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I337 Pure Google Edition?

I have a ATT I337 and a dream, to install a rom that turns my phone into a Pure Google Edition S4 that thinks its true Pure Google Edition S4 (OTA updates straight from the big G and all)
Is this possible? I have been waiting on this dream and holding off installing other ROMs but just realized it could be a pipe dream.
What do you guys think?
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
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Been watching that but it seems to be more of a Rom that acts like the PGE S4?
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You install the Google edition ROM and you will have your dreams come true. Running it right now and its truly glorious.
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cwhittl said:
Been watching that but it seems to be more of a Rom that acts like the PGE S4?
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That Rom is ripped right from the Google edition. Has someone who has been using nexus devices for the past two years, I can assure you, it's pretty much stock. About the only thing we might miss out on is ota updates working properly. Might be a few days behind for the devs to adapt them. I don't see it as an issue as Google seems to be slowing down it's updates schedule
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Ok .. if I'm reading this right .. I know exactly what cwhittl is asking for in which people are not understanding .. and he is looking for the same thing as I am.
We're NOT looking for a ripped ROM that we have to have a custom recovery on in order to get on our phones. All other Google Edition phones going back to the original Nexus phones and images that are applied to the phone using ADB commands, thus not needing to be rooted, custom recoveries etc.
Now that its been announced that Google will not be holding/creating the images for the HTC One or SGS4 GE .. it will be up to the OEM to create these images .. Samsung has already posted the source code for this phone on there Samsung Open Source website .. but where can we get the build (not rip) image that is currently on the SGS4 GE (img, tar, tgz, md5 etc etc) .. that can be installed either by ADB or ODIN.
All the different versions that are up here either in the AT&T SGS4 thread or the original GT-i9505 thread are working off a ripped version and all have issues (yes, I have been reading most of them) . and I'm sure the actual SGS4 GE does not have all these issues that people are reporting from the rips.
Hence .. the reason for requesting a ORIGINAL build, not rip.

LordGeek said:
Ok .. if I'm reading this right .. I know exactly what cwhittl is asking for in which people are not understanding .. and he is looking for the same thing as I am.
We're NOT looking for a ripped ROM that we have to have a custom recovery on in order to get on our phones. All other Google Edition phones going back to the original Nexus phones and images that are applied to the phone using ADB commands, thus not needing to be rooted, custom recoveries etc.
Now that its been announced that Google will not be holding/creating the images for the HTC One or SGS4 GE .. it will be up to the OEM to create these images .. Samsung has already posted the source code for this phone on there Samsung Open Source website .. but where can we get the build (not rip) image that is currently on the SGS4 GE (img, tar, tgz, md5 etc etc) .. that can be installed either by ADB or ODIN.
All the different versions that are up here either in the AT&T SGS4 thread or the original GT-i9505 thread are working off a ripped version and all have issues (yes, I have been reading most of them) . and I'm sure the actual SGS4 GE does not have all these issues that people are reporting from the rips.
Hence .. the reason for requesting a ORIGINAL build, not rip.
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So what your saying is that you want the phone to be partitioned exactly as the Google version ? Well sir we have a locked boot loader I337 to turn a device into an entirely different model and be stock is impossible ... you should just buy the model you need .. and the definition of rip here means they took the original build and provided it in a flashable package ..
Even if we had the tar file for the Google edition and pit files we can't flash it because of locked bootlader not to mention it will also erase imei because it would flash a different baseband... and the repartition erases baseband too ...
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LordGeek said:
Ok .. if I'm reading this right .. I know exactly what cwhittl is asking for in which people are not understanding .. and he is looking for the same thing as I am.
We're NOT looking for a ripped ROM that we have to have a custom recovery on in order to get on our phones. All other Google Edition phones going back to the original Nexus phones and images that are applied to the phone using ADB commands, thus not needing to be rooted, custom recoveries etc.
Now that its been announced that Google will not be holding/creating the images for the HTC One or SGS4 GE .. it will be up to the OEM to create these images .. Samsung has already posted the source code for this phone on there Samsung Open Source website .. but where can we get the build (not rip) image that is currently on the SGS4 GE (img, tar, tgz, md5 etc etc) .. that can be installed either by ADB or ODIN.
All the different versions that are up here either in the AT&T SGS4 thread or the original GT-i9505 thread are working off a ripped version and all have issues (yes, I have been reading most of them) . and I'm sure the actual SGS4 GE does not have all these issues that people are reporting from the rips.
Hence .. the reason for requesting a ORIGINAL build, not rip.
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I don't believe we well ever have that. The nexus line uses fastboot to flash the images when the bootloader is unlocked.
The Google edition is not fully open sourced nor will it, Samsung holds key components for some of the drivers as closed source, hence why Samsung will be releasing the updates, Google is just mirroring them and working with them to make the os stock. If you want the true open source experience, get a nexus. The Google edition Rom is the closet thing we will ever get to it on this model of phone.
Has someone who had been using nexus devices for the past few years, I'll give up that little bit of control to get stock on a powerful hardware like the s4. Google edition will hold me over until fall of 2014 when I'll upgrade to that nexus device.
Yes, I miss fastboot, Odin is such a pain in comparison
Edit, I just wanted to add that as of this moment, I'm not experiencing any issues at all. Everything works as intended
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LTE issues as well as other things
I just flashed the stock google edition rom 4.2.2 on my at&t galaxy s4. I installed the rom, then flashed the kt kernal, and then loki-doki. However when I turn on my device I get only a H instead of LTE. also I was youtubing videos of people who installed this and their about phone screen looks different from mine. Mine still indicates that it is a SGH-i337 while others show gt-i9505G when flashed onto an AT&T s4. Im new to all this stuff please help! ive attached a screen shot of what my screen currently looks like.

I have an Canadian SGH-I337m Galaxy S4. I have installed the TWRP recovery and Google Edition 4.3 rom on it. Today I have received an OTA software update notification for a small 16 Mb update. However, when I tried to install it, phone rebooted in TWRP recovery menu and nothing was installed.
I got very excited about it but i guess it is not possible to install these OTA?

cloud628 said:
I just flashed the stock google edition rom 4.2.2 on my at&t galaxy s4. I installed the rom, then flashed the kt kernal, and then loki-doki. However when I turn on my device I get only a H instead of LTE. also I was youtubing videos of people who installed this and their about phone screen looks different from mine. Mine still indicates that it is a SGH-i337 while others show gt-i9505G when flashed onto an AT&T s4. Im new to all this stuff please help! ive attached a screen shot of what my screen currently looks like.
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You need to set your APNs correctly.
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[REQUEST] Untouched 4.3 Google Edition ROM

Hi guys. I've been looking for an untouched version of 4.3 Google Edition to use on my i9505, but all ROMs available on Android Development have some sort of modification to it. Some are deodexed, others have 3-way reboot, others remove google and samsung stuff. I really wanted a version completely stock, no root, no deodex, nothing...... just pure.
I have no idea how to make my own flashable zip though. If I did I would have done it for myself.
If you guys can teach me or (even better) make one for me, I would be very much appreciated. :fingers-crossed:
I'm sure other people want this too.

Theres one in the AT&T forum already. use that one.

Easton999GS said:
Theres one in the AT&T forum already. use that one.
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It was CLOSED before I could get it.

MaKTaiL said:
It was CLOSED before I could get it.
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Flash this using odin.
Its the latest leaked 4.3 rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343709

Aerys said:
Flash this using odin.
Its the latest leaked 4.3 rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343709
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Stop posting the beta stuff mate, they want the current one on the google edition

MichelN said:
Stop posting the beta stuff mate, they want the current one on the google edition
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Thats the one I wanted. Oficial 4.3 is not out for Google Edition yet.
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[Q] convert i9505 to 100% i9505g

Hi,
Since both phones are identical in hardware. Is it possible to convert the international 9505 to be a 100% gpe with ota working? I don't mean by flashing one of those custom roms floating around.
I tried several custom roms like janjans and jamals, but both drain battery twice as fast as the stock Samsung rom (18h vs. 32h).There is no wakelock issue. The roms simply drain the battery faster for no reason.
My hope is to have a clean gpe that's provided and updated by Google.
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Mitsch79 said:
My hope is to have a clean gpe that's provided and updated by Google.
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That won't happen. Samsung *may* provide something..
These problems aside.. as far as I can see, what we need it a full Odin package that can be flashed onto a i9505 or a i9505G (since they share the same hardware). As far as I can find.. so far, no such package exists.
I don't have a i9505G, but I wonder.. does it come with a Samsung Kies package? What is the procedure to flash it back to factory settings? I can't recall the last Samsung device where system images were not available.. these are usually pulled directly from the Kies/Samsung update server.
Anyway.. I'm here waiting like many of you are as well.

xyzulu said:
That won't happen. Samsung *may* provide something..
These problems aside.. as far as I can see, what we need it a full Odin package that can be flashed onto a i9505 or a i9505G (since they share the same hardware). As far as I can find.. so far, no such package exists.
I don't have a i9505G, but I wonder.. does it come with a Samsung Kies package? What is the procedure to flash it back to factory settings? I can't recall the last Samsung device where system images were not available.. these are usually pulled directly from the Kies/Samsung update server.
Anyway.. I'm here waiting like many of you are as well.
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I can't find an ODIN package either, and no--the GPe GS4 does not come with a Kies package. I wish it did. I want one now.

Yes, a full Odin package would be the best, but as you found there seems to be none. Even sammobile does not provide any rom for the gpe. It's like the phone doesn't exist in the Samsung world oO.
On the other hand side the has to be an Odin package (which might not be available to the public) because the i9505g is out in stores and it had to be flashed at least once.
And honestly I don't think that Samsung flashes the gpe in a different way as the i9505. Since this would require new tools that cost money.
So, there has to be an Odin package we just don't know about it by now *hoping*
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I only really envy the fastboot ability of the I9505G SBL. Anyone with JTAG tried flashing I9505G SBL to I9505?

Mitsch79 said:
Yes, a full Odin package would be the best, but as you found there seems to be none. Even sammobile does not provide any rom for the gpe. It's like the phone doesn't exist in the Samsung world oO.
On the other hand side the has to be an Odin package (which might not be available to the public) because the i9505g is out in stores and it had to be flashed at least once.
And honestly I don't think that Samsung flashes the gpe in a different way as the i9505. Since this would require new tools that cost money.
So, there has to be an Odin package we just don't know about it by now *hoping*
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I Just got galaxy s 4 for wifey, and i am really upset that i9505 cannot be converted like my HTC One on which I got 4.3 OTA, I wonder why no one thought about it here. may be people are happy with custom rom, but me, I would like OTA as its served, not custom ones.

I'm with you guys... I know that it will be a reason why we can't "convert" our I9505 in to I9505G just like that, with a simple Rom flash, but:
I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44425206#post44425206 [ODIN][TAR] 4.3 I9505GUEUBMH1 Full Rooted Restore , an ODIN file to restore I9505G.... the warning text says: NOT FOR I9505-I9500 (in red!), but why? is not the same hardware?
Maybe is the ray of light we are waiting for? :fingers-crossed:
If someone try to flash it, let us know if its works.

onalocse said:
I'm with you guys... I know that it will be a reason why we can't "convert" our I9505 in to I9505G just like that, with a simple Rom flash, but:
I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44425206#post44425206 [ODIN][TAR] 4.3 I9505GUEUBMH1 Full Rooted Restore , an ODIN file to restore I9505G.... the warning text says: NOT FOR I9505-I9500 (in red!), but why? is not the same hardware?
Maybe is the ray of light we are waiting for? :fingers-crossed:
If someone try to flash it, let us know if its works.
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The boot partition is locked so you can't but you can root get custom recovery and flash a Google play edition ROM from the I9505 android development section.
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I will! thanks!!

nicotheandroidguy said:
The boot partition is locked so you can't but you can root get custom recovery and flash a Google play edition ROM from the I9505 android development section.
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But didn't a poster above imply these ROM's are not stock and don't perform as well? I'm thinking about trying to do this too, but this thread implies it is impossible to make a regular 9505 into a 9505G?

downwiththebanksters said:
But didn't a poster above imply these ROM's are not stock and don't perform as well? I'm thinking about trying to do this too, but this thread implies it is impossible to make a regular 9505 into a 9505G?
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It is impossible to do a full transfer but the Google play edition Roms run very smooth I'm running one now from my sprint version which is the smoothest ROM I've used. You can change the build prop to say GT-I9505G
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nicotheandroidguy said:
It is impossible to do a full transfer but the Google play edition Roms run very smooth I'm running one now from my sprint version which is the smoothest ROM I've used. You can change the build prop to say GT-I9505G
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Changing the build prop does not a ROM make. I guess I should do proper research on some of these ROMs. I was psyched to get wireless charging back, that was my fave thing about my Pre. For the record, every day I spend here trying to decide what's next, I keep looking at my i9100 and say; why do I need to?
Sprint: Nilay Patel was right...poor poor americans, but more importantly they, your carriers, poison the whole world as well.

Is it possible to get the extra 1700MHz bands by doing a full flash?

Can someone upload the sbl from a i9505g rom?
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Seems good if this works
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Official Android 4.3 Release

Hi to all...
Before I have make new thread I was explore web and didnt find correct answer...
Anyone know when will come over Kies android 4.3 for SGS4???
Thnx

i would say about october-november

Thnx guys I was think that will come soon because they release 4.3 for google play edition devices
That is too away OMG

rus0001 said:
i think, sgs4 can miss 4.3 and get 5.0
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Not really, I assume you had the idea from S3 getting 4.3 instead of 4.2.
S3 skipped 4.2 because 4.3 was already released, and Samsung didn't have time to make both 4.2 and 4.3 roms.
Sorry for the off-topic.

edcsmon smitten
Hello,
I think it will be December......

Personal guess: we will see a leaked ROM around start-mid October.
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IMHO if you want to feel how it taste 4.3 go directly to any modding thread and flash one the roms already available (after a nandroid backup), they are performing quite well and can be used as daily driver. Then, if you miss too much TW you can recover your nandroid and wait for Samsung to realese a 4.3 rom.

anyone have any details on what we can expect on the new firmware?

vel83 said:
anyone have any details on what we can expect on the new firmware?
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Look on the Nexus 4 thread for whats to come to us or check out the GE S4 Edition. They allready have it.

Can the Google Play Edition S4 run Touchwiz Based Roms?

Hello!
I am in need of a bit of help, after searching through the forums I haven't been able to find a definite answer. I recently purchased a Google Play Edition of the Galaxy S4. What I know is that it isn't using a Samsung bootloader, but in fact a Google one you would find on say, the Nexus 4. This has led me to wonder if this means I can't flash Touchwiz based ROMs. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

tanner4137 said:
Hello!
I am in need of a bit of help, after searching through the forums I haven't been able to find a definite answer. I recently purchased a Google Play Edition of the Galaxy S4. What I know is that it isn't using a Samsung bootloader, but in fact a Google one you would find on say, the Nexus 4. This has led me to wonder if this means I can't flash Touchwiz based ROMs. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
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i dont see why not, my att s4 can run 9505 roms, aosp roms and google play edition roms

tanner4137 said:
Hello!
I am in need of a bit of help, after searching through the forums I haven't been able to find a definite answer. I recently purchased a Google Play Edition of the Galaxy S4. What I know is that it isn't using a Samsung bootloader, but in fact a Google one you would find on say, the Nexus 4. This has led me to wonder if this means I can't flash Touchwiz based ROMs. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
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You can, you will just need to flash a Touchwiz kernel.

DeadlySin9 said:
You can, you will just need to flash a Touchwiz kernel.
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Where would you find a Touchwiz kernel? Looking to put my GT-I9505 back onto Touchwiz. It is running a GPE rom just now.

jordannomonkeys said:
Where would you find a Touchwiz kernel? Looking to put my GT-I9505 back onto Touchwiz. It is running a GPE rom just now.
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Go check out the I9505's own development section for any threads marked Kernel.