[Q] How does the Build Number affect me? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
What I want to know is how does the Build Number affect me? Mine is JDQ39.i9505ZHUAME1 but other people have different build numbers. I know this is probably a stupid question but i'm asking it anyway.
Will this affect me in terms of loading custom ROMs?
Will the build number be changed when I install a custom ROM?
If it is changed will this affect my ability to use my carrier?
Thanks for the help

EmmaFrost said:
Hi guys,
What I want to know is how does the Build Number affect me? Mine is JDQ39.i9505ZHUAME1 but other people have different build numbers. I know this is probably a stupid question but i'm asking it anyway.
Will this affect me in terms of loading custom ROMs?
Will the build number be changed when I install a custom ROM?
If it is changed will this affect my ability to use my carrier?
Thanks for the help
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Build number may change with diffrnt roms as they myte be using different firmware as a base for roms
It won't affect ur phone in flashing any Rom as long as its for ur varaiant
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If I reset my phone to stock firmware do I need to use the one for Hong Kong (jdq39.i9505zhuame1)? If I do, can someone link me to it?
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EmmaFrost said:
If I reset my phone to stock firmware do I need to use the one for Hong Kong (jdq39.i9505zhuame1)? If I do, can someone link me to it?
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Well if u wanna use it for warranty purpose etc its ideal
Use the link in my sign and find the latest update u have for hongkong or whichever u want flash it Odin and reset again all done
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For example can I use this to reset to stock recovery? tiny.cc/sgs4stockrom
Im using this tutorial for resetting tiny.cc/
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EmmaFrost said:
For example can I use this to reset to stock recovery? tiny.cc/sgs4stockrom
Im using this tutorial for resetting tiny.cc/
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I m not aware of above sorry
But whenever u flash a stock firmware u will also get stock recovery with it
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123hiten said:
Well if u wanna use it for warranty purpose etc its ideal
Use the link in my sign and find the latest update u have for hongkong or whichever u want flash it Odin and reset again all done
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Thanks but your link doesn't have a Hong Kong build :/
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EmmaFrost said:
Thanks but your link doesn't have a Hong Kong build :/
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http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9505
The above link should have then

Thanks so much. Do i download the kernel or the stock firmware? Can I flash this with Odin?
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EmmaFrost said:
Thanks so much. Do i download the kernel or the stock firmware? Can I flash this with Odin?
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Download the firmware

Ok and can I flash this with Odin?
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EmmaFrost said:
Ok and can I flash this with Odin?
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Yup.
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Lost mobile network option

Did anybody else have this problem I lost the mobile network option where yiu can choose lte\gsm\wcdma
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cracjackson said:
Did anybody else have this problem I lost the mobile network option where yiu can choose lte\gsm\wcdma
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hey bro take this question to the i9505 thread in omega and ask. being that your running his rom! but leave here to and see if some one knows.
Rotary Parts said:
hey bro take this question to the i9505 thread in omega and ask. being that your running his rom! but leave here to and see if some one knows.
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I did that. They said go back to stock rom and then flash again. I'm do nandroid back to stock then see if comes back.
Okay nandroided back to stock and still no network mode option. Honestly i don't remember seeing that before I even rooted. So maybe an Odin flash to stock could help other then that I'm not sure but according to status bar it's says 4g lte good enough for me
I also noticed my phone doesn't say galaxy s 4 when I power it on anymore just says Samsung with the custom lock
That's because your bootloader is unlocked and/or system and firmware status is custom.
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tonytien said:
That's because your bootloader is unlocked and/or system and firmware status is custom.
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Yea thats what I thought thank you for confirming. but the no mobile network option is still annoying
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cracjackson said:
Yea thats what I thought thank you for confirming. but the no mobile network option is still annoying
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Try this code *#*#4636#*#*....
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What Version ROM am I on?

How or where do I look in this phone to see what version of a ROM I have installed?
Settings, more then about device
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mikel719 said:
Settings, more then about device
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It doesn't show me what custom software I am running.
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It should
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Take a screen shot of that and we will help you.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Take a screen shot of that and we will help you.
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Here you go...
What Rom did you install? Did you flash any mods after the Rom?
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I flashed Sacs Custom Rom no mods.
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clone1008 said:
I flashed Sacs Custom Rom no mods.
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Really ???
Go Into your sd card and find the ROM zip. That will tell you. You shouldn't be flashing if you don't even know what you are flashing.
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daniel4653 said:
Really ???
Go Into your sd card and find the ROM zip. That will tell you. You shouldn't be flashing if you don't even know what you are flashing.
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I know what I am flashing bro. The problem was that I had to do a nandroid restore and I couldn't remember if that restore was on version 5 or 6 of Sacs Rom. I figured it was something simple but I guess not. It always used to show up on HTC.
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If you read the thread before flashing, you should know what version of the rom you are on. Always pay attention to what version you are on. Take a mental note of it or write it down in the future. That rom has manyyy versions. I almost wonder if you skipped a step or flashed an update without the rom, but if you did, I wonder why you aren't bricked.
P1NK13P13 said:
If you read the thread before flashing, you should know what version of the rom you are on. Always pay attention to what version you are on. Take a mental note of it or write it down in the future. That rom has manyyy versions. I almost wonder if you skipped a step or flashed an update without the rom, but if you did, I wonder why you aren't bricked.
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The only thing I did was dirty flash from ver. 5 to ver. 6
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Regardless of knowing what rom you flashed, seriously humor us and look at your sd card. If you have to, sort the folder by date added.
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If the build prop wasn't modified to show the custom Rom version you can't tell from about device. The only real way to know is to look at version 5 to 6 change log. Find something that was added into version 6 and test it. If it works you are on 6. If not you are 5.
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What's the correct way to update PAC rom

I'm new to this so can you help please.
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deltaratz said:
I'm new to this so can you help please.
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by updating you are meaning you have already flashed the rom in your GT-I9505. Well, there is always the good old manual way and if your 4.3 ver you can just do the ota.
By manual i mean download the latest stable/nightly release, flash the kernel, install the zip from recovery and wipe according to instructed from the rom dev post.

[Q] n9005 bricked or what ?

hi guys. i have a n9005 from netherlands (vodafone) but living in somewhere else now. i updated it to 4.4.2 kitkat but wifi didn't work so i tried to solve this problem seen some post and tried to change build.prop then i changed permissions 644 to 777 idk why and now the phone cant get started after samsung logo. tried to setup android 4.3 netherlands orginal rom but odin fails about it so no what can i do about it ?
well now it stucks on samsung text .
Download not possible once you flash 4.4 kitkat, flash kitkat rom.
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jdomadia said:
Download not possible once you flash 4.4 kitkat, flash kitkat rom.
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thanks for the reply i'll try it
volt00 said:
thanks for the reply i'll try it
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Flash aroma file manager in recovery if you want to change the permissions back.
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celderic said:
Flash aroma file manager in recovery if you want to change the permissions back.
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thanks for this info too
jdomadia said:
Download not possible once you flash 4.4 kitkat, flash kitkat rom.
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it worked thanks dude but still wifi doesnt working well..

4.4.2 Firmware

Hey guys.
Had some great advice in some of my other questions and I thank everyone who posted. Everything always helps.
Just before I do this, as I've been informed that you can't go back to 4.3 after updating bootloader to 4.4.2.
Which would be the latest 4.4.2 firmware I should flash for N9005 in Australia? I then want to flash custom roms like Xnote etc. Knox will be triggered after I flash a custom recovery am I right?
Thanks guys. As far as I can see NC3 is the latest.
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Then u just flash that latest.
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Yeah but which one? Haha.
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Lambetts said:
Yeah but which one? Haha.
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Lol.
I tot u said NC3?
I can't check now. The samfirmware.com is updating. Can't be opened.
If u need now, u can get from here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2643109
U can thanks valentel for the mirror.
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Oh ok cool thank you.
Thing is what if I was to flash the Netherlands firmware, will I still be able to use it stock if I wish in Australia? I'll probably go straight to custom rom but just seeing. I'm worried if I flash a certain countries firmware I'll brick my device...
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Lambetts said:
Oh ok cool thank you.
Thing is what if I was to flash the Netherlands firmware, will I still be able to use it stock if I wish in Australia? I'll probably go straight to custom rom but just seeing. I'm worried if I flash a certain countries firmware I'll brick my device...
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no u won't brick, as long as u choose the correct firmware for your device.
and do a proper step by ODIN PC.
btw, u open 2 similar threads ?
Yeah I know, just trying to get more info. As a thread gets seen once, it's forgotten about pretty quickly and not many people get to see it, or have the opportunity to comment. especially in the q&a section.
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Another thing I wanted to check was if I flashed ND3...can use like NB7 or NB3 or any earlier 4.4.2 rom?? Custom obviously? Heard some scary things if you go back...maybe that's to a non-knox firmware...
Thanks!!
Lambetts said:
Another thing I wanted to check was if I flashed ND3...can use like NB7 or NB3 or any earlier 4.4.2 rom?? Custom obviously? Heard some scary things if you go back...maybe that's to a non-knox firmware...
Thanks!!
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You can flash other (earlier) 4.4.2 roms but you can`t downgrade to a 4.3 rom afaik
Oh cool. That's fine then. All these have open MSCs right? So I could technically use it stock? There will be an English option? I mean if it's all on there I don't know why Samsung doesn't release it at a faster rate, ir more at once... If indeed it works fine. I'll probably change straight away to a custom rom but still, it'd be nice to see what vanilla kit kit is like.
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