[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] sh4z:
@3473 It's a great processor - Samsung have tweaked the design slightly though; faster clock (1.9GHz on the S4, 1.5GHz on the Nexus 4) You can read more here or here

--Update 11:30 AM 11/05/2013

Installing.. CM10.1

ROM:cm-10.1-20130510-UNOFFICIAL-I9505.zip

MD5:51dfa1cc80447ccabb89850dbf64cf81

Pre-Install

0. Backup your stuff!

1. Used CF-Root to Fully Root The SGS4 I9505 (Confirm its working before proceeding)

2. Install Latest CWM from this thread as of 11:33 AM 11/05/2013 this is: cwm_i9505_11052013.tar.md5 *MD5:ebb187e3a6daa6cdca1b573a08c27c43

3. Charge to 100%

4. Backup your Stuff!

5. Copy CM10.1 Zip to Internal SD along with gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip *MD5:b7e53e96e1c8b1a1c4865bf29418c8e0

Installation Attempt

1. Reboot into Recovery Mode

2. Format /system

- Hung Formatting System

- Turn Phone OFF

- Restart into Recovery (Seems like Key-Combo is quite difficult to execute, had to reboot a couple times before it entered successfully .. maybe holding the button too long or too short ? normally I wait for the blue "Entering Recovery" and then release.

- Checked in Mounts (looks like /data and /cache are already mounted, I assume this is a requirement for format?)

3. Mount /system (Error mounting /system!)

4. Format /system (Done.)

5. Format /data (Done.)

6. Format /cache (Done.)

7. Install Zip from SD

- Three folders visible

0/

clockworkmod/

legacy/

obb/

- Select 0/ (Some strange reason this is the mount point for all my phone files *phew* internal sd not formatted great!

- Checked clockworkmod/ - Looks like backups still exist here... good

8. (Install Zip) Select cm-10.1-20130510-UNOFFICIAL-I9505.zip

assert failed getprop("ro.product.device") == "jflte" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "jflte" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "jfltexx" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "i9505" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I9505" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-I9505"
E:Error in /sdcard/0/cm-10.1-20130510-UNOFFICIAL-I9505.zip (status 7)
Installation aborted.

--Update 12:20 PM

Attempting Restore from CWM backup currently... :)

--Update 12:34 PM

Restoring From External SD (My Latest Backup) Seems to work...

will let you know when it boots!

So far /system, /data and /cache have written...

--Update 12:37 PM

Phone just shut OFF by itself! should probably dump you back to CWM to avoid giving people heart attacks.

Is this a sign of an unsuccessful restore?

Turned it back on - Attempting boot atm. Seems to be taking longer than usual... (stuck at samsung logo)

Rebooted to Recovery

CWM output upon entering;

E: can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E: can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E: can't open /cache/recovery/log

E: can't mount /cache/recover/last_log

E: can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

Looks like cache didn't restore properly. No worries just format cache.

Formatting /cache... (After 5 mins cache still not formatted)

Reboot to Recovery attempt format cache again...

Formatting /cache done.

--Update 12:50 PM

Rebooting

--Update 12:55 PM

Stuck at Sammy Logo again

Rebooted to Recovery - No more cache mount issue or error output. ^^

Attempt Restore from Internal SD

Opening Backup/Restore > Restore ... Couldnt Open Directory - No Files found... Great! (Internal SD Backups gone?)

Opening Restore from External SD.. Restore from #1 Backup (1 before latest)

Restoring...

--Update 1:01PM

Checking MD5 Sum... OK

Erasing boot before restore... OK

Restoring boot... OK

Restoring /system... OK

Restoring /data... OK

Skipping .android_secure

Restoring /cache... %

--Update 1:05PM

Phone OFF by itself. Will wait another 5 mins to be sure...

Test Phone boot - Hung at samsung logo...

--Update 1:19PM

Factory Reset - Formatting /data & /cache. Failed formatting cache

Reboot to Recovery - Factory Reset - Success.

/data, /cache, /sd-ext, /??? (!) wiped.

Installing Applications...

Boot Successful

Looks like most of my stuff is there (checking under gallery it appears)... so internal sd not wiped just not sure why it didn't pick up the CWM/Backups...

Phone Working Again

--Update 1:21PM

Files have been moved to /sdcard/0/* ???

Thats why it didnt pick up the CWM/Backups... Glad I made a copy to External SD! (Backups = Win)

Re-Merging /0/* with /*

Maybe there's a symbolic link or junction missing or misconfigured (Idea?) that CWM is looking for possibly /sdcard/*

Summary.

CWM backup works okay... may be possible issues with cache backup... or just not restoring correctly (Maybe backups are okay, wont know until I can trust CWM results)

CWM restore process needs fix to work 1st time from Internal and External

CWM format process needs fix to work 1st time.

Install Script for cm-10.1-20130510-UNOFFICIAL-I9505.zip Requires fix, or instructions need to be changed so they work.

I do bare in mind that the instructions were written for the Initial Release zip and this is an updated zip... but probably should remain the same procedure...

Backups are important! ^^