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[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] sasank360:
Thanks. :good: As I mentioned above I am on CM right now and will reflash the firmware little later. I am at my cousin's house now and cannot risk playing with ROMs :D

But anyway as we discussed in above posts luckily I have no network related issues. That is important for me. Anyway thankyou again.:)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Loulou-13:
If you try this Stock KK and if you are not a "fan" of CM ... i think you will love this stock !!! :angel::D
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vasiboss:
phone restarts

Hello I flashed the german rom on an international 9195 but after 20 to 30 seconds it keeps rebooting i tried re flashing and factory reset from OEM recovery but still it reboots.

If i go back to custom OEM 4.2.2 will it work? Yes :) it does work. (Impacted ROM v1 +Vikinger Kernel)

But still I don't know why i had problems with the german KK.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vanzemunac:
I also had that problem. In january I flashed German DBT I9195XXUBMJ7 4.2.2 version with Odin without any problems.

Yesterday I flashed German DBT I9195XXUCNE6 4.4.2 with Odin, got OK from Odin. Cleared data/ cash, but I could not enter all details and settings on 1st start up because phone would restart on it self (boot loop). I tried to clear everything I can with CWM, flash again, boot loop again.

I then tried to go back to 3x German DBT 4.2.2 versions but Odin would give me error - complete(write) operation failed.

After so much time lost, I tried Belgium 4.4.2 and it is working now :D

So to make it short, if German firmware is not working for you, wipe all data/cash/system with cwm and flash Belgium firmware with Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vasiboss:
I will try and came back. thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] phz.:
Last weekend I had a brand new S4 mini where I was able to update from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2. But I had to sent it back.

Now I got a different phone running 4.2.2 (I9195XXUBML4) and it tells me the last software availible is installed.

I really wonder why it takes so much longer for this baseband to receive Kitkat.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] N0Ntoxic:
Its really normal process, they started it in June but there is nothing about when they are going to finish it :D
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] sasank360:
Back to Jelly Bean LOL....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA..

OK guys I think it is time to tell you my short and bitter experience with stock kitkat and the final shocking experience.

About 5 hours ago I updated I9195 to unbranded GERMANY kitkat firmware. The experience was horrific.:mad::mad:

Security options under settings force closes and there is no way I can sideload apps. Then I rooted the phone by flashing CWM via ODIN and the rootkit followed by supersu 2.0 zip. SuperSU then takes forever to disable knox features. When I tried to add my google account it fails. I added the same acc on my old galaxy mini and it worked. Then I thought there was sumthing wrong with Germany KK and downloaded the latest Slovakia KK firmware.

When I tried to flash it, I got an error msg that said "hidden.img" is bad/corrupted and device soft-bricked. Then I thought the latest JB firmware had knox revision/version 2. I then took a brazen step and flashed JB 4.2.2 "UBUBNE2 Brazil unbranded" and it worked like charm.

NOW I AM BACK ON JELLY BEAN. :D:D:D:D :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Did anyone try downgrading from KK to JB? If you want to, flash I9195UBUBNE2 firmware which I think has knox revision 2.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kyrillos13:
Did you do a factory reset after upgrading to kitkat?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] arco68:
If anyone has flashed stock kitkat, and thus have the new bootloader, but happens to be running CM now, can you check if power off charging is working with latest nightlies?

The new bootloader uses a new kernel command to signal power off charging mode, so I have modified the kernel in order to check for this. Just not sure if it's working properly as I'm on the old bootloader still.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] sasank360:
I did everything mate...but no luck...I even flashed the germany kk firmware twice as suggested by [MENTION=5407962]Loulou-13[/MENTION].

Still it did not work. Then I downgraded to JB.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vanzemunac:
Did you try Belgium 4.4.2 version? Because it is working fine for me now (worked for me from 1st try after many failed attempts to flash German 4.4.2)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] sasank360:
No I did not. I downloaded 3 Kitkat firmwares and after flashing and struggling with those issues I was fed up. Then it struck me that the JB rom ububne2's download mode had something like ::: ""BOOTLOADER RP SWREV : 2"" It is same one I found on all kitkat Firmwares. So I thought going back to JB was my best bet. Also I cannot wait another hour downloading the belgium firmware. I will try that firmware next month. FUP resets on july 1. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Myke72:
Belgium kitkat works fine for me. Rooted with rootkit v2. was no problem.

sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vasiboss:
Please note that my knox is tripped.

I flashed the Slovakian firmware, it gave me an error that the hidden partition was not write and after restart entered in odin mode with triangle.

After that I flashed cwn and factory reset from cwm.

Then it work without a problem besides getting hot when charging (outlet or laptop) + wifi apps restoration. After charging no heat problem.

I rooted it with towelroot, restart install supersu and hit yes to deactivate knox (that could be the source of the heat - knox 2 is verifying apps like an anti-virus popped up immediately as i wanted to install towelroot), installed xposed and wanam..

Another thing that can impact the "heat" and the battery life is the power saving option, to have the icon like 4.2.2 go to settings - my device - notification panel - available buttons -drag an drop power saving to notification panel on the same screen. Go back to main screen slide the notification and hit the power saving icon.

Also move to SD works on same apps (the same as 4.2.2). The security menu is accessible ->I installed tawelroot.

Battery level 90% after 11h and 36 m.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] yannis11:
in Latest nightly 28-06 charging not working after power off it shows an empty battery icon and if take off the camble the icon is still there .have to push the power button for 10 or more sec to take off
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] wiedsche:
Thanks for the idea... I checked it .... there is no drain when completely switched off .... (*puh*)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Marian89:
Flashing DBT firmware

Hey loulou, I have a i9195 4G LTE with 4.2.2 firmware from France ( XEF ) completelely stock with knox bootloader. Can I flash with odin the official DBT kitkat germany unlocked firmware, without triggering KNOX or binary count? I have warranty from Samsung and i don't want to loose it. THANKS and sorry for the noob question !
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] mayekk:
Yes, You can. Europe firmwares are multi-csc. You should wait if You use 4G (LTE), because modem could be optimized (not always) for particular network (like Verizon, Virgin / USA).
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Marian89:
thanks

thanks man, i just hope it doesn't trigger knox.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Loulou-13:
ha ! i see the post too late ,sorry ... ( never "noob" question ;) )

[MENTION=1438114]mayekk[/MENTION] is right ( thank !) :good:

but it's very strange !

some people have reported that flashing a firmware "may" tripp the Knox flag with officials untouched firmwares... ( in pure theory, it's impossible ! )
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Hewell:
Hey guys, I was trying to update to new NF7 from NE6 and Odin show me an error "hidden.img.ext4 -> FAIL! (Ext4)"

I finally come back to NE6 but it seems strange, any idea?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Loulou-13:
so do i ! impossible to downgrade the KK modem ... strange !
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Marian89:
thanks

Thanks for the info lolou ! BTW, your s4miniarchive.com RULES ! Thanks for suporting so much this device.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Hewell:
but mine it's an upgrade, not downgrade
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Loulou-13:
i don't understand sorry ...(my inglish often is bad ! sorry ! )

s4miniarchive.com not my own site but just a "fan site" that i have found during an internet surfing ... and i just like it ! it's interesting for sumaries ,news ...etc ... much more clear than XDA :D

ok ,i don't have precised ( I badly expressed myself ,sorry !) :

for me impossible "to change this modem" ! :mad: it crashes with ODIN too ,when i try to downgrade "for example" ...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] catelusii:
Bad experience with KK 4.4.2 brasil

First, wi-fi not working. after 3 fw reinstall with odin and routed, everythink ok, but, I see battery dropping like crazy.

I decide to downgrade from TWRP ... I install 4.2.2 ML1 by Ladyslav.... all thinks OK, but the modem not changed... modem from KK.

I try to reinstall ML1 Modem with odin, and I loose my IMEI/modem not found ( and kernel error or locked ... not shure )

got to service and now it is ok with KK :( .... battery drop like crazzy :(( I`m afraid to downgrade again :(
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vasiboss:
Also I have that error.

Just flash CWM and factory reset and It will work OK.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] marius5147:
If i flash the new kitkat firmware,will the yellow text from knox that appears pn boot will be gone? I have 4.2 stock rom and root

Sent from my GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kodyro:
It should be gone since you will be flashing stock non rooted rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] XxM4tzexX:
You have to do a factory reset/wipe data in Stock recovery between the first and the second flash. This should fix the Wi-Fi issue.

Then installing the ML1 rom doesn't bring you back the modem from ML1 because it's not included. And why do you want to revert the modem ? Do you have any issues with it?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] thealliens:
Where did u get 4.4.2 Brazil?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] stepan12:
I got this update on my s4 mini

Without downloading or flashing anything

Im from holland
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] biker14:
Flashed German Vodafone

Just to report that I flashed the German Vodafone Black edition version through Odin without problems, and rooted with Rootkit V2, everything working fine.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] wiedsche:
To sum up my experience with 4.4.2 German (DBT) ROM: Everything is working like a charm. Fast and stable. No hangups. Very nice. Rooted with towelroot.

Only one problem still exists (that I already had with 4.2.2), my battery drains even in airplane mode and I don't know why. CPU goes into deep sleep and no app seems to work investigating through betterbatterystats. Even took out the sim and sd card. Same problem. Has somebody an idea?

With 4.2.2 and a custom kernel i didn't had the problem. Is there a custom kernel for this 4.4.2 stock rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Mitko:
Samsung still hasn't released the kernel sources for KK.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] onimorza:
Even if you root it it will not appear. It will only be there if you flash a custom kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] lefti696:
Is your knox still 0x0 ? Im asking because slovakian fw has higher changelog and later build date.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] thealliens:
OTA or Kies?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] sasank360:
Hey guys..as we know latest slovakia kitkat gives hidden.img ext4 error....here is a fix I found on the famous s4miniarchive.com

http://www.s4miniarchive.com/2014/07/solution-what-to-do-when-odin-fails-at-hidden.img.ext4.html

I will try this method and report back...if anyone tried this already please do report..thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] stepan12:
Ota bro
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] sasank360:
OK guys...as I mentioned in my previous posts I flashed slovakian kitkat and it failed at the end - hidden.img ext4 error.

Then I followed this method and worked fine :: http://www.s4miniarchive.com/2014/07/solution-what-to-do-when-odin-fails-at-hidden.img.ext4.html

:)

Now I am on slovakia 4.4.2 and it runs just fine. It lagged a little initially and after debloating it is working smoothly. Also can anyone confirm if samsung removed ART??? or is it my phone that is missing ART? thanks in advance and good luck to those who try above workaround. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] N0Ntoxic:
S4 mini gets kitkat in new regions http://live.samsung-updates.com/
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] arco68:
Could you try to flash the attached zip in recovery, and see if it works then?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vasiboss:
I am sorry but my knox was 0X1 before flashing slovakian fw.

But I am not missing it :)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] sfs070188:
Anyone get update kitkat on S4 mini 3G ?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kukulaj:
Knox Warranty Void: 0x0
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kashifyy:
I am currently on EVR(UK EE) 4.2.2

If i move to kitkat by Odin which firmware should I use and do I need to change CSC?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] N0Ntoxic:
You can use VOD version and I think VDI. The first its vodafone UK and second vodafone ROI. And you you dont need to change CSC coz you are using british also.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Chadie:
Samsung sure are taking their sweet time from releasing kitkat for i9190 :highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kashifyy:
would I still be able to update it from Kies?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] N0Ntoxic:
If you are on untouched stock room. You can wait as well for update by OTA from your carrier, I assume its EE...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] coastalcomms:
I just used odin to flash the unbranded German 4.4.2 and it worked perfect
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] XxM4tzexX:
Why do so many people expect ART in a official firmware?? Only a few Nexus devices got art as a developer option. No other device or manufacturer has art included.

Art is official in Android L as default.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] seb_sebastien23:
Cauz i've use it on my mum moto g (official) and it's more smoother and battery efficient than Dalvik.

More it's by default in Kitkat (not enable but present in dev setting). If we don't have ART on s4 mini it's because samsung remove it.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Oxbob:
Hi folks, could someone tell me the free available internal memory after the kitkat update and it's overall performance?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Mitko:
~3.50GB internal memory used. Performance is great. Initially after flashing aand booting for the first time after setup you may experience some small lag but it goes away later on after a reboot or better yet, after removing some bloatware. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Oxbob:
So we get less memory than 4.2.2 which is about 5 gb?:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] yannis11:
Not working I clear cache/dalvik after flash boot image .nothing changing , running latest nightly. one thing I don't no is maybe charging is working and not the icon.but right now I'm not in home to confirm that.

Edit:confirm with 64% Battery power off plug the cable for about 10 min the phone get hot (normal) showing only a empty battery icon Then power on and go to 76%.maybe the same results we get with stock cm kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] ADR USR:
Model: 9192

Rom/Kernel: Stock

Root: No

Governor Default : On Demand

RF cal: 2014.03.20

HW Rev : MP 0.600

Issue: Drain in airplane mode

After charged Unplug and reboot.

No more drain in deep sleep ou airplane mode. ... until next charging.

Result: Great battery efficiency and less charging. with Wi-Fi or 3G on/scrren off.

This the only way to solve my drain in 9192 4.2.2.

It might help to not downgrade

Try.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Oxbob:
Sorry for being repetitive but I need to know how much free (after a clean install) internal memory would I get in my I9195 (DBT) Germany which is about 5 gb on 4.2.2 as far I remember.

The internal memory is my only gripe with this phone, everything else is good.

Looking forward for the s5 mini, but the price is going to be ridicuolus as the s4 mini was at lauch from what I've heard.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] roter$baron:
I own the austrian version of the black edition. However there is no update for me yet. Does anyone know, when 4.4.2 is coming to the austrian devices of the s4 mini?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] arco68:
Ok, thanks for testing.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Nicolae-Daniel:
So is there a solution for the ext4 error in Odin? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] sasank360:
Here you go...follow the steps and ROM will boot....

http://www.s4miniarchive.com/2014/07/solution-what-to-do-when-odin-fails-at-hidden.img.ext4.html

I tested above method on slovakian kitkat that has hidden.img ext4 error and it worked fine...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Hewell:
New NF9 http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=31878

Build date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:19:59 +0000
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] SilviuMik:
Ty mate

Same changelist as I9195XXUCNEA 1646188

Only I9195XXUCNF7 Slovakia have bigger changelist 1929618
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] leocris:
So what´s the best and more stable firmware to flash in a S4 mini from Portugal? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Nicolae-Daniel:
Is there a way to extract modem from the firmware?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] gildie:
Guys, how about your cameras in KK? because i think my is worse then 4.2.2.

i've got KK from Belgium
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] vanzemunac:
I didn't see any difference (I also have 4.4.2 for Belgium Black Edition)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] SilviuMik:
unzip *.zip
tar -xvf *.tar.md5 NON-HLOS.bin
tar -v -H ustar -c NON-HLOS.bin > modem.tar
md5sum -t modem.tar >> modem.tar
mv modem.tar modem.tar.md5

Flash with Odin
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Oxbob:
Good stuff, worked for me.:good:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] DillPo313:
Wth samsung...

STILL no update for the SGH-I257... This is bulls**t.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] fouyugi1:
Stuck in Samsung Logo

i did the same as you said but it stuck in Samsung Logo :(

please help
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Helik42:
Go to --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2751224
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Charlie:
Im from Greece and only vodafone have an update for our s4 mini...i tried via ota and kies but i do not have an update(my provider is cosmote).So i have too wait for the update of my provider or install vodafones via odin?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] :
I am from greece too and i have installed without any problem the belgium firmware. I recomend you use that one instead of the branded one
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Charlie:
Whats the difference of the branded?The belgium firmware is ok with lte 4g in greece?(Γιατι μιλαμε αγγλικα?:P)

---------- Post added at 02:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:24 PM ----------

Also belgiums says Proximus...its branded bro
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] SHIRI:
I installed this rom:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=31540

Rooted it with towelroot (in a second), deleted bloatware....

and the phone is flying, battery is great, losts of improvements, simply AMAZING, i think this phone is finally working as it should !!!

You have to try this!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] sasank360:
Data wipe ??

Make sure you wipe data and cache...i am sure it works. I downgraded twice - once from germany kk to brazil ububne2 and yesterday i downgraded from newzealand kk to brazil ububne2.

Keep in mind that as of now, to my knowledge u can only downgrade to brazil unbranded ububne2 as that rom has knox 2 bootloader.

I did not test any other jb firmware , only latest jb. good luck.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] SHIRI:
Is there any damn reason i should install new version of KK I9195XXUCNF9 over I9195XXUCNE6 ???

Any difference does anyone know???
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] :
Yeap it's almost the same. The branded might have the vodafone logo or other vodafone programs. The proximus has installed only 1 program which can be deleted. (Γιατι θα μας bannaroun αλλιως :P)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Charlie:
I dont have to root or something to install stock rom from sammobile wright?Just the steps with odin?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Razvan:
Only flash with Odin like steps described in that site. :good:

Here:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Loulou-13:
NEWS !!!

for GT i9190 users , Samsung

show confirmation

for a KK update for this

month

!!!

=> http://www.frandroid.com/marques/sa...arriver-nombreux-terminaux-samsung-en-juillet
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Razvan:
Typo ...

Mouth = Month :D
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] fburgos:
Again no words about duos version I'm starting to think the forgot about it

sent from my i9192 with CM11 by sekil
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Loulou-13:
yes ......:crying: sorry for the keyboard error ,and i don't speak English ( bad for me ! )... :rolleyes:

:laugh: ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] SHIRI:
It seems to me 3g is not working now. It shows icon and it is connected but no traffic goes through. If i select edge only, it is working fine.

Anyone any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] leocris:
I SHIRI, what did you use to delete the bloatware? Is it possible to unroot with towelroot? thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] SHIRI:
There is always a way to unroot, but i dont know how with this...

I deleted .apk i knew i dont need with root explorer and some freeze with titanium backup... :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] leocris:
Thank you, just did that everything with titanium backup, hope it does´t cause any instability. going to wait and see any batery improvements.

Just another question, is there a way since i have root now to install any costum roms like cm?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] fouyugi1:
thank you i'll try bro :)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] leocris:
so, i deleted the thing that made the autorotate in apps work, is there any way to install it again or do i need to install the rom all over again? thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] :
I never taught I would live without root. But guess what, I am.

I like to keep my phone 'Official' as possible. Flashing the Germany KK firmware and keep your phone root-free is a pretty good decision. Yeah, I have KNOX tripped, but that doesn't make a difference since I can still do whatever I can still do when I have KNOX untripped.

I'm suggesting everyone out there that you keep your phone nice, clean and original as much as possible. You will like it better than an S5 with CM ;)

Though, this is just my opinion. If you are 100% sure that you won't live without root, do whatever you feel like ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] aguaz:
Quite a contradictionary statement...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Charlie:
I installed the belgium firmware(4.4.2) , rooted my phone with towelroot and deleted all samsung useless apps(hub,link,chaton).The difference is so damn huge! Thanks guys really :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Chadie:
I too like to keep it unrooted and stock. Mainly for stability and battery issues that I encountered with all CM 10.2 stable releases. When I got fed up with those problems, I switched back to unrooted stock and my battery now lasts for a day compared to only half and it has almost zero restarts compared to 10-15 restarts per day while idle or normal use. Yes, the bloatware consumes a hefty amount out of the scarce RAM, but it is a good thing that the s4 mini has 512mb more to compensate.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Loulou-13:
:eek: !

the root don't cause damage !!! it's only depending to the user ( the only liable for problems ) !!!

the root depending what user want to do , it's stupid to root "just" for root only ... it need to have a purpose .
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] :
True, but I felt it was needed here.

Not only the problems that root gets with it, but also the feel that your phone is original, like I said before ;)

Sometimes it does cause damage, sometimes it doesn't. What I'm sure about is that it slows your phone down.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Loulou-13:
the root is just a story of "permission" authorized , it don't change the system ...

I never heard that some people have trouble with it ... but eventualy just for bad usage .
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kashifyy:
what's the difference between disabling the useless apps from "apps manager" and rooting to delete them. They don't consume resources in disable method but just remain in phone storage.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] :
Yeah, but it still slows the phone down, right?

Well said!