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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
NB for all users (sorry malybru):

- Read OP well and use links.

- Always use search button before posting.

- Read, read & read.

- We are responsible of what we write, not of what you understand.

- Report back if problem was solved.

- Using Thanks button would be more appreciable than posting a "thank you" post.

[MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION], i can not use rating button since a week, is it a common issue? or just me?? :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Thanks for the reminder for people to use the search button more often.

This sometimes gets forgotten by some people.

Your rating problem is unusual.

Have you voted already on this post?

Or is it all posts?

Try rating my Avatar Thread

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.wtf:
is there a list of samsung features i lose if i flash a cm based rom and are those features any good at all? which of them are actually usable?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andymihail:
I need a suggestion on how to speed up the backup on external Sd card using recovery.

I have a micro Sdxc 64 GB Samsung pro uhs-I card. It takes more than half an hour to create a nadroid.

I tried with Philz and with Chenglu Cwm. Still the same...

Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
install trickster mod and change "read ahead buffer size" or try other I/O scheduler, it may help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runedrune:
You lose all of them and that depends on the user.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pseudobluz:
Hi.

I have an issue with camera AF. Sometimes (it's random) while camera tries to auto focus there is a buzzing noise from it and can't focus at all. So each time I have to exit camera app then open it again several time in order to get it working. And then it's working normal.

Anyone with the same problem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Just so you know...you have you own Help Thread in your own dedicated forum.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jimi!:
Hello!

I decided to root my device (gt 9505 running 4.4.2)

The problem is,i can't find the guides showing how to:

make a backup

root the device and flashing a new rom!

Also, which rom you would suggest?Omega?

Another noob question......which are the tools/apps a rooted device needs for total control?Xposed framework etc?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Look HERE.

Also read the first post of this thread.

No one can suggest a ROM for you.

You need to try these out for yourself to see what suits YOUR needs.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sohaib Baig:
Stock 4.2.2 to 4.4.2 custom rom

I have had problems earlier when upgrading from stock (4.2.2 - I had the firmware backup) to custom rom (4.4.2 - the latest roms) mainly because of TERRIBLE battery life (4-4.5 hours at max on wifi). Now I want to install Hassan Rom on my i9500 and there it says that you have to install stock 4.4.2 first before upgrading because of the modem, now

a) Can't we install kitkat modems already from googling them?

b)What's the use if we are going to do a full wipe already? (wont that wipe modem also?)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You can , of course , do as you like...

Modems are HERE

But if the [OP] suggests a method of installation , there is usually a good reason for this.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sohaib Baig:
Im sorry but I couldn't find a titanium backup thread so just wanted to make sure that if it backs up an app and its data then we restore it again on a different rom then we'll the restored app be updated and recognised by the play store? Can't find this question answered anywhere, help will be highly appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
That's how it works.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
No expert but sounds like a hardware problem my S4 never makes any sound zooming in or out and I'm pretty sure software can't cause that sound looks to me your gonna have to take it to a shop
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sohaib Baig:
So I'm flashing a ROM and wanted to know that there is a auto full wipe in the rom's aroma installer so will that affect my titanium backup, photos, music and apps?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SultanRS4:
Please, if someone could help me out here, would very much appreciate it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
You don't give any information about the ROM itself so I can only guess. I have never seen an aroma installer that automatically wipes your data partition and certainly not your SD where the titanium backup is stored.

But is good practise to make a nandroid before flashing a ROM, as a safety net.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rv0206:
Galaxy S4 Active i537 Soft Bricked

Hello everyone, just looking for a bit more of information on this issue, want to make sure nothing else i can do. So i have a Galaxy S4 Active i537 USA AT&T Version, it was a friends phone he tried to root the phone and seems he had no idea what to do so now the phone seem to be soft bricked, i can access the recovery and download mode tried to flash several stock rom using odin 4.3 and 4.2.2 and it fails as soon it starts tried factory reset thru recovery it goes thru but then it errors out no message just error and phone reboots not sure what else to do i have tried looking for a 4.4.2 stock odin flash rom but cant seem to find one other then an OTA. if anyone has any idea or has experience this problem and can help me out would be great. And to add on this if i just turn the phone on normally phone gets to the AT&T Orb Logo spins once then stuck there.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You might get a better answer from the S4 Active forum:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-active

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSKYY:
Can't hear me anymore

Hi there,

at the moment I still have 4.2.2. on my 9505 device and I installed Omega Rom last year, so its also rooted, I don't remember when exactly and which version. Sadly I have massiv problems during a call, I don't phone so much so normally I thought I have a bad reception or it is something else when I had this problem, but during the last weeks I had to phone more and I always had all bars for a really good reception but after like 3-5 minutes into the call the other side can't hear me anymore, they say it sounds like that my microphone boost wents out and the sound level is really low. After like 4-5 seconds its ok again but it comes back after another 3-5 minutes, so especially for longer business calls this caused a lot of problems. Any idea how I can fix this?

Thank you!

SKYY
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pseudobluz:
That goes without saying :) I was just curios what it could be exacly?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
can't really tell since I can't replicate the issue although an XDA member did suggest it could be something with the shutter firing off constantly

(he got it serviced)

sorry couldn't be much help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pseudobluz:
Thanks. I'll update once they figure it out at service center.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Reflash the Omgea ROM.

First try a dirty flash...just wipe cache and dalvik and reflash the rom. It will retain all your settings and what not. This might fix it.

If not, do a full wipe and flash a clean install of your ROM. See if that helps.

If that fails, do a full resturn to stock using Odin.

If that fails....I'm out of ideas.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdabruin:
Trying to install Jamal's Google ROM, getting "status 7"

Hi guys- I'm trying to install I9505_-_Official_Google_Edition_4.4.2_by_Jamal2367_Final-R1.2 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2544474 on my Tmobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 and I keep getting Status 7 errors. I've already updated CWM to the latest 6.0.4.7. What could be wrong? I have standard encryption turned on and that's given me some headaches in the past so I'm happy to remove encryption, but I honestly have no idea how!

Thanks!

p.s. I'd have posted to the master thread but I can't =[
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Try using an older version of the recovery to flash:fingers-crossed:

FAQ 10 & 11 HERE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdabruin:
How much older? I'm a bit confused by that FAQ. It seems to be telling us that an old recovery can't read a Kitkat file, which makes sense... so uh... why would I go older? Do I need to go *before* the 6.02.2 it mentions? I used to have 6.0.3.2. I'll try that now.

---------- Post added at 06:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:03 PM ----------

Crap. I can't seem to change my recovery now! I'm stuck without a working Android OS, so all I can do is get to fastboot and recovery. In fastboot my Mac can see the device using 'adb devices' but when I switch over to fastboot I can no longer see the device (hence I can't run 'fastboot flash recovery file.img').

Got any other ideas? (other for figuring out what's wrong with fastboot or other for not needing to get an older CWM)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have you tried to use SGS4 Flasher from Play store to flash recovery....No need for Odin or similar. Just need to DL the .tar.md5 file of the recovery and flash via the app.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdabruin:
First of all, I assume you mean the one from nl.bvgemert.flasher (I can't post a direct link yet) and so no, I haven't tried that (I didn't even know about it until right now). Thanks for telling me about it!!

Second, that doesn't list my phone as a supported model (I have the SGH-M919, but it just has the GT-i9xxx series).

Third and finally, I don't have a booting phone right now, so how does that help me? gah?!?!?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
My fault for not asking what your variant was:eek: That app wont work for you (afaik) You may get better help in your variants HELP THREAD
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdabruin:
Interesting. I'll check out that thread!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jyler660:
Hi again,

Could someone please recommend me a custom rom for I9505. I'm looking for stock android similar to CyanigenMod 11. Waiting for the stable to release. To be honest, any rom that is amazing in any way, please suggest.

Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
Cyangoenmod made an announcement that M snapshots would replace the need for RC or stable so no more stables ....... I recommend Mahdi (based on slim) or Kangakat (Stock) or AOKP (best battery life)

KT kernel or Alucard - if you're up for it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbas001@gmail.com:
stock firmware

can you also provide me stock firmware for i9505 lte Globe locked here in Philippines? I tried searching the forum and it seems some links are not working anymore.

Thanks, much appreciated if you have one.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jyler660:
OH i missed that. I think i shall get CM 11 M6
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSKYY:
I think I want to update to one of the new roms, which already has 4.4.2, I saw that today there are new ways to update to a new rom with aroma etc., so is there any easy guide which covers to update from a previous custom rom to a new custom rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
The easy guide is "Wipe everything, system/data/cache/dalvik and flash"

You will loose all you're apps and system and apps settings so you might want to make a backup of your user apps and there settings.

You can't restore system settings and system apps.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSKYY:
I sync all important things like pictures, contacts etc., but I would also like to save save games and stuff like that. I have Titanium Backup installed I guess this is enough for that or should I save anything else? At Titanium should I save more than the few games I play, also any system apps?

Wipe everything means I should wipe format/system? And after that install the new rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anishrestha:
Thats a lot

Thanks a lot for the post. Very noob friendly
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patroclus:
Going From Stock Odexed to Stock Deodexed

Can anyone guide me how to change from Stock Odexed to Stock Deodexed....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busbyeie:
Guys I am currently running Model number : GT-I9505 Android Version : 4.3 Baseband Version : I9505XXUEMK9. (Virgin Mobile)

I am currently trying to decide between 2 roms Omega & Hyperdrive, Omega works fine but I don't understand how to fully setup the extra bits & Hyperdrive I am having problems with the mobile networks dropping in and out as I know it wasn't designed for the UK side of things.

what I am trying to work out is if I would be better off upgrading to kitkat ? would I get better performance, battery life, signal & would it be better for custom roms & I know I won't be able to roll back to 4.3 which is why I am a bit hesitent in upgrading.

---------- Post added at 02:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:21 PM ----------

This might help http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2341026

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

You can just upgrade the modem/baseband...

Look HERE

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busbyeie:
You mean that I can just install the latest Modem / Baseband and it will still function fine aslong as I do it correctly ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

The instructions are all on the link I gave.

Just make sure you install the correct modem for your variant.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busbyeie:
Thanks Maly once again you have saved me from insanity lol :p:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
You don't need the latest modem as I'm still on mk9 baseband from 4.3 & all works perfect for me ? :cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busbyeie:
What your running Hyperdrive and you didn't need to do any moddifications ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
No I could never get hyperdrive to boot ?

All other roms I've tried have been fine without updating baseband ? :cowboy:

I was taking in general re baseband & 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busbyeie:
Ahhh ok thanks for the info though :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
My android OS and kernel are mostly always up top in gsam battery monitor, I was just wondering if this is normal battery life..

On my other phones its always been that certain apps came up top, and not the OS or kernel. I'm running stock android rooted with cf auto root
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akkay1:
Need help regarding root and custom recovery

Hello,

I have Samsung galaxy s4 i9505 model, and I want to Root it and install TWRP recovery as I heard that CWM is unstable or have some issues.

Please help me to refer to the correct link, as I am confused which one should I adopt. I have running official 4.4.2 kitkat. I just want to install root and install custom recovery so that I will able to flash some s5 mods. Please refer me to the correct and safe method thread

Thanks

Regards,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Is it normal for my s4 to get pretty warm while charging? Its not burning but it gets pretty warm at the top of the device at the front camera
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
yes thats normal, as long as it isn't getting so hot you can't touch it anymore. :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akkay1:
Thanks for the prompt responce, I have already looked there, but I am confused that after doing the CF Root how can I get custom recovery what are the next steps?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you want TWRP, download the .tar file here and flash with Odin.

Thats all there is to it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
This sounds like the craziest thing but.. I took my new 32gb mini sd card out and it immediately stopped getting so warm, I know it may sound strange but I can't figure out if it's the sd or if it was because it passed the 80 percent charge
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrazapk:
[MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] Hi, I have i9505 Black Edition. Can I flash other i9505 ROM on it...? Rightnow I'm using Romania Region FNC4, but there are many latest firmwares available on SAMMOBILE. Which one you suggest me to flash. My i9505 Black Edition is unbranded, no carrier.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

The black edition is just a normal i9505 with a black back cover.

You can use the same firmware and custom ROMS as a normal i9505.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
It could be there is a corrupt media file on the SD card. That will cause the phone to keep scanning the files, and run hot. It will also drain your battery in the process.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
There is no evidence of that that gsam can show me so it's probably the phone charging real fast, thanks for the tip will look out for it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmi999:
Okay...Thanks!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akkay1:
And after doing these steps and rooting using CF Auto root and TWRP recovery using odin.. can I get the yellow triangle?

and is it safe t use triangle away? I read on the thread that It'll brick your phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrazapk:
Rightnow I am using...

Model: GT-I9505

Model name: GALAXY S4 LTE

Country: Romania (Black Edition)

Version: Android 4.4.2

Changelist: 481100

Build date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 15:34:05 +0000

Product Code: ROM

PDA: I9505XXUFNC4

CSC: I9505YXXFNC4

MODEM: I9505XXUFNC4

Can I flash this one on my handset...?

Model: GT-I9505

Model name: GALAXY S4 LTE

Country: Germany

Version: Android 4.4.2

Changelist: N/A

Build date: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Product Code: DBT

PDA: I9505XXUGNE5

CSC: I9505OXAGNE5

MODEM: I9505XXUGNE5

Do know about the current status of this GNE5 ROM, Any kind of bugs reported or its perfect and stable...?

I don't want to root or any other tweaks, I just want to use pure stock ROM. My current ROM has some kind of voice issue, many callers complaining me that they hear their own voice during call. So that is the reason why I want to flash new ROM.

PS. I sure that its not a hardware fault.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I believe that you are fine to flash GNE5 on your phone, as it is a later version than the one you currently have.

I am a little confused by the Jan 1970 Build Date , though.

Perhaps , [MENTION=4975115]samersh72[/MENTION] could comment ?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrazapk:
Most of latest ROMs on SAMMOBILE has same built date Jan 1970 written on page. But actual ROMs are fine.

What will happen, if I flash a branded ROM. T-Mobile, O2 etc...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you flash a branded firmware , you will get all company bloat , I should imagine.

The main thing to remember is to always flash a later version than your current one .

Otherwise you will get load errors.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
I've used the same version to get back to stock and it worked.. Should you always use a later version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

With a knox bootloader , you always need to flash a later version than you currently have.

It will not let you downgrade.

It will always give you "aboot" errors on odin.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrazapk:
I flash I9505XXUFNC9 on I9505XXUFNC4. Then later I flashed I9505XXUFNC4 on I9505XXUFNC9. I didn't get any kind of error on ODIN.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
And you also can't flash the same version you currently have? This would mean that eventually you cannot return to stock because you run the latest version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

There were 3 "C" versions...

5 gave an updated kernel , and 9 gave a newer modem/baseband.

They are all 3 basically equivalent , so not upgrade or downgrade.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
My csc is AUTFNA2, xxufnb9. This means I cannot flash that same version to get back to stock? I'm confused
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

CSC is just sales code.

You can flash xxufnb9 again if it is already on your phone.

You will always be OK to flash an equivalent firmware or a newer one.

Only if you downgrade ,will it give you problems.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Thank you that is what I needed to know :) thanks!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] addiepats:
Im having weird problems with my s4 gt-i9505 with custom Roms (specifically PAC, CM, and Omni). The s4 has 2 mic 1 at top 1 at bottom with the top one for noise cancelling but i noticed that when i send a voice message or record using a voice recorder, the bottom mic's volume is way too low while recording with the top microphone is normal. But before when i was using the stock touchwiz the bottom mic volume was normal. Any ideas why this is happening? Im currently using OmniRom Nightly 20140522
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
probably just dirty. i use the bristles from a toothbrush to clean them quite often, with 'faulty' mics while doing repairs.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
ignore 1970.

you have black edition installed, is your phone black edition and you succeeded to flash non black edition firmware?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] addiepats:
Im not sure about that. I went back to stock touchwiz earlier and the mic volume at the bottom is okay. But when i go back to omnirom, or cm or pac rom, it reverts. Top mic is louder than bottom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivpiper95:
Hi I deleted the stock Touchwiz launchers (both Easy and Normal ones) on my rooted device cuz I have other(better launchers) and now I'm UNABLE to change Lockscreen wallpaper in any way. Any suggestions guys?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Flash he ROM again and do not remove Touchwiz launcher. It's an important part of the ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivpiper95:
Would an Apk of the launcher work?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you restore everything you removed (make sure you restore the correct version) then it should in theory work again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrazapk:
I have black edition phone and I have black edition rom installed. Now today I flashed non black edition rom my black edition phone. Flashed smoothly without any kind of bug/error. working perfect no issues. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 012512:
Hello. How can I make the ratio of 13mp setting from 4:3 to 16:9??

sent from Nokia 3310
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivpiper95:
The setting's there in the samsung camera app right?