yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rekaviles:
So here's an update on my issue.

I received the new phone. Before I even logged into my accounts during setup, I skipped all that and went straight to the Story Album app. Took a few photos and tried to create an album; worked as it should, no crashes.

At this point I figured it was a software issue on my original phone so I restarted the process, logged into all my account during setup and accepted to restore everything from backups. Apps were reinstalling/updating from market, contacts were being updated and I plugged into Kies to get my backed up data (messages, pics, ..etc).

At this point the phone was almost back to where I had the original so I powered off to insert my SD card that was in the original phone. Now I go through the phone to make sure it works, no lag or any other issues. I even try the Story Album app again, but guess what happened? It crashes like the original phone. I tried a few more times, nothing. wtf!

Something was installed during the updates and importing that is causing this issue. I wish I would have checked the damn app during each step of getting my phone back to norm, that way I could have narrowed the issue down a bit but I didn't.

What could be causing this? The SIM card? My SD card? An app I installed/updated?

- I'm not going through another factory reset. Takes too long to get everything back in order, so now i'm stuck with a new phone with the same issue. At least I know it's not the phone software thats damaged.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaq1907:
If I open a web gape, then press back menu, browser doesn't close. It still works in background. It still works when I close web page tab (I can see it working by pressing home button, checking active apps). Is there an easy way to close browser completely?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redboyke:
wifi hotspot problem

hi

i use mobile hotspot very often to connect my laptop to the internet

but every time i have a incoming call and i accept it

when i try to refresh a page it shows that im disconnected from the internet.

i can see that the wifi hotspot is still running but my data connection icon H+ dissapears

i have a samsung galaxy s4 i9505 (android 4.2.2)and galaxy s1 i9000 (android 4.1.2 cyanogenmod)

and i have the problem on both of them with 2 diffrend providers.

i hope someone knows a solution

thx in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v3nturetheworld:
What is your provider? Certain providers like Verizon use technologies that only allow one type of signal to be transmitted at a time, as in no data and calling at the same time.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maik82:
Anyone about this??

Also In the stock browser the flash player doesn't working, i have install the last one but there is no option for turning on!

And something else, i unchecked everything relative with autobrightness or auto color adjustment but sometimes the brightness changes,is there any solution for this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] govari:
So I did follow...

Full wiped, flashed Omega, everything went well.. but after reboot I am stuck at the loading screen "Samsung Galaxy S4", tryed a few more times, but still the same..

This is what I did with my S4 since day 1 -

CF AUTOROOT

flashed foxhound rom - used it a few days, decided to try omega

full wipe, install Omega and stuck...

So now downloading stock rom, to try it again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
OK so my phone is just acting up?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It would seem like that.

Try installing apps and see how the storage figures manifest themselves.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nervous wreck:
Noob need help odin won´t flash till end..

Hello community, Pro´s and Guru´s

I got a i9500 fron China (ZCU) and want to flash the german (MBC) Firmware.

i´ve read nearly 100 Tutorial´s and many more Threads about flashing but at my Notebook that doesn´t work...

At normal power on i got the yellow triangel with the SP on the left and the PC on the right ( Firmware upgrade encountered...)

The Downloadmode is reachable so i have a bit hope.

This is my stage of experiments:

I have installed and deinstaled the whole kies with new driver and updates serveral times.

I´ve tried different USB-Ports.

The device is shown correctly in the Windows 8 device manager as Samsung Mobile USB CDC composite Device.

Bevor starting Odin as Admin i kill the Kies - processes with the task manager.

At Odin3 V3.07 the device is shown in blue and signed as added. Only the Auto Reboot and the F.Reset Time Box are checked the others not.

Output from Odin:

<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9500XXUAMDK_I9500MBCAMD6_I9500XXUAMDK_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> boot.img
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005> recovery.img
<ID:0/005> system.img
<ID:0/005> FAIL!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Every Time it Fails at the System.img.

tested Firmwares are:

I9500XXUAMDK_I9500MBCAMD6_I9500XXUAMDK_HOME.tar.md5

I9500XXUBMF8_I9500OLBBMF8_I9500DXUBMF8_HOME.tar.md5

I9500ZCUAMDG_I9500CHNAMDG_I9500ZCUAMDG_HOME.tar.md5

Choosen at PDA.

i got no idea what im doing wrong...

I hope someone can help me

Excuse my bad english.

Kind regards

(a) nervous Wreck
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Have you tried it with ODIN 3.04?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
Stuck on system.img means odin not recognized your system partition

try this

if this did not help

flash pit file with the firmware
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nervous wreck:
ohhh thats juicy...

<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9500XXUAMDK_I9500MBCAMD6_I9500XXUAMDK_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> boot.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> system.img
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
[COLOR="Red"]<ID:0/003> Added!![/COLOR]
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

that means Odin lost the connection i think?

Tested now V1.83, 1.85, 3.04, 3.06, 3.07 with the original Samsung cabel with different ports.

kepp on trying...

Whats more stable by trying another PC Win XP or 7? 32 or 64bit?

Latest or older driver?

USB2.0 i think
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fridrik:
Any one have problem with the auto rotation?

Here only works for a few hours if i keep restarting.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Ok will do. Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1dtms:
Will a kernel affect connectivity/ data reception?

I know radio/modem will but I'm curious if kernel plays a part as well or not.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Hasn't affected mine. Shouldn't affect yours.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] known stranger:
help me :p

// English is not my native language , any way ..

well i really have many questions i don't remember the most of them ..

I'm new on android , I've got Galaxy s4 but how to know the version !!!?

i really want to root it but the Samsung agent says that if you rooted the phone you are going to lose the galaxy s4 ensure ..

so i asked him if i UNroot it ?

then he said : we will know that you have root it before ..

IS THAT TRUE !!?

&

the device id code doesn't work on my S4 :crying: !

waiting for your reply .. .​
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Whats the model number u have ??

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Works well here

keep smart rotation disabled and see if that solves ur issue
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fridrik:
Already disabled.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Does resseting work / did u do reset after any ota or are u rooted with any rom etc
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fridrik:
I just updated the firmware and nothing else.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Reset the device from settings / accounts/ backup and reset this should solve ur issue

As we have seen several cases with diffrnt issue after OTA update

Basically old and new system files clashes some time

Let us know here incase it works
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
My phone won't let me download anything anymore. Is there a way to COMPLETELY format my phone. Files and all? I can root and flash ROMs with ease. Before I flashed CM 10.1 my storage was still messed up.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilabs:
Are all the drivers for the I9505 available or do devs still lack anything required to build aosp roms?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
I recommend DiskUsage v 3.4.

Visit the links from your Android device.

DiskUsage v 3.4 ( http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.google.android.diskusage )

Try this ^^. install it and check which is capturing ur space and delete it.

Thanks,

Disturbed™

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Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™

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check how accu weather is fooling us. its heavy rain outside from last 4-5 hrs continuously and still its showing cloudy.WTF.

and this is Google now.. working perfectly.

Thanks,

Disturbed™

___________________________________________________________

Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runedrune:
Happens sometimes when the rain is localized. Same thing happened to me today with Eye In The Sky.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
check my edited post above. Google now is working perfectly and its raining in all over New delhi. so its not about localized.

Thanks,

Disturbed™

___________________________________________________________

Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuT_TeR:
Can Sue Accu weather ?? xD
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
No. but i can stop using it.

Thanks,

Disturbed™

___________________________________________________________

Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lither:
Is it best to store pictures and musics on internal memory or SD card?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noahthedominator:
I have all my music on my sdcard. I use internal memory for apps and things like that. I usually store pictures on the sdcard too. Just personal preference though. And if you flash different roms frequently like me then having music and pics on sd card is nice.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I store what is possible to my external 64GB sd, I want to have as much space as possible on the limited internal SD.

All my music, pictures, backups, Rom files etc are all on external.

EDIT: I only advise you to store files that are needed during boot like custom wallpapers and ringtones on your internal sd.

There is a slight delay before external sd in mounted during boot, if you place ringtones and wallpapers there is can happen that Android can't find them at boot and reverts to the default setting.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] known stranger:
TITLE :P

it's GT-I9500 (( as settings says )) , i really appreciate that you are helping me :o​
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeLpHy:
Same. I use a Class 10 msd card and I have no problems reading / writing the card. Use your internal storage for something more important. You can safely store all your music / videos and pictures in your msd card.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fridrik:
I just reset, and now he is always horizontal.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hazerm:
Ever since I stored my music library in my MicroSD card, almost all the album arts of tracks from different artists show the same picture from a specific album. Any recommendations of apps that can change the tags behind them or change the album arts to the appropriate ones?

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1dtms:
I got a question on modem/radios please

for i9500 users

If I want to flash modems through recovery (ie from the modem thread linked here and from post #2 in that thread). Do I just flash the zip in recovery and than restart the phone?

Is that it or do I need to wipe anything first or do anything after? And is there a difference in radio if I flash with odin vs flashing it with CWM?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
It doesn't show anything taking up that much space. Will it ruin my phone if my format it with a custom ROM? And if its rooted?Or should I unroot after flashing stock ROM?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
can u share the screenshot of ur memory using diskusage app?

Thanks,

Disturbed™

___________________________________________________________

Wait for my time, U gonna pay for what U have done. - Disturbed™
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InvisibleBow:
Questions regarding my S4 i9505

With every ROM that I have used, like TW, CM and the GE ROM, I've experienced massive slowdowns and lag. First everything's rolling at 60 fps. Then, all of a sudden, it drops to maybe around 20 fps. If i change the wallpaper it goes back to the 60 fps and lag-free state again.

I'm just wondering; what the heck is going on? Is it like this on Android, or is it my phone that needs a reboot?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Here are the pics from disk usage
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivanrcks95:
My S4 has just encountered a big problem, it suddenly freezes and then switches off every 1-2min non stop, sometimes it lasts longer sometimes less, its completely stock, i tried reflashing another official firmware via ODIN but that did not fix anything, can anyone help please, i cant even use my phone anymore, it will freeze and reboot and if i make a phone call it wont go out of screen off mode and will just reboot again, i dont know what else i can do now :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Does that help you?

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Idk if you need more screenshots or anything?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
did you make nandroid backup before??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Idk I don't think so... I made a complete backup of my phone on the stock ROM?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
using root explorer, go to data/media and check for backups
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Crap I deleted it when I tried formatting my external SD card :( I made a complete backup with apps and system data but that's gone now so I have no backups left. :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
are you sure that backup isnt taking your storage?

if you boot into custom recovery and select backup, do you see one?

edit: select restore, do you see a backup?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
You're a genius!! Thank you so much!! I have 5 GB now but I still have two backups both of which when I hit restore said MD5 mismatch does that mean I can delete them?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
usually i make only one backup for stock rom after rooting immediately.

you can fix this mismatching (see op)

if you want, delete all backups from data/media

and make a new backup to extsd, or move it to pc
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Ok thank you so much :) I really really appreciate it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11piston:
Hi,I have problem with screen mirroring via cast dongl.TWR+wanamlite1.4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Please state the variant of your phone,and what the actual problem is.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aaronponce:
problem with SGS4 SHV-E300S(Korean Version)

Wednesday I received my SGS4 SHV-E300S(Korean Version). Everything is perfect but the 3G network. It is really slow and I don´t know how to fix this problem.

When everybody see "3G" or "H" in his screen, I only see "G".

Is this problem about compatibility between SHV-E300S and the chilean network ?

If someone know about this problem, please answer this thread !

Aaron
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
you will find better answers here :good: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2284543

EDIT: be sure that you have the latest firmware E300SKSUAMG2 http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SHV-E300S&pcode=SKT#firmware
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Ahhh help I can't findy superuser app but I can still grant access and stuff through it. What do I do?????
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runedrune:
Happened with me too. It still grants access to apps that I've accepted before but causes an app to freeze if it needs superuser access and hasn't been granted it before. If that's the same case with you, just download supersu from the play store.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonofthesand:
Hi,

Today I had power off my I9505 for a while. When I switched it on back, it gets stuck at the samsung logo at startup. If there a way to recover from this without re-installing all my apps. I have already tried wiping cache but no luck. :(

I am on a rooted stock rom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Can somebody give me a link to the Samsung WatchOn app. I think that's what it is called. I want the TV remote app. Can someone please give me it. Thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Check all the setting and toggles set properly for the same

Like

auto rotation

screen rotation

smart rotation

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.peel.samsung.app

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Since u have i9500 this device have a hidden binary counter and incase u flash anything custom the device status will become Modified but after flashing a stock firmware back to it and resseting the device it again becomes official only thing is counter must have increased as said its hidden

As of now there are is no tool which can reset the hidden counter to 0 we have to wait till some one makes it for this variant

Just incase u go to service centre for any warranty purpose they may check the binary counter if they do u may not get warranty wrkng for u if u r lucky they myte not check the same

Having said the above if u still wanna root then use the below link for rooting

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292615
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
I have an S4 on 4.2.2 and it says I'm incompatible. Please help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
I've reached a new problem it will download and start installing then say this.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11piston:
international 9505.Connection starts but in a few seconds message device disconnected appears
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
http://d-h.st/users/Unknownforce/?fld_id=16196

Use the above link and along with watchon u myte also have to use peel.apk for this to wrk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Thank you in advance :)

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Thank you so much it worked :) :) :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1dtms:
I got a question on modem/radios please

for i9500 users

If I want to flash modems through recovery (ie from the modem thread linked here and from post #2 in that thread). Do I just flash the zip in recovery and than restart the phone?

Is that it or do I need to wipe anything first (cache or whatever?) or do anything after? And is there a difference in radio if I flash with odin vs flashing it with CWM?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dakiz71:
maybe this has already been discussed:

will it be possible to completely turn an international S4 (i9505) into a google edition version (i9505G) as it recently happened with HTC ONE?

I see that flashing an AOSP rom through custom recovery comes with minor/major bugs and problems and still is impossible to have OTA updates from samsung...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Look HERE

Second post.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dakiz71:
thank you for your answer, those files/roms are flashable to "feel the nexus experience", I would like to have a pure google edition device, meaning I do not have to manually install updates based on dumped roms. I would like to have my internationl S4 completely turned into a google edition (bootloader and kernel and whatever needed) with ota updates coming from Google/Samsung.

I do not pretend anything, I am just wondering if it will be possible in a near future, based on what happened with HTC One that is infact completely turnable into a google edition device.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Sorry.I cannot answer that.

Check through the Dev fora.

There are many attempts at pure GE .

Read the first posts to see if any are what you want.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crauze:
If you flash the modem via Recovery, you don't need to wipe anything, just reboot or you can boot into Download Mode and use Odin to flash, both ways is going to get you the same result
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fridrik:
Before activating the auto rotation, I disabled all of these options.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegopt:
Hi guys

Just bought my s4 9505 and i am cant acess download and recovery Mode. I think it is disabled by samsung in my phone.

I was searching in Internet and saw some cases that happened in galaxy s.

I did a update by fota when o get the Phone. Can be a firmware problem ?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Just make sure you release all buttons the moment the blue text appears in the top left corner.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegopt:
I know.

When i press the 3 buttons the Phone starts normally.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Try with 2 buttons pwr and volume up for recovery and volume down for download mode.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegopt:
I already did. Both.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Try power + vol up.

When the blue writing appears,let go power and vol up.Quickly press volume down only and let go straight away.

:)