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[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
In his eBay post, he says, "This phone has unlocked bootloader, it was unlocked using Linux." The last bit about "unlocked using Linux" is new to me and I'm not sure if it is significant or not. Would that complicate the reinstall, or do all S5's running crDroid have unlocked bootloaders? Or does unlocking it "using Linux" actually make it easier for me to install crDroid? The last thing I want is to brick the phone somehow because I didn't understand the implications of how the phone was set up.

Also, I know there are automatic updates for crDroid -- are those for stable versions only? It looks like the downloads for crDroid are all nightlies, but I'm assuming it doesn't auto-update every few days to every new nightly? So when/why does it auto-update if I install an 8.1 nightly?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] TdiGuy:
Sprint?

Is there a version of this for sprint phones? I have tried 3 files so far and they all exit saying they are for other phones.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Jimekus:
I had to use Poweramp, or any player that creates its own database. It's likely Media Storage still has problems.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] bytes2bits:
Sprint should use kltedv. Have you tried that one?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nazariy_Kur:
It's rom problems ? Any solutions?or wait when it's wilbe fixed by admin
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Jimekus:
It is a fundamental problem in the kernel to do with UTF (foreign language?) music tags that Google has refused to fix for more than a decade, so don't wait, just get a player that uses its own database.

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/37013213
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nazariy_Kur:
i dont know what its UTF))

can you recomend some player ?

and i dont understand what its a LINK....sorry and thanks)
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Jimekus:
Use google to answer such questions because i refuse to answer trolls. Did I not say that I use Poweramp? Please do not reply.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] CStadler:
I used to have that issue in LOS with music player freezing, but after a clean flash of crdroid when i moved over to crdroid i never had that issue again, I use black player ex, which seems to use media storage if what you said applies to what causes the crash
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] bschelst:
Music player is crashing over here, despite it worked once.

06-03 10:25:33.945 E/AndroidRuntime(8047): Process: com.crdroid.music, PID: 8047

06-03 10:25:33.945 E/AndroidRuntime(8047): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Animator has already started, cannot change it now!
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
I don't know a great deal about locked bootloaders, never had one. But I do know that it needs to be unlocked to make it possible to flash custom ROMs.

I don't know where you got the nightlies information from, but there are no nightlies for this ROM. When a new build is released you will have to choose to do any updates.

All the information you need is on the opening post of this thread. Give it a read, you will also find all download links there too. I would say that you are safe to go ahead. Unless someone else would like to weigh in and offer up anymore advice.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] godofsalt:
The version needed I'd KTLEDV, (some time early last year, LOS shaved down so many S5 Roms to 4 or so)

Like someone has said before about Android..."There is always more than one way to skin a cat." So, with that, and knowing your actual numbers for your phone. You can always get the latest one at sammoblie, and using Odin, back to stock. Then of course, flash a Recovery, and bam, off to the Races you go.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
Thank you, but. You are replying to the wrong person.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] godofsalt:
Sorry but that. Had the other fellow set up, using XDA Labs on mobile..
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
Not a problem. I gave someone a roasting the other day for slagging off a dev only to discover that it was the dev having a go at himself :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
Wow, THAT^ is funny.

The LineageOS wiki says KLTE is for the G900V (my Verizon S5) among many others, and KLTEDV is for the G900I and G900P. The eBay seller also says to use KLTE. Can someone here confirm this, or explain what the differences are and why they would matter? TIA.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
What are people's thoughts on the best GApps variant to use with crDroid? Based on my limited understanding, it would seem like the optimum would be at least the Nano's extra services that aren't available on the Play Store, plus all the Google replacements for AOSP apps, and then download whatever other Google apps I want from the Play Store.

My understanding is that GApps are flashed to the system partition and are read-only (hence why you can't uninstall them, only uninstall updates and disable), and all later updates are downloaded to the user's data partition -- so unless you disable them, the updated versions will use the same amount of storage whether they are included in GApps or downloaded from the Play Store later. Correct? I'm also under the impression there's a limited amount of system partition space and this can sometimes limit how big of a GApps package you use. But, at least for advanced users, I know it is possible to set up a larger/smaller system partition, so I would think the optimum would be to use the smallest system partition possible that will hold the desired GApps variant, leaving more room for apps downloaded or updated from the Play Store. I'm probably way overanalyzing this, since I've ordered a fast 128GB microSD card for my S5 to use as internal storage, but I like to figure out the optimum solutions to things, since it requires complete understanding of the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] swiftbones74:
The g900v has been unified into the klte family and that is what you should use. I lack the knowledge to tell you what exactly the difference is however you should only use the exact one for your phone. The different s5's have different hardware and in some cases could be a big problem. Most if the s5 family uses Qualcomm Snapdragon abs those will mostly be fine but others use EXYNOS processor's and flashing that could lead to a "soft brick". I know that some s5 user's are able to use different builds but may not be able to, make calls or use Bluetooth ,for example. You should use rims built for the kltevzw or klte only. Anything else you do [MENTION=4679839]Your[/MENTION] own peril. I do know that the kernel is the thing that is different and sometimes flashing a kernel or backed up Boot .IMG will get you using a ROM built for a different Variant.

I hope this helps.

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Unlocking the bootloader on the g900v is a minimum of 15 steps and leans towards the" difficult for most noob's" side of things. Do not try and update your firmware or flash any stock ROMs unless you are ready to learn how to do this. I can't speak for the Linux part of what you were told because I have always used windows and never knew you could use Linux. Mater of fact I prefer Linux for most things and don't think the g900v can be boot unlocked using Heimdall. Maybe I'm wrong but something smells fishy with your eBay seller.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
OK thanks. So, my current bootloader/baseband is G900VVRS2DQB2, and people on this forum are recommending I upgrade to the latest version, which seems to be G900VVRU2DQL1. I found that on the firmware.mobi website, but I see there are boot, recovery, and boot+recovery variants. Am I right in thinking I only should install the boot, since I want to keep using TWRP for recovery? And my concern is, since I don't quite understand this, if I install the latest boot, will that re-lock the bootloader? I'm not clear on what it is that makes a bootloader "locked", I only know it has the effect of preventing the install of custom ROMs.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] swiftbones74:
OK so first off. The g900v is different than all the other klte variants because of the locked bootloader,(thanks Verizon) anyway you have a phone that has been unlocked already so, that's 99% of the battle. Because our phone is different the firmware upgrades that people are telling you to do are not only unnecessary, they will relock the bootloader and render you unable to run custom ROMs or use twrp. You can upgrade the firmware but not the common way and it isn't needed like it is on all the other s5's. You might want to update your modem if you find problems with reception but its probably not going to make a big difference. I will link the modem thread below but pm me if you have further questions because this isn't the place for those (g900v) specific questions.

Good luck.

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/development/modem-modems-t3154630
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] godofsalt:
Being on the Latest Frimware is actually a good thing.

I feel that you should look into understanding Odin, no matter your Computer OS (Linux / Windows)

You might want to check around as to what truly is your baseband. Sammobiledotcom is a nice place to find that info. Slow but they do seem to know.

Odin is easy, but you Do need to know just enough, to prevent a Brick.

Check out some of the Tutorials on Odin, right here on XDA, for the Galaxy S5.

It's all simple stuff, and I feel confident that All this and more is here, just have to spend the time here. Many folks do try and help, see thos Q here as well.

Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] swiftbones74:
Do you know that if he just looked on Sammobile and researched Odin like you are suggested, he would not be able to use this ROM or any other ROM except stock touchwiz?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
I've used Odin and Heimdall before, but it's been four years since I did anything serious with it. So I consider myself someone that knows just enough to be dangerous.

Thank you so much for the information -- boy am I glad I held off on doing anything and kept asking dumb questions just to be sure I wouldn't screw this up.

So, I take it, then, that I can upgrade the modem without updating the bootloader and re-locking the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Kmailknopf:
One Question...is this the latest bootloader what i have ?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] vd69:
yes this is the latest.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] durukanx:
Yes is correct.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] godofsalt:
Don't understand?

Using Sammobile (to have the latest stock firmware) and researching Odin (know what to flash and how, plus what you should not highlight)... Is just the starting point. Could be wrong on this but if you made a big mistake... Then using Odin yes, bring back stock. However, it is how to get a Recovery on the phone (again, a wonderful thing to have).

"Backups" (nand would be the one you really want,) are another thing one should have (which can prevent one having to go all the way back to stock.)

So guess I really don't understand. Just trying to help the guy.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
So, I was running TWRP 3.2.1.0 and crDroid 7.1.2, and I used Odin to flash the QL1 "Developer Bootloader Friendly/No Aboot No-Wipe Firmware" and checked the BL and CP options, which I thought should update just the bootloader and modem, and now it boots up with the Samsung logo and then the Verizon logo, and then just sits there. I tried to go to recovery so I could restore a backup, but it looks like the stock recovery. What did I do wrong and how do I fix it??

Since crDroid 7.1.2 is older than the bootloader, I'm wondering if that's the issue. I do have crDroid 8.1 on the microSD card. I also have TWRP 3.2.1.0 on the microSD card. So I'm wondering if I can use the stock recovery to flash TWRP. And/or another idea is to try and "fail forward" and get myself out of this mess by keeping the new bootloader but upgrading to crDroid 8.1. I haven't played around with custom ROM's in four years, but prior to that I did it all the time, so apparently I now remember just enough to be dangerous...
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Bosket:
You lost root and recovery,you need cf-auto-root for your device.

In Odin select AP and chose the file cf-auto-root......... then flash.

After boot go to recovery (vol+ /home /power) and flash preferred recovery. Good luck!

Edit: G900v :https://download.chainfire.eu/1097/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-kltevzw-kltevzw-smg900v.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
OK, I got it re-rooted and TWRP re-installed. But when I try to boot the system it still just sits there doing the Verizon animation. It currently has crDroid 7.1.2 installed -- I have crDroid 8.1 on the microSD card -- should I try flashing that?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Bosket:
Yes,or a clean flash any ROM you want.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
Hooray, I got both TWRP 3.2.1.0 and crDroid 8.1 up and running on my phone.

The one issue remaining is when I look at the Phone INFO app, it says the bootloader is actually QB2, while the baseband is QL1. I'm wondering if the link you provided is for QB2? Is there a way to get my bootloader up to QL1? Last month when I was prepping to upgrade my phone I happened to download another CF-auto-root that says it is for QL1 -- could I just flash that with Odin on my current system, or is there more involved?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] swiftbones74:
This is the only way to safely update your bootloader. Make sure you follow the directions to the tee. Just to be clear you are to follow directions by [MENTION=1949695]jrkruse[/MENTION] from march 5th and you must start with a special touchwiz dev- aboot ROM that can be found here, also from jrkruse. Good luck.

https://xdaforums.com/verizon-galax...g-galaxys-s5-bootloader-t3337909/post75777342
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] MarvinMod:
how often are updates pushed out and does the updater work in setting?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
An update will probably arrive shortly as the June security patch has just been released. I've never used the updater so can't answer that question for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] MarvinMod:
Okay. I was just curious.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] MarvinMod:
found some bugs, anyone else notice this? when in a call sometimes the screen does not shut off when placed to ear or the screen shuts off but the back button wakes screen or even tho screen is blank you can still touch screen and end calls or mess with things and vibrates.

hope I explained that right.

also Bluetooth will fail and have to reboot to get it working.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] MarvinMod:
if I knew how to pull logs, I would. im stupid to the instructions and is not explicit enough for me. anyone having the same issue and know how to pull logs, will you plz?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
Easiest way is to grab Matlog app from play store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pluscubed.matlog
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] MarvinMod:
I used catlog and i pulled two. One with me using the device and one with a reboot. Now, what do i do with them?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] MarvinMod:
here are the two logcats.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] MarvinMod:
06-07 12:35:07.679 I/Dialer ( 1108): ProximitySensor.updateProximitySensorMode - screenOnImmediately: false, dialPadVisible: false, offHook: false, horizontal: false, uiShowing: true, audioRoute: EARPIECE

06-07 12:35:07.679 I/Dialer ( 1108): ProximitySensor.turnOffProximitySensor - wake lock already released
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
So, I pulled out my old 16GB microSD card and put in a new Samsung 256GB microSD card in my S5 running crDroid 8.1, and I decided to try setting it up as "internal storage". I'm perplexed. For starters, unlike the old 16GB card that was "portable storage", the microSD card set up as "internal storage" doesn't show up in either the "files" file manager or in the X-plore file manager. So I'm thinking, OK, sure, it is now considered part of the "internal shared storage", but when I look at that, it is reported as only having a handful of GB free space remaining (the same as before adding the microSD card).

So I took a look at the "Storage" settings, and see what's called the "Samsung SD card", which it says is half full, and when I click on it, it says 128GB are used by "system". So I'm wondering what is going on. Why is half the card used by "system" -- why not none, or all? It makes me wonder if the OS will only recognize 128GB of "internal storage" on a microSD card, in which case I'm wasting half the card because it won't let it be used for anything else...
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
Can you not use it as portable storage?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
I haven't tried yet -- I assume I can. But apparently with 8.1 you can't move apps to portable storage the way you could with older versions, so that isn't my first choice.

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Nevermind -- I forgot I bought a 128GB card instead of a 256GB one -- I was thrown off by the fact the storage settings were calling it a 256GB card.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
Lol. Time to take a break I think :laugh:

I don't know if this would be of any interest to you.

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/apps2sd-partition-sd-card-link-apps-to-t3122919
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
Interesting app. I think I'll give the internal storage a try first. I actually like the fact it encrypts the card, since I like to sync my Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive to my SD card, and not have to worry about someone stealing my phone and accessing the documents.

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Is there a best/easiest method to resize the system partition?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
I remember there was something called isorec. You could Google it. I will do some digging, but will have to be tomorrow now I'm afraid.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
I had a memory lapse, it wasn't Isorec, it was this repit tool that I was thinking of.

https://xdaforums.com/android/software-hacking/tool-lanchon-repit-data-sparing-t3358036

In the days of my old Galaxy S2 the partition needed tweaking to allow flashing Marshmallow ROMs. The developer then went on to develop the tool for other devices too. I know that it is available for the G900F (klte) but I'm not sure if it is available for your model. You can always ask in that forum I guess.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Megalossauro:
some minor issues i found

Lines x Columns - Doesnt matter how many you choose, always get 5x5.

When clock is in the middle of status bar, the notifications come over it. (More options of size and font will be nice too) :P

In lockscreen, dont show the right voltage when charging.

Homescreen configs "closes" in some options.

Also 2 things I belive will be better:

Boot screen in black and in buttons configuration, make it like RR, when you can choose apps ou actions for then. (like screenshots)
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
Are you on the latest 4.3 build?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Megalossauro:
Yes. 20180522
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
Do you get the the same problem with the notification in the status bar if the clock is set to the left? Just out of interest.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
I like the fact I'm running 8.1 now, but one thing I really don't like is the boot animation using a bright white background -- very inconvenient when rebooting the phone if you don't want to light up the room. I'm wondering how easy it is to replace the boot animation -- I'd be fine with the same Google animation if it was just on a black background instead of white.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
It's very easy and you can do it 1 of 2 ways.

Either use this app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.boot.animations

Or, if you already have an animation you would prefer to use.

Go to the root folder of your file Explorer, give it root permission. Go to System > media and place your preferred bootanimation in there (delete or move the original) if it isn't already rename your new animation bootanimation.zip
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Brunowp8:
Waiting for the June patch to be merged in LOS for new updates

I made a new construction (unofficial and not available) for some test, and I must say it is very good

Spoiler: There is a new startup screen :silly:
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Megalossauro:
I´ll try later.

Another bug I have, same on RR and LOS: When you receive a SMS, if I see it from notifications, they dont change to "readed"...

Escura, please ! lol
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] vd69:
what do you mean new construction?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
Would love to take it for a test drive :)

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Build. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Brunowp8:
I will not make it available, it still contains the bug with the buttons when on call

I'm trying to find a solution to this, for some reason only happens with this ROM
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Megalossauro:
What bug is this ? I´m using for 4 days now, and I dont find bug in calls...

ps (dont forget the buttons config to make actions. :P)
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] sad47051:
Try clean flash
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Crunk25:
hey

is there any fix for Wi-Fi drops / disconnection if i play youtube or get in Playstore etc.?

thx in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Crunk25:
hey

is there any fix for Wi-Fi disconnects and reconnects if i play youtube or get in Playstore etc.?

thx in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] swiftbones74:
Not in my testing.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Drhedphuk:
I didn't have this problem in G900F. Only problem I had was the advanced reboot etc button.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Nerva:
In the crDroid settings, there are options for using the 4G icon instead of the LTE icon, and another option to show the VoLTE icon. How does it work if I have both 4G and VoLTE icons enabled? That's what I'm currently doing and I have yet to see the VoLTE icon show up -- does it only do that during a call?

Also, I'm running crDroid 8.1 on a CID 15 Verizon S5 (if that matters), and on my previous CID 11 S5 running the stock ROM, I seem to recall it had an option to enable HD Voice, which I don't see on crDroid -- I'm wondering if it is just always enabled on crDroid and thus there's no option, or if crDroid can't use HD Voice and thus there's no option.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] swiftbones74:
The option to show 4g instead of LTE is purely cosmetic. VoLTE doesn't work on the s5 with custom ROM. The HD calling thing you are talking about is , I believe, a Verizon touchwiz only feature.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] liability:
The proximity sensor bug. During calls the screen turns on and randomly presses buttons when holding the phone against the ear. Happens on both my G900is.