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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalady:
Hi,

I have the Nexus 4 from LG, running Android with all the latest updates.

For the last 2 week I have been having the issue that contacts disappear. It started with SMS/Text messages not recognizing the sender from the contacts. Then you realize that the contact has disappeared.

I then went to Gmail and did a restore and got back my contacts.

Today morn I had 1029, now I have 672. You can see images I captured over the day today. Top right shows the number of contacts.

I have already deleted the COntacts from the apps and re-sync etc.

Raj
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalec:
I'm having a similar problem and although I don't have a complete fix I have been using the Go Contacts EX app to backup contacts to a vcf file and then the contacts can easily be restored from there. Google keeps deleting my contacts even though I have syncing disabled.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badboy47:
Looks like someone is deleting ur contacts...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalec:
Maybe that is what it looks like to you but that is not at all what is happening. I was setting up the phone before I gave it to a family member as a gift. I was the only one besides Google making any changes to it. I have deleted the google account from the phone and will next start using system tuner to disable services until the problem is solved.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badboy47:
try this...

1. Make a full backup of your contacts. To backup ur contacts use any third party app from the playStore. I recommend using [SMS Backup & Restore] by Ritesh Sahu.

2. Make sure you have only one main Google account syncing. If you have any other gmail accounts go to settings > Accounts > click on the other accounts and remove it for now.

3. go to settings > backup and reset > uncheck Backup my data (this will erase all of ur backups on Google servers).

4. Restart your phone and restore you contacts using SMS Backup & Restore.

5. Go to settings again > Accounts > Google > here you should see your gmail account. On top right corner click on the three dots > Sync now. Wait until it finish syncing.

6. You can now re-enable Backup my data. Settings > Backup & Reset > Check Backup my data.

7. Re add your other gmail accounts.

Good luck.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalec:
Thanks for the suggestions. I had tried all that before I posted here. Now I have used Startup Manager to disable the Google Contacts Sync service so we'll see how that goes.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilahchris:
I am having the same exact issue you are having. My contacts keep getting deleted on a daily basis on my Samsung Galaxy S4 Phone (Sprint)

Where you ever able to sort out this issue?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lalec:
Yes. I disabled all Google Sync services and eventually got it to work (it did take some experimentation though). I tried both System Tuner (i.e., the Startup Manager) and Titanium Backup to disable (hibernate) it. I currently have Ubuntu Touch on that phone so am unable to give you the exact configuration. Good luck!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eatacay:
Badboy's directions worked for me.

Although, I didn't make any backups. I'm putting in my contacts manually. The most crucial part was removing all accounts except one. From that point on, things started working.

SOLVED!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Abdullah ALhinai:
Anyone has this rom I want to install it plaese:crying:

U8800 V100R001ARECOOB135SP01
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] horror:
i think its really anoying that the phone saves the pictures in daily folders. is there a way to save them in one folder?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Yorch:
I would like to know that too
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Speedn:
I concur, if anyone finds out be sure to drop a line back.

Speedn
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kl3di:
when i click browse flashable file nothing appears and the application crashes. i am using UltimatumXY Nightlies by MBQ. does anoyne have a solution for this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paarthdesai:
umm i also faced same problem.. i think you should turn animation on or something.. don't remember actually what i did

sent from my sexy Nexy ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] PhoneGuy99:
Hi guys,

For some reason I can't browse the internet when using my wifi connection and talk on Verizon's 3G network at the same time on my Note 2. When attempting to browse the web & talk simultaneously my data connection does not function (even though the phone shows I am connected to my wifi router) when on wifi & in a 3G area. The phone's wifi connection works great when I'm not on a call. I can simultaneously browse the web while on a call when I'm on Verizon's 4G LTE network without any problem. Is anyone else having this problem? Am I missing a setting? Thanks for your help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] universexda:
Not possible on 3g with Verizon.

Ridin' a Note 2 blast
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
As long as he is on WiFi while talking on the phone, like he said, he should be able to use it perfectly. If he was on 3G only then of course he wouldn't be able to but being on WiFi and talking should be perfectly fine, I do it all the time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] chon117:
why cant I get push notifications from the facebook or messenger app? is it the rom or the application itself? I already tried clearing data and cache and uninstalling and installing the applications any help would be appreciated thanks!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
Since the other thread has several posts making it clear it is to talk about Modem only....

I decided to unroot and bravely take the new update all in the name of science and discovery as well as I like to do stupid things. And well selfishly I was intrigued by the possibility of improved wifi as my device continuously connected to my work WiFi then disconnected and connected again to drain my battery or until I remembered to turn it off.

We all know about the smearing fix and apps to SD. Here is a list of their changes I have noticed. Feel free to use this as a general discussion of the update.

-The haptic feedback is softer now.

-Camera firmware has updated and so far seems to have improved image quality.

-If you had WIFI problems, mine are resolved to I am 95% positive yours will be too. <-- WiFi then proved just as troublesome.

-Smoother transition effects (the effect itself seems new to me)

- on the about device page in settings there is a secure boot status now.(there has been talk about this for this update, I didn't remember anything there before.) Screenshot included.

View attachment 2106325

Anyone notice anything else?

EDIT: To add WiFi news
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
Can you please try to flash a Loki ROM? This is the question that still needs to be answered >.<
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mrbloog:
I've noticed only these few things from just a few minutes.

- New Wallpapers

- About Device Icon is now Yellow

- Icon for Battery in App Drawer

- Icon for Data in App Drawer

I'll probably notice more as I have it longer, I don't know if this is new. But I never noticed the bubbles on messaging before to indicate I have a message, so I don't know if that's new.

Edit: It feels a heck of a lot smoother to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] RonH54:
Thanks for the info. Have you tried phone signal strength in an area where before the modem update your service was weak? If so any improvement?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
To late for me to flash any roms until a root patch comes to this firmware. When the patched firmware with the root access is posted later by scrosler then hopefully someone can answer that question assuming the only change in it is the addition of superuser.

I am 99% certain that if it can't be rooted then it can't be lokied until Loki is updated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
Herp derp you're right, it started too hit me after I posted that that there wouldn't even really be a way to test yet.

Anyways kudos for taking the plunge in the name of science!!!!!!!!! ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] orlandoxpolice:
Has this fixed the screen flicker in direct sunlight?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
Bummer, WiFi issues still exist for me.

Agreed definitely smoother and snappier.

The bubbles did exist for messaging before.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
Someone just pointed out in the update thread that the S4 Active update ends in MF3 and was rooted with THIS HERE

Willing to try it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] erstad:
Written for active change build.prop and see what happens.

Me... I'm not brave(Stupid)enough to try
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] chocodough:
I see people complain about WiFi all the time, and 99% of the time it's the router and not the phone.

Your work router sucks, that is why your phone is having issues. No firmware update is gunna fix that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
I would normally want to agree but I've used a number a phones and devices Samsung and other manufacturers on the router with no problems. This phone has trouble staying connected. I understand it has to do with a certain chip set. This to me says no reason the router manufacturer and users need to make changes for 1 device. Samsung needs to investigate and make the fix. Hopefully it can be a software fix.

If you bought a new lawnmower that didn't cut your grass, would you blame the grass or lawnmower? Considering the grass hasn't changed and the old mower cut it just fine until it broke, I would assume you would diagnose the new mower.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
I am unfortunatly in an area with good signal strength all over. Anyone else?

I will look into it an maybe make the dive when I get home.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] joshuadjohnson22:
It will not run on it.. You will either have to change your build.prop or edit the apk. I tried running in on my dads s4 and it just says it is for the S4 active only. It wont even run on the i9295 version of the active just i537
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
Forgot about the build.prop.

I don't know how to specifically change that, but I'm guessing you would just need to break down the APK, modify, and repackage it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
I'm hoping to look into the APK when I can.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] joshuadjohnson22:
I guess... it would be best to have either Geohot to do it or just another dev that can just rewrite a script using the exploit he had.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] echonc:
Good luck finding Geohot, he made the Apk and we haven't heard from him since.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] joshuadjohnson22:
Only because other devs started attacking him claiming he was stealing other peoples work...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
I just tried running it. I ran with no errors and no root. I will still look into it when I get home. Geohot did seem different when I read through the thread. I will carefully proceed so to try not to offend any other developers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
As with the LOKI exploit, as soon as it was released and people got what they wanted, certain people started giving the Devs a hard time. With Dan, people were saying crap like, "but it's not a real bootloader unlocking..." and with geohot it was, "but he used an existing exploit to make the root APK...". To be fare, most didn't say these things and were thankful to them, but it only takes a couple of bad apples to spoil the pie.

As far as geohot's APK, it has been mentioned several times (with International Actives and with the new OTA firmware) as a possible root. The APK includes a script to check for the ATT S4 Active before it runs, so technically, if the exploit works, it should be possible to modify the APK to try it for other firmwares, however, geohot mentioned that he reworked the exploit in the APK for use on the Active, so it might need further work. Hopefully, another Dev can get permission from geohot to take a look at the APK and see if it can be reworked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nakedninja42:
Could someone that took the MF3 update post the build.prop? :D Thanks!

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Do you mind posting your results for the Camera firmware

DIAL: *#34971539#

CHOOSE: Phone/CAM FW Ver. Check

Rear Camera

Cam FW Ver: (show what you have)

Isp FW Ver: (show what you have)

Phone FW Ver: (show what you have)

Mine using Google Edition kernel:

Cam FW Ver: S13F0SAGB39

Isp FW Ver: S13F0SAGE03

Phone FW Ver: S13F0SAGE03
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
Here is a screenshot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
I've sent out a message hoping to hear back so I can carry out my plans tonight. My initial tests have me very hopeful of this method.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
That is good news...thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wahbob:
Here is what mine says after the update.

Rear Camera

Cam FW Ver: S13F0SAGB39

Isp FW Ver: S13F0SAGE04

Phone FW Ver:S13FOSAGE04

Also the person asking about signal. Before in my area I was getting 2 signal bars and only 4g, now I get full bars and it says 4g lte all the time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
The build.prop is no different, already looked at it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] nakedninja42:
Thanks, so the FW is slightly newer... not sure if it makes a difference between the two... just curious :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jose1962:
I lost hotspot tethering with update ....was using es fileexplorer now when itry to connect I get the call 611 popup..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] geoldr:
I am using Goldeneye ROM which is the same as this just international version, and my camera FW is;

Cam FW Ver: S13F0SAGB39

Isp FW Ver: S13F0SAGE03

Phone FW Ver:S13FOSAGE03.

And I still have root and my bootloader isnt patched up against LOKI :) Hope you guys that are updating know the risks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
Looks like ATT really played around with thus firmware update. Also it doesn't matter that you still have Loki on GoldenEye cause the international version is intended for unlocked devices so it has nothing to do with the ATT version ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] geoldr:
I meant using an international ROM doesn't patch up the bootloader exploit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
Oh ok I see what you were trying to get at but guaranteed our OTA has been Loki patched.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] joshuadjohnson22:
Exactly, if our active had a patch this update has a patch... It has a later date than ours. Thank you AT&T
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] drsiddiqui1:
I don't know if this option has been reported but I believe its new. Its the option to mirror an image I believe. Look at the picture to understand what im talking about.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Faluzure:
WHAT. This is a deal breaker for me.... Can anyone verify this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
It was there before. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] RonH54:
Thx for the info on signal.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] sixftsix:
my update autoexecuted before I could delete it and freeze the services... now my battery charging speed is horrendous. before the update, my battery would charge extremely fast, better than any device I have ever used. now the charging is extremely slow using the same oem wall charger.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] j510:
Your device must be messed up. Factory reset. Mine is exactly the same. All I notice are improvements.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] _Dennis_:
New kernels charge slower when screen is on because people complained about heat when charging and using phone at the same time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] burhanistan:
Bluetooth fix

One big thing for me that the update seems to have fixed is Bluetooth pairing with my car stereo. Previously, the S4 would only connect for phone but not media audio and I would have to manually check off the media audio box every damn time I started the car.

Honestly, having full functionality is a lot more important to me than being able to root on the S4, so this is a welcome update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Duffmantp:
I also applied the update, here is what I found.

*#27663368378# does not work anymore, it will not go in service mode.

Also *#9090# works but if you do, menu back, menu back, menu back, menu key input '1' now reboots the phone, instead of giving you the same service access mode as *#27663368378#, which sucks because I like to play around in service mode and try things out.

*#*#4636#*#* still works.

My signal has improved a bit, I use to avg 15mb and 10up on LTE but now its 17-20 down and 15 up. When I work on the rooftops and standing right next to ATT antennas, I noticed i can hit 30mb down when i use to hit mid 20's. I really want to test my battery stamina more.

As far as wifi, the issue was using AES with WPA(2) security, if you change it to TKIP cipher your phone will connect to your router. This works on Linksys, because this is what I have. I have never had a issue after making the change, and even with the new update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] :
Has anyone used the international and updated to this. Would like to know if there is any difference at all
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] visuelz:
Got two items on the app list.....battery manager and data manager...they just link to battery and data on your settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
Storm came through knocked my power out.... So I will browse through the APK at some point here. I also have a theoretical thought at another way to get root. Going to keep trying until someone or myself achieves it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Thermalwolf:
I see you're in Athens, that's brutal man, we just got nailed a couple hours ago, was intense... Glad to see your alright though man, luckily I got power here :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hapticxchaos:
2 quick ideas

1.) No way on odin'ing back to previous firmware?

2.) What about odin'ing custom recovery, and flashing loki + root
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] orlandoxpolice:
Doesnt work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] andrawer:
I unrooted and went back to stock so I could grab the update...

My discovery is that I cannot believe how smooth and quick my s4 is now behaving . I use Nova launcher and haven't looked at touchwiz launcher.

I'm impressed and this was what I expected when I first got my s4.

No root is of no concern at this moment for myself...kinda like my old motorcycles/car...I always return them to original.

As quick as the HTC one I had for 3 weeks.

Very nice...only downside is loss of tethering via ES File Explorer..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
There's more information on this in the "Software Update" thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hapticxchaos:
I can certainly see rolling back failing, but did u tdy to odin the custome recovery? Seems like thatll work with any samsung phone. Odin a custome recovery, dont let it boot by pulling the battery, than boot into recovery and flash su & loki. Seems very plausible.

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Hmm ill have to take a look see
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] drsiddiqui1:
Has anyone noticed it takes a bit longer for the ohoje to shut off? The little blue circle used to spin a couple times n turn off before the update. Now for me it spins a few times then just stops for a bit then turns off. Nothing that affects functionality but I was just curious as to whether other people noticed the same thing?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
You can't ODIN a custom recovery onto an AT&T S4. You can push it with ADB, but it won't matter if LOKI is patched...it won't work. If I am correct, the phone needs to be rooted to use GooManager or any other program to install a custom recovery, so that is out and again, without LOKI, it won't work anyway. Kies was reported as working to restore back to AMDL, but I'm sure Samsung will update their servers to the new Firmware soon enough. Possibly kies could be fooled into using AMDL (with a server re-direct) to do an emergency firmware restore, but it would require modifying kies, and that's a no-go. So trust me, a lot of these things have already been thought about. But hey, it's the needle in the hey stack that might just work if it can be found.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] erstad:
Lets hope with the patch of loki in the OTA leads to a much larger exploit...........

::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

maybe a unlocked bootloader perhaps hmmmmmmm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
Well I am more convinced now that One simply cannot walk into Mordor.

I have tried about every wireless on devicr option to root this update. Going to try computer options.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] eortizr:
Just install GOLDENEYE, it is the same ROM and still rooted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jayson94538:
Does the camera firmware get updated on its own?

I assume so. I have the same firmware as you guys. I remember opening up camera and it said something like camera firmware updating.

I'm on Mint Jelly
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] scott14719:
Both GoldenEye and Mint Jelly are using International update releases that update the camera firmware. I can't speak for GoldenEye, but it says in the Mint Jelly thread that the camera firmware does update upon bootup after installing the ROM. Actually, I think GoldenEye is already using parts of the AT&T update, but it still should be the same updated camera firmware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] drichter12:
I didn't catch what your specific wifi issue was but when I first changed over to my s4 from an sII it would continually connect and disconnect. The problem turned out to be an option which only shows up when you connect the first time. When you set up your connection, scroll down to the very bottom of the login screen and tick the "Advanced Options" box. Then scroll down to "Key Management" and de-select "CCKM" then continue with you login. Hope that helps...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
That is my issue exactly. I never thought about that or noticed. I will give that a try tomorrow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] deepen915:
noticed there is now a battery percentage indicator in the Camera App!

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Slade8525:
props to those willing to do the update just for the info, i wouldnt and wont unless there is a definite patch for root/loki.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] drichter12:
Don't forget to "Forget" the connection if it is still set up because the CCKM option does not show anymore once you save the connection, only when you are setting up a new connection. Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] CAG-man:
Actually I don't have anything for management. The words don't appear. I wonder if it does an initial connection type check and gives options based on the connection.

I will forget my home network later and look at the options available for it on the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AZImmortal:
I'm experiencing the exact same problem that you described, but I don't have the Key Management options under Advanced Options. I'm not sure if it's because of the rom that I'm running (Wicked rom). Is there somewhere else that this option might be located?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] drichter12:
Have you deleted the connection and then re-connected? The only time I saw the option was when establishing the connection for the first time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] AZImmortal:
Yes, I did. I even tried to connect to my neighbor's network in case the network had to be 100% new to the device, and it still isn't there. The Advanced Options that I have are "Proxy settings" and "IP settings."