yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
In that case it can't have anything to do with Xposed because all traces should be gone after flashing your ROM again.

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Didn't know about that code, my speaker is definitely working :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohaimed:
I have galaxy s4 E300L running stock MG2 firmware. I am getting very slow 2g connection. Unfortunately my career does not support 3g yet. But download speed goes to 27kb/s whereas I get only 5kb/s. First I thought its network problem but my galaxy nexus gets 25kb/s. Is it because my one supports lte and thats y I get slow 2G speed?? I need urgent solution. Please help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
from where did you get MG2 stock for E300L? i see only stock for E300K and E300S
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeNeI:
Melody (ear speaker works fine),Speaker gives no output at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
hmmm... i see hardware issue.

try to flash stock, before final judge (but i doubt it will work)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeNeI:
[MENTION=4975115]samersh72[/MENTION] I reflashed couple of time UAMDK and lately UAMEA,but no fix.I even got a replacement loudspeaker but doesn't work with it either.Will send the phone tomorrow to service and hopefully they will give my brother a new one.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingone834:
Installing a ROM

Hello,

I'm new in the android world.

I bought the samsung galaxy s4.

I would like to have this rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2310019

Can I install the recovery Philiz instead of TWRP?

The steps to follow to install this rom are:

- Root phone with CF-Autoroot

- Install a recovery so for me it would Philz

- Save phone is nandroid? Y 'or he has a better one?

If the phone is new on the original rom I still have time to make a wipe before installing the rom?

Thank you in advance for your help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Yes,use PhilZ

Make a nandroid in recovery (look in backup and restore)

Then go to wipe,and clean for a new ROM.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohaimed:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2285861

could u give a solution to my problem??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
maybe you have modem problem,

flash other modem for your variant.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliendna999:
Hello!

since the internal sdcard is no longer its own partition, and located in /data/media/0

I am wondering how it can stay untouched after doing

format /data

in CWM

thank you :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
It won't be wiped when doing a format data.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliendna999:
I know, this is not my question;)

I was wondering HOW COME it is not :)

since im very curious how the 'format' command knows to skip /data/media/0 , when I choose to format /data

doesnt sound like a "format" to me, coming from windows environment

where a format actually formats, and doesnt leave 'folders' intact

so it was a curious question mostly

thank you:victory:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
The internal sd is devided in multiple partitions, just like it would work in Windows. Only the selected partition is formatted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliendna999:
oh okay

so /data/media is another seperate partition from /data

and not a "subfolder" of /data like on windows environment

i see, thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohaimed:
Can you suggest me a good modem for fast gsm connection? I have been looking for it but cannot find any
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virgosep1990:
Play store stuck at downloading.... Tried everything even flashing Rom again but nothing progress.... Help needed???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tylersblue:
So I was like flash master funk today on my day off. I first flashed rootbox miui this morning. Not for me. Then I flashed back to my go to (forc3), installed titanium as suggested and backed up all my jazz, then flashed the tri force and updated it to 3.1. Then jacked around a bit w the customizable everything in recovery. I have to say it is by far the most cudtomizable ROM I have installed to date and if it's as stable as force 1 itll be my daily driver. Its been good to me so far. Only issue is I cant get to the adapt sounds function. Keeps saying settings has stopped. If thats it im sure itll get a patch. Im good w it. Just thought I'd fill everyone in on the progress.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trikpat_A:
Any tips on how to free up ram? I've hardly installed any apps on my phone but its always at 1.5 - 1.6gb out of the 1.7gb..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
If you are not rooted you can reduce "background process limit" from developer options.

Note that it will affect multi-tasking.

sent from my Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berriano:
galaxy i9505 custom roms

why is there only a small amount of development on this model of phone?its been out for a few months now,but there are no where near as many custom roms as there is for the galaxy s3.i hope its just a bit slow to get going as i love this phone and love trying new and different roms,especially coming from a galaxy s2 where there was plenty of development.any comments are welcomed.:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gett:
Nandroid backup with stock recovery

Hi.

How can I make full backup before rooting?

No root.

Stock recovery

JB 4.2.2

I9505XXUAMDM
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
You can't without a custom recovery.

You will need to Odin flash a TWRP or CWM recovery first, than you can do a nandroid backup.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryanrioz:
Hope So will make more... :)

i flashed mine S4 LTE w Jamal's GE 4.3 :P

and sooner will flash back to AOKP

Send my GT-I9505/GT-N7100 and GT-S5360 To XDA :P
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaRiFiC:
I have installed a standard 4.2.2 google edition rom, everything works fine, it gives a notification of a system update to 4.3, downloaded and verified. May I install that?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berriano:
i'm not too keen on the google roms,although i can see why people like them.the stock roms for s4 are really good but dont deviate too far from the stock so dont really differ between each rom,foxhound is probably the best for ease of customisation,and battery king is awesome for battery life which is why i'm sticking to it for now,or until a new project comes out and looks good :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliendna999:
WanamLite and battery king is almost identical in features but WanamLite is way better for battery and heating of phone

It is also better than omega. I tried all three extensively.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Guys, lets not go into that discussion here. Every user has it's preferences, don't try to convince others that your choice is the best for all.

There is no best ROM, there only different ROM's.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliendna999:
For cool and battery I strong recommend KT kernel for AOSP roms

And Adam kernel for TW roms

i would uv -25 mv across board and max freq 1458mhz

This for cool and battery life not performance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berriano:
i'm testing battery king at the mo and battery life seems amazing,but will need further testing for battery calibration.i tried wanamlite but i dont think it had android browser,just samsung browser which i dont think you can sync google bookmarks which is a BIG one for me.if theres a way to get android browser on wanamlite i would definately test it longer.

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it wasnt meant to be a discussion on which rom is best,but why are there not that many roms for i9505 at the mo.any info on any rom or development of any rom i will always welcome,and any opinion on any rom too.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRager:
HI,

So many S4 stock android ROMs, ive been reading over some of them and my question is which one is the most pure (without any mods etc)?

Im thinking this one is from what Ive been reading: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43006470

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berriano:
i dont think this is an s4 stock android rom but a google rom,best stock s4 roms for me are omega,wanamlite,battery king with ausdim 13 kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you want to stay close stock why not use a stock Rom? There is nothing wrong with the Stock Rom. And again make your own choice, read what the ROM's have to offer and base your decision on that and not on what others use or advise.

I see others very happy with Rom's that wouldn't last an hour on my phone :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berriano:
it wasnt meant to be a discussion on which rom is best,but why are there not that many roms for i9505 at the mo.any info on any rom or development of any rom i will always welcome,and any opinion on any rom too
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themcfly:
Hi guys, android newb here, just trying to figure something out: :o

I successfully rooted and installed a custom rom on my device using (in order) CF-Auto-Root, CWM Recovery, and Jamal's rom.

Now, on another device, i wanted to try this rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2395030

But it says that "If you want root, flash SuperSU". Considering i would previously flash CF-Auto-Root and CWM Recovery, once i install that rom, do I have to flash CF-Auto-Root and CWM Recovery again? (Considering that CF-Auto-Root reinstalls the stock recovery).

Not sure what to do here. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It says:

"*If you flashed SuperSU, make sure you hit "No" when recovery asks you to "Disable Recovery Flash".

So you are good to go .

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themcfly:
So I'll have to flash SuperSU and not CF-Auto-Root. Can't understand the difference in the two, also SuperSU website is now down!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you are already rooted,you will be fine.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yungskeeme:
I'm having an issue with WiFi. Seems slower. I connect at home and browsing the web and apps is slow. Speedtest app says my connection is 26mbs. When I turn off WiFi its fast again. I'm on ATT, KangaBean 4.3. Happens on all Roms. Any troubleshooting tips I could try?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliendna999:
Dolphin is superior and it can sync google bookmarks, aswell as chrome bookmarks

i cant understand how you choose another rom based on an APP, which can easily be installed onto ANY rom.... sounds very very illogical

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Dont understand your question at all..

How can Wifi be faster when you turned it off?!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yungskeeme:
Seems when I have WiFi on I'm not getting 20mbs. Seems slower. I was saying when I turn WiFi off my phone browses faster so I know there's an issue with wifi
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliendna999:
so you are saying that your mobile data connection is faster than your wifi conenction?

If not I dont understand..

How can your phone browse at all if you turn off wifi :crying:

And if you turn on wifi, mobile data connection turns off, you cant use them both at the same time.

so basically, your mobile data connecion is faster than your wifi at home.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kondra007:
Need stock recovery

Guys please help me, I'm desparate :(

Extremely need stock 3.4.0 kernel for I9505 :(

Flashed v13 google edion kernel - not boot

Flashed KT Kernel - Reboot after 2 minutes

Currently SlimBean installed with Philz recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flo110:
I think it's called Chainfire 3D or something like that. Look in MarketPlace for it.

I'm trying the HD voice ROM now: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runedrune:
The app that clearly says:

!! For Froyo and Gingerbread ONLY. NOT COMPATIBLE with Honeycomb/Ice Cream Sandwich/Jelly Bean !!

Yeah I think I know what went wrong. :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flo110:
It said that?.. ups

I was in a hurry
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcodde:
Many thanks. I have read that entire tread and know it probably contains the answers to many of my questions. It will certainly become my "bible" as I get a better understanding of the Android world but I don't think it addressed my primary desire to just provide myself super user privileges without installing a custom ROM? If you think I have misunderstood the thread's purpose I am certainly happy to re-read it? While I am sure the steps outlined in post #1 of the tread make sense to an experienced user, to me they may assume some knowledge I don't yet feel I have.

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Many thanks for your reply and offer to guide me through it. I am hoping my S4 will arrive tomorrow (I am in Australia) so after a few days of playing and familiarising myself with it will take you up on your offer. Cheers, :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samb222:
Awesome! Just let me know :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

1.Baseband version

2.This is done via a custom recovery,and is known as a nandroid backup.

It is a complete system,app,data backup.

Unfortunately,I am not sure if there are fully working custom recoveries at the moment.

4.The site I gave you will give you a pre-rooted rom with all the functionality of a stock rom.

Plus it keeps your status "Official"

5. Refer to the thread I gave you

6.If you follow the method I showed you,you do not need to install any recovery

7.Only on rooted phones

8.As I mentioned earlier,you keep all the original functionality

9.See 4.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajreef:
Ditto on disabling gestures and smart screen options.

Took some fancy out, gained a lot of stability.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BillzillaAus:
Real newcomer question sorry.

If I root the phone, does that affect anything else? Like do I need to reload all my apps & stuff? (I suspect not)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

All your apps and data remain intact.

:)

Sent telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BillzillaAus:
Excellent, thanks. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmDzei:
If you are planning for custom ROMs, there will be better support for Snapdragon.

GT i950x screen issue

There on thread they write that the latest update solved it, but many have still smearing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rapaholic999:
Display white Balance

Is there any way we can change the white balance of the screen ?

As of now mine is towards the warmer side which I dont like.

It has been done for the Xperia phones ...

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/xperia-zls-white-balance-ported/

Any suggestions...:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -uniQ-:
is there a way to place apps/widgets anywhere on the homescreen using apex launcher.

like no grid (max on apex is 10/10 but i want to place the widget in a location where it snaps to the grid)

thannks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LukosTheWolf:
Sprint Root

Please help! I rooted my phone and now it cannot locate the Sprint network? The notification for "Preparing network..." remains persistent. In the Device Status, values are:

Network: Unknown

Mobile network type: LTE:14

Mobile network state: Disconnected

Device status: custom

*These are the only ones that SEEM pertinent for now. Everything else appears to be normal but I didn't save a sshot before I went in. I know, I'm a retard.

I used the Modified CF Root to achieve root and it seemed everything went off without a hitch. In fact, aside from the network and that Detection information everything is in working, rooted order. I'm assuming this flash changed something else about my phone and it no longer knows I'm part of the sprint network. I'll continue trying to get rid of that custom status in the meantime, but maybe someone who got a successful root with the S4 on Sprint can tell me what the differences are? Or maybe point me in the direction of a different rom to flash in the meantime that will work?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BillzillaAus:
Just trying to use motochopper to root my i9505, I can't get mass storage working. I've unlocked the Developer Options and clicked on the USB Debug but I can't mass storage as an option. MTP will not untick itself.

Options ...?

(Sorry yes I'm very new at this)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LukosTheWolf:
From the looks of it mass storage isn't an option readily available. There are some references to the Play Store however. Try searching there?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BillzillaAus:
Just about to.

But on the videos I've seen on Youtube the guys that are rooting the phone there just have it already enabled somehow.

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Okay I found (what seems to be the only one that doesn't need root access already, which defeats the point) that should work ..... but doesn't.

So I'll have to use Plan B (whatever that is) to root it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LukosTheWolf:
Did you try the motochopper method?

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OK, nevermind! In case anyone else has this same problem, I fixed this by flashing the firmware provided by http://www.sammobile.com/

That took me back to MDC version (it was MDL when I started this whole ordeal). Motochopper successfully rooted that with no issues. So I'm rooted on MDC. I think I'll stop here for now until there's more R&D.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BillzillaAus:
Yes, but it seems to hang at "daemon successfully started".

How long should I leave it?

And as I mentioned when I plug the USB cable in, it goes straight to MTP mode and that's all that's available. Will motochopper work like that?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LPC:
Location Aware Program

Maybe I'm being thick, but I'd swear that I've seen a bit of software that can change setting based on location or time etc. I saw it in a video for the S4 but now can't find it on the device. Something that's location aware or time aware to put the phone into slient mode etc.

Anyone know what I'm talking about ?

I know there's local or whatever it's called but I thought the S4 had one built in ? ?

Cheers in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kondra007:
Thank you! But what kernel should I choose? Anything?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Scroll down the page.

You asked for the stock kernel.

I assume you want the one for your ROM which will be MGA if it's the latest.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingone834:
Thank you for your reply.

I saw that he also had: proper modem Wi-Fi Fix

What's the point? Which version should I take? Y-he has a tutorial for installation?

How to transfer data from an iPhone to a Samsung Galaxy s4?

Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tylersblue:
Backup your current rom and hit go. If anything is fishy just go to recovery and reboot your backup.

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Look HERE

Don't worry about wifi fix ,unless you need it.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingone834:
Thank you I can see clearer now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berriano:
i have read bad things about the adam kernel,or maybe it was just misuse.but it seems the thread is now closed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AustinS:
I installed 4.3 AOSP from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2348272

and I'mg etting an error "SECURE FAIL: KERNEL" "System Software not authrorized by Verizon Wireless..."

Any ideas on how to revive (no backup.. totally forgot to perform before attempting install)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmarte4:
unroot s4 google edition

So I Bought a galaxy s4 Google edition and tried to root it wit with the regular s4 root. It worked fine until I received the 4.3 update which kept giving me an error. I just used supersu to unroot it, then I did a factory reset and tried to update it again only to receive the same error screen. Can someone please help me update from 4.2.2 to 4.3 so I can root it properly? It would be much appreciated. Keep in mind this is my first android phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Try to reflash a stock rom with Odin (if you still can get into download mode). Look here for info http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2199042.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaRiFiC:
When i flashed the 300mb Google edition rom to my phone, i had the option to Clean wipe for fresh Rom or just Clear Data/Factory reset. I did the Clear data/FR because it said so in the instructions. But the system still uses alot of space, around the same amount like before, Is there a a difference if i used the Clean wipe for new Rom option?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you are expecting more internal storage space,you will be disappointed.

Flashing a smaller ROM will not change the internal storage.

Only Samsung can do this with an update.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andorus:
GT-i9500 China

Dear Members,

I would like to ask you for your help and advice.

I have got GT-i9500 from China. I tried to upload I9500XXUBMF8 firmware via Odin 3.07 and got the soft brick condition - I have noticed later that China is excluded from it! After that I have tried unsuccessfully different Chinese firmwares I9500ZCUAMDG and CHN-I9500ZCUBMG1. Finally I have managed to upload I9500ZCUCMG1 and phone is back to normal condition.

Could you please let me know if there is anyway to upload European/English software? I am located in the UK.

Official reply from Samsung UK is the following:

Please be advised that it is not possible to change your handset to an EU device due to both different hardware and different software. Further to this we will be unable to repair the device in the event of a fault, you would need to contact our partner company Samsung China in the event of a repair.

I hope we can challenge that statement ;)

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BilboSwaggins:
Is there a way to return the phone to complete stock (like an RUU for HTC phones, stock recovery, stock ROM and locks bootloader)? I've only ever had HTC androids and I just want to clarify that there is a way to do this before I root.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelossssss:
Hello,

i just bought an i9505 s4.

I had a galaxy note 2 and i would like to ask if it is possible to install the Xposed framework on the s4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Yup, look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1574401, mods are in Themes and Apps.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelossssss:
Thank you.

I want to lower the screen's dpi to 240 and use the xposed app settings like i did on my note 2 :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
try with this firmware http://www.hotfile.com/dl/236067309/d43c017/I9500XWUBMG5_I9500ODDBMG5_INU.zip.html
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christoph_2013:
hey peeps im looking to install a custom theme my only worry that if i needed to get back to complete official stock settings (after root,cwm and theme) how do i go about doing that?

do i just flash a official stock rom via odin and all original settings go back to normal?