yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Because you haven't given enough information to diagnose.

What changed on the phone just before the headset stopped working?

Custom rom or stock?

Bluetooth or wired?

Do other headsets work on the phone?

What have you already tried to fix it that hasn't worked?

We need ALOT more information. And the answer might be as simple as the headphone jack being broken.

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If it unlocks on touchwiz, it will stay unlocked when you switch back to cm.

Also...this service doesn't sound like they know what they are doing. This minor problem shouldn't slow them down.

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You flashed some random file you found on Google?

Unfortunately your problem could be literally anything now as there is no way to know what that file contained.

Can you still boot to recovery?

Can you flash a legitimate stock rom in odin?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joaobastosvet:
Hi guys. I have bricked my s4 gt-i9505. One day after flashing an update of my custom cm 12.1 it just bricked while it was in standby. Tried to flash various stock Roms in download mode via Odin with and without pit file. Also tried to flash twrp and cmw so I could flash a custom Rom but the phone keeps bootlooping. Is there any other possible solution?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Flash latest stock ROM, once flashed and passed boot to recovery and do a factory reset.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joaobastosvet:
Hi, thank you for the help but that didn´t work out. It´s bootlooping even when I do a battery pull after "pass" with and without the pit file. I read all threads about unbricking the gt-i9505 and nothing... There is still one thing I did´t try but I only saw it in gt-i9595G. They have a custom .tar file firmware flashble in odin but it´s not avalable in gt-i9505. Currently I am downloading the first version of the stock rom since I haven´t tried that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Only the first 4.4.2 firmware will flash as bootloader is Knox enabled and prevents you flashing anything older.

Also if you downgrading for lp to kk follow this, I did and it worked flawless, after you have followed the steps you can flash any 4.4.* firmware you wish.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joaobastosvet:
I did that this afternoon and still looping :( I am working on this for 7 days with no results... fustrating. Do you have any more ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Hmm have you flashed twrp and tried formatting your phone and installing any custom ROM?

Sent from my SM-A500FU
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joaobastosvet:
Yes. I Tried twrp and cmw but they crash before I can get a chance of flashing a custom Rom. I will try to copy logs so I can be more specific. The battery seems fine but could it be responsible for something like this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chashmaa:
Try UFNB9 stock 4.4.2 it should work bro
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

If you can't boot in recovery something is wrong with your device. Try flashing it again, and make sure you don't have a corrupted file, download the recovery package again and if you manage to boot into recovery, go into wipe and wipe every partition in your device, then flash the latest stock via Odin to make sure that Knox isn't causing any problems.

It would be appreciated to get logs. The battery shouldn't be at fault here.

All the best,

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zuyufullah Manna:
I am trying to upgrade my galaxy s4 i9500 kitkat to lollipop via odin. But it doesnt identify my phone while Downloading mode.

I have activated usb debugging and installed Samsung kies and Samsung drivers in my pc but also its not connecting to odin while Downloading Mode. But it connects when phone is ON

Plz assist me. Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafsi:
Remove battery for 5 minutes and change usb port

<sent with a mockingbird>
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Styrke:
Hi, my s4 died after I left it charging. The day before it used to freeze after 5 seconds being on home screen then it just reboots. Also from time to time it showed some white stripes.Im suspecting the motherboard being faulty and I want to send it to samsung repairing shop to get it repaired out of warranty.

I have a doubt that the repairing shop would accept the phone as its been disassembled before. Would they?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drthakur:
My galaxy S4 mic is not working. Bought this in India, [MENTION=234523]Amazon[/MENTION].in. Im cuŕently in sydney, can any one tell me how much does it cost to replace the mic.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chashmaa:
Hello guys I have in trouble. My s4 GT I9505 4.4.2 UGNG8 stock version not rooted through odin.after cf autorooted used odin error have "there r no pit file found"solution pls.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chashmaa:
Delate
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XAB2010:
How get mirrorlink 1.0 on Lollipop.

How get mirrorlink 1.0 on Lollipop or port mirrorlink 1.0 from JB Android 4.3. It's needs for my Toyota Touch 2 .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orcam:
I would think they will look at it if you pay them. Thats just a problem when considering warranty.

Not sure, is it under warranty? You could do it yourself for cheaper, but I would advise you to take it to the local phone shop and see what they say. See if you can find a Samsung shop too.

Do some research about i9505 pit files and google your problem. Be careful when flashing pit files as you can ruin your phone for good.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chashmaa:
I have already pit file.but confused only pit file flash via odin in pit section or both to gather? I mean pit in pit place and cf auto in ap?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alonmore28:
hey guys

on TWRP - when wiping

what exactly means "/preload" and what happens if i wipe it? is it ok to wipe the preload partition?

thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbnd:
hello, i have galaxy s4 i9500 with stock rom v4.4.2

one day my phone just started rebooting and didnt start, i also couldnt whipe it because it reboots the moment i see the i9500 logo. so i tried to flash it to the stock rom with odin and i tried v4.4.2 and 5.0.1 from sammobile and it doest work, odin stops at get pit for mapping with or without a pit file, and i also tried to put only the pit file without the rom and still it got stuck on get pit for mapping.

My phone wasnt rooted and had v 4.4.2 on it

i tried using odin 3.07 and 3.10.7 please help its very important!

Thanks!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafsi:
Remove battery for 5 minutes and change usb port. Repeat the process.

<sent with a mockingbird>
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razoth:
can you change the screen-off animation on cm12.1?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbnd:
Thanks but i already tried this with all of my usb ports and i tried to switch cables and i even tried another computer, i should say that i tried the pit and the rom on my other galaxy s4 9500 and it works perfectly fine.

could it be hardware malefunction?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheOtherTiagoTiago:
First, I guess this is the most important stuff before anything else is said: I got an used GT-I9505, with Android 5.01, Brazilian TIM stock ROM, and Knox currently still untripped.

It is all a lot to read; for many times I've tried getting up to speed only to get overwhelmed and be forced to postpone, and next time I try so much time has passed that I forgot lots of the info and have to start almost from scratch.

So, to make things easier, can someone please point me to a list of everything I need to be sure to not do in order to avoid causing permanent or hard to fix problems? If I get at least that, I can start trying stuff as I go and won't have to keep wasting time researching everything over and over again.

Aside from general bricking concerns, something I've still haven't managed to find a definitive answer is if tripping Knox will prevent me from doing stuff like getting root, installing custom ROMs, using certain features of the phone (given that the ROM in question offers support for it) etc. Some places say it will just flip a bit (or rather, burn a fuse) Samsung checks before doing repairs under warranty, and aside from the Knox apps, the phone will work like any other phone; while others say it will mess with camera, WiFi, make the phone permanently unrootable etc; and to make matters worse, many places I've read had people in the comments section saying that either it was outdated information or applied only to other models.

And if you guys are feeling generous; after all of the above is answered, I'm also a bit overwhelmed with the number of possible choices of ROMs. I'm looking for a ROM that will not sacrifice features (at least for the stuff the hardware offers, like the air gestures, slowmo camera, various sensors etc), will give me maximum control (privacy being top priority, followed closely by customization), and after those first items are satisfied will give me as much performance and battery time as possible. Even if you just give me a way to narrow the list down to just the ROMs that fit the first two requirements, it would already be a big help (unless, of course, they all do; in which case having a way to sort the list by performance and battery life would make a hell lot of difference).

Again, I understand the usual practice is to first try researching stuff myself before asking for help, but I've tried it many times and I've always ended up burning out before managing to figure out anything (I guess there might be something wrong with my brain, but psychiatrists haven't been able to figure out what is going on yet).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damanroot:
How to root samsung galaxy s4 with lollypop version
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Check here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2419762

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IvanCarl:
GT-i9505 Boot Animation files on my root

Can anyone tell me how to find a boot animation with these kind of files?

i've seach many times but only the first 3 files i can found when i change it, and only one on my system

changes the boot animation when i modify my bootanimation and i dont have a .zip file on system/media... data/local.... system/customize/resource.

bootsamsung.qmg
bootsamsungloop.qmg
shutdown.qmg

bootsamsungmini.qmg
bootsamsungminiloop.qmg
shutdown.qmg.cover

please help me i want to change my boot animation... thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2611682

[Bootanimation] ANDROID 6.0 - QMG BootAnimation LiBRaRy KoLLecTioN (9/15/2015)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joaobastosvet:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexisonfire0529:
My samsung galaxy s4 i9505. Screen flickers when my signal is low especially mobile data, or when im receiving texts or calls. Please help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metahex12:
My i9500 couldn't mount efs and i recreated the efs. Then my imei was 0049... After that i gave it a service (it is Not samsung service) . They wrote a New imei but i have to do *#0011# after every reboot and i can't install custom rom :( . What can i do ? Please help !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joaobastosvet:
My custom Rom cm 12.1 gt-i9505 did that also... One week later crashed while it was in standby and now it is bootlooping and nothing that I have seen in this forum worked. Odin flash, stock Roms, roots, full wipe, partition etc... I suspect a problem with the mmc chip or some other hardware issue. Try another battery to be sure... Don't want to scare you ;) I'm jla noon so the chances of Bering wrong are very high hehehe
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Macist:
Hi all,

I'm trying to root S4 GT-I9505 (I9505XXUPOJ2).

Was trying this tutorial from tomsguide with motochopper (tomsguide.com/us/samsung-galaxy-s4-guide,review-2798-4.html)

Did everything by step.. looked like was going good, after reboot i was looking for "SuperSU" app(to verify that everything went well) but found only "Superuser" app, and that means phone isn't rooted.

Started "Superuser" got message in app "The Superuser binary (su) must be updated." There was 2 choices: 1.Cancel; 2.Recovery Install. After choosind Recovery Install i got message "There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log of the error to the developer".

What can i do now to make device rooted?

Device info:

Samsung S4 GT-I9505

Android 5.0.1

I9505XXUPOJ2

Kernel: 3.4.0-..........

Build nr: LRX22C.I9505XXUPOJ2

MDF v1.0 Rls 4

VPN v1.4 Rls 3

Any guides are welcome. Thanks in advance for your time!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cambapo:
Hey there!

I recently bought an SCH-R970 over the internet, the US Cellular bound variant. I would like to know if, as the Snapdragon variants are similar, can I flash a stock I9505 ROM without bricking the device? If possible, I would like it to be unrooted and rebranded as I9505.

I appreciate your help :)

EDIT: Btw I just read that it's a CDMA variant. Is it posible to enable GSM and EDGE? I also read that the phone has this too but locked or something like that. My carrier in my country isn't CDMA, so I'm afraid it won't work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wallybanger:
Hey Guys,

I'm trying desperately to root my friggen S4 SGH-I337 and I can't do it. I've tried towel root (device not supported), Kingoroot (error), I've tried flashing CF Autoroot with Odin (Fail!). Nothing works. All of the threads I've been able to find are long and messy with no concise information and they all seem really outdated. This is the info from my phone:

Do I need to upgrade or downgrade the Kernal? If so, where do I find the thing?

*ETA* Nevermind, I just found \/this\/ and it worked perfectly. No idea why it took 2 days of F-ing around to find that thread.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/how-to-root-i337ucufni1-t2881298
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabajit.white:
[MENTION=4169130]XxLordxX[/MENTION]

I tried using http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop/exclusive-antaresone-alucard24-s-t3066696 but it resulted out to be soft bricking my phone. Am I going wrong. I see a Knox shortcut icon on my app drawer. Is that the main culprit doing all these?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rohi09:
what is the exact error in installing custom ROM? if possible create an adb logcat, if you dont know how to do that, please describe the exact problems and errors you are facing.

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install a stock recovery via odin, use http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507931 this desamsungnizer tool to deknox your system, install supersu via recovery, boot up your system, you'll see knox icon is gone. now boot into recovery again, wipe dalvik, cache, system and data partition and install your ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabajit.white:
Stock recovery means?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rohi09:
sorry, custom recovery. :p TWRP is recommended
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Can you be more specific about what you tried to do? Remember that you have to use Odin to flash a custom recovery (like PhilZ or TWRP) and then flash the custom ROM. You can't use the Stock Recovery to flash.

I don't think Knox would be the problem, the only thing it does is trip an eFuse that will show that you modified your device firmware. Also, you wouldn't be able to downgrade to older bootloaders, however that wouldn't happen, as custom ROMs only contains system and (sometimes) kernel images.

Hi,

This thread is quite old, and I don't know if it's the same model as yours. But I hope it helps:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2666781

I did a quick search on Google regarding SCH-R970 custom ROMs, and I've found a few more links. I think you could do that too. Regarding the CDMA vs GSM, I don't know if it's possible, usually carriers are quite annoying with their branded devices, so you better make a careful research on the web about that...

Hi,

AFAIK Motochopper doesn't work with the latest firmwares. So you're better using another script, there are some on the OP, just give a look. I can easily recommend CF-Auto Root, or installing a custom recovery by yourself and flashing SuperSU.

Hi,

This is quite weird... When you say you can't install a custom ROM, what happens? Also, is the IMEI on the back of your device matching with the one in your device itself. I'm thinking if they didn't replace your device with another one, or if they replaced a component? Usually, I think to reflash an IMEI you'd need a toolbox and use that to flash it directly into the board, however, it can also be "reflashed" by replacing it...

Well, if possible be more specific about your problem.

All the best,

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metahex12:
No i can install rom but i can't make calls and can't connect base station. Because i have to do *#0011# every reboot. But *#0011# is works Only in stock rom. So i can't use custom rom. Did you understand?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iwasaned:
hello,

I'm from austria and got an i9505 with stock firmware 4.4.2.

I want to use the tool SnoopSnitch so I put cyanogenmod 12 (android 5.0.2) from AntaresOne & Alucard24 with heimdall (cyanogenmod's tutorial) on it.

Sadly SnoopSnitch didn't work, I got an error that I may have no qualcomm cpu or dev/diag is missing.

I decided to load a stock android 4.2.2 firmware for austria (ATO) - but my wlan can't be activated now :(

How do I know which firmware is the right one? I couldn't find any original Cyanogenmod 12.0 (Android 5.0.2) firmware !? ...where can I get one?

Please help!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boilavera1980:
I have a 9506 on the Latest TW Lollipop 5.0.1 and have really no idea how to root it. All I could find were for older Versions. I Don't know. I'm just really confused, hope somebody can help Me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Newest Odin available if anyone needs

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086993794
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarteNoir:
Music stored on the External SD Card is removed from playlists at reboot

So I'm getting a really frustrating issue happening with my phone wherein any .mp3 files stored on my external SD card are removed from their playlists whenever I restart my phone. Any music stored on the internal phone storage still remains in the playlists but everything else gets cleared out of them. I've taken a look into the Media Store's SQL logs and found this:

Basically, I cleared the Media Store's data to reset the Android media database, then I rebooted. On the first reboot, all my playlists displayed perfectly (external SD music AND internal SD music). This produced the 3 log lines above the highlighted line in the image. Then I restarted my phone again and once again all the music on the external SD card was erased from my playlists. Restarting gave the log lines below and including the highlighted line. What seems to be happening is Android is removing any reference to files stored on my external SD from the Media Store database at reboot, then it rescans when the phone starts, but it generates the playlists BEFORE it scans the external SD for media, so it just thinks there's loads of missing media in the playlists and removes any reference to external SD music. Then it scans the external SD for music and finds all my media there.

So in the end I can still access all the music stored on my external SD and my phone sees it just fine, it's just that it's never maintained in any playlists. If anyone has any method of fixing this or any advice at all, I'd really appreciate it! I don't have enough room on my internal SD to store all my music.

Thanks!

(I'm on a Google Play Edition Galaxy S4 running Android 5.1)

EDIT:

After more experimentation, I've made a breakthrough. Ultimately, this all happens cause Android's Media Scanner will scan the internal SD for media at startup. When it finds Playlist files it attempts to import them into the system database but because the SD card takes a while to mount at startup and is temporarily unreadable for a while at boottime, when it tries to follow the path back to the music on the SD card it can't find the music since the SD card is still mounting. Instead of, yknow, doing anything logical like waiting for the SD to mount, it just erases the entries from the playlist. So to get around this stupid flaw in the system, you need to move all your playlists (.m3u/.pla/etc files) from the internal SD to the external SD card.

By moving the playlist files to the SD card, it ensures that they only ever get read once the SD card has finished mounting and the Media Scanner then attempts to scan the external SD for media. At this point it finds the playlists and follows their mp3 file paths back to the finally loaded Music folder on the external SD.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aussiewaterdragon:
I9505 boots to LMY470 not LRX

I have been using the Danvdh ROM JFLTE-GPE 5.0. I have tried to upgrade to 5.1, but after flashing (yes I do a factory reset) it always boots into LMY470 not the Danvdh ROM. It makes no difference if I use OTG to load and flash or do it directly. I read somewhere about flags or permissions being set that force the flashing to revert to some residual elements stored in the phone, but I haven't been able to delve any further. Can anybody help. It would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orcam:
Here is cm 12 for the i9505. Remember you can always find your firmware on SamMobile use that to download an Austrian firmware for your carrier and flash it with ODIN.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop/rom-cyanogenmod-12-nightlies-qcom-intl-t2999570

Google CF Auto Root and find a tutorial on it. Then flash it with ODIN.

Are you using TWRP to flash it? If so make sure you clean flash everything. Wipe the internal SD card and flash it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafsi:
Guys,

Do you know a good debloater for KK? I'm interesting in the idea of downgrading my LL. I have a good debloater for LL and I'm looking for a KK one.

Thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Check this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2514703

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mafsi:
Geee...Is all manual, huh? No script..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kulbon:
Hi i have shv-e330s modified to use in europe. I want to update firmware by kies. If i do that i will overwrite modem and csc?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samsungguy32:
I have a galaxy s4 not rooted that has bricked. It was being used as it normally would but the screen started turning purple and now it won't do anything. Won't light up or vibrate. Computer recognizes it as QHUSB_DLOAD. How do I fix it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Can u still boot download mode? Power-volume down-home button. If u can then go to sammobile and get the latest firmware for your phone and download it, also download odin.once both downloaded extract the tar.md5 file from the firmware zip, open odin and click pda or ap ( depends on version) connect phone to pc, once u see a blue blox with the word comm init press start. Wait for it to finish and hopefully it'll boot up.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samsungguy32:
I don't think Odin recognized the phone at all. Had to look for it in device settings. Said QHUSB_DLOAD

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And no I cannot boot into download mode. The doesn't do anything.