yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondJohn:
Even if you buy an Extended Battery, it may also end up "Swollen". I would be thinking you are possibly not looking after your battery. Do you over-charge it? (ie keep it on charge when its on 100%) Use the original charger or a high power one? Does the phone ever get hot? especially when charging? Maybe I would suggest when charging keeping it on a cool surface. It just begs the question why this swelling is happening so often to you, and not so much to others.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Har_sh94:
All original

i'm using the original Charger & Cable that came with the Box

and i do admit it does get hot when charging.

I leave it on the charger all night ( I thought the Smartphones are Good in cutting the power and not overcharge them-self )

Btw has anyone ever used "" YISHDA Samsung Galaxy S4 Battery, 5700mAh Extended Battery ""

I'm thinking of ordering it from Amazon .in

If anyone has any Experience with YISHDA - Do let me know.

Edit* I do Charge my phone couple of times in a day (Heavy User)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondJohn:
I do not know, but the battery manufacturers dont recommend keeping the phone on charge after it reaches 100% I have also read somewhere (not confirmed as a fact) that batteries are best kept between 40-60%. And by leaving the phone on charge, it would constantly be switching charge on and off, as the battery is slightly drained by keeping the network signal, and then recharged to replaced this loss, all day long. That cant be good.:confused:

I dont know if you use NFC, but if you do (or simply want the option) be weary as the NFS antenna is part of the battery and not all replacements have the NFC antenna.

I think (not that I am a battery expert) trickle charging was the best method from memory; as long as you do not overcharge it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ldjcdo:
[MENTION=962829]stylemessiah[/MENTION] wrote this a few days ago...

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71279546&postcount=3134

He does a very good description of available batteries. It seems that anker is a very good alternative and it does come with nfc antenna. Get it on amazon too.

I am still on the original oem battery, so I wouldn't really know.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stylemessiah:
There are a few extended ones about, though ZeroLemon are out of stock/discontinued it seems. I cant recommend an extended one form anyone else, as i havent seen

any but Zerolemon get good reviews. And i dont follow battery stuff on an ongoiing basis, i just read comments over the years here.

I only know personally/directlyabout MPJ standard size batteries, ive used their brand for years.. Sadly their extended one doesnt come with NFC. The standard size MPJ do.

i recently bought 2 standard sized ones with nfc over an extendd without, its a matter of seconds to change over, and gettign 2 standard batteries from a supplier i know

from previous experience are good, over an unknown extended one form a random company made sense to me. your milage may vary
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Har_sh94:
MPJ, Anker , Zerolemon I was planning to buy Anker ( cause i've heard about them )

But none are available in India or can't get them ship to India (Not Available)

Only YISHDA is available on Amazon .in and i don't use NFC so that's not a problem with me.

<Thanks for your replies> :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yosboss:
Hi,

quick question, can I replace a broken screen of a I9505 with a I9500's screen ?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soufiansky:
Yes you can, they are the same.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skipper12345:
Hello

This is my 1st post. This is a great site used it for years.

New to custom roms. Have rooted phones for years. I have a trouble shooting questions.

Using sgh-m919, twrp, wicked 9.1 like touchwiz

Is wicked v10 compatible with my device? Installed 3 time no wifi or Internet access. Any solutions?

Tried albe95 kept freezing phone

Any other touchwiz roms I should try?

I also installed cm12 and liquidsmooth without issue.

Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daogiahieu:
I have installed CF.lumen today. But after i change some driver in its settings. It make my phone bootloop. I can't open the phone, it keeps restart.

Now i just want to delete this app so everything can go back to normal.

I can go to twrp and have file manager.

Or a can connect my phone to computer to use adb or fastboot.

But how i can delete cf.lumen or its settings to make my phone come back.

Please help me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Delete the apk.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keeko:
Is it time to give up? - Please Help

Hello everyone - my GT-I9505 (stock rom, unrooted) crashed last Thursday morning - I believe because of memory issues (I'd just downloaded a large audio-book and this filled the memory)

I've spent much of the last 4 days trying to fix it :( I've had some experience flashing ROMs on my old HTC HD2 but consider myself a beginner - I've certainly learned a lot this weekend!

Here is a summary of what I did and what happened:

Phone wouldn't boot past first Screen

Install Chainfire root with Odin

Install CWM

Wiped Cache and Dalvik Cache (in the hope of preserving my system)

Phone still wouldn't boot

Decided to delete system

Tried to install custom ROM and GAPPs via ZIP files

Now phone wouldn't consistently boot into Recovery (often taking me multiple attempts and Battery pulls)

Installed TWRP via Odin

Tried to install custom ROM and GAPPs via ZIP files using TWRP

Phone still wouldn't boot, would take 2 or 3 attempts to get the phone into Download mode

Now phone wouldn't boot into Recovery at all

Tried to install Official ROMS via Odin

Installs failed

Learned about Heimdall, tried installing Official ROMs and new 9505.pit via Heimdall via Windows 10 - installs would fail mid-way through system.img.ext4 partition - I began to suspect issues with my USB connection

Tried to install Official ROM via Heimdall for Linux on Ubuntu pc. First install failed when verifying the PIT, following that could not upload nor download PIT files via Linux

Switched back to Heimdall for Windows - same issues with Pit upload and download there.

Ready to give up, I reinstalled Samsung drivers and a final go with Odin - tried an install of I9505XXUHPK2 and it Passed! :o i.e. it made it all the way through, including the large system.img.ext4 partition (where it previously failed)

but now

Phone still will not make it past first (Black and White) Samsung Screen - first Pink "S" of the boot animation started to appear once, but since then no boot

Phone still will not boot into Recovery - even after reinstalling TWRP via Odin after "successful" I9505XXUHPK2 install.

I see RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING Set Warranty Bit : recovery on the screen

So after 4 days of learning and trying different things I'm totally stumped and nearly ready to throw in the towel. I have suspicions there may be hardware issues at play (perhaps issues with the buttons or motherboard are preventing me from booting into Recovery after all the attempts)

or am I missing something obvious?

Happy to provide further info - it's been a long few days and if I'd included more detail, this post would have been even longer.

Thank you for reading and helping - anything else I should try before throwing my phone in the bin?

David
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
I'd say definitely a hardware issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondJohn:
I gave my S4 to my father; I downgraded as this phone is too physically big for me personally. Not long before I passed it over, I had replaced the battery (due simply to age). The new battery seemed to be of good quality; it even had the NFC antenna.

Within a few weeks of him using it, he somehow managed to almost kill the battery. When I got it back, I noticed it too was harder than i remember to get into recovery etc. I *think* it helped when it was fully charged (even though it didn't stay that way for very long), and maybe even when it was plugged into the charger. Although, I may of just been out of practice on this phone :silly: now to find that original battery...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wyldstorm:
S4's as distributed cluster.. How best to start?

I have a bunch of S4 (I9506) and some S5(G900F), which i plan to use for distributed computing (mainly vector calculations, parallel, and LOTS of them). So i need all the processing power i can get.

But i still need to control and receive/process data from its camera (primarily, also changing the focus as fast as possible) and also the other devices like accelerometer, seconday camera, gps and the rest.

And, if possible some hints on how to get them all to share data through a common memory chip, if there's some good solutions made by those with more experience in this.

I need to upload a new bootloader, besides that i guessed "[ROM][i9506][LP][eXtremely Tweaked][De-bloated]" with xposed.. But im new so i ask...

What are your recommendations to make this as efficient as possible?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
Just an FYI...

I have the following on my File Host Account if anyone is in search of them.

PIT Files - JFLTEVZW

Unmodified Factory Stock Firmware - JFLTEVZW

I know that the Factory Stock Firmware for the JFLTEVZW is available on the Sammobile site but, those who has previously downloaded from Sammobile can attest to, unless you have a Paid Membership, it's a really slow download. So, since I already had half of them backed up, i grabbed the rest and uploaded them to my File Host Account for a much faster download.

I just wanted to let you all know about this in case you had needed it for the JFLTEVZW device.

ENJOY!

"Live Long and Prosper..."

~Ambassador S'chn T'gai Spock

Sent via Communicator [D2VZW] from the Bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise [NCC-1701].
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] munimjaffer:
I flashed a custom Kernel and now I've lost my network signals. Although my phone detects sim card as I can see contacts and sim toolkit also works but I'm unable to make call and phone is behaving as if no sim card is inserted? When I installed stock rom, nothing happened. I tried restoring boot.img with no luck as every time my phone doesn't even boot after restoring it. I'm currently on android 7.1.2. Device is gti9500.

help me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laishi:
How can i activate reminders and cards Google assistant in my galaxy s4 I9505 nougat. Thnx⁦.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Use the command "set a reminder"
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laishi:
Can you help me CTS miss match problem in magisk 12.0.plz
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
When you go to a doctor, do you simply say "I'm sick, give me medicine now!"? How is the doctor supposed to know what sickness you have if you don't give him details?

Nobody will ever be able to help you if you don't provide more information.

Also, maybe this is a question for the Magisk thread.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krasCGQ:
1. Disable USB debugging.

2. Don't use Xposed nor SuperSU.

3. Set root access to apps only.

4. Enable Magisk Hide.

If it's still mismatch, then you can try to ask in Magisk section.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obviounoxius:
i9505 + Root + Complete Gear S3 Compatibility possible?

Hallo there!

I used to root my phones for making them faster and more customizable.

Today my S4 arrived and I was going to root it and install a smooth running Marshmallow ROM but learned the Gear S3 and its according App doesn't like rooted phones. After some research with loads of unnecessary information, I could break it down to these questions:

1) Is it in the meantime possible to have a custom ROM like CM13 with full functionality like answering calls on the Gear? Samsung Pay is not necessary though, as it's not available in my country...

=> I guess the answer is "no", as the manufacturer has to be spoofed when installing a custom ROM. Correct?

2) Is it at least possible to install a de-bloated version of the official ROM without getting this "unauthorized modification"-errors?

3) Will applying the CF-Auto Root destroy the complete compatibility, as it seems to be the "closet to stock"-method to get it at least a little cleaner?

Many thanks for your help in advance! :good:

-Obvious Noxius
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
If the Gear S3 app is a TouchWiz app, then it can only work on TouchWiz ROMs.

If it, for whatever reason, has root check, it may be able to bypass it with root hiding methods. Though I don't see why it wouldn't work with rooted devices.

There are custom TouchWiz ROMs that are debloated and pre-rooted. It may work with that... possibly.

But TouchWiz is still TouchWiz, so it still will be a resource hog.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupaLemonHaze:
Hi help i cant post anything
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walttheboss:
Tried many ROMs on i9508. 9508 is a Qualcomm s4 with no 4g designed to work on China Mobile. All roms work well. BUT 9508 only has 3g. And it doesn't work on any custom ROMs.

Here is my conclusion. The kernel is not connecting with the frequencies unique to the i9508.

I have tried both stock kernel and alucard.

The 9508 uses 2010 and 1880 for 3g. Please help me learn how to modify the kernel to allow those frequencies.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Maybe you should contact [MENTION=5968293]side[/MENTION] about this. Although, he is not a kernel developer.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walttheboss:
Thanks. I will keep trying. He's super busy now. I think its a matter of adding two or four lines of code to the kernel. Then the kernel can listen/talk on the right channels.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
I doubt it's that simple. If it were, it lines would already be there.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mirsaneli:
Hello friends, I need help. What would happen if I flash this software https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s4-lte-a/GT-I9506/NEE/download/I9506XXSDPL2/125390/

on my Galaxy S4 LTE-A E330L? Would it boot? They have same chipset (Snapdragon 800). I'm trying to find a stock I9506 software for E330 device and this ROM has been updated in 2017 so it should have the latest patches and should be more optimized?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankv723:
Uhm Guys? I Have A Verizon Variant Of The GS4 (SCH-I545) Can I Convert It Into GT-I9500/I9505/I9506/etc. Or What Is The Equivalent Variant of It? Thanks In Advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
From what I understand...

It's possible to change the device from CDMA to GSM though you would have to be on a stock ROM and you would need to be able to access the devices Service Menu via the devices Dialer.

I'm not 100% sure if the needed Service Menu can be accessed from the Verizon variant because, I think, Verizon may have removed this capability but, i may be wrong depending on the Firmware version (or other factors).

If, in fact, the above is correct, then there may be no way to change the phone to a GSM device (which is required for variants like T-Mobile).

And even if you can change to a GSM, it may be unlikely you would get LTE since, i believe, the Verizon variant may use/have the GSM LTE frequencies that variants like T-Mobile uses.

Though, I've heard of others being able to do this, i can't confirm or deny on what exactly will/won't work afterwards.

Here's just a few examples of some variant comparisons:

Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-i545 Verizon 16GB vs Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE GT-i9505 16GB

Entering Samsung Codes on the Galaxy S4 - Verizon

I wish you the best of luck!

"Live Long and Prosper..."

~Ambassador S'chn T'gai Spock

Sent via Communicator [D2VZW] from the Bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise

---------- Post added at 01:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:29 PM ----------

I believe that the E330L may be able to be converted to a I9506.

Check out the following links that may be able to help answer this question.

Convert Samsung Galaxy SHV-E330L to GT-I9506 by mandroid717

[Req] SHV-E330L To International S4

Good Luck!

"Live Long and Prosper..."

~Ambassador S'chn T'gai Spock

Sent via Communicator [D2VZW] from the Bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mirsaneli:
Thank you very much for your reply, friend! I was looking for this.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankv723:
[MENTION=4828250]Ibuprophen[/MENTION] What Will Happen Most Likely When I Flashed Via Odin The Firmware of GT-I9505 (Because This Is The Mostly Similar Model Of The Verizon Variant According To Google) Into My SCH-I545?

I Flashed TWRP (Specific To My Device The JFLTEVZW ) And This What Happened.(Attached Pictures In This Post)

In My Investigation This Is Locked At The Kernel Level (Because When It I Turn It On Its Says On The Top Left - SECURE FAIL: KERNEL) . So I Can't Put Another Firmware Because Of It. This Is My Conclusion But Please Tell Me What Is It Really.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
The error message your receiving reflects the failed attempt at flashing the Firmware and the device has an incomplete Firmware installed resulting in the device not being able to boot into it.

What you need to do, using Odin, is to flash the Firmware that matches your devices Firmware version AND since the Partition is, probably, not right, you will also have to include the PIT file with the flash.

The PIT file outlines the devices Partition and tells Odin what to place in which Partition from the Firmware.

If you need the Proper SCH-I545 Official Factory Firmware, and the PIT file, then I can provide you with the links to them. I have all the unmodified Samsung Firmware files as well as the PIT files on my File Host Account.

"Live Long and Prosper..."

~Ambassador S'chn T'gai Spock

Sent via Communicator [D2VZW] from the Bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankv723:
I Already Flashed The 5.0.1 Firmware on My Phone Now And Its Now Working But Some People Say You Can't Flash A Recovery In Lollipop...I Chose Lollipop Because All Firmware In Sammobile Excluding Lollipop Ones Are Not Accepted By My Device This Phone Was Given To Me With KitKat And Forums Say You Can Only Flash Recovery in Jellybean What Will I Gonna Do Is there Any Way To Roll It Back To Jellybean Or Convert It Into A GT-I9505 ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
[MENTION=7868788]frankv723[/MENTION], It is possible to flash a recovery under the JB ROM as long as the Bootloader is unlocked and using a dated Recovery.

Though, some has been able to use an up-to-date Recovery but, i believe that this depends on the device as some will take and some won't.

Also, i believe that some were even able to flash a dated recovery and, when successful, then update it to the most recent Recovery release.

If unlocked, try and coincide the dates between the Firmware release date and the Recovery release date.

Is your Bootloader unlocked?

"Live Long and Prosper..."

~Ambassador S'chn T'gai Spock

Sent via Communicator [D2VZW] from the Bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankv723:
I don't know but The Picture I showed you on my other post is after I Flashed A recovery In KitKat And that What Happened. I Read In Some Forums That When I Updated To Kit Kat My Bootloader Will Be Locked And Will Be More Restrictful. How Will I Know If My Bootloader Is Unlocked?

If It Is Locked Can I Flash A SafeStrap Recovery by [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION]? Can I Flash ROMs With It?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
I see... That's correct.

Once you updated to KK, your bootloader is, indeed, locked up.

The error your received is as i had explained to that was compounded by trying to unlock the locked up "by Knox" bootloader.

You will have to perform the steps that i had described to get the bootloader back too (kind of an inclusive flash as the Firm does have the bootloader with it too).

"Live Long and Prosper..."

~Ambassador S'chn T'gai Spock

Sent via Communicator [D2VZW] from the Bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankv723:
I have Found This Thread https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2441441 Can I Flash This In Lollipop? Will This Trigger The Knox Kernel And Bootloader Lock?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayonbochnia:
Complete Process of installing a rom

Hello.

I have a i9505 with Stock Rom and want to install the "Optimized LineageOS 14.1-Stable3" ROM.

I researched a lot, but I couldn't find a tutorial explaining the full process of installing a ROM.

I know the basics, like, I have to flash from Odin the TWRP and copy the Rom to my SD. Then install it from TWRP. But, right now, I have an old bootloader and modem.

So, what are the correct steps to take?

Flash bootloader + modem > flash TWRP > flash custom ROM

or

Flash bootloader + modem + TWRP > flash custom ROM

or

Flash TWRP > custom ROM > bootloader + modem

or

any other possible option.

Thank you. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
Technically... Yes.

SafeStrap is a kind of an intermediary Recovery. It's user interface mimics an older TWRP Recovery and, importantly, you really have to be careful when using it since the Locked up S4 can make it a challenge for newer users of SafeStrap.

Though, it should work in your device and, if you want to try it out, then you can give it a try AND be sure to read and understand the OP regarding the installation and operation of it.

In addition, not many of the more experienced S4 users really use the SafeStrap anymore because it's been 4+ years since the Developer has provided any updates to it and it could use some updating on a few areas.

Also, you can look into the following thread in regards to, possibly, the only ROM option you will have for your device.

stang5litre Ediition 5.0 OC1 MDK,SS,FF/OC1/OF1 by Stang5litre

I'll state again , regarding the above Stang5litre, be sure to read and understand the OP regarding the installation and operation of it.

I wish you the best of luck!

"Live Long and Prosper..."

~Ambassador S'chn T'gai Spock

Sent via Communicator [D2VZW] from the Bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rahxephonroh:
Greetings to everyone. This is my first ask for help people, so please help me if you can.

I have been looking in the forum before registering to the web site in order to not bother anyone, but I'm unable to find what I need, that's the reason I'm here right now. So let's go to the question.

A few days Ago I received a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-M919V from my uncle as a gift from Canada. I live in Venezuela right now.

I want to root the device, it came with Android 5.0.1

Baseband Version M919VVLUGOH1

Kernel Version

3.4.0-4508315

dpi@SWHD7412 #1

Tue Aug 25 00:51:24 KST 2015

KNOX version

KNOX 2.3

Standard SDK 5.3.0

Premium SDK 2.3.0

Customization SDK 2.0.0

Container 2.3.0

CEP 2.0.1

Enterprise Billing 1.0.0

SE for Android 2.2.1

SSO 2.1.1

TIMA 2.0

VPN 2.2.0

Once I manage with your help to root it I will try to install a custom rom of android 7.0 is possible. If you can help me through the root steps I will really appreciate it, also please if you can provide me with the links of the archives I need to download in order to root the device, with a step to step guide please, sorry for bothering you guys but I really need to do it. Thanks in advance to everyone who are willing to help me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dayonbochnia:
I believe you don't have to root your device to be able to install a custom rom. You must first install a custom rom and then "automatically" your phone is "rooted". Root by itself is only used when you want to stay in stock rom.

Also, I suggest this rom for you. It's pretty good:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop/jdcteam-optimized-cyanogenmod-14-0-t3479888