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[Galaxy S 4 General] DerekChas:
TWRP

I have an authentic i9505G and was able to flash and update to 4.3.

However, I'm having trouble installing TWRP in order to flash SuperSU. Has anyone successfully installed TWRP on their i9505G with 4.3?

I attempted to use GooManager and I also odin flashed the recovery.img. Both appeared to complete successfully; however, booting into recovery results in stock recovery.

Any help would be greatly appreciated -- I need root! :(

-Derek
[Galaxy S 4 General] SnegovikRZN:
Flash with Odin: http://download.chainfire.eu/316/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip

After use ADB Shell:

su

dd if=/sdcard/recoveryfilename.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery

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Backup from stock Android 4.3 (OTA Updated): http://file.karelia.ru/s2dtzg/

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Help please install the OTA. I have nothing. What do I do?

I have I9505GUEUBMFP modem...
[Galaxy S 4 General] tublah:
Could someone who has upgraded to 4.3 but not yet flashed TWRP grab a dump of the stock recovery?

from adb shell:

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 of=/sdcard/recovery_4.3_stock.img bs=4096

I would really appreciate it!
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
That makes two of us I am ready to upload a stock full firmware package for 4.3 that will solve all the issues but I had to root to dump everything but the recovery image.
[Galaxy S 4 General] arip:
After a lot of struggling, I finally got root on my S4 GE with 4.3 without overwriting the recovery, and uploaded the stock recovery here: http://www.speedyshare.com/2ypKY/i9505g-recovery-4.3-stock.img (click the dotted-underline linked filename towards the top)

This is from your dd command, but I haven't tested to see if it actually flashes correctly. Also, could someone mirror this? Not sure how reliable this site is.

For those curious about what I did, here's what ended up finally working after applying the 4.3 OTA with the factory recovery:

- Downloaded the TWRP image from http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/192

- With my phone powered off, booted into fastboot mode by holding down volume up, volume down, and power buttons.

- With USB connected to my PC, ran: "fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.0.0-jgedlte.img"

- TWRP was not really responding to anything I touched on the screen, but I realized I could still use adb from my PC. Not sure if there's any way to apply an update.zip automatically from a recovery's shell, so I just did it manually. I unzipped the SuperSU 1.51 update.zip from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053, and ran this from my PC:

adb shell mount /system
# Run the important stuff from META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script using adb commands like shell and push here...
adb shell umount /system
adb reboot

EDIT: It would actually be good to know if someone has used odin/heimdall/fastboot to overwrite a custom recovery with this successfully, so I don't overwrite stock before I need to make another dump somehow.
[Galaxy S 4 General] xyzulu:
I have a copy of your file.. will add it to Mega now.. here it is (Mirror of the file provided here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44290125&postcount=145) -

https://mega.co.nz/#!ts0UjAAa!Vrt9qSaksAUdVbctIzjT5w3Q4Lpvq704fN0h81SalxI
[Galaxy S 4 General] ack154:
No OTA yet for me... not sure why.

I had flashed the 4.3 leak a while back and went back to stock (rooted) using this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360346

Bootloader: locked (never unlocked)

Recovery: Stock

Build: JDQ39...MFD

Baseband: MFD

I have also used TriangleAway and am back to 'samsung official" firmware.

I've tried sideloading the zip via ADB, failed with error 7 (similar to others in this thread). I've also tried updating from SD. Same problem, same error. I have also tried unrooting with SuperSU and updating via ADB sideload. Still won't take.

I did also try stopping/clearing Google Services Framework. No OTA then either.

So I'm kind of stuck I guess. Trying to do what I can to NOT wipe data (never unlocked bootloader anyway, so I should be OK so far).
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
You are a gentleman and a Scholar

FULL 4.3 Stock Odin package coming Guys be patient I will have it up in Android Development tonight and if you will be able to continue to get OTA's or bypass the whole OTA thing all together.
[Galaxy S 4 General] xyzulu:
.. nah.. just a file uploader ;)

Seriously though, if you can put together a i9505G image that can be used on my i9505 it will all be worth it :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Can't thank you enough for that mirror. I've avoided installing TWRP (but am not rooted) until I could get a stock recovery image. Really appreciate it everyone!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] xyzulu:
Thank the guy who uploaded and managed to make a copy of it in the first place.. post is a little further up. My actions required no skill at all.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
That would be wonderful!

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I did. :) I appreciate the mirror, as well, cause the site it was hosted on originally was giving me a hard time. So thanks to both of you. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJHawaii:
Yes thank you guys Mahalo Nui Loa!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Question. I used cf auto root to install su and restore my stock recovery (duh....why the hell didn't I do that the other night?!). So I pulled my own recovery and compared the sha1 hashes for the one I downloaded from the above link and my own and they don't match. I pulled mine twice and got the same sha1 both times.

Mine: d6b2e10d816949c3bfb8cba18a894ec72832bed7

Downloaded from above: 88ca9a6d4e187bd209ca76212e88200e7a93f703

Can someone pull theirs and see what the sha1 hash is? It doesn't match what the update script inside the update says. UGH. I'm new to the S4 world so bear with me. Thank you for any info.
[Galaxy S 4 General] thirthy:
Hello,

Any hope, to have it in GT-I9500 ?

Thankx
[Galaxy S 4 General] xyzulu:
That won't be possible. A custom rom will be needed instead, perhaps based on this.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I made an ODIN flashable tar md5 from my recovery img, installed twrp 2.6.0.0, and then successfully restored my stock 4.3 recovery img with ODIN. So I don't know why mine's different than the one extracted earlier but it seems to work.
[Galaxy S 4 General] AJ Newkirk:
Looking forward to this. I'd be interested to find out if your MH1 updated GES4 works better than mine.

Hopefully mine is just a fluke, or it will get fixed very quickly. Otherwise I will be seeking a refund.
[Galaxy S 4 General] nintendolinky:
Have people on the the stock 4.3 rom on an i9505G or i9505 got FC on settings and also not able to uninstall apps etc.
[Galaxy S 4 General] slg60:
Is it possible to flash that to an i9505, so non Google one?
[Galaxy S 4 General] DerekChas:
No issues here on an i9505G. I have yet to experience a FC anywhere in the 24 hours since flashing.
[Galaxy S 4 General] alturismo:
i9505, yes, fc on uninstall confirmed here, still on mg baseband.
[Galaxy S 4 General] AJ Newkirk:
That is very good to know.

Hopefully someone such as yourself who is trouble free after the OTA can perform the adb dump /system and share it with the rest of us who seem to have had a bad flash for some reason.
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
+1 would like to think it wasn't a major sammy screw up.... stuff happens tho i guess :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] DerekChas:
My adb knowledge is minimal. If you give me the adb command to dump /system, I'll gladly upload it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] nintendolinky:
I will use logcat later and see what the issue is, i presume the newer baseband cant be flashed onto a i9505 using odin, is this correct.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MaKTaiL:
EDIT

Nevermind. :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
make sure *usb debugging * is on!!

adb pull /system system

or

make a nandroid backup up. drag it to pc, make a zip, upload <- make sure custom recovery is not set for dup format!!

you should see .tar files in the backup.

**NOTE!!

only do the nandroid backup if u do a factory reset first!!!, otherwise ur personal info will be in nandroid backup and u dont want that !!!

P.S need any help.. pm me
[Galaxy S 4 General] yeahmann:
I'm pretty sure it's a baseband problem. That's the only difference. Logcat shows it's looking for NFC firmware that the S4 doesn't use. I'm guessing it's defaulting to ASOP NFC because it can't access the one we have.
[Galaxy S 4 General] DerekChas:
Here is a ZIP of the system pull.

https://mega.co.nz/#!VAsxCJyC!U5VpkGmp6uNeZqQnFhJxzwJ2c9sAGRSdOgBOpmv1lKA

If you need a Nandroid, I can provide that as well although I'm not sure what you mean about "dup format". I can only install TWRP and I could not find any such setting.

-Derek
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
thanks man!! d/l now.. twrp should backup in tar format by default i believe... when u make the nandroid backup just make sure to factory reset first !! and thanks again.. ill flash this in a bit and report back
[Galaxy S 4 General] bleez99:
Unable to downgrade to MFD baseband

The title says it all. I have an I9505G, downgraded to 4.2.2 and have similar issues applying the OTA. The only thing I think that's stopping me is the baseband. (Currently MG8 from the latest leak). I have the .bin files, but heimdall fails to flash them. I even tried dd'ing them to the correct partitons, but after rebooting, I still have the MG8 baseband, which is really puzzling. Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
nope still f/c rebooting when uninstalling an app :( ... think we will need the baseband
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
So people who have a Google edition and updated the ota don't have these problems...?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I have the problem and I never touched a leak. I was on 4.2.2 out of the box, took the OTA update, and if I try to uninstall an app I get a reboot.
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
im thinking baseband issue for anyone without a i9505g

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really so u have the i9505g and still have the issue
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
That's correct.
[Galaxy S 4 General] iB4STiD:
hmm,, thats good in a way maybe not baseband then
[Galaxy S 4 General] yeahmann:
And fc if you try to get into settings>security?

Which baseband do you have?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I was just checking when you wrote that. The OTA didn't update my baseband. :( I'm on MFD. How the hell is that possible? I never got an error when applying the OTA update.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] pbosgraaf:
Hi,

I recently upgraded to WM2003SE, this introduced some errors om my Q-Tek 2020 which is why i want to downgrade to the original image.

I downloaded 'HI_TMNL_17200_190_11700_Ship.exe' from the T-Mobile (NL) site, but when trying to execute it it shows "Country ID error" and stops.

I searched the forum and found a post the said i could use the no_id patch. After reading the instructions i found out that this patch needs the extracted files, but i only have the .exe i downloaded.

Can someone give me some advice? :)

Cheers,

-peter
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] smithy318i:
Run the .exe file and press next ONCE. (this extracts the files)

open file explorer on your pc and navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR NAME\Local Settings\Temp

in this directory there should be a temp directory (mine was called pftA4.tmp)

the ROM images are located in this directory.

once you cancel the .exe program the files are deleted, so copy them to a new directory to save them.

Good luck.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] pbosgraaf:
Thanks, i managed to get the files!

I've been reading a lot on the forum lately, and in particular this post:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=12101

When trying to get the xor keys with the command 'xda2nbftool.exe -t' it only shows the xor keys for "ms_.nbf" and "Radio_.nbf".

I'm missing they key for "nk.nbf" while the file does exist and is in the current directory.

I tried this command on two rom's and both did not gave me the nk.nbf xor key.

G:\peter\Officele T-Mobile image>xda2nbftool.exe -t

xda2nbftool -x ms_.nbf ms_.nba 0x20040305

xda2nbftool -x Radio_.nbf Radio_.nba 0x20040306

Another "push" in the right direction would be appriciated :)

-P
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] rictec:
search the ftp

i do beleave that god toenailed has already decompressed that files

check in the ftp
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] pbosgraaf:
Thanks rictec, but i looked all over the ftp today but didnt find it.

Nevertheless, the xda2nbftool.exe should be able to decompress my files right? Do you know why i'm not getting a xor key for that file (nk.nbf)?

Cheers,

-P
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] pbosgraaf:
Could anyone please help me out?

I'm still in the dark about why i can't get the key from the nk.nbf file using xda2nfbtool.exe

Help would really be appriciated!

-peter
[General Questions and Answers] Steve Eligoyo:
Hi,

I know my Huawei is as old as the hills, however, I was wondering if anyone had an old Firefox 5 apk I could have?

I've searched everywhere and actually gotten the zip versions and the apk versions from Mozilla and guys I cannot be sure about, and none of them run, even though I've gotten several to install.

Also, I downloaded crying about my mod 7.2 and wondered if anyone could put it in for me?

I'd also like to dual boot with Linux, and move everything on the phones memory to my micro SD card, even if that means I have to buy another one.

DreamLinux has a version just for these cards, although I'm not sure everything will work, such as wifi.

Last I'd like to run the new Linux kernel that just came out.

And the lxde desktop or xfce.

I would love to run pure Debian, but I simply don't know how to configure it.

I do have a second phone, so no worries there.

I'll happily mail you this phone, or my Wildlife S and whatever else we're going to need to make this action happen.

Please advise!

Steve
[General Questions and Answers] Steve Eligoyo:
adb won't load on older phones....

I just read that adb won't install on phones below android 4.0,

So how are guys getting cryanogenmod 7.x and Linux on ancient phones?

Is there a thread anyone can point me too?

I've searched pretty extensively ..I really don't get much. Perhaps I'm doing the search wrong?

Please advise.
[General Questions and Answers] Steve Eligoyo:
Update:

Once your way computer in Abilene, Texas flashed in a new ROM, none of this was a big deal anymore.

Worth every penny.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DevastatedSoul:
Dear All...

Greatings,

I start flahshing my phone i opened Odin v3 1.83 and puted the PDA,Phone and CSC files in the Cell for each file and went to download mode my phone appers to the odin and the yellow box shows it's conected then i press strat and it's toke a lot of time didn't happed anything and i saw in the message box on odin ( stratup connction) and toke alot of time and nothind happend and i disconect the cable and removed the battary now when i prees Power boutton alone or with any key home or volume up and down i see pic of phone beside computer and bettwen them a Yellow triangle with an exclamation mark inside. plz Helo me for this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DevastatedSoul:
Dear Admins plz close this thread coz the problem sloved
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pepperbreath:
So I've had my Nexus 7 and have been quite satisfied with it but just my luck, with just over a year of ownership and outside the warranty, it starts acting up.

Basically, my Nexus 7 will no longer charge to 100%. I can already hear the feverish tapping on the keyboard that this issue has been addressed but it hasn't. It's different than the other threads that have popped up, which I've read through and tried the various suggestions. Here's what I've tried to do, none of which work:

- Swapped the USB cord with my Galaxy S4.

- Swapped the charger with my Galaxy S4.

- Borrowed my GF's Nexus 7 and plugged in her battery into my Nexus 7.

- Tried a different electrical outlet.

- Factory reset and battery pull for ~5 minutes.

- Updated to 4.3 (This started just before the update was pushed OTA).

Here's the kicker. It does seem to charge if I plug it into the powered USB ports on my monitor. HOWEVER, it only charges up to about 57%. After which it kind of just hovers there. It'll charge a little more sometimes, or sometimes it'll drain a bit but the average charge is around 57%.

Thoughts? It seems to be a hardware issue since it won't charge my GF's battery either or charge from AC, even though it detects it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SevenSonics:
I can't believe I have been around XDA forum for about a year or so and I consider myself kind of experienced.... (I don't know why I never dared to create an account)

Anyways here's the big deal:

I'm planning on upgrading to a new phone... If I tell you the phone I've had for the last 2 years you will laugh HARD.

(Nokia 100)

Anyways, since Nexus 4 Came out, it has been my dream phone and the one I want to buy for a long time... but here we are, almost a year since it's release and I believe the specs it has would make this phone last for a couple of years more.

My concern is the following.... seing that Nexus 7 (2013) Has been released with these awesome specs and just $30 increase over the Nexus 7 (2012)

Should I wait for the Nexus 4 Upgrade considering they might have one on the works? thus it hasn't been confirmed.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevazfederer:
Let me tell you i was in the same situation as you 2 weeks ago and I decided to buy this nexus 4, because of a simple reason: I love THIS nexus 4, its hardware, design and the pure google experience.

and you love it also so i would recommend you to get it its pretty awesome viewing angles could be better but its ok you wont regret it

thats my advice, greetings from mexico:good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SevenSonics:
Some sort of what I thought... this is the phone I like. But just thinking on what's coming next in a couple of months has me tempted
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevazfederer:
In any case we are almost sure that the new nexus device wont be that expensive, maybe 30 more dollars or 20 than its predecessor so its not a big big deal if you get this one and later you want the new one, if i was you i would get it :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SevenSonics:
I want to hear other opinions too...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H4midR3za:
buy it.. when they release nexus 5 sell ur nexus for put some $ on it and buy nexus 5 :P u can enjoy all like this
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thibaultvw:
I have it now since early march and I love this phone. Its so much better than the Galaxy ace I had before lol.

But yeah, I think we will see the new Nexus in october, so I should wait

But maybe thats just me because my parents wont allow me to buy a new phone so quick after the other. :P (16 years old)

But of you can get the new nexus for just a couple of dollars more I would get the Nexus 4 and sell it when the new one comes out. Or you can use it as a backup phone. :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SevenSonics:
That's kind of what i'm waiting for... but considering I can get it, then sell it and jump into the Next gen is what I have in my mind atm....

It will be a HUGE jump over my current phone....

Nokia 100 (Google it)

I'm not joking... that's my phone for the last two years lmao.

I've had a Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire HD, Nexus 7 too (All of them SOLD)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badhri:
Buy It !!

I was also waiting for the same, but couldnt control my desires.. so bought it last month.. Somehow, this device makes me really happy.. considering the fact that my prev device was Galaxy Ace, it obviously should ;)

Besides, I'm also learning a lot after i got this phone, which brought me over here as well..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SevenSonics:
I will jump into the Nexus 4 White! I'm one click away!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] _ziant_:
Hello

I'am using SJB 5.5,battery more extravagant than Stock ROM

How to save battery life ?

Sorry my bad English
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] hurriX8:
On setting :

Use 2G only

Disable airplane mode

Change brightness to little dark

Dont use task killer (battery willl drain fast with this :p )

Add this on build prop line (dnt forget make a backup) :

ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1

pm.sleep_mode=1

proximity_incall=enable

usb_wakeup=enable

power_supply.wakeup=enable

ro.config.htc.nocheckin=1

with above step you will got ultra battery friendly :cool: :cool: :cowboy:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] _ziant_:
Thanks Bro :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Borak17:
Can i add this on CM 10 Nightly?

Xperia Ray(ST18i)

CM 10 Nightly

LuPus.urushi.jb9.1]
[Shield Themes and Apps] Deleted member 5103593:
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE! Ultimate Rotation Control is an excellent fix for the always-landscape orientation of the Shield. I recently posted a landscape version of Temple Run in another thread, but many other apps besides just this for me have been completely fixed, even without landscape support!

A few for reference that now work even without landscape:

- The Verge

- Temple Run (still need to swipe screen)

- My banking app (EECU)

Here's an album of the fixed apps: http://imgur.com/a/0Aywu

Link for app w/ 7 day trial here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate

Link to license here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate_license
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superuser.pm:
i use rom cook CleanRom(JB4.3) and intall pppwidget but not connect USB 3g.

before i used rom cook CleanRom(JB 4.2.2) ,intall pppwidget then connected USB 3G very good

can u help me? :p
[Java for Android App Development] terrusNZ:
Hi guys,

I am starting to develop an app to be used to search for a product on an online store. An similar style/type of app to the eBay apps etc where products can be found under categories and using search filters.

The website for this store already works in this way and has a basic mobile site with all of these features, the latter of which is not aesthetically pleasing in any way, which is my motivation for creating this app.

Just to clear things up - although i am relatively new to app development, this is not my first app, and I am in no way new to android. I am not asking for someone to 'ned hlp pls c0de ths i noob' so i can call it my own without giving credit. I purely want your opinion on the best way to go about this and any other advice you may give.

I want the app to have the same search features as the mobile site, and to parse the results into a much nicer looking interface, including the images and specifications of the product. This is the first time i have needed features like this in an app and am not sure how to go about it, any help would be greatly appreciated. :D

What do you guys think? Have any of you developed a similar app?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DHeffernan:
So I just got a galaxy s3, previous I've used a galaxy s2. Now the galaxy s2 has T-memos on it while the S3 has S-memos, my question is how can I transfer my notes from one device to the other?

I tried using Kies and I managed to get my contacts transferred over but the memos I can't probably due to the fact one is T-memos while the other is S-memos.

Neither phone is rooted by the way.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gnahc79:
I did a memo transfer for my wife's S2 skyrocket t-memo->S4 s-memo a while back and I *think* on the S2 there's an export function somewhere. Export each memo it to google drive/dropbox/etc and then import it on the S3. Kind of klunky, but at least the memos are transferred.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] machunleung:
how to transfer memo from galaxy sii to galaxy note 3