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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Turnkeys:
I think I cited that cf-autoroot in err, it was late. I started out here with QBKing77's root video, and the motochopper. 'least I think that's what I used. I did achieve root. It was the permissions file edits that really did it...

At this point, with the write-protect enabled in download mode, can I root with the correct cf autoroot via odin? Would it be safer to flash a custom boot-loader from an SD card? Sorry for the ongoing questions, this experience has shaken my confidence.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Yes, if you have the latest cf autoroot for the Sprint S4, you should be good to go. Make sure you download it from Chainfires site and not qbkings. His link is probably to an older version. Then don't mess with the permissions file. Download tge sdcard fix app and run it. Or install xposed and use a module like wanum to customize your phone and give full access to the microsd card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Turnkeys:
Ok, following you thus far. The resources on Chainfire's site look straightforward. (I'm assuming the D/L error I'm getting trying to install the windows app is due to some restriction on the school's wifi.)

Though I've not tried this yet, I did manage to get stock rom's flashed several times previously... one via stock recovery and an SD card, once via factory restore, and once when I went to best buy. Each time I noted the multiple app crashes, (see above youtube link) which prevent me from completing the set-up process. Thus I can't yet install any apps.

Can I get a custom recovery and/or custom ROM onboard before or after rooting via Chainfire?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Turnkeys:
Well it wasn't the college's wifi, some issue with the database the installable downloads during installation.

On Chainfire's website, the sprint version of the tar file is KOT49H.L720VPUFNAE, slightly older than the L720VPUFNG2 currently flashed to my handset. Both 4.4.2, I'm wondering about the compatibility.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Turnkeys:
Well, tried rooting via Odin using the updated file from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57934556&postcount=424, which claimed success using the update on the NG2 stock ROM. No luck unfortunately, left me with the "please plug in kies"... blah, blah. Managed to successfully reflash NG2, using a rear USB port. Back to the apps crashing loop. No worse, but no better. :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Turnkeys:
Caught a stroke of luck, though I'm not sure how. Still had the multiple apps crashing after successfully reflashing NG2. Read some more threads; on a whim, cleared the cache via the stock bootloader, and ran another wipe/reset. Left it alone while I read more, checked and was able to complete the setup.

Per this thread, there seems to be some question about rooting NG2. Thanks all for the patience & handholding. Slowly relearning this.

At this point I'm looking to safely root, flash a recovery bootloader, perhaps a custom ROM and restore backups.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bbtgp:
I'm having an MMS issue with my L720T, maybe someone can help me. I bought this sprint phone off ebay and had it reskewed or rescued to boost mobile. Everything works except out going mms and lte because i dont have an iccid sim.

My problem is there are no APN's in the menu and none of ones i add will save though they do appear in the telephony.db after several attempts.. just not in the APNS menu. I have tried everything i can, iv flashed with L720TVPUBNC6_L720TSPTBNC6_SPR and L720TVPUBNG5_L720TSPTBNG5_SPR, formatted the cache several times and iv gone through every hidden menu i can possible go through to find a way to save the apns. And iv tried overwriting the apns-conf.xml

GalaxyTools says the mcc is 000 and the mnc is null.

Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
[MENTION=3921323]bbtgp[/MENTION] have you gone to

@ idone thread and asked or read/search there?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2816159
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bbtgp:
I think i got it mostly figured out. I changed some things in the build.prop uploaded the apn-conf from my s2 and switched to another messaging app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] totike90:
LTE issue

Hy, it's me again. My sprint S4 is doing fine, the cracked screen was repaired, but my problem is that i cannot achieve LTE in Romania on Orange network. I Know they use different LTE bands as Sprint uses, but i read before that more bands can be "added" to the phone via a file modification. I don't remember where i read that, but i really need LTE. My SIM card is LTE compatible, i've tried it in another phone and worked fine, but the problem is with my phone's bands. If anyone could help me with a tutorial to fix my problem, i would really appreciate it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
There is absolutely no way for you to receive LTE on your phone unless you are in the US on Sprint's network. The phone has no hardware for the other LTE bands. If you want LTE, sell your phone and buy an international version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Maxman190:
Also, so there are 2 galaxy S4s in my household, one belonging to my brother and another to my mother (who does NOT know english well). My mom's S4 has been having lots of issues lately, here's a brief list:

1. Can't connect to a weather provider (to use for a weather widget)

2. Connecting to my home wifi gives a "Checking the quality of your internet connection," which seems to finally be able to connect to the wifi after 10-15 minutes...

3. After several minutes of the phone being on, the settings crashes whenever I try to enter it, "Unfortunately, settings has stopped." I have to keep restarting phone in order to access settings.

4. It's always connected to 3G and not 4G (Mom's S4 is the new tri-band and my brother's is a dual band S4) My brother has no problem with his 4G connectivity.

5. Whenever I try to download app on 3G, it ALWAY hangs at around 10MB and when I try to cancel the download, it crashes Google Play Store. (When it hangs at 10MB, I have to wait until it's finally connected to my wifi before attempting to cancel the download, otherwise it crashes the store, then it can finally download after redownloading)

6. Probably more, but I forgot.

Alright, so to list the differences:

Brother's S4 - 4.2.2, no junk app, only games that he play everyday, task killer.

Mom's S4 - 4.4.2, different language setting, tons of crap chinese app that she apparently needs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] totike90:
There are methods for adding more LTE bands to the phone. What if I add the band i would use for LTE? would it work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] cruise350:
Only if you are an electrical engineer and good with a soldering iron. The Sprint version of the S4 radio only includes Sprint's LTE bands. It is hardware, not software. Every one using a Sprint S4 outside the U.S. will only get 3G or HSPDA+.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Turnkeys:
Has anyone seen a CF-Autoroot update for the NG2 stock ROM? Or recommend another rooting method for that ROM? I much prefer Titanium Backup, and write-access to the SD card, both of which require root.

Managed to soft-brick my handset on the last attempt, and hoping to avoid that adventure... the S2 was so much easier to manage...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
Thread to How To Root video.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2257101

Pages 43-44 has the updated cf auto root, but you can use the video in the OP to root it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] masonshadowwalker:
I recently purchased some whiztag NFC tags and my phone running the latest nightly of PAC ROM isn't detecting them I made sure NFC is on, android beam works just fine and I know its not the tags because I tested the ones I ordered on my friends galaxy s4 running stock rom. what am I doing wrong??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] KFloyd:
What app are you using? Are you sure this isn't an issue you should report in the PAC ROM thread (or that PAC hasn't disabled NFC tag reading)?

I'm on CM12, using Trigger/Tagstand Writer and NCF Tools (depending on what I have to do) without issue.

Some tags require 'formatting' but if your friends phone reads them, this is likely not the issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] masonshadowwalker:
I have tried using trigger and NFC tools
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] KFloyd:
After a quick googling, it appears PAC ROM has sporadic NFC issues on various devices. Try asking in the PAC thread.

Or NANDROID your setup, try something else (cm12 nightly works for me) to see if it's the rom. With the nandroid, you can get back your setup easily.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] totike90:
Question

Yes, I completely undersatnd. you Could the LTE Receiver be switched with one from a GT-i9505 model? would it work? I mean I would flash the stock romanian software aswell!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] masonshadowwalker:
I tried using CyanogenMod and it didn't pick up the tags either
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] FeNo2:
I have the L720T and just installed L720TVPUBNK1_stock_root.zip using TWRP. It seemed to go well except I couldn't turn on WiFi. [MENTION=4590326]bthorne79[/MENTION] said I needed to flash the modem.bin and nonhlos from the NK1_extras. Actually just the nonhlos seemed to do the trick, but I did the modem like he said.

Now I've got TWO new problems, possibly related:

1) The Play Store says "No Connection"

2) My apps aren't being restored from my other S4 like they were the other day, I tried sync, but no apps download.

There is some other stuff in the NK1_Extras, but I don't know what it's for or how to install it properly, is the other stuff not being installed what's causing the problem?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] FeNo2:
Just wanted to followup with solution....

I just decided WTF, I'll do ANOTHER factory reset, but this time unlike the last time, I entered my google acct. info on the initial setup instead of entering it later. Now my apps are restoring and the play store works.

Hope this helps someone else. BTW, I tried some other stuff that was suggested in another thread about changing the /etc/hosts file and making sure the time was set, but none of those made any difference.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Soultaker1974:
GPS will not work

Any one know how to fix the GPS i am using Goldfinger V9 S5 ROM by iB4STiD Ported for SPH-L720 by me Amieldl ,my SPH-L720 is NG2 modem on the original the GPS was working but I lost it on change ROM.

I try several thing including change the GPS.conf file and got no luck.

any one can help me on this or is bye bye for the GPS.

Thanks.

Gabe.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] FeNo2:
Well I'm not sure what happened, I haven't changed *anything* since I got this working, but today I opened the play store and now I'm getting

Beginning to think a plain old "DUMB" flip phone would be better than all this instability on a STOCK rooted ROM.... :rolleyes:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] levyathos:
Wifi Not turning on.

Hi,

I just installed the latest stock firmware for my GS4 since i got tired of the jailbroken S5 ROM i had... It was crashing constantly.

Now its back to factory, and now I have no Wifi. It won't turn on. and the phone security tells me it has blocked an action that is not permitted and no

further action is required... Why is the phone blocking itself from turning the Wifi on, as it was a malicious action?

Tried package disabler, doesn't work.

Please help with all the suggestions you guys can provide, and thanks from your help, in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
Check your about phone section and make sure the baseband matches your software version. Example make sure your on the latest NG2 modem and software.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Denster91:
CM12 Question

Hi,

I have a Sprint GS4 that's flashed to PagePlus, and I'm wondering if I could flash a Cyanogenmod 12 Nightly without losing my PP flash. Can anyone give me a definite answer on this? As far as I'm aware, it wouldn't even be possible to reflash because PP doesn't allow flashed phones anymore. Also, would restoring a nandroid backup restore the flash as well if anything were to go wrong?

Thanks in advance for any help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] KFloyd:
What is pageplus?

Yes, a nandroid will get you back to whatever you had before tinkering.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] killerz298:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_Plus_Cellular
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Samsungmobile:
Question can I get Wifi calling on the non triband S4? I don't understand why it has to be tiband when you are using wifi to make a call?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RED (Y):
I got this Sprint Galaxy S4 rooted and unlocked a while ago for my dad,got twrp installed. The ROM is still stock and it's keep showing the reminder of OTA update available. How to get it updated to latest samsung software? Can someone point me to the "offical stock rom" i can load with TWRP? Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] churchey360:
So you just wanna flash the latest stock rooted ROM? NG2 is the latest version.. Might also wanna flash NG2 modem with Odin as well.

This thread should help.. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2866864
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] RED (Y):
Yes,just latest stock one :) Thank you,this tread is exactly what i need.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] 2WhiteWolves:
Make sure you are on the L720 and not on the L720t.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] caradeperro:
a question!

I have a S4 with software version L720 VPUAMDC

I can only install Roms based MDC?

I see that there is more variety to the NAE, NG2, and others, but not for MDC.

I can change the MDC to another version?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] wtmaxx25:
Want to wait for OTA for lollipop on sprint s4 l720 (not the spark version) anyone have a date? Or tell me the easiest way to flash a custom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Holumighty:
Port Stock i9500/i9505 ROM to SPH-L720

So...I was wondering if I could do a port of a stock(original) android 4.4.4 or 5.0 of the international versions into my Sph-l720?

It is unlocked and I can use my sim card with no issues, but I am unable to select a GSM or EDGE only preferred mode and I would really love to be able to do this as there are times I would want to conserve my battery and still have data services on but with the H+ preferred mode only open to me, I cant do this.

PS. I haven't been able to update it...and i am currently stuck with the android 4.4.2 :(

Any Advice? Thanks:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] killerz298:
Same here. Also, when I do upgrade, is xposed working or will I lose all my modules?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
As of a few days ago xposed is only working for aosp lollipop. Not touchwiz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] FlinderMouse:
I activated a Sprint S4 on Ting, but the model shows up on Ting's site as SECL720WT1, where the other S4's show up as SPHL720BK1. What is this variant, is it compatible with SPH-L720 ROMs and why does there seen to be no documentation of it anywhere?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lee714:
Can someone guide me on going from Lolipop back to stock samsung?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jdscada:
Wanting to update from MK2 to current OTA

been a while since I touched my phone, everything still works fine, but tired of getting OTA update message. Do I need to go back to stock, install new update, then root again? I would like like to keep it simple, as I do not do this all the time. I currently have MK2 and am rooted with 4.3 android version and have cwd 2.0.4 (I think) with PHilz touch (don"t remember version). Any help would be awesome, thanks everyone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] killerz298:
You mean back to KitKat?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lee714:
yes whatever is the official release by Samsung, I am trying to get a GPS lock. If you can provide me links and such to the right download (modems/rom/odin versions). A simple step by step guide on how to go back to kitkat touchwiz, so I can get a GPS lock, then to revert back to Lollipop will be perfect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
1) Wipe Internal SD.

2) Wipe system, data, cache, and Dalvik

3) Flash a Touchwiz ROM (NG2 is the latest)

It's really that simple. You could Odin NG2 but it's really just making another step.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] nadmail:
Does such a thing exist?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Craptain Krunch:
Yes

http : // www . youtube.com/watch?v=N0wtvPFL4OI
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Blackbird5500:
Helloo there :) I just made this account because i have a big problem and i have no idea how to fix it, my phone is a Galaxy 5, working all fine with its stock rom, but with a custom rom (Cyanogenmod 7.2, 9.0, Bluedroidmod, etc) my wi-fi doesn't work well, low signal, no connection, etc. I tried with a lot of different roms, new basebands, and still have the same problem :( now i made the downgrade back with the stock Froyo 2.2.2, and wi-fi works well again.

There's a problem with my phone's software or hardware?

And it seems that i'm the only one with this problem :( Any help will be great! And thanks in advance :)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] brainvision:
I always had WiFi troubles with the G5, regardless of the ROMs used.. :(

If you want better support I personally suggest you to ask on MadTeam forum, specific device site.. ;)

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xhunter1102:
Hi everyone, I bought this phone two week ago, I successfully rooted it but 2days after it crashed: When I touch on Phone or People it said: "Unfortunately, contact has stopped!"

This is the phone: priceangels.com/PA-i9500-S4-1-1-MTK6589-Quad-Core-Smartphone-Android-4-2-9-Dual-Mode-Single-Standby-With-Dual-Camera-Wi-Fi-GPS-RAM-1G-ROM-4G-4-7--HD-Screen-White--s377967.html

Do you have some solutions for this case?

or someone have ROM for this phone?

Please help me!

Thanks in advance!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usercolo:
I am looking for too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CivlDX:
Does anyone know of any roms that have both the features of group messaging and wifi calling? All of the roms I have found for the SGSII seem to have one or the other. Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
Probably won't happen unless u use a 3rd party app, WiFi calling is a T-Mobile closed source app, its only available on T-Mobile stock based twiz Roms, group messaging is a asop app that wasn't built into the twiz framework so, unless twiz an asop have a baby were out of luck unless a 3rd party app can do it, although I do know u can use an asop messaging app in twiz Roms so it might be doable?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CivlDX:
Thanks for the info, man. Any idea how I would get an asop messaging app that supports group messaging into a rom with WiFi calling? Would I just extract the stock messaging app from a 4.2 rom and install it on my 4.1.2 rom?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] soupysoup:
Yeah just pull from asop and push to system/app change permission and reboot, I know infamous s2 and jmt both support WiFi calling could try those, just google asop mms apk for touchwiz roms
[General Questions and Answers] LivioDoubleFang:
I am new to programming and understanding the concepts behind it and I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction to some source code for the excellent ROM's I have seen on here or any applications which have been developed for the Android OS? The reason for this request, I need to see the code to understand what's going on behind the scenes to make a ROM/application function. I figure if I am able to study the code, I may actually be able to understand finally how to develop either an application or ROM. Thanks in advance. :good::good::good:
[General Questions and Answers] shimp208:
Most of the ROM's that are built from source either use AOSP source code which the source code can be found here, Cyanogenmod source code which can be found here, AOKP source code which can be found here, or Paranoid Android source code which can be found here, or the ROM's use a combination of all these listed and cherrypick there favorite features from each while adding there own. When it comes it seeing what other changes have been made by the developer the easiest way to look at the source code is looking at each developers github profile if available which can be accessed by usually searching for there username on github or clicking on there username here on XDA and selecting the "View Github profile" option. Let me know if you still have questions :).
[General Questions and Answers] LivioDoubleFang:
Thank you shimp208 for your expedient response on this issue. I will definitely be checking out the links you have provided and with hopes, gain a deeper understanding of the Android OS to become a developer myself.
[General Questions and Answers] shimp208:
I wish you the best of luck man, these guides are also definitely worth taking a look for getting started with a variety of ROM development aspects http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer.
[General Questions and Answers] yog12:
Thanks a lot

Thanks For Help i too had same Que. :D

Thank you very much :good::)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Blitzpwnage:
I am trading a guy tomorrow for a Galaxy note 2, white, mint. He has had it in an otterbox defender, as I have had my iphone 5 in one too. I am stoked. I really cant wait to journey back to android. I had my iPhone on iOS 7, and while I will give it leeway because it was a beta, I did not enjoy it as much as I would have liked. After having my jailbreak lost I figure why not join the ranks of android again! But with a twist, start with this behemoth, I have always wondered what it would be like to have one. I will see it tomorrow. Anything I should know before going into the trade with this phone specifically, any firmware number I should avoid or stress areas I should check? Can't wait! :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] d12unk13astard:
Best decision you ever could of made, tho you might be able to get some extra cash from him since iphones value are more then android phones.

4.1.2 based roms are more stable then the 4.2.2 since those are unofficial (not carrier based)

Just read the stickies in these forums and youll be rooted and flashing new roms in no time, enjoy this beast phone!

Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Blitzpwnage:
Dont you worry, I already have my toolkit downloaded and installed, just looking over some of my favorite ROMs, some CM10.1 and I will finally fet to try out PA with some HAlo, then MIUI and some AOSP Stock. I have been around the block and miss flashing ROMS haha

:D

Thanks a lot, I don't mind the price difference, that not important to me really, It's all the same to myself, the guy seems nice enough and I am getting an otterbox defender out of it, which I would buy anyway! Thanks for the advice though!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] z31k:
There is nothing compared to this phone. You wont regret it. There are some sick ass developers and the roms they push are killer!! Welcome to Note 2!! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bradfordv:
Check out slim ROM about the most stable aosp ROM out there