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[Galaxy S 4 General] rootuser11:
what's the point of having cm12 if they arent ever going to be able to fix bluetooth and camera issues for not having samsung's proprietary drivers. meh. fingers crossed for the 5.1.1 gpe from samsung.
[Galaxy S 4 General] tay.0:
downgrade to kitkat?

downgrade to kitkat? can I do that? I'm tired of that buggy lollipop that never gets updated.

let me know if this is possible.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Should be able to.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Z-Blade:
Samsung already pushing out 5.1.1 for the S6 and the S6 Edge. Yet they have not even officially pushed out 5.0.1 for the S4 GPE. Only thanks to Dan that we got an unofficial 5.0.1.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Yea, my advice to you all...wait til I pick my next device and stay far far away from it. Whatever I touch becomes "bionic'd". LMAO
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
I'm beginning to wonder if SamMobile was wrong and if the GS4 has become the first GPE to be discontinued as far as software updates. Chances are pretty good that the retail OEM Galaxy S4 won't be getting 5.1, and so Samsung may have just pulled the plug altogether. :/ After all, the Galaxy S4 is now two hardware generations old...that's usually the death knell for update support. The HTC One M7 (which came out at the same time) isn't getting Android 5.1, though HTC did release it for the GPE version. They were probably just being nice, though.

Overall, I'm becoming less and less optimistic each passing day.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Z-Blade:
I hope you are wrong but it kinda seems that way, but it does not make sense to release 5.0 (which was was buggy) and not release the other updates which fixes a lot of the bugs that 5.0 has. Its a punch in the guts really........

Samsung: Here is Lollipop for everyone with an S4 GPE

User: Cool..... wait a minute, its buggy as hell!

Samsung: Well Google has release 5.1 that fixes a lot of these but we will no longer give you any more updates

User: But its buggy

Samsung: Well suck to be you.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
ugh you guys are making me sad :( I'm getting more negative by the day too
[Galaxy S 4 General] dmapr:
It certainly doesn't look promising at the moment. We're way past the official (at the time of its release) update window of 18 months, so I won't hold my breath :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] dirkdigles:
The Nexus 4, 7 (2012), and 10 all got Android 5.1... and all are significantly older than our S4.

So that just makes this all the more frustrating.

Meanwhile, I hate to mention it, but Apple is updating the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2 to iOS9. The freaking 4S came out in October 2011, and the iPad 2 in MARCH 2011!!

Android has its strengths, but there's really no excuse not to update older devices anymore, other than profit margins and manufactures making so many damn phone models that they don't have the manpower to do so. I'm sure the S4 could run the upcoming 5.2 with no issue.

I think it'd be good to petition manufactures to get their crap together, although with our 2-yr contract based culture, they currently have no incentive to keep updates coming, other than to appease the gross minority of customers that actually pay attention (i.e. us XDA'ers, who probably represent <0.5% of overall phone purchasers). As a culture we're way too used to throwing things out well before they are obsolete.

Unfortunately there seems to be no perfect solution out there. Apple currently has their act together the most when it comes to service and supporting older devices; no android manufacturer can be trusted at this point. Which is really unfortunate, because I prefer android. And with someone on a limited income, I don't use contracts and keep my phones as long as I can.

Where is the (imo) perfect phone? Stock android, updates for 3-4+ years, great battery life, great camera, and not gigantic.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
Let me know when you find that phone because I am looking for the same one. I may go back to the iphone with the 6S, when it is jailbroken. It looks like all my hope is resting on the next moto X, or the next hopefully regular sized nexus, but the camera makes me nervous on both counts (along with the battery and potential problems with snapdragon 810 if it is used). Sony's Z4/Z3+ w/ the 810 seems to be performing poorly. I would really prefer to stay on android.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Danvdh:
Nexus devices. I'm not looking back, the nexus 6 is incredible, I keep my s4 for a TV remote :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] dirkdigles:
GPE was basically advertised as being equivalent to Nexus :( (which, ironically it has been for every device EXCEPT the Samsung S4 GPE)

So does that mean in 2 years you will have another TV remote that you paid $650 for? :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] BinaryEclipse:
I'm on a custom ROM and I need to get to a stock ROM. I know now that these won't work for me.

What can I do? I can't find any stock roms anywhere for the google edition phone. This is the closest I've come to finding a stock ROM.

Any help is greatly appreciated

EDIT:

I am saved! i found http://www.carbontesla.com/2014/12/galaxy-s4-gpe-i9505g-ueudnl3-lollipop-firmware-odin/
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Wow...that's...impressive. sigh.

Just so it's clear why I'm annoyed....

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505g-develop/odin-5-0-0-i9505gueudnl3-restore-t2971638

It would have been nice for the person that jacked my download for it to at least attribute where he got it from. I put a lot of time into making those. Simply linking to the thread above would have been sufficient rather than just posting my download link. Oh well.
[Galaxy S 4 General] f-rouz:
So after the 5.1.1 update for the S6 currently rolling out, how long should we keep waiting until that "no 5.1 release for the S4 before the current flagship" theory can be regarded unlikely? Once the S6 5.1 release was not the reason for the delay, someone has another idea besides the S4 GPE support being officially discontinued?
[Galaxy S 4 General] MariuxReloaded:
Hi guys, how are you? It has been a long time since we talked the last time! :D

Some days ago I've asked to the Samsung US staff on FB if there were news about this phantom Lollipop 5.1 update for the S4 GPE and you can imagine what did they answer me: no answer, they have just deleted my post! -_-"

So, I imagine that this update will never arrive, as many of you already said...
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
5.1.1 seems to be hitting the international S6

cant believe they are leaving i9505g at 5.0, I would feel so much better end of lifed with 5.1.1 or even 5.1

I also emailed samsung usa asking about 5.1.1 and they claimed 4.4.2 is our most recent firmware, they don't even know their own products

never buying samsung again...
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I would say official support for this device is dead. A shame they left it on 5.0, though, given the numerous bugs. I'm only buying Nexus devices going forward. If Google isn't directly supporting it, I ain't buying it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Truth be told, I think you're right. The retail Galaxy S4s probably won't be getting 5.1, so neither will the GPE. The retail HTC One M7s didn't get 5.1 either, but at least HTC was nice and did release it to the GPE.

In all honesty, I feel like support for all the GPE devices are going on dead at this point, except for the One M8 GPE. At one point, Google mentioned on the GPE pages that software update support would go on for "around 18 months." Considering that every GPE except the M8 has been around for 18 months or longer, I think we're just about done.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Yup. I concur fully with this assessment. Even the Nexus devices are no longer guaranteed support beyond 24 months. The GPE was a nice experiment. Hell, I LOVED the S4 GPE and still do for a lot of reasons. It's been a pleasure serving this community bringing ODIN images for new releases. I think at this point, it's time to look to the rom developers for continuation on this device. That is the one beauty of our GPE....it's unlocked and open.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaykresge:
Funny, it's actually the other way around. Google supported two concurrent generations of Nexus phones from the Nexus One through the Galaxy Nexus. When the Galaxy Nexus came out, only the Nexus S was updated to the current software with it. When the Nexus 4 came out, the Nexus S was dropped. Again, when the Nexus 5 came out, the Galaxy Nexus was dropped. A support cycle of 18 months was the norm for Nexus phones.

But now? We're seeing minimum of 24 months. The Nexus 6 came out with Lollipop, and not only did the Nexus 5 get it, but the Nexus 4 also got it (and so far, subsequent updates). All indicates based on developer preview are that the Nexus 5 will also get M.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Spacemonkie4207:
Samsung and Google work on GPE. Google works on Nexus.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
Yea, in the future I only want one cook in the kitchen. Google

The only thing wrong with the S4 GPE at this point is updates, it is plenty speedy. It's a shame how quickly non-nexus devices are abandoned.

lord knows it would run M beautifully

My hopes for Roms at this point are pretty low given the bug list for latest CM on i9505
[Galaxy S 4 General] dirkdigles:
Amen. Android kinda seems to be a mess at this point, Lollipop certainly was a botched release. Don't get me wrong, I prefer android over other OS's, but the state of the market / updates is a shame. If you can't afford to pay each year or 2 for the latest and greatest, you're left in the dust.

S4 GPE was released June 26, 2013.

Lollipop 5.0 was released Nov 12, 2014.

So the S4 GPE received updates for approximately 16.5 months. Pretty bad for a phone people had to shell out $650 for.

Meanwhile Apple updates the nearly 4-year-old iphone 4S to iOS9 when it comes out.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
The hardware in the S4 GPE most definitely would support M with zero problem. So I agree with those saying it's a shame it was abandoned. I'd have liked to at least seen 5.1 on it like the Moto X 2013 did. I also hope the rom devs give this device a look, but, the sad truth is it wasn't as popular a device as we'd like to believe. Being an 24 month niche device doesn't bode so well for it. But we'll see what happens. I still have a watch set for the kernel source page so if they do decide to do another update, we'll know about it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] dmapr:
Yep, I've learned my lesson too. No more Sammy for me, I'll stick to Nexus. CM 12.x was indeed a disappointment and I had high hopes for it for continuation of updates where Samsung left off. I suppose a new Nexus every couple of years is not too bad.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
That's why I've always believed that you should buy a phone because you love what it does and how it looks, right out of the box. Buying a phone based on what it could do with a future software update that may or may not ever come is just setting yourself up for disappointment. I've learned that lesson the hard way multiple times.
[Galaxy S 4 General] dmapr:
Oh, don't get me wrong, I loved the phone when I bought it. But I also believed the promise of the 18 months of support, which didn't quite materialize.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
That's the thing. The S4 GPE and One M7 GPE both went on sale in June 2013. The promise was fulfilled for those two phones.

The regular GS4 probably won't see 5.1, so it stands to reason that the GPE won't either. As for the One M7, the retail version won't see 5.1, but HTC was nice and released it to the GPE regardless. Che serà serà, I suppose. [emoji17]
[Galaxy S 4 General] munchy_cool:
HTC One is getting OTA as I write, lets hope 9505g also gets it today
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
I'm excited. I've had KK on my N7 for a while now and I can't wait to get it on the GS4!

Remember everyone, if you get the OTA, please get the filename in /cache before installing it so I can update the first post and the website! Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] UlixesTNT:
How can I do that? Do I need root?

Is there any way that I could get the OTA link to download onto my Hard Drive directly from Google?
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
If you're rooted:

Once you receive the OTA popup on your phone, look in your /cache folder using any root-capable file explorer like Root Explorer or ES File Explorer, and post the name of the file.

If you're not rooted:

1. Enable developer options if they're not already go by going to Settings | About Phone and repeatedly tapping the build number until it says "You are a now a developer."

2. Go into Settings | Developer Options and turn on developer options using the toggle at the upper right of your screen.

3. In Developer Options, enable USB debugging.

4. In Developer Options, select "Take Bug Report".

5. It'll take a little while, but eventually the phone will send a report to the same gmail account you used to set up your phone.

6. Check your gmail, open the text file attachment, and search it for ".zip" (without the quotes) and post what it says.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 General] UlixesTNT:
Should I look for an entire link to the ".zip" file or just a local file name? How do I download from Google straight to my PC?

What if I rebooted in CWM and went to the /cache folder through adb shell? Would the file still be there?
[Galaxy S 4 General] vick33:
filename is enough. If you have the filename i can tell you the link to download to a pc.

It will be there if you reboot to recovery but the filename is really long.

edit:

http://android.clients.google.com/p...59a9.SS-I9505GUEUBMH1-to-UBMH5_Update_FWD.zip

this is the previous update if you replace the filname with the new one you can download it directly.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Just the filename is fine, and yes, if you rebooted into CWM and checked /cache through an ADB shell, it'll still be there.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mrvirginia:
last time it dropped in the evening, ~6PM EST. my body is ready!!!! and so is my computer :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 General] munchy_cool:
anyone got OTA yet?

https://plus.google.com/+android/posts/L1kmDwTi2rG
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Waiting (im)patiently!
[Galaxy S 4 General] jodvova:
Anyone already seen binaries for adb sideload ? Hate wait for OTA.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Toss3:
Remember to dump the rom afterwards so that the rest of us can enjoy it too. :)

Here's HOW.
[Galaxy S 4 General] UlixesTNT:
How would you make it "enjoyable"? Are dumps be directly flashable?
[Galaxy S 4 General] giospecial:
Screeeeeeeenshoooooooootttttt
[Galaxy S 4 General] Toss3:
As long as you use the PIT from the i9505 and kernel from i9505g, it should be with heimdall/odin (needs to be converted to tar first). You could also do it manually with a CWM zip-file.
[Galaxy S 4 General] AwsmStar:
Was starting to worry we wouldn't get it! Gonna wait for a Dev to cook a 4.4 ROM instead of the OTA. I'm not good with rooting stock ROMs.

Now poses the question will the GPE phones get updates past this? What with rumours of an S5 in January/February.
[Galaxy S 4 General] UlixesTNT:
Can you refer me to some detailed guide that explains it all (What's the PIT...)? You know, just to broaden my culture on the topic.

Further, suppose that I extract the "system.img" image, couldn't I flash it via fastboot?

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Toss3:
The pit file just contains the partitions of the device and the associated location (so that the program knows where it should extract the contents of system.img for example). Heimdall lets you pick the location, out of the existing partitions, while odin does it automatically for you (if you manage to screw up the partition layout, you'll need to flash the PIT-file in order to reformat and repartition the nand(not recommended, unless you really need to)).
[Galaxy S 4 General] Febby:
The OTA files are up in case any one is wondering and still needs the OTA update zip.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p1hicc314...SS-I9505GUEUBMH5-to-UCMKG_Update_FWD_user.zip

I got it from the T-Mobile s4 section. Just sharing so we can hopefully get a custom ROM soon. ;)

- Sent from ATT I337 s4
[Galaxy S 4 General] Zlass:
Will those of us with non-Google play edition S4s be able to flash this rom like we have in the past?
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
so you guys taking bets on whether we get a stagefright fix? :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] ghitus:
Mmhh, at this point I think there isn't anything more we can bet on...

Inviato dal mio GT-I9505G utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
ATT GS4 & GS4 active have stagefright patches now FWIW
[Galaxy S 4 General] dmapr:
IT'S HERE!!!

LMY47O.S008

My logcat doesn't go far enough to grab the OTA link :(, hopefully someone can grab it.

---------- Post added at 03:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:18 PM ----------

Found another device, but it needs to be updated to the 5.0.0 first, so it'll take a while for me to get another chance at grabbing the link.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
No way!

Is this 5.1 or a stage fright patch or both?

Googling that build number brings up 5.1 builds, I am in shock

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] dmapr:
It said 5.1 and security updates. Did not call out stagefright explicitly.

And of course now the other device won't find the system update :crying:

---------- Post added at 04:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:00 PM ----------

Got it!

https://android.googleapis.com/pack...I9505G_XAR_UDNL3_to_UDOH2_Update_FWD_USER.zip
[Galaxy S 4 General] Navitron:
Well this is a pleasant surprise!
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
does adb sideload not work in the stock recovery anymore or am I having driver issues?

adb cannot connect to the device after 'adb reboot bootloader'

last time I did this I was on windows 7, now windows 10
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Thank you! First post updated.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Sweet. I'll build us an odin image tonight for it. I would have done it last night but I didn't know it was out til now.
[Galaxy S 4 General] unbroken0:
sorry just a question, the GPE version (the new one 5.1 or the oldest versions) has a bad camera quality like the cm12.1 and similar???

because both cameras with non TW Samsung Roms have really a bad photos quality!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Um. HELP. Anyone on 5.1 getting TWRP to work??? I flash it, boot recovery, and it vibrates to tell me it crashed and reboots normal. Without TWRP I can't build an ODIN image.

EDIT:

Belay that. I reverted to an older TWRP and I got it working now. Pulling system so I can complete the ODIN image.

---------- Post added at 10:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:49 AM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/i9505g-develop/odin-5-1-i9505gueudoh2-restore-t3198093

The link isn't there yet. Probably about 30 minutes or so. It's uploading to my MF account as we speak and I'll update that post as soon as the upload finishes. It's been a pleasure serving this community. Enjoy!

---------- Post added at 10:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:12 AM ----------

It's live. Have at it. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] f-rouz:
wow! I really didn't believe in it any more :eek::laugh:
[Galaxy S 4 General] dmapr:
Not that it really belongs here, but I've noticed that the notifications no longer expand properly on the lock screen.
[Galaxy S 4 General] drshivas:
I think I'm gonna cry. I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw the message on my phone. I thought the GS4 GPe was abandoned forever, especially after that 5.1 tease at the end of April on SamMobile!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SpiderMatt99:
A friend reported the last update bricked his phone. Anyone witness anything like that?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Nope. Worked fine for me. I was able to create the ODIN image after installing it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] gotluck:
And I updated successfully using that Odin image - thank you!

I am also getting the lock screen expansion of notification problem that was mentioned earlier, well worth it for 5.1 though :p
[Galaxy S 4 General] mardres:
I witness, I do also damage the system, last night I arrived the OTA and now I have a brick, every time I enter the phone enters into recovery mode.

Anyone know if installing one of the jgedlteue there in the post could fix it?

Sorry for my English is I get to use a translator because I only speak Spanish: P
[Galaxy S 4 General] neveripe:
UPDATE: The issue is resolved by launching phone app from the pre-boot screen, tapping into "Search contacts" field until keyboard launches, then go back to password entry field - now keyboard will appear.

--------------------

I've installed update, after half an hour or so it just powered off (phone battery was okay). When I've tried to turn it on again - it showed "Google" and turned off again.

I've booted it into recovery and it immediately started "Installing update" process again, but much faster (5 minutes or so), after that phone booted, but there were few problems:

1. It didn't succeed in correctly unlocking SIM card.

2. My phone is encrypted and asks password to boot - I was not able to enter the password because no keyboard appeared.

I've booted into recovery again and made a factory reset, which enabled it to successfully boot. But once I've synced back all my apps and encrypted phone again - on the next boot I've got the same situation - SIM PIN is not accepted, no keyboard appears to enter a boot password.

My device is stock one, bought directly from Google, never rooted or flashed anything.

Anyone experiences the same issues? Is there way to enable it to show keyboard to enter boot password?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Orcam:
Hey i9505G users, just wondering if the camera is working on your 5.1 update. Having problems over on the i9505 port. Have there been any issues?
[Galaxy S 4 General] neveripe:
Camera works with any camera app, even with Manual Camera (though, no camera2 API support, it seems that it is hardware limitation for all of the 9505's - due to the way camera designed internally).
[Galaxy S 4 General] Navitron:
I'd like to remind everyone this is for the actual GT-I9505G hardware and not for roms or conversions of Touchwiz Samsung Galaxy S4.
[Galaxy S 4 General] robertogl:
It's Samsung that doesn't want to implement that, because every camera does RAW photos and then modify that, so every camera technically could give us raw photos...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Also_And:
[/COLOR]

Hello,

did you happen to get a fix on that?

I have the same issu...
[Galaxy S 4 General] neveripe:
You are correct, camera takes RAW initially, but there is fundamental problem in design of that specific model of S4, which prevents us from having access to the RAW data, while Exynos based S4 does not have this limitation.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8703/quick-note-android-camera2-and-external-isps
[Galaxy S 4 General] Also_And:
did you happen to get a fix on that?

I have the same issu...
[Galaxy S 4 General] dmapr:
Nope, haven't looked very hard though. Makes one wonder about Samsung quality control, took all of two minutes to run into the issue[emoji35]
[Galaxy S 4 General] Also_And:
Totally!

Tnx anyway

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Thank you! First post updated.

EDIT: It looks like someone updated the post for me in my absence. Thanks to whoever did that. My dad died last weekend so I was gone all last week taking care of everything. This made life a little easier. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] neveripe:
I wonder if there is stock original (not dumped one, but original from Samsung/Google) firmware for S4 GPE available anywhere?

Even 4.x will do.
[Galaxy S 4 General] s3rginhorj:
Can anyone tell me if there is any patch or kernel to install the GPE in a i9515L?

Thank you :good:
[Galaxy S 4 General] pclov3r:
I wonder if there will be another OTA as there is a far more serious stagefright bug now.

Maybe they'll release 6.0 but that's wishful thinking.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
There probably will be since other GPEs are getting them. If anyone gets the OTA, please post the URL here!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Wait, seriously? Other GPE's are getting 6.0??? I'd be EXCEEDINGLY shocked if that happened for us. Very happy, but, shocked.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaykresge:
The only GPE so far confirmed as getting 6.0 was the M8, which came out a year after the S4.
[Galaxy S 4 General] pclov3r:
Hopefully at least a stagefright fix.