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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bretahrnek:
just sold mine ascend p6 and iphone 5

and I'm ready to buy a S4.

which one should I buy?

I would really love to have google play edition on it.

I like to swapping custom ROMs also.

should I wait for i9506 to be released?

how long do I have to wait?

currently using old nokia and can not wait to get a new phone.

everything looks like i9506 will be released to public soon.,

don't want to buy phone ( i9505 ) and then find out that two days after new version been released...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] difyel:
well if you want the newest then definitely wait for the i9506 . If you are not so keen on getting a Samsung device you could also wait for the nexus 5 . also check the note 3 .
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
it is if you wan't it to be easier to port Note III ROM :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
I really wouldn't worry mate.

I fell into that trap on the S3. I bought my S3 and then they released the i9305, so I quickly bought that model and sold my S3, BAD MOVE!

Yeah i had an extra 1gb of RAM but the development for the i9305 was terrible (to start with)!

I was so gutted when I saw all the awesome AOSP Roms coming out for the S3 and I was stuck on TW lol

So moral of the story, the S4 is fast enough for whatever we throw at it and the dev support is AWESOME!

I'd not be tempted by the i9506.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deezytg1:
note

I'll probably just wait for note 3 and galaxy gear...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bretahrnek:
I don't like LG . Therefor can't have nexus5.

I know it is a good device, but I just don't like any lg products.

Note 3 is tooooooo BIG.

well S4 mini version with tech specs of i9506 would be just about perfect phone, but it is not gonna be true ever.

normal i9506 if it will be released would do great job for me.

only wandering how long do we have to wait for it....

I've heart somewhere that 25th September , or 14th of October.

so i will wait then...

#edit

just bought i9505, couldn't wait
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2kdriver80:
Since LTE Advanced networks aren't available in all European countries, do you think they'll release the i-9506 just to specific carriers in certain countries only? For example, the UK firmware that was posted is for the EE carrier. An unlocked/unbranded model may not even materialize. What do you think? Any one know if Samsung will release an unlocked/unbranded i-9506 for the European/international market?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtdc:
i wonder when will this come out. although i9505 is around, i am still thinking if i wanna get it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3473:
I noticed carphone warehouse are selling a red s4

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/mobile-phones/SAMSUNG_GALAXY_S4

I've never seen this before (apart from on the Korean lte-a snapdragon 800 version)

Is this the uk lte-a snapdragon 800 version?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ash_c64:
Nope they all the same i9505. phones 4 u sells the blue one aswell.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slipudatung:
i9506 vs i9505

i9506

Processor MSM8974v2 (Quad Krait 2.3 GHz)

GPU Adreno 330 (550 MHz)

LTE Cat 4 150/50 Mbps

RAM 2GB LPDDR3 800 MHz

i9505

Processor APQ8064T (Quad Krait 1.9 GHz)

GPU Adreno 320 (450 MHz)

LTE Cat 3 100/50 Mbps

RAM 2GB LPDDR3 600 MHz
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckhurana:
deleted.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btemtd:
Incorrect. ..

The i9505 has adreno 320 not 330
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slipudatung:
Yup typo
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metinagar:
Guys I just bought this in Australia
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorg:
Is it branded or not?

I hope I9506 will start to appear in many places. I'm using SHV-E330S which is 99.9% the same as I9506. I even can use ROM from I9506. So, i hope I9506 will spread and will receive Android 4.3 soon.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisross:
Really? From where? I've looked at Mobicity.

Seems it's available from Vodafone. Is it not available SIM-free?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2kdriver80:
Does anyone know if Samsung scrapped the 16GB option and if the base model starts off at a more acceptable 32GB?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slipudatung:
They are definitely doing the 16gb
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2kdriver80:
Ridiculous! Think I'm just gonna pass on the i9506 then. It's already a job and a half trying to acquire the 32GB version of the i9505, probably even worse odds for the i9506.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisross:
I see that the E330 has been available on Korea for a few weeks and is widely on sale on eBay. However, it doesn't offer as wide a range of frequencies as the i9506. Is this likely to be different hardware, or simply a reduced modem set?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorg:
Basically, hardware is the same. I can use boot.img and system.img.ext4 parts from I9506 firmware with fully working radio. E300 may have less bands support on the physical level, but to get definitive answer, you need to bring E330 with I9506 firmware to a country where bands are different from officially supported by E330.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EB10000:
I live in Israel and I just saw the I9506 on a local store. I was shocked to find out that it has Analog FM radio!! I now feel really cheated by Samsung... I'll just waut and see if the I9506 will become as popular as the I9505 in terms of custom rom/kernel support and then I'll consider selling my I9505 on ebay for half the street price and get a I9506 as I cannot live w/o FM radio...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greg0891:
I9506

Hi EB10000 . I live in Israel too and want to buy I9506.

In what shop you saw this model ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorg:
Probably, you've misunderstood something.

I'm using firmware from I9506 and don't see any stock app for FM-radio. Also i'm using kernel source code from I9506 to build my kernel and there is no option for FM-radio chip in config file.

Probably FM-radio you talking about is ONLINE FM-Radio. Sometimes stores advertise online FM-radio as just "FM-radio" and mislead buyers.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stxfreak:
hey,

I heard that the gt-i9506 is coming to germany (telekom) soon and im about to upgrade, as it is the perfect match of newest hardware and available sd slot and exchangable battery i will definately wait for this. Has anyone experience with rooting on that device? do custom roms exist? sorry if i just asked questions that were already asked few hundred times...

#edit: just had a phonecall with my tmo guy (germany) and they already have the gt-i9506 in their program, but its not ready to ship yet. with my contract its just 60 € more for the 9506 than the 9505 (119€ vs. 179€) for anybody who wants to know.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EB10000:
Could be but the guy at the store said it does support analog fm.. Also look here at the specs:

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=4755&c=samsung_gt-i9506_galaxy_s4_lte-a

It says:

Multimedia-Telecommunication:

Analog:Radio:Receiver: FM radio (76-108MHz) with RDS

More detailed:

Analog:Radio:	FM radio (76-108MHz) with RDS radio reciever

Proprietary headset as antenna

Maybe there is a hw chip but no stock app yet... I need to go back to that store and check again...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorg:
Hmm.. interesting. It's better to go to that store and check by yourself.

PDAdb site often mess some specs. I remember when different S4 models had different dimensions according to pdadb, while in reality all models have exactly the same size.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dez93_2000:
Do you know if they'll do it contract free? And ship to europe? And for how much?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stxfreak:
Hey,

i absolutely don't know that. as far as i know they just got it because of the lte-a buildup in germany by the telekom. i would suggest you just go into a store and ask them specific for that version, as the guy in my store didn't even mention it at all. lucky me just saw a youtube vid showing the phone at the IFA and asked him about it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbb1967:
The official German page (technical specifications)

****samsung.com/de/consumer/mobile-device/mobilephones/smartphones/GT-I9506ZKADTM

German manual

****downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201309/20130912182639987/GT-I9506_UM_Open_Jellybean_Ger_Rev.1.0_130905.pdf

English manual

****downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201308/20130819165318718/GT-I9506_UM_EU_Jellybean_Eng_Rev.1.0_130816.pdf

****ing antispam...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apachi®:
:D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve_xyz:
just wondering when i can buy one:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrColdbird:
This is getting ridiculous if you ask me.

On the other hand I don't really give a damn, I'm sorry however for everyone who does.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] negrobembon:
what's getting ridiculous? if you mean samsung releasing 10 different versions of one device then i agree

but if you mean people still complaining about it then i agree too

and if you mean people trading their existing model with one of these then i agree too

if you mean anything else then probably i'll agree too
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electronical:
Looks like it's finally going international: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9506_galaxy_s4_lte_with_snapdragon_800_hits_europe-news-7031.php but i think it'll require its own dev section since the internals have changed, which probably means the original i9505 will stay at the top of the priority list for dev support. I buy all my phones based on how much love they get from devs. Why else would we be on XDA? :D
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
You can already buy it with contract or without (650€) on some providers like in germany t-mobile

http://www.t-mobile.de/business/allehandys/0,22597,14772-_304621-761-11910;CNC-1,00.html

Or in 2 Weeks at vodafone .

I ordered today one for me :) .

It seems the providers will sell only this Version cause on sammobile is only provider related firmware for the i9506 like you can check in following link

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9506&pcode=0#firmware

And as you can read on gsmarena the korean SHV 330s is exactly the same like i9506.

So you can use the root methods and cwm from SHV 330s

"Also known as Samsung Galaxy S4 with LTE+

Available as Samsung SHV-E330S Galaxy S4 LTE-A for SK Telecom."

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9506_galaxy_s4-5542.php

Have fun and

Cheers :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scandiun:
xda should create a subforum for it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2kdriver80:
Thanks! So you believe there probably wouldn't be an unlocked/unbranded sim-free version of this phone? I had asked that question earlier in this thread as well since only some markets have LTE-A capability so I thought Samsung might brand the phone to certain providers only. However, "Overseas Electronics" seems to be selling an unlocked version of the I-9506, never heard of that online company before.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
Well on sammobile you see also unbranded from Nordic countrys and singapore the rest of Europe is branded so this say to me that you can buy unbranded but only in few selected countrys. 80% will be offered branded ... Cause even amazon got it till now not in list and t-mobile already selling it...thats my result of the analyse :) maybe i am wrong
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nadirchine:
after upgrade to android 4.3 the battery life is too bad
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stxfreak:
did someone already tried to root a gt-i9506 with e330s methods and flashed a custom rom successfully?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
If you read here in e330s thread it was possible before 4.3 update with Knox...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2284543

With new firmware 4.3 Knox included you are no more able to root or flash cwm...... so this means for i9506 same cause you get it with 4.2.2 with Knox...

So we have same problem and i know currently only one person who can help us for sure .... This is Chainfire ..... Ill contact him for sure and ask him when i got my i9506 cause i think he need some data or logs for to make a cwm included root.

And i hope a moderator make for i9506 a subforum where the people dont have to search for the right thread.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackJack'89:
Exactly, no root on 4.3 man :(

A question: I've SHV-E330S with 4.2.2 MH1, can I try to flash the international version (uk based i9506)

Inviato dal mio SHV-E330S utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
If you google and read here in gsmarena in German: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_e330s_galaxy_s4_lte_a-5542.php

translated in English http://translate.google.de/translat...na.com/samsung_e330s_galaxy_s4_lte_a-5542.php

its the same:

Korean Name:

Samsung SHV-E330S

European Name:

Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

or

Samsung Galaxy S4 with LTE+(T-Mobile)

So you can flash UK(branded EE on sammobile) i9506 firmware on your E330S :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackJack'89:
Secureboot check fail :-\

Inviato dal mio SHV-E330S utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
you do did reset eveything in recovery ? and used odin ? Its should work cause everthing is same spec. ......

http://www.android.gs/official-specs-for-international-samsung-galaxy-s4-lte-a-i9506-revealed/

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_e330s_galaxy_s4_lte_a-5542.php

Official Samsung Korea site Transelated in english: http://translate.google.de/translat...le-phone/mobile-phone/skt/SHV-E330SZB1SC-spec

The only different spec is the Additional Built-in memory capacity 32GB

....

well ok maybe they build a software side check feature that check the full spec of the phone and in case like you it brings a error cause of the 32GB (I9506 got 16GB) ....

This can be the only 1 reason why you get a error....

Can you flash Korean stock firmware back ? Please report ... it should be possible ... just reset everthing in recovery and flash in download mode
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackJack'89:
Thanks for the help, my build is this......

I try to flash the UK version, but secure check boot fail :-\

Inviato dal mio SHV-E330S utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
Bye the way ....

Today i got my t-mobile branded Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE+ GT-I9506 :)

Well first thing was get rid of that branded t-mobile Firmware ... flashed i9506 NEE Nordic Country unbranded... bye bye t-mobile bloathware ^^

The next thing was to play abit with this thing....but without root you do a s h i t .... no super su.... no mobile odin .... no backup ....is working :(

I contacted Chainfire in hope that he can make us a CF-Auto-Root for this nice device :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46842352&postcount=169

ill hope he will help us as always in this root thing

Stay tuned...

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2kdriver80:
Thanks for the update! Is yours the 16GB version? Supposedly there are 32GB versions available but I wonder if it will be a job and a half to try to get a hold of them, like how it is for the regular i9505. I've ordered the 32GB i9505 S4 over a month ago and still waiting, nobody is able to stock the larger memory phone for some reason. The 16GB version doesn't cut it for me with 9GB of usable memory. Why the hell is it so difficult for Samsung to manufacture 32GB S4s?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
its the 16gb version ... t-mobile had only this one. well its currently enough for me cause i have a 32gb external sdcard in it too for pics and videos.

well a 32gb version where of course a + point :)

cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stxfreak:
i got mine yesterday, for now i cleaned it up and put nova on it. works fine as long as there is nothing. i would be really happy if you could inform me in case something will happen for our phones.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vampyren:
I know this is really bad that the giant memory make won't make anything but 16GB version, I never seen anything but 16 in Sweden. I'm also pissed about this. I constantly have to delete stuff, sd card is great but can't use it for apps and I don't like rooting and messing with the phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
if there is something going on for the I9506 i will put it in this thread :) for sure
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2kdriver80:
Yea I hear you. I also have the Tab 7.7 with 16GB internal. And even with 12GB usable (compared to the bloated S4's 9GB usable), I have to delete stuff from time to time, so a 16GB S4 is a no-no if I'm going to pay outright for a top-end phone. Funny, I was actually considering a Note 3 since the 32GB version is readily available and was trying to find excuses to go with that instead, but it's just too big of a phone.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vampyren:
hehe i'm in the same boat, i'm also considering the note3 but after testing it a few times in the store i think i wont be comfortable with it as a phone, its just to big. S4 is just perfect in size but the 9gig free is just killing me. I also now get some sort of strange warning each time i download an app that i have only 2meg space left when i actauly have 3-4GB so not sure what's going on.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stxfreak:
just a quick question, do you guys got any cases? i got my uag today, and as it seems the cutouts are a tiny bit off, as if the phone was thinner than the one supposed to sit in there. could that be?

nevermind, its a fake.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
you can use all accessories from the normal s4 .... i use only the flipcover cause the phone getting not bigger only 0,2 thicker but thats ok. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2kdriver80:
Hi xenix, so is the new i9506 indeed a little bit thicker than the regular i9505? Might be tight fitting for some of the older cases hehe.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
no it isnt its same like I9500 and I9505.

I just wanted say only that i am using this flip cover http://www.amazon.de/gp/customer-me...CPHHY/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_1?ie=UTF8&index=1

with that its only getting 0,2 thicker :)

If you use cases like this http://www.amazon.de/SPIGEN-SGP-Hyb...e=UTF8&qid=1382981332&sr=1-5&keywords=s4+case

then its getting larger, brighter and thicker ... like with all cases ^^

sry for my english :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenix96:
I9506 need some support!

i did something: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47055622#post47055622

I hope we get some support for our device and finally get a cwm :)

With CWM things are easier to manage :angel:

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stxfreak:
Thats looking good. Hope you get a dev to help you or better us.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9506 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorg:
Is there any news when I9506 will receive 4.3 update?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cr4z33:
I am going to get an S4 I9506 from Germany into a week or so and I so much want to have it rooted!

As I don't think there's already a custom ROM (right?) can someone pleeeease show me a 100% working method (no guesses please) to get it rooted??

Any chance I can install a custom recovery?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2kdriver80:
Do you know if Chainfire came up with a CF-root method for the i9506? Have you found any 32GB models btw? Or will you be getting the 16GB?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cr4z33:
If I am here and asking how can I know? :p

Anyway I am getting the white European version with 16GB ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paddylaz:
can an internationa-compatible I9506 be bought online yet anywhere?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] mani:
hi all,

so far i have been pretty content with my configuration, which is as follows:

qtek 2020

rom version - 1.72.00WWE

rom date - 03/15/04

radio version - 1.14.00

protocol version - 1337.24

ext rom - 1.72.126

the softwares i've been using are:

xda-developers ext. rom unlocker

vasilenok's vbirthday 3.2 gold

spb pocket plus

spb full screen keyboard

smartphone studio for sms syncing & backup

i havent found any topic which address all issues related to upgrading..therefore many would find feedbacks on this topic useful

1. will all these softwares and more work on 2003se? or do we have 2 download diff. versions?

2. how stable is the 2003se? and which rom is the best?

3. how is the battery usage?

4. will it sync with a pc running on win98se?

5. MOST IMPORTANT , i have backed up my sms's using smart phone studio (tried jeyo, doesnt work on my pc) will i be able to restore them if i upgrade to 2003se? i dont want 2 lose my sms!

6. in case i want 2 downgrade back to my current version , can i do so?

i would be glad if experts in this forum cud clarify all these issues and more in this 1 topic,

thanks

mani
[Android Stick & Console RockChip based Computers] myred5:
I have a new MK808B and I tried to flash the Finless 1.7 rom. I am able to install the drivers, its getting detected as "rockchip_usb" under "Disk Drives" (correct me if it is wrong) in both Windows XP and 7. Device Manager.

Also the RK Tool detects the hardware and displays "Found RKAndroid rock usb". But I am not able to erase / flash the rom, on clicking I am getting "MSC can't do erase NAND" and "MSC device can't do upgrade" error messages respectively. Please help, I am not able to proceed.
[Android Stick & Console RockChip based Computers] myred5:
Any workaround? The same error is coming in all my PCs ( 1 x Win XP and 2 x Win 7). I am not able to proceed the flashing.
[Android Stick & Console RockChip based Computers] leezrd:
Have you tried flashing without using eraseing

Edit: try this one http://www.mediafire.com/?6cqgsxm4oooucii

And see if works

Edit2: this is link to new firmware and click on add firmware update http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.ph...e-fix-netflix-scrambled-problem/#.UeyBp4a3PFo
[Android Stick & Console RockChip based Computers] myred5:
The error occurs while both erasing and flashing.
[Android Stick & Console RockChip based Computers] myred5:
I am able to flash the Finless 1.7 rom using CWM recovery.