yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orgert:
lol thank you :D . yup i installed slimkat , as i ve always used that on my i9300 , and cant use anything else (i love aosp look and the most nav bar) , but im searching for new roms to try , any good one based on stock ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodemail:
First, open SuperSU and it will ask to disable Knox and then Triangle Away will work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Good to know

:good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
First, [MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] it's right. Those lines aren't nothing to worry about

Excluding "recovery booting" line:

Kernel is not seandroid enforcing

Means that kernel (boot.img) isn't compatible with SELinux (i.e. it's disabled or missing in sources) or file_contexts in ramdisk is missing

Recovery is not seandroid enforcing

The same, but about recovery.img

Set warranty bit: kernel

Just tells to KNOX to change flag state from 0x0 to 0x1 (warranty void)

Set warranty bit: recovery

The same, but about recovery

Triangle away can't do anything

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orgert:
i have ''recovery booting'' line when i boot into recovery, so this might be of any problem , as of now i havent had any, so in short , should i do anything else , or leave them be ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
You mean the tiny blue words in the upper left hand corner?

It's supposed to do that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orgert:
ooh ok thank you :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balakor:
Except VLC beta, all players have the flac bug. The song is micro stuttering, I read in other forums that it is a flac codec bug in android itself, but it was months ago and I don't know why I have this issue in the latest Omega build. I think i wait for 4.4.4 or later 4.4.2 builds, maybe it will help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

This is indeed good info. If someone is willing up to test too and report working I think you should add to the FAQ thread :).

Hi,

When I first updated my Nexus 10 to 4.4 (first release) I had this issue, FLAC would stutter, but in 4.4.2 it was already fixed (at least in Poweramp). Last time I played FLAC on Poweramp on my S4 running CM11 I had zero problems.

~Lord

"Dream On! Dream Until Your Dreams Come True!" - Dream On (Aerosmith)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iPixels:
System applications crash on startup

Hi, recently I had tried the oppo ROM which someone posted on this forum. It worked perfectly, but I think it used too much power. Before I switched to the ColorOS ROM, I took a nandroid backup of my old, but it seems to be lost somewhere. Therefore I found this topic http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477 , where I followed the instructions on how to reset to stock ROM. There are so many of those I9505 roms, and since I am so noob at this :eek: I wasn't really sure which one to pick. I am from Norway, but not using Telenor, which was listed there. I think the one I tried from the list was the "Open European" one, and when I flashed it in my Odin all worked fine. Then I was going to restart my phone, and after it booted up the first thing appearing on the screen is an error box saying "Samsung-Keyboard has stopped working". (In norwegian though). When I check the box with OK, it comes back up just when it disappears. And nothing else is working. I have these start settings, which you get when you set up your phone for the first time, but I can't access Wi-Fi either. I don't know what to do, and it's hard to find answer for this in particular, because I'm not really sure what to search for :P And yes, I also tried going back to recovery, trying to wipe / reinstalling and wipe cache.

Thanks in advance :D :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It is important to flash either an equivalent firmware or a later version than the one on your phone.

Try flashing the latest:

Germany 4.4.2

DBT-I9505XXUGNG8-20140805100601.zip

Don't forget to wipe data and cache before AND after the flash

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iPixels:
Thank you, worked

Hi, I didn't expect a message that quick, and it worked! Awesome, I would never thought that different carriers would have anything to do with the hardwares and softwares functions in the same phone, but. Thank you :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SapiBoelet:
Galaxy s4 and USB Jig

Hi guys,

My phone (i9500) is stuck in the boot.

It keeps restarting, showing Galaxy s4 logo over and over.

So basically after the usb jig is plugged in, the phone get into Download mode but when it is pulled out to connect to laptop the phone get restarted.

Even if the usb jig still plugged in, the phone keeps restarting, only 3-4 seconds in Download mode.

FYI: after the battery is inserted, the phone automatically on and stuck in the booting process.

What should i do to fix it up?

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Sorry for my limited words.

Cheers,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebestiam:
Try flashing stock firmware with Odin, report back if problem still occurs, I had same problem and fixed it by flashing stock firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yandevild:
Hello all

I have a problem with my s4 i9500

Since yesterday i can't send sms to all operator, but i can recieve sms from other operator.

I use Aicp kitkat ROM nightly

Is there any recomended solution for my problem??

Many thanks for help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

That's kinda weird and bad at the same time... If you can't access download more in an effective way, then you won't be able to do much. When inserting the USB Cable to it while on PC is it restarting as well? If so, I'm sorry, but I believe you'll have to take it to a store to see if they can replace it or reflash it.

I will check out for more possibilities, but for now that's what I think.

Hi,

It looks like he can't do it, as the phone is restarting too fast, even though when he inserts JIG it's restarting.

~Lord

"Dream On! Dream Until Your Dreams Come True!" - Dream On (Aerosmith)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orgert:
hello guys , im facing a problem with playstore , i updated my rom , and now playstore says: there was a problem comunicating with google servers .

my conection is ok, i ve read that a factory reset will solve the problem , but i dont want to setup my phone again . is there any solution :confused:

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

You could try clearing data and cache on the app (settings/app)

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adarsh13r:
Cyanogenmod downgrading issues

Hello all,

So i was all happy with the CM11 M9 and then upgraded to M10. Like everyone else here, i faced issues with the mobile network connectivity. I had to switch on and off the airplane mode to make a call everytime to get the network back up and running,

So I upgraded to the latest nightly. But the problem remained. So I downloaded the M9 Snapshot from the downloads option under about phone. I installed the same (from the phone itself) since then the phone wont boot. It just goes on a rebooting loop. I shouldnt have downgraded it. (commonsense which i lacked * sigh *)

Now i cannot even get into recovery mode. I feel like an idiot and dont know what to do. somebody please help!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orgert:
on which app should i do that ? i did that with all google apps/services , and didt work :/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Ok

Other possibility is to delete your google account.

Reboot

Reinstall the account

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orgert:
i had already done all of this stuff before asking for help here , and none did work :/

i tryed a fix i found here on xda , by changed the ip of local host on etc/hosts from 127.0.0.1 to this 173.194.33.3

now it looks ok , but what i dont get it , is why its the first time happening to me after so many years of using android , and i didnt do anything diferent for this to happen :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cingha:
Stuck in recovery mode

HI,

My brother had an issue with the power button (making the phone reboot every second) and wanting a fast solution he decided to rip the power button from the main board and have it fixed with a replacement later. He booted the phone with a battery trick and it worked fine. Then he asked me to install a new firmware, but for that I told him that I have to go into download mode and since their is no power button I said to wait until he got it fixed, but he wanted to try it either way so he downloaded Quick boot and hoping to go into "Download Mode" he pressed on "Recovery Mode"....and now he is stuck with recovey mode jaja. I thought by removing the battery, he could use the trick he used earlier to boot the phone but it always continues to enter into recovery mode. Is there a way to avoid entering recovery mode? Or does he has to wait until he gets the power button fixed?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
If he has a custom touch recovery installed he should be able to use the touch menu on the recovery to reboot to system rather than reboot to recovery.

If he has the stock recovery, that same option is still there in the menu but he would need the power button to select it, meaning he's boned.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
Hello, it's soft-bricked, nothing to worry about.

Look here how to reflash stock ROM with Odin to bring device back to life, then you're ready to reinstall custom recovery and CM11.

I'm on M9 from when it's available (4 August), it's the last fully working build before new CAF and other experimental code that gives issues

Hosts file in /system/etc it's modified, denying network access to Google Play Services. This may happen due to Freedom app use without selecting first "Stop" before closing the app.

If you will need in the future, this is stock content of Android's hosts file:

127.0.0.1 localhost

Just open yours, delete everything and paste

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SapiBoelet:
Yeah, it's restarting as well when the phone is connected to PC via usb cable.

Connecting the phone to odin is as simple as plug and wait for the blue icon, right? The phone went restart before the blue icon appeared in Odin.

Have read an article somewhere about this kind of issue, they said it's probably something wrong with the main board.

Any idea about it?

Cheers,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wad3v3r:
Hi everyone. just wondering if i could get help for my qns here

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/help/qns-regarding-danvdhs-ge-rom-t2893592

basically what happened was that i flashed to GE custom rom and flashed alucard's GE kernel ..

but now im unable to refresh my instagram and twitter feed while on data .. but facebook and net browsing work
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobjase:
xxxUF### vs xxxUG###

I am on a Sprint device in the US (CDMA).

The official firmware looks like xxxUF###. All the firmwares in the android forum are xxxUG###.

Are those safe to flash on my device? Is there anything I need to do to make them work?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

I'm sorry, but it really looks like it's a board issue. If you can't get it to work with JIG and it doesn't stay on while on Odin so we can flash. Then I recommend you try to search someone who's able to fix software directly from the board itself. Like JTAG, I believe. Not sure about it though.

Hi,

Just checked your post and the solution was already found by yourself. Just in case someone runs into the same issue, his problem was with APN, setting it up again made it work I believe...

Hi,

In my case I'm running CM11 with the firmware xxxUF###. I don't quite get what you mean by you can only see xxxUG###...

Originally my firmware was xxxUG###:

So I believe there won't be many issues. Try and make sure you can go back just in case. Also checking if someone else already tried is a good idea too.

~Lord

"Dream On! Dream Until Your Dreams Come True!" - Dream On (Aerosmith)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohamm3edadam:
battery drain and heat

hi there :) im using paranoid rom 4.6 beta 3 and my phone gets heated up within 15 minutes of use ...i checked the pa thread but itseems no one else is facing this problem and also my battery drains very fast like 2% when the phone is asleep , thanks in advance :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adarsh13r:
I flashed the stock again and everything seems to be working fine.. thanks!! however I ma unable to get into recovery mod.. I tried installing CWM from odin and I cannot get into recovery from the phone.. I made sure multiple times that all the keys were working and I followed the instructions to the boot.. still no luck. I even got the pass/success message from odin. what seems to be the issue?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Don't let the phone reboot into android. Grab chainfires supersu package to flash in recovery on his site, Uncheck auto reboot, flash recovery, pull battery, reboot directly into recovery, flash the package, then you'll be good to boot into android.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adarsh13r:
i unchecked auto reboot in odin, flashed cwm, pulled battery out, disconnected the mobile from pc, put the battery back in then tried to boot to recovery, still no luck :'(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maltinbay:
Hi all,

I have a question, i am using gt-9500 with stock 4.4.2, rooted.

Today we have new device update, but when i try to update software, it says me, device is modified and there is no update.

What can i do for new update without losing my root access?

Thank you all.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Hi,

You can't update without loosing your root access. You can flash the new firmware with Odin and than you have to root again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maltinbay:
Do you know what is come with new update?

Is it dangerous? Is there a risk for brick my phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Bug fixes.

It's not dangerous, but every time something can go wrong, so back up your data and important files and you are save
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maltinbay:
Is it 4.4.4 update or just Samsung bug fixes? I heard it just children mod...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
You can visit sammobile.com and check new released firmwares. Maybe it's the 4.4.4 already. In this case I don't know which new features are coming with it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

It looks like something is running in the background and not letting your phone sleep and consuming your battery heavily while you're using. First, check if 4G Data and Location services are turned off, those two were always responsible for doing this with my cellphone.

Second, download Greenify and a Wakelock Scanner app, so you can check if something is turning it on while on sleep and, with Greenify, you can hibernate the app so it won't disturb your phone while on sleep anymore ;).

Hi,

Can you actually boot in recovery? I mean, you didn't make it clear to know if it is booting in stock Samsung recovery or if it is not entering in recovery. A good way to test this is turning on device and setting up USB Debugging option, with this and a computer with adb just test the following command:

adb reboot recovery

If it has to boot in recovery, this is the way it will work... Please bring out some more info so we can help you better.

~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] zakkkkk:
Is there any way of temporary rooting s4 so i can delete some bloatware system apps and then return back to unrooted?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azterlance28:
Why phone carrier is unlocked after flashing stock firmware.

Hi!

My case is that before I flashed my phone to stock firmware, it was been unlocked before hand and since my phone experienced mild crashing from the odin mode rooting, I tried re-flashing it. They said that the phone carrier must be unlocked again after it.

I just wanna ask why my phone carrier is unlocked after flashing to stock firmware?

Therefore, if I will be re-flashing to new firmware again, will my phone carrier be unlocked or not?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
You'll still be unlocked
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohamm3edadam:
Thanks a lot dude :) I will surely try it out and let u know the results :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orgert:
hello guys, im using slimkat rom, and the touch buttons light , lights up when touching the screen, on the s3 some custom kernels fixed this and made it like in touchwiz rom, i ve tryed two kernels on my i9505 alucard and googymax, and none of them had this option(at least i didnt find) any idea how to make them light up only when touched ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergio7676:
Hi everyone!

I have a really stupid problem with my phone and I cannot figure up how to solve it. The thing is that after making a call - and the ending it- there is still like an ongoing call in my notification menu. Besides, on the top left of the home screen there is the phone icon as well. I attach two screen shots for clarification. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adarsh13r:
Hi,

Can you actually boot in recovery? I mean, you didn't make it clear to know if it is booting in stock Samsung recovery or if it is not entering in recovery. A good way to test this is turning on device and setting up USB Debugging option, with this and a computer with adb just test the following command:

adb reboot recovery

If it has to boot in recovery, this is the way it will work... Please bring out some more info so we can help you better.

~Lord

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

Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10[/QUOTE]

Hello XxLordxX,

I am trying to install a custom recovery like CWM to flash custom roms.

what i did was tried to flash CMW via odin.

when i press power+volume up+home, i am unable to go to the custom recovery. its as if nothing is there the the recovery is just empty. USB debugging is enabled. when i press the key combo the samsung logo appears and the screen just stays blank. when i let go of the keys, it'll boot to the android os. i hope this helps :(

---------- Post added at 11:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:33 PM ----------

Hello XxLordxX,

I am trying to install a custom recovery like CWM to flash custom roms.

what i did was tried to flash CMW via odin.

when i press power+volume up+home, i am unable to go to the custom recovery. its as if nothing is there the the recovery is just empty. USB debugging is enabled. when i press the key combo the samsung logo appears and the screen just stays blank. when i let go of the keys, it'll boot to the android os. i hope this helps :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selrahc017:
Hi guys, can anyone help me? Im having trouble charging my device. Does it have to do with the ROM(Imperium12 - Adam Kernel) or with my current modem firmware. Im getting different MAH charging current, sometimes I get about highest 1200mah and lowest 400mah+. When I'm on 400mah and playing in my device im getting undercharge and what I do is re-plug the charger to get higher MAH charging current. Is it normal?

P.S Im using Galaxy charging lite app to determine the charing current. THANKS!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntaresOne:
Hello,

How long is your USB cable? It's the original one shipped with the charger?

Longer cable=higher resistance/capacitance/inductance=less mAh output

Shorter cable=less resistance/capacitance/inductance=higher mAh output

You should always use a cable made to handle 2A, less resistance and shielded better.

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selrahc017:
Hi Im using the original charger and cable, I just dont know why i get different mah output when re-plugging the cable. When im on 400mah output im getting discharge and i needed to re-plug the cable to get higher mah.

---------- Post added at 02:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:01 AM ----------

Question guys, how do you flash your modem, I have flash it many times and it's still not reflecting in phone info(baseband).

I have tried using odin and restarting the phone manually.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
If you have a custom kernel/rom installed Odin gets a little whiny.

Start up Odin like normal. But uncheck AUTO REBOOT.

Then cycle the modem flash like normal.

Then do it again. Don't reboot. Don't touch anything. Don't recheck anything in Odin. Leave the phone alone. Just load the modem.tar file again and run the flash cycle a second time.

It should stick now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calzed93:
Do I have to root my phone to unlock my sim or change my modem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selrahc017:
thanks, I already found a way. This is what I have done. First I flashed the modem without the auto reboot in odin, then after I took off the battery and go to download mode and re-flashed it again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balakor:
I have an issue with my i9505 magnetic comapss. It is very inaccurate. It shows about 10° different north than the real one, and the needle constantly swings, does not point to a fix direction. I tried calibration with GPS status and etc, but nothing works. Is it maybe a hardware problem?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phil2sat:
Dial *#0*# and go to sensor and turn device several times over every axis until the number on need calibration goes from 3 to 0

Tadaa
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamSanJuan:
Hi! Need some explanation about my photo. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Hi,

Try to root again or just google for the latest superSu.zip for your model and flash it through recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
ive downloaded a few different gapps for my rom but everytime there is no playstore. anyone know why?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Which rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J-Boxer:
Multi-Window

Hey guys,

Is there anything I can flash to get the multi-window feature on a ROM which doesn't have it?

Thanks,

Ron
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
CyanogenMod. I have it working now but I had to flash it 6 or 7 times. Weird. Thanks anyway
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamSanJuan:
Do you know other method to root my S4 i9505xxugnh8 aside from odin and chainfire's root file?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamSanJuan:
Hey just rooted my phone again. So this appeared, should I disable it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Yes disable. Then I would recommend you to install Titanium Backup and uninstall every Knox crap because many users had reboot issues because of Knox.