yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Around 45 C doesnt feel right while browsing.. Even 55 at boot is normal? I dont recall this device getting so hot

Edit:I cant provide a screenshot but its heating up to 54C while typing this on XDA app...

Edit2: and even 60C while playing a game not even for 5 minuten
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netban:
So, ran a scan with Avast, no issues. Also ran the TrustGo scan on the S2 running JB 4.2.2 NeatROM and no issues found.

Actually found SuperSU medium risk but that's understandable.

Just need some with stock firmware to run the test now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fishawy:
On a side note, can you please let me know the name of the font you'r eusing, and where to get it from? Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkzrni:
hello. i have been searching for a solution for this for quite a while, but found nothing concrete.

i tried to root my new galaxy s4 using this guide: blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-root-the-galaxy-s4-remove-bloatware

all went smooth, until i ran the .bat file, which showed an error. the device restarted, and loaded with the superuser icon. when i click it, i get prompted with an update request that doesn't work. tried to re-run the bat file, and i get this message (attached file)

any help, please?

Thx in advance,

D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netban:
I believe it is Petita from ROM Toolbox.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Please mention which S4 Variant u have like i9500 / i9505 etc
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkzrni:
of course, i am sorry.

Model : GT-19500

Android: 4.2.2

Baseband: I9500UBUAMDK

Kernel: 3.4.5-534999

anything else that could help?

thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Just incase u wanna cross check use a app root checker and see the rooting status

Well i cant say what is wrong with the method u have used as i follow only XDA and below is the link u can use for rooting will be fast and easy 5 mins is all it will take

and ya remove the super user app from ur phone also b4 rooting if u are able to

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292615
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GhostiNv:
Hello, i just updated to XUMBF4 from Orange romania ... and now i have "Secure boot status Type Samsung" was searching a bit on the forums but don't really understand... am i screwed now ? I won't be able to root ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtencarguez:
just one quick question please..

i have a i9500 s4 how come there is no import/export option in contacts menu?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netban:
Contacts >

Contacts Tab

> Menu Button > Import/Export
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtencarguez:
yes exactly what i did but options available are delete, speed dial setting, send message/email and settings only

settings just displaying only contacts with phone, sort list by, display contacts by and service numbers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnzoids:
I have a i9505 locked on three uk. Can i flash a btu firmware over it. Im not to concerned of unlocking as im with three but just want to remove the bloatware that comes with the branded firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
yes you can and it will still sim locked :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Probably the best way to go is the pre-rooted ROM from djembey

This will give you a clean phone,whilst maintaining all the functionality.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnzoids:
Just flash via odin right.. also would it increase the flash counter and or void warrunty.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
yes, via odin.

it will not increase binary counter.

for warranty, you can always flash back three firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel.status:
For better the battery life during the day, is recomended to use kernel custom or stock ? and what the better kernel for that :confused:

I'm using ROM Omega 6.0
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjeMBeY:
Done! It works again, I've been trying last few days... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Please state the phone variant that you are using.

:)

Hi,

Thanks.

You are not the only one with a problem.

It must have been a glitch in the matrix.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.Umar:
The spec of I9506 and shv-e470s are almost the same. (same processor, gpu, etc)

Does that mean I can use a Rom for I9506 on my shv-e470s ??

I badly need a ROM for shv-e470s but I am not able to find anything. Someone told me I can use any ROM that is meant for Snapdragon 800 processor on my cell. Is that true??

Please help :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pimjai:
The guy fixed it in store and didn't check the software, lucky me:)

now i have one more question for this thread: Since i'm still usin the old bootloader, could someone point me to the latest GSM and LTE modems i can use? i never realy bothered to update them but now tomorow i'm getting a new data plan with 4G, so i'd like to update them, can't be any harm in that after a year or so.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a4apple:
Can someone please provide me a proper guide on rooting s4 and install custom recovery? Which files should i download and how am i going to do it? Sorry for being noob and thank in advance for whom help me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kifel Jatt:
Which s4 model do you have?

Settings-> about phone-> model number
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a4apple:
Gt I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kifel Jatt:
Go to page 1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292615
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a4apple:
Is one click root software safe to use? I found it easier to use but im not sure whether is it safe.:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karakatnica:
I used it and it was fine... ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a4apple:
Thanks! What one click root software you used?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 012512:
Guys, setting build.prop as rw-w-w will caue the system unstable or what? Because I want to add some lines in it to enable the soft keys.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svd1977:
Towel root is a good one
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karakatnica:
I used CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505. Here is the link. ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292615

Enjoy!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
I need to go back to stock for warranty purposes, i just ran triangle away to reset the flash counter, i still have superSU on this device.will flashing stock fw tick the flash counter?

Or can i just uninstall supersu and it will be fine?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poison spyder:
Flashing stock rom doesn't tick the counter.....so you're good to go?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Glad they fixed it and did not change the firmware :good:

For modem look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2192025

I cannot tell you what will work best for you , so you have to experiment.

It will not affect your bootloader , so have fun

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Thank you !

Do you also happen to know the following: right now im on XXUGNF1 base, and have CSC: AUT.

I downloaded this FW of sammobile and it sais: i9505PHNGFN1_PHN

Does the PHN stand for CSC? Does this need to match my CSC? Need to be safe for whenever flashing to sock :victory:

Edit: I've seen that the CSC is AUT, switzerland, checked sammobile and saw that it has the same firmware with the correct CSC im having so i guess ill flash that :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kifel Jatt:
My phone wont let me flash 4.4 roms. I have the latest Twrp recovery installed.

Before flashing i wiped system, data, cache and dalvik cache. Then after installing i wiped cache and dalvik cache. It gets stuck at the splash screen of the rom that i flash.

Weirdly it still let's me flash 4.3 and lower roms.

Sent from my GT-I9505G
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Try downgrading to 2.6.3.1 and I don't wipe cache and dalv after. Wipe sys, cache, dalv then factory reset and flash rom. Try that and see what happens.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psiland:
If someone can help me with this issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
If the phone is unlocked before hand I don't think it matters what sim you put when in Canada as it'll me sim unlocked. As for the carriers you probably get 3g/h+ data Coverage but I'm not sure about lte. Check the Canadian lte bands. I would get the i9505 lte or not.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kristianc19:
I flashed to cm 11and it fixed some lag issues, but I'm still having issues with:

-Record and watch videos (on any applications, SUPER BUMMED I can't record on snapchat?

-Answer incoming phone calls (able to receive but no sound and lags when using phone application)

-No sound for ringtones

-microphone doesnt work (can't even use Google search)

Do you still recommend finding a new modem
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psiland:
Thank you for your reply.

I was worried that the phone won't work at all. If its just about 4g it is really not a concern, 3g/h+ is more than enough.

I'm going to buy it unlocked, the i9505 is the best choice?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Imo it is but you can Google comparisons of it and the i9500 and see which is best for you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karakatnica:
+1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
power phone off, remove battery. 3-button combo into ODIN, then re-flash a stock rom for the device.

if you reboot into download mode the bootloader doesnt get updated by ODIN, and weird problems can arise including your IMEI being replaced by a generic code.

reflash stock as i mentioned above, and it may go back to working good.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad.wish:
thanks Mussels84...i tried to reflash the stock and even tried different stocks but same problem still....but u mentioned somethin about removin battery...why should i do this? i mean does it matter? thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psiland:
Thank you for your help, I think I'm going to buy the i9505.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
Is there any program that can play most common and not video files?

I want a program it can play the full bluray menu at any bd-iso file.

I try the vidon xbmc but doesn't even run on my s4.

So can you suggest anything else?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alfa_G:
Try mxplayer
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farid67:
Hello !

I have a problem with the dual boot, the primary rom is the stock rom and i have installed cm11 for the second, i have flashed the gapps(the patched version) for the second but.. nothing just a gmail that doesn't seems to work

Any idea?

Thanks for reply
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drakorcarnis0:
Hi guys I just installed echoe rom v.27 and I have a problem: i can't change the lockscreen wallpaper there is always the note 3 wallpaper. Could you please help me ?

EDIT: I managed to choose the wallpaper i wanted by using the menu button while on home screen. However when i want to change the wallâêr through the settings menu the bug occurs qnd i can only change the homescreen wallpaper.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
My phone isn't charging properly. It's extremely slow, takes about 4 5 hours to charge from dead.. Help?

Sent from my GT-I9500

Don't forget to click the thanks button if I was of your help :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soadfan:
Any1?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Try BSPlayer
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lum1neuz:
hi, when I try to flash cwm to my brother's phone after rebooting when I go into recovery mode it gives me no command and then shows the same default recovery.

i9505, stock 4.1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Un check auto reboot, flash recovery, pull battery, reboot directly into recovery, flash supersu package.

It's because of the install-recovery.sh
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djfred:
Lots of advertisements pop up on the screen, every 30 seconds!! already try avg antivirus and that doesn't work, what's the solution?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Start uninstalling apps til you find the culprit or use adway/adblocker/mother of all ad blocking
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiwijunglist:
Hi.

I have a telecom new zealand i9505. I attempted to install a custom recovery but I'm not sure if it worked. I do have a recovery mode I can boot into but it doesn't have many options and I assume it's the stock Samsung recovery. My phone is currently running Android 4.3 but doesn't autoupdate bc I now have a modified the recovery.

Can someone suggest either

1. What stock rom should I flash to. Do I have to flash to another stock 4.3 rom using odin or can I flash a 4.4.3 rom? If I flash using odin can I use the autoupdate feature under settings?

2. Is there a fast stable rom that has built in auto updates without having to worry about flashing and backing up etc.

The reason I want to update is.

1. The phone is sometimes sluggish.

2. There was a Google update that caused a bug whereas every time I pah home button it askes which home screen and it will not remember the defaults and the ONLY solution was to uninstall the updates which means I don't have Google now anymore.

Thanks

Kiwi
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StaceyCool:
Bumpity bump :angel:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muiacir:
i have a question about yahoo mail app

in my yahoo acount i have 60 email contacts but in yahoo mail app in my s4 i do not have them.

i use latest version of yahoo mail app
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

It seems something went wrong with your flashing. I recommend patching again and trying to reflash.

Hi,

A friend of mine had a problem with his S3 recently. But the problem was with his charger, could you try another one?

Hi,

That really sounds like a buggy ROM for me. I'd recommend trying to flash the recovery again and flashing a custom ROM, if you really want another ROM, it'd be the best ;). I'd recommend searching for TouchWiz based ROMs, as it seems you want something close to what you were using.

When flashing a custom ROM you'll trip Knox, some ROMs have an OTA feature, which updates the device just flashing the file.

All the best,

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farid67:
[MENTION=4169130]XxLordxX[/MENTION]

Thanks for reply i have tried to repatch again and again but i get the same result and this is the same think with the aokp rom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 012512:
Guys, changing read-ahead from 128 to 4096 will damage the phone? Logically I was thinking it was like an allocation size or what? I should ask on you before I take changes on these settings.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
It won't damage anything. If it improves anything, I have my doubts.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiwijunglist:
So does the stock Samsung s4 without anything flashed onto it have a recovery mode ie. Vol up pwr home?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwarfer66:
Yes but you can't install custom roms unless your have a custom recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiuro:
Dirty & clean flash

Another noob question :o

What does clean and dirty flash exactly mean?

- factory reset / clean to ROM install, wipe dalvik cache, wipe cache, format system, format data - I think its clean ;)

- the same what is above but then a restore of nandroid backup and then flash a new weekly; Is this dirt or kind of gray ?

- wipe dalvik cache, wipe partition cache then weekly flash; dirty?

- just flashing weekly w/o any wipes just to particularly keep caches and better battery live /?/ - is this ok? because if we have "weeklies" a few times a week lol phone doesn't have a time to restore caches because there is a new weekly coming - I'm looking for a better battery life

What's the best practice?

thx!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GermainZ:
Clean flash = clear data

Dirty flash = flash the ROM without formating /data

A clean flash is preferred if you're switching ROMs.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phil Muir:
Resetting Knox

Actually, you can reset all of the Knox stuff easily if the phone is rooted. You simply run this:

TriangleAway-v3.26.apk

:victory:Works like a charm :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
unless thats been changed very recently, that was only for some models of the S4 and on certain firmwares. (i9500 only?)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phil Muir:
Ran it last week on a GT-I9506 and it worked like a charm. Mind you, that phone is unlocked so I guess your milage may vary :) Hmm, now trying to remember if I ran it on stock or, the 4.4 ROM that I was trying out? Always run unlocked phones hear as that gives me mor options.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lou 270:
Ok noob friendly let's see I'm running ME7 still with Hyperdrive rom and I really want to get back to stock so I can reroot and flash an up to date rom so is there a YouTube video or something simple to get me where I need to be
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxPandaKnivesxX:
Rooting Galaxy S4

Is there ANY means at all of rooting this phone without wanting to bash your head against a wall? To make it even more difficult I am without a pc/computer... I have tried z4root, framaroot,and poot. Any others I should know and try? Preferably one tested with 4.3 Jelly Bean and has been recently updated (don't wanna be using out-of-date rooting methods right?)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Search for towelroot it should help you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phil Muir:
Off the top of my head. Lets see. Go to Sam Mobile site and download the stock ROM you want to flash. back up any data that you wish to keep. If you haven't already done so then, install USB drivers and Odin then power your phone down. Now Unzip the ROM that you have downloaded. Grab your phone and press and hold the power button, volume down and home key eventually you will see a message about download mode. Now, press the volume up button to enter download mode. plug in your phone and start Odin. Your phone should show up in Odin. When it does, hit the AP button in odin and locate the .tar that you unzipped earlier and click open. Extremely important: uncheck the box that tells the phone to reboot and do not check the box that is to do with repartitioning. Odin will run through some file checking which can take a couple of Minutes and hopefully give you a message stating that everything is ok. Once it has done that, click on the start button in Odin to actually start the flashing process. Note: this may take several minutes. When I reflashed my GT-I9506 it took around 7 Minutes. Eventually Odin will finish and you will have one of 2 outcomes. Odin will flash up a message telling you that everything has succeeded or, it may flash up a message saying that the file has failed. If it fails don't panic yet. Had this happen to me and simply had to download different firmware from Sam Mobile which, recovered the phone fine. If you do get a fail then, download different firmware and repeat all of the above-mentioned stips up to this point. If it has succeeded then, disconnect the phone from the PC and hold the power, Home key and volume up button until you see a message about entering recovery mode. Once you do, press volume up to enter recovery mode. When in recovery, choose wipe cash, factory reset. then go to the reboot phone option. You should now see a message on the phone about Android being upgraded. If you do then all is well and eventually you will be back at the welcome screen where you set-up the phone. Don't think I have missed anything however, if I have then, others feel free to chime in :)

:victory:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Wrong. You can't reset knox. That's for flash counter which is completely different
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
ok well even reading up on that one, it doesnt reset KNOX. just the flash counter.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

That's

kinda weird. Did you used the patcher? Maybe you should try doing it manually. Another thing is trying another GAPPS. Last time I flashed patched GAPPS worked fine, but it was some time ago though.

Hi,

As far as it looks, KNOX is a security bit that once in 0x1 can't be brought back. It looks like even JTAG can't turn it back to 0x0, so I guess it's really impossible. Triangle Away just resets flash counter, if you've completely read the Thread and Play Store page, you'd see it. You can turn off some of KNOX apps, but not disable it.

~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] SystemDoctor:
Hi there guys, newbie to S4 here.

So apparently my aunt from the US has her S4 rebooting non-stop and she plans to send it to us and whoever can fix it owns it. Now my question is, what do I do? I'm sure I'm the only one good in my family with Androids but I have no idea what I should do since I never owned an S4. Do I just reflash the firmware or what? Hoping for a response ASAP. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Wait if we fix it we get it?

Dibbs.

Reflash. Still happens try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2806046

Inbox me for where you can ship it to. :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farid67:
[MENTION=4169130]XxLordxX[/MENTION]

I have used the patcher ok Windows and this one on Linux but get the same result ..

I also have choosen 2 differents GAPPs zip folder but didn't work too..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phil Muir:
Hmm, interesting. Yes, indeed. Have also read that it resets the flash counter however, here’s the thing, my flash counter hadn’t been changed however, it did show that I was running a modified system and running that file reset that also. Wonder what's actually going on here? Also, now back on stock ROM and nothing showing up here as been voided etc. Thoughts anyone?:victory:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
go into download mode if your

knox count is 0x1..........it's voided :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
Whenever I clear Dalvik Cache (after installing ROM's, kernels) and boot my phone up, it "Updates Android" very slow. This happened when I switched to ART runtime. Is this permanent or is this because of the apps that the phone is "updating"? Also, the phone gets very hot when doing so, after updating 155 "apps", it's just as hot as someone would play games on it for 1 hour.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
I was lurking the ssk thread and they said that's one of the cons of art. The long boot times after flashing. So I'd say yes it will continue to happen. Please correct me if I'm wrong someone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anfa900:
Root Samsung Galaxy GT-I9500

Hi everyone, if can someone guide me i'm trying to root my GT-I9500 and i follow this guide on this site http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s4-cwm-method/ with any results at all i cant enter to the recovery mode only the stock one.

I have KNOX in my S4 i dont know if that is making conflits when rooting. Please someone tell me a proper way to root my phone

Thanks