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[Galaxy S 4 General] bambam6944:
Google PLay edition

Tried installing the Google Play Edition - Lollipop edition with twrp but it's not installing correctly, Do i need a specific version of flash recovery to use it with ?

I've installed phone back to optus rom which has i think put it's old recovery back on it.

Really what to get rid of bloat :):confused:
[Galaxy S 4 General] clubsport508:
I use TWRP also when flashing for the first time it is best to flash CM11 let phone boot then flash CM12

ps CM12 is working very well use official from I9505 original development
[Galaxy S 4 General] yoshjosh1985:
Hey peoples i also received an i9507. If anyone reading this has found a root method that doesn't void knox please post. I am just wanting to try xposed modules and de bloat this phone and if possible prefer to keep warranty in tact. If not i will probably just use auto root in the end. Anyway if anyone has please let me know thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] supergrass:
Hi yoshjosh if you are on stock jellybean 4.3 then you can use towel root otherwise, you'll have to void Knox. I wouldn't worry too much about it. My phone's Sim bay stopped working after root and Knox tripped and Virgin gave me a replacement
[Galaxy S 4 General] yoshjosh1985:
Ya seems like people haven't had too much trouble getting warrenty things sorted after knox tripped. Yes stock optus comes with 4.4.2 now so towel doesn't work. Anyway thanks for info.
[Galaxy S 4 General] just_chill:
vibration issue

I have installed custom rom (Google Play Edition - Lollipop) which is working fine but vibration intensity is very weak. I can hardly hear phone vibration. also couldnt find any setting to increase it. Do you have same issue?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Epic.:
Yeah unfortunately I do too...

I'll try and see if there is a way to increase it
[Galaxy S 4 General] just_chill:
android-5-0-1-lollipop

are you going to try this l]http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/general/gt-i9505-5-0-1-android-lollipop-update-t3044098 ?

Is this gone work on i9507?
[Galaxy S 4 General] Epic.:
It might work, however wifi and mobile network will probably be stuffed.

Busy at the moment so no time to flash, set up phone again etc.

You can try, you wont brick it or anything, if it bootloops, just go back into recovery and flash a backup or install a previous rom
[Galaxy S 4 General] Epic.:
There's an option under MISC in GoogyMax Kernel Tweaks app

I set it to 100% (default was 50%) and now its better
[Galaxy S 4 General] just_chill:
Wow that's awesome. You are life saver. Thanks a lot... I have another small issue. When I turn on my phone every time I am getting some kernel error on top in small red font. Are you getting error
[Galaxy S 4 General] Epic.:
Do you mean when you reboot your phone?

If so, that isn't an error, its just stating that you are running a custom kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 General] houssam12:
Hello,

I have a problem. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 gt-i9507 and I want to flash it back to stock. The rom I flashed was a google play edition 5.0.1, it works perfectly and all but for some reason I miss stock. But when I try to flash the stock rom, I get an error from Odin saying Fail(ext4) And I've tried everything I could, such as using another version of Odin. Using my PC in safe mode, Trying different variants of i9507, reinstalling device drivers and all.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Epic.:
Where did you get your stock rom from?

Use this (if you are on Optus Australia): http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/43154/I9507XXUFOA1_I9507OPSFOA1_OPS

Or this (if your S4 is from Hong Kong): http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/39606/I9507ZHUBNK1_I9507ZZHBNK1_TGY
[Galaxy S 4 General] just_chill:
restoring issue

I am on google edition custom rom

hey dude, I am restoring my previous Rom from my sdcard using philz touch recovery. i am getting below errors

>> restoring /storage/sdcard1/.android_secure

no . andriod_secure backup found(img, tar,dup). skipping restore of /storage/sdcard1/.android_secure

>>Restoring /cache..

no cache backup found(img, tar,dup). skipping restore of /cache

>>restoring /sd-ext...

no /sd-ext backup found(img, tar,dup). skipping restore of /sd-ext

restore complete!

when i turn on phone it start throwing error one by one like "app stopped errors"

you have any idea why it is not restoring backup properly.

cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] houssam12:
Had to remove links because I won't be able to post, but I downloaded the Optus stock rom and I'm getting Odin: Invalid Ext4 image
[Galaxy S 4 General] Epic.:
Flash a new rom again, you probably did a custom backup and chose specific parts, next time just click the default backup options

Are you sure your phone is i9507?
[Galaxy S 4 General] FelixR8:
Ok bit of a warning - im a absolute root noob so go easy... on everything. So i own a unlocked i-9507 (4.4.2, Build KOT49H.I9507XXUFNG2) with the optus bloat on the vodafone network.

So the first part of the OP's instructions is straight forward. Im reading users are flashing PhilZ Touch Recovery. On the PhilZ thread there was a reference to one common recovery for all (does this mean all variants of s4, including i9507?) which links you to the CWM Advanced Page. Which of the "jflte" folders here is relevant to the i9507? Is it the straight jflte folder containing version 6.58.7 dated 13 Oct 2014?

Sorry for the noob question.

EDIT: Installed PhilZ 6.58.7 in the jflte folder and everything worked perfectly. Now the important decision...
[Galaxy S 4 General] Epic.:
Welcome to the Aussie section mate.

If I can recommend, flash either the Google Play Edition Rom (Stock Android 5.0.1) or if you want Touchwiz Lollipop, go for Albe Lollirom 1.0, both can be found in the Android Development i9505 section. If you are going to flash Albe Lollirom, DO NOT FLASH the bootloader or modem that is suggested as those are for the i9505 and can brick our i9507's. To use that rom, flash the rom, and then download either Ausdim Kernel or AEL Kernel which are both linked to in the 2nd post of Albe Lollirom v1.0

Feel free to ask any questions
[Galaxy S 4 General] FelixR8:
Thanks Epic, i was looking at the Google 5.0.1 rom. So no issues with this one and the i9507's modem im assuming.

Actually on that note, how can you tell whether a ROM will affect the i9507's modem?

EDIT: Found a post on Whirlpool from a week ago answering my question funnily enough by a user called Epic;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Epic.:
Hahaha guess who that is! But let me reiterate, modems do not get flashed with custom roms and neither do bootloaders.
[Galaxy S 4 General] FelixR8:
Advanced wireless settings

I wasnt too sure where to post this so im here thinking its a device issue...maybe.

So i went ahead and installed the Google Play Edition Rom by Danvdh (version 2015-03-15). Everything appears to have gone all ok so im trying to set everything up to my liking but i noticed that i cant save advanced wireless settings. I enter my DNS addresses but it wont let me save the "configuration". Anyone with this ROM able to test out? Im not sure what am doing wrong.

EDIT: *Sigh* still getting used to this new environment. Issue ended up being with an IP address not being valid.
[Galaxy S 4 General] supergrass:
Hi Can someone give me a quick elevator/sales pitch for installing GPE / custom S4 ROMS for i9507?

As a previous Nexus S owner I really appreciated the benefits of custom ROMS. I'm currently running rooted stock TW 4.4.2 with various Exposed modules and Hola launcher and its working well for me.

I am also a big MIUI/Slim ROMs fan but I'm struggling to have enough reasons to disturb the current setup. I want to know that if I'm to lose the TW camera, what are the big benefits?
[Galaxy S 4 General] lckh:
Optus released a new 4.4.2 (just found out now) and flashing the new modem on my goldeneye 49.2 rom. All is working smooth. Not going onto lollipop until xposed becomes more stable.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Epic.:
You still need one mate? Basic benefits are, pure google apps and experience

- A camera that has less features

- Arguably faster performance and better battery

- Features that you would only get on Pure Android Lollipop

- xPosed is working with pure lollipop on S4, not Touchwiz Lollipoop

Sigh, when will they release 5.0.1?
[Galaxy S 4 General] supergrass:
How do get just the modem from the Optus ROM?
[Galaxy S 4 General] yoshjosh1985:
Hi everyone I have now rooted and custom recovery all good. Also installed resurrection lollypop with alucard kernal.

All runs very well. Only problem I am having is MMS doesn't work. Seems the APN is in there. 4g WiFi all work. ROM didn't wipe modem anyway.

I don't think it is the ROM issue but could be. Just wanted to ask in this thread in case anyone has some idea related to our i9507 as tried to search on the thread but couldn't find any info exactly
[Galaxy S 4 General] supergrass:
Success with MIUI rom

All,

Just wanted to report success using this MIUI ROM . Its a 4.4.4 CM based one with Alucard kernel. So far only problems have been Camera (which I have installed a googlecamera.apk) and you have to manually enable 4G if you power off.

I also tried Echoe ROM lollipop version before this but this is a modded Touchwiz and I don't like the bloatedness of TW much.

Also I have finally worked out how to get into recovery via the hardware keys. I had trouble finding this anywhere. My problem was holding down Vol Up + Home + Power was okay, but after the Galaxy S4 logo disappears, I have to release the power button, then it comes to the boot screen a second time and this time it boots into recovery. I am using TWRP recovery. I don't know if that happens if you use Philz or CWM.
[Galaxy S 4 General] koolrifz:
modem help please

Hi all. I love this thread! Very helpful.

My i9507 had a clean stock 4.4.2 which I flashed with AICP 5.1 custom ROM . TWRP and autoroot.

I got into modem troubles with MMS. Every time I tried to send MMS the LTE vanished and was replaced with an exclamation mark !. So I tried to flash more recent modems in hope but no luck a Odin was failing on every attempt. I'm wondering if there are permsissions that need to be rectified.

By flashing the 2015 build of 4.4.4 for jflte I got the modem to upgrade to XXUFOA1 but I'm still having the same MMS issue.

Also used GetRil and see that my modem and Ril are not compatible. Tried to fix with GetRil but that was disastrous. Currently running 5.1 with JB 4.4.4 modem and wrong Ril.

Please help???

Thanks, Rob
[Galaxy S 4 General] koolrifz:
Hi. Did you work out a fix for your modem? Sounds like we had the same experience, but you explained it better...
[Galaxy S 4 General] yoshjosh1985:
MMS not sending our receiving

I posted in RR thread about it and one person responded and said had similar problem (but not with our firmware model I don't think) and just joined the MMS and internet APN's into one. But I tried that putting all different combinations in and I couldn't get it to work. but I do know with APNS you miss one thing and it won't work! So not sure if I am meant to restart phone each time to get it to work or what.

It seems in default for our i9507 is a whole heap of APNS. I get 3 mms ones for boost virgin and optus. I tried deleting these other ones and merging.

Haven't tried to reflash the modem but there is no problem with any other part.

I haven't tried a sammy rom for lollypop yet. I know I had no problem on stock/rooted 4.4.2 so it seems something to do with version change.

Is your issue on sammy rom or what is your set up and having same problem?
[Galaxy S 4 General] koolrifz:
I'm on the AICP 5.1.1 nightlies. Modem was fine on stock Kitkat. Can't flash a new modem, no way no how. I'm sure my pre 5.1 modem is not working poperly with any 5.1 Rom. But is screaming fast and battery life is fantastic. I'll keep working on it and post back.
[Galaxy S 4 General] benjamen50:
So I'm having an issue with a i9507 with its latest optus 4.4.2 modem/boot loader. Stuck on edge with stock or ROM. Any way to fix? I've tried different kinds of i9507 modems. Also even tried repairing imei (I have the tools) to do that.
[Galaxy S 4 General] SH00T:
Not sure how to help out there, its a shame that the EFS folder wasnt backed up, but you have comms, so I think its OK...

Make backups and reflash stock through Odin..

Just for the others, I am using the latest touch recovery, 9505 root, and [ROM]【5.0.1】Google Play Edition 【JFLTE-GPE】 - 04-19-2015.

Seems OK so far, getting 4G LTE, sms picture messages work, I'm not sold on the camera though..

I have flashed this before and tried a few others that didn't eventuate to much, and using the modded kernel installed by default when installing the zip. The Modem seemed to stay the same as stock 4.2.2, if you love Samsung Apps, dont go there, but if you want Google's GUI, its seems good...:cowboy:

Keep you updated..
[Galaxy S 4 General] benjamen50:
I can rebuild a efs if I need to thanks for the info, going to reset efs
[Galaxy S 4 General] supergrass:
I'm on this ROM now. Is it a KitKat ROM patched to resemble lollipop? Don't know much on the technical side...
[Galaxy S 4 General] yoshjosh1985:
Right so I said I would let you know if I had any joy. I changed and flashed Omega rom fully TW Lollipop and everything works very smoothly - such as GPS location is now spot on and extremely quick whereas before it only worked when I started to navigate.

Also MMS works fine too. In general the there seems to be just bugs with CM based things - everyone seems to have different issues of varying degrees.

I like the features of it but Omega is a pretty stable so far and a lot of weird stuff popping up with RR has not happened. Even my SMS stopped working at one point.

Anyway good to know it has nothing to do with this varient of i9507 and the modem from 4.4.2 works perfectly on all lollipop roms as far as I can tell.
[Galaxy S 4 General] aussiegwapo:
Galaxy S4 i9507 (Aus/HK only) custom firmware success! cwm recovery

Hi guys does anyone know if there is a clockworkmod recovery for gt-i9507 i have root my phone ready for cm12 build
[Galaxy S 4 General] matambanadzo:
Use i9505

The i9505 download worked fine for me and my i9507. :good:

https:// www . clockworkmod . com/rommanager (remove spaces)
[Galaxy S 4 General] steve.m:
gt-i9507 hk/aus variant bricked need help

hi i bricked my gt-i9507 hk/aus variant buy accidently flashing a incorect pit file and now i cant install stock roms. i can get into download mode and can still flash twrp as a recovery but wont flash stock keeps failing and ive tried all versions for my phone available in stock, ive managed to flash cm12 final but im guessing efs is corrupted because not displaying imei now is null any help would be greatly appreciated

"hi all fixed finaly!! the pit file for the gt-i9507 only one on the net is for the hong kong official rom the fix for the brick is download the pit file on xda, download the TGY-I9507ZHUBNG1 4.22 rom hong kong not optus all optus stock will fail no matter what after flashing the pit file, once the phone has successfully flashed and is booting it will boot in chinese standard but you can change that by hitting the first box and will say English (australia) hit that and rest of setup is english. once this is done optus firmwares shuld flash but personally the hk version of the rom is so much more better and optimised!!! either way hope this helps GL :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] aussiegwapo:
Galaxy S4 i9507 (Aus/HK only) custom firmware success bricked GT-I9507

Could try this site sammobile. com/ firmwares/ database/ GT-I9507/ depending on your service network and get hold of FLASHIFY (google Play) to see if your recovery will work or open before attempting the install .

I bricked my phone many years ago had to get hold of the maker to get the brick code . think with the new phones if bricked are now paper weight.
[Galaxy S 4 General] steve.m:
gt-i9507 pit file

hi would someone with a gt-i9507 running optus official firmware please use heamdall to copy there pit file for me as the file on the internet is for the hk original firmware and need it to flash optus official firmwares again thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 General] sharky_k:
Hi all. Out of curiosity, those of you who have installed a custom rom on an i9507 model, did you bother taking steps to avoid tripping the knox 0x1 flag?

(as described here for i9505: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/general/rooted-stock-lollipop-5-0-1-knox-0x0-t3061536)

did it work?

(I have an Aus. Optus i9507 if that matters)

---------- Post added at 09:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:41 AM ----------

Hi Steve. I'm on official optus 4.4.2. I'm new to this stuff, but happy to help if you direct me to a guide to do what you ask.
[Galaxy S 4 General] LittleRed1:
I have just done it and have attached. The device has been rooted though, not sure if that makes any difference.
[Galaxy S 4 General] steve.m:
thankyou will see if it works soon cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] supergrass:
Hi Steve,

I stayed on stock for a while, worried about tripping Knox. In the end I gave in and rooted / tripped Knox. My sim slot broke and I was a bit nervous taking the phone back. Flashed back stock and there was no problem with warranty :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] aussiegwapo:
optus mms

Hi guys any one could help me iv put cm12.1 nightly on my 9507 and im with optus and found out when going to send mms it wont send after the new rom install.

Love the new os 12.1 much better than 4.4.2

Iv tried following optus device support in set up mms but still no success

Brett
[Galaxy S 4 General] MRahman13:
Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9507V, China Unicom

Anyone knows about how to get an international firmware for "Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9507V, China Unicom". i bought the phone in China and there are few things for which i want to change the software to any international one.

Some of the issues are,

Can't install Google play or store

Can't install Samsung Keyboard

Only have 3 languages, Chinese, Korean and English

And there is another problem with the phone, i.e. the screen flickering issue. i searched the internet, a lot of S4 users are complaining about it. My S4 flickers only while calling or receiving a call in GSM, when the signals are low and the flickering is just like when a magnet is brought near a TV.

Any solutions... I will be thankful....
[Galaxy S 4 General] aussiegwapo:
Optus samsung galaxy s4 gt-i9507 clone

Hi guys how ever has an optus gs4 and im a little pissed that i found out this after 16 months of having my gs4

2015-04-08

23:47

WARNING: DO NOT BUY AN S4 THEY ARE OPTUS BRANDED KNOCK OFF PHONES FROM CHINA THEY ARE NOT AN S4 AND SAMSUNG DOES NOT OFFER SUPPORT FOR THEM (OPTUS S4'S ARE MARKED GT-I9507 AND DO NOT COME WITH SAMSUNG'S WARANTY OR SUPPORT NOR DO THEY HAVE ANY REAL CONNECTION WITH SAMSUNG) SEE THIS FOR AN EXAMPLE sammobile.com /devices/ THE DEVICE IS A 1-1 CLONE WITH NO SOFTWARE UPDATE TO 5.0.1 OR 5.0.2 (4.4.4 IS THE END OF THE LINE AS SAMSUNG DONT SUPPORT THE DEVICE) LIKE THE S4 I9505 FROM TELSTRA OR THE ULOCKED MODEL OF THE I9505 BOUGHT FROM ANY STORE FOR JUST OVER 100$ MORE. SO IF YOUR LOOKING AT THE S4 FROM OPTUS DONT BOTHER ITS CRAP LIST OF ALL "SUPPORTED SAMSUNG S4 MODELS" sammobile. com / devices/ OVER 300 DEVICES LISTED YET THE OPTUS MODEL IS NOT LISTED? ODD? HOW ABOUT THE FACT THE T-MOBILE MODIFIED DEVICE IS THERE? STRANGE? IT LOOKS LIKE QUITE THE PATTEN FROM OPTUS'S "PHONE SALES" nextwap. net / androidfirmware / GT-I9507 / samsung-galaxy-s4-td--lte-gt--i9 507. html DE
[Galaxy S 4 General] MRahman13:
well i am not sure about GT-I9507, i bought a GT-I9507v, which has full support, i even updated the phone to lollipop using Samsung Kies.

The phone which I bought has China Unicom carrier.
[Galaxy S 4 General] aussiegwapo:
fake gti9507

If you brought the phone from optus like i did which i found out from samsung its a fake galaxy and they dont offer any support as well as cyanogenmod with there lollipop rom no support because its a knockoff gallaxy samsung never made a 7 version.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MRahman13:
i didn't buy from optus. i am in China. i bought it here from a SAMSUNG store.
[Galaxy S 4 General] supergrass:
Aussiegwapo, the i9507 will run most i9505 ROMs just fine. If you are happy to trip Knox then you should have no problems. I have been running a lollipop ROM but am back on kitkat for the time being.
[Galaxy S 4 General] GeorgeAnton:
Is anyone running lollipop and xposed? if so, what rom are you using?

i found that when i installed xposed everything started lagging and my phone kept randomly rebooting.

also, what modem are you using? i found mms didn't work at all and am skeptical about which modem to flash.

i've sinced reverted back to 4.4.2 but am trying again to go back to 5.0.x

thanks in advanced
[Galaxy S 4 General] aussiegwapo:
cyanogenmod 5.1.1 nightly lollipop

Hi friend im running lollipop 5.1.1 cyanogenmod jftexx used this program to start the recovery rom CF-Auto-Root-jftdd-jftddzh-gti9507 from twrp to install the rom there is also a get that has made a video on you tube that shows how to use CF-auto-root and install recovery rom for lollipop.
[Galaxy S 4 General] GeorgeAnton:
hey, im already rooted; just looking for people that have 5.0.x so that i can stick to official xposed rather than the unofficial xposed framework.

thanks anyway though
[Galaxy S 4 General] supergrass:
Which Lollipop ROM are you running?

I tried SlimLP 5.1.1, but afterwards, my WiFi and 4G stopped working :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] aussiegwapo:
Which Lollipop ROM are you running?

Hi there supergrass im running lollipop 5.1.1 this mod as it one click install from cyanogenmod.org and if you go to download file then to jfltexx and get the nightly cm-12.1-20150706-NIGHTLY-jfltexx.zip .

you need to get TWRP recovery if you have one on your phone.

i used this program to flash the recovery to my phone works wonders CF-Auto-Root-jftdd-jftddzh-gti9507

Only problem i have come across is that the MMS doesnt work but the new up date has all the optus links in it now since i have put some bug reports in to get them fixed.
[Galaxy S 4 General] supergrass:
Hi George,

I'm running echoe rom i9505 lollipop edition at the moment. I'm about to try exposed with this rom. Will report back how it goes. All functions ( wifi, 4G etc) are working well with this rom, AEL kernel chosen in aroma installer.
[Galaxy S 4 General] supergrass:
Hi George,

So far, so good.

I flashed stock ROM first from SAMMOBILE.com (2nd last 4.4 version) via ODIN and let it update OTA, so my baseband is now I9507XXUFOA1.

The ROM I am using is EchoePop11

There is a link in the forum thread for a custom Xposed flashable zip (MEGA). This one has worked for me. Note this is a TW based ROM, but you have the option to deselect apps during the install, also I tend to delete some via Titanium afterwards.

MMS, WiFi, 4G, Xposed all working :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Drift spunk:
I'm currently running official Cyanogennmod 12.1 JFLTEXX on my Optus GT-19507. everything works fine and the UI is fluid and very fast except for two issues.... I have had some random reboots and charging the battery is slow, these could be more due to the Nightly released than being GT-19507 problem as these issues have been reported on various devices. I will use the official kernel that comes with CM12.1 for a week or two than i will flash SaberModCM12.1-Kernel-jflte to see what difference there may be. i also didn't have to re-flash the Optus modem as flashing CM12.1 did not change the baseband. I will update again once i have done more testing
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaguaralani:
Mates, is there a compatible lollipop TW Rom on this i9507 ? My i9507 is rooted with custom recovery. Cheers.
[Galaxy S 4 General] lckh:
try goldeneye http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2427629
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaguaralani:
Thanks mate, but what about the requirements before flashing it ? especially updating the bootloader and baseband ? where to get Lollipop compatible versions with i9507 ? also TWRP recovery ?

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S 4 General] nchc:
Would like to know too
[Galaxy S 4 General] myshu:
I wish there could be a way to flash i9507 LTE modem to i9505 . I need the TDD 38 band which i9505 does not have :)

I9505 bootloader OH2 rejects the 5.0.1 i9507 modem in odin :)