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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
Need help again,

Now my phone won't boot, not recovery mode no safe mode it only boots to the samsung logo then shuts down. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peterpandemic:
Thanks i will investigate. The phone won't boot, so I take it I have to do this from adb? I'm not familiar but I'll try it
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi.,

Please give more detail when posting , in order for other users to help you appropriately.

What were you doing when this happened?

Can you get into download mode?

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

Try booting in download (while off, press volume- and power button), and as [MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] already suggested, please give further info about your problem ;).

Hi,

I take that it would be useful doing it ;). Boot it in recovery and there type in a cmd, where your adb binary is located. Remember to mount system and everything from the mounts menu, and then type the malybru code also.

adb shell

Hope this helps,

~Lord

"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
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yes i can get into download mode, my phone connects to my pc.

first my camera didn't work so i did a factory reset. a few minutes later my phone shut down while it was charging. Then it displayed that battery screen but didn't load totally, so only a battery with a stuck loading circle in it. now it only goes back to that screen or shuts itself down after 5 sec.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
have you tried removing the battery for a few minutes?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
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I've tried removing the battery but not for a while, I'm trying it now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

If nothing seems to work I'd suggest you flashing back the stock firmware to your S4 via download. If you don't have experience I'd be more than happy to help you going through it ;).

~Lord

"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
I think I know what to do :D,

put phone in download mode, select stock firmware in odin at PDA, and press start. Am I right?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

That's it! Remember to leave the option "Re-Partition" unchecked!! If you mark it, horrible things can happen to your device and it may end just like mine :P.

A good tip to put in download mode is to turn off the device and remove the battery for 10-15 sec, and then put it back and turn on download. Or using a JIG cable is even more assured ;).

~Lord

"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yake:
Hi,

I need some info and directions to find the right topics here at XDA.

I have a GS4 running a stock 4.3 ROM and I want it rooted without flagging the Knox counter.

The only method I found so far was to try the Saferoot script found at the Verizon GS4 section.

Unfortunately there was some security updates or patch applied to my phone that it's not allowing Saferoot to work, so I am trying to find out how to flash a no wipe 4.3 MKE (zto region if possible) ROM to my phone, which supposedly will not have the security updates that are blocking Saferoot.

Is Saferoot the only option to avoid flagging the Knox counter?

Where can I find a no wipe rom to flash to my phone?

Can I flash it with odin, just using the default options in download mode?

Sorry for the amount of questions but if someone could provide answers to my questions this may serve to a lot of people looking for safe methods to root their phones, without loosing their warranty.

Many thanks!

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
I did that, but now its stuck on the samsung screen :S.

Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
What did you do? Did u use the firmware that I posted?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
I used your firmware you send earlier, flashed it using odin, and got the samsung screen. If i boot the google play edition, it has the same problem, it shows an animation and vibrates.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
That's strange it should work. Did the job for me. Try to flash it again and after flashing boot in to recovery and wipe cache and do a factory reset.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
I did wipe my cache but couldn't find factory reset only wipe factory reset. Isn't there a way you can restore it just as you could do on an iPhone using recoverymode and itunes?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
You could try to recover using kies.

But I really don't understand why the firmware didn't work. Or use another version of Odin.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariom007:
Hello! I have a problem with my s4 I9505. Since August when i bought my phone and rooted it,i am using Omega roms and everything was fine. One month ago i tried CarHD Rom and after that i started to have a problem. My phone began with odd behaviour,random reboots,and in the middle of a booting process it just shuts down. Sometimes it boots completly,but soon when i unlock the phone,it just shuts down, and the only way to turn it on and use it is to plug in the charger and then it boots completly and i can use it. At first, it was like this only after i wipe cache and dalvik in cwm, but now it happends all the time. After i noticed this behaviour, i restored my backup that i had at that time: Omega v16. But the problem persisted. After that, i did a fresh install with a full wipe for many times,but nothing helps. I am on the old bootloader XXUBMF8,baseband

XXUEMJ5 and Omega v16. Can someone provide some help with my problem,please? Thanks in advance!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you have restored a working nandroid , and you still have the same issues , you should consider a complete wipe by flashing a stock firmware in odin.

Because you are still on the old bootloader , I recommend the MGA firmware .

The XXUBMF8 firmware would also work if you can find it.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Check your battery if its slightly swollen it's broken. It's a known issue. If you've got another one try it see if this behaviour consists

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NUMAN24:
4.4.2

If your upgrade to the leaked 4.4.2 FNA5 firmware, can you downgrade to 4.3?? Please give me a quick reply :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
No

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariom007:
I found one MGA. It is the latest one with old bootloader,according to this site:https://romhut.com/download/rom/52588b2610460.

Do you think this one would be good?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Since your phone does work on a charger I really think it was coincidence that this occurred after a rom switch, since your nandroid and fresh installs didn't work either.

I'm almost certain it's your battery, but you could try this firmware I just doubt that it's gonna help you...

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariom007:
my phone works on a battery too, i just need to plug in the charger so the phone boots completly and after that i unplug the charger. not booting happends no matter what. my battery is 100% or 81% or 43% or whatever. i just need to plug in the charger for a booting process to complete and then i can unplug it and use my phone normaly. And right now i did check the battery and you are right. It is a little bit swollen in the middle. What the hell?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
I had exactly the same issue even when my battery stats said it was full it just kept rebooting. Could only reboot it with the charger. Head over to a service centre. It's a warranty issue. I promise it's your battery

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

As Joery1983 suggests , try a new/different battery first , before trying a different firmware.

And yes, if you ever need it , that firmware (I9505XXUBMGA (4.2.2) : Stock GT-i9505 ROM) would be fine

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariom007:
Thank you both,guys!!! I really hope this is the issue. Right now i do not have another battery to try,i have to buy it first. Another question: since i am on custom rom,i should first flash custom firmware. if i do that,what are aditional steps after flashing. Should i use Triangle away to reset the flash counter? Since this is the battery issue,i should send my phone to the service center to claim the warranty and to replace the battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NUMAN24:
Can i do anything do downgrade or just wait for the official?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You will have to wait for the official release I am afraid....Downgrade not possible:(

EDIT - Although I think some 4.3 custom roms work on the 4.4 boot loader.......Not entirely sure which ones though!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
I went to a service centre and they didn't even check the phone. He just grabbed checkt my battery and handed a new one over. I was in and out in five minutes.

I don't no how much power the USB cable supplies once it's connected to your pc but if your phone reboots during the flashing of firmware you're in bigger trouble. So if you gonna flash firmware be sure that the battery you use is okay.

Warranty on battery is six months so you're just in time.

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---------- Post added at 12:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:46 PM ----------

If you flashed 4.4.2 you can't ever get back. So no downgrade after that. But I'm on 4.4.2 and I wouldn't even consider a downgrade. For me it's perfect.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariom007:
I allready flashed Omega dozens of time in a hope to fix the issue and everything was fine. My problem is that service center is in another city 200 km from my town so i have to send it over there by post service and i can not be sure are they gonna check for everything in my phone or just the battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Okay I live practically next door to a service centre so.. Thats up to you then. I really need my phone so would have just bought myself a new one instead of sending my phone and then hoping that I would get it back in a couple of weeks.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkerBean:
i9505 stock samsung icons for xnote rom

I just want to know how can I change stock icon?

I flashed "Xnote rom" on my i9505. It has a TW launcher but it doesn't have the stock samsung icons. Can someone help me how can I make the icons back to the stock samsung icons? especially the messaging,contacts,dialer.

The dialer icon and contacts icon becomes blue. the messaging icon becomes green. like the stock android and i want to change it.

Thank you in advance.

I attached the screenshot of my home screen.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Doesn't Xnote rom have a OTA section where you can find extras? Perhaps you'll find the samsung theme there.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NUMAN24:
Sorry for all these questions, i just got one lat question. How do i get the camera shortcut on the lockscreen?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Or check here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2302992

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I thought it was there by default in 4.4? Try Settings>My Device>Lock screen>Shortcuts

;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Settings/lockscreen/widgets but it'll only work with swipe lockscreen so not if you got a code lock.

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Or as [MENTION=5038461]CarlM34[/MENTION] says....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NUMAN24:
I dont have any code or lock, its just swipe but i dont see any option to enable it ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You don't have the below options (screen shot attached) in lock screen?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariom007:
I just found out that service center is 30 km from my town and i contacted them. They said the same thing,it is the battery issue. But they dont have batteries right now and they will contact me as soon as they get some. The warranty for this battery is extended and it lasts as the warranty for the phone wich is 2 years. If the battery serial number starts with: s/n: bd1d........you can claim the warranty.

Thank you for your help!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NUMAN24:
I just have this?? Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have you tried lock screen widgets?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NUMAN24:
Just this ??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Well that's it.

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---------- Post added at 01:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:42 PM ----------

Perfect I'm convinced that it'll solve your problem.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
I read on the internet that you need to be on a genuine stock Rom with stock recovery to use kies emergency recovery. So I think kies won't work. What version of odin should i use, i tried 3.0.7 and 3.0.4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
3.04 should do the trick. Did the firmware that I gave u do it at all or did you just get into bootloop after the first time you flashed it?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
The first time i flashed it i had google play edition working after that it crashed and it got into bootloop, now it's still in bootloop but the samsung bootloop. I used your I9505XXUDMHB_I9505PHNDMHB_I9505XXUDMHB_HOME.zip file should i try this link that you posted recently? https://mega.co.nz/#!rIJxHTRB!ZxMSDwtDsVBD5Aw-jt9DvRiKuyEm8hdjW7Mv9eriNiI
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
I didn't give you MHB that's 4.2 firmware. I gave you MKF 4.3 I don't even have MHB firmware on my computer. That's why you got in to bootloop. Weird that you even succeeded in flashing that. I gave you this:

https://mega.co.nz/#!jQoVSDJT!nksOcRY4cQ7U4GGfIWvCkZTbzcVeQgDSLelLFvNKPPE

The other link you're referring to would also work but it's 4.4.2 firmware so after flashing that you cant get back to 4.3.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
Ah thanks, now downloading it. I don't know how i got that link then.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volkmadi:
Many thx, but I suppose I stay then with the original stock and flash new ones with Odin and cf-auto-root. Just waiting now for a recovery installable out of the Rom manager app. ;)

As I said many thx!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tigerfire25:
Hi. Just wanted to know that is it possible to use my sgs4 as a remote for my split ac? If possible then how?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
You can try this
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

This has been done for you.

Look HERE

If you really want to do it yourself,you could PM the [OP] And ask for direction.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InvisibleBow:
Question about Triangle Away

I have a rooted Galaxy S4 i9505 with OMEGA Rom on it. Now, I want to flash the stock rom and remove my root completely. When i enter Triangle Away and i press "reset flash counter" it says "make sure you're on stock samsung kernel or you will end up in a bootloop and you will have to flash stock firmware". Can I still use it? I know it's a stupid question but i really want to be sure that I won't hard brick my phone or something. And i'm still going to flash the stock rom later..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Triangle Away is famous for it's threatening warnings ;)

If you are now on Omega with it's default kernel you are using a Samsung Stock kernel.

For further info read this
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Once again,thanks for the tip.

Added to the first post.

Have you got any more up your sleeve?

:p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Only time will tell :p

But I like Android Partitions Explained very much :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

WOW!

A real font of information.

And very educational.

Thanks again.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therourke:
n00b problems installing 1st official jfltexx cyanogenmod nightly build

Hello. I am new, and have held off asking questions, but I am really stuck.

I recently got an S4 i9505 LTE international (I live in the UK, phone on EE)

I managed to root and install the Omega mod, with few problems. But I was really waiting for the official cyanogenmod nightly, which arrived this morning.

Currently having lots of problems getting this to work. My routine goes like this:

Backed up everything with various tools

Install stock I9505XXUAME2 (I needed to do this before installing Omega, to get the LTE and WiFi to work)

Use Odin to flash the CF Auto root

Reboot

Use Odin to flash custom bootloader (I have tried ClockworkMod, TWRP and PhilZ)

Reboot to custom bootloader

Wipe Data

Wipe Dalvik Cache

Install Nightly build (downloaded latest from here)​

Now at this point I always get an install failure. usually about the structure of the zip, or not being able to find an MD5. Here's the failure info from TWRP:

I have tried all three bootloaders, I am pulling my hair out trying to get it to work.

I can't ask questions yet in threads such as this one, which are related to this topic.

Where am I going wrong? :( Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
you mean recovery and not bootloader.

compare zip md5sum after download with original. it might be a corrupted download.

jftexx.zip md5sum: a3f2d66aacf3c5a5f2a00fe43837f7c9
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therourke:
I've downloaded again, and still nothing.

How can I compare the MD5? The zip folder doesn't contain one, but then, neither did the Omega zip. Sorry. I might be missing something really obvious here. After I download the nightly, I can just install that from the recovery without modifying it or anything?

I had more success with an unofficial build. Currently waiting to see if it worked....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Get yourself a md5 checker.

Look HERE

It is always useful to have.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
put the zip in storage then with a file manager see details or properties or what else of that zip, it will show md5sum. Then see if it matches the md5sum of uploaded nightly file (i already post the original md5sum in my previous post).

or download "File_Hash and md5_Checker" and install it on your pc, then right click on the zip and choose compute md5
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
i dont know if i got it.....:D

begin from 0, flash MEA then omega and forget about Katoonsez.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Download GSam Battery Monitor from play store and try to find out what app is using the most power. Most likely that's the one keeping your CPU running high all the time.'

And most valuable tip for all, make regular nandroid backups so you can always go back to a working situation.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiaolipa:
I'm just doing that right now.

After I wipe everything (I mean format, cache, dalvik, format every folder...) through CWM and then through ODIN flash the stock rom, then flash CWM the install Omega, it usually installs with no heat issues.

Thats what I'm doing now.

You're saying I should NOT install Ktoonsez Kernel in the same CWM session, and boot the phone on Omega once or twice first, right?

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It happens with a the phone just wiped and formated, with only the apps that come with the ROMs and it even happens with the stock ROM only apps, so I believe it is not an app issue:(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
no, i meant to forget about it if it causes heating issues.

and a little tip after installing a kernel, let it settle for 10 minutes before begin tweaking.

recommended kernel app: trickster mod
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Let me know if this does the trick ok?

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

I am sorry for repeating a post here but I believe that my questions were not seen by the people here due to the amount of Q&As and high posting activity found in this thread.

Could someone please check my early post just a few pages before:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50084130

Many thanks in advance!

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Take a look here: http://androidflagship.com/3291-universal-root-galaxy-s4-s3-note-3-note-2

I always use cf auto root but that will trigger knox but I'm not really bothered by that. Maybe this link will help you out.

I don't really know if there's a rom out there you can flash without wipe if you come from another rom. I would say no. But you can easily get Titanium backup from the play store and backup all your apps and data with it. Just remember to keep the backup on your extsd if you gonna flash stock.

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

I know it says S4 in the link , but has anyone successfully used this?

I am interested , in order to add it to the first post and FAQ thread.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
I don't know as I said I always use cf auto root. But maybe there are some users here that have used this method.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
It didn't work still in loop :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Try it again without reboot after pass just remove your battery go back in to download mode and flash it again. Then boot in to recovery and wipe see if it helps.

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---------- Post added at 04:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:34 PM ----------

Perhaps use another cable, USB port or computer. you did have a unbranded phone right? So you didn't have any apps of a provider straight out of the box?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komkommerr:
I had only a sim tool app pre-installed, still in stuck at the samsung logo. now trying another usb port