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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
I've copied this from [MENTION=4975115]samersh72[/MENTION] so I'm not taking any credits but here are some tips:

Bootloop troubleshooting:

Bootloop occurs when a smartphone is not able to boot properly and stuck on Bootanimation and mainly caused by system files interfering with each others which cause instability and/or crash at the boot sequence. How to fix:

- Boot the device either into stock or custom recovery mode, wipe cache then reboot, if still, boot again in recovery and wipe data/factory reset then reboot. If not:

- Restore a nandroid backup with custom recovery if present. If not:

- Flash or reflash the official stock firmware. If not:

- Flash stock firmware with the appropriate pit file, after "pass", unplug usb cable, pull battery out for a minute, insert it, boot into recovery, wipe data and cache, reboot.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yake:
Wow! That link seems to very promising! I will give a try but I need to say that the frequent security policy patches are making me still a bit concerned about triggering the Knox counter.

My concern about triggering the Knox counter is because my phone is still covered by the warranty.

About the backup with Titanium Backup: should it work properly even when running in a non rooted phone?

Thanks!

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
where can i find the appropriate pit file?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477 first post

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

Titanium Backup needs root to work.

You could try Helium from the market .

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkerBean:
How to disable sub symbol on stock samsung keyboard

I need help. I want to disable sub symbol on stock samsung keyboard.

I have i9505. I am using Omega Rom v21.1. XXUFNA5. Kitkat 4.4.2 custom rom. Sub symbol is enabled by default.

I have seen this on one thread but those lines are not existing in others.xml. Any other way how?

"I'm on a stock rom but enabled it manually. For me it's in system / csc / others.xml.

You should see a line similar to this:

<CscFeature_Sip_UseSymbolInCMKey>true</CscFeature_Sip_UseSymbolInCMKey>

<CscFeature_Sip_EnableSymbolInSecondary>de;en_US;e n_GB</CscFeature_Sip_EnableSymbolInSecondary>

You will need to use root explorer or similar. Find and delete it. "
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
I'm more than curious if all went well. Would you let me know as soon as you tried. I really hope you'll get your phone back soon.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peterpandemic:
So i figured out how to browse the phone with adb, but it's empty. I guess everything including my efs.img backup got erased :crying: The EFS partition is still corrupt and i can't mount it. Is there anything left to try or is this a brick?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pika456:
BIG question:

Is internal memory USELESS for storage?

Comming from S2, the internal memory of S4 is good only for apps, not even the camera!

No mass storage mode, cannot see hidden files from usb, extremely slow transfer, wiped on restore (lost a very precious video)

and I cannot see the backup I made from CMW recovery! (hidden in media)

Am I the only one how dislikes this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamski88:
quick question - i have read in a few places that the google edition rom doesn't allow the ability to move apps to SD, is this the case?

also, im guessing with custom roms, you are able to do this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
You're wrong about almost every claim:

Internal SD can be mounted as mass storage

It's not wiped at restore

By default the camera stores files to internal SD (don't know why you would want that, but thats another discussion)

CWM backup hidden is due to the multi user feature introduced in Android 4 and its not S4 specific

Slow transfer, never noticed it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Your thinking is correct.

There are no ROMS which allow the movement of the whole app.

Some will let you move the app , but not the data.

So , the solution is Foldermount.(You need to be rooted for this to work)

You can find this , and a great deal of other information , on the first post of this thread.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DefyUser89:
In my phone i can find the backups in Clockwordmod/Backups maybe u too..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pika456:
How? Only only the external I have managed.

I wiped user data (restore as new) and all my files were gone.

In S2 the files of internal storage were intact

Internal is faster and reliable BUT in case of wipe we loose everything

so I suggest to use only the external

then I have to learn again the storage tree.

/sdcard is not sd card, /data is not really data etc.

Mass storage is way faster than MTP

also copy inside phone from MTP requires files go back and forth to pc.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terminator1983:
Where is NV_DATA.BIN located on i9505.

My device is root i can see other contents of efs folder except NV_DATA.BIN.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Please be sure that you mounted your /sdcard folder on your device ;). It'll probably be in /sdcard or /storage/sdcard0.

Good luck :).

Hi,

AFAIK internal storage is MTP only... You can try using Mass Storage as camera mode, but it'll limit your folders to DCIM only.

I don't know about S2, but in S4 when you completely wipe data that involves /sdcard as well as the storage is now /data/media and as such, formatting data will delete /data/media. There are some recoveries that will not format this folder though.

In case of damage to your sdcard you'll lose everything. See? Both have its problems. I suggest to always perform backups because of it. I used internal mostly for apps data, some pictures from AOSP/CM camera (as Stock TW Camera saves to your external sdcard), and some downloads. While sdcard held almost all my data.

/sdcard is your internal data. It's a link to /data/media and there's another link to /storage/sdcard0. And /data is data indeed, but it includes /data/media, so it's your 'app data + internal storage'. When you delete everything in /data/ it'll delete also your internal data which is /data/media.

Here's a small idea of storage tree on S4 and many other current devices:

/cache - This is self explanatory, it's your cache.

/system - This is your system partition, where all your libs, system apps, etc. are. Unless you know what you're doing don't mess up with this folder.

/dev - This is the "blocks folder" this is where all your mount points are located, never ever dare to touch these unless you really know what you're doing.

/data - This is where your info is stored, apps, settings, apps data, etc. also home for your internal storage, which is located in /data/media.

/sdcard - This is your internal storage

/storage - This is where you have your data points are. You have here sdcard0, which is your internal storage; extSdCard, which is your external sdcard; USBDisk# which is the mount of your USB OTG devices.

There are some other folders, but for an end user I believe those are the most important to know. If you have curiosity about any other I'll be more than happy to explain them to you ;).

Also, if you have a big sdcard you can easily backup your device into it (last time I backed up my S4 data, I copied everything to my sdcard). So if you think it's really annoying to use MTP, you can the doing this. Or use 'adb pull' command ;).

Hope this clarifies a little bit how it works ;).

~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] adamski88:
another quick question!

If I installed the google edition or any other rom, would they use the touch buttons on the S4? i.e. will there still be the 3 'software' buttons at the bottom of the screen? for 'home' and 'back' etc?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

If I understand rightly your question, they will make use of your hardware buttons, not touchscreen buttons ;).

~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] malybru:
Hi,

Yes , the hardware buttons all still work.

Some ROMS even have the possibility to program them to a different function.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamski88:
thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pika456:
thanks XxLordxX :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramordep:
what is csc select?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkerBean:
How to disable sub symbol in samsung stock keyboard.

I need help. I want to disable sub symbol on stock samsung keyboard.

I have i9505. I am using Omega Rom v21.1. XXUFNA5. Kitkat 4.4.2 custom rom. Sub symbol is enabled by default.

I have seen this on one thread but those lines are not existing in others.xml. Any other way how?

"I'm on a stock rom but enabled it manually. For me it's in system / csc / others.xml.

You should see a line similar to this:

<CscFeature_Sip_UseSymbolInCMKey>true</CscFeature_Sip_UseSymbolInCMKey>

<CscFeature_Sip_EnableSymbolInSecondary>de;en_US ;e n_GB</CscFeature_Sip_EnableSymbolInSecondary>

You will need to use root explorer or similar. Find and delete it. "
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryanrioz:
CSC-for selecting the radio**

if i not mistake

Send My Signature phone to XDA with my Bad grammars..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scanese:
Hi!

I have an i9500 running Cm11 by alberto. The new builds are running perseus kernel. When I tried flashing perseus kernel back with the cm kernel roms I had the same problem: my touchscreen is unresponsive after it finishes booting. Only physical keys respond. I get the same problem with cm custom kernel but I can solve it by locking-unlocking a few times but I can't manage to do that with perseus.

Can anyone think of any solutions to this?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanw5489:
Does anyone know if it is possible to change the color of light on the back and menu button.? If so here could I find this!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I don't think you can do that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
I've seen one person actually achieve this here on xda. But.... It involves disassembling your phone. Which, the obvious just ain't worth it.

Just color over them with a marker haha
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanw5489:
Haha Yea definitely not! Thank anyways just thought I might beable to. I believe it can be done with the nexus devices

But thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Nexus devices doesn't have physical buttons ;). You can change the navigation bar, like making it red or blue or something like that, and the "back", "home" and "recent" button too. The main difference is that in Nexus it's all about software, as the navigation bar is not hardware related. While with the S4 you have a physical limitation, so it would be necessary to disassemble the device in order to change it. And like you was already told, it is not really worth 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] ramordep:
I see. is it like shifting modem to another?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have a read HERE also, may be of some help?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bixy:
Hi,

Sorry to disturb again, but I'm really stuck with my phone. All I am getting is a bootloop. Right now I just really need my phone, as I have on-call duty for work.

I don't care what Rom I have as long as I get to make call and text and use some apps. Can anyone help me, preferably just getting back to a full working phone?

Greatly appreciated!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you want help you need to give more info, like phone type, current ROM etc.

What did you do that made your phone stop working, did you flash or install anything.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bixy:
I have the Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505.

I flashed TWR with odin, then flashed a couple of ROMs and a kernal, which didn't work at all. Then I flashed back the regular software of Samsung with Odin, I got the same bootloop. I re-did the TWR flash and now installed: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2544474

Now Im stuck on bootloop...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deviil-Boy:
Hello,

How can I experience Android Stock on Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 ? Which ROM ? I dont like TouchWizz anymore !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HaDoMax:
you can try, carbon, or CM, are custom, but the trebuchet luncher, or jjust simply install apex luncher and that's it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TcG71:
[Q] default font size for new mails or how to disable HTML ?

Hi,

is there any way th set the default font size for a new mail ? I'm using stock mail application (com.android.email on 4.3) connected to our exchange server. It's easy to set font size for signature text, where I coose 12 px), but I can't find a default setting for the mail body. When creating a new mail the signature has a size of 12px, but the written text is smaller (looks like 10px). But opening the formatting bar it shows "12px" already :mad:

I don't like to have to select the whole text and set 12px again manually for every mail (yes, this ist working) and mails with default font size are too small when viewing with Outlook...

Looking at the files in /data/data/com.android.mail shows only the size attributes in signature text, the same I found in SQLlite DBs.

Any idea how to set the default size or to set mail application to not use html ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HaDoMax:
try to flash another rom, anyone, and don't forget to do a full wipe, most cases, that's the reason why you got stuck on boot loop, if you try another stock mod rom, like omega, remember that the first boot take about 2-3 min or so to load, good luck, tell us how you go...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Did you do a full wipe before flashing the ROM?

You need to wipe cache, dalvik and data when changing ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bixy:
Thank you guys for the help!

I have done whipes every single time. I am going to do it one more time, this time with CM. Hang on.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Hi my wifi still won't turn on, i've really tried everything with the software so I'm pretty sure it is the hardware (although it looks a lot like a software problem). Does anybody know a way to check the hardware for errors with the wifi? Bluetooth is working fine btw

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
Anyone on 3(UK) been upgraded to 4G yet?

They've been rolling out upgrades all week and I haven't received anything yet :( (though they have said it'll take till March to get everyone upgraded)

Just need someone rooted to verify there weren't any issues getting upgraded.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peterpandemic:
I've tried all the mount points i can think of in adb. looking at the phone in CWM, the internal sd is /sdcard and its empty apart from the CWM folder. I think all my stuff is gone and the EFS backup too. any other things i can try?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Is there no backup in the CWM folder?

If you have a backup there is the possibility it will also contain the EFS folder.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peterpandemic:
No the CWM folder is there because i flashed a new ROM with Odin, rooted with CFroot and then flashed CWM recovery with Odin. I think my EFS backup is gone
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amerhere:
OK I have a super noob questions.

How to enter recovery mode ?

and I used cf auto root. Did it installed recovery also on my phone ?

And which apps are save to remove from my phone i9500 ?

That's it for now.

And I never seen how recovery looks for s4 so I m confused how to install a rom. So I may come back for more :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Volume up/ home button/ power button simultaneously. No auto root doesn't provide a custom recovery it only roots your phone.

Here you can find a list with bloatware explained:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2315904

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amerhere:
Ok thx for the quick answer.

Now I have root.

And how do I install recovery ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Download philz - touch cwm for I9500 from here:

http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9500

Select the md5 file and flash it trough odin.

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

Look HERE

Also check the first post of this thread.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
How do u know if u have triggered knox
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Go into download mode look at the knox counter 0 x 0 you're fine 0 x 1 you've triggered knox

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Looks like I've triggered it so what exactly does this mean
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Nothing much just that your warranty is voided so if you've got a issue with your phone Samsung could say that you did things to your phone that make you lose your warranty claim.

Although I would like to see this hold up in court. You can hardly blame a custom firmware for a hardware failure..

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Nothing to worry about then. I got it second hand so never had the warranty anyway
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amerhere:
there are 2 md5 files here ??

should i do the same thing with this as i did with cf auto root file ??

thx guys for being nice D:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
You've got an older and a newer version. Just get the latest one and flash exactly as you flashed cf auto root.

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

I think you mean this:

1.the tar.md5 version is the one you flash in odin (recommended)

2. The .zip version which you flash in recovery (which you have not got yet.)

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Have any of you guys got the foxhound 3.6 rom installed on us s4 gt-i9505 4.3?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Had it. I am on Foxhound nou.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
There's an update available 4.1. Would I need to upgrade from 4.3 to install it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kifel Jatt:
Hi, I just noticed that the micro sd slot of my gt i9505 has changed colour.

It used to be blue but now the blue has printed onto the back cover and the micro sd slot has a burnt residue on it.

Is this normal and has it happened to anyone else?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Yes you would

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---------- Post added at 06:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:48 AM ----------

Didn't I already told you this on the foxhound thread? Just use twenty minutes of your time to read trough the last 15 pages of the foxhound thread. I gave detailed explanations of how to install, even put in a picture of how odin 3.09 should look like if all the files ar inserted properly . There you'll find a link to 4.4.2 and odin 3.09 and since touchwiz doesn't work after first install I've posted a link to touchwiz as well you can flash it trough cwm. Don't install essential rom you'll have some keyboard problems install normal.

And as I told you before: you can not go back to 4.3 if this update isn't it for you.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juzzy16:
Hi. Some pretty noobish questions.. I am currently running stock XXUEMKF which is rooted and i was wondering if anyone knows if this firmware supports LTE? On my phone, I dont get the LTE option so just wanna make sure its just a firmware problem. If it is a Firmware problem, What 4.3 firmware does support LTE? Also, if I flash other types of firmware, say the BTU version or something, can I still receive official updates from kies, even though I may have changed from an Irish to a UK based firmware???

Cheers.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
MKF should support LTE are you sure you can't select the LTE option?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juzzy16:
100% sure. I only have option for WCDMA/GSM auto, WCDMA only and GSM only. Heres a screen shot of the firmware info.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Its because your phone doesn't detect an LTE network and therefore doesn't show the option.

If there is LTE in your region you should flash firmware that's meant for your region. This build was meant for a couple of European country's. Try to flash firmware for your region. You can download it from Sammobile.com.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juzzy16:
The firmware I'm running is from Kies and when I check which firmware my provider is using, it is the same. My region does have LTE coverage.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Then you should call your service provider. You're probably not connected to there LTE network. Maybe your account doesn't have LTE coverage?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juzzy16:
I had a look there. The CSC version my provider has is I95053IEEMJ2, the one on my phone is I9505BTUEMK5. What does this mean?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Country Sales Code says where your phone is from. Doesn't really matter if it's the same or not. Again call your provider and tell them you don't have LTE coverage

MK5 is unbranded and your provider uses a branded code.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juzzy16:
On the phone with them now. Seeing what they say. Would changing the CSC affect how my phone would update through KIES? Like how would my phone know when my provider has released an update? Is that through what CSC the phone is on?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
I'm not really sure how they push there updates but not through csc maby Imei number?

What did they say?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juzzy16:
Well they didn't really know to be honest. She just said this issue has been escalated to some higher powers and they are sorting it out.. so just sit tight and wait. I guess the main reason I'm worried about the update is because the phone I'm using used to be locked to another network (E-Mobile). I then unlocked it and am now using it on Three Ireland. I don't know if that makes any difference either??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
No it shouldn't. This really isn't firmware related. If you do keep having doubts you can flash other firmware see if it helps but if MKF is for your region than another update isn't gonna solve this.

One thing you can chance your csc but I don't see why you would wanna do such a thing. Just know that if you do change it it will factory reset your phone so will flashing other firmware do.

This is provider related.

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