yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pika456:
I suspect that my "international" S4 came from eastern side

And these numbers are ramadan related.

Can I replace S planner with a clean one?

Any donnors for the apk?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30421738&postcount=2

Sent from my GT-I9195

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Do a search on xda bro, you'll find many......

Sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandinista567:
I was wondering if anyone could tell me if I need to do anything before doing the following in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2370101 im using a out of the box Samsung s4 gpe i9505g I just don't know if I need to root before doing the following I want cm nightly 11
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there,

To install a custom ROM you will need to install a custom recovery. I suggest at the moment for you to have a good read through the OP (first page) and read up on rooting and custom recoveries. BEFORE you go ahead a try something you have never done before READ, READ and READ....You will also need to read up on KNOX also.

;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandinista567:
What exactly is KNOX?

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I'm just pretty confused it just seems like I can't find a exact start point lol. I see that I need a custom recovery first but when I look at guides at how to do that it says I need to root first and so when I go to look at how to root it says I should have a custom recovery first so I it just Sam's like a never ending cycle to me at this point lol
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
A lovely security feature Samsung added to the S4............Have a read HERE ......Secure bootloader which prevents downgrading of firmware.........If the flag is tripped it also prevents use of the Knox app/secure container etc.........This will depend whether or not your phone has come with the NEW boot loader installed. You need to know what firmware you have i.e 4.2/4.3?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandinista567:
I'm running 4.4.2 stock kitkat
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] latouffe:
Sorry for posting (i rarely ask for help) but thats something new and odd. I found no answer on the forum....

My media volume rocker goes down sometimes... By itself. I keep pressing the volume+ on the phone or headset and it doesnt work. I have to unlock the phone and then vol+. But after a couple of seconds it goes down again. Its a cat/mouse game. It happen at random.

I have Stock 4.3 no root (fu**** Knox)

Is it hardware or software?

I only use my media (pocketcast and google music) with headset (stock) so i dont know if the issue is caused by headphones or the phone itself.

Thank you for your help, its driving me crazy at the gym especially when im having a good run and it happen during the last minutes
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gazlynn:
Intermittent fault on S4

Hi Please can anyone help?

I recently (a couple of months ago) rooted my phone and was running Jamals google edition rom with no problems at all.

Then one evening just out of the blue I was on the phone checking emails and my phone did one long 10 second vibrate and the screen locked.

The phone then went dead couldn't charge it up or anything for about 3 hours. After 3 hours the phone then just automatically switched itself back on.

this happened again but whilst the phone wasn't doing anything.

I then thought the best thing would be was to completely wipe and start again.

I then installed the official leaked 4.4 samsung rom via odin and then because of a boot loop did a factory reset which unrooted my phone.

The rom works great but then last night I kept on getting these very long vibrations followed by the phone not switching off but going back to the lock screen after the vibration.

This morning I awoke to the phone again being completely dead but 10 mins ago after an hour just switched itself on again.

I am leaning towards this being a hardware issue but I am no techie by any stretch of the imagination.

I have mobile phone insurance via my bank as I bought the phone outright. Is it worth sending the phone to them to look at or will they just say I have been messing with the operating system and do nothing?

Any advice would be gratefully accepted.

cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Based on your story the first thing I would do is check your battery.

There has been a bad batch of batteries that started swelling.

Could be that after some time when the battery cools the swelling reduces and your phone starts working again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

May I ask where/how you got that?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gazlynn:
Thanks for your reply

I have 2 batteries 1 official samsung and 1 anker one and this problem happens with both batteries.

I thought it would only happen when phone was busy but it was working at midnight when I went to bed and my tasker night task kicks in which has no wifi or mobile data and turns silent until 7 15 when my day time task kicks in wifi and silent off. The phone was dead this morning at 7 20 but don't know when through the night it went off but it would'nt of been busy.

cheers

Gaz
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Then I have no other advise than to send it in for a check-up. Since you flashed the leaked 4.4 you cant go back to stock so prepare yourself for a battle with Samsung. It could be Samsung won't accept your claim.

An alternative could be to flash a custom recovery, format all partitions, and flash a custom, non TW based ROM and see how that goes.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandinista567:
in just a system update OTA from Google
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

WOW!

So, 4.4 KitKat is now out officially.

That means you are probably now stuck on that firmware.

No chance of downgrading.

Best you can hope for is a custom 4.4 ROM.

But if it is now out officially , wait until the developers work their magic on it...

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] velein:
I think this got hidden in the thread.

What? :-O I just checked for update on my Danish GT-i9505 running this firmware: I9505XXUENA4_I9505NEEENA1_I9505XXUENA4_HOME.tar.md5

Why am I not getting an update for 4.4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
You can root your stock phone use cf auto root. http://download.chainfire.eu/316/CF-Root this will trigger knox

You haven't got the update because you've got the normal s4 and he was referring to the Google edition.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
Not for GT-i9500

Thanks for the link, but unfortunately Ariza Patch doesn't work on GT-i9500:crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
That's a shame :( you flashed a modem to pda and now if you try to flash a modem throug phone it fails right? Could it be that it's a partition problem and you maybe need to repartition?

I would suggest to look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477 ask the thread starter he seems to know a great deal about recovering phones from al kinds of states. In the first post there is the pit file for your phone but ask him first.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandinista567:
I've had kit Kat for my i9505g for at least 2 months alreadyl
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
I have partially solved this. I am now able to flash Modems, I had to use a newer version of Odin (3.09, the old one I have is 1.83). The modem is different now, but still I have that problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Did you check if the modem did actually change? Maybe flash it twice whiteout reboot.

Perhaps try a different modem.

Or try a newer stock firmware

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

The best way to flash modems is listed HERE

This ensures that it gets flashed completely.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze702k:
[MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] one of the nicest people I've bumped into on several xda threads, always helpful, very informative, just wanted to say this lol thanks for ALL your input/advice/guides etc :thumbup:

Sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
Yes it did change. But Im still stuck at this problem. I am now downloading a Firmware from Russia. This was the last firmware used when my S4 was still 100% fully functional (Corrupted EFS Folder, JTaged and flashed with this firmware). Perhaps the modem in this FW might help. I hope my download won't freeze which will make me start from 0 after 2 hours, as per RapidGator's site rules.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
I really hope it will help you. Keep us informed.

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Here you can download official firmware for your phone: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9500 so if the Russian link doesn't work try one of these.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
I will. Dang, if I were just in my own country, this wouldn't be a problem, but I have to be in one of the worst places to have mobile phone support. Technicians in here haven't even heard of JTAG! Thankyou guys for all the tips, though non helped, but I appreciate your time & effort in helping me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noctum21:
Data security i9505

Good evening,

I have a question concerning my i9505 with CM 10.2. If I use XPrivacy (plus the corresponding framework) and the built-in data security setting at the same time (settings -> security -> data security), which effect is it going to have?

As far as I know the built-in protection only denies access to certain data while XPrivacy doesn't, but produces false information, locations etc. After all what kind of data is my app going to get?

Kind regards

Noctum21
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zapmi:
Using ODIN to flash from XXUBMF8 to XXUEML6

Hi guys!

Just wondering if there are any helpful souls out there who could help me with my little problem.

A friend of mine installed Omega v19 on my phone for me since i am such a noob, but forgot to update my firmware to XXUEML6.

For some reason i my network connection disconnects all the time, and i am guessing the problem is my firmware.

So i am just wondering if someone could post me a REALLY noob friendly guide to download and flash my phone to XXUEML6 :laugh:

I've figured that i have to use ODIN to flash it, but i can't find any downloads.

My phone:

Samsung galaxy S4

GT-I9505

Android version: 4.3

Firmware: XXUBMF8

Kernel?: 3.4.77-KT-SGS4-JB4.3-TW-INTL-01.17.2014-g4e775c6

Build: Omega v19 - XXUEML6

Thanks for any help!

-Zapmi
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
As I said before in this thread, my wifi won't enable and I really tried everything to fix it but nothing seems to work. I'm still on 4.3, but can it be possible that my wifi works again if I flash the leaked 4.4.2? Nobody seems to have a wifi problem with the NA5 stock rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I think you are trying to install a modem.

Look HERE

Make sure you choose the correct modem for the GT-I9505

Use -Odin - open extracted file ".tar.(md5)" as PHONE

Follow the guide on THIS POST

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

There is no quote to your original post , so I do not know what you have done to get to your present situation.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pika456:
trying to remove islamic calendar entries from splanner

I replaced the 3 apks in system [SecCalendar_SPen.apk, SPlannerAppWidget.apk, SecCalendarProvider.apk]

also wiped data of splanner in titanium backup, and YET the entries cannot go away!

is this somewhere else in the rom? do I have to shange the whole rom? [knox will go to 1]

I'm wonderind if there are more modifications due to the place the phone was bought.

in device info after rom/kerned cells there is another "united arab emirates" cell
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Hi thanks for your reaponse, here it is:

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

Are you sure that the modem you flashed actually installed?

I showed a guide in post #9691

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pika456:
of course ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I use FX File Explorer.

It is great for adding/removing apk's.

May I suggest that you go to the market , and try with that.

Make sure you unlock the padlock at the top before removing/adding the apk's.(Relock after you have done it)

Also , you must reboot for it to take effect.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pika456:
thanks, but I already have replaced the 3 apks of Splanner

I think that there is somewhere a tag/title that the rom reads and adds the callendar.

let me try build.prop and see...

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I do not see something inside build.prop.

fearing of knox I will stay put until any findings come up
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zapmi:
Hi! Followed the guide, and flashed the modem in the box marked "Phone".

Now everything tells me it is finished and with no problems, but my phone is stuck in "Download mode"! I'm guessing this is since i've unchecked the "Auto Reboot" option in Odin, but i am not 100% sure.. Kinda afraid to restart in myself since it clearly says on the phone: Do not turn off target !!

HELP? :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If it says pass and it's green , hold the power button until it switches off.

Then, go back into download mode and repeat the process.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zapmi:
Thanks, it worked! But seems like the phone still has the XXUBMF8....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Check in Settings/about phone/baseband

Baseband=radio=modem.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zapmi:
I flashed it again, and now it works! The baseband changed to what i wanted :)

Thanks for all the help, much appreciated! :good:

-Zapmi
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pika456:
I'm on stock FW with root with knox 0

I wiped cache and the phone does not boot! (black screen)

What should I do?

The only way is Odin? Should I try factory reset and loose my data?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterjunky:
re: download mode

Press the power button for about 15 seconds and it will restart or remove/replace battery.

Good luck!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] francoi88:
After updating my galaxy s4 no music or pictures

Hi,

I just updated my galaxy s4 with the new software

And when it was all done I had no pictures or

Music from what I had before, but I did have my apps

And my screen saver was the same

Thanks

Francjs
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
If you flash stock trough odin your internal sd is erased so that's why you don't have your music or photo's. The reason why you did have your apps and screensaver is that you probably synct them with your Google and/or Samsung account.

If I flash stock I always upload my internal memory to mega. The app is free of charge and let's you have 50gb of free space. After flashing it's just a matter of downloading your folders back in to your internal sd.

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I think you erased one apk to many trying to resolve your splanner problem :(

Remove the battery and try to reboot again. If that doesn't resolve your problem. I don't really see another way than to flash stock firmware trough odin. You could try factory reset first but I doubt that it will help.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] francoi88:
After updating my galaxy s4 no music or pictures

Ok so there's nonway of getting it back?

Thanks for your help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
No sorry man. If you flash stock you'll lose al your data.

It happened to you once but if you ever have to flash stock again you'll know what to do.

And just always make regular backups of your photos to a pc, Dropbox or mega account comes in handy if you drop and break your phone as well.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Yeah the baseband changes

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

All I can think of is to flash stock firmware again through odin.

Make sure you match your current firmware , and wipe cache and data before and after the flash.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Hi thanks for you help, but I've already done that many times :( do you think the 4.4 update can possibly fix this?

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

Just a thought.

Did you flash the new stock 4.4 firmware at any stage ?

Also , did you see THIS?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
No i haven't flashed 4.4 yet. And i've tried some of these fixes, but not these yet. Will try it this evening

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Nope still same problem...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
Looks like I got a semi-functional S4

Hi, I already tried another Firmware, even flashed another modem, but still I can't remove that Emergency Calls Only issue. Now I am thinking, is it possible that the SIM Card Tray, or the board is already busted? The phone still recognizes any SIM that I put into my phone, it just can't make any calls, or do any text messages, and vice-versa for receiving them. And the IMEI is still intact no matter what Firmware or Modem I flash.

What do you think? Samsung here advised me to go to the next City to have my phone fixed, which is almost more than 100km away! If I were in my native country, this wouldn't be a problem. Now I am thinking of selling my phone for scrap.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Sorry , I do not know what else to suggest.

Did you flash 4.3 firmware with a wipe of cache and data before and after flashing?

You said you might flash the 4.4 stock firmware.

Just to warn you that you will be stuck on that firmware , and will no longer be able to downgrade.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
when your wifi stopped, what you were doing?

do you see your network operator in settings?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
Yes I did. But whichever I think, the phone would say that I am registered on the network, then phone would prompt an error and says that I am not able to connect to that network a few seconds later.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Yeah I've tried wiping everything before flashing. Anyway thanks a lot for your help.

I know I'll be stuck on that firmware, but can't use my phone anyway now. It's the only possible solution I can think of now, as I haven't heard any one complain about the wifi yet on that firmware.

Does it matter what I do first, flash the stock first or flash the bootloader and modem and then flash a custom rom? Because the stock firmware is only on terafile and you need a premium account to download it...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Here is stock: https://mega.co.nz/#!rIJxHTRB!ZxMSDwtDsVBD5Aw-jt9DvRiKuyEm8hdjW7Mv9eriNiI

Just flash stock and not only bootloader and modem

But I seriously doubt that it will help you.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
IMEI is fine, sim detected, registred to the network, flashed stock, flashed different modem.... i guess it is a hardware failure
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
I don't know, I got this phone from someone else and he said it just suddenly stopped. He also said he didn't do any thing else with the phone (didn't flash anything) but knox was already 0x1, so I guess he had just been playing with odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
i see you tried almost everything,

if it is suddenly stopped for no reason, so a stock 4.3 or 4.4 or even a custom rom should fix the issue, if the failure is on software level.

otherwise it might be a hardware failure

Edit: i want you to flash stock 4.3 twice (first time un-tick :auto-reboot")

in both flashes, turn off your phone manually and remove battery for a couple of seconds before flashing

wipe.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Okay haven't tried that yet. After first flash just pull out battery to turn it off?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
when it says "pass" after first flash, remove battery a while, insert it, boot into download mode flash second time and i suggest also to un-tick "auto-reboot" also. after the "pass" remove battery a while, boot into recovery, wipe data & cache, reboot
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Still doesn't work...

But with every modem the wifi switch reacts different, sometimes you can't even toggle the switch but when I flash another modem the switch becomes gray and freezes for half a minute. It also never says anything like 'enabling wifi' when i toggle the switch, the text just doesn't change. Can this be a hardware failure?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
did you try wifi fix?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
the non-hlos.bin? have tried that with every stock rom I flashed...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
weird! im not so really sure if it is a hardware problem.

try to flash a pre-rooted stock firmware
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robert1852:
Already tried 4 different pre-rooted stock roms, did the wifi fix on every rom but still no luck :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peterpandemic:
EFS Foolishness

I have been flashing modems to my i9500 running Omega rom and I've gone wrong. It stopped being able to connect to the phone network (emergency calls only) and I assumed that the EFS had been altered/erased. I used some terminal commands to restore from EFS.img backed up on my phone. Phone immediately shut down and won't boot. in recovery it says "Can't mount /EFS: Invalid Argument"

I have tried clearing everything and loading a stock 4.3 ROM (I9500XXUEMJ5) from Odin, as that always seemed to solve this issue on my S1 and S3. The phone gets stuck at the samsung logo and only half of the boot sound plays. I can get into recovery, but can't mount /EFS to format it because of the "invalid argument" status.

I'm thinking maybe I need to flash the original 4.2 ROM it came with. I got this phone in May 2013 from the USA, and I can't find a way to find out the original FW version. I'm downloading a 4.2 rom - should be ready in about 8 hours...

If anyone has any other ideas I'd absolutely love to hear em! :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
in what format the backuped efs is?? img?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peterpandemic:
Yes that's right. I obviously got something very wrong. Hopefully the EFS.img file is still sat on the phone's internal memory
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] latouffe:
Any help with my problem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
if the efs image size is arround 20 MB, then restore to the right partition with terminal emulator:

su
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/efs.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3
reboot

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boot into safe mode and see if the problem persists or gone