[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] AlienSexGod:
Ok yeah my bad I suppose Eastern Euro still has some laws that are weak on consumer protection. It's an interesting point however to argue that if some hardware fails and Samsung tries not to warrant the phone on the basis of custom software they must prove, on a balance of probability that the software mod caused the hardware failure. Now if you were using a CPU boost mod you are probably stffed but anything else you are arguably good to go... no need to flash back to stock even! :p

So what does keeping the old bootloader do for you my man? :confused:

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Most of us have been trying different roms and thinking that a full wipe and flash is enough. It is on some other roms for stability but Omega whilst arguably being the most advanced is a bit more finicky and really you need to update the modem, and boot loader to the latest or close to latest at least. In the below instructions we use the term settle is use and that just means give it time for a full boot and writing everything necessary for a full clean install before you move onto the next step. Many think this is clear but for newer people this is not clear. I did many full wipes and went back to GE 4.3 many times but this was not enough to give me stable OMEGA!

OMEGA gives you the latest rom but does NOT update your modem, baseband or boot loader!

Register at http://www.sammobile.com

Download latest Stock Samsung 4.3 Romania (Orange) from the below link

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=21318

Unzip it to reveal .tar.gz format compatible with installing via Odin

Don’t worry it’s Romanian you just want the latest matching modern, baseband you can spec English when you load it up to test this rom on its own & left the stock software have time to settle.

It gives you an Antutu benchmark of 28.8k as does Omega 13.2.

I am pretty sure the contained latest modem, baseband & boot loader will work well anywhere in the world but can 100% say it’s super sweet in Australia on Telstra

Flash from ODIN Samsung Romania (Orange) 4.3 for the latest I9505XXUEMJ8

Boot the phone and let it settle down for a few minutes...

Boot into recovery, wipe data (be aware internal sdcard will be erased so backup)

Boot again and let it settle again

Now flash from Odin latest Philz recovery

After flashing, reboot in recovery and reboot into ROM.... settle again...

Boot into recovery and flash Omega with a full wipe....

Be Aware flashing 4.3 stock will flag 0x1 your knox warranty (ATM for sure warranty void in US, in Western Europe & Australia you are legally cool ) and could break your root but if you are going Omega re=root comes with it.

Very stable phone internet apps & super fast with one small issue a dialog box when opening some new apps “Clear default app settings by going to Task manager > Clear default and tapping Clear” and I can’t fix that specifically but it seems to be only the first time you open that app.

I ended up with the latest greatest S4 with:

Boot loader I9505XXUEMJ8

Modem I9505XXUEMJ8

Baseband I9505XXUEMJ8

Kernel version 3.4.0 root@talexop-linux #2

Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505

Rom: Omega v13.2 XXUEMJ5

PhilZ Touch 5.18.9