yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gothicasshole:
Dude you need the modules from your baseband or this will happen get your modules re flash them and re flash your stock rom never tell samsung you rooted it waranty is now void for sure and as a rule of thumb always check what files you flash
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sker100:
Hi,

I have the same problem of some users. My galaxy s4 i9505 is from UK, i think is unlock because and i'm using in Portugal with vodafone and have the same problem that kies and ota doesn't recognise the update to the galaxy s4. It said that my S4 does not support initialization.

as far i know the update already has been release in UK and in Portugal, unlocked or from any carrier has the 4.3 version release.

how can i update my phone ?

thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muiacir:
1 - i fornated it but still now answer.

8 - how can i set sda that notify me when someone reply my posts or mentioned me?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrian7up:
Hi. I just flashed my device back to stock but in device status show custom. I download a firmware from sammobile, and the thing is I flashed before with the same firmware and it was OK. . What could be wrong..?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
This has happened to me a couple of times also......I just re-flashed the firmware again:good: Hopefully it will work for you also.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paolonicus:
How is that? Can you provide me a complete guide on how to do this? It would be great if I have that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muiacir:
What is this erorr? In the pic below(the language is persian so it said the gaps are stopped working)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Do you have the correct gapps for the ROM you are using?

Or re-flash the gapps .

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

Accidentally thanked :P. Well, for the first thing. I don't know other solution then... If you didn't manage to mount with 2 apps and neither with it formatted, the case might be to see if there's a kernel that supports NTFS r/w, I don't know if S4 has it though.

And for 8, if you're using Tapatalk, you can open settings and change notifications settings ;).

~Lord

"This Story Ends Where It Began" - Octavarium (Dream Theater)

Sent from my Monster KitKated S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muiacir:
What is gap?

how to reflash the gaps exactlly?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Can you provide further information about what you did to your device and such. While it seems it's a GAPPS problem, we need to know what's your device state before taking any further conclusion.

And GAPPS is the package with Google apps, like Google Play ;).

~Lord

"This Story Ends Where It Began" - Octavarium (Dream Theater)

Sent from my Monster KitKated S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mecster:
Flash Official Stock - Download Issue

I've currently got Cyanogenmod 10.2 and want to return to stock rom etc, I'm currently following XDA guide however at Step 4 (unzip the downloaded firmware, u will get a tar file) I don't get a tar file (or anything) in any of the files I have downloaded from the links available online from androidfirmwares, sammobile or the Stock Rom thread on here.

Each time I try to open any of the firmware zips I get a warning message from WinRaR saying its unknown format or damaged, I've tried downloading the 4.2.2/4.3 files for BTU and O2 UK and can't extract any of them!

Any ideas or am I completely missing something?

Thanks in advance! Mecster
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muiacir:
It is my friends problem

he told me he could not remember what did he do

he said he installed 4.3 rom and then 2 month ago he change the language to persian and do not remember any thing else

so what do you think?

what is problem?

Where can i download the latest version of gapps?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
It's important to know the Rom your friend is using. Looking at the colour scheme of the screenshot it looks like stock Samsung.

If that's the case there is no Gapps, it's only flashed separately on custom Rom's like CyanogenMod and AOSP.

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clear your browser cache and download again. The file is clearly damaged.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muiacir:
You mean in stock roms we can not install gapps?

so what is the problem?

And can you give me the latest version of gapps if he flashed a custom rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If your friend is using a fully stock Rom thee are only 2 things he can try.

I do a factory reset or flash the Rom again.

If he is using a custom Rom, gapps can be found here
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Try getting it here.....fast download

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49202889
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeshwar.singh.maini:
I am going to install MIUI v5 official ( ver 4.15)

Just wanted to know if any future update for the rom arrives, will it be updated OTA like the stock ROMs update or will I have to flash the new version?

Also are there any chances for MIUI to be updated to KitKat in the foreseeable future?

And why is xiaomi still stuck with 4.1.5???

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You will need to flash a new update when released by the dev.

Any future releases/updates is purly up to the developer!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4ugusto:
Hi, i have i9505 with this version:

AP: I9505VJUEMKE

CP: I9505VJUEMKE

CSC: I9505ZTAEMKE

4.3 android

how i can root ?

After i want to install custom rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Look HERE

It will trip your knox warranty flag,though.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
Guys I need urgent help. I went and di the factory reset through my phones settings, but my phone had custom recovery installed. What happened is now it won't go past the samsung logo. Please guys I need urgent help. My phone is a Galaxy S4 GT I9505, Brazilian version, unlocked. What the **** do I do know? I know the phone is not bricked as it gets to the Samsung part. WHAT DO I DO, please I need urgent help?

Thanks for your help, I love you guys, I don't know what I would do without you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandeep148:
If I root and install custom rom after re flash stock firm ware I m done to get warranty?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pimjai:
i Am experiencing a problem with the storage size on my i9505 for quite some time now. It is best described with a screenshot:

As you can see i use only about 1600MB of storage space(just installed a new custom ROM) , but there is only 2.14GB of space available. i Have been noticing this for some time now, but it kept getting worse. i`m asking for help now because i don`t even have the space left to restore my titanium backups.

I think this problem can be solved by flashing a stock firmware with a .pit file, since as i understand this repartitions the whole phone, but i would like to know if there is another solution, and more importantly, i`d like to know what is taking up all this space.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
Guys I need urgent help. I went and di the factory reset through my phones settings, but my phone had custom recovery installed. What happened is now it won't go past the samsung logo. Please guys I need urgent help. My phone is a Galaxy S4 GT I9505, Brazilian version, unlocked. What the **** do I do know? I know the phone is not bricked as it gets to the Samsung part. WHAT DO I DO, please I need urgent help?

Thanks for your help, I love you guys, I don't know what I would do without you.

Please this is a matter of life and death. PLEASE HELP MEMEME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
no, since flash counter on I9500 can not be resetted, also it may pass if they did not check the counter

see if you have nandroid backups stored in data/media

wipe data and cache within custom recovery, or reflash the rom or restore a backup if made
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandeep148:
Its danger then. They probably check counter ofte..so.. there is no way? To 0 counter?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
Dude I can not reach the custom recovery anymore....

I just get the phone's logo then recovery, then it shuts down and gets in the phone logo again.

PLEASE HELP ME. I am desperate.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Stand by. We had a fix for this on an old phone of mine but I can't remember what it was. Let me see if I can find it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
PLEASE thank you so much. I love you (exaggeration)...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pimjai:
well, there where no backups stored there, however, there was an obb folder that contained a lot of files that i deleted ages ago. after deleting this folder my problem seems to be solved, so thanks!:D

any idea how that folder got there? because i can`t remember to have ever accessed data/media.

edit: [MENTION=5623592]PedroCam[/MENTION] can you still boot in download mode? because in that case i assume you could just flash a stock firmware with odin. you can download stock firmwares from sammobile.com
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
Guys I need urgent help. I went and di the factory reset through my phones settings, but my phone had custom recovery installed. What happened is now it won't go past the samsung logo. Please guys I need urgent help. My phone is a Galaxy S4 GT I9505, Brazilian version, unlocked. What the **** do I do know? I know the phone is not bricked as it gets to the Samsung part. WHAT DO I DO, please I need urgent help?

Thanks for your help, I love you guys, I don't know what I would do without you.

Please this is a matter of life and death. PLEASE HELP MEMEME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE I need my phone urgently....

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Yes I can get to download mode ...

Now how can I flash the stock firmware, and what should I download.....

Please help me, I am dying. I love my phone, and I can't live without it..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
So the fix won't work for you. It'll actually brick you.

Try factory resetting in cwr. If that don't work wipe everything and re flash. If that doesn't work firmware flash
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pimjai:
this guide will probably help you: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
Thanks. I am about to do it now....

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Did not work factory resetting in CWR...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pimjai:
good luck:good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Are you sure it wasn't a blob folder, if so it's used when making incremental backups using CWM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pimjai:
well that would explain it, i thought CWM always stored the backups in a zip file or something. I was probably wrong about that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Be aware that after deleting the blob folder all your incremental backups are useless.

The blob folder is where the incremental parts of all your current backups are stored. To deleted an incremental backup you need to delete the dated backup folder and then run the clean incremental option in CWM (or what ever its called) that last step removes parts from the blob folder that are no longer needed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you have a custom recovery,then,make a nandroid backup.

Also use Titanium Backup,or Helium from the market.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaurdjatixa:
I have custom recovery :) I tried titanium backup awhile back but I can backup but I cant restore. because I backed up contacts and messages from stock and flashed CM. I couldnt restore my contacts and messages to CM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vayu:
does not work with internal memory
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Different apps backup different things.

Nandroid will back up your entire system.(data,settings,apps etc.)

TB will backup your apps and data.

Get a third party app from the market for contacts and sms.

Google will also backup contacts,but not sms

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okty2k:
You can use SMS Backup + (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync&feature=search_result)

It saves not only your SMS, but call logs and MMS. Also, a nice one is Friday. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roco446:
Swap External 64GB as internal storage?

Hi! I think with the new MEA Firmware may be possible to use external micro sd storage as internal storage. But I dont know how can we do it. Any help? Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Look HERE

It looks like we get the "Move to sd card" button back.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roco446:
yeah, i saw but i prefer to swap external and it automaticly install on it. I usually have more than 300 apps installed and is very tired to be clicking the button all time. I know that with other devices u can take a partition on the external sd card and use it as internal :)

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something like this but on Galaxy S4 http://www.androidpit.com/galaxy-s3-note2-memory-bump
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Yes,that would be more useful.

This is all still very new.

We shall see if this becomes possible.

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

Currently in early stages of making my own Samsung Rom for 9505, Themed Deodex etc...

One of my biggest current issues is Nfc breaking when I deodex.

I see alot of people have this problem with rom's and they always seem to fix it but i cannot find anywhere information on how to.

Anyone able to point me in the right direction or advise atall?

Appreciate any help, really bugging me now and wanna move on with rom!

Regards,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runedrune:
Oh. You said SD card so I thought you meant external.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lucius1972:
Hi all,

I am on stock me2 (Netherlands) but wanna upgrade to mea (germany) how should I proceed?

Flash mea over me2 and f. Reset or do I need to wipe anything in recovery?

Thank you..

sent from my GT-I9505..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enter The Void:
Hi, my phone does not accept any SIM cards anymore, I have flashed to stock rom and factory reset multiple times. Though i just realised that i did the CF-Auto root on a pre-rooted rom, do you think this caused the problem??? please help someone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebilrulz:
http://www.cultofandroid.com/29039/new-galaxy-s4-software-update-brings-hdr-video-more-storage/

This sounds great doesn't it. Hopefully the camera crash gets fixed!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smoddo:
galaxy s4 gti9505

Hi there, ive a few questions from browsing the forums, i might aswell write out my plan and if im wring in anyway please do corrrct me. I plan to root my gti9505 using cf auto tools, through odin, install trwp and follow some instructions to install a stable cyanogenmod 10.1. Now as far as I understand as long as im happy with cyanogen they'll push through updates which'll update android as needed? So shouldnt need to do anything else? My other question samsung has an OTA thats just fixing stability issues, if i download this will i stilk be able to root with generic guide method? Or would the change in software cause the cf auto root tool to turn my phone into a atom bomb destroying europe? Sorry if this is naive thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you are flashing djembey's ROM,you should be fine with a cache and dalvik wipe.

Any problems and you might consider a full factory reset.

:)

Hi,

You should try to get everything back to stock.(ROM,kernel,recovery).

:)

Hi,

If you have anything custom on your phone,you will not get OTA update.

If you customize everything,you are relying on your ROM dev to update things.

:)

EDIT:

Feel free to newk Europe.

It certainly will not make it any worse.

:p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enter The Void:
Hi, thanks for replying, I reset my kernel to stock before you replied and my original sim card works now!, although sometimes it says "your MMI code is invalid". also, i think that whenever i try to unlock the phone through the *#0011# method, none of the sim cards work after it. i am downloading stock rom (non-rooted) and will flash this when it is ready. thanks for your help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netban:
Anyone notice some blurring when scrolling?

Quite noticeable in settings on horizontal blue bars.

On stock...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enter The Void:
yes everyone has that problem, there is a temporary fix for it on xda, forgot where it is though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netban:
Cheers mate!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
Guys I do not know what firmware to download for Brazil besides if I install the wrong firmware, what would happen?

Could you please answer ASAP..

Thanks for your attention...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
Galaxy S4 successfully recovered. Flashed Brazilian Firmware, through ODIN, recovered all my data and now I am a happy man...

Only issue until now, is the mobile data settings are totally ****ed up. Mobile data is off yet it says H+ on top. Then I turn it on, the mobile data toggle on the notification bar looks totally weird...

Need help with that. Anyway thank you all very much...

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I have only two doubts left. Thanks everyone for the great support. How can I check if I still have custom recovery installed without getting into recovery mode, and how can I fix the mobile data settings (reason for my past failed factory reset)?

Thank you very much...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you flashed a stock ROM using Odin you also flashed stock recovery. No need to check, you don't have a custom recovery. If you want it back, you will have to Odin flash the recovery.

Without a screenshot I have no idea what you mean with " the mobile data toggle on the notification bar looks totally weird.."

You need to give us more information on what's going on there.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:


Well here comes the screenshots. Thanks about the custom recovery. But how can I fix the mobile data. Tried a APN reset. Did not work at all.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Perhaps somebody using a Samsung ROM can correct me but I don't see anything wrong here. You have enabled data in setting but switched it off using the tiles, so no data. I think that switching it on using the tiles gives you a data connection, that show it's supposed to work AFAIK.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Unchecking/checking the Data tab should disable/enable the quick setting tile also in the drop down! Looks like there is an issue with enabling it, but not sure what.:confused:

EDIT - I have also enabled/disabled via the tile ONLY and it also checks and unchecks the Mobile Data tab in Mobile Networks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
But does it also work the other way around, will disabling data in the quick settings tile also disable it in the settings menu.

I never disable data so I have no idea how it's suppose to work :o

Edit, I see yo answered my question before I could even ask it, that's cool.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
See Edit above:p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
So that is the thing mine is not checking or unchecking. Also the control over what the settings menu is also not working properly. What do I do????
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Tis a strange one! Are your APN settings OK? Not sure if its worth a re-flash of the STOCK ROM or not?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Did you flash the correct firmware for your carrier?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
Yes. I had this issue before flashing the firmware. I guess it is the perfect firmware as the issue remained LOL

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Yes. This is 100% stock rom. APN settings are all right. I don't understand what the hell happened. Is been like this for a week now...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Did you wipe data and cache?

Make a backup first!

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
Nope I have not wiped data or cache. Maybe I could try a Factory reset again....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

That's a good idea, try factory resetting, if it doesn't solve try flashing the firmware again. Also, make sure you're with the correct baseband!

~Lord

"This Story Ends Where It Began" - Octavarium (Dream Theater)

Sent from my Monster KitKated S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PedroCam:
What is the baseband of a Galaxy S4 Unlocked GTI9505 ZTO code Brazilian?

As factory reset at first try nearly ruined my phone I am willing to not try it again. So in these case I am seriously considering waiting for the Android 4.4 KitKat update as it is rolling soon to fix my phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Check it HERE :)

EDIT - Would appear to be I9505VJUEMKE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swizzy88:
Quick question. I'm running MJ7 software on my I9505, rooted with knox flag 0x1 and just installed Kies 3 and it's telling me to update my phone. Is this safe to do?

Device status is custom.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjilka:
3 (UK) have supposedly started rolling up LTE networks.

They said it will be done in phases, which I assume will be software updates??

If I was to manually flash a new LTE modem such MH1 onto my phone, would I have access to LTE networks in areas it is available?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlos_RJ:
[I9505] Signal problems using ROM Google Edition 4.4.2

Good afternoon,

I have a S4 4G I9505 (using 3G chip, but always worked) and do not know if a coincidence, I believe it is, but after installing the 4.X.X Google Edition (by Jamal) the sign on my phone is very bad. Is often no signal or weak signal too, I have tried the SIM card in another phone and it was perfect and put another chip in my phone, also lost signal.

Any app that I can solve, or try to?

Or no way, this is a hardware problem on the phone?

Thanks

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

You get LTE from "3".

So, until your sim card knows what to look for,you will not get it.

3 need to give you the correct tools to receive it.

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

It sounds like you need a different modem.

Modem thread is HERE

Make sure you use the correct modem for your phone variant.

I do not know which modem you need .

The best modem is the one that works.

You may have to try a few for yourself.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlos_RJ:
Thank you!!! :good:

I will search for the best modem for my phone!!! :cool: