yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Please ask in Omega thread!

EDIT - My appologies, you probably can't post there yet!

What baseband are you on.....Check in Menu>settings>more>about device
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrian7up:
baseband i9505XXUBMGA
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Follow instructions for old bootloader.......I am at this point assuming you have a custom recovery flashed?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrian7up:
hmm i used CF-Auto Root.. i think i installed something..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
You think????

If you are going to install a custom ROM you will need a custom recovery.....root is not entirely necessary. Read the OP (first page)...Lots of stuff there to read and digest before doing stuff to your phone you are not to familiar with;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kabowmz:
hi i need help on something... so i wanted to update jellybean 4.3 and i full unrooted my phone using superSU.. but then OTA says that my device has been modified even after a full unroot... what would i do? thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Please state the variant of your phone when posting questions.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kabowmz:
im sorry i have the i9505 version
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Are you aware of the Knox situation?

Do you care if you have it or not?

Do you care about warranty?

If you do care about warranty, then, reroot and flash a recovery and flash a custom 4.3 ROM without the Knox bootloader.

To get back to stock, just run Triangle Away, and stock firmware.

If you don't care about warranty, then, run Triangle Away, and stock firmware, and you should be able to get OTA. Then you can root and lose your warranty.

If you know nothing about Knox, then, read the sticky thread in Q&A section.

Or the thread in the General section.

:)

Transmitted telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Have a look HERE

Not to sure about your varient though!

EDIT - Check OP under Other Varients.....Also, looking at samsung updates there is no 4.3 for SPH-L720 (Sprint) Yet! - HERE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irshad506:
Changing of Code XSN to KSZ for Update

HI dear!

My mobile is 9505 S4!

So when I connect my mobile to Kies it show firmware and it area code is XSN I didn't find this area code even in sammobile firmwares and in Samsung-update.com so I have a few questions:

1. IF any one know about XSN so please give me information?

2. I want to change my area code XSN to different code maybe to XST or to United Arab Emirate mean KSZ, I also download complete rom of XST and I flashed my mobile with Odin but when i connect my mobile to Kies it again show me Firmware version and XSN in End of Firmware version!!!

so how I can change this area Code mean XSN to KSZ because i want to receive Update of United Arab Emirate through my phone???

Thanks and Sorry for bad English!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HS™:
Check the below thread and u ll have complete info or ask in that thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477&highlight=stock+firmware
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] worktorest:
Hi guys.

I'd like to know if i want to change to another kernel on my custom ROM, do i just flash it in recovery mode? Or do i need to wipe anything like cache, dalvik, etc. before flashing?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterjunky:
re: flashing kernels

You would flash the kernel exactly the same way that you flashed

your custom rom but there is no need for any wipes of any kind.

Just flash using twrp.cwm etc and reboot, that's all there is to it.

Just make sure that the kernel you flash was designed for your

particular phone's model number.

Good luck!

Don't forget that its a lot faster to click the "Thanks" button than it is to type "thank you" :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalyatala:
I finally got it.

Used Odin 7.09 to flash Official stock 4.3

Worked like a charm :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

What software/firmware are you on?

Are you stock or custom?

Sounds like a bad battery ,though.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
wipe cache and dalvik in recovery, do a full wipe if you encounter problems. to a very similar rom (for example, various modded versions of samsungs 4.3 rom) you may not need a full wipe.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ElFoldo:
follow up

Tried it.. It works fine, but it does not fix the wifi issue unfortunately..

Do you know of any hardware diagnostic methods?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
what ROM? i was on the echoe illusion rom and missed a wifi fix they had on the front page, basically people on the old 4.2 bootloader needed a wifi fix flashed to make it all play nice.

if its relevant, this is the thread (look for "wifi trick")
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ElFoldo:
answer

Hehe no, the problem occured on a stock phone, just woke up one day and wifi wouldnt turn on..

i have tried roms, kernels, wifi fixes etc.. nothing has worked so far

but thx anyway:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
probably a hardware failure then, unfortunately.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foflarage:
Hello

I just installed a Google Edition Android 4.3 on my Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 using the ►►[AOSP]Official 4.3- S4 Google Edition- Finaly v2.0 - Feel the Experience of Nexus◄◄.

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2348272

Every thing seems ok except the most important thing => the PHONE application is not working!!! Wifi is ok, the SIM network is ok but the phone ap is not working.

Could you please help me solve my pb?

Thanks in advance for your help!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

I take it that it was working properly on your previous ROM.

What baseband/radio/modem do you have? (Settings/about phone)

Have you read through the ROM thread?

Did you search "Phone app not working" on the thread search?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreenXSI:
Installing .apk

Hi,

Is it necessary to root the stock firmware to install any downloaded apk files from the internet? Eg:- The paid apps bundle downloads.. is it necessary to root the phone to install them?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
To my knowledge no you just have to allow the phone to install apps from unknown sources. Settings>more>security>Unknown sources.

But if you really enjoy the apps I would suggest paying for them as a lot of work goes into them.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Could you be more specific ?

What exactly is this "Paid app bundle"?

What does it consist of?

I hope it does not involve circumvention of payment.

Could you please clarify?

malybru

Forum Moderator
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foflarage:
Hi my baseband I9505XXUDM1

In The ROM thread I didn't find anything about this particular PB.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
Hey everyone I was having the issue above and a nandroid restore temporarily fixed the problem,it then happened again so I decided to flash stock firmware via Odin. Then after flashing stock firmware I got stuck in a bootloop and had to wipe cache/dalvik cache in stock recovery. The phone eventually booted and seemed OK. I used it for a day and it seemed fine so I rooted the phone,installed Philz touch and flashed Phoenix Rom 3.0, but then decided I would use omega V12 so I performed full wipe and Installed omega. I then installed adaway and had to restart...... the phone wouldnt boot up the operating system, so I reflashed Omega and it is currently working (touch wood) but I am in fear of rebooting my device

So I just checked the time on my phone/turned the phone screen off and it did the CRT effect. Now I know this effect is on the Phoenix Rom 3.0 but in all my time of using it Omega V12 I have never seen my phone do that. So what I'm basically asking is it possible that my phone is not wiping previous roms correctly and causing it to crash when I reboot?

My point being is that CRT was a feature of Phoenix rom but has never done it on Omega for me, I hope that makes sense.

I have the international GT I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

When you reply to a post,please use the "Reply" button below the post you are answering.

It makes it easier to trace back to the original problem ;)

If your phone app is not working,have you checked your APN settings?

Settings/wireless & networks/more/mobile networks/access point names

Check if your carrier is there and ticked.

Do you know what your settings should be?

Google is your friend.

Check them against what the phone is actually showing.

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

I use PhilZ and he has a great wiping method .

It is "Wipe to install a new ROM".

This always clears the phone well for me.

Did you try using that?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Made sence!

There is the possibilty of remnants of a previous rom being 'left behind' occassionally........You could always try using a cleaning script (@hawkerpaul) and re-istalling Omega again with full wipe to see if that sorts it out!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foflarage:
Hi

The carrier is OK, I can send message and use the 4G.

But when I try to call someone I have a black screen, ni sound and then Android freeze and I have to reboot...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

That sounds more like a ROM problem.

Try flashing the ROM again without wipe.

:)

Transmitted telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ritchiejoe:
Thank you for the reply:good:

Yes that is what I use everytime, but I still have the feature of Phoenix rom on my Omega rom :confused:

Hey mate

Could you point me in the direction of the script and instructions. I'm not sure I have it in me to try it but I will consider it :D

I'm wanting to sort everything before jumping to omega 13.2 :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lou 270:
What is a quick and simple way to unroot my S4 so can take the update
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreenXSI:
Someone told me I could get paid apps in 'apps pack bundle' or so through downloads and they come in .apk files.

This is my first time using android mobile so I was not sure where or how I could download or install them.

Also, does rooting void the 1 year warranty by samsung?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runedrune:
Sounds like piracy which could get you in big trouble here. Whatever that someone told you, forget all about it. If an app is paid then you have to pay for it.

And yes it does.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreenXSI:
Thank you very much for the information runedrune.

But then, what are the real worthy benefits of rooting Samsung S4 4G?

And, if someone rooted a mobile, is there anyway to make it back to normal so no one knows it was rooted at all?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterjunky:
re: updates

Go into your app drawer and find "supersu" open it and it will have options

to "un-root"under the settings tab scroll down until you see "Full unroot" select

that and reboot the phone and if all goes well you should be able to get the update.

This is assuming that your phone has the official STOCK firmware

in it, the same model# as what came with the phone.

Good luck!

---------- Post added at 11:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:19 AM ----------

Your XDA membership will become void if you keep posting stuff about downloading free paid apps. LOL

That's what's called "Pirating" :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runedrune:
You don't need to root to install downloaded APKs. So that wasn't an advantage if rooting anyway. There are loads of benefits. Lots of apps on the market that require root. Like titanium backup. There are apps like Stweaks and Synapse too that when paired with the right kernel allow you to overclock, undervolt, mess around with display settings and all sorts of other stuff. The possibilities with root are endless.

There is if you have a Snapdragon based S4. Not if you have the Exynos one though.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mediaman123:
Boot problems

I have been flashing some new roms because I think my battery is deteriorating quicker than normal, A s a result my S4 has been rebooting randomly.......however it never manages to successfully do so and just restarts again........I have to plug it in to the charging cable, either AC or PC, for it to boot up..........

this is not good.......

does there need to be a certain percentage of juice in the battery for it to boot up............

surely its not a rom problem.........

i suppose it could be my battery....

any thoughts...........

I have just installed Omega v13.2 and I am happy with it, still cant boot without a cable in.........

Any thoughts........
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Look & READ HERE :good:;)

---------- Post added at 07:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:31 PM ----------

Hi there,

Sounds like the battery may be the issue - have a look HERE as there have been lots of reports regarding batteries and Samsung have said they will replace them if need be (if this is the issue)!

:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mediaman123:
What other possibilities are there.....

I charged it up to 85% and it booted successfully. it then crashed and couldn't boot again....even at the 75-80% mark....

might just try get a new battery and test the theory....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fergdizzle9090:
what is the benefit of updating to md9 from mdl?

im running twrp recovery right now. is cwm of philz better? just want the best one i should be using

any aosp roms have working IR or active notifications like the moto x?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi,

Have you tried going back to stock to see if this issue continues? It may be that you have had a bad flash from a previous ROM....or flashing lots of different ROMS has caused some kind of system issue? I would probably recommend going back to stock for now and seeing if it persits!

Just a thought;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pigmachine:
Battery icon questions..

Is it enough to add the icons in SystemUI.apk or do you have to change something more for the battery to change looks? (and work as a 0-100% battery with a ring)

Sorry for repeating myself from the help thread.. but it had 60 views and not even a f*ck off as an answer
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llmoose:
Good Morning from Australia!

I recently purchased a 2nd hand Galaxy S4 (from a reputable seller who lives locally, I can always return the phone if need be) and jumped straight in last night and installed the Google Edition Rom and spent 3 or 4 hours downloading and installing apps.

This morning I got to work and upon trying to take a photo realised my camera doesn't work...Only after loading up instagram I could get the front facing camera to work but the second I try to switch to the rear face camera the app just locks up and I get nothing. I've also tried instagram and the barcode scanner app with no love.

After googling it does seem like a fairly common problem but no definite resolution, I do not get any error message at all. I have so far tried a factory reset (in which I lost all my hard app downloading from the night before!!!) to no avail!

I never actually tested the camera with the original firmware, I am currently downloading an original Samsung rom to see how that goes...

help?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi mate,

This depends if your current battery is 0-100%.............If so then you can make a flashable zip and place the battery images you want to replace in SystemUI.apk/res/drawable-xxhdpi....I think they are called tw_stat_sys_battery******.

There are around 226 .png images for these (will include the charge icons also)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darylguevara:
Kies and OTA, wont update me to 4.3

current firmware.. XTE "philippines"

I9505DXUBMG5

csc: I9505OLBBMG1

i manage to flash before,and set proper csc, to receive proper update from my country.

its already 5 days.. still no updates and kies wont support..

---------- Post added at 03:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:53 AM ----------

Kies and OTA, wont update me to 4.3

current firmware.. XTE "philippines"

I9505DXUBMG5

csc: I9505OLBBMG1

i manage to flash before,and set proper csc, to receive proper update from my country.

its already 5 days.. still no updates and kies wont support..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmokerz:
hello guys,

How to uninstall synapse from Perseus Kernel, because I just replaced it with Adam kernel and didn't find uninstall option :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlM34:
Hi,

Is your phone currently modified in any way? i.e rooted....Or fully STOCK?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darylguevara:
fully stock.. sir.

i tried factory reset but still no luck.. and reinstalling kies ,changing ports, even in my laptop same result..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mussels84:
a few root examples:

modifying system files you normally cant touch (new themes, ringtones, boot animations. removing bloatware your phone carrier pre-installed on the phone, and so on)

you can also install a variety of apps that normally dont work - ad blockers, overclocking for a faster phone, underclocking/undervolting for better battery life, and so on.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
2 questions:

-Philz recovery ask me every time I reboot the system if I want to fix the root,should I always say yes?

-I am searching for a plain big text battery percentage for TW 4.3 but can't find one (TW 4.2.2 ones are buggy),did you see one somewhere? The actual circular ones are too small :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
Just ignore them and continue with "NO" ... likely to be fixed with the next update

...try looking here.... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397976

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crook79:
OmegaROM 13.2

Hi all,

Im back on STOCK I9505XXUDMH6_I9505VDFDMH1_I9505XXUDMH6_HOME.

I want to flash Omega 13.2 but do i really need to flash GSM_Modem_XXUEMJ5_and_LTE_Modem_XXUEMJ5 before??

I was on Omega 13.2 had no issues only thing was battery life could that be a modem issues

or a kernel thing?

which kernel you advise?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tom_bombadill:
Hello, i would like to know is there possibilty to flash i9505 with clean google android, so that i get google edition i9505g. And if there is posibility how to do it. I haven't even rooted the phone yet.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
Thanks! but 3Minit mods are working with Mj5?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitastrudl:
im on mdm bootloader and running the latest omega tw rom. are there any benefits on flashing a newer bootloader. my modem is mj5 and have no problems

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
IMO the new bootloader only brings trouble, nothing we regular users where waiting for.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xode:
I use wifi & data icon from this thread ... if batt. mods do not work then try looking here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2280597 ... they work ...

And here batt.mod that I currently use ;)

https://db.tt/FxNhAKM0

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
Thanks!

Now I am trying to find a way to increase drawer fonts,dunno why sammy has blocked these from the rest of the TW
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lou 270:
I'm about to go nuts because I can't seem to get going in the right direction I'm trying to unroot my phone so I can take the new update and I have had some good advice but it all seems to boil down to having to use odin but I can't seem to find the right files or I'm doing something wrong I'm not sure but I have an HP computer I have been getting my download links off YouTube which download fine but I can't seem to open it and I really am getting frustrated because I don't know of if it's me the links or that stupid computer :'(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
There is a link to an excellent HowTo on the OP called "[GUIDE] Unroot/Unbrick, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy S4"
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitastrudl:
i was referencing to the latest one without the knox flags. so mh1 i presume?

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
sorry, I have no idea what bootloader you are talking about here.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samersh72:
firmwares begin with I9505XXUD & I9505XXUE, have the secured bootloader (MGG and up)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mediaman123:
I will try this........thanks..........

I read some where about a count or similar that recorded how many times a ROM had been flashed. Does such a thing exist and can doing a complete restore to stock, as if straight from the shop, reset such a counter.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philip2000:
Attempt at custom roms on MJ5 + Keyboard files request/instructions?

Hi kantjer,

Just for info, I've attempted flashing a number of roms over the last few days with semi-success. The roms I've tried have been MH8, MI1 and MGA based I think.

The good news was, I managed to get a custom rom to run that had both WiFi and sound working and also had the T9 4x3 keyboard too. The bad news is that the "Touchwiz home has stopped working" popped up anytime I attempted to add a shortcut to the home screen. This was a common theme in a number of roms, so I'm guessing it's down to my MJ5 knox-poxed/new bootloader phone.

I haven't attempted to run an MJ5 based rom (even though it would probably work) because it doesn't have the features I'm after, namely the 4x3 keyboard that Samsung have removed.

There are a number of SamsungIME files available online but I'm not sure how to get these working on my phone. I've tried putting them in System/App folder and changing their permissions, but it either causes the phone to crash or become unresponsive. If anybody can provide me with the later 4.2.2 SamsungIME files (because the first release 4x3 keyboard had a bug) (odex and apk), and advise me on how to properly load them to my phone (i.e. are there other files I should be including? I've heard mention of a SecSettings file too?) I would be eternally grateful. I've run out of ideas now unfortunately.

Thanks

Philip
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
Sorry can't help you there. I have never used the Samsung keyboard or TW launcher.

I'm a Swiftkey /Nova Prime user.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
Hi guys - urgent help needed.

I was on BMJ5 of the 4.3 build for my S4 I9500

Today I noticed a more recent build BMJ8 and downloaded and installed in on my S4 using ODIN.

The problem I am having is with my apps after I restore them using titanium backup. Most of times Titanium backup freezes during the restore process. And some apps which it restores dont run fine. There are numerous FC errors. Please help me with this problem. I am unable to restore my apps.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
From the TB site:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamy_hallian:
Thanks for the reply bro. But I was already using Titanium backup on 4.3 successfully on BMJ5 firmware. I only had to run a script which fixed some binary issues and everything worked smooth from there. But with this BMJ8 firmware even that script is not working.. :(:(