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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
No you can't [emoji4].
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
Dublinz! Wow. Long time no see!

tinky
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
I was going to swap my hc One with a S4 because the aluminum borders are chipping too fast (a la iphone 5) and I don't liek to use covers.

Though some important stuff(for me) like ringtone volume(not quality) and screen under sunlight look like not as good as on the One as someone said to me,so I just want to see if you confirm the same, GSM Arena is the only source I found claiming the opposite
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Well,I only have my Sensation to compare it.

The overall volume is much better,and if you turn up the brightness,you can see well in the sun.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dublinz:
Boss went undercover :) nice disguise :) c u undercover tinky :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPYWARE_Holdings_Janath:
need help on buying a good s4

hy gys..

can any one let me know what will be the best version to buy in this galaxy s4 series??

<<image is attached cz in here it barely cant see>>

and gys can any one let me know what is the different between these two CPUs?

exynos 5 octa

snapdrgon 600

thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPYWARE_Holdings_Janath:
that means differnt between i9500 and i9505 is i9500 has no 4G LTE?right?

but in galaxys4wiki there is two versions which has Exynos 5 Octa chipset which called

i9500 international version and SHV-E300S korea version so in korea version it says it has 4G LTE?

so can you clear me?

i have found a SHV-E300S in ebay.

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

On the first reviews ,there was no i9500 LTE.

But, you seem to have found one.

Well done. :good: And a 32GB one!

I heard rumors about it,but, I did not know it was out yet.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
Sir, you can have all info by googling it.

yes I9500 does not support LTE., and there is a csc for your country for that variant.

any way here is a thread for Korean version http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2284543
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPYWARE_Holdings_Janath:
yeah i also had a rough time on ebay to find this.there only two listing of this version.other one also buy same shop.

bdw what will be better if i go with snapdragon or octa 5?

i have googling this since 3days but people say so many things which crossword fro one to one.im really confused now. :confused:

i have looked defination for CSC but there several things know.

can let me what do you mean by having a CSC in i9500 in my country?

i could not get it.

thanks and sorry for disturbing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
what i meant that there is an official firmware for I9500 provided by Samsung for your country.

Samsung sell I9500 in Sir Lanka.

Any way, if your service provider has 4G then go for I9505.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPYWARE_Holdings_Janath:
yeah samsung sell i9500 here.

yeah my provider has 4G.

you mean go with snapdragon chip know?

what about Exynos 5 Octa chip with SHV-E300S version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
No idea about the Korean version. you can ask in link provided in my previous post :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPYWARE_Holdings_Janath:
ok thanks for your time. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitastrudl:
Hey,

So recently i'm having same kind of Force closes with certain apps that use file managing as in ES explorer. So with ROM toolbox i try to use the root browser, but the app freezes and it force closes. Same is with Script Manager. I try to use its file manager to select a script, but when i try to select a file the app force clsoses.

So i have tried wiping data of the apps, wiping cache and dalvik but no effect. And i+ve checked and they do have root access. So what might be the problem? Both roms were installed on a full wipe.

edit:I just unabled the module notachxposed for the xposed framework app which is for stock roms, and the apps work. not sure what the problem is with notachxposed, maybe its a setting, not sure.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wbexpress:
Call Recording on Cyan/AOKP/AOSP?

I am with T Mobile but since US phones don't (yet...) have call recording, I have switched to the setup in my sig. I have been running it for almost 2 weeks now, which I am sure is a record for me, as I am seriously addicted to flashing. I have zero issues, even using the international kernel which some folks said would definitely cause issues. None at all! I almost want to not try to fix what ain't broke. The question is, does anyone know definitively that call recording does or does not work on international AOSP ROM's? Even though I backed what I'm running up, I don't have great luck with restoring on any recovery. No matter what I do I always get an MD5 mismatch, so I don't want to flash something new without knowing about call recording.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SPYWARE_Holdings_Janath:
is this correct or my eyes tricking me!!

this is the galaxy s4 i9502 version whcih realesed for china.. and it says it has a dual sim capability!!!!

galaxy s4 i9502

is that could be true???

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Its very much true my friend many are using it already but wont be coming to other countries

and i have heart it does not have play store etc
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abu-khulzat:
Try this: check wife advanced settings and uncheck CHECK INTERNET SERVICE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Buddy, you will get snapdragon for your country. Also, 4G may be there as per GSMARENA. Checkout this link
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Can disable stuff tho in settings
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zpikeee12:
I've succeeded in flashing that NON-HLOS.bin, but my wifi is still "Wifi is turning on...." it's going forever. haha

do I need to go to recovery mode to wipe and wipe then flash again?

already done 4th flash..haha nothing changed XD
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
okay I had an issue similar to this and so has a bunch of others. Maybe not the same but we'll find out. Hopefully not because there's no way to fix it. It's a hardware problem that a bunch of s4s have fallen victim too.

do 2 things really quick

1. With a file explorer with root go to /data/ how many files and what's the files name above the anr folder? They should be all named with a period in front of the file name.

2. Take a log cat if you can and post it.

If you post the log cat and it's not that probably still help in find out why.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTX90:
Ok :good:

---------- Post added at 10:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 AM ----------

Yeah, i'll do that way :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrutzu2014glo:
Hi , anyone ca tell me how can i remove the Three logo from my samsung galaxy s4 ? or debrand it . Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gafka:
Maybe you could try a different kernel or reflash the rom. I'm not using TW roms, so i can't help you a lot.

Try GoogyMax3 or alucard kernel, both working perfectly on GE, so it's supposed to work just fine on TW.

Good luck :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrutzu2014glo:
Hi , gt i9505 . 4.2.2 android . Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

do you know if that is the pre-knox version?

Do you care about knox?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrutzu2014glo:
It has knox , i dont care about it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Look HERE

You can choose from a number of firmwares that are generic .

You can select either 4.3 upgrade or 4.4

Bear in mind that you can only go up in firmwares or use an equivalent one.

You cannot downgrade.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrutzu2014glo:
Ok , thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ammarsg:
Hello freinds ...today I got this problem when try open photos or solid browser ...as in this pic...I cant delete or move anything ...any help please ... i9500 hassan rom but yesterday i flashed custom rom and restore my backup ...philiz recovery last one

other question how return to stock recovery from philiz ???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selrahc017:
Ok I'll try that, im currently using adam kernel. By the way which is better in terms of battry life googy or adam. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snakybo:
Hey guys,

I've been running CM11 nightlies, but I want to do a factory reset and switch to monthlies. Are there any specific things I'll have to do? Wipe the Dalvik Cache? Wipe data in recovery mode or just a soft reset? etc.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Is your current installation stable?

If that the case make a backup,flash the monthly CM and enjoy.

If you are currently having issues do a factory reset and flash.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snakybo:
It doesn't crash on boot or something, however I'm noticing it isn't as stable as it used to be, the last few nightlies have been quite buggy.

Alright I'll factory reset it, thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Hello everyone,

I updated my device to ugng8, and lost root :(. Towelroot doesnt work anymore.. Is there anything i can do to make it supported or do i need to resort to other root methods?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
You'd have to talk to geohot
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
And how would I do that? :confused::good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Go to towel root thread and post/message/or email him
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rastapapa:
trying to root after OTA to 4.4.2

Hello,

I accepted the 4.4.2 OTA running stock unrooted and am now hating that my apps can no longer write to my ext SD card. I am now trying to gain root, but the CF-Auto-Root is only causing problems. I thought I had bricked my device as I got a fail in Odin, but then tried philz_touch_6.12.8-i9500 and it restored my firmware but still no root.

Is there a method for gaining root access for 4.4.2? I cant seem to find one that was clearly tested with the latest OTA.

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

Did you flash the correct root for your Sprint variant?

Look here:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2272

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rastapapa:
That is where I began searching. Apprently my baseband ver is L720VPUFNG2, however I cant seem to find a CF-Root that works with it

---------- Post added at 11:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 AM ----------

Ok, i think Im in good shape now. was able to run this cf-auto-root. I think you are right, I think I had tried the one for i9500.

http://download.chainfire.eu/325/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-jfltespr-jfltespr-sphl720.zip

I updated the SU binary and it detected Knox. I told it to try to disable knox and it was successful.

Now on to loading a custom recovery and hoepfully a ROM that has the extSD write fixed. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Whoa whoa do NOT flash i9500 stuff to your phone!! Their 2 completely different variants. Not recovery, not roms, not anything!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gafka:
As i told you, currently I'm using a GE rom with Googy and battery life is really good with the latest version of the kernel. I would recommend you to use TW version of Googy, for me it's the best in terms of battery life. Anyway, you can try both and choose which you prefer :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zpikeee12:
i don't think it is a hardware problem(please not hardware) because after I wipe all and factory reset on the recovery mode the

wifi is working fine

then after a few days it goes turning on.... again :( is it because of the games and apps I installed?

my phone is unrooted...so I don't have an access to that folder. i don't know how to root properly(safely). haha i tried it once and i failed. now I had a trauma. :3 which rooting process should I follow?

towel root or what?

thanks I greatly appreciate you reply :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumdumguy2:
So...I have titanium backup pro on my s4. I was trying to create more space on my phone and actually deleted my misc. files for TWERP and Titanium Backup. Now when I try to backup my phone it doesnt even give me an option for backup on the app. How do I fix this issue? I hope I am asking for help on the right thread...

Update: i have resolved the issue. I had made a backup to a USB flashdrive and simply copied the missing files to Device Storage. Problem solved. Thanks for your response(s).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
Towelroot is pretty safe.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Reflash the Titanium Backup app

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BigTeez:
Rooted encrypted phone. Now blank screen after restart

Hi all, wonder if anyone can help?

I rooted my S4 I9505 using this toolkit http://xdaforums.com/show...226263&page=25 (Can't post in that thread as I'm new).

Anyway everything went well see attachment.

View attachment 2898145

On restart my phone is encrypted so got to the PIN input, typed password and now after an 8 hours my screen is still blank?

Should I just leave it and hope or have I buggered my phone?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Model GT-I9505

Baseband I9505XXUFNB9

Kernel 3.4.0-481100 dpi@SWDD3004 #1

Build No. KOT49H.I9505XXUFNB9
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paarkhi:
Please delete...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paarkhi:
[MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION], Sir, I'm having SGS4 i9500 on 4.2.2 (Jellybean) and I want to update to 4.4.2 (Kitkat) so should I first need to flash the official firmware from Sam mobile or I can flash any Kitkat custom ROM based on Samsung Touchwiz Stock like OZCAN http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2743877.

I'm rooted so cannot get the OTA updates and so it was never updated or ROM flashed so never bootloader updated (if any)

Kindly Guide me.

Thanks

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

I am not 100% familiar with the i9500 bootloader.

Perhaps [MENTION=4975115]samersh72[/MENTION] can help out here?

I think that you have already triggered the knox flag with the rooting.

So, it does not matter which route you take to get to KitKat.

Custom or stock.

The choice is yours.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paarkhi:
Don't care about Knox or warranty but if I don't flash the Stock Kitkat and directly flash the Custom TW ROM then Partitions (PIT) will not be a problem?

Thanks for helping me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

That is something I cannot answer.

Perhaps , someone with an i9500 can comment?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ErenFirat:
Hello Imei Problem

I have a galaxy s4 with broken imei so it doesnt work . In settings imei says "unknown" and imeisv says "01". I looked up in internet but the solutions about this problem was old so i cant fix anything. Engineer mode doesnt work. (*#*#889988*#*#) Can you guys help me? (my device is rooted and i have some knowledge about this things)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
you can but...

to avoid a potential miss behavior, i prefer to flash the 4.4.2 stock firmware for I9500 before flashing a custom 4.4.2 rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sid014:
hi

i have this problem of freezing and rebooting. i have rooted and updated roms. lastly i updated from gummy to nameless rom and after a few days i started facing this problem. it freezes and all the sounds of the phone go silent and then it reboots. i have gone back to gummy rom but unfortunately there is same problem.

I desperately need help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
did you wipe system and data when changing Rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phil Muir:
For selrahc017: Wonder If This May Help?

selrahc017 wrote: Im currently in imperium v10 and experiencing force close in systemui and needed to restart my phone because it prompts like 4 times. Can anyone help me to know the problem. I have it clean flash and haven't install the upsm yet because im waiting for ng8 version of it. And also found a bug when im running antutubenchmark my phone suddenly shutdown. I posted this here cause im still restricted in imperium thread due to low number of posts. Thanks

Phil replied: Found the following here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2767448&page=1

Note: this info applies to the GT-I9506 and may also apply to other Galaxy S4's not running stock ROM's.

"systemui crashes with 4.2.2 bootloader or modem. No keymaster.mdt in firmware partition. FIX:

1. Update bootloader and modem to stock 4.3 first or use workaround from this

post 58

OR

2. Use fix from

post 90

OR

3. Download and install

this file

in recovery."
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sid014:
Yes I did wipe everything
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haoyangw:
I9505 July update downgrade

Hi everyone,

I have a Galaxy S4 I9505 that I recently updated to the GNG4 firmware with kernel version 3.4.0-2091210 and kernel build date July 10th. Can I ask if it is possible to downgrade the kernel, without tripping Knox counter to 0x1, to previous 4.4.2 kernel so that I may root with Towelroot? Or will downgrade also not allow rooting with Towelroot? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Only way you could downgrade the kernel is to flash it via a recovery which would trip knox.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haoyangw:
So it will not be possible to downgrade without tripping Knox even with Odin by extracting the kernel from previous tar.md5 and flashing that from Odin?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
You can try. Most likely will be rejected by your bootloader and by the possibility it does work I can't guarantee it won't trip knox. Custom kernels will trip knox and since you'd be using a different kernel version then bootloader version there's a possibility it might trip it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haoyangw:
Argh! Was hoping Odin will work :P. Thanks a lot anyway! I would rather stay on the safe side lol.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiruyuki:
I'm sure someone have asked this before, but I've been googling this question since yesterday with no luck, so please help me if anybody knows the answer.

I didn't realize ever since when, but once I plugged in my i9500 to the charger, it automatically turns on even though I have completely turn it off.

Is there any way I can prevent it from turning on when I plugged it to the charger?

FYI, I'm on nation reborn rom with perseus kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blindskater39:
Will flashing a rom made for i9505 onto my tmobile sgh-m919 interfere with my cell phone service because they have different bands of frequencies? For LTE for example.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

It's not recommended, you can search for your device on the forum and check the ROMs developed for it. There are some differences between i9505 and sgh-m919.

~Lord

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

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsaber20005:
How to fix this??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
You'll be fine. Lot of us tmo users use i9505 stuff. I'm on GNG8 right now with zero issues
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

If you encrypt your device you'll be limited only to these 2 locking methods. So there's no way to "fix" unless you unencrypt it.

~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] TheRozMahal:
unfortunately the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped after restore

I have tried flashing other clockwork recovery's and and backing up and restoring and i keep getting this message one after another. the only way i can get rid of this is if I make a full swipe. It's not the biggest problem, i just feel unsafe if I ever want to flash a rom and not be able to restore old backups.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keerbearxo:
Broken s4 =(

Hi. I'm so sorry if I'm doing this wrong or posting in the wrong section. This is my first time posting in a forum and I'm pretty much a noob so apologies ahead of time if I annoy any of you =// I have a galaxy s4 i337 with a cracked screen, cracked glass screen, broken lcd/digitizer, usb debugging OFF, no root, and pattern lock that I obviously can't unlock. I can't connect to samsung dive to unlock my phone and I tried contacting my phone via Google but my location is off. All I want to do is access my phone files like messages, call logs, pics, etc but it cannot be done w/o unlocking screen and enabling usb debugging. I tried pretty much everything I could think of including connecting to adb (adb won't recognize my phone). Please please please give me any suggestions. I'm even willing to retry all possible options to access my files. Yet, if you think there's no hope please lmk also so I can drop it from a 10 story building so I can stop obsessing over it lol thank you so much
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
After the xxugng8 update i keep getting random reboots after rooting with cf autoroot. Is there any fix for this? I havent stopped knox when supersu asked me to
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Delete all knox stuff completely and the reboots will stop.

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