Will you ever be able to use custom roms on the G900A? or will the bootloader forever be locked?
I have seen two other related posts with no such help on the matter of Boot Animations on the S5. It is almost impossible to search for such a thing too as everyone is loading S5 stock animations on their S3/4 (bloating search results).
The real problem is that the older ways of changing the animation don't seem to work.
There are different versions of the S5 phone. The Qualcomm versions e.g. SM-G900T, SM-G900A, etc use the files below for the bootanimations. The Exynos versions probably use the same files too, but I haven't confirmed that.
You can change these files with a root aware file manager. Or look for a flashable .zip file in the XDA forums. If you have a bootanimation.zip file that you want to use, there are two ways to do so. Either modify the Samsung phone to use a bootanimation.zip file instead of a qmg. Or convert the .zip file to the qmg format. You can find forum threads explaining both methods.
/system/media/bootsamsung.qmg
/system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmg
/system/media/audio/ui//PowerOn.wav
/system/media/shutdown.qmg
/system/media/audio/ui/shutdown.ogg
The bootsamsungloop.qmg is only present if the boot animation loops more than once. The wav and ogg files are audio files.
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(as I think boot and shutdown animations are inclusive of the bootanimations.zip file). I have tried flashing and not flashing too. My model is the G900F
The 900F uses/system/media/shutdown.qmg
I can tell you first hand that it works as expected. Just replace the shutdown.qmg file and confirm that it has the correct permissions (0644).
The 900F cannot use a bootanimation.zip file unless you have modified your phone to use that instead of .qmg
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I'm sorry I have double posted this in another thread but I really need some help
Is this phone running firmware for 900M.
Double posting is bad form and you should remove your duplicate posts.
To answer your questions, you have a SM-G900T (TMobile) phone. And apparently have installed an international 900M ROM based on Trinidad firmware. Your screen shot also shows your phone branded (nicknamed) "KJC". That may be you or Google suggests that it may be a Singapore based phone dealer.
Stock firmware for this phone would be TMobile releases. You could also put a 900F based, unbranded "stock" ROM on it. Or simply proceed directly to a custom ROM. Many custom ROMs are based on unbranded European firmware e.g. 900F. For instance I have a 900T phone as well, with the Phoenix custom ROM based on 900F source and it would work fine in Alaska, Canada, the lower 50 states or European GSM carriers. It is not meant to work with CDMA carriers like Sprint or Verizon. The main reason for the CSC is to facilitate automatic carrier firmware updates. But if you have a custom ROM, you won't want automatic updates and the CSC is largely irrelevant. If you want to update a custom ROM, you should be doing a manual update.
You could put a 100% stock TMobile firmware on your phone, then decide what custom ROM you want. Or proceed directly to a custom ROM such as Phoenix, Alliance or XtreStoLite. There is a list of ROMs here.
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So the carrier used Odin to flash a 900m firmware? I always put custom roms on my phones but I wanted to be on the latest baseband/modem first so if I flash the T-Mobile firmware there should be no problems with signal or anything? Or I could update with the latest TTT 900M firmware through Odin? KJC is just a nickname for the phone.... Thanks for your help.... I will remove other posts
1. So I can flash 900m latest through Odin? Is that safe?
2. If I play it safe and flash T-Mobile firmware through Odin.. Will I lose anything or be locked down in some way? (I know they removed mobile data toggle).. Does tmo still have same lte bands?
i want to root for clean rom,killing or deleting apps or process that i don't need...it's possible?
a list of process that work in background that a user can delete or kill?
before to kill,freeze and delete i would like to know more about it...there's a sort of guide about?
i ask because i think the galaxy s5 is sometimes a little bit laggy and maybe if i freeze dcc certainly background process not very useful ..the phone would be more faster or less laggy..or not?
because rom samsung is not very fast compared to a stock pure google rom or htc sense,ecc...
i want only root galaxy and work on original rom because i don't won't to risk the knox..
The reason for the lag is because Samsung installs an excessive number of trivial applications. This is referred to as "bloatware". If you disable or remove some of the bloat, your phone will be a lot more responsive and not lag any more. Using a recent root e.g. towel root should not affect the Knox bit. Note that changing the kernel or a custom recovery would trip Knox.
After you root, you can freeze bloatware apps that you don't need via Greenify pro or Titanium pro type programs. Or simply remove them. You will be able to find threads discussing which apps are safe to freeze or remove. Alternately you could install a custom ROM that is already debloated.
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It's an unlocked GSM network named GCI.... Assuming there selling 900T the bands are probably similar... I'm just trying to get to NE6... So maybe I'll unroot by flashing tmo Anch and then do OTA.. From there that way if something goes wrong I could still root and use my backup of 900M firmware Thanks for taking the time to help I really appreciate it.
Didn't you said that you don't have a TMO signal in your area? So you won't be able to do an OTA update then. Instead you can update to NE6 by downloading the TMO NE6 firmware and flashing it with Odin 3.x By all means do a backup first.. backups are always good.
I don't know anything about CGI's coverage in Alaska. But a quick Google suggests that they use LTE 700 /1900 /2100 + GSM 850 aka LTE bands B17, B2, B1 and GSM B8. Your TMO phone should be fine as it has all those frequencies. But you should confirm that with your carrier.
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which is the best,greenify or titanium?
custom rom i can't install because i want to maintain knox to 0x0..
so the only way is to freeze or unistall apps.
can you help me to find threads discussing which apps are safe to freeze or remove?
thanks..
Ok all my other Galaxy phones have been unbranded unlocked phones and this one is upsetting me.... Because it is the T-Mobile version but not running tmo firmware.... Will my Sim card still work after flashing NE6 tmo stock firmware..... I thought Ota go by your csc region code? I just want to have latest baseband/modem/kernel then flash Omega... The reason I was gonna flash ANCH is because if I do NE6 I won't be able to downgrade if it doesn't work... Sorry I'm so hesitant but there must be a reason it came with the 900M firmware and not TMO
I prefer Greenify, but Titanium is also popular.
You could use a custom ROM and maintain Knox @ 0x0 as long as you choose a ROM that does not change the stock kernel or recovery. But there is nothing wrong with keeping stock firmware if you prefer that.
There are a lot of XDA threads about bloatware removal. You didn't say what carrier you use, here is a (Sprint) S5 bloatware thread. The apps are pretty much the same for all carriers, so if it's safe to remove for one carrier it is for other ones as well. Or you could get a bloatware removal app in the Google play store.
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The mismatch is caused by someone modifying the phone's firmware after it left the factory. Either you did that or you must have bought the phone used or refurbished. There is no way that a brand new phone would have a 900T (TMO) baseband and 900M ROM. Some one has changed one or the other and it is very hard to change the baseband. So I feel confident saying that someone has changed the ROM.The baseband is the key part which suggests that the phone was manufactured as a TMO phone. You can confirm that by looking at the label under the battery.
Your SIM card is not directly affected by the firmware, provided that you install a firmware that is compatible with the phone's baseband and hardware. To return it to stock you would need to use a TMO image, not the 900M International one. As simple as that. You seem to ignore the parts that you don't like, but that doesn't make them any less factual. I am just trying to help you but it's your phone, you can make whatever changes you like if you don't agree with me
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i have an european galaxy s5 no brand.so are you sure that is possible to install custom rom with knox still on 0X0? i think the only way is to install a custom rom that not has a different kernel.exist a cyanogen mod11 firwmare on s5 with the same kernel of stock rom samsung??(that not alterate knox counter)
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SMG900F Partition table for developers
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SMG900D Source code
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lets see what us aussies can cook up im gonna be making a blind rom for the S5 so my skills are really going to the test!
I did it before and after flashing the ROM
It somehow restore all orange files and bootanimation
Hi friends.
which is the best custom rom for s5?
please tell me.
thanks:fingers-crossed: