yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi there,

First off have a good look round the various ROMS for the i9505 and decide for yourself which one you would like to try.:D

Done?

OK.

1. You are already rooted (not always necessary, a good recovery is usually enough as most custom ROMS are pre-rooted):good:

2. Install a custom recovery. I would recommend Philz HERE......Follow install intructions for Odin flash:good: There are others but I have never had issues with this one!

3. If not done already, copy Custom ROM to your device.

4. Boot into recovery

5. I would recommend at this point a Clean (full wipe) install (Philz recovery has this option under Factory Reset/Clean for new ROM)

6. Install .zip (ROM) from location you put it in.

7. If its an Aroma install (customized) follow instruction during install. Otherwise let the ROM install.

8. Re-boot phone (may happen automatically though)

9. Enjoy

;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICAMP:
Thanks for getting back so quickly Mandeep. Neither method you mentioned worked. I've also accidentally root deleted the samsung account app. I am now seriously considering trying to set this back to stock and starting again. Good news is these 9500's are unlocked already.

Thanks again for your help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borikat:
is there any Camera mod/app where you can position the shutter button elsewhere in the screen? i just find it very awkward positioned in the bottom most.. where you will accidentally touched the BACK button. not so ergonomic in my opinion
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi,

I am not sure about any mods but you can change the volume rocker to be used as the shutter function in the settings menu of the camera. Not sure if this would be better for you:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borikat:
thanks for the reply.. i have done that. the vol rocker makes it more shaky while taking picture. :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICAMP:
Oh snap I miss read the page my bad
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
LOL...No worries...The only thing that will be different is the recovery and obviously the ROM choice......But Philz has a recovery for the i9500 too HERE ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Will Suggest latest CWM for the same. :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpdc27:
WOW Thanks.. This is what I'm looking for.. Your are awesome.. thank a lot :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You're welcome...Glad to be of help!:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagofbits:
Three UK Modem Choice

Hi,

Can anyone help with modem choice for i9505 three uk Modem(s), When I got the phone it was on MEA and still am, I rooted and flashed a GE rom which I'm still on.

After reading a number of posts some people seem to be having a problem with signal loss, I am on occasions so thinking of a modem upgrade.

I'm Knox free and don't wanna catch the Know pox if possible.

Is it worth me upgrading ? Anyone have any experiences with upgrading and had good result and would share what they did and modem choice?

Or I guess the other option is leave as is.

Looking forward to your help on the matter

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi

You should be OK to change the GSM modem - Get from HERE :good:I am also on 3 and have no issues with MK9 GSM modem! Its just a case of trying them and see what best suits you really;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagofbits:
Three UK Modem Choice

Many thanks for your advice...

I've just downloaded I9505XXUEMK9_MODEM.rar , hope thats the right one?

Did it improve things for you ? Also sorry I read that if I flash any GSM modem it's ok and will not give me the Knox stuff, do you know if that's correct ?

Do we also need to do anything with the LTE modem when three eventually get round round to giving us the much hyped 4g service ?

Many thanks....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevae:
yes, thank you. however, when i try to update either program, it says it downloads the update, but when i try to install it, it takes me to a screen where i decide permissions. then, no matter which choice i make, the install button doesn't work. it does nothing but leave me on that page. how can i fix this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
The GSM modem should be quite large (50 MB ish).....You wont get the knox pox unless you update to a KNOX enabled bootloader so you should be fine. This can only be done via OTA update or flashing firmware via ODIN generally!

I have had no problems with MK9...but I am abit of a flashaholic sometimes and can never remember which one was better for me....so stuck with MK9 for now!:D

EDIT - I would leave your LTE alone at the moment if sound/wifi etc are OK
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagofbits:
Three UK Modem Choice

Thanks for reply, I love some of the custom stuff going on but I'm really cautious.

That file i downloaded is only 19mb ? I find that thread really confusing.so now I'm not sure if I've the right one.

Thanks for the LTE advice also.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Sorry mate....The extracted .tar file from the .rar file is what you need for ODIN. The .rar is 20 ish MB and 50 ish once extracted!;):o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagofbits:
Three UK Modem Choice

Sorry,

I must have had too much xmas pud, that brandy cream gone to my head.

I understand and will give it go, you take care and gave a great new year.

Once again thanks you've been a great help.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Happy New Year to you too and you're welcome:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Off Topic (Sorry)

Would just like to wish Everyone a Happy New Year as I won't be around for couple o days (for obvious reasons :p :eek:)

:D:D:D:D:DAnd I got accepted today for the RC program :D:D:D:D:D:D

Again HAPPY NEW YEAR

See you all next Year! :victory:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BulletBrusher:
Can´t change Scheduler

Hello i have a question about I/O schedulers and KT Kernel (KTweaker). I can´t change my I/O Scheduler everytime i close KTweaker and open it again i get this message "Your saved I/O Scheduler does not match current..." and i get no solution for this problem. Did anybody know the reason or better a solution :) for this problem

Sorry for my bad english and thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Is THIS of any help?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Happy new year to you and everyone else here.

Congratulation on your acceptance to the green team :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BulletBrusher:
No, it is set to "apply immediatly" without delay, but thanks for fast answer

now my reinstallation of the rom is finished and i think now it works

---------- Post added at 09:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:46 PM ----------

Yes it works :laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

And congratulations,mate.

Well deserved.

:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anton.gusev:
Headphones sound pronlem i9500

Hi all!

I'm using Prism™ Barebone V2.6 on my I9500 and have problem with headphones sound, it's too loud.

Is it any solution to make outgoing sound quieter changing .conf files, not using equalizer preamp?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sitwano:
Remember folks.. If anything goes wrong.. And I mean anything software related... Just use Odin to flash stock firmware back... Always keep stock firmware with you.. It will save ur life..... Don't ever flash custom ROMs without having stock image in hand...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Press - volume button to Low the Volume.:p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonbigwave:
jus curious...anyone found any malware?

Jus curious, so anyone found any malware in kingoapp? if so please let me know so I can inform CISCO, Intel, Accenture and "millions" of downloaders who apparently "trust" it? we should tell people if it "really" has malware...right?

(doesnt seem to have tripped my knox either..)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
CIA, FBI and Interpol too......
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m@ximum:
It seems Kingoapp have give XDA explaination. Some thread that is closed is now reopened for discussion.

People worried of old version of kingoapp in november because it seems to read/collect your IMEI. Kingo have removed it since then. Probably is safe now, there has been many updated version of it.

Either way, I think even we dont trip KNOX counter during root, will we trip it when we install custom recovery or custom rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonbigwave:
Thats what I thought but thanks for confirming. I used kinogapp was too easy and didnt trip my knox either. but i was alarmed to see some people say it had malware?? anyhow I didnt see what the big deal was also with tripping knox, I dont care about warranty..and as you mentioned, you trip knox when u install custom rom anyways, right?.

"let us not forget, a pro surfer was always once a kook, and a developer was once a noob.."
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m@ximum:
That's what I think too. Let's say I managed to root without tripping KNOX counter.

But, I will trip it later when I install custom recovery and custom ROM right? Since there is no way to install custom recovery now without tripping the KNOX counter.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShinySide:
It's a false alarm. Its because it contains su. Which Microsoft, Norton, etc etc consider a virus. Because it technically is. It removes all user restrictions and "opens the system wide open"

This has happened for Years. Since back on Eclair. If you are downloading something that contains su expect it to trigger your anti virus.

If you want to test it out for yourself. Put su in a folder with a bunch of other files and changes are depending on your anti virus when you right click the folder and select scan it'll recognize su as a virus.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonbigwave:
good point...agree & thanks for reconfirming.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muiacir:
hi guys

1- why the air move(move apps to different page) worked in try but does not work in home screen?

2- does anyone can mount ntfs file formats?the google report this bug and i have this bug too

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58277
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kifel Jatt:
Hello guys.

I came across a "s4 stock apps" thread a few days ago but I cant seem to find it now. Any help please.

Happy new year
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
hello, i just wanna ask, is AOSP 4.4.2's 3G signal so weak? i lost my 3G when i flashed the rom. i dont have problems with Stock TW.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
When flashing a Rom though recovery your modem isn't changed so in theory the reception should be the same.

You can always try another modem. I'm also running a 4.4.2 AOSP Rom and nothing wrong with the reception.

If you lost 3G but still have a good mobile signal it's also possible that the APN setting for your provider are missing. Search for them and enter them manually.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
i dont know what you're talking about, but can you teach me? i dont know what a modem is, too. and also, i have 2g signal but when i turn to 3g, it just goes to "emergency calls" :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themacdaddy:
Hi All, My i9505 is on one of Djembys pre-rooted stock roms. I did a hard reset today and my phone is asking me to install 4.3 OTA. I am currently on 4.2.2. I am worried that if I update do I will

1. Lose my root

2. Get some issue like wifi or bluetooth not working due to changing the knox counter (I am not worried about voiding my warranty part of knox)

I would like to be on 4.3 but its not a massive issue for me to stay on 4.2.2. My baseband is currently I9505XXUDMH8.

I have been reading the Q&A's on this forum about Knox but I still can't get my head around what it really means for me.

I would appreciate any help, thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
See this video on how to set your APN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOm4ctxTx0I

There is a link to a modem thread on the first page of this thread, have a look there. With th extra info you gave I don't think it's a modem issue though.

And remember, when switching from 2G to 3G you will always lose your connection but it should return after a few seconds.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mandeep148:
Happy new year to all..

God bless you and your family always..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you update to 4.3 via OTA you will loose root, but your knox flag won't be triggered.

Re Rooting your then upgraded Rom will most likely trigger knox.

So it's up to you. An alternative is to keep your old knox free bootloader and use a non TW Rom.

I'm running the latest Android 4.4.2 and still have my old knox free bootloader. So if needed for warranty purposes, I can always go back to a 100% Stock situation by Odin flashing a stock Rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themacdaddy:
First of all thank you so much for replying and clearing it up for me.

Your alternative approach seems like a good idea. Could you point me to a tutorial/page that would show me how to do that?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
One correction to my previous post, you can still use a custom TW based ROM if you like.

The Procedure is simple, flash a custom recovery through Odin and after that flash a custom Rom (zip file) through the new custom recovery.

Look at the first post of this thread for a few useful links on custom recovery's, I suggest either PhilZ or TWRP.

The Rom is a very personal choice, take some time reading about various Rom's and make your choice based on what suits you best.

If it's your first time flashing a custom Rom, don't be afraid, read, read and read and follow the instructions and you will be fine.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevae:
can't seem to get an answer in the wanam thread, so thought i would ask here, to see if there are any wanam experts in here. i have updated the exposed installer, and the wanam mod. when i started making changes through wanam, at first they would download, but would not install. then after a while, they started installing. but after a restart, the changes i made are working, but now i can't seem to make any other changes that work, or install any other modules. any idea why, or how to fix this?

btw, i am using an i9500, running omega v16 w/ 4.3, and adam kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexBridgez:
S4 AOSP stuck on infinite boot animation

Hi,

I've got a Galaxy S4 GT-i9505 running jamal2367's KitKat AOSP Rom. It installed fine apart from the phone network/mobile data part. So I flashed the MK9 Modem for the phone and everything was fine after that. I had the occasional reboot but apart from that it is a great daily driver.

My friend has an identical Galaxy S4 and I rooted his phone, backed up his apps, contacts, texts, call logs etc, factory reset and installed the exact same rom. When I turned it on I found that his mobile network/data worked straight away (we are on the same mobile network, O2 UK), so I didn't flash the MK9 modem to his phone. Within a day he was complaining of random reboots and random one second screen blackouts.

He also said that when he rebooted, he would get the following message above the "Samsung Galaxy S4" boot image saying "Kernel is not Seandroid Enforcing" in red and "Set Warranty Bit" in yellow since I rooted his phone. Yesterday, he let his phone reach 0% battery and when he plugged it in, it went to the standard Samsung Battery icon for a few seconds then the google boot animation for a minute, then back to the battery icon for a few seconds. This would loop indefinitely.

I thought this might be a modem issue so I booted into download mode on his phone and flashed the same MK9 modem. This hasn't helped as far as I can see. It still shows "Kernel is not Seandroid Enforcing" and "Set Warranty Bit". The AOSP rom comes with faux123's kernel if that helps?

Could someone please please help me out as I'm directly responsible for this guy not having a working phone. Expect many thanks a maybe even a custom designed sig in return for helping out a noob with an angry phoneless friend :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
Happy new year from Lebanon :D:D:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

The "Kernel is not Seandroid Enforcing" is just the knox-pox telling you that the kernel is not stock.It is harmless.

Have you managed to boot it up yet?

What firmware did you have on your phone when you started?

Your friend clearly has a knox bootloader and you need to boot it up and remove all the knox elements.

Let the phone just charge a while before trying to boot it up...

Look HERE

This will at least get rid of the boot message,and may cure some of the other problems.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexBridgez:
Thanks for the fast reply,

I can't boot into it yet sadly. My freind says he's fine losing the AOSP rom and going back to stock TouchWiz as long as he gets to keep his apps (app data would be nice too) and contacts. He was on the latest stock TouchWiz rom. I've made a nandroid backup of the current state, is there any way I can extract his apps (+data) and contacts to put on a fresh unrooted stock TouchWiz rom?

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Also, why do you think this happened to his phone and not mine, if we were running basicly identical firmware?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Take it back and get a replacement.

This will not get better by itself.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubema:
Can any one let me understand this....??

Hi,

I just post a new thread in the main page, i did't notice this nice and helpful thread.

Its under this title:

[Q] S4 i9500 Slower after using "Adam Kernel", Why?

Or you may go dirctly to its link

Thank you very much.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brmagic:
Headphones

Hey guys,

I have a question. I was trying to launch s-voice while i had the flip cover on my phone. I noticed it doesnt work, which really sucks. I also noticed that I couldnt make an outgoing phone call using the headset the way you can with other devices (ie iphone). Is there a way around this to successfully make hands free outgoing calls?

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airstream25:
WMA audio file support

Does the Verizon Galaxy S4 support the playback of WMA files?

I tried a WMA audio book on my phone and it would not play.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebilrulz:
What do you guys think about the RAM status? The usage never falls below 1.2GB even if its not doing anything.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubema:
Hi,

I was in the same of your situation.

But i when i rooted my i9500 with adam's kernal, it was possible to me to download the Excellent app (Uninstall Maser).

Then i uninstall the most RAM demanding system application.

Now my Ram wont get up more than 1.2 GB at the most bad scenarios.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebilrulz:
Thanks for the reply. Could you please post a link to the thread
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubema:
Sure,

Here you go:

Adam's Kernal

Good Luck
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chape199:
Whats the difference between i9505 original and i9505 forums? One more thing, is there any solution to overheat problem?

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

They both seem to be a mixture of the same things. :p

No overheating problems here.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotboy2542002:
when i root the screen sharing wont work...help

when i root my s4 as soon as i try to use the wifi sharing it alweays shows me an error but when i reinstall the stock rom then it allowes me to connect to my wireless display any help would be greatly appreciated...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icyfantasy:
Hi everyone! I'm using the GT-I9505 version, rooted with Adam kernel and stock ROM. I cant seem to make use of AdAway or other similar programmes. I can launch and download the host files but the ads still appear on my browsers (chrome, stock etc)

Any help is appreciated
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2nnann3:
Virtous Ten Studio

anyone who knows how to compile and decompile using VTS? got a bit of curiosity on using VTS.. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebilrulz:
It was jellybean that decided to not have apps to SD
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] z31unknown:
Hi,

Im new in Android and rooting.

still cant post on the CF Auto Root for i9505 thread so im posting here.

will it work on all version?

mine says ZHUAME3.

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

I'm new too, so I have to post here (does not really make sense!?).

I have S4 9505.

PDA I9505XXUBMEA (stock rom),

CF auto root last version (all ok),

triangleaway 2.96.

TriangleAway says counter 0 but never the less system info say custom any idea why?!

Dirk

'If possible address my request to the TriangleAway Thread, pls. Thx!'
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vayu:
Cannot view SDCARD folder when connected to PC

Okay before you beat me down as a newbie and scream wrong thread. I searched and could not find a solution to this

I have KIES installed

I have rooted with the chainfire kernel installed

I have the philz version of CWM

I did a nandroid of my orignal rom

I need to copy a custom ROM to the sdcard so can flash from recovery

I have enabled USB debugging (that was quite a trick to get that enabled), I connect my phone and I cannot see the sdcard to copy to

What gives?

How are you guys able to view the entire S4 folder tree structure when you connect to windows (I have win7)

Thanks in advance also posted on Wanam thread but hoping for more exposure here

Please explain for those who custom rom'd there S4 how they were able to achieve this. If developers could chime in that would be great instead of the ususal copy my ROM to sdcard and then flash via recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runedrune:
Try this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaurdjatixa:
How to backup phone before unrooting? thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

There are 2 ways to restore apps.

1. Titanium Backup...The Pro version will let you extract apps from a nandroid.

You need to have made a backup in order to be able to restore.

2. Nandroid Manager

I did ask you what firmware you were on when you flashed your ROM.

Are you sure that you had identical firmware?

You need to google stock firmware to re-install that.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexBridgez:
Yeah I'm pretty sure we had the same firmware, we both bought the phones from the same store with basicly identical contracts at around the same time. I just realised that the TWRP backup is on a micro-sd so I can just plug that into the PC and pull it off without having to adb.

---------- Post added at 11:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:00 PM ----------

I also have a nandroid backup I made just before flashing the AOSP rom. Can I restore that backup, then copy over the contacts and app data fromthe current nandroid backup?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Yes,you can restore your original nandroid,and use the Nandroid Manager to extract the apps and data you want.

Make sure you do not use any system data.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexBridgez:
Can it extract contacts?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Contacts are saved by google.

Mine are all installed whenever I sign in to google.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scrioss:
Happy new year :)

Can anyone help me out please? :cowboy: