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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X-Lucky-Messi-X:
So I suppose that if I flash a full stock ROM via Odin that I lose all of my data?

And thank you for all the help.

Edit: So I flashed CF auto root via Odin and it was a success, now when it did its thing, it took me again through the booting screen (flashing Samsung logo) and after that it said "Opening apps..." and there was a spinning circle next to it, but after a minute or two, the phone just rebooted itself and then wouldn' t load "Starting apps..." like before. It boots really, really slowly, but unfortunately not all the way. It seems that it' s still in bootloop. Any other way of bringing it back to life other than flashing a new full stock ROM? Maybe if I try to root again via Odin or should I just take it to a technitian and let him fix it? Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
boot back to download mode and try to flash TWRP recovery via Odin, if pass then boot to recovery and wipe both cache ad davik cache ( in wipe-advanched) if no luck then flash custom kernel as that my be the issue.

Sent from my SM-A500FU
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
What you can do is try wipe dalvik-cache if not.

You can go to advanced > file manager > data > data > then you should be able to delete the data folder. You won't loose apps but just data for the apps
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarcelRobinson:
Kushan, Crdroid ,AOSP ,Cm13 xposed works perfectly fine from my testing on them (:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corduroysack:
im thinking of going back stock TW for a day would i be able to flash any latest firmware be it not in my country or should i just not bother and flash newest modem and bootloader available over the top of my custom rom?

My wifi is fine but my mobile data always says 'E' next to it. Im not able to go out so could being in the house be causing that? I'm able to get a gps fix also whilst in the house TIA
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmed.s:
I have a lot of this messages in logcat like 2 or 3 per second, even when the screen is of:

I/AudioPolicyManager_legacy( 331): getAudioPolicyConfig: audioParam;outDevice
V/AudioPolicyManager_legacy( 331): getNewOutputDevice() selected device 0
V/AudioPolicyManager_legacy( 331): ### curdevice : 2
I/AudioPolicyManager_legacy( 331): getAudioPolicyConfig: audioParam;outDevice
V/AudioPolicyManager_legacy( 331): getNewOutputDevice() selected device 0
V/AudioPolicyManager_legacy( 331): ### curdevice : 2

I'm on the stock ROM I9505XXUHOJ2, the stock kernel have this issue, i tried Imperium LL Kerenl but it have this issue too, i don't know if it's kernel related tho.

That process is:

media 331 1 173912 8568 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/mediaserver

===

i also get this line, but not as frequent as the above one:

E/SMD (20074): smd Interface open failed errno is 2 -1

the process is:

system 20074 1 4308 1116 ffffffff 00000000 S /system/bin/smdexe

I'm i the only one? i searched for a half day for a solution without luck.

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxxxz:
Hey there, I want to connect my S4 to the TV in massive storage mode, I look lot of post, use some script that I found here, use some apps and nothing happens.... Oh, I'm in Omega Kitkat.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ SNap:
Hi. I'm looking for any i9506 stock 5.0.1 firmware with Polish language. I need it pure (Carrier free). For Poland there is only for and with t-mobile bloatware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyb0rgz:
device not boot after flashing PRISM BAREBANE

Hi all,

I flashed prism barebane rom in my device 9500 and the device went black (yes, even boot animation is not displayed)

Below are the info,

I was in offical 4.4.2 ROM Indian version -> AURORA 4.2 using TWRP->PRISM BAREBANE v15

As per the instructions i have updated my bootloader to XXUH0B8

BASEBAND -> I9500DDUFNA4

I tried using both philz and twrp, but the prism rom doesnt even boot up..finally i updated bootloader to B8 and tried to clean wipe using twrp (including preload/data/system/cache and all) the device shows black screen and nothing happens

Thanks god, Aurora 4.1 Galaxy s6 port is booted up.

Please help me to flash Prism rom.

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

Please,consider rating the thread

:)ENJOY:)​

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qazmed:
Guys i wanna play mc4 using f310 logitech controller i used usb/bt joystick centre with joy2touch server but now on s4 it doesnt work anyother ideas
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymihail:
Perhaps when I updated 3minit without wiping cache.

after that I got bootloop.

Then I wiped and did a factory reset, and it did boot.

Strangely, after reboot, got bootloop again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
no offense to TWRP but i prefer PHILZ recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymihail:
On PhilZ I got 30 minutes for a backup.

On TWRP only 10.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It might be an idea to start again from scratch,minus the 3minit thing.

See if it bootloops.

Then,make a nandroid before trying to install it.

:)

EDIT:

I am using PhilZ too ;)

Backup took 15
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymihail:
What exactly do you mean by starting from scratch?

Go back to stock, root again, flash recovery, flash rom?

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Just got bootloop from simply rebooting.

Will need probably to go back to stock.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Can you uninstall 3minit?

Not necessarily remove root and recovery,but factory wipe and build up one thing at a time.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymihail:
I will try to reflash rom. Wipe and see if it still bootloop.

But this I will try tomorrow when I have a little time. Will post result. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lither:
How's the sound quality compare to the iPhone 5? As I remember when I had the Samsung S3, the 320kbps music I played in PowerAMP didn't sound very good and had to use/install mods and tweaks to get it the way it sound on the iPhone 5

I've heard alot of people saying that the screen overheats alot and screen is weak? Is it true?

When I had the Samsung S3, there was lots of topics about Sudden Death, is it still on the Samsung S4?

Can I move app data files to the SD card so it can free up more internal memory?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Sound is fairly subjective.

You would need to listen yourself to be sure of what you hear.

My phone does not overheat.

I am not going to test his strong it is. : p

The apps can be moved to the sd card, but the data cannot.

You need a paid third party app to do that.

:)

Sent telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lither:
Is there currently any i9505 audio mods or tweaks available?

You have the i9505?

Why can't the data be moved to SD as well? I remember when the Samsung S3 allows you to move app data to SD

Also does the Samsung S4 have Sudden Death as I remember when the Samsung S3 had it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Coz its a limitations of sdcard move. U can only move application not all data and sudden death is old one. It was surely solved by sammy itself.

_________________________________________________

Wait for my Time, U gonna pay for what have U done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VienCervantes:
I have a I9505. My firmware doesn't support moving apps to sd. Is it possible to flash a different firmware of other regions without bricking my phone? And what paid third party app in particular?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faxity:
gnedbci Scottish

Anyone know something about a software update for s4?

My phone just had a 365mb update from XXUAMDM to XXUBMEA, would love to know what this update was about, can't directly find a topic on it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymihail:
Bootloop problem solved

As promised, I return with a comment regarding my my bootloop problem described earlier here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43125012&postcount=1940

What I did was:

- flashed PhilZ Recovery 5.06.0 (the newer version did not find my external sd)

- I still had bootloops, so not the recovery was the problem

- then In Recovery I did a full wipe (Wipe Data / Factory Reset; Wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache; Format System partition)

- I then flashed Omega 7 and after reboot everything worked normally, I even had no WIFI issues described in Omega thread (so no need to flash modems using mobile Odin again, or flash Adam Kernel).

- Afterwards I did a backup using PhilZ recovery, it took only 15 minutes, but the system was clean, no games, nothing...

Now it seem that everything works fine, no more bootloops, but I wonder if I flash 3Minit again if I get the same problem,

or if it was Viper4Android who caused the bootloops (Viper4Andoid is very important to me, more than 3Minit)

Thank you all.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
New Camera firmware with HDR video

Smearing issue has been fixed (Purple effect while scrolling)

Smart Pause Toggle

Move Apps to SD Card

Semi-transparent status bar

New Icons in Settings

Secure boot status in “About Phone”

Increased display legibility

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I dont think 3minit will cause u boot loop i have tried that with odex and deodexed roms

In odex i loose my status bar completly and deodexed works just fine

If u wanna try just do nandroid backup and flash 3minit it will work :good:

Not sure abt Viper4Android never tried :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaininHanoi:
Hi everyone,

I was wondering, every time I open my camera the screen seems to go on maximum brightness, is there anyway to disable this behavior?

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VienCervantes:
Do I need to unroot my I9505 before updating to new firmware? Im rooted and has CWM recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
No updating stock firmware will do that for you ;)

Seriously, no need to unroot, but you most likely will lose root with the upgrade. So you will need to root again after the upgrade.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Have you tried this:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanriver12:
do all roms labeled i9500 work for the exynos version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DJ SNap:
Yes - I did. And I searched on sammobile.com - however for poland (XEO) there is only T-mobile ROM. I can have one from different country but with polish language.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinktheater:
Hello people with strange knowledge.

My friend recently upgraded his phone (S4) from 4.2 to 5.0.1 (using the official Samsung update). By doing so he got the SIM locked and it now asks for the SIM unlock and as everyone knows, the phone is useless.

I tried flashing some modems via ODIN but nothing seem to work. I tried downgrading to kitkat 4.4.2 same problem still happens.

I found this guide which I will try later on at home:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282683

I also heard of the possibility of getting the phone back to 4.2.2 and see if it corrects the issue.

Now my question, why did this happen? Why the modem was erased by doing an official upgrade? Besides the steps on the guide i mentioned before, is there any other way to fix this?

I was about to tell him to go back to his provider and maybe getting it fix or exchanged (assuming the warranty is not void at this point). :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
once u upgrade past 4.4 you cant go back to 4.2, as long as its not been rooted and under 2years old its covered under manufactures warranty

Sent from my SM-A500FU
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeterFlinstone:
Helo:

I have the Non-LTE Variant of the S4, aka i9500 , and for the past few days, my S4 keeps rebooting itself at no luck. Explanation of the problem:

I can be using it, and suddenly it will turn off.

It will try to boot, but wont go pass the Samsung GT-i ... screen.

On this screen, it will last 2-3s and then reboot itself again.

I thought it was a hardware issue, as it'd think I was pressing the power button and keep rebooting. Took it appart: Still nothing

Was on CM 12.1 when first happened. Went to Stock 5.0.1 : Same ; Flashed Omega v28: Same.

It isn't a battery problem, as it happens with my 2 batteries. And I cannot boot to either Recovery [TWRP] nor Odin, as it will reboot itself. One odd thing is that if I press only Vol Down + Home it will try to boot to Odin as if I were pressing Power.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ian619420:
I am huge mobile fanatic and was wondering if the i9500 octa core s4 with powervr gpu can play asphalt 8 on max with little to no lag and all gta games maxed out with little to no lag? has anyone played these games on highest graphic settings?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aedan2:
hey guys, i need help, I flashed TWRP via Odin on my phone, and then I want to go to boot recovery and there is almost no difference between before twrp and after, pls help how to get it right, for start how can I check if I flashed twrp succesfully? my s4 was plugged to computer and odin was detected it, phone was in download mode, i did everything as it should be, and odin said PASS, phone was rebooted, so I think as far as that goes I did everything as it should be. pls help guys I am noob
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
reflash and untick auto-reboot. then manually reboot to recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aedan2:
How do I manually boot to recovery? Is it when it says pass on odin I just hold power button until phone starts up?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Switch the phone off.

Hold volume up + power until the blue writing appears in the top left corner.

Let go of everything , and tap volume down.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aedan2:
Ok, i am not at home right now, i will try it in an hour, so when i flash twrp via odin and then do what you told me, then i should switch off my phone, and what shoud i press then to enter boot recovery twrp menu?

Thx very much
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
What phone variant do you have?

To enter recovery:

Switch the phone off.

Hold volume up + power until the blue writing appears in the top left corner.

Let go of everything , and tap volume down.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aedan2:
I have samsung s4 gt-i9505, ok I will do all of that when I get home, I believe that I will have few more questions when I start doing all of that, thx very much for helping, if you ever come to osijek, croatia you have a beer :)

P.s. my phone is not rooted, I dont know if that is relevant, but I thought you should know
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aedan2:
well i did everything you said, and it didnt work out well, I tried to reflash twrp via odin and odin said FAIL, and now I cant turn my phone on, it says " Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Do you know which version of twrp you flashed?

Also , what firmware was on your phone?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aedan2:
twrp is twrp-2.8.7.0-jfltexx, someone on this forum recommended it to me

firmare was 5.0.1., i think it ended with HAO7, but i am not really sure
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
twrp thread is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2468187

I would download it again and follow the installation on this page.

Failing that , you could flash the stock firmware again and start from scratch.

Stock firmware for HAO7 is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41072392&postcount=2

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aedan2:
installation for twrp on that page is no good to me since i cant start up my phone, its stuck on Firmware upgrade encountered an issue... On that page there is only installation via google play, and it says that your phone should be rooted for that, and as I said mine is not rooted. also, i dont know if I should unzip twrp or no, i tried to zip it, and there was .img file, and odin couldnt read that, so i chosed zipped twrp for odin

and for firmware, i think that is that software but i am not sure, how can i check it if i cant turn on my phone?

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guys pls help me anyone, I cant do anything with my phone, its stuck on this screen ( i will post image) and i can only get there or in download mode, i just want to restart or reset or whatever it is called, just want to get it back as it was. i dont care if i am gonna lose data, i dont need any of it. so please if somebody could write a step by step what should i do, i would be very gratefull

in the upper left screen corner it says:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9505

CURRENT BINARY: Custom

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0

KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1

CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30

WRITE PROTECTION: Enable

eMMC BURST MODE enabled
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aedan2:
Please help guys, I am really getting desperate, just want to reset phone completely I really dont know what to do
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Follow the guide on this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477

Try the HAO7 firmware.

If it works , it works.

If it is no good , it will fail.

Then, you can try one of the later versions.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geo741:
i have 100 Mbps from my isp, on my phone, by router, i have only 20-30 Mbps, it is a normal speed? it cannot be greater?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planky:
Hi all.

I wanted to sim unlock my I9505 through service mode menu (android 4.2.2 needed), but my android version was 5.0.1 so i decided to flash to 4.2.2. I downloaded firmware from sammobile.com. Tried to flash via ODIN, but i stucked at "complete(write) operation failed" and i soft bricked my phone... So my questions are:

1) Can this problem be because of non OEM samsung cable? I tried original Motorola one and all others non OEM cables i have., different usb ports. I didn't try with another PC though (I will).

2) Maybe this happens because of wrong ROM? I mean wrong region or something like that? Maybe i should try some changed one or something?

Now i can get to the download mode and thats all. Recovery mode through KIES does not work for some strange reason. maybe thats all for now.

Thanks in advance!

P.S. It's written at the corner, that WRITE PROTECTION : Enable... It that matters at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psionatix:
Upgrade rooted I9505XXUGNH6 4.4.2

Thought I would post here rather than making a new thread, however I do need some pretty extensive help. If anyone could throw me some full covering assistance, that would be great.

Here's my situation..

I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505XXUGNH6, it's not locked to any specific provider. I have stock firmware 4.4.2 and I have enabled root using towelroot quite some time ago.

When I boot up into recovery using power button and volume up, it says recovery booting in blue. It then says 'no command' and loads the recovery menu. Here it says:

KOT49H.I9505XXUGNH6 - it doesn't have the option to create a nand backup. Nor does it have the option to restore one. I'm assuming this is the stock recovery menu as I never flashed or installed my own custom recovery.

The first thing I would like to do, is install a custom recovery so that I can make a nand back up.

I can't find anything that specifically states whether or not it is safe to use with my particular device. I can't find any tutorials that clearly state it is compatible with the I9505XXUGNH6. What am I missing? Surely the information is out there?

On top of this, I want to be able to back up my personal data. (Apps, SMS, Contacts, phone log history, all this sort of stuff) so that I can later restore it after flashing a new ROM. I hate losing my contacts over and over again. I know I can sync them with Google, but I'd rather not do that.

After having the custom recovery installed and the nand backed up, I would then like to proceed with 1 of 2 options. I want to install the xposed framework, or I would like to upgrade to stock 5.0.1 (whilst keeping root, if possible), then install the xposed framework.

I just feel at such a loss not being able to find anything for the custom recovery, that even thinking about trying to find information for my device, for the rest of the steps, is just brain hurting.

I'm more than a technical novice and I feel more than capable to handle this overall, but it's just the lack of that extra confirmation in whether or not what I am doing will work for my phone, just destroys my confidence with wanting to go ahead with anything.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Since you want to backup your stuff, install Titanium Backup and do that.

While Titanium Backup can backup your SMS, phone log and all those things, it's not as straight forwards as backing up an app and its data.

Those files are kept separately. The SMS messages, for instance, are saved in an XML file. You can find it in Titanium Backup with the name Messages (SMS & MMS) written in yellow letters. It's the same for the call log. Look for the yellow names in Titanium Backup.

You could also use a separate app to backup SMS and Call log.

Edit: The contacts can be backed up from the contacts app. Go into the contacts app and press the menu key or touch the 3 dots to open the menu. There should be an export/import option. Just select export to sdcard. Your contacts should be on your sdcard under the name contacts.vcf.

To get them back just follow the same procedure, only now you will select import and choose the vcf file. Or you could simply browse to the vcf file and tap it, then select the contacts app as the app to open the file with.

If you want to upgrade to stock lollipop I suggest you do this after backing up your stuff. Keeping root won't be possible unless you flash a custom stock rom.

Original stock roms can be found on sammobile.com. Use Odin 3.09 to flash it.

For rooting I don't recommend towelroot. Use CF-Auto-Root. It's flashable with Odin. There's a thread in the general section.

You can also install Xposed on stock rom. But you will need a deodexed rom and a special version of Xposed from what I understood. Custom stock roms are deodexed. Otherwise you will have to deodex it yourself.

As far as the recovery goes, you just have to find out what model your phone is. There are many. GT-I9505, GT-I9500, GT-I9506 and a bunch of others.

I recommend using TWRP recovery. It's flashable through Odin too. Or you can use an app called flashify to flash the recovery.img file. But this requires root first.

Anyway, after you found your phone model head to google or the TWRP site and find the TWRP version for your device.

You will be given several install methods and instructions on their site.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psionatix:
Your post has been highly insightful, thank you so much. I think my lack of understanding is due to confusion. I thought the "I9505XXUGNH6" was reference to my phones model? Thus, the lack of finding anything compatible for it led to my need for help.

I have Titanium Backup and wasn't aware it could back up the contacts and such as well, thank you for letting me know!

The first thing I want to do, for now then, is install TWRP, which was my top consideration. On the site, I can't see my phone listed at all. I'm in Australia, my phone isn't locked to a provider, under 'Model' it just says "GT-I9505".

Edit: As for Towel Root, it was what I used over 6 months ago to root the phone the first time round, I certainly wouldn't use it again.

Managed to successfully install TWRP!