[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helaughshecries:
Following lineage os' official guide for the verizon gs5 ...

I'm afraid that my problem may be coming from me not doing something before even attempting to install lineage os on my phone. Something verizon specific... I read somewhere about an activation lock... but I'm unsure of if I need to do this, as the lineage os guide doesn't call for it explicitly.

In reference to the guide's basic requirements, I have:

"

1. Make sure your computer has adb. Setup instructions can be found here.

2. Enable USB debugging on your device.

"

Continuing, with the guide, I ran:

```heimdall print-pit: ```

(and got) ...

```

Entry Count: 30

Unknown 1: 1598902083

Unknown 2: 844251476

Unknown 3: 21325

Unknown 4: 14413

Unknown 5: 14137

Unknown 6: 52

Unknown 7: 0

Unknown 8: 0

--- Entry #0 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 1

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 8192

Partition Block Count: 30720

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: APNHLOS

Flash Filename: NON-HLOS.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #1 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 2

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 38912

Partition Block Count: 117632

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MODEM

Flash Filename: modem.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #2 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 3

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 156544

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SBL1

Flash Filename: sbl1.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #3 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 4

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 157568

Partition Block Count: 128

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: DBI

Flash Filename: sdi.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #4 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 5

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 157696

Partition Block Count: 64

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: DDR

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #5 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 6

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 157760

Partition Block Count: 4096

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: ABOOT

Flash Filename: aboot.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #6 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 7

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 161856

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: RPM

Flash Filename: rpm.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #7 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 8

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 162880

Partition Block Count: 1024

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: TZ

Flash Filename: tz.mbn

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #8 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 9

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 163904

Partition Block Count: 6144

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: FSG

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #9 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 10

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 170048

Partition Block Count: 14272

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PAD

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #10 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 11

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 184320

Partition Block Count: 20480

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PARAM

Flash Filename: param.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #11 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 12

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 204800

Partition Block Count: 28672

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: EFS

Flash Filename: efs.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #12 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 13

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 233472

Partition Block Count: 6144

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MODEMST1

Flash Filename: nvrebuild1.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #13 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 14

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 239616

Partition Block Count: 6144

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MODEMST2

Flash Filename: nvrebuild2.bin

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #14 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 15

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 245760

Partition Block Count: 26624

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: BOOT

Flash Filename: boot.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #15 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 16

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 272384

Partition Block Count: 30720

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: RECOVERY

Flash Filename: recovery.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #16 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 17

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 303104

Partition Block Count: 26624

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: FOTA

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #17 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 18

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 329728

Partition Block Count: 14318

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: BACKUP

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #18 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 19

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 344046

Partition Block Count: 2

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: FSC

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #19 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 20

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 344048

Partition Block Count: 16

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SSD

Flash Filename:

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #20 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 21

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 344064

Partition Block Count: 16384

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PERSIST

Flash Filename: persist.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #21 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 22

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 360448

Partition Block Count: 18432

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PERSDATA

Flash Filename: persdata.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #22 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 23

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 378880

Partition Block Count: 6144000

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SYSTEM

Flash Filename: system.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #23 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 24

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 6522880

Partition Block Count: 2097152

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: CACHE

Flash Filename: cache.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #24 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 25

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 8620032

Partition Block Count: 20480

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: CARRIER

Flash Filename: carrier.img.ext4

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #25 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 26

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 8640512

Partition Block Count: 0

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: USERDATA

Flash Filename: userdata.img.ext4

FOTA Filename: remained

--- Entry #26 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 70

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 0

Partition Block Count: 34

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PGPT

Flash Filename: pgpt.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #27 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 71

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 34

Partition Block Count: 16

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: PIT

Flash Filename: MSM8974.pit

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #28 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 72

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 50

Partition Block Count: 32

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: MD5

Flash Filename: md5.img

FOTA Filename:

--- Entry #29 ---

Binary Type: 0 (AP)

Device Type: 2 (MMC)

Identifier: 73

Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)

Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)

Partition Block Size/Offset: 30777311

Partition Block Count: 33

File Offset (Obsolete): 0

File Size (Obsolete): 0

Partition Name: SGPT

Flash Filename: sgpt.img

FOTA Filename:

Ending session...

Rebooting device...

Releasing device interface...

```

This seemed like a success. So then I continued with the guide and ran:

```

heimdall flash --RECOVERY <recovery_filename>.img --no-reboot:

```

(and got) ...

```

Initialising connection...

Detecting device...

Claiming interface...

Setting up interface...

Initialising protocol...

Protocol initialisation successful.

Beginning session...

Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.

Please be patient!

Session begun.

Downloading device's PIT file...

PIT file download successful.

Uploading RECOVERY

100%

ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!

ERROR: RECOVERY upload failed!

Ending session...

Releasing device interface...

```

I've tried using a different usb port, resetting the device, restarting my pc, trying two different versions of Heimdall....

I'm hoping this problem is just due to something I foolishly overlooked.

Thank you for the help.

I am running Manjaro linux, as well.