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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
Still failing to get this working.

When I just start up the phone. It says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."

What would happen if I was to try this? Or is it pointless?

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I attempted to flash everything again using Heimdall, but received the following error

Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...

Initialising protocol...
Protocol initialisation successful.

Beginning session...

Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!

Session begun.

Uploading PIT
ERROR: Failed to confirm end of PIT file transfer!
ERROR: PIT upload failed!

Ending session...
ERROR: Failed to receive session end confirmation!
Releasing device interface...

This was a pit file I found online for my phone.

So it seems to have fallen at the first hurdle.

My phone also read "SECURE CHECK FAILED: PIT"

Will try again by using the PIT file generated using Heimdall from my phone.

But in the meantime, does the Heimdall error provide any additional information on what could be the fault here?

P.S:

When I boot the phone I'm again seeing the Samsung GALAXY S4 GT-I9505 splash screen but it doesn't obviously go any further
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kushblow:
Hello friends and s4 neighbors! I had a question regarding my warranty. I recently purchased a used S4 and upon checking the serial number on imei info site it says my warranty expires on January 2016. Production date was November 2013. Is this normal? Is there really a 3 year warranty on the phone in North America?

Cheers!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pzyfocker:
Not sure if I originally posted in the correct place

Sorry guys not sure if i posted this in the correct place, so I brought it over here, thanks for the help...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57996223&postcount=4619
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gkkovacs:
GPS not getting a fix

I have a Galaxy S4 LTE (I9505) that I got from my brother with stock 4.4 (GNG8). He told me that after he OTA upgraded from 4.3, GPS stopped working (seeing the satellites, but not getting a fix).

I have rooted it with the kernel downgrade + towelroot, installed TWRP and flashed several different ROMs on it (CM12, GPE 5.0, CM11), even returned to my country specific stock 4.4, but the GPS is still not getting a fix.

Anyone know how to solve this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farzansarid:
Hey guys,

Whenever I record a voice note on WhatsApp, my music playback stops... Is there a way I can set it to keep playing even while the microphone is in use?

Also, when I had the original JB 4.3 on my phone, if I had earphones on with music playing, the music would get recorded on my snapchat, but that stopped happening once I updated to 4.4 KK. Is there a way to bring that back too?

Currently using Galaxy S4 i9500 rooted with Cyanogenmod 12 Beta 5.0.2..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bingley:
Does everyone else's S4 (or even just Android phone) not have WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger not respect the devices notification settings? Ie if I'm in notmal ring and put phone in vibrate, WA and FBM don't vibrate, I have to go in to each app separately and turn vibrate on, then everything will vibrate. But if I want to go in to ringer mode and turn off vibrate, I put the phone ringer back to ring yet fbm and wa still vibrate, so I have to go back in to each to turn this off.

It's super super annoying as I switch ringer profiles a lot during the day and having to go in to each app is crazy. Am I the only one or is this standard? I either have wa vibrating all the time on my desk or i have vibrate off and never feel it vibrate in my pocket.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justmpm:
Most often a bootloop like this is caused because of an incompatibility between the kernel and the ROM and I am not sure if you are backing up and restoring your boot partition or not, but that is where I would start troubleshooting. An easy test is to reflash the correct kernel after your restore causes a bootloop and see if it magically corrects it. Also remember that the ramdisk portion of the boot.img may also cause issues, so be sure that your ROM, kernel zImage, and kernel ramdisks are all compatible.

Also have you tried any other recovery, if philZ doesn't work maybe a TWRP version will do the trick for you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
Aite guys some progress. In the end it required a S5 cable.

So I managed to flash the firmware on. After completion the phone went into recovery booting and the screen with the android with an open front. That loaded up and the phone booted up again. Now its stuck on the '3' (Network) splash screen. Its been like this for about 10 minutes now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xain47:
I tried cm11 nightly build and it got stuck at s4 lte logo it doesnt load...................
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
Made a backup of stock 4.4.2 rom with cwm recovery.then flashed a rom, didnt like it so I restored backup and when I rebooted Im getting force closes on almost all user apps , what have I done wrong?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bingley:
I've had the exact same issue before and would love to know why this happens, even after wiping cache
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ode_:
Sure at you picked Rom and kernel for your device, arter97 had there roms and kernels for international devices too, can you tell what files you have flashed?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Just like malybru said, give it some charging cycles. I'm currently using this ROM, you need to leave it fully discharge once and then charge fully while turned off, that's what solved the problem for me. And yes, do that after every PhoenixROM update.

Hi,

I don't know there, but here in Brazil we can buy extended warranty, so maybe the previous owner of your device got it ;).

Hi,

It seems that your device can't load the Android OS. So let me recall what you did. You downloaded a PIT file that you believed was for your device, and after you flashed it along with a Stock ROM you can't boot in Android anymore right? I believe the best go would try downloading the firmware from SamMobile and trying to install it. I never ran into PIT issues when using Heimdall, the only thing was that I needed to send the same file twice sometimes for it to stick on the device.

Or, I'll suggest you trying to flash a custom recovery and flash a custom ROM, because as far as it seems you can get into it. This Android with an open front is like a "recovery splash", at least on some other devices, you had to press vol-up button with power or home to open the menu. But I believe trying a custom recovery with a custom ROM would be a better attempt now.

Good luck,

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
Thanks for the response, just to confirm, yeh I did attempt to flash the pit file via Heimdall but that failed.

But since then I haven't changed anything and used a brand new Samsung S5 cable which flashed the firmware via Odin as I felt more comfortable using Odin having used it in the past.

I will attempt to flash a custom ROM and see how that fares.

I have tried to flash TWRP onto the system, but am unable to get into recovery. I have a quick message pop up in the top corner along the lines of "recovery is not seandroid enforcing - Set warrant bit: recovery" before it goes into a reboot. (Is this something caused by CF Auto-root?)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
Wooohooo. Thank you all you lovely pepople. I've managed to flash 4.4.2 firmware onto the phone and get into recovery wipe data/cache. And it booted up properly!!!

Though I then saw Touchwiz and felt the urge to root (I presume root has now been lost) and flash a new ROM .

Please advise, do I flash CF Auto-root using Odin, flash a custom recovery (i.e. TWRP) using Odin, then use that to flash the custom ROM using TWRP? I just want to be extra cautious.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo2331:
Which is the first bootloader version with Knox? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Flashing stock firmware removes root.

Not always necessary to root.

Some ROMS include it

Flash recovery with odin , then , flash ROM from recovery

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
MGA was the last without knox , and I believe MGG was the first one with it

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kushblow:
Thanks for the reply! Hm, it's pretty cool if the owner got an extended warranty, however I guess it's void since I do not have proof of purchase. :mad:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo2331:
Thanks :) Do you suggest to upgrade bootloader often?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjeMBeY:
You welcome mate.

Yes and No... CSC doesn't change until you wipe data from recovery or perform Factory Reset.

You can first reboot into Stock Recovery and check if applied CSC is Correct. If not, reboot into Android and check if ROM have your CSC. If so, follow the guide.

If not, then use CSC package, open in Odin as CSC, flash it and then follow the guide ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uktotty:
Ok I have Philz on there and that works, have found the Pacman Rom and installed, phone is loading PAC, has been loading PAC for 10 minutes now.

Cleared Cache

Cleared Dalvik

reinstalled PACman

Still loading

Cant access phone now to see any of that build info.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Did you have a different ROM before?

If so, you must factory reset in order to install new ROM on a clean phone.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uktotty:
Cool doing that now.

Same ROM but didnt do the factory reset first.

OK so done that, we now have lift off!!!

Thanks so much to both of you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel.status:
My battery life is worse lasts in 10 hours

I tried Phoenix rom, NxTGen 3.0 rom and omega 6.0 all with kernel stock

Im using:

brightness automatic 0

01 hours for games

05 hours 3g data

Apps facebook and what's app 02 hours

My better battery life was on NxTGen 1.3 during 13,5 hours in this cfg above
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tush1114:
Error while formatting cache from recovery.

I get error while formatting cache partition from stock recovery, is it normal? anyone has the same issue??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I am not being funny,but you are using your phone for 8 hours ! :eek:

You should look into buying a spare battery,and then, you will not have to worry about running out of power.

You can then concentrate on enjoying your phone.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
what kinda error..?? which variant you are using?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tush1114:
I am using I9500, when I select the option to clear cache from recovery, a progress bar appears and after 4-5 seconds it says error showing dead android and device restarts. I just want to know is it normal? because normally after clearing cache it goes back to recovery menu.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Yes buddy and its not normal.. which recovery u r using now?

Sent from my Disturbed™ Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tush1114:
I am using stock recovery now, I had rooted my device using perseus kernel and flashed back stock rom, but from that time my phones screen flickers a lot highlighting clock in top right portion of the screen, screen turns automatically to portrait while playing landscape games which doesnt support portrait mode. Screen wakes up automatically without touching it. Can you tell me is it a software issue or have I messed up with the hardware?

I have tried lots of things to rectify it, like flashing stock rom through odin, rooting it again and formatting everything from cwm and again flashing stock rom, but issue is still there and i can't rectify it..... can you help me please?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Just take backup of your application using Superbackup application & Wipe all data (factory reset) & then flash Stock ROM Using ODIN.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tush1114:
Did that lots of times, but it is there.. shall i go to service center?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricardo.vix:
I tryed it yesterday, when I installed the mf5 rpm, and when it asked me to "activate wifi" I click on the icon and nothing happens, so it still asking me to do that...

Today I'll install the mf8, from germany, but I don't know if it will solve the problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightyaer:
Where are the pheonix settings in the pheonix rom v2.0 for SGS4 GT-I9500

I have just installed phoenix rom on my SGS4 gt-i9500.. im not able to find the phoenix settings mentioned in the change log of the ROM thread..:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
He has forgotten to add that in the rom check some of his download page

Edit link below flash using recovery

http://d-h.st/F77
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krzych:
Hello.

I'm new here, so I wanted to say Hi ;).

I have a quite not very easy questions as a new owner of SGS4:

1. Which recovery?

2. Which rom

3. Which root/unlock

Elaborating first one - first thing is to be sure that recovery works. I need no problems with bugs with recovery, I need no to be beta tester or something - a working one, most stable available.

Second one, a rom - I like stock for now. So best choice would be a rom which does not break any functionality in original rom, just additions (best - not dependent on java stuff shipped by factory as this means usually unexpected results - I like my logcat without warnings/errors).

Third one - I have used CF-AutoRoot. I do not know that I did good or bad, but best would be to make it as most "invisible" as it can be (flash counter or similar). I have root now, but I would like to have "clean" one and to do any SIM unlock (or any other possible) if I have one (I do not even know I do have or not). Another thing is - may I update my stock rom? I suppose not because I most likely loose root...? I know this problem will vanish after flashing custom rom, but if I would like to get stock again, I would like to know what can I do, and what I shouldn't.

Kindly thanks in advance for pointing the directions as I'm almost sure those questions were asked, but I have very little time last days, so I would be very happy to know some shotcuts instead reading for weeks :).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Before going to anything just unroot your mobile & flash your country region PDA. Dont tell them you did all these thing. Just say them, last night you received OTA update & pufff you mobile became a flickers monster.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
welcome my friend,

you are free to flash any rom/kernel/recovery and decide where to stick, since best rom/kernel/recovery post or thread is not allowed on XDA :good:

you are good to go with CF-auto root. see links in OP for better answers.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

1. Look HERE

2. Look HERE

3. See 2

:)

EDIT:

THIS IS BASED ON THE i9505 PHONE.

You did not mention your phone variant.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
I have never upgraded my bootloader.

But each to his own.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itslumxz2:
Can't root S4

Hey folks, so I've been trying to Root my buddy's S4 because he wants to install a new ROM on it, otherwise it's working perfectly but kinda laggy and I kinda talked him to it, lol. So he has a i9505 LTE which is running on Stock Android 4.4.2 XXUGNG8 and I've been trying to Root his phone for two days now, only leading to much frustration and practically giving up on it.

I'll start off by saying that I'm not a beginner when it comes to this stuff, I've rooted plenty of phones, installed plenty of ROMs and just last week I rooted another S4 using my laptop without any problem but I just can't get the hang of it for this one..

So I got everything off the CF-ROOT thread just as I did with the other S4 i Rooted last week, put it in Download Mode, it's all fine, Odin recognizes it, I add the .tar.md5 file on PDA and press START, it starts and it stops with the FAILED message saying "PIT partition is missing" and no, I have no selected Re-Partition in Odin, I have not touched anything besides adding the .tar on PDA.

Now I've spent hours of Googling and troubleshooting this thing, here are the things I've tried so far:

Disconnected/ Reconnected the phone for about 50 times now

Used different ports/different cables and 3 different laptops for about 50 times

Used different Odin versions for about 50 times now

Re-Downloaded the CF-ROOT files, you know, just in case

Tried different alternative rooting programs (Kingo Root/OneClickRoot) none seem to work

Reinstalled USB drivers

Towelroot (says device not supported, idk why?)

I even tried the Galaxy Toolkit posted by a user on the S4 Development section, but nope, no success.

So I'd really appreciate it if someone who has got the brains to pull this off would help me out over here as I'm at war with thing thing, and frankly, I'd hate loosing to it, lol.

Should I install a .pit file via Odin? what the heck should I do to Root this damn thing?

So a process which normally takes less than 15 secs to complete has taken me 2 days and no success, I'm catching feelings over this one honestly lol.

Any suggestion is really appreciated and not to sound cocky, but I don't think I'm doing anything wrong as I'm well familiar with Odin and this whole procedure, the only issue seems to be the pit file but I'm kinda scared to install it as a lot of people suggest against doing so.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It seems like you have been very thorough.

I cannot see a problem with anything you have done.

Have you tried just installing a custom recovery , and then , a rooted ROM?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tim-2.0:
I'm not an expert, however this being the case I would definitely recommend flashing a pit.. Either do it by itself or bundled with the ROM you are wanting to flash. I'm pretty sure that repartition will need to be selected, however Odin should automatically do this when you enter the .pit file into the corresponding "pit" section of Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MysticGolem:
Hello,

I am somewhat new to this and I have some questions.

If you happen to know the solution or answers to my questions could you please provide as much detail as possible or steps to complete the task.

I have read several pages and looked at the links in the original posts that pertain to a set of things I would like to do to my Galaxy S4.

Phone Information:

Carrier: Bell Canada

Phone: Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337M)

Android Version: 4.4.2 (stock TouchWiz)

Baseband I337MVLUFNC1

Kernal: Stock

Security software version: MDF v1.0 Release 2

Root: Yes, via Chainfire Auto Root.

I am trying to do the following things:

Perform an OTA update.

Figure out and understand how to unroot and re-root. I use root applications like LMT, AirDroid, AdAway, Tasker and a few more.

Understand Triangle Away and RegionLockAway.

App backup and restore with data when I get a new phone.

From all of my countless hours of reading and trying to watch videos, I still have some questions.

I have read that I can use SuperSu to unroot my phone and then I should be able to update via OTA. However now I am reading that I will need Triangle away.

Meaning the first step should be to unroot using SuperSu, then use Triangle Away, then update via OTA, re-root using CF-AR?

I would also like to use RegionLockAway so that my phone would be unlocked and I would like to use different carriers in Canada and USA provided that the bands match. Can anyone provide any insight in this?

I am a bit confused about backing up apps but I believe there are two components, the actual app and the data where all the variables and settings are saved. Can someone explain how process works when taking a single app and moving it to another phone like a Galaxy S5?

Do I need a root app to properly perform app backups and restore like Titanium Backup? Are there apps that can do this properly without root?

How do I find out online that I am using the latest version of the stock TW rom, kernal, software security. Is there a place I can cross check this?

What is a recovery system like TWRP and CWM? Why do people need this? I need a basic understanding of this please.

Thanks in advance and happy new year!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xain47:
I picked cm11 nightly build latest...... And used aosp kernal v.3.6 and v.3.4...... Nothing worked
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ode_:
Exact file names what you have flashed, please.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mficare:
Hello, newb here. I have a TMobile S4 that I loaded hyperdrive on. My internal sd is always bugging that its full. I loaded the OS a while ago and think I may have put the zip on the internal sd. In Settings-》More-》Stoage all files are about 1.5gb out of 9.59gb most of it us all greyed out. Help! Thanks in advanced.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im.not.a.mich:
My Galaxy S4 (ALL Stock) reaches 55 Celsius when playing Clash of clans. Is this normal?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xain47:
s4

Cm-11-20141121-nightly-kso1lte

Arter97-kernal-e330s-3.6 and 3.4 both tried same result
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itslumxz2:
Hey man, thanks for the fast response, well I tried installing Philz Recovery but that does not work either, it always gives that pit file error.

Hell I even tried to go back to Android 4.3 cuz I thought it might be some issue with the fw or w.e but even then, it always gives the damn pit file error.

And plus, I suppose you need root to install a custom recovery right? I tried it knowing that, and nope, no success.

Thank for the help though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soufiansky:
No it is anormal .. my phone nerver ( for 4 months ) get really hot except when i flahed a rom and it start downloading ...etc.

Yesterday i played real racing 3 for 30 minutes and my phone was normal.

I think you have the exynos version , known with heating issues.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Pit file can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477

Make sure you flash the correct pit file for your phone.

Note 2: If you have a corrupted partition table (Odin says: "there is no pit partition" or "Re-Partition operation failed"), flash pit file for your device (attached, dont forget to unzip it) (put it in pit window) with your firmware (some users reported that it worked without firmware), in this case "Re-Partition" must be marked.

Did you try CWM or TWRP recoveries?

No, you do not need to be rooted to flash custom recovery.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
55 C is not bad

When you use your phone for high intensity apps , like games , it will sometimes warm up.

You should be good to about 70 - 80 C , by which time it would probably cut out anyway.

If you are worried , just stop playing for a while.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itslumxz2:
Hey man, thanks once again for trying to help me out, yea thats the exact error I'm getting and I've only tried installed Philz, not CWM or TWRP, idk why I just thought you needed Root to flash Recovery, but either way it comes off with an error while flashing Philz so we're back to square one.

Just before I go ahead and flash the pit file, should I be worried that it can brick the device or something like that? I'd really hate to deal with that, lol.

Thank you once again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
If that is the error that comes up , it seems logical to go along that path.

I am pinging [MENTION=4975115]samersh72[/MENTION] to give us an expert opinion , and confirmation.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soufiansky:
I want to download themer , a highly customizable launcher , but it could cause a battery drain ?

I want to try widet locker too.. thanks.