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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gagblat:
Lost root on i9505

Hello. I am a complete Android noob but based on research, one of the first things I did upon taking delivery of my s4 i9505 about ten days ago was root it using Motochopper (using OSX) in order to use Tor universally, backup using Titanium & remove bloatware, etc.

Rooting was successful and Orbot confirmed this. But a couple of days ago I installed an official firmware upgrade using Kies and now (I assume because of this) I seem to have lost root. Superuser tells me I need to update the SU binary, but cannot do this successfully. Attempting to reroot by the same method as before fails. Help!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
Did you install a recovery? If so just boot to recovery and flash superuser.

You can also use odin to flash a recovery. Or you might still be able to use ch auto root to restore root.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You may have to go back to stock via odin.

Look HERE

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dauntless:
I can't manage to flash a custom rom on my I9505. I started by flashing a default kernel & rom using odin. This works and I can use my phone. I can also use CF auto root to root my device. Flashing any custom rom, however, doesn't work.

I've tried flashing the Omega Rom, the Arrow rom and the Echo rom. Either the installer aborts with "status 0" error (never status 7), or the phone gets stuck in a bootloop and runs really hot while showing the samsung logo.

I've also tried different recoveries (CWM, philz), but they don't have any effect on the outcome.

Usually, when using the stock or CWM kernel, whenever I reboot, it asks me to reroot and prevent the default kernel from being flashed. I don't know if that's supposed to happen.

Am I forgetting anything? Suppose I go back to flashing stock kernel & rom through odin and I want to flash Omega v22 (KK). What steps am I forgetting?

- Flash stock through odin

- Root through odin

- Put rom on SD

- Go into recovery and install

All steps with wiping everything.

I used to reflash my S2 all the time, but for some reason my S4 doesn't like me...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If I were you , I would just flash the ROM.

See what your signal is like.

There is no point in flashing modems if there is no problem with the signals.

There is also no need to worry about the bootloader.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Are you flashing a tar or just trying to flash the img?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misterbreadcrum:
I'm flashing a file called CWM-Recover-gt-i9295_v1-2.tar.md5 so the tar.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xk0niR:
Ok, so I searched a bit around and couldn´t find a real answer:

Whats the difference between a pure AOSP Rom and a Google Edition Rom?

They both look the same for me.

I found out the Framework is different but is that all?

Is there a (good) reason to switch from AOSP to a Google Edition Rom?

Would be cool if someone could point me out some differences (I would flash a Google Rom but Im short on time).

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Youre flashing s4 active recovery on to your i337.....

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Google play edition is still touchwiz with the ui and features stripped out. Even the kernel is a touchwiz kernel. Nexus device's are the only thing pure aosp
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misterbreadcrum:
I don't understand the problem, I thought that's what I was supposed to be doing. So I guess I just don't understand the best way to install roms to my device at this point.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xk0niR:
So Play Edition = "Light" TW?

If the Kernel is the same, why are there different versions?

For example Alucard offers AOSP, Google and TW Kernel. If they are the same why make a difference between them?

Isnt Broodplanks rom pure AOSP?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397511
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
No....Flashing a recovery or anything for a completely different device is that last thing you want to do. Youre lucky its failed.

Here

Non-touch CWR 6.0.4.7 for ATT s4

Touch CWR 6.0.4.7 for ATT s4

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AOSP kernels are for cm, carbon, etc etc which are based off AOSP. Their not pure aosp tho of course.

Google versions are for GPE roms which are still touchwiz kernels just stripped all the stuff that you find in normal roms touchwiz. Still not pure aosp.

Touchwiz are well...for touchwiz obviously.

No its not. He's used outside repos, which Im guessing came from cm. Which make it not pure aosp. But he's done a kickass job getting it to where it is and even states in its about 86% vanilla or "pure" aosp.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xk0niR:
Okay, thanks for your Posts!

So actually there is no need to switch to GPE if I am on AOSP? Well best would be just test it myself.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc0n3x:
By getting official status with triangle away is it possible to get otas again?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] churchey360:
You don't need official status just unrooted stock ROM/Kernel and Recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misterbreadcrum:
It just gets hung up on RECOVERY. It doesn't go anywhere past this.

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

eventually fails

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> __XmitData_Read ..

<ID:0/003> XmitData Fail..

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Errr lack of md5...Also make sure you are using the stock usb.

Close Odin, unconnect phone, hold power button til it shuts off, reboot into download mode and flash this one
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misterbreadcrum:
Firstly, thank you for your continued support! I really appreciate that some one is helping me along this incredibly frustrating process. I don't remember it being this difficult the last two times! However... It still hangs up. This time it goes as far as getting a little bit of the green bar out of the way, but then fails. I'm using the stock android usb that it came with, and I've tried several different usb ports.

I've been looking at Hopper8's troubleshooting guide for odin but can't seem to get anything to work :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.zahran:
I9500 stuck on a reboot loop

Hi guys,

i was just using my I9500, and out of nowhere it just turned off and keeps on turning off the screen then lighting up to the galaxy logo then off again

tried to hard reset the phone (vol up, home and power) and to enter download mode (it does enter download mode for just a sec then restarts again.

when i connect the charger it keeps on displaying the empty battery pic and tries to stuck again and repeat (starting from the empty battery image), although its at least 30% charged

help guys :) .. thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
So back with some more basic queries:

1) If I flash stock ROM using Odin, will recovery, modem and boot loader be also replaced with stock?

2) If I flash some stock based ROM (like Phoenix or Omega) through custom recovery (like Philz or CWM), will modem and bootloader also be flashed?

Thanks for bearing with my noobish queries.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
1. Yes to ALL assuming you are flashing the correct firmware for your device!

2. No.....Modems or boot loaders will not be flashed. Modems and boot loaders need to be flashed through Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
Thanks a lot Carl.

One more query regarding EFS partition. What are the possibilities that one can lose his EFS partition? As far as I have understood till yet, its only possible if you somehow format your internal storage. Is it also possible if you flash a wrong PIT file? Or any other possibilities?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Im totally out of suggestions then :/

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I format my internal storage all the time. Has nothing to do with your emmc partition.

Flash the wrong pit file itll screw up every partition on the device and youll end up with a hard brick. Leave pit files alone. Dont ever need them unless you somehow how screw up your partition layout prior to needing a pit file, which never really happens. Hence why pit files are so hard to find pit files already posted for devices even here on xda.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soadfan:
Hello guys,

yesterday i decided to retire my work phone and to replace it with my HTC G2 (because of a hardware keyboard) so i bought Galaxy S4 as a personal multitasking device. So i have few question as total n00b on this device:

1. I've searched the forum and found few rooting guides for my phone (Model number is GT-I9505, with latest official ota updates). Which one do i need to use? GUIDE1 GUIDE2 GUIDE3

2. Is there some nand protection which i need to disable (like HTC's S-ON/OFF) ?

3. On G2 i'm using 4ext recovery, but isn't available (yet) for S4, so i've found that philz recovery is next best choice, is that true?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
CF auto root if you want to keep stock recovery. Or if you want a custom recovery just download one of your choice and SuperSU from chain fires site, flash recovery via odin, reboot directly into recovery after flashing it and flash the SuperSU package you got from chainfire

Or you could try towel root which is an app that just roots. Should work for you.

Nope nadda. There is a knox flag which when tripped does absolutely nothing except makes it not returnable for warranty (if they even care)

Philz, Clockwork recovery or TWRP. I prefer the simpler of the 3 and just use clockwork, I really dont care about theme'n my recovery or changing the text color and crap like you find in twrp or philz.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waranty92:
After backup system with CWM 6.0.4.8 recovery, I tried a custom rom (CyanogenMod 11) which was working without problem and restored with same recovery, my system does not start i get only massage that play store crushed, right after that, com.google.process.gapps has stopped, then shazam has stopped, and many apps are crushing at the same time, when I press ok the other app crush and i cant get into system, I tried to flash stock firmware and it was working perfectly too, restoring the backup I did first system again behaves as I described above

All I need is to backup my google authenticator,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptanoob:
Ive seen the thread earlier and tried it.

But removing the battery as u told did the trick.wiped everything and installed afresh now working fine
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SebTheYella:
Hi,

For the past week or so I have been getting a notification saying that 4.4.4 is ready to install. So I click ok and reboots my phone into a menu with 6 grey button options including "Install" "Wipe" and some other stuff. I don't know what to do at this point so I just reboot the phone back into system, which is still at version 4.4.3.

What do I do?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paddy0202:
dns lookup failure

Hi all. My s4 is unlocked and has always worked fine. 4G from 02 rolled out in my area yesterday and 02 sent me browser configuration messages which i installed. From then on i cannot access the web "DNS lookup failure ". i can access via wifi. I have tried copying another s4 apn settings, still no joy. can anyone help????????? please?????

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

More information , please.

What variant of the phone do you have?

What firmware?

Do you have a 4G sim card?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paddy0202:
I have a GT-I9505

Android 4.4.2

No, ive the same sim i used in my s3, dont think its 4g. I cannot even access the web via 3g anyway, even if i change my network mode to 3g only i still cant access the web.

I believe the phone was 02 ireland to begin with, after i got it unlocked i had problems staying connected to 02-UK, a local guy installed an app called "SUPER SU" the phone was ok from then on, even tho i never even opened the super su app ( no idea what it is ). That was untill installed the browser configuration msg form 02 lastnight.

The phone has never connect to my pc either, Samsung keys says its an unregistered device, also v annoying!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I suggest you get a new 4G sim ASAP.

Super SU is root.

That has probably clashed with what o2 installed on your phone.

You may need to flash a clean firmware via odin to straighten out the mess.

Look HERE

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawke84:
Been having issues with mirror cast. Posted in wrong thread but here is me so far:

thanks for the reply.

For anyone else searching i've found out some points on this, mainly that mirrorcast / scvreensahring with samsung TVs wont work when the device status is custom i.e. if you are rooted etc. There seems to be a hack floating around to modify a lib, just gotta do some testing :) I think its something to do with libhdcp2.so in /system/lib from what i can tell Omega ROM has a fix baked in, im gonna see if i can take the lib and see if that fixes it.

I'll update this post with more info, hopefully this will help out the next person who does a search :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soadfan:
10x mate. CF-AR installed supresu, i just downloaded pro key and installed philz recovery (i only need this for complete nand backup)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dauntless:
As nobody replied on my previous post, maybe it had too much information. Let me try again:

Whenever I flash a custom rom (arrow/omega/others) I either get STATUS 0 error while flashing, or I get a bootloop. I can flash the stock rom without any problem through ODIN. (See my quote for more information). What am I doing wrong? (I9505 from Belgium)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aarononymous:
Is it safe to root an unlocked phone?

AT&T just unlocked my phone so I can switch to T Mobile. I have a galaxy s 4. Will rooting my phone cause any problems with the recent unlocking?

Sorry If I posted to the wrong place.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
None at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aarononymous:
Now that I know that, where do I begin?

How long does rooting take?

Here's my phone info. Sorry for the clutter but I'm not sure which is relevant

model #:

SAMSUNG-SGH-I337

Android Version:

4.4.2

Kernel Version:

3.4.0-1125940

dpi@SWDD5916 #1

Build #

KOT49H.I337UCUFNC`

Security Software Version

MDF v1.0 Release2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alfa_G:
Do you have a custom recovery?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dauntless:
I tried with stock, CWM and Philz. They all gave the same results. When rebooting from custom recovery, it also asked me each time if I wanted to keep root, as it would probably be removed. (And also if I want to prevent a reflash of the stock kernel). I always said "yes" to both.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
Its a bug. Unroot and do a root again ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halior123:
ROM and baseband mismatch

Hi,

For some time now I have trouble getting OTA's on my Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition, probably due to device being rooted.

Today I was able to manually apply the update from JWR66V to JWR66Y (stock ROM) and update the kernel after unrooting.

It was my understanding that the baseband version that matches the JWR66Y ROM is MH5, But it seem like the OTA update didn't update the baseband and its still MH1.

Is that even possible? Doesn't the "official" update should update the baseband as well?

I was trying to search for it, But it seems like I'm missing something fundamental...

I was trying to flash an MH5 modem image I found over here with ODIN, no luck so far...

An attempt to apply the next OTA update (KRT16S) failed with an apply_patch_check assert, My understanding was that it might be because of the baseband version.

Thanks in advance,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Root it, only takes a few minutes. Towel root will probably work for you since cf auto root is out of the question due to your bootloader being locked. Or flash recovery via odin and flash supersu package from chainfire
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
Kernel installation failure

Hello, everyone!

The thing is that I tried to install KT kernel for my S4 and it failed. I did download EXACTLY the file I needed for my stock version, after install I DID clear cache & dalvik cache and fixed permissions (as ktoonsez said in his thread), but I did stuck in a bootloop, good thing I made a nandroid backup, now my device is were it was 1 hour ago. Could someone please tell me what I did wrong? I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psalm1032:
Hi all.

Flashed the AOSP kt 4.4.4 rom by jamal.

However, wifi still has problems, esp when connecting to my home network :/ 10cm away from router and the signal is only good. A few steps away it decreases to weak/fair :/ any solutions?

Also, is there any way to get back the Adobe rgb colour profile that the original i9505 once had? :) I'm on a 9505 but after the AOSP rom, lost that important feature. Or rather which kernels and app will allow tweaking of the colours? :)

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I assume your Phone is also rooted? Not just a custom recovery? And you downloaded the TW KK version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
Yes, my phone is rooted also and I downloaded TW KK version.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shempz:
Well well well...it was definitely worth doing the factory reset. Got about 2.5gb - 3gb back, even after reinstalling all my apps and other data.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 189cutter:
Hi i was wondering if a ps2 controller via its adapter would work on a s4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
? Maybe you could try and let us know??

:):angel:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleming.patel:
Srry bt this post not for you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shempz:
I'm not rooted - using stock rom from EE (as I need Sky Go!).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiuro:
Hi everyone

I'm running SlimSaberKat 4.4.4 (ART), but I think on the other AOSP roms I have the same.

I have a reversed volume buttons on the landscape orientation. Buttons are at the bottom of the screen, and the left one is for the volume down instead of volume up (like it was always on the Samsung stock roms) . On the portrait orientation everything is OK.

That happens from the beginning on the all versions of SlimSaberKat (even after clean install).

Maybe there is an option of the SlimSaberKat ROM, but I can't ask on the development thread because I don't have enough posts :(

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Perhaps the great maestro [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] can help?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Lucky for you the dev [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] frequents this thread;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dauntless:
Ok, so now it doesn't ask to keep root anymore.

Flashing a custom rom however still doesnt work:

E: Error in /storage/sdcard1/Arrow_ROM_V14_XXUFNE7.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Which ROM version are you running?

There has been a change since the last weekly, see this
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiuro:
Yesterdays SlimSaberKat-jflte-4.4.4-20140708

thank you for quick replay! ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Then you have the change included. But left for vol down seems logical to me in landscape.

Since you are using ART there is no point in looking for an Xposed module to swap them.

I'm afraid you have to get used to it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleming.patel:
You have confused between post...please clear it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SailoRboB.No1:
Fond Greetings!

Hello everyone, yea you guessed it, im a noob!

So, Hello to all the battle hardened users!

I would like to install the darthstalker rom on my Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 and i need to know if i can use version x1?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
It would help if you gave us a link to the ROM's thread. Saves us the time looking for it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292054 :laugh:

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If its been built for your varient then I can see no issues in installing! Just follow the instructions in the OP
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SailoRboB.No1:
When I flash my phone the closest option I get is the GT-I9505 but not the GT-I9500.

And I'm afraid of just going with the GT-I9505 and ruining my phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritvars:
- taken from the thread.

Do not flash this rom, you have the i9500 version which this rom does not support, you will brick your device if you do so. The most important thing when flashing a rom is to look if it's built for i9500 specifically!!!! Better check than be sorry.

If you are looking for rom, these sections are the ones you need to look:

Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development and

Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] du_91:
Nandroid Restore

Hello there,

I am a newbie here. I have an issue with nandroid restore that I hope someone can help me with. I have done nandroid backup using CWM successfully but whenever I restore it, most of my apps keeps crashing one after the other so much so that the phone is unusable. When the phone boots, I keep getting error report to force close various app.

And the only way to get out of it is to wipe data/factory reset. Does anyone know why this happens?

It would be great if someone could help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SailoRboB.No1:
Thanks for your speedy response, I am really glad I rather made an inquiry.

I would like to contact the developer of darthstalker to find out if he ever intends on including my version of the s4 to the party.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you want help we need much more info like phone type, CWM version used, partitions included in the backup and in the restore etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] du_91:
Sorry about that.

Phone : Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500

Android : 4.3

CWM : 6.0.4.5

Partitions backed up : boot image, recovery image, system, data and cache

Restore : boot image, recovery image, system, data and cache.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I see you haven't included dalvik in the back and restore. Did you wipe it after the restore?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] du_91:
No I don't. Do you think that is the reason why my phone is behaving so?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EliSyed:
I need a new kernel for the i9500 kitkat. Any suggestions?

Sent from my GT-I9500

Hit the thanks button if I was of your help :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there,

No-one can suggest any one kernel. I can suggest that you give the ones available to you and test them to see which one suits you and your phones requirements.

;):angel:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mankvl:
I just rooted my device using Kingo method (voided knox :/), and now I have a custom recovery, do i need stock for OTA to work?