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Please Help Very Frustrated.

hello guys,
i bought a used galaxy s5 from someone running Poland Android lollipop 5.0 and it shows the model as SM-G900F When i try to root it with CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltedx-smg900f It gets stuck on the boot screen saying
"1. RECOVERY BOOTING (in blue),
2. RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING (red)
3. Set Warranty Bit: recovery (yellow)"
i googled alot and flashed Phillz recovery which removed the error above but when i go to recovery its the stock recovery? .... I cant install twrp-2.8.7.0-klte.img.tar Either because after flashing it when i go to recovery its stock recovery again. Activation lock is off, SE for Android status is "enforing" does this mean this phone has a locked bootloader? Maybe this phone was on At&T, Sprint or Verizon and the last owner flashed 900f firmware on it to make it look carrier free but it maybe a carrier phoone? Please help me i am very very frustrated right now. i dont even know what recovery is seandroid enforcing means.....:crying::crying::crying:

dork997 said:
hello guys,
i bought a used galaxy s5 from someone running Poland Android lollipop 5.0 and it shows the model as SM-G900F When i try to root it with CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltedx-smg900f It gets stuck on the boot screen saying
"1. RECOVERY BOOTING (in blue),
2. RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING (red)
3. Set Warranty Bit: recovery (yellow)"
i googled alot and flashed Phillz recovery which removed the error above but when i go to recovery its the stock recovery? .... I cant install twrp-2.8.7.0-klte.img.tar Either because after flashing it when i go to recovery its stock recovery again. Activation lock is off, SE for Android status is "enforing" does this mean this phone has a locked bootloader? Maybe this phone was on At&T, Sprint or Verizon and the last owner flashed 900f firmware on it to make it look carrier free but it maybe a carrier phoone? Please help me i am very very frustrated right now. i dont even know what recovery is seandroid enforcing means.....:crying::crying::crying:
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Akalsemann said:
Ok guys, try this.
1. Download philz kernel that matches your modem number. I think philz_touch_6.26.6-klte.tar.md5 works good.
2. Put it in ODIN on PDA/AP
3. Uncheck "Auto Reboot" and make sure Re-Partition is NOT CHECKED (keep F. Reset time)
4. Flash
5. It will say RESET on Odin and nothing further when it is done so just wait 2-3 minutes when RESET appears to be entirely sure that the procedure is done.
6. Pull out phones battery.
7. Put it back in and now go into Recovery directly (Vol up+home+power)
8. ???
9. Profit
Hopefully this might work, i think i did the same
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Try that

Akalsemann said:
Try that
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Kindly note that i am able to boot fine now, but the recovery wont stick and whenever i try to root this seandroid error happens

Did u do the following steps correctly
it should work bro
Been there
done the same process
thanx again Akalsemann

vinura kithmal said:
Did u do the following steps correctly
it should work bro
Been there
done the same process
thanx again Akalsemann
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yes i entered philz recovery > selected format to install new rom > now stuck on samsung logo maybe it removed rom files. Now downloading flash roms from sammobile. Dont know if it will let me root it or not. can u please explain what this error is and why is it caused?

dork997 said:
Kindly note that i am able to boot fine now, but the recovery wont stick and whenever i try to root this seandroid error happens
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You need to just boot into download mode (voldown+home+power) then push volup to enter download mode
Use Odin to flash trwp 2.8.6.0 tar file in AP spot
Download a pre rooted rom of your choice for g900f
Place on sd card
Reboot to twrp by holding volup+home+power immediately during start of boot
Flash the rom you just downloaded
Now you'll be rooted
(That's what I did in order to get my phone rooted after installing the newest stock lollipop ota)
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

dork997 said:
yes i entered philz recovery > selected format to install new rom > now stuck on samsung logo maybe it removed rom files. Now downloading flash roms from sammobile. Dont know if it will let me root it or not. can u please explain what this error is and why is it caused?
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Common bro
u haven't rooted your device,
u have to flash the supersu zip to get the root access
http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
first download this file and place it in your device storage,once u pull the battry off and put it back in go straightly to the recovery
select install zip and flash the supersu.zip
then reboot it,after the first boot then go to the recovery and
install your custom rom

Swimguy14 said:
You need to just boot into download mode (voldown+home+power) then push volup to enter download mode
Use Odin to flash trwp 2.8.6.0 tar file in AP spot
Download a pre rooted rom of your choice for g900f
Place on sd card
Reboot to twrp by holding volup+home+power immediately during start of boot
Flash the rom you just downloaded
Now you'll be rooted
(That's what I did in order to get my phone rooted after installing the newest stock lollipop ota)
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
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vinura kithmal said:
Common bro
u haven't rooted your device,
u have to flash the supersu zip to get the root access
http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
first download this file and place it in your device storage,once u pull the battry off and put it back in go straightly to the recovery
select install zip and flash the supersu.zip
then reboot it,after the first boot then go to the recovery and
install your custom rom
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I followed instructions given earlier to install philz recovery, i opened it by booting into it immediately i selected format for new rom install. after that i am stuck on samsung logo i think the old rom is now deleted. Now i am downloading fresh 5.0.2 UK from sammobile i will download it and try to root it normally with flashing CF ROOT via odin. if it does not work then i will do what u guys said. I dont know if TWRP will work by the same method (booting immediately into recovery) but philz recovery did. And i will also try flashing a prerooted Rom. What i dont understand is that why is this happening in the first place? i had an alpha before i could enter into TWRP normally i rooted it with CF AUTO root normally...no errors or anything why is this happening on my S5? the last owner must have done something weird with it ...i am trying to figure out why is this happening in the first place. Appreciate ur feedback.

I also dont know why this is happening
and yeah
i had all the galaxy S series upto S5 and this the only device that is not rooting with CF-auto root
the latest updates from samsung may have done something i dnt knw
and eralier mentioned method worked 100% for me and i did root my device like that
And last owner may b or may not done anything with it because my device is a brand new and still i had that issue

Bricked s5 Help

OK so I flashed marshmallow on my galaxy s5 g900a it said pass on Odin but on restart it freezes at the att logo. I went to recovery and factory reset but when the rebooted it said "Android is starting optimizing apps" after it does that my phone restarts and the same problem happens. Help please!!!!!

it's not bricked that's all what I know
just try to flash the rom again
or try to install twrp and flash a custom rom

abdellahboughrom said:
it's not bricked that's all what I know
just try to flash the rom again
or try to install twrp and flash a custom rom
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how do i install twrp? remember it freezes at the att splash screen I have been without my phone for over 12 hours now I need immediate help

hope u have an unlocked bootloader.. if u do just download twrp the zip one not the image.. for s5 and flash it using Odin.
or go to recovery mode do a full wipe and f.reset then put your phone in download and flash a new stock rom..

If its AT&T and MM has been flashed then it will have a locked bootloader and rooting via cf or twrp will not work.
The only thing that will successfully flash now is AT&T branded MM. You can't even roll back to lollipop or kitkat.

Booting into TWRP

Hi, just got me a klte device to play around with..ive managed to root device using odin and chainfires auto root file..now ive succesfully flashed latest twrp using odin..but device wont boot into twrp recovery..what am i doing wrong?

Medyredy said:
Hi, just got me a klte device to play around with..ive managed to root device using odin and chainfires auto root file..now ive succesfully flashed latest twrp using odin..but device wont boot into twrp recovery..what am i doing wrong?
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I vaguely remember having that same problem with my note3 long back..i had issues booting into custom recovery..i must be doing something wrong then..

Medyredy said:
Hi, just got me a klte device to play around with..ive managed to root device using odin and chainfires auto root file..now ive succesfully flashed latest twrp using odin..but device wont boot into twrp recovery..what am i doing wrong?
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Try flashing philz recovery and see if you can boot in to recovery. If so, then flash TWRP once again and check.

Are you holding power and volume up and home while the phone is off? If not try a different version. I'm using TWRP 3.0.2.2 klte and it works ok

[HELP] Note 4 boot loop after installing TWRP recovery (possibly soft brick?)

I have Note 4 model N910H firmware 5.1.1 and I rooted it using chainfire method. I checked using root checker and it says my phone was rooted properly. So I install TWRP latest recovery using flashify. The phone rebooted to recovery mode fine but it says that my phone not rooted so I'm confused and I let TWRP rooted it again. After that I reboot to system and I can't enter it instead it was stuck looping samsung and android logo.
So, what can I do? I can enter TWRP recovery and download mode. I know I can flash it to stock 5.1.1 but I dont know what version to use from SamMobile (XID/XSE, I'm from Indonesia) and there's different PDA/CSC version. So if I just pick one of them and flash it to my phone will it be okay? I want to avoid flashing to be honest because the rom size is so big so is there's a way to fix it without flashing?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Twrp recovery for Samsung Grand Prime

There are soo many variants of samsung galaxy grand prime and therefore I'm confused to find twrp recovery for my phone.
My phone details.
Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime
SM G530H
Baseband version : G530HXCU1BPB1
Someone please help me to find stable twrp recovery for my device.
Also tell me what happens if I installs twrp recovery of other variat of samsung grand prime.
Regards

Hi
You have Fortunve3g , you have to flash Fortuna3g's Twrp because there isn't any Twrp for fortunve3g.
https://dl.twrp.me/fortuna3g/twrp-3.4.0-0-fortuna3g.img.tar
But after flashing this with Odin or whatever , you should flash this one with Twrp ( pitch black recovery for fortunve3g ):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/development/unofficial-pbrp-grand-prime-t4048881/amp/
If you install the wrong recovery, when you boot the phone into recovery, your phone will go into download mode. Of course, this does not happen in some close models, but some errors will happen during the installation of custom roms .

Feoder said:
You have Fortunve3g , you have to flash Fortuna3g's Twrp because there isn't any Twrp for fortunve3g.
https://dl.twrp.me/fortuna3g/twrp-3.4.0-0-fortuna3g.img.tar
But after flashing this with Odin or whatever , you should flash this one with Twrp ( pitch black recovery for fortunve3g ):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/development/unofficial-pbrp-grand-prime-t4048881/amp/
If you install the wrong recovery, when you boot the phone into recovery, your phone will go into download mode. Of course, this does not happen in some close models, but some errors will happen during the installation of custom roms .
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Thanks for replying...but!
If I install twrp fortuna3g recovery will it run stable and why should i need to flash black pitch recovery using twrp fortuna3g recovery.
BTW I've downloaded this file
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962157660013068307
Will it work or I should try your method?
Regards

kamran112 said:
Thanks for replying...but!
If I install twrp fortuna3g recovery will it run stable and why should i need to flash black pitch recovery using twrp fortuna3g recovery.
BTW I've downloaded this file
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962157660013068307
Will it work or I should try your method?
Regards
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I already told you why.
Well, I didn't know about this file, flash it , it's work.