evo with an HDMI port, so I argued it was a downgrade). To FettyWap's point on the warranty, I believe the refurbs come with a 1 yr warranty from Samsung but that's over too now.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] plantucha:
No sysytemless

that was it.

Fully rooted now.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] R37ribution:
I thought that Super SU 2.71 systemless would keep OTA updates working? Under about > status > device status I have "Custom" and I get this message when checking for updates:

"The operating system on your device has been modified in an unauthorized way. Try downloading software updates using Smart Switch on your computer or visit a customer service center."

:edit: it's not that need OTA updates to work, but I thought that by Super SU not modifying /system that it would keep things like Android pay and such working. I don't use android pay yet but this looks like it wouldn't work based on the device status being "custom".
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pyrochance:
Anyone else having issues with their SD cards?

mine shows up as USB storage instead of as an SD card.

Everytime i reboot i get a message like my card is thumb drive wanting me to either explore it or eject it.

Titanium backup doesnt even list it in the storage space when i open it.

It only sees system rom and internal storage.

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i did the systemless root and systemless adaway mod.

Android pay is working but my device status is custom also?

can anyone else verify android pay is working for them with device status custom, and all mods being systemless?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Starfox:
Really, not sure why I'm bothering having to do this but...

Obviously blurrycam'ed to protect my privacy.

-- Starfox
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
I don't use android pay or anything like it, but i used the systemless supersu and adaway and mine says custom as well
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pyrochance:
Has anyone tried to use ultra power savings mode?

I cant get mine to turn on.

pressing the toggle does nothing, and going to the actual setting menu and turning it on does nothing.

im thinking maybe my restore didnt work properly and thats why its not working.

i'll start fresh and Odin back to OK4 tonight or this weekend and take the update again when i get the chance and see if its still not working.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] chippinganimal:
FYI, i made a odin flashable version of the marshmallow update posted in the op of this thread in the android development section here. Could anyone test it and make sure it works? It should but I just want to be sure. It would be good for those who want a fll restore for whatever reason and dont want to deal with the hassle of flashing back to OK4 and applying the system update.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] jdrch:
What capacity is your SD card?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sportyfortyeight:
How's everyone debloating the stock rom? Been a bit since I've had to mess with my phone
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
I use titanium backup and link2sd

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Nvmnd, left my stupid laptop at work.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] scubamark:
64GB card.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
I don't know a whole lot about computers and Java, is there a way to extract the jar file? Odin isn't recognizing it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Buddlespit:
It's not a proper odin flashable tar file. Just a zip converted to tar. Avoid it, until he figures out what he's doing.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] chippinganimal:
Hi there. Sorry that it did not end up working guys. Its not that I dont know what I am doing, its just that its been pretty hard figuring it out compared to what it used to be. Before, just a few weeks ago, on sprints website, there was a chart that told all of the build numbers and all of the patches that each build had inside of it. Now its gone. All that website is is 2 links to find a new software version or to see what version you are on. So that file posted in the OP here is all I have to base it off of. And when I threw it into odin it seemed to work fine, although I should Have tested it fullly beforehand. I was also in a rush (sort of) becuase my family is going on vacation to another part of the country as this week is April Vacation for the schools in my town. I hope you guys understand why it happened as it did, and for that, I apologise. EDIT this is the website im refering to (on mobile so I had to edit) http://support.sprint.com/support/a...5/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB69808-dvc8080008prd and when I get back to my house I will retry with a linux usb as that seems to be what tutorials point to doing.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] lascoul:
Can someone explain the upgrade process via ota file and stock recovery because itn't working for me

Thank in advance
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] DurhamHusker:
I was running the PCA build fully stock for a few days. Got tired of not having root and finally rooted it using the links in the OP of this thread. Seems to be going fine. With one exception...

Google Clock's alarm stopped sounding an audible alarm. Made me late for work once. Other alarm clock apps seemed to work fine. I traced it back to app permissions. Seems that Google Clock had all its permissions removed. And my ring tone for my alarms is on external storage. Uninstalling and reinstalling didn't seem to help. Only after I manually reached into app permission settings and restored its permissions did the alarm clock in Google Clock finally do what I wanted it to do.

So ... a word of warning to anyone rooting. Check app permissions for things you really need after you've rooted just to be sure you don't end up with some unexplained non-functionality.

Anyone else experience anything like this?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] armygreen:
Short answer: I took AOD_Corwin method (Pg 20, 11th April 2016, 06:31 AM). Smart Switch removed custom image problem (along with root). Then just went to Settings/System/System Update/Updates.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sportyfortyeight:
Any way to get this on a sport version? I've got my s5 rocking it and solved some issues I was having with cell reception. Wife's got the sport and would love to get her on mm too
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] HakkerzX:
there is a Russian language?

there is a Russian language?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] view9234:
I'm currently running MOAR 2.2 (NE5 based, running 4.4.2) and am ready to jump to 6.0 (even though there aren't custom ROMs yet). Since my fw & modem are so old, I'm thinking about wiping phone & doing an OTA update, then just root after it updates. Can I update to 6.0 from 4.4.2, or will it make me update to 5.x first? Any reason going OTA for update is a bad idea? (I don't care about tripping Knox).

I'm just thinking it would be best to start 'fresh' with 6.0 kernal, modem & fw before rooting and messing around with the phone?

If this is a bad idea--or if I can't upgrade to 6.0 directly from 4.4.2, please let me know!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pir8man:
as you are on a custom 4.4.2 rom you cannot OTA update anyway. You will have to odin flash to a stock rom just to get the OTA update. might as well odin flash 5.0 at that point.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pyromayniyak:
Is there any particular reason why this has not been converted to a TWRP flashable file yet? I've turned one of my previous TWRP backups into a flashible zip but I just want to know if those-smarter-than-I know of any changes or any other reason why this can not be done with this. After my heavily modified MOAR rom I can't work this as is so I need to make it into something I feel more comfortable working with.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] malbert16442:
Can someone provide a system dump
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
What root explorer apps are you all using after the mm update? Root explorer isn't updated yet to work with mm and root browser (jrummy) is annoying.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Alejandro122125:
Hi Everyone

i have an S5 (G900P) and yesterday i had an update to Android MM 6.0.1

Everything works great but the only problem is before the update i had a GSM signal, and After it, it lost the connection and i can`t make or receive calls

Does anyone knows how can i fix it?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] hussmanne:
Hi all, attempting to flash a Marshmallow rom w/ stock framework (camera features, stable bluetooth etc). I'm having trouble probably related to my bootloader and modem not being Marshmallow. Sprint version phone. Any tips? I have no problem flashing CM13 (what I'm running now).
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Kreatur3:
Shouldn't you ask in the thread for the rom you're trying to flash? This thread is for the official mm update which you have to be on stock recovery to take.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] hussmanne:
This is the ROM I'm looking to flash. I attempted from stock ROM prior to flashing CM13. Is there a specific version of stock ROM I need to be on?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Kreatur3:
Yes. It's been covered quite a few times in this thread however what you need to do is odin flash the stock tar and then do the update. You can't flash it with a custom recovery while using your custom rom.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] nickpd:
From Russia with love ))

Here is my 2 cents...

My phone firmware was ...BOK4, twrp, root

I was unable to update fw from .zip and no ota updates too. Now I have 6.0.1 G900PVPU3CPCA

my steps:

flash by odin stock fw with version you need (my was ...BOK4),

boot to system with clear stock fw

check for ota updates

update

No clear cache needed

System status "unofficial". Knox ticked. It was before 6.0.1 update and after update is the same. So, with custom recovery and with root phone don't want to update.

Now everything works fine!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] hussmanne:
Thank you. I've flashed plenty of phones in the past, for some reason this set of instructions tripped me up. Appreciate the help.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
What specific folders is the OTA download to? I downloaded the OTA, then flashed recovery and rooted and trying to copy the OTA.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] biggies:
Anyone know how to go back to full stock after flashing twrp and rooting? I know Knox is tripped, but how do I go back to full stock on PCA 6.0.1? Anyone have a tar copy to odin?

EDIT:

I'm already on 6.0.1. Just need to go back to full stock.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
You'll have to Odin back to ok4, possibly do an ok4 restore of a backup (I had to) then Odin ok4 again and take the mm update.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] biggies:
First off, thanks for your help. I did read about that earlier in this thread but I wasn't sure.

I thought Samsung started locking its phones so it would be impossible to downgrade? I have upgraded OTA for every single firmware that Samsung has pushed. I took PCA over the air and then flashed twrp via odin. Wouldn't flashing OK4 brick my phone?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
No problem. There may be another way but that is what worked for me.

I think they did that starting with the s7. I've done this three times now, either trying to extract the ota out starting over. Anything is a possibility (bricking) but I highly doubt it with this. Of course anything you do is your responsibility. Also, I did use Odin 3.07, not the 3.10. Not sure if that would make a difference.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] biggies:
:good:

Well, thanks for your help! I took the dive and sure enough it worked. After I downloaded and odin'd OK4 from Sammobile, my phone booted through the Samsung screens and then I got a scare when the phone got stuck for over 20 minutes on the Yellow Sprint screen (But since its the old boot, I knew it worked). After getting tired of waiting, i reset the phone and booted to the recovery menu (and sure enough it was the original recovery!). I cleared cache, reboot, and it worked!

For future reference, I used odin 3.10. Outside of the hiccup of the phone getting stuck on the yellow sprint screen...this totally worked!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] whbisondtr:
Good, I'm glad it worked for ya.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] csmasn:
So, Coming from MOAR, then Odin OK4, updated to MM via update.zip. Nothing was erased and my phone is up and running. Let's see if I have to wipe data later. Thanks for the mm update.zip
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] view9234:
Overall, I think MM is a great improvement for our GS5....except that my Wifi keeps randomly turning on for about 1-2 seconds a few times an hour. I get the notification it's connected to my home network, then some weird security error message...then it's gone and Wifi has been turned off the whole time. I turned off all Wifi/Bluetooth scanning and made sure Wifi settings don't allow it to scan for networks when off.

I can't seem to find the Sprint Connections Optimizer app though--and my guess is this could be the culprit. Has anyone found it, and/or had these issues?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] zeb066:
Any unlocked mobiles upgraded to MM and still remained unlocked?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] chippinganimal:
I had a similar issue a few months ago, but that was because in my neighborhood there is this wifi network called "xfinitywifi" that is an open network but requires a signin page to be opened after connecting and if that one of your remembered networks try removing it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RazzMcTazz:
Forgive the newbishness but I read through the 26 pages here twice, but it's not clear to me how to get rooted on stock Sprint Android 6.0.1 on my Sprint GS5. I'm not a total rooting newb but it's been years since I've rooted a Samsung device, and the OP instructions aren't written in a step-by-step format. Below I’ve guessed at the step-by-step instructions. Would somebody please review and, if necessary, revise?

* I'm currently on stock Sprint Android 5.0 (BOA6).

* I've downloaded, but haven't installed the OTA Sprint 6.0.1.

* I've never rooted the phone nor installed a custom recovery, though the previous owner may have. Knox has been tripped.

Is this the right procedure?...

1) Install Samsung drivers on PC.

2) Download Odin install Odin on PC. (I’ll use Odin v.3.10.7, if that’s OK.)

3) On phone settings, go into “About Device” and tap “Build number” until it says “Developer Mode is enabled”.

4) On phone settings, go into “Developer options” and check-mark the “USB debugging” box.

5) Download to PC, twrp-3.0.2-0-klte.img.tar from link in OP. (It's the .tar, not the .img file, right?)

6) Download to SD-card, BETA-SuperSU-v2.71.zip from link in OP. (Is this the “Systemless root” or do I need to install one of the “Systemless Boot Images”?)

7) Install OTA Sprint 6.0.1. (Or do I need to install the one posted in the OP?)

8) Launch Odin on PC with phone disconnected.

9) With phone powered off, simultaneously press Volume-down, Home & then Power.

10) On phone, press Volume-up to enter download mode.

11) Connect phone to PC via USB. (If it’s the 1st time, Windows may download ADB & Gadget Serial Drivers.)

12) Odin’s “ID:COM” box should show something like “0:[COM#]” in blue highlight if communicating properly. If not, update drivers and/or try new USB port.

13) In Odin select “PDA” (or “AP”, if Odin >= 3.10.7) and surf to twrp-3.0.2-0-klte.img.tar.

14) In Odin make sure “Auto Reboot” is unchecked, but PDA (or AP) is check-marked. (Do I check “Auto Reboot”? or other options?)

15) In Odin, hit “Start”. Download should start and phone should reboot. (Is this right? Will reboot kill TWRP?)

16) Disconnect phone from USB.

17) Power off phone.

18) Go into custom recovery by simultaneously hitting Volume-down, Home, & then Power. (???)

19) Select “Install zip from SD-card” (or something similarly worded) and install BETA-SuperSU-v2.71.zip.

20) Reboot.

21) Profit. (Optional.)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Cubit33:
I've been on a fresh flash of stock MM for more than a week now, and after initially praising battery life I'm a little more torn now. Doze mode still works great, only draining a couple percentage points laying on the end table overnight, but battery drain during the day is a lot worse than I expected. The phone just doesn't seem to handle frequent, brief periods of use very well. Checking for notifications every 15-20 min will get me down to 30-40% by noon even when the screen on time is way under an hour. The battery stats don't tell much, other than it isn't a 3rd party app that is causing this. Android System, Android OS, Google Services, and Google App are consistently the top users of battery. I know battery life is dependent on so many factors, but is anyone else seeing this?

On a related note, can anyone recommend an app (root or non-root) that is the best for pinpointing where the battery drains are coming from? Thanks!