Hello Fellow XDAERS,
I have an AT&T rooted galaxy s5 active, and I want to be able to upgrade to the new Lollipop version that was actually just rolled out yesterday, but as we know we can't upgrade to lollipop with a rooted phone, the only way to do it I've heard is by flashing a ROM or something like that, I'm sorry I'm kind of a beginner on this kind of stuff because I just switched over to android from iPhone last year (thank god, haha), but if somebody can help me through this process it would be greatly appreciated.
Please and THANK YOU.
andytheturtle said:
Hello Fellow XDAERS,
I have an AT&T rooted galaxy s5 active, and I want to be able to upgrade to the new Lollipop version that was actually just rolled out yesterday, but as we know we can't upgrade to lollipop with a rooted phone, the only way to do it I've heard is by flashing a ROM or something like that, I'm sorry I'm kind of a beginner on this kind of stuff because I just switched over to android from iPhone last year (thank god, haha), but if somebody can help me through this process it would be greatly appreciated.
Please and THANK YOU.
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Follow these instructions in this thread just don't root with towelroot and you'll be back to stock 4.4.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3021120
OPOfreak said:
Follow these instructions in this thread just don't root with towelroot and you'll be back to stock 4.4.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3021120
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So is the G900A_ND3_Stock_Kernel "G900A" safe for my specific device?
You have a G900A?
andytheturtle said:
So is the G900A_ND3_Stock_Kernel "G900A" safe for my specific device?
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If you have an att s5 active g870a, then no. It is a different device than the G900A.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A
nutt_case said:
If you have an att s5 active g870a, then no. It is a different device than the G900A.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A
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Well I need g870a, because that's my phone
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using xda Forum
Follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3083841
I have a safestrapped rooted g900a phone. Running 4.4.2 with Unity rom v2.1.0. I've been looking for a newer rom. Perhaps marshmallow. I've googleed quite alot and have the understanding that safestrap won't work anymore. Not that I understand why 100%.
Can I just use odin and flash a newer rom and continue to use safestrap for booting?
As chance would have it... I purchased my s5 right when towelroot came out.
I've been reading about cm for the s5 for international versions. Do you think this could be a possibility or is the locked bootloader a problem, even with safestrap?
Also to flash any newer rom, would I have to uninstall / remove safestrap? Install a new bootloader? Is that even possible?
Much thanks in advance!
Any extra info you need please feel free to ask me.
MrMoisha said:
I have a safestrapped rooted g900a phone. Running 4.4.2 with Unity rom v2.1.0. I've been looking for a newer rom. Perhaps marshmallow. I've googleed quite alot and have the understanding that safestrap won't work anymore. Not that I understand why 100%.
Can I just use odin and flash a newer rom and continue to use safestrap for booting?
As chance would have it... I purchased my s5 right when towelroot came out.
I've been reading about cm for the s5 for international versions. Do you think this could be a possibility or is the locked bootloader a problem, even with safestrap?
Also to flash any newer rom, would I have to uninstall / remove safestrap? Install a new bootloader? Is that even possible?
Much thanks in advance!
Any extra info you need please feel free to ask me.
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Search is your friend. Too much info for one post. Search in att s5 general.
SM-G870A Peace
Hello Guys,
the story is: i've just bought Galaxy S5 Active with some custom ROM installed (TMS5), rooted.
the version is 5.0: the kies is showing info like: G900FXXU1BOC7/G900AATT3BOC4/G870AUCU1BOC5/G900FXXU1BOC7 (ATT)
the problem: i'd really like to have stock firmware on this one? Can You please tell me what are the options for me?
Thanks,
Jazzhoo
Update:
Guys, for anyone that is thinking about unrooting or installing the newest software through OTA.. i'll give You an advice.. don't!
some time has passed since i bought S5A with TMS5 3.0 custom soft, i wanted to unroot and install stock. thankfully i've found no way to do so.
i'm really happy to have root/custom so i can personalize my phone as i want! and i don't need to use crappy unrooted stock!
peace guys!
I have been looking for a way to root my phone but i cant seem to find a noob friendly explanation of how to root my phone. I have a galaxy s6 tmobile running 6.0.1. Any help is appreciated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...w-root-tmobile-galaxy-s6-edge-update-t3356711
try this hope it helps
Hey how's it going finally upgraded from a Galaxy S4 (rooted/safestrap/rom) to an S5 after almost 4 years.
Trying to root and load a custom rom on Galaxy S5 G900AUCU4BOF3 the guides say to first downgrade to OF3 that is on Android 5.0 (which is what I am on) to a pre-rooted OF3 - would I be safe to try to run Kingoroot or towelroot then use Chainfire to load a custom ROM without flashing a pre-rooted OF3 first?
Thanks
Nevermind figured it out guys thanks anyone who looked.
Care to share? Im on the same boat u were in.
jblazedup said:
Care to share? Im on the same boat u were in.
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SAME