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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
I need to make a firmware update to PB1 with bootloaders and everything.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jerkybeef:
I unlocked bootloader with this method couple days ago and flashed CM13. Its been working fine. Today after trying to forward an email through gmail app, the phone shut off. Tried taking out the battery and turn it back on but nothing. Tried charging but nothing. Didn't go into download mode or recovery mode. Started to think that its bricked and went to work. I finally found an unbrick image and decided to try it out. I finally got the phone into download mode and tried to flash the stock rom, but then it asked me for a .PIT file. Got the .PIT file and tried flashing again with stock tar image. Now its saying mmc_read fail. Not sure if it's related to unlocking it, but it looks like I'm SOL. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] drewcu:
Wait, what? Meaning you have to experiment with the procedure yourself before you can spell it all out or I am not understanding you here? Thought the necessary firmware/modem files were already uploaded and I just had to follow your instructions about updating them to avoid losing DEV status. Just needed clarification on the steps... Thanks for any and all assistance!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] samccfl99:
Yes, you 11's will probably get it eventually. I have a 15, but the great minds are not working on my 15 because it is a G900A, but I understand somewhat...:crying::mad::D

But I still keep watching the thread(s) for a miracle. I wonder why no one with a DEV G900A has not sent anyone the Aboot or whatever might be needed to duplicate this? Oh well. Just had to vent a bit...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] bottmint:
Pretty sure AT&T doesn't have a dev edition S5. I've tossed my aboot in here to see if it would help, but I dunno if it did. XD

Honestly, if someone could kinda walk me through testing this with a way to recover any potential bricking, I'd be pretty willing to try out unlocking my bootloader and seeing what happens.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Your right I uploaded it already. I dont have any boot or recovery images for kitkat roms I really never anticipated that anyone wouldnt update to lollipop firmware before unlocking bootloaders. There is no reason to stay on kitkat or even earlier builds of lollipop. You can run kitkat roms with lollipop bootloaders. If you update to PB1 you know you cant go back to kitkat bootloaders correct?

I need to come up with a procedure for doing this on kitkat let me think about this
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Samsonite79:
Thanks! Works like a charm, ran CM13 first, now Resurrection Remix is my new daily! Thanks Keep up the good work, hopefully those with 11' toshiba gets this unlock too so everyone enjoys this freedom.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
We have a G900A aboot, it's not possible to make it unlocked yet(if at all). Also Apologies accepted. I'm not in a good place either for those that know my story
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] drewcu:
Didn't know Lollipop firmware was a prerequisite before unlocking the bootloader and from what I read much earlier in the thread, it was actually advantageous for the unlock process to work smoothly to had never left Kitkat (now that is no longer true and both KK and LP are fine). When LP came out I had heard about so many bugs with the battery and other things that I never wanted the hassle. Was waiting for LP 5.1.1 to hit the VZW S5 but it never did so I was quite content on the working rooted KK 4.4.4 NK1. Figured I would skip over LP and jump from KK to MM, but perhaps that is not so easy. I know you know about the firmware/modem/bootloader but that is not a world I really understand. I have a Dev rooted KK ROM and that was mainly all I cared about -- complete control of my device. Just hoping to get from the KK rom to a working MM rom -- doesn't matter how! Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] PalmCentro:
Hopefully they never update to 5.1.1

We don't wanna lose the privilege of rooting the S5 like at&t users.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] yossijoe:
It'll probably go directly to 6.0.1 which was recently rolled out in South Korea

T-Mobile is already testing it
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] alaneddy:
its all good :) we have all been there
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] chaoticyeshua:
Thank you guys for your hard work on this. Even though I have the Toshiba eMMC apparently, I really appreciate the work that went into it. Hopefully we'll all be able to benefit from this soon!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
If your in this thread probably means you have unlocked the bootloader. You dont loose the ability too root in 5.1.1. You have a custom recovery installing root is as simple as flashing one of the supersu zips
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] PalmCentro:
I know, but if i will buy a new phone or any users that will want to root then...

Game over
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Well whatever the next update is you can bet it will be game over from there on unless your already rooted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] rjayflo:
Patiently waiting to unleash my GFs old S5 900A.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Ok Here is the procedure If you want to go from kitkat bootloader to PB1 bootloader

Download my stock PB1 rom located HERE no need to worry about the options.prop

Download the BPB1_Firmware_No_Bootloaders.zip also found on that page

Do full wipe then flash rom then flash firmware zip. Then Power off the device If the phone reboots to stock recovery wipe cache and pull the battery

Reboot to download mode and Uncheck auto reboot and flash G900V_Firmware_PB1.tar.md5 using odin

Reboot to stock recovery and wipe cache (if you already wiped cache earlier then you can skip this)

Reboot rom go through setup and the unlock bootloader process again

Flash Custom recovery and your back in business
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] alaneddy:
Question sir, if by some chance I were to get a wild hair, and flash back to stock, would the DEV CID still be on my phone, or would it revert back to previous CID?

also, for my own knowledge, in beaups video, he was using ODIN and flashing in the BOOTLOADER slot. I thought that was a big no-no for us?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
The cid stays the same until you change it no matter what rom you flash. Use the AP slot for the firmware flash
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] alaneddy:
thanks for CID info. I knew to use AP slot, just understood that we couldn't flash bootloaders, yet I watched him do it :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
If you follow above method you can flash them. If your already on lollipop and a tw rom and just want to update bootloaders and firmware you can skip the rom flash
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] drewcu:
I didn't know off-hand to use the AP slot in ODIN so glad it was brought up. When flashing the rom and firmware zip described "Do full wipe then flash rom then flash firmware zip", am I doing that in Safestrap (or TWRP by this point) or ODIN? As if you didn't know, I am a newbie at this. So basically I have to install LP PB1 rom, firmware, and unlock the bootloader again, and install TWRP, and then I can install a MM rom from there? Figured I could jump over LP, but I guess not. Thanks very much for putting that procedure for me and hopefully other people like me still on KK!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
You flash the rom and firmware zip with TWRP. And the G900V_Firmware_PB1.tar.md5 with odin.

Yes you can flash CM MM roms but not any TouchWiz MM roms as we dont have a TW MM bootloader for our phone yet
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] limeaide:
Lets clarify this, you can flash any rom that is aosp based. But if it is Touchwiz based do not flash.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] smtpher:
Is there any benefit using PB1 over OK3?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] drewcu:
I am using Safestrap at the moment. Should I switch to TWRP before doing the flashing? Any reason not to use Safestrap?

Was planning to go with Resurrection Remix as people say it has fewer major bugs than CM13 with its Bluetooth and wifi bugs.

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] TheTrueGatorman:
I'm wondering the same thing. Perhaps security patches?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] signupstuffid:
Is this true? Can't we flash TouchWiz ROMs if they were made for dev devices?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] autonomousperson:
Not sure why on earth you would want use safestrap, flash TWRP.

[MENTION=3064378]signupstuffid[/MENTION]

Also you can flash touchwiz if your on stock kernel. (but lets be honest anyone really like touchwiz ui?)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
OG5, OK3, and PB1 are all just updates that give you the latest Android Security Patch.

No other changes whatsoever.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Now that's not what I said. Better reread what I said
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] limeaide:
I read what you said. However any rom that is based on aosp 6.0 is safe to use as long as it is for a dev s5. The touchwiz 6.0 roms are a no go. I'm using Aokp and have had no issues.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] autonomousperson:
Thats not true.... dont use touchwiz roms without a samsung stock kernel. There is no problem (other than the UI) with running a touchwiz rom.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] TioCareca:
What version of AOKP you use? How it runs?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] limeaide:
It's the 03-30 nightly for the dev edition. I flashed a different kernel but will end up going back to the stock one probably. Only issue I have is one of my apps panics and caused the launcher wallpaper to reset.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
Feel free to move that to post 2 :)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
I did
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
I noticed, I updated the OP xD
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] akanesaki31:
i have done all the processes. In download mode , it says Mode : Developer but i can't flash TWRP (auth)... am i succeeded or failed?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
read the second post
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Does it fail or succeed in flash? If it is successful try unchecking auto reboot flash again then when finished reboot straight to recovery (Vol Up+Home+Pwr)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] akanesaki31:
odin says Failed (auth). i'm going to remove SS as the second post suggests.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Thats not it. what TWRP are you flashing?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] akanesaki31:
i'm using twrp-3.0.1-0-klte.img.tar

after several times of trying, i rebooted the phone into system and now it lost root :(((
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Before you remove SS use it to flash the TWRP flashable zip
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] akanesaki31:
i did too. SS succeed. But nothing happen. Still stock recovery.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
If you had safestrap installed use odin and flash Nk2 kernel then enter safestrap and flash TWRP flashable zip located in 2nd post

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What version firmware you running and what rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] akanesaki31:
i'm currently running your ToxicRom for S5verizon and on BOK3
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
thats why. Your running 5.1.1 rom Goto developer options and turn of oem lock
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] akanesaki31:
i turned on OEM unlock but the toggle turned off immediately.. Am i out of luck :( ?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Just flash back a verizon rom in safestrap

Edit: Then odin should work or safestrap
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] akanesaki31:
WOW i flashed your BOK stock deodexed and turned off Reactivation lock. and it works like charm!! Thanks a lot :D

i couldn't turn off reactivation lock in toxic rom before
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ldeveraux:
I'm on 4.4.4 still, but I unlocked the bl, installed twrp successfully. Once I uninstall safestrap, should I see a twrp logo, or a way to enter twrp during boot?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
I honestly can't believe you don't know how to get into recovery....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] alaneddy:
sigh :)

VOL-UP&HOME&POWER
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ldeveraux:
No, I know about the key combination. I meant is there a way to enter TWRP during boot without that? Previously during boot, Safestrap would splash the screen asking if you want to enter SS or boot normally. I thought that existed for TWRP as well...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
No it does not. SS worked by being part of the kernel to select what to do at boot, and making a second recovery partition essentially. Unless you find a kernel to allow this
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ldeveraux:
Oh well, that's fine. Easy enough to get into recovery without it!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] TioCareca:
SS does that on other versions not for our phone, maybe he got the wrong SS?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
He said he was still on kitkat I guess he wants to stay on kitkat. I posted several times about updating before you unlock
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] limeaide:
I stated that you should use aosp 6.0 roms built for the dev phone because it is the easiest to flash and fly. Meaning no multiple zips to flash just to get it to work. Also most of the roms that are built have a dev phone build also.

I stated that Touchwiz 6.0 is a no go, that is because I accidentally downloaded and flashed one and it caused a loop of force closes once booted. Again when flashing roms I, as I am sure others, prefer flash in fly. Meaning no unnecessary zips. IF I have to flash a convert zip to make a rom work I wont flash it. Also how often do you guys really like to see the "OOPS I FLASHED XXXX AND BRICKEDED MY FONE PEALSE HALP!!!!11" threads? We are cattle dogs trying to point the cattle to the right field.

Im a new poster to the S5 but not to xda. Ultimately I just want to help people not have problems and to rely on patch zips and be able to flash and fly.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ldeveraux:
Too bad it was in the 2nd post, not the 1st post :eek: I just read that you can't run LL ROMS on KK bootloader. I don't see anything about upgrading, then unlocking again. Can that not be done?

EDIT: without wiping? The whole reason I unlocked on KK was because I didn't have to wipe. Don't want to do that just yet.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] alaneddy:
you can upgrade (but you lose everything, so make a backup), then unlock again. BUT, unlocking requires root, so you have to start all over again getting root 1st. (correct me DEV's if I'm wrong)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ldeveraux:
Makes sense. Since I'm already rooted, I could upgrade to pb1 without losing root. Then unlock bl again and flash away. That's when I get the plums to decide I want to upgrade...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] alaneddy:
When you flash an OEM firmware, I believe it wipes SYSTEM folder. Since root is in /system/xbin it gets wiped out (unless im way off base), so I dont know how you would keep root going from 4.4.4 to 5.0.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
[MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION]

Have you tried flashing a FW package in Odin on your unlocked device?

I unlocked my second S5 last night that was on OK3 and then proceeded to update to PB1 using an Odin package with no bootloaders and it literally took an hour to flash.

It flashed fine in one try, runs fine, etc but it just took forever for the progress bars on Odin and the phone to move.

Was this because of the phone being in Dev Mode or was it just a fluke?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Well if you want to stick with roms only posted in verizon thread. Then you can flash in fly. If you want to try other roms then there will be some kind of patch required. You see the rest of the world could care less to make roms that work on 20 year old CDMA technology.

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Well your wrong so I'm correcting you. Read post 2
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
This is like the 2nd time jrkruse has ignored one of my serious questions that don't only apply to me.. is it possible he has me on ignore? lol.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] TioCareca:
If we are on lp bootloader can we just flash firmware?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ldeveraux:
So what was he wrong about exactly? Do you not lose root when upgrading KK to L? It's not specific in the 2nd post.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Yes If you unlock your device via samdunk then you can flash firmware I just havent posted it because if you unlock your device and dont replace custom recovery with stock recovery you will bootloop if you try to enter recovery before you unlock your device again . I am working on making this an automated process

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It doesnt say it post 2 that you have to go through the reroot process. If you download the rom I tell you too and follow direction you dont loose root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
That didn't really address my question..

I went from stock rooted OK3, unlocked the bootloader, then flashed a PB1 tar with no bootloaders and it literally took an hour. I was still unlocked afterwards and it runs fine.

I was wondering if you had experienced it taking longer than normal to flash an Odin tar than it used to on a non-dev device.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Read post 2

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Sorry I thought you said you relocked your phone

If you look it probably didnt update anything either. Did you check to see if it actually updated your baseband to PB1
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] limeaide:
Well all I had to do was flash Aokp and gapps. But I'm not on Verizon I'm using this as a unlocked GSM device.

Furthermore if you look at the rooms most have a build for the dev device meaning it will work without the patches. Or it should work.

I'm not here for a pissing context on who is smarter or knows more. Hell I appreciate all you have done for this community.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
Yes.

The entire phone was updated to PB1.

Baseband, Android Security Patch (to 2016-02-01), etc.

(And the phone is still a Dev Ed.)

It flashed like a normal Odin package, it just took an hour.

I was just wondering if you had experienced it/knew why it took an effing hour to flash in Odin.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] newskin:
Hi all. I understand that the unlocking of the bootloader mostly means, non touch wiz rom's can now be installed. Which to me is a good thing to be able to run closer to aosp roms'. One question i have though. I am now on pb1 with safestrap and on a touchwiz rom but definitely not stock. As i am rooted and have supersu , safestrap, etx.. Everything running smoothly. From this point can i just follow instructions to unlock and install twrp from playstore? Which im hoping would just overwrite safestrap and i can just flash another rom at that point? Any guidance is appreciated. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] TioCareca:
Unlock the bootloader, flash twrp, uninstall safestrap and you good to go...

I use this recovery: http://goo.gl/LgBsuk flashed by flashfire and all goes well...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] thrgk:
does this allow us to unlock bootloader on any baseversion? Or only OG5?

If so, can we update to the latest OTA then unlock our bootloader?

Would be awesome if we could be on latest OS, maybe even marshmellow? Then unlock root, etc!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Well I don't know what you flashed. Your saying it had no bootloaders but flashed a system img. How did you keep root? This don't make sense. How did your bootloaders get updated?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] al50:
As GeTex asked, can we keep the questions to unlocking thebootloader or issues unlocking the bootloader? I think a lot of people may start getting confused reading some of these posts pertaining to recoveries, which baseband, android version, etc. Is it possible, JrKruse or another DEV, to possibly make a thread based on questions that don't have to do with unlocking the bootloader? I think most of these can also be answered in the threads pertaining to the ROM's that are either in this section(Android Development) or in the Unified Development section.....again, just my 2cents
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
unlocks the bootloader on OE1+
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
I didn't keep root and didn't update the bootloaders.

I stayed on OD5 bootloaders and after the flash/after the phone booted, I flashed TWRP in Odin and installed SuperSU from there.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] jrkruse:
Oh ok. Did you make the tar image because I havent made any that flash system and no bootloaders? I dont know why it took so long.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] Dudash:
Yes. With FF.

Maybe that's why it took so long to flash?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ozz200127:
We need a thread about flashing roms...cause I've true and they don't boot
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] GeTex:
...sometimes.... i can't tell if anyone looks.... anywhere....
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ozz200127:
I trues installing resurrection remix marshmallow but won't boot..I've read over everything over and over in op
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] alaneddy:
if its not in the OP, google search is a beautiful thing
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] t_house:
I have a question. I am not exactly a noob but I just want to be absolutely certain about this before I do it. I am currently on OD5 firmware, bootloader, etc., rooted the old school towel root way, blah, blah. Is it a must or very recommended that I update to PB1 before unlocking and installing TWRP and whatnot? Sorry if this has already been stated but my brain stopped functioning hours ago. Thanks in advance.

Sent from my rooted SM-G900V.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] TioCareca:
it is recomended not a must... but is better for LP compatibility... read post 2 to better info...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] beaups:
No worries at all. Usually I do full research, but I didn't here. Its entirely possible there are other things that could be done with this, I just haven't researched it. I fully expect someone (like you) to make it more useful[emoji14]

--beaups
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] BeansTown106:
you dont think a variation of this will work on other emmcs? not that i care i wrote off samsung a long time ago but with my experience of how they made dev editions all they do is basically convert a retail to a dev edition and stamp developer edition on the box and battery slot... (literally both mine and hashcodes dev edition note3's were just conversions) granted beaups current public method wont work on the other devices i wouldn't doubt if a variation of it would
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Android Development] ryanbg:
No, the backdoor is specific to Samsung, and Toshiba is not vulnerable. The 'conversion' is literally a signed 256 byte blob appended to your aboot.