yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
No you can't revert backwards if you flash a 4.4.2 modem via odin you are now stuck there, although as I stated you can stay on 4.3 stock yet flash a 4.4.2 custom rom ( don't need to always change modem ) and return back to your original 4.3 as i have done a couple of times ? :cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boncoming:
thanks man
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zz1049:
Doing so will kill the bootloader so you can replace it with a stock 4.4.2 - but you're stuck, I literally screwed with .db things in the settings, broke the phone in a way that it couldn't even go into recovery and sent the phone in under warranty replacement and got an exchange with 4.3 and I'm not upgrading. My advice, stay away from 4.4.2 until you upgrade to something worth the gigantic mess that is kitkat.

My 2 cents: I honestly thought it would create great improvements, but 3rd party apps and samsung's software is NOT prepared for it properly, I had so many issues before I had my "oopsie" with the phone and broke it, it's clearly reflashable with 4.4.2 but I'm not messing with that until Samsung has its kink's worked out, ->If you've got 4.4.2 just tough it out or bust the software in a way that isn't noticeable by techs and who will just flash right over all your stuff. Worked for me, but I'm not getting an S5 due to this fact that there's a gigantic issue with the software, saving my upgrade for the note 4!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ALD3:
Some might want to check here for downgrade info. Also very close to a rooted 4.4.2 after downgrading to 4.3 and rooting. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2663545
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zz1049:
How would one go about this on a T-Mo device?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saiful Bujet:
youtube app problem

i cant play youtube video using youtube app after installing 4.4.2 custom rom and Gapps..can someone help me to solve this problem..

s4 i9505 : aosb 1.3.2 (4.4.2 kitkat)

: pa_gapps-stock-4.4.2-20140307-signed.zip

Thanks in advance..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiva_nara:
samsung s4 4g

My samsung s4 4g is rooted and everything works fine with custom rom

My wifi works fine

but my network works only if the network preferred type is set to gsm only i.e 2g

if i keep on wcdma or lte it doesnt work
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I am no expert in this matter , but can someone ( maybe [MENTION=4975115]samersh72[/MENTION] ) please explain if it is possible to flash a JFLTE pit file on a i9500 or a i9505 phone?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ALD3:
Sorry but this is for the AT&T SG4 I337. They have a downgrade and root, plus keep root on Deadly Vernon's V3 KitKat 4.4.2. Check T-Mobile forums as it probably won't be too long before they have something similar.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
i just checked JFLTE pit file, and i found that it is a little different with some blocks size than I9505 pit file and totally different from I9500 pit file, so i dont suggest to flash it.

i cant find a relation between pit file and bypassing secured bootloader....

maybe the developer had modified the pit file, really no idea.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eylin:
Er, I accidentally deleted my stock calculator app (don't ask...;))

So I've searched this forum for S4 stock apps but couldn't find the calculator.

Does anyone know where this. apk can be found?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11calcal:
Look here it's got the newer s5 calculator :cowboy:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MVKA:
And here it is pulled out From Omega V24

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zr3rcbghu9agkcb/SecCalculator_3d.apk

-MVKA
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdo jouma:
Is there any app like (ya weather)

With s5 wether widget theme.

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeNeI:
I updated my brothers i9500 to 4.4.2 a few days ago,and today the wifi stopped working,Is there any known issue using the Russian ROM? Any fix for this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
I have stock 4.4.2 and I notice that when scrolling through e.g developer options, the white colour of the text is turning blackish.It didnt do that on 4.3.

Is there a setting I need to change, or is there a fault?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Backyard Breno:
factory reset before installing .zip file from TWRP

Hi,

I have been reading and searching. (all night) And cannot find the fix to my problem.

I was trying to install a djeMBeY ROM using twrp.

I factory reset my i9505 therefore erasing the ROM before I could install it! No problem, I went through the normal bootup copied the .zip across again, booted to recovery only it didn't install but hung at the Samsung logo.

Also erased was my twrp backup AND for some reason now I can't mount USB from recovery to replace the backup and restore my phone.

Device Manager see's the Samsung android device but it won't mount.

I have read and read about adb push but it just says device not found with everything I try.

What is my solution, please!..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Backyard Breno:
factory reset before flashing and no usb now continued....... ...

I can put it in download mode. And odin can see it. How to flash back to stock.

I have been reading posts "how to flash back to stock". But Im in need of some help. There must be a post on here that says.. "if you get stuck reflash this in these boxes -no worries" Or something of that effect. Anyone can give me a nudge in the right direction?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Backyard Breno:
i9505 soft brick. What to flash using odin? Please

Please guys,

I have been at this for nearly 30hrs straight lol. I am not actually laughin as I am reading thousands of pages just trying to figure out what to flash with odin to un brick. I was on 4.2.2. I rooted using... something a few months ago. I have twrp recovery although cannot connect usb. only in download mode. Kies wont recognise it. Tried to update the drivers from millions of dead links and Samsung but don't know the region to select for Australia. Please help me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch0st3r:
Can you get into Download Mode and then connect to Odin? If you can, go to Sammobile (google search it) and click on Firmware

Search for i9505 (scroll part way down and find the 'Search for Device' field)

All of the firmware available will appear, just then Ctrl+F and type in Australia. You will find the right one there. Download it and then flash it with Odin (you might have to unzip the file on your PC first)

The file will probably be about 2.2gb or more.

MAKE SURE you have the Samsung USB drivers installed.

Hope this helps..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ALD3:
OK you are on NB1, which is KitKat 4.4.2. I was also and AT&T. You will have to downgrade to 4.3 and then root 4.3 with saferoot, install safestrap. Then install Deadly Venom v3.0.0 ROM which is back to NB1. I did mine today. You will find all the files and help here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2447482
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
download mode + odin

region doesnt matter - just grab whatever firmware you want from sammobile (4.3/4.4.2), you'll have to register first tho.

---------- Post added at 03:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:49 PM ----------

my advice: go for a pre-rooted, stock based ROM. it'll be easier than rooting and modding a stock rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Backyard Breno:
i9505 australia firmware ????

Thanks for your help! I have been on that site, I really am having a hard time finding a file to flash. Can you see the firmware for Australia there? A question I also have is whether the firmware must be a 4.2.2 or can be 4.4.2 or anything? I have nothing to flash.

I bought an sd card copied on my full back up. Did a little work around by backing up first to create the directory then moving my backup in as per another post on that. I restored, "successfully", rebooted and it's is still stuck at boot.

Is my next step to flash with odin. I have no idea why I cant find a file for i9505 for Australia. Or why I can't mount my phone through usb. I downloaded kies. There was a problem with the driver as I don't know which region to select. There is no Australia in the regions either.

---------- Post added at 03:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 PM ----------

Ok Thankyou Mussel84, I have joined sammobile and going to download... The Uk one?? And unzip it, put it in the pda in odin and flash it. Is that right?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
pretty much, yes.

the only thing to warn you about here is that 4.3 and 4.4 dont let you downgrade - so if you jump up to 4.4 (which i use just fine) you cant downgrade to official releases that are lower than that. samsung have blocked downgrading for whatever reason.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Look at the second post of this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477

There are 4.2.2, 4.3 and 4.4.2 firmware files for your phone there select one, download and flash it. If you were one 4.2.2 before and you don't want knox Download 4.2.2 if you're not bothered by knox pick another one.

It doesn't have to be for Australia to work everyone of them wil do. Let's just first get your phone back.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keibien:
Hi I wanted to upgrade to kitkat but my S4 keeps saying all the latest updates are installed. Can anyone help me update OTA? Kies keeps saying my firmware isn't supported.

AP : I9505XXUEMKE

CP : I9505XXUEMKE

CSC: I9505OLBEMK3

Country: Philippines (Open line)

Android 4.3

P.S. When I was on 4.2.2, the phone did the same thing and I think my dad flashed it to 4.3. Just don't want to bother him again so here I am. Thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
once you go custom, you cant use KIES. OTA likely wont work either - you need to download a stock firmware and flash via odin, or a custom firmware and flash via custom recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Backyard Breno:
Thanks I will give it a try

Thankyou. Unfortunately they were all on mega.co.nz which has been shut down by the looks of it. Not my lucky day
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
I've just tried a few and the ones I tried all worked. Maybe you had a bad pick. Which one failed you?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Backyard Breno:
waiting for download ,, , , , ,

RE: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477

I tried the Australian one/s and then the uk one, the first in the list the second all the way down. Any from that site either display a cloud and nothing happens or they show a notice that says this site has been closed down and that "if you want to view movies there are legal ways to do it". Ha. Yes I couldn't get any of your own links to work either but

Germany 4.4.2 I9505XXUFNB8_I9505OXAFNB8_DBT (Torrent mirror) and also

Germany 4.4.2 (mediafire) I9505XXUFNB8_I9505OXAFNB8_DBT seem to be working for me. I say seem to be as the sammobile file got to nearly a gig and was interrupted. Couldn't resume the download. :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
That's rather strange. Perhaps mega is blocked by the Australian government although it shouldn't be since it is just a provider of private cloud space and has no control over what it's users do with that space.

Official Samsung firmware isn't even illegale to share AFAIK.

Hope the torrent or mediafire links does work or you.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Backyard Breno:
flashed tar file. but no success yet

Ok. I flashed the torrent file from above

All looks goood. until it gets to : "android is upgrading. Starting apss. Unfortuantely the process android.process.acore has been stopped."

Then it loops.

There is also a windows notification saying driver but when the device is plugged in download mode it says all good.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Go into stock recovery and wipe data.

That usually solves things.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squishiee:
upgrading my root

Hi guys, I am Australian and I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 running a rooted version of android 4.3 which I flashed onto my phone thanks to the helpful guide provided by Chainfire. Since rooting, I have used NoBloat to backup and then uninstall some bloatware and I have moved all these bloatware apk backups to my external SD card.

my first question concerns CWM, I'd like to install it onto my phone and create a nandroid backup before I upgrade to a rooted version of KitKat 4.4.2. Will this guide and flashable CWM 6.0.4.7 work on my GT-I9505? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2644009

secondly, after creating my nandroid backup would I then have to copy my bloatware apk backups back to my internal sd card and reinstall them on my device before I flash the new android 4.4.2 root? or would I simply be able to flash the 4.4.2 root over 4.3?

I'm aware that once 4.4.2 is installed you can't downgrade to 4.3 so I want to make sure I back everything up. I'm not in a rush to root my phone as everything works perfectly fine. But I want to get answers to these two concerns of mine for future reference, thank you to whoever finds the time to help me. :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Firstly , that link is for an i9500 phone.

DO NOT USE THAT ONE

Look HERE for i9505 recoveries.

After that , you can just flash 4.4.2 when you are ready.

You do not need to re-install anything to do that.

Just flash it over 4.3

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squishiee:
aww I can't seem to find a flashable 6.0.4.7 version for I9505 :crying:, I guess I'll have to look for a guide to install it on my phone without flashing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you're on a stock ROM with stock recovery you can only flash a custom recovery through Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squishiee:
oh so does that mean I can't install cwm because my phone's rooted?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GermainZ:
You can use Odin to flash stock, kernel and recovery images. It doesn't matter if you're rooted or not.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squishiee:
thanks for the clarification, I think I found the updated version of CWM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397108 :D YAY
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you want to go for a CWM recovery I can also recommend PhilZ Touch.

To flash using Odin you need the .tar version, dl here
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lotus13:
Back to xda

Hi guys. I put some tough into flashing my GS4 i9505. I am a fan on Cyanogenod on my Xperia x8 but....i have the Galaxy Gear. Is CM 11 compatible with Galaxy Gear via Gear manager ?

Cheers, George.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themacdaddy:
Hi,

I am trying to flash one of Djembys pre rooted stock roms 4.4.2. I am currently on 4.3 (not rooted) and when I try to install the zip rom from my sd card in recovery mode, it installs the file, reboots the phone but nothing has changed. Is there anything I need to do? I am sure I am missing something. Only error I get is signature verification failed but after that it seems to work away. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I also couldn't install the CWM recovery from my sd card from this link...same thing as above happened but nothing changed
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommyukuk:
This may sound like a stupid question, but i upgraded my s4 to 4.3, then a few days ago to 4.4, I have a backup from my old s4 (before i bought my second one) which is on 4.2, i cant stand 4.4 so tried to flash the 4.2.2 nandroid backup to the 4.4 s4.. it completed fine, booted up, showed it was on 4.2 but naturally had its imei as null / null and couldnt get a signal.. i first thought it was because it had a different efs folder? so i copied my working efs folder across but it still gets no signal.

Is this because of the whole 4.4 / knox thing that wont allow the older baseband to work again, or is there a way to get my old nandroid backup working again??
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
mega works just fine here (i'm aussie) - they must be links to the old mega site.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Mega.co.nz

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

Once you have the latest knox bootloader on your phone , you can no longer downgrade.

Not even a nandroid.

Nandroids do not contain bootloader.

Re-flash 4.4.2

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
yeah, that one works. logs me straight into my mega account.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
Try one of the links on samersh72 thread. I'm curious if they work for you. If so there must be something wrong on his side

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
can anybody direct me to some place where i can find pre rooted flashable STOCK rom for i9500..??

the reason is that i wanna go back to 4.3 as i am having multiple problems with the 4.4 on my s4..

i heard that we can only go back to 4.3 by flashing via recovery as ODIN gives error..

thanks for your help in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
if one gets pasted here, i'll try it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Which recovery are you using now?

---------- Post added at 01:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:33 PM ----------

You can't flash a stock ROM through recovery. It can only be done using Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
https://mega.co.nz/#!ON4zTagL!WdK7udWQvQvaIvHHrxjAn2RQ6qkL73eSaF8SKDcnsiQ

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themacdaddy:
I am not using one, well the original one that came with the official 4.3 stock rom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
working fine
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joery1983:
That's what I thought. Thanks

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Thats your problem then. In order to flash .zip files you first need to flash a custom (CWM or TWRP) recovery using Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themacdaddy:
Thanks mate, do you know where I would find the latest .tar file for CWM?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Look 2 pages back.

The search function is a very powerful tool, use it wisely ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themacdaddy:
Ah, sorry. Thanks for that. You will go straight to heaven :angel: :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squishiee:
OK I'M BACK! I've flashed CWM onto my phone and am making backups now.

Meanwhile I've been searching through this help thread and just to confirm, when I flash the Chainfire 4.4.2 over my Chainfire 4.3 root, I won't lose any data?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
No you won't lose data. But now you have a nandroid backup you don't have to be afraid of loosing data anymore.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GermainZ:
Making an EFS backup is also a good idea, for the future (you only need to do it once.)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
It's more than a good idea, it a necessity.

And keep it in a safe place, or even better store it on more than one location.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Backyard Breno:
Have a working phone again

That seems to have done it. Thanks to the help on here, I have learned a lot. Wasn't even stressed at all.. . .. . maybe for a second there
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lotus13:
So am I able to flash cm11 and install Gear manager so my galaxy gear will work properly ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
This is the second time you post this question in this thread within a few hours.

Please read the below forum rules (again), you agreed to it when joining XDA.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have you asked in the CM11 thread for anyone that has the Gear? Or even tried for yourself yet? You can always revert back to whatever you are currently using if it does not work;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ALD3:
Another forum for AT&T GS4. Root for NB1 and 4.3 downgrade .

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

Information here for ATT, Verizon and T-Mobile for SG4 rooting and Roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suvam:
facebook sync missing

I installed the latest Thunder universe rom 5.5...everything is working but there is problem..In sync settings ''Sync apps with facebook" is not in the list....so i cant sync anythning
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NEOAethyr:
If I had the dock with mhl v1 and otg, with the i9500 s4, and I set the dpi, and screen size to 1280x720 using the cmd:

wm size 1280x720, or 720x1280.

Would the refresh rate automatically get set to 60hz?

The idea, get 60hz, 720p and otg working.

Better then say 1080 @ 30hz....

Another idea I had was to convert the micro sd card slot into a usb port which would goto a hub and use that for otg while the oringal usb port could be used specifically for mhl v2 (1080 @ 60hz).

I've looked around though and I haven't seen anyone mention it, just talk of converting micro usb to micro sd but not the other way around.

Anyone have any ideas on these?

If anything on the dock I could run 720, I can set the res and figure out the dpi, but I have no idea if it will set the refresh rate I want on the dock.

So close though.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdo jouma:
Is there any launcher or themed launchet like s5.

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have you had a look round HERE?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

If you can get into your system,you could use "Recovery Flasher" to re-flash your recovery.

Check the first post of this thread.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitastrudl:
it wont boot the rom, it just shows the GT-i9505 logo and doesn't go to showing the boot animation. Also i cant access recovery, so i can just flash a stock rom trough odin or recovery?

also, when i connect the s4 in download mode to my pc, it installed this

i hope you understand im quite a paranoid person, i rather go trough every detail, than regret later on making a 600€ worth paperweight :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

When everything crashes like this,it is probably best to start again from scratch.

Flash stock ROM+kernel and recovery.

djembey has some HERE

Or check Sammobile.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
You can flash a recovery using Odin, and restore a nandroid, I hope you have one, otherwise a valuable lesson learned ;)

If you don't have a nandroid backup and your phone wont boot try to flash your ROM again without wiping data.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitastrudl:
Tried flashing recovery, triple checked if odin and the recovery zip is okay. had to make sure that windows didnt install some strange drivers by itself, rebooted computer like 5 times. and finally it worked! I had been flashing with my desire hd for some time, and i've never forgotten to make a nand backup, since even one small thing can f**k up a phone like mine. restoring a nand as we speak. Thanks again guys, it's awesome having such a helpful community!:good::good::good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icoris:
My camera keeps saying "unable to zoom in or out in this mode", I've tried every mode include auto, clearing the cache and data, still won't zoom!