Hi all.
I've rooted my phone and now want to install another ROM on it but am unsure as to what is safe to use. I have attached a screen shot showing the hardware specs of my phone. What confuses me is that the processor is different to some of the others used in the I9505. Am I ok to use something like the cyanogen mod for the i9505 LTE?
My recovery menu is also different to what I have found in flashing guides. I have attached the pic with that as well.
Any help that anyone can give would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Dean.
Anyone at all?
I'm new here so don't fully take my word for it...
But your specs seem normal. I have the same processor, and had the same stock recovery menu as you. Idk about cyanogen mod but I've flashed several TW based roms built for the i9505 and it's been fine. I'm pretty sure you'd be sweet using something made for the i9505.
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Hi everyone,
This is my first post. I searched a lot and so far I don't find an answer. I am sorry if I missed the answer somewhere and I would appreciate any pointers. I got an i9505G from the play store. It is nice but I would also like the possibility of playing with some of the touchwiz stuff. It is my understanding from my research that the main difference (besides the ROM that it runs) is the way the storage is partitioned and that is what prevents us from flashing one of the many ROMS available for the i9505.
Is my understanding correct? Is it simply the way the storage is partitioned that presents the challenge?
Has anyone successfully flashed a touchwiz ROM on the i9505G? If yes how did you do it? I have used the information provided in other posts to get my device rooted and twrp installed on my device (the 2.6 version that supports my phone) but I have found nothing about this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello,
I flashed a 4.4.4 KitKat ROM (Google Play Edition) on my phone and it comes with a custom kernel and the touch screen doesn't respond to touch after flashing it. If I change the ROM back to the previous ROM I had then it works fine but that's not the point. If I flash any custom kernel then my Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 touch screen stops working until I restore the stock kernel.
Is there a way around this or a fix for this because I'm finding it very difficult to find anyone else having this problem. I've done quite a bit of searching and so far nothing is similar to what I have. I'd like the use this ROM because it's much better than the other GPE ROM I'm currently using, but if I can't use the touch screen it's not worth it really.
This ROM is designed for the GT-I9505 and that, if I haven't already mentioned, is the device I'm using.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
It seems like these two models are very very similar, and I have seen threads where people want to install i9505 roms on i9515, but what about the other way around? There are no published roms for the i9505 in my country, but there are roms for i9515. Will I brick the phone if I install an i9515 rom on my i9505?
Any ideas, anyone?
Thanks!
Where have you found roms for i9515? Devs are still working to port cm11, there is no custom rom available for i9515 (value edition)... As far as I know
gibihr said:
Where have you found roms for i9515? Devs are still working to port cm11, there is no custom rom available for i9515 (value edition)... As far as I know
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I haven't been looking for custom roms from i9515. I was going to put the stock i9515 rom for my country (from sammobile) on my i9505 because there are no i9505 roms designed for here. I was hoping that would help solve some modem and gps problems that I've been having. Maybe having a rom that is designed for here would solve the issue.
The thing is that i9515 has different WiFi and Bluetooth modules... I don't think it would work, it would probably work partially
gibihr said:
The thing is that i9515 has different WiFi and Bluetooth modules... I don't think it would work, it would probably work partially
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Hm. So the rom would load, but it's not really close enough to run cleanly, it sounds like. Different WiFi and Bluetooth is enough to call it "Value Edition"? There aren't enough different models and sub-models of the Galaxy line out there, they had to tweak radios just to make another one? Sometimes (many times) I just don't understand their logic.
Any other differences to note that you know of?
Yes... That the value edition has no development... I had a i9505 before, (now deep in the sea, rest in peace) now it seems to be a bit smoother, WiFi is more stable... But maybe just because it's a new device... The rest is exactly the same to me...
gibihr said:
Yes... That the value edition has no development... I had a i9505 before, (now deep in the sea, rest in peace) now it seems to be a bit smoother, WiFi is more stable... But maybe just because it's a new device... The rest is exactly the same to me...
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Maybe I should just break down and take it to the Samsung repair center and see what they can do with the GPS, then. Unless you have any ideas...? The problem (which I posted elsewhere looking for assistance) is that only if I disconnect/reconnect the GPS antenna, then the GPS works well for about a day. Then it goes dead until I disconnect/reconnect the antenna again. When it works, it's great. But I can't keep that up. I need to find a fix or get rid of the phone. (Maybe move to the OnePlus. My son just got one and he's very happy with it.)
Have you already tried restoring Phone with Factory reset etc? No other i9505 works?
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Just a final followup to close the thread - I wound up doing a total system clean wipe - delete dalvik, cache, system, data - everything, and then did a clean install of Optimized CM 12.1 (custom ROM here on the board), and everything sprang back to life. So there evidently were no hardware issues and now the phone works as it should, GPS locks in quickly, etc. No need to dump it and replace it. Happy Ending.
eisenbergw said:
It seems like these two models are very very similar, and I have seen threads where people want to install i9505 roms on i9515, but what about the other way around? There are no published roms for the i9505 in my country, but there are roms for i9515. Will I brick the phone if I install an i9515 rom on my i9505?
Any ideas, anyone?
Thanks!
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No it isn't possible!
No, dont try this ?
Envoyé de mon GT-I9505 en utilisant Tapatalk
i9505 sim removed real fix
I have found the permenant fix underneath the sim/sd module there is a tiny ic Labeled KML05 some say reflowing the connector works but its cause its so close to the actual ic thats the reason it worked now there is 2 ways with a tooth pick apply the tinyest amount of flux around the chip and with a hot air reflow gun using lowest air and 300c keep it moving in circles around 1.5cm above the ic for a minute time yourself try the phone out if it dont work it needs replacing £2.99 on ebay U203 ic i9505 follow same procedure to remove and refit
I just newly registered so wont allow me to post the picture of the ic so message me or email me [email protected]
I've been looking for custom roms with android 5.0 (lollipop) to flash on my Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-i337m (jfltecan), however I can't find any. I know Cyanogen mod has cm12 for the jflte but not for jfltecan, can I still flash cm12 for jflte on my device or will it brick it? I used to have an s3 and I flashed carbon rom for d2att, edited some lines as to bypass status 7 and it worked fine. I was just wondering if I could do the same for my s4. Thanks!
Sir,
Please wait until mods will move this thread to the device specific forum for more relevant answers.
Stand by
Good luck
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I've been looking for custom roms with android 5.0 (lollipop) to flash on my Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-i337m (jfltecan), however I can't find any. I know Cyanogen mod has cm12 for the jflte but not for jfltecan, can I still flash cm12 for jflte on my device or will it brick it? I used to have an s3 and I flashed carbon rom for d2att, edited some lines as to bypass status 7 and it worked fine. I was just wondering if I could do the same for my s4. Thanks!
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I'm using the GPE ROM, its great!! Rogers i337m
Sent from my GT-I9505G using XDA Free mobile app
Simax8 said:
I've been looking for custom roms with android 5.0 (lollipop) to flash on my Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-i337m (jfltecan), however I can't find any. I know Cyanogen mod has cm12 for the jflte but not for jfltecan, can I still flash cm12 for jflte on my device or will it brick it? I used to have an s3 and I flashed carbon rom for d2att, edited some lines as to bypass status 7 and it worked fine. I was just wondering if I could do the same for my s4. Thanks!
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I'm on sgh-i337m with cm12 for the jflte and it's working great you need to change the name of device in updater script and all is working
sorry for my bad english
mugensiz said:
I'm on sgh-i337m with cm12 for the jflte and it's working great you need to change the name of device in updater script and all is working
sorry for my bad english
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So you are not having any issues at all? I am considering doing this. Do you have a link to a guide you used?
I use the AntaresOne Rom from this Link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557353 with my sgs4 (sgh-1337m) from Fido and the only issues are wifi is kinda wonky(doesn't always save network info, doesn't always connect, sometimes drops connexion, but it DOES work fine when connected) and battery sometimes drains really fast. NB that this last issue has been labelled "cosmetic" by someone who knows a great deal more than me about Android. I have NEVER had my phone run out of battery and shutdown., just some days at 6pm it says 25%, other days it reads 76%. Kinda random. About to test the "Danvdh's GPE Edition ROM" 5.0.1 Lollipop, will post when I can confirm working or not.
EchoeROM is a good one.
No service after flashing...
I was on SlimKat 4.4.4 which was good, but wanted to upgrade to Lollipop after seeing it on my Nexus 5 (which is now broken). I have a Bell SGH-I337M
I first tried the CM12 Optimized build, wouldn't ever get past the boot screen...
Tried GPE, and it installed and ran fine, but my service was cutting in and out (so basically useless)
Tried SlimLP, it also installed fine but I was having the same service problem as with GPE.
How are you guys installing these ROMS? The only info I could find to fix the problem involved modem/radio.. I tried flashing a LP modem with the ROM but it didn't work. And all the radio-related information was from 2011 so I didn't bother with it. Any help would be much appreciated, I've been messing with this for 2 days now and get seem to fix it
Hello everyone I'm new here I just recently rooted my Galaxy S4 i9500 and I want to put in cool speedy Rom.
I also heared that I can combine it with lolipop or something? I dont realy understand it yet I hope you can explain it to me help me choose what's best for me without bricking my phone....
Also I would like to know what apps I must have after rooting or what apps you recommand for me?
Any help will be aprreciate thanks for all !
Start reading as much as you can on this forum and learn from it.
You won't brick your phone, that's almost impossible. That has never happend when flashing custom roms.
Just flash a custom recovery for the i9500 and start flashing the rom you want to try. Always read the first post of the rom and probably the last few pages of the thread.
First of all thank you for the reply, Finaly!
Someone offered me the omni rom with lolipop.
I mainly looking for speedy tweakinish rom and it seems awsome,
but maybe there more roms even better?
also I saw you need to delete anything from the phone
b4 you put a new rom so my question is how I save the
important apps and data and if i can skip all the crap i used to have??
Question
Hi! I have a Galaxy S4 LTE (I9506) and i'm on stock rom (4.4.2, I9506XXUCNF3). I successfully installed a TWRP recovery via ODIN. Root done and it works. Now i want to flash the PAC lollipop ROM. Do i need something else to do before flashing? Thank you in forward!