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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onyxbfly:
[MENTION=5580710] ShinySide[/MENTION] and XxLordxX

I went to Verizon and they gave me an upgraded NFC Enabled Sim card. Now all is well and I have 4G. Thanks for the assistance I truly appreciate it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Does nfc work in the uk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Here bud and Thanks

XXUGNG8_stock_deodex_knoxless.zip

Didnt know if you wanted root so I left it out. But can easily be obtained by flashing this

http://download.chainfire.eu/452/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.02.zip

I couldnt tell you off the top of my head. Should be defined and have wifi in the string name

Ah good deal.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onyxbfly:
Now the million dollar question is should I root and flash again?:angel::confused: Any roms in particular you recommend?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

It looks like you can flash anything from GT-i9505 on GT-i9515, but touch won't work! So you can flash the normal Philz recovery and use your hardware buttons to make a backup ;).

Good luck!

Hi,

Good thing! Glad to know it all went well :).

Hi,

NFC works anywhere. It's a built in chip that works like Bluetooth to connect one device to another. However. There are some features, like Google Wallet that won't work in all countries, so you have to check what you want to do and if it's available in UK.

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Thanks for the reply. It was Google wallet that I meant. I'm in the uk and I can't get it to work. I heard others can't. I thought there might have been a solution or update out now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsfletch:
Thank you I appreciate it!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

From the official Google Wallet website:

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coelhooliveirar:
Flashing Sammobile Firmwares with ODIN

Hello.

I have a Stock i9505 Galaxy S4.

I have got root acess through Towelroot. I have root without tripping Knox.

I want to flash a Sammobile firmware with ODIN. I know that I will lose root.

My question is: can I flash any official firmware with ODIN without tripping Knox?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
Okay, so i bought a Galaxy S4 on ebay which was suppose to be the international one, but instead, it was an i337 or AT&T version one instead. It has a snapdragon 600 instead of the octa core. But why does my model number say GT-I9500? Here are some pictures. Should i get the stock AT&T rom for the I337 because the rom right now doesn't have the upgrade software option or how do i go back to the stock rom with my REAL Model number?. I have checked the IMEI on the one and confirm to be the I337. Also at startup, i here the AT&T sound while showing SAMSUNG boot animation.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
Okay, flashed AT&T stock rom and everything is working now! All Model number is original :DDD
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Yes
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digifreak:
Thanks, for your help.

But touch will work after reboot again, I hope? ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

I'd recommend you to blur your IMEI in the picture. It's not good to post it publicly ;). Glad to know you have things working now.

Hi,

Touch will only not work on recovery! If you don't flash anything on system you'll be fine :).

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SMan14:
Bootloop and Bluetooth Handsfree Resolved

Hi,

Thanks for the input. In the end I did flash a new stock ROM to update the bootloader. The ROM I flashed was Galaxy S 4 (Exynos Octa) GT-I9500 SER I9500XXUGNH4 Android 4.4.2 19.08.2014. Flashing the stock ROM through Odin also resulted in a boot loop. Finally I flashed the stock ROM and also repartitioned using a .pit file I found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477. This got me out of the bootloop.

Interestingly, the modem that came with the SER (Russian) ROM I flashed did not play nicely with the bluetooth hands free in my car. I then also flashed the I9500ZCUGNC6 chinese modem which got the bluetooth working. For reference I am in South Africa and my service provider is Vodacom.

I tried flashing back to CM 11, but the original car hands free kit bluetooth issue was not resolved by the I9500ZCUGNC6 modem.

So in summary I am now running:

ROM: Prism Barebone V10 - I9500XXUGNH4

Bootloader: I9500XXUGNH4

Baseband: I9500ZCUGNC6
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaDMaJ22:
Question

Hello all. I delayed accepting the ota update because I wanted to wait for a root method. Now that I am ready to update the update won't take. The update initializes and then gets an error somewhere in the middle.

I am rooted running android 4.3

Verizon wireless

Tried connecting to kies on my windows 8.1 pc but it will attempt to connect for about 2 mins and then pc says phone has failed to respond. Same thing on my windows 7 pc.

I am using the Samsung USB cord

pc is connected as a media device. I can browse my folders.

Kies just refuses to connect.

Firmware is stock always has been. Phone boots as unlocked.

I'm fairly noobish never made back ups or flashed custom recovery. Just used a root method.

Any suggestions are appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
I've never used kies but its probably because your phone is rooted.

Grab the Odin firmware and flash it with Odin. Disable kies tho. It screws with Odin
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaDMaJ22:
Thanks. I will look into that, and try to follow a guide.

I hope odin can find my device because its kinda my last option.

Is ODIN difficult to use?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coelhooliveirar:
Thanks for the answer. And does this procedure wipe all my data?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
When you flash normal one part firmwares (only PDA) this won't delete any data. When you want to flash three or four part firmwares (PDA, MODEM, CSC (Pit)) the procedure constitutes a fullwipe
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Na its super easy. Start it, click PDA, select the firmware, put phone in download mode, connect USB, click Start and have some Reese's and a Pepsi while it does its thing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaDMaJ22:
Any good download links for I545VRUEMK2 around?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanw5489:
Ok I've been looking around and can't seem to find one that works. So could someone help me find a YouTube app that has screen off playback and if there is does that mean also if the app is closed out or just if the screen is off? This is for my galaxy s4 4.4.4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Officially there's no way to do it. However there are Xposed Modules that can solve your issue. It will work with screen off AFAIK though. For the "closed app" I use multi window ;), I open it in another window and minimise it all the way down, so I can use other app while listening to my music.

So, if we will work on the Xposed route, do you have root access, beforehand?

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
Can someone help me? Having battery drain problem I latest android 4.4.2. Here is my battery log

View attachment 2929926
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onyxbfly:
Good Evening All,

I'm on a VZW Samsung Galaxy IV. With all the flashing I've done this wkend, somewhere along the way I lost 4 yrs of text messages and 3 months of pictures. I used smsbackuprestore and can not find my most recent back up.

Are there any data recovery utilities available for android? I would also like to know what is the best way to permanently disable/ delete the Samsung custom lock screen upon boot up.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bharathreddii:
Tmobile S4(M919) custom rom random reboots! :(

Hello everyone, i have a tmobile s4 M919, the problem is no matter whatever custom rom i install.. it randomly reboots atleast 5-6 times a day. and sometimes the rom just dies.. i dont understand why dis is happening.. i have also tried changing kernels and it still persists! :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hurrdurrpingu2:
hi, i flashed a custom rom yesterday (http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2794546) the super slim version.

everything worked fine. wanted to encrypt the device, charged it and pressed start encryption. it showed me the green android guy for a second, then rebooted. i went to sleep. today i see its giving me 3 notification on the screen: settings has stopped, interface stopped, and telephone stopped. i can press ok, then the screen either goes blank and nothing happens but the notifications pop up again after some time, or it reboots and does the same. i can still get into recovery, but /sdcard is inaccessible. should i flash from the external sdcard?

should i flash something with odin? thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michiel1995:
Unroot

Hi folks,

I have a I9505 Deep Black Edition with knox 0x0.

I am currently on I9505XXUFNC4 (PHN) and want to root my device using towelroot.

Before I do that I want to make sure I can unroot it without tripping knox.

Can I just unroot it by flashing I9505XXUFNC4 without tripping knox?

Or do I have to flash the newest I9505XXUGNG8?

And why does my phone say 'no updates' while there is a newer version? is it because it's black? :silly:

[IMG="image"]http://i.gyazo.com/a3aa15249f5a0268d3facba7cada7a91.png[/IMG]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Yes, you can flash every official 4.4.2 firmware without tripping Knox.

Your version is called i9515 isn't it?

Because it is a black edition. Maybe there is no update for this model, I don't know...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
CM made a bunch of changes to jflte that's caused reboots.

Try Nameless ROM or cm snapshot m9. I've been on nameless for a week without a single reboot.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bharathreddii:
I tried the cm snapshot 9, it had same issues gonna check nameless rom tho.. i need a daily driver! :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreenarrowZA:
Hi, I am running Omega V20 on my i9500 but want to upgrade to V24.

Just want to know if i have to wipe the dalvik and all those things completely or can i just do an upgrade?

Don't want to install all these apps again.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HassanM:
Mate u gonna have to to a full wipe cause Omega v24 is Android 4.4.2 and if Im not wrong Omega v20 is 4.3

Since its a different base, u will have to do all (wipe cache/dalvic/data)....

Good luck!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreenarrowZA:
Hi thanks for the quick reply.

In my about device it shows my Android version as 4.4.2 on v20 of omega
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BossCo77:
Huge problem after official update to 4.4.2 // Please help

Hi to everybody, and sorry for total beginner question, but...

after a lot of search (here, and with google) I have to ask for help...

I've installed official update on my S4... After that phone worked for few days, but started to be very hot and to empty fast...

After 4 days working normally (except thing above) real problem started:

1. It become almost impossible to unlock with swipe (extreeeeme lag),

2. When I tap on dialer phone blocks almost completely (extreme slowdown)

3. Camera app is not working

4. Overall slowdown of system

5. Overheating when charging (or it looks like that to me)

... Generally phone is almost unusable (internet browsing is working, some apps are working, swiping screens or apps works normally, it reboot normally...)

I give it to some friends and they say that phone is not bought in this country (Morocco) and it is from some other country (they don't know where???) and that it is IMPOSSIBLE to fix this problem... that I should sell it in parts :( ...

Phone is 2 months old and before update everything worked perfectly... Phone is not rooted or modified in any way.

I've tried master reset, it didn't change anything. Also I try to turn off custom message for lock screen, it didn't help.

I would really appreciate if anybody can point me to some solution, or to installing some custom ROM that would fix my problem...

Thanks in advance...

Phone info:

model: GT-I9505

Andoid: 4.4.2

Baseband: I9505XXUGNG8

Kernel: 3.4.0-23091.3

dpi@SWDD5606 #1

Build: KOT49H.I9505XXUGNG8

SE status: SEPF_GT-I9505_4.4.2_0019

If you need anu other info please let me know...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HassanM:
Oh I just forgot. .... Ure right... its 4.4.2...

In that case if u wanna upgrade to v24, u dont need a full wipe....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Remove your IMEI and Serial number..... bad idea to post that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BossCo77:
Thanks, :good:

I'm real N00b :) ... any advice about my problem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motomoki:
So. I managed to delete touchwiz off of my new S4.

I'm only able to use the phone right now with the side menu. Is there anyway I can recover it?

No i'm not the brightest of the bunch, I realised that
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IamsKs:
Navgation bar

please anyone tell me how to enable nav bar in stock rom for I9500.I have tried gravity box already but it overlays on some icons.I want transparent or semi transparent bar.i also made a thread for it, didnt see this thread actuly so asking here.any developer please advice can we make it by modifying systemui.apk and all.thanks

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you can always backup apps with Titanium backup. you will get all the app+data back after flashing with single click.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ode_:
You need to get valid boot, entering correct password to enter in AndroidOS and from there do factory reset for phone, it decrypts your /data again to be accessed from recovery.

Some times you have to reboot phone several times and enter your encrypt password several times also to get valid boot. Taking battery of for few minutes and then booting up helps.

Anyhow don't panic, it will boot, and even not then you have just flash phone with .pit file to get rid of that encrypted /data partition.

If there is problem on booting on your kernel or Rom, you can do full wipe on your phone and flash new Rom from recovery, even it says errors from that /data partition, after flash you'll have chance to enter encryption password and enter in Android settings and do factory reset and start breathing again, none of your data will lost during that full wipe when /data is encrypted, it will just wipe all others partitions.

.pit flashing is only thing what deletes your data in /data, nothing else deletes it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdavidone:
Hey guys!

Im having a weird problem with my i9506 phone.

The phone was working perfectly but the screen breaks by a fall...then I bought a new replacement lcd i9506, changed it and everything is perfect now but, can make to work the bottom touch buttons, the home button is working, I have tried a 3 new touch button flex different but nothing at all......

Also when I put the code *#2663# there is no info about home buttons FW it doesnt appears only:

Phone´s TSP FW version: SYB0085C

Part´s TSP FW version: SYB0085C

TSP threshold: 055

Config TSP FW version: GT-I95XX_SY_0608

but nothing about touch key FW even dont appears there, also tried to update TSP FW get PASS but the touch buttons not working...

Is a i9506 4.4.2

Also tried to flash the rom through ODIN but the same result...

There is some way to get this buttons working? maybe downgrade? maybe root and cyanogenmod? Im getting sick of this =(

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreenarrowZA:
What kind of wipe do i need to do then?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Wipe cache and Dalvik cache. I always do that by upgrading custom roms
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xs2man:
Hi guys, first post, so go easy.

After years with Android devices, I finally decided to root a phone. My I9505 S4 (UK O2 spec).

So, I'm relatively geeky enough to do things. Rooting was no problem. I then changed the modem to ME2 to perform unlock, no problem. Flashed the old modem back (Not sure if that was required / good thing to do).

Anyway, looking around, it looks like there is lots of good stuff I can do. I am particularly looking at custom ROM's at the moment.

Now, the question I have is, why? Why would I do this? I see the benefits of removing all the bloatware and stuff that O2, and indeed Samsung may have put in the OS, but I do see that for many of the ROM's out there, it looks like there are "workarounds" needed for what would otherwise be normal operation (battery percentage indicator for example, I saw one ROM requiring 2 extra apps installed to allow this. Or for saving pictures to SD card automatically).

Also, my device is 4.4.2. Would there be advantages / disadvantages with installing a 4.4.4. ROM?

There are lots of guides out there on HOW to do these things, which is great, and I look forward to learning about the intricacies of the device. However, there appears to be little out there explaining WHY I would do these mods. What I would gain, etc...

I will no doubt give some of them a shot, but would I be better just changing the theme for a different appearance, rather than the ROM, in order to keep the functionality, but with a little individualism?

Probably a VERY noob question for you guys, and maybe this site is a bit too "deep end" for where I am just now, but I am just looking for a little advice on where to start with respect to deciding on what mods to do. Some of the ROM's do look really nice, but I am unsure I want to "workaround" general standard features.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adilabdi110:
Hey guys im new here, i have gt i9500 rooted with stock rom but i already done some flash sone rom on my other gt i9500, but here i wants to know is any gt i9505 rom can we falsh on i9500 is any possibility, or is Phoenix rom is for gt i9500 4.4.2, plzz help, i ll be appreciated, thnks ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nirfun:
I'm using gearCM and suffer from bluetooth issues.

Can you please provide a link to the chinese baseband and how should I flash it?

Will it install knox?

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShanLou:
Hi everyone

How can I delete sms messages in PACman Black Power Edition rom? I have installed Textra for SMS messaging and can delete messages there, but those still appear in the main Messaging app and I receive notifications of them. Can't find a remove button anywhere :confused:

Oops I figured it out... Had to change Messaging as my default messaging app. That didn't solve the problem but freezing Messaing did. Now I can use Textra to delete SMS's definitely :)

(How can I thank my self?)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miiiix:
Stock ROM Norway

Hello, I'd love to know where I could get a stock ROM for my S4 GT-i9505. I tried the Norway (telenor) ROM, but it does not let me auto-update, the battery is dropping charge like a dubstep song dropping the base and the front camera has not worked properly since before I started using custom ROM's. Reason for stock ROM is that due to warranty, I cannot have a rooted/custom ROM phone, as they do check it.

If anyone can help me, I'd be grateful! :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShanLou:
Did you check sammobile.com?

(And look for Nordic (NEE) firmwares, all the nordic countries share the same firmware, greetings from here Finland ;) )
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miiiix:
Did but I couldnt find a Norwegian ROM, not sure if its even needed, I just want my warrenty back :angel:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adilabdi110:
Hi guys, hru all, i need some help here, im new here... Rit now im on gt i9500 with rooted and stock rom with 4.4.2, i just wants to know if i falsh any 4.4.4 based roms and thn after if i wants to switch again to any other custom rom 4.4.2 based rom so can i switch normal with CWM recovery or i have to flash official firmware 4.4.2.. Plz help.. ? thnks in advance to all my senior members here... ??????
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShanLou:
Yes, you need stock rom if you want warranty back but I flashing the stock won't reset the binary count. I'd try first flashing the stock rom, then rooting, then resetting the binary count with Triangle Away app and then flashing the stock again.

And as I edited my last post, look for Nordic (NEE) firmware in sammobile.com :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NandishV:
Hey again! :)

So so sorry for the late reply and thanks for replying, you're a Godsend.

My S4 enables me to update it via the notification centre, it says that the update has been downloaded, could I just update from there or do I have to manually flash?

I've updated it via the notification centre before with no problems.

Once again, thank you so much!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heedex:
Hello guys, noob question ahead, how can I install a particular CSC for my Multi-CSC rom?

I flashed stock firmware but the welcome screen is in slovakian (ORX). Which isn't quite good...

I wanted to know how I could just get my welcome screen back in english, to get it 100% stock.

I can't TowelRoot, because it got patched. And I don't want to CF-Auto-Root because this trips KNOX. I want to have a clean phone to send it back to samsung if I need to.

I don't care if i loose all my data.

I9505XXUGNG8 I'm from Belgium and this is a firmware for Luxembourg that works for Belgium (that's what I read on french forums) I bought it new from a "Media Markt" which is the equivalent of PC-World in Belgium.

I'd like to change CSC with ODIN, and what CSC should I apply if I want it back in english (100% stock)?

This is a Multi-CSC firmware

The welcome screen used to be in English (when you factory reset the phone)

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

can u help please ?

is that possible to flash M919 firmware to i9505 ?

just in case the 4.4.4 has hitted m919

and vica versa ?

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
The tar no. Modems no. Bootloaders no.

Roms yes tho. I just posted a stock flashable rooted deodexed knoxless in the tmo section of the 4.4.4 update

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All you want is the the devices language to be different? You can change the default language in the settings. Or are you referring to something different?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiborprogmed:
Roms yes tho. I just posted a stock flashable rooted deodexed knoxless in the tmo section of the 4.4.4 update

may I ask for a link to that thread ?

thanks BTW
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/development/stock-base-4-4-4-nh7-rooted-deodexed-t2873695