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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rgc_:
SHV-E300S shows yellow triangle and PC during boot

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avadis99:
Sorry

Sorry man I goofed it seems, how can I remove it?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Go back to your post and you wlil find an "EDIT/DELETE" button below your post
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Things can happen that you really don't expect......one of those things with flashing things to our phones sometimes.:eek:

Looks like (as mentioned above) possibly a bad download which can happen also! Doing the Clean for new ROM and then re-booting without flashing will lead to it never booting, as there is no system to boot into.

At least you have a working phone again though.....:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darth_buki:
super noob, just troll already ;)

so basically, noob friendly thread, I might as well be an obnoxious noob and ask straight up as opposed to spending more and more hours trying to find a solution. I was using a tmobile galaxy s4 with official 4.3 firmware. then decided to root to install cwm. I tried a couple of roms out and decided to flash back to stock firmware without root because of various bugs i got with the different roms. I totally to triangle away before i attempted to flash stock firmware through odin and so now i have a device which I can only access download mode. I CANNOT flash any type of firmware through odin for whatever reason. top right corner of device in download mode reads

CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM

SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM

KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0

KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1

WHITE PROTECTION ENABLED

eMMC BURST MODE ENABLED.

I've honestly been on just about every website, read every thread apart from the 900+ pages on this one, tried every possible solution and still nothing. can i just get a straight answer: is my phone able to be repaired??? sarcastic pessimistic whatever but i would rather get a straight answer from someone as opposed to wasting any more than the 4+ hours i have already invested. rather get a straight yes or no so I don't have to be stressing about it and just go out and get another device. any and all help greatly appreciated. thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there,

Need to ask (not sarcastically though:p).....What is the error in Odin when flashing firmware? Also, are you flashing the latest 4.3 firmware for your phone and not trying to downgrade as this will cause it to fail also. Is kies running (even as a background process?) while Odin is?? Odin hates kies..........;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darth_buki:
which fiecho

sorry lol just feeling a lot of angst, im an impatient person as is and not to mention the monster and a half ive had to drink this through this entire process. :eek:

for starters odin does recognize the device but then when i try and load the stock 4.3 firmware it laggs and then after it loads it says this in the dialog box

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS

then after i click start on odin to attempt to flash firmware it leaves me with this:

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/004> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/004> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

and odin failed to flash firmware :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Are you 100% sure you tried to flash the correct firmware for your device and did you flash the extracted file (.tar.MD5) as PDA in Odin?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have you tried a different version of Odin (3.07/3.09)? And also another USB port (on at the back of the PC)..........
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darth_buki:
yes im completely sure. got the phone running 4.2.2. then updated to 4.3 ota before rooting and installing bobcat rom which was the last rom running on the device. not sure if that might have anything to do with it. i tried uninstalling drivers then re installing as well. ive tried different versions of odin as well.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
We need more info, what phone do you have i9500, i9505 or.... and give us a link to the firmware you tried to flash.

If your PC is recognising the phone there is no point in messing with drivers on the PC, you can only break something there.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darth_buki:
Galaxy s4 m919 t-mobile branded. got the stock firmware from the link here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2267895
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
In that case I think you will have more luck going to the dedicated M919 help thread here.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
I may be completely wrong here but just followed the links to the firmware you say you downloaded and the latest firmware is M919UVUEMK2.

Are you sure the firmware you provided in an earlier post is not 4.2??

M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5

Again, sorry if I am wrong! :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darth_buki:
i think it is good sir sorry about that Im totally burnt out. So as of now i am completely lost lol which firmware am i supposed to be flashing then???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Flash the latest one in the link you provided for your phone....Hopefully that should work.........:fingers-crossed: May take awhile to DL though!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Good obsevation, hadn't noticed that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Zork-:
Do I need make unlock bootloader like HTC one X or xperia z?

How to install recovery, and which one is working until now with less bug? Cwm or twrp?

Enviado desde mi GT-I9505 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Did you wipe cache and dalvik?

If so,you may have to consider a factory reset.

:)

Hi,

No need to unlock the bootloader.

Neither recovery is 100% yet.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Zork-:
Thanks for fast answers :D seem is easier than others.

Another doubt, root methods are 2, chain fire and motochooper, which one do you use on i9505?

Enviado desde mi GT-I9505 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enter The Void:
I wiped cache and dalvik cache too.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Neither.

I use a PRE-ROOT ROM

:)

Did you factory reset?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Zork-:
My actual room is i9505vjuamde, everything in stock just bought yesterday. Which pre-root recommended?

Enviado desde mi GT-I9505 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I am loathe to suggest anything,because you should choose your own poison. :p

The latest version (MEA) is receiving good reviews,and has the latest updates from Samsung.

Look at the slim version which has less cr@p installed.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmDzei:
FM Radio - Spirit FM Pro?

Did my search, but didn't get answer. There are not FM Radio on Galaxy S 4 (Snapdragon 600)?

Have anyone of you tested with Spirit FM Pro? Yeah, it is very costly nowaday.

I red an wrote, where Samsung have reply something to Twitter. There Samsung answer that the segment of users use digital media so much that no need for FM Radio. FM Radio is super, becouse you can listen alerts, news, talks and music there. And all free.

When listening your own mp3's most have different volume. Nervosing. Or you have to waste your time making playlists. And as I said Spotify, Rdio and similar are costly.

There are coming FM Radio for Lumia phones. So, there are hardware for it, but Nokia have just been so busy to make an app for it. Hope Samsung do the same, for its Flagship phone!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] undercover:
Thanks for the mention and you are most welcome, me old mate.

You guys just landed yourself one of the most helpful people on xda, [MENTION=329570]malybru[/MENTION].

Take care of him :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Zork-:
Thanks for all Help and tips

Now i will start to flash. Last question, Do i need to make any backup or IMEI or any partition or something? if yes, how to do it :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

ALWAYS backup!!!

Use Titanium Backup,

Helium,

Any third party backup apps for IMEI,contacts,SMS.

Look in the market and Google.

If you use custom recoveries,use the nandroid backup system.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] likeitnot:
I feel like a total ass, sorry. I am just now realizing I am posting in the wrong section. I was searching google for my issue and this is the thread that popped up and I never thought about seeing the device model. Sorry again, and thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drenco:
On the Road to Rooting/Roms

Right my only experience with Android is with my Nexus 7 & S4 LTE GT-I9505 baseband 19505XXUAMDM both with Nova Launcher/developer options used for a faster/smoother experience so just to get some understanding on the structure/model of Android please could someone who's well versed in Android answer my questions with LINKS where possible:

First my goal is to debloat my S4 to make it faster and free up space, then i'd like to overclock my S4 safely as im getting a Zerolemon battery when they arrive shortly so juice wont be a problem, i need some sort of recovery so that if i mess it up i can revert it back to stock and IT DOES NOT void the warranty incase my phone develops a fault in the future, now i wish to allow my external 64gb Samsung SDXC card to be used for apps/games etc

so the questions are:

i hear that Samsungs latest update thats coming very soon doesn't allow you to move the data to the external sd card just the apps is this correct ? (which would make it pretty pointless)

i have read that Foldermount has to be done manually for each app is that the best method?

and is there another method or ROM that its built in so it can do this automatically so installed apps go straight to the external card?

i have read that you can get ROMS with built in recovery and are ROOTED is this the best way to go or to do ROOT<ROM<RECOVERY each one separately?

What is Binary Counter ? i believe its something to do with Samsung knowing youve been tinkering and voiding warranty

What is Custom kennel ? no idea

Best way to currently root my S4 ?

and make backup/recovery so Samsung wont know for warranty purposes ?

Best way to overclock my S4 and make it faster and slicker ?

Best way to debloat my S4 ?

thx in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chape199:
One more thing: i've used triangle away to reset binary counter and all was ok but now i get this:

Current binary: samsung oficial

System status: custom

Why? So i still cant get OTA or kies updates
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
alright, 1st i think u need to read that article again. coz i think u can move data to sdcard.

there might b an application but dnt think so it will work better.

donno what are u asking about root<rom. pls come again.

binary counter comes when u flash custom rom via odin. it may void ur mobile warranty but flashing same region update willnt officially.

custom kernel is made like Adam kernel now(coz its more popular) which is made with few twicks to improve rom performance and lots more.

for rooting just visit Dev thread of s4.

if u root then unrooting may give back u warranty. but be sure what are u doing.

what?? its already beast in the market. why u want to overclock it.?

for debloating just flash any custom rom.

Sent from my Disturbed™ Galaxy S4

---------- Post added at 10:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:42 PM ----------

there is a application "calibrate battery". download it from playstore. then calibrate it. also if possible then wipe battery status from recovery. its like calibration of battery.

Sent from my Disturbed™ Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
Battery calibration is a myth.

There no need to calibrate.

Just charge your phone to 100% and unplug, so the battery stat is wiped and a new one is shown :thumbup:

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

1. Correct

2.Yes

3.No.

4.That is a personal choice,that only you can make

5.Correct

6.Custom kernel is one made by a developer

7.2 main choices currently

a. Chainfire

b. a pre-root ROM from djembey

8. Backup/recovery is best done using nandroid backup in custom recoveries.

A word of warning.

Things are still new with this phone and recoveries are not quite 100% ,yet.

9.Using a custom kernel.

Search the development fora for the i9505 phone.

Read the opening posts for the relevant information.

10. Refer to djembey's ROMS .there is a slim-line de-bloated version.

De-bloating and deleting apps will not regain the space from Samsung's system and files.

This can only be "Given" back by Samsung,as they did in the latest update.

They kindly gave back .08GB :eek:

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
this one ^^ is also true…

Sent from my Disturbed™ Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

WIPE BATTERY STATS MYTH

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OpenCollective:
Hey peepz, I've just flashed Philz recovery using Odin. If I want to flash a new version of the recovery, will I have to use Odin again or can I flash it in an easier way? Also if I flash a new version, will I lose all my data? Thanks! ;)

EDIT: oh and what's the difference between the Android development forum and the Original android development forum?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darth_buki:
you may be right sir LOL sorry its late and I'm burnt out. that is the exact firmware im trying to flash. is it the wrong one?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I think [MENTION=5038461]CarlM34[/MENTION] is correct here, you tried to flash a 4.2 firmware on a phone with a 4.3 bootloader, that clearly isn't going to work

Here is a detailed howto: "Install M919UVUEMK2 Official 4.3 Firmware TMO Galaxy S4 SGH-M919"
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Yeh...looks like wrong one mate! As [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] says below.....Guide provided there also....Good luck:good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darth_buki:
wow LOL what a lack of sleep can do for a person. and no kidding with that download time. its 2am over here in cali and ive been at it since about 7pm. gonna call it a night and see if by morning the actual file is downloaded by then to give it a go. thanks a lot to everyone that helped its greatly appreciated.:good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avadis99:
USB porblems

Hi and thanks for this site that is of great help to all phone users.

I use Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 international model, and lately when I connect to my computer (also to Kies as such) my phone, although it shows the internal and external memory cards and the files, but when I enter the files it does not show the content. Or after several disconnections and connections, it might enter the files but it just shows completely different files or names?

What could be the cause, can you help?

Thank you again and may this site live long...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanchogab:
Hi. I am on KOT49H 4.4.2 GPE AOSP rom. I am having issues using wifi direct. I cannot send or receive files even though the other device is already connected. I have also installed 3rd party apps but no luck. Need help. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramordep:
Hi all, Im on 442 GPE custom ROM. I can't get my USB OTG to work with external hard disk..I was able to do this when I was still on 422 rooted stock ROM. Need help, thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NUMAN24:
But what deos it do? Chainfire said it supports s4? In what way? What deos it reset?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

What are you talking about?

Triangle Away?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lisendra:
Dear Users from XDAdev,

I have recently obtained a s4 i9505 international without waranty, so i decided first to try roms to see whats they offert (omega rom), and then i decided that i only need a stock firmware, and i have atm the latest firmare for my i9505.

my problem is, i need the samsung keyb with sub symbols activated, and i have find the solution here by moding the file in /system/csc/others.xml, to do that i need to root my device, and now i have lost my OTA update option.

So is there a solution to mod that file without root? is it possible to maybe modify the stock firmware before flashing it? like unrar it and pack it again with that file modified?

It may sound stupid but the stock keyboard from samsung is nerfed without the sub symbols for me, and i feel like it's a pain to write msg.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
It's impossible to mod a ROM without root access, you simply don't have access to it without root (thats what rooting is all about)

You can try to find a keyboard on Play Store that offers what you are looking for and use that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
In addition of what [MENTION=3306843]kantjer[/MENTION] said, please dont try to modify Stock Firmware package. You may brick your phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matt-24:
Try with another kernel

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi....If this is regarding TA then I can confirm (for me anyway) this works on th i9505. ....My binary counter was at 104:eek: this morning and also custom state. After taking the plunge and hitting ok to reset it now shows.....see attached....happy days:D I am also running custom 4.4.2 Omega v21 with stock kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandeep148:
Hi guys.

Was just finding flipfonts pack from hour. Still not found. I flashed my memory card. Forgot to backup. Flipfonts also lost. Can any help me to provide me link for flipfonts pack for my s4. I really need it please help me.

Edit. Got it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

104...is that all?

:p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
LOL....Yeh thats what I thought when I saw the figure.........The S2 however would be in the 1000's probabaly:angel:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
I don't even dare to guess what's mine :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThiagoRFA:
I've flashed PhilZ' Recovery but now I wanna flash the Liquid Smooth ROM, but it doesn't work w/ this one, so I need to install de CWM... I've made the NANDroid backup through PhilZ, so I think if I try to restore my last backup it's gonna restore the custom recovery too, isn't it? I tried to flash the CWM w/o removing the PhilZ Rec but it didn't work. Is there anyway to restore the stock recovery to flash the CWM one or will I have to flash a stock ROM and then make a root/flash CWM?

Thanks in advance...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
What phone do you have?

If it's a 9505 use SGS4 Flasher, the is a link on page 1 of this thread. There is no need to go back to stock recovery to flush CWM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThiagoRFA:
Done, I've already downloaded it, but what are the steps now? Select Flash, right?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

As well as what kantjer said, restoring a nandroid backup will not restore a recovery or modem , as these are not included in the backup.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Yeh press Flash and locate recovery in the directory that appears and press it!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandeep148:
Sorry for reposting. At past i didnt found.was my mistake.

Any can pass me flipfonts for s4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have you checked out iFont - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kapp.ifont&hl=en
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wendiko:
I upgrade via OTA to 4.3 UBUEMK1 everything is running just fine. When I go yo download mode there is nothing related to knox there. Am I o knox?

Check the pics...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandeep148:
Thanx man that's really helped me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lisendra:
Thanks you, i finally decided to use the swift keyboard payd version, i t's just that i like the prediction of samsung stock keyb.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Samsung keyboard prediction is based on SwiftKey technology. But SwiftKey is better, I think they use a more advanced version. Give SwiftKey some time to learn and it will be great.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThiagoRFA:
Hey, I've flash the stock ROM for the 2nd time, I guess. Now I can't even access the WiFi connection, when I try to enable it, the device just turns it off and I can't even look for connections near the device.

How could I fix it? I would try to flash a custom ROM to try to fix it, but I can't even flash the ROM I want cuz I don't know how to flash the CWM.img :(

I've tried a lot of tutorials here, but most of them need the ROM Manager, but I cant install it once my WiFi doesn't work and Kies doesn't recognize my phone.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vagaBond07:
Search TWRP here, that is flashable with ODIN. You can also download philz. Refer to this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2281367
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Can you tell us what firmware you had,and what stock firmware you flashed?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThiagoRFA:
Hey, thanks for the reply.

I'm trying to flash the Liquid Smooth ROM and I was told that it only flashes w/ the CWM rec. (I've tried w/ philz and it didn't work)

Now I have the VJUEMK8, but before flashing this stock one, I had the one that ends w/ MKE. I don't remember exactly.

My device is the GT-I9505.

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vagaBond07:
I'm using the leaked boot loader and the leaked 4.4.2 on Jamal's ROM. Flash Philz first then flash CWM after if thats the case :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThiagoRFA:
Yes, I would flash CWM if I knew how to flash through Odin a .img file :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wendiko:
Anyone???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
it doesnt show on I9500 variant. but sure you have the secured bootloader
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wendiko:
Ok but if i Root it, will it be displayed as warranty void at the download screen?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vagaBond07:
:good:

---------- Post added at 09:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:11 PM ----------

Im not really sure, but if you are in a secured boot loader, knoxX0 should be there.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
im not sure about the I9500 for what it will be displayed, but i guess yes.

but in any way rooting will void the warranty because hidden counter will be triggered, and on I9500, it can not be reseted
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wendiko:
I see, sorry for those dumb question, i am new to the s4 I have a note 2 and it is way easier to do those things.

I am running 4.3 without knox on my note 2, rooted with all the necessary things.

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

I think you are flashing an older version over a newer one.

Try flashing a later version than MK8

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NUMAN24:
Yeaa
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

It resets the flash counter.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThiagoRFA:
I couldn't find the latest version :(