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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Not nonody:
I have been trying for two wks pryor to discovering this thread w/o any luck. Pleased to report I now have root. This may seem like a dumb question but I now have a factory update Ive been avoiding a couple days thats worring me to death. I believe it QDL1 but not 100% on that. How should I handle it w/o losing root. Also are the other roms I could use in place of this modified stock one? Somthing completely original that would eliminate the awful Verizon Banner screen. Thanks in advance........ ROOTED SM-G900V!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mohamedans:
First of all thanks for this guide .

and it is working perfectly.

and after doing everything i tried to install flashfire to update to last version which i already downloaded it on my sd card.

why am i trying to update? > because "EMMC_15_VZW_QB2_STOCK_MAGISK_ROOT.zip" had some problems but the camera was working on it .

after i used flash Fire every thing worked and still have root and the recovery but the camera not working any more.

any help with that ?!

i tried many fixes (clear data and cache of camera , wipe cache partition) but none of it worked.

and sorry for my bad English.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Not nonody:
Question... is it possible to replace your QB2 with QL1 so it will stop giving me the irratating update pop up. Or advise on how 2 run the update. I've tried everything i know wo success. Ty in advance
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] swiftbones74:
Well if you did happen to pull off an update you would have a locked bootloader ? what you need is one of three things. One thing would be someone to make a new qli dev_aboot touchwiz rom. Another would be an app from the play store that disabled that notification, there are some but I can't think of the names. The third thing you could do is what most do, including me. Flash a aosp / linages os room for klte. Nougat ROMs are mostly very stable. You can find these ROMs in the klte unified section of xda. Good luck.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Not nonody:
Thanks. I never even considered that as an option. I was actually about either disable or uninstall the system update app which most likely would have created its own issues. Im no where near the level as some of you guys on here in case there was any doubt.. haha. Honestly i just get a kick out of doing it just to see if I can. I must have tried 10 or so different methods that all were guaranteed to work. For my phone this is the only 1 that did. Thanks again tho
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] swiftbones74:
Hear you go. This is where you look for aosp/ linages ROMs. Don't be afraid to ask questions in the threads and make sure to read the whole OP. Also don't forget to thank anyone that helps you! Good luck you will be fine, the hard part is over.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/unified-development

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Edit These ROMs are only for unlocked bootloaders! Cid 15 only! Sorry if your an 11?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Not nonody:
Edit These ROMs are only for unlocked bootloaders! Cid 15 only! Sorry if your an 11

Awe sweet... thanks again. I am a 15... was having so much trouble with previous attempts I thought I was an 11 but I'm one of the lucky ones. Now my phone aint so lucky cause it's got me 4 a user haha. Shoot I soft bricked it 3 times before I found this thread. Who knows maybe 1 day I can contribute instead of inquire but that may be reaching for the stars. O actually i do have 1 more question for ya. Is there anything that comes with having root access that a beginner like myself should absolutely unequivocally stay away from. I'm pretty fearless in trying new things but I've discovered that w something like this you are literally 1 button press away from a brick. This will be my 2nd time unlockin this phone. I have 2 restore it 2 factory because I'd done so much not knowing that it had become almost unusable as a phone. So back to factory & more studying.... & away we go
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jco23:
just wanted to say, this worked for me. I just bought this device for my kids, and the steps worked perfectly.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LahDahdii:
I am doing CID 15 Samsung Galaxy S5 SM900V. Got up to step 13 just fine until I began doing Step 14. What ended up happening is now my Reactivation Lock is ON, saying something along the lines of "Custom binary blocked by Reactivation Lock. SECURE FAIL: RECOVERY"... I've looked up on other threads on how to turn off so I can be able to maybe redo the whole process.. But I don't see anywhere in the settings under security or any tab option saying Reactivation Lock to turn off.. So I'm assuming its nothing as simple as doing that... I'm stuck here :/ I'm going to guess I am now in a soft-brick?

Also to add, I get the message for, "Custom binary blocked by Reactivation Lock. SECURE FAIL: RECOVERY" when I let the phone boot itself. As well as when I try try to go into recovery mode (PWR+VOL_UP+HOME). I am still able to access odin mode (PWR+VOL_DOWN+HOME)

Can't seem to be able to flash any of the stock roms, that I have been testing.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
I've got a feeling that, before you started the process, you didn't go into your devices Settings -> Security -> Reactivation Lock and unchecked it.

Maybe someone may know a way around this but, the only thing that I can advise you to do is to start over by flashing the current stock firmware version (you had previously) via Odin, and then go and uncheck the Reactivation Lock and then reboot and begin the whole process again.

This is a real bummer if you have to do the whole process again just to uncheck a box.

Anyone else here have another solution?

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You may need the PIT file...

The following thread has the PIT file for the G900V device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3757416

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
I was thinking the same thing as well but, I didn't want to state anything as a fact without knowing weather or not there was some type of alternative for the member.

It's been a little while since I had last performed this process on a CID11 & CID15 GS5.

I did perform a quick search on the forum and found a few posts that had a type of bypass to this but, I was not very confident about them.

Starting over is the only safe way to go...

At least there's no real worries regarding S5 Firmware flashing like some other Galaxy devices whereas, if you flash a newer version, your stuck... LOL!

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
That thread that I had provided for the PIT file has all the stock Firmwares, PIT files and also a guide on the OP regarding the flashing process.

Just use those instructions with the PIT file added and you should be good to go from there.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you... :cool:

Good Luck!

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LahDahdii:
I am now getting,

"Kernel is not seandroid enforcing

set warranty bit: kernel" :crying:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
When I boot my device up, that displays at the top of the first/initial display as well.

Nothing to worry about...

My device runs great and I just ignore it.

The SEAndroid Enforcing message just means that the Kernel isn't forcing the devices SELinux State to Enforcing only.

First of all... Technically, it's the Firmware that determines the default SELinux State of the device, typically the default SELinux State is set to Enforcing Mode.

With that pointed out, based on the Custom Kernel you have installed, you have the ability to change your devices SELinux State to and from Enforcing and Permissive Modes.

Personally, unless I have something that requires Permissive Mode (which isn't very often but, sometimes I need to change it), I keep my device in Enforcing Mode.

Regarding the Set Warranty Bit message... Basically this message means that you have a Custom Kernel installed. I wouldn't worry about this.

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] LahDahdii:
Yeah I was reading on that, thanks man! It's all working now. Wonderful help from you <3:angel::silly::good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] prosown:
Help Rooting!

Hi I have Galaxy s5 verizon on qh2 firmware everytime i do the ap slot and flash it keeps taking me to kernal panic upload mode how do I fix it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
Your issue seems to be reflecting your attempts in flashing a previous version of the Firmware.

If you had one of the 2 later versions of the firmware already installed on your device then you can only flash the same or later version of the firmware.

The following thread has all the Stock Firmware, Pit and a simple guide for flashing the stock firmware for the G900V device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3757416

Good Luck!

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] prosown:
Help

Im On QH2 firmware . I was on the latest one and it had the same issue.

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Which firmware should i flash it to?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] prosown:
Help!

When I flash the multicert thats in the 1st page of the thread it just reboots to a black screen i pull the battery and then restart it says recovery booting then upload kernal mode panic im on qh2 firmware ive been trying 20 times now
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
I'm a bit lost...

It looks like you first asking about flashing the stock Firmware and now you're mentioning about the process of Unlocking the Bootloader.

Did you start with looking up your devices CID before beginning anything?

That determines which steps to take. There's 2 separate guides that are each based upon which CID you have and not on the Firmware version.

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] prosown:
Ok So I Flash The Stock Firmware QH2 I run through the initialization process then enable usb debugging and turn off reactivation lock then I boot into download mode and flash that multicert in the first thread that i downloaded in the ap slot and when its done phone reboots to black screen i pull battery then it shows recovery booting then boots into upload kernal mode error.

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I looked at the cid its samsung 15 emmc.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
BINGO!!!

That's what completely threw me off...

You have a CID15 device and your following the instructions for a CID11 device.

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] prosown:
I've got it working now but after I got into twrp and flashed the bootloader unlock and the towelroot and the other apps and the safe recovery I turned it off and now can't get back into twrp to flash the custom rom that I want. I tried Vol Up+ Home + Power , regular normal boot, taking out my battery and it still didn't work.

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When I boot i hear the galaxy sound and it just buzzes
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MacDroidNoob:
Hey guys Im back on this thread. Just want to report that everything went fine with my EMMC 11. Just wanted to ask how can I hide root from apps. Tried Magisk but that didnt go well lol.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] okeoki:
Hey there, so you're saying you were able to perform a flash with this build with EMMC 11? I have one of these devices and I'm afraid I'll brick it. I'm not sure the process. Did you have Android 5/Lollipop? Apparently I can't unlock the bootloader but I can root according to the root/unlock guide. Does that mean I can do this flash with just a root?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MacDroidNoob:
I manage the root this phone on 5.0. Bootloader is not unlocked. Have to hide root for certain apps. I messed up my phone using Magisk. All this just to play POkemon h

GO LOL
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Skydean:
Hi ! I followed the tutorial for cid11 and got to the point where I had to flash a custom rom but I was dumb enough to get confused and I ended up asking my phone to boot instead of going back to flash the rom so it booted on the 6.01 firmware.

As a result my phone can't boot properly (the logo appears and the jingle starts but it's stopping halfway then rebooting but stopping halfway again and rebooting and so on in a loop), my pc doesn't recognize it anymore so no getting my way around with odin or adb and when I try to install a rom, a stock firmware or anything in a zip file placed on my sd card in the android recovery mode, it says "E : footer is wrong" followed by "E : signature verification failed".

I am joining a photo of the screen so you hopefully see something I don't. I tried installing twrp, cwm, the stock G900VVRS2DQB2 firmware (and a bunch of others 6.01 verizon firmwares) and even the bootloaders of this tutorial. Everything triggers the two error messages I quoted earlier.

Thank you for your time and patience.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mikey1969:
Hello everyone... Like many here, I am as confused as #$@%. Maybe if I explain what I want my phone to do, someone will have suggestions for how to do it easier than rolling back, rooting, upgrading, etc. I'm not sure, maybe I'm doing this the hard way?

I have my stepson's old S5. I want to make this anything but a phone, really. For the most part, I want to listen to music on it and have a desktop phone. I'd also want to use it as an offline GPS. I just want it to tell me where I'm going, using offline maps. The only data I need is WiFi, and the only phone function I need is making a call using my Google Voice number, which is entirely based on data access. I don't want all of that garbage Verizon throws on my phone, and I don't want a warning telling me that there is no SIM card inserted, because I'm totally aware that I don't have a SIM card installed. :)

So is it really worth going thru the PITA of all of this? I just want what is basically an MP3 player that will also connect to Sirius, give me some browsing capabilities if I'm on WiFi, and let me use GPS that doesn't tie up or drain my phone.

Now, as to why this seems like a pain:

It's the Verizon S5(of course)

I am running Marshmallow 6.0.1

I have the '11' CID

All of the discussions back and forth on this pohone, and between the different threads have me confused. Please let me know if I have this right for this phone:

I can root, but can't unlock the bootloader.

If I want to root, I have to roll back to whatever version of the OS PB1 is.

I AM still able to do the rollback using Odin.

By rooting, I can freeze or uninstall all of that Verizon crap, but I cannot install a custom ROM.

Do I have this correct? And if so, does anyone have an opinion if it's worth it, or if I should just deal with the extra stuff? And also, does anyone know of good forums for people looking to strip down their phones like this? I don't throw any of them away, I use them as things like music players and even my bedroom alarm clock, but I'd love to get all of the extra crap off, just haven't found a good forum where people give tips and tricks for the re-purposing as anything other than a phone.

The moral of the story is that Verizon sucks, but they have the best coverage, which is important on some of our road trips, and I'm just going to buy free range phones from out in the wild if I can from here on out.

Thanks guys...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
Okay [MENTION=4930987]Mikey1969[/MENTION]... LOL! :)

Please correct me if I'm wrong as I try to see if I'm understanding your bottom line...

You have an SM-G900V with a CID11 Chipset. Though you don't like the Verizon Plans but, you do like the Verizon service coverage.

You want to, ultimately, Debloat it to where it can be used for everything but, phone calls.

If I'm correct...

I'm just wondering (unless the device is carrier locked) why don't you get a contract free service like Net10?

I've got the same model and I'm on Net10 right now. What happens is if you have a Carrier specific device (Verizon in this case) you can go to a company like Net10's BYOP (Bring Your Own Phone) program.

Net10 leases the Verizon Towers and those who transfer their (Carrier Unlocked) Verizon to their service will be under Net10 using the Verizon Towers.

Have you thought about this?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Mikey1969:
That's correct. Verizon has driven me nuts even in the "dumb" phone days where the phones would have basic free games on them, except if it was Verizon, where they'd get the developers to charge for it. It's their business practices that bug me. But originally, we kept it because calls within Verizon didn't count against ur minutes, and now my wife won't let me get rid of them because they have the best coverage between Utah and AZ when we travel. We have maybe a half an hour of 'No Service' at the most. (If you look at coverage maps, the Southwestern Utah/Northern AZ region is where the most gaps are). But I despise Verizon, they just have the best coverage. I might have to check out Net 10, thanks for the tip! Granted, this particular phone isn't one we have in service any more, but it's an idea for the rest of them from here out.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
The tower coverage for service is the only reason why I prefer a Verizon device but, carrier unlocked so I can choose a contract free plan like Net10.

Though TracFone owns Net10, Straight Talk, Consumer Cellular and a ton of other contract free companies.

I just stick with Net10 because I've had them for a long time and (I can't speak for others) they've been really decent and I just stick with them because I go with the saying "Why fix what's not broken"... LOL! :)

Good Luck!

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] funzelevate:
Does cd11's internal storage gets erased or cd15
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MacDroidNoob:
Can Magisk be installed on this at all afterwards?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
Both...

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Yes...

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] biuro74:
I've tried to follow post #3, but Odin stopped with FAIL here:

<ID:0/004> FAIL! <ID:0/004> <ID:0/004> Re-Partition operation failed. <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I used Odin with default options ticked (so no re-partitioning chosen, no PIT files - someone asked that question once, but can't see any answer, hence my question here.

Phone is SM-G900P (Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport for US market).

All I'm trying is to unlock bootloader to try custom firmware that allows European languages as no other solutions for set up language will work.

P.S. I've rooted this phone already (with other method), but it shouldn't be an issue, or am I wrong ?

Any clues, please ?

Cheers
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
This is because your trying to unlock a Sprint device and this thread is for a Verizon device. :confused:

I'm surprised that you didn't Brick your device... :eek:

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] biuro74:
D'oh :) Apparently software is more intuitive and idiot-proof ;)

Thanks for reply.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
I've, personally, never Unlocked the Bootloader for a Sprint GS5 device but, It looks like the following thread is where you should be for the Sprint GS5 device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2928250

I just want to highlight the following post from the above thread that you also should be aware of.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=75057170

Good Luck!

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MacDroidNoob:
How did you get it to work?

Im Trying with TWRP but it fails and it unroots my phone. Can you point me on the right direction? Thx.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
Are you referring to installing Magisk that has been loosing root?

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MacDroidNoob:
Keeps saying it doesn't support 5.0 and when I reboot root is gone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
I would suggest that you ask for some member guidance within the following Magisk General Q&A thread.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3432382

Good Luck!

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Stre7ch:
Ok, so I'm stuck with a CID 11 G900V that's on MM 6.0.1, and I really don't understand this or what I need to do here. Am I supposed to skip to another step because I'm on marshmallow? I'm also having trouble just understanding the general instructions, can someone ELI5? All I want is to get a fairly stock rom on here that works and isn't slowly filling up my storage and slowing things down. I don't need more advanced features, just a phone that isn't trying to force me to buy another phone.​
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
Unable to uninstall twrp

My g900v was rooted/unlocked with Phoenix rom. Attempted to revert back to retail and reboot and unlock per this forum instructions. When I get to the point to install recovery for safestrap then reboot to recovery it boots into twrp instead and says safestrap 4.04 and next to that say 3.0.20 twrp. Did a clean factory wipe and installed pbi. Is there a factory stock or retail firmware that could wipe out the tw to recovery. Any advice appreciated. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] swiftbones74:
So you just want a stock phone with a locked bootloader?

Edit.... If that is what you what it simple. Use Odin and flash the latest firmware package. I can give you a link to that forum if needed??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] barcia99:
Stock retail with locked bootloader is what I need. After that I want to reroot and unlock per this process. I just don't understand why I cannot uninstall twrp. That link would be great to. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Ibuprophen:
The following thread is a great place to obtain what you need for the G900V device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3757416

Good Luck!

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] swiftbones74:
That's what I was getting at. If you have twrp that means your bootloader is unlocked , why on earth would you want to lock it again , only to turn around and unlock it. It literally makes no since to me? Forgive me if I'm missing something but I'm try to save you some unnecessary headache.