[Galaxy S 4 i9506 Android Development] truthseekers666:
DEHawk, any ideas where im going wrong. Flashed no luck 100 times.

I am a s4 user and got shafted with the 4.4.2 Kitcat GRRR update which locked my phones sd card so i cant use it. I tried the root and did the manual and various auto fixes - nothing makes it work. My old apps still cant talk to the SDCARD. So I am forced to downgrade to 4.3 which im very happy with the idea of.

Your ROM seems to be the **ONLY** one being pushed by XDA for 4.3 and 4.2. Ive been flashing my phones and PDAs for 10 years but I have to say, the instructions for your upgrades seem to be the most lengthy and complicated I have ever read. Ive gone over with them witha fine toothcomb and can see where one part will seemingly contradict another part and then warnings at the end "dont forget to do this"... Basically for someone like me who likes to read manuals, this is not making any sense to me.

So I tried to do it... I am running 4.4.2 so I run ODIN (have tried 1.8 through 3.9 versions) and I flash the bootloader - then restart the phone and go to download and flash the recovery. Then I try the main 4.2 or 4.3 ROM file and the "hidden" CSC file reboot the phone and go to recovery... thats the general idea im getting with perhaps you need to flash the kernel after this to write some extra files in the final order.

However - none of the above seems to work. None. Odin wont take the bootloaders, NAND Write fails... general fails. Odin wont stick the teeny bootloader or recovery files on the phone. I try the roms, same thing, some ODIN gives excuses why it wont do it. I am resetting the phone into download mode every time, resetting ODIN...

In some cases i may get a bootloader to go in but not its partner recovery and not the rom... Mostly failures.

Ive tried the correct sets of files with the correct sets of files - fail.

Ive tried the files from others sets out of sequence in desperation - fail.

Ive tried about 100 times... Ive spent 3 total continuious days - of phone being out of action for a week... nada. Seems like the files you have and my phone dont mix. Its a i9506... and it will happily reflash and go back to the crappy stock 4.4.2 fine.... however that ROM I found to do it is a TAR file and has all the files it needs, bootloaders, recovery and everything in one neat tar package so you really cant go wrong. Its a 2gb tar.

Is it possible you could take a relook at the instructions - maybe scrub out bits that arent relevant or do an idiots idiots guide to them. Or a youtube video. What would really help me is just one TAR file which did it all... Perhaps if you could supply a dummy persons set of files - like flash a b c d reboot there you go. If you could put the files in one place - not expecting the user to reference back and forth mixing this file and that - might help. Just a suggestion.

Any help appreciated. I am not an idiot I fix PCs every single day. I am used to finding solutions but this has got me flumoxed. Im at the point of just wanting tio give up and take it to a unlocking shop and saying GIVE ME 4.3 on that please.... and paying cash to have someone else do it.

Or can you point me at another i9506 rom out there that isnt yours as long as its easy easy easy to flash ;) hehe.

Heeeeelp ;) I can give you exact steps im taking if it will help, or video me doing it, screen cap etc.