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[Q] S5 Active Advice required please

Hi Folks
My partner has just got the S5 Active and she loves it..
But now she would like to update from 4.4.2.. Phone says she has latest rom so my questions are this
1)What is the latest official rom for the Active?
2)Whats the BEST root method?
3)What Custom roms are suitable?
3)Finally what is the best route to take to flash a CUSTOM rom?
looking forward to your responses
regards
Lohtse

1) Here you can find the latest TW stock rom:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Android Lollipop is available for the S5 Active. You can download the latest Firmware and flash it via Odin. You don't need root for that.
2) My preferred root method is flashing CF auto root via Odin. After that I install another recovery like TWRP
3) Nobody can answer that. Try and find it out (perform a full wipe incl cache before you install a custom rom)
4) This steps: root, recovery, full wipe, custom rom, and at least if you want and need that: custom kernel

Solvin said:
1) Here you can find the latest TW stock rom:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Android Lollipop is available for the S5 Active. You can download the latest Firmware and flash it via Odin. You don't need root for that.
2) My preferred root method is flashing CF auto root via Odin. After that I install another recovery like TWRP
3) Nobody can answer that. Try and find it out (perform a full wipe incl cache before you install a custom rom)
4) This steps: root, recovery, full wipe, custom rom, and at least if you want and need that: custom kernel
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cheers for that but which LP for UK????? its the G870A

Please give me a screenshot from your phone informations in the setting menu.

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Damn. The UK/US Version from the Active is the only model without Android 5

Solvin said:
Damn. The UK/US Version from the Active is the only model without Android 5
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lol yep.... had looked before opening a thread!!!! so no go for LP????

Please read this: http://www.droidviews.com/update-att-galaxy-s5-active-to-lollipop-root-it-and-enable-wifi-tethering/

Solvin said:
Please read this: http://www.droidviews.com/update-att-galaxy-s5-active-to-lollipop-root-it-and-enable-wifi-tethering/
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again thank you....
seems there is an issue with my partners active as will not flash the update file and flashfire just closes LOL

I realize it is very difficult to find something for your G870A.[emoji53]

Solvin said:
I realize it is very difficult to find something for your G870A.[emoji53]
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Thank you for the help...
finally got it sorted after reading around 9-10 different guides... all of which had little bits missing
now she's a happy bunny with LP on her Active and I'm a tired old fart with droopy eyes!!!!!
Just need a custom recovery now!!

Congratulations! How you solved it?
Yeah recovery is the same problem. It exists no recovery for the G870A

Two things that I found that allowed me to sort the Active which was mentioned
firstly to allow Flashfire to work you had too set clock back past 1/15/15
and you had to also set flashfire to boot into download to allow you to flash the G870A_OC5_Bootloader.tar.md5 file via Odin on the pc.. once I did these it worked...
Just depends which guide you read to find a COMPLETE one....

Damn that sounds very tricky

Solvin said:
Damn that sounds very tricky
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Not really just no two guides the same.... soon as I noticed the minor differences it was easy.
1) root with towel root copy stock LP(rooted version)
2) Install and set date to 1/1/15 then open Flashfire
3)Flash Stock rooted LP using flashfire making sure you have flashfire set to boot to download when finished
4) open Odin PC and connect S5Active
5)Point Opins AP slot to location of the G870A_OC5_Bootloader.tar.md5 file
6) Flash and reboot and your done...
MAJOR issue was the flashfire issue once found issue and set it as stated above I was Up and running after 10minutes Just had spent 4 hours failing before I notice and figured out what the issues was...
Simple really.... Well it was in the end lol

N910 Bootlooping after changing from Cyanogen to Stock Poland ROM

Hello,
I own an N910C which was running RaymanFX's unofficial Cyanogen mod build 11.
Since its bugginess was too much for me to handle, I was eagerly awaiting for the stock MM ROM to come out and as you al know, as soon as the Poland ROM was released today, I downloaded and flashed it via Odin.
Bootloop.
Fellows over Cyanogen mod thread recommended to do a full wipe and try again. No luck again.
Can you think of anything to remedy my problem please?
Thank you.

Flash, through Odin, the last OFFICIAL Lollipop from Poland and after that the new MM.

- use recovery wipe "system,cache,data"
- then only odin flash .pit reboot,
- then odin flash OFFICIAL Poland 6.0.1,then use "recovery stock" factory reset.
end.

Good thread.
This subject is completely new! !!
You guys don't like to search? Is easy open a new thread, no?

andrew.mackew said:
Flash, through Odin, the last OFFICIAL Lollipop from Poland and after that the new MM.
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No luck. Bootloop again. I guess I bricked this device.

tiendatbh said:
- use recovery wipe "system,cache,data"
- then only odin flash .pit reboot,
- then odin flash OFFICIAL Poland 6.0.1,then use "recovery stock" factory reset.
end.
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Pit ? What pit ?

Rajada said:
Good thread.
This subject is completely new! !!
You guys don't like to search? Is easy open a new thread, no?
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Where is this thread you're talking about ?

if model n910c,pit is TRELTE_EUR_OPEN_SEA.pit https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Olb7DrPq-aY1BmdXNrbVdNZ0U

Could we please confirm this procedure? As far as I know, tinkering with .pit files is hazardous if you don't know what you're doing.
Anybody ?

sure. odin flash .pit correct partition to flash stock rom. not lost or damage data.
from cm13 to stock Poland 6.0.1
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Just done that.
2 bootloops, then weirdly another "installing update" screen, reboots and bootloopin ever since.
So no luck. God, what have I done :/

Pretended said:
Just done that.
2 bootloops, then weirdly another "installing update" screen, reboots and bootloopin ever since.
So no luck. God, what have I done :/
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Can you go back to CM13?

andrew.mackew said:
Can you go back to CM13?
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Will try that, currently re-downloading 6.0.1 stock to make sure it has nothing to do with the file previously downloaded.

It does not have to do anything with a corrupt stock ROM file, trying CM 13 Build 11 now.

CM 13 Build 11 by RaymanFX and the latest Open GAPPS flashed, no bootloop, mobile is on.
Any ideas in light of this data ?

Pretended said:
CM 13 Build 11 by RaymanFX and the latest Open GAPPS flashed, no bootloop, mobile is on.
Any ideas in light of this data ?
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It's not a new issue. Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/n910c-to-stock-rom-cm13-t3321132

"device does not have DRK please install drk first" error while rebooting into Stock ROM. Great.

Waiting for a few minutes, the phone goes into stock recovery. I accidentally press Power button, the phone reboots and it boots indeed, Poland stock ROM is here.
Weird beyond words.

Everything fixed.
I'd suggest the method suggested over here first: http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30397
If it fails do it all over again with the method yesteryearisoverhere linked to.

So what is the real way to go from cm to marshmallow? So i did not need to try the risky efs wipe? How? I have the fw 4parts from downloading and pit from sammobile
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How to fix the DRK thing? Is it preventing to boot?

completely lost in the sea of threads > I need directions

Ok, I have got G900F and I know EXACTLY what I want, but cant find the threads of reference cause this has become ridiculous, so many versions of the phone, so many topics, so many threads that are basically the same ..
I have G900F with android 5.0, baseband version G900FXXU1BOJ3
1. I want to root it, is this thread ok ? >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648
2. I want to ask if there is stock rooted marshmallow ? and if there is, should I OTA and then root, or some other way ?
question number 2 is unanswerable using search. both XDA search and google. You only get tangled in unneeded information and chaos. Please help me as I have lost 2 hours clicking links that I dont need ..

1.) Recommended way to root is to flash TWRP 3.0.2.0 (Custom recovery), then flash SuperSU from TWRP
You can also try flashing CF Auto Root with ODIN 3.10.7
http://download.chainfire.eu/397/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.zip
But that doesn't always work and can cause a soft brick, needing the stock ROM flashed again to fix
Or if you don't want to trip KNOX, downgrade to KitKat, root with an app called TowelRoot, then upgrade using an app called FlashFire iirc
2.) No, you need to root Marshmallow yourself, using the TWRP & SuperSU method
You can OTA upgrade to Marshmallow, Flash TWRP 3.0.2.0, then Flash SuperSU Systemless 2.72 beta (Or whichever beta is the latest atm)
If you're not bothered about KNOX, just flash TWRP and SuperSU
You can download the latest MarshMallow stock ROM for the G900F using a tool called SamFirm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
Flash with ODIN

Ok, found out some other stuff in the meantime
1. I obviously dont have OTA option, and now I see that the version people flash via odin is not official, but Shri Lanka .. ? is there an actual oficial international version of 6.0 ?
2. I started following mega-thread for S5 and downloaded ODIN and started downloading CWM but I guess I should listen to you - I would root it with TWRP, I mean the version I am on now
I will wait for better reactions for 6.0 as I have read a lot of 6.0 feedback thread and people are complaining .. maybe noobs, but still.
thanks again man, you simplified it for me
will report once I root current version

If you are stock (Not rooted or custom recovery) you have OTA option
Otherwise set SamFirm tool up like this, and you'll get the United Kingdom Unbranded 6.0.1 (Change the region to whichever one you want)
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I've been running 6.0.1 for a while now on my G900F, and I get better battery life (6-8 hours SoT) and much better performance
Easy enough to flash back to whichever ROM you want, the G900F is unlocked
Make a nandroid backup in TWRP, then you can restore that to exactly the way the phone was when you created the backup

sorry for double posting -
there is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it << I get this
what now .. downgrade only solution .. ?
EDIT: scratch that, Im going to install MM then and try your method of rooting it
EDIT2: laptop im using now is XP and samfirm wont start .. My luck today.
EDIT3: downloading stock 6.0.1 via sammobile douchebags. 50kb/s ...

Igoritza said:
sorry for double posting -
there is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it << I get this
what now .. downgrade only solution .. ?
EDIT: scratch that, Im going to install MM then and try your method of rooting it
EDIT2: laptop im using now is XP and samfirm wont start .. My luck today.
EDIT3: downloading stock 6.0.1 via sammobile douchebags. 50kb/s ...
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I've posted twice how to get the ROM faster using that SamFirm tool
Upgrade your laptop to 7 or later

What rom can I flash?

Note: I already tires flashing roms from this forum, none of them worked.
I have a sm g930v (Verizon snapdragon) and I've tried flashing some different roms including superman rom and others, but when I do, I get stuck in a bootloop. So I assume that those roms just don't click with my phone. Could anyone give me the name of a rom that could work? If you need it, some info on my phone can be found at imgur . com/gallery/VK2hH (couldn't attach via xda app, sorry)
Also, is a custom kernel something worth looking into? Because if it could improve my phones performance, that would be neat too.
Looking forward to any help I can get, thanks!?

I use stang5litre Edition 5.0 s7 N v1

DabbingDuke said:
I use stang5litre Edition 5.0 s7 N v1
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Thanks, but i tried using that one again and yet again got in a bootloop :/
now i gotta reflash to stock and try another.
Any other suggestions for my snapdragon model?

You didn't follow corrections completely with stanglitre. It will work on all snapdragon s7's
Try the Ufirmware hybrid. I'm on that and get 40 hours battery life
Make sure you are turning on debugging blah blah blah

Omegga442 said:
Thanks, but i tried using that one again and yet again got in a bootloop :/
now i gotta reflash to stock and try another.
Any other suggestions for my snapdragon model?
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Did you get root on stock? Did Flashfire load and get root access? What step were you when you get bootloop?
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Here's what I did.
I started with stock G930VVRU4BQH4 from updato
I rooted using PERMANENT ROOT method https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039 EXCEPT and VERY IMPORTANT in "PERMANENT ROOT" I DONT USE "engineer-rooted boot image" < --Thats for MM, that will bootloop me.
INSTEAD for Nougat, I use "ENG-ROOT" file here --> https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/how-rooted-s7-nougatand-fixed-lag-t3576393
I Continue along the GUIDE: ROOT to install SU.
I Install Fashfire from Playstore.
I Go to stang5litre website for current ROM and instructions to flash.
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The ROM changes the Model to SM-G935V but it is a SM-G930V

DabbingDuke said:
Did you get root on stock? Did Flashfire load and get root access? What step were you when you get bootloop?
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Here's what I did.
I started with stock G930VVRU4BQH4 from updato
I rooted using PERMANENT ROOT method https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039 EXCEPT and VERY IMPORTANT in "PERMANENT ROOT" I DONT USE "engineer-rooted boot image" < --Thats for MM, that will bootloop me.
INSTEAD for Nougat, I use "ENG-ROOT" file here --> https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/how-rooted-s7-nougatand-fixed-lag-t3576393
I Continue along the GUIDE: ROOT to install SU.
I Install Fashfire from Playstore.
I Go to stang5litre website for current ROM and instructions to flash.
The ROM changes the Model to SM-G935V but it is a SM-G930V
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I followed the instructions correctly, I rooted using that nougat eng boot and i used flashfire to wipe what the thread said, and i made sure the order was wipe, then rom flash, and when i hit the lightning bolt the phone restarted and i had a bunch of the white text, (what i assume is files being written to the system) and another reboot, the word flashfire is across the top of my screen for a good 3 mins, then a reboot and my s7 has the logo with the custom lock for custom firmware, and then it vibrates for like .2 seconds then reboots, then repeats to do that until i flash stock back.
I made sure to follow the steps correctly, but maybe I am doing something wrong...

Silkmeister1 said:
You didn't follow corrections completely with stanglitre. It will work on all snapdragon s7's
Try the Ufirmware hybrid. I'm on that and get 40 hours battery life
Make sure you are turning on debugging blah blah blah
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Could the problem be that I flashed the rom from my internal SD? I downloaded it on my PC, since its like a gig, then uploaded it to google drive to download to my phone faster, and when i went to flash the rom i selected it from my internal storage/download. Should I move it to my external SD card? I think i read somewhere that i should have the firmware on my sd since the flashfire wipe clears the internal memory.

Alright I just flashed the rom again and it said it was installing and blah blah in flashfire and i thought it was going to work this time, but Im back in a bootloop. **** this rom, I'm so irritated. I followed the steps EXACTLY and put the .zip on my ext SD and im still getting bent.
Guess I have to try something else...

Sounds like you doing it right. last thing I can think to check... Did you get the "N" ROM from http://stang5litre-edition-roms.xobor.com/
or
The one posted for MM https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...t/stang5litre-edition-5-0-s7e-rom-s7-t3453441 see page 177 for "N Rom Is Live" link.
I'm out of ideas if all that checks out.
BTW I flash the ROM from Internal Storage too, I don't think thats the problem.

Not to sound mean, but if your looking for roms you should probably get a different phone. The few roms available to you are crippled by terrible battery life due to the engineer kernel. Stang's rom is good, but nothing can fix the battery. U firmware might be your best bet. Not trolling, just my opinion.

SM-G930V to Indian ROM
folks
i have "SM-G930V" fully official unlocked....can i flash Indian ROM on this, if YES, where and how can i do it?
tq

ODIN fails on flashing Stockrom onto S7 Edge

I want to downgrade my S7 Edge to a lower Android Security Patch, so i downloaded, the Android 8.0.0 Version from the 30. May 2018. Currently my device runs on Android 8..0.0 with Security Patch 1 Jan. 2019
Im Using Odin3 v3.13.1, but each time I am trying to flash my device, it shows me "Fail" or doesnt even start.
I have tried using BL, AP, CP and CSC:
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Then i left BL out:
Then i tried only AP:
The ending always put out: Complee (Write) operation failed.
I dont know what i can do. I followed every instruction i could find. My device is not rooted, and i dont want it to be rooted.

scharro said:
I want to downgrade my S7 Edge to a lower Android Security Patch, so i downloaded, the Android 8.0.0 Version from the 30. May 2018. Currently my device runs on Android 8..0.0 with Security Patch 1 Jan. 2019
Im Using Odin3 v3.13.1, but each time I am trying to flash my device, it shows me "Fail" or doesnt even start.
I have tried using BL, AP, CP and CSC:
Then i left BL out:
Then i tried only AP:
The ending always put out: Complee (Write) operation failed.
I dont know what i can do. I followed every instruction i could find. My device is not rooted, and i dont want it to be rooted.
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Most probably the reason for that is you can't downgrade, it seems your bootloader is newest and can't be downgraded back . This is most obvious thing

Scorpionea said:
Most probably the reason for that is you can't downgrade, it seems your bootloader is newest and can't be downgraded back . This is most obvious thing
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According to this Guide on this Forum "[Guide] How to downgrade from Android Oreo 8.0 to 7.0 (Non-rooted)" it shall work. I followed every step. Even if i try to flash the device, without making the mark at BL, it doesnt work. I always get fail, or i get stuck on Setup Connection.

scharro said:
According to this Guide on this Forum "[Guide] How to downgrade from Android Oreo 8.0 to 7.0 (Non-rooted)" it shall work. I followed every step. Even if i try to flash the device, without making the mark at BL, it doesnt work. I always get fail, or i get stuck on Setup Connection.
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If you read that thread and last few post it's been said guide for that isn't working anymore

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If you read that thread and last few post it's been said guide for that isn't working anymore
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Yeah, i now noticed, that my Device is telling me its Bootloader is 3 and the Binary is 2. What can I do know? Can i never flash an older ROM?

scharro said:
Yeah, i now noticed, that my Device is telling me its Bootloader is 3 and the Binary is 2. What can I do know? Can i never flash an older ROM?
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You could flash older rom like nougat only if install TWRP aka rooting your phone and installing custom rom , officially u can't go back anymore .

Scorpionea said:
You could flash older rom like nougat only if install TWRP aka rooting your phone and installing custom rom , officially u can't go back anymore .
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So I root, flash custom rom, and then flash an older stockrom on? Will that be fine with the bootloader?
Where can i seek for help ?

scharro said:
So I root, flash custom rom, and then flash an older stockrom on? Will that be fine with the bootloader?
Where can i seek for help ?
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Hm I don't know if u can downgrade your bootloader with TWRP ,it could be possible but can't tell for sure.
What I meant is you can use nougat only as custom rom.

Scorpionea said:
Hm I don't know if u can downgrade your bootloader with TWRP ,it could be possible but can't tell for sure.
What I meant is you can use nougat only as custom rom.
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Hm only using a custom rom wouldnt be thing i need, because then i have to root my device and many apps dont work with root mode on :/ thats why i am looking for an older stockrom

scharro said:
Hm only using a custom rom wouldnt be thing i need, because then i have to root my device and many apps dont work with root mode on :/ thats why i am looking for an older stockrom
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Actually many apps are working just fine , thanks to magisk it can hide your root so u can use banking app,Pokemon go and many other as you have magisk .
As u seen it u can't go back via official way. Stay on latest stock without root ,no other way I'm afraid
Good luck