Having trouble with Heimdall

[T3KH3D]

Greetings!

I am trying to revert my Samsung Galaxy S5 back to Lollipop from Marshmallow. I don't have a PC but a Macbook Pro so I can't use ODIN. Instead I have downloaded Heimdall. I have downloaded several different versions of the Lollipop stock ROM but the Heimdall GUI is not recognizing them.

I *really* need to revert this back to Lollipop so I can use towelroot to get rid of all the crap Verizon bloatware that is eating my memory and making my phone unusable.

Any help would be so so so appreciated, thank you!

 

[Many40]

Greetings!

I am trying to revert my Samsung Galaxy S5 back to Lollipop from Marshmallow. I don't have a PC but a Macbook Pro so I can't use ODIN. Instead I have downloaded Heimdall. I have downloaded several different versions of the Lollipop stock ROM but the Heimdall GUI is not recognizing them.

I *really* need to revert this back to Lollipop so I can use towelroot to get rid of all the crap Verizon bloatware that is eating my memory and making my phone unusable.

Any help would be so so so appreciated, thank you!

Hi,
It is good that you are asking for help but first of all in order to get helped you should provide basic info as:
1. Your phone model (label inside the phone)
2. Current firmware (bootloader, PDA, CSC etc)

It seems you have Verizon version of s5. In this case there is dedicated Verizon S5 Forum for your specific phone where potentially you can get more reliable help as xda members there posses these phone:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help

Good luck!

 

[T3KH3D]

Model is g900V(B)

How do I discover the firmware? I now it currently has Marshmallow as the OS...

 

[Many40]

Model is g900V(B)

How do I discover the firmware? I now it currently has Marshmallow as the OS...

Easy way is to install Phone info app from Playstore You will find everything under the Firmware tab.

Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk 2

 

[T3KH3D]

Done and done.

Bootloader: G900VVRU2DPG2
PDA: G900VVRU2DPG2 / G900VVRU2DPG2_PH5
CSC: G900VVZW2DPG2
Baseband: G900VVRU2DPG2
Latest Firmware: N/A
Kernal:
3.4.0-8025411
[email protected] #1
32-bit

Java Virtual Machine: ART 2.1.0

I have no idea what any of that means but I hope it helps!

It seems the issue is Heimdall isn't recognizing the stock rom package when I click the button that is supposed to load it from the relevant folder...

 

[T3KH3D]

Ok, so...now what do I do? The GUI in Heimdall isn't recognizing the stock rom files in order to load them into the program...

It has been entirely frustrating...I have done research on my own finding all of the step by steps...but at every step there seems to be some issue or roadblock...why can't it just be straightforward, arg!

 

[Many40]

Ok, so...now what do I do? The GUI in Heimdall isn't recognizing the stock rom files in order to load them into the program...

It has been entirely frustrating...I have done research on my own finding all of the step by steps...but at every step there seems to be some issue or roadblock...why can't it just be straightforward, arg!

Hi again,

I never used Heimdall for my phone (always odin) nor have your phone model (my is g900f) so can't reproduce your problem. Maybe the others here can?

If not do as I recommended to you in my previous post -> ask this question on the s5 Verizon dedicated forum.


Edit: ok I see that you already posted there and forum moderator closed your thread. Do as he recommended to move this thread to Verizon s5 forum.

 

[T3KH3D]

How do I move the whole thread to a new forum? I tried to start a new one as requested and it got locked.

 

[Many40]

How do I move the whole thread to a new forum? I tried to start a new one as requested and it got locked.

Just read what forum moderator wrote (click on the brown triangle here and ask to move your thread to other place)

Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk 2

 

[T3KH3D]

I'm not seeing any brown triangles...the only triangle I see is the report post one with the exclamation point inside.

 

[Many40]

I'm not seeing any brown triangles...the only triangle I see is the report post one with the exclamation point inside.

That is it. In my xda theme it is brown Request in there to move your thread to this forum: https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help