yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
That's nice, so guess it's recovery based. Wonder how it gets over the kernel root protection then -- using supercurios exploit perhaps?

I'll go ahead and reroot my device then, since the kernel will remain the same. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vinandy:
Hello All,

I updated my Firmware yesterday via OTA, post which I faced lots of call with no Audio. Incoming / Outgoing faced with same problem, no audio in call. Did any of you faced such problem??? I read a fix online, where it was mentioned to remove the battery & put it back in after 10 sec, but that was for VZW S4.

Any Indian owners???
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Happened to me right after updating. A reboot fixed it -- not recurred since. Not sure if it was the upgrade or network issues though (has been raining heavily and si network is wonky sometimes these days at my office location).
[Galaxy S 4 General] vinandy:
Normal Reboot or Battery Pull???
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
Normal reboot (power off / on).
[Galaxy S 4 General] bibymon:
@ bala_gamer did you try avg pro??
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
I'm still skeptical about the importance of an antivirus on a smartphone.

Is it necessary?
[Galaxy S 4 General] sasha007:
I'm not able to download the update . The OTA says Max no of Roll outs bla bla .

And through KIES , it isn't giving me a popup that a FW update is available .

And when i clicked on Tools -> Firmware update and initialization , it says : GT-i9500 Does not support initialization

Please help

EDIT :- Also If i right click on my phone tab on the left in KIES , Firmware upgrade tab is greyed out

See Here :-

http://imgur.com/58l7dMs
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Why don't just download the entire MEA firmware and flash it via Odin then ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] sasha007:
B'coz the whole FW is 1.5 GB and my connection is too slow to download it :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Get a download manager so that you can pause and resume your download OR I think it's also available as a torrent

With a down speed of about 55kbps it will take like 7 hours
[Galaxy S 4 General] bibymon:
I started using antivirus from sgs2 itself as there is nothing much too loose in doing so. Also it provides firewall, antitheft, privacy options etc.. Previously i was using avast which is free & good.. Now changed to avg pro for trying it & its free in samsung uk app store.. Nfs most wanted is also free
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
i dont prefer using anti virus in mobile :D:D , if in case i suspect something ill simply dload avast ,scan the mobile and uninstall it ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
Problem who are facing while update firmware via kies.... i suggest you to,

Turn off Firewall from Windows Control Panel and disable antivirus...

this really helps who have slow interent...

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best stress test via Cnet..

S4 really done a great job...

http://blog.gsmarena.com/apple-iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-destruction-tests-are-a-pain-to-watch/
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
After two hours of use with WiFi (actual screen in time an hour)

The battery dropped 16%

Quite disappointing because I had power save on :/
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Lol, its not only about wifi your screen is also lit on looking upon the screenshots, your screen on time is around an hour right?
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Yup
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
mine is 3% drop in 8 hours,

before factory data reset, there was more droping...

i think u should factory data reset...

+ clean Ram from Task manager...
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
I haven't left it on standby much after flashing the ROM today morning so I'll wait for tonight to check :P
[Galaxy S 4 General] Paras Lehana:
Guys if you've downloaded the firmware via torrent, please have some time to seed it. 663 B/s :(

I received my GS4 today and I'm not gonna use it till I flash the new firmware. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
+1. Only 3 seeds. I'll let it seed after download, was gonna ask people to get it seeding. Eta says 7 hours now.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
If that doesn't work out get a download manager and download the firmware from Samsung updates or sammobile
[Galaxy S 4 General] Paras Lehana:
Yup, thinking about that. Well, there are 2 indian firmwares with the same PDA and BB version. Anyone knows the difference or are they the same? I think should download the topmost one. :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] nani67:
the cheap quality Galaxy survived all the tests way better than PREMIUM quality iSHEET
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
Yep... This Video is answer for who speak why Samsung with plastic..
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Lol. I did the same :P
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
uh... where to find the clear sound mode...!!?? I Seem to have lost it..!!!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Paras Lehana:
Just noted out.

Product code of the top most is INS and the other one has INU. Looks like it doesn't matter!
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
I should have wait for htc one to get released in india. There seems to be very very less support from devs for 9500.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
thats one heck of a test, s4 is the undisputed winner in most places!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
i was talking about call qualtiy clear mode,

goto call settings then goto "personalise sound quality" then select clear mode..

you can set quality for music by adapt settings...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Anmol_Verma:
Please Help Me!

Hey Guys,

I am having serious issue with my galaxy S4.

It's not getting detected to my PC.

Whenever I connect my S4 to PC via USB,nothing happens.my phone starts charging like it usually chartes through charger...

Nothing popups on my S4 nor on my PC.

I have all the Latest drivers and Kies installed on my PC...

I even have USB debugging mode enabled on my S4 still nothing happens. ..

I also own galaxy y and it's successfully detected on my pc..and many others mobiles also gets detected.

This is the only issue I am currently facing.

I want to update my S4 but doesn't getting any way to do it as via OTA I get msg saying to update gia kies and my phone is not getting detected to PC...so now I don't have any other way to update. ..

Please help me guys to make my S4 detected on my PC...

Thanks in Advance.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sri25252:
Hi guys I have black lines on galaxy s4 screen and when I went to service centres they said to change the display...

I have doubt regarding this. If they change the display is it same as my original or it has any difference
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
i am not expert, but will try to help,

Can u tell see that, open properties of "computer" then go to device manager, see that is there any hardware related ur phone with Exlamation Sign,

but u said u also tried another samsung phone which can detect,

so,

tell me if u see anything.

if ur s4 is empty, i mean if ur phone have not much stuff installed, then try to factory data reset, may be it helps...

did u tried to connect with another pc?

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dont worry, dispay will original, but we cant trust on indian peoples..

Going to Original Service Center( i mean Main center) is better way...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Anmol_Verma:
There is no exclamation sign after connecting..my s4 just starts charging. ..

I have even tried by resseting my S4 but nothing happens.

I haven't tried on any other pc as I don't have any...I think this isthe issue with S4 as other phones gets detected.
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
Finally a custom rom based on MEA... WanamLite..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2268569
[Galaxy S 4 General] sri25252:
Thank you very much for your information and I went to authorised samsung service centre.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
Ok.. last option is go to service centre.. but I will again suggest u to try to another pc like friends pc..

If u running windows 8 then might be windows problem.. becuase windows 8 has bugs like that.. thats why windows 8.1 released..

U tried to connect galaxy y with same data cable as well as u tried to, with s4..?

M asking because..

I had this same issue in note 2,

In that only charging was working,

But another devices was able to connect with same cable..

But in my case cable was defective..
[Galaxy S 4 General] Arsh_Kapoor:
Am also having same prob...my s4 also dosen't get detected via usb connection...jst starts charging up:banghead:

I have factory reset my cell

Formated my pc

Bt still same prob....plz help some 1
[Galaxy S 4 General] farrukhna:
After being disappointed for not eing able to download free premium apps from my region on my galaxy s4, someone told me that i can download premium apps from another country's samsung apps store, like of United Kingdom. Can anyone kindly guide me through this? thanks !!

p.s. dont wanna root as it would void my warranty !!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Arsh_Kapoor:
Hey this is not ur s4 prob...I have just connected my s4 to my dad's lappi it got detected fine...n am able to access my s4 memory via pc...so its pc problem...n not s4 prob
[Galaxy S 4 General] rachitboom2:
There is an option to reinstall corrupted usb drivers in kies, it might work if the issue is driver related.

P.S. i9500 on MEA is much smother than HTC one. My personal xperience.... :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] sasha007:
Anyone here with Windows 8 , able to update S4 via Kies in India ?

My Kies has Firmware upgrade option disabled and does not show any latest firmware :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
New reports on MEA Update:

1.The lag in high end games, which was present in the factory stock firmware and which was removed in MDK... is back in MEA...

2. Heating has gone down significantly.

3. Media scanner causing way too much heating and huge battery drain. Once it is force stopped the device is coooool.

4.Battery drain is worse than MDK. A little.

PS. Need a solution for the Media issue. M tired of force closing it over and over again.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sasha007:
1.The lag in high end games, which was present in the factory stock firmware and which was removed in MDK... is back in MEA...

Where sis you get this one from ? :p

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Can someone please give sammobile link for the latest indian update ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] vdhawwan:
The lag is present. I tried GTA Vice City and Modern Combat 4. The lag was present in factory stock MDE... It was resolved in MDK.. Its back in MEA..
[Galaxy S 4 General] Gillion:
Try using the device without the SD card in it.

The reason I suggest this is to test if your Media card is at fault.

For example: are you sure your MP3 or Video files are not in some way the problem ?

I have noticed that when I have MP3 files with bad compression or bad ID3 Tags it causes Media Scanner to act up.

OR

if your Media card electronics is failing ?

From my experience... i had the high temperature, media and battery issue until I got rid of a 32Gig Media Card that was low in quality

Ever since phone has run without waking media card more than 10mins in 5 days.

And I have quite a few MP3 (with properly set ID3 tags) and videos.

Another thing to do (after all else fails) is a factory reset after your back up your relevant settings, important messages and call logs.

Sometimes its always good to start fresh with these updates as we have been tinkering with the old stock ROM and disabling apps.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Abu-khulzat:
Is there any place in Delhi to get Korean model?
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
I accidentally dropped my phone from my shirt pocket yesterday. Survived without a scratch :)

But then I've dropped the iPhone 5 as well earlier. It's a matter of luck -- how and where it lands.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Try Uninstalling all the usb port drivers on device manager and reinstall it or simply click scan for hardware changes

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Media scanner issue is there on almost all jelly bean devices you can track the issue in code.google. Com, Google has the price come up with some fix. Until that yo no can use media scanner root to disable the scanning part.

That's true, but not only the drop test the water test is simply amazing, the phone survives more than an hour in water. Simply wow.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Running real racing 4 and shadow gun deadzone, with deadzone moved to the sd card. No lag over here.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] Paras Lehana:
Guyssss seed!!! 20% Remaining!!!

I want to update my GS4 before I get to my coaching classes. :P

Seeds 0 of 0

Peers 0 of 2

Speed - 104 B/s :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] ketan_naik:
+1 me too. S4:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: is best
[Galaxy S 4 General] bibymon:
Some tips & tricks about s4..its worth reading

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/05/24/25-samsung-galaxy-s4-hidden-features/

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Make a samsung account from pc with uk as country.. In kies select uk app store.. Log in in kies.. Download.. You can use this same steps for using different app stores
[Galaxy S 4 General] Pramod9964:
will be posting a screenshot shortly right now am in office ,

i did check the screen up time and it was just 2 hours and 50 minutes thats way too low right?
[Galaxy S 4 General] satya0011:
See if u have latest version of Kies..... u can download it from samsung website..... worked for me....
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
3 hrs screen time with 2 days backup? u rarely use the phone it seems :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] rcarlossgs:
do not try this at home

Be proud of your buy

http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=24643

Apologies if posted earlier
[Galaxy S 4 General] kannanX10:
to my knowledge s4 sold in india r from vietnam.............
[Galaxy S 4 General] Paras Lehana:
I think the Korean Model is the Octa Core one.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Pramod9964:
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did a factory reset checked for an update ,got a message saying maximum number of rollouts have been done or something ,and also my kies did not even detect galaxy s4 ,no apps have been installed this time all i have is my 2g(Data connectivity on) am fed up with this feel like throwing this

guys any other suggestions or should i have to return it to the seller
[Galaxy S 4 General] devadatta:
please get rid of it asap..
[Galaxy S 4 General] spacetribe99:
Samsung has returned my phone from the service center and I yet cannot use the flash!
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
yep, it was S2!!

but reason was different, a wrongly compiled Kernel version had wiped my phone's boot loader.
[Galaxy S 4 General] OrrPenn18:
I guess it was Siyah right? It was compiled right and till then the eMMC bug wasn't recognized, then CM team added the flag to prevent it. Hence, you bricked it due to Samsuck :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
It was due to eMMC_ERASE_CAP, Dev forgot to disable in that specific Kernel version.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
I so love my SGS2 that I hate breaking up with her and moving to S4.

Every piece of h/w would be an upgrade but the S2 is so good that I didn't like design of the S3 and went with S2 on purpose.

Anyone know sold their SGS2 (I9100 variant) recently and know what's resale value going on for this phone? Mine is just a yr old and I can maybe afford another 7-8k extra for the S4 after selling the S2.
[Galaxy S 4 General] soodgautam:
need a little help :)

1)Which version is Indian market getting - s600 or exonys

2)Which is the best site to find the resale price for S3
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
India getting exynos one.
[Galaxy S 4 General] saj2001ind:
Any idea if it will have ir blaster and can be configured with airtel digital tv remote control
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
yes it will have ir and it can be configured
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
I have a couple of 'all-in-one' remotes. Fscking pain to configure.

Hopefully, the software will be nice and configurable on the phone, but this being Samsung I am not getting my hopes up!
[Galaxy S 4 General] rakeshishere:
Samsung is known for electronic home appliances so I'm sure they'll make it easy
[Galaxy S 4 General] Chillz88:
That does not mean the tv remote software they put on the phone might be good enough.. have to wait to use one to tell..
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
even if samsung app fails( i heard it has wide range of predefined products to choose from and not limited to samsung) there will be 3rd party apps/devswho will take care of the ir blaster
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
duplicate
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
Have any of you have previous experience buying pone from a carrier store like vodafone?I enquired a friend of mine who works in vodafone store and he said there might be s4 on sale on vf store with slightly lesser price and also may include some plans to choose from.Its worth even if its 1000 as long as it has the same warranty etc as buying from samsung directly IMO.Wrong?

A high-fi for the tamizan :highfive::highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Hi nanda;),

I would suggest you to stay away from career branded ones if in case it comes with locked bootloader . The updates will be dead slow if you choose not to root. Unlocking them is also not that easy.

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
Owe....Never....I have rooted all my phone ever since I came to know about root and I buy SGS4 for developmental purpose.I didnt know that carrier branded phones comes with locked bootloaders here...Gonna check with their model number,try booting to recovery and DL mode to ensure its just the normal phone with just a brand name and plans.I saw N2 and it didnt have any type of branding....

And finally,I will go with samsung dealer where I bought all my previous phones :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] _bottle_:
Got a software update today, not sure if its new or old since the date says Mar 11, did anyone else get it ? still on 4.1.2
[Galaxy S 4 General] kachrukamble:
ohh!!!

you got older batch of Galxy S 4 then...;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] vijai2011:
Have I joined the party late?Usual question:Where and how did you manage to get a s4?:DAlso say the price?:)
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
4.1.2? wrong thread?

《posted from s3》
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
I am not expert.. but will try to help,

did u try clean camera app + clear the cache from camera app?

If not works, try to hard reset, may be it helps..

It can be hardware problem...

For checking it, spawn a widget of flash, then try to flash...

Lets see..

Btw what was u facing before gave to centre?
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
This phone is getting rather boring. Everything is working so nicely! :( Hehehe.

I'm going to dig out my old iPhone 5 and use it for a few days. The iOS 7 beta seems interesting (and buggy) :P
[Galaxy S 4 General] spacetribe99:
Did a hard reset. Same issues

- Distortion in bluetooth audio (cannot hear the person on the other end of the call)

- Distortion in Earpiece (over a call I get a disturbance)

- Device overheats to more than 55d C during a call/browsing the internet/gaming ( cannot hold the device to my ear as its way to hot)

- I am unable to use the flash at times as I get this message "unable to turn on the flash. device temperature is too high"
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
Device should not go more than 50C

Piece is defected..

Mine never got hot, high usage always below 41C in my phone..even india is too hot place..

U need to tell center more than 3 annoying problems, I think they will replace ur phone..

Take a screen shot of 55C temp on ur phone for showing this to center..

Try to show urself dissappointed to service guys...

Edit. Are u on latest firmware MEA??

IF no then try to update..
[Galaxy S 4 General] nabilsilva:
Anyone here has a cover other than the official samsung flip covers?

the back cover of the phone is a scratch magnet, though the scratches are only visible when you hold it close to your eye at an angle :P
[Galaxy S 4 General] Suraj.Udg:
This is what im getting why trying to update :(

OTA aldo failing
[Galaxy S 4 General] Hotzigetty:
Just flash via odin. There's a torrent link, Download and seed please.

Sent from Neptune
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
Try to disable firewall and anti virus from windows.. if u have utorrent then also close it...
[Galaxy S 4 General] spacetribe99:
On the latest update
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaidev.s:
A new FW I9500XXUBMF3 for Russia is now available
[Galaxy S 4 General] mohanindia:
Stuck at Android is upgrading

Flashed the latest firmware via odin on top of Wanam lite 1.3

i am stuck at the Screen - Android is upgrading - Starting apps.. anyone faced this issue?
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
same changelog number :768420 , so probably the same version.

[MENTION=3033638]seltaeb[/MENTION]

lol, i secnond your words, havent found anything buggy with this new damn MEA rom :( boring haha, now waiting for new sources from samsugn so that we can start playing with custom kernels once again :D

The new kernel in mea fixed the green tint on the screen when a kboard is popping out,and the screen dosent flickers any more when opening closing keyboard, the new sources should have the updated code for the above issues right?
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
Its stuck i guess take the battery out and try again

if nothing works flash the firmware again that should solve the issue
[Galaxy S 4 General] mohanindia:
OK..trying that now...Took the battery off and started it again... stuck at Samsung logo..

Let me re flash the firmware again...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Pramod9964:
Guys i have the following version kindly tell me is this the latest or are there any more officail updates(Indian ones) following this

coz if i try the OTA i get message saying No more updates have been rolled out,and if i try connecting to Kies it doesn't even recognise my S4

Android Version:4.2.2

Baseband Version:I9500DDUAMDK

Kernal:3.45-526212

se.infra@SEP-111 #1

Tue Apr 23 23:00:57 KST 2013

Build Number:

JDQ39.I9500XXUAMDK

pls reply
[Galaxy S 4 General] kannanX10:
no............we have a new MEA update--available via OTA and kies..........if ur facing trouble flash via odin
[Galaxy S 4 General] HS™:
This is the old version there is a New version which came a day ago which is MEA

and are you rooted etc ?

Edit fine the link below download and flash it thru ODIN

http://hotfile.com/dl/226421671/f562e7d/INU-I9500XXUBMEA-20130607110337.zip.html
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mandeep148:
Its not latest.. latest is MEO

Are u rooted?

If not, did u tried to check update from kies.?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Pramod9964:
thank you guys hopefully that should fix my battery drain issue
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaidev.s:
Boot to recovery, wipe cache, davlik cache,
[Galaxy S 4 General] Pramod9964:
No am not and i will check today but mine was old kies

may be i should download a new one
[Galaxy S 4 General] mohanindia:
Didnt work buddy...flashed it again...via Odin.. stuck at the Samsung logo

Might have to take it to the service center?
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
They probably fixed that in the framework rather than the kernel. But it's possible some kernel bug was getting triggered. Let's see -- Update 2 should be out soon.

The funny thing is that despite Andrei bringing up his kernel to the latest OSRC sources just a couple of days earlier, the MEA one is newer (or at least different from the OSRC).
[Galaxy S 4 General] kannanX10:
power off............press and hold vol up+power+menu keys simultaneously until u get a android logo...enter stock recovery and do a factory reset ..
[Galaxy S 4 General] seltaeb:
This should fix it, but since this would (probably) wipe the entire internal SD -- photos and all, I would recommend using ADB in recovery mode first to pull out any files OP might want to save.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mohanindia:
Yup..that fixed it.. did a factory reset and I am back...

Many thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] sneghi:
Had severe battery drain issues past two days I.e. after the update. Un installed Juice defender and battery is back normal :D