yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
It works just fine I m currently using the same on this new Build
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Clear the data of Google play & google play services. Reboot.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
And if that doesn't work:

Delete your Google account from accounts & sync

Reboot to recovery, wipe Cache + Dalvik

Reboot

Add your Google account

Fixes "almost"every Play Store issue :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marionite:
Hi. I tried to flash the zip to deodex MEA from Djembey's thread but when I started my phone, the weather widget was gone. Was that a slim file? I really need the weather widget. Any other way to deodex my pre rooted ROM from Djembey? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veeruchinnu143:
Guys I'm from INDIA. When I bought new s4 I got around 50mb update. And recently I got another update of size 350mb. What are the changes that are done in this new update.....

One thing I recognized is now my wifi is working fine.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

The weather widget was one of the apk's that djembey removed.

Check the first post for the download pack which contains all the missing apk's.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariom007:
i did that allreary,few times over and over. I have that black screen,three icons...i flashed the latest oficial rom with odin,and than my phone dropped dead. I tried to flash also the pit with it,and i dont know what next. Any ideas???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skylar1267:
Samsung galaxy S4 And Galaxy Gear

I have a stock samsung galaxy S4 running 4.4.2, and i have a Galaxy Gear running null 23, I want to access the internet though the gear for things like internet, play-store, ect. To do this i need to check the box with Bluetooth Tethering, But on my phone there is no option for that. I have tried to used 3rd-party applications, but nothing has seemed to work yet.. The only other thing that I could think of would be to install a custom rom like cyanegonmod and then the option is available, but if I do this the galaxy gear will not connect to the my phone because it uses "samsung apps" sorry if this does not make much sense, I'm only 14.

I can also send pictures if needed

Thanks, Skylar
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
I don't remember if stock rom has that function or not, on my imperium rom sammy based i have that.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariom007:
Dead phone

Hey guys! I cant boot my phone. Can someone help me,please? I wanted to flash a new official rom downloaded from sammobile. The rom is the latest German one;I9505XXUGNG8_I9505OXAGNG8_DBT. I wanted to have everything fresh on my phone. Last official rom i flashed was I9505XXUFNB8_I9505OXAFNB8_DBT. I rooted my phone after that and flashed Omega rom.Last 6 months i was using it without any problems.A week ago i flashed new Omega rom 38.1 and everything was ok. Last night i wanted to flash latest DBT official rom,but then i got a Fail in Odin. Since then,i cant boot my phone. I tried to flash rom for a few times,even with I9505_pit_file, tried to flash CWm and TWRP Recovery,bootloader dowloaded from Omega rom page,even tried to flash CF-Auto-Root and nothing works. Booting my phone only gets me to a black screen with 3 icons sayin that the firmwarepgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery in Kies and try again. But my phone wont connect to Kies.I have all drivers installed. I dont know anymore what to do. Is there anyone to help?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Sorry, maybe i could help a bit before u done such things, now i think someone else with more knowledge than me could help...

Even if i think it s late.

Can u boot into download mode?

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dariom007:
Thanks buddy! But i managed somehow to get it back alive! So happy now!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Yeah, happy for you, but when something goes wrong, ask for help before u get the situation worst. the most of times t is very easy to get back from an issue, but if after first issue u do something "stupid" then situation may become hard to solve...

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADRM304:
S4 won't turn on.

Hey guys.

So last night, my friend plugged in her S4, and it was turning off randomly. Then a few minutes after that it can't be turned on anymore, and it also won't charge anymore (the LED doesn't light up when plugged in).

Just this morning, I tried borrowing my co-worker's S4. I switched the batteries, and the one from my friend works, and even charges on my co-worker's. Then I tried the other way around. My friend's phone worked, but it only made it up to the S4 logo before turning off again. Did this with another co-worker's S4 and the same thing happened.

So, any ideas what might be causing this?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
Hello, I am having a strange problem on my S4 I9500.

Occasionally my phone restarts & goes into an infinite bootloop and keeps restarting over and over again showing the Samsung logo. Even taking the battery out does not help and as soon as I reinsert the battery it would turn on itself (without me pressing the power button) and keep going into bootloop. But occasionally sometimes I am able to turn on my phone after several tries. This happens 2-3 times in a week. Which is very frustrating because I get locked out of my phone for quite some time. Kindly help me. Below are some details about my phone :

I9500

Running Android 4.4.2

Rooted

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Itzamistry:
Reflash your stock ROM with Odin ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
I have tried that as well.. The problem persists. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidatar:
Same thing was happening to me i545 4.4.2 took me a week but was finally able to get into download mode and flash with Odin. I manually added programs but in my hast I think I added back too fast. Not sure if I did exposed with data and I'm having intermittent issues.

Was she rooted? Care to share a list of programs, especially most recent?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepankarS:
Get your power button checked.

---------- Post added at 09:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:39 AM ----------

The battery is dead. :)

Get a new one :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Yes sometimes after crush and bootloop or continuous reboot when it stops till turn off, u should pull out the battery and try again, even if best choice is to stop manually what's happening. Now the question goes to be only one, does it boots in download mode? Or if there is a custom recovery, does it boot into recovery?

Sorry,my Internet connection died and i haven't seen this question has already received same help:D:D

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bossethere:
Hey!

Trying to find a custom rom for my samsung galaxy s4 i9506 but having hard time to find one,so if someone have a good one could you tell me.. i am on 4.4.2.. thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Hi, i don't know if same things can be applied to i9500, i ve 2 i9505 and one had same random reboot problem only after root process, i solved it flashing the last sammyfirmware, if persist try to change kernel... or i don t remember if it works only for i9505, but there is an xposed module that maybe could help, Samsung system crush fix or something similar...

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ode_:
Check arter97's roms, I'll prefer CM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTRSkyR34:
Where is temperature sensor and barometer on phone?

I'm asking because I installed thermometer app and when I use phone it shows unreal numbers, when I put phone on desk and wait some time it is correct.

I would like to know where is it, and maybe silicone case causing false reading?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverEye91:
Can't see Advanced option in System Recovery

Hello. I rooted my phone using Odin v3.09 and I am trying to install StockDroid_v6_m3dd0g. The instructions for doing so states that I need to enter system recovery, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition and enter advanced to wipe dalvik cache. Now I don't see advanced anywhere.

The only thing I see are:

- Reboot system now

- Apply update from ADB

- Apply update from external storage

- wipe data/factory reset

- wipe cache partition

- apply update from cache

The other problem is that the next part of the instruction is going back and hitting "install zip from sdcard". This is also not visible as you can see.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Just because that is a stock recovery, first of all u must flash a custom recovery. U can easily find a flashable md5 file for odin or u can install a custom recovery by apps like rom toolbox, i suggest to do it by odin, look for the latest recovery for your specific model, be sure about the model.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
Here you go
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverEye91:
Ah okay. Thanks. Is there a special way to access the non-stock recovery? Or is it the same method?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Exactly the same

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilverEye91:
Thanks, I figured it out but it seems like the downloaded rom I had was broken or something. So I need to redownload it and try again. Hopefully it will work.

UPDATE: I went for Cyanogenmod instead and it's working beautifully so far.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
Im on stock 4.4.2 and just rooted today. Im trying to make a nandroid backup at the moment using cwm recovery and its been over 40 mins and its still backing up. Whats wrong please help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
Well... stock rom + data may be over 5gb, but 40min seem to much time... can't u stop it? Wait a bit and then stop it and try again...

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
Yh ive pulled battery out and tried again and its the same thing again. Is there no way of making the backup size smaller without obviously removing installed apps?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
The size of the backup shouldn't matter, are you using the latest version of the recovery?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
Yes, im on cwm touch 6.0.4.7
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Try downgrading to an earlier version and see what happens. Sometimes the latest isn't always the best.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bossethere:
wich one of these are the best for s4 i9506??

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2691639
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
The one you like the most
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bossethere:
yeah i know but i did not mean that hehe i mean stable etc
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Test and see.[emoji4]
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saibose:
i9500 - sim network is not working with this app

i9500 - sim network is not working with this app

I bought a Samsung I9500 Factory unlocked phone and I took it to India and its asking for Enter Sim Network Lock Code.

I rooted with CF-root and used reginal unlock software but still no luck.

When I tried to get a sim network code from a vendor she said lock does not work which he provided as I dont know the carrier.

Any help is really appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
I don t know, i use the philz touch based on cwm, it takes 5minutes to backup 4gb rom+data... try another version recovery. But in first place for what do u need this backup? Maybe titanium can do enough for what you need.

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You only have to try em. Try, enjoy and then choose.

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahq2pnk:
hey folks, sorry fir the long post.

I've had my phone for a while now and haven't kept up with updates since mf9. I'd like to restart from scratch again but don't want to update too much in fear of losing any capabilities. when I initially rooted I stayed with a stock rooted version since at the time I was looking for stability and knew I wouldn't be able to be running updates. even though I can be quite a flashaholic. I've been on the wagon and not sure how to return. any suggestions on which rom's are stable enough for daily use? any info the xda family could provide would be much appreciated.

HARDWARE VERSION:L720.08

ANDROID: 4.2.2

KERNEL:3.4.0-953334

BUILD:JDQ39.L720VPUAMF9
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jurden:
While I was out today the battery on my galaxy died as expected. I go home and plug it in then a hour or so later go to use it. It was off, black screen, so I just hold down the power button. Nothing happens. After trying with a friends S4 and multiple batteries here is a run down of what is going on. I can, power on the phone or try to go into recovery and it will show the splash for about two seconds then black screen. I will get no response from anything. If I take out the battery and put it back in, then I can power on the phone or try to go into recovery but again it will show the splash and shut off. If I take out the battery and put it back then plug it in to charge it will show the battery for a bout two seconds then again black screen. I have let it charge, I have tried other batteries and other chargers. Did my phone just up and kill itself?

Thanks for any help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Shouldn't you be posting here:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2272

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

I am not sure if this will help , but try taking out the sim card ,battery and sd card.

Leave it for 8 hours , and try again.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuronfj:
Updating a Rooted Phone

Hi,

My Samsung S4 model is GT-I9505.

I would like to update my android version from 4.2.2 to the latest available kitkat version.

I am unable to carry out the update from the phone because it is rooted. Also, I would not like to install a version that someone has customised and modified already (as I think I have found in these forums). I would like to get an update as close as possible to the update I would have gotten from Google (rooted would be a plus though).

Do you explain somewhere in this forum how to do this? I can not find it :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Look here;

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-develop

and , here;

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-orig-develop

Read through the first posts of each ROM , and choose one that suits your needs.

There should be installation instructions , and requirements as well.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuronfj:
Original Kitkat ROM

Hello,

Thank you for the quick response. I have been looking at the "Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 Original Android Development" threads the whole afternoon and evening, and I could not find an unmodified version. All of the threads I read mention the changes they made :(

Is the original ROM available in any of the threads?

I do not have experience with this... are all the changes they make to the ROM reversible?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuronfj:
Thank you. I noticed that all of the UK versions come with the name of a network provider. My phone is currently unlocked (I bought it like this because it is very important for me). Will it be locked with a provider if I use any of these files?

United Kingdom (H3G) 4.4.2

I9505XXUFNC5_I9505H3GFNC2_H3G.zip (Mega link)

I9505XXUFNC5_I9505H3GFNC2_H3G.zip (DEV-HOST link)

United Kingdom (VOD) 4.4.2

I9505XXUFND7_I9505VFGFND2_VOD.zip

United Kingdom (BTU) 4.4.2

I9505XXUFNB8_I9505BTUFNB3_BTU.zip

United Kingdom (EE) 4.4.2

I9505XXUFNBH_I9505EVRFNB3_EVR.zip
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahq2pnk:
many thanks

my apologies, its been awhile. i might be going through flashaholic withdrawals :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eastside08:
I have a AT&T s4 but we flashed it to tmobile. Anyway to get the WIFI calling app?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Unless [MENTION=5580710]ShinySide[/MENTION] can help , you might want to ask your question here:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2279

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
Yes. You can flash a tmo rom (not firmware ) but.... it may not work without tmo modems/bootloader/etc.

It's a bit more complex then Just a single apk. Involves settings, contacts, dialer, mms, etc etc. Their all tied together
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skipjacks:
And you deffinately can't port WiFi calling to a non stock t mobile (or modified t mobile) ROM. Many have tried since Jelly Bean. All have failed. It was tried to port it to aosp ROMs and never worked right. Used to work on ICS and below, but with Jelly Bean it never got working right.

You must use a t mobile ROM. The modified versions have the feature, plus a lot of tweaks. Those might work. I don't know if WiFi calling can somehow identify that you don't have a phone actually purchased by t mobile though. If it can, this won't work.

Its certainly worth a shot.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Is there a notification app like tesla for nova that gives the badges for all apps that works on TouchWiz
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidatar:
Tesla works in Nova
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnjackjack:
Downloaded apk from play store

Hello, I hope this is the correct place to ask.

Im using an S4. I'd like to know where do all the apk that are downloaded from google store kept? I'd like to keep the apk so its easier to install the next time. because i like to try different kinds of rom, and usually restoring apps causes lag or other kinds off problems, so its better to fresh install apps, right? Since my internet is limited, if its possible id like to know how to keep the apk thats downloaded from play store.

I hope someone could enlighten me.

Thank you very much.

(Btw, sorry English is not my first language)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ampiscool:
I'm running hyperdrive RLS 19 (which more than likely doesn't matter)... I was wondering how to edit the look of an app.. When I say that I don't necessarily mean the icon or the the title. I actually mean like the look inside the app. I am fairly new to android development. I'm a noob of sorts. I came from using ios . in iOS you can literally locate the image files in the file manager and pull them directly from you phone and edit them. Can you do that on android. For instance if I wanted to change the look inside my messaging app. Let's say I wanted to change the background color, and also the font color only inside that app to red and I also wanted to change the way the listed conversations that appear, look (the way the boxes their separated into look). This forum is specifically for the galaxy s4 so assuming you have one. Just look at your default messaging app and look how the messages are separated into rectangles by conversation if you are unclear of what I mean by the rectangle thing. Sorry for such a long post. How can I make this happen.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepankarS:
[MENTION=5585364]johnjackjack[/MENTION] you have many options for that

1. Titanium Backup Just backup the apks and not the game data.

2. Root Browser. Download root browser. Go to data/app and you'll find all the apks there :D

3. ApkExtract app. You find this on the playstore. Download and single tap on any app that you see and it gets saved in the phone.

4.Helium. Helium is the best way (for me till date as TiB causes much pain after restoring) to backup app data. :). But the only issue I face in helium that it does not write to the extsd. So I habe to backup the app data in the internal memory card, then transfer it all to the ext mem card.

"If someone helps, never forget to hit thanks ? "
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davy4475:
Thanks but I hope hoping for something other than tesla because nova doesn't support the weather widget I'm using
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnjackjack:
Got it. Now i know where they hide my apks. lol.

Thank you very much DeepankarS for your help. Nice explanation. I really appreciate it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pincopallowfs:
As i know titanium should backup also data, and shoud reinstall the app in the same state it has backedup...

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeepankarS:
Yeah but at times the backup-ed apps play weird and force close quite a lot.

Plus if we cancel to install an app in between restoration process from TiB, it hangs/freezes.

So I prefer Helium over TiB for app data backup.

And I use ApkExtract+Easy Installer to install my backup apps in one go.

The best part is that they function without root too :)

"If someone helps, never forget to hit thanks ? "
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryanguy426:
Relock the carrier

I recently came into a "new-to-me" Samsung Galaxy S4 for U.S. Cellular. I was going to try to activate it for that carrier, so naturally i inserted my U.S. Cellular SIM, then proceeded to activate it. Upon calling the activation number, I heard "Welcome to Verizon Wireless!"......um, what?

Is there any way I could get this phone from Verizon back to U.S. Cellular? Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Other than what was already told. I'd like to add that the huge files that games usually download are on /sdcard/Android/obb or /sdcard/Android/data.

Hi,

Where did you buy that device? I believe it was sold wrongly. Also check for behind the battery and see what's the device model.

I'd take back to the one who sold you it. Also, are you sure they aren't the same model? Sorry, I'm not American so I can't tell for sure it.

Hi,

Check the theme sections for one that may suit your needs ;).

Or check out how themes are developed for Android. It may help you with it ;).

~Lord

"This Story Ends Where It Began" - Octavarium (Dream Theater)

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
Hi can somebody please link me to the latest cwm recovery (touch version)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manny_123:
Help!! Can someone help me every time I restart my phone, my internal storage gets wiped. I have factory restored my phone, however it has made no difference. I cannot download anything nor can I save anything on my phone because it keeps getting wiped. It is as if my phone can't R/W my internal storage.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkerTimes:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397108

Guess this one is the latest version.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuronfj:
Restrict a specific app

Hi,

Is there any way of restricting an app from accessing SIM or network information?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zakkkkk:
I think i found out why my nandroid back up is taking forever. In the root of my phone there's a folder called mnt and is taking up 50 gb!!! My ext sd card and internal sd card folders in there too but they both take up 30gb and there's another folder in mnt called media_rw which takes up 20gb What on earth is this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

mnt is the mount point of your internal memory and external sdcard, it's that heavy because the sum of space taken by both is that much. Don't delete it unless you want to format your device.

~Lord

"This Story Ends Where It Began" - Octavarium (Dream Theater)

Sent from my GT-I9505