yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeofdusk:
Please remove the r in the below link so that it reads http instead of httrp

I use Gnu/Linux so I don't have Odin either. Here's a link to a tutorial. I'm not able to post links, yet so I have to perform some hacky workarounds to post them.

httrp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1508703
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hpsauce37:
hi

can someone please tell me what 'easy launcher' is?

I was finding the lag from touch wiz annoying so went to download Nova Prime that i have used in the past. When i then pressed the home button i had the option of touch wiz, nova and Easy launcher.

I actually quite like the simple version it gives me but just wondered where it came from and if its a samsung installed app which i assume it is.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WillyBear:
The only way i have found is adding in the French language, then it shows the azerty keyboard. But when i do that, it also adds in French in the predictive text which is very annoying. This really bugs me for some reason :s. Only thing im disliking about the S4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CuetoArche:
Hi!

I have a question about the new gesture functions and things the Galaxy S4 brings respect to third party apps, for example the Dolphin Browser, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and any other App we can imagen which doesn't belong to Samsung will have in a near future compatibility with this Air Gesture, Air View, Smart Scroll, S-functions that give us our Galaxy S4, I hope they do, so that we can really have a full experience with the phone.

What you think about this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hostilebynature:
canadian rogers s4

Greetings friends, im up in toronto canada and just picked up Rogers' version (MVLUADMC)

can anyone steer me in the right direction for information on rooting this (if any yet) please?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianjd:
Easy Launcher is probably Samsung's TouchWiz using the Easy Mode, switchable with the usual Basic Mode via the Home Screen Mode in settings,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fishawy:
Edit: Resolved, never mind. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel.status:
sorry,

S4 I9500

ROM Omega 6.0

Kernel stock so far
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Have you read the battery saving tips in the first post?

I am sorry,but I have the i9505.

I cannot comment on the kernels for your phone.

Try the tips first.

Maybe someone with your phone can comment on this.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel.status:
ok, but, for u wich the better kernel to saving battery ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I am using a pre-rooted stock ROM,with a stock kernel.

I can get 2-3 days use from one battery charge,with 5 hours screen time.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel.status:
my battery lasts on average 12 hours, using:

3 hrs on internet 3G,

wifi acticve whole day

30 min on games

this is average ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
C:\> Error: File not found

Seriously this sentence does not make sense to me.

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

No.

This is not good .

Try some of the battery tips for a few days,and see if it improves.

:)

Hi,

Great ROM by djembey

I know you are probably on CM by now,but I am still enjoying the functionality of this phone.

I am using his ROM because it is stripped down and rooted.

I can use my rooted apps,and keep all the goodness of this phone (until a reliable recovery comes out :p )

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel.status:
so, what the averege at least ?

I read the tips for saving battery and I already do that I leave disabled all sensors, only active wifi, save battery and sometimes data (3G) and brightness automatic in 0
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You must remember that everyone uses their phone differently.

It is very hard to compare everyone's usage.

There can be no average.

Try the tips for a few days,and see if it improves.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel.status:
ok, i'll do that ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Please report back,and let us know if there was any improvement.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Ooohhh! When you said pre-rooted i thought you meant "before it was rooted" like you were using a stock rom with no mods. That is what made no sense to me.

My mistake. Carry on.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
You didn't join the dark side, did you? :sly:

Work phone is due for an upgrade. Thinking of going with HTC one. Heard S4 is not that great on stock (and work phone will be stock). True or false?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
IMO, Its has been awarded due to build of quality only. what..?? I have seen blackberry Z10, it was looking same like HTC One.:p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Well I am using this de-bloated,sim-free,unbranded variant, and after cycling my battery it was not looking shabby:

Mine is fully stock ROM and kernel.Only rooted for the purpose of my rooted apps.

No custom recovery.

I have no complaints.

:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Man I can't see the images. Damn.:crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymihail:
Hi guys,

I am curious about a thing related to my i9505. I purchased mine brand new from a store and after two weeks I saw something inside which puzzled me.

On the rear white housing I have 3 serial numbers. One on the upper left, one on the upper right, and one down.

On my upper left serial number it is written i9500, and there seem to be a little glue. In the other two (up-right and down) it is written i9505.

Does your phone series on the rear housing match?

Don't know if serial number is the right term, but if you open your phone to look inside will see what I'm talking about.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dublinz:
Finally i was able to rate it :)

---------- Post added at 12:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:13 PM ----------

upper left is NOT serial no, upper right is NOT serial no yes it does have i9500 print but no wonder due to the fact that i9500 and 9505 share all body parts so to me it make sense ...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymihail:
Yes, I know is not serial number. What matters to me if I'm not the only one with different number. That's all it matters to me, since I am still in the period when I can take it back to the store for a refund or exchange.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
The Samsung dark side? I most certainly did. As much as I loved the Sensation hardware the build quality of HTC devices left a lot to be desired. That was my 3rd and last HTC device.

I came to the Samsung dark side back in the Winter when I got my Galaxy tablet. Its just been a matter of waiting for the contract on my Sensation to run out since.

Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammarsg:
just for info to all with my problem in my new s4 i9500 one month only

i sent my phone to company and told me that vibrate engine crashes :confused::confused::confused: and they change it and now work good but what is the problem that caused this ...as they said either drop the phone or water but non of these happend with my new phone

so i want to ask what can cause the vibrate engine break or crashes ??? can be caused by custom roms or kernal or appk ...as i recently try titanium backup and when finish restore or make backup to my apps the phone vibrate hardly and some little long so maybe from this apps but i know most android users used titanium apk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Does anyone know what rom screen mirroring works with. I'm currently running phoenix rom and can't get it working
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salim.Keady:
Where can we see changelog for i9505 firmwares ?

Anyone knows ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Unfortunately Samsung don't generally release a change log...Just a change number. The only time you normally see one (and they are very minimal) is when the versions change i.e from 4.4.2 to 4.4.3.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
I had to bust out my xda noob handbook and be reminded to use the search feature before asking "Wait what? The what?"

Thanks and you're Welcome :p ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
LOL.....Gratz;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Apparently there was another user here that had a problem with his vibration function after an overheat, did you face this issue as well? Maybe it can become a factor of hardware problems from now on.

~Lord

"Dream On! Dream Until Your Dreams Come True!" - Dream On (Aerosmith)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammarsg:
thx for info ... maybe over heat but as we know all s4 got over heat ....for me now i am charging my phone with original charger and have some burning sensation ...:D its very bad from samsung as i used s2 also got burning most time
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Indeed it does, but maybe it got over the "normal heating". It didn't happen to me, and only one user reported, but who knows if it wasn't the cause? If you use 3G/4G it'll heat a lot more than using WiFi for example.

~Lord

"Dream On! Dream Until Your Dreams Come True!" - Dream On (Aerosmith)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avadis99:
Great addition ShinySide is excellent addition
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
The issues/problems that has programs like es explorer and astro file manager with micro sd card does it solved?

Now can you do everything with the micro sd card lime rename, copy, move e.t.c.?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

It's a KitKat related issue, if you want it fixed then you may need to install this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix

It needs root, but worked fine for me.

~Lord

"Dream On! Dream Until Your Dreams Come True!" - Dream On (Aerosmith)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatonerootuser:
On your picture: under Kernel version

DPI@....... Is your stock kernel
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] der_Kief:
Is there a KitKat ROM for the GT-I9505 where Airplane mode can be scheduled ? Or is it only possible with an extra App like Llama ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
I don't have root my samsung galaxy s4 so i believe it is useless to download that app.

What exactly do that program?

And can't do the exact same thing that app do all other file browser apps?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

While there's Tasker that I think may suit your need, it's an extra app as well, sorry, but AFAIK there's no ROM that supports it, but why not going into an app?

Hi,

This app will do as it says, "fix your sdcard", so any app like file browsers, games, cameras, etc. will be able to use the external sdcard. Without root I don't know any other method.

~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] fits79:
Are you COMPLETELY SURE that this app work even without root because at the app description mentioning it need root to work so...

Did you have try it?

And if you did can you PLEASE tell me what exactly before this app you can't do with the program you use(If you want please tell me the program) and after the installation of this program you can normally.

But as i see there is a lot of apps that is claim is do the exact same thing and as i see all it need root access.

A LOT OF THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ANSWERS
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTX90:
Hello, i'm new in the forum, I was looking for the rom I9505XXUGNG8 for my i9505 without any mod / custom kernel etc, just pre rooted and knox free, i like stock rom with all Samsung apps etc. At the moment i have problems with my 4.2.2 original rom because many new apps want 4.4+. Thanks in advance. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkwing_X:
[MENTION=5979543]GTX90[/MENTION]

here is a Thread for pre rooted Stock Roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2250824

But NG8 is not available yet. And it seems they are not Knox Free.

I guess you can take the CWM flashabel ones from Post 2 and keep your old Bootloader.

So it wont trigger your Knox and you can still go back to 4.2.2 if you want.

You only have to flash a newer GSm Modem, important to not flash the NON-HLOS.bin (LTE-Modem)

this will break Sound and/or WiFi on old Bootloaders.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 012512:
+1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avadis99:
Has anyone experienced a case when you restart your phone it just gets stuck with black screen only indicator light on so you have to take the battery out and start again for it to start?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTX90:
Thanks for help. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m_azad20:
Problem OzcanRom Aroma 4.0

When the assistant menu setting> accessibility> dexterity and ...> assistant menu will enable I rebooted after every 10 seconds smartphones

Galaxy S4 i9500 OzcanRom Aroma XXUFNE7 KitKat 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
i do that, then use a wired mouse to connect a bluetooth mouse, then USB to the PC and use the BT mouse to control it. also works with MHL to a HDTV, if you want to backup over wifi.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salim.Keady:
[MENTION=5979543]GTX90[/MENTION]

You can find the NG8 on live.samsun-updates.com ... if i remeber the link right... howeever its not Knox Free and you cant downgrade...

I guess you cant flash it safely with no knox and modem and bla bla worries

If i flashed tomorow i ll tell you more about it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTX90:
Thank you! i'll keep an eye on new posts, while i'll test GOLDENEYE rom on my 2nd faulty S4, just to check how seems :good: :)

EDIT: GOLDENEYE it's only for AT&T :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] singh_aman:
try flashing rom again using full wipe i am also using the same rom no issues at all
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

My other post explained what it does. I used it on my S4 and worked finely, can use my external sdcard in FX File Manager, Camera, FolderMount and other apps, while I couldn't use before.

Sorry, but I don't know an alternative that will work without root, maybe you can try Towelroot if you own a GT-i9505.

Hi,

When does it happen? On boot or shut down? I've experienced once in shutdown, and taking out the battery resulted in hard brick, after a man did a JTAG service on my device it was working again, I think you can solve your problem by flashing another firmware, or maybe cleaning your device memory, because it can be, as well, a memory over usage that takes some time to load or shut down.

Just some hypothesis ;).

~Lord

"Dream On! Dream Until Your Dreams Come True!" - Dream On (Aerosmith)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salim.Keady:
Glad i helped...

I forgot to mention that i read somewhere there is updates for Touchwiz with improvements and since Samsung dont give changelod i decided to download latest firm
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
What is this Towelroot?

And yes i have gt-i9505.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Towelroot is a root method that doesn't trip Knox ;). Here's the official thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2783157

~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] ammarsg:
guys after i done factory rest and wipe my internal sd card >>>sd0<<< its changed its name to 0 only and create file named 0 that contain clockwork mode folder and cant delete that folder ...is it wrong or not :eek::eek: and when i open file manager like solid there are 0 and external card and not SD0 .....s4 i9500 hassan rom 442

thx in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Should have sdcard0 emulated which both take you to your internal, and extsdcard

It's your recovery making the 0 folder. Was a "bug" in both twrp and cwr and was fixed. Still is to a point. Before every time you flashed a rom all your internal memory contents would be put in the 0 folder and rebuild all the folders on your SD card. Easiest way to put it, it was "formatting" your internal with every flash but not actually formatting it but putting it all in the 0 folder.

I've noticed since I compiled 6.0.4.9 it started making the 0 folder again but only putting the clockwork folder in it.

If it annoys you that bad go back to 6.0.4.7 wasn't doing it for me on that version
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammarsg:
thanks for reply // so its bug in philiz recovery !!! i am on last one so if i return to previous one should i do anything or automatically delete that 0 folder or i must do rest factory again to my internal sd again:eek:

you mean that 0 folder only for clockwork mode witch was created in sd when done backup from recovery and now it changed its name from clockworkmod to 0 witch contain that clockworkmod folder already
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stroud Clife:
Wakelocks

Hey guys,

I've flashed the Optimized CyanogenMod 11 for Samsung Galaxy S4 on my i9500. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2624467

I'm getting partial wakelocks from RILJ. I've read that RILJ is cause by Background Location Reporting. However, I've turned that off. Also, I get RILJ wakelocks even in flight mode, with WiFi off. Any idea what may be causing it? Thanks in advance. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
I format my internal with every flash so I'm not sure if it's Making the folder when flashing or booting. I can tell you it's not from back ups tho cause I don't make them. It's completely harmless tho. Can delete it if you want.

---------- Post added at 05:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:39 AM ----------

Go to settings click Wifi click your menu button click advanced. Is "always allow scanning" checked?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stroud Clife:
You mean "Scanning Always Available- Let Google's location service and other apps scan for networks, even when Wi-Fi is off"? It's not checked. If you mean "Network Notification- Notify me when an open network is available", that's checked.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
A lot of thanks for your help but i don't want to risk the knox protection for any root so...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RhRU:
Galaxy S4 plastic foil

today my phone slipped and fell on the ground.Apperently that a part of the black plastic foil around the screen and middle physical button got ripped. Honestly I dont know how i didnt see any parts of it since a screen protector is above it:confused:

Does someone know where to buy it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dee7er:
Can't find my taken photos on a computer...

Hello,

I'm using CM11 on my S4 and cannot find the photos I've taken with the default camera app, although they are stored on my phone (or rather sd-card) and I can open them on my phone. As OS I'm using Win8 64x if this does matter...

Can anyone help me?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Are you saving them to the internal SD card or the external SD card?

Can you see other files on the SD card in Windows?

What format did you use for the SD card?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Other than what was already mentioned by [MENTION=4323143]Skipjacks[/MENTION], is your Windows with the MTP drivers? Also, be sure you're opening the right folder (/sdcard/DCIM/Camera - which is the Internal folder when opening on Windows).

Good luck,

~Lord

"Dream On! Dream Until Your Dreams Come True!" - Dream On (Aerosmith)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptanoob:
i9500 boot loop cant enter download mode or recovery

Hi I've rooted i9500. was using it perfectly with rooted stock firmware and some root requiring apps apps. then i edited permission of some apps. got into boot loop.

was able to enter into recovery once. cleaned cache partition and dalvik cache. but still i was in boot loop. so i went into download mode and flashed the stock firmware. Odin gave pass and phone booted normal. but i got the message "com.media....." has stopped and it restarted. and again in boot loop. now i cant enter into recovery or download mode. i could get into the menu to enter the download mode but volume up key not responding and i fall back to boot loop.

Today i made a discovery that by just holding down volume down and menu button i can get into menu to enter download mode. so that means by power button is jammed and is in constantly pressed mode right. i was planning to make a jig to get to download mode. so my questions are.

:confused:

1. power button is screwed right

2. using jig even if i get into download mode and flash official firmware the jammed power button will very well brick my phone automatically while flashing right

3. resistor values for jig - what will happen if its low or high. 300kΩ or 301kΩ

Any suggestions are welcome.

P.S i was new to rooting but after some soft bricks of my own and some research i can say i know little bit about something. ive been in this stage earlier and flashed stock successfully same day using help from this thread and escaped but this time im down for three days.:crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harsh Mehta:
I think that you should first visit customer care and get your Power Button fixed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptanoob:
So i made a jig of 301KΩ, got into download mode still it restarts while in download mode:crying: and now I'm sure its the defective power button that's causing the whole problem.

Going to customer care now:(:(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imvarda:
No baseband / Unknown Imei

Hardware : UNIVERSAL5410

Model : GT-I9500

Build number : S4_A.01_140123

Build date UTC : 20130422-084304

Android v : 4.2.2

Baseband v: -----

Kernel v : 3.4.5-447903 (se.infra@SEP-91) (gcc version 4.6.x-google 20120106 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Mon Apr 22 17:36:53 KST 2013

Uboot build v : -----

LCD Driver IC : -----​

Unable to get a signal, only able to use wireless...

I have an GT-9500 that I've bought here in China, yesterday I tried installing a ROM that was meant for Android v: 4.4.2...obviously it failed...tried several ROM's, until eventually I figured out that I was using ROMs for the wrong firmware. Ended up going to ColorOS meant for 4.2.2, this is now stable.

My phone says it has no Baseband, no IMEI...I have spent over 6 hours trying to fix this. I have an EFS folder, that might or might not be, fine, I have no idea.

Please help me if you have some suggestions, I've started to give up hope..I'll keep looking in the mean time. [edit] Used used EFS Professional, tried restoring EFS folder permissions and restoring EFS nvdata thing from back, no change....

I have tried flashing modems using Odin, but all of them just fail. Maybe I should do the PIT thing, but I'm scared of bricking my device.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dee7er:
I'm saving them to my external SD-Card.

Yes, I can see every other file.

Should be NTFS, I didn't change it...

I installed KIES3, so the drivers should be installed, too.

I checked both: the internal and external SD card.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bingley:
Am I right in thinking towelroot-rooted i9505s can still receive ota updates, or would I need to un-towelroot to receive & install ota updates and re-root after? Not bothered by knox but would like to be kept up to date. I assume if I remove any system files/apks it's likely an update would fail byte check anyway, even if I've un-rooted? (This happens on my tablet).