yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xceptiona1noob:
I am going to attempt the CF-Auto Root when I get home. I was wondering, after I have completed it and have su working, I should still be able to use the OTA updates I receive from google correct? It just gives root access but doesn't change things that would mess up the updates correct?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaredfaulkner:
Donovan:

The three extracted files, zipped, come in at around 404MB. If you have somewhere setup that I can make a drop, let me know.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
PM Sent. I'll test, and make sure it works.

If it does. I'll post in a more permanent location. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ack154:
:victory:

Please, please, please work. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
still waiting on upload... :fingerscrossed:

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Success... I'm successfully back on 4.2.2 GE - Fix follows shortly...

in the mean time - make sure you have heimdall setup and working - boot into download mode Vol Down + Home + Power and standby. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ack154:
Awesome.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
Havachu!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43500355
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohammad_Adib:
Got it back by flashing the leaked 4.3 image through odin. Waiting on someone to do a stock odin flashable dump of the 4.2.2 build.

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Oh thank god.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtuaLTrancer:
So... in theory once there's a flashable dump out there, stock 4.2.2 (system, kernel, recovery), it could be used on any device. Well what i'm trying to ask is, would i be able to flash it on my T-Mobile US S4 , and run pure google rom, and be able to receive OTA updates , since hardware wise they are pretty much the same... far as i know.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohammad_Adib:
Used that link on my last post. It worked.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studiozeroseven:
I have tried several method on my i9505G and nothing has worked...

I now have TWRP that was flashed from ODIN 3.07

I tried putting UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.41.zip on the SDCard and then booted into TWRP to flash it, the file browser didnt see the zip so I rebooted into the OS and use es explorer to view the SDCard however it was not there anymore...

I'm totally lost here

I've been flashing/rooting as well as reading every instruction first since my G1 and I dont know why its working for some but not me
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studiozeroseven:
Still no root
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
What version are you running? Is it the leaked 4.3? or my flashable images of 4.2.2 GE stock?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtuaLTrancer:
Ok noob question ... i have a T-Mobile USA galaxy S4 rooted , Philz recovery installed, stock rom running. Can i flash your image on my phone? I know they have different partitions, but Odin let you modify partition... far as i know.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studiozeroseven:
Out of the box stock 4.2.2, didn't know there was a flashable 4.2.2, whats the link?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
If you're on 9505, NO. do not flash - if you were to flash it and repartition, you'd loose all your other info in the partitions. This dump is SYSTEM/KERNEL/RECOVERY only.

As long as you have a 9505G (from the play store) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360346 - Follow those directions. It will have root.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studiozeroseven:
I am not soft bricked though, is that still okay? Yes I purchased it from play.google.com

Thank you for this information also!!! :highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
Yes. you can still flash.. just make sure you follow the directions (you may not have to Wipe the device - since you haven't flashed other info) flash the system, recovery, and boot partitions as that post states and you'll be good.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studiozeroseven:
Okay followed you tut. Still no root?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en

Download and install that. Root access is a little different until we can get custom recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruprecht10:
Is there anyway someone could post a video tutorial of them rooting stock GE S4 and putting TWRP on it? I have rooted several phones but have never used ODIN or anything and I don't want to mess up my brand new device. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
Sure. We when have a custom recovery to flash - I'll get around to it. However, we still do not have any custom ROM or RECOVERY as of yet. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruprecht10:
Could you upload a vid of just rooting? Once I get a small understanding of ODIN I think I can figure out the recovery and stuff, but for now I want to get my root apps back. Thanks for the quick reply!

[UPDATE] Also, with the CF-Auto-Root files linked here what is the chance of bricking?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360346 - follow those directions and you'll have root on the 9505G. I can't do a video right now - @ work and then headed out on a road trip straight out. for the weekend. Can't use ODIN just yet. Need to use Heimdall.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studiozeroseven:
You kickass, that worked!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruprecht10:
With Heimdall we have to wipe/factory reset? Is there any way to do it without having to wipe? I just got my phone working how i would like it to and would like to avoid wiping
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
As long as you haven't flashed anything else, i.e. the leaked 4.3, or whatnot, you can skip the boot to recovery and wipe steps.

Just make sure to download the SuperSU program in the play store to get root. :) :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruprecht10:
I can skip the wipe steps? before I do anything I want to make sure I have a good chance of not bricking
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
Yep.. Its been done a couple times with no problem already. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruprecht10:
I am reporting with good news! Worked like a charm!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruprecht10:
Can I install busybox or will it hurt something?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taney:
I've got a stock 4.2.2 ODIN image that works but I'm still trying to figure out how to root 4.3 without a custom recovery. No custom recoveries are available for our phone ATM. =(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichelN:
Why not upload the 4.2.2 image ? (if it is the google edition)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ack154:
Really? A full Odin of a stock GE S4? I'd love to have that. We have a couple flashable files font a stock rooted system but I'm looking for the whole thing.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taney:
I meant a stock 4.2.2 HEINDALL (system.img/boot.img/recovery.img) with ROOT for the i9505G.

I want to be able to run 4.3 with ROOT. (I have the full ODIN files for this)

Sorry for the confusion.

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I have the full ODIN for the 4.3 leak. It has all the files including the PIT.

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this is probably a really dumb question but I can't figure it out for the life of me. Is there any way to access recent apps on the i9505g?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tublah:
Fear not, 4.3 is rooted!

4.3 is rooted, courtesy of Chainfire. See https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/WqS2E9kkN1L for the download and info about it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donovanbrock:
I was gonna say... I'm pretty sure I'd of heard about this. ;)

Double tap the home button.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x111:
Pls, guys response on that, I am wonder if I could make a root on SGS4ge and still have ability to get updates through the setting from the google.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruprecht10:
Has anyone updated the i9505G to 4.3? Is it possible yet or just the regular i9505?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbarger:
I think you can find someone in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360346 that did it with their 9505g. So far, everything I read about 4.3 is not worth it for me as many are complaining about battery life.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ack154:
I flashed the 4.3 Odin file on my I9505G when I soft bricked it. Was the only thing that got me back to a usable state. Worked OK from what I could tell (about a day or two). Battery life wasn't noticeably terrible or anything but I can't really give any specific feedback on it. Flashed back to stock 4.2.2 as soon as I could.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbarger:
Any specific reason you flashed back to 4.2?

I about went nuts trying to get Heimdall to work on my computer. Took 2 days and most of my hair, but I finally got it to work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Firon:
CF-Autoroot left me stuck in a "booting recovery" loop, so I flashed the stock boot/recovery using Heimdall from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360346

After that, it rebooted into recovery, then did a normal boot and I had root. Bit of a roundabout method, but I suppose it works.

Small tip: if you get libusb errors with Heimdall, open zadig.exe, options -> list all devices, then find your phone. should show up as MSM8960 (I forget the numbers). Then click Install WCID driver.

After that, it should work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ack154:
With 4.3 being "leaked" or a "test build" or whatever, I wasn't ready to completely trust it for a daily driver. Wanted to stick it out with stock for something a little more reliable.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chahk:
We are getting very close to having a fully working custom recovery for the i9505G.

I've been helping a TWRP developer debug it on my GS4 GE, and almost everything works. Most of the partitions mount correctly (/preload and /usb-otg are being stubborn, but I can't imagine they are needed,) backup and restore work, adb access is there. If you want to help with testing this early version, see this discussion on G+ (you might need to join the community first.) You will need to flash it using Heimdall from the download mode.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbarger:
I went to the download, but am unsure how to flash with heimdall. I just recently loaded heimdall and used it for the first time a couple days ago. Just to confirm, the file is jgedlte. Not sure if I need to flash from a command prompt or one of the heimdall interfaces. I will be glad to try it out and give the community some feedback, but do not want to bork my phone in the process.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chahk:
jgedlte.img is the correct file. The syntax for flashing it is as follows:

heimdall flash --RECOVERY jgedlte.img --no-reboot

This thread has good examples of the flashing procedure.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbarger:
Thanks for the info. I have loaded it up and am doing a backup first. This is kinda like starting over from the beginning for me. Coming from a Skyrocket using CWM forever. Now, get to learn new recovery and phone. Should not be too hard - just a nice challenge. Good to have members of the communities that are willing to help out when necessary.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irishrally:
Works fine here too. /sdcard mounts properly now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chahk:
I posted a full How-To here for installing CM10.1 nightly on i9505G. It works fine for the most part on mine. Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mezuera:
Do we need to perform a fastboot oem unlock before trying this? The instructions on your thread made no mention of it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chahk:
Good point. I do believe that you need to be fastboot oem unlock'ed for Heimdall to flash recovery properly. I'll add that to the how-to.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toanau:
Anyone got the latest Odin file
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toanau:
I am rooted. With the new update around the corner ie 4.3 I was wondering would we receive the update when being rooted. If not how would we go about unrooting to receive the update
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toanau:
How do I unroot the device
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irishrally:
"fastboot oem lock" will bring the phone back to its original state, including deleting EVERYTHING off the phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteSRT69:
did a fastboot oem lock.. all it did was lock the device.. still had super user and CWM recovery installed.....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruprecht10:
Did anyone download the 4.3 JWR66V firmware for non-AT&T i9505G? The file name is S4-GE43-JWR66V-stock-ODEX_v2_jah0n.zip and I would love to flash it on my phone, but the download was taken down. PM me if you have it. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robstunner:
So by following the instructions from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43485817&postcount=47

and then rooting the phone, followed by flashing the stock recovery here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360346

Ill be able to be rooted, and retain OTA updates? I bought this phone for stock google 100%, I just want root for my adaway. OTA Rootkeeper is all I need to be happy, but I need stock recovery to allow OTA's
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaymzz:
I've been fastbooting rather than installing recovery. Applied the OTA update this morning - took less than 10 minutes. I lost root, but the instructions here got it back:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43485817&postcount=47

I used SU 1.50 and recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.3-jfltexx.img - touchscreen does not work for me so the TWRP version is out. Do *not* let it "fix" the fact you have stock recovery on exit if you're keeping stock recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tublah:
Cool. You do know that there is a TWRP built for our device (jgedlte) - http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/192 - touchscreen works. :) Just sayin'!

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Did you keep stock recovery? If so, do you mind pulling it and uploading it?

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 of=/mnt/sdcard/mmcblk0p22_recovery.img bs=4096
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chahk:
Something has changed in latest unofficial CM10.2 nightlies for jfltexx (8/1 and after) that makes GS4 GPe (jgedlte) not boot past the Google logo. Looks like it corrupts the /data partition. I'll reach out to Dees_Troy later today to try and debug it. In the meantime I strongly suggest NANDROID backup before flashing anything.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcbr27:
Originally on rooted 4.2.2 with SuperSU and it was good. Updated to 4.3 via OTA and lost root, of course. Installed the latest SuperSU (v1.51) via adb bootloader/fastboot cwm/adb sideload, but it aborts with:

E/AndroidRuntime( 5245): FATAL EXCEPTION: main

E/AndroidRuntime( 5245): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start receiver eu.chainfire.supersu.NativeAccessReceiver: java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 10106 nor current process has android.permission.WAKE_LOCK.

Anybody else seeing this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcbr27:
Anybody???
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaymzz:
Sorry for the *massive* delay - here's the recovery file. Be gentle.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6w9f5v80fo8gmwa/mmcblk0p22_recovery.tar.gz

The TWRP in the link above does not work on my S4 with the touchscreen or button navigation.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcbr27:
Still having FC with SuperSU - tried everything up to v1.60 with no joy. Anybody know what this WAKE_LOCK permission complaint is all about?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Gizmo32:
I recently flashed cyanogenmod 10.1 for the very first time on my new galaxy s4 (sgh-1377m) rogers Canadian version.

Was trying to use tango but the other person cannot hear me and sometimes I cannot hear them. I searched this on google it is a known issue but I was unable to find a fix...

Skype and Fring would do the same thing.

Any suggestions? :fingers-crossed:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Gizmo32:
Guess theres no soloution then... :confused:

This is a huge drawback for me...may have to just go back to stock touchwiz then...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jecmenn:
I can't decide which is better because only thing i can see in their threads is nonsense arguing and insults. How shameful.

So can anybody tell me how is gaming performance (smoothnes, reboots when playing heavy games etc..) and UI performance (smoothnes of launcher and app drawer) with lots of apps installed.

Thanks
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdel12345:
If you have time try them both and judge it yourself of which is better for you. Just try each for a round a day or two and see which you prefer.

Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lefteris Fragiadakis (Frago):
We just had an argument in one page,the thread has 300 post don't blame us
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jecmenn:
Maybe i will must. Thank you.

I don't blame you two. It's off-topic! You can deal with it by PM...

Yeah argument in one page but in two threads.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lefteris Fragiadakis (Frago):
OK now its finish,I'm sorry for that,now u can try the roms and tell us ur opinion
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jecmenn:
That's great! Thank you. You can be sure i'll try and tell my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Trident:
Is it possible to switch a Sprint Galaxy Nexus to work on Verizon? I asked the same question in the GS3 forum, but I have a thought that the answer may be different for this device.

If so, would someone steer me in that direction?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aysiu:
You cannot switch it from Sprint to Verizon. Both are CDMA, but they are not compatible.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] Stealyourface:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C66Sbf9EPxI

I think it looks great. What about you guys?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] customz123:
Wow does look awesome going to wait for that phone!!
[Sprint LG Optimus G] M2Iceman:
In my area my Note 2 reception was crap. Bought a used LGOG to see if it worked better. Hard to get use to smaller screen but love better reception. Now eyeing this new LG. Can't wait. This LG has changed my opinion on LG phones.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] _dannyboy:
I'm either gonna get this or the Moto X...but this thing is sexy
[Sprint LG Optimus G] _dannyboy:
Apparently Skinomi already knows the dimensions and such of this phone. They already have skins available
[Sprint LG Optimus G] gentlemenace:
Man, LG is really trying to make a push for the high-range smartphone market. If they keep this up then maybe in a year or two people will stop assuming all their phones are just complete garbage. I just hope that a few years down the line phones will still be able to fit in our pockets :silly:.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] hazedabeast:
Is our phone going to get official 5.0?
[Sprint LG Optimus G] mistermidas:
That phone looks sick...except for the weird volume control placement. But it might grow on you, who knows. I seem to upgrade my phone's every year, even though my contacts are 2yrs lol. But this is the first phone I've owned I haven't been anticipating upgrading because I'm so happy with it overall. So I doubt I get it, but the phone definitely looks pretty slick for sure.
[Sprint LG Optimus G] IncredibleE:
http://m.lgmobile.com
[LG Optimus Black] UncleSamPT:
Hi fellas!

My phone wasn't recognizing any microsd card that I was using (tried with 3 different cards) so I bought a new tray (SIM card and Sd card holder) on eBay. I replaced that but it still doesn't work. I've formatted all cards and still it doesn't recognize any of them. What could be wrong?

Thanks in advance!
[LG Optimus Black] Den15:
Possible fix

I think I might have found a solution for this.

My friend spilled coffee onto her phone, and the SD Card wasn't being detected on the phone either.

Long story short, after rooting the phone, I CWM'ed the phone following these steps, I was trying to find a way install TWRP recovery because CWM doesn't allow terminal or Boot from sideload. After a long search, I've came upon this page

I downloaded the 2.4 TWRP from here and installed it by simply clicking flash from the file and after I rebooted the rom, it worked. If it doesn't work the first time, you might have to try a few times to get it to read.

Hopefully it'll work for you too :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Paba60thst:
After installing Omega v7.0 I am unable to connect to the sprint network. Does anyone know how I can connect using this rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] MHousos:
Did you get the Omega Rom in my thread before it closed, or did you get it from another section?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Paba60thst:
I didn't do you have a link to it I downloaded mine off of the omega thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] MHousos:
I ported it to our device but my thread was taken down. The Omega thread you found is for the International Galaxy S4 so it won't work for our device without making a few modifications. Here's the tutorial I made on how to port it :good: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2349440
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] kdn82:
1st off, let me say how great I think this forum is. I apologize in advance if this topic has been covered, but I've searched here and can't find it.

I was given a T-Mobile PW10B1 with the following device info...

ROM 4.01.16 ENG

ROM date 02/04/04

Radio 6.25.02

Protocol 324e4

I need to unlock it to work with Cingular. It currently has no SIM or SD card in it, although I've ordered a SIM card that I should have by Friday.

When I put XDAULOCK.exe on it to run, I get the "error getting unlock code" message. When I try to flash the ROM using XDA-DEVELOPERS-SER-V12.exe, here's what I get in a DOS window..."ErrorGetConnectionType An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. Error getting connection type".

The pda WILL sync up, but can't copy these files over.

Is this enough info for anyone to offer suggestions? Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

D
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] LumpiStefan:
This ROM only allows downgrading to another ROM via SD-Card.....

Instructions for this you can get here:

http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org/tools/sd_flash.htm

This may be your next problem. This Radio Version do not work with the xdaunlock tool. You have to downgrade Radio Stack first Instructions can be found here:

http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org/tools/manual2_unlock.htm

Have you already checked if the device is really locked?

I would suggest that you wait for your sim-card and try it, before you reflash your device....

HTH

Stefan
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] kdn82:
Thanks

LS,

Great info-thanks! I'm not sure if it's truly locked or not. How can I tell for sure? Right now, I'm on an OLD TDMA phone/plan, so when I'm SURE I have it unlocked, I'm upgrading my plan to a GSM plan. So the danger there is, if I have to have Cingular try to activate my new pda/phone, I'll have to change plans first, and if it's not unlocked, I can't use my old TDMA phone!

I think I'll get as SD card and try the 1st suggestion, and try to leave the radio alone for now-what do you think?

D