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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

As far as I know, you can't flash a i9505 ROM on your i9505G model due to the partitioning table. So, if I were you I wouldn't mess around with it.. Unless you can find a working TouchWiz ROM on the i9505G development section I think you would need to change for a T-Mobile branded device, however I think given that S6 is going to be 3 years old soon I'd change for a newer device :).

Hi,

Did you try changing your cable? Or trying another power adapter? It can be one of the two if you've tried different ROMs and problem still persists. Also, another option would check if the problem is the battery itself (maybe get a spare or borrow one from a friend).

To make sure it's not software, try turning on airplane mode for a few minutes and leave screen off, see if it's charging normally. Also, remember that in a hot environment it usually charges slower so that it won't damage the phone.

Hi,

Sorry, I know this was already answered, but I wanted to add one small thing to the answer previously given. I think that as you are already making a long time backup, it's worth waiting for the MD5 generation, at the very last you guarantee the backup file is not corrupt in case you copy it to your computer then back to cellphone, or just when you try reflashing.

Hi,

I'd suggest you take your device to TIM and ask about that problem, maybe ask them to try configuring APN again. By the way, when you changed modems did you rememebr to flash the NON-HLOS WiFi Fix?

All the best,

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rohi09:
you can go back to 4.4 if you want, but there are steps to follow i believe. let me know when you do it, i'll try to help you ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anisursamsung:
Andrdoi 5.1.1 samsung. Got trapped in device protection. Factory reset done. Asking email. I know email. I don't have access to my phone. And i don't know password. No way to get back now. Will flashing with firmware remove the google account ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matrixians 14:
How to flash roms with odin
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finac94:
Stock or custom roms?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafsi:
Does anyone know a deodexed stock rom for GT-i9505 (LTE version) flashable in TWRP?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thijs Arc S:
Hello,

I have a problem with my galaxy S4 i9505. The thing is it wont boot anymore sometimes when i connect my charger the charging logo comes on and then it turn off again. Same with when i tried to boot it up with another accu it goes on and shows the galaxy logo and then it turns off again.

The phone is not rooted or anything just completely stock.

Somebody has some experience with this or has an idea what this might could be. Please let me know :fingers-crossed:

I did some research and it probably is the power button issue. It disassembled my phone and checked the power button. And as you can see on this picture there are 3 pins connected to the power button. I read somewhere that normally left and middle shouldnt be in contact and the right one and middle should be. I testted this with my multibeter and both were in contact.

Picture below about power button.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4uBCF2ruN...+S4+I9500+Power+Button+Ways+Key+Ic+Jumper.jpg) Power button is the one where all lines are drawn from

I hope that somebody is able to help me or maybe confirm that this is the problem.

Thank you already
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Hi i had this same problem and when i inserted a battery it would power on then power off immediately, it still happens sometimes but this thread helped me solve the problem. Hope it helps you too. http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...battery-then-turns-off-after-two-seconds.html
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thijs Arc S:
I see some different solutions which one worked in your case? Because i already tried to hammer gently on the power button but that didnt workout for me maybe it even made it worse.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
I took apart the phone and pressed the power button a few times, then put it back together and placed on the side and bumped it a few times and that worked for me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4lex:
Can anyone tell me how to root and install cwm to an i9506 which is on 5.0.1 build lrx22c.i9506xxudoe2 baseband i9506xxudoc5 please? I can see a few guides but they all seem to point o earlier s/w versions and I'm a bit late to the s4 party.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Just on case anyone wants a faster download for stock I9505 btu here you go

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087007685
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Momogs:
CM 12 Bluetooth In Car Phone Issues

Hi

Has there ever been a fix to the bluetooth in car call quality issues on CM12 based ROMs?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gagamonstar:
Where to begin.....

The phone I am having issues with is the obviously the Samsung S4, it is the jlteusc version. I was running SilmKat on it just fine. I decided its about time to update it. So first I updated the TWRP recovery and then flashed Blisspop. The service wasn't working. I played around with the settings and it just wasn't working so I decided to go back to my back up of slimkat.

This is where the fun begins.....

So I go to flash the backup and the recovery was having a problem ( I do not remember the exact error off hand). So I then used odin to flash an older version. The backup was flashed successfully, but on reboot it still didn't connect to data. I then tried flashing a clean version of the rom, with no luck. So then I decided I would just use odin to flash the firmware back on the phone. The phone booted up anddddd still couldn't place calls. I then tired a new firmware andddd still wasnt working. I updated drivers, used different computers and different wires, factory resetting newly flashed firmware and roms and no matter what I did I still couldnt place calls. The funny thing is I have service. I can use the data but I can not send texts or place calls. When I try (no matter what number I dial) I says "The number or code you have dialed is incorrect... etc".

Does anyone have any idea what I could do? I mean worst case I have to take it back to US Cellular making sure the firmware is flashed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepakdtg:
Battery Woes - Poor SOT for i9500

So i have a used S4(i9500) and replaced the old battery with a new genuine S4 battery (2600 mAh) from Samsung India's site.

I am barely able to get a SOT of 2 hrs, have tried all ROMs, both Stock and otherwise, even tried all the guides to use Amplify, greenify, kernel settings etc.

I am beginning to think that I got a defective battery.

So here's my question: What is the general range of SOT for this phone? Around 3.5 hrs is what I am led to believe by searching around in the forum.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafsi:
4hrs:30 min with tweeks on kernel. But I.m using 9505 lte version
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azterlance28:
Cannot install custom recovery (CWM/TWRP)

Model number: GT-i9500

Android version: 5.0.1

Baseband version: I9500XXUHoG2

Build number: LRX22C.I9500XXUHOH6

This is the lates update for my phone, now I want to back-up this firmware using custom recovery but the problem is how come the default recovery can't be replaced? I tried everything from recovery update from SD card and odin mode. Nothing seems to work. I flash CWM and TWRP but no luck at all. It just can't be replaced.

I always do this from older firmware of Kitkat or Lollipop but with these latest firmware of Lollipop, damn, I just wanna throw my phone now.

Can somebody help please?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
U need to flash cf-autoroot from chain fire via Odin first, then flash twrp

A500FU using AICP
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibrahimdaqqaq:
Auto Rotate problem

Dears,

So i installed Aurora Full G9200 Port No.3.0 , however my autorotate is not working :( and yes my autorotate button is enabled.

Please help me with a user friendly fix :P I am not a developer, so don't give me codes :D

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnidex:
Hi all,

So here is my question. I just helped my mum buy her first smartphone, and to keep it affordable we went for an S4 I9505. It's worthwhile saying that I'm a 5+ year Android user and have rooted several phones. It's just that I've never had a Samsung before.

I've helped her boot up for the first time and wow, did it seem laggy! I was expecting the phone to update from 4.4.4 to 5.1 although it hasn't yet. Is it considered slow on the supplied version of TouchWiz, are my suspicions right that this is why it's so laggy?

Since I want her to get the most out of her investment, even though I don't really think she might notice, is there a ROM that's considered a go-to for S4 owners? Some may suggest Cyanogenmod, but the requirements are:

- I want something for her that's super slick, but not so pared down that it feels barebones

- Best possible battery life!

- Probably something close stock so it's easy to use - and will stay that way

- No nerdy bootup screens etc :) Again, I want it to feel like stock for her so she can't even tell it's a custom ROM

- So it also doesn't need any bells and whistles either..

- ..while at the same time removing all the Samsung bloat that's on there

As an experienced Android user, I can do all the rooting and setup etc.

What say you, XDA experts? :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafsi:
See this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3198449

And see my last post on it with screenshots on battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finac94:
Hey guys I'm on HOK1 and I still get the same bug as with every other lollipop build before....when I use the phone for a while without rebooting (like a few days) and try to play a video in chrome or in MX Player the video starts, then the picture freezes for a few seconds but the sound continues and then the picture starts again but it's out of sync with the sound. And I have to reboot to fix that problem. Anyone has any solution for that?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnidex:
Does that still use TouchWiz?

Thanks for this - I'll consider it, but other suggestions would be welcome too.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafsi:
Yes. Is a TW rom but slim. Others can be:

Albe Rom v6

Imperium rom

Hulk rom

All are TW
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ram*Patel:
Hey my xolo phone isn't rooting via kingoroot and framaroot plz help me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

It seems that the recovery isn't "sticking", try an USB JIG connector to get in download mode as it usually grants it will get into Download. If you don't want to buy the USB JIG, try flashing it several times, just like with a modem.

Other option would be root your device and issue the dd command to flash the recovery image directly from the device system, but it's more complex. As suggested, you could try rooting with CF-AutoRoot and then flashing the recovery, although I'm not sure if that will work.

Hi,

Have you tried reflashing the ROM or checking in the ROM thread if there are more people complaining about the same issue? Also, you could try downgrading to a version of the ROM that you remember that had the feature working and wait for a next update ;).

Hi,

If you want something close to stock, that is, TouchWiz, I think you can search the Development section for good slim TouchWiz ROMs, if you are a root user for several years, I believe you have experience into searching the development section ;). I used a lot the Phoenix ROM and I really enjoyed it, I wonder if they are still working and if they got a Lollipop ROM.

On the other hand, I think you can download a CyanogenMod ROM for her without problems. I gave my S4 to my father when I got my new phone, and it was running CyanogenMod, he's works professionally with computer development, so he really enjoyed small things like changing the boot screen to a logcat lol, but as a normal phone user it has been very good for him, if she has no previous experience with TouchWiz, I think AOSP-like ROMs would be a very fluid and simple system to use. I suggest getting the CM12.1, as, AFAIK, CM13 is still in its early days and it would be a bit unstable for your mother daily usage. Hope I could help ;).

Hi,

Wouldn't that be a problem with memory leak? I heard that Lollipop had some serious memory leak issue, and as such, when using heavier applications (like video watching) after a few days, you won't have enough memory to run and it will shut itself down. Leaked memory, as the name implies, is somewhat like a lost memory, so unless the system "recovered" them, you'd be out of luck. And, AFAIK Samsung did a terrible job with that leak.

So I suggest you trying to find a way to reboot the phone everyday during dawn (like 2 or 3AM), in Galaxy S6 I have an option under Accessibility that gives me this option. If there is none on yours, there may be an app to make it possible. It is a very rough and bad workaround, but I think it would help you for now :).

Hi,

I think this isn't the forum you were looking for, this is a Galaxy S4 Help Thread, unfortunately I don't know your device and I can't help you, so you better ask in General Help Section or try to find your own device forum. Thanks for understanding.

All the best,

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azterlance28:
Thank you

Wow, your method work. :good:

Although ago, I do flash TWRP then apply SU.

You save me. Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balakor:
My i9505 has a USB problem. I can't connect it to PC (tried severeal PC with several drivers and cables), odin doesn't recognise it and no USB in recovery too.

HOWEVER USB OTG works perfectly, I can connect pendrives etc. without problem. A tried many roms touchwiz and cyanogen too, no result. Any idea? Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aavil:
Uninstall phone drivers, download Samsung drivers from XDA, use original cable. But firstly, use rear USB, not from front panel. Report the result please.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balakor:
I tried with 2 original cable, and on 3 different PC's with windows 10 and 7. Both usb 2.0 and usb 3.0 port back and front. No connection. But I give it a try with a specific new driver, can you help me with a link that you suggest? Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aavil:
The original thread doesn't exist I guess. You can always trry to google "xda samsung usb drivers" for threads like this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2688516.

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It exist. I'm using those: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961956

Last time when USB didn't work for me I tried with rear USB and it worked. Dunno and sorry about your problem, mate.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balakor:
Thanks for the help, but the driver didn't help. I'm out of luck.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheOtherTiagoTiago:
I'm looking for a stable ROM for the GT-I9505, that has all the programs and features stock HOK1 ZTO has, but that will let me uninstall anything I want, and is compatible with Xposed and other root-related stuff.

There are too many options, and I haven't found any well organized list with important details like, hardware model, android version, deodexed status, how far from stock TW it is etc, mentioned in the list itself. The lists I do find with some of those informations are quite small, or only cover one of the details and are too big with lots of stuff that I have to waste a lot of time reading thru (or worse, installing) to find out it doesn't has something I want.

Can someone please help me figure out how to find a ROM that will suit my needs?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walttheboss:
I am running latest dirty unicorns 5.1.1. Fresh install etc. If I install google keyboard it takes the mic from all apps but dialer. Skype, WhatsApp etc cannot access the mic. So I can't voice type if I want to Skype. Please help.

Is it launcher related? DU is on launcher 3
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafsi:
Hi guys,

Soon I.ll move again back to linux so I.m interested if there is Odin for it without installing a virtual machine.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hanif shaikh:
How can i change mu SELinux to premissive mode on s4 i9500 running official lollipop 5.0.1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
You cant
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schnidex:
Thank you for your detail reply! I think when I mean stock, what I actually meant was AOSP. I'm not a fan of TouchWiz (and my mother has a little experience with Sony Android, so AOSP would probably be closest to that).

I'll look at Cyanogenmod, as I'm already familiar with this from my own phones. I could have looked in android development section but I'm sure there are lots of different ROMs and I wanted some trusted opinions from some expert users.

However, my main concern now is battery life. It's brand new, but it drains from 100% to 16% in less than a day - and I've turned off almost everything on her phone that uses data, and she's only opened it once or twice. Surely this can't be the phone's expected life with such light use? Is the S4 really that power hungry?? :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrenalinas:
hi all.

I have got motherboard replaced for my i9506, which came with android V4.3 . I downloaded 4.4.2 rom from sammobile, but cant flash it with odin as I get no pit partition found. Can anybody help me to find i9506 PIT partition file? is it compatible with I9505?

current firmware

bootloader/pda/csc/baseband: i9506xxuamha

kernel 3.4.0-1383535 dpi@DELL204 #1 32-bit

can anybody help me with this?

updated: everything is OK after changing usb cable. old one must be broken or smth
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcelRobinson:
Does anyone know of any 6.0 ROMs for the jfltetmo S4 variant? And I heard that you could also flash i95000 ROMs to it, is that true?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morikara:
Hi guys!

Last couple weeks I've been trying to figure out what is the most stable AOSP ROM nowadays.

Before I installed Optimized CM 12.1, I'd been using SlimKat Stable 7.0 for more than a year. But, eventually, it became laggy and kinda old.

Present ROM not so stable as I want it to be (major issue is that a few times a day lock screen freezes).

I see there are many other ROMs, but I'd like to have something stable as Slim Roms. The reason I don't install the most recent SlimLP is that it is Weekly (beta, not stable) version. Stable for Lollipop hasn't even been released.

So is there any ROM which is very stable, based on 5.1.1 and similar to Slim?

There is also one issue that I'm also wondering about.

My 9505 was made in China (it's real S4 =)) but bought in Russia more than 2 years ago. In Russia I was able to see LTE, but in the USA maximum what I see is only H+.

Is there any way to do something with it? Maybe I have to unlock something in my phone. Looks like it doesn't see or it's not allowed to to work in some particular USA bands (because they might be restricted in Russia). My questions could be silly, but could it be related to CSC code? Modem version (now I have BL and modem 'OK1')?

* Yes, my phone plan includes 4G data and on another device I see LTE. Moreover, I've tried it on T-Mobile and AT&T.

* Yes, Network Type chosen as LTE and APN used for LTE.

The last one is regarding consequences after I flashed latest modem and BL.

Now there is a message on a screen when phone is booting: "Kernel Is Not Seandroid Enforcing

Set Warranty Bit: Kernel".

Can I get rid of it somehow? I've googled it, but I don't want to flash original rom.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
You do that and you'll have a really cool mp3 player that doesn't play mp3s.

I9505 roms are okay tho.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcelRobinson:
Why does my jfltetmo 6.0 rom update fail? In red it says updated binary failed
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JezZu:
Snapchat is now working for me, i got rooted and 6.0 GT-I9505, for all of you is working?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

I don't know if it works anymore, but if you are rooted you can try using a SELinux Changer app: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2524485. It seems that Knox doesn't like it, but if you disable all Knox stuff it may be worth a try. Remembering that if anything happens -- bootloop, bricked device, thermonuclear war, etc -- the fault is yours, so read very carefully before anything bad happens.

Hi,

My S4 is almost 3 years old, before I gave it to my father it was giving me 2.5h SoT only, but it's very likely because of the battery showing its age. As yours is brand new, I think the problem is with TouchWiz running something in background while the phone is off, after all as you said, the device wasn't used a lot...

During my experience, CM ROMs gave a better battery life than TW ROMs, but I used only 4.2-4.4 TW ROMs, my 5.x days were only on AOSP based ones.

Hi,

When I was using CM12.1 I didn't face the problem of lock screen freezing. Have you tried official CM12.1 stable builds? Maybe it's a bug in your current ROM that was already solved, specially if you're using a nightly.

Regarding the connectivity problem now, did it used to be like that even in stock ROM? Because AFAIK the i9505 model is the global LTE variant, mine, for example, was built in China/Vietnam (don't remember), it was for the Polish market, sold by German Amazon and bought in USA lol, and everything worked fine here in Brazil (this cellphone traveled more than I did...). Unless the carrier you are using in USA restricts bands for its own models, unfortunately I don't really know about USA bands, you can check the product description for T-Mobile and AT&T variants to see their bands. Also, when you flashed modem, did you flash the corresponding one to your bootloader and did you flash NON-HLOS ("Wi-Fi Fix")? Maybe this could help.

And for the last problem. That is Knox bootloader showing that something was modified in your device -- in that case the boot / kernel -- and unless you flash back stock firmware it will keep appearing. However there's nothing to worry since it's just a "warning", it doesn't affect your system in any way.

Hi,

Can you please give in more details? What's the ROM you're trying to flash? What's the recovery? Those details are important to help us solve your problem.

All the best,

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteWulf00:
No Boot, No matter what ROM I flash

I kept having issues with my work phone rebooting at random times and figured I would just flash it and be done with it. Well . . . . No mater what ROM I flash, it starts to boot, I see the little colors swirl around and then it reboots. I have wiped everything, formatted, factory reset ..... Nothing seems to work. Since it is happening on each rom I try, I am beginning to think its me......

| Google Play Edition 5.1 | Untouched | Odexed | LMY47O |

Install instructions:

- Boot to Recovery.

- Wipe Data if you are not coming from a 5.0 Google Play edition ROM.

- Flash the zip.

- Flash the patch.

- Reboot.

- FIRST BOOT MAY TAKE SOME TIME

JFLTE-GPE 5.1

1) Full wipe

2) Flash ROM

3) Reboot

Anything jump out at you that would be causing this ?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcelRobinson:
Cm 13.0 11/08 build Twrp 2.8.7.0 by AnterasOne and I get the E : error updater binary failed. :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieselman6969:
My microsd card reader stopped reading Amy solution?