Install CWM Advanced Philz Touch Recovery on Galaxy S5 G900H, G900F International Variants

You can now install the CWM Advanced edition or Philz Touch Recovery on Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900H (Exynos) and the SM-G900F (Snapdragon) variants.  The updated version  of PhilZ Touch recovery to  6.26.6 has worked on International Galaxy S5 variants. The new  unified (klte) basically built and work for  International, Canada, Sprint, T-mobile, Verizon  Galaxy S5 but due to some carrier bootloader locked issues it hasn’t perfectly tested yet, but  I will try to cover for that on other Galaxy S5 when a due time comes.

If you knew about CWM (ClockWork Mod recovery) then it can be sure that you also know the Philz Touch Recovery. Philz Touch Recovery is actually the  CWM recovery but added with numerous features you could ever miss in CWM such as the full touch interface and a completely configurable GUI experience. It has been tested and a well proven perfect and a safe custom recovery for many phones before the Galaxy S5 existence.

But before you may proceed let me refresh you some important notes relating to the installation of custom recovery. Advanced user of Android smartphones already knows about it but if this is your first time heard about this method, you may need a careful research first before attempting to apply this guide I written here.

Note: Installing Custom recovery will trip KNOX counter from 0x0 to 0x1. Once the KNOX security flag counter tripped you will lose your phone’s warranty.

Step by Step Guide on How to Install Philz Touch Recovery on Galaxy S5 SM-G900H, SM-G900F

Download CF-Auto root for SM-G900F (Snapdragon): CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.zip
Download CF-Auto root for SM-G900H (Exynos Octa): CF-Auto-Root-k3g-k3gxx-smg900h.zip

Download Philz Touch Recovery 6.26.6 or the most latest updated build

Get the Philz Touch Recovery 6.26.6 or any latest build versions from
here: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/klte
Select this file: “philz_touch_6.26.6-klte.tar.md5″ which is the Odin flashable.
You can read the full details about the Philz Touch recovery from XDA’s highly-recognized developer [Philz] at XDA’s original thread.

Download Odin and USB driver:
Odin3_v3.09 download
Galaxy S5 USB Driver  download

Install the USB Driver

Simply run the downloaded USB driver to install. Without the USB driver your computer will not recognize your Galaxy S5.

Getting Started on Installing CWM Advanced Edition Philz Touch Recovery

Prepare a Windows base OS computer or laptop – Odin flasher tool will not run on MAC and other OS.
Use the supplied USB cable –  A bad USB cable will be causing flashing errors.
Unzip or extract the files –  compressed file can be extracted using 7zip, winzip, winrar or any unzipping program in your computer.
Enable USB debugging mode – if you are having issues connectingyour device to the computer try to enable the this option. In your Samsung Galaxy S5, go to Settings>> About device>> then look for the firmware build number and then tap that build number for around 7-times until a message pop-ups that says something “congratulations you are now a developer”.
Remove the external micro SD card – if you have one, to avoid any failures and error during the flashing process.
TURN OFF the Reactivation Lock – This is only needed if you already turned-it-ON, from which you cannot modify the system when it’s turned-ON. Just tap on Settings>>Security>>Reactivation Lock and then uncheck the Turn Reactivation lock on.

Assuming that your phone is rooted and custom recovery image then you may proceed to the quick guide below.

Run and Configure Odin

Run Odin downloader Odin3_v3.09 on your PC desktop. Watch out the check-boxes options on the right top of Odin, ensure that the ‘RE-PARTITION’  and  the ‘AUTO-REBOOT , just leave alone the ‘F.RESET TIME’ check-box remained checked.

Reboot your Galaxy S5 into Download Mode

To reboot the Galaxy S5 into  download mode , you need to turn the power off.  After it completely shut off,  just  press and hold the Volume Down key,  Home button and the Power ON/OFF button simultaneously.

You should then prompted into a warning screen and asking you  to press volume up if you want to continue or volume down to cancel, just simply press volume up to get into download mode. The download mode then displays an Android robot and say’s “Downloading.. Do not turn off target!!”

Connect your Phone to PC or Laptop

Once you already reboot the phone in download mode,  simply connect the phone to your PC or laptop USB.
In Odin window – the ID:COM box will turn to blue color and indicates the COM port number and a word “Added” on a log box will prompt you that the device is already detected or recognized by Odin.

Your COM port number might be different from mine. If you do not see a COM port number then there’s something missing or wrong. You may read again from the top of this post.

Installing CF-Auto root

1) Unzip the CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.zip if you have the Galaxy S5 SM-G900F (Snapdragon),
or CF-Auto-Root-k3g-k3gxx-smg900h.zip if you have the Galaxy S5 SM-G900H (Exynos).
2) Click on Odin’s AP button and then load CF-Auto-Root-klte-kltexx-smg900f.tar.md5 or CF-Auto-Root-k3g-k3gxx-smg900h.tar.md5.
3) Hit the “START” button.
4) Wait until it reboots after you successfully installed the CF-Auto-Root.
5) Proceed to installing Philz Touch Recovery and you need to reboot your Galaxy S5 into download mode again.

 

Load the philz_touch_6.26.6-klte.tar.md5  file in Odin

Simply click on the AP button, then browse to the folder where you put the “philz_touch_6.26.6-klte.tar.md5″ you have previously downloaded and then select and load it.
Odin should look like this image below.

Flash the Philz Touch Recovery

Once if all set and ready to fire-up, hit the “START” button in Odin to begin flashing the Philz Touch Recovery.
Do not ever interrupt the phone while already in flashing progress, like disconnecting the cable or turning off the device. Just wait until it completely finish.

Lastly, Reboot the phone into recovery!

When the Philz Touch Recovery installation successfully completes, you will then see a word “PASS” in Odin. This indicates that the flashing was already finish, and on the log box it says “All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)”.  Now, once you see that word “PASS!”  do not let it reboot into normal mode but instead directly reboot it into recovery.  Do this:
– Press and hold Volume Up, Home and Power button.
– Use volume keys to select, Up and Down and Power or Home key to select the option
– Select “Reboot to system” using the Home button.
– It will then prompts you to fix root and recovery, then simply always answer “YES” to the given questions.
– Done.

From here you should have the Philz Touch Recovery running on your Galaxy S5 SM-G900H or SM-G900F. You may then able to install any customization firmware from XDA- Developers to your likings.

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Lollipop Update to G900HXXU1BOC3 for Galaxy S5 G900H Now Available in India

There is an official Android Lollipop update for India’s Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900H users to build version  G900HXXU1BOC3 (LRX21T) that is now being pushed via Kies.  This is the first Lollipop update ever rolled out in India alone as the rolls out is gradually pushed in select countries until this moment. Noting that the first Lollipop update was started last month which took place in Kazakhstan that got two Lollipop updates dubbed with  build version  G900HXXU1BOA7 and G900HXXU1BOAD. Then recently followed in Latin America countries which got their own default build version G900HXXU1BOB8.

The G900HXXU1BOC3 is base in Android 5.0 Lollipop version and an upgrade to the previous 4.4.2 KitKat build version G900HXXU1ANG3.  We have just spotted it and now held available in Kies but it might also release via Over-The-Air (OTA) update. So anyone from India and are rocking the Galaxy S5 SM-G900H you may manually check the said Lollipop update right now.

Technical Details of G900HXXU1BOC3 Update

Here are the firmware build details of G900HXXU1BOA7 Android 5.0 which cab be seen via Settings>> About device.

•  Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900H


• Android version: 5.0 (Lollipop OS)


• Baseband version: G900HXXU1BOC3


• Kernel version: 3.4.0-4235534


• Build number: LRX21T.G900HXXU1BOC3


• SE for Android status Enforcing


• AP: G900HXXU1BOC3


• CSC: G900HODD1BOC3


• CP: G900HXXU1BOC3

Since the update is still fresh, we will try to gather more info about the differences behind of that build version G900HXXU1BOC3 compared to the previous updates. You might also try to check it out of your own if it is stable enough, without any single issue, free from bugs, fast, and has a better battery life improvements.

How to Upgrade the Galaxy S5 SM-G900H to the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop Software Update

Samsung always advises us to prepare the following important notes to consider before performing the software update.  I have also added some useful insights why you should follow this procedures to keep your  phone in safe.

Recharge the phone’s battery – You should make sure your device is fully recharged before performing the software update. Do not also remove the battery during the software update is in progress. A power failures may cause damaged to your device that might results as we so-called “soft-bricks”. If this happens your device may just stuck on Samsung logo or welcome screen and can’t reboot normally.

Back important data – You should back-up your important files, including contacts, emails, messages, photos, videos, apps and other stuff. Like I said while during software update process is interrupted there is a possibility that your data stored from your device internal SD card may lose or deleted when a sudden unexpected failure happened and it forces you to perform a factory data reset which basically wipes your phone’s memory.

Galaxy S5 has no root – Your device should not be modified and rooted, as there is a certain circumstances that a modified and rooted Galaxy S5 SM-G900H may not accept any official software update anymore or it can accept an update but it might harm your device once the update has made. Learn about the new Samsung KNOX security suite. Most known error that says ‘firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in kies and try again‘ or “Your device has been modified Software update are not available” you should try to avoid that from happening.

Update via Over-The-Air (OTA)

This is usually how the carrier branded or locked Samsung Galaxy S5, performs a software update.  This method is Firmware Update through over the air or called as OTA update, which usually a notification message will directly sent to you from your network provider or Samsung and notifies you that there is a new update available for download.  If you did not receive any notification messages you can manually check fro the update instead.  Doing this you may only tap on your Galaxy S5 SM-G900F Settings>>About Device, tap Software Update.

• Find “Software update”


• Slide your finger down the display starting from the top edge of your mobile phone.


• Tap the settings icon.


• Tap About device.


• Tap Software update.

It will automatically tells you that a new update is available or your software is up to date when there is none yet. You can simply tap install now when you want to perform an update or install later.

UpdateThru Kies

The second method is a firmware update through Samsung Kies. You may head-over to your  local Samsung support page from where you can download Samsung Kies from there, and install it in your Windows or Mac computer. Choose the new Kies 3 which supports the Galaxy S5 SM-G900H and other Samsung devices running with Android 4.4.2 KitKat and  5.0 Lollipop OS.  Once you installed Kies 3, all you need is connect your Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900H to the computer using the USB cable, then simply run and follow Kies on-screen software update instructions.

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