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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlayerUUI:
I did that I flashed CWM with re partition option as well as a PIT file for GT-I9505 but the problem still persists. Any thoughts on what else I should do.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Your power button might be stuck if the phone suddenly turns off during the boot process.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingpin090:
Hi, I have same problem. I have I9505, it was running normally when it first time freeze and restarted. I did factory reset from recovery mode but during boot it restarted and the loop goes on. I flashed many custom roms and original rom through odin. But on all roms when phone boots or by any luck reaching the point where it install apps, it reboots again. And then boot loop goes on. I still didn't find any solution :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlayerUUI:
I took the power button off my phone in fear of that, but the phone still turns off... I don't know what else to do
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alhethmey:
Thanks for your reply.

Can you explain more please.

I'm not sure what you meaning!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Did you just take the outisde strip off? Because if so that wont help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlayerUUI:
I ripped off the button that was soldered on. My custom rom was working perfectly until i tried installing Xposed...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavenlytrend:
Several weird problems.

Hello people,

Does anybody have problems with Wi-Fi( sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, and it shows a very poor signal and not all networks are visible), Bluetooth(won't work at all) and SD and SIM cards (keep mounting and unmounting randomly)?? And also found that phone doesn't move while I'm on Waze or google maps, it is stuck only on current location, but shows the route without real navigation or moving with it(And although my GPS is on, Waze tells me there is no GPS).

I'm using Samsung Galaxy S4(GT-I9505), CM13 (pretty much all nightlies I've used have the same problem), and switched back to TouchWiz, same problems happened.

If anyone knows or heard about these problems please tell me, and is it possible to be hardware problem that has things to do with all these combined? And Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martikp:
Hello, please explain what is odex, deodex like when you want to explain something to a 5 year old kid.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Google is your friend my friend.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dethfull:
Odex: half precached system android java compressed classes outside the .apk package (if we delete an odex, the dependant apk will be useless)

Dex: entire precached system android java compressed classes outside the .apk package (if we delete a dex, the dependant apk will recreate again on reinstall or reboot)

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You meant Freind! :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Odex is a file, created alongside an apk.

And Odexed ROM is generally faster and opens apps faster. But we are talking about milliseconds here. You might see a slight difference, but nothing groundbreaking.

The disadvantages of having Odexed ROMs is that it's harder to modify (theme) the system.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x7virus:
Hi, my recently shut down while i was sleeping i tried to turn it off reached menu , shut down again , tried many times succeced once , i spinned the battery on flat surface it does not spin . I tried to lock the screen when my phone was still working and it didn't work it showed me shutdown reboot etc after like 10 seconds and shut down. When i try to charge it ,it takes like 5 minutes for the battery logo to appear. What can i do i`m really sad ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] triffin:
to: Veteran rom tester, i9505 enthusiast

Just wanna ask what's the best rom for i9505 for me?

-I really like automation [like performancee adjust automatically depending on my usage]

-great battery life
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dethfull:
I Discord, odex comsumpt excessive ram. Excessive ram comsumption, (because all odexes are pre working disturbing the ram together), is synonym of low battery, slow down cpu, an burnin fire.

Why the damn CHIT google inc creates odexed roms?

SIMPLE Their CHITTY rotten mind thinks doing this, the apks and jar frames are "protected" against "themselves": PIRACY

:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
It may be a problem with your power button.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Hello,

From my time with the S4, I haven't found a ROM that would automatically adjust performance. You could probably setup some Tasker actions to switch kernel settings depending on what app you're using.

As for the battery life, they are pretty much all in the same ball park. Meaning, you can achieve somewhere around 4 hours SOT of constant usage with pretty much any ROM around here.

TouchWiz ROMs might give you a bit better battery life, but they usually are slower than ccunstom ROMs.

If you like clean ROMs, AOSP and Slim6 are the way to go.

For lots of customizations, Resurrection Remix.

And Optimized CM13 for an all-rounder.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlayerUUI:
Broken recovery

GT-I9505 can't go into recovery, the phone wont boot either but the main problem is that i can't get into recovery. I've flashed the stock rom and stock recovery but the phone still wont work. The power button isn't the issue, but the phone still just shuts off then trying to boot and go into recovery. Should I flash a custom recovery? What else can I do in this situation??? Please help!! Thanks :good::)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondJohn:
Are you asking for automated performance adjustment like boosting the CPU when you actually use the phone? or automate boosting at specific times of the day and down regulating it other specific times of the day? or based on a specific app being opened?

If you are looking for the first (ie boost the CPU when you are actually using it) then that is exactly what the CPU governor is purposed for. Most custom ROMs have multiple CPU governors to choose from. Balancing between performance and battery life is always a trade-off.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrySpy:
excuse me

is there anyone who have an idea how to get rid the rather annoyingly yellowish tint on their screen while watching videos? I've been doing color calibration here with synapse, and this little feature really didn't help, as this render my tweak useless

sorry if i sound rather rude or something, english is my 3rd language
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
How do you know it's not the power button?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlayerUUI:
I ripped off the power button off the motherboard
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
There is no yellow-ish tint on my screen. So that means it's a problem on your end. Or maybe you are using that live display feature which changes color tinting.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrySpy:
thanks for replying,

regarding the so called adapt display feature, yes i did turn them off before asking here, in fact, the tweak actually overrides them by nature, so I don't think that it causing the culprit here

one thing though, this behaviour seems to affect anything stock multi-media app on my phone (cam, utube, videos) and does not reproduce under gaming

phone is a 9500 running voltaqe kernel on atom rom (regardless the fact that this color "bug" has been around since I've been using the stock firmware)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
It might be possible that it's a TouchWiz bug, or that Samsung added this as some kind of feature.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a103:
I flashed the debloated odexed stock PF3 (Custom ROM via TWRP) on my T-Mobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 and there's no network. The wifi/Bluetooth does work however no network. I figured its because of incompatible modern so I tried flashing the PF3 modem via odin but it fails.

1. Is it because I have a T Mobile S4 M919 with OK3 bootloader?

2. Can I flash the GT I9505 PF3 modem .tar on T-Mobile M919?

3. Can I flash stock PF3.tar on T-Mobile M919?

I tried searching online as well as on XDA however couldn't get a satisfactory answer.

Any help/suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance and please let me know if you need any other details.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krasCGQ:
2. No.

3. Flash only M919 stock firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zight48:
hi i just bought a used galaxy s4 and when i try to multitask from an app to another it always sends me back to the same app, is this a known bug or did the previous owner ****ed it up, also i have some weird yellow tint on like two thirds of the screen you can see the lines seperating it from the rest of the screen, aand the capacitive buttons backlight color is blue, is this normal or this phone has been played with too much, its a black mist i think but its more bluish if that helps. thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
I don't believe you can change the color of the capacitive buttons.

They should be white, not blue.

This and the yellow-ish tint may indicate a bad screen replacement.

As for the multitasking issue, that's something software related.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondJohn:
I would of thought the same, but I am running "Android N Dark Theme" from the market, on a CM13 based ROM (Resurrection Remix) and I noted that the buttons definitely take on a pink tone when I apply the theme.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A838:
1)Does anybody have a way of changing the power off charging animation? I'm using CM and i quite liked the stock charging animation.

2)If and when my phone is in a boot loop or something, assuming it isn't hardware related, and I can go to download mode and I just fiddled with some system files that I shouldn't have and my recovery is messed up, what should I do, and where do I go (this is just a problem that I probably will face since I break things like that, not rn)?

Hope you get what I mean.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
1. Dont think you can change it.

2. Reflash your rom or stock rom and it will replace all needed system files.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyTeoTeo:
I have a little confused that HERE map couldnt determine GPS if I hadnt installed Googleplay services.

I am using AOSP and I dont want Gapps in my phone since battery drain, but I need HERE map, so what can i do? Can s.o help, plz.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A838:
Does anybody know why the Asphalt 8 say to download 1MB then fc after continue, and why real racing I'd stuck at downloading 0MB when I open it? I've tried reinstalling app, clearing cache from recovery and clean flash ROM.

On cm official jfltexx

ALSO I know I already kinda asked this, I didn't really get a clear answer. I've installed a custom recovery, rom and stuff and I want to go back to stock completly. Does Kies automatically find the exact right firmware for my phone and install it, no matter what rom or recovery I have. I can't find the CSC and help would be much appreciated
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
I'd rather flash the stock firmware with Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
My s4 doesnot open ,vibrate or light .

What should i do
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A838:
How would I find the correct firmware If I'm on CM? There are lots of variants, is there a way to find out so I don't break my phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Boot into download mode, the model is displayed there. Then proceed to sammobile.com and do your thing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondJohn:
Custom recovery

I have been using TWRP 3.0.2 to flash new ROM's and have been doing backups before each flash, but its only recently that I have realised that I cant reliably restore my backups.:crying::eek:

What are other people using? Is there another working option? eg an older version of TWRP? or the "unofficial" version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcoIgnacio:
Hello, im quiet new at this.

I currently flashed Lollipop 5.0.1 from sammobile via Odin on my S4 i9500. Also rooted via Odin and SuperSu is working correctly (the system reboots itself when trying to uninstall something but thats ok for now, i'll get into that later)

The thing is, I cant run STweaks with my current Kernel, so I want to install Perseus to try overclock a little bit , but all I find is for KitKat. Is there a Perseus Kernel running ok for Lollipop?

Also, I would need to install it via Odin wich is what i've been using so far, and Im familiar with.

Thanks for your help.

:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grextasy:
Hello, i'm trying to get some help with an s4 lte-a .

First i got to say, i'm a noob about pit-files!

The device is stuck in bootloop, I can access the download mode. Thats all I have.

I downloaded the last firmware from sammobile, tried to flash it and got: <ID:0/003> There is no PIT partition

After some research I found out, I got to flash the pit-file

I found just one pit-file online. It's named: i9506_signed_KS01LTE_EUR_16G_0719_hidden100M.pit

Unfortunatelly I don't know the internal storage of the device and like I said before it's stuck in bootloop.

Back label:

Model: GT-I9506

FCC ID: A3LGTI9506

SSN: -I9506GSMH

>> Is it right, that the wrong pit-file can hardbrick the device?

>> Is there any hope?

>> Is there a possibilty to find out which pit-file is needed?

>> Any other ideas?

Thanks for reading :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Hello,

Older TWRP versions could creat problems during flashing of newer ROMs (5.1 and above). What problems exactly are you experiencing?

Hello,

Custom kernels are installed via a custom recovery.

I don't know if there are many 5.0+ kernels for the GT-I9500. I know there is Voltaque kernel, maybe you can try that. But, as I said, you need a custom recovery.

Hello,

The error is not necessarily related to the PIT file. Odin is unreliable at times.

Having a bad USB cable can cause errors, having the phone plugged into the wrong USB port can also cause errors. Even the Windows version can cause errors.

Try other combinations and forget the PIT file for now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Does it boot into download mode (volume down + power button)?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondJohn:
I am running RR which does require TWRP 3.0.2 to flash; which I use. So I tried dirty flashing a recent build (after making a nandroid) and it bootlooped on the boot animation. So I restored my nandroid I made just before the flash. It booted and seemed to work at first, but when I went into the play store, it failed to work/login. I also noticed (which I think is related/source of the issue) when i used the internet (Chromium), I could not access any HTTPS (ie secure/encrypted) web sites. I tried to dirty flash the previous build in the hope it would correct any damaged files; but it did not work. So I wiped and did a clean flash. I also had a full app and data backup using MyBackup (ie ready for a wipe & clean flash).

I also note that a few people have mentioned on the RR thread for the KS01LTE that TWRP fails to make a working backup (but no details).

I was also thinking of trying one of the online nandroid backup scripts (in case its not the restore thats the issue), Or even flashing an older TWRP for backup & restore and flashing the latest TWRP for flashing ROM's. I do like to try other ROMs without always having to clean flash to return to my old setup.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanda5303:
I managed to delete my EFS while trying to flash a pit file about a year ago, I'm guessing I had something else checked in Odin. I tried for 3 days to fix it but never figured it out, be careful. I have a pretty $800 paper weight that sits by my computer as a reminder ?.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grextasy:
S4 LTE-A

Hi, thanks for answering.

I spent just one hour with trying.

I tried a original S6edge cable and a Anker cable. Also i tried the 4.3, the 4.4.2 and the 5.0.1 roms.

I tried all this combinations with Odin versions: 3.09, 3.10.07 and 3.11.1.

My last try was the kies recovery, which also didn't work :(

Do You realy think windows is the problem? I flashed a s3 and a S4 successfuly on this system some time ago.

What else can I do?

Thank You very much! I will forget fast about flashing pit-files :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
I flashed my device successfully on Windows 7 many times. But I had problems on Windows 10 (Same PC, same phone, same USB cable and same Odin).

Unless you can find out what size the internal storage of your device is, I would not flash anything. Although PIT file errors does not necessarily mean you have to flash a PIT file.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TonyTeoTeo:
I met this issue. In my case, its caused by wipe system/ cache/ davik/ internal storage and then install stock rom via odin.

I tried to install TWRP and restored my backup rom. After that I tried Odin again, yup its work.

If you dont have any backup file, I think you should install TWRP, flash any rom base on stock and try again with odin.

Goodluck.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Justm2010:
Hello, I am really new here and have been reading on this ROMs and Xposed modules for some days, I need to install some Xposed modules in order to run some programs on my cellphone, which is a Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9500.

I am not looking for optimal performance or overclocking, I just want to be careful because I use this phone everyday. Is there any Android 5.0 (Lollipop) deodexed ROM which is compatible with Xposed and also is not very different from the original Samsung firmware?

I would really appreciate if you could help me with this, thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KaptanJack:
S4 gt-i9500 pure rom

Hello ;

S4 Pure rom please...?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdelkader azhar:
Www.sommobile.com
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Allen24:
Hi there, I have a problem with my i9515..

This morning, after one and a half hour of browsing my phone suddenly rebooted. After 5 minutes, again. And again. Until it was stuck on the Samsung animation. I let the phone to cool down for about 2 hours and it stayed on for about 10 minutes and started to reboot again.

I have a custom ROM installed (Imperium) and it worked for about a month without any problems so far. I cleared the cache in recovery and then te dalvik cahe but still no results. As a final act, I did a factory reset installing the Samsung stock ROM but the problem persisted, the phone turned on for about 5 minutes and then back off.

Then I thought that there was a hardware problem, maybe the power button was stuck, but nope..Then I saw that my battery was just a little bit swollen (not too much, maybe just 1-2 mm). Can this to be the problem? Phone rebooting because of the swollen battery?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Yes it can be, try another battery first.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Hello,

There's an Xposed version which also works with Odexed ROMs. But you need android 5.1 for it.

Otherwise, any custom TouchWiz ROM should meet your requirements.

Only if the battery percentage is lower than before it turned off. Swollen batteries tend to lose a big chunk of charge in such a process.

I also believe it's the power button. Check it thoroughly. A friend had a similar problem, brought it to a local store and they said it wasn't the power button. Then I sent it to a service, they repaired it and told me it was, in fact, the power button.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Allen24:
I went today to the store to test the phone with another battery but no luck, the shop is closed until Tuesday. And I unscrewed the back of the phone to shake a little bit the power button but again, no luck. Any other options?

Edit:

I let the phone on but I didn't touched it and it remained on until I started Whatsapp after about ~20 minutes, then, after ~10 minutes it rebooted again.

Edit 2:

After some usage, I got a notification from an app and the phone stopped responding in that moment, keeping the vibration for some seconds and then rebooted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
System software not authorized by ATT has been found on your phone

Every time I try to enter the recovery, I get the message "System software not authorized by ATT has been found on your phone". My device is the i9505 (Android 4.4.2). Please help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mariooo12:
My S4 had a flexible issue,i s there a way to fix it?

Or i must Go to Samsung Service center?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
What do you mean by 'flexible issue'?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mariooo12:
When i set my phone brightness 0%, my screen looks terrible

But, when i set the brightness to 30% its back to normal
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dang !!!:
Orginally posted by Hawker (This Topic's Starter)

http://androidforums.com/members/hawker.632880/ on

http://androidforums.com/threads/a-true-wipe.481722/

i reposted it in http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9500-develop/i9500-discussion-help-t3440936

A TRUE wipe

Going on from my Full wipe thread ( http://androidforums.com/threads/ful...5-mins.481696/ ) I was wondering what a Wipe data/Factory reset actually deletes from the device?

I would imagine it deletes /data, but does it remove anything else? Does it clear the root (/) filesystem full stop, or a select few folders?

I would also imagine that flashing a ROM would at least remove the /system folder and possibly a few others in the root prior to installation?

So this leaves potentially lots of untouched folders that will remain lurking indefinitely.

What is safe to remove?

For example, on my root partition I have the following folders:

acct

app-cache

cache (gets wiped in a Wipe Cache process)

config

customkernel

d

data (wiped in factory reset? The dalvik-cache folder is stored within here)

dbdata

dev

efs (very important!!!)

etc (symbolic link to /system/etc)

lib

misc

mnt

proc

res

sbin

sys

system

tmp

vendor

as well as a few files (build.prop and a few *.rc files)

And as for the /sdcard partition, I have LOADS of folders that remain untouched by a factory reset. Does the *# method wipe any these, or any other folders in the root filesystem that a factory reset does not? I think most of these have been lurking around since day 1 and probably a good few could be removed.

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My concerns are :

How can i Backup everything ???

Flashfire- a solution ???

Then if nothing is there means how can i restore ???

Can i delete everything ???

How can i delete everything and install fresh original official firmware ???

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My problem is i can use my phone but can use dual pacther.. i was using before.. recently i cant dual boot.. i posted logs in dual pacther forum ( http://xdaforums.com/show...postcount=9602 ) as i am a flashaholic.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kovinda:
I need to know if i can ask questions about the hardware in the i9505 ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
What do you want to know?