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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thegandyman:
Hello XDA, Foxhound Rom help needed after hours of trying alone :)

Hello there!

First off I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this, as it is my first ever post here and I know that helping newbies can be quite frustrating. Second I would like to say Ive spent literally the last 36 hours trying to solve this issue by myself, by reading tons and tons of posts and guides and how to's on xda and other sites. I would have put this question forward in raffaele's thread but you know the 10 post policy! Thirdy I would like to thank raffaele for his amazing rom and his work with not only the s4 but the s3 also.

Ok so on my s4 GT-I9505 I flashed CWM and Installed v 0.1 of Foxhound ROM, and it worked amazing. Asides from some graphical issues and a few kinks, as a first release of a ROM I was completely blown away with the speed and customization it gave to my phone. Yesterday I downloaded the 0.5 version of foxhound and flashed over my previous install. At first glance it seemed to work perfectly. The smaller resolution the cleaner interface the amazing sound quality and somehow my phone was even faster. not a slight stutter at all even when putting it under stress. Then I realized my wifi would not turn on. As i live in a country town in Australia, I don't even get 3g, this is a major issue for me. So I started researching possible reasons why and went about fixing it. After hours of reading forums here I concluded it was a kernal problem, so I tried the 4 different kernals provided with foxhound ota, and 3 different ones (including the stock kernal) all to no avail. So I downloaded stock firmware flashed it with odin and the wifi works again, so I tried flashing 0.5 of the foxhound over it, no wifi. Re flashed stock ... installed 0.1 .. works fine again. could anyone please explain this problem and help me with some possible fixes, I realize your time is valuable so if necessary I can pay for someone to help me fix my phone. I love my phone so much and love foxhound ROM, but the wifi is completely neccassary for me.

Thanks for reading,

Gandy.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquidfoxx:
I had the same problem when flashing a pre-rooted ROM. The fix for mine was here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42798412&postcount=2

There is a line which states: WiFi FIX - Open in Odin as PHONE - Download: <<< Dev-Host >>>

I flashed that and it fixed my Wifi :) I'm only a noob myself so I'd wait for someone else to confirm whether my fix would apply to your phone since you're running a different ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
The problem is the basband of the Foxhound ROM is most likely different from the Stock ROM you flashed earlier. you need to find out what ROM Foxhound is based on and flash the same base Stock Rom fist, and flash Foxhound after that.

By doing that you baseband and ROM will be in sync and wifi will work.

I had to do the same yesterday to get wifi working on my Omega v6 ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thegandyman:
Thanks for replies!

Thanks guys for your replies

So you think the baseband of his first version is the same as the stock rom I had but the updated versions he released changed the baseband? also can I be completely noob and ask what baseband means and how I would be able to track down a stock rom with the same as foxhound .5

Thanks so much for your replies!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
Try flashing newer stock firmware and see

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

Yes it must be higher (BMF4)

See if modem is included in the md5 file of pre-rooted firmware.

You can always flash newest baseband

sent from my Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thegandyman:
Thanks for your reply man I tried flashing that file with odin as phone like it said it fixed nothing sadly :( I really appreciate your help tho !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liquidfoxx:
Cheers for that, I've ran a quick search through the extracted files and only find "reset_modem.ko" and "init.qcom.modem_links.sh". Presumably both are these aren't what I'm looking for.

Whereabouts would I find the newest baseband to download? I presume it wouldn't affect the current ROM that I'm using in anyway?

My ROM is from the 2nd post of this thread:

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

---------- Post added at 03:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:08 PM ----------

Mine took a couple of attempts. I took out the battery for a few seconds and then flashed it and it worked :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tha TechnoCrat:
[MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] here is another one of my thread for newbies + novice developers and wannabe developers Info on Updater Script

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2081413

Started from the bottom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Thanks.

Keep up the good work.

Well done.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tha TechnoCrat:
Got one thread more. Will send the links.

"Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more than that. Don't ask in signature or post for it and defeat the purpose why it was introduced"
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I think I will have to make a Technocrat section in the first post.

:p

Sent telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
Below is my phone's details:

Model:	i9505

Type:	jflte

Name:	jfltexx

Country of Origin:	Korea

Manufacturing Date: 2014.02.21

Original CSC code: XST

Firmware CSC code: XST

Active CSC code: XST

CSC Country: UAE

CSC Country ISO: AE

Product code: GT-I9505ZKAXST

Bootloader version: I9505XXUGNE5

Baseband version: I9505XXUGNE5

PDA version: I9505XXUGNE5

CSC version: I9505OJVFNE1

Build number: KOT49H.I9505XXUGNE5

Build date: 14th May 2014

Android version: 4.4.2

Now I want to root and flash Phonenix Rom. Do I need to change modem after shifting to Phoenix or some other ROM?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
No, you don't have to. I'm also running Samsung based 4.4.2 custom Rom with the old 4.3 UEMKE modem (even older than yours) and everything works fine.

Send from my Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
Friend! Does flashing stock ROM through ODIN flash modem as well? Or modems always have to be flashed separately?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
They flash with stock rom/firmware. That's why their included in the tar. Rare occasions you need to uncheck auto reboot, flash firmware, pull battery and reboot directly back into download mode, flash again and pull battery and reboot as normal
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

When you first turned on your device, did the startup showed up in Russian? My device for example was bought from Amazon Germany (which sent to US) but actually was from Poland hahahaha :P. Maybe there's no problem, if your device system turns out to be this one.

Remember, you'll download the SER firmware! I'm not sure if that's really Russia one.

Hi,

Indeed Lucky Patcher isn't the responsible. So far I don't see anything that could be causing that on your build.prop, but if there is one I'd delete: # Enable the Hardware Rendering of the GUI and increase general.

I know it sounds stupid, but it is always good to check. Is your Rotation locked?

I'd like to ask sorry for you two because my internet is horrible, I tried to answer but it stopped. In the end I thought I've sent, but I didn't :P.

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Probably because now he has double lines. Bunch of its already in the stock build prop and he's running same lines twice with probably different values. And btw htc lines are not going to do anything for your device.

Btw LP is warez
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rescue Wagon:
I downloaded the Russian Firmware which is the SER one. When the phone rebooted the language selection screen showed up in Russian, but changed it to English (US) and everything seems fine.

Do I need anything else to return the phone to stock or am I done?

Thanks again for the help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Just flash it with Odin now :good:

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Should be good and done. Country doesnt really matter. I run S4 German black edition firmware all the time but live in the US. your phone came from Russia tho. Or else that would of failed flashing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rescue Wagon:
That's very interesting. Did talk to someone at the cell carrier I use and they pretty much buy any GSM Unlocked phones, so might explain why it was a Russian Firmware phone.

Its installed and working great.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salim.Keady:
Whats the difference between black edition and normal ones ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Physical wise more solid.

Software wise pretty much the same, but not traditional Samsung wallpapers, sounds, etc.

I always run my own stuff so just less work for me because there's less I hate and have to delete and change when doing an update. Just more my style
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
So today I hope I'll take the plunge and install custom rom, Below are the steps I would follow. Please corrrct me if I miss something:

1. Root using CF Root.

2. Backup EFS (please recommend methods)

3. Install philz touch recovery through Odin

4. Nandroid backup of stock rom

5. Wipe Cache, dalvik, system

6. Flash Rom (phoenix)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Agreed. I do also a fullwipe after flashing the rom.

EFS

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305/warning-guide-backup-restore-imei-nv-t1946915
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
You can skip CF-Auto root if youre just going to install recovery anyways and saves you time in Odin

Download this and put the zip on internal or ext SuperSU

Flash Philz recovery with odin. (Uncheck auto reboot)

Pull battery when it says passed, put it back in, reboot directly to recovery (vol up + power til you see the little letters at top left of screen)

Go to install zip and choose internal option, flash SuperSU zip you just downloaded

While in recovery make a back up

Reboot phone when done

To back up efs

download and install android terminal emulator from the playstore and open it and type

su

Then hit enter and click grant on the superuser pop up and then type

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/sdcard/efs.img bs=4096

and hit enter again. Check your internal storage and youll see an img file called efs.img save a copy to your pc or cloud storage or where ever.

Ever need to restore is open the terminal and type

su

hit enter

dd if=/sdcard/efs.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 bs=4096

and hit enter and done.

Then to flash whatever rom reboot into recovery and wipe cache, dalvik and data/factory reset. And flash the rom. And youre winning
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattjeu:
gps fix lost every hour while in use with tomtom

hello,

i have a dutch galaxy s4 9505 which i have used with joy for over one year.

only consistent problem is with tomtom use.

after one hour of using it, it will lose the gps fix and not come back until i restart the gps service and/or tomtom.

when trying to continue with google maps, also no gps fix is found.

the surroundings are always different, open air so reception should be good.

im still running android 4.3, disabling the software update service for the 442 update (im happy with using the application permission manager and do not want to re-install my tomtom.)

what could cause my gps fix to be lost after one hour?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
I hope the download link (Super SU) you just posted is for I9505 :)

---------- Post added at 04:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:54 PM ----------

Thanks a lot, the EFS method you just posted is quite advanced and complex. I think the one posted by [MENTION=5580710]ShinySide[/MENTION] is easier. Isn't it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
The method I posted is for backing up IMEI und the ShinySide's method for backing up EFS. I once did both variants to be save.

But when I used ShinySide's method with Terminal Emulator, i took four codes for backup:

su -c 'dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/sdcard/efs.bin'

su -c 'dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/sdcard/m9kefs1.bin'

su -c 'dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/sdcard/m9kefs2.bin'

su -c 'dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=/sdcard/m9kefs3.bin'

The first file have to be about 13.6 MB big and the other ones about 780 KB

And restore:

su -c 'dd if=/sdcard/efs.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10'

su -c 'dd if=/sdcard/m9kefs1.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13'

su -c 'dd if=/sdcard/m9kefs2.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14'

su -c 'dd if=/sdcard/m9kefs3.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15'
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akabelakos:
samsung galaxy s4 unified developement

hello everyone i have one question...the section samsung galaxy s4 unified developement means that these roms are for all galaxy s4 variants ??

i have i9506 model and i was wondering if these roms are compatible with my device...

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
your efs contains your imei/esn/meid, Mac addresses, phone number currently assigned to the device, etc

That package is for all androids.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsaber20005:
What is the best call record.. I try a lot but not working
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kiryo24:
You can find roms and new developments for this device from here: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9506-develop?nocache=1&z=2961797295138240
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] upinsmoke7610:
Just finished rooting my black edition s4 like the look of the google edition roms but need to flash via Odin could someone point me the right way also any other suggested would be helpful as I am coming from my old s3 with neatrom so looking for similar
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HassanM:
Try Omega....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] upinsmoke7610:
I used towelroot to root my phone and have installed mobile Odin will this still work? Sorry for the hassle just want to make sure I don't end up with an expensive paperweight
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgershko:
i need help with several issues i have after installing arrow rom 15 and the perseus kernel alpha 19.

i cannot post these issues in their respective threads because i am fairly new to the forums.

the issues i have are:

1.a noticeable delay when opening/closing apps

2.a long, variable delay when opening the keyboard

3.messaging app not opening(unfortunately,messaging has stopped)

4.sometimes when i try to unlock my phone the touch screen doesn't respond and i have to restart my phone by taking the battery out.

i am using android 4.4.2 XXUGNG3 i9500

i have logcat installed and can provide logs if necessary.

also it would be greatly appreciated of someone could provide their cpu/gpu voltage tables so i can undervolt my phone.

please help!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
Is anyone experiencing issues trying to locate Firmware on Sammobile? The S4 firmware isn't showing up for me:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Sammobile has been sucking the past 2 days. Took me 9 tries to download one firmware. 8 all stopped and acted completed at 900mb. So probably issues with Sammobile
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartK87:
Hi guys.

Wondered how i go about updating my galaxy s4 from Android 4.3 to Android 4.4?

Would it need rooting?

Thank you.

Just wanna add it is a Gi9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
When you want to update your phone you don't need root. Just install the new firmware via Odin. Or did I missunderstand you?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MartK87:
No no you didn't misunderstand me at all!

Thanks the reply.

Is there a guide on here about how to update to kitkat using odin?

When i try to update the phone software using the phone it says i have the latest version.

Don't need the phone to be rooted.

Just wanna update to 4.4 if possible?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477

This is a very good guide for flashing stock roms.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
Damn.

I don't think they have any 4.4 firmwares up either, so my phones a brick for now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OmniSlyfer:
Thx for the answer :)

The problem was neither Lucky Patcher or the build.prop tweaks.

I remembered that I had also deleted some remaining file of Knox, after unistalling it. Among these also a library (libknox_encryption.so) which, if removed, doesn't let the S.O. to boot!

Now I'm going to study better the thing in the Knox thread... :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
hi! i recently (a couple of hours ago) just rooted my s4 using the towelroot method and its been great so far! ive installed a bunch of xposed modules but no custom rom yet.

however, i have noticed that my phone reboots every 20 minutes (?) more or less and im getting kinda worried. from the research ive done, they say that i should delete all of the knox apks. im VERY MUCH a noob about everything, and id just like to ask if this is safe or not? if so, can i just use titanium backup for this? are there any alternative fixes to the random rebooting? im using the 195005 by the way. i did not have this problem before i rooted it.

im getting kind of scared as i was already very nervous about rooting my phone. thank you very much for you help! i'm sorry if this has been asked many times before, but there is not a lot of helpful stuff on google-- everything is about nonrooted phones. thank you again! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Yes use Titanium backup to delete every Knox app. Then the reboots will stop
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
thank you very much! i tried to delete as much from this list (that as reccomended the most across the internet)

ContainerAgent.apk

KNOXAgent.apk

ContainerEventsRelayManager.apk

KLMSAgent.apk

KnoxAttestationAgent.apk

KNOXStore.apk

KNOXStub.apk

SPDClient.apk

Bridge.apk

KnoxMigrationAgent.apk

KnoxSetupWizardClient.apk

KnoxSteupWizardStub.apk

univesalMDMClient.apk

however i could not find a lot of it, for example ContainerAgent.apk ContainerEventsRelayManager.apk KnoxStub.apk and some more. where would i be able to find that? thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
sorry for a double post but i have another problem:

there seems to be an excessive amount of battery drain after towelroot. ive used to phone for 30 mins now with 7 minutes of screentime and im already down to 92%! this is kinda ridiculous as im on airplane mode and only have wifi on. before this, it would take me like 20 minutes of screentime before i reach 90% (with airplane mode and only wifi on). this is extremely disappointing! is there a fix to this? ive looked around and there are a few people who have experienced the same thing but i have found no proper solution. im starting to regret using towelroot. one of the reasons i rooted was to get a better battery life, but im getting the opposite. :( i'm looking through my battery stats and it isnt being awoken when the screen is off (wake lock detector wont work for me). however, no reboots so far since last post.

im so sorry for bothering everyone but this is a major concern for me. if this continues to happen, i might just unroot my phone. :/ thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OmniSlyfer:
Have you unistalled KnoX and RCPcomponent with Titaniumbackup? Because I think that, after unistalling them, also the others apk associeted with it will be deleted.

However, some "hidden files" will not be deleted, and you have to find them ;)

That's what I've found on a thread:

XXUGNE5+ only Bloatware / Apps are marked BLUE !!!

NOTE: In Android 4.4.2 (kitkat) some apps are moved to System/Priv-app (if you don't find them in "System/App" !!!)

Don´t disable KNOX messaging with SuperSU (might cause random system restarts or bootloop if you thereafter removing knox).

Simply remove all shown Knox stuff and you´r done!

KNOX in System/App folder:

ContainerAgent.apk

KNOXAgent.apk

ContainerEventsRelayManager.apk

KLMSAgent.apk

KnoxAttestationAgent.apk

KNOXStore.apk

KNOXStub.apk

SPDClient.apk

Bridge.apk

KnoxMigrationAgent.apk

KnoxSetupWizardClient.apk

KnoxSteupWizardStub.apk

univesalMDMClient.apk

KNOX in DATA/DATA folder:

com.sec.knox.containeragent

com.sec.knox.eventsmanager

com.sec.enterprise.knox.attestation

com.sec.knox.app.container

com.sec.knox.seandroid

com.sec.knox.store

com.samsung.klmsagent

com.samsung.knox.rcp.components

com.sec.enterprise.knox.cloudmdm.smdms

com.sec.knox.bridge

com.sec.knox.knoxsetupwizardclient

com.sec.knox.setupwizardstub

More KNOX remains:

Folder = Data/clipboard/knox

Folder = system/containers

Folder = system/etc/secure_storage/com.sec.knox.store

Folder = knox_data

Folder = system/etc/secure_storage/com.sec.knox.seandroid

Lib = libknoxdrawglfunction.so

Lib = libknox_encryption.so

File = system/tima_measurement_info ---- TIMA is a Trust-Zone of KNOX

BUT BE CAREFUL!! I've tried to delete "libknox_encryption.so", but without it my device doesn't boot the O.S. ... Dunno why!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
thank you so much! however, i have not experienced any reboots so far, my problem now is the extreme battery drain after towel root! :( it seems that the only solution is factory resetting my phone and i REALLY don't want to do this but if i have to i guess i will.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
You're like the 10th million person I've seen say that. Tab 4 owners are reporting mass battery drain using towel root too. Which is really odd considering I've never heard of a rooting method causing battery drain
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
Does anyone know where I could get a stock 4.4.4 firmware? None are showing on Sammobile :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
its really disappointing and the only solution ive found is to do a factory reset. i'm completely new to android (have only owned my phone for a couple of months) and have no idea how to properly reset one, especially a samsung phone. whats the safest way to do this and what should i use to backup? on blackberries, a backup literally backs every single detail of the phone; from settings to the history of your apps. i hope there is something similar on android. :) thank you very much!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
4.4.4? There is no 4.4.4 only 4.4.2

---------- Post added at 07:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:34 PM ----------

If you have a custom recovery, reboot into recovery (power off , volume up and power til you see the blue letters and release) wipe data cache and dalvik and reboot

If stock recovery reboot into recovery the same way, select data/factory reset and cache and reboot
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
Maybe I am Misunderstanding, My phone is currently on 4.4.4. I am able to return to a 4.4.2 firmware?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
thank you! i'm gonna do a bit more research about custom recoveries before i do it. just one question though: do they bring back everything as they were? or are these nandroid backups (which im also still researching about)? thank you!