yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjeMBeY:
Yes, or you can keep root and use OFFICIAL_STATUS_MOD from my thread. It will reset Binary& Device Status back to OFFICIAL (Factory Data Reset is required)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andys93:
i used it man and in the Download Mode it made Binary Status: Samsung Official but the System Status is Custom and also the Device Status is Custom too:(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjeMBeY:
Yeah because you've missed one thing.... FACTORY DATA RESET will do the trick... :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andys93:
i didnt know that :( and i flashed on top the: philz_touch_5.06.0-i9500 two times cz i thought i was doing something wrong and i saw in a yt video that if u flash it it will make it official again. and then i flashed again your official status mod, damn i ****ed up? or i can reflash your mod and do a factory reset and everything will be sexy?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r.dunne:
Thank you. I posted another thread in General Discussion Q&A forum about the MTP issue. It is post #3108 on page 311 if that helps as I can't post links yet. Anyway, I have done a ton of reading, here as well as many other sources, on this issue and I have tried countless fixes to no avail. I have re-installed drivers many times as well as trying older ones. I have tried several USB cables including the new original and others that have worked on other devices, also all USB ports. I have tried all fixes that I was able to find including registry, device manager, among others. I am still working on it but am becoming frustrated. I am looking into other issues with the PC such as possible infection. I do run AV and firewall on my PC and take steps to keep it clean but I have found some info on WUDFhost issues that I am currently looking into.

When you say to check the first few op posts, are you referring to this thread? If not could you please direct me to the one(s) I need? Please excuse my lack of experience, I visit here often and have rooted several devices in the past without any problems, however I have yet to do any posting as I can usually find the info I need simply by reading and I don't have the knowledge to do any helping yet. This is my first experience with these issues and it bothers me because this is suppose to be simple. Anyway, thanks again.:o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjeMBeY:
Just flash MOD and check your Binary Status, if it's Official, perform Factory Reset and that's it. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andys93:
My binary status is already to "Samsung Official" so i have to make a fr?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ares4:
Hi

My galaxy softbricked trying to install the wanamlite (I got a bootloop) and I've not been able to recover from this by installing a stock firmware via odin (the process failed and I was not able to access to the CWM anymore, also I got the error "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue").

So someone has told me to do this: I've installed the CWM 6.0.3.2-2 (for my I9500) so I can flash the Phoenix ROM SuperWipe and after that I can flash the Crash ROM v8. I've succesfully installed the CWM but I can't flash the Phoenix ROM from the external SD because I get the error "E: Error mount /external_sd".

I've checked the SD and it's a FAT32 system, I don't know what to do. It is a matter of the CWM? If I install the previous version (6.0.3.2), can I do it directly via odin without wiping the previous CWM from my phone? I would really appreciate some tips on this.

Thank you all
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
1st, flash philz recovery if u wanna install phoenix rom

2nd, u can also install only pit file for your variant and see it should boot just fine

3rd, if u can't boot at all try installing stock firmware with pit file using odin see my sign for firmwares

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ares4:
So I have to flash philz touch via odin, but how do I do it with the 6.0.3.2 version already "installed" in my phone? Do I just put the "philz_touch_5.11.2-i9500.tar.md5" in PDA and flash it with ODIN or I have to wipe something first from the mobile?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
yes u have to flash philz recovery and just start..after flashing wipe data and cache.

and i guess you can recover via kies...

and post the results
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ares4:
You mean that I have to wipe data and cache BEFORE installing philz recovery? Or once it's installed with odin, I've to wipe before I install Phoenix superwipe and then install crash rom? Forgive me for my ignorance but I don't want to make a mistake in any step.

Thanks for your responses, you are being extremely helful :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Yes just flash philz recovery above the one u have using odin and then go and flash phoenix rom / reset the device / wipe cache / dalvik and reboot

If above thing gets u again stuck at boot then flash stock firmware using odin so that pit

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ares4:
I get the very same error when I try to choose zip from external sdcard: "E: Can't mount /external_sd/" :crying:

I want to make clear that I only have access to download and recovery mode, I cannot start the phone normally.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Possble chances are that the rom file is corrupted

Any ways let's start fresh get the latest stock firmware and flash it with pit using odin and start the device them will go on with rooting and roms etc

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracarnion:
MF3 recovery or return to MF2

Hi Howdy

Long time S2 skyrocket user, new S4 user here. Before I knew any better, I updated to MF3. I have successfully rooted, but I would like to install CWM. Is this possible at this point? If not, is it possible to downgrade the baseband so that I can install a custom recovery and flash some ROMs?

I did some searching, but want to make sure there is nothing newly-released that I haven't found yet.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ares4:
Do I've to wipe something before I try to install again the stock firmware? I've no idea of how to flash with pit, I've only used PDA with odin...

Thank you very much for everything you are doing, I truly appreciate it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjeMBeY:
Yeah, Factory Reset and you're done :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kedomulk:
No, I mean the i9508. It is a model for the Chinese market only. I just found this thread.

I was wrong in thinking that the i9500 has the same processor as the i9508. But mine actually has the same Qualcomm Snapdragon as the i9505 and according to that thread I could root it with the motochopper. I'm having the same problem as him/her in that Google services are blocked by default.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucius1972:
no OTA/MMI-error?

Hi guys,

I am from the netherlands and bought a S4 in germany, my carrier is vodafone netherlands.

The firmware of the device is XXUAMDM but i can see on "sammobile" that the latest firmware for vodafone (netherlands) is XXUAME2.

If i let the S4 check for updates it says no updates available.

Next step i did, is installed "kies" and it also says latest update XXUAMDM?

Edit: *#1234# gives me the following CSC: OXAAMDM

What is wrong? How to update to XXUAME2?

PS: Bought the device this morning.

Thank you for helping me out here and apologies for the noop question.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noufel:
Hi guys just got my previous device replaced with a new one..the problem I am having is with the loud speaker I hear crackling/distortion when listening to music,its perfect with the headphones on but on loud speaker its not so if there is a fix then let me kno if not should I replace it again ? Thank u
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Just flash a Dutch I9505XXUAME2 PHN rom with Odin from sammobile.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucius1972:
Hi gee2012,

Ok thx, can you maybe help to push me in the right direction how to do it in odin?

You have a useful link?

Many thx again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AF85:
I've got a branded i9505 (loads of network crap smeared over the OS), I'm not sure whether to debrand using a pre rooted rom or wait for something like AOKP/CM to have a stable release. How long am I likely to be waiting on the latter?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Look here for instructions on how to use Odin http://www.ibtimes.com/how-root-sam...ean-umbll1-official-firmware-tutorial-1008726. If you use Odin always close everything Kies related, also in windows taskmanager.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucius1972:
Hi gee2012,

I am not rooted and do not want to root at this time, can i still use your link for instructions, it says something about rooting?

Thx again.

Edit: never mind, already found wat i need to know, again many thx..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No root required and will not raise the binary flash counter. It is original Samsung firmware that you will flash from sammobile.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucius1972:
After flashing official NL firmware from Samsung my CSC will then be I9505PHNAMDB, right?

Is a factory reset after flashing recommanded, or can i skip this step, i don`t mind reinstalling all the apps.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Yes, and it is better to reset after the flash.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucius1972:
Gee2012,

Many many thx for your help and time, much appreciated!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Just bought my S4 today but had many sammy devices before. Like the S4 so far :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucius1972:
Bought mine also today but in germany, the S4 was EUR 100 cheaper there, so the decision was quickly made where to buy.

Just want to get official Dutch :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Bought mine on Marktplaats, payed 530 euro for it with a box, bill and everything else and the box was still sealed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucius1972:
Wow, that`s a good deal! Got mine for EUR 550, inclusing a 32Gig sandisk SD card which i managed to bring down to 15 EUR (normaly EUR 39,99).

Btw SD card? There are already some system files on the SD card from the "german" system, should i format after i did the flash and factory reset or can i leave it this way? Will it overwrite?

Think it`s better to remove microsim and sd card during flashing?

Edit: saw your location: Heerlen? I am also from Heerlen lol!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No, you don`t have to remove the simcard or microsdcard.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucius1972:
gee2012?

I downloaded the ME2 firmware and extracted but i get a md5 tar file (I9505XXUAME2_I9505PHNAMDB_I9505XXUAME2_HOME.tar.md5).

In it are the following files:

- boot.img

- cache.img.ext4

- hidden.img.ext4

- modem.bin

- NON-HLOS.bin

- persdata.img.ext4

- recovery.img

- system.img.ext4

How to proceed, what to load in odin and where?

Shortly need your help here.

Thank you in advance.

Edit: i should search before i ask, just need to put the file I9505XXUAME2_I9505PHNAMDB_I9505XXUAME2_HOME.tar.md5 in PDA and check Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checkboxes.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Extract the downloaded file only once and place the md5 file in PDA in Odin. Make sure only Auto Reboot and F. Reset.Time is checked. Turn of the phone, then press volume down + menu + power at the same time. you will come in downloadmode and now press volume up to be able to flash. Connect the phone with usb with Odin and you`re phone should be recognised and ID:Com should light up with a com number. Then press start and the flashing will commence.

CLOSE everything Kies related first!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bvbsoccer:
Hi,

i got the prerooted ME2 on my I9505 and my Device says custom status, when im on Device Info.

But the TriangleAway App shows Official Status.

How can I get an official status on the Infoscreen in the Settings-App too?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Don't worry it's not difficult at all just don't do mistake

Download firmware put that in PDA in the same odin u also have pit selection above select pit file there and flash it

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
you are good to go with custom recovery.

here is your variant forum http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2257
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
U can flash a recovery I suggest philz recovery check the original Dev section for download or 1st few post of this thread

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ares4:
I've downloaded two stock firmwares: one from india (the newest one) and one from china. I don't think any of them are corrupted so they both should work right? I'd try it with the india stock.

So I put that .md5 stock in the PDA as always and then, which file do I've to put in the pit option? I am quite afraid because I know there are tons of pit files and some of then can totally brick the phone. My I9500 is from China region, could it help if you knew anything else about the device? Such as numbers or anything like that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Flash one of the firmware without pit and see if that boots

Or u go to the link my sign has there u can ask samersh72 he will guide u more on pit file

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41072377

[GUIDE] Unroot/Unbrick, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 & I9505

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Minou32:
Please download the last superSu version 1.51 and reflash it by the recovery mod
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ares4:
The firmware alone won't work.

I've wiped system data, cache, and dalvik to try installing the wanamlite again. I've done it succesfully and when I go to reboot system now the phone asks: "Root access possibly lost. Fix?: No/ Yes - Fix root (/system/xbin/su)".

What should I select? Is it normal to have that "x" in front of the bin? I rooted the phone way before I started with the ROMs, so the phone was already rooted (I did it via cf-autorrot of chainfire).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Select 'fix root'

Edit : u must also try flashing the stock and see result only then u ll know whether it's working or not in certain cases device work little diffrnly

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ares4:
I've got the same error as the first time: I get a bootloop with an error in french that says:

-> Mise a niveau du systeme d'exploitation Android: Optimisasion de l'application i ouverture de l'aplicacions ("Upgrade the operating system Android")

-> IU sys s'est arrete ("system UI has stopped")

-> sec setup wizard

-> Le processus com.android.phone s'arrete ("The process com.android.phone has stopped")

...

EDIT: The stock by itself has not worked, and I've tried lots of times. I don't know what is wrong, it should be so much easy.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Ok there must be some file corrupted which is causing issue

I see only solution which is stock firmware flashing with pit file

For that to work properly uninstall kies and then start the process

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracarnion:
Thanks. I tried Phil'z but I get an error when I try to flash it through odin (I downloaded philz_touch_5.08.5-jflteatt.tar.md5)

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> philz_touch_5.08.5-jflteatt.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> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> FAIL! (Auth)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Thoughts?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Make sure kies is not open in the background

Try diffnt cable or port restart pc

If possible uninstall kies restart pc and try should work

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

Is that version of PhilZ for your variant of the phone?

Odin troubleshooting: If Odin accidentally gives you "fail" try the following:

- Repeat procedure.

- Make sure that all actions of Kies are disabled from task manager.

- Change usb port.

- Try another usb cable (make sure it is the original).

- Try another Odin version.

- Uninstall and re-install driver.

- Try another computer.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andys93:
Thank you man i will do it as soon as i go home ;)

Thank you for all the effort ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
before flashing do a reboot and make sure no locks are enabled..

copy the file to other dir and open the archive and see whether all the files are there..

Then Just simply flash it again via odin..with a different port ... As malybru said kill kies from the task manger fully..

it should be flashed now... and don't use .pit files leave them for later pls...as if it failed it might corrupt your partition.. don't worry..We are here to help..

only if not then, remove the md5 extension from the file name and then try flashing.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AMPJ210368:
Broksar accounts

Anyone Knows When There will be a 3Minit App for Framework XXUBMH1 - I9505 ? tks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

ETA's are frowned upon in XDA.

I am sure that when it is ready,it will become available.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracarnion:
I believe it's the right one. I have the AT&T gs4. I tried different ports and different chords with the same result. What files should be in the directory? All I found was recovery.img. I will try another odin version and another computer, if necessary (i tried 3.07)

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

You did download the tar.md5 file?

Extract that and direct ODIN to flash the tar.md5 file as PDA

All my ODIN installs have been successful on 3.04

If it still all fails,try an earlier version of the recovery.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracarnion:
Yeah I downloaded both tar.md5 files for my phone. How can I extract an md5? I thought I could just use it as it is (that's how I've done it in the past). I tried this with odin 3.04.

The closest I get is when I run it with the old version of philz recovery and it just sits on SetupConnection.. and then eventually fails
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Sorry.

That is what I meant.

Download the tar.md5 and run it.

I have downloaded others that came as zips.

They were extracted and then flashed the tar.md5

Hmmmm.

Have you opened your windows task manger, and made sure that kies processes are all stopped?

Other than that,have you tried asking in your DEDICATED FORUM?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sliderpro:
Hi there! I have an 337 at&t version SGS4

Thing is, I was learning about flashing different roms and kernels and tried to seek "the one, which fits me", but after I flashed to miui and flashed infamous s4 kernel, my miui stopped working, I flashed different rom with its kernel and several more, because I thought I was stuck at bootscreen, but after 10 mins I loaded into one rom and discovered, that it gave me tons of error messages (smth stopped working-OKAY =\ ) and I cant turn on my wi-fi. I tried getting back to miui, but the same crap - errors and no wi-fi and usb debug mode wasn't working. Same for all the roms I tried flashing after.

I don't know, what the heck happened, I tried wiping just everything and it is still the same.

I would really like some hints what to do =\ thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnie498:
if u have ATT S4 & you updated to the MF3 OTA you can only "root". There is no way to flash a custom recovery or a rom or you will brick your device.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Forum Runner
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Check the post above yours for a link to your dedicated forum.

You are more likely to get a definitive answer there.

:)

Sent telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaRkEMpRoR:
please i need a root tut for my I9500XXUBMG9 Cause iam running out of space and i need to install folder mount.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sliderpro:
I will try there, thanks :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony_chenz:
help mate

my crt effect arrow custom rom not working

how to enable crt effect again mate :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292615

Use the link above it has details and file to root
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadDude:
How can I access my internal storage on my S4 using the Recovery Clockworkmod offical, I made some mistakes and a backup that is on a malfunctioning sd card possibly gone for good by the looks of it.

What I need is help with accessing my S4 GT-19505's internal memeory through custom cwm-recovery-6.0.3.2 as I have wiped my "current" rom and a back up is as I said above on a defected sd card.....

I need this ASAP as I cant live throughtout the day at work without my phone :(.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
use adb commend in recovery

boot into custom recovery, attach S4 to pc, open command line in adb folder and type

adb devices

you must see a serial number.

push or pull files

adb pull /sdcard/name_of_file

or

adb push name_of_file /sdcard/
adb reboot recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadDude:
says device offline when I try to push a file.

EDIT I done this ADB Sideload thing and it is installing right now....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
use latest adb file 1.0.31 attached. open command line in that folder. be sure that you are booted in

custom

recovery

instead of "offline" there must be written "recovery"

EDIT: good :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadDude:
well the sideload thing didnt work, but the screen is going dark after the Samsung boot screen and then it just goes black...

also the adb you gave me still shows as device offline, would changing the recovery matter at this point?

and what could becausing the sd card to not mount, ive tried 3 cards each varying in size and none of em actually mount....

thank you for your help btw really appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
i do it on cwm clockworkmod but any other custom recovery must work.

i guess you must use adb before when booted in os at least once, to accept adb security keys.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadDude:
damn I never used adb on my S4, any thing that can be done about it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
why dont you just flash stock firmware with odin?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadDude:
tried that still doesnt boot.... would you know the name of the custom recovery that goomanager provides, that had an option for me to mount my internal storage but I think it wasnt working because I didnt have the drivers for it...

Nevermind its TWRP
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
did you wipe cache and data after flashing stock?

retry. if not use your pit file maybe a corrupted partition :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeadDude:
im not really sure what or how those pit files are used..... or where to get em from.

and yes i did wipe the cache and data prior.

okay you have those in a thread, in that thread you say to make sure the "Re-Partition" is unchecked but when I load the pit file it is checked automatically.... disregard this its 3 am down here :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
read my S4 thread (link in my signature)