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[Q] GT-I9505 flashing GT-I9500

Needing to flash an original firmware to get rid of the demo software.
Not a good idea to flash the i9500 in the i9505 is it?
Definite brick? :silly:

Of course. I9500 have Exynos, I9505 have S600. There are different architecture, if you do it you will brick your phone.

Lol made a lot of sense, i was confused before as to what the diff was. thanks

starbury said:
Lol made a lot of sense, i was confused before as to what the diff was. thanks
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Also, don't forget that the drivers are different, I9505 have 4G modem, different GPU and the CPU 4 cores (4xA9), while I9500 have 8-cores (double-quad to say it better: 4xA7 and 4xA15)
You're welcome.

(Q) My S4 needs help!!! lol I'm so Confused

Problem 1: So I just bought a Galaxy S4 for U.S Cellular... Never really liked USC... So I been trying to Sim Unlock it to GSM.. So I can use this for H2O Wireless..... The Bad thing is that the S4 was already updated to 4.4.2.... I been trying to put the phone in diag mode but i couldn't get into diag mode.......
Problem 2: So I got it rooted... Flashed TWRP Recovery... (Had 2.6.0.0, Now I have 2.7.0.1) And I thought that I can put a custom rom on it.. But I like stay close to a stock rom. Like Samy Deluxe Jello Biafra (S5 Rom for S4).. Like i wipe cache, dalvik cache, and data.. But every time i be finished installing the rom... It be stuck on bootloop... Be taking more than 30 mins to boot up at all.... And by then... i decide to just restore the stock rom i had backed up previously...
Problem 3:Solved!
But can someone help me out with all this...... PLEASE!! Thanksss

emm.. are you sure that you have tried to install the ROM appropriate to your MODEL of S4, first?
If bought in US, I doubt if it is I9505 or I9500....
from the USC website, I assume that it is SCH-R970?

spamtrash said:
emm.. are you sure that you have tried to install the ROM appropriate to your MODEL of S4, first?
If bought in US, I doubt if it is I9505 or I9500....
from the USC website, I assume that it is SCH-R970?
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Yes, of course i got this in the US. And yes its SCH-R970 lol... But like i still need help trying to find a rom closer to the stock one..... something like a s5 ported rom for the s4, with gsm capabilities

Multidex24 said:
Yes, of course i got this in the US. And yes its SCH-R970 lol... But like i still need help trying to find a rom closer to the stock one..... something like a s5 ported rom for the s4, with gsm capabilities
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OK, here is a biggest resource of top secret custom ROMs, especially ported for your model.
Feel free to check if installing these ROM would not violate the US Customs and Import limitation, as most of these were developed in other countries.

spamtrash said:
OK, here is a biggest resource of top secret custom ROMs, especially ported for your model.
Feel free to check if installing these ROM would not violate the US Customs and Import limitation, as most of these were developed in other countries.
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Lol is you sure that's the link? it sends me straight to google.... :/ lol

Multidex24 said:
Lol is you sure that's the link? it sends me straight to google.... :/ lol
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it is special edition of Google for Dummies...:laugh::laugh:

spamtrash said:
it is special edition of Google for Dummies...:laugh::laugh:
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Lol not even sure he gets the sarcasm/irony

[Q] Lollipop For S4 SHV-E300L?

Will The Korean S4 SHV-E300L get a taste of the New Lollipop update? also if any one has any links to its Custom roms will be highly appreciated, Thanks.
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"Ok Guys i dont know if any body knows this already but i have found a ROm for SHV-E300L here:
http://www.7hdmovie.com/2015/02/galaxy-s4.html?m=1
And it is found to be working nicely on SHV-E300L. I recommend it!

johniaxxault said:
Will The Korean S4 SHV-E300L get a taste of the New Lollipop update? also if any one has any links to its Custom roms will be highly appreciated, Thanks.
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Its exynos version right?
Try i9500 rom ,, i see some shv-e300l user on i9500

ZeroDroid said:
Its exynos version right?
Try i9500 rom ,, i see some shv-e300l user on i9500
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Thanx for the reply man :good: i was thinking about the same but some say it might hard brick my device and Yes its the exynos version but there is a slight change in the processors see my device Screenshot, Might have to make i bit change in the rom which i dont know how to , if there is any one that has been there and done that please help me

So any progress?
johniaxxault said:
Thanx for the reply man :good: i was thinking about the same but some say it might hard brick my device and Yes its the exynos version but there is a slight change in the processors see my device Screenshot, Might have to make i bit change in the rom which i dont know how to , if there is any one that has been there and done that please help me
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I have the same phone and I'd like to install lollipop or probably flash a rom. have you found any?

kartabya said:
I have the same phone and I'd like to install lollipop or probably flash a rom. have you found any?
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No progress yet if any one that have done flashing any rom on this device kindly help us to do so too.
Lets keep it updated here if any thing lollipop happens

No luck
I have this phone since last September and really regret that I bought it. Even though it looks like and feels like a normal 9505 or 9500 model, due to its specifications you can not use any custom rom of more common variants. (No Cyanogen, No Miui, No any other well known custom rom). Do not even try flashing 9505 or 9500 roms, I managed to soft brick my phone already with them.
There is almost zero support for this product in forums or if there is any it is in Korean language. The only custom rom I came across is TeamLeader rom, which is a cleaner stock rom practically, getting rid of Samsung's bloatware, but nothing special, same user experience.

IIRC the SHV-E300 is the Galaxy S4 LTE-A and more or less the same device as the ks01lte. So take a look in the i9506 section, there you will find some custom ROMs for your phone, some already LP-based.
I recommend arters 97's CM12, he is doing a great job on this phone.

srancsik said:
I have this phone since last September and really regret that I bought it. Even though it looks like and feels like a normal 9505 or 9500 model, due to its specifications you can not use any custom rom of more common variants. (No Cyanogen, No Miui, No any other well known custom rom). Do not even try flashing 9505 or 9500 roms, I managed to soft brick my phone already with them.
There is almost zero support for this product in forums or if there is any it is in Korean language. The only custom rom I came across is TeamLeader rom, which is a cleaner stock rom practically, getting rid of Samsung's bloatware, but nothing special, same user experience.
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I am feeling the same regret my friend i dont think this phone is going to get an official Lollipop update either
why do they make so much devices they can't give support to, or some phones are just labs rats experiments
And yeah thanks for the info, i m not going to flash any other Rom.... yet but i m getting really frustrated :silly:

johniaxxault said:
I am feeling the same regret my friend i dont think this phone is going to get an official Lollipop update either
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Have you seen this thread? The official Lollipop-ROM for S4 LTE-A has begun to roll out, did you check if it works with your SHV-E300L?

ral9005 said:
Have you seen this thread? The official Lollipop-ROM for S4 LTE-A has begun to roll out, did you check if it works with your SHV-E300L?
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yeah man i know that and SHV-e300l and i9506 have some notable differences like the chips (Exynos and Qualcomm) it would definetly brick my device

don't install any custom rom for now if you want everything in working order.
and If u want to upgrade to lollipop, just download firmware of another s4 with same configuration from sammobile.com
I think yours is Korean and it will not get 5.0

OK Guys I don't know if any body knows this already but i have found a ROM for SHV-E300L here:
http://www.7hdmovie.com/2015/02/galaxy-s4.html?m=1
i have successfully downloaded it and yes extracted it as well but any body else had tried this already does it work? i am afraid if it would brick or blast my device any help? :angel:

yourshubhamkansal said:
don't install any custom rom for now if you want everything in working order.
and If u want to upgrade to lollipop, just download firmware of another s4 with same configuration from sammobile.com
I think yours is Korean and it will not get 5.0
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there are some reports of bricked devices after installing Firmware of another S4, suppose i bricked my device would i be able to get it working again if i installed the stock ROM again i mean can u flash a bricked device?
NOt get 5.0 :'( words hurt man they really do

First of all, lets get something straight. Most people use the term "bricked" improperly. A bricked phone means one thing: your phone won't turn on in any way, shape or form, and there's nothing you can do to fix it. It is, for all intents and purposes, as useful as a brick. A phone stuck in a boot loop is not bricked, nor is a phone that boots straight into recovery mode. These are things you can usually fix, and they're a lot more common than a truly bricked phone. If your phone is actually bricked, you won't be able to fix it yourself (but there are things you can do
If Your Phone Is Truly Bricked: Take It Into the Store and Play Dumb
If your phone is actually bricked—that is, it won't turn on at all, no matter how hard you try—it's time to give up and move on. The first thing you can do in this situation is try to take it back to your carrier's store and play dumb—just say something like "I don't know what happened, but my phone won't turn on anymore" (don't tell them you rooted it, obviously). Most carriers don't have time to deal with such issues and they'll just give you a new phone. Sure, it's a tad evil, but it should work most of the time

yourshubhamkansal said:
First of all, lets get something straight. Most people use the term "bricked" improperly. A bricked phone means one thing: your phone won't turn on in any way, shape or form, and there's nothing you can do to fix it. It is, for all intents and purposes, as useful as a brick. A phone stuck in a boot loop is not bricked, nor is a phone that boots straight into recovery mode. These are things you can usually fix, and they're a lot more common than a truly bricked phone. If your phone is actually bricked, you won't be able to fix it yourself (but there are things you can do
If Your Phone Is Truly Bricked: Take It Into the Store and Play Dumb
If your phone is actually bricked—that is, it won't turn on at all, no matter how hard you try—it's time to give up and move on. The first thing you can do in this situation is try to take it back to your carrier's store and play dumb—just say something like "I don't know what happened, but my phone won't turn on anymore" (don't tell them you rooted it, obviously). Most carriers don't have time to deal with such issues and they'll just give you a new phone. Sure, it's a tad evil, but it should work most of the time
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"Thanx for the info, soo if i install a firmware of another s4 will it TRuly Brick my device"

It depends on the device your are refering another s4 here.
b.t.w higher the risk higher the happiness after success.

yourshubhamkansal said:
It depends on the device your are refering another s4 here.
b.t.w higher the risk higher the happiness after success.
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So what if u Flash i9500 Rom on my SHV-E300l?

kartabya said:
I have the same phone and I'd like to install lollipop or probably flash a rom. have you found any?
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i found a rom see above but hadn't tried it yet.. (see on the starting post)

i already tried this rom
johniaxxault said:
Will The Korean S4 SHV-E300L get a taste of the New Lollipop update? also if any one has any links to its Custom roms will be highly appreciated, Thanks.
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"Ok Guys i dont know if any body knows this already but i have found a ROm for SHV-E300L here:
http://www.7hdmovie.com/2015/02/galaxy-s4.html?m=1
i have succesfully downloaded it and yes extracted it aswell but any body else had tried this already does it work? i am afraid if it wold brick or blast my device any help?"
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HI i already tried that rom. im using galaxy s4 SHV E300L..
flash via odin. the rom works well. it wont brick the device because i checked first the file. it does not have modem.bin so the device wont get problem on imei..
i just dont like the chinese characters at the top notification located in the date
here are some screen shots

dajhacker said:
HI i already tried that rom. im using galaxy s4 SHV E300L..
flash via odin. the rom works well. it wont brick the device because i checked first the file. it does not have modem.bin so the device wont get problem on imei..
i just dont like the chinese characters at the top notification located in the date
here are some screen shots
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That is awesome! are there any bugs? wifi games all well? good to know it is a working rom i will flash it now and hey tell me how to check if the file is ok to go and not corrupted or something

My Galaxy S IV GT-I9500 is Snapdragon 600 !!!!!????

Am Sorry if goggling solves this problem but couldn't solve my rather weird problem, i just got (today to be exact) a new SGS4 which claims to be GT-I9500 but it's not Exynos 5 IT"S Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 1.9ghz. Installed antutu and another info app to make sure and what's happening? is it fake? antutu says it scored 27000 points which is similar to the s600 and camera and UI are Buttery Smooth unlike the fake ones who cannot achieve that, all S apps are accounted for and gallery is well gallery. i haven't installed CPU-Z yet but if in a way this turn out to be real how am i supposed to upgrade it or do any thing related to software manipulations ?

What makes you think it's a snapdragon?

Found out another thing!!
DSA said:
What makes you think it's a snapdragon?
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Ok!! i finally unplugged it from the so called 3 hour first-charge and went in to the download mode since it tells me the product name, guess what i found, it says it is the Sprint S4, sph-l720 and its on custom rom, if it's a real one it answers the snapdragon thing since sprint's variant uses it, and the font is suspiciously very small. it passed the *#0*# test and OK, tell me something, can you change the device name with a ROM and make every app on it to think that way?? the million dollar question, is the sph-l720 rom my official rom? THANKS!

Yes. You can easily change the device name with the ROM. You probably have the sprint version of S4.

Yes, you can change the device model.
Mine is a GT-I9505. I'm using a GPE rom and because of this all apps show it as a GT-I9505G.

One More Thing!!
GDReaper said:
Yes, you can change the device model.
Mine is a GT-I9505. I'm using a GPE rom and because of this all apps show it as a GT-I9505G.
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so is it normal that the download mode font is very small i mean the info part , the green part is fine. and yeah the galaxy dont state model when booting just sgs4. so shall i try to flash the official sprint rom on it? the current OS is messy!! do you know a rom made by BinBinKeji? it says so instead of the build number.
thank you!!

iloveyoumommy said:
Am Sorry if goggling solves this problem but couldn't solve my rather weird problem, i just got (today to be exact) a new SGS4 which claims to be GT-I9500 but it's not Exynos 5 IT"S Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 1.9ghz. Installed antutu and another info app to make sure and what's happening? is it fake? antutu says it scored 27000 points which is similar to the s600 and camera and UI are Buttery Smooth unlike the fake ones who cannot achieve that, all S apps are accounted for and gallery is well gallery. i haven't installed CPU-Z yet but if in a way this turn out to be real how am i supposed to upgrade it or do any thing related to software manipulations ?
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hi mate
Use this app , will tell you everything you need to know from your phone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en

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MAX 404 said:
hi mate
Use this app , will tell you everything you need to know from your phone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en
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it says my phone is ORIGINAL, the bootloader is L720VPUNAE, bb is L720VPUAMDC, CSC is L720SPTFNAE , PDA is I9500XXUFB7.
Hard Ware =qcom , Board MSM8960, chip apq8064, though samsung serial number is 0000000000.

i found philz touch 6 insteadof recovery, looks like someoe has gone a great length to make it look like s4 gt-i9500, even the info under the battery is for gt-i9500, should i only depend on the motherboard to upgrade it? which is jfltespr sprint s4.

iloveyoumommy said:
i found philz touch 6 insteadof recovery, looks like someoe has gone a great length to make it look like s4 gt-i9500, even the info under the battery is for gt-i9500, should i only depend on the motherboard to upgrade it? which is jfltespr sprint s4.
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could be using a GT-I9500 Sticker or better yet the whole frame of the GT-I9500. Best best you can do is download the official sprint odin flash file and revert to factory stock.

Fingers Crossed!!
aromerblz said:
could be using a GT-I9500 Sticker or better yet the whole frame of the GT-I9500. Best best you can do is download the official sprint odin flash file and revert to factory stock.
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Will try, here i only get a single threaded download from sammobile recently, dunno why!! i download every thing else for 2-3MB/s but this file 100kB/s. i hope i finish the download someday but thank you for everything.

iloveyoumommy said:
Will try, here i only get a single threaded download from sammobile recently, dunno why!! i download every thing else for 2-3MB/s but this file 100kB/s. i hope i finish the download someday but thank you for everything.
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Did the restore / flashing the stock rom work?
If you have any more trouble, check this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511280
Good luck! :fingers-crossed:

Fingers Crossed!! Again!!
GusBH123 said:
Did the restore / flashing the stock rom work?
If you have any more trouble, check this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511280
Good luck! :fingers-crossed:
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Downloading now...

Working BUT...
So i flashed the phone with the file above in the screenshot i uploaded earlier, looks cute and upgraded it immediately to a new update 119 MB.
2 things though, the contacts app dont sync contacts from the SIM card and the most troubling of all, it's forcing me to use HSPA+ data mode. the custom i killed had the option to use EDGE and i want that back, HELP!!

SM-S/G820L Question

Does anybody know if ROMs for the other models are compatible with the 820L?

LordConnor7 said:
Does anybody know if ROMs for the other models are compatible with the 820L?
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If I understood your question correctly, I was wondering exactly what you are asking.
I would also like to know if the SM-S820l ROM's are compatible with other SM models.

You've got it a bit backwards. I'm wondering if ROMs for, say, the S-G360T would be compatible.

Yup, I meant it both ways actually. We will see if this stock Lollipop ROM for the SM-G360T will work on my SM-S820L using ODIN to flash it.
Fingers crossed!!!