yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KuliG:
Hi, i've just flashed my i9505 with odin cf-root (went well - then i've locked KNOX through supersu), then i tried to install twrp from GooManager (wasn't even working), ROM Installer (it might install a CWR(?)) but it wasn't booting into recovery so i flashed it with Odin and .tar of TWRP 2.8.1... still didn't want to boot into recovery. (kernel is not seandroid enforcing) - but it do normally boot into system

got stock rom 4.4.2

So I wanted to install normal cwm through Clockwork Mod ROM Manager and it said i already have two (CWM and TWRP), i've clicked TWRP and it booted into TWRP (but there were also this seandroid enforcing before)

soo... what's going on? Why can I go to recovery thorught android and can't by the vol+power?

(can also do it by holding vol+power+home, then when i see rainbow text i hold only vol up- ten it reboot and goes into recovery)

It is harmless? Can i make it go away?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izida:
Does anybody have sony live wallpaper cosmic flow for S4 I9505? Today i get I9505,before that i have Arc S and i love cosmic flow live wallpaper,i want that on my new I9505,is that possible?

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

Maybe it's an YouTube problem , try downgrading or checking for an update of the app ;).

Hi,

I believe the original owner got his device repaired or changed the body of it, I've seen this issue multiple times, even with device models (i9505 with i9500 back), don't worry, wiping the device won't lock your IMEI, just do an EFS backup just to be safe ;).

Hi,

Have you tried this app?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kapp.ifont

Hi,

On GT-i9505 it runs fine with almost all on high settings, so I believe you'll be able to run on GT-i9506 on max settings without problems ;). If it ends up having some issues just low a bit each setting until you have something pleasant.

Hi,

Try reinstalling the stock ROM and checking in the Knox Thread everything that needs to be deleted. I believe something from Knox is still causing issues there.

All the best,

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] littlegreen:
Hey guys!

Just got a SGS4 i9505 (Qualcomm) and... of course the first thing I did was flash recovery and a custom rom :p

I did, however run into this right after flashing (Screenshot attached)

I tried whatever I could get my hands on out there: key combinations in the dialer, backing up and restoring EFS folder, wiping EFS and what not else. I tried switching ROMs and recoveries.... nothing seems to help me out :(

Any idea on what else I could try?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
used latest cwm recovery and latest philz recovery to try and create a back up but it gets stuck on 'generating md5 sum' and doesn't complete the back up, what could be wrong?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Did you leave it for long enough?

Sometimes it can take quite a long time.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkavpr:
i need to know the best custom rom for sph l720 (galaxy s4 sprint) and the latest radio and all the goodies, wifi tether, overclock and anything good please help i have jelly bam 10.4.1 need something better
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
There is no 'best' ROM. ...what's great for one person may not be great for another. You need to try them for yourself...that way you will get an idea of what is right for you. ;)

You also have a dedicated help thread for your varient. ....check the first post of this thread.........
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zombifyable:
Hi! Newbie here, may I know what the default file systems are for cache, data, and system? Like are they ext4 or something? I'm using the international version of the galaxy s4. Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

All those are ext4 ;). Just checked here using mount and grep commands hahaha.

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
15 mins, should i leave it for longer?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peterice:
How to solve invalid imei on Samsung
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Yes , perhaps.

I have had some that take 20 minutes , sometimes

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kushan02:
wanna to try android lollipop 5.0

heres the link to thread

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop/rom-cyanogenmod-12-t2943934

hope this helps
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ambrusmail:
Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus (SM-G901F) root

Hallo,

I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 plus (SM-G901F) phone, with G901FXXU1ANH6. I want to root to have acces to remove some programs from Orange Romania what I don't need and they are in memory.

My questin is if somebody can help me because I am a beginner and I don't want to make it wrong.

After root is it possible to make any updates of firmware for Android 5 for example?

My email adress is ambrusmail@gmail.com

Thank you.

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

Wrong forum.

Try posting here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2700073

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobsX2:
Is there a way to reduce the time that the back button takes to kill an app?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] endofwed:
Does anyone know how I can get my phone to work with my civic?

The rom I am using is 4.2.2 (and on bootstrap) and for some reason, the civic steering wheel buttons dont work on this custom rom. I've tried other custom roms on a backup phone and it worked fine.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazielEren:
hi can someone help me with a no fix gps status? my s4 is i9506
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have a look HERE

And this maybe - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=by.zatta.agps

May be of some help? :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazielEren:
it didnt help. my gps still no fix status.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
Here's one of the ways that helped me to fix GPS.....

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55709676&postcount=25084

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazielEren:
when i try to check the root then tap change csc nothing happens
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
Try this app to change CSC

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2609045

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
Help :(

Hi, ok im really stuck now so need help with something.

i was using a ROM based on XXUGNH7 for ages, no problems, I had modem XXUEMJ5 and LTE modem MH1. im on the pre-knox bootloader and my aim is to keep it this way!

I thought id try out an update using XXUGNK2 but my data connection wasnt working 0.02mbps so i flashed the NK2 modem and accidentally flashed NK2 LTE modem too. didnt make things run faster and just lagged the rom, i flashed back to modem MJ5 and LTE modem MH1 and gone back to my nandroid backup of NH7 but my data connection is still knackered, 0.02mbps :(

dont really know how else to fix as ive tried different pre knox modems and LTE modems but no luck, not sure what else to try other than finally taking the plunge into knox 0x0 :( any suggestions would be great
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohyourgosh:
Hello, I'm running the CM12 optimized lollipop rom from antares one.

I'm wondering if an s view case will work on this rom since I'm thinking about buying one.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
hi, yes it will, tested earlier works using the CLock app
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohyourgosh:
Sounds great. Where can I find it? I tried looking in the play store and all I got were alarm clock apps lol
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
comes bundled with the rom, look for the CLock widget, there isnt a separate app for it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo2331:
I used Link2SD to move app to SD (I have GPE rom).. with lollipop that's not working anymore... any other ways??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ulremember:
Please Help!!!!! Trying to install Echoe Rom Verizon Ver. on Sprint S4

Hello to all

I installed Echoe ROM on my Sprint L720 per instruction.

Upon letting it sit and changing APN, I could call and had wifi and Data, but I could not send Picture messages.

I tried all types of settings.

CAn someone please provide me with the current working APN's for Sprint.? I really like the look and feel of the ROM.

I think the pop up said network not connected

Thank you in advance.

Blessings
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazielEren:
Help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milo 2014:
New member to XDA Developers Forum

Hello;

I make this quick. My phone details are below. I saw two days ago some youtube videos on how to convert Samsung Galaxy S4 into Samsung Galaxy S5 by flashing ROM. I did not want to take the risk and follow the videos as the steps were not clear for me.

This forum is very HUGE and has a lot of information and I was looking for the thread which deals with this issue but I was really lost as I am very new to this forum (my first day).

So please can you guide me to the right thread which has step by step on how to convert Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 to Galaxy S5? What are the files needed?

Br

Milo

PHONE DETAILS:

PHONE MODEL: Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505

ANDROID VERSION: 4.4.2

KERNEL VERSION: 3.4.0-3162654

BASEBAND VERSION: I9505XXUGNJ8

BUILD NUMBER: KOT49H.I9505XXUGNJ8

SECURITY SOFTWARE VERSION: MDF v1.0 Release 2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Hi,

there are different possibilities to change it to the S5 design. First one to flash a custom Rom or you can stay stock but flash the single S5 apps and launcher. What do you want to do?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milo 2014:
Hello DarkerTimes;

Thank you for the response, I really appreciate it. Well I want my S4 to have the S5 design by flashing a custom ROM. I don't know if this option is the best because I really do not know much about all the other options out there.

Br

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

Check the development thread for the ROMs that are on KitKat and have Touchwiz, then look at the screenshots. After that follow the instructions on the thread for flashing it. It's a pretty simple task! If you run in any problems post here again and I'll try further helping ;).

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-develop

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milo 2014:
Hi;

I really appreciate the help.

I went to both links and I was LOST SERIOUSLY. I didn't know where to look at all. So many things and I could not get my self around all the information there.

Can you guide me exactly to the thread for the purpose I am after which is turning my S4 GT-I9505 to S5 design?

Cheers

Milo
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eisenbergw:
GPS problem on I9505

Hi,

So I've searched around and tried a number of software-based solutions, but nothing is helping. My problem is that the GPS function works for about a day, and then stops working. The only thing I have found that solves the problem is to take the phone apart, disconnect the GPS antenna for a few seconds, and then reconnect it. After reassembling and turning it on, it works wonderfully for about a day. Then it goes back to dead. I've replaced the GPS antenna - no luck. I've tried a couple of different modems (I use XXUGNG8 stock at the moment). No real behavior change. Does anyone have any ideas besides sending it to the Samsung repair center?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanw5489:
Hi hope someone could help me, I have a galaxy s4 Verizon 4.4.2 nc5. And currently just happened to me but when I turn my wifi on nothing works like I can't run any app that needs Internet also I check my Internet and everything is working fine. Also when I go into my Internet settings it says it connect to my home network but it still scans! I did recently install safestrap but I am not running any other rom or on safestrap! Any ideas!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazielEren:
can somebody help me with this. i already tried gps fix, gps.conf, and csc changer but no luck.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohyourgosh:
Bought an s view case. Screen turns off when cover is closed. Clock display comes on, lockscreen shows when power button is pressed.

Also I can't figure out how to make a cLock widget display while cover is closed. I can only put it on homescreen. I put it as the clock widget in real hall monitor but it still doesn't display.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubiks01:
Envoyé de mon STARSHINE III en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick_robbo:
Hi All,

I posted in this thread a few days ago but received no reply, thought I would try again.

I have an S4 I9505 (UK Vodafone) - Currently running 【4.4.4】Google Play Edition 【KTU84P】

I tried to flash a Lollipop rom, and it did not work. (Even after full wipe/cache clear etc) Kept getting stuck at the Samsung Boot Screen.

I then got into recovery, and flashed my old rom back, eveything seemed to be fine. When I try to reboot the phone, it just gets stuck at the Samsung boot screen so I have to reflash the rom, then it boots fine?! Anyone got any advice? I have posted in multiple help threads and keep getting no response.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
What's the problem now? You said after flashing stock rom again it boots fine. Or did I missunterstand you?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick_robbo:
Yeah I am running my old rom (its not stock). its 4.4.4.

It runs fine, but when I reboot, or the battery runs out it gets stuck at the Samsung Boot screen with the blue flashing light. I then have to remove the battery, go to recovery and full wipe/flash the rom again for it to reboot and start up. Then I have to set up the phone again.

For instance yesterday I had to update the SU binaries, then it asks to reboot. When it restarts it just gets stuck, so I have to full wipe/reflash to get it to boot again.

---------- Post added at 02:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:50 PM ----------

Yeah I am running my old rom (its not stock). its 4.4.4.

It runs fine, but when I reboot, or the battery runs out it gets stuck at the Samsung Boot screen with the blue flashing light. I then have to remove the battery, go to recovery and full wipe/flash the rom again for it to reboot and start up. Then I have to set up the phone again.

For instance yesterday I had to update the SU binaries, then it asks to reboot. When it restarts it just gets stuck, so I have to full wipe/reflash to get it to boot again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobsX2:
Do any of the GPE roms support f2fs?

Im using another rom that uses F2FS but i want to know if i need to switch back to ext4?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Did you try to flash your 4.4.4 rom again? Not just restoring your nandroid backup but flash it completely new with fullwipe?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick_robbo:
Yeah that's what I'm doing, doing a full wipe every time. I'm not restoring it from a backup
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex81#:
Hi

I'm new in that materia of flashing.... and i got a little bit confused about the backup job.

I have an Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 with Baseband I9505XXUENAA and Samsung Stock Android 4.3

I decided to play a little bit with that phone so I read a lot and prepared me to do everything right...

I actually did the CF-Auto root, success.

No It was time to do all the backups, there for I had taken the EFS Pro 2.1.73, I installed busybux 1.22.1-Stericson and did the backup with the device settings of "Samsung Galaxy S4(Snapdragon)", also success.

Now I wanted to backup the data with the qualcomm nv tools through the help of EFS Pro, but it was impossible for me to get my phone connected. I always got the message "Phone connection has been lost"(screenshot is attached)

my question now is what do I wrong? or do I not need to backup the qualcomm nv data? :confused:

Thanks for your help....

best regards
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo2331:
I've a Galaxy S4 with a GPE rom on it. Can I use a kernel for 9505 or should i go for 9505G?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

There are plenty ROMs that do the work for you. My favorite is PhoenixROM, it's my current daily driver ;). But there are more, others that are quite popular is GoldenFinger and also Echoe ROM.

Happy flashing :).

Hi,

As your device is i9505 (if I got it correctly), you must use an i9505 kernel! But be sure to select one that is compatible with the GPE ROM, usually in the threads they have 3 links (AOSP, GPE and TouchWiz), select the appropriate one and have fun ;).

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chemicalmy:
Well if you want a custom ROM with the S5 UI, I suggest using Echoe ROM S5 port (can't post links yet, just look for it in the i9505 Android development forum) or even maybe use Samy Deluxe ROM, those are just my opinions regarding what S5 port I like. You can find more in the forum if you search for it enough :) .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
So I was watching movie yesterday and the sound didn't go along with the picture, I thought that was something to do with the movie itself and didn't mind it. But now watched some YT videos and I see the same. Is my GPU dying or is there a way how to fix it? Because this is really frustrating.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prevelation:
GT-i9505 sometimes stuck?

Hello folks,

im using my Galaxy S4 GT-i9505 with CM12 Lollipop 5.0.2 (2014-12-22 build) from Antares and Alucard.

My question at this moment is, is it normal that my music stucks every 4-5 songs for 0,5sec sometimes?

That doesn't belong to AUX/Cinch/Bluetooth, got that on every kind of musicconnection.

It seems that it isn't build-relevated, i had it with every released build untill now. That did never change.

Any suggestions or information about that?

Cheers, Henrik
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Try rebooting your device. And if possible clearing cache and some space in your Internal Storage, also make sure you aren't running many apps in background, as it can reduce the performance ;).

For the movie I recommend using MX Player, I've always used this app and never had this kind of issue (and when I had I changed the rendering from HW to SW or HW+, depending on the video).

Hi,

Try another music player. I had this problem when using Google Play Music to play FLAC files, then installed Poweramp and everything worked fine ;).

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
Yesterday I made a backup of stock 4.4.2 with philz latest recovery and it said backup complete. And today when i restored the backup many of my apps that were moved to sd card are seen as 'app not installed' and some apps are force closing. What could be causing this?

EDIT: realised that when i did wipe data/cache in philz recovery, it wiped my .android_secure folder from my sd card which is where the moved to sd card apps are stored.:mad:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kushan02:
I am too on this rom and using google play music solves the issue

---------- Post added at 09:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:51 PM ----------

Bro you cant convert s4 to s5 it.

It can only behave as s5 (by using same kind of software as s5 ui) that would make you feel u are using s5 or apps ported from s5 for you I would suggest you to try android lollipop 5.0

Instructions in the thread link below.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop/rom-cyanogenmod-12-t2943934

Hope this helps.

thanks if it helped.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milo 2014:
Hello;

Thanks for the reply bro, I really appreciate it. As you know I am new to the forum and to the Android flashing world. I just join 2 days ago and I am trying to learn about how to make my S5 looks like S5. What I meant by converting it is not having the exact S5 but at least have the UI design look.

One question, is routing necessary for flashing mew ROM?

Br

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

Not necessary! What's most important is getting recovery to work ;). Unless you want to backup your device before..

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kushan02:
yes its necessary for smooth functioning.

I will soon be making a thread on how to do it stay tuned for link.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redfox3141:
root and knox

Got myself a brand new Galaxy S4 (at least the i9515 ie the value edition).

I barely have it for 3 days and already I am seeing what root enabled on my HTC One X.

Now for the question.

I want to root it but my research seems to indicate there is this KNOX thing. I basically want to know what root method gives me the list chance of tripping it.

If there is something wrong with my new phone I don't want to battle samsung on the 'rootedness' of the thing even if in the EU I will probably win.

Can someone with more background than me in rooting samsung phones recommend a rooting method for my Galaxy S4 GT-I9515 with android 4.4.2?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Root has no influence on smoothness.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xain47:
s4

Hi,

I got s4 lte e330s recently and I am having some issues.

Battery life is terrible like 5-6% loss per hour on standby but sometimes less depends upon its mode .... hd gaming is 1 hour 40min like a laptop and 2-2.5hour web

Phone is updated to 4.4.2 and super user is installed. I don't know which rom it is but clearly it doesn't look like Korean rom.

Super user is also not working

I'm going to give you some photos so you might tell me the situation :)

I would like to go back to original 4.2 if it improves battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kushan02:
use android lollipop by antaresone if you are interested in custom rom it is a cm 12 unofficial build with lot of hard work by dev.

thread link http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop/rom-cyanogenmod-12-t2943934

And remember to hit thanks if it helped

---------- Post added at 08:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:47 PM ----------

It has bro if you use your root privilages efficiently by overclocking, custom roms, greenify, lagfstrim etc...

---------- Post added at 08:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:13 PM ----------

thread made visit my thread to learn how to root your s4

thread link:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-develop/root-samsung-galaxy-s4-i9500-i9505-t2982844
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milo 2014:
Hi Brother;

Routing failed by ODIN v9 for my S4 GT-I9505 LTE

I have being trying to route my device, see device details below, for more than 3 days now without SUCCESS. I followed the steps by the letters and at the END ODIN failed to rout the device. Here is the output:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

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

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

PHONE DETAILS:

PHONE MODEL: Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505

ANDROID VERSION: 4.4.2

KERNEL VERSION: 3.4.0-3162654

BASEBAND VERSION: I9505XXUGNJ8

BUILD NUMBER: KOT49H.I9505XXUGNJ8

SECURITY SOFTWARE VERSION: MDF v1.0 Release 2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kushan02:
bro have you followed instructions from my thread ?

link here http://xdaforums.com//galaxy-s4/i9505-develop/root-samsung-galaxy-s4-i9500-i9505-t2982844