yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Try requesting a new sim from your provider.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
I requested a new sim from my provider. It was really hard to get them to send me one, as I can connect to 2g network when im outside easily but no 3G. Is there anything else I can try to do? A new sim card takes about 2-3 days to deliver. They gave me a new sim card even though they were sure that this would not help. I flashed back to stock but that also didn't help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riazsgs2:
Help Rooting I9500XXUFNI2

Hi.. I am on stock I9500XXUFNI2.. want to install MIUI Rom.

Read many rooting methods.. but confused :confused:

Can anyone suggest me a root method where I canNOT trigger Knox. I've read somewhere that if we root then everytime mobile reboots knox counter trips.

Please advice.

Thanks :) :) :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepankarS:
Phone model number?

I9500...not possible to root without tripping knox.

I9505...use towelroot

"If someone helps, never forget to hit thanks ? "
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tharindu123:
Hello i have a galaxy s4 i9505 and i bought it yesterday. It has android 4.3 and i wanted to update it to kitkat. But when i goto software update section it says that your device is up to date. Kies 3 cant initialize the device too. I think this is an unlocked at&t one. But model no is i9505. If i update by flashing through odin will it make me a problem? Please reply soon. Im so much greatful to him or her. Please
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rowdyroddy:
Hi Guys,

This is my first post since joining today. I've tried finding firmware/guides for my variant of the S4 but haven't had luck. Here are my phone details:

Model: GT-I9505

Model name: GALAXY S4 LTE

Product Code: TGY

Country: Hong Kong

PDA: I9505ZHUFNK2

Version: Android 4.4.2

The guides I find say they only work on the international version, or they use Odin to install firmware, but I can't find the TGY firmwares/kernels.

Can someone link me to an article that has a guide or firmwares for this variant please?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lor99:
Can someone say me how does gta san andreas run on galaxy s4 gt-i9506? Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You can find lots of firmwares HERE for the i9505 all Odin flashable though. If you are looking for your paticular firmware try sammobile.com also
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinodr5371@xdaroms.co.in:
Some one give me the link for i9500 INU latest firmware..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brycetimothydavis:
I've been having a problem for 6 months now and am stilling having it (just time I posted here my post was replied to with stupid messages like flash a costom rom or flash stock you don't deserve Root. Here's my problem I have full Root access bit anything that I run that required Root at any point is blocked by the os with a Samsung pop-up stating that access to the device was blocked by your security policy. My old s4 rooted no issues and I've used the same tool for this one. Same firmware same apps 100% the same the only slight difference is this is a gt-i9507 the old phone was a gt-i9505 there are no supported custom roms I already know that but I'm just shocked that it will not allow Root access to any app the stupid pop up always tells me that it's blocked Root access and I can confirm it's 100% restricting it. I know this phone does not have the Knox app on it as the first thing I did was remove it. And in the last 3 weeks it has started randomly uninstalling apps with no permission givien even a system app was completely removed at one point and since then I've had to re install it and all the linked data 7 times. It keeps dropping the ad card as well at random times the pop up comes up "the sd card was removed please insert a new sd card" this phone is less then 3 months old and it has a proper SanDisk ultra 32gb class 10 sd that I had sent to them and tested and they even replaced it to no avail
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bingley:
Anyone else find their WhatsApp and fb messenger don't follow your S4's notification setting? If I'm in normal/ring and switch to vibrate on the S4 fb and wa don't vibrate, I have to go in to each app and change the setting to vibrate or not every single time. Does the same going from vibrate to ringer, ie still vibrates. So annoying. Any ideas or solution?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
need help! i tried flashing the s5 statusbar mod on my i9505 4.4.2 stock rooted but my status bar dissappeared. then i downloaded systemui from kitkat rom and put it in priv_app folder and rebooted but my statusbar is still not appearing? what do i do

EDIT: solved!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
Okay, so i have a question about the GS4. What are the appropriate CPU temps for the phone while normal uses, like emailing, browsing, and gaming on %100 stock ROM and kernel? Does it get hot?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Can't really give you an answer for that. There's so many variables that play into that.

How much background stuff running

What kind of games (simple games like Frozen, more extensive games like modern warfare)

Web browsers

Email clients

Etc etc

There's no straight forward, "it should be exactly 87 degrees" , answer for that question
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
Mine like 21-30 c and but am not stock
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
87 C or F?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
I just randomly typed 2 numbers. C wouldn't be too good. 87 f would be great.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koszabg:
Hello. I apologize if this is no place for my question.

I have unlocked S4 with code by IMEI, if I update with Kiess or Odin or do hard reset, the phone will be locked again or he is permanently unlocked?

Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Permanently unlocked
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
Been a while since i've needed to ask for help here

So a friend dropped and smashed the LCD on their S4, and damaged the modem - physical damage, cant be repaired (I've tried) and its nto the aerials.

They have a mainboard to replace it with, but want to keep the files intact and just transfer everything across as is.

Can i nandroid from one board (phone) to another? last time i tried it didnt work using philz recovery, and lost the IMEI code somehow.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
Guys am using persues kernel, on my s4 i9500, but my phone overheat sometimes, any way to stop this? I have undervolted all cores by 2 steps is that a problem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Have you thought about making a odin backup

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
we can DO that? :eek:

awesome

edit: i cant find a single viable guide. they're all at least two years old, and the one that seems almost complete requires linux, and comments in the thread say it doesn't work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Cannot say that I've tried it .

Only read about it the other day.

But as you say...awesome

As a last resort...it might be worth a go

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] janessss:
problem language

Hi all

i've an s4 gt-i9506 but it has only english language

how i can change the language to italian?

Thanks

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
i edited my post after you replied it seems, but no - that route seems a dead end and no longer viable.

The last time i tried this i had two phones with matching basebands + modems, same custom rom, but restoring a backup from recovery would always wipe the IMEI, despite EFS not being included in the backup.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tharindu123:
Hello. I recently ordered a galaxy s4 i9505 from ebay and i got it. I think its an unlocked at&t phone cause it has al&t ringtones. It came with android 4.3 and i wanted to update into kitkat. Though there is an option called software update when i go there it just tell me that the device is up to date. I cant update through kies too. If i flash it through odin will it cause any harmfull issue?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Yes, as long as the nandroid doesn't contain the efs partition.

I have done this with new phones multiple times. Make a backup with the broken phone. Store it on the sd card. Move it to the new phone. Restore it.

Same thing should work here.

Note, if you use TWRP, recovery stores backups in a directory named as a custom serial number. You will have to make a backup with the new recovery install to generate that directory, then move the backup.zip fike to that directory
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdullah.zaiter:
charging issue

My i9500 is charging but it not showing it is charging ... The battery percentage is increasing without showing or giving any attention that it is charging ... When i turn the phone of it charge too but no percentage showing... Just the circle of loading inside the battery..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cal2785:
Screen isn't working at all

Hi, my GS4 screen went out this morning. Whenever I press the home button or power button the screen flashes on for a fraction of a second and then goes black. I tried removing the battery, recover mode, and nothing has worked. I still receive calls, texts, etc it's just that I can't see anything on the screen.

Any ideas? Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Sounds to me like a hardware problem
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] videtonator:
Thanks! One more question: installing one of these pre-rooted roms will wipe my phone, right?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
It willnt but u need to follow what Dev of that rom want. If Dev has asked for wiping the data then u need to do it.

Sent from my Disturbed™ Galaxy S4

---------- Post added at 08:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 AM ----------

What error is it giving to u?

Sent from my Disturbed™ Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricardo.vix:
Help :(

Hello guys!

I'm very desperate here, so I need your help :(

First of all, I would like to say that I already look into a LOT of posts, topics (official, cm, foxhound, wanam lite, etc) and I couldn't find a solution to my problem.

Two days ago I started to have some problems with my wifi and bluetooth... I was using the cm 10.1 in my Galaxy S4 9505 and I was thinking that the problem was with the cm 10.1, but it's not.

I'm saying that because I flashed the stock rom (zto, from Brazil) in my s4 9505 and did a hard reset after, but the wifi and bluetooth don't work. I try to activade them but the option is greyed out and when I activate the status are "activating bluetooth" or "activating wifi", but they aren't activate even after a long time and the button still greyed out. Sometimes I can't even click on them. Sometimes the bluetooth activate, the button becomes green but 2 seconds later it changes to "greyed out" and to "activating bluetooth" status...

Unfortunately I can't post images yet =/

ps.: sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
I

Can u try activating from your notification toggle if not

Again flash stock firmware and reset from the device itself not from stock recovery and see of this works

Edit

Makes sure u don't restore any backup there myte be some system files causing this
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricardo.vix:
I can't activate them from the notification toogle too.

I flashed the stock firmware again and did the factory reset (in the phone menu) and the problem still there (previously I tried the wipe data/facroty reset from recovery mode.

I didn't restore anything, when I'm in the configuration screen (1st boot) the wifi don't activate as well... When I'm on the 2nd configuration screen (wifi) I just have the "turning on" on message, but the wifi don't activate :(

edit: sometimes I can activate bluetooth (wifi not) and it still activate for 3~5 seconds, and then it becomes greyed out again, with the "turning on" message...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Possibly there is a issue in the kernal then since u have been trying multiple option flash some kernal stock one or root the device and try some diffrnt kernal it will 100% solve the issue
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricardo.vix:
But when I flashed the stock rom shouldn't everything go back to stock??

Can you tell me (or post the links) for some kernel that maybe works?

And to install this kernel I need the cwm recovery mode (philz touch for example), right?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Yes the device should become normal with stock may be u are causing this issue coz there are some diffrnt kernal for CM10 and Samsung Based i m not 100% sure my friend u may have to google a bit

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9505

Try the link and find the exacy firmware for ur device and download a kernal " .tar " it will be flash it with Odin in PDA

And see if it solves the issue
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricardo.vix:
I re-flashed again with the stock rom, then flashed the stock kernel (the exactly version for my firmware) and didn't work too... :S
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Actually i m also out of ideas but one u can try it myte work ok but nothing to loose

Power of the device unplug

press volume up + home + power button all together till samsung appears and release u ll have stock recovery

there u do a full reset and also wipe cache and reboot see if that works
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qazmed:
Do u have warranty if go to ur retailer maybe the bt and wifi drivers are dead or some hardware problem it fell hard or something
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricardo.vix:
the full reset and wipe cache was the 1st thing that I did when I saw this problem :(

I flashed the stock rom and did this on the stock recovery, but didn't solve my problem :(

I have the warranty, but samsung's warranty here in Brazil is awful, I'll probably stay one month without the phone, that's why I'm crazy trying to see if it's software problem

One question... if the problem is hardware, should I have this problem with buttons greyed out??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qazmed:
I have a logitech F310 joystick and i used it to play games with my tab on s4 its ok but prob with touch emulation games like mc4

now a solution is to use usb/bt joystick centre but it doesnt work on s4

any other apps or ways
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Did u have this problem b4 ? mostly its after u tried couple of things should be some thing related to software as per me

u can also try flashing Some ROMS latest build and see if that works
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Why you are flashing the Stock kernel again.? the Stock ROM already contain it.:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricardo.vix:
No, this problem happened 2 days ago and I couldn't find any way to solve this =/

I'm think that I'll try the I9505XXUBMF8 from germany... This is the newest build, right?

Just because 123hiten ask me to do this =/

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Yes i did just to give it a try and see but not after stock just kernal on and above stock and ya did not work that way also :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyfantasy:
How do I activate HDR video? I have mf4 but i don't see the option.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zujko:
Hello guys,

Wicked ROM for S4

http://galaxys4root.com/t-mobile-ga...laxy-s4-t-mobileattcanadiangt-i9505debloated/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBroGCjOgCQ

He says, fit for the version,

This ROM is a T-Mobile ROM but you can also install on AT&T, Canadian, or GT-i9505 S4s. On youtube..

But on 2nd link, writes that for Wicked ROM for Galaxy S4! [T-Mobile/AT&T/Canadian/GT-i9505]....

Without fear can be installed on the 9505 International? :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swizzy88:
I tried XXUBMF8 pre rooted, solved all my problems! Thank you very much
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
running stock 4.4.2 and yesterday i decided to change my system ui to the s5 statusbar. it works perfect but since then I've noticed that when i try taking a screenshot it says "couldn't save screenshot storage may be in use." how can i fix this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwarfer66:
I have found when that happens, it still saves the screenshot.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glennd:
On the weekend I changed carrier from Telstra to Optus and now have no Internet access? I checked the Apn and they all there for Optus so I was thinking it might be my baseband? I am running the latest Car hd rom 4.4.2 xxugnj8 and baseband is i9505 xxufnc9. Any help thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brycetimothydavis:
Have a question I have the i9507 and would like to use my old favourite rom from when I had the i9505 is this possible?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Try reading/posting here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2577856

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bv90andy:
lightweight tw rom?

I'm looking for a tw rom that's as striped as possible. Kinda like eclipse for Verizon version. So that there's still the Samsung base, for hdr (i have "a better camera" i prefer the original Samsung one), and proper button lights behavior (aosp ones light up when touching the screen, and disabling them altogether doesn't stick after reboot), but which also has no Samsung apps, or account or other stuff that eats battery.

So basically is there a rom that is kinda like aosp in terms of battery, but from a tw base?

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

I believe there are plenty on Development forums, but before, most importantly, what's your device model?

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bv90andy:
Oh, I forgot the QnA is on all devices.

My model is the i9505 aka jflte. I found some for the verizon, but not for mine. If you could point me to one that would be great. Im currently downloading Echoe, which apparently has a "Lite" version in the aroma installer.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpmisk:
was there a reason my post was removed

re: flashing to verizon from cricket?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Was probably moved to the appropriate forum. Look in Verizon s4 forum
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magikmichael:
Goldfinger rom maybe? Or wanamlite?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

I'll second [MENTION=1492265]magikmichael[/MENTION]. A ROM that I found out to be quite clean and exactly like stock S4 ROM is WanamLite, but, personally, I'm more of a fan of Phoenix ROM. Although it has some features that you may find useless...

I'll recommend you trying them until you find one you feel comfortable with ;).

Happy searching!

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ehabb1:
Hello there experts!

I have rooted my phone using [MENTION=3634463]deepanker[/MENTION]s method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=56536414#post56536414 and everything was going absolutely smooth until today I can't do anything to my external SD card (delete, create folder, etc...). I have already done the SD fix using the app "next app* when I first rooted the phone. I tried Uninstalling then reinstalling es explorer however the problem still exists! I'm sure that es explorer has root access.

I followed this link http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-fix-missing-or-lost-root-access-issue-on-android/ and still no luck!

I appreciate your help in resolving this issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 012512:
Guys, I had this question ever since I switched my Iphone over the S4. Why are the colors taken from the camera is a little over saturated? A natural green is not green that we have seen. A blue is not blue like if I take a shot in the sky, the sky looks bluer than blue. Nokia N8 and Iphone 5 photos looked natural on the resulting images. Why?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HassanM:
Go into Settings -> My Decive -> Display -> Screen Mode

Change it according to your needs....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangtang2002:
Hi, just want to know can we transplant the 4k camera from note3 to e330s, the Korean version, with the latest cm12? Thanks dude:thumbup::D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Check this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2626435

I don't know if it supports 4K recording, but it's worth giving a look ;).

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
Normal temp?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Yes

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
It gets hot on top of the screen.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
AFAIK , the processor is near the top

So, using the phone for anything intensive like games , that is where it will get warm.

70C - 80C is too hot. (at which point it should shut down , or just stop playing with it )

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
can somebody send me link to philz recovery for i9505 please.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
She linked it all under JFLTE:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2281367

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangtang2002:
Thank you! Actually I already read the post but that one was for 4.4.2 and 4.3, not for the 4.4.4 cm11 ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
I have a pretty serious problem so I was wondering if anyone could help.

After flashing Android 5.0 I couldn't install Chronus back. Play Store just shows an error "-505". Another thing is that in YouTube app, every video shows that comments are disabled even though they are not. Anyone have any idea how to fix this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I assume its the ROM from your signature??

You may well be better off asking in the ROM thread! Also did you perform a full wipe as suggested by the OP in Post 1?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
Already asked yesterday, no answer. And yes, I performed a clean install.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
THIS may be worth a read also? Its for the Nexus 5 but users having same 505 issue.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
Didn't help....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have you seen this also on Playstore regarding Chronus?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dvtonder.chronus&hl=en

PLEASE NOTE: On Lollipop you *must* uninstall DashClock or any app that defines the DashClock Extensions permission before you can install Chronus or you will get a -505 error. It's unfortunately not possible to have both installed at the same time. This is because of a change Google made to the permissions system in L. There is no workaround at this time.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
Silly me, should've read Chronus's description in the Play Store.

Thanks, that did the trick! :thumbup:

EDIT: But I still have this problem with YouTube that doesn't show comments on videos. It says that comments have been disabled even though they aren't. Any ideas how to fix this?