yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
X posed modules. Wanam should work/have an option
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychok9:
Is there a way to delete all data, and make it impossible to recover the data in the future (write zero on all memory)?

You know an app?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djfred:
I have android kitkat on my i9500 and I try some app to root it like frameroot and ... but they didn't work, what is the best way to root it without doing confusing stuff? I don't mind the knox thing
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mukeshpacheria:
request to all dev of S4 i9500 latest kitkat upadate

I want to root my s4 I9500 without tripping knox

I already tried many mathode to root like towelroot ...saferoot etc

Any solution or other trick to root my i9500 indian black edition

Thanx in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harsh Mehta:
S4 Battery Drain

Yesterday I went to a funworld where I have to Submit my mobile before entering... at the time I gave my mobile, it was around 85% charged and I switched it off... after 2-3 hours when I collected it back, it was Hot enough and after switching it on, my battery was 33%. Its really terrible drain. After collecting phone, my friend's phones were also heated up but they didnt incurr a loss of battery like me as they were having different mobiles.

So did my battery drain due to heating of battery ?

Im using I9500 and im on Ozcan Rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddloschi:
Hi

What's the best method to format partitions to f2fs? I saw that some people are using it but I couldn't find how they did it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] editable:
Self-discharge is higher in hot environment, but this seems to be too much. With my old S2 I have experienced that after just a restart phone displays the same situation as you have but over the some 15 min battery level slowly goes up for some 10 %. But still it kind a bug. I have no advice on this. Probably it will stick in some % over normal usage and after some hours will start to drop..... just guessing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avadis99:
If I receive bug report by notification, what does that mean? Read the report of course understood nothing...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Post it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stroud Clife:
Stock kernel for i9500

Where can I find stock kernel for i9500? I'm looking to flash the kernel only, not the whole firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avadis99:
Is it advisable to post the report?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammarsg:
guys my phone not vibrate suddenly during use it on sokp rom even touch vibrate ...done full wipe again but same thing ...any suggestion please ...my phone still new and sokp is first custom rom flashed

edite : even in recovery mode not vibrate .i flash hassan rom based on stock and also not vibrate but now i flash hassan rom again and now it work good ....so what is the problem you though guys , from the sokp rom or from my new phone !!!!!!!

and how to return to stock kernal that come with custom roms not philiz kernal....at first i flashed roms by philiz recovery and after flash rom it show in recovery mode before reboot ,,disable recovery flash yes /no and i pushed yes without know what defferent

sorry for multiple question
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnoeire:
Samsung galaxy S4 I9505 no mobile network

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all well.

I purchased a Samsung Galaxy S4 from Ebay. I knowingly purchased the phone as a faulty item. I purchased the phone to attempt to repair the phone. I knew before purchase that there is a problem with the phone connecting to the cellular networks, otherwise the phone was in good condition. I only paid what I know I can get in salvaging the phones usable parts, screen, battery etc. I am an amateur in making phone repairs (mostly hardware repairs) and enjoy the challenge of attempting to resolve the problem. I have checked the IEMI number and it is not listed by my mobile network provider as a blacklisted IMEI. With all that said I can appreciate that this may sound like madness to a lot of people. At certain points over the past two weeks it has been exacty that....madness. I would like to ask you, the Xda community, for assistance as I do not have enough experience to fully understand what might be wrong with this phone. I would also ask for your guidance as to what I should look at next. I have searched this forum (and the internet) as best as I can and I have followed the points laid out in the resulting threads as best as I can.

Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505

I do not know the history of the phone

I have checked the phone for physical damage (antenna and additional antenna cable)

I do not have a NVData backup or any device backup prior to my purchase of the phone

I have a NVData backup as well as a CWM backup of the phone before I performed any changes

I have checked the IMEI with my provider for a blacklisting

I have flashed with the latest ROM from SamMobile more than once

I have flashed the modem firmware multiple times

I have invalidated the repair warranty flag to 0x1 do not know if it had been tripped prior to my purchase

I have followed threads regarding EFS corruption, Fake IMEI, Blacklisted IMEI and Permanent Safe Mode based on their appearance in search results

I am out of idea's

When the phone is powered on with a valid sim card inserted there is a no network icon where I would expect signal bars. If I attempt to make a phone call I get the message "Mobile network not available". The results of *#0011# are bare and only say "No Service and IMEI CERTI : NA"

I will attach some screen shots of the results of *#1234#, *#0011#, the phone screen with the no network icon and some of the details from About Device and Status.

I appreciate all responses and I will attempt to answer all of your questions as best as I can.

Thank you in advance for any assistance that you can provide.

John.

Edit

I have pictures but I cannot attach them to this post as I am a noob. I can provide them at request.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avadis99:
dumpstate: 2014-08-01 07:37:21

========================================================

Build: KOT49H.I9500XXUFNF4

Build fingerprint: 'samsung/ja3gxx/ja3g:4.4.2/KOT49H/I9500XXUFNF4:user/release-keys'

Bootloader: I9500XXUAMDK

Radio: unknown

Network: Beeline AM

Kernel: Linux version 3.4.5-699287 (dpi@SWDD5806) (gcc version 4.6.x-google 20120106 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 13 22:10:09 KST 2014

Command line: console=ram loglevel=4 sec_debug.level=0 sec_watchdog.sec_pet=5 androidboot.debug_level=0x4f4c sec_log=0x200000@0x46000000 s3cfb.bootloaderfb=0x67000000 lcdtype=4358215 consoleblank=0 lpcharge=0 lpj=3977216 vmalloc=384m oops=panic pmic_info=51 cordon=7ff9f74ce20151a093c812cdc9e92ade connie=GT-I9500_OPEN_EUR_7f113e87b6515fbb9a3098660ff2bc6d androidboot.emmc_checksum=3 androidboot.odin_download=1 androidboot.bootloader=I9500XXUAMDK androidboot.serialno=4d00a317cb1e3065 snd_soc_core.pmdown_time=1000

------ UPTIME (uptime) ------

up time: 07:09:50, idle time: 01:19:44, sleep time: 06:42:49

[uptime: 0.1s elapsed]

------ MEMORY INFO (/proc/meminfo) ------

MemTotal: 1906976 kB

MemFree: 869800 kB

Buffers: 6600 kB

Cached: 215056 kB

SwapCached: 23644 kB

Active: 310556 kB

Inactive: 272744 kB

Active(anon): 273236 kB

Inactive(anon): 92352 kB

Active(file): 37320 kB

Inactive(file): 180392 kB

Unevictable: 2500 kB

Mlocked: 0 kB

HighTotal: 1310712 kB

HighFree: 460580 kB

LowTotal: 596264 kB

LowFree: 409220 kB

SwapTotal: 511996 kB

SwapFree: 260912 kB

Dirty: 324 kB

Writeback: 0 kB

AnonPages: 353780 kB

Mapped: 189944 kB

Shmem: 1112 kB

Slab: 78932 kB

SReclaimable: 33704 kB

SUnreclaim: 45228 kB

KernelStack: 11728 kB

PageTables: 21828 kB

NFS_Unstable: 0 kB

Bounce: 0 kB

WritebackTmp: 0 kB

CommitLimit: 1465484 kB

Committed_AS: 50507484 kB

VmallocTotal: 385024 kB

VmallocUsed: 123040 kB

VmallocChunk: 102844 kB

------ CPU CORE INFO ------

- offline : -

- online : 0-3

- possible : 0-3

- cpu_normalized_load : -

- run_queue_avg : -

- run_queue_poll_ms : -

0 1 2 3

------------------------------------------------------------------

here is one part can you comment?

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Shiny Side I can post the rest if needed thank u in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alfa_G:
is there a mod where i can use the power button as shutter on the stock camera?(im rooted)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
I there might be a possibility if you search properly, although you can use the volume rocker as the shutter. Open settings and change the command from zoom button to shutter
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avadis99:
I already posted can u check?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Post the whole thing. Besides the modem unknown that tells of nothing really

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I usually skip novels do to just rambling but this one is way detailed haha

What service? Can you upload screen shots? (Black out phone number and imei for security reasons) are you sure you're flashing the latest firmware as there is no reverting to older firmwares and they won't install. What firmware version is on the phone? What version are you flashing? What modem is on the phone? And what country/code?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnoeire:
Hi ShinySide I am know for my essays ��

I cannot post links in the normal way. I will add the url here and politely ask if a mod can correct them into proper embedded links for me Please?

Mobile Network Not availible

http://imgur.com/iDQd3Oh

http://imgur.com/KAwSSdT

*#0011#

http://imgur.com/5RTiDzQ

http://imgur.com/WyQzdD9

http://imgur.com/5R6fVCR

http://imgur.com/MZRJkcZ
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harsh Mehta:
S2 is bit better than S4 in terms of battery. S4 have a terrible problem of getting heated up in hot weather or in sunlight or during high usage. And because of heating it might have lost battery. Even I thought for a while that after some time my battery will increase and so I removed battery for around 5 mins... but nothing changed...:(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazbot:
First I will advise that you probably will not get much more screen on time, my max was 4h and people that deactivate everything, freezes Google framework and Google play, greenify Facebook, whatsapp... Will also get at max 5h of screen on time, but can achieve more than 3 days with ~2h screen on time. You can deactivate location and sync, reduce the brightness to save some battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harsh Mehta:
Ya you are right... but sometimes when screen on and im surfing whatsapp, facebook, etc. my battery reduces at the rate of 1% / 2mins.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mazbot:
I don't won the 9505 variant, but a time ago I read something about that isnt possible to just install a newer lte modem with the old bootloader like the gsm modem.bin. Or there is a right procedure. I think that I read that in the modem's thread in general section.

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I'm also getting 0.9%/ 2 min just by using tapatalk with WiFi and everything else deactivated as data and only gsm network selected. You can also activate flying mode and turn only WiFi on in areas that the network signal is poor, it saves a lot of battery. Due to problems in design of our device related to heat and the SoC and the battery capacity I would not spect to lose time worrying about getting more than 4 hour of screen on time.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harsh Mehta:
True said bro... but I will find some alternate way of getting more battery time by uninstaling or freezing or greenifying apps that consumes more battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hihi00:
How to change the kernel without reinstalling the rom

I have been on 【4.4.4】Google Play Edition 07-17-2014 - Pure Nexus Edition build now available which has aroma installer with about 1000 questions. Finally i have everything right... now it seems it would be good to change the kernel to another to be more battery friendly (the googy max kernel). How (is it even possible?) can I change only the kernel?

Thanks for the useful forum!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Generally all you should need to do is download the required kernel for YOUR device/ROM....Copy to your device memory and flash in recovery!

;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SH76:
Set to MTP without touchscreen

I somehow broke the digitiser on my S4 and want to connect to kies to backup all my media as otherwise the phone is working.

However, the kies software is asking that I change my connection to MTP.

Any ideas how to do this without a working touchscreen?

Cheers!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alfa_G:
USB otg and connect a mouse
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drady:
i9506 kit kat replacement modems?

Just wondering, though the firmware for the i9506 is only just coming out, will the i9505 modems work on this handset or is there a location for the i9506 for modems etc? Just thinking because to the LTE-A maybe suggest you can't but appreciate your advice.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cccccory:
What a complete disaster. Going on 5 hours trying to figure this out. I've backup up my stuff on titanium and flashed the liquidsmooth thing and the gapps thing for the playstore.. I realize that my ROM was not backed up and now I'm stuck with this liquidsmooth rom. Now I ran out of room reinstalling my apps because my phone now will not recognize my extrernal SD card. I tried mounting it but that is not working. Any ideas? Wow do I wish I just kept it the way it was.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
There's supposed to be an exfat.zip hanging around the thread to fix the microSD issues .....just out of curiosity what build are you running?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cccccory:
build?

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Sorry for the late reply. I'm only allowed to post every 5 minutes. This keeps getting better.......I installed this... LS-KK-v3.0-2014-02-22-jflte is that the build?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
yeah that's it try flashing the latest build:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567720158

I only saw issues with the earlier builds
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cccccory:
Now I keep getting "unfortunately themes build had to stop" over and over again. I cannot type anything because this error keeps popping up.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
I guess your phone really doesn't like LS.... Did you clean flash??

? If not try wiping system,cache,dalvik cache,data ..... If you deleted the ROM.zip don't wipe system ....cause you'll need to reflash

Good Luck [emoji4]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cccccory:
I found my stock rom. I am very happy. This was a nightmare. Thanks for your help but I'll deal with the stock stuff rather than deal with this again. 7 hours wasted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
That's understandable I'm actually about to restore to stock myself ....about to trade it in for an S5 [emoji1]

Try GoldenEye when you get tired of stock its basically touchwiz but faster [emoji106]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
Does anyone have try to install any micro sd card bigger than 64gb?

Which model and what was the results because i know this mobile support micro sd card UNTIL 64gb capacity.

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Ok then i rephrase my question.

Is there any program that can play a folder with a complete bluray ripped movie WITH THE MENU and dont play only the main movie.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
It's supports 128gb if that is what you're asking. It's not listed in specs because 128gb wasn't even out then.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selrahc017:
Hi Guys just wanted to make sure that I can use this Googy-Max3 Kernel 1.1.3l with this current setup of my phone. Im going to flash the latest v9.0 imperium rom. thanks!

View attachment 2882078
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
It should be fine yes....Imperium rom v9 has the Goog Max kernel option anyway does it not??

Also if the ROM is any of these then it will be fine.....TOUCHWIZ 4.4.2 & GoogleEdition 4.4.2 & 4.4.3 & 4.4.4 & CM11

;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selrahc017:
thanks! i thought it needs my phone to have the latest kitkat bootloader. additional question can i still be able to downgrade my phone to jellybean since im still using a jellybean bootloader? or not.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
So long as you do not have the KNOX enabled boot loader you are able to downgrade stock firmware.... ;) Custom can be downgraded with or without.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
And another issue i want to find out is what is happening with other file programs when copy/rename e.t.c. files at micro sd card?

A lot of thanks for your time and your answer.

How you are so sure about that?

PLEASE does anyone has try any 128gb micro sd card to the samsung galaxy s4 i9505 with android 4.4.2 and if it does it work fine or with problems?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have a read HERE...May be interesting to read ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
So i can only install this sandisk 128gb micro sd and no other brand name correct?

Does anyone know any ebay user that sell this kind of micro sd card even it was used at cheaper price than it cost new?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammarsg:
Any help and suggestions please ...After flash hassan rom its work again but after that flash aicp rom and also work good untill today again the vibrat touch gone and not return after flash many roms till now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I could not tell you if this is the ONLY one that works! All I did was use google for your question and came up with that link.

Regarding ebay - search ebay:D

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

It looks quite a bizarre

problem for me... It looks like a half hardware problem, the best would check for a true way of testing vibration hardware. It may be it or a problem with a software, like kernel, modem or bootloader. I seriously can't explain how to exactly solve this, maybe making sure that the firmware is okay and modem, bootloader and kernel are compatible will help a lot.

Hi,

As i9506 and i9505 hardwares are different I don't believe you can use a i9505 modem. And sorry, but I couldn't find i9506 modems, maybe Googling a bit better than I did may give you results ;).

Hi,

GT-i9500 is still not supported by Towelroot, so it wouldn't work. There was an old method that used work, but I guess it's limited to 4.3 firmwares. So, if you want to root it'd require to trip KNOX, I'm sorry. The best method then would be CF-Auto Root.

Hi,

Like I said in the answer just above this one, the best method is CF-Auto Root, as it trips KNOX some people prefer to avoid it, however as far as you say you're not concerned about KNOX, then it won't be a big problem for you ;). Just make sure about what you're doing, do some research about KNOX, as once tripped it can never go back.

Here's a link for CF-Auto Root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292615

Hope this helps,

~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] Bezalel321:
How to edit apks with root browser?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Can't. Have to decompile with Apktool.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cesium22:
How do I switch to RUIM/SIM?

I just flashed the AOKP for jflte and I have no option to change the CDMA subscription to RUIM/SIM. Is there an alternative way to do it? I'm stuck on roaming. The old version of aokp works with it tho.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bezalel321:
i dont understand can i have guild or explain?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Instructions

Downloads
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmengs:
Does anyone know what could be the problem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Your proximity sensor is dirty and needs to be cleaned.

Read this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2683582
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
ANNOUNCEMENT

I would like to welcome [MENTION=5580710]ShinySide[/MENTION] to the Help Thread Hall Of Fame

Thank you for your contributions.

:) ​
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] torettto:
No Root :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theguru1:
Hi There,

Is a software sim unlock method working yet?? I remember on the s3 it could be done via an app on google play...

Thinking of buying a pay as you go version...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
When the phone was presented, there was a 360 Camera, same as photosphere, but they removed it in the last version, I don't understand why.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WillyBear:
Is it possible to put your phone in English and have an azerty keyboard without downloading a keyboard app?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smokie Smokerson:
Yes, once you see the white box you just swipe it.

Another way is to hold the message and swipe down then click on the message or missed call

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Go to the Samsung keypad settings, download the French (FR) language, then you can choose that when you type..

---------- Post added at 08:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:09 PM ----------

Stupid question, did you try to clear the cache and the app data?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] torettto:
Yes but without success :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smokie Smokerson:
I guess it's a good time to do a factory reset since you just got the phone and you don't have much going on in it yet
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _bottle_:
Thanks, also saw that you could enable preview sms from sms settings
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flipflop104:
I have the Superuser app. And I can open it but it says this

SU Binary Updater

Downloading manifest... okay! (in green)

Parsing manifest.... okay! (in green)

Latest version = 3.1.1 (in green)

Checking installed version = 1.15:SUPERSU (in red)

Fixing database.... okay! (in green)

Unpacking sutools... okay! (in green)

Checking current install path... /system/xbin/su (in green)

Downloading new binary... okay! (in green)

Gaining root access

Changing su file mode to 06755...

Making sure new su works... fail! (in red)

How would I run it from the adb shell please??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] torettto:
Factory Reset was the first Thing I have done. But nothing changed. Anyway thanks for the help so far.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaTiCeK-:
Hi guys, is there EFS Backup already available for the i9505?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codeofdusk:
Yes, at least on my Nexus(cm10.1) go into settings > language and keyboard > AOSP keyboard settings and you can change the layout from there. Don't have an S4 yet(still in an Ebay auction on that one) but when I do I can give you more details.

Sorry for my inability to give you exact info.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MMakoto:
is anybody able to sync facebook birthdays to the calendar? my s3 had the option to sync contacts, birthdays and calendars, but this new S4 (US t-mobile version) only has the sync contacts option. did i do something wrong or it only supports the contacts now?