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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cipacipacipa:
If you make a backup copy of your data on the internal storage first (especially of all your media files) – sure, no problem. If you want to experiment further - you should definitely stay away from formatting the boot partition, however.

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I don't think that phone reboots have anything to do with the battery. Either you have flashed a ROM that has reboot issues (a lot of early 4.4 KitKat ROMs had that problem), or you use a baseband that is outdated and/or incompatible with your country.

For a stable i9505 KitKat Google Play Edition ROM, I warmly recommend the one by Danvdh, Kryten2k35 & Ktoonsez: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2557353 . It is rock-stable and extremely smooth.

For a suitable GSM & LTE modem, check the latest for you country and/or GSM operator from sammobile (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/), then download it from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50965837&postcount=2627. This is a combination that works very well for me and is perfectly stable.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Stupid question coming up

Is there a way to get the domination theme phone apk. The theme itself doesn't work. I'm currently on omega v30 on i9505. I'm not a big fan of the stock dialer
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reimart660:
Is there any way to reinstall the default Samsung video player app?

Mine just suddenly stopped working few days after I root my phone.

I can open the app and use air view to see the preview of the video then when I play the video, it will crash.

btw I'm using s4 i9506 Pre-Rooted 4.3 ROM (Thanks to Sir DeHawk :good:)

Hope someone can help me regarding this problem
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sano64:
I have the i9500 and noticed many devices getting are now 2160p video mods for their devices. The reason that I hear our device won't get it is because our device is not powerful enough.

I remember people saying that it was not possible for the Mytouch 3g ever run Android version XXX because it was too weak but some brave developer(I'm truly sorry forgetting your name) stepped up and found a way to make it work and the naysayers tucked their tails between their legs or kissed serious butt. Same thing when I had my Desire HD. Words like impossible and never kept being thrown around as if it was a certainty when in reality it wasn't.

My question is has anyone tried to mod the i9500 to record at 1440p (NOT 2160p) since it is less demanding on the device hardware or are they just saying it's impossible due to a knee jerk reaction. A response from an actual developer for this particular hardware would be welcome.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Try re-flashing the ROM with no wipes.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
Wanted to know if "move apps to sd" is still available in app settings after 4.4 update?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zetazeta2:
Yes.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cipacipacipa:
I haven't heard of that yet (maybe someone can correct me on that), but if you make a nandroid copy using your CWM/Philz recovery first (on the external SD, obviously), you'll be on the safe side if anything bad should happen. To restore such a backup, you don't need a PC, all you need is to start up your recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BulletBrusher:
Hi how can I change the selinux status to "permessive"? I tried everything I found, but nothing works. I'm on Dan's CM edition. Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
It's determined by the kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BulletBrusher:
That means I can't change it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Not without changing the kernel. And even then it's a guess. Never seen a kernel that mentions it in the specs.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Revolted5:
Hi, so I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 online and I'm new to this android thing, and I am wondering if I can update it to the new android kitkat, I'm from Portugal, the phone came from Germany, its from T-Mobile but SIM unlocked, it comes with Android version 4.3, I've tried updating but it says it has the latest update, I don't understand German so if anyone could tell me if there will be an update to kitkat later on or is there a way to update it without rooting it so I don't loose the warranty, it would be great.

The phone model is the GT-I9506, I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if a firmware from the GT-I9505 would work, but my guess is a no.

I would leave a screenshot of the phone details but since its my first post I can't just yet, so I'll type it.

Details:

Model number: GT-I9506

Android version: 4.3

Baseband version: I9506XXUBML2

Kernel version: 3.4.0-2210443 dpi@DELL133#1

Build number: JSS15J.I9506XXUBNA2

SE for Android status: Enforcing SEPF_GT-I9506_4.3_0016

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

First you have to think about the graphic processing power, the OS was never a main issue here, but graphics are always an annoying thing. For example, i9505 can't run pleasantly a high bit rate 1080 mkv video I have, neither it can run a 2K video. Also, most of the devices that are being released with 4K recording have a better GPU (Snap801) and not only it, but also more RAM (Nexus 10 allocates 1GB RAM to its GPU for better graphical performance), not only S4 "only" have Snap600 (talking about i9505 here) it has "only" 2GB RAM, so no allocation (also never hard of RAM allocation in custom firmwares, only know factory sent ones).

So, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm just telling you some facts I know. Recording very high quality stuff is quite hard (even Note III is known for lagging and some times frame drops while recording in 4K). I wouldn't expect much about this thing... Not even Z1 got 4K recording in KitKat update (Snap800 + 2GB RAM)

Hi,

Not long ago I saw a thread wandering around about this in the Q&A... Also try wiping app's data ;)

~Lord

"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Looking around , I am not sure that the GT-I9506 has got "Official" KitKat yet.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cipacipacipa:
The i9506 is the "little stepbrother" of the very popular i9505. Unfortunately, even though from the hardware standpoint it's superior to the i9505 (e.g. higher-clocked processor), firmware support is pretty much terrible: the latest official FW version is 4.3, so no KitKat, at least for now.

TTBOMK, there even aren't any unofficial KitKat firmwares for this model as of now, at least none that would be stable, so you're stuck with the official 4.3 version. There is one KitKat 4.4.2 CyanogenMod 11 port, but it's unofficial and experimental, and some stuff doesn't work, e.g. there are camera crashes. BTW, you don't need to root your phone to be able to install any FW, since unofficial FWs already come with root preinstalled, but you need to install a recovery first, since you can't flash unofficial FWs with Odin. You might want to check this thread from time to time, maybe something stable will turn up in the foreseeable future: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9506-develop

To understand the user interface of your phone better, you can simply switch the UI language to English or Portugese: touch the left key (bottom left key), and then choose: Systemeinstellungen -> Sprache & Eingabe -> Sprache.

Your guess is right - only flash the firmware intended for your exact model, otherwise you will brick your device. In the worst-case scenario, if the partitions on the phone differ (which they usually do between models), flashing a firmware intended for a different model might overwrite your EFS partition with junk (where such important things as the IMEI number are stored), which would render your phone unusable.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Revolted5:
Thank you, I would not know where to look since the phone is originally from T-Mobile Germany, searching on they're website or German forums would be too confusing because I don't understand German, I'll check those two topics from time to time then and hope for an update soon, some of my friends say that kitkat is a really sweet Android update.

Ouch, yeah I thought as much, I had a HTC Touch Viva (old) before this one and its about the same, flashing the wrong firmware would be really bad.

Since I bought this phone new it asked me what language I wanted on first boot, but thanks anyway, that would have helped if it really came in German and did not ask what language to choose on first boot, I must say I'm really happy with this phone.

Anyway, thanks for the quick reply everyone. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sano64:
Thanks for your well thought out replay. I was hoping that one day we might get 1440p 24fps recording for the i9500 but your reasoning was sound and I thank you for taking the time to reply.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RanOver:
Looking to upgrade and don't have major carrier

Have to upgrade from sgh-i747. I don't have a major carrier and need to know how hard they are to unlock the carrier on it. I am not a newb but no developer either. I have an ADB set up if need be.

What kinda time frame can this be done in if everything happens without hiccups?

Thanks,

RanOver
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
LOL I've been flashing ROMs for awhile ... i know the basics ;) I just needed reassurance ....thanks :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gett:
bug report logged ???

Hi,

Any idea which app is responsible for "bug report logged" msg in notification area?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reimart660:
Thanks for your reply. I tried wiping the app's data, delvic cache, and also tried uninstalling it/removing the apk from system/app and still no luck :(

My last resort will be factory wipe my phone and I really don't wanna do that. >.<

Any additional suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jiibus:
My problem is similar to a user above, but I am in the US and just bought an unlocked AT&T S4 that has 4.3 on it and I'm pretty damn sure that 4.4.2 has been out, yet when I go to check for new version it says there is none.

Is the fact that it's unlocked preventing me from downloading the OTA? If so, how can I manually apply it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umby75:
Hi, when I receive mails in my original Samsung mail app I have my camera flash that blink.

Do you know the reason this issue?

sent from rooted Int. Gt- i9505 with 4.3 stock Jb using Tapatalk -Rome, Italy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
ask here http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-att

i guess it is caused by an installed apps. find it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
I am new to S4 community, I have I9505 updated to 4.4.2 stock, I was thinking of rooting it but don't know about its cons as I am new to Samsung and don't know much about knox stuff. Please somebody guide.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

For rooting , check HERE

For knox , check HERE

Come back if you have any further issues.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RowanDDR:
I'm about to buy an S4 but I read there are different models with different processors. i9500, i9505, and i9505G.

Some models have quad core, some have octa core. Surely I want to find the octa core model if that is more powerful for the same price, and buy that? Is this choice black and white or are there other considerations?

I read the FAQ thread in this forum but it was covering more technical stuff rather than buying advice.

I am in England, FWIW.

Thanks in advance!

p.s. Looking forward to finally retiring my Galaxy S[1] (CM11)! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

A quick check of the "Development" fora might answer your question.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RowanDDR:
Well theres 8 seperate Development subforums @ http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4

so my check won't be quick..

Initially I can't see any FAQ / Buyers Guide threads, only lots of threads about custom roms.

Sorry to ask such a general question and expect an answer but I saw this thread said noob friendly, so..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It depends what you intend to do with your phone.

If you intend to root and flash custom ROMS, then , check the development for the i9505

The other 2 do enjoy some development , but nowhere near as much.

General knowledge will be in General section , but these will probably be over a year old , now.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cipacipacipa:
The i9505G is the Google Play Edition of the i9505, hardware-wise the phones are identical.

If you google for it, you will quickly find benchmark results that show that the octa-core i9500 is only marginally faster than the quad-core i9505. This is due to the fact that it's more of a marketing stunt by Samsung, because 4 cores are dormant at all times.

My advice: buy the i9505, as malybru wrote, it is better supported with alternative firmwares AND it has LTE support, which the i9500 lacks (at least in some or even most markets).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RowanDDR:
Thanks for the advice guys. I will go for the i9505, and potentially install CM11 if the stock ROM becomes annoying. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammarsg:
hello guys i am new in s4 word and want to buy it but just want to ask are jflte and jfltexx both of them i9505 4g or not ...and if i flash rom jflte in jfltexx should work or cause hard brick ...sorry i am newly in s4 word and saw many things about it like here

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Jfltexx_Info

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Jflte_Info

i see that i9505 more supported and more better as less heat and sometime fast and battery is good as i saw alots here in xda but not know its jflte or jfltexx

so i am confused now ....thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Jfltexx means i9505 and Jflte means unified for all. Jfletxx, jflteatt etc. So Jflte will work on all snapdragon 600 s4's.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammarsg:
thanks man ....this is best answer i love :D:good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abinash:
Is there anyway to unroot without loosing data?:confused:...my brother has a i9500 ver with 4.3 so he wants me to update 4.4.2....anyone please?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
You never lose data while unrooting. Just flash a stock firmware or unroot true supersu.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k-lin:
Hey, i have i9506 Black Edition from German T-mobile and i'm using it in Poland and here is my question: in network settings i don't have Lte to choose. My android is 4.3 , any idea how to fix that?

Wysłane z mojego GT-I9506 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cipacipacipa:
The i9506 has no official distribution in Poland and isn't offered by any Polish operator, so it's impossible to check which modem would be best. But if the wrong baseband is indeed the cause, the only thing left to do is trial and error. You might want to check http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/, download a few firmwares for the i9506, extract the modems and flash them, it MIGHT help to solve your issue.

Another idea (provided your phone is rooted):

1. start Root Explorer

2. Browse to data/property

3. Search for "select persist.radio.lteon" and modify from false to true

4. Save and reboot

I've also read on the Polish Orange blog that there is an official update for i9506 that enables LTE, but you need to have a soft without branding for that:

Since you have the T-mobile branding, you would need to flash a soft without branding first. Glancing at sammobile it would seem that the best official 4.3 firmware for Europe for that purpose would be the one for Nordic countries (June 2014). Flash it in Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] umby75:
Hi, when I try to modify a .pdf file through Acrobat Reader this program closed itself after few time.

I tried to cancel the cache or reinstall Acrobat Reader but i have the same result.

Do you have suggestions for me?

sent from rooted Int. Gt- i9505 with 4.3 stock Jb using Tapatalk -Rome, Italy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abinash:
Loosing dat means ...i dont want to wipe data on my storage
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adox5devil:
PIT file editing

Hi, i couldnt read the whole thread and im sorry for not doing that i dont have much free time,

i wanted to ask here if someone knows how to edit a pit file for i9505 to replace EFS partition somewhere else on the memory,

mine is corrupt, my cousin interrupted it in the half of an update from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2, now it says in the recovery " efs cant moun file too large"

and i cant seem to put an other efs image over it it says "NAND write fail" do i have to buy a new motherboard or try "NAND erase all"?

i tried repartitioning with the original pit file, but it doesnt help, im downloading original 4.2.2 in the hope that it will somehow start to read it,

i would be happy if i have gotten to the step with fake imei, for now it shows just imei null/null, thank you for your help in advance :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cipacipacipa:
Have you tried flashing with the original firmware that consists of 5 files (AP, BL, CP, CSB/PIT and CSC)? You can download it here: http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18266. This is the first recommended step after corrupting the EFS partition, since in this way you can often restore it, including your proper IMEI.

If that fails, and you didn't make a backup copy of your EFS partition, I'm kinda pessimistic that you will be able to truly unbrick your device, since the IMEI number is only one of the things stored in the EFS, so even if you manage to somehow restore it manually, other things will still remain broken. But good luck to you.

This is the reason why I always make a backup copy of the EFS partition after flashing PhilZ recovery and before doing anything else - in this way you'll be on the safe side if anything goes wrong later on.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mxgregg:
receive email but can't send

All of a sudden I can't send emails on both my Yahoo account and my Gmail account. I did a battery pull, restarted, signed out and then signed in again. I then deleted my yahoo account and now when I try to install it I get this message: (cannot safely connect to server) Any ideas why both email accounts would have the same problem? Verizon Galaxy S4 SCH-i545 4.2.2 ME7
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adox5devil:
repit

Im trying now with installing 4.2.2 again with repit and everything(i tried that with 4.4.2 already and it didnt work, 4.3 fails to flash), i would beg someone to make a new pit file if anyone knows how to do it, just replace the efs partition anywhere else than it was.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Necrohippie:
Since this thread is noob friendly and recently i found out how much of a noob i'm, i started a thread but nobody answered me, maybe this is a very stupid question or maybe there0s just no solution? my post and question:

I have a Galaxy S4 (SGH-i337M), i think it is a Canadian version or some sort of ATT variant, it is the official model for my country (Mexico) and the carrier Telcel, i have the basic knowledge about flashing roms, rooting phones and installing mods, i had a Galaxy S2 before where i learned the basics, when i first got the S4 the first thing that i did was to install Cyanogenmod, because it worked perfect for me in the last phone that i owned, and i tought that in the S4 it would be the same, well it wasn't, i installed Cyano via the Windows software assistant the it has because my computer doesn't recognize any Samsung phone, it is an old computer and it has a "lite" version of Windows that may be missing some things, i installed Kies and the Samsung drivers but nothing of that worked, but that's not what this thread is about, i started using Cyano and everything was fine, some bugs here and there but nothing too bad, untill i started to experience this WiFi issue where i couldn't turn on my WiFi after a reboot, it was weird, sometimes when i rebooted the phone it worked, and sometimes it didnt, the i flashed the 4.3 official stock Android and i dont recall having this issue, but i'm not sure, after a couple of days i decided to try paranoid Android, which i think is a Cyanogenmod based rom, i tought that maybe this kind of bugs were solved in Paranoid, it wasn't the same thing happened, then i started to look on the internet A LOT of threads cam up, but nothing about fixing my specific model, the i tried to install the Google Play Edition rom for the i9505 since my model and that are compatible as of roms, i did this because my model was listed as the "Canadian version" of the phone, but i'm in Mexico, it didnt make sense, i installed the Google Edition but the problem is still there, and now i'm here, trying to figure out if my phone is broken someway or if there's a solution, so i'm asking to the people who actually know what they're are doing to their phones, because as i said i have just the basics, maybe i ****ed something up without knowing, i can't send the phone to warranty because i bought it to someone else, and i dont know what to do, the last thing that crossed my mind was that maybe the modem on those roms is not compatible with mine but i'm not sure, the two roms for my phone in sammobile have a baseband that ends in "MK6" and the newer ends in "NC1" which is the same termination of the Google Play Edtion and Paranoid, do you guys think that there's something i can do? i don't want to flash the stock Telcel rom because i cant use Xposed modules that are exclusive for AOSP roms, is there a solution or should i sell the phone? i'm really desperate right now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vsdgniuz:
I am currently using GT-I9500 on Android 4.2.2. I wanted to flash a custom rom but for that I need a recovery. I thought of CWM as I has used it before on another device.

This thread has CWM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2489234

But it says its for android 4.4.2

Should I flash it?

If not, then what process should I follow to get a custom rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cipacipacipa:
Necrohippie:

There is nothing wrong with your phone, you just need to update your modem, and WiFi will stop disconnecting. The exact modem name that you need is I337MUMUENC1, which is the latest official one for Mexico. Either download the official firmware for your phone (PDA: I337MUMUENC1), unzip it to a .tar.md5 file, change the extension to .tar, untar it again and copy the following two files to another folder: modem.bin and NON-HLOS.bin. Then tar only those two files again and flash the resulting tar file in Download mode through odin by clicking PHONE.

Or, if that's too complicated for you, simply flash the entire official firmware, this will take much longer and afterwards you'll need to flash your alternative firmware again, but it will update your modem automatically.

Should the aforementioned 4.3 modem be still too old for the new custom FW, try the newest one (I337MVLUFNE1), which isn't for Mexico, however, but for Canada and Tanzania, so it might or might not work as expected.

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vsdgniuz

: It just means that it supports KitKat, it does not mean that you cannot flash any older FWs with it, so don't worry and flash away.

My favorite recovery is PhilZ, however, since it allows you to make an EFS partition backup copy in a very simple way without the need for external tools, which might come very much in handy should something go wrong with FW flashing (or if you mistakenly flash the wrong type of FW).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
Do anti glare/ matte screen protectors affect screen quality or brightness in any way?