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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esiu83:
Good evening all. I bought my S4 GT-I9505 Black Edition about a week ago in Phones4U UK. Please don't kill me for my questions, but i want to be 100% sure that i will not hard brick my device before i will do something.

My device infos

GT-I9505 Black Edition

Android 4.4.2

Baseband:I9505XXUFNC4

Kernel:3.4.0-481100dpi@SWDD5908 #1

Build nO.: KOT49H.I9505XXUFNCKSE for Android - status

Enforcing SEPF_GT-I9505_4.4.2_004

Secure boot status:Type:Samsung

Security software Version:MDF v1.0 Release 2

Device status official

I nowhere found any info about rooting this ver. of the software. Maybe my question sounds like a noob question, but I'm completely new in this thread.

My questions are:

-How I can install a recovery and which ver. I should/shouldn't use?

-How to root my device?

-Which Roms are safe to use etc. ?

-Is there any tutorial?

-Which basebands, modems are the best for UK, because I used an Xperia SP and Xperia Z before and the signal levels were much better than in Samsung (battery life as well )?

I completely don't care about a trigging a Knox flags because I'm changing my devices every 3-6 months.

Thanks for any help and please understand my questions.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

The black edition is the same as the i9505

Look HERE for root and recovery

Any ROMS from the i9505 dev sections will work.

Flash a custom recovery,make a nandroid , flash a ROM.

Simples

Modem thread is HERE

Check back a few posts for my comments on modems.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Start by spending some time going through the links on the first page of this thread.

Most questions are already answered there.

All ROM's are safe to flash as long as you pick the correct one for your phone type. I have only seen post from users bricking their phone after they flashed things not meant for there phone. So take some time and do your homework.

Come back here if you have specific questions.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esiu83:
Thank You for a quick response
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
BobCat Theme

Hi All,

[MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] - sorry to gatecrash :eek:

For those that used BobCats Theme for the i9505, you may already know that he has discontinued support for this:crying: Fear not..........

I have spent the last couple of days (with permission) creating some theme zips so users can still use BobCats theme if they chose to.

The new thread is still in construction and I still have a few bits to sort out, but there a 3 downloads available at the moment :highfive:

Any hoo - BobCat Theme Lives On

:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
So , wait...

Do we call you BobCarl from now on?

:p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
LMAO :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

If ya like :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleming.patel:
Every carrier's version of the Galaxy S4 is different. Things that work for the Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, and other carriers phones may not work on the Verizon version and can lead to bricking your phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_zuff:
Good morning guys! How are you?

It's first time I write here and I hope I'm in the right section :)

I thinking about buying a one-month used S4 (hope snap600 version) by a friend, for about 150-180€. The phone has been used for almost a week.

At the moment, I have a Galaxy s2 wit NeatRom and I'm quite satisfied, a part from battery consumption.

So,here my questions:

- will be worth buying that S4 and change from my s2? (Generally speaking)

- will I have more autonomy? (Now I can barely get 2h40m screen on in a day WiFi/3g mixed)

Thanks and sorry for the wall-post :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
nothing is more precious than satisfaction, if you need bit more battery life get a spare battery for S2 and chill. S2 is well built than S4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmacmu1:
Trying to unroot to reroot

Hi all,

I have a Samsung SCH-i545 (Verizon S4) that was rooted but no rom installed. I started getting daily notices for OTA updates that would always fail. This was naturally pretty annoying, so I wanted to flash the latest rom.

However, I was unable to boot into CWM to flash a new rom. Instead, I would always be brought to the Android recovery. I'm thinking this is because I used Odin to root instead of the Loki method.

Anyway, I now want to flash the stock rom and reroot the proper way so I can flash a rom that won't annoy the hell out of me every day. I did a complete unroot using SuperSU.

Is it safe to unroot by flashing the stock rom using Odin? And then can I still root using the Loki method?

I am following the directions on this stie:

androidrootz .com/2013/06/how-to-unroot-unbrick-galaxy-s4.html

This is the tar I plan to flash:

SCH-I545_MDK_562219_Stock_Restore.zip

Thanks in advance for your help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poison spyder:
Yes its safe to unroot by flashing the stock firmware but be sure you have the correct firmware for your phone.....if you are unable to root by using loki exploit then you can use towelroot to root it search for it in xda

Smash thanks if it helped?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 631arash:
Thanks anyway !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmacmu1:
So I tried to flash the above .tar in Odin. I get the following error:

I also get this error on the phone:

Is the problem that I tried to flash an MDK rom and I was on MK2?

Any advice would be good. I will also accept any assurances that my phone is not bricked.:good:

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Looks like it failed on the boot loader. It will fail if you tried to downgrade firmware. Download latest firmware for your device and try again. If you can get into down load mode you should be okay.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmacmu1:
Thanks. I flashed an MK2 .tar and it worked.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tabs78:
Hi sorry for my english.

I try to explain my problem.

I had stock ROM no rooted and all is OK

I install nf1 stock ROM and all is OK.

I root my device and install GE ROM and now i had rebooting when telephone is in standby

I think the problem is bootloader of nf1 because is only things remain after install GE ROM.

Can i flash from recovery a bootloader earlier of nf1?where can i find it?

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505G con Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwicked:
Please help me with my S4 gt-i9506

Hi everyone... ;)

Is there someone out there who can help me with my problems with my Galaxy S4 GT-I9506?

I have installed costum os: CARBON-KK-UNOFFICIAL-20140623-0146-ks01lte and rooted with file: ROOT_E330S_I9506_v2...

but I now have problems relating to network connection, and suspect problems in the EFS files. :(

I have read and tried a lot of possibillitys, but still the same problem... :crying:

I`m hoping that one of you that is smarter than me can please help me with this?

Kind regards,

Lars "DJ Wicked" Laurentz from NORWAY
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

So , your phone is originally a i9505?

If so , look HERE

Make sure you choose a firmware that is the same as you have now , or later.

Also , make sure you wipe cache and data before and after flashing the firmware.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichaelEU:
I own a GT-I9505 with this pre-rooted stock rom by DjeMBeY posted here installed:

Works like a charm, cheers!

My question is now: Can I safely use device encryption with this rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hello all,

I need help with this question.

I have an i9050 with stock 2013 September 4.2.2 I9505XXUDMH8 rooted with safe_root and knox 0x0.

Looking at sammobile I see that there are two upgrades for my android. I can upgrade to 2014 January 4.3 I9505XXUEMKF or I can upgrade to 2014 March 4.4.2 I9505XXUFNB8.

So my question is, if I upgrade to one of these I can downgrade back to MH8 stock? Will it mess with my knox flag?

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

It seems that you have the old bootloader (no knox)

If you upgrade to either of those , you will have the new bootloader (with knox)

At that point you will no longer be able to downgrade (only upgrade)

If you want to keep your old bootloader , you need to go the custom recovery > custom ROM way

This will give you the option to downgrade at any time

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thank you for your answer.

Even if I see Knox Kernel Lock: 0x0 and Knox Warranty void: 0x0 when I press Vol Down + Home + Power, I don't have knox in my bootloader?

If I definitely don't have knox in my bootloader, can I flash any custom recovery and any custom ROM in my device?

Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Sorry , if you see knox in your download mode , you have the knox bootloader.

This means you can upgrade using stock firmware and odin without tripping the knox flag.

But once you upgrade to 4.3 or 4.4 , you can no longer downgrade your firmware.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Alright =) thank you. Is it recommended to upgrade to 4.3 or 4.4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

No one can recommend that for you ;)

Normally I would suggest that you try each for yourself.

However in this situation that is not possible.

You can try 4.3 and see if you can live with it.

Google the difference between 4.3 and 4.4... to see what you may be missing

5.0 is coming soon as well

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MegaFireBolt:
Needing help getting back bootanimation

So I'm a guy who likes good design and I wanted to change my GT-i9500's boot animation into the one like Android L. I had the Google Android 4.3 bootanimation thing before from a previous time. Then I searched for an Android L and downloaded a zip and flashed it. Now after the Samsung GT-i9500 thing appears, it's just a blank screen with the music still playing. I thought if I factory reset, it will fix it. Dumb idea. The phone's storage is there, just all the apps gone. I recently just flashed CWM recovery and downloaded the previous bootanimation. After I flashed it, nothing happens and that the blanks screen is still there. Please help and thanks in advance. I'm happy to give any more information if asked!

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S4

Model: GT i9500

Recovery: CWM

PS: My phone still works though, fully functional and I can use it, just want to know how to get the animation back.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleming.patel:
i think u want the default boot animation file moreover u need reflash stock again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichaelEU:
I went ahead and encrypted my S4, to achieve that I had to disable SuperSU though. Is there any way to re-root it while it is encrypted?

Cheers,

Mike.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alfa_G:
In regards to triangle away root app.Should i use it everytime i flash a rom or use it only once when the device gets rooted?(9505)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HassanM:
To be honest with u, u dont need it in either situation...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pika456:
Hi,

somewhere I had found a topic comparing the different rom families

can anyone point it to me please?

Or say a few words of TW vs Google vs AOSP?

the basic questions are:

- app differences (camera, splanner etc)

- ART / Dalvik compatibilities

- hardware functions (is ir-blaster working on aosp?)

thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clauberty:
MIUI on S4 WiFi problem

Hello to everyone and thank you for the grate work every one is doing

i have a 9505 eu version routed and have TWR 2.6.3.1

so with android version 4.2.2 JDQ39 MIUI 4.6.20 baseband version I9505xxuemkf and kernel version 3.4.0-96681 wifi cannot be activated. :crying:

OK. Flashed with Miui ChronicKernel-JB4.2-AOSP-INTL-v2.3 -> WiFi can be activated :p more over navigation is possible but for a short time

if i disable/enable wifi ->data floes again but for 10-15 second. If a download is active and wifi is disabled when i activate download start with 1.5->1.8 M/s but rapidly goes to 0.05K/s till stops. Again disable / enable Wifi and all ok for 10->15s

And yes i set the data usage to 8GB/month so... :D this is not the problem

MIUI 4.6.20 baseband version updated to 4.6.27 :fingers-crossed: but wifi problem not solved :crying:

so i'm stuck please somebody give me a hint or a hit if it is the case :silly:

i read

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2306650

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2439946

http://xdaforums.com/sitesearch.php?q=miui gt-9505

but probably missed something :cyclops:

phone is ok :D

Thank you for your time
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] win32ce:
Tethering on stock Spint S4

I'm looking for, um, alternatives to the tethering app pre-installed on my S4 by Sprint.

The 'ol developer mode "settings put global tether_dun_required 0 " didn't work.

Do I have to do the whole re-flash thing?

Edit:

I have searched here quite a few times; nobody mentions my hardware (L720.08). This isn't a good time for me to take on rooting my phone and getting everything working again (someday!) so I'm wondering if there is a stock solution, like an app I can side load.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wind3735:
My phone is stuck on boot loop now after a random restart just now. I'm unable to boot into recovery now, and it auto reboot after i get into download mode for few seconds.

If i hook it up with a charger, it shows an empty battery then keep rebooting.

I tried battery pull, it just start boot loop as soon as put battery back in.

Anything i can do to fix this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D'CHAMP:
Framework

Hello Everyone, I have S4 I9500 and i recently flash S5 framework which get me a weird Brightness Panel attached below.

I need to flash Again Stock S4 framework so need two files from stock rom of I9500.

There are " twframework-res.apk" and " twframework.jar".

Plz anyone will provide me these two files of Stock Rom.

Baseband no- I9500DDUFNA4

Build No - I9500XXUFNC1

Plz help guys :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D'CHAMP:
You may have to flash stock rom through ODIN bcz u can't even access recovery. :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quinnaay:
I need help.

I have a s4 and did my first root via towelroot. I downloaded titanium backup and super su and disabled know through supersu after updating binarys anyway ever since rooting my phone keeps random rebooting and I can't figure out why I even factory reset and re backed up via titanium backup and the problem still occurs. I feel it's something to do with supersu, I also tried uprooting via supersu and removing titanium backup and supersu but the reboot still exists. Why?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misterG33:
Hi... You didn't mention what s4 do you have... 9500/9505/etc.?

I've also rooted my i9505 with towelroot 3 days ago and nothing unusual...no random reboots. Try to explain us more because i don't understand this at all...

Did you modified any files from the system...?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quinnaay:
Apologies i have a i9505 and didnt modify anything except freeze a few things with towelroot and disabled know with Supersu.. thats all l iiterally did.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misterG33:
know--- you mean knox! And yeah, it's ok, i disabled it too, via supersu when i first time ran the app.

The problem came problably from what you freeze with titanium backup.

Can you be more specific, what apps did you exactly freeze? And now did you unroot? You can verify with root checker...if you still have root acces or not.

If you still have root acces, try using titanium and unfreeze all apps that you froze and see if its rebooting anymore.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quinnaay:
Lol, yes Knox.

I cant remember what i froze, but i froze allsorts of bloatware which looked safe to do so, i.e some samsung, google apps, knox, trip advisor, vodaphone bloatware etc, i did freeze a lot of rubbish, i then started unfreezing things, and seeing if it stopped however it didnt. So i unrooted via supersu, did root checker and i wasnt rooted and it still did a random reboot so i then re-rooted did a factory reset and restored my back up but again still random rebooting, I must admit, since ive messed today and unfroze all apps in titanium backup again, i havent had a reboot. But i'll give it a couple more hours before im too quick to judge. I havent even installed/ran superSu since i did the factory reset either.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alfa_G:
Be careful with what you freeze via titanium backup. I suggest you flash a custom rom which is completely bloat-free
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louayd:
Hello all, I have a problem with kies and have been trying to make my phone become a mass storage device when I plug it in my pc but MTP driver always fails to install properly, I have kies 3 and latest drivers installed and can flash roms through odin and everything but it refuses to detect my phone, is there a way around this? can it be made to be detected as mass storage(internal memory) as I do not have an sdcard? how can I fix my problem? I am running on winxp sp3 I have tried everything. please help, thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alfa_G:
When you connect your device is there a notification which says "connected as mass storage device"?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluelightkatana:
Custom ROM for Galaxy s4 (SGH i337m only)(enable air gesture)

Hello:

First of all thanks for your time to answer, i own a Samnsung Galaxy S4 (sgh i337m)(TELCEL) i´m from México,

i rooted my phone a couple of days ago and then i use the auto installer to get Cyanogen mod ROM in my phone, but i was surprised that cyanogen mod doesnt respect any of the cool stuff an s4 posses (multywindows, air gesture, air view, etc) yes, i look for it and that´s when i discovered that but well, my question is this, i really really like those functions soo... i read over some webs that there are some custom ROMs that are based on touchwiz or something like that keeps and even enhaze those cool functions and add a los of other cool stuff from other ROMs, but i tried and tried and didn´t find anything, i found some touchwiz based ROMs but the developer didn´t specify if they kept those fnunctions, and they were for other versions of the S4, like verizon or atnt,

Can i use ROMS that are for other versions of the s4 in my i337,? there must be some other version that uses the same ROMs no?

Can anyone recomend me , share a link for some custom ROM that have all that galaxy s4 magic (air gesture, multi windows, etc)

Help please...

thanks, and yes i know there are threads that cover this , but i searched for hours and couldnt find any ROM for my s4 version... soo a little help would mean a lot, sorry for my english , it´s my second language...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

No one can recommend you a ROM.

My suggestion is to look through the ROMS in your type specific forum , here:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-att/development

and here:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-att/orig-development

What you are looking for with those features is a TouchWiz ROM , not an AOSP ROM.

Read carefully through the first posts of each ROM , and see what catches your fancy.

Make a nandroid backup first , so that you can always return to a previous state if things do not work out as you would wish.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louayd:
No, I only get the unable to install MTP device properly, when i use it as PTP or camera it works fine for photos but i want it to be visible as a storage device which does not work for some reason :(?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fburgos:
I have a 4.2.2 knox free bootloader I installed wanam v4 (4.4.2)

But now I want to use a stock 4.4.2 rom without the Knox bootloader not heavy modified like the ones in development area, just stock ROM Odin or zip but without the Knox bootloader is it possible?

O know fot the s4 mini is a way to remove and repack Odin firmwares without the Knox bootloader is it possible for s4?

sent from my i9192 with CM11 by sekil
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Afaik you won't find a STOCK 4.4.2 ROM without the Knox boot-loader. There are ROMs in development that are not heavily modded, you just need to have a read through them.

I understand you not wanting the knox boot-loader so (personally) I would stay with the 4.2.2 one and test the 4.4.2 roms in dev. I am sure you will find one that suits you!

:angel:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garva1:
How's the sound in stock earphones and is there a method for rooting it without touching knox warranty.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skkodisinghe:
Charging issue after 4.4.2 to 4.2.2 downgrade

Hi,

I downgraded my gt-i9500 from android 4.4.2 to 4.2.2 following the directions in the following link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2686882 (Thanks justito02)

It was a success except for wifi not connecting. However managed to correct this by flashing the proper modem. I also changed the stock kernel to AdamKernel.V1.3

However if i connect the charger while the phone is switched off, the phone cannot be switched on even if there is charge left in the phone (even at 100% charge). However the phone is charging while switched off, even though the charging battery is not displayed on the screen.

Any help on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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

Apparently ,http://towelroot.com/ is a way of rooting without affecting knox

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

This is just a heads up that I'll be more supportive here again. As you can see in my Tapatalk signature, I'm with my S4 again :D. It had a bootloader problem some time back, but now it's finally fixed.

I'd like to thank Itamar from Brazil, who did a great work fixing it! If you live in Brazil, I can share his email later for some issues that we can't solve here in the forum ;).

Hope to be able to help again ;)

~Lord

"Dream On! Dream Until Your Dreams Come True!" - Dream On (Aerosmith)

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

have a hardware type question. does anyone know if its possible to damage vibration function? feels like mine has got a lot weaker, i can only just feel it now with key presses.

my phone got really hot overnight when i left an app running and im wondering if that might have damaged it, or will it basically either work or not?

thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
According to me it is possible. You should search Google by typing unlock usa s4. There are a few videos and sites which might help you out :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

I'm not sure, but, at least in Paranoid Android, you change the vibration "power". So maybe you can try it, setting up high and lowering it, if you can't feel from ~10-5% (which is quite low), then I guess there's no major issue, however higher values may indicate a Hw problem.

I've never heard of a device vibration function stopping because of overheat, though...

~Lord

"Dream On! Dream Until Your Dreams Come True!" - Dream On (Aerosmith)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
ok thanks, im on stock so i'll see if i can find an app that tests vibration at 100%

Edit: dont think you can test at % i think its either on or off and just the duration that can change reading through the dev guide http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Vibrator.html
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Perhaps [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] can help.

There is an app in the SlimKat ROMS that can adjust the level of vibrate...

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
when did u get over 10k thanks? did anything cool happen?