I've looked all over the forums, but didn't find a section dedicated to the Galaxy S4 Active.
Therefore, my question sounds like this: Considering that the only major (known to me) difference from S4 I9505 to the S4 Active is the case, are S4 I9505 ROMs compatible on the S4 Active?
From looking on GSMarena, I see that the S4 Active is using the same chipset as the S4 I9505. Are there any major differences I should be aware of? Has anybody tried to install an I9505 ROM on an S4 Active and managed to do so successfully?
The camera is different in Active
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As Obagleyfreer already noted the camera is a different model which needs a different set of drivers. Also the display isn't the same - its LCD and not AMOLED. I like the LCD way more than the AMOLED but the changes make it impossible to use an i9095 rom straight away. You have to change a few parts of the system before you can use it.
In my opinion Samsung did a very stupid thing releasing that many different S4 devices in such a short time and without announcing them at the same time. Who buys a S4 active when he's bought an S4 two months before... I sincerly hope that the S4 active will gather a larger attention in the future (hopefully with the international release) because until now I couldn't find much discussion about it. I'm glad at least root was achieved
Hi,
as a proud owner of the S4 Active I was wondering why there's less attention spent on the device.
Just found the guide how to root. Seems like it's not working yet for EU devices
Regards
basediver
basediver, have a look at this thread, I successfully rooted my EU (i9295) S4A and also restored stock recovery.
VolkS7X said:
I've looked all over the forums, but didn't find a section dedicated to the Galaxy S4 Active.
Therefore, my question sounds like this: Considering that the only major (known to me) difference from S4 I9505 to the S4 Active is the case, are S4 I9505 ROMs compatible on the S4 Active?
From looking on GSMarena, I see that the S4 Active is using the same chipset as the S4 I9505. Are there any major differences I should be aware of? Has anybody tried to install an I9505 ROM on an S4 Active and managed to do so successfully?
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Yes they are very similar, but the s4 active has a completely different display and display driver. Which means it needs to have a different kernel.
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Has anyone tried to load cyanogenmod onto the new AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (SGH-I537)?
As far as I know, the only hardware differences between the S4 and the S4 Active are a slight dimensional difference, the camera downgraded from 13 MP to 8 MP, and the screen downgraded from Super AMOLED to TFT LCD. My assumption is that a build that works for the S4 should work for the S4 Active, but I figured I'd ask the question before possibly bricking my phone.
Also if an administrator happens across this, is there a plan to make a separate forum area for the S4 Active?
That's a custom Rom right? If so you can't, there is no way to add custom recovery to Active right now due to locked boot loader...
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crazydeyo said:
Has anyone tried to load cyanogenmod onto the new AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (SGH-I537)?
As far as I know, the only hardware differences between the S4 and the S4 Active are a slight dimensional difference, the camera downgraded from 13 MP to 8 MP, and the screen downgraded from Super AMOLED to TFT LCD. My assumption is that a build that works for the S4 should work for the S4 Active, but I figured I'd ask the question before possibly bricking my phone.
Also if an administrator happens across this, is there a plan to make a separate forum area for the S4 Active?
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Even if u had custom recovery u can't use any ROM for the s4 on the s4 active the display driver r completely different as r many other things they r two completely. Different phones even if it did boot u wouldn't see anything from the simple fact no display drivers
I would doubt a lot of the device tree is diff as well like sound and stuff I haven't seen a teardown yet to see what's actually inside but no don't flash anything that doesn't say i537 s4 active ( when u guys get custom recovery )
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I agree but now with have safestrap I it gets tweaked to work.
I NEED CM. Has anybody been able to find a build for this device?
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I NEED CM. Has anybody been able to find a build for this device?
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I'm also looking for CM for my GS4 Active.
guruleenyc said:
I'm also looking for CM for my GS4 Active.
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I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. I've checked the threads here everyday waiting for a bootloader hack, or a version of Safestrap that would work on 4.3, but it seems this variant is getting no love from devs. Maybe if they can get a hack for the At&t Note III, it could be applied to the Active.
I know that S4 has a lot of capabilities over my old phone so it's not really a question of whether it's worth it or not.
I have another question regarding its reliability (well, sort of). I'm kind of a ROM freak and I will probably install a lot of ROMs until I decide to hold on to one.
The S2 had (at some point) some issues and it could have been hard bricked through firmware updates. Does the i9505 suffer from the same problems? Can I hard brick it (irremediably) through firmware or kernel update (I'm asking in general)?
Thanks.
Of course.The s4 is a lot worse than say the s2, what with knox/fuses and separate partitions etc.
theunderling said:
Of course.The s4 is a lot worse than say the s2, what with knox/fuses and separate partitions etc.
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I see. Well, I suppose the most common variant is the i9505 (I can see it has the most topics in the specific development forums), so that's the one I'm inquiring for.
You can wait a couple of days and read what problems people have with wifi and sound.
Also read about knox and what it can do to future warranty claim.
Hi everybody!
I have had an i9505 for a couple weeks in june before returning it because the screen was terrible (there were faint colored lines when displaying plain grey). One month after the order, the store handed me a different model because their provider was out of stock : an i9515.
The seller assured me that it was the same with kitkat preinstalled. Judgeing from the characteristics printed on the box it looks so, but I noted a couple differences :
- Antutu detects it as a Galaxy Note 3 LTE-A
- the front cam looks different
- there was a sticker on it saying it was europe only
- it appears to heat a lot less than the i9505 i had.
Here are all the things i could tell about it. I would like to know if there are more differences, and if it's a better or worse speced model than the i9505. Also, can I pick ROMs and Kernels made for the i9505 for my i9515?
Thanks a lot in advance!!
A simple google search shows that the i9515 is a "value" edition, so probably its a cheaper variant. If i were you, i would go back to the seller and get back a i9505 or demand a refund.
Good luck.
I just got a gt-i9515 as well.
From what I read on other italian forums it appers to be just the same as 9505, but with KitKat 4.4.2 already installed.
Just found another thread here on XDA... probably there are some small differences as well,
and seems digitizer is not working correctly with touch recovery and CM11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2767371
alter1000 said:
Just found another thread here on XDA... probably there are some small differences as well,
and seems digitizer is not working correctly with touch recovery and CM11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2767371
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awww if I get all this well, My phone is the exact same as a 9505, but the touchscreen is different in a way that makes 9505 ROMs not work on my phone?
yep, lol
The new Galaxy s4 i9515 is the new s4 model which totally replaced the i9505 - at least in Europe as reported by many users - Some progress has been made on a cm11 rom but still wifi and bt are to be fixed. Wifi, bt and touch use different hardware module from other s4 models.
There are (were?) only one or two developers, and the numer of owners is constantly increasing. Will there be some dev interested in taking care of this and building a fully working kernel for our device? Thanks!
When I decided to get an s4 I looked here for Roms, and I thought that the s4 would be a good decision. After I get it I saw that there is only The i9515 model. No Roms.... Very bad for me, and I am not the only one with this problem.
It would be awsome if we could get Roms for our device.
Phil2sat has been making almost all the work, if anybody is able to help on. In the kernel build he posted here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2768285&page=63 (post 627)
The only important thing to be fixed is wifi. Bluetooth driver in kernel is working but he gets smd3 not accessible error. Maybe (hopefully not) he's abandoned the project, if anybody is able to fix this last issues...
A user claims the wifi module is the same as the one provided on galaxy s5 (don't know how to verify this), but if so it could be helpful.
hey!
Guys i'm very new here and I'm using galaxy s4 right now but planning to buy Galaxy S5, but i'm really confused about different models. S, H,M etc
can you help me and tell which one to buy and which one better if their's a difference. all of phones to me with different models are unlocked.
also on a side note, some friends telling me to buy Note 3 instead of Galaxy S5, said its better, i read and saw some reviews but to me seems like using S4 with screen and Spen yeah have 3 GB of ram instead of 2. but other than that nothing new to Note 3 unlike Galaxy S5, more camera features and new layout.
which one would you suggest
G900F is unlocked
what the difference between G900H, G900F Etc.. any hardware change that i should know. because in my country there is only 3G right no 4G so that wont effect my decison.
anybody????
any comments??
Google will show you everything you're asking us to find out for you
i'm not asking you for search for, i did it. Just as helping forum and one of the biggest for Android users, those who used both is their any technical, hardware differences that make one better than other?
grown ups said:
hey!
Guys i'm very new here and I'm using galaxy s4 right now but planning to buy Galaxy S5, but i'm really confused about different models. S, H,M etc
can you help me and tell which one to buy and which one better if their's a difference. all of phones to me with different models are unlocked.
also on a side note, some friends telling me to buy Note 3 instead of Galaxy S5, said its better, i read and saw some reviews but to me seems like using S4 with screen and Spen yeah have 3 GB of ram instead of 2. but other than that nothing new to Note 3 unlike Galaxy S5, more camera features and new layout.
which one would you suggest
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I ve sg5 g900h top device becoz sdexternal
Size ,camera ...etc
If you are good On flashs
I confirm *Detection* proposition G900F
There are lot of choice
in customs themes, kernel, recovery, roms
...etc
sdexternal??? Mean
also yes i'm new but also want to try and learn about Roms, Flashing custmom things. how to do all of these thing so, that purpose G900F is Good Right?
grown ups said:
sdexternal??? Mean
also yes i'm new but also want to try and learn about Roms, Flashing custmom things. how to do all of these thing so, that purpose G900F is Good Right?
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Sdexternal = card memory external
on port like sim card
For supplement storage :
it's economical solution you save money
But inconvenient performances
we can find sdext with
32 Go , 64 Go or 128 Go