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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllatt:
Total n00b needs help please

Hi everyone. Sorry if this is just a load of blah but I need help. I'm trying to sort out my S4 GT-I9505 on 3UK (it's unlocked). I can't find anything on the web for it, it's all for American providers (maybe I just don't know where to look).

Ok, so I'm trying to get my phone sorted with a custom ROM, I've been umm-ing and ahh-ing about trying to do it for a while now but never did for fear of turning it into an expensive coaster but I took the leap.

So somehow, with shear luck, I managed to root my phone and it's fine but now I've been told by a friend that I need to install a custom recovery thing, which I've tried to do. I was told to get Quickboot and do it that way but when I press it to go into Recovery, it just boots up with all that little writing on the screen but there's no option to back up. The only options it gives me are wiping it and a few others which I can't remember off hand.

Any help would be much appreciated. Sorry for the length of the post :fingers-crossed: Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I would suggest using Philz Recovery or TWRP - There are links in the OP (first post)......Lots of options in these recoveries!;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poison spyder:
I think you are on the stock recovery inorder to install a custom recovery you need to flash it via odin and then you can proceed to install a new rom......search for a custom recovery in your device specific thread?

Hit thanks if it helped?

And congratulations on your first rooting?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllatt:
I used Odin to root it if that helps ? I also have SuperSU and ROM Manager (all of which are baffling!)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poison spyder:
Did you install a custom recovery like cwm or twrp???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
Can somebody help me with my screen issue?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeremy.0520:
Judging from your original post it looks like you have the OLD boot loader. To be sure just put your phone in Download mode and if you see a line there that says KNOX WARRANTY VOID - 0x1 or 0x0 then you have New Knox boot loader.

The OP is the Opening (first) Post of a thread!

Yes you can use many custom 4.4.2 & 4.3 roms on the old boot loader. There are many to chose from and try for yourself. It is possible with Omega, CarHD, Echoe and others.

Unfortunately, I cannot recommend one as its up to you to chose one and decide if it suits your needs or not, but that's the whole fun of flashing new stuff.

I would suggest having a read through some of the ROM threads and a search also to be sure of what you want and then give them a go.

I would also recommend taking a back up of current rom or have a Stock rom on your pc just incase things do go wrong. But if you follow install instructions correctly you should be ok.

Good Luck and Have fun;)[/QUOTE]

Thank you so much.! You made my day. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poison spyder:
Could you please elaborate your screen issue.....?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
I have a strange problem with my s4. Whenever I place my s4 on a table, not straight flat but a bit tilted like one side is up, my screen display does not turn off at all.

Sometimes I accidently place it on a table and if it ends up tilted, the screen stats on and results in battery drain. Can someone please tell me how to fix this?

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Are you completely stock or is it modified in any way. When did the issue start? Is it under warranty still?

:cyclops:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
Rooted. Complete stock. I think the issue had always been there.

Yes still under warranty.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
If its always been there then I would get the phone back to its original factory state and take it back for repair. I have not seen any one else post a similar issue so unable to advise anything else really!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
If you have an s4 can you confirm whether you also have this issue. Place the phone down on a flat surface in front of you while display is on . from the right side, lift up your phone and place a finger beneath it and tell me if your display turns of after your set time. Mine doesn't.

I suspect it has something to do with smart stay.

It's a bit difficult to explain. And I don't have a 2nd camera to take a picture and show.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Yep....my screen turns off (i9505 though)........Have you disabled Smart Stay and tested? I imagine you have?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poison spyder:
Its very strange....my phone gets turned off even after doing what you told

I suggest you take the phone to a service centre
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warsonline:
Hello S4 users, i'm looking to buy a new phone this summer and having a problem choosing one. That said, i have a few questions about this phone (Galaxy s4) and others in general. So there goes:

1) Is 16gb storage not enouh by today's standarts?

2) Does S4 starts to experience lag after time, if yes is this normal for every phone out there? And again, if yes, is the lag bearable/manageble?

3) Stupid thing to ask in S4 forum, but would you choose nexus 5 over galaxy s4?

4) Is Black edition s4 durable (back, in particular)? Is there a need for a case?

5) Is s5 worth it? Should i pay 50% more for it or am I better off to just sticking to s4? (Look question 6 for my requirements of a phone)

6) Last thing, would you recommend this phone for someone who doesn't use his phone 24/7, doesn't play heavy games and what not, and just generally wants a good, smooth and reliable experience while browsing the web, social networks, using an app or two once in a while and so on?

Bonus question, dont know if you Samsung users will be able to answer this, but it would be pointless to ask nexus 5 users. What's the deal with "pure android", why is it ephasized so much? I'm not sure if it's a good thing. Yeah, s4 has "bloatware" as they put it, but i'd rater have it and not use it than not have it all, which is a case with nexus 5. The nexus 5 costs only a bit less, so that price factor is gone basically, whats left is "pure android", no expandable storage and a weak battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
Maybe I am not explaining right. I will try to get a photo.

Sent from my GT-I9500

---------- Post added at 04:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:55 PM ----------

Yes smart stay is off. Strange.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

1.16GB is plenty for me(everyone is different)

2.No lag here,ever (does depend on the ROM you use)

3.?

4.Black Edition is the same as the i9505 (Just a Black back)

5.Nope.

6.Yes.

7.S4 = removable battery + up to 64GB sd card

These are my preferences.

No one can make the decision for you.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warsonline:
Thank you. Black edition s4 has faux leather so not exactly "just black" and as for lag i was talking about stock s4 firmware.

Yeah, no one can, I think choosing a wife woud be easier for me...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Hi buddy,

Did you already find a solution for this?

If not, I have installed Mailwise a few days ago. Not only is it a very nice looking mail client (including exchange support) it also comes with a "Exchange security bypass" function that's works very well.

No hack needed anymore.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
Hi. Thanks for the reply. in the end I found an issue with my data partition. I totally wiped the phone, flashed a different rom and it was fine, went back to omega after and it was fine. very strange as when i wiped origianlly it was still there so not sure what happened but now all is working well. might still give mailwise a try tho.

thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllatt:
I've literally just finished sorting out TWRP. Got it sorted now, spend nearly an hour on the phone. Next up, I've got to try and get my head around installing ROMS and this GAPPS thing.......no idea !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

The first thing you should do is make a nandroid.

See HERE for an explanation.

Choosing a ROM is a very personal thing as everyone has their own requirements.

May I suggest you browse the Dev sections ( for your phone) and read the first posts of the ROMS very carefully.

They contain all the main ingredients of the ROM , and installation instructions and recommendations.

Good luck

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poison spyder:
Congrats?....flashing roms is the easiest part if you know what you are doing....just download the correct rom for your phone and install it via twrp......you need gapps only if you want to install am aosp based rom like cyanogenmod or paranoid android .etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllatt:
Thanks, I just want to squeeze more out of the battery, bit more performance and to get rid of this damn bloatware nonsense that nobody uses.

---------- Post added at 02:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:47 PM ----------

No idea it was called that but I've done the back up with TWRP.

(Am I going to have to enter this Captcha forever ?!)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Almost all of the ROMS remove the bloatware.

That is why I suggest reading the first posts.

They give details of stuff removed or added.

Not sure what captcha you are talking about...

If it is a 10 post thing , then , it should go when you hit the 10 post mark.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllatt:
Ok, cool. I'll keep you all posted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayman500:
wifi not working i9505 4.4.2

Hi , the wifi wont switch on .

2 days ago it just stopped working so I googled it and read some threads, I was running stock firmware updated from 4.3 to 4.4.2 about 8 weeks ago, I tried things like taking the battery out, hard reset etc with no luck. In the past Id had an S2 which i had rooted with cm9 which had taken me a couple of days to get it working properly. Yesterday I used the cyanogen installer to install cm11 on the phone which has worked perfectly but the wifi still wont switch on. Is the phone knackered or is it a system issue? If anyone can please help to get the wifi working again it would be much appreciated.:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smadi:
my i9505 is dying

hello everyone .... recently i tried to upgrade my rooted i9505 4.2.2 to 4.4.2 . after that i got this message FIRMWARE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE.. shortly i couldn't upgrade it ( after 100 times trying ) with pit file > without > pit alone > pda alone due to FAIL message in ODIN ... then i decided to put it back into original firmware 4.2.2 ( thx to god then samersh72 posts ) it worked ..i downloaded both firmwares from sammobile ... now i'm back to old one.. BUT wifi NOT working and very slow device i CAN'T make calls its stuck any time i try ...and camera.. etc... all software on my device have the same problem ( very slowly running ) and another thing when rebooting i see this on top ( kernel is not seandroid enforcing set warranty bit kernel )

any advises please ... thx

my currently firmware I9505XXUAMDM united kingdom BTU
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there,

Have you tried again to re-flash the stock 4.2.2 firmware??

Factory re-set device

Turn phone OFF completely

Boot to Download Mode using Power + Vol Down

Flash Stock via Odin

Factory Reset device again

:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattwarr:
I used the search button...

And found nothing about how to root my Samsung Galaxy S4 on Straight Talk (AT&T s network I believe). Model SM-S975L Android 4.3. Baseband S975LUDUANB1. I tried Framaroot, oneclickroot, and an AT&T root method. No luck so far. Does anyone know of a thread or method for this phone? When I set up the phone with straight talk I got a welcome text from Att. I had an S3 and using the Sprint method worked for it since it used Sprint's network. I assumed the same concept would work for the S4.

UPDATE: Now rooted thanks to poison spyder and towel root. Thank the root gods...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poison spyder:
Have you tried towel root????....search for it in xda?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Check the first post of this thread.

There is a list of S4 variants.

Yours is there

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legance84:
stock COA to stock DBT

Hi guys. i got a stock new i9505 with 4.4.2 COA. I want to try 4.4.2 DBT , as the updates are faster and i see it`s recommended on the forums.

What is the fastest/easiest way to get stock DBT? Do i need a csc change and toweltroot to ensure OTA updates? I`ll be thankful to someone who will highlight these steps for me. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poison spyder:
1.Just go to sammobile.com and download the latest stock 4.4.2 dbt firmware and flash it via odin

2.You might need a csc change but im not too sure.....?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattwarr:
You're amazing. I didn't know it existed. Thank you!!!!!!!!

---------- Post added at 01:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:08 PM ----------

I didn't know that existed. Thank you so much!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legance84:
Thanks. waiting for other opinions though...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gigeaky:
i was just lying in bed with my s4 original wall charger nearby plugged in but the phone not connected and I could hear a small cracking sound... It continued after i unplugged it but when I connected my phone it charged for a half a sec and the sound disappeared. If I connect my phone while plugged in everything seems ok... Any ideas?

Sent from my stock 4.3 saferooted GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vicxx:
WIFI problems

My GT-i9505 has a problem with the Wifi. I bought it a month ago and the Wifi stopped switching on after 2 weeks suddenly, no idea what caused it. I formatted the phone and that fixed the problem, it's been working fine since then. Now I have 3 more small problems all related to the Wifi:

1) It takes a while for Wifi to switch on now, maybe 10-15 seconds. It seems to get worse every time I leave a place using Wifi by letting it disconnect on it's own when I go out of range.

2) I have to input my WPA key every time I connect to the same home wifi router (Dynalink RTA-1025w). How do I get it to save my key/password?

3) Every 2nd or 3rd day I get another problem: it connects to the router without being assigned a proper IP. On DHCP it usually assigns 192.168.1.3 when it works, but sometimes it says :::1 instead. I had no idea why it was connecting fine yet not actually working, so once I noticed the IP looked strange I changed DHCP to Static and manually input 192.168.1.3 and that fixes it instantly.

I was planning on rooting and installing CM but I thought I should ask about my wifi problem first. I'm assuming CM will fix these problems but I thought I should double check and ask whether I should fix this before installing CM, just in case I make the problem worse. This is also my first smartphone so I'm completely new to all this (my last phone was an old Nokia E55).

Another unrelated question. What's the difference between the CM on cyanogenmod.org VS. KVT49L [AOSP] 【4.4.2】Dan&Ktoonsez 【CM Edition】on this forum? I'm guessing the latter is the same thing but with further tweaks, fixes and additions, correct? I would ask in the relevant thread but I don't have permission. As a legit newbie, I'm quite overwhelmed with all the CM choices, how do I know which is the right one for me?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sam142000:
I know for a fact that if you sign in into the Google account from within a game its supposed to save/restore your progress data on the cloud (for the supported games). This feature is called "Cloud Save".

I have the S2(I9100) and the S4(I9500) and I have TempleRun2 installed on the both the devices. I have also signed into the same Google account from within the game on both the devices.

The issue is that both the devices are showing different in-game stats, whereas they should be showing the same high scores. Is there any way I can solve this sync conflict?:confused:

p.s. I'm not particular about TempleRun2 game. I just want to understand this concept for all my other games.:silly:

p.p.s. I know this may not be the correct thread for this issue. Sorry for that. I searched for a related thread and couldn't find any. If someone knows any thread related to it please guide me to it.:eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdo jouma:
Hi guys :)

If android l when it come supported galaxy s4 google play edition, then can I flash it on my normal i9505. :)

thanks in advance ^^^

أرسلت عن طريق تابتالك من galaxy s4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
My S4 is running stock 4.4.2 unrooted, I know that after rooting I will not be able to receive OTA updates. But is it possible to completely unroot after rooting to be eligible for OTA updates?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
I think that OTA updates will works after full unroot. But know will be 0x1 ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Yes this is possible. You can unroot using option in SuperSu and also flashing stock firmware via odin will unroot your phone.;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
But why would you want to wait for OTA updates when you have a routed phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poison spyder:
If you are only rooted without any custom recovery installed then you will recieve ota updates......if you take the ota update you will automatically be unrooted?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bombaybadboy:
Hey guys got a noob question about i9505 as I own a i9500 and can be a bit different. My question is when flashing a custom i9505 stock rom do you need to Odin flash a modem after?

Edit got the answer now thanks

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdo jouma:
Anyone ^_^

أرسلت عن طريق تابتالك من galaxy s4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chappad singh:
hello,

i have flashed indian nc1 stock firmware through odin keeping my 32 gb memory card inside the phone, but after flashing my memory card does not detect in either in phone nor on pc what cud be a problem can someone guide.....i have to flash stock firmware as i got problem with ozcan rom...continuous bootloop so i flashed but this is new problem has arise now....please guide
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PurdueLumberjack:
Hey guys, I finally got around to flashing 4.4.x from my stock Verizon 4.2 last week. I had the old unlocked recovery so upgrading that wasn't difficult. In my rooting attempt, I made the rookie mistake of not doing a factory reset before flashing. My phone flipped out, buttons weren't working, and I went back and flashed with a proper reset and clear of cache/dalvik. After all was said and done, the two ROMs I've flashed no longer get a GPS signal (always says searching for GPS), but they can still use WiFi/tower location services. In the opinions of those more weathered than I in these matters, do you think there's anything I can do, or might I have ruined the GPS radio in my hiccup of a first round flash? I appreciate the help!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernandson:
Crashes when switching network mode

Greetings, guys.

I'm using a i9505 with CM 11, as the images attached shows.

The problem happens when I try to switch network modes and the "com.android.phone" crashes.

I thought it would be an issue with "WCDMA only", that is what I'm trying to set, but the problem occurs with any option inside the network mode menu.

Any hint?

Tks

Fernando
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Malc8519:
Kernals..

What is the difference between the Kernals and how do I know which to choose!! :eek:

I have installed a few custom roms and some have the option of different Kernals, but I have no idea what each one does, the benefits and flaws etc.

Can anyone advise?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbreudi:
Help! First time flashing firmware, didn't go so well!

First I would like to thank you for reading this post and helping in anyway you can!

So I have an S4 on Verizon here in the USA. I just received the update OTA for 4.4.2 about a month ago. I didn't like some of the changes, I was considering going back to 4.4.2 but unsure of what it would involve. A few weeks later i purchased a new radio for my truck, its a pioneer with AppRadio mode. After hours of unsuccessful attempts at getting the phone to work with the deck I decided to call pioneer tech support. They informed me that there AppRadio mode will only work with the S4 on 4.2. So now I had two reasons to try to revert to factory firmware. So after some research I decided to tackle the task. I found a tutorial to install factory firmware using the Odin program from a PC. I was under the impression that I needed to ROOT my phone in order to install an firmware manually. So I followed another tutorial on how to ROOT the S4 on Verizon with 4.4.2 and it worked, I has super user access. So now came the flashing process. I restarted the device, holding the volume down / power / home button to enter the download mode. I then connected the phone to the PC with the proper USB drivers installed and Odin 3.07. The device showed up as COM ID 007 in the blue box. I then downloaded the .tar.md5 file from the website. I loaded that by pressing the PDA button in Odin. After a minute or so it finished checking the MD5 successfully, I clicked start, a few steps occurred followed by the red FAIL box in Odin. After multiple attempts it still did not work. I now have a non working phone! I can enter the download mode fine, but when i power on normally or into the factory recover I get the message saying that the firmware upgrade failed and to use kies to try to fix the problem. I downloaded keys, still nothing. What am I doing wrong? Can I not go back to 4.2 since I upgraded to 4.4? I just want my phone back to working condition at this point, unless someone can tell me a way to go to 4.2 that will work.

Again thanks for the help!

Here is the message box from Odin

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Stock_Restore.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..

<ID:0/007> File analysis..

<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/007> Initialzation..

<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/007> sbl1.mbn

<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/007> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/007> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/007> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/007> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/007> FAIL! (Auth)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
So how to revert to stock recovery after I have installed custom one?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peppe130:
Hi guys.. I have a doubt. Can I install a recovery and a custom rom without root permissions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Yes.......Most if not all custom roms are rooted so all you need is the custom recovery. The rom install will sort root out!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
Recovery yes, but custom rom no ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peppe130:
[MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] I can't install a custom rom because recovery can't access to the /system partition without root?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Your flash failed on aboot.mbn

This suggests that you used a firmware lower than the one on your phone...

If you had 4.4.2 , you need to do what you have done with a 4.4.2 firmware for your variant of the phone

Try asking in your own DEDICATED FORUM

:)