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[Q] New S4 VE GT-I9515

Hello,
I have S4 gt-i9515 Value edition and I wish past it rom custom. Think you that I can take a rom custom for Gt-i9505 ? And follow the procedures of installation of kernels and recovery of Gt-i9505 ?
Thank you

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition (GT-i9515) appeared in agencies involved in certification earlier this year, we thought it might be a more accurate version price cutting specifications of a phone today is in full force.
This week we learned that begins and sell in Europe, particularly in Holland and Italy. Incidentally, we learned what the meaning of the name "Value Edition" is exactly the same phone, but it comes with Android 4.4.2 KitKat factory with the latest version of the TouchWiz customization.
We should note that the current model - i9505 - officially upgradeable to the latest Android version. Like the rest, five-inch screen Full HD, 2GB RAM, Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, etc.. Some media have had on hand, say that the back is slightly different.
*EDIT: It comes with 4.4.2 bootloader. This means: Installing custom roms will activate KNOX:0x1 (void warranty in some countries) coz you will have to flash a custom recovery. This is the unique "problem".

CF-Autoroot for I9505 worked in I9515
Just for you to know, I just rooted my I9515 using the I9505 CF-Autoroot file. :good: It all ran quick and easy, as if they really were the same phone.

Beware of digitizer burning
Rune Walker said:
Just for you to know, I just rooted my I9515 using the I9505 CF-Autoroot file. :good: It all ran quick and easy, as if they really were the same phone.
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Although the CF-Autoroot for I9505 has worked in my device, when I flashed the I9505 TWRP (2.7), I couldn't use it because the touch screen didn't work. Then I tried I9505 CWM (6.0.4.7, non-tocuh), and everything was smooth and functional.
Later, I flashed Slimkat 5 (which is supposed to be S4 LTE unified, I9505 included, but obviously not for the I9515 yet), but the touch hasn't responded as well. After a few minutes being really afraid I'd burned the digitizer for good , I was able to flash the stock I9515 rom and the touch went back to life!
So, it seems that flashing I9505 stuff (even custom roms) in the I9515 is possible, but the touch doesn't work. That is just a first impression based in my quick experience in this matter, though.

Rune Walker said:
Although the CF-Autoroot for I9505 has worked in my device, when I flashed the I9505 TWRP (2.7), I couldn't use it because the touch screen didn't work. Then I tried I9505 CWM (6.0.4.7, non-tocuh), and everything was smooth and functional.
Later, I flashed Slimkat 5 (which is supposed to be S4 LTE unified, I9505 included, but obviously not for the I9515 yet), but the touch hasn't responded as well. After a few minutes being really afraid I'd burned the digitizer for good , I was able to flash the stock I9515 rom and the touch went back to life!
So, it seems that flashing I9505 stuff (even custom roms) in the I9515 is possible, but the touch doesn't work. That is just a first impression based in my quick experience in this matter, though.
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Hello, Rune Walker
Can you confirm that when the root is KNOX past has 0x1.
Would you bluetooth physical keyboard to try to pair it with the gt-i9515?
I want my gt-i9515 rooter to have access to the use of a physical keyboard bluetooth does not want to pair. Kitkat version 4.4.2 has problem with the samsung bluethoot and unofficial unit. The update to the newest official firmware changes nothing.
But it bothers me to lose the warranty for this! Especially if it does not work!! Because the phone is not to me but my wife. lol
thank you

patchifredo said:
Hello, Rune Walker
Can you confirm that when the root is KNOX past has 0x1.
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Yes, the Knox went 0x1 when I used CF-Autoroot.
patchifredo said:
Would you bluetooth physical keyboard to try to pair it with the gt-i9515?
I want my gt-i9515 rooter to have access to the use of a physical keyboard bluetooth does not want to pair. Kitkat version 4.4.2 has problem with the samsung bluethoot and unofficial unit. The update to the newest official firmware changes nothing.
But it bothers me to lose the warranty for this! Especially if it does not work!! Because the phone is not to me but my wife. lol
thank you
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I didn't get it... You think rooting the phone would help to solve the pairing issue? As you tried with a samsung unit, you could contact them in order to check what they advise first - especially if it bothers you to lose warranty, like you said.
Anyway, I will try to pair my i9515 with a belkin keyboard I use for my n8000 and see what happens.

thank you, I eagerly awaits your return to the test with your claver

patchifredo said:
thank you, I eagerly awaits your return to the test with your claver
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I just paired my belkin bluetooth keyboard with my I9515 back to full stock (no root either), having no issues whatsoever.
Turned phone bluetooth on, pressed the keyboard pairing dedicated button, the phone identified it, gave me a pin, I entered the pin in the keyboard, and... voilà! It worked just perfect.
What happened when you tried pairing your keyboards? Has any message popped up? What makes you think it was a 4.4kk problem?

Hello and thank you back,
What makes me think that this is just a software problem that the keyboard can apairer with my Galaxy Note N7000. S4 Gt-i9515 is not found. He found 2 times the MAC address of the keyboard but no more? By against the S4 is able to pair no problem with Gnote!
It's strange, I read that Samsung had to create a locking device some no name! When do you think?
Here is the link to the keyboard I buy:
http://cgi.ebay.fr/CLAVIER-BLUETOOT...PDAs_Etuis_housses_coques&hash=item27d93d0471

I also have the same question.
patchifredo said:
Hello,
I have S4 gt-i9515 Value edition and I wish past it rom custom. Think you that I can take a rom custom for Gt-i9505 ? And follow the procedures of installation of kernels and recovery of Gt-i9505 ?
Thank you
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I wonder if the ROM i9505, it may run on the GT-I9515 model S4, and also have the model (GT-I9515 S4) of the Claro: Bueno: operator peru, this selling from this month. thanks for the replies.

access root: successful
I have access to super user with a method that I look at different web pages, thanks to those little contributions I could make a little guide on a "X" forum.
I hope this great community "XDA-Developers" can help us with a custom recovery and then put putting on a custom rom.
Could someone please explain to me, that means the last line of this paragraph that is in the S4 GT-I9515.
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ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I915L
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEN STATUS: Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
eMMC BURST MODE enable
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Thank you all, I think it would help a lot of people, because this device is already being sold in Europe and in Latin America.

I9505 black mist vs I9515 black
Rune Walker said:
Galaxy S4 I9515 *stuck region locked Goodbye, Sammy
Android 4.4.2
Baseband I9515XXU1ANC1
Kernel 3.4.0-889460
Build KOTH49H.I9515XXU1ANC1
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Walker, what did you mean when you wrote this -- "Galaxy S4 I9515 *stuck region locked" sorry for stupid question, but i am new overthere.
One more question for everyone here. In first place i want to buy I9505 version, but only I9515 is not available at my city. Is any visual difference between I9505 black mist and I9515 black. I don't want to buy I9515 with silver back, but only black one if he is the same like I9505 black mist.
Thanks in advance for any helpful answer.
Alex

alex, there is no visual difference.
I had the i9500 and i9505 have a friend aora have the i9515 and the color black there is no visual difference.
good compared to this device GT-I9515 what was achieved:
-Access to ROOT
-Install Custom Recovery (Philz Touch activates the knox token).
-Install custom rom CM11 snapshot jflte M8, I install all ok but the only thing that did not work was tochs panel and if the physical lie buttons: D
-not stay other than reinstate the stock rom.
Thanks for any input you all have a good day.

yakroy said:
alex, there is no visual difference.
I had the i9500 and i9505 have a friend aora have the i9515 and the color black there is no visual difference.
good compared to this device GT-I9515 what was achieved:
-Access to ROOT
-Install Custom Recovery (Philz Touch activates the knox token).
-Install custom rom CM11 snapshot jflte M8, I install all ok but the only thing that did not work was tochs panel and if the physical lie buttons: D
-not stay other than reinstate the stock rom.
Thanks for any input you all have a good day.
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Hello
What new ?

yakroy said:
alex, there is no visual difference.
I had the i9500 and i9505 have a friend aora have the i9515 and the color black there is no visual difference.
good compared to this device GT-I9515 what was achieved:
-Access to ROOT
-Install Custom Recovery (Philz Touch activates the knox token).
-Install custom rom CM11 snapshot jflte M8, I install all ok but the only thing that did not work was tochs panel and if the physical lie buttons: D
-not stay other than reinstate the stock rom.
Thanks for any input you all have a good day.
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Is Philz Touch recovery fully working? Touch is working?

And Philz recovery without touch, but only physical buttons, fully working?

Newest losing a holder of S4 GT-I9515 is FAITH.
The Recovery, if it works but with physical buttons, but the fingerprints lie buttons do not work.
It seems that there is nothing new to our model, I really think that if the guys at XDA-DEVELOPERS are not interested in our team no one else may do, it's a shame: '(

I have another question, if recovery work, can I make backup or restore nandroid on stock Rom? Then, can I undervolt and overclock or change the governor with the kernel, still on stock rom?

Successfully rooted GT I9515 international
Successfully rooted GT I9515 (S4 value edition)!
Searched long and was ready for a huge project to go through but at the end tried towelroot, installed supersu pro, busybox pro on my own and it was successfully.

Twpr Recovery
Joku1981 said:
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition (GT-i9515) appeared in agencies involved in certification earlier this year, we thought it might be a more accurate version price cutting specifications of a phone today is in full force.
This week we learned that begins and sell in Europe, particularly in Holland and Italy. Incidentally, we learned what the meaning of the name "Value Edition" is exactly the same phone, but it comes with Android 4.4.2 KitKat factory with the latest version of the TouchWiz customization.
We should note that the current model - i9505 - officially upgradeable to the latest Android version. Like the rest, five-inch screen Full HD, 2GB RAM, Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, etc.. Some media have had on hand, say that the back is slightly different.
*EDIT: It comes with 4.4.2 bootloader. This means: Installing custom roms will activate KNOX:0x1 (void warranty in some countries) coz you will have to flash a custom recovery. This is the unique "problem".
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Is there any TWPR recovery available for this model. I really need that. Recovery for i9505 didnt work, its touch did not work. Sorry for bad English.

[Q] SPH-L720 converted to GT- I9500. How to do it?

Hi Guys,
Need your help! I am a new user have no idea about the posting stuff.
I wanted to buy S4 GT-I9500 but unknowingly bought S4 American Sprint variant SPH-L720 because I was scammed. I bought this phone because it was showing something Model Number, Software Version of GS4- 19500 in the phone's "About Device" section (PIC 1 & PIC 2 attached) but later when I tried to connect it to Kies it just did not work and this made me suspicious. I took the phone to technician and he flashed genuine firmware on it SPH-L720. I was shocked to see, after that my my device model number and firmware was changed in the "About Device". See current PIC 3 & PIC 4.
I want it back to the previous state of (19500) as shown in the PIC 1 and PIC 2. Please advise how to do it step-by-step.
I am in a huge depression. Please help me!

Keyani said:
Hi Guys,
Need your help! I am a new user have no idea about the posting stuff.
I wanted to buy S4 GT-I9500 but unknowingly bought S4 American Sprint variant SPH-L720 because I was scammed. I bought this phone because it was showing something Model Number, Software Version of GS4- 19500 in the phone's "About Device" section (PIC 1 & PIC 2 attached) but later when I tried to connect it to Kies it just did not work and this made me suspicious. I took the phone to technician and he flashed genuine firmware on it SPH-L720. I was shocked to see, after that my my device model number and firmware was changed in the "About Device". See current PIC 3 & PIC 4.
I want it back to the previous state of (19500) as shown in the PIC 1 and PIC 2. Please advise how to do it step-by-step.
I am in a huge depression. Please help me!
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damn the same thing happened with me yesterday bought a gt9500 which i think is sprint sphl720 but i am not confirmed as mtk droid tools shows baseband version as that of l720 i am hell confused please share how that technician figured it out ? i can flash l720 firmware but not sure about sim lock. did you unlock your phone after official firmware ? or it was unlocked. you have to root and build.prop and then you can edit model number. one more thing was your device pre rooted ?
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my about device page is same as yours even the kernel version

Sounds like you guys bought Sprint GS4s that were made to look like the i9500. This was done by flashing a i9500 rom which is possible. Looks like you guys were suckered. You can still use the phone on a GSM network but it will only connect to HSPA+ and not LTE.

daniel4653 said:
Sounds like you guys bought Sprint GS4s that were made to look like the i9500. This was done by flashing a i9500 rom which is possible. Looks like you guys were suckered. You can still use the phone on a GSM network but it will only connect to HSPA+ and not LTE.
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gsm is working fine but sprint works on lte bands that are not supported in my country so cant say where as its common here these phones are assembled in korea (refurbished) . contains motherboard of sphl720, rom is tweaked as the kernel is same as sph kitkat version may be the official sprint rom is tweaked or its an asian rom for gti9500 this is so hard to tell these manufacturers have even edited imei to 15 digit what a fool i was that i didnt notice that there isnt anything such as 15 digit imei . its not possible to tweak gti9500 rom for l720

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gsm is working fine but sprint works on lte bands that are not supported in my country so cant say where as its common here these phones are assembled in korea (refurbished) . contains motherboard of sphl720, rom is tweaked as the kernel is same as sph kitkat version may be the official sprint rom is tweaked or its an asian rom for gti9500 this is so hard to tell these manufacturers have even edited imei to 15 digit what a fool i was that i didnt notice that there isnt anything such as 15 digit imei . its not possible to tweak gti9500 rom for l720[/QUOTE
I have same problem
My software is I9500VPUEMJA and its chines rom
And model is GT-i9500 in settings
But hardware is L720.8 its sprint
And bootloader is L720VPUEMJA
I THINK it's sprint Mobil
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Your Phone Probablity Originated From China!! OBVIOUSLY!!
Sad to say mine is also a gt-i9500-ish sph-l720. i sent my friend to buy me an s4 and he came back and blurted how he got me a 4G s4 with gt-i9500, and since am really good at this topic I was dead sure they scammed this sucker, so i made sure it was the Sprint S4(apparently most of you has Sprint's). I even was amazed the length they went the info under the battery is for gt-i9500. All you have to do is go to download mode and it states the REAL model name and look at build number and mine was binbinkeji yours DONG something so you have american version of S4 which is kinda legit since you were able to get it to flash the original ROM and get it working, the downsides i found are me unable to use EDGE anymore since it forces you to use HSPA+ (discovered a fix but will get back after evaluating it) an don't detect SIM contacts. you can add a lot of bloatware to the list too. the network didn't re-lock on me, so i think you are safe even though don't know the state of your phone. If there is anything wrong with the 4G well you 'bought' a 3G phone. mine is lovely and all you might lose is 2000 antutu points. otherwise its a good old Samsung Galaxy S4. don't worry!!

FitseMan said:
Sad to say mine is also a gt-i9500-ish sph-l720. i sent my friend to buy me an s4 and he came back and blurted how he got me a 4G s4 with gt-i9500, and since am really good at this topic I was dead sure they scammed this sucker, so i made sure it was the Sprint S4(apparently most of you has Sprint's). I even was amazed the length they went the info under the battery is for gt-i9500. All you have to do is go to download mode and it states the REAL model name and look at build number and mine was binbinkeji yours DONG something so you have american version of S4 which is kinda legit since you were able to get it to flash the original ROM and get it working, the downsides i found are me unable to use EDGE anymore since it forces you to use HSPA+ (discovered a fix but will get back after evaluating it) an don't detect SIM contacts. you can add a lot of bloatware to the list too. the network didn't re-lock on me, so i think you are safe even though don't know the state of your phone. If there is anything wrong with the 4G well you 'bought' a 3G phone. mine is lovely and all you might lose is 2000 antutu points. otherwise its a good old Samsung Galaxy S4. don't worry!!
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you are right download mode shows the correct info and you can even see the boot up logo also shows samsung gt 9500
well i sold mine because i didnt want qualcom and now i have the the true 9500 with exynos

Confused for flashing Stock rom on my Samsung Galaxy S4 !! Help and Comment Plz
Hi ,
M Kunal , I purchased Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 4 Months Before . (I have its Box With Its IMEI Written WIth Model Number and also on Back SIde Of its Battery It states That It Is Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500) ).But When i put into download mode i saw model name with SPH-L720 ...Now ,M Confused For the phone that i have coz It is Samsung GT-I9500 and showing Model SPH-L720 .. I Was Not aware of any model of S4 Before This But When i searched this model on google i found same phone with same specifications by samsung sprint.. I showed my phone to the samsung care they told me that this phone have custom rom in it but i never flashed it before with any rom instead.. I checked its model in About Phone And It Shows SPH-L720 .. so Can i Flash Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 Stock Rom On this Issue To Show My Phone Model Name About Phone As GT-9500 And Not SPH-L720 coz all things and specifications of both Models Are Same ..

daniel4653 said:
Sounds like you guys bought Sprint GS4s that were made to look like the i9500. This was done by flashing a i9500 rom which is possible. Looks like you guys were suckered. You can still use the phone on a GSM network but it will only connect to HSPA+ and not LTE.
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Do you mean That On this Sprint GS4 Phone we can flash i9500 ROM to make it look like i9500 Phone ??

SugarSweetKunal said:
Do you mean That On this Sprint GS4 Phone we can flash i9500 ROM to make it look like i9500 Phone ??
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Yes because the build prop on the phone will show the model number as the international model. But at the end of the day the phone will be a SPH-L720
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920AZ

So can we flash a i9500 rom on a sprint s4? What if we're on lollipop?

NIFTYTAT411 said:
So can we flash a i9500 rom on a sprint s4? What if we're on lollipop?
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Flashing ROMs and mods for another device is probably the easiest way to hard brick your phone.
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Flashing ROMs and mods for another device is probably the easiest way to hard brick your phone.
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Is their a program I can use on the computer to port it to our phones? Would that be safer

NIFTYTAT411 said:
Is their a program I can use on the computer to port it to our phones? Would that be safer
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None that I know of. You would have to do it manually and add the mods to the apks for your device. This stuff is a lot of work, there isn't an easy way to do it.

bilgerryan said:
None that I know of. You would have to do it manually and add the mods to the apks for your device. This stuff is a lot of work, there isn't an easy way to do it.
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Okay thank you for the help, I'll look into it

same thing with my phone SPH-L720 on bootloader and i9500 in.setting > about > model number ( GT-I9500 ).. i tried to flash cyanogenmod 12.1 for SPH-L720 but it couldn't flash ..stuck during CMW processes ... and when i tried to boot it it stuck on samsung logo ...
i want to back to stock rom but i don't know which rom i should falsh L720 or I9500
please help

elguneid said:
same thing with my phone SPH-L720 on bootloader and i9500 in.setting > about > model number ( GT-I9500 ).. i tried to flash cyanogenmod 12.1 for SPH-L720 but it couldn't flash ..stuck during CMW processes ... and when i tried to boot it it stuck on samsung logo ...
i want to back to stock rom but i don't know which rom i should falsh L720 or I9500
please help
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Look under your battery. The model # there is the actual model number.

bilgerryan said:
Look under your battery. The model # there is the actual model number.
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under barrary it's GT-I9500 also , but on download mode it's SPH-L720 , i don't know what is that !!

elguneid said:
under barrary it's GT-I9500 also , but on download mode it's SPH-L720 , i don't know what is that !!
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That seems like they put the motherboard of an L720 into the GTI9500... or something like that. If you can, take it back to wherever you got it. Unless you flashed software for a different phone.

bilgerryan said:
That seems like they put the motherboard of an L720 into the GTI9500... or something like that. If you can, take it back to wherever you got it. Unless you flashed software for a different phone.
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i can't take it back ... so i'm asking for solution to this issue
i can't use it now ... stuck in samsung logo

[q] please help to identify sm-n910u fake or not ??

Hi All ,
Me and my wife just bought 2 brand new and never opened box from a 2 different company , my wife unit is an SM-N910H WHITE and mine is N910U BLACK , that which i bought it 1 week later then her ( I just prefer to buy a 4G LTE version , so i bought it from other company and both company is on Cyprus) , so after when i first open the box and start the inspecting the unit (SM-N910U) my note 4 feels me a fake Note4 like , and i am still suspecting that my Note 4 is not genuie (please see the pictures that i attached ,that why it makes to feel me like that), but however the phone INFO samsung says that it is original, and also my ANTUTU score is about 51300 , and please note that my s-pen is working with buttons and pointer, but i am not sure about that , so , please SM-N910U users help me to identify that my unit is original or Fake (please check my all the pictures that i have attached , see my box type , see the battery and back side of the phone and plese verify that , yours SM-N910U are just same or not , i have also searched and checked the google images and youtube videos for trying to found same box info or back side for only SM-N910U series but found out nothing ) and beside i have a few general questions about SM-N910U series as well at the following
1) when i first run my SM-N910U to set up it , it starts with chinese language and a chinese keyboard by default , so , i had switched the language and keyboard to english as well, but the keyboard is there in chinese by default and i am unable to un-tick or remove it (because i never use chinese and it is affecting my sms , handwriting , and s-voice usage style ) , is there any way to remove the chinise language support or keyboard with or without rooting ?? with stock rom as well ?? or if i just flash an other country coded firmware (not hong Kong)with the other modem firmware for the SM-N910U series from sammobile , can it be an international english version with 4G support or not ?? is it possible ??
2) on a some of other forums that i am just checking instractions for rooting my SM-N910U, i have read that, the chinese SM-N910U models (which is i thought mine it is ) is not capable with 4G/LTE and it is not fully compatible with 4G/LTE but, my band shows that and selected that "LTE/WCDMA/GSM(auto connect)" is it True or not ??
3) I just rooted my SM-N910U and i think i void my warranty (KNOX 0X1) , is there a way to reset this counter to 0x0 ?? or if i just fully uninstall root from Super su on menu -settings , my SM-N910U counter will be again to 0x0 or not ??
PLEASE NOTE THAT: I DONT THINK TO USE THE SWEET ROM FOR NOW , AND WILL CONTINUE AS STOCK A FEW WHILE
THANKS FOR YOUR HELPS
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IMO. It is real note 4.

Go back to factory and try to do update. If it's real the phone will update.

its real.
1. no you need to flash a NZ ROM to get rid of chinese input. you cannot flash anything other than a 910u rom.
2. yes 910u supports LTE on some bands.
3. no you cannot reset warranty counter and you have destroyed knox security on the device permanently.

Amethystx said:
IMO. It is real note 4.
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Thanks for your answer , but how you verified ?? and why the box info and back side sticker is different then the other ??
shollywood said:
Go back to factory and try to do update. If it's real the phone will update.
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Thanks for your answer , but when i used the unit the first 10 day without a root access , system was made it self 3 times software update
zurkx said:
its real.
Thanks for your answer , but how you verified ?? and why the box info and back side sticker is different then the other ??
1. no you need to flash a NZ ROM to get rid of chinese input. you cannot flash anything other than a 910u rom.
Thanks for your best answer can i also use the NZ modem firmware with the ROM as well ? , or i should not change the modem firm ??
2. yes 910u supports LTE on some bands.
3. no you cannot reset warranty counter and you have destroyed knox security on the device permanently.
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so i heared an program some about called that "triangle" or something like that to reset the counter , so doese'nt it applicable ??

IMO. fake note 4 usually contain 720p HD display. The real contain Quad HD.
The different in this case is easily noticeable, especially somebody with real Quad HD display side by side.
Then if you doesn't state about it screen. I think it is positively sign.

I just checked my U and it looks the same as yours. Mine is real, so I think your safe. Time to relax.

no triangleaway cant reset it. mine is the same as yours and its real.
you cannot reset knox counter without buying a new phone.

Dear all friends , I want to say thank you for all (each by each ) that who just helped me about my questions and validate that my SM-N910U h.k version as a GENUINE and now i also agreed and make sure that this model (SM-N910U h.k ) is also an original Note 4 so, the case is closed for me , Those users that who have just the exactly same series of Note 4 , and who they could not find any info or pictures for verify it ,and also whose them is not sure that SM-N910U h.k is orjinal or not (like me ) can check the comments whose helped me and the pictures that i attached , so if all same with yours now you can make sure that its GENUINE SM-N910U h.k , lol i also verify that , and finally if the moderator wish to lock the thread he/She can lock it and can change Thread name as SOLVED thanks for all again

also one more last question to zurkx about flash a NZ ROM , even i asked it about my #5 post but i think Zurkx did not saw it ( thats my mistake sorry ) , i had asked that if can i also use the NZ modem firmware with the ROM as well ? , or i should not change the modem firm ??

Just connect to pc and open Kies if it reckons it then it's real. Easiest way

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no triangleaway cant reset it. mine is the same as yours and its real.
you cannot reset knox counter without buying a new phone.
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also one more last question to zurkx about flash a NZ ROM , even i asked it about my #5 post but i think Zurkx did not saw it ( thats my mistake sorry ) , i had asked that if can i also use the NZ modem firmware with the ROM as well ? , or i should not change the modem firm ??

yes the modem is the same on all the same models of the phone. so a 910U should have an intel modem (check it before flashing) which should be the same as the NZ intel LTE modem.

Well mine says camera 15.9 MP
So i went to some pages and found the same thing in all original note 4 but in those note 4 fake it says 12 MP.

Device you have made in china but you're using turkish sim card but you said you buy devices from cyprus.
Another thing is I read this same post weeks ago with diferent names

1980aksoy said:
Device you have made in china but you're using turkish sim card but you said you buy devices from cyprus.
Another thing is I read this same post weeks ago with diferent names
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Dear 1980Aksoy , Due to your Nick name, I am guessing that , you are an Turkish Member as well like me but i did not excatly understand that what you mean , but i am assumming that you are from Turkey , and i am from Cyprus , and Cyprus is not belong only to greek cypriots , so i am a turkish cypriot member, so thats why i am using Turkish Sim Card and the operator name is KKTCELL (it is an GSM operator partner of TURKCELL which is at TURKEY) , anyway if you read my #1 post you will understand why i prefered the SM-N910U model , but before i had an SM-N910H that which is the back side product label of the unit was different with the U model (as shown at the pictures) , so i know that the U model was an HK product , but i did not expected a different information label and a simple label (that feels not genuie) like , made by samsung with some chinese letters before i just unbox the unit after i just bought .
However the marketter are here too canny that they sell SM-910H (as an 3G variant) about 1800 TL , and they sell SM-910F (as an 4G variant) about 2300 TL , but even i dont prefer to buy an 4G or LTE version before because of the quad core (snapdragon variant) but after i search some info at google and forums , i found that some of eight cores (Exynos variants) variant work as an LTE as well (like SM-N910U, SM-N910C or SM-N910CQ (which is currently wide on Turkey) , and unfortunately it is hard to find SM-N910U and SM-N910C or SM-N910CQ units on Cyprus , and when i found 1 unit (SM-N910U) i bought it as an 3g price at 1800 TL from the seller ( because some of belives that all the Exynos variant does not support LTE) but this supports , so if the seller was made sure that this SM-N910U unit supports LTE , she would try to sell it to me as 2300 TL as an 4G unit

Samsunggalaxynoteuser said:
Hi All ,
Me and my wife just bought 2 brand new and never opened box from a 2 different company , my wife unit is an SM-N910H WHITE and mine is N910U BLACK , that which i bought it 1 week later then her ( I just prefer to buy a 4G LTE version , so i bought it from other company and both company is on Cyprus) , so after when i first open the box and start the inspecting the unit (SM-N910U) my note 4 feels me a fake Note4 like , and i am still suspecting that my Note 4 is not genuie (please see the pictures that i attached ,that why it makes to feel me like that), but however the phone INFO samsung says that it is original, and also my ANTUTU score is about 51300 , and please note that my s-pen is working with buttons and pointer, but i am not sure about that , so , please SM-N910U users help me to identify that my unit is original or Fake (please check my all the pictures that i have attached , see my box type , see the battery and back side of the phone and plese verify that , yours SM-N910U are just same or not , i have also searched and checked the google images and youtube videos for trying to found same box info or back side for only SM-N910U series but found out nothing ) and beside i have a few general questions about SM-N910U series as well at the following
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From what I can tell the main board is real because you have gotten OTA updates plus all the graphics look right. But I think the housing is a cheap aftermarket (look at the overspray of the black paint around the back edges), so it could possibly be a factory refurb. To answer your question about the N910F/N910U marking, since the base madel if N910F you will see the "F" even on "U" units, perfectly normal.
Sleep well!

What model do I have?

Hello everyone,
When I bout my phone, I know for a fact that my model number was I9000. I noticed that now, after flashing a rom , it is written in my settings the my model number is I9500. so , is my phone considered i9500 and I should now flash roms that fit for I9500?
And one more question - I downloaded GT-I9500-CWM-6.0.4.7.rar file from one comment from this forum. is it save to flash and should I do factory reset and cache wipe before flashing it?

shachar911 said:
Hello everyone,
When I bout my phone, I know for a fact that my model number was I9000. I noticed that now, after flashing a rom , it is written in my settings the my model number is I9500. so , is my phone considered i9500 and I should now flash roms that fit for I9500?
And one more question - I downloaded GT-I9500-CWM-6.0.4.7.rar file from one comment from this forum. is it save to flash and should I do factory reset and cache wipe before flashing it?
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Your phone doesn't change hardware after flashing a rom. The only way you know what phone you have is by looking what's written in download mode. The rest can be altered.

Was I9000 not the S1?
Boot into download mode (vol down + power button) and see what it says that your model is.

Thanks guys, in download mode it says It's 9500 so I gusse it's 9500 now. I know it doesn't make sense but I'm sure it was I9000 before.

shachar911 said:
Thanks guys, in download mode it says It's 9500 so I gusse it's 9500 now. I know it doesn't make sense but I'm sure it was I9000 before.
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No that's impossible. If download mode says it's an i9500 then it always has been a i9500.

shachar911 said:
Thanks guys, in download mode it says It's 9500 so I gusse it's 9500 now. I know it doesn't make sense but I'm sure it was I9000 before.
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I9000 is the original Samsung Galaxy S.
Unless you bought a Galaxy S, then there no way it was I9000.
Besides, you could make the phone model show even as an iPhone. The phone model display can be edited easily with root. Download mode is the only one that will tell you the true model.

From the hospital: SIM not working. Also, it it really i9500?

Hi
Background: I am usually very thorough when buying a new phone. This time I Wasn't well for many days and in the hospital. Urgently needed a new phone and ordered 1 online from a used shop. I specially wanted i9500.. no other variant..
I got one, it said i9500 on the back cover (echted in the plastics and well as the paper... which said made in india.. also the paper/sticker wasn't samsung quality but maybe since it was used, and indian made, i thought ok..
Now I inserted my sim and turned it on... Some chinese s***t! then samsung logo then the TouchWiz.. But there were many chinese apps as well. AND IT DID NOT DETECT MY SIM. Settings say its an i9500.. it felt like a samsung but something was off... In camera, as soon as I took a pic, phone got shut off! Had to take out battery... (btw, it says android 4.42 and when I go to Update.. .Samsung says it cant as device has been modified)
reformatted phone... more chinese sh*t, then Android loads up and there is no play store!
So I downoad a Darky ROM for i9500 and try flashing.. viola!! success.. Android 5.0.1
It said Sim not registered... then that message dissappears and now it shows me FULL SIGNALS but when I try to dial anything, it says Not registered on network! - WHen I went to settings... in device it is now saying:SM-903F (is that a ROM thing or is that the real phone model I have..?)
Can someone please help me.. the phone is very important here in my hosp.. cant type/read a lot of my laptop, it is very energy comsuming
Regards
P.S My location is Pakistan

See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.

The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.
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Download mode says GT-I9500CHN
hmm
audit13 said:
The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.
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Yes bro, I can see the IMEI..
I tried flashing another ROM (TouchWiz) - Still sim is not recognized (but signal bars goes to full.. even if I take out the SIM.. guess thats a ROM issue)
Anyways, still stuck.. Which modem should I try flashing... :|

I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.

audit13 said:
I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.
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The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500

krasCGQ said:
The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500
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What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution

hdaackda said:
What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution
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Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them

DeepankarS said:
Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them
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I hate chinese like u do... but this is not cheap
and it is actually a REAL Samsung Galaxy
problem is its GT-i9500CHN - aargghhhhhh - pain doubling... due to me being in hospital. cant go outside to kill someone

If you flashed custom ROMs and them boot, it's not a clone. I9500 performs an Exynos CPU, Chinese clones a Mediatek one, so just for this ROMs couldn't even boot.
All you can do is try to flash a stock firmware from SamMobile, an I9500 firmware coming from China, and see what happens.
By the way, I think this guy bought a Chinese (Genuine) I9500, then rooted it for install Google Apps, that would probably be the reason of the GApps disappearing after formatting (as far as I know, Chinese phones have a backup partition where an emergency copy of the stock firmware is located, I don't know if Samsung does this as well).
For the SIM problem, it's probably simlock, and it probably works only with a determined Chinese operator (or, again, it probably doesn't supports Pakistan's signal bands).
All you can do is check your IMEI on some dedicated site and see if it's simlock, then if it's not, check if the bands that your phone supports are compatible with Pakistan ones.
Sorry for my bad english.
Nexus⁴ on Tapatalk.

Again, China's bands are TD-SCDMA, not WCDMA as we use mostly over the world.
Sent from my GT-I9500

in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??

hdaackda said:
in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??
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Once again, GT-I9500CHN is just from the bootloader. Installing any GT-I9500 firmware should work.
Sent from my GT-I9500