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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
i am already using LG g2. but its 16gb and its 11 months so i wanted something new and price 17,000 is awesome for new s4.

in lg we just had to flash stock rom and claim warranty i thought it will be same with samsung but i was wrong.

now i have to choose between warranty and root.

does anyone from india successfully claimed warranty even after rooting ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
Yup you have to.[emoji7] But here in Dubai, nexus 5 and s4 costs same.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shammisachdeva:
Galaxy S4 i9500 india efs backup

Urgent help needed.......Is there someone in this group who have galaxy s4 i9500 indian Efs backup ?? it should be of kitkat ...i desperately need this back in order to downgrade from lollipop to kitkat..........................Actually the problem is when i upgraded from kitkat to lollipop i didn,t backup my efs but yesterday when i downgraded to kitkat i lost my baseband and the sim was also not working..................i need kitkat galaxy s4 i9500 india efs backup :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
Hey,

Am a indian.I have the efs backup

BUT IT CANNOT BE SHARED,IT IS ILLIGAL BECAUSE YOUR PHONE WILL GRT IDENTITY OF MY PHONE .I DONT WANT IT.sorry[emoji48]

But your efs is not lost,try upgrading back to lollipop,if u have imei that time,Back it up and restore in lollipop.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shammisachdeva:
i have already upgraded my phone to lollipop and everything is working fine But i want to go back to kitkat and lollipop efs cannot be used with kitkat...that,s why i m asking for kitkat efs...........plz help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
WHAT?No such thing your phone will have 1 and only 1 efs for all andriod versions. It is embedded in ur phone physically and cannot by changing rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
anyone know a good call recorder for unrooted mobile. i have tried many recorders from play store but all of them have 1 problem that other person voice is loud and clear when i play recording but my voice is hardly hearable. any help ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
For unrooted? No. The unrooted ones use the microphone to pick up the speaker sound. The way the gains have to be altered makes it an inefficient system.

For rooted phones there are great options that work perfectly

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No. This is very wrong.

The efs does not have compatibility issues. It cannot be shared. Each one is unique as it contains your imei.

As another user pointed out, sharing this is the same as giving your phone away to someone else. And its illegal moat everywhere in the workd as it basically changes the imei of your phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volkmadi:
Hi,

does by chance one here know how/where I can deactivate the screen lock policies!?

Model i9505 with 4.4.2, rooted. ?

Thx

Dirk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
can someone help if guiding me to proper rooting of this version as the version is new and all guides are old.

i am also following this thread but its old thread so stock kernel is not available for this version :

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/general/root-how-to-obtain-root-permissions-t2862768
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shammisachdeva:
so can i backup my efs on my s4 android lollipop and then downgrade to kitkat and flash that efs file to avoid any unknown baseband issues and no sim card issue ??

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so can i backup my efs on my s4 lollipop and then downgrade to kitkat and flash that efs file to avoid any unknown baseband issues and no sim card issue ??

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Read this thread --------------http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/help/how-to-lollipop-kitkat-root-efs-t2994525

the person here clearly speaks that lollipop efs cannot be used with kitkat while downgrading...samsung has an update of efs for lollipop which means kitkat is not able to read lollipop efs for some reason....so only kitkat efs works
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Hello,

My sister bricked her device. Im trying to get it back to stock, its soft bricked so it should be an easy fix.

What i want to know is if i have the right FW.

Bootloader version is i9505XXUFNB9, CSC version is i9505AUTFNA2

I have this FW: I9505XXUFNB9_I9505AUTFNA2_AUT

Is this correct? Im having trouble finding the right stock FW, as we live in the netherlands i thought i needed dutch FW but i guess its not true since it has this CSC etc. Safe to flash?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
That is exciting....but having tried Lollipop on my s4 without never messing with boot loaders of efs...I say that is not correct.

Also, check your source of information before treating it like gospel. The poster who started that thread is asking questions about his Galaxy S4 in an LG G3 forum. That doesn't exactly scream "I'm an expert who should not be questioned"

Plus the whole EFS thing is only stated as this one guy's opinion....who doesn't know which forum to post in. If I was a gambling man I'd say this user did something wrong that manually borked his EFS partition.

One more time...the EFS partition information is unique to your device. It cannot be shared with anyone else. There is no place to get a copy of yours.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
You can flash any XXUFNB9 version , or a later one

It does not HAVE to be for your country

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shammisachdeva:
yaa u r right ...this person who posted his problem cannot be trusted.......but the person who is from india ...his name is "rijulg" in that forum......he is saying that he exactly had that same problem and he tried atleast 10 times while downgrading from lollipop to kitkat without any success.. ( like no basenand , null imei etc)....he also tried using lollipop efs in kitkat but it doesnnot work due to update of efs by samsung in lollipop .........I think i will try to backup lollipop efs and will use it in kitkat to let u know further.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icetron:
I finally decided to root my S4 i337M version...

I'm still a little horrified of how I messed up a broken/junky S3 I inherited, so any tips or help on how I can get Lollipop GPE ROM on my S4 easily?

Rooting was the first step I guess, but now I'm supposed to get a custom recovery before I can load ROMs?

EDIT: Also does anything need to be done about KNOX?

So far all I did was use Odin and CF Autoroot and rooted the phone, haven't done anything else.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
You are going to trip knox.

It will not impact the usability of the phone at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
i cant find any guide to root my mobile Deep black edition 9500 kindly help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arekk_89:
Hello everyone. I have Galaxy S4 gt-i9506 T-Mobile Poland. Now i have on my device android 5.0.1 EUR version and i want to go back rom T-Mobile 4.4.2 but i worry my flag knox. And i have question: if i go back to 4.4.2 T-Mobile my knox flag still 0x0?? Thanks yours help and sorry for my english launguage
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soufiansky:
I'm looking to buy a new battery for the S4 , actually mine is from Korea and bungladesh. The batteries available are from china , and they said that they are original..

I have heard that some batteries made in china for our S4 were bad with some issues..but others are okay...

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcillusions77:
Been using a zerolemon 7500 mAh for about 1.5 years now with no issues at all. Got mine off of Amazon

Sent from my s4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZDQ:
I flashed OmiROM 4.4.4 nightly from Feb 25th on my i9505 phone yesterday and after that I noticed SIM card does not register to the network anymore (and of course there's no request to type in the pin code). Everything else seems to be working ok, even WiFi is working OK. I'm also getting lots of messages that Hangouts stopped working though.

After checking "about phone" section I noticed that the baseband version is unknown, same is my IMEI & IMEI SV ....

Using Google search I found the information that the EFS can be corrupted - and I have a full phone backup done in TWRP from back on Jan 14th (so at the times when the phone was working OK).

Therefore I did a factory reset and installed fresh Omnirom & Gapps and then tried to restore the EFS from this backup but it didn't help .... Still no IMEI, baseband and no mobile network ...

Now I'm doing a full phone restore from that TWRP backup to see if it will help ...

Any ideas for solutions ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
now i have rooted my mobile so can u tell now which application to use for perfect call recording as my voice is very low while playback :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZDQ:
Update:

after recovering everything from the TWRP backup the phone logged in the network and all was ok. But when I rebooted it just to test the same issues (no IMEI, no mobile network) re-appeared ...

Seems I'll have to warranty it :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
Your phone is GT i9500 not 9500.

So you can root it by cf auto root

OR by philz touch recovery[emoji1]

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Just use wanam xposed module[emoji7]

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Try restoring only efs in twrp recovery no the whole rom[emoji1]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZDQ:
Unfortunately this didn't help as well.

I'm wondering why the phone works ok just after restore but only untill the first reboot ...

I'll try to flash modem via Odin and see what will happen, if still no results then maybe flashing stock FW will do the trick ?

Otherwise I'm running out of options :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelo.diego27:
hi to all. i want to know what is the difference of gti9500 and gti9505. is 9500 better than 9505? or 9505 is much better? can someone explain the details here in this thread?.. thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Just Google and I'm sure you'll find out the basic differences. The 9500 from my readings has a better sound chip and better camera than the 9505, that's about it apart from the basic differences. The 9505 has more of a development community as well.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZDQ:
There are hardware differences, for example:

i9500 - chipset is Exynos 5 Octa 5410 CPU

i9505 - chipset is Snapdragon 600

And 9505/9506/9515 are all LTE models.

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelo.diego27:
thanks for response.. but i really don't understand what hardware is.. all i want to know is which is much better bet. this two S4 have a different model. base on your experience as a developer if you was able to choose between of this two.. what it is?. and why?[emoji4]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
I will choose i9505 because:

1)more devolopers both kernel and rom

2)Snapdragon model ,no overheating issue .am done with my own s4 i9500 overheating.

3)LTE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glalt:
S4 lemon

I think my i9500 S4 is a lemon. After I bought it, it started losing the network. I sent it back for repair. I got the phone back and it worked for about a month and then I had the same problem. I sent it back again. Since I have gotten it back, it has worked fine except it doesn't see the memory card. Since the phone works fine except for the memory card, I'm not returning it again. It has been in the shop for longer than I have been using it.

That's the background. I rooted the phone and am using Prism Barebones V14.6 with the latest bootloader. Since I have no working memory card, everything must be saved in the internal memory. That gives me enough spare memory for apps and pictures. My battery life is quite good, BUT, the battery percentage is wacky. The phone charges to 100% then drops quickly to 89%. It lasts a long time before dropping more. The battery must be good because with light use, I can get at least 4 days before charging. I have tried several battery calibration apps but none of them help.

The battery percentage indicator is not a big deal but it does irritate me. The phone has been rooted and is out of warranty anyways. I took the phone to a Samsung center and they replaced the memory and SIM card holders. The phone still does not see the memory card. They did not charge me for the replacement because it didn't help. I appreciated that. Does anyone have any idea how to get the memory card working and why the battery percentage indicator is wacky?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
is overheating common with s4 ? even while charging it and not using it ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
can some modder help me with this ? i want to add network speed indicator in systemui. i did for my lg g2 but not able to do for samsung

here is the original thread :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2241739
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there...

What firmware are you using...4.4.2? or 5.0???

There is a exposed module you can use for 4.4.2!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
i know about xposed modules but i dont use them as the make device Little bit laggy n slow in browsing or opening of apps and overall.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Really?? I have been using exposed modules ALOT on 4.4.2 and never had these issues :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
then i will try for samsung as i felt lags in LG. can you point me to that thread please.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Use THIS from Play store and read Description below the screen shots.......
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
thnkx i saw wanam dont have speed indicator so i had to download seperate module for speed indicator.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
You finally rooted?and gave up on warranty? Lol[emoji33]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mor_1228:
samsung is crap device to use without rooting unlike lg g2 which for months i didnt had to root.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
Yeah never used lg.But know that yheir nav bar tweaks are awesome[emoji7]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] washwash:
i'm searching a way to root my 9506 4.4.2, i've found a lot of threads and sites, all with different methods, different files, and i don't know what to use.

and i've found this...

If you are on stock rom you can downgrade your kernel via odin and use towelroot to root without tripping knox. Then flash back the correct kernel for your room. Knox 0x0 but device status will be custom.

so, is possible to do that or is an incorrect statement?

because as far as i know is possible to revert custom to official...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3cr0w:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/general/root-how-to-obtain-root-permissions-t2862768

worked like a charm on my own i9505

you mentioned i9506 so it might not be as straight forward as this guide (different kernel needed).

If towelroot was ever working on i9506 (oldest 4.4.2 build available) it might be as easy as changing kenel to that one and then back to your original (to get wifi working again) - never tried that myself, possible soft brick, proceed with caution
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] washwash:
i know is possible with 4.3 (downgrading to 4.2), but not with 4.4.2 (today...)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c903jerk:
I recently updated my I9505 S4 to firmware I9505XXUGNJ5 which is the latest one I can get.

Now I'm having problems with the stock Messaging app.

When I'm opening the Settings for the messaging app to customize the background,setting the conversation message limit and other stuff,the app crashes and I can't access the settings.

It did not happen in the previous firmware and I don't know why.

I tried a couple of methods like clear data of the messaging app but no changes.

Much help is appreciated.I need an urgent solution. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZDQ:
UPDATE:

flashing the modem didn't help so as last option I decided to flash the stock FW and suddenly the phone started to work with mobile network !!!

I made a backup of the EFS from the stock FW, did a factory reset and flashed fresh OmniROM version but after rebooting there was no IMEI again - even after restoring the EFS :(

I decided to try different rom, did another factory reset and flashed CM 11 and the phone suddenly started to work ! Unbelievable !

Seems like the phone doesn't like latest OmniROM nightlies (versions from Feb 25th onwards) but it works with CM nightly, WTF ?

Nevertheless I'm good now :)

Strange world.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacob8185:
my sim card for my i9500 seems to be no longer functioning (even though it is inserted, the phone claims that no sim is inserted) after i downgraded from lollipop to kitkat using odin;

help!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
Are you using i9500?

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Restore your efs backup[emoji2]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZDQ:
No, it's i9505 international version
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
Oh good
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kjaggi77:
i have a query

i have samsung galaxy s4 shv-e330l

i want to know that if i flash gt-i9506 or shv-e330s firmware on my device,,will it work properly or may it cause any issues ??

thanks for your help

reply me as soon as possible :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Please check this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2587037

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalvinH:
Hi! I've a i9505 with stock 4.4.2 and S-View case (or whatever it's called). When I bought it, and was talking with someone, as soon as I took the cell off my ear, and 'S-View screen' showed through the window, letting me to finish the call.

But that's gone, and I don't know why. I checked the proximity sensor and it is working ok. I have received some OTA updates. Maybe one of these changed the cellular behavior? Anything changed on the settings?

If I open the case, I can finish the call sliding the red phone symbol. But I could do this before through the window, without opening the case... And I miss that behavior :p

Any help will be greeted :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
The phone connect to case by a connection in back,be sure to line it up and make sure that your Case's back is well attached to phone[emoji1]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalvinH:
Thank you. I did it sometime ago and it is ok. Actually the case works allright: it shows the incoming call info, it works as it should as I open/close it... The only thing I am missing is the on-call option to hang, without having to open the case :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martx75:
bootloader help

Hi ppl.i need help. I'm trying to extract the bootloader from tar.md5 file and then make a bootloader.tar.md5 odin flash able file 4 i9507. Been searching everywhere but had no luck. The reason is trying to upgrade fr 4.3 to 4.4.2 using Mobile odin then flash bl with odin. Any help Appreciated.

Can anyone tell me which file r 4 bootloader?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martinritz:
Can i downgrade Android ?

Hi,

Recently i updated my S4 i9500 to official 5.0.1 update. But i am unhappy with the update. My phone is not smooth, it hangs frequently.

My question is, Can i install KitKat 4.4 Custom roms now ?

(I tried 2 lollipop custom roms - i had issues in call quality, camera and battery.)

Thanks,

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

Have you seen this:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/general/i9500-easy-to-downgrade-official-t3036258

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DuLLaG33:
Just go to settings>My Device>Accessories>and make sure the 'show in-call screen' is checked (under s-view cover). If it is checked and its still not working, then try to turn off the phone then remove the battery for 5 mins and then put it back and turn the phone back on. If still not working, then its a software issue.

the s-view cover doesn't connect to the phone from the back, the s-view screen is triggered by a magnetic sensor in the phone, directly under the screen. The cover itself has a small magnet to trigger the sensor. However, I think what you're talking about is the wireless charging card on the backside of the phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martinritz:
Thanks for the reply. I got the info from the link shared..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
Thanks I didn't know it. but my case have both wireless charging and s view .so I was misunderstand ,in my case the pins need to connect .lol thanks anyway[emoji1]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiquidSoap:
Hi everyone.

I'm using an i9500 with 4.4.2 and i believe i need to remove KNOX to root it.I launched KNOX,tried to create an account (which is apparently necessary to access the app's settings) but the app just crashes and says "Failed to create persona please try again" right after i make one.

Android terminal emulator couldn't disable it either.

I tried a lot of root methods (cf-autoroot,towelroot,kingo root,srs root,framaroot,mobogenie one click root and a lot more) ,they all failed.I don't see any other obstacle but KNOX,help would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
What?I don't think user can remove knox...try upgrading ur firmware via Odin . and try all methods again.Also try via philz recovery.[emoji1]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiquidSoap:
Thanks for answering.

Do you have any guide on how to update via Odin?

I'm really good at blindly following instructions.

I'll google philz recovery.

EDIT: used philz. phone rooted succesfully,not a single issue. Thanks again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Transmogriff:
Can't flash stock kernel after downgrading from CM12 to stock 4.4.2

Hello,

I installed CM12 nightly on my 9506 which was running stock 4.4.2 (rooted), then decided to revert to 4.4.2, so I flashed the backup I hade made in TWRP and then tried flashing stock kernel (XXUCNJ1), but in device info it says kernel version is 3.4.0-2986314 dpi@SWDD3913 #1 which I think is the kernel that got installed along with CM12. I've tried factory resetting and flashed the stock 4.4.2 kernel twice via Odin. Otherwise the phone works fine, so maybe I should just leave it, but if anyone has any advice on how to get back to the stock kernel (if that's even possible) I would appreciate it very much.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
A sure way to get back the Stock kernel is to flash Official firmware via Odin...........But it looks like the stock kernel you have mentioned - 3.4.0-2986314 dpi@SWDD3913 #1...........I may be wrong though :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiruuu.samad:
Good[emoji1]