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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojosilvera:
AT&T Bootloader on i9500

Good day,

I have a problem. I want to flash on the kitkat 4.4.2 on my i9500 but when I went into Odin mode I saw for product name: SGH-I337 instead of I9500. I know it is a I9500 by opening the back and looking under the battery also the firmware on it is I9500XXUEMJ9. I am unable to update via OTA nor KIES because of this problem. Help what am I suppose to do. Should I still try installing a new firmware on it? Would it remove the AT&T bootloader that is on it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HassanM:
It sounds like u have the American variant of S4..... Look for the appropriate firmware update (4.4.2) for your device from SamMobile and flash it thru Odin....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venorian:
Hello, I'll try to be quick about it:

My Skype is super loud when I use it within my GT-I9505 speakers. I tried downgrading the app and disabling updates, but it wont let me use it unless I have the latest version.

I've read here on the forums that theres a problem with a base and that updating that base would solve the problem. The problem is: I'm rooted. How to do it and to which base I should exactly update?

My current base is VJUGNE2. I have the 4.4.2 brazilian stock rom.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akz007:
Is there any way to update from 4.2.2 to the newest version without knox? Any recommended ROMs?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salim.Keady:
Stock roms without bootloader should work fine.. as i know you cam find 4.4.2 stock rom

I for one ( remeber its all about personal use) i prefer stock deodexed with custom kernel amd xposed modules
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akz007:
Thanks, can you post the link for stock roms without knox bootloader. I have tried searching but cannot find it.

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salim.Keady:
Check this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanw5489:
Could someone point me to the right direction on how to root the galaxy s4 nc5
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mika89:
FC Vibrations

Hello,

i use danvs google edition rom in secundary slot (dualboot) and have one long vibration after screen off and 3 short vibrations after screen on, no visual fc's or notifications. I use ART on Danvs rom and Imperium Rom in primary slot. Is this bug related to too little space in system for the larger ART cache? Can someone provide possible solution? Many Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kiryo24:
i9506 cm11

Can i install cm11 even tough i have 4.4.2? (Rooted and CMW)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Your current ROM doesn't matter as long as you follow the installation instructions.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojosilvera:
American Variant? I thought once it says I9500 it is the international version (even though I realise I have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor). The only thing I'm finding odd about the phone is that there is a AT&T bootloader on an international kernel. Wondering how is that possible. I am uncertain which firmware it is to install on my device for this very reason. I do not want to end up bricking the phone with a firmware that is not compatible with the device. Is it possible to change the firmware totally to another that is for my region instead of for the region that is currently on the device? I know a lot noob questions but I'm still kind of confused as to what to do.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsaber20005:
How to hide Wi-Fi icon??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HassanM:
SGH-I377 is not I9500 yet both are Galaxy S4....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Download android terminal emulator and type this

getprop ro.bootloader

And hit enter and see what it says

There's no way you have an i9500 with i337m firmware and a snapdragon processor.

Also take the back cover off, look around on the backing around the battery it should be stamped (the plastic) with your model number.

You obviously didn't buy this new. So do this too. Because there's a chance someone just replaced the housing of the device or swapped mother boards out. Check in settings and see if your imei matches what's on the sticker.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsaber20005:
Any help??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kiryo24:
need help

Im on i9506 and flashed cm11 and newest gapps 4.4.3 from cm site. It works perfectly till i reboot then it just load while with cm logo and then reboots...

Found solution: updated via cm. Older build had auto brightnes bug.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsaber20005:
Hi

I am filling my battery life is go down so fast.. Iam bought my phone before 1 month ago and it is a new.

Iam don't use 3g just Wi-Fi and I'm in the lastst firmware with root

And I am use a high quality application

In some time's when I open WiFi and my screen off the whatapp massage is not coming. And when I open the screen massages come

Sorry for my English [emoji56]

Thanks [emoji4]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OmniSlyfer:
I don't think you can completly remove the wifi icon. However if you install Xposed Installer + Wanam Xposed module, you can remove the two wi-fi arrows and make a lot of additional adjustments to the rom :)

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Did you use Towelroot for rooting your S4?

If yes, unfortunately seems to give a lot of battery drain problems... The only method that doesn't give any type of problems is CF Autoroot, but it will f*ck your warranty.

However, be sure that the auto-sync option is off (it drains a lot of battery) and use an advanced battery stats app (like Better battery Stats or something like it) to find what's exactly is ruining you battery.

If you want to keep the root and the warranty, you will probably need to do a full wipe to solve the battery problem
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alfa_G:
Is there an app that "sleeps" notifications from various apps at certain hours of the day?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timbod2003:
Hyperdrive ROM update question

I have a verizon Galaxy S4 and I have the Hyperdrive RLS 16.1 rom installed on my phone...I know RLS 18.1 is out and I want to know if there is a way to update the ROM or do I have to go through safestrap and flash and start over/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsaber20005:
I can found a way to replace the Wi-Fi icon to Text ( % ) and this good for me

About root iam already do a cf-root

After I buy my phone I do a full wipe and I updated to kitkat.

Any suggestions to test the Battery & what should s4 Battery still working on a high use??

Any Good or bad habits to recharge my battery??

Aslo I think the overhate of the sun in the morning make battery life is down faster right??

Thanks a lot [emoji4]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OmniSlyfer:
As I've already said, you should install Better Battery stats or something similar from app store, in order to exanimate what is draining your battery.

Also I suggest you to:

1- First of all, using titanium backup, uninstall all the system apps you don't need.

2- Install Greenify pro and hibernate all the apps you don't want to run on background.

3- Disable auto synchronization
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juventusmvp:
i got some problem

my phone always drain battery if i use an application, this morning my phone only 3 hours after chargin

but i can prevent that issue, i must clear RAM and my phone will live as usual

how to fix this, this issues appear after latest update kitkat from OTA
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolo9393:
i seems to be a big mess around this AT&T S4 version that is a true I337 with locked bootlaoder built with I 9505 HW and referenced as I 9500.

So funny! but not for new people buying it without advise.

they should get installed phone info for Samsung phone from play store and you get all infos about your model included the number of battery charge if used phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrElvisKc:
can't restore my S4 GT-I9506 to stock Firmware!! FAIL FAIL FAIL

Can someone help me plz?

I tried to instal the tar.md5 from two different odin versions a lot of times and couldn't install the stock firmware, cant acces recovery, its like Bricked, but semy bricked!

when i try to acces recovery shutting down holding home + volume up it just goes to download mode saying the whas an isse upgrading, plz enter recovery via Kies... (that doesn't work for me)

cause changing the com port, usb port i could install CWM Recovery and access roms and kernels i have there!

i installed CyanogenMod from Arter97... worked fine.. tried another time to install stock and same error...

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I9506XXUBNA2_I9506DTMBNA1_I9506XXUBML2_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/006> Initialzation..

<ID:0/006> Removed!!

<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/006> There is no PIT partition.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

what should i do?

plz help me :(

the biggest thanks in advance!,

Elvis
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnriqueVerhelle:
No sim in tray error

Hi. I've had the insert sim & restart phone error for a while.

So i decided to get a new sim tray.

Put it in the phone today, SD card reader works, but SIM reader does not find my SIM card.

Can i fix this or should i buy a new tray again?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
If you are using the 9500/9505 take a closer look to this guide.

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

I guess you have to flash with pit file...

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daleala:
Is anybody in Melbourne, Australia willing to download and burn (or put onto a flash drive) a copy of the GT-I9505 android 4.3 for Optus (Australia) for me, and meet me in the city during business hours so I can grab a copy off them?

I have a shoddy 3gb limit per month, and I have tried downloading it from work (download failed three times already)...

I'd be willing to pay $20. :angel:

Or alternatively is there a way to push the platform.xml if I have lost my read permissions on my phone?

(I can still use ODIN to flash btway... at least I hope I can!)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsFreak:
Can it be fixed by flashing a stock kernel??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fly406:
help before i smash it. australian GT-I9505 stock rom but wont make calls or text's

Hi all. I'm a noob at this and have spent the last 3 days trying to fix my phone. i have a telstra branded S4 and wanted to remove the telstra start-up so after reading up on how to do it 1 1/2 days i gave it a try. well to say the least i screwed it up somhow. triped off the knox and it wont make or recive calls and text's. got the standard unbranded Australian rom from sammobile used odin3 , philz_touch_6.54.9-jflte , I9505XXUEMK9_I9505XSAEMK3_XSA and even tried flashing the modem drivers I9505XXUEMK9_MODEM but the best it could ever do was get service for about 5min max then drop out and not get service again. so is there any way of helping me fix the issue ?

I'm using amaysim as my provider and they use optus as a server. Is there a Rom i can use now that i have voided warranty that will not give me any problems such as not being able to make calls or send texts or receive either?

I'm so sorry if this has been covered but i can not find any specific help for this problem as i have tried several ways sofar.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwarfer66:
You could try a custom rom, I'm on telstra as well and use Echoe rom v29, which after I installed the rom, I installed the GN8 Modem, Bootloader, and (because I had trouble after flashing bootloader) also wifi fix from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50965837&postcount=2627.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fly406:
thanks for the reply will give that a go tomorrow as im messing around with the optus rom now and seeing if that will work for me.:good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fleming.patel:
Try to download new firmware because sometimes firmware are corrupted and also try to different pc...hope this is work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawqi 11:
Hi
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmaple123:
Sim Card Error

Hey guys, been having a lot of trouble with my Samsung galaxy s4 i9500. About 2 months ago I experienced an error on my phone saying that the sim card was undetected and that I needed to restart the phone. I restarted it and it was back to normal, but a few minutes later it did the same thing.

Basically this kept happening on and off for a month or so. Every time I would put the phone in my pocket the sim card would not be detected all of a sudden. I had tested the sim card in several phones and it works fine no problem. I eventually replaced the sim card and micro sd tray and that fixed it temporarily because a week later i was having the same issues. I ordered another tray and installed it this morning but now i am having the same problems.

I can't find any other explanations online as to why this is happening, everyone either blames the sim card, or the tray, but i know these both work. Basically I am wondering if anyone can offer up any ideas as to what my problem may be.

(Also) since the beginning of all my problems, I have factory reset my phone twice, and i also seem to be having MAJOR overheating problems. My phone has reached temps of 105F usually after i get the error and reset my phone.

I appreciate any help I can get.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NandishV:
Need a little help here, I rooted my S4 using towelroot (stupid I know) and haven't done anything else do it such as flash a custom rom or flash a custom recovery so I was wondering as there is a new software update out for it that whether I would be able to update it?

Thanks anyway!

Sent from my rooted GT-I9505

-Nandish
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maltinbay:
Which system files should i delete?

Sorry for noob question :(

İ have rooted my galaxy s4 yesterday, i am so so noob.

i wonder which system files should i delete my phone like know, and things do not need for android work properly.

i searced from and found lots off list, but some are not for 4.4.2 or some are not for GT-I9500.

İ want to get rid of that stupid bloatwares on my phone for faster usage and get more long battery.

Can someone help me?

i am so so thankful.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arczi19:
Is there any way of having both S4 and S5 cameras in one rom? I like my S4 camera, but would also like to play around with S5 on some occasions.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

What is your current firmware?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NandishV:
Hey :),

It's stock firmware - GT-I9505 LTE

No changes made to it apart from towelroot.

Sent from my rooted GT-I9505

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

In order to know if there is an update available for you, I need to know what stock firmware you currently have on your phone...

Perhaps a screenshot of your settings/ "About phone" page?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Does anyone know if quality ofpictures made on touchwiz roms and on GPE roms vary alot?

I'm really keen to try a GPE rom, but I make alot of pictures so this is an important feature for me..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Gpe not sure. But cm/aosp vs touchwiz there's a huge difference. The touchwiz camera always brings me back to touchwiz
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richard-droid:
How can I get 4.4.2 stock TW for i9505?

A long time ago I rooted and started flashing ROMs. Made a backup to TWRP with stock rooted 4.2.2.

Recently I got a BT headset and it stutter and has connection loss on all other roms than stock. So I loaded the backup 4.2.2.

I don't have stock recovery.

How do I go to getting official TW 4.4.2? Kies or OTA won't update.

I have changed baseband to xxufna1.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmedsaber20005:
THIS is a normal??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Just update with Odin. Check out this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onyxbfly:
Good Morning All,

I originally posted this in the slimkat thread. I have a VZW Samsung Galaxy S4 running slimkat 4.4 7.4 weekly. I'm not sure what I did to affect service but I can not get 4G service on my phone.

It started about 2 weeks ago. I pulled battery and sim card. I toggled airplane mode. I set the mobile network to LTE (preferred). I tried *228. I tried flashing different weeklies and the stable rom. All clean flashes. full wipe in twrp. Without any apps installed I'm still stuck on 3G. Going back to 7.4 sorted my GPS issu out.

VZW says everything is fine on their end and that I should bring the phone in for service. I have not done anything with the kernel, nor modem, or anything of the such. Currently running 7.4 weekly. Id rather not get a refurb. My phone has never seen the floor outside of its otterbox case. Who knows what you get what you when you get a refurb.

It was suggested that I screwed up my modem/bootloader config. Do I have to go back to the stock rom to resolve it. It was also suggested that *228 may have killed my sim card. Do I need to go back to stock in order to get a new sim card from Verizon?

I searched, it doesn't seem that anyone is having any consistent connectivity issues,

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanw5489:
Hey everyone.

Need some help here.

I haven't been on here in a while so I'm kinda behind on things. I did have a Verizon galaxy s4 mdk so everything was pretty easy. Well I got a replacement and it is 4.4.2 Nc5 now I was wondering if someone could point me to where can find out how to root. Also has the bootloader been unlocked? One other thing is if not how do I install safestrap

I have been searching just can't seem to find the right one so I'm sorry for any inconvenience.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onyxbfly:
Apologies in advance if I screw the pooch and my answer is inccorect. You can root your phone using this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2419762

Q1 is a link with info about Odin and what hit does and how to use it. If I'm not mistaken you can use Odin to root your phone. I would deff read until feeling comfortable with proceeding.

Here is a link that gives you an indepth review of what safestrap is and what it does.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448942

Sorry I can't provide more info I'm a Noob myself banging his head against the wall wondering wy 4G doesn't work on my phone. :o:(:mad:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanw5489:
Thanks but I'm not seeing anything about the Nc5! Sorry I'm so confused with this new know stuff trying to read but just a lot to go with
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubba949:
bootloop or stuck at android upgrading

After flashing XXEUGNG8 for my GT-I9505 I then rooted and removed anything Knox related but after wiping cache/dalvic I run into either a bootloop or get stuck with 'android upgrading'. I've read somewhere that letting SU freeze Knox can cause issues so I made sure it wasn't but still getting problems. Any help really appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tha TechnoCrat:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2305105

How apps are installed. [MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] buddy pls add
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Interesting read about this subject
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamranhaghighi:
hi after i bougth ym s4 at first i ahd problem whit connecting to pc i realized it only happens when i use USB HuB even when nothing is connected to Hub and also it happened few time to non hub usbs btw now i try the OTG cable i sued in my Note n7000 it says usb connector connected but when i connect flash or anything like mosue light of device dont turn on and nothing happens

when i connect it to hdmi using MHL i had for my note n7000 it dont work an nothing happens jsut my phone has delay when turning on while connected to HDMI

may i need to unroot and send to guranty or req replace? as it had 1 month replace

i just moved my thread here:) btw after i cleand and rstarted phoen and replaced battery and checked all i can transfer to pc
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
be calm and pls let us know what variant u r using?

also pls be specific?:confused:

Sent from my Disturbed™ Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylansmith:
hi guys,

need some help here. got a new s4 on stock rom and rooted, but no CWM installed. recently, i disabled a couple of system apps (non-crucial i believe) and deleted Samsung keyboard (this is the important one i think, because i have set the default keyboard to Swiftkey.. but it keeps reverting back to Samsung keyboard whenever i restart my phone, that's why i tried to disable and uninstall it).

now the phone is half bricked. it does get to the home screen, but there is a notification saying "unexpected error - please select this to help us fix the problem..". after clicking on it, it gives me a black screen and is unresponsive to touch. power off/on brings me back to the lock screen, where i can launch my apps/widgets, but closes shortly with a black-out or simply doesn't give me enough time to change any settings.

tried going into safe mode. it got in for awhile, but restarted itself back to normal mode after like 5 seconds (before it completely finished loading).

is there any way to unbrick it WITHOUT losing all my data/apps? i have not done any nandroid nor titanium backups.

otherwise, feel free to suggest ways to unbrick (heard about NVflash/smartflash, but the steps look very complicated - would be glad if someone could point me to a easy, fail-safe guide).

thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
better to flash stock rom.

Sent from my Disturbed™ Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
The easy way is to flash your Rom again using Odin. You won't loose your data.

I sugest using a pre rooted Rom from here, or use a 100% stock Rom from here
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamranhaghighi:
s4 i9500 let me tell again

when i connect USB to female is says usb connector connected but when i connect a usb flash drive or anything my muse light in eng of it and the led in end of my usb flash dont blink! and nothing happens at all! like haven't done anything

also when i connect hdmi mhl nothing happens expect my phones screen turning on delays!

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ok i will also
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
check the OTG CABLE if i understood u correctly.

Sent from my Disturbed™ Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamranhaghighi:
what u mean by check? i have cleaned and tried everything it worked on my note n7000 3 or 6 months ago!:D btw im going to buy some cool accessories for my s4 i will check another cable there!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lesavntura:
i tried that method but i cant do it everytime i press back it retrieves me to the debug menu and when i press 1 in Key it doesnt retrieve me to the UMTS service menu
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dextermorganx:
So I have the I9500DDUBMEA update installed on my I9500 but when I try to move a large game to the SD card via the application manager, it does not free up any space and the application data is still in the internal memory of the phone. Any help?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

The new firmware will only move the app,not the data.

You need something like FOLDERMOUNT

:)