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[Q] How to: Official Update to XXUBMEA?

Hi folks, I wanna update my device to I9505XXUBMEA (for App-to-SD), but don't know how to exactly. I want to do it in the most legal way, without erasing anything (Apps, Data, Settings etc.) on my S4.. So can someone tell & show me the best way how to do this please?
Btw I'm from the Netherlands and got my phone here, so I don't know if I can use or need the Stock Firmware and/or Kernel File from Germany's XXUBMEA update and if it's compatible without bricking my phone or losing data, because I havn't seen any I9505XXUBMEA update for my country yet..
Thank you in advance.

_Android_Freak_ said:
Hi folks, I wanna update my device to I9505XXUBMEA (for App-to-SD), but don't know how to exactly. I want to do it in the most legal way, without erasing anything (Apps, Data, Settings etc.) on my S4.. So can someone tell & show me the best way how to do this please?
Btw I'm from the Netherlands and got my phone here, so I don't know if I can use or need the Stock Firmware and/or Kernel File from Germany's XXUBMEA update and if it's compatible without bricking my phone or losing data, because I havn't seen any I9505XXUBMEA update for my country yet..
Thank you in advance.
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Download the rom from the topic and use odin to flash it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252855
German firmware will work, used the german one and the poland one on my S3 (and i live in the Netherlands too)

MichelN said:
Download the rom from this site and use odin to flash it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252855
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There isn't any I9505 XXUBMEA Update for the Netherlands available in there.. I've checked that thread already =(

_Android_Freak_ said:
There isn't any I9505 XXUBMEA Update for the Netherlands available in there.. I've checked that thread already =(
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Why not use the latest firmware ? I9505XXUBMF8

MichelN said:
Why not use the latest firmware ? I9505XXUBMF8
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Does it support App to SD-Card movement and will my data not be deleted?

_Android_Freak_ said:
Does it support App to SD-Card movement and will my data not be deleted?
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1. Yes
2. Yes

MichelN said:
1. Yes
2. No
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So.. each (Official) Firmware which I install on my S4 will delete all data on my phone?

_Android_Freak_ said:
So.. each (Official) Firmware which I install on my S4 will delete all data on my phone?
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No, nothing will be deleted unless you do a factory reset.
BTW: I misread your post haha, thought you said ''will it delete my data''.

MichelN said:
No, nothing will be deleted unless you do a factory reset.
BTW: I misread your post haha, thought you said ''will it delete my data''.
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Ohh thank God.. i seriously was doubting now to continue any further, since I would've to Re-apply all setting and download all Apps and Data once again.. :good:
Now, I dont know what the Kernel is used for.. but do I need to get that also? After I have the 1.6 GB sized Stock Firmware (aka ROM right?), I can start installing?
I'm downloading I9505XXUBMF8 (first one on the list, most recent one) than from the Official Rom Collection (Thread).
I've got myself Odin also (File name: AndroidJinn.Com.Odin307, Size: 1,15 MB) like you said. (Please confirm if its the right one)
If it's not to much asked, could you write within a few sentences, the steps on how to get trough the installation and what I need to do before starting, like: do I need to backup anything or does my phone have to be USB plugged to my pc the whole time etc.?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
sent from my Galaxy

Will flashing an official firmware via odin with another CSC void the warranty or not??

Well.. can someone at least tell me how I can check if my phone is factory unlocked and if I need the Kernel file also or not please.. ty.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium

talal_zaki said:
Will flashing an official firmware via odin with another CSC void the warranty or not??
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It depends on the service center. Some dont look to csc if it is stock. And some look. Any way you can flash your original firmware back.
_Android_Freak_ said:
Well.. can someone at least tell me how I can check if my phone is factory unlocked and if I need the Kernel file also or not please.. ty.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium
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If it can accept another sim so it is unbranded firmware.
Any way, you can flash any stock for your I9505. Kernel is included in the firmware, no need tp flash it seperately
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda app-developers app

Another question: I have USB debugging turned on, but do I also need to select/apoint a App to it or not? May look like a newbish question, but I want to do everything correctly, w/o damaging my phone.. if you get me.
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_Android_Freak_ said:
Another question: I have USB debugging turned on, but do I also need to select/apoint a App to it or not? May look like a newbish question, but I want to do everything correctly, w/o damaging my phone.. if you get me.
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No need to enable usb debugging when flashing with odin
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Can someone tell me why again XXUBMF8 is better than XXUBMEA?
I mean what are the differences compared to one another,
the only thing I know is that they both support App-2-Sd.
Which is actually ofcourse the most important thing to know,
but what other <better improved> features does the XXUBMF8 (DBT) have than XXUBMEA (DBT)?
And how are overall user experiences with both versions?

Noot Booting

I tried to update via odin 3.07 got the attached images error.
after that when i restart the phone shows the error.please help me to fix this, even now it's not booting on recovery mood.Please someone help me.

Do you have kies installed??

ROMANTiC KiD said:
Do you have kies installed??
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yes i have please tell me how to fix.

sumonfd said:
I tried to update via odin 3.07 got the attached images error.
after that when i restart the phone shows the error.please help me to fix this, even now it's not booting on recovery mood.Please someone help me.
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When you ran Odin did you 'run as administrator'?
Also re-download the file you were trying to flash and check the MD5sum. Then try again

Your using the wrong file ....you need mdc or mf9 file....and your using mga wich is not for the sprint version

Yeah didnt caught that damn. You could totally brick your phone with that file.
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LIL_ROOKIE said:
Your using the wrong file ....you need mdc or mf9 file....and your using mga wich is not for the sprint version
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Paperweight time...

Not really! Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258107 , pick your flavor and use Odin V3 1.85, run as admin. It may take 2 tries, but will be back to stock.

Sezmar said:
Not really! Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258107 , pick your flavor and use Odin V3 1.85, run as admin. It may take 2 tries, but will be back to stock.
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My phone model is S4 I9505

sumonfd said:
My phone model is S4 I9505
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Where you able to get it to work?
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sumonfd said:
My phone model is S4 I9505
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So to confirm, you're NOT using a Sprint SPH-L720 but instead an international I9505, correct?
And are you using the most current version of the stock tar or same that you last had on there?

garwynn said:
So to confirm, you're NOT using a Sprint SPH-L720 but instead an international I9505, correct?
And are you using the most current version of the stock tar or same that you last had on there?
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Updated stock rom, but now the problem is IMEI & Baseband is unknown.

Samsung Galaxy S4 i-9505 into Google Edition with OTA

Hi mates,
There's any way to turn my stock Samsung Galaxy S4 into Google Edition with OTA updates?
Thanks in advance

pancherre said:
Hi mates,
There's any way to turn my stock Samsung Galaxy S4 into Google Edition with OTA updates?
Thanks in advance
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No with OTA. STOCK OTA will give u updates for the STOCK ROM

Joku1981 said:
No with OTA. STOCK OTA will give u updates for the STOCK ROM
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And i suppose stock rom cannot be installed, right?

Not possible

jonndwest said:
Not possible
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R u sure?

Yes we are sure. .The Google edition has different partition and no you can't just repartition your s4 ... You'll Brick it just as quick. ... But if you don't belive us then go ahead and flash stock gpe rom onto your phone and see what happens...
It has been done by others that's why we tell people not to do it. ... It's not the same
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frnkly said:
Yes we are sure. .The Google edition has different partition and no you can't just repartition your s4 ... You'll Brick it just as quick. ... But if you don't belive us then go ahead and flash stock gpe rom onto your phone and see what happens...
It has been done by others that's why we tell people not to do it. ... It's not the same
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Thank you so much, my friend

I was searching for that also thanks for the info though.

Downgrade to 4.2.2

I'm in 4.4.2. Is it possible downgrade to 4.2.2 without box?

Rotondo said:
I'm in 4.4.2. Is it possible downgrade to 4.2.2 without box?
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Hi,
It depends in what bootloader you have , Odin will not allow you to downgrade to a lower bootloader that the one you have ( stock rom)

MAX 404 said:
Hi,
It depends in what bootloader you have , Odin will not allow you to downgrade to a lower bootloader that the one you have ( stock rom)
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i tried flash 4.2.2 with odin but i can't :\

You can't downgrade sorry
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Rotondo said:
i tried flash 4.2.2 with odin but i can't :\
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That is because you have a newer bootloader......nothing you can do about it , sorry mate

just curious, when it's said that you can't downgrade the bootloader...presumably it means when downgrading to a lower version of android? because i tested the latest ngf1 firmware and updated bootloader and have since returned to fnb8 and phone info is now showing fnb8 bootloader again.

I wonder how each day has someone to open a new thread and ask this question
Discussed a thousand times, and most illiterate person knows that this is impossible, but there are still people who have not understood
xda has its own search

Rotondo said:
I'm in 4.4.2. Is it possible downgrade to 4.2.2 without box?
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For : GT-I9500
Yes it is possible/
Just Download this firmware and flash it via odin: I9500XXUBMH1_I9500OJVBMH2_I9500XXUBMG9_HOME.tar.md5
http://d-h.st/4bG
I tested it myself and worked fine.

judging by http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/imei-null-t2806504
he has i9505
and so I wrote the previous post

alforati said:
For : GT-I9500
Yes it is possible/
Just Download this firmware and flash it via odin: I9500XXUBMH1_I9500OJVBMH2_I9500XXUBMG9_HOME.tar.md5
http://d-h.st/4bG
I tested it myself and worked fine.
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pda4g said:
judging by http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/imei-null-t2806504
he has i9505
and so I wrote the previous post
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I have a I9500 and as far as i know is not possible to downgrade the bootloader.

pda4g said:
xda has its own search
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to be fair, the search feature is pretty lousy :\
number of times i've wanted to find something on xda, use the forums' search function and it basically displays EVERY thread in the forum. It doesn't do a great job of actually narrowing down what you're looking for. But what I tend to do now is just use google and type XDA at the beginning of my search. e.g. these are the result for "philz recovery" in the search feature http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=288653448
now do the same in google https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=BsS6U8CcJ67Y8gfQjYDoBQ&gws_rd=ssl#q=xda+philz+recovery+9505
it's the first result and takes you right to the thread.
the forum search leaves a lot to be desired, so I kinda get why people struggle finding thing on here :s

Dear!
This is a screenshot from my i9500 after downgrading from 4.4.2 to 4.2.2 then i flashed this firmware

alforati said:
Dear!
This is a screenshot from my i9500 after downgrading from 4.4.2 to 4.2.2 then i flashed this firmware
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Hi ,
Knox is trip so i guess you do not flash the "knox free bootloader" from 4.2.2 so in practice you only flash a modify stock rom......

You can remove KNOX with the removal script.

help S5 Verizon converted to G900F ( How it is possible )

Hi, as I know if the cell phone firmware changes, it will probably brick. But recently I bought S5 version from a local guy which having firmware of g900f.
Q. It is possible ? Should I move to g900f threads ?
I m uploading screenshots, if someone understand n tell me I will be very pleased.

[email protected] said:
Hi, as I know if the cell phone firmware changes, it will probably brick. But recently I bought S5 version from a local guy which having firmware of g900f.
Q. It is possible ? Should I move to g900f threads ?
I m uploading screenshots, if someone understand n tell me I will be very pleased.
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Curious - can you give me the output of "cat /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/cid" from Terminal Emulator?
Also - try flashing this in Odin.

I dont why it was not working but I tried via efs and this is I have 150xxxxxxxxcccccc510xxx

[email protected] said:
Hi, as I know if the cell phone firmware changes, it will probably brick. But recently I bought S5 version from a local guy which having firmware of g900f.
Q. It is possible ? Should I move to g900f threads ?
I m uploading screenshots, if someone understand n tell me I will be very pleased.
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I'm currently using CM13 and then installed boeffla kernel. After the install mine changed to 900f. I just installed the freshest nightly and kept the stock kernel. Mine now reads 900v.

Aceshootn said:
I'm currently using CM13 and then installed boeffla kernel. After the install mine changed to 900f. I just installed the freshest nightly and kept the stock kernel. Mine now reads 900v.
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What do you mean I didnt understand completely?
Especially the part about installing kernel, what does it have to do with changing firmware and changing csc ?
Have a look I have two options.

[email protected] said:
I dont why it was not working but I tried via efs and this is I have 15xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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BY THE WAY, I meant PM it to me. You don't want this public!

Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
BY THE WAY, I meant PM it to me. You don't want this public!
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So what did u understand?
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA-Developers mobile app

[email protected] said:
So what did u understand?
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I was trying to see whether you had a Samsung or Toshiba eMMC. I believe (I may be wrong) that only Verizon variants had the Toshiba eMMC.

Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
I was trying to see whether you had a Samsung or Toshiba eMMC. I believe (I may be wrong) that only Verizon variants had the Toshiba eMMC.
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I need to know about what I have asked in my thread, I will be very pleased.
Second can I flash firmware of g900f to 900v ?
I dont think so it so simple, may be i need to extract the boot.img n etc files and then i can flash ?
So a little help needed.
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA-Developers mobile app

[email protected] said:
I need to know about what I have asked in my thread, I will be very pleased.
Second can I flash firmware of g900f to 900v ?
I dont think so it so simple, may be i need to extract the boot.img n etc files and then i can flash ?
So a little help needed.
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA-Developers mobile app
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there are 2 possibilities about flashing g900f firmware on your g900v:
1) it will refuse to flash
2) you will hardbrick
as I said earlier, please flash this to check whether your bootloader is locked or unlocked.

Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
there are 2 possibilities about flashing g900f firmware on your g900v:
1) it will refuse to flash
2) you will hardbrick
as I said earlier, please flash this to check whether your bootloader is locked or unlocked.
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I dont have dev device thts for sure coz I studied Note 3 verizon, coz i owned note 3 before, if I have a unlocked bootloader or whateva u say then it wud have been written on my downloade mode dev edition ?
And secondly if I install this recovery then what are chances ? I will stuck in the recovery, then I have to redo n start from the scratch? And what I have right now firmware showing g900f on my 900v it will be gone ?
Sorry for asking too many questions.
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA-Developers mobile app

[email protected] said:
I dont have dev device thts for sure coz I studied Note 3 verizon, coz i owned note 3 before, if I have a unlocked bootloader or whateva u say then it wud have been written on my downloade mode dev edition ?
And secondly if I install this recovery then what are chances ? I will stuck in the recovery, then I have to redo n start from the scratch? And what I have right now firmware showing g900f on my 900v it will be gone ?
Sorry for asking too many questions.
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA-Developers mobile app
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The G900F has an unlocked bootloader - the G900V does not. If it does flash, you can root if you want. If it doesn't flash - all your stuff will still be there.
By the way - there is no such thing as too many questions

Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
The G900F has an unlocked bootloader - the G900V does not. If it does flash, you can root if you want. If it doesn't flash - all your stuff will still be there.
By the way - there is no such thing as too many questions
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Check this lol,
May be I m not getting or u r not getting what I m trying to saying and has been asking.
Note : I m rooted already, I bought this cell phone locally, I dont know exactly the guy whom I bought the cell phone or some other guy port this. When i go download mode it shows 900v not 900f.
More u can check I m uploading the pics
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[email protected] said:
Check this lol,
May be I m not getting or u r not getting what I m trying to saying and has been asking.
Note : I m rooted already, I bought this cell phone locally, I dont know exactly the guy whom I bought the cell phone or some other guy port this. When i go download mode it shows 900v not 900f.
More u can check I m uploading the pics
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA-Developers mobile app
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This is VERY weird. Flashing PB1 should get rid of it... any bad side effects?

Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
This is VERY weird. Flashing PB1 should get rid of it... any bad side effects?
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Battery drainage so far, flashing pb1 ? And get rid of what ?
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA-Developers mobile app

[email protected] said:
Battery drainage so far, flashing pb1 ? And get rid of what ?
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I meant that should get rid of the G900F files.
If there are any adverse effects, flash PB1 using odin. Do you know how to (if you want to?)

Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
I meant that should get rid of the G900F files.
If there are any adverse effects, flash PB1 using odin. Do you know how to (if you want to?)
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Yes I can, but the thing is that I want to keep it, coz it give me lte signals, on the other hand Verizon doesnt give me lte. Thts what happened on my note 3 Verizon, thts why I changed my device which I loved so much.
But here I m plus one coz I can unlock the bootloader and install any rom but not sure those rom supports the bandwith of my lte sim.
Any advice ? Also uploading the network mode selection.
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[email protected] said:
Yes I can, but the thing is that I want to keep it, coz it give me lte signals, on the other hand Verizon doesnt give me lte. Thts what happened on my note 3 Verizon, thts why I changed my device which I loved so much.
But here I m plus one coz I can unlock the bootloader and install any rom but not sure those rom supports the bandwith of my lte sim.
Any advice ?
Sent from my SM-G900F using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Now I understand the situation.
I would NOT attempt to unlock the bootloader, just use FlashFire, unless you want AOSP. Try flashing a G900F rom on yours. I don't see why it would not work

Nandr0idC0nsumer said:
Now I understand the situation.
I would NOT attempt to unlock the bootloader, just use FlashFire, unless you want AOSP. Try flashing a G900F rom on yours. I don't see why it would not work
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Check the screenshot which I edit and uploaded
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Which rom of g900f ?
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