yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christoph_2013:
ahh so basically just like i have been doing when updating my s4 to the new software updates samsung releases..

thanks

please one more thing :good:

im about to flash a recovery onto my s4 now, obviously in the instructions im following it says place the .tar file into pda....fair enough....but the only .tar file is the winzip file i just downloaded. when i extracted the file it was just a .image file...??

hope that makes sense :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Which recovery have you downloaded?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christoph_2013:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2279579

i9505-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.2(0611)

i open up the zip file and its just a .img file?

i am trying to install a custom theme(domination's) and need a cwm...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.BadBoy:
Skype Problem

Hey guys i got a problem with skype, each time i call some one, they can't hear me but i hear them perfect. I tried it like 100 times and reinstall it too, but still the same problem, its start not working after i flashed this rom "[ROM][4.3][PA][AOKP][CM10.2]P.A.C True All in 1 ROM[NIGHTLIES][Alpha Build]", before its worked perfekt on TochWizz.

I have gs4 i9005.

Maybe someone can help me, i found nothing at the Forum. :mad:

THX guys :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
check the zip in properties, if it is (.tar) not (.rar), you are good to go with odin even if it is a zip. odin supports .tar and md5

Edit: i checked the thread, it is .tar, so you are good to go (dont unzip it)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christoph_2013:
its got.................... file type: WinRAR archive (.tar)

looks like im good to go

cheers all :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliendna999:
Lol you would have to use magnifying glass
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
does mic works in normal call or if you record your voice??

maybe a rom bug :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelossssss:
yeah, i tried that and i almost couldnt see anything :P

i used 360 dpi atm from 480
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.BadBoy:
yes thats the problem, I can call someone normal witout skype and its worked perfekt. That problem is I can't write it in the Rom Section because I don't have 10 Post :(

I liked this rom but I think I will try another Rom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliendna999:
I also use 360 :victory:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelossssss:
I applied 240 dpi because of the settings i used in my note 2. i thought it would be the same. not even close :P
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BJ van Beethoven:
I've got a bit of a strange issue that's developed recently with my S4. I've been through several different custom ROMs without ever having a problem, but after flashing the last ROM my phone now no longer registers against my Google account when I'm on the online Play store.

I've tried restoring back to the previous ROM I was using which never gave me an issue, but it's still not showing and updating to the latest APK also hasn't fixed the issue. I've tried clearing the data from the Play Store app and Google Services but nothing has helped.

Anyone have any idea what is causing this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Have you tried deleting your account, rebooting, and re- installing your account?

:)

Sent telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BJ van Beethoven:
I've tried that several times and even a full reset, but nothing has worked so far :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silver7x:
New to Galaxy S4

Hello,

I am sorry but I have been out of the scene for a while. I just picked up a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 Developers Edition. I would like to flash it with a new rom and I have 2 questions.

(1) Should I use the rooms for the I9505, my phone has a model number of SCH-i545 listed.

(2) Is there anywhere that outlines the ROM flashing process step by step (again I am sorry, but I haven't done this since my HTC Tilt)

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iamkanga:
Boot Animations

Hi

I have just installed ProBam Rom v4.1 and I am really enjoying it though I was wanting to change the boot animations and noticed there was an option in the settings to do this.

So first question is what parameters does the boot animation need to follow to work on my phone

and if I screw that up is there a dander of a hard brick as I saw an animation on YouTube that I really like for the HTC Evo.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rescue Wagon:
Got an SD card. Is there anything special I need to do to use it?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2314

Do not flash rom from any other thread even from i9505 but the link above as u have Verizon s4

U must first install Root and custom recovery and then go ahead with flashing the rom u want

Hope this helps

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http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31833122&postcount=4

Check this link it will help u more

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Nothing as such just put it in ur phone format and start using it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iamkanga:
Further searching found this which has t be the EASIEST way to change boot animation. Thanks for your help:good:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.boot.animations
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iXem:
I did full data wipe after nothing else helped ... :/ I'm on 4.3 Google Edition Final v2.2 by jamal2367 right now... Same Problem

Also i can't boot into PhilZ Touch recovery... TWRP is the only one working, kinda :/

Any suggestions? Cause it kinda sucks to flash full new rom & apps when i'm not able to charge my phone in time. :(

Maybe flash full stock again? :S
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Usualy you wipe before a flash bro. Try another flash of the rom but wipe before the flash this time. Full wipe is imo: data factory rest, wipe both caches and format system (and preload is optional).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silver7x:
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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark.lamming:
EMAIL NOTIFICATION S

Hi all new to this forum. I am sorry if this is a repeat but I tried the search with no joy.

I have set my notification tone for email, all works fine. Then suddenly I stop getting notified of email. When I check the settings, the notification had disappeared and been replaced by a number.

This is in both gmail and the stock email.

Im on the i9505 europe version.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Do you use a custom notification tone? If so make sure it's stored on the internal sd.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark.lamming:
Thanks I will give it a go. Do you know where I need to put it? Can't find a media/audio etc etc.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I have them in a folder called "Notifications" in the root of the internal SD.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winslomb:
S4 won't charge anymore

My 35 day old stock i9505 S4 won't charge anymore. I tried to plug it in last night, nothing. I restart it, doesn't work. Pull battery, doesn't work. I turn off and plug in, it vibrates and shows a picture of a battery for 4 seconds; then 10 seconds after the first vibrate, it will vibrate again and show the picture of a battery again. This cycle will not end, I have no idea if it's charging and trying to sleep with a phone vibrating every 10 seconds is kindof hard. I checked to see if there was anything in the micro usb port, looks clean. I also did a factory reset and same problems occur. I have only used the stock charger and changed outlets many times. My wife's S4 charges on my charger, no problem.

My daily usage of the phone is about 5 hours per day. I work in an area where phones are not allowed so I leave it turned off during the day. I charge it every other day. It has never been dropped or heavily used. Any real suggestions before I bring it to Verizon?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If it is unrooted and completely stock,then,send it back.

There is nothing that you could do to fix that issue.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xero Xenith:
Hi, just got my S4 today and feel very stupid...

I heard I'd have to wait until Tuesday to get a Micro SIM, and, being me, decided to trim down my original SIM. Thought I'd practise on a spare one first, and while it worked, it's now stuck in the SIM tray and I can't get it out!

Any ideas on how to get the (apparently, slightly too large) SIM card out of the tray? :S
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Oh dear. :(

The only thing you can do ,is to try and ease it out with a pin.

Be careful, that you do not damage the casing.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xero Xenith:
Thanks for your reply!

I don't quite understand - where do I use the pin? The two grooves near the top of the metal part, above the circle?

EDIT: that got it a few millimetres... a few more and I can maybe grab it...

EDIT 2: YES! Thank you so much :)

EDIT 3: I've tried again with a different template and different SIM and this time it went perfectly. This is the template I used before (harder to use):

http://www.thechinacellphone.com/micro_sim_template.pdf

This is the better template and instructions I used the second time:

http://www.macnotes.net/files/2010/06/micro-sim-stencil-ipad3g-iphone4.pdf

It's also a decent idea to leave a little more room (a few millimetres) at the back side, on the right hand side of the stencil (furthest from the 'chopped' corner), just in case you need to jimmy it out.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

:good:

Now,just be patient,until you get the real thing.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmarte4:
Help please!

I'm newbto android and I just purchased my s4 Google edition. I apparently jumped the gun and tried to root it too soon. I soon realized I could not update to 4.3 so I decided to unroot, wipe my phone, and try the update again but it will not install and keeps giving me an error. Can someone please help so I can update to 4.3 and root it the right way!

I'm on at&t with a Google edition s4 running 4.2.2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Would you be better off asking in your own DEDICATED FORUM ?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rezzie8:
APK help?!?!?

Tried to download the crazytaxi game through blackmarket... when I opened the app it says XAPK something something failed.

So I whent online (on the phone) and downloaded it from android palace which has 2 downlaads which both say apk+data.

It asked me to past in odd file wich i did..

but the game doenst load

it still give me the xapk bla bla bla page.

with a doanlaoding bar?

sometimes it says you havent purchased the game..

I was wondering if anyone has a setop by step for how I download payed games for free like GTA vice city, Crazy taxi and so on.

Thanks for you help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
We don`t offer aid instaling crack versions, buy the game or don`t play it at all :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flash_xx:
i9500 will not reboot

Hi,

I have a really weird problem. If I try to reboot my phone it will just stay off. I have to wait 15 to 20 minutes and press the power button again and it will start like nothing happened. Taking the battery, sim and memory card out has no effect, as far as I can tell only waiting seems to solve it.

The phone is completely stock. No root or mods of any kind.

I'm taking it back to the phone company since it's under warranty but I'd still like to know what's wrong before I head there. If anyone has an idea what might be wrong I'd love to hear it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I have not seen that problem before.

Sometimes, the phone is just a dud.

Nothing to do, except take it back.

:)

Sent telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howfunny22:
1. Is there accuweather widget mod that eliminates the animation\appearance of the clouds\drips\sun effects? If not there is any other transparent weather+data+time widget?

2. Is there a stock player widget that includes also tabs of artists.. albums.. etc because when i use the widget i can only have a big list of songs and if i want to choose specific artist i need to get in to the music app itself.. If not - there is any other widget that support this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andorus:
Thank you Samersh72.

I have already downloaded the file - ready to try!

Few questions:

- shall I make a backup of existing firmware, if so how? (I was stressed after last unsuccessful uploads..)

- this is India firmware you are advising me - is it going to have Samsung English IME? With current Chinese I can setup English language, but IME remains Chinese (not mentioning applications..)

Thanks again and regards,

Andrzej
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gett:
Look here

or

Google play search
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samer menla:
hey guys i had a problem before,but no one answered

my internel storage says

total:8.9

available:4.3

but i also formatted my internel sdcard

still the same

there are no games anything etc..

anyhelp please?

thankyou

reply asap
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reflexr:
Go to mounts and storage in philz recovery and format data/media

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505 mit Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reflexr:
Can someone say what csc is? It's different from my other things?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505 mit Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samer menla:
Oh sh**t ill have to delete everything again

Ok ty for quick reply and help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reflexr:
try to format this folder via cwm.

iam using philz and its under mounts and storage.

its called format data format/media or so.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelossssss:
I get huge battery drains by Google services

I'm on rooted XXUAMDM.

Totally i got 14 hours of battery life with 1,5 hours of sceen on.

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Disable Google syncs you don`t realy need and disable location determination by wifi. That will save something.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelossssss:
if i disable the sync toggle from the notification panel no syncs will occur? even viber/whatsapp/emails etc?

or only the google syncs?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Settings - accounts - Google

There deselect the not needed services
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Go into settings/acoounts/google and disable syncing for whatever you want.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelossssss:
Thanks guys :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swizzy88:
OK really messed up my phone this time.

Had CM10.1 installed, used the built in updater to update to the latest nightly version.

Stuck in bootloop.

Tried to restore using TWRP, restore failed, no specific error message. Just says at the top 'Recovery complete' and just underneath in red letters 'Failed'.

Tried to reflash stock rom using odin

Stuck on Galaxy bootscreen

reflashed the TWRP recovery, reflashed stockrom

stuck on galaxy bootscreen

I'm out of options. What do I do now. Galaxy S4 i9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
- you must flash custom recovery to do the backup. but i dont see a need for that since you are going to flash stock.

- i think yes. give it a try

probably you have nandroid backup in your storage. use root explorer, go to data/media, delete clockworkmod folder or move it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swizzy88:
I've already tried flashing the stock rom, it has worked before but not this time :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
try again

make the wipe before and after flashing stock

use odin 3.04 or 1.85

untick "auto-reboot", when it says pass, pull battery, insert it, make the wipe with recovery, reboot
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swizzy88:
Wipe what exactly, the cache and dalvik cache partitions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
data, cache
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoticoz:
Hey, i am using the i9505G rom on my i9505.

This Rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2348272

Problem is i do not get root, i tried to reinstall a few times, also used "clean for a new rom" in philz recovery which formats /system too...

i tried this 4 times now, i do never get root.. any idea how to get root again?

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Try this method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2365555 to root the 4.3 rom, if you haven`t used this that is. Requires adb.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoticoz:
somehow my version of adb does not support sideload? where do i get the right version?

EDIT: FYI i downloaded adt bundle from google, this is where i got adb from..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Update adb in SDK Manager. Latest Android SDK Tools 22.0.5 and SDK Platform Tools 18.0.5.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2727alex2727:
uinque efs bootloop issue D; i own a shiny brick!

Hey buddies first off, i had my s4 for 8 days now and i think Its broken D; basically was using phoenix rom and i was installing the mod for extendable power menu and long story short somehow my efs file was wiped, it booted up the first time with a fake imei and i used an app to restore my efs backup and ive been in a bootloop Ever since, flashed loads of stock firmware re partitioned with .pit also clicked clear efs on Odin and still bootloop.. Flashed several kernels done all sorts of wipes. I called samsung and because the i9500 ,isnt available in my country no one will fix it even if i offered to pay. No 3rd party mobile stores either as everyone who works in a phone store in australia does not understand how phones work or even what efs is!

So guys im begging you. Could you make a cwm zip or odin tar of my efs backup to reflash it or something i have a backup but unable to restore it as i have access to download and recovery modes but no adb access at all in either mode? D;

Could anyone shed some light on this issue :}

Oh and in stock recovery i get the unable to mount efs error. Invalid argument

Cheers mates.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Have you tried this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2392632 ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2727alex2727:
uinque efs bootloop issue D; i own a shiny brick!

Hey buddy appreciate the quick reply, i just checked it out and im unable to boot the phone at all so cant restore it through the phone just endless bootloops

None of those methods work D;

Cheers buddy!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoticoz:
SDK Manager says i got the newest versions:

Android SDK Tools 22.0.5

Android SDK Platform-tools 18.0.1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Tried flashing stock rom with Auto Reboot unchecked so after the flash you can pull the battery, boot in recovery and wipe data and caches and reboot.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
post your efs.img

the rom you installed is already rooted! you dont see supersu apk?

any way, im not really sure if it will work, download supersu 1.51 zip, put it in the root of your sdcard, and install it with custom recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
So sideload should work bro, here is a howto http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2318497.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andorus:
Hi Samersh72,

I have just tried to flash it with I9500XWUBMG5 but 'fail' in Odin 3.09, tried again and the same result... (at the beginning of writing SYSTEM)

After that I have tried to recover with I9500ZCUCMG1_I9500CHNCMG1_CHN and got it back.

Do you have any suggestions, please?

Is there any counter in the device about flashing operations?

Thank you for your support,

Andrzej
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuiaAndrei:
Hy all ,

I have my i9505 from 1 week and i have a problem.

First , i tried to make a panoroama photo , selected mod , pressed shutter button and moved camera to make photos , then camera stopped working ( while shooting panorama ) , re-opened camera and tried to make again panorama , and sience camera stopped working now pannoramas won-t shoot corectly , in sense of when i make 5 - 6 photos to say or 30% ... of total panorama of 360 photos will not shoot , the blue rectangular is moving but no image shooting if i continue camera will start shoot again but i miss some parts of the photo. Hope u understand what i try to say :).

And then i said .... hmmmm let`s format cache partiton , so booted in recovery and tried to format cache but say`s ERROR and restarting phone.

My fw is stock just buyed the phone.... 4.2.2 MF8 fw.

I saw many have this pb with cache partition... but is annoyng the panorama problem.... in rest camera work fine....

Some advices ?

Thnx.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoticoz:
whenever i type adb sideload filename, i get the adb commands list.. :(

btw thanks for your quick replies!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
You may try clearing the camera app data in settings/more/ apps/all apps. or do a data factory reset and if all fails reflash the rom with Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuiaAndrei:
I tryed to clear camera app , and also factory reset 30 minutes ago and still problem persists.

So u say i shall reflash rom with odin.

Question. If i flas stock rom from samsung-updatest... bla bla with odin counter will increase ? i mean i`l have problems at warranty ?

Thnx
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Nope, flashing stock firmware doesn`t raise the counter, only custom software does that :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuiaAndrei:
Ok , now downloading COA-I9505XXUBMF8 .

With what version of odin should i flash ?

Sry if is a stoopid question .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
3.04 is very stable.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuiaAndrei:
Thnx , i`l come with reply after flashing , still ~30 minutes of downloading rom ...~1.5gb :)

Before flashing with odin i don`t need to restore factory right ? cuz odin will do this.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2727alex2727:
Here mate!

Cheers :D

Www1.zippyshare.com/v/51402436/file.html
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Odin will not wipe during or after the flash, do it manualy after the flash in settings/accounts/backup and restore if you have too. If all is working well there is no need to reset :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] invalid473d:
Prolly a stupid question, but...

Sorry if this is an extremely stupid question, but I'm wondering if all of the ROMs on this board can also be flashed on the T-Mobile variant, or if this board is strictly for international and Google Play Edition devices. Basically, I'm wondering if there's any point to paying $50 more for the Google Play Edition haha. I don't mind having to deal with a tougher rooting process... I just wanna save some dough!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Have you placed the zip in the platform-tools folder, enabled usb debugging and connected to adb and typed adb sidelod namerom.zip to transfer the rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
your odin flashable efs,img

extract and flash .tar.md5 file
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2727alex2727:
Hey buddy, really appreciate the help :) i tried flashing via pda in odin with/without any options ticked i get fail

No error message just this:

Initialization.

Get pit for mapping

Firnware update start

Efs.img

nAND write start

-

Complete (write) operation failed

D; any ideas?

Cheers buddy!