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[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
I thought so lol.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ExodusNirvana:
So basically we're stuck with like 3 rom choices for the i9505G?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
any rom made for the international S4 (i9505) should work with our i9505G.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Chaotic is right Exodus

You have more choices if you read through the threads here. Its going to take some work on your part .

Development wise we have a great phone and even though things are slow more will come whether its me or someone else. The I9505G is really a fledging phone in comparison to branded S4's and so development limited. Plus the fact we have more choices in devices overall than we did say 2 years ago.

4.4 is coming and so I dropped my other projects until then.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
I dont see 4.4 dropping for us til mid December or January.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
It SHOULD be before that. However, Samsung appears to be dropping the ball. I9505 won't hit til January. Ours should be in the first or second week of December at this point.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
Im not holding my breath. Lol. Samsung has dropped the ball on ota's a few times. Too many IMO.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
The GPE is SUPPOSED to be different...with Google taking an active role in its development. I guess they were too busy helping Moto get the X updated instead. SIGH.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Mobile Phone	GT-I9505G_NA_KK	MKG	GT-I9505G_NA_KK_Opensource.zip

UPDATE INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!! 24 hours is my guess. :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
Can't wait. Ota!!!!!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
So far it's been pretty consistent that when the kernel source is posted the OTA follows usually within 24 hours. Which rocks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Yep its coming but after reviewing KitKat on the Nexus (older) devices versus the Nexus 5 its not much for OTA devices sorry to be a bummer. The reason I'm saying this is that a lot of people think that they're getting the same firmware that's on the LG Nexus 5 in there not. Hope this clears up things in case you were wondering look at what kit kat looks like on a first generation Nexus
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
I'm running the new launcher already on 4.3, so, whatever. :) I just like having an updated OS with bugfixes, security updates, etc.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Me too I am always happy for updates I just wanted to be honest for those who might not know what to expect. In any case we will have an update with updated everything ( firmware ROMs) ect .

I am happy to get some new stuff out to everyone
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Yup. As soon as I get it I'll create and post the ODIN images.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I am going to try my hand at making some Odin One Click Packages this time around along with some compressed images for better flashing. Once the source is out I am going to do a source build FINALLY since I don't see anything coming that soon after this except for incremental fixes
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
The kernel source is out. That's what I was posting from. Unless you meant different source?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I'll go check later and I did see what you were referring to
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Can you post your source for this
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Source?? Huh? What source? As I mentioned I'm basing this off the fact that every time they post to the kernel source site we get an OTA pushing out within 48 hours. That's been consistent since we got this phone. IOW, I'm the source. LMAO
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Lol..all too easy. :), sorry bro just having fun. Your the source of the sources source

I wish we had more owners participating
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
The Future
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] wilbarger:
I am sure that there are many of us out here just lurking. Since I am on CM nightlies and there is so little development going on specifically for our phone, I have not had any feedback that would be anything other that to up the post count. Too many clog the forums trying to get their post count up in my opinion. Seems that MJhawaii and ScmuriHL are carrying the load for this phone.

That being said, I do have a question for SHL. If I read correctly, you are going to make an Odin flashable version of 4.4?? I would much rather upgrade through your way than to go back to stock to do the OTA. Everything should be the same as I understand it.

Props to both of you for keeping these forums running.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
Yeah I'm in the same boat. Not much point posting to say that the i9505 roms work on our phone. When new people come and ask questions I try to answer them but I don't do much development myself so don't post lots of extra posts here.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] t0ny0:
I am guessing thats his source - http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=GT-I9505G

:) Downloading right now, lets have a looky look.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Yup, I'll be creating an ODIN tar file that's rooted and flashable. I have a script that I wrote that does it all for me. ;) MJ is going to create other ODIN files, as well. My script creates recovery, modem, and full system ODIN files.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Supposedly it's rolling out now. Anyone seen it? I'd like to get a sideload file so I can get the ODIN files built.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
Nope
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] Danvdh:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p1hicc314...SS-I9505GUEUBMH5-to-UCMKG_Update_FWD_user.zip

MH5 TO MKG

this is for development purposes, don't flash this if you have no idea what you are doing, this is for I9505G users ONLY!

i9505 and other variants need to wait for a dev to work on the updater-script to flash on our variant
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] StonyD:
http://click.xda-developers.com/api...FWD_user.zip&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13854583323547
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Now the real work begins all
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] jamal2367:
thx for link my work can be beginning :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I'm going to be building some New ROMs over the next couple of weeks among other previously mentioned projects so for those who have patiently waited thanks its coming...

I need testers if you would like to test some builds please PM me
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] Danvdh:
let the games begin!

here is the official link

http://android.clients.google.com/p...SS-I9505GUEUBMH5-to-UCMKG_Update_FWD_user.zip
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] Aerys:
Isnt there like a full firmware?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Lol! Not yet. But in a few hours there will be. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] jumoog:
usage: ./applypatch_static <src-file> <tgt-file> <tgt-sha1> <tgt-size> [<src-sha1>:<patch> ...]
or ./applypatch_static -c <file> [<sha1> ...]
or ./applypatch_static -s <bytes>
or ./applypatch_static -l

Filenames may be of the form
MTD:<partition>:<len_1>:<sha1_1>:<len_2>:<sha1_2>:...
to specify reading from or writing to an MTD partition.

If someone can help me we can do this in minutes.. I need a script to feed applypatch_static (running on Linux) on my VPS 1 GB/s
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
What are you trying to do? I'm already uploading the full ODIN image to my MF account. Will be creating a thread in about 15 minutes for it. Recovery and modem images are done, as well, and will be posted after the full image.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] jumoog:
ok thx

i tried to use the ota patcher ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
New ROM 4.4 coming by Friday with the Google Experience Launcher on it Occupational_hazard is going to be testing it for us anyone else let me know
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] volamtruyenky:
help, I have 3 questions, everybody can help me ?

1) I updated to OTA Samsung S4 i9505G Stock android kikat 4.4 , but i did't type *#0*# , android stock 4.22, 4.3 type sucessful. My device don't root, don't unlock bootloader. I try to factory reset but this problem is not solved.

2) I install mx player ver 1.17.20 support 4.4 but it exit when i open 1 file video.

3) Plugin flash player adoble 11.1.115.68 don't support on my device, i can't see video while browsing Google Chrome on Stock Kikat 4.4

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
1. So its on 4.3 but not rooted and the boot loader is not unlocked either. I am just trying to make sure I understand. Goto the play store, make sure you have SuperUser from Chainfire installed on phone. Second, open superuser app and update the binary code from within the app. Or you may redo your update. Download the Odin flashable .tar file which is pre-rooted. Or download the original update and flash it in the stock 3e recovery.

2.This may be a compatibility issue with 4.4. Is the video on your external memory card? There may be issues that have not come to light yet with external storage.

3. Give it time for adobe to update. Flash is slowly being phased out anyway.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Flash isn't being slowly phased out. It was killed over a year ago. It has never worked with chrome, either.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] volamtruyenky:
1) Until now I have not root or unlock bootloader for rom stock 4.2,2; 4.3 or 4.4 but why rom stock 4.2.2 or 4.3 type *#0*# ok, 4.4 kikat is not. You have interesting type *#0*# on Rom stock kikat 4.4 update via OTA without root and unlock bootloader, to see if you succeed, I know my phone has a problem ( code *#0*# used test lcd, front camera , rear camera, vibration, sensors, speakers,...... when you buy a new smartphone )

2) I copy video files on 16GB internal memory, I have not external sd card.

3) No way to watch video files on the web without adobe plugin flash player ?

I thank your answer. Wish you a good day.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
If you need a phone more than you need an update. Downgrade to 4.3, or 4.2 at least to when your phone functioned to your needs. If you phone is having these problems with 4.4. I suggest going back. Backup what you can and download a stock rooted firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
NEED TESTERS: Occupational_hazard has been helping me test a ROM but before I release it we are having issues with sound and making calls. I need a couple more tests if anyone is interested PM me for a download link. Make sure you backup first and do a full wipe before you install. You can send me a logcat or report issues to me. It would also be best that you Odin to stock 4.4 with SamuriHL newly released Odin package. Thanks..MJ
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] volamtruyenky:
If download a stock firmware 4.3 or stock rooted firmware, do I need to root and unlock the bootloader ? Can I install rom from odin whitout root or unlock bootloader ? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
You can install a stock firmware that is already rooted right out of the box. Odin does not care about root or unlocked bootloaders. As long as you can get into download mode, you may use odin.

You can use the rooted version, and if you wish, you can uninstall root through the superuser app, if it is not for you.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
And just to add to what occupational_hazard is saying if you want to go back to 100% stock unrooted so you can take OTA's you need to

1. Unroot first from the SuperSU app

2. Make sure you have stock recovery if you don't you can Odin back or fastboot flash recovery through adb

3. Relock the Bootloader or fastboot oem lock in adb
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] volamtruyenky:
and last question ? my device uses a stock firmware is not already root, not unlock bootloader, now I use odin to flash a stock firmware that is already rooted , it requires my device to unlock the boot loader?. I am noob, I'm sure my device works fine after flash. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
no. There is a difference in locked bootloaders, and encrypted bootloaders. You do not have the latter. If you feel the need to unlock it, there are plenty of helpful threads here to do so. Im not can not say it is alright to flash with an unlocked bootloader, because this is your phone. But flashing an image through odin should not hurt it all.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] themetatron:
Has anyone pulled the modem to Odin flash by itself?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I know I've personally flashed the others and I stand behind SamuriHL modem repacks so you will be fine. Flash away
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Merry Xmas to everyone 4.4.2 ROM in the oven right now keep a look out coming soon. Aloha
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] AHLASSICH:
MD5 Error! Binary Is Invalid

I followed steps 1 & 2 and got "MD5 Error! Binary Is Invalid" after trying to Odin MFD stock recovery. Had to do a Restore from TWRP because phone was stuck on Samsung logo. I have never seen an error like that before. How do I proceed now? :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Could be a bad download. Try grabbing it again.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Hey Everyone All Good things must come to an end its been awhile since I have been on here supporting the I9505G I loved the phone and meeting all of you who supported our limited development. I will try to maintain our sticky from time to time but as far as future development and maintenance I am moving on with other devices and I am very busy with work this year. Thanks to SamuriHL, occupational_hazard, to name a couple. If you ever need my help I'm right here on XDA but I felt I needed an explanation . MJ
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] an0ther:
Quick question. I would assume that once the i9505g is unlocked and custom recovery, I can run any gsm rom out there? Including touchwiz etc..? It would just involve flashing the kernel?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
No. It is unlocked so you can run most roms made for the i9505 however the partition sizes are different so touchwiz does not fit. Any AOSP rom should fit in however.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
You can run the touchwiz roms in this device specific forum, or hop over to the 9505 dev forum and grab an older version of Bare Bones rom v3. 1gb+ and you will want the aroma installer also. almost 700mb with that download. TouchWiz roms are so heavy and bloated now. Just some FYI for ya.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] an0ther:
Thanks for the info. I currently have a locked down at&t s4. I guess I need to get an i9505 to have lte and flash anything. I found new ones on ebay for pretty cheap.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
Why do you not have LTE right now? Its basically the same phone. If you want an unlocked s4, I would suggest a G.E. or the 9505. But the 9505 will still be subject to KNOX. The Google edition will much smaller partitions as noted above. Sorry there is not a better solution. Dont blame ATT, blame samsung for that move.

Corporations including Governments are going with a BYOD mindset. Bring your own device. Instead of providing people with outdated blackberries and so forth, and the struggle of some people having to learn to go from Apple to Windows, or Android, in any fashion can hinder productivity. So they make it BYOD, use your phone, I doubt any compensation for this, but the phones have to have a certain degree of encryption to be qualified for this kind of stuff with most companies/businesses. Hence the Knox with Samsung phones. Sorry for the long winded talk.

If any of this seems inaccurate or not detailed enough. Please chip into this conversation and correct me.

Carry On
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] an0ther:
Ummm. I'm not blaming anyone. I do have LTE. I just want a phone that I can flash kernels etc.. I came from an boot loader unlocked htc one and feel like all my freedom has been taken away. I'm rocking safestrap atm, but its a shame I can't flash kitkat roms or anything except 4.3 touchwiz. I was going to get GE, but you can't just flash anything, thats why I want the 9505. I could care less about knox.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] Chahk:
GPe is bootloader-unlocked and SIM-unlocked. You can flash anything you want on it (even kernels from other phones if you want a brick.)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] an0ther:
Partition sizes keep you from flashing big touchwiz roms
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] wilbarger:
I have a GE and load any AOSP ROM that I want to try out. Here is a link to one that I have been running for over a month. So far, it is the best ROM that I have found for speed, stability and overall quality. You can give it a try if you can find a GE or regular 9505.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2557353
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] Chahk:
Well, technically you can still flash it. The results will be less than desirable, but nothing in the bootloader or recovery kernel will prevent you from flashing it. Just ask [MENTION=4214610]MJHawaii[/MENTION] :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] occupational_hazard:
I'm sorry, that came out wrong. I didnt mean to imply that you were blaming anyone. I was just talking about encryption situation.

Its sad that is what the mobile phone situation is coming down to now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Yes when I was stripping down the ROMs to try to get them loaded on the magic number seemed to be 700mb or less with the correct boot.IMG and even then you had a semi working TW ROM because lots of things were (had to be) left out.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] thepindoctor:
Hi all. I came from a Nexus phones to this phone and I was used to flashing roms. There is any roms I can flash on this phone. I see a short list of roms and nothing is really being updated for 4.4.2. I'm I better off going to a different galaxy s4 instead of a google edition.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
Any AOSP Rom for the S4 should work on the GE S4. I've been using this one
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] thepindoctor:
Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
We should be preparing for 4.4.3 incoming in about 15 days. Once it's released I'll ODIN her up as usual.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Looks like NE3 is pushing out OTA now to some people. I of course am not one of them and they did not post the kernel source before starting the OTA push. That's INSANE turnaround time.

http://www.droid-life.com/2014/06/0...e-play-edition-already-getting-android-4-4-3/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] bagelicious:
Got the OTA today and so far everything looks great. Lost root access. I just moved and can't find my Windows 7 laptop - been using an ancient Macbook Pro. Are there steps to root this phone on a Mac anywhere? I've searched but can't find em.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
It's possible. Do you have adb set up on your MBP?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] chongwj:
Flashing non i9505G roms

Hi Guys,

I've been searching around internet/xda and it seems like there's no way to flash other galaxy s4 rom, eg i9505,sgh-1337, sgh-m919 based phone, onto i9505G device. I've tried it myself but always end up reboot into recovery straight. I know we do have Touchwiz rom S4GE, or is there any trick to flash and make it work for custom rom based on different variant S4?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
You're dealing with partition size issues.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] chongwj:
So how do we go around it? Is there any tutorial where we can re-size the partition given a custom rom?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Oh hell no. Messing with partition tables is a very good way to brick your phone. You basically have to find roms that fit in our partition size. Hence the reason there aren't a lot of them.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
It actually shouldn't be an issue flashing an AOSP based rom onto the GES4. I've been using this one for awhile http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397511 and I had flashed a CM-11 rom before finding that one.

There was some issues when it first came out and the partition locations were hard coded into roms but most of them have moved to symlink names (my terminology may be off) but that should all be fixed by this point.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
Yea, AOSP roms should mostly be golden. It's the TW roms that are going to be problematic due to partition sizes.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
sticky updated
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] BinaryEclipse:
Hey, I'm trying to unlock my i9505g s4 phone. As far as i understand, this should work:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2282683

Except I need to be on a stock rom?

The issue is I can't find one. I usually go to samsung-updates.com, but none seem to be available for this model.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a stock rom or another (or a proper if im wrong) way of unlocking the i9505g?

Much thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] JasoX:
You need version 4.2.2 stock rom to find the correct menu's in the service menu. Even if you do manage to find it and flash it, it doesn't guarantee that it will work. I tried for weeks and weeks without success. I ended up using a service to unlock it. At that moment it was free, but i would recommend to use such a service. Usually it means you download a software, set the phone in a state and just press unlock. It might take a half an hour but it's worth it. I'll see if i can find the service i used to unlock my S4.

---------- Post added at 10:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:52 AM ----------

https://www.unlocksamsungonline.nl/

I used this service. It's very reliable. I unlocked my phone two months ago and i did have some issues with the Lollipop. I solved it by downgrading to 4.4.2, unlocked the phone and flashed 5.0.1. And it's a permanent sim unlock. They might have sorted it out by now. Read the instructions carefully and you should have it unlocked in less than an hour.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] BinaryEclipse:
Hey I've since solved my problem. First of all, it turns out that my phone wasn't really that one. It was i337m. The stupid Rom I was on said I had i9505g, but then I saw the phone case and realized I was a lie! It's not my phone, so I wasn't immediately aware of the model number without checking. Thanks though
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] BLANEUR:
Hi

Can I use the rom i9505 for SAMSUNG S4 4G GT-I9515 ?

Please Help
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
It looks like we've come to the end of support for our device. I did not see a July security patch release. Unless it was an "oversight" I'd say we're done getting updates. Was a good device!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] wilbarger:
You guys are amazing. It will be great to have many choices on these phones in the very near future. Keep up the good work. I am sure that I am not the only one sitting on the sidelines rooting for your success.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Everybody needs to thank Illogic great work bro. So the 4.2.2 Kernal booted the 4.3 base??

I'm heading home now to hop on the laptop for a bit

Update: so your using the 4.2.2 kernal modifying just the system, cache Dev/block and using the 4.2.2 stock Kernal to boot it?