yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

According to our Knox Q&A number 2:

"If the Knox warranty void line says 0x1 then you cannot use knox softwareas your device has been flagged as insecure. By this i mean that if your workplace / company supports bring your own device to work for corporate emails etc and they use knox to keep security your device will not allow this. You are still able to use future samsung firmware releases with the knox flag 0x1. hope this makes sense. sorry for any confusion this has caused!"

All the best,

~Lord

"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
Cheers. One more thing, since my phone is rooted running a ROM, would I have any issues getting the required tools from 3?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Not sure how they are going to do this...If its an OTA update then it won't work on a rooted phone. On 3 myself so just waiting to find out too:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Do you now have the potion to select LTE under networks? If not you will probably need a software upgrade. This won't be a problem but you will loose root and you will need to root again.

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
lost recovery

Any help here much appreciated :)

I'm feeling like wuite a nOOb at the moment and I have searched but can't find answers??? I hope someone here knows a solution.

Heres the steps I have taken:

rooted by flashing cf autoroot through odin (all good)

phone rebooted and I confirmed I had root

rebooted to recovery but only found stock recovery

flashed deestroy TWRP recovery

booted into TWRP

backed up all partitions

full wipe in TWRP

flashed latest slimkat weekly build

got an error message saying system failed to flash

foolishly tried to reboot

stuck on sammy splashscreen

tried to reboot recovery - get blue recovery booting then nothing but black screen

as soon as I let go of 3 button combo phone tries to reboot - but no system

tried flashing cwm tar through odin

same result - no recovery

reflashed cfautoroot

still no recovery

TWRP = same

repeated quite a few times over

What do I need to do to get working recovery back??

Many thanks in advance (I am currently downloading stock firmware but can't find any for the uk vodafone so trying dutch voda - not sure if this will work but I figure if I can get back to stock then I can start again????)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

That is what I would have suggested.

Flash a stock firmware in odin, and start again.

As far as I can see , you did nothing wrong in the first place.

It is just that I have found on this phone,it sometimes takes more than one go to flash something.

So, be patient,and if it does not flash first time,try again.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
Absolutely spot on - thank you. I simply left it for a while, did the hoovering to appease my wife for paying more attention to my phone than her lol - then flashed cfautoroot again then TWRP through odin obvioulsy then rebooted to recovery and there it was. Full wipe again and flashed slimkat again and ta da - its all working lovely -

On another subject s4 reboots on ART much much faster than s2 but then I guess it should having so much more processing snapdragon :cool:

It's good to finally be with you guys - I go a z1 first but took it back for s4 and so glad I did ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Good choice. ;)

Try asking about the ART in the thread.

I have not started using it ,yet.

Unless [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] knows?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I'm an Xposed user, it doesn't run on ART. So I'm also still using dalvik.

From what I heard from other Slim users running ART is that the difference between ART and dalvik isn't that big.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

I've used ART on both my S4 and my Nexus 10. As my Nexus is not snapdragon it was full of bugs and I had to stop using it... However on S4 I have to say that there are plenty differences, they are not really noticeable, but you know something is different.

To start with, the boot time is lower, the major problem is first ART boot, it takes ages to start (optimizing apps). Another thing is battery life, I believe it is now better with ART enabled. Also you can feel that the device is more fluid than before, like another user stated: "I don't know if my keyboard is responding faster or if it is me who is typing faster". The problems now are some apps that doesn't run on ART yet, but soon they'll start supporting too.

That's all I have to say about ART ;). Using jamal KitKat ROM :).

All the best,

~Lord

"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sker100:
HI all,

My galaxy s4 doesn't update thru the kies software gives-me a message that doesn't support initialization. And in the S4 itself sais that there are no updates, but it is running android 4.2

I se there are some stock firmware's to download on the sammobile site, and my question is to know the version i have to meke the download ?

i know my phone is from UK and have this product code :GT-I9505ZKAEVR

I have the S4 without root so if i install the android 4.3 firmware i still maintain the warranty ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gui.zanotelli:
Getting back to STOCK, please HELP

Hi everyone, I really need help on this... So I'm trying to get my GT-i9505 completely back to stock (with warranty), so I can get the 4.3 Android with KNOX and warranty. So, I have the old bootloader (without knox) and I've recently runned Triangle Away (but it didn't reset the counter - don't know why) and flashed stock firmware (found on sammobile) following This Guide to try getting updates over the air. It failed, when I try to update I get the message "Device modified...". So I rooted my device using CF-Auto-Root following this other guide runned triangle away again (now i got my counter down to 0) and using SuperSU unrooted the device completely. To check I went to Download Mode and looked the data. Everything seemed perfect: no triangle, Samsung Official, official...

So, in theory, I have an untouched GT-i9505, which should be able to get updates over the air, right? Well i don't. I get the message "Your device has been modified..."

Well, I ran out of ideas and got tired of so much post reading... What do I do? Please help...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You still need to run the stock firmware,and then,wipe data and cache.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gui.zanotelli:
But I'm running stock firmware already and I wiped the data and cache before and after flashing the firmware, I mean it should be working... But I had a breakthrough I think the problem is: I flashed a modem before when I was running DeOdex superslim TouchWiz, I went on the phone to get the AP, CP e CSC numbers and the CP number is not according with sammobile which is PDA: I9505VJUBMG3 CSC: I9505ZTABMG3 MODEM: I9505VJUBMG3 what my phone states is AP: I9505VJUBMG3 CP:I9505XXUEMJ9 CSC: I9505ZTABMG3, that CP is exactly the modem I flashed into my device. Though I don't know why when I flashed the firmware from sammobile the modem wasn't flashed too. I'll try flashing the right modem and reflashing the stock firmware, rooting, running triangle away and unrooting, if that doesn't work, then I'll be desperate!

Thank's for all the help.

---------- Post added at 03:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:30 AM ----------

Yeah that was it... fully functional over the air updates, counter set to 0, all cool!

Thank's for all, really! :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pramod9964:
Battery backup a serious concern

Guys

am having lot of issues with battery can someone confirm if the stats am abt to describe is normal or not

Model S4 9500

1)am getting 16hrs of battery backup with the following preferences

a)NFC on S Beam on

b)GPS on

c)WIFI on

d)screen rotation on

e)reading mode on

f)mobile data on

g)air view on

h)smart stay on

i)sync on

j)S health odometer on

and whenever i look at battery graph

1)android os takes up lot of it

followed by screen

with all these preferences my screen comes up with 1h 55 min of stand by time

i do browse on wifi not much upto an hour or two its usually accompanied with downloading of files(2 gigs max)

and an hour of talking on the phone

so 16 hrs of battery backup with the above prefernece and usage is it normal or am i overreacting
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
Yeh, I can change my 'Preferred network type' to LTE.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Then there is a good chance LTE will work when it comes to your region.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
all those 'smart' features use the camera to check if your eyes are there, to keep the screen on. turn them all off for far bettery battery life.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You have a lot of things running there,which are all battery hungry.

So, yes, that seems about right.

If you are that worried about it,switch some of them off, and see if you get better battery life.

Or, best of all, get a spare battery,and then,you do not have to worry about it at all,and you can just enjoy using your phone.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandeep148:
:eek:

https://twitter.com/SamMobiles/status/421259436221399040
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramordep:
any recommendations for a rom that isnt a tochwiz based but has the stock tw camera?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Normally we don't give ROM recommendations but this one I can't resist. Non TW ROM's with TW camera don't exist.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramordep:
ok my apologies didnt know that rom recommendations are forbidden here :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirty_s0ciety:
Clone s4

Hello, im not really good with technology. My friend recently purchased a clone s4 i9500 which he thought was original, but it wasnt. He gave it to me (i dont use it). I wanted to know if i could put a i9500 ROM on it without issues such as CM11 or would this brick the phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Repulsa:
Last time i checked xda doesnt support clones?! and Since it doesn't accept an official Samsung firmware! Have a nice day.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

I believe you won't be able to install it. Usually clones offers a completely different hardware and software, usually only the design is cloned. I don't believe it would brick, as I believe you wouldn't be able to flash the ROM, as it would require a recovery to be flashed via Odin/Heimdall and as I stated above, clones offers different softwares, so you would not be able to enter download mode and flash the recovery.

In other words, or tl;dr: it's very probably you wouldn't be able to flash. CM11 don't support your device.

"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaRkEMpRoR:
my Dialer app "when calling" the proximity sensor works fine but the screen doesn't turn on again until the the one who i am calling ends the call and i don't want to turn the proximity sensor off
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Edgio60:
1. Try using a can of compressed air on the earpiece to clean dust from the proximity sensor. If that doesn't work, then;

2. Follow the instructions in this thread carefully

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2045569

[Q] Proximity Sensor Calibration

---------- Post added at 05:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:37 PM ----------

First dial *#0*# and press Sensors

Is the screen constantly green and vibrating? Then try the above.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuffluck:
i'm wondering how easy burn in can happen on the s4 if say i leave one constant screen on the dimmest setting for say 4 hours?

i have a golf gps app i run when i play golf. i used to leave it on all the time on my s3 during a round of golf (i.e. the screen was on all the time), but it got burned in the screen on max brightness. i now have the s4 and am using tasker to have it run for 30 seconds on max bright, then max dim thereafter until i touch the screen again, then that process repeats. if i play a 4 hour round of golf and it effectively never turns off (just goes from either completely dim or occasionally completely bright), will it eventually burn in? i imagine in that 4 hours i will also randomly turn the screen off and go to other apps at times as well.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jsilver73:
cant connect to pc

I have tried many different roms (stock based inc) and where I could transfer files this morning the same ROMs will no longer allow me to transfer files. I have tried formatting sytem/data/cache/preload and unmounting and remounting all but still nothing works - I get this error message:

'cannot copy item' device has either stopped responding or has been removed'

Does anyone know what the problem could be please?

EDIT: Sorry to ask redundant question - I just tried with another pc and it is working fine now :) - must be problem with pc which is strange because it was working fine earlier??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
I've seen people talk about flash kernels depending on if you have a new or old bootloader.

Please explain how do you determine your bootloader?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Go into download mode.

What does it say?

If you have anything that says "knox" , then you have knox.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunodu91:
I had knox, le so i can not flash a modem with mobile odin ?

Envoyé de mon S4, via tapatalk 4 Vip .

Slimkat 4.4.2 b2.1, Kernel stock , buzz launcher .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I would personally advise using PC Odin to flash modems. I have read alot of people having serious issues with mobile odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: GT-I19505

CURRENT BINARY: Custom

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0X30

WRITE PROTECTION: Enable

What is considered 'old' and what would be 'new'?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
If you had reference to KNOX then that would be considered as New bootloader. You look like you are Knox free so Old bootloader :D

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

You have the "Old".

No knox-pox

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maurocds:
how to format internal memory??? yes i have phyl c recovery

lol, forget it, i saw that wipe data does format emmc
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ya Rahman:
Hi friends

I like to install thoch CWM

I download it from

http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

For my I9500

but its fromat is img

how to install it?

sent from my Galaxy S IV using my fingers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterjunky:
re: cwm recovery

Here is are a couple of links for the i9500 CWM flashable zip file and the Odin flashable TAR file..

Flash it in recovery: http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00082/k66/GT-I9500-CWM-6.0.4.5%20.zip

If you are using Odin then put your phone into download mode and

flash this one: http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00082/aB6/GT-I9500-CWM-6.0.4.5 .tar

Good luck!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ya Rahman:
Thank you

Is this thoch cwm?

sent from my Galaxy S IV using my fingers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
This thread is awesome. Great job guys :good:

Sometimes little things can be confusing and the attitude in ROM threads can be a bit aggressive as they feel you haven't attempted to do any research because you're unclear on a matter.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandeep148:
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/01/10...-for-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505/#.Us_MfU11hQk.twitter

:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
He gave you both options
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gothicasshole:
Does anyone know if theres a rom compatible with mk2?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzffu:
I9505 Question !

Hi I have a Unlocked Sweden Telenor I9505..

My Question is can i flash the lastest 4.4.2 which is Leaked Rom on Sam Mobile ? It is the offficial Rom but it is from Eurpoean country !!

So is it Ok to Flash it or do i just need to Flash a ROM specific to Sweden Networks only ?

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

You should be fine to flash the new ROM.

Bear in mind that it is unofficial,and you may not be able to downgrade afterwards,because of the knox-pox

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magikmichael:
I'm on rooted 4.3. What is the safest way to flash latest leaked 4.4 without tripping knox?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

According to the link given by Mandeep148 ,it says:

NOTE

- You are doing this at your OWN risk. We are not responsible if you brick your device or your cat eats your phone.

- This test firmware will NOT increase your binary counter NOR void your warranty.

- This test firmware is a pre-release build and not official from Samsung.​

This is all the information I have.

There are no guarantees,but the second line says it it should be fine.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonbigwave:
Hi malybru, wanna ask a Noob question. can I flash the new Samsung kitkat test Firmware (1.5Gb?) with CWM/PhilZ Touch recovery, same way as custom ROM? reason I ask is their link only suggest use Odin? also if use Odin we must factory rest before? (their instructions don't mention that either)

thanks in advance.

sent from my GT-I9505 : xda app
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gothicasshole:
IS THERE A ROM THATS MK2 COMPATABLE?? Sigh
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I do not know for sure,but I would think that it is an odin package only.

And if you are coming from a different base (4.3) you need to wipe the phone clean before you start.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnScouse:
Stock Rom Help

Hi guys, does anyone have a working download link for stock 4.3 rom for Galaxy S4 GT-I9505

I know it is normally called I9505XXUEMK8

All the links I can find never work or allow me to download
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sker100:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9505&pcode=BTU#firmware

you have were the download to mk8 for uk btu

but in this website you can find the link for any ****ry
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnScouse:
Thanks for the link, I've tried that site, but the download going to take over a day, as the download speed is less than 20kb/s

Is there any links to sites such as mega ?

Or a site that doesn't limit your download speed
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Yes its been posted twice in the last couple of days.

Just search my post history
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamnScouse:
Thank you, I have found the links now, 2 of them actually

Just a shame Mega keeps going down today
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
No probs.Mega takes 20 mins usually.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluenim:
I am worried about the temps I have an i9500 l. this temps are normal?

Browsing. No gaming. Camera. Chat. Nothing heavy

Battery 40 c (cpuz)

Cpu 65-74 c (system tuner)

Idle

Battery 35

Cpu 52-55

The ambient temp is 30 c but I still thinks these temps aren't normal ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightyaer:
I was on Prism Barebone v3 and installed Romswitcher and installed the second rom as carbon rom..i wiped data and cache after flashing the rom for the 2nd rom.. i sucessfully booted into carbon rom.. I opened RomSwitcher and clicked 1st rom,,. since then its on a loop .. just displays samsung galaxy gt i9500 again n again in a loop.. DID I JUST BRICK MY PHONE??

PLEASE HELP!! THE PHONE WONT START
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oZ87:
unknown error code during application install: -24

guys im having this error "unknown error code during application install: -24" with facebook

it started when i flashed new rom Arrow v11 and i was restoring apps via Titanium backup and it got stuck on facebook

i tried all mentioned method on the forum

-remove orphan via titanium backup, the app remains there it doesnt go away

-manually delete app from /data/data, it gets deleted but i cant reinstall app

-flash rom again , used new fresh gmail account, same issue

-flashed new rom (Omega), same issue.

i cant install facebook neither manually nor from play store no matter what i do.

plz help,

thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muiacir:
When i turn on my phone i see this

http://8pic.ir/viewer.php?file=45722994981442191829.png

this is a part of app or it is a feature of my phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Its just asking you which Touch Wiz launcher you want to use! I would use the Touch wiz home and then press Always....you should not see the message again after that!

EDIT - You may get another message asking to change the default app! Press OK
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluenim:
Edit
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

With my experiences these temps aren't THAT weird, I'd ask you to try turning off 3G and connectivity and checking again. Also high screen brightness can make the temps go very high.

Hi,

Try wiping system in recovery and flashing a new ROM. You have to set the first ROM you flashed as primary kernel. And then set Carbon as secondary kernel.

Good luck.

Hi,

Try going to /data/app and check if there's a .odex file of the app you're trying to install. It's strange the fact that you installed a new ROM and it still happens, the factory reset should solve the problem. Try only factory resetting it now, then try again.

All the best,

~Lord

"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gothicasshole:
@ theunderling I am wondering if any roms or a boot strap is compatible with mk2? I never did a rom on a samsung do I need odin and what exactly is odin? Im not a total noob but im used to htc and open boo5 loaders
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafia 192:
Can I install i9505 Roms on the i9500?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

No.

Different hardware.

:)

Transmitted telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oZ87:
Hi,

Try going to /data/app and check if there's a .odex file of the app you're trying to install. It's strange the fact that you installed a new ROM and it still happens, the factory reset should solve the problem. Try only factory resetting it now, then try again.

All the best,

~Lord

"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10[/QUOTE]

i did factory reset, created new gmail account tried to install it, same issue and it remains as an orphan in titanium backup...

when i delete it from titanium backup it shows that it has been deleted but after i close and reopen titanium backup its still there....

if i go to play store wen page it says that its already installed this why i thought creating a new account would solve the issue..

and i've tried 2 roms so far....i even found someone another person having the same issue and he upgraded to kitkat and the problem remained!!!