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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virgosep1990:
I am using auto brightness setting it works ok but when i open camera then auto brightness stops working. Brightness remain high. Any solution???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clevantes:
Have you try to wipe dalvik cache? :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] momerbk:
[MENTION=4975115]samersh72[/MENTION]

[MENTION=2743227]gee2012[/MENTION]

my phone showing network not registered when place a call. the status of the device in about phone is shown as service state; disconnected.

this all happened after flashing the latest update of stock russian rom via odin. the network disappeared.

when i enter *#0011# in that it shows IMEI certi fail.

also the imei shown in about phone in settings is different than the one on the phone behind the battery.

the about phone is showing the following IMEI 004999*****0000. since i cant write the full IMEI number i used asterisks.

following rom is installed : I9500XXUBMEA_I9500OJVBMEA_I9500XXUBMEA_HOME.tar

i was asked to flash an older modem by [MENTION=2743227]gee2012[/MENTION] and i did. i flashed I9500_XXUAMDE_MODEM.tar now and i see the following(check attachment) instead of the signal bars that i was able to see earlier

please help me out with this

awaiting earliest reply

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Quote:

Originally Posted by lambstone View Post

Ok it worked.

If anyone else is having issues with the baseband not changing, do this.

Use Odin v3.04

Untick Autoreboot

Flash modem

Reboot once again into Download Mode using (Vol Down plus Home button combi)

Flash Modem once more

Once done,unplug then reboot device manually.

If this doesn't work, try repeating the flash process again while rebooting manually and with auto-reboot option turned off.

Did you flash the modem twice?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] momerbk:
ok so just clear it out. the baseband DOES change. and yes i flashed twice. still no luck. heres the screen shot after i flashed twice.

the problem is when i use the baseband that comes with the stock rom which is I9500_XXUBMEA_MODEM the phone does show signal bars but no incoming or outgoing calls as it can not detect network. it says network not registered when i place the call.

and when i change to older baseband such as to I9500_XXUAMDE_MODEM.tar or to I9500_XXUAMDK_MODEM then it shows me no signal bars at all. but the baseband DOES as i can see it in about phone. for reference the check the attachment

awaiting reply

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Allready tried reflashing the the modem you had or the stock rom with Odin as i suggested on the other thread?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] momerbk:
yes, multiple times.

the problem that seems to be is that the imei that the phone is showing in about phone does not match the imei behind the battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
That things may happen sometimes when moving from old to new baseband.

Flash your old baseband twice

Or flash your old stock firmware

sent from my Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] momerbk:
tried that. no luck with that either :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elm3alem:
What's the changes or changelist content in the last S4 i9500 update I9500XXUBMG9??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Samsung doesn`t release official changelogs per build. Try to find improvements/changes via user comments on this forum. Most of the changes are bugfixes, nothing new will be added till 4.3 or 5.0.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NekoOtoko:
Hello,

Sorry, I'm kinda Samsung noob. Is it possible to use the 4.1.1 service menu method to unlock S4? I think it only comes with 4.2 software...

Can I flash just any 4.1.1 rom into S4? Any other method to unlock S4? Any confirmed vanilla ROMs that work with that unlock method.

Best regards!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Hey I needed help with my Samsung galaxy s4..i was trying to use Game killer with it but. Was unable to use it.. It constantly. Asked for root privileges even though my device is rooted.. And game killer constantly closes and then reopens on its own.. Any idea how can I use it? Help would be highly appreciated.. :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I am fairly sure that there are no 4.1.1 ROMS for the S4.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Please anybody... Help me out with my problem... :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Please be patient.

I am sure that if someone has an answer for you,they will give it.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Hey guys so in have rooted my galaxy s4 GT-I9505.. Will I still be able to get regular updates? Or not.. If not.. So if I go back to stock rom will I be able to get the updates as usual then? :) just kinda confused..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You can still get updates with root.

Only a custom recovery or kernel will prevent it.

What ROM have you got?

Does it still say "Official" in settings about phone?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
I am having the stock 4.2.2 jelly bean just as I bought the mobile yesterday.. And the device status is Custom..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Then, you will not get OTA updates.

That is not a problem, because the devs keep their ROMS up-to-date.

So, you will never be behind in having the latest.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NekoOtoko:
Good to know, won't be looking for them then. About the rest of my questions... Any ideas if there are any S4 ROMs that support the free unlocking method?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
By the way I forgot to mention that when I bought it.. The status was official after rooting it turned custom and also I used CF-AUTO Root do you know about it and any info whether it's good or bad? :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It is not bad.

At any time you can flash stock firmware from HERE , and return the phone to an "Official" status.

In order to get it back to factory state,you will need to run Triangle Away from the market.

This has to be run just before flashing the stock firmware.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Now that's a plus.. Thank you very much! Glad I subscribed to your thread ahaha :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
did you remember on what stock firmware you where before issues (the rom when you got your s4 out of the box)?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shahriarthe1:
yes i did it the first day i bought it but no result.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Quote [MENTION=4975115]samersh72[/MENTION] : did you remember on what stock firmware you where before issues (the rom when you got your s4 out of the box)?

I9500XXUBMEA_I9500OJVBMEA_I9500XXUBMEA
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Hello everybody. As I asked earlier does anyone have any idea on how can I get Game Killer to work. On my galaxy s4 GT-I9505 rooted..? :/help would be much appreciated! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Not a gamer myself but is the game suited for the S4 in terms of resulution and screensize?. Can or have others played the game well on the S4?

Look here for others users having issues with this game http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42855167. Always search first before you post a question ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Gee2012 it us not a game. It's a memory editor which we can use to change the in game values.. :) it should work though it's not working..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Oke, doesn`t seem to play well with 4.2.2 atm, see link above.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
I already read that thread questioned here after reading that ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
going back to the original stock rom, usually fix this issue of baseband.

i suggest to flash Philz recovery, wipe system, then reflash stock MEA firmware. (i red somewhere that it worked)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Allready suggested that except for the Philz Recovery flash and wipe system part. Will PM it to him. Thanks bro :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] momerbk:
[MENTION=4975115]samersh72[/MENTION]

i dont remember to be honest. i bought it from USA this i9500 octa core version. since samsung didnt launch it in the USA, i reckon they imported from somwhere. and i checked the booklets they were in spanish. so probably the firmware was COL

i tried flashing that too but no luck.

also i took it to the nearest service centre of samsung in Pakistan, they said the IMEI is corrupted.

so this probably doesnt has to do with the software. am i right?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
i dont think it is corrupted. it must be there a solution.

try my suggestion with Philz recovery.

wipe data & cache before and after flashing old stock firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtencarguez:
what version of game killer did you install?

installed v2.5 full on my i9500 pre-rooted stock bmg5 and its working fine.

look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuE2DVlQQjA, this is where i got the app from.

try to check root also maybe root in your phone doesn't stick..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Dude first off you stole that video from my YouTube channel CptSyndicateOrigins.. Secondly I used version 2.60.. And kindly do not steal my videos off YouTube :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtencarguez:
so sorry man, my bad, not gonna happen again, my sincerest apologies.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
It's okay... But please make sure that doesn't happen again since its others work.. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] momerbk:
the problem is brother, that might void warranty. and then i would have to reset the counter and remove the triangle too :(

any other solution?

i read somewhere someone did do that still, his s4 didnt work even after wiping that
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
No triangle away for I9500.

i inspired this solution from here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44559995&postcount=58. please read the whole linked thread, maybe you will find a solution between the lines.

you can keep trying different modems or/and different stock firmwares.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpanand:
product code

hi i want to know can the product code change due to flashing rom from different region
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
Malybru guess who got a sexy new phone :p good to see a familar face mate
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
Yes
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
Hi is there a real noob starting place I can go to read? Im totally new to samsung flashing, more used to htc locked bootloaders! Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
There are a couple of interesting links for you on the first page of this thread.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Allo ,mate.

Good to see you here. :D

As kantjer says , check the first post for all sorts of newbie goodies.

No locked bootloaders here.

No s-offing.

All very simple.

Lots of good people to help out in case of emergency.

If you are after rooting your phone, check THIS THREAD

Best place to get started. :good:

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
Thanks been through those but is there anything pre that. Real basic I.e what's oden how Samsung flashing works, boot triangle?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I started with this Odin guide when I started wit the S4.

The rest is depending if you want to stay stock or go custom.

If you go custom I wouldn't not bother about Triange Away, it wont work anyway if you flash a custom recovey.

Most, if not all, custom ROM's are pre-rooted. That means on the S4 just flash a custom recovery using Odin and then flash the ROM from TWRP or CWM recovery and that's basically it.

I was pleasantly surprised how easy it all was, within 10 min. from unboxing you can have your custom ROM up and running.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Look in item 1 of my signature for Odin and flashing here for CF Auto Root http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2219803.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Nice tut, I will revere to that one in the future. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vitale87:
Hello first time poster long time reader here finally got rid of my old iphone 3gs and upgraded to a galaxy s4 loving it so far

I attempted my first root / rom change yesterday and tried out the google edition wasn't really my thing so i went back to the stock firmware and had a few questions / worries about what i have done so far and was hoping someone here may give some guidance

So i used this firmware from sammobile

GT-I9505 Galaxy S 4 LTE

PDA: I9505XXUBMEA

CSC: I9505XSABME4

MODEM: I9505DVUBME4

Added: 2013-06-03

I am assuming this is the correct one for my phone as its a i9505 and not branded by any carrier and i obviously live in australia

I put this firmware on and everythings running fine i can do the updates again because right now im not rooted anymore

My questions are as followed

1.I read that if you flash an official firmware it won't increase your binary counter does this included the google edition the 1 i used was

(http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2348272)

2.How can i verify if my binary counter is 0 and that if i needed to claim warranty i would not be void i have put the phone into download mode and currently it says the following which i hope means everything is good to go

ODIN MODE

Product Name : GT-I9505

Current Binary : Samsung Official

System Status : Official

CSB-CONFIG-LSB : 0x30

Write Protection : Enabled

From everything i have read so far this would indicate binary counter is 0 and warranty can be claimed can someone verify this for me and give me some pace of mind

Thanks in advance !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Ony flashing custom (non-official) software like CF Auto Root or recovery`s and kernels with Odin will raise the binary flash counter. If you flash stock firmware you`re counter will not be raised and the counter will remain on 0.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vitale87:
1 of the tutorials i followed from techbuffao

Did use CF Auto Root and to installl TWRP which i did both

So im assuming from what you have mentioned my counter is above 0 now

the information i posted about my download screen

ODIN MODE

Product Name : GT-I9505

Current Binary : Samsung Official

System Status : Official

CSB-CONFIG-LSB : 0x30

Write Protection : Enabled

Does this mean my counter is 0 or above or won't tell me ? and i just have to assume if i did use CF Auto root / TWRP then its definetly above 0

Also what is the easiest method to reset this counter if possible would it be to use Triangle away i read that it can brick your device ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Yes ,if you have used anything custom, your counter will rise.

Triangle away is the only way to read the counter.

It comes with all sorts of scary warnings about bricking your phone.

Just follow the instructions carefully , and you will be fine.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vitale87:
Thanks for the reply just to clarify things as im still confused

To use triangle away the phone needs to be rooted correct ? but rooting the phone does not put the counter up only custom stuff

so what i need to do is root the phone download triangle away run it then unroot

main reason for unrooting is i want to be able to do automatic software updates

does this sound about right ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Yes.

Root,triangle away,reset the counter,and without coming out of recovery/download mode, flash the stock firmware.

This will unroot,and give you a stock recovery.

Ready for OTA or sending back for warranty purposes.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
Hi thanks guys for the links and guides. One question, im on stock at the moment and rooted with cf autoroot, now I cant check for FOTA is it just detecting the root? I didnt install a custom recovery yet
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vitale87:
all done and dusted just wanted to say thanks for the help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you are going to install custom recovery and ROMS , then, don't worry about OTA.

You know the DEVS do a better job with the latest firmware.

If it all goes pear-shaped, then , you can worry about getting it back to "Official".

And that is easy to do as well .

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hypergamer1231:
Binary Counter

So I have a I9500 and as we all know triangle away is not supported yet, hence I havent rooted yet. Now is there a way to install a custom recovery from the stock recovery and then I can install kernels Roms etc.....

After all this if I flash the official samsung Rom will the binary counter increase......please advise as I read somewhere that a stock samsung firmware doesnt increase the bnary counter
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ya Rahman:
hi guys

i have a problem to copy some files from PC to internal memory

and it is error
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Ya rahman were you copying the files to your obb folder? That is located in android? If not then where were you copying it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpanand:
Thanks Samersh72
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ya Rahman:
yes i copy data file games in to obb folder
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Today the same happened with me. Well what I did was I copied the game file to another folder such as downloads folder and then I went into the phone and used a file manager such as root. Explorer to move that game file to the obb try that it should work.. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADDICT.ANK:
The data ur copying is damaged

Try renaming it.and then copy.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piippes:
Hey!

I need to transfer som files on my mac to my phone. It is quite a big file and it will take ages using airdroid. I can't get andriod file transfer to work at all. Does anyone have a suggestion on how I do it without bluetooth or network being involved?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choccy31:
Can someone confirm what the latest firmware is for the S4 on T-Mobile UK?

Mine is currently running 4.2.2

Is there anything higher?

Ta
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No, 4.2.2 is the latest atm.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Actually. 4.2.2 is the latest stock which comes in GT-I9505 and GT-I9500 but you can flash the. Official (leaked) 4.3 into your s4..the 4.3 officially was introduced in the Google play edition of Samsung galaxy s4 that is GT-I9505G
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choccy31:
Thanks

What the best way to root this phone? (stock?)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
I rooted mine using the CF-AUTO Root method the easiest out there.. It only took like 20 seconds.. Here is the. Link to the tutorial...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsO5o_-CI8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piero88:
Is there a way to reset the counter with Triangle Away after you use CMW?

I was about to install CM 10.2 but I think I've understood that it's not possible after installing such recovery to reset the counter to 0.

Is it true?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Yes you can reset it but after a reboot it will jump to 1 again because of the custom recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] choochcaleb:
Could I get a S4 Active case and have it still fit my regular ATT S4? This is a link to the case. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DM9AQG4/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3VODXGBJ323R7
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piero88:
jtflexx
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
Guys does anyone know of a good screen recorder that I can use? Like Screencast? But Screencast doesn't. Work with s4 I don't know why? I just get a black screen..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Piero88:
So there's no way to set it to 0? I mean like getting rid of the custom recovery and then using triangleaway?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshAndrew123:
There is a way but for that you need to flash the stock. Rom again.. Which you can get from sammobiles.com
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Run triangle away reset to 0 , and before exiting recovery/download mode, flash stock firmware.

You will keep the 0 , and get back stock recovery and firmware.

:)

Sent telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramordep:
what is the most compatible custom recovery for i9505 intl version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
Not offending any dev, i prefer Philz recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Same for me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
+1, the latest 5.11.1 is also fully 4.3 compatible.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhlfan14:
Can someone give me directions to restore my GS4 GE to stock? I'm trying to root and it's not working. Think I want to try starting over from scratch.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
Hi I have a question about baseband. Im on I9505XXUBMEA, so if i download a custom rom based on a different baseband i just flash the radio for my baseband and all is well?

Do i need to worry about RILs etc built into the rom or is it just a case of flash and go?

thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Ususaly you can just flash a compatible modem with Odin 3.04 in the Odin Phone section, look in my signature for all available modems. Never had an issues myself flashing different modems.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
You don't need to change be GSM modem (baseband) just stick with the one that gives you the best reception. You need however flash the LTE modem to match your ROM's build version. If you don't do that you will have LTE and WiFi issues.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
Ok thank you both, i think i understand.

So i need to flash a modem that matches the ROM base of the custom rom im flashing and hopefully LTE should work.

What if LTE doesnt work for me, is it ok just to flash a different modem or do i need to change files in the ROM too?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
The LTE option will only appear if you're provider supports LTE.

If you go for a custom Rom try to find one that supports multi CSC. Otherwise you will need to change the CSC as well.

Other than that no files need to be changed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woppers:
Hi guys,

I tried to post this question in the relevant form but I was unable because I am only a new member. I have flashed this GE edition ROM to my Galaxy S4 i9505 International and everything works perfectly.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2348272

I then tried to flash KT Kernel. Here is the link for it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2297379

I have tried both the 4.3 TW version and the 4.3 AOSP version of this kernel and both of them crash.

The 4.3 AOSP version will not boot past the google boot animation with the 4 spinning colours.

The 4.3 TW version boots all the way to the lock screen and then restarts itself.

I have followed the instructions and I cant seem to figure out what is happening.

I used TWRP 2.6.0.0 to flash the ROM and Kernel. Has anyone got any idea why none of these will boot for me?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
You should use the 4.3 TW version. It could be that by flashing the wrong kernel you overwrote needed system files.

Just flash the ROM and the TW version of the kernel again and see if that solves it.