yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
No need to be Australian, just try a more recent release ng8,nh1,nh7, when odin say pass and phone reboots u MUST have a stock recovery cause odin flashed it with the firmware, well , no need to complete wizardsetup, turn off the phone, reboot into recovery and factory reset. Then u ll have a workin 100% s4 ready for a new root and new custom recovery. If odin fail there must be a cause, try another cable or usb port or odin version or pc. Since the phone still boot u can fix almost everything. Sorry, u can go in recovery by now? If not try to install something like titanium backup to clean dalvik and cache on the fly, then factory reset from settings and then turn off, then turn on download mode by combo buttons and try again odin (in this way i solved when odin told me "fail"). However before turn off take a look at debug usb and with the phone plugged in try to change from usb to ftp just to be sure that your pc see all the drivers.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjf_base:
Okay, downloading some of the recent firmwares now. I'll give them a try in the morning. Fingers crossed. Thanks!

edit: I'll try different usb/odin/cable too
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

As pincopallowfs says, but I recommend wiping data and cache before and after flashing the new stock firmware.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjf_base:
How would I go about wiping data/cache without be able to access recovery mode?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Sorry ,I thought you could access stock recovery.

Did you try holding power + volume up until you see blue writing , then , tap volume down?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjf_base:
Just tried it but no luck :( still just getting the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen when trying to get to recovery. I can still access download mode though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I would go ahead with flashing one of the later versions of stock firmware.

Wipe data/cache as soon as it is finished , before booting into system.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjf_base:
Okay I'll give it a go. Downloading a couple of different ones now. Thanks for the advice!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
U can clean dalvik by titanium back up and then in settings u can clear data and factory reset, if odin pass then u can boot into recovery and clean cache dalvik cache and factory reset

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Giorgios1:
I just bought a new i9500. It's still on KNOX v1.0 and it's telling me to update.

I want this phone to be rooted and also to use CWM so I can install other ROMS.

Should I update or not? I am not sure what to do from here. I just got this phone.

Also does CM11 (official) have emulated storage? I want to use my SD Card as my main storage.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Is there a newer firmware than ugn8? I have real slow Internet so I can't check..

I flashed google edition yesterday and lost signal on lockscreen.. My knowledge is new firmware =newest modem. So why does this happen?? Is there a newer FW I need to flash?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Stock fw got to ni2 but u can flash only a modem if your problem is only that

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musicadddic101:
Help for CWM Recovery

I downloaded a CWM file but, it always shows up as a disc image. How do I fix this? I have a samsung Galaxy S4 SGH- I337, 4.4.2 and I have rooted my phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HassanM:
If u wanna root your phone theres no need of updating the knox..... Just root your phone and then flash CWM...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superhq:
Can someone please tell me as to why is "Unmount SD card" is greyed out?

Is it because i have apps running from my SD card?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
Can't be. Try restarting the device to see if that fixes the issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhoum:
What is the lifespan of galaxy s4 batteries? I have had my s4 for a solid year now, but since last week or so it can't even hold a whole day... Is it time for replacement? The battery isn't swollen or anything abnormal, but it happened to me twice in a week that the phone just flat out went off.. No power off message nothing, also sometimes I don't have reception if that info is anyway useful..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
What % was the battery when phone died?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FcukBloat:
hi guys! sorry for the noob questions. I have experience with android phones, had several already, but I just got a i9505 and faced some completely new things for me (knox, booloater etc)

I have already read around but didn't understand very well..

ok let's tart with the questions. my phone has some vodafone stuff, so I think is someway branded, but I think it doesn't matter and I can flash anything on it.. I would like to remove immediately stock to flash some AOSP based...

in download mode I see:

i9505

knox 0x0

know warranty void 0x0

CSB config 0x30

dunno what bootloader I have.. my current build is KOT49H.I9505XXUFNB8 - boot status SAMSUNG....

...can I put a 4.4 based AOSP on it?

I think I can root with CF-auto root, than I would like to flash TWRP and then AOSP.....

last thing, is it possible to have DT2W in this phone running AOSP based? if so, which kernel should I flash?

I looked at the kernel threads but dind't find that much DT2W related info... ;(

thanks in advance for any help you may provide.. bye!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
U should have new bootloader, if u re completely stock and u re on a fw higher than 4.2.2 u must have new bootloader and it means u can't downgrade with a Samsung fw under the one u are. Before i suggest u to unbrand your fw and flash a nobrand recent one by odin, it s easy. Then by odin u can root and flash a custom recovery, then u can flash everything u want. The only point is if u re intrested to the warranty, cause by now u re knox counter is ok, but any mod u ll apply the knox counter will set to 0.1 and warranty will be gone.

If i can suggest u a wonderful rom please visit the imperium rom thread, even if not aosp but tw.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
He wanted AOSP based ROM not TW.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
He wanted a rom, i didn t told him he must do something, why don t u suggest a good aosp rom instead to cry after my posts?

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

Just to add to what pincopallowfs said...

You have the latest bootloader as this suggests:

knox 0x0

know warranty void 0x0

You are fine to flash a custom recovery , and then , a custom ROM of your choice.

Be aware that this will change your knox status to 0x1 , which may invalidate your warranty in some countries.

If you are not bothered about the warranty , then , go ahead as planned.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Yep, maybe unbrand is useless, just case last year i had a problem with a s2 vodafone which had some kind of incompatibility... that's cause i hate vodafone ?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FcukBloat:
first of all, thanks to all for the answers, really appreciate!! ;)

I'd prefer to avoid downloading and flashing a unbranded stock fw as usually stock firnmwares are very big and I have a very slow internet connection, so if I can avoid this step and directly root and install recovery via odin, then flash a smaller AOSP, that would be much better for me. Do you think I can do this way or installing a unbranded fw is really necessary/suggested because otherwise I could have problems later? if so, I will try to find a faster connection and download a unbranded stock first! ;)

EDIT: I see now your latest post! ok good so I will try first without unbranding, then in case of problems I think I will still be able to do that in a second time eventaully! thanks!

not really worried about the warranty, with all my phones I've always removed stock almost the first day and installed aosp based :p

so you guys know if I can have DT2W in this phone running AOSP? what do you think?

thanks again! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
No, it s not condiciosinequanon to flash stock fw first. It s only a little addiction to make everything sure and safe also cause your actual modem it s a little obsolete, but u can flash a new one later, so don t worry too much... about aosp sorry but i prefer tw, so i m very poor of info about aosp...

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
This is something you could ask in the thread of the ROM you choose.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FcukBloat:
thanks my friend I've just done that in carbon thread :p

gonna flash my first aosp on this phone shortly, hope everything will be ok... I've done that plenty of times on different phones, but everytime I get a new phone I'm a little scared.. crossed fingers :p

byeeee
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Figurati, buon flash!

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
Hi guys! A lot of you may remember me from before when I completely freaked out when I rooted my phone via towelroot and a bunch of sh*t happened ahahahha anyway, I've calmed down now and just wanted to ask a few more questions.

Obviously, the hype right now is Android Lollipop, so of course one of my questions will be:

1) Will an Android 5 Custom ROM be made for the Galaxy S4 19505?

Also, since I've rooted my phone, I've been experiencing some immense battery drain and heating up (A LOT of heating up). I've gotten to the point where I can't even keep my mobile data on for more than 5 minutes without experiencing some kind of heat build up below the camera. Android System and Android OS is also draining A LOT of battery. I was told that this was due to towelroot. In addition, I also, for some reason, cannot enter recovery mode. I had CMW before but I can't even access it now. I tried reflashing it but still nothing. I've gotten over these, but I'm still of course looking for answers, which leads me to my following queries:

2) Is it possible to flash a Custom ROM with just Titanium Backup as my source of backup? I really don't mind setting up the entire phone again, as long as my main apps (WhatsApp, Contacts, BBM etc.) are recovered. I've already done it before anyway.

3) Will flashing a Custom ROM cure me of this battery drain and heating up? I honestly just want my old battery life back. I used to be able to reach 4 hours of screen time, now I can barely make it to 1.5.

Thank you all! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
I d make a deep clean before flash any rom, and why towelroot instead of odin? Temperature should not depend from towelroot, as i know it has nothin to do with towelroot but i could wrong...

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
What's a deep clean? Also, I wasn't really sure of rooting before, so I just took the easy way out which I deeply regret but I'm pretty much over it by now. I'm just looking for a solution. Also, the thing is the temperature only came once it was rooted. I had absolutely no problems with temperature before. I could use my phone for hours and nothing would get hot. But idk, I think it's something with Android System. I just wanna know if a Custom ROM will fix these issues :( Thanks for the reply though!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
It means clean install. You need to wipe dalvik/cache/system/data.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
Oh well yeah, of course ahaha This is system restore right? The thing is, I can't properly restore it since I can't get to Recovery Mode for some reason, so would the normal restore suffice? The one in the settings?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you cannot get to recovery, or even flash a new one, your best bet would be to flash stock firmware.

Back up everything first.

Check the first post for samersh72's thread.

Choose the latest firmware.

Basically, start again.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
Wouldn't that unroot the phone? I guess I wouldn't mind, it's just that I've made a lot of small changes via Xposed that's really enhanced my experience. I can always properly root my phone after I flash stock firmware. How would I back it up by the way? Using the stock one? Honestly, I wouldn't mind just using Titanium Backup for my important apps and just starting over again with the other apps. Thank you for the reply!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FcukBloat:
well it was easier than expected :) running carbonrom right now which is wonderful but wil soon test some other roms... :p thanks guys!!! ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepankarS:
Erm..

Very noobish.

I want to keep the hover on CM11. But whenever I open the keyboard, that hover irritates me (because I have 2 keyboards).

Any help to disable that keyboard selection hover?

Solved: Disabled Stock Keyboard :') (Android Keyboard) as it had no emojis :P
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Typically with hover, you can also blacklist certain apps from activating it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepankarS:
Well I noticed that, but there was no option for disabling the input method when you have many keyboards installed. :)

And maybe I dont know what should I actually blacklist :P
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnjmnshsd:
s4 gt-i9505charging flex

so l'm trying to change my s4 gt-i9505charging flex but the one l found online says rev 19 as mine but looks different at the end

ebay(dot)it

/itm/231274963635?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p398 4.m1497.l2649

and this is the different one

ebay(dot)it

/itm/141441306546?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p398 4.m1423.l2649

would both work mine looks like the first .

l appreciate your help .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

I believe you'll have to add to blacklist the Android UI app. It'll also remove screenshot notifications on Hover, by the way.

Hi,

1) I believe there will be one as soon as the GPE source code drops. Maybe CM and others will take dome time, specially Touchwiz based ones, but basically pure AOSP may be out pretty quickly.

2) I've read about the heating too, I didn't believe the towelroot to be the problem at first, but after many posts regarding to issue I created a theory. The towelroot uses of a kernel crash to get su privileges AFAIK, so maybe it keeps the memory leak on and ends up using more battery.

So, regarding your question, it's important to let you know that if you end up messing with your system you won't have a system backup, only for your apps. So the answer is: yes, you can backup the apps only with Titanium Backup. But no, I don't recommend if it's your first time doing it and also without a recovery you can't flash a ROM. Please try flashing a different recovery like TWRP or Philz.

3) Yes! As the problem is related to your current system and kernel, flashing a new ROM will replace them, so you'll have a fresh new start. For example, I'm on CM11 and getting 4.5-5 hours screen on time (check on Battery Usage Thread).

Hi,

(Continuing my other reply). I never tested making a backup of Xposed with Titanium Backup, so I can't tell if you will be able to backup these. Flashing back stock will really unroot your phone, but that may be the only way out of your problems, sorry... Without a proper recovery there's not much you can do.

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamSanJuan:
Is there a way to put a password for both soft and hard reset of my phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzva:
Ah okay, thank you! So I have a couple of options then:

a) Flashing a new Custom Recovery and flash a custom ROM then.

or

b) Flash stock firmware, root phone properly via Odin and then flash a custom recovery and then a ROM.

I think I'm gonna try the first one, though I'm still quite scared since my last experience with a custom recovery failed miserably ahahaha thank you though!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Option b is the best one to make things cleaner... i found the brazilian nh7 bootloader nh7 modem nh7 is very very good for signal stability, a good base to start.

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For my personal experience (i tried only one time) exposed cannot be restored by titanium backup, i got errors and force close of differents deep process, so for my experience i suggest to install framework and modules by the old way.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepankarS:
[MENTION=4169130]XxLordxX[/MENTION] I just disabled the keyboards that I had. Not much in use. I was using an Emoji Keyboard as there are no emojis in AOSP. And that ticker was continuosly irritating the $hit outa me. :P

Now its all cool. No popups :D

Thank you :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidatar:
Now I wonder if I restored from titanium or if I did the manual way. Some of the old issues have resurfaced. We just left for trip no laptop. Don't really want to test the backup for the first time on the road.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alearn:
How can I display only Google account contacts in SMS recipents?

In Messaging icon, when composing new message (SMS), I click the head and shoulder icon (beside Enter Recipient) to select contacts. The contacts list will display all contacts e.g. SIM card contacts, Google account contacts. How can I display only Google account contacts in SMS contacts (beside Enter Recipient) ? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidatar:
In the contacts app:

menu

contacts to display

This is a global setting for all apps that access your contacts.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alearn:
It is not a global setting. That "contacts to display" does not apply to [Messaging] contacts. It only works for [Contacts]

In [Contacts] icon, I can set only Google contacts is displayed, by going to Contacts>Menu>Contacts To Display, select Google contacts.

In [Messaging] icon (create SMS), when selecting contacts (click the head and shoulder icon) at the "Enter Recipient" box, all contacts are displayed. I want to see only Google contacts but don't know how to do it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidatar:
Sorry, I'm using gosms and I have selected only contacts with cell numbers. I'll take a look at the stock app.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DicE19:
Hi please help me im using s4 4.4.2 i9505 i can only use gsm network type when i try to switch to wcdma type there no network signal
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariom007:
Title

Is any1 here to help,please! i cant boot my phone
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anizub:
Recovery, wipe cache And try to boot... If doesn't work Try flash a stock rom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lienot:
Still no one the same problem???

Hi!

I have a very annoying problem. I can watch videos in youtube when I am online via WiFi. I can't when I am online "outside"

When I am outside everything is fine, I can even search for videos and the video pictures are shown, but if I press on the play button I only get a message like "No Network connection - To retry touch again" (It's not the exactly words, because I haven't got english as language on my smartphone)

The internet is working, everything is fine, only youtube won't work. (it works only with wifi)

I deinstalled the youtube updates, but everything stayed the same.

I have got the latest Wanamlite ROM, and the 3minit Framework installed, but I don't think this is part of the problem.

I checked the APN and everything is installed as the providers says it should be and everything worked fine about a week ago.

I don't know what I can do anymore, the strange thing is that everything else works (emails/internet or downloading a cover in poweramp) only youtube is making problems when I don't use WiFi.

Is there perhaps any fix for this? It would be nice to watch videos in the metro again...

Have a nice day,

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

Did it used to work when you were on stock?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lienot:
I think it worked with the stock ROM, but In the meantime I flashed the stock ROM and then I flashed antother ROM and I have still the same problems...

I really do not know why this happens and why everything else "online" is working.

I trired to deactivate youtube to let it install an older version, but there is no difference.

I tried different videos, it has nothing to do with the copyright thing.

Very very strange...

CU

lienot

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The next thing I will test is flashing the pre-rooted-deodexed slim ROM by DJembey (have I written his name right :confused: )

Perhaps this will make a difference, but I don't think it is the rom...

I flashed another Modem, too - no difference... :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Then, may I suggest that it is ROM-related.

Have you tried asking in the ROM thread?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qazmed:
Guys a question i rooted my phone and have cwm will i get ota updates or what
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You cannot receive any OTA,while you have anything custom on your phone.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOORHASHIM:
first time i try to use this code ( *#0228# ) to know the temperature of my phone its works fine but from week ago this code not working and no result by the way ,, i using a many roms but still no result about temperature ,, so i trying to use Go Cleaner and task Manager it's appear on my phone info " temperature transducer " UnSupported " !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marionite:
Can someone suggest to me the best custom recovery? I want CWM. Which is recommended? Thanks :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brujitosinc:
Root for I9500

Hi :confused::confused:

This is my first note and my English in very bad, so excuse me. Here my question:

Does this root guide work for the new build: I9500UBUBMF3

Thanks :good::good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Read this thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42813389

Enjoy

Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
You can check above ^ ^ Or OP given rooting method.

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It Shouldn't be happened. BTW, a silly question, Is your mouse working after connecting it to OTG cable.?

Also, which ROM right now you are..? what Custom MOD you have flashed.?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cvthejas:
S4: Not able to download apps from play store in background

Hi,

I have recently purchased Samsung Galaxy S4(india) while downloading from google play store if i switch to other app or home screen the download status would be shown as 'waiting for network' and it doesn't download. This happens only if the download process is running in background. I have enabled the back ground data also.. Please suggest the solution for this.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Szadzik:
Guys, is there any way to change native Email app background to black?