yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Glad it isn't just me, then. There must be some kind of problem with the OTA server because this weekend I flashed back to 4.2.2/JDQ39 and couldn't get it to update to either JWR66V or JWR66Y through the OTA system.

I was thinking it was something with my phone but if it was doing it with a brand new one out of the box, that means it has to be the OTA server. That makes me feel a lot better! haha
[Galaxy S 4 General] Michal Z.:
I'm quite new here. I have galaxy s4 I9505 with samsung's system (touchwiz etc). I would like to install completely clean version of android google edition without any changes and without root. KitKat has been released so I want to install KitKat or JB 4.3 and update it automatically. Is there any possibility of doing this?

I have searched but all I could find was rooted roms which does not support for example automatic OTA updates...
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Can't be done. You can't convert a 9505 to a 9505G because the bootlegger and partitions are different. Your only choice is to install a custom ROM based on the Google edition and unroot it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Michal Z.:
That's unfortunate :/

OK so is there any possibility to have OTA updates through the system?
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Nope because i9505g uses a different baseband, bootloader and recovery which are incompatible with i9505. OTAs would fail every time and could brick your phone because the partitions are different.
[Galaxy S 4 General] overkillZ:
would it be possible to JTAG a I9505G to a I9505?
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
I'm not sure as JTAG isn't something I'm familiar with. However, if you want to put your device in the guinea pig lab in the interest of the greater good, go for it! :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] MattBooth:
Thing is, since the hardware is identical, if we could get the PIT, bootloader and so on, from a GT-i9505G then we could, in theory, do this.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
I have the PIT, but keep in mind that the 9505G radio is not compatible with the bands that 9505 supports. Because of that, if you flash the 9505G radio firmware on a 9505, there's a real chance you'll lose LTE.
[Galaxy S 4 General] overkillZ:
can you flash the .pit file and then install a GE rom (om I9505) to get more appstorage?
[Galaxy S 4 General] WhiteSRT69:
so i normally turn my phone off at night as i do not need it on,

so from time to time i will turn it off while getting ready for bed and plug it into the charger just to find that when plugged in, it will turn back on.

when i first got the phone it wouldnt do it. only have noticed it since the 4.4 updated

now i am rooted with a bunch of mods (fully wiped phone and removed root) and it still continues to happens. very weird

anyone else see or have this problem???
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
I normally have mine on a wireless charger (I'm happy as a pig in sh*t that Samsung finally released the S-View cover with wireless charging contacts).

I'll try plugging my phone into the wall tonight and see what happens.
[Galaxy S 4 General] WhiteSRT69:
i want to give this one a try

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EP-CI950IWUSTA

i still have my wireless LG charger from the Nexus 4
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
That's what I was using until last week when Samsung released the wireless charging S View cover. That wireless charging back adds a bit of thickness but actually makes it feel better in hand. Buy with confidence.
[Galaxy S 4 General] racerex:
Does this mean you're able to achieve 30fps at 1080p? I'm on my third i9505G and not a single one was ever able to get even close to that frame rate.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bsmasters1962:
Flashing OTA

Just want to make sure: can I flash the OTA via CWM, just installing zip file?

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 General] bsmasters1962:
I would appreciate any reference on how to do it.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Well you need to restore stock recovery in order to install an OTA. I have a recovery thread with ODIN images for all versions of stock recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bsmasters1962:
Thank you. Could you give a link to stock recovery, please?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2452046
[Galaxy S 4 General] kenshiroSG24:
Stock is the best.
[Galaxy S 4 General] bsmasters1962:
Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
They correspond to the version listed. So if you are on MKG and are looking to update OTA to ML4, you'd install the recovery for MKG.
[Galaxy S 4 General] clmn10:
THANKS!
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
OK I don't remember ever installing busybox but I took a look in /system/bin on my GS4 GPE and found it there with a ton of symlinks pointing to it. Can someone else verify that I'm not crazy? Does the stock GPE factory ROM actually have Busybox? Or did I inadvertently install it somehow?
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
[MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION] On a whim, I decided to re-flash your ML4 rooted restore image and sure enough, the system partition had busybox. Can you just verify that you didn't add it and that it indeed came that way stock? I have an incredibly difficult time believing that Samsung would include busybox on a GS4 GPE factory ROM...I've never seen any OEM do that. Also, I checked the MFP leaked 4.3 (the one we have factory signed ODIN images for) and that does not have busybox. Any light you can shed would be appreciated. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Of course I added it. That's why it says rooted. ;) Chainfire adds it with supersu.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Ugh. haha You wouldn't happen to have the original mappings would you? A listing of all the symlinks for stock where they all point to toolbox? Also, I noticed MFP had a binary called abcc which doesn't exist in the later builds. Do you know anything about that?
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
[MENTION=2812087]SamuriHL[/MENTION] OK nevermind. I see what's going on here. Busybox didn't actually overwrite any existing symlinks to toolbox, it just added extra ones to "fill in the gaps" for commands that toolbox doesn't cover. I'm good now. Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ciborio:
I can get 23 fps at 1080p.

For me, that's okay. I have a good video quality.

Are you telling me that with Samsung Touchwiz rom videos go up to 30 fps?
[Galaxy S 4 General] djgeestyle:
how can I move apps to the external with the s4 ?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505G mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
With the GPE, you can't.
[Galaxy S 4 General] racerex:
My GS3 (i747) has smoother 1080p video recording than my GS4 (i9505G). I really think that Samsung did a better job of optimizing the device drivers for their TW based phones as compared to the GPE based phones. And the sad thing is that with a GPE phone you get the whole finger pointing game because not one single entity wants to take ownership. If you ask Google they point to Samsung. If you ask Samsung they point to Google.

As much as I love the concept of the GPE (top notch h/w with bloatfree fast update OS), I'll most likely go with a true Nexus device as my next phone.

And before anyone asks I did verify this video recording issue with three different i9505G devices.
[Galaxy S 4 General] funkybassist:
Hmm.. Will definitely have to test recording videos on my S4 with Google 4.4.2.

23 fps is on the low side for me, unless I want to limit recording things for fun/hobby purposes only.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Janger88:
Have you test it already? I`D like to know :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] iclickd:
GPE ROM for S4

Need some help guys. I had purchased a i9505G Google Edition Samsung S4 from the Play Store US. I recently tried to load Cynogenmod on it and it's running it fine. However, its buggy and I would like to re-load my phone with the Stock version of Android. Could you please let me know, how do I do that? Thank you!﻿
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Just follow this to get back to stock. It will be rooted but you can remove root should you so choose:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2569510
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
If you choose to unroot, make sure you remove busybox as well.
[Galaxy S 4 General] 挥剑破云:
thanks

thanks found it
[Galaxy S 4 General] a55rash:
Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 General] blackmen6969:
Thanks is a very good post
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Hey guys,

Today is Nexus OTA day, Android 4.4.3/KTU48F. So, if history holds up, we'll be seeing GPE OTAs in about 2 weeks. I just want to put it on everyone's radar that if you get the OTA, please post the filename here. You guys know the drill by now. ;)

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I'll get my environment setup on my new laptop to make the odin packages.
[Galaxy S 4 General] jahrule:
NO 4.4.3 for us yet eh?
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Not for anyone yet. We aren't sure when 4.4.3 is going to drop yet
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Yea, I'm really confused since it's been said that Google's been running internal builds of it for a few weeks now. Yet no sign of it. I thought maybe they were holding off until the round of 4.4.2 upgrades were done but those are by and large out the door now. Are they really going to wait until July to drop this thing? UGH. 4.5 in October hopefully.
[Galaxy S 4 General] TheManii:
Goog never stops building, since 2.3/GB (at least) they've always had multiple branches going at the same time, currently it's approximately:

Finish up KK-MR2 (4.4.3+)

Progress on L(?) (4.5/5.0/π)

Planning for L+1/M (4.6/5.1/∞)

Looking back at around march-june 2013:

Closing down tree for JB-MR1.1 (4.2.2)

Exiting early beta stage for JB-MR2 (4.3)

Late planning early alpha for KK-MR0 (4.4)
[Galaxy S 4 General] nas2ser:
THX

Thx alot its hellpfull
[Galaxy S 4 General] rskhaira:
Do we get the warranty back as well
[Galaxy S 4 General] devape:
Can it be restored safely?

Perhaps a dumb question. But you might have this experienced before, I own a Google Edition I9505G S4, nanodroid done. If I flash it with Samsung T-mobile I9505 image, will it work? (since the partition might be different ...) and I still can nanodroid it back to stock image, right? (which I am not sure ...)
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaykresge:
Touchwiz ROMs by default cannot fit on the GPE due to the smaller partition size. There are some slimmed ROMs that will fit, however.
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
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[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
4.4.3 is rolling out. If anyone gets the OTA, please pull the filename and post it here!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Evostance:
I've got a friend who has the notification, however its a Three phone flashed to GPE. He's non technical, any app to do it?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
If they're rooted, they can pull it from /cache but good lord, they should NOT install it if it's not a true GPE.

---------- Post added at 05:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:06 PM ----------

P.S. The build is NE3....

http://www.droid-life.com/2014/06/0...e-play-edition-already-getting-android-4-4-3/
[Galaxy S 4 General] BoboBrazil:
Here it is. I grabbed it and uploaded it https://mega.co.nz/#!j9oWTKDT!RwERoZBzqKBTiNU_IO1utMcNnG7fUqIMJJGY_fcgFzI
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Thank you thank you thank you. My work begins.

---------- Post added at 08:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:22 PM ----------

http://android.clients.google.com/p...USER_I9505G_XAR_UCML4_to_UCNE3_Update_FWD.zip

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
The first post has been updated. Thanks, guys!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Android is upgrading. sigh :) That's the problem running ART....that takes a while. Once it's done, I'll re-root and get a new ODIN thread put together for this along with all the ODIN packages.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ganaa_sb:
Thank you for new ROM post :)

i was flashed this ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2544474&page=851

maybe coming soon 4.4.3 rom
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Damnit. They changed applypatch on us. I have to rewrite my scripts. This is going to take a bit longer than I had hoped.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
ODIN images are posted.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53138866
[Galaxy S 4 General] xguntherc:
You guys able to flash the OTA file in stock recovery? My GPe isn't rooted. Completely stock. I flashed 4.4.2 in stock recovery with update.zip, but that option is no longer available.

Or... I'm going crazy
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
I believe you have to do it with adb sideload in stock recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 General] xguntherc:
I did it with stock recovery with "install update from SD card" and update.zip when I flashed 4.4.2 but that option is no longer in the stock recovery. I swear I did..

The only option I see now is adb sideload. Weak. Too lazy to fire up parallels on my mac
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Meh, then just hang out and wait for the OTA to hit your phone. Shouldn't be more than a few days.
[Galaxy S 4 General] xguntherc:
haha someone on XDA said to wait.. bahaha. Thanks for quick replies. I'll figure it out
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
That option was removed in 4.4.2 and only adb sideload remains. If you want an easy way to get on the update and rooted, flash my ODIN Full Restore image. Several people have already done so and are very happy.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mubeen_94:
great........thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] ace_nitros:
Google play edition unique features?

Dies the google play edition come with any unique features?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Stock android with Samsung cover support. That's it. The "feature" is getting 4.4.3 the day after the factory images were released for the Nexus devices. :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] DJ_Jedi:
Quick question: is the actual i9505 overheating and having battery drain with this 4.4.3? Int S4 with the latest update is having huge problems, i had to go back to 4.4.2 for those reasons.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I've not had any problems with the i9505g on 4.4.3. It's been quite stable with decent battery life and no overheating for me.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Annunneo:
+1, just smooth as butter.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Navitron:
Noticed a small version bump up on the Samsung open source release site.

I9505GUEUCNF3
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Yea my watcher notified me of that. Guess a new update is coming soon. Giddyup! :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
If someone gets the OTA, please post the filename here.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Yea, the sooner I get my hands on it, the sooner I can create the ODIN images. However, as of Saturday, I'm off on vacation for a week and won't be able to create them til I get back.
[Galaxy S 4 General] TheManii:
The kernel in the (currently) unreleased rom version does not contain the towelroot/futex security fixes.

If they do decide to release it soon, there will likely be another global update to patch that security hole.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I was going to look at that later. How the hell could they miss that? LOL! What's the point of this update if not to patch that?? Screwy.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Navitron:
This update nicely coincides with the recent announcement from T-Mobile, Dual Band LTE and VoLTE. Coincidence? :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I saw that and had the same thought, too, but, I said "nawwww, they can't add that to the S4"....can they?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Then again....

http://www.droid-life.com/2014/06/19/whoa-android-4-4-4-factory-images-posted-as-build-kut84p/
[Galaxy S 4 General] Navitron:
I don't see why not, it supports all the T-Mobile network bands and can do 2 spatial streams like the S5. Only difference being S5 is Cat.4 (150.8 Mbit/s), S4 is Cat.3 (102.0 Mbit/s)
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Fair enough. Seems plausible then. But the Nexus devices did just get 4.4.4 factory images dropped on them for a "security update". So maybe our new build will be 4.4.4.

---------- Post added at 06:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:36 PM ----------

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...-factory-imagesbinaries-up-for-nexus-devices/

Fascinating.
[Galaxy S 4 General] TheManii:
The S5 and S4 use different generation modems, so there's no way (for us) of knowing for sure that the MDM9x15's can do VoLTE just because the S5 can (the S5 uses a MDM9x25).

That isnt to say that it's impossible, we're all at the mercy of <device manufacturer> (in this case samsung) and qcom to update their basebands (assuming they can do it in hardware/if it is possible).

Though there's also the fact that the S4/N4/2013 N7/One M7 all share the same modem blocks too, so if it's purely a software/firmware thing, they can all (hypothetically) get it or not get it together, at least for nexii it's unlikely goog would go though the effort of it. They did enable spark for the N5 in 4.4.3, but that was only because it was advertised as supporting those bands when it was released.
[Galaxy S 4 General] IMMORTALKING69:
Vanilla android ftw. Just can't get over my gf's new gs5 being so much slower then my gpe gs4. My experience with gpe is what everyone should have running android. Every person out there who has something negative to say about android is referring to a skinned version. Blahh!
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaykresge:
We already get "dual-band" LTE. T-Mobile uses dual-carrier aggregation for both HSPA+ 42mbps (being phased out) and LTE over the AWS spectrum, which is both 1700 and 2100mhz. This is the same range that Verizon is just now starting to use for their wideband LTE. It's technically not dual-band, but rather, a mix of wideband (15x15 and 20x20) with dual-carrier aggregation.

If T-mobile were to throw in their 700mhz holdings into the mix (which currently cannot be used at the same time as 1700/2100 for improved speeds), that would be like Sprint's Spark, which uses up to 3 bands at once. Also note that many of T-Mobile's wideband areas don't even have 700mhz support (such as Seattle).

As for VoLTE, the phone is capable of it in hardware. It's Google's call if they want the Nexus 5 and compatible GPE devices to support it in vanilla Android. It's Samsung's call if they want to support it in the Touchwiz variants.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Well now that we have OTAs for all the Nexus devices, hopefully 4.4.4 will start rolling out to the GPEs sooner rather than later.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
This looks like the typical 15 day thing. Either that, or it'll happen friday when I'm gone again. LOL
[Galaxy S 4 General] Navitron:
Just got a notification of the OTA.

Official OTA Link... can't post links need 10 posts >_>

Attach this filename to the links posted in OP

cc660fe2d502d253f2d8026e926dd18c165c63b1.USER_I9505G_XAR_UCNE3_to_UCNF3_Update_FWD_USER.zip
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
Thanks for that. I'm going to dinner shortly but will post the ODIN images tonight before I go back on vacation.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Thanks! I'll update the first post as soon as I get home
[Galaxy S 4 General] TheManii:
cc660fe2d502d253f2d8026e926dd18c165c63b1.USER_I9505G_XAR_UCNE3_to_UCNF3_Update_FWD_USER.zip

samsung/jgedlteue/jgedlte:4.4.4/KTU84P.S001/140602:user/release-keys

It's 4.4.4
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I've already installed it and will have to reroot it as I was an idiot and forgot to protect root (not that it matters). I'll get us the ODIN images by 10pm tonight. I already created a thread for it.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
The first post has been updated. Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2794879

FULL ODIN restore image, pre-rooted for your pleasure. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] ronaldmonster:
I know I'm possibly going to annoy a lot of people but here goes.

I'm looking to downgrade from an S5 to S4, I recently purchased it on T-Mobile and realized that the extra size hurts my hands to use.

Somethings I find say you can just reinstall the Google Play firmware and others say you can't. Can anyone give me a definitive answer on if I exchange for S4 or just go for a Nexus 5 (But rather the S4 since it's more comfortable.)
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
I'm not really sure what you're asking?
[Galaxy S 4 General] ronaldmonster:
Can I do a straight install of the kitkat firmware on a tmobile S4?
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
No. You need a rom created for it. If you attempt to flash the GPE firmware to a non-GPE device, it will brick it. The partition sizes are different, for one. Plenty of people take the ODIN images I create for the GPE and convert them to roms for other devices, though, so it won't be hard to find what you need.
[Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
See here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53193195
[Galaxy S 4 General] qixiixiq:
Compatibility

understood, but will flashing this on an i9505 render a completely useless rom or will some functionality not work or what?:confused:

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Navitron:
Completely soft brick the device, partition sizes are incompatible.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Guys, please read the first post. This thread is not for discussion of flashing GPE firmware to other variants. Please find one of the thousands of other threads on this topic and discuss it there. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 General] lance_lot:
Samsung always has so many versions.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ss.suryakant95:
Samsung provide a wide range of variants for various countries
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
For the purpose of this thread it's pretty simple. If you bought it from the Google Play Store, it's a Google Play Edition [GPE]. Otherwise, this thread doesn't apply. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
Thank you. That basically sums it up.

On that same thought line, I think the Galaxy S4 GPE is the first and only device Samsung has ever offered unlocked and SIM-free to US customers. When it comes to international, unlocked, SIM-free devices, Samsung seems to purposely lock out US LTE bands to discourage people from importing them, probably so it doesn't take business away from the carriers. What's always fried my @$$ about that policy, though, is the fact that Samsung won't even sell unlocked US versions direct to consumers via their website like HTC will. Granted, they wouldn't sell a ton of them, but still. People like us may not be a huge market segment, but we have a lot of influence because people we know turn to us for help when it comes to buying a new phone/tablet/whatever.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
While I LOVE my S4 GPE, I'm pretty much done with Samsung devices. The Note 10.1 2014, while an awesome device, is the direction they seem to be headed in and it's not positive. The S4 GPE has been an incredible phone....probably my favorite. But Google seems to be slimming down the GPE offerings (at best) and potentially killing it off. And one thing that frosts me about the S4 GPE....no ODIN factory image support like they have for other phones. Really Samsung? It's why I took over maintaining them for the community, but, quite frankly I'd prefer Samsung stepped up to the plate to do it. LOL. I'm going pure Google next time.
[Galaxy S 4 General] oldblue910:
I honestly keep four pure Google device around just to keep up to date on stock Android in different screen sizes. I have a Nexus 5, Nexus 7 LTE, Moto G GPE and Z Ultra GPE. I've slowly gravitated toward Samsung devices though, Touchwiz and all because I find them to be less "geeky" and more "practical" in terms of being productive, which is what I really need out of my devices. For instance, right now my daily drivers are a GS5, Note 8.0, and Note Pro 12.2. The Note Pro 12.2 is the first time I've ever owned an Android device that allows me to actually do my job effectively. The S-Pen itself is incredibly useful since it doubles as a mouse. I love the little things like being able to use hover actions on website (dropdown navigation for instance).

Plus, I absolutely love the visual design changes that they made with Touchwiz on the GS5. It was a HUGE step in the right direction, IMO.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SamuriHL:
And yet Touchwiz is one of my top complaints on the Note 10.1 2014. These skins need to become optional for those that want it IMO. Samsung hardware has certainly impressed me. My GPE has been literally the best phone I've ever owned. I've been playing with my newly acquired X for a few weeks and I like it a lot, but, the S4 GPE definitely wins.