[MF3 questions and answers thread][NOOB questions welcome here]
If anyone have ANY questions/Issues with MF3 Roms, please post the questions here. The forum is going to get flooded with these questions, let's try and centralize them before it gets out of hand.
RULES:
Do not ROM slam/bash in this thread.
Do not slam/bash anyone in this thread.
Everyone was a Noob at one time, lets help.
If you can not help, do not post.
Keep all questions and answers on the subject.
Stupid questions are ok.
Requirements are:
WHAT DEVICE
WHAT ROM (there are a few google roms)
And any other info you can supply.
This will insure you get an quick and accurate answer.
It is hard for anyone to help without this info, SO SUPPLY IT IN YOUR QUESTION.
IF SOMEONE HELPS, PLEASE GIVE THEM A THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
(as no one has to help, so lets thank them)
Thanks and enjoy!
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I have tested 2 of the google roms myself for the ATT US SGH-i337 device. You can find which ones in my tested rom thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
If anyone wants to add to the cause, please start posting your input. Thanks
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TheAxman said:
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I have tested 2 of the google roms myself for the ATT US SGH-i337 device. You can find which ones in my tested rom thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
If anyone wants to add to the cause, please start posting your input. Thanks
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So - I just switched to android after having ALL the iPhone's since the 3G. I also have the ATT US SGH-i337. So far, have not missed the iPhone after a month...at all.
I do have a couple noob questions...I rooted and installed TWRP with that casual installer that you mentioned (did that less than a week after having my phone, where I never jailbroke any of my iPhone...I traded the 5 for my SG4). I was waiting for the GE Rom to come out and just flashed that yesterday with this one version 1.2 at the time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
So, I thought I'd get closer to 12-13GB available storage after switching because of all the bloatware...but I only got an extra 500MB or so. Second, I don't know how to mount my SD card to move picture or have the gallery view pictures that are already on it.
Thoughts?
Thanks for being so helpful!
It should have auto mounted the extsdcard, so you can not see the sdcard within the google os? when you were on the stock rom, did it see it ok? What size is the sdcard?
Also, as far as space, you are not going to see any more than 12gig, give or take a gig, samsung allocated 4gig, depending on if you have the 16gig version device. And that is with any rom you flash, I may be wrong, but I have not seen anywhere where we can grab back some of that space.
Noob to Android. Will there be a way to flash the Google Edition ROM to Samsung Galaxy Active?
FtrV8 said:
Noob to Android. Will there be a way to flash the Google Edition ROM to Samsung Galaxy Active?
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Now this is a real good question. I do not have the answer to that, but hopefully someone will come along and have an answer. I do not have that device, but I bet it would work.
Afaik there is not a way to get a custom recovery on the Active. You'd need that before you could flash the rom.
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jd1639 said:
Afaik there is not a way to get a custom recovery on the Active. You'd need that before you could flash the rom.
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Thank you sir, you are a gentleman.
I did not know this.
TheAxman said:
Thank you sir, you are a gentleman.
I did not know this.
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They're not currently able to root it or get a recovery on it. Hopefully it's only a matter of time.
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I have the S View case for my GS4. Can anyone confirm if it still works with the GE Roms?
AutoUnion said:
I have the S View case for my GS4. Can anyone confirm if it still works with the GE Roms?
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I can confirm the S view case functions as normal on GE
I have a stock ROM (att S4-i377)with superuser granted. I want to in install the Google ROM but do not know where to begin. Please help. Thanks
Galaxy S4
ricosuave1313 said:
I have a stock ROM (att S4-i377)with superuser granted. I want to in install the Google ROM but do not know where to begin. Please help. Thanks
Galaxy S4
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since you are apparently unlocked and rooted,
>make a backup in custom recovery
>down the ROM (gapps is included) and loki-doki zip and place them on device/micro sd card
>full wipe in recovery
>flash ROM
>flash loki-doki zip
>reboot. let device boot up fully and sit for a few minutes. reboot and set it up.
The new camera in the ROM will only save to internal storage, unlike the previous camera Google used in older versions of Android. I have a 16 GB S4 with a 32GB SD card, so saving to the SD is very useful. Is there any way to force it to save pictures to the external?
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The new camera in the ROM will only save to internal storage, unlike the previous camera Google used in older versions of Android. I have a 16 GB S4 with a 32GB SD card, so saving to the SD is very useful. Is there any way to force it to save pictures to the external?
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The 4.3 GE ROM I was running the camera worked with the SD card for me.. Didn't think to try it on the 4.2 GE ROM though
Sent from my Omega AT&T S4
rcklss1 said:
The 4.3 GE ROM I was running the camera worked with the SD card for me.. Didn't think to try it on the 4.2 GE ROM though
Sent from my Omega AT&T S4
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Interesting of them to do that. Was it the new camera and all?
ThePerson98 said:
Interesting of them to do that. Was it the new camera and all?
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The 4.3 ROM had the new camera
Sent from my Omega AT&T S4
Google Play Edition - Stuck on Boot
If you are stuck on the boot screen after flashing the ROM and rebooting, go into the recovery and wipe the cache partition and dalvik cache partition 5 times then reboot. Every reboot after this should be fine.
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The 4.3 ROM had the new camera
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I just pulled the GalleryGoogle.apk out of the 4.3 ROM and put it into my 4.2, and it still doesn't have the option to save pictures to the external SD. It might be something built into the 4.3 ROM, but since it apparently can't be rooted at the moment, I guess I'll just have to be patient in order to find out.
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I just pulled the GalleryGoogle.apk out of the 4.3 ROM and put it into my 4.2, and it still doesn't have the option to save pictures to the external SD. It might be something built into the 4.3 ROM, but since it apparently can't be rooted at the moment, I guess I'll just have to be patient in order to find out.
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Im almost positive as soon as I opened the camera it asked if I wanted to save to my SD card so maybe it is ROM related I'll double check in the AM and report back whether I'm right or wrong
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So where do I start....I'm new and as such I obviously have a question.....Hey all!
I've been following this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369130&page=36) for a while regarding rooting and flashing android 4.3 on my S4 (International LTE). I have done so and I love it.
My question is why can't I access all my internal memory (16GB of it), It only shows at 9.25GB ish free. I know the stock S4 used a lot of memory, but why, after a wipe/reset can I still not access it? I would have thought it would be gone.
Is it a case of it being needed for use by my newly flashed 4.3 ROM (is the ROM using it as the stock one did), or is it just sitting there being wasted? How could I wipe it and what are the implications of doing so?
If this has been asked before I haven't looked hard enough, please link me to the relevant thread and I'll dispose of this one.
Many Thanks
Anthony
You can't use it because it is the system partition. It is reserved space.
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OK thanks for the reply
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hi guys im new to the samsung world and i just got S4 i9505.. what i wanted to say that i only have like 9GB of my device storage and in a week i got it full so i bought a 16gb sd card and wanted to transfer apps and games but i found out that it doesnt work only if the phone is rooted .. the reason i want to transfer everything to sd card because i read if the device storage is full the device will lag and stuff ..now into my subject
what is root?
is it safe to root my s4?
also what should i root because i saw alot of people having different root on their phones??
help me fast plz
brutaLL said:
hi guys im new to the samsung world and i just got S4 i9505.. what i wanted to say that i only have like 9GB of my device storage and in a week i got it full so i bought a 16gb sd card and wanted to transfer apps and games but i found out that it doesnt work only if the phone is rooted .. the reason i want to transfer everything to sd card because i read if the device storage is full the device will lag and stuff ..now into my subject
what is root?
is it safe to root my s4?
also what should i root because i saw alot of people having different root on their phones??
help me fast plz
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Rooting is safe as long as you know what you are doing
1. Download CF-Auto Root from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803, extract it once with 7-zip. Read the OP well for how to use it.
2. download Odin 3.04 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1094518&d=1338368405
3. Enable usb in developer options and connect with usb and flash CF-Root.
Reboot and you have root.
Well mate thanks alot .. but what im supposed to do in rooting beside moving apps and games to sd card ?
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You won't save much space moving apps to SD card. The data files take up the most space in games and these can't be moved.
You can only move the apk file and there small.
It's pointless.
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Well I saw someone on youtube move the data to sd card or making the sd card as device storage..if it wont work I dont need root then because I already moved the apk
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Bump ..can any tell me if I can move data to sd card by any means??
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Yes, you can but you need root and this app called Foldermount.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount
Hey,
I previously installed Slimbean on my Galaxy S4 (jfltexx) 16GB. I was wondering why I only have about 9GB space left on my internal storage. So I googled the issue and found out that the Samsung Firmware needs that much space. So since I use Slimbean, why is there still only about 9GB free storage?
Are these old remains of the Samsung Firmware? And if yes how can I delete them so I get more storage?
thx in advance
lup3x said:
Hey,
I previously installed Slimbean on my Galaxy S4 (jfltexx) 16GB. I was wondering why I only have about 9GB space left on my internal storage. So I googled the issue and found out that the Samsung Firmware needs that much space. So since I use Slimbean, why is there still only about 9GB free storage?
Are these old remains of the Samsung Firmware? And if yes how can I delete them so I get more storage?
thx in advance
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The internal storage is partitioned but the partitions are not altered when you flash a different ROM. And so thats why you don't gain any extra space when flashing a smaller ROM like CM or slimbean.
You would have to flash an altered PIT file to change the space allocation like the discussion in the below thread. The risk of seriously messing up your ohone is high though and this also relates to the i9500 so it can't be used on a i9505
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2429309
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gsmyth said:
The internal storage is partitioned but the partitions are not altered when you flash a different ROM. And so thats why you don't gain any extra space when flashing a smaller ROM like CM or slimbean.
You would have to flash an altered PIT file to change the space allocation like the discussion in the below thread. The risk of seriously messing up your ohone is high though and this also relates to the i9500 so it can't be used on a i9505
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2429309
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well thanks i might just get an external sd card :good:
lup3x said:
well thanks i might just get an external sd card :good:
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Definitely, you can pick up 32gb cards pretty cheaply now.
Also might be worth checking out this too, pretty useful.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount
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You can buy models with bigger internal storage like GT-I9500, SHV-E300K/L/S or SGH-N045.
lup3x said:
Hey,
I previously installed Slimbean on my Galaxy S4 (jfltexx) 16GB. I was wondering why I only have about 9GB space left on my internal storage. So I googled the issue and found out that the Samsung Firmware needs that much space. So since I use Slimbean, why is there still only about 9GB free storage?
Are these old remains of the Samsung Firmware? And if yes how can I delete them so I get more storage?
thx in advance
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I simply use Foldermount from Play Store to move game data to the external SD. Since some games use 1.5GB+, this really makes a difference. The smaller files remain internal.
You can also mount the external SD as internal, then Android thinks the external one is the built-in. There are some flashable ZIPs in the development forums IIRC. Then you have the full-blown solution
gsmyth said:
The internal storage is partitioned but the partitions are not altered when you flash a different ROM. And so thats why you don't gain any extra space when flashing a smaller ROM like CM or slimbean.
You would have to flash an altered PIT file to change the space allocation like the discussion in the below thread. The risk of seriously messing up your ohone is high though and this also relates to the i9500 so it can't be used on a i9505
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2429309
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hey m8, is there a way to re-partition without going back to the official samsung rom, people in that thread say that you cant flash a rom after you do that because the system partition would be too small, thanks
First of all, i recently rooted using cf autoroot and afterwards installed cwm recovery. I'm on 4.3.
After the things listed above i am completely clueless on things regarding flashing and things of that nature.
My first question is how do i backup my phone to my pc without the need of a external sd card, because mine is only a 1gb i cant backup to it.
2nd question is how to verify if i am on mf9, mdl, or whatever else. From what i have read it seems to matter regarding roms.
3rd and last question is once i am all setup and have chosen a rom how would i go about flashing it.
I'm sorry for my extreme case of noobness regarding androids and flashing, any well detailed links would really help and would love to be recommended roms.
Once again i have a Sprint Galaxy s4 running jellybean 4.3.
EDIT: Also the difference between Touchwiz and AOSP roms and kernels would help.
1. Not sure. I use Dropbox so I'm of no help here.
2. If you are on 4.3, you are on MJA. You can verify this from the About screen in System Settings.
3. Download your desired ROM to your phone. Turn off phone. Boot into recovery holding power and volume up. Flash away.
EDIT: Touchwiz is Samsung's Android interface. AOSP is closer to pure Android. Basically a user preference thing. Try them both.
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frostedunit said:
1. Not sure. I use Dropbox so I'm of no help here.
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Thanks but on the above did you backup with cwm and then post to dropbox?
As far as flashing a ROM goes, follow whatever instructions the OP has posted. Read through all their initial posts on their ROM before you flash.
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Buy a bigger sdcard!! What are they like $10 for a 16gb now.