yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
Its official I just got the PM we are Official and getting our own forum. Thanks everyone for voting and doing your part
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
That's awesome.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Sammy4Life:
Weird.... I did the update normally and I checked my permissons.xml just for giggles and it already had this entry in it. I've been following Chainfires Blog https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/GjbpgDdF6Fq which he mentions some internal storage permission issues:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
[Galaxy S 4 General] bleez99:
If you read the post, and the issue, we were talking apps not having the ability to write to the EXTERNAL SD card. Your statement is about internal.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Firon:
Is that even necessary? I noticed exFAT support on 4.2.2 and the 4.3 leaks already built in on the stock ROM. On 4.2.2 it could read and write, but not delete files. 4.3 seems to be able to delete files.
[Galaxy S 4 General] InstigatorX:
Dude, you are my hero. This help me to store my Google Music to external SD by adding "app_55" (I guess this is the Google Music app user...found by looking at properties on /data/data/com.google.android.music) and then using the tip from...

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...hack-for-sd-card-support-a-download-link-too/

EDIT: Actually turns out you just have to add the media_rw and app_55 is not required. This fixes Solid Explorer problem of not being able to delete files.
[Galaxy S 4 General] irishrally:
Dude ... That's great news. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] AJ Newkirk:
[MENTION=3332811]faux123[/MENTION] this is using the bone stock OTA kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 General] faux123:
got it

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@mrvirginia [MENTION=577081]AJ Newkirk[/MENTION] here's the stock GE kernel should work with exFat modules from the stock GE ROM

http://faux.androidro.ms/irc/beta/jgedlte-stock-GE-JB43-patched_r2.zip

again. no support from me for this. enjoy!
[Galaxy S 4 General] taney:
THANK YOU! It's about time.
[Galaxy S 4 General] DerekChas:
Awesome. About time... :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] deaffob:
Can anyone teach me how to do this simple task that seems like anyone can do it? How do I "pull" and edit and "push" and "change permissions"?
[Galaxy S 4 General] NuShrike:
This helped, what a PITA for a near-Nexus device. Getting the 4.3 OTA has been a nightmare otherwise.

So reflashed ref'd stock recovery bc CF-AutoRoot doesn't install the right one to get around the Status 7 error about ro.product.device (jgedlte) not matching. Then download mode installed the OTA.zip from thread OP. The OTA.zip from .google.com site did not work (caused boot-loop at pattern unlock). On MH1 finally, after two real OTA install failures.

Had to delete and restore the main Google Account to get Google Play working again. Kept data, no wipe/reset.

Security works without reboot.

Only problem now is can't install working SuperSU either from:

* fastboot CWM recovery sideload (can't sideload, nor read from SDcard(s))

* nor CF-AutoRoot (no SuperSU installed)
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Say screw it and install TWRP. Flash SU zip. If you need stock recovery again, I have a copy that I built from the update itself and can be flashed with ODIN.

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http://www.mediafire.com/download/0x7qhea5ooa67e7/stock_43_recovery.tar.md5

Just so you and everyone else has it. That recovery is built from the update by doing the applypatch on the boot img. This is how the update patches the recovery partition so flashing this is going to give you EXACTLY what the update does. It's even more accurate than a dd dump.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
Hey Everyone I just finished the full restore package for MH1 so this thread will soon be a thing of the past. SamuriHL modem does stick now and we still have to fix the recovery but for the most part it is done and will be up in AD soon.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Guggenmusiker:
Sorry for the dumb question. I used the autoRoot too, but where or which system image did you use?
[Galaxy S 4 General] ack154:
I used the one in the package here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360346

But apparently you don't have to wipe data after installing that over your current System. I did anyway, wasn't sure at the time what complications it could cause.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Guggenmusiker:
Let me summarize that. You flashed two files. stock_422_recovery.tar via normal recovery menu, but that was not enough. Then you flashed the system image with heimdal.?

Too bad I used AutoRoot for i9505 on i9505g...
[Galaxy S 4 General] tublah:
What are we fixing about the recovery?
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
Already did :P

Doesn't look like your Odin package includes the 4.2.2 modems.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
It just includes the system boot and recovery images

What baseband are you on?

I can make a full package tomorrow

Or I can make you a modem package
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
I9505GUEUBMFP

I removed the asserts that referenced the modem and was able to flash it in TWRP. Really hope we get a complete/stock/official firmware up soon.

Sorry for spamming this thread.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
Your the assert pro here Logic lol..I will do a system dump and create a full firmware package. Id like to go back to the touchwiz project and work on getting something fully functional ROM wise.

The baseband was why you failed I was on MFD you were on MFP I will update my Odin package so there is no issue
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
I really appreciate that. Even if you can just get the modem on its own, it would be very helpful.
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
Thought that would work :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
Since I flashed the update I noticed that all my app icons are bigger I'm my widgets seems very slightly larger I'm not sure if something went wrong or the size was increased

It does not seem bad but I noticed it.

( k l will add the modem or have a separate tar to update it)
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
The size was increased
[Galaxy S 4 General] xarda:
waiting for complete odin package :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
Here is a Modem for MFD i made for Odin just converted the .bin file so should be fine you can just flash it from PDA make sure F reset time and auto reboot are checked . Then try to update again.

https://mega.co.nz/#!Zh03kCSI!dBwxbv3iEwkE-XAi29HkHeqn4ymFN_DSFDGC3936viU
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
That file is only 48 bytes. Is that right? Can't be, can it?
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
Yeah that's wrong its 51.mb wait I'm gonna make another
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
I think this is a full dumb of the 4.2.2 firmware. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2366289

Would it be possible to make an Odin package for that? I'm having trouble getting Cygwin installed. >_>
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
I already have it I'm uploading the modem now I will post a link then update

https://mega.co.nz/#!4sNhDbza!QdnYciQU5iKr9rUu4XVAzWzcybywKGMxQYJERoVM7Bc

I can update my current Odin package to include everything but its kinda pointless now that we have what we need in (pieces) modem / system boot recovery to go back. I'm curious to see how 4.3 will fair.

BTW I did not md5 that last upload make sure you have 51mb :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] illogic6:
Appreciate your help. Weirdly enough, that one fails to write in Odin.

Could you (or anybody really) just pull the MDM and APNHLOS devs for me? You'd just have to run these two lines at a root shell... (I need these from a phone that successfully OTA'd)

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/modem.bin
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/NON-HLOS.bin

That should dump two files to /sdcard/. If /sdcard/ doesn't work, feel free to use another directory. My phone is a soft brick at the moment and I'm too tired to Odin back and make sure /sdcard/ is a real directory. :eek:

TIA
[Galaxy S 4 General] SnegovikRZN:
I can't flash OTA too

Verifying current system...

assert failed: apply_patch_check("EMMC:/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.")

E:Error in /sdcard/....zip

(status 7)

Installation aborted.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MaKTaiL:
Guys, can someone make a full system dump and flashable zip for i9505?

I'm currently using the second 4.3 leak and I would like to flash the final one.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ferris2375:
Anyone flash this on an AT&T model? Currently running the 4.3 leak
[Galaxy S 4 General] ranger4740:
Hang on a sec I read that samsung doesn't use fastboot commands and doesn't have fastboot mode on bootloader that is a htc thing?
[Galaxy S 4 General] tublah:
Hey MJHawaii - did you happen to grab the updated stock recovery for MH1 after applying OTA? I forgot to grab a dump of the updated stock recovery before flashing TWRP (d'oh!).

If you have the updated stock recovery, would you mind posting it?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Not sure since I posted a signed recovery img for 4.3.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ack154:
I flashed the stock recovery with Odin (from here) and still had an error about the SystemUI.apk when trying to flash the OTA from the external SD.

Then I flashed the system image (linked above) with Heimdall. Immediately after I flashed that I booted into recovery and proceeded to flash the OTA without issue.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Guggenmusiker:
Thank you very much. Just tried it. Was not at home when I asked you. I did just flash the stock recovery via Odin. Then I had to empty the cache and reset the phone about two times. Then I got the update again via WLAN. Luckily it worked. About Phone shows me now all the same entries as MJHawaii has postet in post #12. I assume everything is allright now.

Edit: I was a bit fast with my answer. It looks like I am on Android 4.3 now, but I have a SuperSU app which I cannot uninstall and which does not work because it can't install the binary. Option one: Install somehow the binary, Option two: Remove somehow this system app...
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Since I know we have a valid 4.3 recovery img file, what I would do is odin flash TWRP 2.6.0.0, flash the su zip from:

http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu

(Link seems to be down at the moment. If you can't get it, pm me and I'll throw you my dropbox link to 1.51)

You just stick that su zip on your external sdcard and flash it in TWRP recovery and you've got root. If you need to restore stock recovery after, just use my stock_43_recovery.tar.md5 odin flash.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ack154:
I did a fastboot of CWM recovery 6.0.3.5 and installed the SuperSU update from my SD card. Then I let it revert back to stock recovery.

Basically these instructions: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2365555

I did NOT unlock my bootloader, but you can if you want to (it will wipe your data if you do, obviously).
[Galaxy S 4 General] christoph_2013:
will we ever see a official rom or one that is close to the final build that we can flash a tar file via odin(instead of flashing via recovery)?
[Galaxy S 4 General] AndroidUser00110001:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2396133

Has anyone seen that tool? Maybe we can get the GE radio, bootloader and whatever else on the i9505 or the Tmobile version?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Guggenmusiker:
That worked quite well. Thanks...

The stock_43_recovery.tar.md5 you mentioned is the one you will upload when your wifi connection is good enough or did I oversaw this file? I think everything is a bit chaotic with all these different files here...

TWRP is a powerful tool. Too powerful for me at the moment. I would like to go back to stock recovery soon...

Edit: Found it. Sorry...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Cusa:
I would love if faux can release a kernel that would disable all the debuggers and dmesg log since it can improve the battery life and are not really needed.
[Galaxy S 4 General] taney:
So, it looks like now that TiBu works to external SD card, ES Explorer can't write to it. =\
[Galaxy S 4 General] bleez99:
I would guess that we would have to figure out which group ES uses. I use Root Explorer and didn't have any issue with that at all. Did ES work before adding the group?
[Galaxy S 4 General] deaffob:
Wait, Root Explorer can work even after you changed platform.xml?
[Galaxy S 4 General] bleez99:
Yes. It's working fine. Before and after the group addition.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jonshipman:
Apps need to add a

to their manifest.

*ignore the space, it's WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE

ES File Explorer is using this:

<uses-permission android:name=".PERMISSION" />

which is a catchall saying "I WANT ALL THE PERMISSIONS"

More information:

http://www.chainfire.eu/articles/113/Is_Google_blocking_apps_writing_to_SD_cards_/
[Galaxy S 4 General] deaffob:
Sometimes I wish people here could explain to us like we are 5 years old. I have no idea what manifest is and how to change that...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Slai:
Well, naive as I am, I tried just editing it right on the phone. No good, apparently :( .
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
This is exactly what I want to accomplish. This is the only post Ive seen that states that "fastboot oem unlock" / bootloader unlock is not required. I guess I'm hoping to confirm? My GS4 GPE is in the mail.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I've not unlocked mine. I'm running TWRP and SuperSU. Haven't had any issues.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
Thank you sir, I will leave the bootloader be.
[Galaxy S 4 General] BOBX25:
rooted samsung galaxy s4 4.3 OTA

Hi..

Im Kesh.. i got my Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505G rooted and can no longer get update..

Can someone give a link or a guide on how to update it..

my current version is 4.2.2

Thanks in advance..
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2398217

See there to do it manually.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Chainfire:
Just FYI, I've added I9505G CF-Auto-Root's to my page ( http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/ ) for both Fastboot and Odin modes - using fastboot mode is preferable if available. It's based on the 4.2.2 recovery, if anybody can conjure up the 4.3 stock(!) recovery please PM me about it :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I created a signed 4.3 recovery image. I'll hit you up in pm later today. Thanks!

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PM sent.

Etched in blood by a katana
[Galaxy S 4 General] bleez99:
Assuming that you've rooted and left everything else alone, (recovery) you should be able place the ota zip on the external SD card, boot to recovery and apply the ota.

You can also apply the Odin MH1 zip found in the I9505G topics and just be done with it. It's prerooted.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44425206

When dialog fails, it's time for violence.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Accidentally posted in wrong thread. Ignore. But since I'm here, MH5 is now out. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] theluke79:
That did not work for me... I am on Jamal 4.3 GE, same device:eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Abaddondvc86:
Good afternoon, I just purchased a google s4 edition, this updated to 4.4 kitkat and wanted to know how to make root.

Sorry for my English.

greetings and thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bleez99:
Worked for me with 4.3 works today with 4.4.

I have a real I9505G.

The fact that you are running a PORTED ROM for an I9505 invalidates your post altogether.

When dialog fails, it's time for violence.
[Galaxy S 4 General] theluke79:
Maybe, before violence, we cann still use a wee bit of commons sense.

By doing a lot of research, I noticed that the same solution is applied across different ROMs and S4 versions, therefore I expected it to work.

Nevermind....
[Galaxy S 4 General] bleez99:
No violence here. I'm calm and cool. I'm beyond caring anymore. I try to help the best I can. Can't help people using a different model and a different ROM. Want to try common sense? Go to the forum for your phone model and ROM. Peace to you.

By the way, I find my signature amusing, not threatening.
[Galaxy S 4 General] johnmclean:
[MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION], I'm sorry to ask what will undoubtedly turn out to be a totally self-evident question but I can't seem to find a straight answer to the following:

Using ODIN 3.09, I've applied your Recovery Image (thanks a million for that btw), but i still can't get v4.4 OTA to install without throwing an error part way though.

Here's my setup:

Android: 4.3

Baseband: MH5

Rooted: Yes

platform.xml modified: Yes

Bootloader unlocked: NO

Do i need to unroot or remove the modification to the platform.xml to successfully install the OTA or Sideload 4.4?

Thanks.

-jm
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Platform xml is causing it. Fix it and it'll install.
[Galaxy S 4 General] johnmclean:
Holy **** that was a quick reply, that's great news! Thanks [MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION]!!

Can I fix platform.xml by simply removing the extra line I added (<group gid="media_rw"/>) or do I need to try to find an original unmodified version of platform.xml somehow?

Also, by modifying platform.xml did I changed the file permissions such that I have to revert permissions back somehow? (clearly I'm a windows guy so I'm out of my depth here)?

Thanks again!

-jm
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
You have to find the original. Look in my odin 4.4 thread. Someone posted it in there.
[Galaxy S 4 General] johnmclean:
Thanks for all the help [MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION]. I'll let you know how it turns out.
[Galaxy S 4 General] fsmallmann:
platform.xml damaged - please help

Sorry if this is not the appropriate forum - I hope it is, or that you could at least direct me to the proper forum.

I tried modifying the platform.xml file in my device but it seems the text editor I used corrupted it. Now I cannot run any software on my phone (although it still boots). I cannot connect to it using ADB - but I am able to connect to it using Odin. Is there a way to use Odin to replace the corrupted file with a good one? I do have a backup of the original file. My phone is a GT I9505 running Kit Kat 4.4.2.

I appreciate any help!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I don't believe we have ODIN for system only. You could use the FULL rooted ODIN tar package and get back up and running. It'll replace the platform.xml file.
[Galaxy S 4 General] fsmallmann:
Ok. Doing that. Thanks.

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Hello SamuriHL

It did not work. I flashed the original 4.4.2 firmware (twice) but the problems persist. I also flashed CF auto-root. All services keep failing when the device starts, the same way they did when platform.xml got corrupted.

BTW, my device is rooted but I'm using stock recovery. Maybe platform.xml did not get replaced?

When trying to connect to ADB it states that the device is offline. Any hints on how I could replace the damaged platform.xml?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
If it flashed the ODIN image correctly, I guarantee it replaced the platform.xml file since it's in /system/etc/permissions. CF auto-root is not a good idea for our phone. And also completely unnecessary if flashing one of my ODIN images since it's pre-rooted anyway. Sounds like your data partition is highly corrupt, though. An FDR is in order at this point, which means reinstalling everything.
[Galaxy S 4 General] fsmallmann:
Yeah, I was hoping I wouldn't need to do that. :( Well, I did a FDR and it seems to have corrected the problem. Thanks for your time!

BTW, I did not use your ROMs because I'd rather have everything as close to the original as possible. And this is the I9505, not the I9505G.

Thanks for all your help!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Ummm. First off you're posting in an I9505G thread. Second, what I post aren't "roms". They're images to restore an i9505G to stock. It's pre-rooted because of the way I have to extract the system partition. All other partitions are fully signed. But they aren't for other phones. They're only for the i9505G. Anyway, glad you got it fixed.
[Galaxy S 4 General] fsmallmann:
Hi SamuriHL.

I'm aware this is an I9505G thread. I apologized in advance for that - I just wrote on this thread because I realized you know a lot about the file system structure of the Android AND because of the similarities between the I9505G and the I9505.

Thanks for all your help
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
No problem. Just wanted it to be clear cause if someone tries to flash the wrong thing to their phone it will brick it. While the i9505 and i9505g are similar, the partition table isn't and flashing a stock ODIN file for the wrong phone will cause potentially permanent issues.
[Galaxy S 4 General] rastapapa:
4.4.2 NG2 ext sd card not writable

SamuriHL, do you know if there was a workaround for the earlier known issue of ext sdcard but not being writeable? Im on sprint S4, and the last OTA to NG2 seems to be doing the same thing. Any help greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 General] fsmallmann:
I've solved this issue in my phone by running NextApp SDFix. It requires root, though.

Sorry but I'm still unable to post links. :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
All builds since they changed it have this issue and it's not going to change back. Yes, that app can fix it or you can search for platform.xml sdcard to find the lines to edit manually. It can only be fixed while rooted no matter the solution you use. Remember to backup your platform.xml before editing it with the app or manually so you can restore it for the next OTA.

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http://jrummy-apps.com/fix-sdcard-on-kitkat/
[Galaxy S 4 General] rastapapa:
nextApp no luck

Rats. That nextApp fix was the first thing I tried. If I run the nextApp card fix app again it says no further action necessary, indicating that its patch was already applied. But still my sd card is non-writable. I wonder if the nextApp patch doesnt fix the NG2 4.4.2 update. Perhaps it needs updating too.

If I get a chance I might try carefully looking through the platform.xml code and see if theres something additional in there that screams lack of permissions to sd card. Otherwise, might you have any other ideas?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Did you look at the link I added?
[Galaxy S 4 General] jacodaburr:
Thank you so much, this solution helped me out quickly with my TiBU on my T-Mo Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900T
[Galaxy S 4 General] camkie:
La la lolipop

This is the most solid 5.0.1 Rom ive had on my at&t T-mobile note 4 that doesnt fry my hands keep up the GREAT WORK..
[Galaxy S 4 General] bumba1:
worked for me.

wow after months of trying to get this app to work even going pro i seen this solution followed it to the t and low and behold its now backing up to my sd card thanks so much guys. i had heard so much about tbu that i thought what a load of crap but now i love it ha ha
[Galaxy S 4 General] sanzNya:
im do this fix step but it doesnt help.. my TIBU still have an issue.. any help?? :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] beavermjr:
Android 4.4.2 on Galaxy s5 verizon and the system won't let me edit the file. why?
[Galaxy S 4 General] nae10135:
comment to save.
[Galaxy S 4 General] spotty357:
Titanium Backup Write to External SD fix

Thank You, I just made the changes and am using Titanium to backup to External SD now.