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Return I9505G to stock 4.2 with Odin?

Is there a official 4.2 Odin package for the Google Play Edition S4? I can only find the leaked 4.3 package, and I'd rather not use that until it's official.
Thanks for any help!

This thread will instruct you on flashing the stock image with heimdall. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360346
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baberthal said:
This thread will instruct you on flashing the stock image with heimdall. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360346
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Thank you for the link. I don't think that will replace the radio image though, which is what I'm primarily concerned with. My S4 is having a great deal of trouble connecting to wifi, so I'm thinking I may have a hardware defect. I didn't try to connect to wifi until after I flashed the 4.3 leak. (Dumb in hindsight) Trying to get back to stock radio to see if that helps me out.

If you give me a little time, I can extract it from my phone and upload it. Not at a computer now but will be in a little bit.
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baberthal said:
If you give me a little time, I can extract it from my phone and upload it. Not at a computer now but will be in a little bit.
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I appreciate it!

baberthal said:
If you give me a little time, I can extract it from my phone and upload it. Not at a computer now but will be in a little bit.
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I've learned that there are two different 4.3 leaks. I flashed the newer of the two and my Wifi suddenly started working! They must have fixed some kind of compatibility issue with my router. Woohoo!

illogic6 said:
I've learned that there are two different 4.3 leaks. I flashed the newer of the two and my Wifi suddenly started working! They must have fixed some kind of compatibility issue with my router. Woohoo!
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Great news! I'm happy it worked out. Hopefully we will get the official 4.3 build today or tomorrow. :fingers-crossed:

baberthal said:
If you give me a little time, I can extract it from my phone and upload it. Not at a computer now but will be in a little bit.
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Did you ever extract the 4.2.2 radios? I'm trying to find them so I can return my baseband back to MFD.

[REQUEST] Eclipse ROM Port

Got my Galaxy Gear Watch today and couldn't get it working on my AOSP ROM so I moved over to a TW ROM. However, I hate the TW look. It's too big and clunky so I went looking for some TW ROMs and found this one:
http://www.elementalxdesigns.com/ec...-0-(08-27-13)-Touchwiz-stability-AOSP-Styling!!
I would love to see this ROM ported to the Sprint S4!
What do you guys think?
Of course it would just be a lot easier to just get Galaxy Gear working with AOSP, but TW generally is more stable with better battery life.
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If I'm not mistaken, can't you flash a Verizon rom with a Sprint kernel and it'll work?
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imneveral0ne said:
If I'm not mistaken, can't you flash a Verizon rom with a Sprint kernel and it'll work?
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Yes you are correct
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imneveral0ne said:
If I'm not mistaken, can't you flash a Verizon rom with a Sprint kernel and it'll work?
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How did I not know this? I'll give it a shot and see what happens!
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R0CKSTAR3N3RGY said:
How did I not know this? I'll give it a shot and see what happens!
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As long as it's TW ROM. I've never tried AOSP.
BTW the way to install is to wipe data and caches the install ROM. Then wipe data once again then absprint kernel.
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daniel4653 said:
As long as it's TW ROM. I've never tried AOSP.
BTW the way to install is to wipe data and caches the install ROM. Then wipe data once again then absprint kernel.
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Clean installed, wiped data, then flashed the Sprint kernel, and got stuck in a boot loop. Tried a couple kernels too. Might try again some time today.

daniel4653 said:
Yes you are correct
Where would I find a Sprint Kernel for the Galaxy S4?
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Bohnstedt39 said:
daniel4653 said:
Yes you are correct
Where would I find a Sprint Kernel for the Galaxy S4?
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In original developement section.
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R0CKSTAR3N3RGY said:
Got my Galaxy Gear Watch today and couldn't get it working on my AOSP ROM so I moved over to a TW ROM. However, I hate the TW look. It's too big and clunky so I went looking for some TW ROMs and found this one:
http://www.elementalxdesigns.com/ec...-0-(08-27-13)-Touchwiz-stability-AOSP-Styling!!
I would love to see this ROM ported to the Sprint S4!
What do you guys think?
Of course it would just be a lot easier to just get Galaxy Gear working with AOSP, but TW generally is more stable with better battery life.
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Did you ever get this working??? I've been trying to figure this out also:fingers-crossed:

I'll take a look at this. No promises but it sounds too good to pass up myself. If I make progress I'll post it here.

Not much to say at this point. Its bootable with a little updater.script editing and flashing the ktkernel with aroma and instantly rebooting recovery and flashing an older 4.3 ktkernel. No data as of yet. I guess if I can get a stable data through either network or WiFi I'll make a download for ya. Or just some good links and a tut.

GR8 job bro. Thanx alot
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There's also a KK version that would be awesome to have ported.
https://www.elementalxdesigns.com/e...25-14)-Real-AOSP-styling!!-KitKat-has-arrived!!!
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Daisflaque said:
Not much to say at this point. Its bootable with a little updater.script editing and flashing the ktkernel with aroma and instantly rebooting recovery and flashing an older 4.3 ktkernel. No data as of yet. I guess if I can get a stable data through either network or WiFi I'll make a download for ya. Or just some good links and a tut.
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Any luck with this?
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SB03 said:
Any luck with this?
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None.. sorry. Very busy atm and have no time..

No Pure Google?

Sorry for the silly question but I've been curious. Any particular reason that we haven't seen any AOSP/AOKP ROMs for our device yet? Is it lack of development or is there something a bit more technical that is preventing that from happening? I usually love to tinker and they offer quite a bit more options. Again, just curious....
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I found my answer. Disregard.
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What was your answer?
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sean.yesmunt said:
What was your answer?
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.....Locked bootloader
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cant run custom kernel on locked bootloader (retail version)

Yeah but didn't the Bionic also have a locked bootloader? We were still able to run AOKP through safe strap. Hopefully we can run AOKP the same way on the Note 3. Unless I'm wrong about the Bionic.
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Krazie316 said:
Yeah but didn't the Bionic also have a locked bootloader? We were still able to run AOKP through safe strap. Hopefully we can run AOKP the same way on the Note 3. Unless I'm wrong about the Bionic.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550013
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Krazie316 said:
Yeah but didn't the Bionic also have a locked bootloader? We were still able to run AOKP through safe strap. Hopefully we can run AOKP the same way on the Note 3. Unless I'm wrong about the Bionic.
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This is a complete guess but I'd say it wasn't a full aosp rom. Probably just a rom made to look and work like aokp on the regular kernel
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My developer edition has unlocked bootloader and tmobile as has unlocked bootloader and there is one in the works for cm but that is it

oneandroidnut said:
there is one in the works for cm but that is it
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For T-Mobile device, not our Verizon DE's, right?

cam30era said:
For T-Mobile device, not our Verizon DE's, right?
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if you have a verizon de you can run tmobile roms/kernels just fine

oneandroidnut said:
if you have a verizon de you can run tmobile roms/kernels just fine
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I just want to make sure I understand this. There is currently a thread on T-Mobile Developer forum for CM10.2. While it's not working well now, once it's debugged it should work fine on our DEs, with the stock TM CM10.2 kernel?

cam30era said:
I just want to make sure I understand this. There is currently a thread on T-Mobile Developer forum for CM10.2. While it's not working well now, once it's debugged it should work fine on our DEs, with the stock TM CM10.2 kernel?
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correct. i believe you have to change just the apn or use global settings but it can be done no big deal at all. kernels run with no issues. im on tmobile kernel from imo with zero issues at all!

oneandroidnut said:
correct. i believe you have to change just the apn or use global settings but it can be done no big deal at all. kernels run with no issues. im on tmobile kernel from imo with zero issues at all!
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Thanks a lot! I'll let you know if I see a working tmo CM rom there. Would you do the same, please?

cam30era said:
Thanks a lot! I'll let you know if I see a working tmo CM rom there. Would you do the same, please?
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sure i checked earlier today and it is not working yet so who knows when

[Q] Nexus 5 KitKat Dialer

One of the things I was looking forward to trying when I got the 4.4.2 update was the KitKat Dialer from Nexus 5. I have used it with custom 4.4 Roms in the past and really liked it. One of the first things I tried when I updated to 4.4.2 was to sideload the .apk. That did not work and just kept FC. I rooted and flasked the .zip, same results. Anyone know of a work around or a way to get this to work?

Try the flashable zip from ParanoidAndroid it's listed on their gapps page as an add on. It works on CarbonRom.
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http://m.pocketnow.com/2013/12/26/install-google-dialer
Hope that helps
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LordKoga said:
Try the flashable zip from ParanoidAndroid it's listed on their gapps page as an add on. It works on CarbonRom.
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Thanks for the suggestion but that is the zip file I flashed from recovery.

I'm having the same issue (FC when opening Google Dialer after flashing the zip). I'm very interested in a solution to this. Hopefully someone has an idea.

I don't think those will work because they seem to be for AOSP. Use on TW would require some modding.
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daniel4653 said:
I don't think those will work because they seem to be for AOSP. Use on TW would require some modding.
That's kind of what I figured, but the article referenced the S4 specifically. Don't all S4s have touchwiz?
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daniel4653 said:
I don't think those will work because they seem to be for AOSP. Use on TW would require some modding.
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That is what I was afraid of. Maybe there will be something down the road. Man you are everywhere on here. Thanks for all you do on this forum! Just curious though, do you ever sleep?

dyandell said:
That is what I was afraid of. Maybe there will be something down the road. Man you are everywhere on here. Thanks for all you do on this forum! Just curious though, do you ever sleep?
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Yes all do , except for the Google edition. It had TW framework but even using TW apps like the Samsung camera apk took a lot of modding to work.
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That'd be awesome if someone could get the legit KitKat dialer to work on 4.4.2 TW ROMs!

Joe0113 said:
That'd be awesome if someone could get the legit KitKat dialer to work on 4.4.2 TW ROMs!
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+1

I guess I'm in the minority but I actually like TW dialer better. . It's prettier & more functional for me. The dialer screen is one of the uglier screens on my Nexus 5, IMHO. I really don't like the blue on black look.

Can't root my s4 on 4.4.2

As the title says.. I tried towelroot.com but the download never actually starts. It says it's starting, but never does anything.. Any tips, please?

Look in the general forum for index, all things at&t...... In there is a link to towel root. Try that. The thread also has a lot of good information for you
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jd1639 said:
Look in the general forum for index, all things at&t...... In there is a link to towel root. Try that. The thread also has a lot of good information for you
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As i said, i tried the towelroot, and it's not doing anything sorry

Wodensman said:
As i said, i tried the towelroot, and it's not doing anything sorry
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In settings, security are you allowing unknown sources?
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jd1639 said:
In settings, security are you allowing unknown sources?
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yep. this isn't even close to my first device that i've rooted, so i'm familiar with the process. Just can't find a method that works.

Wodensman said:
yep. this isn't even close to my first device that i've rooted, so i'm familiar with the process. Just can't find a method that works.
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Well not sure then I just downloaded it. Took about 2 seconds so the link is working.
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jd1639 said:
Well not sure then I just downloaded it. Took about 2 seconds so the link is working.
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downloading it with your phone or pc?

I got it. sorry. delete stupid thread.

Wodensman said:
I got it. sorry. delete stupid thread.
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Sorry, one more question.
I can't get cyanogenmod, because it's 4.3 and i'm 4.4? unless i downgrade?

Wodensman said:
Sorry, one more question.
I can't get cyanogenmod, because it's 4.3 and i'm 4.4? unless i downgrade?
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You can't get cm on the i337 unless you're on mdl firmware. And you can't downgrade to it. Thank at&t. You're stuck with touch wiz based roms
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jd1639 said:
You can't get cm on the i337 unless you're on mdl firmware. And you can't downgrade to it. Thank at&t. You're stuck with touch wiz based roms
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FFS!!!!!!! thanks for the fast replies, friend.
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crap, one more thing. can i get this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610686
or, what, in your opinion, would be the best most complete rom that i could get?

Wodensman said:
crap, one more thing. can i get this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610686
or, what, in your opinion, would be the best most complete rom that i could get?
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See if it's listed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53758227 if it is you can use it. I don't have an s4 so can't recommend any roms.
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Wodensman said:
crap, one more thing. can i get this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610686
or, what, in your opinion, would be the best most complete rom that i could get?
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Nope. You can't install any aosp based Roms compiled from source. You can only use TW Roms, and one google edition ROM that's in the general section