yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] 0mega007:
Has anyone had a reboot when opening the camera app from the lockscreen or in the app icon, in this firmware (XXUBMF8).

And has anyone who had camera reboots had stopped them, with this firmware?

Im getting my S4 tomorrow and i wonder is this has been fixed 100%
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Can anyone please tell if it thr firmware works better than mf5. Any changes over mf5? Dialer and contact issue fixed but what about "logs" tab?
[Galaxy S 4 General] cmd512:
Exactly, I was wondering if even flashed the F/W or cut and pasted a review from elsewhere. Most of the items he claimed are new have been there for quite some time.
[Galaxy S 4 General] khantastic:
all these issues were due to low ram to start camera, they have been fixed.

logs tab scrolling is not very smooth :(

how to record video in HDR then?? or is it already ON?
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
Choose HDR Mode from the different mode available and start video recording
[Galaxy S 4 General] Rahulrulez:
Amazing. At least they have somebody to take care of our device.. I hope this device will get support for a longer time at least from Samsung :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] bogdan1234:
Ughhh you lucky people. I'm still stuck with the original firmware from factory . Samsung didn't bother to provide a BTU (UK unlocked) update by now. Still waiting but my patience has limits.
[Galaxy S 4 General] wholly1:
I did cip it as it was next to download link. After i've flashed it i've made some coments. It wad in good faith ;)

Why dont you guys instead just coment my work flash it yourself and share your opinions?

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Your device is not compatibile with this soft.

It is only for Gti9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] negrobembon:
I feel you dude, im on the same boat or even worse cause im in TPA(panama unlocked) firmware and im still rocking MDK while others have been updated twice already

I doubt I'll be seeing any fixes for my device anytime soon unless i flash it myself
[Galaxy S 4 General] bogdan1234:
In all fairness, I wasn't planning to flash the rom on my device. I was simply corroborating what other thousands of Samsung owners are shouting on different forums: the way Samsung is planning the firmware updates for flagship devices is unacceptable. How can Apple update all devices at once? I completely agree with vendor locked devices, but unlocked devices is a matter of csc.

And don't get me started with the new Galaxy range: different processors ( 4 versions of s4 of you consider the new lte-a), active, Google version and so on. The flagships become outdated in a couple of months which is outrageous.

I have this bad feeling that sammy's senior management board members are losing their heads and they might end up like Nokia or RIM who ignored what their target customers were asking for.
[Galaxy S 4 General] khantastic:
both you guys can surely flash roms from other regions but make sure its for your variants I.e. i9505 and i9500 etc
[Galaxy S 4 General] ardalkuni66:
hi guys i flashed it and it was workin fine . then i rooted with CF and it gets stock on the apps upgrading at boot . how do i fix it ? i don.t wanna loose my apps :rolleyes:

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guuysss any help ???/ i.m stuck !!!!!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
So move to Apple...
[Galaxy S 4 General] khantastic:
try reflashing the rom
[Galaxy S 4 General] ardalkuni66:
i did

no luck

downloading crash 2.5 hope it boots !!!

but if it didn.t ? full recovery wipe ?? or shid o flash o 4 file rom with pit ? is that nessesary ? i mean does CF have anything to do with the pit partitions ?? or i.m just thinkin too much ?

has any body root MF8 with CF ?? any luck ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] khantastic:
NO, do not flash PIT file unless necessary....!!

try flashing just the kernel as well.

otherwise do a wipe then.

that's why back up is advised :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] titus1:
I don't know what Samsung's up to with these fw releases, yet issues still there.
[Galaxy S 4 General] G-XtremE:
I hate the fact that it's been so long and I've flashed so many fws and yet the camera still takes 4 seconds to open.

WHY IN GOD'S NAME DON'T THEY FIX THIS???
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Thats strange. My camera doesn't take 4 secs to open. Its more like 2 secs. I am on mea right now.

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Smearing, overheating and lagg when switching to log tab. These are the ones left. What other bugs have you found ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] gob:
I'm on MEA and it takes 1 second or less for my camera to open!
[Galaxy S 4 General] G-XtremE:
The app opens quickly but the black image disappears after 4-7 seconds. THIS IS REALLY PISSING ME OFF
[Galaxy S 4 General] cmd512:
So, you're saying you flat out lied. I mean, the "increase legibility" and other "new features" you mentioned have been around for several iterations, whereas the fixes you claimed aren't even fixed at all.

It's not that I care you chose to tell a huge tale online, I couldn't care less. But, when you make these review claims, know that there may be users on here that actually depend on them.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bogdan1234:
I think you missed the whole point of my post so I won't even bother to give you any detailed response. Next time read the posts carefully before expressing your smart ideas in public. bye!
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Alright. So after this much time, noone has been able to notice any performance or other difference compared to mf5? Like nothing?

I wonder why the change list is so high.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
I have read very carefully your post again just to see if I missed anything the first time, and no haven't missed anything.

You complain about company that releases per month a few updates (you can update manually or wait a couple of weeks to get OTA) and says apple is better. Yes, they update all their devices at once, but after a long period of time. Even the iOS7 beta was delayed for the iPad line.
[Galaxy S 4 General] 0mega007:
Hi Just 2 quick questions:

1) Is this really the best Official firmware for GTI-9500 so far?

2) does CF-Auto Root works, has anyone tested it?
[Galaxy S 4 General] dragon135:
1. For me it is the best. Higher changelist equals more bug fix and improvements.

2. Yes, it works.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 General] gob:
Actually opens direct to image with no black image in a second or less but with a closer look at the tread I'm a 9505 user, don't own a 9500 ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] bogdan1234:
So it seems my post is a bit too vague hence I'll try to explain bits of it that may have confused you. I never said Apple or Google with their Nexus line is better, I simply underlined the fact that those companies can update all regions at once. So I was just curious why Samsung doesn't do this as well. It cannot be a matter of infrastructure that's for sure. Stories such as "it would overload the servers and create bottlenecks if they release the updates at once" is a weak and improbable reason.

Your example of apple's new ios7 is a completely different story. You gave me this example of the extra time Apple took to finish the os port on Tablet but I was wondering why Samsung cannot update all unlocked devices of the same type, namely s4, at the same time. Your statement would have been valid if I was complaining about the delay in firmware update between S4 and note 8 for instance. Whereas here, it is just a matter of CSC. In UK for instance, carrier locked s4 got the update, providing that they got the final version of the software, added the necessary carrier boatware, and released it weeks ago.

Therefore I reached the conclusion that Sammy might be postponing the updates for a reason probably related to the contracts closed with carriers to offer priority over the unlocked versions of the same device.

In this case I appreciate Apple for respecting their customers more than Samsung does. From this to "go with Apple" is a really long road.

Concerning the number of updates provided per year per terminal, apple is still leading as it offers support for older versions. Take iphone4 for example. It was launched a few good months after Galaxy S. It still got parts of the features included in ios7, whereas SGS is stuck at 2.3.6 . Your statement is, again, not valid from my point of view.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
Ok, now I understand what you meant, sorry :o
[Galaxy S 4 General] bogdan1234:
I like the brand and I got all phones from the galaxy range until now, not to mention other phones prior to that. So I am not considering to change Samsung with Apple but I would wish to see some improvements regarding the software support.

When they launched the S4, almost all the speakers on stage insisted that they are continuously listening to their customers and give them what they request, or at least they try to do that. This issue is not new nor an isolated case.
[Galaxy S 4 General] negrobembon:
Damn, all regions seem to be receiving all kinds of new updates like mf3, mf8, mea and all that stuff while latin american regions are still stuck on mde or mdk

Im not asking to have the latest first all the time but it still sucks to be left for last if at all sucking up all the bugs that come with the older firmware for months

I know i can flash the new ones thanks to sammobile and xda

But not all people know these things, they might not care about software versions and all that stuff but they do care about the bugs and they can only complain about it cause in the end an update is the only way to fix those issues

I know a couple of people with weird issues like the camera failing all the time and the phones freezing or overheating, other regions got these issues fixed by samsung like 2 months ago and people here can only run back to the store or carrier and complain or return the unit again and again

I know this doesnt make much sense but it just an opinion, anybody feel free to correct me
[Galaxy S 4 General] dand99:
You must be unlucky because I also live in Panama and bought the i9500 not too long ago. A couple of days ago I was able to update to MF3 via OTA.
[Galaxy S 4 General] G-XtremE:
The issue I'm facing is GT-I9500 exclusive. As I've seen the camera FW does not change. if you type *#34971539# in your phone app you will be able to see your phone's camera FW. On the LTE version the FW updates have also updated the camera. The GT-I9500 did not experience that. I'm certain it's not a hardware issue as a reboot usually solves the lag but after a few hours of usage the problem returns. Anyway, I'm this close to selling my octa and buying a snapdragon (maybe google play edition?).
[Galaxy S 4 General] negrobembon:
Is your csc TPA? It cant be, sammobile says MDK is the latest for the unlocked one and MDE for the rest

Kies also states MDK as the Latest for the unlocked Panama version, u must have the trinidad and tobago version
[Galaxy S 4 General] cheetah2k:
Yep, we're all in the same boat. Mine is exactly the same no matter what ROM I use. Takes ages to load, then goes well for a bit, but gradually starts having crashes or hangs the whole system, and disagrees with the camera software on Facebook - then totally refuses to take pics at all

A reboot fixes it as you say, but not for long.....

I originally thought it had something to do with recording to a 64gb MicroSD card, but then I've tried a range of 16-32gb cards with the same result... and I've tried recording to the internal memory, but same issues arrise.

Fingers crossed Samsung doesn't forget us and releases the necessary camera firmware in a future rom... :confused:

I'm in Australia and bought my i9500 while travelling in Asia, so I'm also considering ditching the Octa for the i9505 as its available here.. or I will wait for the S800 version when Telstra releases their LTE-A network later in the year.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
I suggest you reading a lot here in xda before posting, its been said time and time again that all latest 9500 roms comes with latest camera firmware included, unless like 9505 we 9500 users dont need to update camera firmware manually, the device makes use of the latest available version automatically.
[Galaxy S 4 General] marcochapita:
I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you I'm with a 9505 and my phone does update the firmware camera automatically. We don't need to do it manually like in the galaxy s3

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 General] cheetah2k:
WTF? what a load of bollox..!! I've loaded all the latest i9500 roms on my S4 and never ever once got the on screen "Camera Firmware Update" notification, and even when I was on MF8 the camera firmware was the original that the phone came with!

AFAIK, only i9505 phones getting the cam FW updates thus far
[Galaxy S 4 General] G-XtremE:
I think you are confusing them. The GT-I9505 receives updates directly to the camera when updating the device's FW. The GT-I9500 receives the camera update within the phone not the camera. If you check the EXIF of a photo taken with the octa you will see that it shows the latest camera version, even though if you check it via the phone app it shows you something different. Basically the octa users are stuck with the longer load times (for now).
[Galaxy S 4 General] nickporwal:
I9500 updates the camera firmware automatically. Its been like that and difference in the camera functionality has been observed when a new firmware is flashed. Even the after flashing MEA firmware photo quality has increased a tiny bit and load times have decreased drastically. It wont show any notification for the updation of camera firmware but it will get updated.

Whatever be the case, this time samsung has messed up by releasing so many variants of its damn flagship model. Idiots.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bala_gamer:
Again , you dont read!! Thats what im saying, you will never get camera firmware update notification or anything, the device will automatically make use of the latest firmware that comes with the update without the need to flash.

forgot the *#34971539# MENU if you are using 9500

If you still dont believe in what im saying, just take some pic and check the exif data of the image, it will have the name of latest camera firmware in the unique id field.

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the camera firmware never gets updated in 9500 starting from mea , but instead it utilizes the latest firmware automatically without flashing!
[Galaxy S 4 General] G-XtremE:
I flashed the stock jelly bean camera apk and it still takes forever to load. I have no idea what to do, who can help?
[Galaxy S 4 General] cheetah2k:
Anyone getting very low AnTuTu scores on this MF8 ROM?

I'm getting like high 17000, where as on the Singapore MEA rom I was getting 28000!!!

*******

Edit

Phone must have been hot, now displaying ~27000...
[Galaxy S 4 General] wholly1:
I had the same issue.

U went to recovery ( swich phone off and press vol up with home and power buton )

And made full factory reset.then waited for everything to update... in my case it was 6 hours cause of dropbox... and then it gave me score of 29780 ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] gelado:
I got this score in Antutu 3.3.1. When I came back to the 3.3.0, I got 28900.
[Galaxy S 4 General] negrobembon:
Anyone from latin america tried this version? If so how is 3g?
[Galaxy S 4 General] unandroidemas:
I'm using I9500UBUBMF3 FW and everything works fine, prior FW was I9500UBUAMDK. I'm from Costa Rica, Central America
[Galaxy S 4 General] 0mega007:
I will be installing this tonight, i just got my s3, im from Latin America, first im charging it to 100% and backing up the EFS folder to prevent IMEI loss.

Will tell results in 24 hours
[Galaxy S 4 General] negrobembon:
Thats the trinidad and tobago one right?
[Galaxy S 4 General] unandroidemas:
Yes. works well also all the new features.
[Galaxy S 4 General] joyo22:
MF8 works great. Just keep the MF3 modem from Trinidad and Tobago's Rom and your 3g will work perfectly. I live in Colombia.
[Galaxy S 4 General] negrobembon:
Did you flash using odin?
[Galaxy S 4 General] joyo22:
Nope. I'm using Crash's custom Rom based on MF8. Just get the modem from the modem thread and flash it through recovery after installing the ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 General] niktool:
I want to buy a new S4,any idea for me ?:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] khali34374:
Is it smooth for asian GT-I9500?anyone tested it :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] cheetah2k:
I have flashed about 10 roms, nothing as fast as the XSP XSE Singapore/Malaysian MEA roms.. But at least the camera bugs are generally fixed with MF8. If a Singapore XSP MF8 rom is released, I'll be going back to that one.
[Galaxy S 4 General] 0mega007:
Why alarm and clock widgets keep running in the background in this rom, even im not using them, how do i stop them from running, even if i close them, they restart.

i don't even have a lockscreen on.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
It's the lockscreen widget, if you delete the widget it'll stop.
[Galaxy S 4 General] titus1:
Had anyone experiencing a noticeable battery drain on this fw?

Sent from my GT-I9500 Samsung Google Phone
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
Actually, the battery life is amazing: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43078058&postcount=492
[Galaxy S 4 General] 0mega007:
do you know the name of this widget?
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
No, but this is the one with the time and "life companion" text.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Ripolin2:
Hi mates...

Perfect rom...

Enviado desde mi GT-I9505 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 General] 0mega007:
one thing i dont like in this rom, the music apps doesnt keep the max volume saved every time i disconnect the earphones and put them again i got to turn the volume up. even if i take the earphones off and on without closing the music app.

is some safe thing to prevent ear damage, i get a notification of this, but i wish i could turn it off and always have max volume with earphones.
[Galaxy S 4 General] wholly1:
I just noticed that screen share is not working on MF8. It was ok on MF5 and before... :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] akapit:
ROM/Firmware's contries

Hi everyone...

Just a newbie's question.

I bought a factory unlocked Galasy S4 gt-i9500 in Israel.

Is it ok to install any rom/firmware even though the latest version says its for another region? like Russian on this case? or do I have to install only ILO region's ROM always? how does that work? I'm afraid my cellph to get locked or something.

Thanks in advance!

Alex
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
You can flash from any region (stay away from weird Chinese firmware). But if you need to claim warranty, flash ILO firmware :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] akapit:
Thanks! And what about those firmwares that has some network company names? Would those block my phone or are they just customization things?

Thanks again!

Alex
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
They are mainly only contains changed boot animation and more bloatware. You wouldn't have any problem after flashing on of those firmwares.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zahid Ali:
Can anybody give me list of bloatware in this firmware ??

And extensive review would be great :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] 0mega007:
Does anyone has a "Unfortunately, the process touchwiz has stopped" msg in this roms when moving app icons (changing icons order) in the app drawer (not on homescreen)

i don't know if it is because a aplication i removed or not?

I removed this apps:

AllSharePlay15.apk

AudioPortal_112_ms.app.apk

Blurb.apk

Books.apk

BooksPortal_112_bs.app.apk

ChatONV_J.apk

ChatON_feature.apk

Chrome.apk

CHS_J_Device_only.apk

Com2usPoker_ASGC.apk

DioDict3Service.apk

Dropbox.apk

DropboxOOBE.apk

Earth.apk

Episodes.apk

Episodes.odex

Flipboard.apk

FotaClient.apk

FotaClient.odex

FWUpgrade.apk

FWUpgrade.odex

GMS_Maps.apk

GroupPlay_20.apk

Magazines.apk

Match3VS.apk

Music2.apk

MusicLiveShare.apk

MusicLiveShare.odex

Ozon1.6.0SamsungV3.2.apk

Peel.apk

PlusOne.apk

SamsungAppsUNA3.apk

SamsungApps_J_Only.apk

SamsungBooks.apk

SamsungGames.apk

SamsungHub.apk

SamsungHubUpdater.apk

SamsungLearning.apk

SamsungMusic.apk

SamsungOCR2.apk

SamsungOCR2.odex

SamsungWatchON.apk

SHealth2.apk

StoryAlbumWidget.apk

StoryAlbumWidget.odex

Street.apk

S_Translator_CSLi.apk

S_Translator_CSLi.odex

Talk.apk

TravelService.apk

TravelService.odex

TravelWidget.apk

TravelWidget.odex

TripAdvisor.apk

ubank_samsung.apk

Videos.apk

yandexafisha_1.11.apk

yandexmarket-release.apk

yandexnews_1.10.apk

yandexpogoda_b275_10.10.2012_v3.00.apk

yandextraffic_1.07.apk

YouTube.apk
[Galaxy S 4 General] vin_eme:
Can this version be rooted using 3.4 Presus kernel
[Galaxy S 4 General] wholly1:
Skype standby is draining battery quicker than usual ;(
[Galaxy S 4 General] G-XtremE:
Anybody flashed the indian firmware? It has a newer changelist ID. I am currently downloading it.

Changelist: 933955
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Really? Where did you get that firmware? I cant find it on samsung- updates or anywhere else.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jlevy73:
sammobile.com

You have to login then go to firmware and check GT-I9500.
[Galaxy S 4 General] shaq1907:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=16355
[Galaxy S 4 General] plasmastate:
Thank you fellow uh. XDAs
[Galaxy S 4 General] G-XtremE:
I just flashed it. My main concern has always been the camera accessing speed (it was very very poor; 4-6 seconds til i had the camera image). First 10 minutes of use and I can tell there's a difference in the speed. First time I opened it I got the image quite fast ~2 seconds. Thinking it was just a fresh boot advantage I started opening apps and playing Real Racing 3. I just tapped the camera icon again and it opened in 2 seconds again. Cleared RAM and force closed all running apps and camera still performed good. Hopefully this is the ROM I've been searching for.

PS: Thank God all the Russian ver apps have disappeared :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] 0mega007:
Whats the difference between india INU and INS?

what they stand for?

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Weird, my camera shows an image in less than 2 seconds in the Russian rom
[Galaxy S 4 General] cheetah2k:
Good to see the MF8 range coming out for most regions. Still waiting for Singapore, but it looks like the Vietnam has the same CSC PDA and Modem so I might flash that one :) The previous Singapore XSP was a cracker (except for the camera bugs)
[Galaxy S 4 General] cmd512:
Vietnam changelist is lower than these new India releases.
[Galaxy S 4 General] wooptarik:
[Deleted]
[Galaxy S 4 General] cheetah2k:
Oh thanks for the heads up, I might try the INU MF8 then

Any bloatware on the India MF8 Roms?
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
Just flashed and the camera app does opens much faster now and everything else too.

What I was most impressed is that they finally fixed the initial lag in the widget drawer :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] jlevy73:
Only bloat I have found on the INU MF8 Rom is Match3VS.
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
This bloat isn't new and it presented in any ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jlevy73:
Thanks for the clarification, in that case there is no bloat then.
[Galaxy S 4 General] G-XtremE:
Yay! They finally repaired the Smart Pause feature. It wasn't working on the Russian ROM. Joy oh joy!
[Galaxy S 4 General] ozonenetwork:
it seems that service mode (*#0011#) and press back button is not working on MF8 version anymore.

Anyone can access service mode with back button ??
[Galaxy S 4 General] noideaforusername:
And you open the menu there it shows help which only pops up dialog with the text "Help" LOL
[Galaxy S 4 General] skivnit:
Very high battery drain Wtf
[Galaxy S 4 General] G-XtremE:
Works fine on mine. What country version are you running? I'm on India INU
[Galaxy S 4 General] ozonenetwork:
For me vietnam version , I'm in thailand that use the same csc as vietnam.

I try flash new radio with DDUBMF8 , XXUBMF8 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2192025 still not using it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] wholly1:
The same here.

But screen sharing is working fine on INU.