yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fivecheebs:
Why? - Mostly because you can really. I spent the best part of a year on stock TW FW. My stock BL is pre knox, so I decided not install any OTA updates. I wanted some of the functionality of more recent versions of android and wanted to see what the difference between the interface that native android offered vs samsungs interface. I have found that I dont miss any of the things I used to have in the stock FW too badly, but this is personal depending on usage. The custom FW gave me that new phone feeling again, giving very noticeable performance improvements, not to mention added flexibility and control.

If you're really not that bothered about performance, or feel of the interface, then a lot of the flexibility can be achieved with xposed modules. I have been flashing firmwares etc for years on devices running another OS, but this is my first android. I have to say this is the easiest I have had the whole backup / restore / test FW process. Don't be too scared of the difficulty, you'll soon get the hang of it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudit johari:
Hello everybody please help me i have clockworkmod recovery in my lava iris 503e i am not able to flash anything every time i go to recovery mode it open in android system recovery 3e i cant go into clockworkmod recovery and in android system recovery there is a option update from sd card when i click that and then any flashable zip its says installation aborted. PLEASE HELP ME
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xs2man:
Excellent. The sort of response I was looking for really. Thanks.

So I'll try a few out, and see what I think. It's that "new phone" feeling I'm looking for really. I went from a Galaxy S3 to this S4 rather than going for an S5, as I felt there wasn't enough there to make the change to S5 worthwhile. Plus my friend sold me the S4 cheap (I got more for my S3 second hand). But there is little between them, so thought a new ROM may help with the missing "new phone" feeling. That said, I'm working on getting him to sell me his S5 with a smashed screen, so I can mod that instead. We'll see.

Now to find a decent guide for flashing ROM's, lol. All the ROMs install instructions just say "flash ROM", so I need a guide on how to do that, lol. I'm sure it wont be a problem though, I will use the search function, lol.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mosquito-man:
Service mode - unlocking

Hi,

I'm trying to unlock Galaxy s4 I9500 but i dont get any info in service mode, it's just blank..

I tried to follow these instructions - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282683 but it stays blank the whole time. Can you please help me?

I couldn't find solution by myself. Android version is 4.2.2 and I think it's locked to a1 carrier.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xs2man:
I had to flash the ME2 modem onto mine to get the service menu working. But that still didn't do it for me.

I then used RegionLock Away to do the final unlocking. I also then flashed my original modem back onto the device so it remained as standard in this respect, although I'm not sure how necessary that was. But RegionLock Away didn't work without the ME2 modem, for me at least.

My device was rooted though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robmoore:
Samy deluxe rom

Hello, im new in the forum, and searching for help.

Would be very grateful if you could give me a hand.

Ive installed samy deluxe rom in my galaxy s4 i9505, but im having some overheating problems.

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

Try it.

If it fails , go with my suggestion.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motomoki:
Hi everyone.

Is there anyway to reinstall touchwiz? i managed to delete and reflashing doesn't help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Get the official ROM from sammobile.com and use Odin to reinstall it. It'll be just like you took it out of the box.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veronesi.n:
Hi everyone, That's the perfect topic for me :p

Really guyz i know this question may have been asked times & times but I'm tired of searching everywhere without finding the correct answer...

So, i'd like to root my wife's galaxy s4 GT-I9505 the international or european as you wish version. She's in 4.4.2

I really need only root with an easy way to do it... some kind of towelroot (v1 or 3 doesn't work, can't find v2) like or purple drake like (easy pc root for LG G3)

I don't need anything else... basically the root will deserve to use greenify and soem other xposed modules, and making backups with titanium...

So thanks to you all, and have a nice day.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
Here is one of the solutions for you ;) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2219803
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veronesi.n:
Thanks.

I'll try ASAP ;) and post response here in edit ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noooooo:
Hi at all, i'm referring to users expert in de\re-compiling apps.

I have tried several times to do 2 maybe easy things without success, the first is to remove this sfinder bottoun and getting the stock sfinder and quick connect tiles from s5 (i know that there are other systemui that do this, but in mine there is torch toggle and other goodies)

The second one is (as i asked before) to reduce as much as possible the gap between wifi and signal icon, beacouse i'll remove the arrows and mod the icon in android l style, and if i do this without removing the gap there will be an orrble big empty space beween them :p

As i said i'm trying to do these 2 thing on my own since ages, if someone could help me i would be incredibly grateful, thanks in advence :highfive:

(the one attached is my systemui)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
So you want to remove that sfinder icon/button and have a quick tile as the button?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noooooo:
I wuold like to remove the s finder icon and have these one instead (both of course) (and removing the gap between signal and wifi, that's the most important thing for me)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Do you have those images and perhaps a decompiled s5 systemui? Ill play with it later when I get a chance. Getting it to show and the sfinder button to work*shouldnt* be too hard since its all defined and has the smali/function for it already. Just a matter of making it look different and moving it. Quick connect tho might not be easy at all. Is there a quick connect button anywhere in the s4? If you move the sfinder segment of xml from status bar expanded header into status bar expanded and in the spot you want and remove the divider and change the drawable and add the background to the string and the button should still work. And of course add/change padding /layout widths/heights and gravity variables so its positioned how you want it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noooooo:
Mmm, I am not good at these things.. But, I always though changing from my situation to the s5 stock style was quite easier than your way, I mean, it is like an "bottoun on/off": or you have s finder in top left or you have the two bottouns under the quick settings... I do not know if you are able to understand me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Yeah its just a matter of moving it. All the hard crap was already done by Samsung. Its just a matter of XML which is just visual/placement and not function since the function has already been defined by Samsung. If you copy and delete the whole sfinder segment from the status bar header xml and paste it in the expanded status XML it'll drop it down below the header wherever you put it. Then just have to change how it looks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noooooo:
So you would be able to just delete the sfinder bottoun? It would be perfect for me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Yeah if all you want to do is make the button disappear and not be seen in the header how it is now? Open your status_bar_expanded_header.xml in layouts and find the sfinder icon segment which is these 2. (One is for the sfinder button adn one is for the divider)

And simply add the red

<ImageView android:id="@id/sfinder_button" [COLOR="red"]android:visibility="gone"[/COLOR] android:background="@drawable/ic_notify_button_bg" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/button_holder_margin_left" android:paddingTop="@dimen/button_holder_margin_top" android:paddingRight="@dimen/button_holder_margin_right" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/button_holder_margin_bottom" android:focusable="true" android:layout_width="@dimen/button_holder_width" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/tw_quickpanel_icon_search" android:scaleType="center" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:contentDescription="@string/accessibility_sfinder_button" />
<ImageView android:id="@id/expanded_divider_1" [COLOR="red"]android:visibility="gone"[/COLOR] android:layout_width="1.0dip" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/button_holder_divider_margin_top" android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/button_holder_divider_margin_bottom" android:src="@drawable/tw_quick_panel_plnm_setting_dv" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/sfinder_button" />
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noooooo:
Perfect, tomorrow morning I'll remove the bottoun! Are you able to remove the gap I was talking before?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Yeah i look again when I get a chance. Itll be in the status_bar.xml and be called signal cluster.

And a tip/way to find a lot of cool stuff, the android:visibility="gone" youll find everywhere in xml. Alot of times its hiding alot of cool stuff. I cant remember which xml might be the status_bar.xml theres a segment called notifications lights out which I dont know what it is but might be cool as hell and the next "craze" must have, but if you just delete android:visibility="gone" and recompile it will show up, and often times you can find some really cool useful stuff thats already there just hidden from view. Remember the whole crazy over ics and its contact avatars in mms? I found and got it to show/work in gingerbread just by deleting an android:visibility="gone" line.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadbordes:
Need help unrooting and Stock MOD. I have 4 versions of stock on my sd card.

Sorry for the intrusion/welcome.

I have a galaxy s4 rooted with Towel root and cwm to Google Play Edition 4.4.4 version GT-I9505G. I want to unroot and stock ROM. I do NOT have a PC, only mac or by samsung itself.

I downloaded mobile odin per this guy:

(android rootz)

it doesn not work on my version. Is there a simple way to reboot to the stock ROM? Can i remove SU and install from SDcard? Can I Uninstall CWM and SU and install from SD Card?

I am sorry for my silly quesitons but I am losing patience. I am going crazy. Thanks for all your help.

I am super novice. I need step by step if anyone can help.

Learning is awesome

Chad
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Use heimdall its "Odin" for macs and Linux machines
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadbordes:
won't recognize my device

I tried file transfer, kies etc. with NO luck. Such a pain in the ass...

Thanks for your help :). Any other suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Fine stock unrooted flashable ROM, flash it, put stock recovery in a flashable recovery zip and flash it after the ROM. No root no recovery just stock
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chadbordes:
Thanks

Shiny side that is greek to me. I have an unrooted ROM (stock) on my sdcard Not sure if its flashable. Wouldn't know what to do with it if I had it.

Thanks

Chad
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabrain23:
hey folks.

i have been quite unhappy with the fact that the option to disable the camera shutter sound has been removed from CM. so far, attempts to disable the annoying thing via apps have been without success. however, I have tried to delete/rename the specific sound file without success as well - I cant get rw access to /system, at least not with the commands that I have tried. can anyone point me into the right direction how to rw mount /system? or a solution to the shutter sound problem? thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noooooo:
I got this recompiling :/

Spoiler content hidden.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fivecheebs:
You're welcome. I understand what you are looking for, I had exactly the same issues when I started to look into custom ROMS for android.

The thing is you probably wont find one guide that will encapsulate everything. You should think about doing several things, and look for guides for those separately.

You will need a new recovery. You may have heard of TWRP, and CWM, they are the 2 major recoveries, and there are a number of mods to these that add extra functionality. Personally I use Philz touch which is a popular variant of CWM.

After you have a recovery you should make a nandroid backup. You can do this from the recovery you just installed. There is also this Online Nandroid backup tool which is pretty good.

Decide if you want to backup your apps etc. If you do the Titanium backup works OK, although it can be a little temperamental on restore. The great thing about TB is that you can granularly restore at your own pace. Perfect for when backed up settings mess up a ROM install.

Choose a ROM. Follow instructions in the OP of the ROM thread. There should be a guide on what the ROM chef recommends the install process should be.

Once you are comfortable with that process you can make it a bit more streamlined by using an app like Zipinstaller. I use it to flash the latest ROM, gapps, SuperSU, and a zip with my custom bootanimation, and ring tones etc. You set up what you want to flash, and in what order, from within the OS, the phone will reboot to recovery, automatically flash everything, reboot, and its job done.

I hope this helps. Take it slowly, learn about each part of the process before moving on to the next and you should be golden. Good Luck :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I am not sure if this works still :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2033894

It may be worth a try

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Did you try to disable the sound with Wanam xposed?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Did you add/define a drawable/picture as 0x0108109a and no longer using it? Because it is a 8am here and I've read over that about 3 times but I don't even see an actual error caused by your files except that and brut.directory.PathNotExist: apktool.yml which be an apktool problem not your edits.

What are you using to decompile and recompile and on what os?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noooooo:
What do you mean to define something? I added the two string you mentioned before in the XML...

I use apk multi tool and I'm on windows 7;
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Normally when you get that error there'll be something like this in the log

Because the line I gave you isn't a drawable and is defined/is a known resource within android/framework itself so wouldn't of given an error.

Remove what I told you to add and recompile because you're probably still going to get that error without it.

I've never used a GUI like multi tool and always just used straight apktool and manually typed the commands
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamil69:
Hello sir, I have galaxy s4 GT19500, I want to know., if I flash gapps service zip in my custom ROM, it will overwrite existing gapps service or brick my device...... ? Plz help me,

Sorry for my english :D

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Because I flashed 4.1 gapps zip by mistake, bt device version is 4.2.2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trademover:
how do i backup everything on my phone?

im going to be flashing lots of custom roms and was wondering how do i keep doing this without losing anything?

from pictures, contacts, messages, apps?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
You can try to flash the correct gapps package. If that doesn't solved all issues flash the ROM and correct gapps package without wiping anything. You won't brick your phone by doing that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jamil69:
Hi, thnx for ur support. M going to try it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conanjf:
My power key does not works. How can I enter download Mode?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Try this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot&hl=en

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I have Android 4.2.2 bootloader MH8 with root and knox 0x0.

I want to upgrade to Android 4.4.2 beacause now it is possible to root with this method. In sammobile I checked that the most recent android version for my region is this:

PDA: I9505XXUGNG8

CSC: I9505BTUGNG2

MODEM: I9505XXUGNG8

How can I upgrade to this version without tripping knox 0x1? Is through kies or odin?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Upgrading firmware through odin does not trip the knox flag.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EM|NEM:
I have stock galaxy s4 I9500 and i just received a notification for a system update. I downloaded it and this is what it shows (see picture attached)

If I do update Knox to 2.0 will I still be able to root and flash custom roms in the future?

I'm really new to this samsung thing and I dont want to update to something that would make it a whole lot difficult to root later. Had a similar problem with my older htc phone. updating bootloader caused all kinds of trouble if i wanted to root.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Either. Stock firmware will not trip your Knox whether thru kies or Odin.

Errr I got ninja'd by malybru
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xBluefires:
Emergency: need quick

Hello, is there a way to bypass a lockscreen of the galaxy s4 intl jfltexx without losing data, usb debugging is not enabled and doesnt have CWM installed.

If none of that is possible, is there a way to install CWM without losing any data?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conanjf:
Great apk. But havent the download Mode option and when I select reboot, I hold the keys (volume down and home) and nothing happens . The Phone boot normally
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
Hi,

Bootloader = Download mode ;)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HassanM:
Mate ure forgetting the power button.... Its vol down/power/home key.... Keep them all pressed until u see the samsung logo.... As soon as u see the logo, release all.... Voila!!!!

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SuperSU 2.0.8 update is out.... Anyone whos rooted and using SuperSU, here's the link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?nq24e1oxxdoqzlj

Credits: [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conanjf:
The Phone Just reboot again
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
I just tried it and this app. working properly .... have you root access....granted on superSu ??

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xs2man:
Thanks for the response. Much appreciated.

I installed Philz Touch last night, and flashed my first ROM. (Forgot to make a nandroid back-up though, D'oh. Although did do a Titanium Backup at least, as well as a Kies 3 back up.).

First ROM I flashed was PAC Rom as it looked to be pack full of features. Played with it for about 45 mins and realised it was too much of a jump for me, lol. I guess it's a Nexus based OS or something as it felt completely different. I could have given it more of a chance I guess. But my Kies backup obviously didn't transfer over either.

So, next up, I installed CarHDRom as I was attracted to the pretty colours. For the most part, I quite like it I must admit. So much so, 24 hours later, it's still on there. Of course, not all great news, in the 24 hours it's been there, I haven't managed to restore my backed up SMS's. One of which has my PAC code that I forgot to copy down first. D'oh.

Anyway at reading a SMS that has been backed up using Titanium?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
I think Chainfire keeps track of all his downloads. I know he does for cfauto root. Might be better to post his site link....

---------- Post added at 11:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:14 PM ----------

There's an app called nandroid manager on the play store. Its free and you can restore your text messages from your back up in seconds
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conanjf:
My power key does not works

---------- Post added at 08:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:08 PM ----------

Yes
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Starnel:
I also had this problem with some other apps, i managed to fix it with a factory reset.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
You're gonna hate me but love me at the same time.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noooooo:
Yes man! but if you do this on my systemui (alongside padding) i think i'll make you a statue in pure gold :highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Ill try. Because this might be the hate part. I did this on 4.4.4, its all in there in 4.4.4 its visibility set to gone. Its not in 4.4.2 tho. Ill add all the code to yours when I can tho and hope it works.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noooooo:
4.4.4? what device has 4.4.4 and that graphic? anyway, thanks in advnce man!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
We tmo m919 users got touchwiz 4.4.4 the other day
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noooooo:
Missed that piece of news! You're lucky!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
Hi, I'm planning to buy a spigen sview cover. Is this one in the link below original? If not, is it worth buying?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPIGEN-SG...lePhonesCasesPouches&var=&hash=item19f2ff7ab1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leymooo:
Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trademover:
HOW DO I CALIBRATE MY GYROSCOPE? [caps]

Im getting really pissed off here, i apologize but i need a solution

Samsung s4, I9505 with latest Cyanogenmod flashed.

Noticed that my phone is drifting to the right every time i play a game or using Google cardboard.

any way to fix this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoobKnight:
GPS Not locking

I'm having a great deal of difficulties since updating to a 4.4.2 ROM with my GPS lock. I'm Using Prism Barebone Rom v6 with I9500BUFNA2 Baseband and the problem is that no matter what I do I'm Unable to get a GPS lock on my phone, therefore rendering the much needed navigation unusable.

I've used everything:

_ GPS status app

- reinstalling the ROM and wiping the phone

I would like to know if theres any specific Baseband for my geographical area or a fix that could help with that and since im a Noob i cant ask in the developer thread.

thanks for the help/