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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manoziaa:
service mode problume

i got samsung galaxy s4 and its network locked i searched the internet got a method to unlock it but the problem is at the third step

Step 1: Launch the Phone app on your Galaxy S4, and dial in: *#0011#

Step 2: Press the Menu button followed by the Back key. Then, hit the Menu button again and select KEY INPUT. Enter 1 and press the OK button to enter ServiceMode.

Step 3: Press Menu one more time and tap back again. here comes the problem it is not going to

main menu

.....what to do plzzzzz help

can anybody tell what is the problem
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
is there any way to flash anything on the GS4 and keep "offical" device status? even using triangle away i get custom status..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
No the moment you flash anything other than a custom ROM via Odin the status chances.

As long as you don't need to send your phone in for service it should not be an issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daxan:
Hi samersh i couldnt open super user, the app kept telling me about the binary and closed after it so it wont let me do anything, so i went into recovery wipe factory devilk and cache and then installed the update ... it seems to be working now =) should i do a full unroot and try it again?

or should i leave it alone ? also for some reason clockwork recovery cant write a back up on my sd card it keeps skipping it any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabelo:
Data partition to big

Hello,

since a few days I am unable to make any nandroid backups because my data partition is shown way to big.

I already tried a clean install (incl. whipe and format of the system and data partition).

After the first reboot the data partition is always shown whit this hilarious size.

Any ideas what causes this and how I can fix it ?

Best regards,

Manuel
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Man really i was scared, when i saw ur pic. Also, pls clear the data and cache partition. Take backup of ur data using superbackup application.

Thanks,

Disturbed™

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Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabelo:
Hi,

i allready tried to clean, wipe and format all partitions. After flashing the Rom and a few reboots this big data partition is back.

What "superbackup application" you are talking ? Where can i find it ?

Regards,

Manuel
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
No, no need to re-root.

Try with another recovery

I think you have nandroid backups.

Go to data/media with root explorer and delete them.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
check it from OP 1st 4 post. also if i m not wrong then ur gallery is making it due to .thumbnail cache. Download and install Diskusage from play store and check.

Thanks,

Disturbed™

______________________________________________________

Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabelo:
Did you guys looked at the picture ?

The shown size of the data partition cant be real.

I want a phone with that storage size :D

If the size shown in the screenshot is real that would be 384 Gigabyte !!!

But because of this wrong size shown a new nandroid backup fails because it checks the free space before the backup.

Best regards,

Manuel

Edit: Please have a look at the output from DiskUsage. Everything looks correct there...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
everything seems prefect but as a result just change the recovery buddy. it might b recovery fault. just flash any other recovery and revert.

Thanks,

Disturbed™

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Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hester1902:
Stuck in recovery

Hi

I am using a S4 GT i9505 version 4.2.2. I am on 3 network.

I have unlocked my phone to all networks. I have enabled usb debugging. I have rooted my phone using CF auto root flash via odin.

I have used online nandroid backup and backup manager to save all apps etc. I then flashed openrecovery-twrp-2.6.0.0-jfltexx - i have also used i9505-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.2-5

I the clicked advanced wipe and selected “Dalvik Cache”, “System”, and “Cache”.

I then attempted to flash my ROM - the below ROMS are an example of what I have tried.

I9505_-_Google_Edition_Final-v1_by_Jamal2367

CanGalaxyS4ROMv3ByAkashRt

Pure-Google-pre-rooted-4.3-v2.1

i9505 stock

I have had no issue flashing the stock zip.

I have downloaded all ROMS to my PC

This is the most recent ROM I tried to install using the following thread - [ROM][Official][4.3][PA3.95][AOKP][CM10.2]P.A.C True All in 1 ROM[NIGHTLIES] - xda-developers

and - ►►[AOSP] 4.2.2 - S4 Google Edition - Final-v1 - Feel the Experience of Nexus◄◄ - xda-developers

I did initially get an error where the certificate verification failed. It did this with each ROM I tried. Each time this happened I went back to stock firmware, followed the above steps and tried again. When I searched for this the answer I found was to disable certificate verification which I did. Then when I flashed a custom ROM and I watched the changelog I received no errors and once. The ROMS said they had installed.

I then wiped the davlik cache again and rebooted.

Upon reboot my phone would load itself back into recovery mode. I cannot get past this.

My phone is by no means in a bad way. I have always managed to flash the stock firmware back onto my device using odin and get it back to its initial state without any hiccups.I am just confused as to why I cannot get past the recovery screen.

This is an example of the thread I have followed to flash custom ROMS - DroidViews | How to Install Custom ROMs on Samsung Galaxy S4 [All Models]

Thankyou for your help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Did you do a factory reset when you wiped the dalvik and cache ?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Thats exactly the md5 signature error.

Flash again but dont clear the cache or data and see.

Try flashing from recovery also
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Can somebody confirm me: does your screen, when you are in Tapatalk, Facebook app on search, or simply, if you use Amoled test app, can you guys see 3-4 lines, gray or less gray than the rest of the screen, crossing the screen horizontally, din left to right? It can be seen only with gray, dusk or even white screen, if the brightness is set at almost minimum. It's an Amoled normal behavior or something wrong with my phone screen ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Its not normal. Its a flaw. But its not uncommon. I have 1 such line too. But its so faint and only noticable against certain color at extremely low brightness so it doesn,t bother me

Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rscottjr1987:
Ok I pray that I'm in the right thread. I have a Samsung s4 m919 t-mobile but I have really bad battery life like only 9 hours before dead. I'm installed the infamous kernal but have no idea how to set it up can someone please help me to get me battery life up thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Check Skipjacks signature in the post above yours.

There is a dedicated 919 help forum.

You may get a better answer over there.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rscottjr1987:
I'm a m919 running a 9505 rom sorry

Sent from my M919 running Omega V9.1 with infamous kernal though xda premium mobile app!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3thman:
guys plz help I flashed wanam ROM for my friend and the mobile data in not working anymore I checked the VPN and it was good plz help and the modem matches..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
flash the older version of modem. Take efs backup first.

Thanks,

Disturbed™

______________________________________________________

Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3thman:
can you plz tell me why what efs is and why I should take a backup? will I need it later ?

Thanx
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Thanks mate. If you have them too I guess it's pretty 'normal'. We said the same thing with the S3 and its Amoled spots in low light. I had like 3-5 spots. Everyone had and we said that it's a problem. My S4 is full of tint spots, over 10 and plenty of small dots. It doesn't bother me. However, this 3-4 lines are a bit more visible then those dots, if you are into a dark room and browse in Google Play you can see them. The Amoled test shows no dead pixels or issue. I was scared that I've burned the screen or something, but while the test shows no issues in red, green, blue, white, gray and black I guess it's okay.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theb3s7:
This worked, thanks:

I had to remove the account, nothing else did anything good
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
EFS backup contains your imei details etc which can be used incase u mess up while flashing something custom roms etc

If u don't have this and mess up ur phone then u ll land up with fake imei so I network

So always with any samsung phone specially root and take a backup :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] senur3:
Will I9505 work on T-Mobile with 4G/LTE?

I have an I-9505 and it's really bothering me with it's slow 3G/2G, is there a way to make 4G works on T-Mobile ? or i have to buy there version?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Does ur carrier supports it. If yes then ask them for it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
You can force every i9505 to have the LTE option available in network mode but you will still need an LTE network and subscription to make it work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3thman:
I flashed an older modem. it is still not working :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
You must flash the stock rom with ODIN. then ask wanam about MG9 modem.

Thanks,

Disturbed™

______________________________________________________

Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Backup your efs folder

Now take a modem from any rom like ics aka ice cream sandwich or jb aka jellybean..whichever is stable and best..

and flash it via odin...

And its better if you stay on your stock modem.. take the jb one and flash it or the last rom's which u were using earlier without problems..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
Hey guys can I go from one region firmware bmg5 (inu) to another region firmware bmg7 (thl) without losing my settings and factory resetting my gs4 ? And will doing this cause any problems to the device?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
You can do just flash it using odin and data won't be affected

However backup of data and full reset I recommend incase of any issues
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunestwo:
It isn't int he list yet, but how can i whipe my phone completly? All data away 100% empty, just rom and recovery and sim, and 9 Gb of free storage space?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-0-s:
Phone wont reboot

Hey guys, I am using twrp 6.0 and ive just recently started having issues after flashing cyanogenmod10.2 . After i flash the rom and gapps the phone just stays on the samsung logo on bootup. I have resorted back to my nandroids and flashed other roms but everytime i reset phone it gets stuck on samsung logo.

Ive done data reformatting etc but nothing is fixing the issue. Wondering if there are any ways to completely clean the sdcard etc? This is the first real issue ive had with flashing roms. This completely sucks :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Flash philz recovery and wipe cache / dalvik after flashing a rom all should be fine

---------- Post added at 12:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:13 PM ----------

Flash rom u want take backup nandroid

Then go to settings / accounts / back up reset / reset the device u should have all fresh
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
Can you recommend any way as to how can I save my game progress and other app settings when I switch between roms? Note: I am not rooted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
If your going to switch roms you will likely end up on a rooted tom so easiest thing would be to root your current time and use titanium backup.

Some games store data to a sd card in the android folder.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberto.costanzo:
hi everybody, today i buy my new s4(i9505), is sim free, but is tim brand, i can flash Samsung rom with csc itv or there is problem? cf autoroot work in i9505? thanks for reply
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Yes, you should be fine.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberto.costanzo:
thaks for fast reply tim rom is XXUBMEA 17/06/2013 last itv rom is XXUBMGA 17/08/2013 there is important changelog? thanks for reply:good:

how put i9505 in recovery mode?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
rating of thread.

Thanks,

Disturbed™

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Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Top right hand corner of the page.

You should see a "Rating" drop-down box.

Here you can rate the thread in a positive (hopefully) or negative way.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] varixial:
Hi Guys. I would post this in the thread regarding the ROM but I am still too new.

Basically I am on a PAC nightly for the i9505 and I just want to know the process in updating to a newer nightly.

Do I need to wipe and start all over again or can the new nightly just be "updated" over the top without loosing any settings etc?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Which PAC are you talking about?

Which DEV , if you cannot post the link?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] checasey:
I seen a post about you tube 5 but can't find it now anyone help me find it?!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Movezify:
Samsung GS4 International version LTE no cellular after CM flash

Hi so after i flashed cyanogenmod on my gs4 international version i cant get any cellular connection at all. there are no bars and im im unable to make calls or send sms. my baseband and imei are unknown. i did a surf on google. I tried to backup efs folder with efspro while on stock rom and then restore when i used cyanogenmod. EFSprogam cant connect to my phone eventhough busybox and debug usb is set. i tried to manually change apn but still a no go. So is there a problem with my efs folder? Hope to find a solution soon since cm rocks..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Did this happen when you flashed 4.3?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tunestwo:
Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
your efs is fine.

sometimes efs is not detected when flashing with custom recovery.

flash the modem 2 times then reflash the custom rom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
U can try pushing the efs via adb..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolph91:
Lockscreen Widgets

Please help me enable the lockscreen widegts on my S4. I've tried all the steps in tutorials but it still does not let me add any widgets. Let me explain:

I have selected the option of swipe to unlock

I have checked the option of "Multiple widgets"

(At this point I should be able to swipe left on the lockscreen to see a plus sign to add aditional widgets)

However that is not the case. I'm still not able to add new lockscreen widgets, is there something that I'm missing? I tried swiping before pulling down on the clock widget (it shows a pencil to edit in the bottom right corner) or swiping without pulling down. But it does not work.

Please help me enable them.

Thanks for your time!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rscottjr1987:
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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Check in the lock screen settings and see whether there is any option to show on lock screen.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolph91:
Thanks for your reply, I went through all the options in the lockscreen settings, but nothing made the widgets available.

Anyone had this issue with this model before?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Are you swiping at the top of the screen?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolph91:
Thanks for taking the time to reply, Yes I am actually, when I swipe the clock widget that comes by default tilts but it doesn't fully swipes to give me the add button (The animation it gives, provides the impression that you reached the end of the reel), I can swipe right to access the camera widget.

Any other thoughts? Thanks again for answering.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

In your settings/lockscreen/lockscreen widgets, is your Favorite apps button on?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolph91:
Hi,

Yes it is on, I played with the settings testing several combinations, the favorite apps turn on or off, being favorites apps or camera, but it still doesn't give me the option to add new widgets to the lock screen.

Has anyone heard of a similar issue before?

Thanks for replying I really appreciate it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
First try adding a widget on homescreen

And

Check the link

http://www.samsunggalaxys4manual.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-lock-screen-widget-tutorial/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolph91:
Thanks for all your suggestions, I'm able to add widgets to the homescreen, my security is set to swipe and I have enable the option of multiple widgets, I followed the instructions on the video but it doesn't seem to be giving me the option of adding aditional widgets to the lockscreen.

Is there any other factor that I'm not contemplating?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ichrypko:
i just got a new s4 and it was updated... the option to enable the Developer Options dont work anymore...(SETTINGS->About Phone and tap BUILD NUMBER for 7 times)

any idea of how to get it done?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] varixial:
Thanks for the quick reply!

This is the thread:

[ROM][Official][4.3][PA3.95][AOKP][CM10.2]P.A.C True All in 1 ROM[NIGHTLIES]

by Vertigo
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swanseatom:
Custom Shutdown Animation?

Is it possible to have a custom shutdown animation on the s4 like the custom boots?

Regards.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Make a Nandroid.

You should be OK to flash over the top with just a wipe of cache and dalvik.

If it gives you problems restore the Nandroid.

Then , you may need to wipe fully to upgrade.

:)

Sent telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Look HERE

:)

Sent telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdkinch:
Is there a way to retrieve contacts if my screen is broken?

I broke my GS4's screen, and now I cant see anything but small lines of light and such, and a visible crack in the digitizer. So can I retrieve the contacts through my computer or something? I'm sending it in for repairs, but I'd rather have my contacts with me in case something happens.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gett:
Use this
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Movezify:
flash modem

how do i flash the modem? do i make a backup of it when im on stock android with philz recovery and then restore when im flashing cm? and btw thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
Yes u can do that

Or extract it from the image.tar.md5 i.e. Rom file and flash it via odin or any custom recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
flash MG1 or MG5 modem for I9505 from here twice with odin as "phone" http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2192025 then reflash your custom rom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Movezify:
Odin Flash

I guess i have to download the right modem (found it) and then flash it trough odin? the xda thread that provided the download said that flashing my s4 model modem was impossible trough custom recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
yes, flash it 2 times with odin
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fortinj1354:
So a different question: I know it's common knowledge that the phone gets hot bear the camera, but at what point does it become abnormal? Mine got hot quick earlier when I was only taking pictures.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Movezify:
since i flashed cm 10.2 it comes with 4.3
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It could be that your recovery is not up-to-date.

You need the latest recovery to flash 4.3 ROMS, or you will lose mobile data.

What recovery do you have?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you used the flash, yes that can get hot, specially when taking a series of photos.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fortinj1354:
No, no flash but it was probably about 10 pictures over a few minutes. I should add, I'm running the latest 10.2 nightly, but it seemed to heat up like this on stock as well.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
That's strange, I never noticed my phone getting hot or even warmer when taking a few photo's without flash.

I'm using a Samsung based ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fortinj1354:
Yeah, just took like 4 more and it's heating up.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wifiuk:
i have a rooted galaxy s4 on the UK network o2, what the process in updating firmware and rooting?

currently kies is saying

Current firmware version : PDA:MEA / PHONE:MEA / CSC:ME3 (O2U)

Latest firmware version : PDA:MF8 / PHONE:MF8 / CSC:MG1 (O2U)

i have rooted mine, and have some cool tweaks, do i upgrade? if so how do i do it and keep root? i am a n00b and we have to start somewhere, some advice would be really helpful, i have searched and cant find what imn looking for, for my situation.

thanks in advance for any help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fortinj1354:
Hmm, looking through some other threads, it seems that essentially any app that uses the GPU makes the phone get hot. I guess I'll have to live with it till I get a case and don't notice it anymore.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

WOW!

Someone who has been on XDA longer than me. :eek: :)

Well, if you are rooted ,do you have a custom recovery?

If so , which one?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wifiuk:
a the moment i am using touchwiz as cyanogenmod isnt ready for the s4 yet.

so yeah just touchwiz and some tweaks installed and nova laucher. No backups as of yet, ive just converted from long term iphone man to android, so now i want to get into the whole jailbreak / rooting area of android, have to start somewhere ,,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Movezify:
latest update philz custom clock work- so i dont think thats the problem. i think ima flash modem through odin :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I have read that PhilZ 5.11.2 has problems with 4.3

I use 5.11.0 and have no issues flashing 4.3 ROMS.

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

In your first post you say:

"i have a rooted galaxy s4 on the UK network o2"

What process did you follow, or have you got yourself a bit confused with the terminology?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wifiuk:
i used CF auto root
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Good :good:

Then , you are ready to install a custom recovery.

Can I just know what variant of the phone you have?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wifiuk:
GT-I9505

Android ver 4.2.2

Kernal ver : 3.4.0-768421