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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mp3elv:
I posted this before but it seems people ignored it I don't know where else to ask I know you guys have better things to do and maybe answering this is just a waste of time but it's not for me I'm just learning this so lend me a hand. That being said I leave u with the original text thanks in advance.

Guys I hope you are really friendly and answer my question cos I don't know for sure something you see I have a galaxy s4 i9500 international edition with the exynos processor not the so much talked i9505 so i want to root it but I'm worried about the whole padlock at boot thing and the word custom appearing I am fine with the Knox warranty void bit but I wanna know that if I root my i9500 that's running the latest update (4.4.2) I would get the damn padlock or not I still can't figure out if such a thing is a problem that only happens on i9505 and not in i9500 because in all the tutorials I have seen some as recent as just 2 weeks ago Noone says anything about this please clarify it to me those who got a i9500 rooted with kit kat and can assure me that no such thing appears I would be very grateful thanks

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
What padlock do you speak of?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
You have installed different things without reading much, thats why you are suffering. Download your original stock rom from sammobile and install through odin. Stay away from modifications for some days and read more and more on XDA.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mp3elv:
As far as I have seen if u root the s4 the Knox thing sets a bit to signal warranty void and it might show a open padlock at boot and show the words custom in white before showing the Samsung logo if u check some posts about Knox there r images of that around the forum; the thing is I can't verify if I would get that or not if I root my i9500 and I find info about variants like the i9505 and others but nothing definitive

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
But my current rom IS stock. :/ the only things i have installed are Xposed Modules. surely its easier to just get rid of these and see if they affect my performance? would you recommend that?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
Ofcourse Yes.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
If the phone is still usable like normal with the padlock I would ignore and root. I have no Knox experience as I have a non Knox bootloader.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

It looks like you have a bad modem. I was using NB8 Modem with the NB8 bootloader on mine while on Phoenix ROM and worked fine, maybe you should give a try ;).

Hi,

I didn't test this one, but it's quite famous as well and I think you should give a try if Titanium is not working for you:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro

Hi,

I've seen some complaints about this before. Apparently some users have faced a huge battery drain caused by Touchwiz KitKat on S4. I've found a guy who solved it not long ago, but I can't really tell if his solution worked or not. Please give a look at this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=55017468

Hi,

If all you want is "sdcard liberty" on KitKat just use this app :good:

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

Worked like a charm for me ;).

Hi,

Sorry for sounding dumb, but did you try a reboot? Or did you try turning off, removing sdcard, turning on and putting it back? Does your sdcard work in another device (like a PC or another phone)? Also, CM ROM is already rooted, so I don't understand why you have Towelroot there. Superuser settings is under the System Settings (you'll find a Superuser tab there).

Hi,

If you only want to root, then a good idea would be trying Towelroot. I know there was an update that patched this root method, but I'm not sure which version.

~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] mp3elv:
I still haven't done anything because I don't want that to appear it's a big deterrent of me for personal reasons and not technical nor economical ones so I wanted to know for sure I think that other i9500 users have rooted their phones so someone must know there r many people who answer in the forums so I appeal to someone who got an i9500 to tell me

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Did you root with towel root?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
yes i did. i regret this decision now unfortunately ahaha. is there something wrong with it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Huge group of people across multiple devices are reporting massive battery drain after using towel root to root their devices.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
yes i know, its so so very disappointing. but i guess i have to live with this. i mean, it's not like i go out for hours without having battery, i almost never run out of battery outside, i probably have something to charge my phone on 99% of the time. its just disappointing as the number one reason i wanted to root my phone was to conserve battery as it was already average before.

do you think flashing a different rom would help this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Reflash firmware and root with a different method is what I would do.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
the thing is im still very new to all of these things. i tried to flash CMW but it turned out horribly: after wipe, i couldnt open CMW (even though i tried to flash it again) and i could not get back my backup, so i had to start from scratch. flashing anything else after that is still very hard for me so im gonna read a lot more about it first.

does reflashing firmware get rid of root or just go back to stock? if its the latter, whats the difference between that and flashing a different rom?

but i guess theres a bright side to all of this:

since the start of my battery drain, ive tried to conserve a lot of my battery by trying not to use my phone a lot, which was a great need for me. though its dumb, this entire thing isnt ALL bad after all. :)

thank you so much for helping! once i learn about everything else, i'll make sure to get my phone back and healthy :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

When you flash a different firmware it overwrites what's currently on your system partition, therefore will remove root access. Be it a custom ROM via recovery or a stock ROM via Odin. Keep in mind many custom ROMs come prerooted, so you'll still have root access, however that doesn't mean poor battery life.

~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] Hanzva:
will flashing a different firmware wipe all of my data? and by prerooted, does that mean that once i flash a custom room thats prerooted, the device will be rooted after that? thank you SO much!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

First question - Depends. If you Factory Reset on a recovery it's likely it'll only wipe your /data excluding /data/media (your internal sdcard). But if you factory reset using Stock Recovery or Android Security option I think everything will be wiped. I highly recommend flashing a custom ROM in this case, would be way easier to just wipe device for clean install.

Second question - It already has root access. CM for example has a tab in settings specifically for Superuser, some other ROMs come with SuperSU.

Glad I can help,

~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] michaels4:
Can someone upload s4 music player files

MusicplayerWT.apk

MusicplayerWT.odex

Anyone please
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
There are some very helpful video guides on youtube on how to Root/flash a custom recovery.

This is the one I followed when I first started with custom Roms etc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsO5o_-CI8 <<< THAT IS FOR THE GT I9505 ONLY. There is a link in the description of that video for other variants.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
oh okay, i'll try it when i gather enough courage to do so ahaha. thank you so much!

its just very disappointing as im reminded constantly that my phone suddenly has really bad battery life whenever i try to do something on my phone like talk with someone on whatsapp, my battery drains 5% in like 2 minutes and it gets hot SO quickly. really really just wanna get rid of it and go back to normal. :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
Back everything up and go back to stock. then start again :cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
thats what i did last time but i couldnt open CWM after so i couldnt restore! i had to do everything from scratch again. :( now im still a bit scared to do it again. i really dont want to mess it up. really really really regret using towelroot ahahaha i get 1.5 hours - 2 hours screen time with wifi, when before id get the same on weak 4G signal. :(

one question:

what does GestureService mean under Android System? i know this may sound really dumb, but i installed SwipeBack as a module and i use it A LOT. its a gesture that lets you go back. would this contribute in the battery drain? thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
I'm not aware of that particular app So I couldnt comment on that, but as someone previously stated rooting with towel root has been reported by many users as causing severe battery drain. Follow the video's on youtube and flash back to stock using odin. :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashcrow2000:
Hello everybody,

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4, stock ROM 4.4.2 and I'm currently travelling to another country where my roaming connection doesn't switch automatically to any available networks (manually selecting a network doesn't work either). After searching on the net I found out that I need an application called SIM Toolkit (basically I only need to change IMSI from 'national' to 'roaming') but there is no application like that on my phone, and I can't find an APK for this application anywhere. Can you help?

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icu.:
Problem was a corrupted sdcard :mad:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Is it normal for my S4 to drain 25% battery overnight? In like 8 hours?

I installed wakelock detector but that app sais that nothing much is really keeping it awake..

But I think 25% is still a bit much
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Something is not right. During deepsleep you should loose not more than about 1% - 1.5% per hour. You will need to spend some time finding the offender(s)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Thanks, I will purchase better battery stats and have a look.

Edit: I updated to the latest firmware, can that be the culprit?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
It's impossible to tell what the reason is without in depth investigation.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Well I just let me phone sit idle for a bit and I can see, when I click process in the app, that system_server is almost taking up 70% of the drain. Is this a known issue? I would be very happy to solve this issue

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8uz34hblyl1hwwz/Screenshot_2014-08-28-10-13-06.png?dl=0
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad.wish:
microphone problem

hello guys....i have s4 and i noticed that everytime i turn the speakers on while doing a phone call or skype call the other side cant hear anything from my side like the mic got muted...and whenever i turn speakers off the mic works again fine....anyone knows whats wrong n how to fix it...thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgershko:
Can anyone recommend a nice kernel for i9500? Something with nice overclocking/undercoating features.?

I've been using perseus alpha 19.1 but I think it's causing various bugs like touchscreen stopping working and massaging not working...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
ah okay thanks fine! :) i have a question: if i were to flash a prerooted custom rom, will this overwrite towelroot? or do i have to wipe everything first before doing that, and unroot my phone? thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there,

The thing with kernels (also custom ROMS) is that no-one can really recommend any one paticular kernel. Everyone has different expectations with these things and the only way to find the one that is good for you is by trying them out for a few days and then deciding yourself which one you prefer.

;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bombaybadboy:
Prerooted custom rom will overwrite towelroot and will trigger knox counter (if you havent already) as the rom will have been rooted through the kitchen used to build it

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Could anyone give me advice on fixing this battery drain bug?

System server is hogging up my battery..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have you had a look through/or asked in the BBS thread ??

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Im on the latest FW right now, UGN8. Am I able to flash UFN1? Since thats the file I have on my pc.. And sammobile is so slow with downloading! :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You wont be able to downgrade stock firmware....................:(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
I can't backup user apps with TB anymore. Once it gets to 7%, it just stops. I waited for 5 minutes and it was still at 7%. Tried to reinstall the app, but it doesn't help. (The app on which it stops is 9Gag).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Then try to backup again but don't select 9gag, maybe it works then

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kiryo24:
i9506 freezing

First time i noticed freezing with chromecast sceeen mirroring. Now some games tend to freeze also but only with screen mirroring needs to reboot. RAM is fine no application complications i think. I have 4.4.2 and rooted. I think i need some critical OTA update but can't seem to get it cause CMW and root flash. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_WarriorII:
i have S4 I9500 T some day i installed a vpn aftar that my phone get shut down automaticly !!!

and when i power on my phone ,,after a few second my phone get shut sown again !!

i can not use my phone pls help meeee

my phone will be get shut down in a few second
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HassanM:
Try uninstalling the VPN although I believe it doesnt seem to be the VPN issue...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yassama:
Wifi doesn't work...

Hello everybody,

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 4G (with a Qualcomm SnapDragon S600) and I have a big problem with my wifi : It doesn't work, activation is impossible.

Last Avril, I flashed my device thanks to Odin with the firmware XXUFNC4 and I rooted as well.

Since that day, I didn't alter my device but wifi's problem appeared at the end of July.

So I tried many solutions :

- Many ROM : Samy S5 Deluxe, Google Edition, official's firmware XXUFNG8...

- Various Bootloader & Modem with new ROM.

- Various Kernel (AEL, GoogyMax...)

But the wifi doesn't want to activate...

Now, I have the official's firmware XXUFNC4 (flashed twice with ODIN + flash of PIT alone + last flash of XXUFNC4 with ODIN) and the problem is still here...

I have :

AP : I9505XXUFNC4

CP : I9505XXUFNC4

CSC : I9505XXFNC3

I hope this isn't a hardware's probleme because of Warranty 0x1...

Thank you in advance for your answers.

PS : Sorry for my english, it's not my native tongue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_WarriorII:
i unistalled that ,, and i try factory reset and i do wipes with stock recovery

plzzz helpppp
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] night1218:
Hi, Thank you so much on responding! im currently with phoenixrom9.4, i'll give it a try and hopefully it works@@
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SMan14:
Is it rude to bump my own post?

I am still looking for a solution to the below - any suggestions would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkEagle99:
I9505 not working.

Who can help me. I am an total noob with this but installing a kernel or firmware (odin) works,

My I9505 was acting weird. The sound was gone and it was very slow. Some one looked at it and said that the 'bios' was gone. Well. the hardware was all good.

Now i want to reinstallal the whole thing. Soooo everything so it works again :D. Tryed diverend kinds of firmware and kernels but that doesnt work. Cam stil dont work. Awefull slow and no sound.

So is it scrapmetal or can some one help?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] User_111:
Malfunctions after flashing modem

Hi guys,

during last weeks, I couldn't get a second incoming call while I was talking. The phone didn't give any sign, that I had another call, the caller heard my line was busy. I had some overheating problems, but it's usual with S4. I've always battled with battery, but yesterday battery dropped by 70% after a two hour call. The CPU was working all the time, it also got overheated. I decided to flash the latest UGNG8 modem with Odin (it always drained too much during calls). After this the phone became ****ED UP BIG TIME!

- The phone's audio system has completely malfunctioned. I don't even have sound on boot. Somehow the camera also became defective.

In "quick test mode" melody, speaker, and camera won't work (warning camera failed).

- The Phone application is also totally ****ed up. When I start it, it is very laggy. I can't initiate calls with it (it starts the process, but freezes). When I have an incoming call, itt vibrates, but it has a black screen, I can't answer it.

- Yesterday I couldn't even use internet, today it works perfectly.

- When I unlock the phone it sometimes seems as it would freeze, but after half a minute it unlocks (with lags), sometimes it unlocks fluently.

- It won't connect to wifi network.

- Screen rotation doesn't work in Gallery, but it works in Gmail app (though it vas very laggy and it also froze for a while).

So other than these problems, it works like a charm :D. I can play chess, use Google maps, and any other apps. App drawer is fluent.

I wiped, reseted everything I could. I reflashed the older UGNG2 modem. Reinstalled Phoenix ROM two times, after that, I restored the original 4.2.2 software from my CWM backup. But all problems are still here.

It seems like a hardware problem to me. So the only thing I can do, is to take it to a service center? I don't have warranty, if they have to exchange the motherboard it will cost like a new phone :((((. My problem looks similar to DarkEagle99's.

And what could have gone wrong? I don't think that flashing modem.bin and NON-HLOS.bin could ruin the hardware like this. So, what do you think?

Any opinions, suggestions? If there is no solution, I will have to take it to repair on Monday :(((.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkEagle99:
It is the same m8!. I tryed everything and searched for everything.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] User_111:
As I can't think about anything else we could do to repair it with softwares, I think we are PHUCKED ROYALLY:D! I didn't want to pay two times for the same phone, but it seems, I'll have to :( :( :(!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swieder711:
Very Noob question. I have been hanging out on the XDA forum for the Verizon S4 and just discovered this area while searching for a new ROM. I have own an SCH-i545 (VzW) with MDK and a custom recovery. The headline of this area is named "Samsung Galaxy S 4 i9500, i9505, i9505G, i9506" so is SCH-i545 supported by these unified ROMs?

Less Noob question: I am currently on "GOOGLE EDITION 4.4.4 BY Danvdh." The one issue that I have with Danvdh's ROM is with cellular reception for data in weak signal areas. I often have to toggle Airplane mode to get a 3G signal when the coverage is weak. Can anyone comment on how well the cellular coverage works in weak signal areas when using these AOSP ROMs?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drakorcarnis0:
Is there any AOSP/CM11 based rom with app2sd support for my i9505 ? PLEASE answer me.Chenxiaolong rom has no more support.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conanjf:
Battery off to reset cache

I have the power key issue, but when I let the battery out from phone for some hours, and I put it back, it starts rebooting but then boot with cache clear I guess, so I have to set time and date, but the phone works, how many hours I have to wait without battery to it happens???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

This seems quite a big issue for me. To make sure we aren't viewing a software issue. Please go to recovery and wipe system, data, cache, dalvik and everything else. Keep in mind that after this you'll no longer be able to boot until you've got another firmware flashed.

Now, go to download mode and completely flash the full stock firmware. Not just the modem. Please, make sure it sticks, I use JIG to go to download mode so that I'm sure that it'll stick when flashed (phone is really on Download Mode).

After the boot, please check your bootloader version and if it is the same as your modem version (this is, IMHO, a good way to check if the flash went all right). If it is, then you're back on Stock. Now you can try checking for any issue, if they are present, then, I'm sorry, but it's likely that it's a hardware problem. Which, I must say, is quite weird that happened to you and another user in close dates and running through the same process of flashing a modem :P. But, oh well... Let's hope it isn't ;).

Hi,

For the first question: as far as I know i9500/i9505(G)/i9506 ROMs aren't compatible with Verizon devices, due to bootloader and baseband I think, I'm not quite sure, but if there are two different forums I believe this may be the case (also, I don't recall if it was Verizon or AT&T that had Bootloader locked).

For the second question I can't give an answer as I don't know... My device is a GT-i9505 running OSE ROM (AOSP based), and the signal reception is fairly good, at least a bit better than Touchwiz I think.

Hi,

I think App data to sdcard is more convenient, I don't know any ROM with app2sd support, but if you don't mind copying app data to sdcard (those huge obb files) then you can use FolderMount app.

~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] Stefan0vic:
What exactly can be achieved with 3 minit framework?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] User_111:
Phone REVIVED!

Unbelievable! I got back my phone :D!!!!!!! I've downloaded a four-file original stock software, loaded it up with Odin in five minutes, and it works like a charm! I've also got a pit file with it, and had Re-Partition enabled. Audio works, camera, rotation, wifi works, phone app works. I can initate and receive calls :D!

/Now comes the painful process of rooting again, loading up CWM, Phoenix, and the latest modem, put everything back with Titanium./

Thank you very much XxLordxX!! You are my savior ;)! I've tried everything with the phone, except this. On another site a proffessional technician told me, it was a motherboard failure! So I was quite depressed, but now it's sheer happiness :D!

DarkEagle99 didn't specify the circumstances of his phone's failure. So he got there in another way.

Anyway, what could have gone so wrong with my phone? It's still unbelievable to me, that it went completely corrupt during a quite harmless process.