Previously rooted Galaxy S5 Active now it's not

[Ollie]

Which version of Odin?

 

[Androidian1]

ok, I've watched some firmware flashing tutorials, I'm in download mode on the phone, connected to odin, I see that it is Added and ready for download, however I cant find a PDA slot, on the tutorials where the PDA slot is located I have BL, AP, CP, CSC

 

[Androidian1]

Odin 3.10

 

[Androidian1]

Odin 3.10

 

[Ollie]

Ok it is very simple.
1. Launch Odin as Administrator (right click the Odin. Exe)
2. Put your phone into Download Mode.
3. Plug it into your PC with the factory USB cable.
4. Let Odin recognize your phone.
5. Select the AP slot and navigate to the NE4 kernel on your PC.
6. Press Start in Odin.

Do not check or unchecked anything in Odin.

Afterwards you root with Towelroot and then put it back into Download Mode and flash back your NG3 kernel using the same steps as above.

 

[Androidian1]

I have the phone in download mode, odin as Added, but the tutorial had a PDA slot, the Odin I downloaded from the link has BL, AP, CP, CSC, I've clicked all the boxes however no PDA

 

[Androidian1]

disregard last, I hadn't refreshed and seen your instructions

 

[Ollie]

Odin 3.10

In that screenshot you can see AP. Click on the word 'AP' and it will launch a file Explorer so you can select your downloaded kernel.

 

[Ollie]

Ok well good luck! 4 AM comes awfully early so I have to hit the sack.

 

[Androidian1]

got it yay, thanks for the help, towelroot ran, I had to uninstall supersu, reinstall, it would freeze, reboot phone, supersu ran and installed files, rootchecker says congratulation... AWESOME

per your instruction "And... Make sure you have your Software Updates disabled in Settings, About, Software Updates. This way it won't update again until you want to."
I cannot find a box to uncheck, it just asks "check for updates" am I ok, will it not check for updates now without my authorization, I did uncheck report diagnostic info box

 

[Androidian1]

Thank you so much for being so patient and walking me through..... SUCCESS!

 

[Ollie]

got it yay, thanks for the help, towelroot ran, I had to uninstall supersu, reinstall, it would freeze, reboot phone, supersu ran and installed files, rootchecker says congratulation... AWESOME

per your instruction "And... Make sure you have your Software Updates disabled in Settings, About, Software Updates. This way it won't update again until you want to."
I cannot find a box to uncheck, it just asks "check for updates" am I ok, will it not check for updates now without my authorization, I did uncheck report diagnostic info box

Thank you so much for being so patient and walking me through..... SUCCESS!

You are very welcome.

On my phone the updates can be unchecked completely. I wonder if they switched to manual updating only or they make updating mandatory. Either way since you are rooted you could always freeze the Software Updater with Titanium Backup or MyBackup Pro.

Here's mine:

 

[KaosMaster]

Yea, because of the root problem in there eyes, you are forced to freeze or uninstall the app.