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[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
DISCLAIMER: You will be flashing your phone at your own risk. You are solely responsible for anything you do to your phone, so make sure you are well informed and well prepared before deciding to flash or install anything on your device.

The purpose of this thread is to provide a 'reference site' for anything related to ROMs and kernels, be it original stock, modified stock or custom images for the Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A Korean versions, starting with model SHV-E330S.

All comments and feedback are welcome and appreciated.

Reminders:

After flashing a new ROM image, it is highly recommended to perform a cache wipe and factory reset. Please avoid posting about problems repeatedly which can be easily solved by this procedure.

If you find that someone has been helpful in assisting you, then please do not shy away from hitting the THANKS button below their post; this is the preferred action instead of creating a new post just to show your gratitude

Factory Firmware (stock)

samsung-updates.com and www.sammobile.com host stock images.

Devices

SHV-E330S

SHV-E330L

SHV-E330K

Manual Rooting

Rooting Guide by [MENTION=4411417]xenix96[/MENTION]

Hints & Tips

Follow this trail...

Proxyme Rooting

Proxyme Guide

Credits & Special Thanks to the following Contributors...

[MENTION=5039203]dc_power![/MENTION]

[MENTION=4411417]xenix96[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
Hints & Tips

Operator Hidden Menu Access

Using the default dialer, enter the following number:

319712358

Depending on your phone model, enter one of the following password codes:

SKT --- 996412
KT --- 774632
LG U+ --- 0821

Other Special Menus

Using the default dialer, enter the following number:

Test and Diagnostics

*#0*#

ServiceMode Signal Info

*#0011#

(Key Input Q followed by 0000 to proceed to MAIN MENU)

SysDump

*#9900#

ServiceMode DIAG CONFIG

*#9090#
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[Galaxy S 4 General] i900frenchaddict:
Thanks for opening this thread!

Is the pre-rooted Android 4.3 Rom an SKT one? Or is it a debloated one?

I'm currently running 4.3, rooted. (after bricking it yesterday....! This device, a gift from a friend, has been a real pain for me the last 2 days)

What I'm now looking for is a way to get rid of the SMS 70char. limit, and also a way to enable SMS delivery notification...
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
It's the SKT (E330S) version and is full stock, with addition of the chinese samsung IME to support full screen handwriting of chinese and korean languages. Debloating (incl removal of knox components) is simple with help of tools like Titanium Backup and ES File Explorer; the reason I no longer upload debloated versions is due to the sheer size of these rom images and the limited storage space and bandwidth I have with my mediafire subscription.

The SMS size limit has been set to 160 and you can enter and send a batch of 5 messages at once, before it changes to being an MMS message. I haven't tested the SMS delivery notification, but I have enabled the menu item to set it.

Haven't tweaked the rom too much and left it in stock as much as possible. Most important was to provide a rooting mechanism without compromising the custom binary counter.
[Galaxy S 4 General] i900frenchaddict:
OK, implementing the SMS/MMS delivery notification was easy by editing the "feature" file in "system/csc/". I'm pretty sure I can also change the SMS max size limit from there but can't find the right line...

How do you remove Knox components? I had froze everything with "Knox" using Titanium Backup, and the result was s bricked device after a reboot (had to flash a stock 4.3 again). I'm already fed up with all these security notifications

(sorry for these questions, I'm coming from a Note 2 anf this is my first Korean device, I'm not used to it at all)
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
For max number of sms before switch to mms:

Edit in /system/csc/customer.xml

<Messages>
<SMS>
<PageLimit>6</PageLimit>
<MsgTypeThreshold>
<ThresholdValue>6</ThresholdValue>

For sms size limit, edit /system/csc/feature.xml

<CscFeature_Message_SmsMaxByte>160</CscFeature_Message_SmsMaxByte>

To get rid of annoying Knox components, I deleted the following files in /system/app:

KLMSAgent.apk

KLMSAgent.odex

KNOXAgent.apk

KNOXAgent.odex

KnoxAttestationAgent.apk

KnoxAttestationAgent.odex

KNOXStore.apk

KNOXStore.odex

KNOXStub.apk

(No problems rebooting)
[Galaxy S 4 General] i900frenchaddict:
Man, thanks for all these good advises!!! I had frozen the same apps with Titanium, but the result was a bricked device. Now I removed the apk and the .odex files as you said, and knox is gone while keeping root!

I now can start really enjoying this S4, thanks to you ;)

EDIT: I now have the "enable delivery Notification" in my MMS settings, but actually, even if enabled, I don't get the notification....I'll have to mess around the feature file again ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] JohnnyInBriz:
Are the ROMS for E330K/L/S interchangeable or is there some difference in hardware?
[Galaxy S 4 General] dc_power!:
Modems are different definitely.
[Galaxy S 4 General] JohnnyInBriz:
My understanding is that the modem is part of the Snapdragon 800 SOC....

http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/processors/800-600-400-200/specs
[Galaxy S 4 General] dc_power!:
It is an Odin flashable image.

On the SHV-E330S, EFS is located in /dev/block/mmcblk0p11. You need root to be able to copy the partition completely. I have no experience with backup and restore of EFS data, because I never had to recover from a corrupted situation. What I would do is enter the following command in a shell prompt

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/sdcard/anyfilenamehere

I've only recently bought my E330S, which already came updated with 4.4.2. Cannot comment on battery usage of 4.2.2, since I never experienced that version on my phone.

Good luck and safe flashing!
[Galaxy S 4 General] jamie8383:
Hi,

I'm new here and got a problem when trying to root my E330L LG U+. The current software is E330LKLUCNC4 and I touched nothing since bought it from Korea till this morning. I tried to to root from this instruction http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2529064 there is an error when loading the ROOT_E330S_I9506_v2.zip

"footer is wrong signature verification failed"

This problem seems popular but I cant find a trusted solution via GG. Pls advise what I should do in this situation.

Thanks and appreciate.

Jamie
[Galaxy S 4 General] dc_power!:
Have you considered flashing the pre-rooted image from this post?
[Galaxy S 4 General] breaker12:
Thanks again sir. What does that shell prompt do? I think I can't test flashing that firmware unless I'm sure there won't be any problems with my EFS. I willstill have to find some tutorials on how to backup and restore efs. Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] jamie8383:
Thanks for your advice and sorry if i bother you.

Could you pls explain "flashing pre-rooted images" term?

Does it mean that i need to flash this PIT file? (32Gb PIT file) What are the effects and risks of this operation? And as what stated above that we don't need to do this normally, thus is there any changes happened before I touched it? My phone is 4.4.2

Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sick_666:
screenshots

thanks for your answer here is the screenshots. if you need more information just tell me.really thanks for your help
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
If you read the referenced post carefully, you will notice that there are stock roms available for you to download which have been pre-rooted for your convenience. You can download these pre-rooted or root-ready images, unpack the tar.nd5 file from the zip archive and finally flash with (preferrably the latest version of) Odin.

My advise, DON'T mess with PIT files. Just follow the version update path for your phone without skipping major versions, for example, don't go straight from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2, but upgrade in steps and make sure to flash the images in chronological order.

If you are already on stock 4.4.2 and all works ok, then focus only on stock 4.4.2 roms; forget about the older versions.
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
I've noticed that you are trying to upgrade straight from 4.2.2 to the latest 4.4.2 stock rom.

Updates which came out after your current rom are listed below in chronological order (oldest to newest)...

4.3 E300SKSUEMJA

4.3 E300SKSUEMJC

4.3 E300SKSUEMK6

4.3 E300SKSUEML1

4.3 E300SKSUENA2

4.4.2 E300SKSUFNB2

4.4.2 E300SKSUFND1

Instead of flashing the newest rom first, let's try something else. Please download the MJA rom from sammobile and see if that flashes properly with Odin. If MJA is successful, then I am speculating that the bootloader has gone through some changes whereby the 4.2.2 version doesn't 'understand' the latest 4.4.2 bootloader. Again, if successful, then to be safe, even though it will be a tedious task, I would suggest you download each image and flash them in that order.
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
install the Android Terminal Emulator app from the Play Store. That app will provide access to a shell prompt where you can issue commands such as the suggested method to dump a partition to a file.
[Galaxy S 4 General] sick_666:
I´ve tried all

i have try all version and i can´t upgrade or dowgrade root flash recovery nothing is possible always KNOX IMAGES ONLY.

ONLY CAN FLASH THE SAME ROOM THAT I´M E300SKSUANMH3 I´M LOSING MY MIND. I THINK IS THE BOOTLOADER
[Galaxy S 4 General] jamie8383:
David,

I have read thoroughly the reference post and know that we have rooted roms (with the provided links). But it seems that I have the 4.4.2 and I dont want to do a backup and then, use a different rom. I just want to root.

If touching PIT files is not recommended, is the solution only loading a different rom?

Thanks

Jamie
[Galaxy S 4 General] dc_power!:
What if it's just the bootloader element in the firmware image it is choking on? Maybe worth a try to remove the bootloader components from MJA and then flash it?

Remove sboot.bin from E300SKSUEMJA_E300SSKTEMJ9_E300SKSUAMJ8_HOME.tar.md5 and see what happens.

---------- Post added at 05:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:05 AM ----------

If you're plan is to root the phone, then it's either going the custom recovery route or flashing the pre-rooted rom with Odin.

I'd say, download the latest pre-rooted/root-ready stock rom from the reference post and flash that with Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 General] joseph-:
I need a kernel for s4 shv e33ol any help please
[Galaxy S 4 General] joseph-:
I need to set my shv e330l to permissive any know how to do it
[Galaxy S 4 General] joseph-:
can i set kernel to permissive,can you help me do so
[Galaxy S 4 General] dc_power!:
Did you try the SELinuxModeChanger app within a rooted rom?

Update: I tried it just now on my E330S running KitKat...sorry, no go.
[Galaxy S 4 General] breaker12:
Good day! I just checked sammobile and they have a new version of 4.4.2 for SHV-E330S. Do you have any idea on what are the changes as compared to NC4? Is it also possible to update OTA using a pre-rooted NC4 from this thread without losing any data/apps/root? Thank you very much! :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
Updating OTA from a rooted rom usually wouldn't work, because of the system status being marked as 'custom'. Unfortunately, we'll have to wait for people to report their experiences with the new update since there isn't a publicly available list, which details what the changes are.

As for the new KSUCNE2 update, I'll be downloading it soon and prepare/upload the root-ready version for anyone interested.
[Galaxy S 4 General] breaker12:
I see. I'll be watching over this thread. Hope other members share their experiences soon, esp. about their battery life experience. Although I doubt it because accdg. to diff. rumors, the fix for battery life will be pushed by 4.4.3. It'll be great if they can actually test it on a pre-rooted rom like yours. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJ LIAO:
Odin failure

Hi, David

Can you help look into my case:

my phone was ES330S 4.2 (and not official version rom). Yesterday I tried to flash in a new official 4.4. But it always failed during ODIN.

The indication on the display is always "Flash write failure" as you can see in the attached picture.:crying:

Afterwards I tried to flash in a rec, and I succeeded. But after reboot, it just stuck in the start-up with the phone's name on it.

Right now, I am downloading other 4.3 official rom, hopefully it can work.
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
Assuming you are coming from a 4.2 E330S rom, I would recommend downloading and flashing the following firmware images and flashing in the listed order:

1. E330SKSUBMK4 (sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com)

2. E330SKSUCNB2 (sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com)

3. Any 4.4.2 E330SKSUCNB2 or later, which can be found in this thread or from the abovementioned sites

Use the latest available version of Odin, which is v3.09.

If you run into problems, please post Odin's message log/text in order for us to diagnose the problem more thoroughly.
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
E330SKSUCNE2 stock root-ready available for download

KitKat 4.4.2

E330SKSUCNE2 (Proxyme) (Build Date 2014-05-10)

Same notes for E330SKSUCNC4 apply here

The Samsung Chinese IME has been added to this ROM, but do NOT use it (it is buggy) and just turn it off in language settings

torrent, mirror1, mirror2

mega.co.nz

(Unpack the .tar.md5 file from any one of the following (multipart) zip archive and flash with Odin)

E330SKSUCNE2_PROXYME20140519.z01

E330SKSUCNE2_PROXYME20140519.zip

E330SKSUCNE2_PROXYME20140519.z03

E330SKSUCNE2_PROXYME20140519.z02
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJ LIAO:
Appreciation

THanks! David

RIght now, I am downloading an official 4.3 rom E330SKSUBMK3, looks like a little different from your recommendation. Does it matter?

Because I had started that downloading several hours ago, almost half done:o
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
It's ok to flash BMK3, but you have to at least flash the roms I listed earlier and in the order listed before continuing to more recent roms. BMK4 and CNB2 each have a PIT file in their payload indicating that changes have been introduced in the partition configuration... future releases expect these changes to be in place.

I know it's tedious and cumbersome to download each rom, but it will save you a lot of hassle later.

Good luck... and please do report back on your progress.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJ LIAO:
PIT mandatory?

Sorry, you mean I have to flash PIT files simultaneously if I flash BMK4 or CNB2?

and no need for BMK3?
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
No, don't mess with PIT files. The firmware images I've mentioned implicitly introduce changes to the partition configuration by including the PIT file in the image. These roms are flashed like any other with Odin and you must not set any of the PIT options in Odin. Odin will automatically handle the PIT component in a firmware image.

As long as you flash the roms in the order that I listed earlier, you should be ok when flashing the latest UCNE2 image afterwards.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MJ LIAO:
It works!

Great thanks! David! I use the 4.3 firmware via your link on the first page and flash again, finally it works!

Right now I have a 4.3 JB, with base band version E330SKSUBMK3.

So I guess the last official rom file I downloaded should be wrong or broken. This just justifies the importance of MD5.

From your first page I only find E330SKSUCNB3, not NB2, I assume it should be fine. After I odin this version(NB3), then I can move on to NE2 directly? Thanks again!
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
Yes, the NB3 that I've prepared is ok too, because I've included NB2's PIT file in it.

After NB2 or NB3 (proxyme) you can go straight to the latest NE2.
[Galaxy S 4 General] JohnnyInBriz:
NE2 is now also available for E330L. I'll look forward to a proxyme version :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] breaker12:
I hope custom roms like that for i9505 that contain galaxy s5 features will be developed too, for our devices. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
E330L's E330LKLUCNE2 Stock Preloaded with Proxyme is Available

Enjoy!

E330LKLUCNE2 (Proxyme) (Build Date 2014-05-11)

The same notes for E330LKLUCNC4 apply to this image. Make sure to read them before continuing

torrent, mirror1, mirror2

mega.co.nz

(Unpack the .tar.md5 file from any one of the following (multipart) zip archive and flash with Odin)

E330LKLUCNE2_PROXYME20140523.z02

E330LKLUCNE2_PROXYME20140523.z01

E330LKLUCNE2_PROXYME20140523.zip
[Galaxy S 4 General] dc_power!:
It's been made available a few moments ago in OP's E330L reference post at the beginning of the thread.
[Galaxy S 4 General] smarterezio:
my E330k updated for E330KKKUCND1

10 MAY it's olleh kt

any one receive update

screen shot here
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
If anyone with the E330K model is interested in getting the latest E330KKKUCNE1 outfitted with Proxyme rooting, please send me a PM or help with 'capturing' the stock image from within Kies. I do not have this model and with the latest version of Kies, it seems one needs to connect the actual device to be able to 'flash' its most recent firmware.

If you know of a download link to get the stock image, that's OK too.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ruid.tash:
Hi davidcsv,

thank you for your good job,

today I flashed E330SKSUCNE2(Proxyme) over official E330SKSUCNE2,

everything seems fine, but there is some strange issue with Samsung Chinese IME, I turning it off (as you suggest) but if I restart mobile-phone it is turning on again.

what could be the reason? how to turn it off permanently?
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
Enable SU in Proxyme and using a root explorer such as Root Browser or ES File Explorer, delete the following files:

/system/lib/libjni_secime.so

/system/app/SamsungChineseIME.apk

/system/chn_sipdb/*

P.s. make sure you mount /system as RW in the root explorer
[Galaxy S 4 General] ruid.tash:
thanks davidcsv, i deleted files (via shell script) except for libjni_secime.so which is cannot due to "permission denied", i suppose some other applications use this file, but anyway i got the desired result.
[Galaxy S 4 General] emanuyh:
Hello!

I have a question. I want to change my firmware (dutch one) to an Korean firmware. I just rooted my phone. But if I use Orbin it will say FAIL.

Is it possible to change the firmware? I hope for a quick response

thanks!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] dc_power!:
Which phone do you have and which firmware/file did you try to flash with Odin?
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
Download the latest pre-rooted stock rom from this post and flash with Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 General] NQMinhQuan:
thank bro
[Galaxy S 4 General] mohaimed:
anyone got any custom kernel/rom for E300L running 4.4.2?
[Galaxy S 4 General] emanuyh:
I have Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9505, I9505XXUFNC8. And I tried the E330SKSUCNE2.
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
GT-I9505 and SHV-E330S are not identical. Different CPU, video, and more. I suppose you were lucky Odin failed the attempt to flash, because you might as well have ended up with a bricked phone.

Since you already have the international S4 and many region/country specific firmware images to choose from, why would you want to flash a Korean operator branded image? Are you looking for anything specific in a rom which you do not have in your current one?
[Galaxy S 4 General] emanuyh:
Yes. Because I am going to live there (in Korea). And also if I am trying to download a few korean apps it is different compared to my friends who got the korean firmware.

Also, the korean firmware is a little bit better than the current one that I have right now.
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
Fair enough... I understand now.

I had a I9505 (ported) firmware running on my E330S before, so probably it would be possible the other way around...but not without some serious tweaking of the E330S image.

EDIT:

I have to correct myself. I really meant that I had the GT-I9506 (NOT the I9505) firmware running on my E330S.
[Galaxy S 4 General] ruid.tash:
davidcsv, it is very interesting how you succeed with porting I9506 firmware into E330S hardware?

some guys reported that they have failed with wi-fi functionality, how about your case?

actually I would very much like to get rid of those "I am in roaming features" of E330S.
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
My phone was pre-installed with a 4.2.2 version of the GT-I9506 firmware. I didn't port it myself. Back then everything seemed to work ok, but I didn't keep it for long, because I reverted back to E330S stock.

Now that we are on KitKat, I am waiting for the I9506 to get KitKat before making an attempt to port.
[Galaxy S 4 General] NQMinhQuan:
2011

Hi !

I using s4 LTE-A E330L kitkat 4.4.2

baseband : E330LKLUCNC4

somebody helps me to root my phone .

Thank :cyclops::cyclops::cyclops::cyclops:
[Galaxy S 4 General] 3597dxta:
I have E330K model running android 4.3 and then update to 4.4.2 latest version (UCNE1), I downloaded & extract successfully "E330KKKUCNC4_PROXYME20140501.tar.md5", but when I tried to flash with Odin (3.07 & 3.09) it said "FAIL!" with error message: "There is no PIT partition", I tried insert with your 2 PIT files but both are not compatible, Odin still message FAIL and FAIL :rolleyes: I think you should update stock image pre-rooted UCNE1, with new compatible PIT file, now I'm trying to root my phone then deleting some korean bloatware
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
A couple of things come to mind...

- try another (preferably genuine Samsung) usb cable

- connect usb cable direct to computer, and not indirectly to a usb hub

- don't mess with PIT files, just follow upgrade path via NC1 up to latest firmware

I don't have access to the latest stock E330K firmware anymore, so that will delay any pre-rooted versions from myself. If anyone else knows of any download links, then please share...or you can help to 'capture' the latest one via Kies and upload it for us.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mubeen_94:
has anyone tried to port the stock 4.4.2 ROM from shv-e330s to gt-i9506??? we haven't got the official update yet, but it will be nice if we can get an official ROM in an unofficial way
[Galaxy S 4 General] 3597dxta:
I open tar.md5 file but there's not PIT file in it, maybe you forgot something :eek:
[Galaxy S 4 General] davidcsv:
Not every stock image comes with a PIT file. Only the ones which introduce changes to the partition configuration.

For your phone (SHV-E330K), we've identified versions MJ8 and NC1 to have introduced changes, hence these two firmware images contain a PIT file.

The error you are getting with Odin could be caused by your phone's internal storage being corrupt (worst case) or just you needing another (new) usb cable, or having to connect it directly to the computer like I suggested earlier.
[Galaxy S 4 General] mubeen_94:
hey [MENTION=4524799]davidcsv[/MENTION] please help me out. I want to know if the stock 4.4.2 ROM from shv-e330s can be safely flashed onto a gt-i9506 running 4.3. If no, is there a way to port the 4.4.2 ROM to i9506?