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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric5765:
My girlfriend has a stock pay as you go Galaxy S4 (She believes Vodafone is the provider, though she got the sim from an EE store)

She knocked the cable out during the latest firmware update, and now the phone gets stuck on the 'Firmware update failed' screen after starting.

I tried emergency recovery on Kies 3, but the phone refuses to start in recovery mode (Though download mode works fine), and no matter what I have tried, the emergency recovery fails and tells me to restart the phone in recovery mode and try again. The firmware upgrade and initialization tells me that the model number (I9505) doesn't support initializing.

Not sure what to do since I'm not in the know with phones and I don't want to make it worse, the only help I can find online is to do with custom firmware etc.

Would the guide here be fine to get by this? Will I brick it if I use firmware for the wrong carrier?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trace6x:
Is there anyway to get the stock galaxy s4 browser on Omega rom? I deselected the option when installing and I've changed my mind. I can't seem to find an apk, is there anything I can do without reinstalling?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Can't you install it using Omega Files?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trace6x:
Had a look but I can't find the stock browser
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
SBrowser.apk

SBrowserTry.apk

:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
no it wont brick

can you boot into recovery, volume up + home + power?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trace6x:
Thank you! I just get app not installed when trying to install though D:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You need to place them in system/app with a root explorer and set permissions to rw-r-r-- and then reboot phone:good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorillaCF:
hello all.

i need help badly.

i was on slimkat latest build, modem XXUEMK9. so out of random, i just thought that i want to update my modem, so i went to the modem thread and flashed XXUFNBE together with the wifi-fix/HLOS as a package.

after that, i realise i cannot open my dialer. when i press a contact to call, it froze for like 1min, before showing to the calling screen.

my stock Camera app's recording function won't work as well.

out of desperation, i tried flashing a stock ROM to see if it helps, and seems like dialer and camera app are broken. it takes very long to load, and crashes. camera app says that camera link failed, and dialer cant make any calls.

anyone can help to diagnose what can i do?

(currently downloading the latest stock firmware for my carrier, thinking of flashing it via Odin)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It is best in these situations to revert to stock and see if it all gets fixed.

Don't forget to wipe cache and data before and after flashing the stock firmware.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trace6x:
Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorillaCF:
alright, just flashed a stock firmware. at the starting screen of selecting language, keep getting GOOGLE SERVICES stopped error. any help on this?

keep pressing OK but the popup just keep appearing. stopped for google play store, google+ and youtube.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric5765:
Nope, download mode works, but when I try to start it in recovery it just goes straight back to the screen saying 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again'

Tried many times, download mode works every time but recovery just wont no matter what I do.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Which firmware did you have to start with , and which firmware did you flash?

Also , did you wipe cache and data?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorillaCF:
initially it was slimkat aosp. now its official firmware XXUFNBE. yup did wipe cache before flashing. after flashing, i cant boot into recovery no matter what.

its a clean flash from Odin. pls help. it's midnight now and i cant go to bed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
odds are, you flashed a non-HLOS (4G) modem thats not compatible with your bootloader.

flashing your stock rom again will set 3G, 4G and bootloader to the same level, which often fixes things (bear in mind you cannot downgrade your bootloader - so if you manually flashed say, 4.4 kitkats NBH bootloader, you'll never be able to flash a 4.3 stock rom via odin again)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

You need to try and get into recovery to wipe.

Did you try holding power+ volume up?

Then when you see the blue writing , let go of everything and tap volume down.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorillaCF:
ok the method e said above worked to boot into recovery.

wiped and now it's normal again.

thank you very much for your help. at least my phone is alive for now.

quick check, flashing stock 4.4.2 through odin will trigger knox,, am i right? can i still flash 4.4.2 aosp roms?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you had SlimKat , you must have had a custom recovery.

Your knox will have already been triggered.

But , you can still flash AOSP ROMS.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric5765:
Sorry for the bump, just really need to get this fixed :( Would the guide I posted in the first post be suitable for this situation?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
If the phone is not booting normally and kies is not working then yes that guide would be fine to restore the phone. Just be sure to follow the instructions carefully and flash the correct firmware for your GF's device:good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stefanACM:
If anybody is online I need quick help...

I had problem with Wanam ROM about network signal because I had old modem... I try to flash new modem over ODIN, and it failed....

Now I can't BOOT phone I see screen: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies..."

I think now to download an official ROM that I can flash over ODIN, because I have access only to Download Mode. What I can download that will not wipe all my data and app settings?

Thanks in advice
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Get the latest Google Play Store - V4.6.17​
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GhostChant81:
Gallery Very slow/freezes

Hi Guys and Gals

I have the i9500 octa core version and I have flashed omega rom v19, My photo gallery is very slow or it freezes and crashes, it's the same with google pics, or picassa I tried also a custom rom Sokp and it was there as well, I have cleared dalvik and cache, and a complete wipe before flashing each rom, Any ideas ?:silly:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swanseatom:
Recently had to revert to my s4, need some help please!

HI there,

I recently smashed the screen on my nexus 5, so am having to use my s4 for a while. My problem is I don't like touchwiz and am wanting to use PA custom rom on it.

My issue is that the S4 I have still has 4.2.2 XXUAMDM on it, at one point I was all read up on the knox stuff but since leaving my s4 behind a few months ago I am puzzled.

So far my understanding is that I cannot just odin flash the latest CWM recovery followed by a 4.4 custom rom via cwm on top of the bootloader I have from 4.2.2 as it will cause problems? But then do i just need to flash the correct modem/radio? (im confused)

If that is not the case please correct me and ill continue to do so. If i am right in what i am saying and i NEED a newer bootloader in order to use a 4.4.2 custom rom how can I achieve this from where i stand now with a stock unrooted knox free 4.2.2 XXUAMDM rom.

My goal is to be able to use custom 4.4 Kitkat roms without having to update to a KNOX bootloader and trip it.

Any help appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric5765:
Cheers.

Been trying for the last few hours with no luck, not sure whats wrong and getting various errors all over the place.

Note: All of this is in download mode as recovery mode is inaccessible.

Odin complained about there being no pit partition, so I downloaded the pit file and put that in with the firmware, and I just get this when pressing start:

I then tried just re-partitioning with just the pit file and in PDA, and it worked fine, then it restarted the phone which just sat there stuck at the 'Galaxy S4' splash screen. Eventually it said 'PASS' and I had to restart the phone back in download mode.

When I tried to put the firmware in and hit start again, I got the exact same thing, no pit partition.

I have tried both UK firmware listed in the guide (4.2.2 and UK Vodafone, which this phone is), as well as a different Vodafone one from another site, and all have had the same issues. Tried a few different Odin versions as well.

Next port of call is to use a different PC/cable, I think.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

In order to stay knox-free , you need to flash a custom recovery via odin.

Then, you can flash almost any KitKat custom ROM.

Mind you , read the first post carefully.

A few KK ROMS need the new knox bootloader to work.

But anything AOSP does not.

Regarding the modem , see if your current version works before changing it.

Any modem will work , and will not affect the knox status.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
if you use one of the compatible kernels like Ktoonz kernel, you can use 4.4 kitkat roms perfectly with the old KNOX free bootloader.

agree with your main idea tho - pick a rom, and READ.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdflute:
This may be stupid of me but I am wondering whether I have a storage problem as a result of flashing ROMs

I have a i9505 LTE International Galaxy S4 with 16Gb of storage

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As you can see from this screenshot I have 9.13Gb of space with 1.58Gb available. However if you add up the different segments I am using just about half of that, which tallies with what is shown in the top bar. So where has 3Gb gone?

I downloaded an app called storage analyser which shows the following:

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Thanks for the help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eric5765:
Used a different USB cable and that was the problem, flashed totally fine with no problem.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinktheater:
Hey guys I have a question that you maybe able to answer (or not).

It is not related to the S4 exactly but I guess it should be the same.

Here's the thing, I have an i9500, but I'm seriously thinking in buying the Galaxy S5 (i have it on my cart and everyday I think if I should).

The options I have are AT&T, Verizon or Sprint. Now, I live in Costa Rica, so I'm assuming they are going to be "locked".

If I buy the phone without a service plan, will it be locked or will it come unlocked to be used with any other brand?

If it's locked, i should be able to unlock it, right?

Sorry if this is not the right place :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
It too early to tell. Eventually someone will be able to come up with an unlock tool but no guarantees or ETA.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
:D Glad you got it sorted!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMRL:
How do you restore official system status on i9505?

I installed triangle away but under system modified workaround it says "system executable needed to implement workaround not found". Current status says counter:0 binary:official device: GTI9505 System: Modified.

Also, since it seems that Kitkat firmware has a ton of issues and little annoyances, in case I won't be notified when a new firmware is released because of system modified, how will I be able to tell if a bugfix or new firmware is available? My Galaxy S4 is the Italian Nobrand version.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lourdes71:
S4 i9505 kit kat 4.4.2 - xposed framework issue

Hi all,

I have been looking everywhere for a solution but have found none that solved my issue.

I had xposed framework installed and working fine on my S4 i9505 with 4.3 and just after I updated to 4.4 I just can't install it (new install) nor re-install it with Titanium Backup.

I have the latest version, and it tries to install but finishes installation saying "application not installed" and that's all.

Can anyone give me a hand?

I have stock ROM, rooted with supersu, CWM.

thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinktheater:
Yeah i figured it's early to tell, but that confirms that the process to unlock is different depending on the model. I've seen different options for different models that basically the same, so who knows...

What would be good to know but for that it will be directly with the company is if buying it without a service contract it will come "locked".
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nincman:
Cannot get any roms other than hyperdrive to work

I am a noob at rooting and flashing and for some reason I cannot get any other roms to work other than hyperdrive. I am using safestrap to flash my roms and I desperately need help so if you guys could give me some that would be great. :) It usually comes up with a trippy screen when I reboot or it just shows black and my led light comes on. I am using a verizon galaxy s4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
i have never heard of safetrap. install the latest philz touch or CWM recovery, and flash through that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
need a lil assistance

HI bros of this forum.. I am going to buy a galaxy s4 gt-i9500 but I am just confused if there is an way to reset flash counter and how can I avoid knox bootloader?? If i flash knox bootloader and root my phone will it trip my knox counter?? thanks in advance..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Currently , there is no flash counter reset for the i9500.

Depending on the firmware you have , you can use Saferoot to root without tripping knox.

If you flash anything "Custom" , it will trip the knox flag.

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

I think "Safestrap" belongs to the Verizon Variant

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NiTRO-[X]:
Hey There!

I have the same phone as you and just flashed some updates before installing XPosed; guess this should work for you too.

This is not the latest file however once installed and launched, it should automatically direct you to download the latest version 2.5.

Please let me know if this works for you, thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
So bro can i update to latest 4.4.2 and then use saferoot? Also can u give me the link to saferoot method?

Sent from my GT-I8552
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lourdes71:
Same thing happened with your installer, "application not installed"

it's not a problem with installers, something to do with the kitkat update I presume...

thanks anyway for your help

anyone else, any ideas why this is happening and how to solve it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

SAFEROOT will only work on the i9500 on firmware : MJ8, MK1 (click on the word "Saferoot" ;) )

So , no , you cannot use it on 4.4.2

I am not sure that you can root 4.4.2 yet without tripping the knox flag.

Perhaps ,someone can correct me if I am wrong.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haoyangw:
Can I ask if anyone has a working zipalign binary for the Galaxy S4 I9505(On Kitkat 4.4.2)? Somehow all zipalign binaries I found on the Internet either gives "syntax error: '@4S4' unexpected" or gives "empty/missing DT_HASH" error. I would appreciate any help. Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMRL:
Anyone knows answers to my questions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
you cant
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there,

I have attached a file I think you are after???? I have copied from a VRTHEME Theme i use....:fingers-crossed: Just extract it from the .zip!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMRL:
What I can't? Restore official system status or knowing if a new firmware is available?

There has to be a way to do either, especially checking if firmwares have been released.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
you cant restore official status. you wont get any official updates once you go custom.

you can odin flash new updates to get official roms on there (with custom status still) but beyond checking sammobile or news sites, i dont believe you'll get notified.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You check for the latest firmware for your device at sammobile.com/firmware & SamsungLiveUpdates

To restore Official System Status you need to install a stock rom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkMRL:
Ok then. Since Triangle Away had that option I assumed it would be possible, but it doesn't seem like you can do it anymore. And I'll check those sites every now and then to keep up to date.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacktrck:
Which is the best unlocked s4 to get for use in the U.S.? My wife's sister wants to buy one from Amazon. Right now she is using h2o but she might change to a different carrier.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rasin Ansar:
Is it possible to port the entire s5 rom into s4?

I remember that when I had the galaxy s we had a rom which was a complete port of s2 touchwiz
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
Not as yet but knowing some devs & the hard work they do I'm sure if a full version isn't ported I'm sure shortly we will see a almost complete rom with most features ? :cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdo jouma:
I wish that :D

أرسلت عن طريق تابتالك من galaxy s4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reebokbl:
Hi There !

Well hello everyone !!! :D

I have been following your work and got some pretty great knowledge and ROMs for my phone (as a guest) but now I want to personally thank your for everything because without this forum I wouldn't have know that rooting made a toy out my S4 :D

My main freakin problem is....Watch ON app...

I have tried numerous ROMs here even Cyanogen etc. but it seems that after my first work on the phone (rooting and putting 4.3 Jelly Bean) has made WatchON useless...

I have also done EVERYTHING - unrooting, formating the app, deleting cache, uninstalling/reistalling.....literally E V E R Y T H I N G

Could the problem in the hardware, because I have dropped my phone a couple a times but the LED flashes every time I give a command to WatchON to try the code for the TV

And yeah...I have tried it on every single TV company that sells TVs here....

A good friend of mine thinks that Wanam could be making the problem....I have personally deleted it and also looked for a solution in Xposed modules but it came out as useless thing

Any solutions ?

P.S. If you have a solution please PM me or email me because I am not so often online these days

Thanks to everyone for making me loooove Android and for your work and also thanks in forward for answers !!!

:o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
AFAIK WatchOn will only work on a Samsung TW ROM with stock or at least close to stock kernel.

It doesn't work on CM or AOSP ROM's.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haoyangw:
I'm sorry, the zipapign you provided also doesn't work! Gives "sytax error: 'C4' unexpected". Do have any other zipalign binaries that may work? Is it my phone's issue?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PLUG313:
I have a question, something I've always wondered... just curious...

why can't we change screen resolution on our devices? is it an android limitation, or is it just not possible with our screens or what?

because I think lowering the screen resolution could have some advantages, and I wouldn't mind trying it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
i've seen apps that do it, but they were glitchy as hell. needed to lower a tabs resolution from 1280x800 to 1280x720 for HDMI,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] engloa:
I for one just use a script to zipalign apks and place it in the etc/init.d folder. It zipaligns an unaligned apk and skips the already aligned apks when the phone boots up. I know its not what you're looking for, but maybe you can try this method:)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reebokbl:
Any suggestions ? It's i9500 Galaxy
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
Here's a version of watchon which might be able to help you here :cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haoyangw:
There's a script that zipaligns?!? Where did you find it? Can you send me a link please(post here or pm me both okay)? Thanks a lot! Actually anything that can zipalign apks(script, app, binary etc) is fine lol I just wanna zipalign from my phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reebokbl:
No it won't - it is for 9505 and mine is 9500 and I wrote it but thanks anyway :D

NEXT PLEASE !!! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NiTRO-[X]:
Offline Charging Animation

Hi All,

I'm on I9505 custom AOSP Kitkat ROM trying to get the offline battery charging animation to work.

Found the images located under device/res/images/charger however when turned off and put to charge the screen just freezes at initial battery screen.

Appreciate any suggestion in getting that working, thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
Hi I bought galaxy s4 i9500 yestrerday... but I got 4.3 out of the box.. Is it normal? As the original version that come with the device is 4.2.2 so I am guessing the seller used the phn before i buy it.. so please help me....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
4.2.2 if history, so yes it's normal if you have a newer build it's shipped with later firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
also I am not getting kitkat updae ota.. Is it a problem?? because I heard some where that some baseband wont get kitkat update.. only 3 basband device got update..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reebokbl:
Another one because I see that you know the thang :P

I have seen an option in SuperSU of unrooting the device (via program)

Is it possible, is it safe and will it return the God-like remote function of S4 AKA WatchON ?

What would you suggest? Another ROM/kernel or unroot ?

Thanks in forward you are very kind !!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Sorry I can't help you any further. I'm not using a TW ROM.

If you just want a remote function I think theres are far better apps available.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reebokbl:
I don't know anything more, I have found some great rated by users but it still won't work....do I really need a stock kernel for it to work ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
its not out in every country yet.

if you could name one that'd be great, i spent time hunting for good ones and failed to find anything decent.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
Its already out in india..

Sent from my GT-I8552

---------- Post added at 07:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:28 PM ----------

Its already out in india..

Sent from my GT-I8552
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
is yours running an indian firmware from the same carrier that 4.4 update was from?

carrier branded ones often get the update later than the plain versions.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I like Smart IR Remote, it's not free though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolkoushik07:
In india there is no carrier branded phone...

Sent from my GT-I8552
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
That's just the generic peel.apk so should work for you I used to use it on ge roms?

You could always try here as it's a newer version of watchon? :cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reebokbl:
Still no clue, tried the S5 version you sent but nothing...

ROM I have no guts to try cause it is for 9505, I don't wanna brick my phone

Everything you find just quote I will try :)