yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] NiTrOwow:
I got the JDCTeam android 8.1.0 beta on my i9505 it all works and I was happy with it except for Google play service play store (com.google.android.gms). Keeps crashing tried modifying gapps 8.0 as it was told to use this version but it didn't work. So I wasn't able to run apps that needed Google Play Service. Tried 8.1 8.0 none worked, I checked the logs and made no sense anyways I never used it too much so idc.

Anything else worked. Will this rom work with gms installed?

Can I install magisk with xposed on this rom?

With this rom I want to make sure it works properly, I never had this problems so I can flash it and continue testing apps with google service.

Thanks for the work team JDCTeam.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] alexjfinch:
Hi all,

I'm a little bit stuck here - I've managed to flash the ROM and Gapps just fine, however my phone keeps telling me it doesn't have a SIM installed.

I've tried flashing the combined bootloader and modem files through Odin and it still doesn't work.

Is there some way I can find out wether the modem / sim slot is work and identifying a SIM but the phone is locked to a carrier and therefore not recognising the SIM I'm putting in?

Wifi works fine and so does the SD card slot, if that helps? The SIM status screen states "Not Available" for everything and the "Network" screen in connection is greyed out (which makes me think its a software issue more than anything else)

Also, its a recently bought phone and therefore I have no history with it.

Thanks

Alex
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] alexjfinch:
As an update on my previous post - I've managed to flash 4.4.2 and a ME2 modem.bin and I've managed to get in to the network unlock menu system and that still hasn't changed my "no sim card" situation.

I've got a new SIM card slot on order and see if that makes a difference. I'll just plug it in and leave it hang and boot the phone to see if it recognises a SIM before I go heating it up and pulling the old slot off - in case there is nothing wrong with it!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] stuie1952:
First thanks to SIDE for his ongoing commitment to galaxy s4 and his many followers. Without him we would be much worse off. THANK YOU SIDE!!

I have a 9507 with twrp 3.4.0.0.

Unfortunately I get an error when trying to install V2. I have downloaded it several times but still no success.

Any help much appreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Retrial:
We are already aware for some reports about incompatible for some variants, side will take a look on next update.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] alexjfinch:
I've just replaced my SIM card slot and its now working perfectly!

Just reloading the v2 software - thanks again !
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] basti_b24:
Nice ROM!

However, WIFI_Hotspot does not work for me. WIFI is switched off, Hotspot on but no device nearby (iPad, Laptop) can detect the Android_AP =/

No dealbraker for me, I just use Bluetooth-Teethering then !

I will test GPS later today with the apps mentioned by @rw_on_xda !

Edit: unfortunately, there is another bug: I can not disable heads-up notifications. They appear regardless of the setting being on or off =/
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] mattgyver:
Anyone with an att/vzw s4 still using these ROMs? What for root alternatives are there, aside from magisk? Because loki patches boot.img, flashing magisk causes jflteatt to hang at the Samsung boot screen everytime. Supersu fails to patch boot, too.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] amiro13:
wonders of creation! from 4.1 to 11! ;) it works nice!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] vip5912:
https://xdaforums.com/t/magisk-general-support-discussion.3432382/post-84458833

John Wu (Magisk): "You should never, *EVER* switch to permissive unless actually doing development/debugging."

John is warning Root Access is gained (seccomp will be disabled then App Zygote processes can call setuid 0, escalate privilege and gain restricted root access) allowing modified malicious 'Magisk' to be installed by malware, giving it PERMANENT FULL ROOT ACCESS (security measures in Android are completely defeated when UID=0, and it is enough to allow patching boot images which means it can be used to inject malware such as modified Magisk to gain "real" root permissions) with SELinux Permissive (w/ Android 10+)!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Nicholas D. Wolfwood:
Hi.

Just flashed v2 ROM (after long-time using 14.1) and have some questions:

1. Can't find any option to change default home screen grid size (4 icons in a row). Where exactly it is located?

2. When tilting the phone and browsing the internet little floating icon appears in lower left corner suggesting to change screen orientation. And in lots of cases it overlaps something important and many times was misclicked, thus I'd prefer not to have it at all. I will manually enable screen rotation when needed. Is there any possibility turning that off?

3. And finally, is there a chance to remove Georgian Extended letters (uppercase) from the Georgian keyboard?

Since it is a still rarely used and mostly unsupported, lots of older devices/operation systems will display empty squares instead.

Described here: https://github.com/heremaps/harp.gl/pull/973

Besides, that makes some letters (which require shift key to be displayed) only available as uppercase ones, namely: ჭ, ღ, თ, შ, ჟ, ძ, ჩ <- no option writing them in lowercase/normal as it is written here.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Marbie-1:
Hello, unfortunately the V2 do not start after flashing, from V1 to V2. It hangs on the start animatin. Is there a tip?

With kind regards
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] rw_on_xda:
didn't occure here.

guides (1st page: "SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 UNIFIED GUIDES & COLLECTION") followed ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Retrial:
Settings > Display > Style and wallpapers > Grid
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Nicholas D. Wolfwood:
Thanks a lot mate!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] amiro13:
solved
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] stuckj:
I tried this on my Verizon Galaxy S4 (SCH-I545) which is still on the VRUAMDK bootloader. I tried both the v1 and v2 version. It hangs on the boot OptimizedLineageOS loading screen. Left it for about a half hour on each try. At first I tried a dirty flash over the 16.0-V12.1 version from JDCTeam. But, then did a full wipe and install. Seems to hang in both cases.

If I can help debug I'm willing to. I'm a full stack dev, but don't have experience with Android OS development (plenty of Android app dev experience though). If you have any pointers for debugging I can take a look.

I'll try out 17.1 for now though. All my past phones are just play phones for my kids so I can re-flash them whenever. :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] stuckj:
Huh. And just like that, wiping several times and rebooting and I got it working by flashing 16, then 17.1, then 18.1. :-P This time with ONLY the ROM (I was doing gapps at the same time). Can try gapps now that it boots.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Nicholas D. Wolfwood:
I've paired mine with microG (NanoDroid-microG-23.1.2.20210117) and using Aurora for GooglePlay apps. No issues so far :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Yousef_Alwajih:
First of all thank you side and all the devs you work with to keep this beast alive 💙

The V2 works great for me except that USB OTG doesn't mount,

There's a toast that says "preparing USB device..." but the usb storage doesn't appear anywhere, though it appears in recovery mode
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] YamiYukiSenpai:
Were you also able to flash Magisk as well?

I tried to flash this ROM & Resurrection Remix, but they're currently get stuck in a bootloop.

I was hoping that flashing the combined bootloader & modem firmware would fix it, but nope.

Here's my current partition that I've been using since 2014/2015:

* System - ext4

* Cache - f2fs

* Data - f2fs
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] YamiYukiSenpai:
Does this ROM not support 3.5 that's in the official TWRP page??
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Retrial:
Don't use f2fs, follow the steps in my guides. You can find my collection and guides in OP.

Read OP at TWRP section. You can use official twrp or jdc twrp. I use official twrp 3.5 and working fine.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] YamiYukiSenpai:
What partition am I supposed to use? It's been a while since I changed them. Your guide didn't say anything.

Edit: Decided to try ext4. It worked
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Retrial:
Yes, the default ext4. In my guides I just write the steps of clean installation assuming you have the default file partions (ext4)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] YamiYukiSenpai:
I changed them to f2fs back in 2014/2015.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] therob2:
Is this optimized-LOS18.1 (and also optimized-LOS17.1) really NOT usable for GT-I9515 (jfvelte)?

Device list for opt-18.1 seems same as for opt-17.1 and for both the I9515 is not mentioned although at least an official-LOS17.1 exists (as it is also for GT-I9505 (jfltexx)) - is this intentionally? Why?

Sidequestion 1:

Should a dirty flash between official17.1 <-> opt17.1 and official18.1<-->opt18.1 work in principle (although I know it is not recommended)? And dirty flash from opt17.1-->opt18.1 should work?

Sidequestion 2:

And did I miss something: optimized18.1 for GT-I9505 (jfltexx) is already at v2 while there not yet is an official18.1? How this could be? I could not even find a preview thread for official18.1...

(I have one GT-I9505 (jfltexx) and four GT-I9515 (jfvelte) - at the moment all using official-17.1 but having reboot-problems related to power button with the one I9505 and I think to change to optimized one but want to avoid wiping data...)

Thanks for help, cheers, Robert
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Retrial:
I have answered with green color to your questions above.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] basti_b24:
I confirm hereby that GPSTest finds adequate Position. It detects GPS and Glonass satellites.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Retrial:
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html I don't know if you can find any answer here, but take a look.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] therob2:
Thanks a lot for this nice, information rich, clear and friendly reply to all of my questions! Very valuable! Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Skyty:
Does anyone know if NetGuard or Orbot works with this version? I believe I have LineageOS 17 on my phone and anytime I enable some VPN type thing it just disables my internet connection.

Side note; Tor won't even install.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] rw_on_xda:
- scratched -
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Aussiewaterdragon:
Followed dirty wipe instructions from 17.1, used open gapps 11 pico but had to separately flash 11 - gapps - magisk.

All good great work i'am a happy chappy
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Aussiewaterdragon:
installed Tor, used bridge and bootstrapped ok
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] WOCKY48:
Hi. New boy here just about managing to understand how to install this brilliant ROM. Thanks to all involved. I have been using V2 for a few weeks now and have a few problems that if someone could help me I would be most grateful.

1. Latest Google maps version 10.61.2 opens then closes immediately. I tried installing an old version as someone in an earlier post suggested. That opened OK but hung while planning a route.

2. Latest Android auto version 6.1.610543 opens and closes immediately.

3. 16GB Sandisk SD card used as integrated memory occasionally says its corrupted when booting but is fine when rebooted. Much better than other Roms though.

Otherwise very very happy.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] RowanDDR:
Do these problems persist if you boot without the SD card inserted?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] WOCKY48:
Hello and thanks for reply.

Since original post google maps has updated to version 10.62.1 and android auto is still on 6.1.610543.

No difference booting without SD card.

Google maps opens for a few seconds then closes.

Android auto for no apparent reason now opens OK and all works except for maps.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Lol5948:
I have problems with the wifi, it is activated but it does not detect the networks, I think it is due to a region problem, if I remove my sim card and restart the cell it works correctly, as well as if I activate the airplane mode and restart, I also have problems with the calls, when the screen turns off I want to hang up the screen does not turn on automatically, I must do it manually. Tested in S4 I337m (jfltecan)
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] maoex:
I have issues that the screen turns black.i need to press 2 times the power button to comeback to Homescreen. Sometimes after a few seconds again. Later some days without that issue. If this happened the more as 3-4 times, maybe until i put it to charge. This fix that, i think its my solution. I mentioned this before, i had this also in 17.1.

gt-i9505+ 18.1 latest Optimized LOS+ gapps 1 month old.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] DejaVuAgain:
Has anyone managed to get the "hotspot" feature to work?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] DavidSuter393:
Mine works...Jfltetmo SGH-M919
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] DragonFire1024:
Hello. S4 (SPH-L720, SPR). Installed this ROM a few times. Have some weirdness. Anytime I had try to open a root app, the device shuts off. Just powers right down. So I didn't know if root was installed on this device and flashed Magisk. The same thing happened shortly after it was updated. I rebooted then within 2 minutes or less after that the device this time reboots straight to recovery. I have tried doing a clean install of everything, even TWRP, a couple of times. Did full wipes of everything and formatted data and started fresh. Same thing happens.

ADD: I have been runnung the JDC ROM Nougat version for the same device, dual booting CM 11 (just for fun). No issues on either roms. Both ran great and had no issues at all. But I recently broke my nightmare phone the LG LM-K500 and I need something to replace it for a short time. So this phone has to run at least an android that isn't too old because I need to use it for banking ant etc. So a very recent android version would save me a lot of trouble.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] WOCKY48:
After more testing I find that Waze and Sygic work OK so no problem with GPS.

Google maps will open and stay open with a downloaded offline map if there is no WiFi or cell signal.

As soon as one or the other is available maps closes.

So does this mean it's an app problem and not a ROM problem or has anyone an idea of what's going wrong.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] nuss14:
find a mistake that the screen goes out when phoning. difficult then to end the phone call

(as of 29.1)

is it still being developed?

would be nice when this error is gone
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] rw_on_xda:
somewhere in the setting (with LOS 17.1 it was under the dev. options) is a point where you can set "Power button ends phone calls" ...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] troyer1234:
hi

i got this error can u help me?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] DavidSuter393:
You need to update your TWRP... because if you flash the rom with an older TWRP, this error shown here will be thrown.

I think it requires TWRP 3.4 or later for the Rom.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Satmonk:
Edit: I solved the problem, I have used 64bit apk on 32bit arm7 and checked that too late, sorry! Great to have an up-to-date Android version on my old Samsung Galaxy S4 device!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] rw_on_xda:
are you sure ?

*I* installed V2 with

https://xdaforums.com/t/jdcteam-twrp-3-3-1-0-custom-builds-build-2-july-28.3925619/

what is TWRP-JDCTeam-3.3.1.0-build2.img
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] side:
hi everyone.

I just released the v3 at drive. thanks and sorry for delay and lack of changelog

lockscreen: Hide the lock icon

settings: dashboard: Hide suggestions

touch optimizations

leds on boot are now colorful

updated to _r34

Many many MANY kernel updates from LineageOS

Latest AOSP changes
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] thorti1:
I have the problem that a USB stick on the USB port is not recognized in a file manager. Is there anyone who can help me? Thanks for the great ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] pocketrule:
USB otg is unfortunately broken at the moment. But you can get access to your external storage by installing MiXplorer (which I recommend in any case) and "enable otg" in settings -> more settings
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] amiro13:
18.1-v3 rom better than latest two roms, can to say it's super

thank you
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] smartypantsphone:
I'm currently using v2 on an i9505, and in gestures menu ( I think ) I have toggled off the option for advanced restart menu, but when I click restart button, the menu for recovery, system, download is still showing.

Also there is a google pay icon in the power menu screen, how can I get rid of that?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] JohnnyGui:
Does this mean I can't flash the 18.1 rom through TWRP using OTG?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] thorti1:
No, TWRP is working. You can flash your device.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] JohnnyGui:
Even over OTG? That's good to hear.

Btw, when is the GApps finished testing for this new rom? Is there any estimated time regarding this?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] thorti1:
Yes, you can use the USB-connector and a USB-stick for flashing the Device.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] pocketrule:
I don't know, but Open GApps are in test stage for quit a long time. I'm using BitGApps atm and I'm quite satisfied with them, especially for the disabled setup assistant.

I've had problems with v25 (flash error, maybe due to a corrupt download) and have installed v24.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Retrial:
According to devs it will take at least one-two more test builds before release.

Check here.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] JohnnyGui:
Thanks for the heads up!

One last question;

Is anyone else experiencing Bluetooth issues when trying to connect to an Android TV or PC? I am able to connect initially but the connection only stays for a few seconds and then disconnects without any error.

Connecting to a BT headset or a controller is working fine.

How to fix this?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] RtGh43:
Same here.

Hotspot does not appear under windows, etc.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] side:
hotspot is now being fixed. stay tuned for v4
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] RtGh43:
Thank you, really.

Hope it'll be dirty flashable ;)

offtopic:

Think about integrate a simple payment tool here. Means: I thought some times to spend some cents or few euro to tribute your work. Saved me a lot of money not to buy new phones every two years. So some euro would be okay. But not register, bank-card, etc. - takes too much time and data.

Don't know how - just an idea.

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] basti_b24:
Same here. It is in the tiles but i dont find the network.

Really good to hear it is being fixed!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] RtGh43:
Two more things:

After clean install V3 impossible to go to recovery; not via hardware or software reboot. Restarts every time.

Only way was via adb reboot recovery.

After some time of using some apps, kik f.e. display turns dark or freezes, app unausable, sometimes restart needed, mostly app can be closed later.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] basti_b24:
I can't confirm this, I still get to recovery in V3 via the reboot selection after holding the power button.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Retrial:
USB OTG is fixed in v4. Stay tuned. Atm use Mixplorer as suggested.

Please take logs if you can after the disconnect.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] side:
V4 on drive.

OTG Fixed

Hotspot and 5ghz wifi is fixed

Major Kernel update regarding performance

Snap camera can save to SD card
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] basti_b24:
Up and running!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Blackeyse:
Nothing to do wifi hotspot only works if offline
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Blackeyse:
It also happens with official lineageos 18.1 ,the hotspot goes out when the mobile data is switched on
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] pocketrule:
For me, hotspot is stable. It seems your problem is connected with your specific device.

You could check out the S4 flash guide from @Retrial and make sure, you've got the latest firmware and bootloader and do a clean flash

🗃️S4 Unified Collection & Guides📚

Welcome to S4 Unified Collection! 🗃️ STOCK ROM FIRMWARES ©️ [Check my Guides for Installation] Note: If you can't find the Firmware for your device from the link below, then it's not my fault. Android File Host informed me, they delete files...

xdaforums.com

If that doesn't help you could take a logcat right after the error occurs. Link for SysLog can be found in @Retrial's guide, too.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Blackeyse:
I did advanced cleaning and formatted data with twrp, before flashing anyway with android 9 and 10 it worked fine.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] pocketrule:
Hmm, then I don't know any more either. It seems, this problem can only be solved by a knowledgeable developer. Can you provide a (detailed) list of all you have flashed (ideally only latest rom without gapps) and your device, bootloader, modem and a logcat. But don't expect a fast solution. The developer is extremely busy in the last time. He has several projects running at the same time...
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Blackeyse:
Yes, this is no small problem.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ragsy2:
I tried flashing V3 and V4 from SD Card on my GT-I9505 and in both instances it flashes successfully but while loading into the LineageOS while the logo is showing, I get the "Encryption Unsuccessful - Erase all data" error (see attached screenschot) . I tried pressing the button to erase all data and it just restarts and does the same thing again. Any idea what the problem is? I'm using a recent version of TWRP (v3.2.3).
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Retrial:
The latest TWRP is 3.5.2_9-0. Make clean installation according my guides in the S4 Unified Collection & Guides.
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] ragsy2:
correction, i already have that version of TWRP installed. Any other potential causes. Should I try the crDroid ROM? It is marked as jflte rather than jfltexx. The official LineageOS builds for jfltexx are all nightlies

Update, i formatted data again after flashing rom and I'm in!
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] Retrial:
Use the latest TWRP which I linked above and follow step by step the "Clean Install Custom ROM" Guide. You need to format data not just wipe. Everything is explained in my guide.

Jflte=all variants with similar hardware as jfltexx. You can use whatever ROM u think suits best for you but the thread here is for OptLos 😜
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] H0sseiN:
The rom is rooted by default. How to unroot it ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Original Android Development] side:
no its not rooted by default