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[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
The stock 4.2.2 kernel boots the "old" firmware in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2349369

Would like to see if I can find an unmodified flashable zip of that firmware version.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I can try to unpack a stock .tar base package and use the kernal to try to boot it. Do you think that will work?

I guess this will work less to edit.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I can make you an unmodified zip of MGA is that what you want?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
Think I have what I need right now. Just trying to get over this last hump. I can get a very barebones version of TW to boot. Trying to get all the bells and whistles loaded. Something I'm pushing over is causing the device to not boot.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
K Illogic do your thing I'm gonna try to follow suit but I was working on getting a build environment in cygwin setup this threw me off. I was actually just going to work on stock I9505G ROM but you got Touchwiz going so now I've got all this and its exciting. Thank you hope to see something from you soon.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
The problem I'm having is that there's not enough space on the /system/ partition to have all the /system/app/apks installed. Going to try and pick and choose the good ones and leave out bloat.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
I'm done for the night. Wifi doesn't seem to work at the moment, and the way the Google Play edition phone is partitioned really doesn't help. Uploading the ROM I was working with if anyone is curious. I definitely can't go without wifi.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Thanks Bro
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
https://mega.co.nz/#!mdxnzTJQ!D_8klVXcGU4SIJvBYZnFFlDb-I8VD4EoBkH7tDWfCb4
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I think I figured out how to set the mount points for the I9505G in Cygwin there is another file besides the recovery.fstab that has the correct info that I can paste in the plugin to set it. Thanks to XDA member Bhardik on this for pointing me in the right direction.

I am going to work on this more this week. This along with Illogic6 great work we are all getting close to having ROMs very soon.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] marcindpol:
Sorry I m a little behind. You mean we will have 100% pure stock android with correct partition size, OTA capable, just like Google edition? .Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] wilbarger:
Isn't that what you already have with your i9505G? I assume these will be custom ROM's with added features.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] marcindpol:
Thanks for reply.

I think you misunderstood me, I was thinking of people with international GT i9505 whom would like to turn their phones to 100% stock Google edition.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] wilbarger:
I thought that was already available with the previous leaks. Sorry for the misunderstanding of your post.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] marcindpol:
No. Not 100% ,read (same experience)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] kstrehan:
Has anyone here flashed CM10.1 onto their Google Play S4? I am currently using the updater-script that Chahk provides here and everything seems to be going fairly well so far. The reason I ask is because I have a slight suspicion that the battery drainage is a tiny bit more than the stock ROM, but I cannot say with 100% certainty. I wanted to know if anyone else has has CM10.1 on their I9505G so we can discuss anything specific to that ROM.

P.S. I am not sure if this is the right thread for me to post this in. I was wanting to post this in the thread where Chahk provided the updater-script since that is more specific to CM10.1 on this hardware, but I just recently signed up with XDA so I don't have permissions just yet to post in development threads. So please bear with me as I attempt to raise my post count and be (somewhat) useful at the same time ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] wilbarger:
Yes, I have flashed 10.1. I have not noticed any battery drain increase, but I am in the habit of recharging every night. I had to on my S2 Skyrocket, so just continued with this phone. Most evenings I still have 65-68% left. I have had one random reboot, but only that one. Everything else works well. By the way, I am still on the 07/19 nightly. I did flash Liquid Smooth ROM with the updater script and it worked pretty well, but not to my liking on this phone. Loved it on my Skyrocket.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] kstrehan:
Ah okay. I also have my phone charging every night.

I am currently on the 07/28 nightly and I, too, haven't noticed any major problems. It's entirely possible that my "battery drainage" might just be me using my phone a bit more than usual to explore the latest features of CM10.1. I flashed CM10.1 a little over 12 hours ago, so I'm still early on in the "testing" stages. Everything has been good so far.

I will say, however, that I do wish there was a way to add a VPN toggle tile to the quick settings panel. Perhaps even with a way to select a default connection to use as the single-tap toggle and then long-press to view the VPN list. This would be useful for me as I often have to connect to my work VPN and it's cumbersome to have to dig through the settings just to enable it. I know that someone will probably tell me to use a widget or an app like Notification Toggle, but I like to keep all of my quick settings in the quick settings panel (makes sense, right?). Being able to modify the quick settings panel was one of the top 5 reasons I wanted to use a custom ROM in the first place. So far, it's been good for everything except a VPN quick settings tile.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
You can always make a request at the developer page and there are apps in google play like AntTek that do this
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] kstrehan:
Yep, I did post there almost immediately after posting here about it. Hopefully they think it's as good of an idea as I do.

I have used AntTek before but it felt gimmicky and wasn't very stable. I can definitely be patient enough to wait for an official release by the CM devs.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I think its a good idea especially if you could customize almost any shortcut into the panel once we get through are initial stage of development here and I can focus on the ROM itself I can take a look and see if we can add it too
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] kstrehan:
Indeed! That would be awesome!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
I just installed that for kicks. You aren't kidding. What a mess...

I can't believe Chromecast and the new Nexus 7 have dedicated forums already and we're still waiting on ours. Absolutely criminal.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I know I agree and I encourage everyone to make a request at the link in the OP. I think once we get a couple ROMs out it will happen..maybe
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
BTW I am still working on getting the mount points correct in Cygwin once I do I will post a thread

We have made lots a progress in just a week already. Thanks Everybody
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] wilbarger:
Looks like you and illogic are singlehandedly going to crack these issues. Sorry I can't offer much, but will be willing to do any testing for you guys.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Thanks we will need it. You can test for Illogic6 now he uploaded a touchwiz build on post 31 WiFi is broke though and you can contact him
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
E/WifiStateMachine( 1614): Failed to load driver!

That's what pops up in the logcat when you try to enable WiFi. I'm pretty sure that means it's looking for something in the kernel that's not there, which makes sense because we switched kernels to get it to boot.

Fixing this is probably going to require a knowledge level above mine, but I think it's doable as the source code for both the I9505 and I9505g is available on Samsung's site.

The next major issue would be the limited space on our system partition, but I think we might be able to get around that with some clever symlinks.

Hopefully a kernel developer grabs this phone sometime soon. >_>
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] wilbarger:
I will flash and test tomorrow. I may even try the ODIN file you linked me to.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
I seriously recommend against that. Nearest I can tell, it's radio firmware. Flashing the wrong radio on the wrong device is a very quick way to brick.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] wilbarger:
OK, I will stay away from it. Misunderstood your earlier PM. Thought it might be just the wifi portion. Don't want to be walking around with a $700 brick in my pocket.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Yeah do not Odin flash the Radio. BTW here is some new firmware for our GE courtesy of Aerys

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2343709

I will post it in the OP later

A kernal Dev would be nice at this point
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
Ah, you got my hopes up. That one has been up for a while. I'm sticking to the ROM the phone shipped with for now. Too many bugs in everything else I've tried.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I didn't notice it I seen it posted today. If you are on MFD can you do a system dump so I can make a stock Odin firmware package for 4.2.2? I can't find one anywhere

I am on 4.3 MFP and I have had zero issues
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
This post is how I got back to 4.2.2. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360346

My main issue with 4.3 right now is that some apps I depend on don't support that FW version yet. I also use two apps that keep a persistent notification in your notification drawer to stay in the foreground and not get pushed out of memory. I used to be able to longpress those persistent notifications, click App Info, and untick "Show Notifications". That would keep the app in the foreground, but I wouldn't be annoyed by the notification taking up space in my drawer. For some reason, that doesn't work right in 4.3.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] irishrally:
I have that notification quirk with LMT. I go to the App Info and deselect "Show Notifications". The notification comes back after a reboot and I have to check "Show Notifications" and then uncheck it again.

I have an issue with Chrome browser that I didn't have on 4.2.2, might be unrelated though. Sometimes the page I'm on reloads itself over and over. When it reloads and finishes it will reload again as soon as I touch the screen. It seems to happen on sites I'm logged into like xda. Clearing browsing history, cookies, etc. makes it stop but it comes back eventually. Doesn't happen with AOSP browser or any other browser.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Strange I'm not having any issues accept one which is Dash Clock Widget has FC and other issues but everything else works just fine
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Thanks I got to add these as well
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Hey Illogic6 I sent you a PM on partition order and layout I am going to make us an Odin .tar but I want to make sure I double check my order and layout first before I make and test it.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
So I flashed CM 10.2 from here and everything seemed to work. Went back to stock 4.2 since it wouldn't sync my apps and I'm currently at work so don't have time to fiddle with it.

But it is super easy getting CM 10.2 working on it just needed to add the assert lines for our phone to the jfltexx build.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
Thanks for the heads up. Going to check it out now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
Glad to help. Hopefully can get some good roms for the phone soon. I am going to try setting up a build environment but I haven't done any android programming so I have a long road before I can be really useful. I can't even post in that other thread yet.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
Looks like Voice+ is broken in 10.2, but it was in recent 10.1 nightlies as well. Darn. :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
Looks like there are a few CM 10.2 builds

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2382751

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2316100

those 2 are also for the jfltexx and should work for the google play edition once you modify the update script. I haven't tried either of them yet but will once I get home and have time.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Yeah report back I am curious to know how they work out:D
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Hey Everyone

I put a Poll in the OP to vote on whether you think we should have our own forum. Let's make our voices heard please vote!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] jpculp:
Bumping so MJH doesn't have to talk to himself all day :highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
hmm I thought I responded already but not seeing it.

Anyways I went back to the first one that I posted when I had more time to devote to setting it up. I have one of those downloading now and the other one the builder can't get new builds to boot so not sure what is up.

I'll post more once I try them.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Hey Everyone I just finished a stock rooted Odin package for 4.2.2 MFD as an alternative to the Heimdall flash I will upload it with link tomorrow and I will be posting another for stock unrooted as well.

I was unlocked on 4.3 and successfully got back to 4.2.2 without heimdall using my Odin package. Hope this helps some of you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
new to the whole flashing thing any chance you could make a zip that I can flash from TWRP? right now I just made a backup and restore that to get back to stock but would be nicer having a smaller image.

As for CM10.2 been running the 7-29 build from here for the last day. Had a minor issue with the screen lock not coming on but it seems to be working now. Planning on updating to the 8-1 build once it finishes downloading. Using this kernel with it. Seems to be working very nicely.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] tublah:
Awesome! Thanks! I was getting tired of having to fire up my Linux VM to flash. You rock! Now maybe Samsung will get around to releasing 4.3 final for our device!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
OK I created an Odin Package which consists of the system.img.ext4,boot, and stock recovery file. I am working on a totally stock unrooted Odin package with bootloaders, modem ect..to bring you back to 100% relocked out of the box fresh soon.

YOU MUST BE BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED (boot phone into bootloader "fastboot oem unlock" No Quotes

Place the .tar.md5 file in the PDA slot make sure f reset time and auto reboot are CHECKED and click Start. Use Odin 3.07 (its all over XDA do a search).

Once its finished pull the battery and hold Volume Up and Power do a Wipe Data Factory Reset and Reboot.

When you boot up the Root will ask you to update from Google Play or you can flash the TWRP recovery for ODIN I Posted in the OP to update binaries

Profit your back to 4.2.2 MFD JDQ39 rooted

DOWNLOAD NEW LINK COMING OLD ONE IS DOWN

( no mirrors please)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Download link is down looks like DropBox gave me the drop! I will post to DevHost New link will be up later
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I can try to put something together for you soon no promises. You will have to use the ODIN flash for now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Drop Box suspended my account for too many downloads for the I9505G Odin Firmware package I posted in here and in the Android Development section I am uploading SLOWLY to MEGA,

UPDATE: LINK IS UP
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] toanau:
Anyone got PacMan ROM / script to work in this device. I got CM and Liquid ROM to work
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] jpculp:
It looks like 4.3 is finally rolling out OTA! I haven't gotten my update notification yet though :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] tublah:
Go grab the OTA zip file. I posted it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2390218
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SnegovikRZN:
Hello. Where I can official site with official ROM for Google Edition? Thank
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ThugEsquire:
Doesn't exist.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] kstrehan:
As ThugEsquire said, there is no official support for the I9505G. However, what I am doing is using the official nightlies for the I9505 (jfltexx) and just using a modified updater script to allow that version of the ROM to be flashed. Everything works just as it would on a standard I9505.

It's just an extra step you have to do before flashing the ROM (copy the updater-script to the right location in the ZOM's zip) and you have to do it every time you download a new nightly, but it's not that terrible of a process. And, like I said, it works just as well as it would for the standard I9505.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
Yeah I've been doing the same thing with the 10.2 nightlys which is 4.3.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SnegovikRZN:
Can I flash stock rom for 9505 (Touch Wiz version) on Google Edition, if I replace updater-script?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Yes you can Illogic6 did it but some things were not working like Wifi so there is still some work to be in the form of a patch
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] qnet:
Thanks for this thread, this is just what I've been looking for.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] deaffob:
Anyone else on MH1 having problems with various file managers? I've been using Solid Explorer but it won't write anything on my SD card anymore. It can read from it fine.

I tried Astro, File Expert, and ES Explorer and ES Explorer was the only file manager that could write anything on my SD card. Of course I tried checking my card for bad sector and formatted to FAT32 and exFAT, neither worked with any file manager except ES Explorer.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Me too and the browser keeps freezing up
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] deaffob:
:( Erm.. I paid for Solid Explorer Pro... Anyway, I guess for now we gotta stick with ES Explorer.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Also the battery life sucks on MH1 left it idle off the charger all night when it was full and it drained over half just sitting on my table.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] ChaoticUnreality:
I've been using the Kernal from the 08/02 thread with CM10.2 and getting decent battery life now that I tweaked the settings. Through I'm not sure if the build I'm using has the MH1 stuff in it or not. I plan on flashing to the newest one when I get home tonight didn't have time to get it this morning.

I can't decide if I want to revert to stock to get the 4.3 update or just keep using CM10.2 since I haven't had any major issues with it. I'll probably reset get the update and just keep that recovery around instead of the 4.2.2 one that I have now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Well guys I created a 4.3 Full firmware package but it fails when I include the a.boot.mbn, sbl ( bootloaders) all of them and the rpm.mbn as well as modem and NON-HLOS bin files. I know that the patch has something to do with this ( maybe ) I am aware of the other threads where some of you are trying to modify the Hash the modem files to no avail. I think we are close I know that I am not the only one working on this.( i think the bootloader assert has something to do with it because of the changes )

Strangely the system.img, boot, and recovery images pass fine.

Back to work:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] qnet:
I think a solution may have been found. Your odin package and SamuriHL's baseband tar is what helped me. I won't know for sure until all my apps download and I try to update again.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
I know he was working on something so your saying it worked his modem package? If so that's good news please link that thread here.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] qnet:
Yeah, it worked. I flashed his modem.tar then flashed back using your package. When I logged into my Google account and my apps were downloading, I was prompted for the update to 4.3

Here's the link to the thread. Post #35 is were he posted his modem link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2393760&page=4
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
I'm going to give you a modem odin file for the 4.2.2 baseband, as well. This should let people who are on the leak fully downgrade to 4.2.2 stock and then take the 4.3 ota if they wish. I'll have a link for that within an hour or so.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] evanstapler:
I finally got my device rooted, it took a while for me to get the ball rolling. My only issue now is I want to backup my phone in CWM before I flash a custom ROM, but when I select the "Backup" option my phone says it "Can't mount backup path." I think this is the final step before I install the P.A.C. ROM, and I'm very excited. Any ideas on why I can't backup in CWM (PhilZ touch)?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
Did you buy your phone from Google Play or somewhere else?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] evanstapler:
I bought it directly from Google Play the day it came out.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
And is the version of CWM you installed made SPECIFICALLY for the I9505G? Not the regular I9505, right? The partition tables are different.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] illogic6:
To the best of my knowledge, TWRP is the only fully working recovery we have. You'll want to flash this instead: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/192

Is there a CWM for the G variant? If so, I want to check it out.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
A guy traded his brand new never used I9505G for my old ATT Galaxy S IV that was over 30 days used.

I love this phone. I'm not a Touchwiz fan but it's still a ROM project that's interesting.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
There was a partially working one I thought.

(Side note) have you noticed the larger icons with 4.3 are not as crisp in the picture density as the smaller 4.2.2 ones some even look slighly hazy or grainy
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] evanstapler:
Awesome, that was exactly what I needed. Thank you for the link! I got TWRP installed and have successfully backed up my phone. Now, I have another issue. I went to install the custom P.A.C. ROM and it fails, giving this error:

Installing '/sdcard/pac_jfltexx.milestone.1.RC1.zip'...

Checking for MD5 file...

Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found

assert failed: getprop('ro.product.device") == "jflte" || getprop('ro.product.device") == "jfltexx" || getprop('ro.product.device") == "i9505" [a few more lines very similar to this]...

E: Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/pac_jfltexx-milestone" [continues off screen]

Error flashing zip '/sdcard/pac_jfltexx.milestone.1.RC1.zip'

Updating partition details...

Any ideas why I can't install this ROM? Here's the thread for it if that helps: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2295673
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
It's made for the 9505 not the 9505G.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] evanstapler:
Ah, I was under the impression that i9505 ROMs would work for the i9505G. I guess I was wrong.Thanks for answering my inane questions!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] SamuriHL:
I'm new to the S4 scene so I could be wrong, but, it's my understanding that the partition table is different.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505G Android Development] MJHawaii:
Yep they are different

Illogic6 posted this awhile back