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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
Yes. You will not receive ota if your device is rooted :)

Sent from my GT-I9500

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Yes. You will not receive ota if your device is rooted :)

Sent from my GT-I9500

Hit the thanks button if I was of your help :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
Mhm...That's strange, for all my nandroid backups I backed up only system, data, boot and recovery and not cache or dalvik cache and everything works fine. My guess is that for him not backing up cache or dalvik cache isn't the problem, because it works for me, if we have the same device of course.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
The issue is not having dalvik not included in the backup, it's not wiping dalvik that's causing issues its not included.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mankvl:
rly? i use wanam xposed and status is official, if i cechk ota it says i have all up to date so it works, but when i go to download mode it says custom binary, so that is recovery? right? if I instal stock with odin it should change to official?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
It's not about using a kernel orso. Once you root your device isn't "official"

Download mode is a little different than recovery (twrp or cm etc)

Yes, when you flash the offial firmware for the device, its status will turn bakc to official but you will lose root access.

Sent from my GT-I9500

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
That wanam setting is strictly cosmetic. You have to reset the flash counter with triangle away. And yes you have to have the stock recovery to apply stock updates.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mankvl:
So i need to unroot and flash stock recovery for OTA to work? Or before that I also need to reset flash count for OTA to work?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] du_91:
Unfortunately it didn't work. I upgraded my firmware to android 4.4.3 and then went back to android 4.3 using nandroid backup. At first i wiped dalvik cache but i kept getting force close from so many apps that it is unusable. Then i wiped cache and also dalvik cache (again) and still the same.

I don't know why this is happening to me at all. Can someone help plz.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
It won't do any harm resetting the flash counter but is not necessary for OTA to work. Flashing Stock ROM via Odin will un-root your phone and also restore stock recovery!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Did you move any apps to sd?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] du_91:
No i didn't. All my apps are on the phone memory and not on external sd card. After restoring the nandroid, it also gave me a database error.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mankvl:
Hmm, any way to flash only recovery? i think it's more safe or not? and then try OTA( i know i will lose root)?

P.S can't find stock recovery any where for 9505 LTE :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Mmmm...OK....Then you can either try flashing Stock ROM or If I remember correctly - Flash Chainfires CF Auto Root (this replaces the recovery with stock one also......And then full un-root with SuperSU.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
I installed a new kernel but I'm not satisfied by it. If I flash the running rom agajn, will it restore the kernel I was using originally or not?

Sent from my GT-I9500

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Yes it should do! But can you not just download the kernel that comes with the rom and flash that instead of the whole rom again!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
I can but i forgot which one it was. I'm on hassan rom v7. And as far as I can recall it might be the Linux v3.4.5 ish idk.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiody:
What model is my phone?

Hi there

I just got the i337 and was wonder, which i95xx version is it? Which forum do I go for instructions on rooting, and for ROMS?

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have a look HERE

Help Thread HERE

You can also go into Settings>More>About Device for your Model etc etc :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alfa_G:
Is it possible to remove the "kernels is etc " and "set warranty bit kernel" when booting up the phone?Im rooted with custom rom/recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M414:
I'm using Android 4.4.2 Stock, root with CF, ModXposed (Greenify, ACDisplay, EnableCallRecording, GalaxyS5QuickSettingIcons, GravityBoxKK).

After the last Samsung update I made from Kies I rooted and reinstalled everything above again and then the phone keeps soft rebooting itself.

I tried a factory reset, resinstalled all over again, same problem.

Is there a way to save log before phone reboots itself? I want to find out about error and try to fix it.

Any help or suggestion would be apreciated. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Do they not be removed only when you go back to stock
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnrcesar:
i337 att 4.3

I am trying to OTA update, I rooted with saferoot. I was looking up videos on how to unroot. I found that you could unroot through supersu. So I did that, because I read online that you need to unroot to update. I lost my root privileges. Now when I boot up my phone I still have the padlock and it still says custom. The status on the phones settings still say custom.also I read I had to unistall busy box which I did not do. But in other forums they said it was ok. Now I have downloaded the OTA is it safe to install? I have an i337 gs4 4.3 and I am trying to update to 4.4.2 also I don't care about warranty.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I see no reason why it would not be safe to install!

Also for info - You have your own DEDICATED HELP THREAD

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnrcesar:
att 4.3 gs4

I just tried to, sorry for bothering you, it sent me into download mode, is that normal? I freaked out and restarted my phone xD I have only updated my htc evo 3d before and that didn't send me to download mode
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I believe that would be normal yes......But as I have not received an OTA update in a VERY LONG time I would not like to assume this to be correct! :cowboy:

EDIT - BTW you are not bothering me :good: ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnrcesar:
Thanks :) one last thing I have used odin before, if anything goes wrong I will use it, I will back up all my data first. I was wondering, if I get stuck in a bootloop or anything of that sort, do I download 4.3 for odin because that is the version I got stuck on? Or can I download 4.4.2 and put it on Odin? Sorry for being such a noob :p also I love this website, it's so helpful.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You can download the latest 4.4.2 firmware

for your device

and flash via Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
stock kernel i9500 kitkat

Can anyone please link me where to download the stock kernel (3.4.5 i think) for the S4 i9500 running kitkat 4.4.2? i've searched everywhere but cant seem to find it??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
The Kernel is ROM dependent. If you want the stock kernel for your ROM, look in the ROM's thread.

Safest way to get your kernel fully back to stock (including all kernel modules) is to dirty flash the ROM again
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
basically i got a situation.

i was using Hassan Rom v7 running KK right, but my battery timing was crappy so i thought of flashing a new kernel which supported (better) over/under clocking.

I downloaded the Perseus kernel but unfortunately for me that one was even worse. So in my mind i thought the kernel was causing the main problem so i flashed the Hassan rom again (without any wipe because i had done it before without any problem) in order to restore the stock rom's kernel.

Now what happened is that my phone wont boot even till the bootloader..i think. Whenever I turn it on it gives the first SAMSUNG I9500 image and slightly dims, turns the screen off and just stops. same goes for even when i plug into the charger (phone off) the battery shows up and then disappears, doesnt even shows the green thingy how much its charged.

i can format everything and reflash stuff but the problem is that i cant access the intermal memory to save my data. i tried it with recovery but the usb storage wont mount. i feel screwed. help me :laugh::D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Try the following.

Remove the battery for a minute, boot into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik and reboot :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
sorry man,, that also didn't work =(

Is there any way i can save my internal storage data (pictures and other files)? I'm using the philz recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lnxpro91:
Im running a custom rom in my i337z , its the intika locky s4 but I notice something that Google play store give an error when trying to install an app, any idea what could it be?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
What error is it giving you? Please be a little more specific! ;)

Also try looking HERE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lnxpro91:
it says error 491
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Taken from the thread I gave you a link to!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CsR0501:
9515L

Hey guys! :D

Somebody knows something about "9515L" device? :confused:

I just wanna ROOT this device... I know that 9505's ROMs are not compatible with my device even has the same hardware...

Sorry my bad english... I'm peruvian! :p

Thanks to all! :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soadfan:
I'm little bit confused about jflte, jftlexx and so on. How to find which is my device?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
S4 builds are universal. Meaning one build for all s4s. (Normal s4s not active, 9500, etc etc) jflte is for all qualcom s4s. So jflte is what you want. They made them universal like the nexus builds. Jfltexx is the i9505.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soadfan:
So for me (9505) both jflte and xx are useable
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Yep
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eliasbaeza:
Mobile network problem

when I bought the i9500 came with Android 4.3, when I connected to the mobile network signal was stable, but the upgrade to Android 4.4.2 the mobile network its totally unstable, making it impossible to download anything. But I put a modded rom with Android 4.2.2 the mobile network was stable. Currently I'm with MIUI. Any idea what might happen?

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

From your post , it is not clear what you currently have on your phone.

If you want to experiment with modems , the link is HERE

Make sure you choose the correct modem for your variant

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eliasbaeza:
Thanks for you answer, how can i help you to know whats is the problem.

originally the phone box says "CHO", so i can assume its chilean, the CSC is the same in the i9500. I've flashed the stock rom CHO 4.4.2 and the problem with the instability is with the 4.4.x variants. Because with JB 4.3 and MIUI (4.2.2) the problem isnt present.

i hope you can help me :c

BTW, i triyed with ARO, TTT, CHO and i cant solve that problem
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I cannot tell you what the best modem for your phone is.

You need to experiment until you find one that works well for you.

If the miui one worked well , start by installing the modem that was in that ROM.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eliasbaeza:
I'll give a try, if it worked i told you!

Thanks! (:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mankvl:
Any way to have stock + root and to receive OTA? As I understand if I unroot before instaling OTA it should work?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
No.....you cannot get OTA whilst phone is rooted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mankvl:
But if i do the unroot with superSU? this wont help? so the only way to have root and get all updates without loosing data is flashing newest rom with odin and rooting it again?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soadfan:
Well... tried to install CM11 latest build via Philz Touch Recovery 6.48.4. But it says can't open it. I decided that something is wrong with the package so tried to restore nandroid backup i've made to sdcard1 (external 32gb class 10 microsd). But fails md5 check. After that tried install imperium v7_1 and get same error, so the problem isn't in zips:

When uncheck md5 verification get this:

Can't mount internal sdcard via recovery to try to install from it.

On every reboot (system/recovery/download mode) and shut down, recovery says that root is missing/broken and ask to apply root again. No matter if you hit Yes or No keep saying this. Installed again CF-AR - same ****.

I've backed up few apps was installed with titanium backup, so main goal is to manage to boot phone up, so any help will be appreciated :confused:

EDIT:

I forgot to write that i'm wiping data before every try using command in phiz recovery "Clean up for install new ROM" or something familiar.

P.S. Will trip today, but tomorrow afternoon will be back to check and try your advises. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steve Disco:
Hi,

I rooted my s4 a few months ago. Seemed to all go Ok. However recently I have been getting messages when Titanium has been attempting scheduled backups that it could not gain root access.

I have now run root checker which confirms that phone is not rooted but I cannot do software updates as the phone has been modified.

What is my best option here?

Model number GT-I9505

Android version 4.2.2

Baseband version I9505XXUDMH8

Kernel version 3.4.0g1220396

se.infra@R0210G03 #1

Build number JDQ39.I9505XXUDMH8

Ideally would like root to improve battery performance.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanw5489:
Hi I recently broke my s4 mdk. The screen is cracked and it shows different colors on the screen so I can not use it. Is there any way I could factory reset it back to stock my without root so I could either sell it or even send it in to my insurance. If so could someone point me to the right direction. Also can this be done.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
You can try to flash a stock rom if thats possible or of you want to factory reset/hard reset it then you can try this (if you can access recovery mode):

http://www.androidpit.com/forum/566341/how-to-hard-reset-your-google-nexus-7-2013

Sent from my GT-I9500

Hit the thanks button if I was of your help :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
CMW wont mount usb mass storage? tips?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lnxpro91:
Fixed, thanks for the help, you guys are awesome
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
I had a similar problem. What I had to do was update or reinstall my custom recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleming.patel:
I think if you want root so root your phone again so root will be work completely and you don't want root so reflash your mobile stock and update...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drakorcarnis0:
Hello i'm a noob and i just installed imperium rom on my gt-i9505. Works great but I have two settings menu: the gs4 one and the gs5 one. I wan't to keep only the s5's one. How can I do ? (Sorry for my english i'm french).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neopumper666:
[HELP WITH ROM] [ROM][XXUGNF1][4.4.2] S5 RivalStorm V2.1 [SLIM][S5 Apps/Features][03/

Hi, i'm pretty sure this might not me the place to ask this, but i am not allowed to ask on the rom dev threat so if you point me out to the right direction i'd really appreciate it. Oh yeah, never posted anything here so i know i'll be screwing up a bit but want to get better at this ñ_ñ

ok so i Installed S5 RivalStorm v2.1 (in android dev, dunno if i may post links) and i have this issue, where everytime i restart the phone, the date and time resets and have to adjust manually, or wait till i connect to a wifi hotspot for auto date/time settings to kick in..

I searched the rom thread but only found 1 person pointing it out in v1 with absolutely no one answering.

So, does anybody have that rom? anybody have that problem? any ideas to what it could be or where to ask?

Thank you so much and sorry for my noobness..

EDIT: quoting Drakorcarnis0: "Hello i'm a noob and i just installed imperium rom on my gt-i9505. Works great but I have two settings menu: the gs4 one and the gs5 one. I wan't to keep only the s5's one. How can I do ? (Sorry for my english i'm french). "

It's the same with my rom, so +1
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
Maybe you can try to go into the application manager and disabled or turn off the gs4 one? I'm not sure to be honest. I myself also have 2 settings but I don't really care. I use the notification bar to access settings. It asked me which one I wanted to set as the default one so I tapped the s5 one :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SebTheYella:
Hi guys, I'm getting a notification that 4.4.4 has been downloaded and that I can install it. However, when I tap it, it just restarts my phone into the booth loader (or whatever you call it - the screen with four grey boxes with things like Install and Wipe).

I have an i9505 with Google Play edition rom installed. What do I do?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
"i9505 with Google play edition rom"

Thats why. Youll need to flash a 4.4.4 gpe rom. Youre not going to be able to due it thru the settings.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SebTheYella:
Will I need to wipe before flash? Its on 4.4.3 currently.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drakorcarnis0:
When I tap on the settings icon on the notification center, it effectively let me choose between the two apps. They are both called "com.android.settings". My idea would be to delete the gs4 one but i don't find it with ESexplorer. And I can't disable it in application manager. If someone could tell me where this app is located it would be great !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Dont have to. But if you start noticing problems do a full wipe before reporting issues.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
There's something with the phone's memory. When I checked did an sd card analysis it showed i had used 3.8 gb outta 8.something. But when i calculated the major sized files it summed up to 1.9 gb. Where the hell are the other 2 gb on my internal memory??

The external memory calculation is also giving a difference of about 1 gb

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
TBH I have never tried to unroot using SuperSu:cyclops:

Maybe you could give it a shot and let us know if it works OK!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Did you make a nandroid backup, and save it to your internal memory?

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

The only time I've tried it was with a friend's SIII and unfortunately it didn't work. But I guess you can try it! The other way is assured to work OTOH.

Hi,

It looks like you lost root access somehow, I'd suggest rooting again just in case. Also try opening SuperSU app and checking if any app was denied root access, if so, then clear the default configuration for it.

Hi,

I had the same problem but with Phoenix ROM, in my case I just use the hide app function from the launcher and set the (in my case) Note III settings as default in the notification bar.

Hope it helps,

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
Heyy. No i didn't, and even if i did. Shouldn't it be visible? I still can't figure it out bruvv :/

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worx54:
I got a quick question about my recently acquired Galaxy S4:

How do I know if I'm getting 4G LTE data/speeds? I'm on the AT&T Network and I see an icon for the 4G, but it doesn't show a "LTE" icon.

I've ran some speed tests and I get around 10-12 Mbps. How come on some review sites they are getting up to 50 Mbps?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Itzamistry:
Well actually you are not receiving LTE. If you were it would look like the picture I have attached. Also, let me know if you set up your apns or what ROM you are running and I can try to help you out :)

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 running HYPERDRIVE!

If I helped you in any way...make sure to say Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worx54:
I'm using stock ROM stock APN settings. Do I have to change any of it to receive LTE? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Location location location
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worx54:
I get 5 bars full signal with AT&T though... that doesn't mean LTE is available in my area? I'm located about 15 mins north of Portland, Oregon btw.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Signal bars have nothing to do with data. Also doesn't mean your area has all available data technologies available from a carrier.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worx54:
I see... thanks for that info. What's the best way to find out if LTE is available in my area?

I tried using this link: https://www.att.com/maps/wireless-coverage.html

Zip code: 98684 and it shows that my area is covered.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Itzamistry:
Well if you have the stock ROM on you can try to ask at&t why you aren't receiving lte

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 running HYPERDRIVE!

If I helped you in any way...make sure to say Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllatt:
Stock Firmware

Does anyone know of any sites that have official Samsung GT-I9505 (JFLTEXX) firmware instead of SamMobile or that doesn't redirect you to SamMobile ? Takes forever there.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllatt:
Cheers :)

Slight problem though.............which one ?!?!?!?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

What firmware are you currently running on your phone?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llvllatt:
Baseband is I9505XXUFNB8

***FOUND IT***
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

As long as the firmware is equal to , or later than the one you have on your phone , then , you will be fine to flash it

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soadfan:
Well...the phone was off while i was on a trip. Now can't boot it in recovery (just samsung's boot screen). Reinstalled cf-ar after flash it say stock recovery is installed, but same ****. After that installed GalaxyS4-CWM-6.0.4.4-GT-i9505, now blue/yellow/red text is showing but wont boot in recovery, just restarts. HELP