yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Before doing this have you tried what I suggested? It's one step before this and I would first try that before flashing complete stock and wiping everything.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali4436:
I thank you all for taking your precious time with me and it finally works normal again wiping the cache and dalvik cache made it work properly again and again I thank you all :)) and I am running 4.3
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KataKlasmik:
Jesus bless your soul! Thank you for solving my issue and holding my hand throughout the process! Now, will I be able to flash a custom rom, or do you suggest i just stay with the current rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
You're more then welcome.

It's up to you to decide if stocks suits your needs or that you rather go custom. If you want to flash a custom rom you'll have to flash a custom recovery first because your recovery is stock now.

Just remember if you're gonna flash a rom read trough the instructions carefully and you should be fine.

Joery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glennd:
Flashed note 3 tw launcher on Echoe rom and now I don't have the message count or missed call count on my icons? But everything else is working fine.

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This happened to me 3 weeks ago and yes it was the battery causing constant reboots. I was informed by Telstra when I went in about my reboots and they told me in the first batch of s4's to go out had faulty battery cell and they would heat up a lot while charging and then swell.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Its Rom related issue. might be due to launcher of Note 3, you are facing this issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glennd:
Is there something I can change in the build.prop to realign count icon with the app icon?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Dont have any idea, it may harm anything. Hope you can contact the Dev of that ROM.;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yanoplathizo:
o2 to stock

Hello!

I just received an locked to o2 branded s4 505 in the post.

I want to flash a stock Samsung rom and am not to bothered about unlocking (am on GG) it (although would jump at the chance to do so for free).

I checked out the *#1100# (or somesuch) unlock fix and it didnt work, any tips on what to do next, is there a stock unlocking thread that gives step by step help, I have searched but LOADs of different results hit me and ?I became slightly lost!

Thanks so much,

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

Firstly , you need to check what bootloader you have.

Look HERE to find out how to get into download mode.

When you get there , can you see the word "KNOX" anywhere(either 0x0 or 0x1)

We can then go from there...

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Have you looked here?

http://gs4.wonderhowto.com/how-to/c...y-s4-so-you-can-use-another-sim-card-0148110/

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adarsh13r:
Auto Time Update

Hello,

flashed CM11 android 4.4 on my i9505

However the time isnt updating itself even after selecting auto update option.

anyone else facing the same issue? is it bug? what do i do now?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yanoplathizo:
It's all 0x0!

I think that's a good thing?

And thanks for the link to that how to, I ill take a look in an hour or so
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taramuda:
How delete Facebook application?

Hello. Not sure what my question is appropriate for this topic. The problem is I can not remove the "facebook" application from my i9505.

Firmware - CarHDRom v.19.1 (rooted, of course). Firstly i've try to do it by Application Manager. The device went into forced reboot.

Then I installed the "Root Uninstaller Pro", but only managed to partially freeze the application. Remove FB can not be any forces.

How can I completely remove the FB-application from my SGS4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

0x0 means you have the knox bootloader.

So, you cannot downgrade your firmware.

Did you try Joery1983's suggestion?

I could not get mine past step 2 :eek:

If that does not work for you , ring your carrier.

They may give you the unlock code for free.

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

I used to get rid of it using ROM CLEANER

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yanoplathizo:
Did not see the previous replies!

sorry to double, thought my post had failed.

I cant get past step 2 either :(

Can I alter the knox?

And I have tried o2 (i had this phone of an 2 customer on fleabay) but they were unhelpful!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quantf:
How to return to stock firmware?

Hello,

I have an S4 GT-I9505. I have rooted it and installed Google Play Edition custom ROM. Subsequently, I started to dislike the firmware and decided to do a factory reset, hoping everything would go back to normal. Unfortunately, I got stuck in the booting screen. I did some Googling and found out I had to flash a stock ROM for my phone to go back to normal. I downloaded a stock ROM and flashed it and it was working fine until I tried to play some music and a notification popped out saying "Sorry, the player does not support this type of audio file." I then tried playing a video and it also mentioned it could not be played. I tried YouTube and it did not work either. I have tried many other ways to get my phone fully functional again but to no avail. Can a kind soul please help me with my problem? Thank you in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
I'm sorry tried myself and didn't get past step two either they must have removed this option with an update. You could get a unlock code or search the Web hoping to find something. I searched a little didn't found anything but this method but I didn't really try hard.

You've got this phone secondhand? So does this mean that you're out of warranty? If so it doesn't really matter if you trip knox your phone isn't gonna behave any different it's just a way for Samsung to see if anyone did something to the phone the they don't support.

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Did you flash the right stock for your phone? Try to flash it again and remember to wipe your cache and do factory reset before and directly after flashing so don't reboot after flashing but boot to recovery and wipe, factory reset. Then reboot and leave it a couple of minutes see if it works.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yanoplathizo:
and

Nope no warranty!

Does this mean I can jump in and flash it back?

If so... would you be kind enough to point me to a relevant guide? I just dont want to nokia my s4 :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
You've got the GT-I9505?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yanoplathizo:
Yup!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Okay if you want to root your phone you can download this and flash it trough odin:

http://download.chainfire.eu/316/CF-Root

You can find a custom recovery here:

http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jfltexx

Again flash trough odin. If you've done that make a nandroid backup of your phone and of your efs folder separate. Do this with your custom recovery. After that it's a matter of searching for a rom that you like, read the install instructions, download it to your phone and flash it with your recovery.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
It's working !!!:D i don't know what I did but after a few days i tried flashing stock firmware again(it failed last time) and it worked!

Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattdaywba88:
mr

Mod Edit quote smallened

Hi im a newby and know nothing at all about this!! Ive just rooted my phone (Samsung galaxy s4 19505 on Vodafone) what do I need to download and what ROM would be best thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you are new at this , then , the first thing to do is read .

There is the whole of the first post with lots of information , and and FAQ HERE

No one can tell you what is the "Best".

This is something that you will have to discover for yourself.

Have a read ,too , in the Development sections HERE and HERE

Read the first post of each ROM , and see what may appeal to you.

A nandroid is a backup of your whole system.

This is highly recommended , once you have a custom recovery installed.

This makes it easy to return to square one , if you do not like a ROM.

Good luck.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alundra212:
Hey guys!

How can I reset the flash counter with of an unrooted S4 I9505 without tripping knox?

Is it even possible without tripping knox? My knox is 0x0 by the flash counter is custom and firmware is official samsung

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You need to be rooted to use TA........There is a safe root method HERE but no guarantee not to trip flag!

Out of interest how did you get a custom state........Are you completely stock?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alundra212:
I was on Omega v18, but wanted to get the warranty back to sell in the future for the S5, so I ran triangle away, flashed official 4.2 stock rom. Went to download mode and neither knox or flash counter were tripped.

Updated from OTA now to 4.3, went to download mode and now for some reason the flash counter is custom.

If i use that "saferoot" method will I be able to run triangle away? And after doing that is it safe to flash stock again without tripping knox?

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

Reading the saferoot thread , the [OP] says that even if it fails , it will not trip the knox flag. :)

Has anyone tried this?

Are there any success stories?

Please let us know , so that we can let others know.

Thank you

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
If the safe root method works (and there is no guarantee it will) then I would imagine you should be able to use TA. You may get a more informed answer in the safe root thread!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smokie Smokerson:
Put your finger on the message and pull down.

When you see that 'Box' below click on the message and it will open.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcbigal:
Hey! I can only compare soundquality of Galaxy S2 I9100 with Galaxy S4 Qualcomm. I've got Shure Se535 IE Headphones and Poweramp Software Player. I think it's a huge improvement!!! Sound Quality is great IMO- Don't know about the DAC!?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRedIndian:
hi, is there a lanyard slot like there is on the s2?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teameg:
Hey!

i have no idea about frequencies and compatibility so i wanted to ask here.

on samsungs page i found the supported frequencies of the s4:

LTE(850/1800), WCDMA(1900/2100), GSM(900/1800/1900)

Now my question is:

Is it possible to use that phone in Germany? Especially LTE and the 3G with HSDPA .

I coudlnt find out mysel in internet yet

Thank you for your help.

(i posted already a thread, but maybe here its better to ask)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark5019:
recomended cases

if any good ones around

thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manuel_f2003:
I can't sync the Internet favorites from Google account (chrome) to the stock browser. Anyone have the same problem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tahbi:
Could someone please tell me if there are apps for unrooted GS4 that would change the theme colors of the new dialing pad, messenger and more? The white and too much blue would drive me crazy. I did see that rooted GS3 can get the color flexibility and changes I want through 'Morphology', but I don't really want to root because I feel I don't understand it well enough.

Another Newby question...

Can future software updates improve the video camera's indoor

action shot results, or is that not a software issue? I would like to know if using other camera apps improves the sharpness of those types of videos. If yes, which specific app?

Thanks...

I have been using a Samsung Infuse for the last two years and loving it. Time to move on....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoHoGalore:
Anyone been able to locate what used to be Connections Optimizer settings in 4.1? in 4.2 I only saw the option for settings when completing the device setup.. (Called Smart.. something.. )

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this was a function prior to 4.2? I only know of multiple device bookmark sync'ing.. (Desktop, Mobile, Other Devices..)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OxyEthane:
I am have difficult time to choose between s3 and s4. some new feature in s4 so good i think probaly only use few of them. SHould i buy s4 or s3?

dont own any galaxy s, start interest in this one since it came out, watch a lot of review on both phone but still cant decide.

im current own defy(kind old). Tmobile
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Well the GS3 will be getting some of the software features of the GS4, but it won't get all of them, and the GS4 has better hardware and some cool things like Universal remote/Mobeam that come with the Infrared Blaster. The GS3 will be cheaper, but I personally think the bump from the GS3 to the GS4 is worth it. The GS4 is smaller, has a bigger screen, weighs less, better display, better camera, etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] screaming01l:
Yep. Uninstalled the app. App brings up the factory developers screen but no longer needed..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morfikx:
Some newbie Android questions here:

Is it possible to have a lockscreen widget and the pin or pattern unlock? As soon as I select a security type other than "Swipe" I lose the ability to add Widgets?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

No widgets, but you can change the background.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fam Money:
Anyone else having Wifi turn on automagically after turning it off?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morfikx:
Thanks, so how do people approach security on Android then? Google promoted the widgets as a new feature but surely they don't think most people leave their phones unlocked - you need security for VPN for example.

Is there anyway to compromise between the two? Maintain some security over the device with Swipe to Unlock still on?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Does anybody ever bought something using http://www.cellpex.com/ ? There is the Octa version for $740. Is that website safe or what ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balistic2:
Yes, I am having the same issue where wifi will turn itself on automatically after being turned off in the notifications bar. My guess is it has something to do with the GPS and places you frequent most (home & work), but that is just a guess.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DentalFloss:
Anyone having problems with Screen Auto-Rotate Function? It obviously needs to be recalibrated but i can find no-way in-phone to do it, or via app. I have been doing endless google searches with no results.I have had the phone for 2 days an auto-rotate just stoped working, I tested it with some sensor/ball apps and its way off.

Sprint - Samsung Galaxy S4

SPH-L720
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aerodeath:
I'd also like to know the band frequencies of 9500.

The information on Wikipedia isn't complete.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dinwoodie:
Hey everyone!

So i upgraded from an s3 to an s4 on the first available day here in Australia, i am still getting my head around features and different things it can do over the s3. Until this morning i have absolutely loved the phone. I set an alarm for the first time with the phone and as you would expect when the due time arose the alarm went off. When it did i turned it offf and swiped to unlock the phone. Everything went fine, after i finished reading facebook and the news i pushed the power button to lock the phone before it went back into my pocket. Now when i wanted to use the phone again i pushed the home button and am confronted with the swipe to unlock screen you would expect to see, except when i swipe to unlock it it doesnt do anything. I can edit the dual clock settings and drag the top bar down but i won't unlock or accept my swipe. It's driving me mental, is there a setting that states i have to do a finger tap dance on the screen then try or something that i may have activated thats not just letting me swipe to get in? Thanks in advance for the help

Jordan
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiaolipa:
Oh! But by the only time I could make it work properly it worked better than all the other phones I ever had! And also, I searched through al Ktoonsez post and found noone having the same issues... It might be something I'm doing wrong!

I'll look for this trikster mod!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therourke:
MD5 Checksum came back fine on the official CyanMod zip. Still won't install

The unofficial one I downloaded did install, but then got stuck in a boot logo loop. I am bored of this now. Might go back to Omega
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
then the new uploaded file by developer might be corrupted.

try to wipe data and cache if bootlooping.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiaolipa:
Seems to be ok now.

I waited the 10 min you said before flashing the KToonsez 6.6.2013

Seems to be working. I'll wait another 10 minuts and check if everything is fine. If it is I'll start configuring the phone from scratch the way I like it!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uae_1990:
hi I have the latest stock rom XXUBMEA on I9505 and I could not connect to 3g connection Iv tried many different modems and roms with no solution

btw my 4g connection is working

thnx for any help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiaolipa:
Installing the stock XXUBMEA again worked for me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marionite:
Thank you. But which do I download? I'm having a hard time choosing which of the files I should download. And is the new update already available in the link you gave me?

I already rooted my phone using CF-Autoroot and status is official by using TA.

Please help. It would really be appreciated. Thanks :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uae_1990:
thanks for ur reply now 4g is not working :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

MEA is the latest.

But I do not know how to advise you with cf-autoroot on your phone.

Please ask on the thread to be sure of what to do.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marionite:
Is it okay to flash if I have I9505DXUAMD? If I have already rooted it with CF-Autoroot, will the firmware be just replaced with thw new one with root?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I suggest you ask in the thread if it is OK to flash this ROM if you have cf-autoroot.

Then,you will know for sure if it is safe.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mostwanted22:
Camera Shutter Sound Omega Rom

Hello everyone,

Just wanna start by saying HI since this is my first post

I recently installed Omega 5.0 ROM for my Galaxy S4 i9505 and although there is a camera shutter sound toggle in the camera settings I still have the camera shutter sound whenever i use the camera the only way I found that I dont have the shutter sound is if I toggle between the primary and secondary camera upon first opening the camera app

I tried to rename the shutter.ogg file in the system to shutter.old to disable the shutter sound to no avail

I could really use help on this issue as I take a lot of pics with my phone and that shutter sound is just so darn annoying

And I would prefer to stay with the stock camera app as I find it quite excellent

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I just tested this on my Omega 5.0 ROM and shutter sound on/off is working.

Since this is a ROM specific question I think you can better post it in the Omega ROM tread.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoobieUser:
Battery :(

Hello everyone,

Just wanna start by saying HI since this is my first post

Is there any way to reduce battery drain on my galaxy s4? :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mostwanted22:
Hi kantjer,

Thanks for replying

I have solved the issue by renaming the files shutter.ogg and multiple_shutter.ogg by adding .bak at the end of both those file names so the system cant recognise them anymore
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
And if you are rooted, try some kernels and decide

Sorry for long quote:D

sent from my Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BOBX25:
Led Indicator

Good day.. hi I would just want to ask why is my Led Indicator no longer

working?? Is there any way to re activate it.. I don't have any application

that might affect the Led indicator..

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avadis99:
USB driver problem

Guys, I have the Samsung galaxy S4 and was using it so far, yes with several times connecting and all to my computer (I use windows 7 32 bit) but lately the computer is not recognizing my device no matter what! I reinstalled Kies and tried to reinstall the drivers NADA from Win7 still not successful, I cleaned by computer with driverclean.exe removing all unneccessary drivers successfully but even after that the same problem, what can I do? Please advise!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Can you try an other USB port? and avoid using an USB hub.

If that doesn't work try an other USB cable.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

As well as kantjer's suggestions,avoid USB 3.0 slots,

and (silly question) did you reboot your PC after you uninstalled/re-installed the software?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quantf:
I got the French version (it was the only one I could find) for GT-I9505 so I'm pretty sure it is compatible with my phone. I gave your suggestion a try but my phone is still not playing audio and video files. Do you have any other suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Can you try to flash another stock firmware for your phone? This is the latest Dutch unbranded 4.3 firmware.

I9505XXUENA4_I9505YXXENA3_PHN.zip

https://mega.co.nz/#!KFAw3T7Q!vrZ5t6G3XQU0ClKMj8uMzxykhlPECK-xIsluFbHRP9I

Try this following the same steps as suggested before.

Have you tried mx player to see if that works? It supports almost every format.

Hope this works.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lime&soda:
Custom romming GT-I9506 I9506XXUAMHD

I want to custom rom my S4, but before I've even started I've encountered a major problem.

I want to backup my factory install, including the EFS/Baseband.

I've successfully rooted the phone and have Philz Touch 5, v6.0.3.7 installed.

In backup options/custom backup job, a number of category options including efs show 'N/A'.

How do I solve this problem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Why don't you flash a newer version of philz? It's bin updated quite a few times after this build.

http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/jfltexx

These are for GT-I9505.

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You could backup your efs by using a terminal emulator from the playstore just type these commands:

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/mnt/sdcard/efs.img.ext4

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/mnt/sdcard/m9kefs1.bin

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/mnt/sdcard/m9kefs2.bin

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=/mnt/sdcard/m9kefs3.bin

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