yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
I think im not understanding.. I thought i could flash 4.4.2 fw as long as it was from the netherlands. How do i check my csc and how can i get the corresponding fw?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Dial *#1234# - You should get some thing like the below displayed!

AP: I9505XXUFNC4

CP: I9505XXUFNC4

CSC: I9505YXZFNC1

You can also use THIS APP to check and if need be change the CSC code (but I do not believe you need to)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
It ends with tfna2, now I should get firmware that correspond with this? The only fw i can find is on the unroot thread, im doubting now if that is compatible now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
tfna2!?? what is that?

sir, as mentioned, install this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo from play store, and post the "original csc code" and "pda"
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 012512:
Yes you are precise and Wow.. how can I get the KT kernel? (To be honest, I was too excited)

sent from Nokia 3310
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gluecke63:
I'll try it. Could it make sense, if I fix permissions in ROM Manager first?

Thank you very much for helping :))
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
if you have custom recovery, use it to fix permission.

another thing you can do is to reboot in safe mode. If you are experiencing a problem and you want to determine whether it is being caused by a third-party app, long-press the power button, then long-press the "Power off" option. Choose OK to reboot in safe mode. and see if the problem has gone. (reboot to go in normal mode)

EDIT: [MENTION=4220922]gluecke63[/MENTION] to enable safe mode, turn off your phone,Press and hold the Power button until the Samsung logo appears then release, With the Samsung logo on-screen, press and hold the Volume down key, Continue to hold the Volume down key until Safe mode appears in the lower-left of the unlock screen then release.

EDIT 1: sorry, im mixing between my android phones :D, to boot in safe mode, turn off the phone, hold power button until you see logo, tap on menu button and keep tapping until it boots....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gluecke63:
The safe mode does not work? But I'll try the wipe of data.

Thank you for helping and have a nice Weekend.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pyry666:
Tried to get micro sim working in regular sim phone with no luck :P BUT when I put i back in my s4 txting worked again.So my sim card must be faulty or was out of place or some thing.Main thing is that everything works now! Thank you every one for your time and effort :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dextermorganx:
I have a problem. Whenever I get a call the volume of the first 2 seconds of my ringtone is very low, then it continues with normal volume. Is there any setting to make it work normally?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

This is normal.

Samsung decided to include this so it did not frighten you when it rings. :p

djembey has a fix for this .

Check HERE

It's called SecPhone.apk

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pyry666:
Yeah. You need to pretty much root your phone as that is a normal feature as far as i know..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skazzy3:
I found it somewhere else.

Um... Could anyone give me the Power off.off?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marionite:
Hi. May I ask which custom recovery is best for our 9505? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tha TechnoCrat:
[MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION] please check out this thread. Hope you add it to your op. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2324604

Started from the bottom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akarshfrevr:
my phone is awake all the time and android os uses 60 % of my battery .im having headache with this .sometimes a reebot will fix but it comes back again.anyone has any idea about this?.and im on stock rom and not rooted
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PleaseClickHere:
I have a question.. I've flashed the firmware to the latest started in the thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2250824. Debloated, slim 1.1gb version. However, I checked my phone & my internal storage is still 9gb++ only in application manager. When pressed the home button & check the storage, it shows 7gb/16gb used but I just flashed my phone. Is it because the original stock firmware is still stored in the phone somewhere? I'm unsure what to do in order to get more space from my 16gb s4...

Please help me.. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
There myte be some app doing that for u find that

Last option myte be a reset and re install apps etc

---------- Post added at 09:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:28 AM ----------

Have u reset the device? After flashing

Flashing new firmware keeps all the old data as it's in the phone if u wanna see exactly reset the device and then u check u will have clear picture
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PleaseClickHere:
---------- Post added at 09:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:28 AM ----------

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Have u reset the device? After flashing

Flashing new firmware keeps all the old data as it's in the phone if u wanna see exactly reset the device and then u check u will have clear picture

Hi, thanks for the reply.

Yes I noticed that after flashing, my old files & data still stays & just seems like it updated the firmware. So I did a factory reset. But now I still see that the available memory is 9gb+.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Hi, thanks for the reply.

Yes I noticed that after flashing, my old files & data still stays & just seems like it updated the firmware. So I did a factory reset. But now I still see that the available memory is 9gb+.[/QUOTE]

Yes available memory will be about 9.28 gb only rest is used/kept for OS , apps etc
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lorry_driver:
annoying samsung hub

I have an i9505 with Omega ROM 5.0 installed (I can't post on the Omega thread else I would've posted there) and whenever I put a secure lockscreen on my s4 (pin/pattern/password) or disable multiple lockscreen widgets, I get an annoying "Samsung Hub" banner on top.

I tried going to lockscreen options and switching from personal message/clock but with no luck. Rebooting and taking out battery also no luck.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

And thanks.

Added to the first post.

:)

Hi, thanks for the reply.

Yes I noticed that after flashing, my old files & data still stays & just seems like it updated the firmware. So I did a factory reset. But now I still see that the available memory is 9gb+.[/QUOTE]

Hi,

There are no ROMS that you can flash that will give you more storage space.

You get about 9.23GB out of the 16GB total storage.

The rest is used by Samsung apps and system data.

There is no way you can reclaim that space.

Only Samsung can give that back to you.

Recently,in one of the latest updates,they gave you back 0.08GB of space. :eek:

But you will never get back all of that space.

The best thing you can do is to get a good sd card,and stick all your photos,films,music,and documents on it.

Just keep apps on the phone.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kayomani:
Is it normal for widgets and services to hang for 10-15 seconds on boot up ? Wifi seems to then kick in and everything functions normally.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Yes it happens for the first boot or if u have cleared ram etc
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaxboater:
AT&T 4G LTE connection issue

I just got a 4S I9505 unlocked.

The CSC is DTM & I had to switch from German to English at setup.

I cut down one of my SIM cards from my HTC Vivid (no problem with 4G LTE) and the best i can get on the 4S is H+.

Yesterday I went tot the local AT&T store & the CSR gave me a new mirco SIM & tried to set up the 4S to my current LTE data plan, but wasn't able to.

Today I contacted the AT&T folks via their website chat.

Turns out that because the phone isn't AT&T branded, the issue has to be elevated up the tech chain in order to have my IMEI entered into the AT&T data base and may take two weeks to resolve.

Has any other AT&T users have/had this problem?

Makes me wonder what's going to have when Google starts selling them later this month.

TIA for any help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitastrudl:
here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2297379, you need a custom recovery to flash custom kernels like kt kernel and make sure you go trough the settings, read&search the thread so you avoid any problems.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
And remember those swiping and tapping features will drain you're battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 012512:
I don't mind as long as it eases my accessibility.

Thanks. Noted.

sent from Nokia 3310
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Sofos_:
Just throwing this here in case someone wants those features (double tap to unlock, slide to open specific apps etc) without flashing a custom kernel.. seems interesting.

Knockr - Motion Gestures
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
PDA Version: i9505XXUFNB9

CSC Version: i9505AUTFNA2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
you have the Switzerland region firmware, here is your stock firmware link http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26288
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Thanks, but how can I have switserland

Fw if i bought it in the netherlands?

Just wondering :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Only the seller can answer that question.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
did you bought it from official samsung store??

these things can happen

AUT is the product code for Switzerland.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
I bought it from an Internet webshop, im a bit confused.. Is there any site where i can check What csc code correspond with What country? I was about to flash the 4.4.2 from the netherlands.. Had no idea i Needed to take csc into consideration.. Doesnt get mentioned in the unroot thread

Edit : isnt aut Austria?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
you can flash any region firmware

No, Australia is XSA. see here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/

Edit: there is no unbranded firmware for Austria!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
What does that mean? From any region?? Does that mean i can flash any stock firmware 4.4.2 as long as it is for the international device? No i mean Austria nog Australia

Edit: so am i good to flash the 4.4.2 firmware from the unroot thread?.. Im really confused now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
yes, you can flash any 4.4.2 firmware since you are not downgrading (NB9 and up)

and if you want your original firmware that came with the phone, i already gave you the link.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Thank you so much, there's alot that I would've skipped if I returned to stock.. I mean i didn't even know that you needed corresponding PDA and CSC. Why doesn't the unroot/unbrick thread have mention of it? I'm downloading the file right now in case anything goes bad :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
i didnt mention it, since any firmware from any region can be flashed as long you are flashing the right variant and not downgrading.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
I see i think i understand now! I could even flash for instance german firmware as long as it is not 4.3 fw but 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
Germany DBT 4.4.2 latest firmware is NB8, and you have NB9 firmware ou your device (newer) so i suggest to flash NB9 firmware or newer (NC... , ND...)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Ahhh I see, it sais in the file downloading right now: NB9, so any firmware after that will do. Thanks you helped me understand alot :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
download one from sammobile.com and install via odin. its simple, google will have the ODIN files and a how to.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speak2j:
Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9505 won't start need help!

Hi, I am really stuck with my galaxy s4 (i9505), I have deleted the SecSettings.apk file from my root explorer app (root browser), I did this because i I wanted to get the settings of a galaxy s5 on to my s4 and accidentally deleted the original secsettings.apk file of the s4 which was not what I was supposed to do and it messed up my phone. Anyways I rebooted my phone because i could no longer access my settings and it wasn't working, although it wouldnt start back up again it would just remain on samsung flashing on the screen and would never finish the reboot which I have tried countless times to. I have factory reset my phone and deleted everything which I have now found out was not necessary but that doesn't matter now. I don't know if it is as easy as downloading the secsettings.apk file off the internet and installing it off my sd card on the recovery screen or what, TBH I DONT KNOW AND I REALLY NEED HELP!! IF ANYONE COULD GIVE ME INFORMATION ON HOW TO FIX THIS IT WOULD BE MORE THAN APPRECIATED. Thank you to the responder in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
To be honest if it is not booting I think flashing back to stock firmware is your best bet :highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
if anyone can provide the secsettings.apk.

you must have android sdk installed

boot into custom recovery, connect your phone to pc, open cmd where the apk and adb file are present

and type:

adb devices
adb shell
remount
exit
adb push secsettings.apk /system/app/
adb shell
chmod 644 /system/app/secsettings.apk
reboot

if "remount" doesnt work, mount system manually within recovery

or the easy way, flash stock
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ralegend:
Hi to all. I want to flash [i9500][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch but how I am going to do that? What I think is; open the phone in recovery mod and after that, install the zip from stock recovery... Is it true? And after that;

What I want is this: [Rom] [Updated] [24.04.14] [Unofficial] BeanStalk 4.4.2 based on CM11.0.

After flashing Philz; I will flash this ROM from Philz Recovery, right?

My last question is are these the right steps for using Beanstalk? Will there be a problem if I use these steps? Will my phone have knox flag 0x0 >>> 0x1?

Thank you very much for the answers...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
zip is flashed with custom recovery and not stock recovery

download "philz_touch_6.41.4-i9500.tar.md5" and not the zip, and flash it with odin as pda

then flash the rom you want with the custom recovery.

yes knox flag will be triggered.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ralegend:
OK. So, in the beginning, what you are saying is I need to use ODIN, right? Stock recovery can't flash the Philz recovery... Is it true?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
yes, stock recovery needs signed zip (by Samsung) to be flashed with.

you need odin to flash Philz recovery

.tar.md5
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ralegend:
OK. Thank you... I will follow your directions...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Annunneo:
Hello i flashed pheonix rom on my friends i9505 two days ago and all was fine. Last night he told me he turned his phone off to charge it and it will not come back on no matter what. I have the phone here with me now and i've tried my battery in it no luck and his battery works in my phone. I tried booting it into recovery and download mode and nothing the phone just would not come on. Any help would be much appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bazul007:
Can anyone tell me pls how to root s4 i9500 n deknox also I have searched many options bt pls guide me n pls tell a rom with good battery backup

I am rooting bcz I nt getting a battery back in stock 4.4.2

Reply asap
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
he must have damaged something physically, probably not even ROM related.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Titan9119:
Whenever I switch OFF my S4 GT-19506,it will automatically switch back ON by itself , gets stuck to the 'SAMSUNG'' boot logo and gets really HOT. My phone isn't rooted and this problem always occur repeatedly eventhough taking out the battery to let it cool down so may i know why its behaving like this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speak2j:
what do i do with the file?

I have secsettings.apk file on my computer, sorry im not good at this stuff but, could you tell me what I should do step by step on Flashing/installing this file on to my phone via download mode (volume down + Power button) or recovery mode (volume up + power button) I cant use or access the phone any other way because of course it wont reboot, if you could give me instructions on how to install the file on to my device via e.g odin v3.07 or v3.09 which I both have then it would be much appreciated sorry for the inconvenience
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
its I9506 - i, not 1.

must be a bad firmware or kernel causing it, apart from flashing a new firmware (which there are not many with a 506) you may not be able to fix it yet.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speak2j:
cmd?

Also what do you mean by cmd I have android sdk and the application eclipse came along with it when i downloaded it. Am I suppose to use eclipses application and if so what do i do with the secsettings.apk file on eclipse to get it on to my galaxy s4 on custom recovery, there is an option with update from external storage and ADB do i pick one of those thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuiCunha:
Thanks!

How can i check my bootloader version and the new one?

Another question is, how update it? Odin ?

I've tried 3 modem versions since I get this room, kernel... :\
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
First, flash a custom recovery.

Put the secsettings.apk in sdk/platform-tools

Boot your phone in recovery mode

Connect your phone to pc

Open a command prompt in platform-tools folder (shift + mouse right click)

Type the mentioned commands (Enter after each line)

If you think that it is hard, just flash your stock firmware via odin

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ItalianWolf:
holo backup

Hi all, i'm new here, i'm sorry for my little english i hope it's enought to understand.

Today on my S4 (i9505, kitkat 4.4.2, not rooted) i got a surprise: sensors (anyone) aren't working, so i tried with a factory reset (from settings->backup and restore, etc...) but i have not formatted the sdcard.

Before attempting factory reset i've used holo backup (helium doesn't work i don't know why), after doing backup (backup all without system apps) and looking for backup file (approx 7Gb) i decided was time to do factory reset.

After restarting the phone holo backup can't restore my data, the function ask me the password for backups, restore starts but nothing happens!

Thanks in advance.

P.S.

Sensors are still out of order!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] attadinata:
hai, iam noob and have a issue after flashed KK stock rom gt-i9500. my phone cannot write on sdcard0/internal. i think thats permission problem so i try to set it mnually but does not work. so i cannot use my sdcard0/internal to save pict from FB BBM or file downloaded from the browser. is that think caused by partition/something? my external hve no problem anyway. thnx
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
How does one restore an efs back-up? Just incase i ever need to know..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
how did you back up it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stefan0vic:
Using andromizer
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Andromizer has a backup and Restore feature.

Just use that.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yav:
I'm using Wannamlite NC5 V2.6 on my S4 and it look like my proximity sensor it doesn't work correctly.

Whenever I'm making a call the screen goes black and stays like that if I take out the phone from my ear and also after ending the call screen still black. Is it possible to be an issue from the kernel? If so, can you recommend me a kernel?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

Sorry, but I can't help you with your backup issue, I think you should contact the developer regarding your problem. But regarding the sensors, I'd recommend you flashing stock back using Odin, you can find the firmware in sammobile. I'm not sure if in this case it'll do much, but if you type one of these codes: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2254228 in the dialer you may be able to test the sensors ;). If a stock flash doesn't make it work and the test returns a not working status, it may be a hardware issue.

I'm just unsure if you'd trip your knox reflashing stock, someone else should be able to get this answer for you ;).

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Hi all sorry for the cross post but I'm going out of my mind here with a no WIFI / calls problem on my i9505 - full thread here, would much appreciate any help!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Try flashing this original 4.2.2 firmware:

https://mega.co.nz/#!GYgSVagR!LGO6o04bdFO8o11l8QNreXJmdWYKCnqC10N2fcDhwKY

It still has the original no Knox bootloader.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jomtones:
Thanks Malybru - can I safely do this on a UK phone? Bit confused about all the different CSC's, regional ROMs etc...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astarem:
rooting I9500XXUFNB4

Hi,

I'm going to root my phone for the first time and after reading some posts I thought that using CF-Auto-Root would be the safest but I have one question.

My current rom is I9500XXUFNB4 (cp XXUFNC1 and csc OJVFNC1) and on chainfire's website there only is a file named ja3gxxI. I saw some posts where people managed to get root with that file after updating their already rooted roms to I9500XXUFNB4, but is it possible to use ja3gxxI for a first root on my rom?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoCorral:
Is there a way to know which bootloader my S4 holds? 4.2.2 o 4.4.2...

Enviado desde mi GT-I9500 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worktorest:
Power off the phone and boot into download mode by holding the power + vol down buttons together. Choose continue and you will see some small words on the top left. If there is smth that says knox it is the new bootloader. If not it's the old.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ItalianWolf:
Thanks for your answer.

I've already tested sensors using these codes and got failure!

Now i'm searching info about flashing original same stock firmware with odin and knox, this afternoon i'm going to a service centre but i prefer resolve the problem with odin (if it works!).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nick123ablxx32:
Can anyone confirm that andromizer's backup and restore EFS feature is reliable? and what's a normal size for an EFS backup?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
it should

but i rely more on manual method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2283325

the efs image is around 14MB
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It is the Spanish version of MGA

It should be fine on your English phone ,as it is an i9505 International phone.

You may of course search the net for the 4.2.2 MGA BTU English version. (MGA is the last firmware that was knox-free)

The Spanish one was the only one I could find on this site.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuiCunha:
Can someone explain how do i know about my device bootloader ? Version, if is it locked? If i need update it?

Im asking because i dont know what i have to do to get let connection in this room: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2557353

My bandbase is xxufna1.