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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
My experience with my S4A has been amazingly flawless up until yesterday, when it started experiencing one of the issues that killed my experience with the HTC One- random freezes. And what's strange about it is that they are the same type of freezes that my One experienced, only when browsing the web or using an internet based app like Pulse. It has happened 3 times since yesterday and is so bad that I've had to pull the battery to even get it to reboot. Which brings me to one of my suspicions...

The only thing that has changed between me getting the phone set up originally and when the freezes began was the fact that I started swapping batteries instead of charging the phone. Now, phone batteries nowadays are not just like your average AA cell, it has circuitry in it and NFC stuff... is it possible that a defective battery could be the culprit of my woes? I just put in my original battery and am gonna just wait and see if it happens. The other battery that I've been using is a Samsung OEM battery and not a cheap one. I did root and freeze a bunch of stuff, but nothing exotic, and it was fine until yesterday. I doubt anything I did caused this.

Has anyone else experienced any freezes like this? Help me solve this, I really want to keep this phone (at least until the next latest and greatest comes out). TIA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] kbmapper:
Mine started Sunday. All it would do is hang at the ATT logo on reboot. I ended up doing a factory reset and it hasn't happened since. Certainly made me suspect the rooting I did...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
What did you do to your phone after rooting?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dinglayne:
A couple of times now my active has become unresponsive. The power button doesn't seem to work and the home key doesn't do anything. The led is flashing blue and the battery is still about 35%. The only thing I can do is pull the battery.

Not sure if this is related to your question but I'm going to try to get it replaced...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] kbmapper:
Didn't really do anything drastic- Titanium Backup and froze some att crap. Nothing even remotely close to system apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
My LED never starts flashing but like yours, none of the buttons respond and I have to do a battery pull. I really don't want to have to get it replaced, and I really don't want to wipe and start over, just don't have the time right now to do either. Did you do anything to yours? Root?

Same here. Nothing I froze should have any affect on system stability.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] echonc:
I Haven't had any issues since I've had the phone, going on 3 weeks. I've been rooted and have froze apps in TB with no problems since geohot gave us root. Also have done some other root mods, and have not experienced any issues.

Sounds like just some bad hardware circulating.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] joshuadjohnson22:
I've modded mine a good amount and haven't had any lock ups. I have just about every root app out there. Xposed with nottach, dark phone and contact apk, and cm10.1 messaging app. Froze a lot of bloat too
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
Man I REALLY hope it's not a hardware issue. I'm so tired of doing the repeated exchange thing. I went through 5 One X's before I found a suitable one, saw that pattern emerging with the One (had 2, both with same issues) and was really hoping the S4A was going to be the answer to my woes. I really love this phone but if it ends up being a hardware thing, I will be incredibly disheartened.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] echonc:
Any way to tell the build dates of our phones? Maybe we could narrow it down to a certain production date.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
I dunno... My box is in another state so I won't be able to check it for a few weeks. I bought it on the very first day it was available if that helps any. On a side note, I put my original battery in last night and it hasn't locked up on me since. We'll see what happens by the end of the day.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dinglayne:
I am rooted but that's pretty much it.

The only thing I know I was doing at the time was watching a YouTube video then pressed pause.

Next thing you know I picked it up hit the power... Nothing. Hit menu... Nothing. The blue LED was just the normal notification indicator, so I knew it hadn't powered off... Resulted in a battery pull.

I also know that I didn't get any messages or new notifications while the screen was off.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hapticxchaos:
I ALWAYS have issues restoring from titanium backup, esp going from one phone to another. My suggestion is to factory reset and start with a clean slate, cas only then can u verify a hardware issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Kyuta Syuko:
I know on the Captivate the Build Number could be found under the battery (can be found there on the S4A as well) and it was the year/month that the phone was built, or so they say. My S4A Build number is 1306 so I'm guessing it was built the beginning of June...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] :
I would like to know if you have had any more problems since you put your original battery back in? If you could give a update I would really appreciate it. I really think the active is a great phone and I truly like it but if people are having a lot of issues with it, I'll just return it and get something else to save myself a headache down the road. I have a week left on my return date so that's why I was wanting to know.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Slade8525:
gf has had similar issues; heres what fixed it.

battery pull

factory reset/restore

reboot

battery pull

reboot

root/etc/restore from there. check to make sure you dont have custom CPU voltage/speed mods enabled; i believe this was the initial culprit, though even after resetting them to stock it would still lock up. it only did it 3 times, and usually right after a new mod, but ONLY if CPU values were changed. after the above procedure, she redid all her cpu values but only AFTER all mods were installed, rebooted, and everything works great again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Kyuta Syuko:
The only "issue" I've had with mine is that it's too bright when the brightness is set to max :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
Same problems no matter which battery. It seems to happen most when I'm using Chrome so I deleted the updates but it's still doing it. It happened while playing a game today which it's never done before. Next step is to freeze Chrome and see if that helps. If not, then I'm gonna factory reset and if that doesn't work, I'm gonna have to exchange it. I really did not want to have to deal with this. With my ridiculous work schedule I don't have the time or the energy. I might just start looking for a different phone because I'm sick of having issues like this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] :
I would say if the factory reset does not work than it is the phone itself. I had issues like this in the past with my old infuse and I did a factory reset and it took care of it. Hopefully that will help you out so you can keep your phone. Thanks for replying.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
Yeah bud, I really hope a reset works. I might do it tomorrow, I should have enough time. I'm just frustrated that I'm having identical issues with the S4A that I had on my One. I was really hoping to find a phone that just works. I don't think I've had a problem free phone since my Epic 4G Touch. My One X had issues (though my 5th one was near perfect), my iPhone 5 was horrible, both my Ones had problems, and now this. I'm just venting now but I'm seriously tired of it. I've got my eye on that new Sony i1 that's coming out in a couple months, I really love their current design choices and I've never tried a Sony before. Or maybe the next Nexus. Who knows. I just don't want to deal with this crap anymore.

/rant
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
Freezing Chrome didn't work. Next step, factory reset.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] :
To be honest, I got a lg optimus g a few months ago as a replacement for my atrix 2 and I absolutely love that phone. Performance and battery life are excellent. If I take this Active back in, I am trading it for the lg optimus g pro. LG is overlooked and they are actually making good phones.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
Yeah I looked at that but I'm not really a fan of the design or the size. Plus, I've always had this negative thing towards LG, and not just their phones. I used to work in the home A/V industry and just never liked any of their products. I just can't see myself owning an LG phone, regardless of its quality. I'm weird like that I guess.

On a positive note, my earlier post about freezing Chrome not working might have been premature. I hadn't rebooted it after freezing Chrome at that point. I rebooted last night and it has now been just over 24 hours and not a single freeze. I'll be happy if that ended up being the solution but I am very reliant on Chrome's syncing abilities so not being able to use it will be very difficult for me. Gonna give it another day or two before I draw the conclusion that Chrome was in fact the culprit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
A little update- not a single lockup since I rebooted after freezing Chrome. I did a little digging and it seems I'm not the only one who had issues with Chrome. There are reviews in the Play store that describe the exact same problems I was experiencing, down to the T. I'm a little reluctant to say that Chrome was in fact the culprit but at this point it sure looks to be the case.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] :
Good to hear that you figured it out and that the problem was something simple to fix. Thanks for the update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jasonhare5:
Same here

I found out that mine does this whenever it's in my pocket so what I did was hold down the power button and when it popped up the options to shut down or restart I did nothing and it does a reboot and then hangs at the ATT logo and does nothing. So I think I have re-created what's going on in my pocket. I want to exchange it and I have everything but the box, has anyone ran into issues with exchanging a phone without it's original packaging?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] :
It will probably depend on the sales person. I tried to exchange my wife's one x awhile back without the box and they threw a fit. The next day I tried again and they did it for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
Aaaaaaand here we go again. My damn phone locked up today when I opened up Maps. It loaded, but froze shortly thereafter. I didn't do a battery pull but had to hold the power button for a while to get it to reboot. That's the first time it happened with Maps, when practically every other time was when browsing the web with Chrome. Not sure if it was just a freak occurrence or not, but it's damn aggravating. More head scratching to come.

I've exchanged dozens of devices over the years without packaging. Just be civil, cool, and friendly and you shouldn't have any issues. If they give you crap, then pull out the guns. Tell them they can keep the new box if it will help them sleep at night. Remind them in the most patronizing way possible that it's the phone that's defective, not the packaging. Replace the phone, keep the box, and everyone's happy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
Holy f#ck it just did it AGAIN. ARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!

Is there a way I can actually figure out what is causing this? Like with logcat or something? If I can't figure this out guaranteed I'll end up in a padded room.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] kbmapper:
MH you've seriously got the worst luck with phones- mine has been fine since the factory reset (knock on wood). Good luck sir.

KB
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
You have no idea how true that statement is. And thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] :
A logcat might help you pin point the problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] _MetalHead_:
So I think I got to the bottom of the freezing situation. After deleting Chrome, in my quest to find a suitable replacement browser, I installed the AOSP JB browser. I think that's what was causing the second bout of lockups. I deleted it the other day and it seems everything's OK now. What I don't quite understand is why Google's own products would cause issues like that, you'd think they of all people would be able to provide a browser that didn't crash some phones. I know it's not specific to the S4 Active because I had the same problems on my One, and there are reviews in the play store from people with all different devices, all complaining about the same issues.

If anyone is wondering, I have settled on using Firefox. While it doesn't have some of the features that I relied upon Chrome for, it is a great browser with its own set of merits. I'm still getting used to not being able to sync my tabs across all my devices but it is what it is for now.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] Arif Haq:
Hello Everybody

I am new to this site, i am having XDA IIs but its locked on O2. I tryed all posible ways to get unlock but no good luck :( . please anyone can help me getting this unlock. thankyou
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] xanth:
Hi,

Use the search button :-) Lots of posts on this! :-)

But basically you can either:

A) Ring O2, pay them £15 and wait about 10 working days although in my case took about 20. Bah!

B) Visit http://www.imei-check.com/ and pay them £20 and have it unlocked in about 60 seconds (no really - We did my bosses this way!)

Hope that helps.

--Neil
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BeansTown106:
This is a Stock Root Flashable Version Of the newest JellyBean 4.2.2 I545VRUAME7

Requirements: You must have a LOKI recovery installed. easiest way todo this is download the goo manager app in the play store and use the install recovery script in the settings menu

Features:

Rooted

insecure boot.img

BusyBox

Zipaligned

Deodexed

Removed Cd installer

Init.d support

Bash

Nano

adb as root

Odex Download:

md5: a53a59ae4f8b6777f1c0b88a1d84c920

DeOdex Download: uploading

md5:

Disclaimer: no apks have been edited this is a full stock rom that you would expect to get from verizon

If You use this as a Base For your rom please give credit where it is due, other than that feel free to use this as u see fit. thanks guys

Thanks to:

djrbliss - for the loki method

Dsixda - for the kitchen used to deodex

ChainFire - for superSU

JoderMe- for the New Tar aka Update
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BeansTown106:
no current way of upgrading firmware yet stay on dk base until there is :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BeansTown106:
reserved yet again :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] naturalstamina:
so this is like updating to the new OTA, but it keeps root correct?

and all the bloat just like mine currently is?

i only rooted last night, but didnt ROM yet, was considering which way to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sporty377:
Ill give it a go.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mademan420:
Correct but the ota also included things like new firmware, radio, etc.... I think Beans is in the process of packaging these for us as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sporty377:
If u read the OP he says its rooted
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] naturalstamina:
Thanks, I will wait for firmware, radio update. Although I do not have issues with reception where i am yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jayochs:
did they post a changelog yet for this? i know it has that knox crap and apps to sd.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oneandroidnut:
Awesome can't wait to try!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] yubby:
When I flash this ROM can I downgrade back to original rooted rom if I need to without losing root?

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 318sugarhill:
I'm always amazed/impressed how quickly the android community gets to work on these things.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BeansTown106:
yes, correct it will keep root and keep the aboot on the vulnerable one compatible with loki'd kernels and recoverys

u still will need to flash the firmware because of dependencys without it wifi and camera wont work

not that i know of

yes, just never ever take an ota update

uploading now sorry for the delay had too make sure the firmware package fixed everything
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sporty377:
So flash this and then flash the firmware package?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jlegros:
It should be all in one once he uploads the rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] eighty1:
Does this update include the unlock of AWS bands that Verizon said would come? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chuckleb0ne:
What's the add-on package for?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Soldi3rxx:
any official changelog
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mikeyinid:
I have the utmost respect for you beans, but it drives me crazy when you start a thread hours before your dl links go live :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] naturalstamina:
any way to find out specifics of the firmware updates and changes?

Does it matter if i flash this before going to another ROM, or does the ROM just wipe everything?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oneandroidnut:
Dude chill out he says above he had to make sure firmware fixed everything and sorry about the delay. I don't think beans is getting paid to release this by a certain time.

He is trying to make sure it is right so people don't come right back saying they have issues with this and that and he has to come back and make another zip. What does everybody always say? Do it right the first time. Give the guy a break
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jlegros:
Wondering if links will be uploaded tonight? No big deal really. Gives me something to look forward to tomorrow if not. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bkhorn:
Only one problem. I was reading that thread and when I wen to the 2nd page it just disappeared. I still can't find it unless it changed to the Help section.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Rnd0209:
Yeah the thread has disappeared....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tada10:
Any luck on this?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dansan382:
nice! cant wait to see the updates baked into new custom roms. might flash this one though if i want to stay on rooted/stock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] markwebb:
What happened? Sounds like somebody jumped the gun or violated something....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] il buono:
He removed it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43432953

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BeansTown106:
odex is up but i suggest not flashing it yet until updating the firmware can be confirmed working the right way, i think there is new security that technically bricks you when you are using the old aboot with the new firmware :/ right now i have a paperweight of an s4 dont get me wrong this rom is 100% working but we need the new firmware for wifi and camera to work right. so this will stay here until something happens

the firmware did fix everything but when i rebooted i was left with a non booting device no recovery, no odin, no anything this is what concludes me to think some kind of checks are in place to make sure ur running the new bootloader as well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jayochs:
oh no! hope you get it figured out and get your phone booting again man :-\
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mikeyinid:
Go read the forum rules sir...

That sucks beans. Took one for the team, I'll observe a moment of silence for your S4.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tsangwc:
I suggest you put this in OP so people won't brick their device without reading this post. I think you should take the links down too seeing it can potentially brick the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BeansTown106:
this cant brick the phone at all it was the firmware sbl2-3/modem/rpm/tz that was the cause of the brick hence removing the thread from xda and putting in second post that no "firmware" is available yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sbreen94:
Damn bro that sucks a ton :( Looks like i wont be updating my rom base anytime soon ..:/ Bleeping verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] theresin:
/facepalm

Sorry about the tough break Beans. Your contributions to samsung community are invaluable, and for that reason I'll keep my fingers crossed that the next exploit is found sooner rather than later!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Soldi3rxx:
Hope beanstown106 came up with some kind of root/firmware fix
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] vacaloca:
Thread here confirms some were able to flash modem.bin with Odin:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2358007

Not sure what effect that would have without flashing non-HLOS.bin, or any of the other files, however. Which files were attempted to flash that resulted in a brick? I would think that flashing aboot/sbl1/sbl2/sb3 would not be wise. In the past on GS3, I was able to flash newer rpm.mbn files succesfully just via the usual dd commands, but I do not think I ever tried to flash tz.bin (Trust Zone) -- see: http://www.arm.com/products/processors/technologies/trustzone.php That one might be a no-no without the bootloader.

See also: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/trustzone-a-dimension-of-multiple-worlds/ for more detailed TrustZone info.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chewwy420:
I flashed Both the modem and NON-HLOS.bin and all seems ok so far. Still on MDK as far as Build, but Baseband says ME7 and everything works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 318sugarhill:
Excuse my ignorance but what is the non-halos.bin file?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chewwy420:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43441545&postcount=5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cresny:
Good links. Here's another:

https://www.samsung.com/global/business/mobile/solution/security/samsung-knox

I was hoping that it might be possible to flash the non-bootloader, non-tz partitions with Heimdall, including kernel. But after reading above I suspect that the old tz might freak out over the new kernel and shut it down.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Protibus:
OTA ME7

Thought it would be of interest, I just looked at my phone and noticed there is an OTA update being pushed to it by Verizon, large download so I am assumeing it is the new firmware. I am rooted, both my boot up screen and status show Custom but it is being pushed to me nonetheless. It seems they are now doing an OTA update rather than Kies and Verizon software only.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kluster1999:
^^ What rom and recovery are you using?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Travisdroidx2:
Is the link still up for more bricks?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Protibus:
Beanstown stock deodex ROM with some minor tweaks right now. I have TWRP 2.6.0.0 recovery right now but usually use OUDHS CWM. Iam hoping I can defer or preferrably stop the update.

Edit: There is an option at the end of the download to install later or let it will install automatically withing a certain amount of time, I think 15 minutes.

---------- Post added at 02:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:00 PM ----------

Better not brick it...I don't want to update yet anyway. I like to tweak and customize as I want not be locked into what Samsung and VZW want me have. If I wanted that I would have bought an iPhone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JFazYankees:
I can confirm that by flashing this it does NOT brick. It's the firmware bundle that bricks and that isn't linked here. I just wanted to test drive the update and it flies!