Slight bit of help here

Exmix

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Alright, i'm very new to the concept of ROMS and Flashing and etc, so if I could, I would REALLY appreciate it if someone could help me get a better understanding on all of this.
I just recently got my S5 Rooted and I slapped Plasma ROM onto it because that was what I first saw, it was unbloated and had a nice looking theme. Now dont get me wrong I do like it but I wanna be able to try others such a cyanogen, Paranoid, etc.
Now my main issue is i'm someone who jumps right in and I WILL make mistakes and learn from them, like right now I tried to install Cyanogen but I can't get touchwiz recovery on my phone, nor Safestrap to even possibly restore what I did while i had Plasma, so yeah, as you can see here, I clearly need some help and would greately appreciate it if someone could help me out and put me on the right path on the entire ROM and Flashing, etc and make sure i'm not gonna put myself through alot of frustration over something that i'm sure is fairly simple.
 

Tulsadiver

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Alright, i'm very new to the concept of ROMS and Flashing and etc, so if I could, I would REALLY appreciate it if someone could help me get a better understanding on all of this.
I just recently got my S5 Rooted and I slapped Plasma ROM onto it because that was what I first saw, it was unbloated and had a nice looking theme. Now dont get me wrong I do like it but I wanna be able to try others such a cyanogen, Paranoid, etc.
Now my main issue is i'm someone who jumps right in and I WILL make mistakes and learn from them, like right now I tried to install Cyanogen but I can't get touchwiz recovery on my phone, nor Safestrap to even possibly restore what I did while i had Plasma, so yeah, as you can see here, I clearly need some help and would greately appreciate it if someone could help me out and put me on the right path on the entire ROM and Flashing, etc and make sure i'm not gonna put myself through alot of frustration over something that i'm sure is fairly simple.
You have a locked bootloader. You can only flash the roms from here.
 

Exmix

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No, you use Flashfire to flash these roms. We have no custom recovery.
Alright, I'll look into this and see what all needs to be done. Like I said I'm VERY new to this and am just looking for a bit of guidance/help on understanding what should be done and how and just get an overall understanding of all of this.

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EDIT: Is the G900V Supported? From this forum, it doesn't seem like it is...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
 
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Tulsadiver

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Alright, I'll look into this and see what all needs to be done. Like I said I'm VERY new to this and am just looking for a bit of guidance/help on understanding what should be done and how and just get an overall understanding of all of this.

Sent from my SM-G900V using XDA Free mobile app

EDIT: Is the G900V Supported? From this forum, it doesn't seem like it is...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
Flashfire works great with the S5.

If your phone is messed up after all you tried to flash, it might be best to odin a full wipe NGC tar file and reroot. Start from scratch. Otherwise you should flash the tar that doesn't do a full wipe. Scroll way down to the notes on this post (down to #4).

http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...w-to-update-to-g900vod5-5-0-keeproot-t3136945

Full wipe NGC tar is here.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/stock-collection-kernels-modems-t2842069
 
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Exmix

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Flashfire works great with the S5.

If your phone is messed up after all you tried to flash, it might be best to odin a full wipe NGC tar file and reroot. Start from scratch. Otherwise you should flash the tar that doesn't do a full wipe. Scroll way down to the notes on this post (down to #4).

http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...w-to-update-to-g900vod5-5-0-keeproot-t3136945

Full wipe NGC tar is here.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/stock-collection-kernels-modems-t2842069
So I finally have the time to flash this, so I essentially get the .zip file of the ROM i want to flash, use Flashfire to flash it, and it will essentially wipe my phone, add the new ROM on, and i'll n eed to re-download my selected apps and re-do my settings. etc, right?
 

Tulsadiver

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So I finally have the time to flash this, so I essentially get the .zip file of the ROM i want to flash, use Flashfire to flash it, and it will essentially wipe my phone, add the new ROM on, and i'll n eed to re-download my selected apps and re-do my settings. etc, right?
Tar files are flashed via odin. Unzip the zip to get to the .Tar file