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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cerwidwen:
Holy hell there are a lot of posts to go through. To save time, I'm taking the wimp way out:

I currently have a T889 Note II with CM11 nightlies. It is still a great phone but I'm looking for a new upgrade. I want to go slightly smaller, but not too small.

1) How is the current active Android development for the T Mobile S4 as opposed to S5?

And

2) what the hell is this Knox crap I keep hearing about other than a way to really secure business apps? Why should I care if it goes to 0 x 1 or whatever?

Any help with either of these questions would be greatly appreciated :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
to be completely honest, everyone ditched the m919/Tmo s4, there's still a few including myself holding it down for us. Well...there's only 2 of us holding it down for official Tmo firmware, rom wise, and just me for the latest kernel. But we can also run i9505's stuff.

Aosp based, still going well with official support from nearly everyone if not everyone.

Knox is just a security blanket that the world has made the biggest whinniest fuss about. Which 99% of them , don't realize they don't have a lifetime warranty and it's up anyways. Tripping Knox (0x1) really does nothing. The world won't end. Trust me it wont. Supposedly voids your but I've seen many people do a warranty claim without issue.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Knox is an utility app to lock data and similar things and is also a system to reveal if the phone has been modified by the user. It has been introduced by Samsung with new bootloader after 4.2.2 , if user flash a kernel a recovery a rom or in some root way the knox counter pass from 0.0 to 0.1 and the warranty is gone. But the warranty last for 1 year or 2 years max, so don t worry too much... i think i ve never repaired nothing under warranty in my life...

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexxGn:
Assistance needed!

I am trying to install the Sammy Deluxe Custom Rom, but when i did it got stuck on the boot animation and kept restarting again and again with 2 fast vibrations.

I tried installing a diferent S5-like ROM and ended up with the screen showing Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 and not going any further than that.Note that i installed a less consuming, 459 MB ROM 4.4.4 AOSP and worked fine. Now i unrooted and went back to stock for the moment, but i would really like to make Sammy Deluxe work.

That being said, here are the steps i followed:

So what did i do wrong?How can i install the ROM correctly?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Have you seen this?

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9506-develop

and this

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

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

I do not know of any "Dump" solution.

If any one else does , please chip in.

If you go the custom recovery way , a nandroid includes everything , including kernel and modem.

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

anthrax kernel is banned on XDA

No discussion is allowed.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Ok sorry [emoji16]

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noob4114:
phone : gt i9505 Portugal (Vodafone)

firmware : I9505XXUFNB8 (rooted) thn i tried to update it with mobile odin pro to I9505XXUGNH7 i was successful but the wifi was not turng on. i searched for solutions on YouTube and i tried flashing a modem and thn my got soft bricked probably because i didnt turn on the usb debug mode after flashing the new firmware

i tried flashing I9505XXUGNH7 again but odin said PIT file not found

i searched many other forums and as a result tried flashing the PIT file

but had no luck with it either

now, you guys are my last hope
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maltinbay:
Hi,

How to make Spotify default music player on kitkat?

i am using wanam xposed module and it has options skip tracks with volume buttons. but it work only default player.

how can i set spotify default player.

clearing cache for default player in app manager dont work, because android dont offer spotify for audio files.

i can change it for poweramp or stock music player, but no change for spotify.

Anyone knows?

i am using stock rom with 4.4.2 and rooted
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cerwidwen:
To be honest, if my phone really does stop working due to a hardware failure, I'm tossing it in the lake and paying my deductible for a replacement. They'll never even see my phone so 0x1 shouldn't be an issue.

T-Mobile Galaxy Note II on CM11
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
Is it a bad battery? phone can't even last a day.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pisili:
My GT-I9505 use 60% in 9 Hours :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
So is mine normal?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pisili:
looks quite good

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there,

Try using PC Odin 3.10 to flash the firmware with the PIT file again. Follow the great guide HERE. You can also get the PIT from there also. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Do the wifi passwords be backup when you backup roms and if so where to and how to restore them
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
Hello,

You can use Titanium Backup (only the Pro version allows that kind of backup)

"Wifi access points" in green or yellow writing

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Did you consider flashing back the stock ROM? I believe in your case it may be the best, as your device doesn't boot. With an USB JIG you can boot in download without any button.

Hi,

It looks like a Knox issue for me. Did you delete all the files and apps of it? There was a post that showed this, it may not be hard to find using the search function.

Hi,

You can't copy a file over 4GB on a FAT formatted system. So there's nothing much to do. What I've seen before, but I'm not sure if works, is formatting the sdcard to NTFS. Thrn, apparently, you can copy files over 4GB.

Or you can try using a media converter to reduce its quality so it occupies less space.

Hi,

Before flashing a custom ROM wipe data, cache and system. Also if necessary try another zip, you may have a bad one.

Hi,

As Spotify is a music streaming service which doesn't play local audio files I believe you can't make it your stock player. So, sorry, but AFAIK you won't be able to do it.

Hi,

Depending on your usage it's quite fair. Please keep in mind that Touchwiz is more battery hungry, so always use its Battery Saver option, not only this, but keep brightness down, WiFi, Bluetooth and specially locations and mobile data turned off when not using.

Hi,

If you select your Google account yo backup device info it will backup your WiFi points too. As soon as you log in back it'll restore your passwords.

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cerwidwen:
Well, I went with the S5 and CM11 as it was just too damn tempting to get that 2.5GHz CPU :svetius: and full HD screen. Thanks for the replies!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Richard7666:
Yeah but...those all trip the Knox flag.

Or do you mean there ISN'T a way to root and install a custom recovery on a 9506 without tripping knox?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kn!ght L!fe:
hi, i did a nandroid of my stock rom with CMW and then flashed cm11 rom. after some time i wonted back the stock rom, then did a restore of it.

And the phone was in boot loop in Samsung logo. any idea why this is? maybe a too large cache restore? Since i did not wipe cache before the nandroid backup?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noob4114:
still not working i have tried all other versions of odin already

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

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

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Removed!!

:crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Use your stock cable if you aren't already. That error is commonly caused by not using the stock cable
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Anything "Custom" will trip the knox flag.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaguaa11:
Help.! GT-i9505 not receiving updates

Hey,

I've recently tried to update my GT-i9505 to 4.4 (currently running 4.3) but when I tap the software update I receive a message saying "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." I've never had this issue until now after I updated to 4.3. Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated, as I like keeping up with the play :)

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

Did you modify your phone in any way?

If so, what have you done?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaguaa11:
I haven't modified it at all :/ I've done some previous technical modifying with an s2 I had before I got this s4, but I wanted to keep away from modifying my s4 for as long as possible haha. The "device status" does say "custom" but I'm unsure how it would get to this state because it was completely fine before I updated it to 4.3
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexxGn:
Thank you kind sir for your reply. After going back and forth, i finally found a solution.

The solution when you get your phone stuck and restarting due to Samy Deluxe Rom is this:

Go in Download Mode are reflash the TWRP with Odin.

Go in Recovery Mode and flash a different kernel. ( I recommend this )

Wipe Dalvik Cache and reboot.

If you experience crashes and restarts while using the ROM, please install and run this app.

Voila! Your phone is now booting the Samy Deluxe ROM with S5 theme!

*I think it should work on the other S5 themed ROMs as well.

I hope i helped everyone with the same issue!

Have a nice day!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you have done nothing to the phone and it is showing "Modified" , you should take it back to samsung .

It seems like their update caused this.

You would not be the first with a bad update.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jaguaa11:
Probably a good idea :) I might give that a whirl. Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafarodvas:
Help! Network Recovery

Hi

I have a Samsung Galaxy Light T399. Typical accidentally hit the forget network and can't recover it back.

I have read many forum posts that suggest, resetting it to factory standards, resetting the modem (not an option), changing the frequency (couldn't find in the my advanced tab or anywhere else.) and nothing works for me. I can use it just find on my nexus tablet for example. Appreciate your help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maozapata99:
No signal I9505

I have a:

model-gt-i9505

fcc id: a3lgti9505

ssn: -i9505gsmh

the problem is that I haven't signal, or is very poor, when I stay in outdoors, the signal is 80% but if I go inside my home the signal is 0, I compare with others S4 and isn't a operator problem.

I install all modem for S4 i9505 with Odin from (i9505 modems) and doesn't works. and installed KitKat 4.4.4 and no mather what I try the signal phone is lost...

I tried to install modems for i9505G but Odin don't reconigze the modem...

Can anybody help me :'(

sorry for my bad English, But I speak spanish... my network is Claro Colombia

actually room:

KOT49H.I9505VJUGNH2

BASE BAND

I9505VJUGNH2

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

Perhaps , you may stand a better chance of an answer in this forum:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/help

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blacks0uL:
[Q]

I have i9505 with android version 4.4.2 rooted baseband i9505XXUGNE8 and googyMax3_tw-v1.1.6 kernel

since this morning i ddnt had any problems with my phone after whanam exposed updated today when i pres home or power botton to wake my screen only the "menu&back" leds are on but screen remains black

If i pres 4 5 times power button screen comes back to normal

Any help? i already wipe cache & dalvik cache
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
When Wanam causes this issues then install the previous version of it then you are fine ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hrvooje:
loki_patch v2.1

Hi! I am trying to flash Cm-11-201408-Snapshot-M11-Jflte on galaxy s4 GT-I9505 and I am getting this error:

"checking if loki-ifying is needed/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc. /by-name/boot needs lokifying. [-] Failed to find function to patch.

Error loki-ifying the boot image. "

can you help me? thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vladovescu:
Imperium ROM v12 question

Hello, everyone! I am currently thinking about flashing Imperium ROM V12, but as I am a cautious individual, I try to check things as thoroughly as possible. On the official thread here I saw a list of modems, but no specific instructions were given, except that they should be flashed with Odin. Since I don't have 10 posts, I cannot ask this question here, so if I have an S4 GT-I9505 with FNB9 modem do I still have to flash another modem from the list inside , or does it work with the one I already have? Thank you in anticipation and sorry for the long post!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
Does wireless charging work on S4 with Danvdh's GPE ROM?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Firstly, good that you check everything thoroughly.

It does not say that you have to install a modem.

It is probably there in case you have signal issues.

Just try the ROM.

No need to change the modem if your signal stays good.

Don't forget the nandroid.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vladovescu:
Thank you for answering me so promptly! The nandroid backup is the recovery-based backup, right? I currently have CWM 6.0.4.7, so I think it should work fine. I also did an EFS backup with Samsung Tool. I think I have everything covered. Now I'm just waiting for the ROM to download.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Yes.

Nandroid is made in custom recovery.

Good to have efs, imei backup as well.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maltinbay:
Hi, my Google play store isn't update version 5 yet, i use gt-9500 stock rom 4.4.2 with root. My friend was updated 3 days ago which isn't rooted. Is it related to root, or just every device will update randomly with time?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narciseduard:
Hello. It seems i can't get this done. When I'm on vibrate mode, and i go to settings, enable vibrates for messages and calls, it works fine. But these settings remain even if i go on sound mode. And i don't want to. I just want the sound from calls and messages, not the vibrations. What can i do?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
It is not root related, and yes, every device will update randomly with time,,, you can also update manually ..from HERE ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maltinbay:
Thank you, is there any problem if i update manually, am i update it every time update manually, or no difference updated automatically?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
There is no any problem ... just install like any other app .. or wait for automatic updating .. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Boshe:
Hello, a friend of mine wants to root his s4 (9505) and to install some custom rom on it. Can you suggest me some stable rom?

Also, for the rooting process this one should help, right? http://www.redmondpie.com/root-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505-on-android-4.4.2-kitkat-how-to-tutorial/

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balakor:
Which number exactly? I was rotating my phone, but there is a number MAGNETIC: 2, and a black circle compass with a number 3. None of them changed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ode_:
Rotating how? Try rotating 8 shape, like swinging nunchakus.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tenchi4U:
Are there any ported HTC Sense (6 preferably) task switcher/managers that work with Touchwiz (rooted or otherwise)? Are there any that are similar? I'm so jealous of my friend's Sense 6 task switcher/manager on his HTC One M8.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

There's no need to root before flashing the custom ROM. So I suggest you just flashing the ROM. Keep in mind about Knox though! Search a little about it before doing the flashing procedure... And, for suggestions, I think you should search for what's best for you, I like CM11 for example. Some people hate CM though, so read the OPs and select by yourself the ROM, first thing to know is if you're going to install a Touchwiz based ROM or AOSP based one ;).

~Lord

"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phil2sat:
[MENTION=5996107]ode_[/MENTION]

Turn x y and z axis three times. Everytime a axis is calibratet the phone vibrates and the screen goes green

Don't do the 8 like the most compass apps need.

And the black compass number must 0 after you turn. Counts one down for very calibrated axis.

If nothing work it could also be a sensor defect.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Boshe:
No need that process above? Because I know for the other phones that I haved, first I need root and recovery. :)

For the rom, it will be TouchWiz, because the friend is not so familiar with AOSP things. :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narciseduard:
No one knows?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

On S4 usually you install a custom recovery to root, and to install a custom ROM you also need a custom recovery. The only thing you'd want to root while on stock before flashing a custom ROM is to backup your apps. Then you can use Chainfire CF-AutoRoot method, on the Original Development subforum.

There are plenty Touchwiz ROMs in the development forums, give a look you may be interested in one :).

All the best,

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
Hello, everyone!

When I installed 2nd ROM I messed up a little bit. I needed to flash patched kernel for my second ROM, but I accidently flashed unpatched one. My daily driver you all can see in my signature. Here's the thing, after that accident, I was left with a folder "Multi Kernels" which took up 20MB. Tried to delete it, but I couldn't. I know it isn't much, but my OCD is killing me, so is there a way to delete that folder?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the0bserver:
Screen rotation reversed?

Hi all,

First, thanks to the XDA community in general. I've lurked a lot, and posted a little over the years, and have always found vast amounts of useful information here.

Recently I acquired an S4, 2nd hand. There exists a problem with the automatic rotation. The accelerometer is somehow reversed, which causes the screen orientation to be reversed, which is hugely annoying as I am sure you can imagine.

I've researched heavily, and a few people have had the same problem, but short of sending the phone to Samsung (no warranty / knox is tripped), flashing a different rom (already tried that), or replacing the main logic board (too expensive), I've not read of any other suggestions. I'm out of solitions to try!

I'm coping by using Ultimate Rotation Control, but I'd like to hear of any other solutions which exist, preferably of a more permanent nature.

Thanks in advance. For any assistance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

If you flashed a wrong kernel to your primary ROM you just need to flash a working kernel to it again. Then just patch and flash the second ROM kernel.

Now for the multi kernel folder. Don't delete it! Unless you are going to uninstall your secondary ROM! This folder is where it links the kernel images to flash as soon as you select another ROM to boot. If you are booted in your primary ROM and deleted your secondary ROM, then you can delete with no worries, otherwise don't do anything to it

Now if you're desperate to delete that folder. Open a terminal, type su and use the "rm -rf" command. Or just get a File Manager with root privileges and delete it with it.

Hi,

May seem a stupid idea, but what do you think of rotating it to portrait mode, selecting lock rotation and then just living with it? I'm without good ideas now, but this is just a quick suggestion I thought now...

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the0bserver:
That's how I'm dealing with it currently, rotating with the aforementioned app when required.

I've also noticed that the ambient light sensor seems to not function either... The plot thickens. It would appear that one or more of the sensor clusters is dead. Everything else works though!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
I've uninstalled the secondary ROM and kernel months ago. That's why I want to delete that folder, but even with root privileges I can't do it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
Some help pls.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kn!ght L!fe:
Guys anyidea why i cant write to internal sdcard after resorting my stock 4.4.2 rom. Made the backup with Twrp 2.7.0.1

This donnot happen with Google Play rom tho :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raidenbeats:
So I was rooting my girlfriends phone so i could put a hot spot on her samsung galaxy s4. I had watched a video and it seemed like a super easy simple process, download some system framework files, add them to the systems folder, then reboot.

Unfortunately, like an idiot i didnt put a recovery on her phone because i didnt think she would need it (since i was LITERALLY ONLY doing the hotspot thing)

Well, i did what the video said, replaced the 2 files in the system folder (but i did keep the old files in their, just under a different extension) now i just need to access her phones systems folder without her phone being in the OS mode (currently it just loops the samsung loading screen)

Is their any way using download mode or some other mode that i can access the systems folder ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kn!ght L!fe:
With a recovery u could do it. But u will have to flash it with Odin tho.

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megznat:
how to change 3minit mod to stock kitkat battery

how to change 3minit mod to stock kitkat battery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raidenbeats:
ok I have installed CWM touch version, onto the phone. now that i have a recovery, how can i fix this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kn!ght L!fe:
So as u sed the problem was 2 new files. Delete them and re name the originals. Guess that sould was if it was onlt the modification. But im not sure if there is a file manager in cwm. Try twrp 2.7.01 link is under my signater. Hope it will work tho. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raidenbeats:
so can I install TWRP with odin even though i already have CWM on my phone? thanks a lot by the way for your help this stuff gets too complicated too fast
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kn!ght L!fe:
Ya but make sure just like CWM get the Md5/Tar file to flash with Odin. And ya use the file manager to delete and modefy the originals. U might have to use fix permissions which is also in it in the advace section. A.w hope it works, else the case is out of my wisdom :D

Sent from my GT-I9505