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[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
At least on the dual core One X/XL version of Sense 5 (I'm guessing your version is the same), you can change the grid size to 4 x 5, which is much better then the ridiculous 3 x 4 grid.

If you haven't found this yet, in the app drawer, swipe down to reveal the 3-dot menu button, tap that, and select Grid Size.

The Messages layout is probably the only thing I have a gripe with on Sense 5 (and I've chosen to live with that). There's a lot I'm liking about Sense 5.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kjerkoli:
Hi folks,

I searched and searched, but I couldn't found the right answer. I am runing custom rom and I want to delete every possible data, apps,... and install new rom, so that I will know what is from this rom. I have so manny different data on my hone that I don't know what it is.

Please let me know how I can do it in Twrp. Thanks in advance.

Kjerkoli...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] examiner:
flash stock rom from odin..and perform factory reset after.using stock recovery..and then format your sd card to fat 32 to clean all those unecessary files of yours that you dont know..if you want stock...

EDIT:or perform factory reset inTWRP..wipe data..cache..factory reset..and format data..then install new rom if you want another custom rom
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kjerkoli:
Thanks for the reply. But won't I delete also the new rom .zip file which will be on internal storage?

Please let me know about my worries.

Kjerkoli...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shhbz:
settings/backup and reset/factory reset it will reset your device as a newly flashed rom without any other app u might have installed ,whatever comes with the rom it will be there all default
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kjerkoli:
Thanks for the reply but I am still not sure what to do. Guess I should get step by step instructions. Sorry

I have new rom .zip file on internal sd in one map...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shhbz:
sorry bro was not able to get you earlier

u mean you have a rom zip on your internal in that case just enter recovery and hope u have rooted and stuff

Switch of your device press Vol up+home+power all at the same time and leave the power button once you see the samsung logo

now in recovery wipe data factory/cache/dalvik cahe and you are good to proceed flashing if you have an external sd then keep your zip in ext sd and do full wipe which will wipe your internal sd as well but not the external so if u have an external sd you can do a full wipe else just do the steps mentioned it will be fine

and if you have stock rom it is flashable via mobile odin please read this thread to understand everything http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1896696

what does your new rom state stock or custom
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kjerkoli:
Really appriciate it. I am already runing on custom rom. I also have a new custom rom .zip file on internal sd (don't have ext. sd card) I change many roms, so I have a lot of unnecessary stuff in data. I would like to delete everything and then install new custom rom .zip file.

I am afraid of loosing new custom rom .zip file, twrp,... Is it possible to do it or I have to flash stock rom and then do the simple factory reset in settings?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shhbz:
Well then in that case its already answered just wipe cache/ dalvik cache/data factory reset and choose your zip
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kjerkoli:
hi again. I guess I am not for this tech stuff :eek:

I have done this (or i think) I still have a lot of unnecessary folders. I installed new custom rom now. I am going to stick with it, but I still want to delete everything except rom that I am running on and other important stuff that makes this phone run.

Another help would be much apriciated. (step by step if possible)

Kjerkoli
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shhbz:
It seems u want to get rid of all uneccesary junk so thats possible to be removed only if you do full wipe thats is u even have to wipe system that will delete everything of the last rom and even in internal but after that u need to mount ur storage from recovery and then transfer the zip of your rom and flash it .so u need to be sure that your recovery is able to mount internal sd , I blv I hv posted a super wipe link so u can even flash that that will erase evrything u wish to but mounting of card shd work to let u transfer the file of rom zip or the safest get a ext sd transfer the rom zip and after clean wipe install zip from external sd.

If your mount sd is working first try and check that connect ur phn to pc via usb and in recovery select mount sd if it shows then you are good to go and get what u need.

So the prob lies u want steps but I need surity if ur mount storage works if it does then just flash this file attached as I hope it has uploaded fine as I used my phn to do so .just flash the zip attached and it will wipe all on its own .mount sd transfer ur custom rom zip and selec t it to flash . U get what u want
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kjerkoli:
I realy appriciate your work but still to fresh to understand. This mounting thing is driving me crazy. I will just go and buy the sd card, it's easy.

So what i could understand is that I put your posted zip file on my internal sd card and i put my custom rom zip file to external sd card. Is that 100% ok?

and when I do that, whats next? (sorry mate)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shhbz:
why are you so worried its a simple step

1. boot into recovery - u know how to do it

2. connect your phone to pc and now click mount and see if you find the option to mount sd as soon as u click it it will recognise the internal sd

3. thats said if it works you can move ahead - just select the flash zip u have kept in ur internal sd it will wipe everything and now u mount again and transfer the rom zip

4.you can proceed flashing the rom zip from internal sd. done!

5. if you have an ext sd card then place both wipe zip and rom zip in external and choose install zip from external sd and select wipe zip .it will run some codes on screen and everything is wiped out now the recovery will restart and now select the rom zip thats it.

note: its a simple stuff what i am trying to make u understand is that if u clean wipe then you loose all ,everything from internal storage so u need some rom zip to flash which u need in external or internal so u need to transfer that zip, if its in external it wont get wiped off so you dont need any mounting to be done.

before all do backup your efs for your safety . I hope you know that or must have gone through it.

or rather do some reading it will take an hour for you to go through everything in detail
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kjerkoli:
Thank you so much. It worked. :D:D:D So the next time I can do the same when I will have all the unnecessary folders?

Take care

Kjerkoli...
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Krischu:
I would like to ask whether it is possible to extend the RAM on the MDA I from 32 MB to 64 MB? And if, if it is worth the effort.

I bought an additional used MDA with a crashed display for examining purposes and experimenting. E.g. to learn first how to open the device (without damaging my "good" MDA).

Now I'm already quite good trained in opening the back shell of the MDA with my thumbnail :)
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] LumpiStefan:
It is possible to extend RAM.

There are a few firms, that are doing this job, but i think it's quite expensive.

Doing it yourself would be very riscy. You need to have goot soldering experiences, and knowledge in electronic. So i would stay with 32 MB, or search for another MDA with already 64 MB...

Stefan
[Galaxy S 4 General] gadjet:
Samsung is pushing another update today, its already reached max OTA downloads so get it from Kies.
[Galaxy S 4 General] pnr2020:
anyone know what the update is or does
[Galaxy S 4 General] overkillZ:
lock your phone.. and make it inpossible to root, and read-only system... :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] gadjet:
Took a while to download via kies, probably due to kies is full ROM as apposed to OTA size.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gadjet:
Oops
[Galaxy S 4 General] Dean-xXx:
Remove the link. It has nothing to do with the last update. The link you post is from May. :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 General] gadjet:
Done

Some more details, if someone knows where to find details from changelist?
[Galaxy S 4 General] winwiz:
I saw chainfire's tweet which suggested something similar.

Why would they do this? Makes no sense
[Galaxy S 4 General] Alekxxx:
Yeah, and it changes the SELinux from permissive to enforcing.
[Galaxy S 4 General] boterkaaseneieren:
It upgrades your phone to the latest firmware :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] ixon2001:
Now have the LTE option in Network mode, where as the last update didn't.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gadjet:
Hi ixon2001

I don't have LTE under more networks,mobile networks, network mode? I am on 3? strange....:(

p.s running sim free I9505 with non branded firmware
[Galaxy S 4 General] nikzDHD:
We on three don't have LTE at the mo once LTE is enabled by them then we should get that option.
[Galaxy S 4 General] PhilSN:
I haven't noticed any differences apart from an annoying problem. I get constant 'Prevention information' errors:

"An application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device. It may be solved by the policy update service. It may be safe to delete an application obtained from an unauthorized route. Check now?"

If I try to use the 'Security policy update', it fails and says: 'Update failed due to network issues'.

My phone is not rooted and I don't have any dubious apps.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ixon2001:
Ah yeah I'm not on 3 anymore after having nothing but trouble with this network I went back to Giffgaff, because Giffgaff runs on the O2 network probably why it showing up now with this update.
[Galaxy S 4 General] PuiaAndrei:
So , does it worth to make the update ?

I can do mine , but i have low battery ( phone charging atm ).

Anyone noticed some changes ?

THnx
[Galaxy S 4 General] VoodooSix:
Personally I wouldn't update to it yet, it seems to enable Knox and/or secure things a bit more. So I've no longer got root (yep my own stupid fault I know - should have left well alone) and cannot now downgrade to an earlier firmware to enable root.

I'm really, really hoping someone comes up with a way to flash a firmware on this version as root was really useful for Tasker with SuperSU. Plea for help here.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MaKTaiL:
You are unable to downgrade using Odin? :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] dm_snake2:
I have the same situation.
[Galaxy S 4 General] VoodooSix:
No, unable to flash anything with Odin at the moment, see the thread in my previous post for more details. :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
new update tonight

new updates for gt-i9505 sammobile. they are rolling out now. lets hope there is a Knox fix somewhere soon,
[Galaxy S 4 General] BurlaMatto:
yea, but same changelist..i think they won't remove/fix knox :|. Also i'm pretty sure they'll enable knox features on 4.3+
[Galaxy S 4 General] henklbr:
This update we got today in the Netherlands (non branded):

Model: GT-I9505

Country: Netherlands

Version: Android 4.2.2

Changelist: 1220396

Build date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 04:17:13 +0000

Product Code: PHN

PDA: I9505XXUDMHB

CSC: I9505PHNDMHB

MODEM: I9505XXUDMHB

The "Vodafone-branded" S4's in the Netherlands got also an update today:

Model: GT-I9505

Country: Netherlands (Vodafone)

Version: Android 4.2.2

Changelist: 1220396

Build date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:30:03 +0000

Product Code: VDF

PDA: I9505XXUDMH6

CSC: I9505VDFDMH1

MODEM: I9505XXUDMH6

The "T-Mobile" S4's in the Netherlands had already this update:

Model: GT-I9505

Country: Netherlands (T-Mobile)

Version: Android 4.2.2

Changelist: 1220396

Build date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:17:12 +0000

Product Code: TNL

PDA: I9505XXUDMH7

CSC: I9505TNLDMH2

MODEM: I9505XXUDMH7
[Galaxy S 4 General] nellisere:
I've just flashed to MH8 in Odin, so everything is back to stock, but Download Mode is still showing Custom for Custom Binary and System status. Is this because of Knox Warranty 0x1. I was trying to check if I could get the new software update through About Phone but it say's it's been modified :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] joecool666:
C-F triangle away. YOU MUST BE ROOTED OKAY
[Galaxy S 4 General] nellisere:
I thought Triangle Away didn't work with KNOX and MH8?
[Galaxy S 4 General] LorDestinY:
I read somewhere that the S4 have an eFuse that "blows up" when installed a custom ROM. When that fuse is blown there is no way to get Knox warranty reseted.

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z124wjqb4nfuidci104cjl1aoor5ezninhc

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Try installing the full MH8 firmware trough Kies.

When i installed MH8 trough OTA, my phone got all unstable and crappy. So i used Kies for a full install and reset.
[Galaxy S 4 General] deathst:
Anyone noticing black crushing in videos and pictures on this new version?
[Galaxy S 4 General] lyalldaniel:
Hi

How do i find out what i am on in regards to your 3 part of this topic?

Thanks

Lyall

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I had the same problem . I updated to this new thingy and then all of a suden im getting force close on lots of my applications that i had reinstalled through titanium backup. The way i removed these force closes and managed to root my phone was by doing a factory reset, re flashing the ROM with odin, used the CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505 to root my phone and manually installed the apps again from the play store. This seems to have made my phone back to the way it was orginally.

I hope this might help anyone else!

Lyall

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can you possibly let me know why i dont have LTE in my network selections?

Thanks

Lyall

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are you rooted???
[Galaxy S 4 General] nellisere:
Thanks, installing through Kies made it say Official. Cheers!
[Galaxy S 4 General] worms:
WTF?!?

I flash MH8 KNOX free, after I flash MI1 with KNOX but I still have no KNOX app...

mmmm.... mmmmm..... :|
[Galaxy S 4 General] ladyhaly:
Uhm, KNOX isn't an app?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Marekspo:
Xposed, don't work!?

After update, xposed apps didn't work, what to do?
[Galaxy S 4 General] nellisere:
Has anyone got an Odin flashable stock kernel for MH8? Or a guide to tell me how to get it myself.
[Galaxy S 4 General] LorDestinY:
Use Kies...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Aitch:
I'm on T-mobile in the UK and the latest update is MH6 - how did you guys get MH8 ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] overkillZ:
its the new bootloader :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] Dean-xXx:
App drawer lag is still present?

how is camera shutter ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] overkillZ:
ohh... havent tested the camera yet, but the whole system is so f*king laggy :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Dean-xXx:
Fwck!! I was really hoping they fixed it, i'm starting to get tired of sammy, and no...a non TW rom is not an option, i like TW, but the stutters will drive me away soon. My s3 is perfectly smooth, there is no stutters like on this crap.
[Galaxy S 4 General] overkillZ:
yea.. i have removed tons of crap bloat and its still f*kin laggy... dont know what they did,,, i think they should re-do the whole tw. And when they are working maybe they can update the ui a bit, getting tierd of that gingerbread ****...
[Galaxy S 4 General] zoomee:
so is the still 4.2.2 - or is it 4.3?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Ripolin2:
Its 4.2.2...

Enviado desde mi GT-I9505 usando Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 4 General] arnie2012:
am I the only who whos not having problems

I have tge samsung galaxy s4 i9505 unbranded with my o2 sim in and I dont have any problems at all.

I dont see why certain people are having problems with lag etc cos im not. And people are blaming samsung. Its not samsungs fault seen as not everybody mobile is having problems.

also can anybody else give a list of new features or fixes so far iv seen/ heard

it adds LTE in network settings

enables knox - but if it does does naybody know how I can find out if its enabled or not

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Only one problem I have found since the update

and thats that the gallery lags so much I can hardly use it
[Galaxy S 4 General] xyzulu:
Chainfire has been hard at work, see: https://plus.google.com/u/0/113517319477420052449/posts/5ggu7naWtaW
[Galaxy S 4 General] DANOFDANGER:
So has he worked out how to root it ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] xyzulu:
Did you even read his post?
[Galaxy S 4 General] jas0nuk:
Installed the update. My gallery is fine and I already had the LTE option in my network settings!

Sent from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 General] pankomputerek:
Will there still be an option to root etc and in case of something roll back to stock for warranty?

That new bootloader confuses me.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sab742:
1.7GB update!?! (2.5GB unpacked)
[Galaxy S 4 General] xyzulu:
Have you read the post from Chainfire yet?

It's here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/113517319477420052449/posts/5ggu7naWtaW
[Galaxy S 4 General] pankomputerek:
I did it's just a bit confusing to me.

He will update the apps and everything will be back to "normal" , right?
[Galaxy S 4 General] YOSEFE:
In short, it works. Chainfire has given us something to work with.
[Galaxy S 4 General] fswings:
I made the silly mistake of thinking this was a small update as the OTA changelog message was stability improvements.

I rebooted to discover that my SD card is no longer recognised and I'm praying my photos are intact. The only 'improvement' I noticed was that Google search was a little quicker. Not worth it.

I also deeply regret not jumping ship away from TW to some flavour of AOKP, CM and/or PA. Or even Google Edition.

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I'm also hoping that someone will figure out a way to use Odin to rid this mess from us.
[Galaxy S 4 General] YOSEFE:
Unless it is something very serious, flashing Chainfire's cf-autoroot will probably help you see your sdcard as I can see my 32gb card.
[Galaxy S 4 General] fswings:
Thanks for the prompt reply. Was hoping to avoid root until I backed everything up.
[Galaxy S 4 General] pankomputerek:
Antutu Scores falling ALL the way down

I've just ran antutu 3 times on the new firmware.

Not a single time I managed to get score above 19k.

https://plus.google.com/101013869974881749650/posts/SLRAj9bcxQD

after clearing RAM I managed to get 19151 (once)

Seems a bit slower than all previous versions.
[Galaxy S 4 General] DANOFDANGER:
why is it so bloody slow, shouldn't you be getting about 27k ?.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Obagleyfreer:
That's weird, I ran Antutu twice and got 27k+ both times.

Now onto more serious matters....

I know we can now root this MH8 firmware but can we flash custom ROMS??

I heard System is now read only, does CF-Auto root change this?? :S
[Galaxy S 4 General] cz.marcin:
I just got 27527 in antutu
[Galaxy S 4 General] pnr2020:
since i updated battery draining like mad lost here 30% over night very laggy is there any way i can downgrade to firmware i was on before or im i stuck now
[Galaxy S 4 General] wilhexm:
after root by cf-auto-root, when i install xposed modules, xposed 2.2 says "cannot write /data/xposed/modules.whitelist". Anybody know how to fix it?
[Galaxy S 4 General] robpc:
I get the same thing. The app that's causing it is Good for Enterprise in my case, downloaded from the Google Play store. The Policy Update fails for me too. Great work....
[Galaxy S 4 General] ~ emad ~:
with new H8 btu
[Galaxy S 4 General] ewok666:
Anyone know why I had to uninstall and reinstall a lot of my Apps? Things like Opera, Beautiful Widgets, Copilot, Poweramp, Swype and others just wouldn't work any more and some came with continuous crash messages as soon as the phone had booted.

I tried to restore an older backup using TB and even then those apps would no longer run. Only after I cleared their settings (or reinstalled) did they start again.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mrm1:
Just removed the update.zip file from /cache/fota to get rid of the nagging update notification. Will wait till everything has settled down on this update before installing. Need root for FolderMount amongst other things. I know Chainfire has sorted root but my S4 is running good at the moment so no rush to put it on.
[Galaxy S 4 General] pankomputerek:
The strange thing is I've been getting 28k ish before the update...
[Galaxy S 4 General] qsec:
Looks like someone got back to an earlier rom from this MH8.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45312896

Tapatalked.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Toss3:
Flash CF-Autoroot -> install terminal emulator -> open terminal -> SU -> setenforce 0 -> SELinux should now be set to permissive again.
[Galaxy S 4 General] wilhexm:
don't work
[Galaxy S 4 General] gyrex:
I just upgraded via Odin and I'm having some major issues with this ROM. ROM updated successfully then after I unlocked the phone I'm getting a constant (never ending) stream of error messages about lots of apps that have stopped and every second error message says "Unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped".

The phone is unusable.

Interestingly, I was going to attempt to backup my whatsapp messages and reset to factory defaults but when I opened whatsapp it said that my messaging database has been corrupted.

Is there something different I should have done with Odin with this firmware/rom?

Also, Wifi isn't turning on with this firmware...:crying: It's stuck on "turning on"

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[Galaxy S 4 General] ewok666:
You may need to reflash to fix the wireless issue. This has been around for a while. Try taking the battery out before flashing.

I've got (had) the same problem. A LOT(!) of my apps were broken after the update and I had to reinstall them. Those that were broken AND tried to run something immediately after boot were the ones to create all the errors. Most (if not all) will be fine after you reinstall but I don't know why it needs to be done and how to keep the data. As soon as I restore the data with TB it goes back to crashing the app.
[Galaxy S 4 General] PhilSN:
I think Kaiten is causing the problem on my phone. I have emailed the developer. Using Aqua mail for now.
[Galaxy S 4 General] negrobembon:
Wait, ODIN cant be used with this?, well that sucks horribly
[Galaxy S 4 General] pankomputerek:
If you still haven't updated. Don't update. Even custom launchers are messed up because of the new permissions. Every hour or so I need to reopen Nova for it to switch from stock. Tasker also is less stable. Signal is also doggy getting me GSM where I got H+ previously. Fully stock. Non rooted.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ivankolev:
What about only extracting MH8 modem and flashing it.

Any issues?
[Galaxy S 4 General] ixon2001:
Strange that some of you are having problem's, I've not run into any problems at all with any app installed on my phone since the update, everything work just as good as it did before the update.
[Galaxy S 4 General] metko:
I started the update and started to read this theards and when i saw whats going on i interrupted the update on 54% so waiting for news :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] gyrex:
I tried reflashing but still had the same issue. I had to completely wipe and erase from the bootloader menu and start from scratch - bloody annoying!!!

I've also noticed that this ROM performs a lot worse than the previous ROM - very laggy and horrible performance.... :eek:

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I wish I never upgraded. This ROM is absolutely terrible - worst one I've ever used on the i9505!!!!