yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
If you flash stock 4.4.2 on stock 4.4.2 there's no problem, but in the XXUGNG8 there's a new bootloader. After flashing this version, if you flash any stock ROM (only 100% stock through Odin and not custom ones) made for the old bootloader, you'll have only Samsung keyboard persistent FC (force close). It's not possible to downgrade bootloader

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
Is there any SURE way to root my phone samsung galaxy s4 i9505 android 4.4.2 I9505XXUGNG8 cosmote WITHOUT count the knox parameter?

And can i unroot it always WITHOUT count the knox parameter?

If i try this way can i un-root the mobile always without knox counter became 01?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Hi,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2862768

But really sure is nothing when you deal with root and kind of this stuff.

You can always unroot without tripping Knox. Just flash a stock Samsung firmware ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maurocds:
hi

s4 9505 from venezuela digitel carrier sim locked

it had 4.2.2, then i went to gpe 4.3 then gpe 4.4, now gpe 4.4.4, cool but

i wish to sim unlock it, using a tuto here on xda about a service mode, that service mode is not on GPE

so i must return no stock touchwizz

can i go to 4.2.2? or must be 4.4.2, also, can i return then to GPE 4.4.4 without issues? that knox **** will mess something?

i believe my knox is perfect since i went from touchwizz 4.2.2 to gpe 4.3-4.4.4, i guess i have the old bootloader
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

I've learned somewhere else that this was the battery calibration method :P. I must study better about it, I do this same thing as you do from times to times.

Hi,

As you have the old boot loader then you can go to 4.2.2 without problems, only if you have Knox boot loader from a new version that you won't be able to downgrade. After it, you can go to GPe 4.4.4 without problems, as long as it keeps with the old boot loader, because if you get new one with Knox you'll trip it.

Custom ROMs (like GPe) doesn't change your boot loader.

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maurocds:
thanks

but still, what happens if i upgrade to 4.4.2 touchwizz?

ok, knox will be triggered, ok, but what does it mean?

my warranty is long over, i really dont care

i just want to use latest GPE rom, that is the only thing that makes me worried, can i install a custom recovery and install any rom after having touchwizz 4.4 with knox?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
I mean if i can after the root with this program to un-root the phone with the same program?

And i do this root procedure only one time or every time i power on the mobile i must do the same procedure again and again and again?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
You have to root only one time. When you finished rooting you have to install an app called superSu. There you can also unroot your phone.

But the cleanest method to unroot is to flash a official Samsung firmware ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
You are lucky to have 4.2 bootloader... If you upgrade to TouchWiz 4.4 your bootloader will be upgraded with the ROM and this means that you will never have the possibility to use again TouchWiz 4.2/4.3. KNOX was developed along with S4 but not active in 4.2, from 4.3 yes but doesn't matter. You can install everything also if you are on 4.4 bootloader, for example about 4.2 and 4.3 ROMs you can use only AOSP/CM-based ROMs, about 4.4 you can use official TouchWiz and stock-based custom ROMs along with AOSP/CM/GPE ROMs and any recovery you want. If you want to try to disable simlock my suggestion is to restore TouchWiz 4.2, do what you need to do and install GPE. If you don't care about bootloader, upgrade to latest TouchWiz 4.4 (XXUGNG8)

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
How i can unroot after the towelroot?

I have download the supersu app from that app is there any choice to unroot the mobile?

And that choice of unroot the mobile is work even for mobiles phones that it doesn't root it with towelroot?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
From SuperSu settings select "Full unroot", in the other superuser apps it's the same, may be just different word like "Unroot" only. Unroot works with any Android device that at the moment has the su binary in system/xbin

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodemail:
i9505 reboots after CF Auto-Root with new FW

Hi folks,

I used the search function, and although I have found some related issues, the solutions didn't work.

Wednesday I installed a new firmware (the standard procedure: backup/factory reset/new FW via Odin/factory reset/root/some apps restored).

The firmware I installed was this one: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=35309

Model: GT-I9505

Model name: GALAXY S4 LTE

Country: Brazil

Version: Android 4.4.2

Changelist: 2507854

Build date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:55:27 +0000

Product Code: ZTO

PDA: I9505VJUGNH2

CSC: I9505ZTOGNH1

MODEM: I9505VJUGNH2

After update the FW, I applied the most recent CF Auto-Root to root the phone. The problem was that since Wednesday I getting several random reboots per day. I did all the process of wiping/new FW/restore three times, it took a long time and I wasn't able to identify with certainty the origin of the problem.

I read that it might be a problem with CF Auto-Root and Knox 2.0, but I froze all KNOX 2.0 apps (I think*) using Titanium Backup (and other time also with the SuperSU app) but the reboots continues.

*Knox 2.0 apps that were frozen with TB:

KLMS Agent 2.2.132

KNOX 2.0.0

KNOX 2.0.0 (yes, two times)

Knox Notification Manager 2.0

KNOX SetupWizardClient 2.0

KNOX Store 1.0

KnoxMigrationAgent 4.0

What I've found out: 1) the problem doesn't occurs when I remove the MicroSD card. But I have 167 apps there, so would be very difficult to identify which app is malfunctioning, if it's really the source of the problem; 2) The problem doesn't happens with the MicroSD card if I disable Superuser inside the SuperSU app, but this way I loose the benefit of having root.

I used the SD Fix app to enable writing on it, I don't know is may be related...

Any ideas?

Thanks!

-------

EDIT: I found this thread that may solve this problem. I will report later.

http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/samsung-kitkat-systemserver-crash-fix-t2806046
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
If it is the knox theory, and just to get rid of knox crap period heres a more knox,

/system/etc/secure_storage/com.sec.knox.seandroid

/system/etc/secure_storage/com.sec.knox.store

/system/container

/system/containers

/system/preloadedsso

Bridge.apk

ContainerAgent.apk

ContainerEventsRelayManager.apk

KLMSAgent.apk

KNOXAgent.apk

KnoxAttestationAgent.apk

KnoxMigrationAgent.apk

KnoxSetupWizardClient.apk

KnoxSetupWizardStub.apk

KNOXStore.apk

KNOXStub.apk

KnoxVpnServices.apk

RCPComponents.apk

SPDClient.apk

UniversalMDMClient.apk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sushiewushie:
Hi folks. My S4 i9505 seems to constantly disconnect from the wifi. What can I do about it? It's on 4.4.2. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
You can turn off WiFi psm by dialing *#0011# and then pressing the settings button and navigate to WiFi. However, in my experience this cut my battery life while using WiFi in half
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodemail:
I have no idea of what is happening... After installing the fix mentioned in edit, the problem had stopped (or appeared so then).

So I decided to install philz CWM modded recovery and the reboots returned!

I think that I only did 3 things: installed philz recovery, enabled battery savings (I don't the exact term in English) and ran Triangle Away (I needed SuperSU for this). I tried to disable SuperSU again, but the phone rebooted after that. I disabled battery savings, and the rebooting continued. I unfreeze amd refreeze Knox apps (I did't want to remove completely). Tried to enable/disable SuperSu some times.

I out of ideas here... My next step may be learn the read catlogs to try to have some notion of what is happening...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

First of all, check if the files [MENTION=5580710]ShinySide[/MENTION] mentioned were really deleted. They can be causing the Knox issue...

Also, try formatting your sdcard. It can be associated with the problem. You can also try inserting it into a friends phone, to check if it really has a problem.

And one important thing that you can do is provide us a logcat. So we can analyse what the problem possibly is. Maybe the system crash that was solved with that fix appeared again, a logcat can provide diagnosis for it.

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sswagonman:
what? who said? ask him for the same reason buddy. we can't comments over any RD development and his discussion.

Sent from my Disturbed™ Galaxy S4[/QUOTE]

Ok mate cheers was just trying to make sense of it. Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runedrune:
Well that's unlucky. Mines been working for two years now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOORHASHIM:
have another Q .. first time i try to use this code ( *#0228# ) to know the temperature of my phone its works fine but from week ago this code not working and no result !
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohawk888:
Hi. Just recently updated my firmware from xxubmdm to xxubmea. After the update, i played asphalt7 and notice that it runs hotter and slight lag after 5mins due to cpu throthling and gpu..battery drains much faster.. playing mkv file for 30mins from 95% to 85% and can feel much warmer in the upper side of my phone. this is weird since the previous firmware is much stable for me and never encounter this kind of problem before. do i need to factory reset my device?:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dublinz:
What are you waiting for :) go on he provide welt of info to community :) and i do think it is in line with thread name :D

Nice and friendly thread ( Even undercover is somewhere around)

---------- Post added at 10:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:25 AM ----------

If you want MDM firmware back, you'll have to flash rom mate ....Factory reset will reset phone to int MEA factory settings
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamranhaghighi:
oh ok! thanks im going to try another cable today!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dublinz:
Have done that but I mean like some devs r saying mf4 is the latest then I see mf5 but have been told mf4 is newer. I am not a noob but does not make sense[/QUOTE]

Just check and pay attention to

CHANGELIST

Model: GT-I9505 (4.2.2)

PDA: XXUBMF4

PHONE: XXUBMF4

CSC: OXXBMF2 (29 codes) (NOTE: KIES will NOT recognize this FW due to CSC mismatch..)

Kernel: 3.4.0-779953 (10.06)

Build Date: 10.06.2013

Changelist: 779953

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

Model: GT-I9505 (4.2.2)

PDA: XXUBMF5

PHONE: XXUBMF5

CSC: OXXBMF2 (29 codes)

Kernel: 3.4.0-768421 (11.06)

Build Date: 11.06.2013

Changelist: 768421

etc ...

So currently newest one is MF4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Already done.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvattoy:
How to take advantage of the SD CARD (Rooted)

Hi,

I just rooted my phone and I am pretty new to this. I need to move apps to SD-Card. Mostly spotify offline playlists. Do anyone have a step by step guide to do this? I would realy appriciate it.

I tried using Move2Sdcard and Force2SD. This did not work.

I also tried using Foldermount app, this seemed to work but spotify did not work afterwords.

Thank you for any help:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

At the moment ,you are very limited to what you can use.

Foldermount is the best option.

Move as many apps as you can to the sd card.

If some do not work in this way,then,do not move them.

Surely ,you must have room for a few apps on your internal memory.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vacs03:
hello, can anyone please help? i'm getting too many awake time, here is a screenshot of the wakelocks

btw it's a stock prerooted rom on i9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvattoy:
Thank you for quick reply :)

I don't have any problems with having apps on internal memory. The only thing I wan't is spotify so I don't use all memory on internal for songs.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Try to disable Fast Dormancy with this app and reboot.

see what that does for your wakelocks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramon.nmgn:
Best kernel for battery saving on GT-i9505 (rooted, omega v6 Rom)?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

"BEST FOR" questions are very subjective.

Everyone uses their phone differently,and has different requirements.

No real comparison can ever be made.

This is one of those subjects that YOU have to see which one works best for YOU.

That means , making a nandroid and trying each one for a few days.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramon.nmgn:
I understand you, but i actually want to know which kernel is most suitable for al people. I see alot of people using adam kernel, but i dont see anyone saying that theyre using it becouse of the battery life.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You may actually have the best kernel at the moment.

Have you tried looking at the battery saving tips from the first post?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylansmith:
i followed the method exactly using odin 3.07 and 100% stock rom from sammobile - showed PASS on Odin, but after restarting, it showed the exact same error as before.. no change as before.

what should i do :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

A lot of people get more joy from using ODIN 3.04

Maybe try that.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
The net work location provider wake lock can be disabled by turning off gps. As long as you don't neep it running in the background for some reason just put a GPS icon in the quick settings menu so you can turn it on easily when you need it and leave it powered off.

Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodemail:
I was writing on my phone a reply saying that for 2h had had 2 reboots, and then after I ran the Catlog app in 4h had had no reboot, when suddenly the S4 restarted before I could post.

I have formatted the MicroSD card twice, once on PC and after the reboots persisted, in S4 itself.

The Catlog app (I downloaded from Google Play) was recording, but after rebooting it did not find any record written. How do I write / access this logcat? I never did that...

I'll still check for these Knox files.

Thanks!

---------- Post added at 05:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:27 PM ----------

I removed all the files and directories that [MENTION=5580710]ShinySide[/MENTION] listed (actually renamed with .bak extension), except those following that I haven't found:

/system/containers

ContainerAgent.apk

ContainerEventsRelayManager.apk

KnoxAttestationAgent.apk

KNOXStub.apk

KnoxVpnServices.apk

I turned my S4 off and on, lets wait and see.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodemail:
Something is wrong here with my S4, because since the last reboot the catlog app doesn't shows anything on the screen, it stays 'loading' (that 'spinning' circle) as long as I left the app open (more than 1h so far). No reboots since my last message.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Enable USB debugging and probably need an adb insecure kernel
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodemail:
But before it was showing, with the same kernel...

I had and have USB debugging enabled all the time since TB needs it and I was always using it.

I tried to clean all catlog app data, even tried to install another release, bit still doesn't show anything.

Maybe removing the Knox files/dir solve it hopefully. Let's wait and see...

Edit: the problem is with Catlog (both free version I've found on Google Play). ALogcat/aLogrec is working.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhoneGremlin:
Strange NANDROID Restore

Hello

I tried to switch to CM11 rom by [MENTION=5291759]solk2[/MENTION] on i9506 today,

It was a first time for me and I must say that while there are amazing functions

I'm missing a bit the Samsung specialized functions like those using the front sensors (when you pass your hand, when you look the screen etc),

as well as very basic functions in the SMS app like sorting the contacts. (No disrespect for Solk2 as a developer, that's a wonderful work, but I guess that's

how CM roms are)

So, do you please know a CM11 like rom that would implement the Samsung specialized functions (I don't mind about the sammy bloatware;))?

While looking at the topics for various custom roms, I don't see much details about these kind of features (which is normal since they are basic ones);

so I call upon user experience there.

Also, could you please also explain to me why when I do a Nandroid restore of my previous ROM (4.2.2, stock rom merely rooted, Don't remember the method but don't think that count at the end of the line), it always restores the original apps from the operator (it was a german T-Mobile i9506 at first, borrowed from ebay).

I guess it has to do with preload, but I don't understand why it still persists after flashing a CM rom, as I didn't tick preload saving in the NANDROID backup?

I wandered on google but couldn't find the right query to guide me toward an answer.

Finally, if neither of you mind about answering a last question, since it is related to the previous one, when I flash the Gapps, I need more than the "slim" release pack,

but not as much than the standard one, so I suppress all "play" apps except the most basic one, and Google +. But even by using Titanium backup or Gemini App Manager, they

still reload again and again at each reboot. I Thought about going into system folder and kill them myself with fire, but I am not sure where I have to go?;)

Thanks by advance for your help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
Hello,

Unfortunately CM-based ROMs with Samsung TouchWiz things don't exist due to totally different framework and total incompatible apps.

/preload apps are symlinked with /system/app and /system/priv-app. When you make a nandroid backup the symlinks are saved like all other files. If T-Mobile things are here, now if you don't format /preload you'll have these apps but isn't good since stock ROM needs /preload apps (there aren't only T-Mobile apps inside, if they really are in preload).

Operator things usually are in /system/app or /system/priv-app. To get rid of them and to be sure on what you delete, uninstall through Titanium Backup and make a nandroid again.

It's weird that disabled GApps reload at every boot, what GApps package you use? And on CM11? Btw, you can do the same thing as T-Mobile ones ;)

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhoneGremlin:
hello

Thanks for your insights

>Unfortunately CM-based ROMs with Samsung TouchWiz things don't exist due to totally different framework and total incompatible apps.

Ok. It was not exactly what I meant (even if your answer makes me wonder: can't you really not install for example the S-note app from stock to a CM one if saved via Titanium or Nandroid manager?). It was more about having features that seem standard for me in very common apps.

I think the best I have to do for the T mobile things is to track them down with search and the name of the package, I will delete these specifically.

As for the G apps, I use the first package of the list at the top, the /w/Gapps directory on cyanogen wiki (sorry, I can't post outside links)

I already tried to delete these and make a newer Nandroid backup, but that didn't work.

I guess I will have to reinstall, after deleting the apps I don't need in the .Zip I will flash.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
To answer you better: S-note app it's a part of TouchWiz framework as any other system app in stock ROM, so can't work on CM-based ROMs. You can see a list of T-Mobile things also in Titanium Backup, just look at the app icon in menu and in Titanium then use Uninstall feature from the app. Try to use PA GApps, maybe something changes. I always use them in 4.4 ROMs

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodemail:
After the last random reboot I've disabled and re-enabled SuperSU and started to record logcat with the aLogcat app. But I hadn't any reboots since, in the last 14h (at minimum). I don't know what it was causing the random reboots and if I did something to solve it. I stopped the recording and I'll wait to see if the phone reboots again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhund:
I've recently rooted my i9505 with chainfire's auto-root and installed the last cwm. Today I tried to reboot the phone from the cwm menu but a strange text appeared "Root access possibly lost. Fix?" I selected no.

What does it mean? What can I do to fix the problem? I really don't want my phonr to brick.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodemail:
This also happened with me. I answered NO too.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
The recovery module checks for root access. It's just looking for the superuser.apk in the system partition.

If it doesn't find it, recovery has the superuser.apk and can install it for you easily.

Sometimes it doesn't see superuser when its' already there.

Installing it again probably won't hurt anything. At worst it will give you conflicting SU and SuperUser apps that wont' work and play well with each other. But you can solve that by just uninstalling one of them.

If you have root access when the phone is booted and you know it's working properly, don't both reinstalling it. Just ignore Recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhund:
Thanks to clarifying this to me, I thought that something really bad was going to happen to my phone
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
You can correct this message and make it go away by flashing the superuser package found on chainfires site
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balakor:
Does anyone have flac playback problem on Omega v38?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kostin_k:
Gear Fit + Custom firmware

Dear all!

I want to have S5 featires so I flashed S4 Echoe v32.1 S5 Port- PART VII but now I have no notifications on my galaxe fit! How can it be fixed? May be you could advice some other S5 like ROM with full gear support?

Device i9505.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
I just checked with Stock, Google & PowerAMP player and no probs here with flac playback.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orgert:
hello everybody , i just got my i9505 today , coming form i9300 after 2 years. i rooted and installed latest twrp , everything is ok and im loving it , but every time i reboot my device now shows up this two lines: kernel is not seandroid enforcing, set warranty bit : kernel, should i worry about them , i ve searched around but most say that their phone doesnt boot up, but mine seem just fine .

thanks in advance, and i hope i haven messed things up :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Nothing to worry about.

Did you install a custom ROM?

It's just knox telling you that it does not like your new kernel.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodemail:
Triangle Away probably will remove this message.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
AFAIK , Triangle Away does not work on knox phones.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodemail:
It will, if you rooted your phone. It worked here with the last FW on my i9505...