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[Q] Does Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 Will Ever Get Cyanogenmod??

What DO You Think Guys Does Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 Will ever Get cyanogenmod. or just bunch of stock rom's modification that claims to be Rom development
and please Dont say Get Nexus if u want AOSP 16GB + no sd card slot is not good neither their hardware are god and nor its avaliable in my country
HTC ONE ALREADY GOT CM10.1 by"codeworkx"
https://plus.google.com/111398485184813224730/posts/aJHAEuhyfzM
Even Koush developer and maker of cwm
http://koush.com/post/one-review
Is it end of CM development for galaxy series starting from S4

nitinvaid said:
What DO You Think Guys Does Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 Will ever Get cyanogenmod. or just bunch of stock rom's modification that claims to be Rom development
and please Dont say Get Nexus if u want AOSP 16GB + no sd card slot is not good neither their hardware are god and nor its avaliable in my country
HTC ONE ALREADY GOT CM10.1 by"codeworkx"
https://plus.google.com/111398485184813224730/posts/aJHAEuhyfzM
Even Koush developer and maker of cwm
http://koush.com/post/one-review
Is it end of CM development for galaxy series starting from S4
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I am sure both s4 will get cm.

The only Thing About HTC i like IS Cyanogenmod in it other wise i dont like device with out sd card nor its aluminium body easy scratchable.

nitinvaid said:
The only Think About HTC i like IS Cyanogenmod in it other wise i dont like device with out sd card nor its aluminium body easy scratchable.
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I dont think we will ever get CM on 9500. Without sources from Samsung make coding for the exynos chipset is to freakin hard. Maybe we will get CM on the 9505. But in generall, CM team have lost their trust in Samsung devices. So we will see if we get CM on this device or not.

Question one
Why do we need aosp on s4 or even htc one?what advantage does it holds compared to the goodies of samsung rom?
Btw it's always good to have an option to choose from.
《posted from s3》

It seems we might be getting CM after all:
https://plus.google.com/100275307499530023476/posts/U2Phq8KowGQ
Steve Kondik just stated that cyanogenmod will be supporting the S4.

bala_gamer said:
Question one
Why do we need aosp on s4 or even htc one?what advantage does it holds compared to the goodies of samsung rom?
Btw it's always good to have an option to choose from.
《posted from s3》
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Same here. :good:

This will go for the I9505 I think Snapdragon version.....
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bala_gamer said:
Question one
Why do we need aosp on s4 or even htc one?what advantage does it holds compared to the goodies of samsung rom?
Btw it's always good to have an option to choose from.
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CM10 send to run faster and smoother than touchwiz.
Plus they have tons of themes in the market
Those are some of the main reasons I want CM10 on my devices.
type R-blood

Actionx1 said:
CM10 send to run faster and smoother than touchwiz.
Plus they have tons of themes in the market
Those are some of the main reasons I want CM10 on my devices.
type R-blood
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I don't know but i'm I the only one feel vanilla UI is boring?

Actionx1 said:
CM10 send to run faster and smoother than touchwiz.
Plus they have tons of themes in the market
Those are some of the main reasons I want CM10 on my devices.
type R-blood
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The runs faster argument is invalid with new gen phones and roms. The ui is sleek though and we can get the pure aosp look with aosp like themes.
I agree with the galore of themes available but again if Google adds theming support in their next iteration as mentioned in the rumor mill then it's going to be tough again.
《posted from s3》

bala_gamer said:
Question one
Why do we need aosp on s4 or even htc one?what advantage does it holds compared to the goodies of samsung rom?
Btw it's always good to have an option to choose from.
《posted from s3》
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Please.... every one has different need's
someone will came and say what is the need for S4 stay with S3
I dont like samsung firmware what ever it has to offer....

bala_gamer said:
The runs faster argument is invalid with new gen phones and roms. The ui is sleek though and we can get the pure aosp look with aosp like themes.
I agree with the galore of themes available but again if Google adds theming support in their next iteration as mentioned in the rumor mill then it's going to be tough again.
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http://www.gsmarena.com/next_version_of_android_to_be_43_still_called_jelly_bean-news-5932.php
read that no 5.0 in coming months

ilabs said:
It seems we might be getting CM after all:
https://plus.google.com/100275307499530023476/posts/U2Phq8KowGQ
Steve Kondik just stated that cyanogenmod will be supporting the S4.
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may be GT-I9505

i9505 will most likely get support. It shouldn't be any harder to port than the HTC One.

bala_gamer said:
The runs faster argument is invalid with new gen phones and roms. The ui is sleek though and we can get the pure aosp look with aosp like themes.
I agree with the galore of themes available but again if Google adds theming support in their next iteration as mentioned in the rumor mill then it's going to be tough again.
《posted from s3》
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Maybe I'm just experiencing a placebo effect but personally I feel that touchwiz on S4 has a slight lag.
As for theming, that falls to Samsung to add support for that. HTC had a couple of themes for the Sensation back in Sense 3.0
I think there's would make a big difference.
type R-blood

nitinvaid said:
may be GT-I9505
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No doubt, 9505 is getting it for sure. The question is about 9500, surely someone will rise for the occasion
《posted from s3》

Hope It WIll get Atleast same as Galaxy S3,
ITs CM10.1 is very Smooth

hung2900 said:
I don't know but i'm I the only one feel vanilla UI is boring?
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Its not booring at all. It got more costomization than the stock one. It. Simplefaster, better looking, runs more fluid, update came faster. Better contact and sms App. The aosp browser is also faster.
So I realy hope we will get CM on 9505. And pls dont ask why we need CM. They have done a amazing work, and gave us a choice beetween heavy bloated stock firmware or pure android butter smooth experience.

007shaolin said:
Its not booring at all. It got more costomization than the stock one. It. Simplefaster, better looking, runs more fluid, update came faster. Better contact and sms App. The aosp browser is also faster.
So I realy hope we will get CM on 9505. And pls dont ask why we need CM. They have done a amazing work, and gave us a choice beetween heavy bloated stock firmware or pure android butter smooth experience.
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I meant the UI, not ROM

[Q] Confused - I9500 or I9505

Been reading a lot about their differences and still can't get a clue as which one to buy. Its been more than a month since S4 is released and generally speaking, I am looking to buy S4 not specifically to use 4G, but for general use, mostly apps, a few games (not a hardcore mobile gamer) and also interesting mods.
The other day I came across a game for android specially mentioning it will work only in Adreno GPU. This quite surprised and confused me as to if in future, apps and games will be customised based on CPU/GPU?
Provided the issues that have been reported, mainly the overheating and battery drain, is it wise to wait for a month or two so that Samsung release a second production batch of S4 with these issues fixed? Or there won't any hardware fixes for S4 anymore?
So which model has a better future? (leaving the 4G part).
Hope I get a reply as I am sure the highly knowledgeable and vast users of this forum can help ease my confusion.

GreenXSI said:
Been reading a lot about their differences and still can't get a clue as which one to buy. Its been more than a month since S4 is released and generally speaking, I am looking to buy S4 not specifically to use 4G, but for general use, mostly apps, a few games (not a hardcore mobile gamer) and also interesting mods.
The other day I came across a game for android specially mentioning it will work only in Adreno GPU. This quite surprised and confused me as to if in future, apps and games will be customised based on CPU/GPU?
Provided the issues that have been reported, mainly the overheating and battery drain, is it wise to wait for a month or two so that Samsung release a second production batch of S4 with these issues fixed? Or there won't any hardware fixes for S4 anymore?
So which model has a better future? (leaving the 4G part).
Hope I get a reply as I am sure the highly knowledgeable and vast users of this forum can help ease my confusion.
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there are 2 more versions of the S4 coming soon i think
the google edition and the snapdragon 800, maybe you could wait for those
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

negrobembon said:
there are 2 more versions of the S4 coming soon i think
the google edition and the snapdragon 800, maybe you could wait for those
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Snapdragon 800? Didn't hear of that until now, thanks for the info Now that is really worth a wait, but for how long

negrobembon said:
there are 2 more versions of the S4 coming soon i think
the google edition and the snapdragon 800, maybe you could wait for those
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Don't wait for those, the S5 will be out next year!!
Wait for that instead.
Come on this is ridiculous!
The S4 is a great phone, there will always be better phones just around the corner so just go for the S4.
Either version is good. If you need help making up your mind read one of the hundred threads already on xda about this.

GreenXSI said:
So which model has a better future? (leaving the 4G part).
Hope I get a reply as I am sure the highly knowledgeable and vast users of this forum can help ease my confusion.
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i9505. Two words, developer support. Oh and 4G LOL
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Is there 4g on tmobile?
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Obagleyfreer said:
Don't wait for those, the S5 will be out next year!!
Wait for that instead.
Come on this is ridiculous!
The S4 is a great phone, there will always be better phones just around the corner so just go for the S4.
Either version is good. If you need help making up your mind read one of the hundred threads already on xda about this.
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Well, I only planning to buy an S4 and only confused due to different models in S4. And if the Snapdragon 800 model is going to be out in say 2 months or less, I guess its worth the wait?
P.S. No time to wait until S5 launches

Should I buy it ? And GT-I9500 or I9505 ?

Hey guys,
So I have been using an HTC ONE X for qute some time now, and I want to get a new phone.
I live in Europe so no contracts on nothing.
The main question is should I get the GT-I9500 or the GT-I9505, so the Exynos or the Snapdragon one ?
I have never owned an Samsung phone yet so pardon my possibly dumb questions, as every phone I had yet was an HTC.
I am sick of HTC's S-ON and limitations, so I decided my next phone should be the S4, but what version of it ?
I see that there are quite a lit of custom roms and kernels for the I9505 but very few for the I9500, does that mean that this will stay this way in the future ?
I want to have a phone that I can root, flash custom roms, kernel, mods, and experiment on it, but in the same time I want it to be fast, even on stock rom.

If you want to have a very customizable phone (+ google play edition software) go with the i9505. The exynos version is slightly faster and a bit more battery efficient.
Check these out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmDqyYgBm7Y

If want different roms like miui,cm and others
Buy i9505 or i9505G
I9500 faster but right now there's no aosp or other custom roms for it
Sent From my i9500 With Crash Rom
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ادعوا لي بالتوفيق في امتحاناتي
wish me good luck for my exams

I suggest you for wait a little while for Galaxy S5 or Note 3 that coming this September ; )
Galaxy S4 is a fantastic device but, its already August so if you love Note you can go for the next Generation
or wait early next year for S5... its all about waiting.
If you can't wait go for S4
If you love stock Android and CM and Android purest go for GT I9505
if you love TouchWiz and not interested in heavy customization go for GT I9500

The Note is far too big for me so I'll stick with 4.7 - 5.0 inch screen phones for now...

I don't know if waiting is a good idea since, where I live, new phones tend to arrive 3-4 moths after their release, so IF the S5 would come out in January 2014, I could buy it Sometime in April or May

9500 was considered slightly faster but since benchmark tricks came to daylight who knows if it's so obvious... ;]
Anyway go for the one for your country, if both get 9505, great device for me. Definitely wouldn't replace it.
With the latest update I've noticed that it's capable to fix gps even inside some concrete buildings. Don't know how it's possible...
Snapdragon Galaxy S4

The i9500 has less support, the i9505 is much more popular among developers
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

I would suggest you to go for i9500 becuase the only drawback in it was about aosp roms which will soon be available for it. It is slightly faster than i9505, camera is a bit better and even games runs slightly better because of processing speed as well as gpu.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 4

Many reviews have the i9505 slightly beating the i9500 by a small margin in battery life. Camera and speed is slightly on i9500 better though the difference is marginal. If you want to be able to play with aosp roms then the i9505 is the only way to go. The i9500 will never come close in this regard because the snapdragon chipset is more open and developer friendly. It's used in several phones so there are many more developers who have familiarity with it and it's far less painful to develop for. Also the Google edition is built off the i9505.
So really do you want a slightly better camera and marginally fastet processor or a much more lively development scene?
It's entirely up to you at the end of the day.
-- Sent from the mighty Note 2 --

the 9500 is more powerful, the camera and sound seem better , but it isn't footling
the 9505 is supportted better, it has AOSP and the support of CM team and 9500 doesn't

dr.m0x said:
Many reviews have the i9505 slightly beating the i9500 by a small margin in battery life. Camera and speed is slightly on i9500 better though the difference is marginal. If you want to be able to play with aosp roms then the i9505 is the only way to go. The i9500 will never come close in this regard because the snapdragon chipset is more open and developer friendly. It's used in several phones so there are many more developers who have familiarity with it and it's far less painful to develop for. Also the Google edition is built off the i9505.
So really do you want a slightly better camera and marginally fastet processor or a much more lively development scene?
It's entirely up to you at the end of the day.
-- Sent from the mighty Note 2 --
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Well then, Seems like there is only one way to go.
GT-I9505 it is.

The 9505 had 4g while the 9500 doesn't. That's the main reason why I use the 9505......I love 4g and just can't go back.
Not sure if that matters to you though.
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sxi200 said:
The 9505 had 4g while the 9500 doesn't. That's the main reason why I use the 9505......I love 4g and just can't go back.
Not sure if that matters to you though.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium
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Not at all as there is no LTE in Europe, or at least not in the part i live in

dr.m0x said:
Many reviews have the i9505 slightly beating the i9500 by a small margin in battery life. Camera and speed is slightly on i9500 better though the difference is marginal. If you want to be able to play with aosp roms then the i9505 is the only way to go. The i9500 will never come close in this regard because the snapdragon chipset is more open and developer friendly. It's used in several phones so there are many more developers who have familiarity with it and it's far less painful to develop for. Also the Google edition is built off the i9505.
So really do you want a slightly better camera and marginally fastet processor or a much more lively development scene?
It's entirely up to you at the end of the day.
-- Sent from the mighty Note 2 --
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This is exactly what has been driving me crazy! I was looking for an exact answer to the i9500 v/s i9505 with respect to dev support. However, i have also seen several replies (in this very thread and elsewhere on XDA) that support is coming for i9500 which should balance the scale in terms of dev support for i9500, which should bring it on par with the dev support for i9505. Is that true?
I have also done some research with my limited knowledge of the android dev scene and correct me if i'm wrong but i have arrived at the conclusion that Samsung will never release the sources for Exynos Octa, but Qualcomm does release sources for its Snapdragon chipsets, which means that as of now and into the future, the i9505 is the best option to enjoy more custom ROMS with better stability due to better support from officially available binaries from Qualcomm. Am i correct in all my assumptions?

electronical said:
This is exactly what has been driving me crazy! I was looking for an exact answer to the i9500 v/s i9505 with respect to dev support. However, i have also seen several replies (in this very thread and elsewhere on XDA) that support is coming for i9500 which should balance the scale in terms of dev support for i9500, which should bring it on par with the dev support for i9505. Is that true?
I have also done some research with my limited knowledge of the android dev scene and correct me if i'm wrong but i have arrived at the conclusion that Samsung will never release the sources for Exynos Octa, but Qualcomm does release sources for its Snapdragon chipsets, which means that as of now and into the future, the i9505 is the best option to enjoy more custom ROMS with better stability due to better support from officially available binaries from Qualcomm. Am i correct in all my assumptions?
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Yup. Bang on the money. The i9500 will get aosp roms but they will never be as stable as the ones for the i9505.
Sent from my GT-N5110

i9506 vs i9505 support

I look for new phone, i9506 is in my opinion best phone for me, because it can record 1080p60 fps and S5 is too big and more expensive.
However in Galaxy S series I appreciate the support. By now I have first SGS and it still has daily updates. What do you think about i9506 in this respect? Will it have newer androids in next years?

przemek211 said:
I look for new phone, i9506 is in my opinion best phone for me, because it can record 1080p60 fps and S5 is too big and more expensive.
However in Galaxy S series I appreciate the support. By now I have first SGS and it still has daily updates. What do you think about i9506 in this respect? Will it have newer androids in next years?
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Heya mate,
main difference between these 2 models is their location use, i9505 is more available in europe whereas 9506 is produced for the east...
as for galaxy s4 in general, I already own it and it works great for me, just stick with the newest official rom and you won't have any problems, keep flashing the up-to-date version for your country from sammobile and you are good to go!

S5 or S5 prime?

Ok,
I am planning to get a S5 prime.It is a monster,I really want it.(No I don't have the money to get an NOTE 4 and it is very big) ok anyways.Is it actually a good idea? I mean I really very happy with all the reviews it has but I am only upset that I doesn't have and Coustom ROMS(Only 1) so if in future it doesn't get updated by Samsung I won't have any option to upgrade it.I really want to know, Is anybody developing any roms or Will XDA have a sub category for it?

So you are buying a phone based on what XDA might be doing? LOL dude, just get a phone that does what you need, or get a Nexus if you want to mod like crazy.

itskhaledmohammad said:
Ok,
I am planning to get a S5 prime.It is a monster,I really want it.(No I don't have the money to get an NOTE 4 and it is very big) ok anyways.Is it actually a good idea? I mean I really very happy with all the reviews it has but I am only upset that I doesn't have and Coustom ROMS(Only 1) so if in future it doesn't get updated by Samsung I won't have any option to upgrade it.I really want to know, Is anybody developing any roms or Will XDA have a sub category for it?
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By prime do you mean the Korean model or the in between which has the 805 CPU but 1080p screen? (901 I think)
Korean model doesn't have much development, but there is some hope. Check the last two pages of the topic - http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/sm-g906s-k-l-owner-thread-t2807639
Hardware wise it's a great phone which was the best of 2014, and will still hold it's own in 2015 with 3GB of ram and quad-hd.

Audioboxer said:
By prime do you mean the Korean model or the in between which has the 805 CPU but 1080p screen? (901 I think)
Korean model doesn't have much development, but there is some hope. Check the last two pages of the topic - http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/sm-g906s-k-l-owner-thread-t2807639
Hardware wise it's a great phone which was the best of 2014, and will still hold it's own in 2015 with 3GB of ram and quad-hd.
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Yes. The 906S model. Any Hopes?

itskhaledmohammad said:
Yes. The 906S model. Any Hopes?
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If you want a slightly more powerful device, get it. Otherwise if you want more dev support, get the SM-G900F

906s is the most powerful. But little to no dev support. And still waiting for lollipop to hit.
Sent from my SM-G906S

take 901F, 900F is stopped in all europe, so necessarry dvp will be big on 901F, and 901F is faster than 906.