yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolon:
DId you trip Knox?

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I got one when I got my replacement. No more I9505 are produced.

Did you custom yours? Did it work with i9505 roms?

I have (stock)

Android 4.2.2

Basband: I9506XXUAMHD

Kernel: 3.4.0-1677708

Komp: JDQ39.I9506XXYAMI3

SELinux-Status: Permissive

Antutu: 34390

So I didn't touch anything. I asked in another thread but got no reply (maybe I write too long?) ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeHAWK:
No KNOX shown in download mode, but something called Qualmcomm Security and it is 0x1b as far as I remember. But whatever it is, it never changed when I flashed it. Not sure if bootloader is locked, might be...Atm. it's not customed, expect for for all the apps I removed with TB. Also noticed that mine is not running 2.3 GHz only 2.265...don't know why.:mad:

Mine is a replacement for the S2, sold it. :) Not locked to any mobile carrier. But it said on the box that it was optimized for nordic countries, might be something with modem settings, csc or whatever. I did all work in Ubuntu Linux, modified kitchen, like unpacking, DeOdexing, adding latest SuperSU and SU.. Then packed and made the md5 file for Odin. It took me some time to get it work...softbricked a couple of times

Be back...have to work...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wiwibrown:
thanks this is interesting.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhale71:
Just posting in to say the virgin / optus SGS4 with 4G 'plus' IS NOT the 9506 ! it is the 9507! (WTF is that?) which has the snapdragon600 :( .. says on the box 1.9ghz processor and this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRTtWwh9vjA shows one getting the same quadrant as the 9505.. Honestly why would samsung keep developing this model and then go backwards, I had no idea this variant existed and would have got the note 3 otherwise.. since neither 'cat4' nor '4g+' are available anywhere, the only thing people want is that 800!.. wondering if i should stick it on ebay..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolon:
Going to try to root it today and see if I trip it or not. When do we get the i9506 forum? OPS?! :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrKalach:
Why samsung are doing every day new model??? 2 mounthes later we'll get I9532? :crying:

And we can forget CM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotteRotte:
When do we get a sub forum and root for 9506 ?!:( Any news?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
This i9507 is specialy for hong kong and australia for their special LTE since i can see only 2 countrys on sammobile ..... its not lte+ like ours for 150mbits ...

The virgin / optus guys called it 4g plus yes but they can call it also 4g minus or something else

Fact is it is a i9607 thats the official product code and resellers can call it like they want to sell this product and the normal users who buy this devices think then "Hehe nice i got the newest s4" till someone show them the right way!

What im want to say in this case that samsung made a "special s4" ...that is ok but the resellers use this trick to sell it as the 4g plus and in reality it is not the true 4g plus

You always have to look at Product Code

then you know what they offer :)

sry for my nice english ;)

cheers

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sub forum news?

well the thing is we dont got any developers for our device.... if we get some then they will make for sure since you need a section where the devs post their development :)

ill hope we get cm in near future ... then things are much easier to do for our device for example custom roms

cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steff82:
I have got Galaxy S4 LTE-A (i9506) South Korean version,

is there a chance activate LTE features? everything is setup correctly (sim card 4g, network coverage) but still no LTE connection due to SK telekom software which rejested LTE in Roaming...

what can i do with this? any suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
you have not the i9506 it is the shv-e330s

the difference are he lte frequences .....

if you got a lte contract you have to ask your provider .... if you updated to 4.3 e330s firmware and your lte is not working you have to ask samsung for this issue

this is i9506 thread and the people here got 4.2.2 firmware with working lte+ ... so no one can help you realy here ..

i know from e330s thread that you guys got this problem after the update to 4.3 firmware..... i think its a firmware issue

cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steff82:
many thanks for you answer,

one more, its possible downgrade formware to 4.2.2 ? via odin without lose warranty (knox) ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
if i read on e330s thread currently it is not possible

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47818743

cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The MBG:
I returned my i9506 as it turned out it wasn't unlocked as sold. Plus, and I know this may sound odd to some, I found it too thin and thereby hard to hold. Finally I just didn't like AMOLED whites and greys. There were distinct, if faint, vertical line lines on some backgrounds and just a general look of graininess. Picky I know but for the money spent it has to be spot on.

I did think about getting the Active but I've read about quite a few issues with the model. So instead I've gone the other end of the spectrum and today ordered a Moto G 16GB. Why you ask? Well the reviews are great and I could get a fantastic deal from Tesco in the UK using their Clubcard vouchers. Also it doesn't just replicate the basic Samsung features of the Note 8.0. I love my tablet and will definitely upgrade that should they bring out a 1080P version next year.

Enjoy your phone. :o
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrDee:
I have the i9506, they went on sale on Vodafone network in New Zealand last month, first official CAT4 phone in NZ :)

Had a chat to the Voda rep instore and he says he sells about a dozen G4's a day (i9505) but has trouble selling the i9506 as people don't want to pay the extra NZ$100 (approx US$80).

Rooted and running Xposed/Wanam module.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juicyjor:
crap. they should have made this the initial specs.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konsolen:
9506

After 1 week with the 9506 i can say its very fast. I had the 9505 and the nexus5, so i can feel the difference.

I root it with vroot in 5sec. Works perfect.

With the root.zip from here, i get always an error info when i boot recovery. It worked but i dont liked that.

So i flashed new firmware with odin and root with vroot. No error info and in download mode is no custom rom to see.

And the battery time is very good. Much better than the nexus 5.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fl4me-on:
Hey guys,

I have just ordered two i9506 (for me and my GF) last week and hope they will arrive shortly. My first act after creating an account on this site was to request a sub forum for this nice device on http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354

I have also talked to a T-Mobile (biggest carrier in Germany) rep and he told me that the i9506 will actually be replacing the i9505 in their shops. After checking their site I found that the regular S4 is already only offered as "NEUWERTIG" what pretty much means used/refurbished:

http://www.t-mobile.de/smartphones/0,22727,23392-_3-0-81-0-all-,00.html (at the very bottom of the list)

Hopefully this will get our device the needed attention in order to get some dev support going on!

Cheers!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KOLLEGAHNEXUS:
i think no

im waitin for the galaxy s6 cause i think the s5 is a better s4 with no good new things
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rechargelegend:
We have a new sub forum!!! Great!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stxfreak:
nice, finally! :D

wait, does that mean we got some devs on our device?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rechargelegend:
I have no idea... but i hope so :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
So something is happening that the MOD´s add this nice subforum for our I9506 device.

I definitly requested to move the other threads to this forum :)

Cheers :) :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotteRotte:
Chainfire! We need you! :D Please root this baby now. A beer or three (or five is waiting)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stxfreak:
Make it 10.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9506 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] highaltitude:
I buy every other one out of contract, so.. the 9506 might just be the next best thing! I buy AT&T USA model, then international, then USA again, then international. Of course unless there is something cooler in between. (had AT&T S2, then International S3, then AT&T S4, now waiting for S5?, LOL)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolon:
I make a short post there. I have the Note 3 to compare with. My theory is that the assembly line is the same a LOOONG way before it diverges.

Note 3 gets more mem, screen, pen.

But under the hood?

Does anyone know a good app that really list everything there is in a phone? I can then compare, because if so I've been on the master of

Foxhound that released a version for Note 3. If they are as close as I think they are then we have best of both worlds here.

This phone rocks. But so does the Note 3. And I can't part from either of them :P

/Absie

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Oh,

when I got mine he said that I9505 was no more. Nil. Not produced. They sneak them in as replacements to empty the stocks but that's it.

I9506 is the S4 (for the next 3 months anyway) ;)

Then we have S5 (that will include the new chipset called "Knox"). Switching back to HTC then again.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2kdriver80:
It looks like the GT-I9506 is only available as a 16gb version with no plans to release it as a 32gb version. I guess I have to continue my search for the GT-I9505 32gb version, and even that's a job and a half. I'm assuming Samsung is allocating most of the 32gb storage chips into the newer models like the Note 3 and Note 10.1 2014 hence the difficulty in locating 32gb versions of their other models.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolon:
Why do you need a 32gb version? You have excellent programs to "switch" your "internal" and "external". Just don't overdo and buy a 64gb (ext-sd).

I did and all I got was sorrow.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2kdriver80:
I have the 16gb version of the GT-I9505 and I'm already maxed out. :) It doesn't look like you can appreciably install apps on the external card either, even when using apps2sd workaround.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolon:
So have I been but right now I can't recall but there is a way to make it switch. Not app2sd,

You can either use Folermount or there is some other way as well to flip it. Search is your friend :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] highaltitude:
I have the 32gb version of AT&T SGH-i337 Black Mist + a 64gb MicroSD card, converted to GT-I9505 :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
PLEASE READ THIS!!!

Let's make a rom! :) (question)

Its been moved by Mod to general Forum so thats why i post the link for it!

Cheers :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rechargelegend:
I have read about the Milan rom on some Korean forum. Well actually i read about it on xda because i don't read Korean :) And now i cant find the link.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daimonji:
Hi,

For those who owns the i9506: what is the audio chip inside? Could it be a Wolfson?

Thank you,

Daimonji
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotteRotte:
Hi. I tried to find this out via CPU-Z, but nothing there. Sorry.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daimonji:
Thank you for trying to get the information, that I can't find anywhere.

I was just worried about sound quality, because it was very good on SGS3 (Wolfson chip) and quite average on first version of SGS4 (I9500).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolon:
Since this post is dead Lets make a Rom there is no use to use it.

That I still think should be HERE and not in General but that is a mod decision so we have to work that way.

That is the post I will post my things at least and invite all :)

Pointer to the post: (DING). Then you have to find the thread yourself since I won't be posting in this.

Let's try to bribe the mods with some cookies! :D Cookies didn't work. Heh

All the best on this nice day and hey! Smile :)

/Abs

However, this post is relevant: Problems and possible solutions

And maybe some deeper view on what I think about thefuture of this phone. (If you CAN do anything I wrote in sarcasm then please do!).

I've decided. I'm moving over to the Note 3.

But that is not that bad! Cause I can then dissect it if someone wants to cooperate on this end? I still have this one and if this one can be going

I'll gladly move back because I love it and think the Note 3 is too big (although my female friends say there isn't anything that is too big) ;)

I have to live with my Note 3 for 552 days and 461 with my I9506 so there is plenty of time. Lets hope that the Ubuntu-phones (that will be cracked

to another OS day 1 since Ubuntu sucks so bad) or finally HTC does something sensible, like installing an expansion-slot again?

But then Kitkat hates ext-cards!!

/Abs
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rechargelegend:
4.3 is out. But its for France (Orange) says SamMobile.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
yes its true i will check it to night after my son is in bed :)

cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ig000r:
Hi, i recently bought an S4 and moticed it is an I9506. BUT my Problem is - im huge fan of custom roms and ATM there is NO custom rom for I9506. So my question is - will there be more custom rom support in the future for this device?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rechargelegend:
ig000r

We have to wait and see.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lowl1fe:
Does TriangleAway support the i9506 running 4.2.2?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mabmed:
We should look for a dev can support our i9506 for Aosp roms! But at first, if any one can mod stock rom should be great! Let's begin with modded stock roms! Who can do that here? Me no! :D

Via Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 Black Mist!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timberwolf60:
Rooted my phone by kingo root without tripped the flash counter on I9506xxubmi7. In download mode shown all official. By using wanam xpose and expose framwork so my system status was official. You can look up in thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2567118

Send from my C6903 using XDA TapatalkPro

my device: Sony Z1C6903

S4 GT - I9506
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Numero17:
so it reset counter of knox? if i have 0x1 and i use this app i can reset to 0x0 right?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timberwolf60:
Triangle away still not supporting i9506. Until now knox counter can't be resetted. My I9506 still on 4.2.2 rooted by kingo root. When Z2 available on market, I will sold it and get a Z2. Sick with Samsung knox. Meantime I playing with Z1. I can root on 4.3 with twrp and Phil dual recovery and easily back to 4.2.2. Enjoy!

Send from my C6903

my device: Sony Z1C6903

Samsung I9506
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Numero17:
i have samsung s4 e330s with snapdragon 800. if the same telephone you have?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timberwolf60:
I already said bye bye to Samsung. Sold it for S$650. No fun due to knox warranty void.

Send from my C6903 using TapatalkPro

my Sg device: Sony Z1C6903 and Samsung S2.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpha beta gaga:
does anyone know if the units from expansys uk come with the ee firmware that others have reported when getting theirs from handtec?

http://www.expansys.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-advance-black-258597/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolon:
IF you still are serious about working with a cross post, please see the post I wrote yesterday.

I have collected so much info, but since this is a graveyard I'm also on my way to get rid of it if there is no response.

DeHAWK is the one that has done most, but really, what if we want to try PacMac, Paradroid, InserCoin?

We have nothing to go after, if we don't find out the listed things I wrote down yesterday. No chance in hell.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cardi_:
Does the i9506 is a lost cause? Too bad you do not have enough knowledge to help.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9506 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EclipseX:
I got one today, and I will sell my i9505

Enviado do meu GT-I9505 através de Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ah_wong:
I9506 are they in EE UK Shops?

Does anyone know if the GT-I9506 are being stocked with EE UK directly considering there is a firmware out for EE? Quite interested in getting this version of the SGS4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ag123:
S4 I9506 snapdragon 800 is *almost* on par with S5 snapdragon 801!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mubeen_94:
Cannot flash recovery

Hello Xenix,

I followed every single step that you mentioned to flash custom recovery on GT-I9506 Cat-4. But I'm unable to flash any of the recovery on my phone. Odin says that every step has been successfully performed, but the phone still goes into stock recovery whenever I press Vol. Up+Power key. In the download mode, it says that the phone has been modified to custom. Please help me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yar_nl:
Battery pull after flash

In Odin do not tick reboot. After Odin flash take out the battery. Then put the battery in and finish the instructions.

Hth,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mubeen_94:
Thanks

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll try it now
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saad.salman:
I9506 Black Edition - KitKat Update

If anyone of you is using the i9506 Black Edition, can you please confirm if it got the OTA update to 4.4.2 or 4.4.3 with the stock rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Misterx1056:
Yeah that would be great.

Btw i'm on a i9506 with region code tnl can I flash a other region code or will I void my warrenty?

Thanks in advance for the answers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stxfreak:
Not yet in Germany.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JavierHouse:
presenta GT i9506 Ecuador black edition
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolmajid:
sms delivery report

i need to have sms delivery report in shv 330s.

i m using stock 4.4.2.

but no luck with delivery report..

or i should flash with i9506 rom soe files ..?

what to do plz help..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
Only time has the answer:)

What are you talking about? Honami and xperia z both are 5 inch devices, HTC is also releasing a 5 inch devices, it comes nowhere near phablets. Whatever the device we have in hand is going to be fine and faster than any other devices in the market right now, with a tighter market competition expecting a device manufacturer not to release newer devices with upgraded parts is pure rubbish. This stands for all the oems, not only Samsung.

Talk from your heart, apart from the benchmarking tests in what aspect is your device inferior to the others?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
Thats worries me too, 9505 owners have CM and Google edition stuff to keep their phones alive, same with 9505G but all the 9500 has is sh*tty [MENTION=237736]SS[/MENTION] touchwiz

guess i will be upgrading early next year
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nightf0x_007:
i think that i9500 will receive updates like other s4 variants as it is samsung based cpu so they will give an attention
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
I feel a bit cheated but if I really think about it then I realize I couldn't care less. It's technology and its bound to advance extremely quickly and frankly the S800 processor is overkill for current apps/games.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toss3:
Strains their resources and could result in slower or no updates for older devices. Samsung is really digging themselves in a hole by releasing a thousand versions of the same phone. Not that I care now that we have the GE roms, but still. Feel bad for those with an i9300 or i9100.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nightf0x_007:
There is a misunderstood here im talking about the htc one max and xperia z ultra , and i think that other devices from htc and sony wont be faster than their flagships htc one and xperia z i think and sorry for misunderstood
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titus1:
Samsung is now oversaturating the Market with their Galaxy line-up.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsndetre:
Man , you are contradicting yourself. First you say that no OEM can afford not to launch products with latest and best soc available, and on the other hand you claim S800 not to be a big deal over S600.

When I first used my I9505 for browsing over a 3G connection, I had to stop after 10 minutes because I got afraid that the damn thing will blow up in my hand. That hot it was. Since then I looked for solutions: debloated the rom, installed a new kernel, underclocked & undervolted the cpu and gpu, I am using greenify, power saving mode, etc . Now it got better.

My point is, Samsung delivered a product which does not meet all the standards you can expect from a flag ship. Don't tell me they didn't knew about heating up. And if after few month they release an update with a new soc, which possibly can fix this issues and also be faster, you can be sure I have a problem with that. After all I payed 600 euro for this phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robogo1982:
I don't understand how can some of you feel "cheated". How? Why?

I don't. I have one of the best, most epic phones the world has ever seen. I have unbelievable processing power in my hand! I can do almost anything I think of with my phone, I really don't understand or see how the S800 version will be able to do more (okay, maybe a bit faster, but I highly doubt that difference in speed will even be visible for the end user).

Except if you're a benchmark-jockey.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsndetre:
I have to reply to this.

Yeah , what's the point of technical progress. After all a good implementation of a dual core A9 is fast enough for browsing ... Or why you need a custom rom, kernell, debloat your phone ... after all stock tw is not so much slower ...

But I dont see you using neither a S2 or stock TW.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoneXDA:
Wonder when we're gonna get past this kind of thinking... Technology ain't slowing down for no one, neither is Samsung.

But let me ask you this: when you walk into the store to buy a phone, would you prefer the flagships having old technology cause it happens to be 6-9 months after their release, or would you want them the pack the best HW available at the time of purchase? That's what Samsung is doing here.

IMO it makes more sense to update the single yearly product as fresh tech comes out over releasing 3-4 flagships per 12 months (HTC One X+, Butterfly, One, Butterfly S, WhateverPackingSnapdragon800).

You still have an awesome phone BTW, the i9500.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atilla88:
Will the 800 version support all the mods and hacks from the 600 version?

That would be my first question
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superandroid2011:
My points about this:

1-) If it seems bad for early adopters, it is even worse for those who just bought S600/Octa the other day...

2-) S800 is not that beast against S600 and Octa, so we are not that behind. Adreno 330 kind of disappointed me, I was expecting much more 3D performance.

3-) On next year's new flagships cycle, think better before buying a Samsung, your flagship will be obsolete too fast.