[Q] Ubuntu touch - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

I heard there was Ubuntu touch for galaxy s4 does anyone know anything about this rumor?
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topdawg661 said:
I heard there was Ubuntu touch for galaxy s4 does anyone know anything about this rumor?
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I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard for someone to port it.
Question is though, can it be run as an app on top of Android? Because if it requires its own bootloaders, etc.... yeah we won't see it any time soon (locked bootloaders, etc.).

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[Q] Google's ROM? [UPDATE: June 30th]

Hey guys
So Google will be releasing their own version of the Galaxy S4 ("Clean" Version) pretty soon.
Will we be getting the chance to install this ROM over our current phones? (i9505 + i9500)
Or is it just for people who bought this specific phone?
Thank you,
Omga4000
UPDATE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43081117&postcount=321
Looks like we will be getting this clean ROM after all!! Yay!!
Most likely yes. Devs should be able to port it over. However it looks like many of the sensors won't work. Ie infrared
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I think the i9500 will be left out.
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Theshawty said:
I think the i9500 will be left out.
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yes
Why will he be left out?
Is the Galaxy S4 Google Edition based on rhe snapdragon SoC?
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Omga4000 said:
Why will he be left out?
Is the Galaxy S4 Google Edition based on rhe snapdragon SoC?
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Check this link -> Site
If somehow, CM10.1 arrived at i9500 variant then google AOSP may be come over 9500.
Psykologikal said:
Most likely yes. Devs should be able to port it over. However it looks like many of the sensors won't work. Ie infrared
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Why? Sensors like Infrared works because App for it already available on store because like WatchOn...
you can Download seperate
Omga4000 said:
Why will he be left out?
Is the Galaxy S4 Google Edition based on rhe snapdragon SoC?
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Because the Google edition will be the I9505G, i.e. using the Qualcomm SoC.
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Yes figured it's going to be snapdragon..
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Omga4000 said:
Yes figured it's going to be snapdragon..
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With regards to aosp roms, the i9500 is doomed, my friend. Doomed. Anyone compiling aosp for i9500 is wasting their time because exynos 5410 is even worse than 44xx.
So the joke's on you for not buying the qcomm version.
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With regards to aosp roms, the i9500 is doomed, my friend. Doomed. Anyone compiling aosp for i9500 is wasting their time because exynos 5410 is even worse than 44xx.
So the joke's on you for not buying the qcomm version.
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I don't see the joke here..
In what way is it my fault I live in Europe
and Samsung decided to market the OCTA version here?
Anyway - yesterday Samsung began releasing the open source code
for the i9500, so future may be brighter than you think
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Omga4000 said:
I don't see the joke here..
In what way is it my fault I live in Europe
and Samsung decided to market the OCTA version here?
Anyway - yesterday Samsung began releasing the open source code
for the i9500, so future may be brighter than you think
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I live in Europe as well but luckily they chose to market the LTE variant here. You could have imported an i9505, though.
Look, what they release on arndale has nothing to do with what they have in their phones. If I'm wrong on that, I'd request an insight from @Entropy512 because he knows a lot about this stuff.
I would like a better insight as well.
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Omga4000 said:
Hey guys
So Google will be releasing their own version of the Galaxy S4 ("Clean" Version) pretty soon.
Will we be getting the chance to install this ROM over our current phones? (i9505 + i9500)
Or is it just for people who bought this specific phone?
Thank you,
Omga4000
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Remember, this is a stock Android UI - so far, nothing more (such as AOSP support) has been announced, and I suspect it's unlikely. So it actually will be of zero benefit for AOSP bringups like CM.
As far as porting it just like porting a TW firmware between Qcom devices? Maybe, I don't know how successful people have been in doing such a thing. (e.g. if they've got it as automated as I did with Hellraiser on the I777).
Since I9500 is Exynos, the Google Edition is of zero use for that device.
As I said long ago when the Google Edition was first announced:
If it's not AOSP supported, it basically means nothing
If it's AOSP supported and qcom, it's nice but not a huge benefit since CAF is already quite good
If it's AOSP supported and Exynos, that's a game changer and would be what would cause me to consider Samsung again. But we know for certain it's not Exynos, and it's highly unlikely it'll be AOSP supported - Samsung's underlying base software is too Samsunged (hacked up) in the non-GE GS4s for them to have AOSP support any time soon. The Google Edition is just covering up their crappy underlying software with a less sucky UI as far as I can tell. We'll know for sure when the device is released.
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Why? Sensors like Infrared works because App for it already available on store because like WatchOn...
you can Download seperate
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They won't be able to include Samsung drivers into the device. If you use a non stock rom now watch on won't work because it doesn't know where to find the infrared.
I hope that Google does it right and gets the sensors to work but at this point it doesn't seem like they will. Maybe Samsung will release the drivers someday
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Psykologikal said:
Maybe Samsung will release the drivers someday
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Seriously starting to doubt it.
I'm actually thinking of selling my device and getting the snapdragon variant.
I heard there's going to be a version with the snapdragon 800 + LTE
so I might wait for that and replace my phone.
So sad
UPDATE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43081117&postcount=321
Looks like we will be getting this clean ROM after all!! Yay!!
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[Q] Question about Asurion

Has anyone had to return a phone to Asurion that was rooted and they not accept it? Glass was OK but inside cracked and would not light up so could not unroot before sending. Did they try to charge more than the deductible after receiving the phone?
Thanks
Did you try what I told you to do? Hook up the mhl cable to a monitor so you could see the phone screen to triangle away and unroot. I guess not.
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GiantJay said:
Did you try what I told you to do? Hook up the mhl cable to a monitor so you could see the phone screen to triangle away and unroot. I guess not.
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Thanks but you had to have told that to someone else. I should have thought of that. I don't know if they will. I just have not heard anything from them so far. It should make no difference to them. It being rooted has no bearing on the problem.
I've sent a lot of phones in for various reasons (clumsy) that were rooted and I have not encountered a problem.
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baconfly said:
I've sent a lot of phones in for various reasons (clumsy) that were rooted and I have not encountered a problem.
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Thanks that make me feel better. First time I have ever had to send one. Also first time I have rooted one.
They could care less.
You are paying them so if they did question it I would argue with them. You are right about not telling you about the mhl thing. Someone about a week ago posted the exact same thing. Lol.
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Nexus 4(8gb)$199.99 16(gb)249.99

Google just a slashed 100 bucks off the nexus 4. Head to the playstore nowwww
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Time for number one child to upgrade from an iPhone 4...
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I got one '' I'm gonna use it for car mp3 player :sly:
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8gb is already sold out. No one wants to buy my s4 so it will look like I will miss out on the n4 as well :/
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toxicpaulution said:
8gb is already sold out. No one wants to buy my s4 so it will look like I will miss out on the n4 as well :/
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Why would you go from A Galaxy S4 to a Nexus 4? Loss of usb otg makes it seem like a downgrade to me.
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tronmech said:
Why would you go from A Galaxy S4 to a Nexus 4? Loss of usb otg makes it seem like a downgrade to me.
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Nexus has otg but it needs power for it. I have an external battery source so it wouldn't be an issue. I am absolutely bored of my s4. Nothing new is going on with it. Because of the locked bootloader it is an issue. I don't feel like I'm getting anything out of my s4. I'm done with branded phones. If my s4 doesn't sell now then ill just buy the n5 whenever it arrives in October.
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toxicpaulution said:
Nexus has otg but it needs power for it. I have an external battery source so it wouldn't be an issue. I am absolutely bored of my s4. Nothing new is going on with it. Because of the locked bootloader it is an issue. I don't feel like I'm getting anything out of my s4. I'm done with branded phones. If my s4 doesn't sell now then ill just buy the n5 whenever it arrives in October.
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Couldn't agree more, extremely well said!
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toxicpaulution said:
Nexus has otg but it needs power for it. I have an external battery source so it wouldn't be an issue. I am absolutely bored of my s4. Nothing new is going on with it. Because of the locked bootloader it is an issue. I don't feel like I'm getting anything out of my s4. I'm done with branded phones. If my s4 doesn't sell now then ill just buy the n5 whenever it arrives in October.
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This was what happened when I went from my Galaxy Nexus to S3, although it was an international version so it didn't have problem with locked boot loader. I think if you have gotten the international version there would be plenty of roms to play with.
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eksasol said:
This was what happened when I went from my Galaxy Nexus to S3, although it was an international version so it didn't have problem with locked boot loader. I think if you have gotten the international version there would be plenty of roms to play with.
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There are roms to play with but I just don't feel that I am getting everything out of this phone that I could. I haven't even flashed a rom in weeks. I don't feel like I'm using a quad core because of lag. I played a few games and I lagged. I am just going to wait for the n5 and swap out.
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How's that S4 Google Edition?
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[Q] Cyanogenmod on AT&T Galaxy S4

Is there any way I can install Cyanogenmod on an AT&T Galaxy s4 Baseband: I337UCUEMK2?
No, same situation as MF3.
I'm really beginning to consider a Nexus device..
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HORiZUN said:
I'm really beginning to consider a Nexus device..
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Same here but I've only have Samsung phones since...well... 2006 or so. No breaks, no bricks, not even a cracked screen. Coming from the, so easy to root it's a joke GS3, it's odd seeing it all locked down like this.

Will the Rogers variant of Note 4 have S-Finder/Quick Connect buttons?

I am not one to root my phone so and tinker with warranty for the first year. However, having these two buttons as seen on the S5 will be a huge annoyance but one I may have to live with. Does anyone know if the Rogers S5 or Note 4 have this right out of the box, no settings to disable/hide it? TIA!
an_xda said:
I am not one to root my phone so and tinker with warranty for the first year. However, having these two buttons as seen on the S5 will be a huge annoyance but one I may have to live with. Does anyone know if the Rogers S5 or Note 4 have this right out of the box, no settings to disable/hide it? TIA!
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My S5 has those two buttons right out of the box and the Note 4 I played with also has them.
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LOL anyone paranoid to root their phones shouldn't be posting on XDA. Root and your problems are solved. I root first day and never have any problems.
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Brava27 said:
LOL anyone paranoid to root their phones shouldn't be posting on XDA. Root and your problems are solved. I root first day and never have any problems.
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Does rooting your phone not void your warranty where you are?
I can root a device before I even get it thanks to this forum, losing warranty to root is what keeps me paranoid.
msavic6 said:
My S5 has those two buttons right out of the box and the Note 4 I played with also has them.
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Where did you play with your device? They have demos up in Canada now?
an_xda said:
Where did you play with your device? They have demos up in Canada now?
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I played with it at the Samsung Store in Metrotown, Vancouver.
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an_xda said:
Does rooting your phone not void your warranty where you are?
I can root a device before I even get it thanks to this forum, losing warranty to root is what keeps me paranoid.
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I rooted a note 3, broke the screen and took it into Samsung, they asked if I rooted it and I acted dumb, they fixed screen for free here in Mississauga. Root, you're golden.
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