As the title says I have an International GT_I9500 unlocked
Until now I was always able to install any custom rom I wanted , no problem, just wipe and install and away we went.
Now with KitKat, I AM COMPLETELY UNABLE TO INSTALL ANY OF THE CUSTOM ROMS FOR 4.4.2 -0 NONE WORKS. I can't believe i am jinxed.
I wiped everything, cache, dalvik, system and internal and also did a full wipe - NOTHING WORKED, There are 3 custom roms for 4.4.2 so far and NONE = NOT A SINGLE ONE WANTS TO INSTALL.
I downloaded one of Samsung original 4.4.2 firmware and using Odin I WAS ABLE TO INSTALL AND MAKE IT WORK, yet after doing this, I tried to install any of the 3 customs roms and BOOM, COMPLETE FAILURE
Can anyone help PLEASE GUYS, I feel like BROOMHILDA LONE PERSON WITH A CLOUD ONLY ON MY HEAD
I am curious as to why this is happening
maybe its a i9505 or i9506 rom
provide the Odin messages here.
custom roms failure, huh?
spamtrash said:
provide the Odin messages here.
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I loaded the custom roms via recovery, not via odin,
so i go into recovery mode via TeamWin, wipe everything and load the custom rom, message says "successful" and i reboot system, that's it
the phone hangs into one of the boot animations and never finishes, left it for longer than 30 minutes, all of them , nothing loads.
go back the same custom roms but with android 4.3 and first shot, loads fine, all of them, same ones that won't load the 4.4.2 load the 4.3
most custom roms load via recovery not odin -
last try was load samsung original firmware 4.4.2 via download Odin, then root then install teamwin recovery. - worked fine
now removed it and reinstalled Thor 4.3 (thor 4.4.2 doesn't work) but tomorrow i'll wipe it and reinstall the samsung 4.4.2 unless you have an idea
*i hope)
sorry about the capitals - NO IT IS AN EXYNOS UNLOCKED GT-I9500 - almost a year after playing with nova settings, xposed and about a dozen custom roms, i THINK i know it's a 9500 - skip the silly suggestions - we're all noobs but not necessarily all boobs
thanks for your help - appreciated if we can solve it
custom roms failure, huh?
KingOfDope said:
maybe its a i9505 or i9506 rom
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roms were downloaded exclusively from GT=I9500 AREA -
i don't go anywhere else because i know beforehand that they won't work - so why bother
thanks for your suggestion but obviously out of context - i don't live in the US in addition
Maybe wrong recovery ¿?
funny 4.4.2 roms
robertostorm said:
Maybe wrong recovery ¿?
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i usually use teamwin version 2.6.3
and funny thing in one of the wipes even the teamwin was wiped so i wound using the regular android recovery, with the tiny tiny blue characters
that doesn't have all the teamwin recovery options - so even then it failed
after installing the saunsung 4.4.2 i downloaded a fresh teamwin version and installed via odin/download - like starting from zero. guess what
nope even then the roms freeze at the bootanimation - but the joke is ONLY IF THEY ARE VERSIONS 4.4.2 -they work fine with version 4.3
and when i mean wipe i mean wipe - cache/dalvik/system/internal - and even the other option where you have to type YES for the wipe to go on.
short of reformating the whole memory which i think is excessive, i THINK i tried with a clean clean memory install (according to me)
thanks for your patience
btw most of the custom roms install via recovery so there's no way to get a download install version
exlaval said:
i usually use teamwin version 2.6.3
and funny thing in one of the wipes even the teamwin was wiped so i wound using the regular android recovery, with the tiny tiny blue characters
that doesn't have all the teamwin recovery options - so even then it failed
after installing the saunsung 4.4.2 i downloaded a fresh teamwin version and installed via odin/download - like starting from zero. guess what
nope even then the roms freeze at the bootanimation - but the joke is ONLY IF THEY ARE VERSIONS 4.4.2 -they work fine with version 4.3
and when i mean wipe i mean wipe - cache/dalvik/system/internal - and even the other option where you have to type YES for the wipe to go on.
short of reformating the whole memory which i think is excessive, i THINK i tried with a clean clean memory install (according to me)
thanks for your patience
btw most of the custom roms install via recovery so there's no way to get a download install version
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Once you flashed stock 4.4.2, your bootloader gets updated, so you can only use 4.4+ roms, also TWRP is full of bugs, just use cwm 6.0.4.5 and you're set.
Also, did you root the stock 4.4.2?
custom roms failure, huh?
robertostorm said:
Once you flashed stock 4.4.2, your bootloader gets updated, so you can only use 4.4+ roms, also TWRP is full of bugs, just use cwm 6.0.4.5 and you're set.
Also, did you root the stock 4.4.2?
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as i said in a previous message - i used odin in download mode and flashed an original samsung 4.4.2 and it worked, i rooted and reinstalled teamwin
AFTER ALL THIS I tried to install one of the 4.4.2 custom roms - IT FAILED CONSISTENTLY - BY THIS I MEAN ALL ROMS DIED AT BOOTANIMATIONS - AND ALL FAILED TO START
thanks so much
Try with latest Philz recovery or any up to date CWM recovery.
And when coming from stock, you generally have to FULL wipe you phone
custom roms failure, huh?
ayedarts said:
Try with latest Philz recovery or any up to date CWM recovery.
And when coming from stock, you generally have to FULL wipe you phone
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just downloaded cwm version 6.0.4.6 installed via recovery. launched recovery installed latest wanamlite for 4.4.2 - message was "installed successfully" please reboot
i rebooted and for the last 15 minutes all i have is a BIG SAMSUNG on the screen - nothing beyond
just another hitch with kitkat - i have a SONY XPERIA Z TABLET with wifi and sim - a couple of weeks ago i rooted it but the cwm version is not good because it's on the vertical side and you cannot see the bottom of the menu so it's useless - anyhow. i rooted it and left it at that.
i got notice from sony that a new os version (kitkat) was ready for install - so I just told the tablet to start - and the os install screwed the tablet,
there was no way to reload and it completely deleted the memory , it went to sony to reload - so i have a big hunch there is something not right somewhere -
anyway the phone still has the SAMSUNG and it ain't going anywhere while i am writing all this
very discouraging = sure as heck i ain't buying no more galaxys of any sort, i was ready to preorder the s5 at 455british pound, unlocked - but since this i am dropping samsung, i like very very much the xperia tablet it's faster than the s4 so perhaps i'll jump to the sony xperia fone and bbye korea
maybe i9505 rom
custom roms failure, huh?
i know you're trying to help - but if you read all the previous (long and boring) messages - there's no mistakes, there's no 9505
ALL THE ROMS I DOWNLOAD AND USE - ALL OF THEM WITHOUT EXCEPTION come for the i9500 development area, I DON'T BOTHER WITH
9505 - MOSTLY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A 9505
UPDATE - today after loading the latest cwm recovery i got lucky to be able to load ONE - READ IT - ONE CUSTOM ROM ( rom from HASAN)
this is the very only that i got to work, the other two just refuse to finish the boot - i don't know where they freeze.
even the wanamlite custom rom for 4.4.2 freezes - this is really annoying and a puzzle - this is my fourth samsung fone and never ever did i
find the bug that freeze everything. I hope that some of the other developers will come up with new kitkat versions for the 9500 and see if the bug persists or not -
any help will absolutely be appreciated, guys, some sort of boot log that can help pinpoint,
thanks again
You know the fact you keep using capital letters (so you might be trying to scream) is a little annoying.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500. I live in Costa Rica (so not in the US obviously).
I installed stock 4.4.2 using ODIN, then flashed ROOT and finally installed a custom CWM. First I tried Philz and ended up with 6.0.4.6.
I have already tried 2 different custom ROM's but I didn't like them so I went back to stock. I am very satisfied with the performance of my phone with stock, but that's not the point.
The thing is that I have the same phone you have, i installed the same software you installed, I followed the same steps you have followed yet I am able to install any custom ROM i like.
Maybe it is your phone, or maybe you're just looking for an excuse to quit Samsung and you're simply blaming kitkat your inability of installing ROMs now.
I'm just saying... there are several options you can tried if you quit being angry and actually try them.
Personally, I would start from scratch. Flashing via ODIN again, rooting accordingly with the right files, using a recovery that is recognized to work with 4.4.2, and finally using the right custom ROM.
custom roms failure, huh?
pinktheater said:
You know the fact you keep using capital letters (so you might be trying to scream) is a little annoying.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500. I live in Costa Rica (so not in the US obviously).
I installed stock 4.4.2 using ODIN, then flashed ROOT and finally installed a custom CWM. First I tried Philz and ended up with 6.0.4.6.
I have already tried 2 different custom ROM's but I didn't like them so I went back to stock. I am very satisfied with the performance of my phone with stock, but that's not the point.
The thing is that I have the same phone you have, i installed the same software you installed, I followed the same steps you have followed yet I am able to install any custom ROM i like.
Maybe it is your phone, or maybe you're just looking for an excuse to quit Samsung and you're simply blaming kitkat your inability of installing ROMs now.
I'm just saying... there are several options you can tried if you quit being angry and actually try them.
Personally, I would start from scratch. Flashing via ODIN again, rooting accordingly with the right files, using a recovery that is recognized to work with 4.4.2, and finally using the right custom ROM.
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First - The capitals I used were ONLY to emphasize certain aspects and not intended as screaming, which is the usual sense - That was not my intention,
Second - I have being using Samsung for the last 7 years, I was not intending to leave until I hit this brick and further I nearly went to Clove, UK (where I usually pre-ordered my last 3 Galaxy's - months ahead of delivery) so thumping me by saying I am looking for an excuse to dump Samsung, is way off base, so much so, that if that indeed was my intention, why for all heavens would i bother to find a solution, and waste so much time and effort to make it work
Third - I have being as polite as any person can be, with or without, this hitch, don't judge, about being angry or not, you don't know me well enough to know the difference, just stick to the point in question without getting personal.
Fourth - What I have described is EXACTLY to a tee what is happening to me, what happened to YOU , is IRRELEVANT, you may be one of the lucky ones who has no issues installing the roms in questions. so unless you do have a suggestion as to finding the reason the fone loops on boot, skip what you did or didn't do, they are IRRELEVANT, because they don't provide a solution.
Fifth - If you read my descriptions you will notice the many times I installed customs roms on the many galaxy's and Note's I have/had.That ought to clue you that i know a basic way on how to do the installations (Odin, recovery, teamwin. cmw,) you name it I've done it, and i've unbricked more than once my fones. so yes i do know how to use Odin
Sixth - For some reason I was able to install the "HASSAN" rom (the ONLY and ONLY) 4.4.2 custom that worked. the others they just won't, PERIOD
So if you have a technical solution as to how to get a log of the looping so we can tell exactly at what point the fone loops. or some other technical solutions, please let me know them asap I am dying to see my fone with a custom 4.4.2,
Seventh - Yes I am extremely disappointed that the S5 is just not fantastic enough to lay 455GBP to pre-order. there are a few more advances but it is "ALMOST" good = the bezel didn't disappear - the 2K display isn't there - the sharper casing is still missing - the better battery is still not there - the wireless charging - To have 2000 horse power engine under the hood of a beat up VW beatle. doesn't make you good looking enough to go cruising on a saturday nite and brag about your "car" -
BTW = I am absolutely no fan of the Iphone (yuk) nor of Sony (which is as restricted as apple)
Can you help solve my issue - thanks
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Hi everyone, Pleasure to be part of this forum. Yesterday I received my Google Edition GT-i9505G. I originally came from an M919, but I liked the port of stock android on the m919 so much that I splurged for this phone!
I'm having a problem with the stock recovery not being able to wipe the Cache partition. The recovery will show the little green android on the bottom, and goes between "error" and "no command" when you start the recovery. When you try to wipe the cache, it says "error" with the dead android then reboots.
I have been back and forth with tech support today, and before i ask for a replacement and risk getting charged for another device, I want to know if anyone else has this issue with their new phone. If the .tar files for the original firmware existed, I would of tried flashing through odin.
Phone is STOCK STOCK. I like it this way thats why I paid so much upfront for It LOL.
Please anyone else with a GS4 Google Edition, try wiping cache partition from the recovery and let me know!
Mods, if this can be moved to another section better suited please do!
Many thanks!
Afternoon Bump! There's gotta be more GT-I9505G users
BURRITO_LTE said:
Afternoon Bump! There's gotta be more GT-I9505G users
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Flash a non-stock Recovery, its the only way to get those capabilities. I suggest PhilZ Touch recovery here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281367
As to the best of my understanding the I9505G is identical to the I9505 except the main system partition. But that shouldnt be an issue for Recovery.
AMDPOWERFIST said:
Flash a non-stock Recovery, its the only way to get those capabilities. I suggest PhilZ Touch recovery here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281367
As to the best of my understanding the I9505G is identical to the I9505 except the main system partition. But that shouldnt be an issue for Recovery.
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So you say that its impossible to wipe cache partition on stock recovery? I recall this was possible on my note 2, worked just fine. I tried a tmobile s4 (m919) today and it did it successfully.
I don't want to mess with the stock configuration yet until i get bored, or support is dropped one day. At this point I'm starting to regret the purchase and actually was more satisfied with a m919 and the GE 4.2.2 rom.
Thanks for your insight :good:t. If any other GT-i9505G owners want to try to wipe cache with stock recovery, please chime in!
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So you say that its impossible to wipe cache partition on stock recovery? I recall this was possible on my note 2, worked just fine. I tried a tmobile s4 (m919) today and it did it successfully.
I don't want to mess with the stock configuration yet until i get bored, or support is dropped one day. At this point I'm starting to regret the purchase and actually was more satisfied with a m919 and the GE 4.2.2 rom.
Thanks for your insight :good:t. If any other GT-i9505G owners want to try to wipe cache with stock recovery, please chime in!
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Same thing happened to me when I restored to official firmware from custom ROM on a i9505 I've read it happening to a few other people on here and no ones been able to explain it so far
all I9505 also has this problem, problem with Samsung stock revory i think
Sent from my GT-P6800 using xda app-developers app
Must be allergic to custom recoveries, especially with them having so much more functionality and options and other useless stuff like that.
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Must be allergic to custom recoveries, especially with them having so much more functionality and options and other useless stuff like that.
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well, not really. I had TWRP on my tmobile GS4, Of course it has more functionality. The sole reason i got the i9505G is because its perfect out of the box for me. No need to tweak it. Lame i know, but i was always peeved about the small bugs on the custom roms.
Hopefully samsung and google update this baby for a while, and if not, then I just spent 650 bucks outright for no special reason.:silly: (for me anyways)
I'm just peeved that the stock recovery wont clear the cache. Kind of like buying a brand new car, then noticing that the dome light is burnt. Of course you want it fixed. Lol hope you understand.
Up till now, thank you for the responses, I have found some videos on youtube of different variants of the S4 entering stock recovery. Some do the error/no command thing, others don't. There is one video of a i9505 failing to wipe the cache too (my main concern). Google offered to replace it, but before i risk getting a replacement with the same "problem" or even worse, an iffy SAMOLED (been there done that) i just want some insight. If its all phones then i will just wait it out, If its a few phones, then I will try a replacement. Cant find the official 4.2.2 firmware yeT!
Thank you for the responses guys.:good:
So ur not going to even root it? Why buy a car, if you can't even get under the hood?
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So ur not going to even root it? Why buy a car, if you can't even get under the hood?
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hahaha good one! I actually do like to get under the hood of my car. but right now this phone to me is just a reliable daily driver, why mess with it? Im happy as is.
Il keep this thread up for a day or two more then il test a replacement. If the same issue arises, then i will update and end of story.
Thanks guys for your input. Im just a relative noob in this area. I know the very basics, but im not the type that tests out different roms all the time unless the phone is orphaned by the OEM or, intense bloatware.
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I rooted my i9505G (google edition) by booting into the i9505 CWM recovery (NOT flashing it just doing adb boot (recoveryfilename)
Applied supersu zip file - BUT I could not for the life of me get the external SD card or local storage to mount.
This i9505G has such a different partiton/file system vs. touch wiz variants that at some point it WILL need it's own CWM recovery version.
Suggestion is to use sideload to push any root enabling zip's (select install zip, install zip via sideload, then on pc/mac adb sideload (zipfilename)
PS: I did a fastboot oem unlock on my mac prior to doing the above; not sure if adb boot is protected without this.
Just chiming in to say mine gives me an error when I try to wipe cache with stock recovery too.
jpculp said:
Just chiming in to say mine gives me an error when I try to wipe cache with stock recovery too.
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Same here with i9505
Thank you so much for the reply guys. I guess if this is as common as i think it is, its not worth it to deal with google for a replacement phone which will most likely do the same thing. I'm just crossing my fingers official odin flasheable firmware gets leaked for these phones so I can feel more at ease flashing custom roms/recovery when they become available.
I appreciate the responses!
Thank you
have this problem on my I9500 too
when wipe cache partition the command line didn't say anything and only show image of dead android with red "X" mark and reboot
in my old phone the command line say something like "wiping" "processing" "wipe complete /succes"
NPS_CA said:
I rooted my i9505G (google edition) by booting into the i9505 CWM recovery (NOT flashing it just doing adb boot (recoveryfilename)
Applied supersu zip file - BUT I could not for the life of me get the external SD card or local storage to mount.
This i9505G has such a different partiton/file system vs. touch wiz variants that at some point it WILL need it's own CWM recovery version.
Suggestion is to use sideload to push any root enabling zip's (select install zip, install zip via sideload, then on pc/mac adb sideload (zipfilename)
PS: I did a fastboot oem unlock on my mac prior to doing the above; not sure if adb boot is protected without this.
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I used the same method ...
fastboot oem unlock
... go through set up ...
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-touch.img
After the fastboot boot command I get:
Code:
cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-touch.img': No error
My lock state is definitely "unlocked" and everything else is stock 9505G as it came.
Quick update
Well, Quick update.
I received the replacement phone, and this one did the dame thing. Error. Plus the bezel came all scuffed up. Now gotta go fight with google to keep my original one.....
Well If anyone is in doubt, most likely all/most 9505G's are like this and have a buggy stock recovery.
BURRITO_LTE said:
Well, Quick update.
I received the replacement phone, and this one did the dame thing. Error. Plus the bezel came all scuffed up. Now gotta go fight with google to keep my original one.....
Well If anyone is in doubt, most likely all/most 9505G's are like this and have a buggy stock recovery.
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I have an SCH 1545 and have the exact same issue running stock 4.22
Same situation here withmy stock s4 I9500 in india.my s4 also shows error and reboot aftet that during wipe cache partition.
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I called Verizon, while they acknowledged the problem was rampant, they didn't have a clue as to how to fix it.
It must be another samsung idiosyncrasy that doesn't jive with 4.22..is anyone having this issue that's running something besides 4.22?
Alan - We all stand on the shoulders of Giants, so try not to **** on them.
ive had my note 3 for awhile and have avoided rooting or modding it in any way for quite sometime, but i rooted the stock firmware i believe it was 4.4.2???? im not 100% with towelroot and i was able to install safestrap thats where my success ended I didnt make any backups for whatever dumb reason and also it has been quite sometime since modding any phones, now my phone wont boot into any rom ive tried i have tried two so far and i cant get the factory one back, half the time i cant install roms and the rest of the time they work but they wont boot ive tried creating rom slots but those dont work, read somewhere they arent supported in 4.4.2 ???? and when i tried overwriting the factory it still didnt work, now my phone wont boot into anything anymore and im not quite sure what i did wrong and if there is any way to fix it, i would have like to install knoxraid on this phone since it supposedely fixes the gps issues lots of people have when i try to install that particular rom i get a successful message but then when i wipe cache/dalvik it work and then i hit reboot nothing happens, all i get is a black screen oh and its says that safestrap is disabled
can anyone help i could really use some help here
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ive had my note 3 for awhile and have avoided rooting or modding it in any way for quite sometime, but i rooted the stock firmware i believe it was 4.4.2???? im not 100% with towelroot and i was able to install safestrap thats where my success ended I didnt make any backups for whatever dumb reason and also it has been quite sometime since modding any phones, now my phone wont boot into any rom ive tried i have tried two so far and i cant get the factory one back, half the time i cant install roms and the rest of the time they work but they wont boot ive tried creating rom slots but those dont work, read somewhere they arent supported in 4.4.2 ???? and when i tried overwriting the factory it still didnt work, now my phone wont boot into anything anymore and im not quite sure what i did wrong and if there is any way to fix it, i would have like to install knoxraid on this phone since it supposedely fixes the gps issues lots of people have when i try to install that particular rom i get a successful message but then when i wipe cache/dalvik it work and then i hit reboot nothing happens, all i get is a black screen oh and its says that safestrap is disabled
can anyone help i could really use some help here
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May I know which variant on Note3 you are using.
and what's the OS version? 4.3? or 4.4.2 or 4.4.4
what's your region (CSC).??
I would suggest you to go into download mode and download appropriate stock firmware from SamMobile or from Samsung Updates (Link for N9005) and flash Stock ROM using ODIN.
Thanks.
Ok guys, here's the deal. i bought a secondhand s4 which was advertised as a google edition. it has a couple of annoying issues, first i noticed it switching itself off and on. the worst problem with it is that when my battery goes reeeally dead it just bootloops when i have recharged. the only way i can get it back on is to start it in recovery mode (which is clockworkmod v6.0.4.4) then do a factory wipe. so yeah thats a major pain. the s4 itself is a red model and behind the battery it says its a gt-19505, however in the settings on the phone it says its a gt-19505g.
my goal is to install an official firmware if possible that i may be able to update easily, the worry that i have is that i dont know if it would then accept my network as although it appears to run google edition custom firmware it may not once i install something official on it. this may be a nooby statement i know but a noob i am lol.
if its at all possible could i keep the cwm recovery?
and if its any help when i load the other boot loader thingy (with the green android on it) in the top left it says gt-19505, im just sayin cus im sure its vital which ever this phone actually is.
here are as many details as i can give but please ask if im missing anything
ANDROID VERSION 4.4.2
KERNEL VERSION 3.4.0-faux123-KK44-GE-Custom
[email protected]omain #20
Sun Dec 1 02:30:28 CST 2013
BASEBAND VERSION 19505XXUFNA1
BUILD NUMBER KOT49H.S001.131204
also upon booting in the top left it says "kernel is not seandroid enforcing
set warranty bit:kernel"
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME And please tell me where to start as i tried updating it via kies to fix it but it just wont connect, i assume due to custom firmware.
The Google Play Edition S4 devices didn't come in any color but white. Therefore, this is an I9505 with a custom ROM on it. The download mode screen reading GT-I9505 confirmed it.
Since this is an I9505 and not an I9505G, the main question is whether this device will work with your SIM card. For that, simply insert your SIM card and boot the device. If you get signal, you're good. Otherwise you'll have to unlock the device, either by purchasing an unlock code from one of the sites that sells them, or by trying the unlock methods available on the forums.
This will also help answer the question of which stock ROM you can install on the device. If the S4 doesn't prompt you to unlock the device, then you can install one of the unbranded S4 ROMs available on sammobile.com. After that, you can put the recovery of your choice on the S4, though I recommend TWRP over the other options.
Thanks for your help. I'm a little confused though, at the moment with this custom google edition ROM it does take my sim, in fact I bet it takes any sim, I heard that was a feature of google play devices. What I meant was after I install the stock ROM will it then not take my sim. So if it has already been unlocked How would I know which ROM to install? As I now know its not a google edition, is it possible to install an official google edition ROM? Do i use this download mode, Odin, or cwm to install a firmware. I'm just not sure what my starting point is. I don't wanna follow someone's guide yet to installing something just in case I'm jumping the gun and need to uninstall this custom ROM somehow.
Sorry for asking questions that I'm sure seem dumb I'm really just trying to learn at the moment I'm green as they come with android. BTW thanks for your suggestions so far, you def seem like you know what you're talking about, cheers
Google Play devices are carrier unlocked, but this is not a Google Play Edition S4. Therefore the device was carrier unlocked at some point in its past. The unknown here is how the original owner unlocked the device. If he or she used the unlocking methods found on XDA there is a chance the lock will be lost when installing a stock ROM.
If the S4 is unlocked, you aren't restricted to a particular region and can install any I9505 ROM using Odin, though I recommend the carrier unbranded ROMs. You cannot install a stock Google Play Edition ROM on the device as the model number of a GPE device is not the same as the device you have. However, you're already rooted and have a custom recovery installed. In I9505 Development here on XDA there is a Google Play Edition ROM that can be installed on your device. Download it to your S4, wipe everything in recovery, then flash the ROM's flashable zip in recovery. I've used said ROM and it works quite well.
OK I have found the 5.0.1 ge ROM , but in there it says I must use latest recovery or whatever plus it recommended one different to mine, is it safe to install using my version of cwm or do I need to learn how to change it??
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TWRP is recommended as there are people who are still maintaining it, unlike Clockworkmod and Philz. While you probably can get the ROM installed using the version of Clockworkmod you have, learning how to change recoveries is useful.
OK thank you for all your help my friend, I will now find out how to do this, I'm sure there is a section on this somewhere, BTW I think you are right about my device being rooted, but I wanted to check and I followed a guide and used super su but apparently its not rooted so I guess something must've gone wrong. Bit scary if I try to change my recovery or my firmware and this causes a brick hmmmmm
It's virtually impossible to brick the S4, especially as the recovery is flashed through Odin.
Phew that's a relief. Thanks man.... Well I'm gonna just risk using cwm for now as I'm new to this........ Thanks a whole lot for your time I really mean that.
KlLLFRENZY said:
Phew that's a relief. Thanks man.... Well I'm gonna just risk using cwm for now as I'm new to this........ Thanks a whole lot for your time I really mean that.
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Use TWRP. CMW is outdated.
Lennyz1988 said:
Use TWRP. CMW is outdated.
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I want to, I really do but I'm struggling here. Before I wrote that last comment I tried to find a guide on this forum for swapping to twrp, but couldn't and didn't wanna bug this guy as he had helped enough. Anyway I went to the place he told me and have hit another wall anyway because I don't know how to use the firmware the relevant kernel or the git. My life is so busy and I'm getting about an hour on this subject a day and its gonna take forever lol
If you can help me on my way even a little its much appreciated, I would like to use twrp and the 5.0.1 ge plus the right kernel of course
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I want to, I really do but I'm struggling here. Before I wrote that last comment I tried to find a guide on this forum for swapping to twrp, but couldn't and didn't wanna bug this guy as he had helped enough. Anyway I went to the place he told me and have hit another wall anyway because I don't know how to use the firmware the relevant kernel or the git. My life is so busy and I'm getting about an hour on this subject a day and its gonna take forever lol
If you can help me on my way even a little its much appreciated, I would like to use twrp and the 5.0.1 ge plus the right kernel of course
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https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys4internationalqualcomm.html
Follow the Odin guide. It's excactly the same when you flashed CWM.
@Lennyz1988: The S4 was bought secondhand and already had CWM on it from the original owner.
@killfrenzy: Follow the guide Lenny mentioned, but don't worry about the second paragraph. Our device isn't one of those that restores the original recovery on boot.
ok will do, i just tried the app install method but as i suspected, it said root is required for this app and promptly exited so i shall do the odin method, i heard that some people remove root or it could be that it was done wrong. also after reading a few posts here and there i found out that someone had similar issues with their phone random re-booting and they had custom ge with the wrong kernel so it seems once im done my issues should be history if i learn how to install fw + kernel, after this twrp thing i will be one step closer for sure. i also know ppl slate lollipop but once im all done with this im sure i will have picked up enough terminology to install cfw's to my hearts content. hooray for forums and people like you, sounds like im kissin ass but its just gratitude
so using the twrp install guide i gotta install using the odin method i have now got 3.07 odin but this is the next step.........
Odin Install Method (No Root Required):
You will need to download and install Odin on your PC. Once you have Odin installed, download the proper .tar file for your device from the download link above. Power off your device. Turn on your device using the proper key combo to get into download mode and attach the device to your computer via a USB cable. Use the PDA tab or button to browse to and select the tar file that you downloaded and flash the device.
lololol nothins ever simple i see the list of tar files in the link above but no mention at all as to which is the proper .tar for my device, i guess they assume the guide is for people who have done it before. more research tomorrow maybe i gotta be up early ugh
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https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys4internationalqualcomm.html
Follow the Odin guide. It's excactly the same when you flashed CWM.
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Think you misunderstood, I have flashed nothing yet I got it like this. I'm completely green
Don't suppose anybody knows which is the tar file for my device?? S4gt-19505
OK now I get it, the list of tars in that section are all the same just newer builds of the same version. Seems obvious if you have done this before, but I wasn't to know that and cannot assume things. I'm also gonna guess and say Lenny thinks my s4 needs this particular version for an international, am I right?? Anyway it would've made a lot of sense but how does he know. I have no idea what this phone was I have never owned it new.
Different devices have different codes. For example, jfltexx is the I9505. A T-Mobile S4 would be jfltetmo, and so on.The link Lenny provided is for the I9505. Download the 2.8.6.0 version as its the latest.
As to how you were supposed to know, having never owned one, you weren't. There are tutorials in the General forum though that can help.
Hello there,
I am having a little bit of an issue with a new Galaxy Note 4 that i got for my wife. We both bought our devices yesterday, mine from Three, and hers from EE (we are in the UK), both SM-N910F, so i proceeded to root my device and it worked all great. So earlier today i started the exact same procedure, unfortunately, my wifes Note 4 got stuck in a Recovery Boot Loop, and i genuinely don't understand what is happening.
As for the rooting method, i went with the [SM-N910*] CF-Auto-Root and choose the right .tar file, or else it wouldn't of had worked on the first device.
I have read quite a few posts, saw a few videos on youtube, but it far beyond me. I have seen a few people mention that i need to download the German (?) version of the Stock firmware, and then flash it. I seem to have found a link for it on SamMobile but it's gonna take 5 hours to finish, and i don't understand why i would download the German Stock firmware, is that the correct one for her device ?
At this point, is there any way around it ? Why did my device which is the same work perfectly, but not hers ?
I would appreciate any and all help, if you could make it quite detailed for me i would appreciate it even more.
Thank you!
Hi @Vaskie!
Can you enter in download mode?
Hello there @_mone, the following has happened since i posted:
Went ahead and flashed the following: N910FXXU1BOB4_N910FOXA1BOB4_N910FXXU1BOB4_HOME.tar and it made the device reach the home screen, from there i attempted to root using the same method which worked, but it ended installing a few extra applications, which i don't understand how. I also don't understand how flashing a new stock rom didn't make me start the device from the beginning, it already had all my information and went straight to the home screen ready to use. I feel quite confused if im honest.
On the other hand, most things seem to be working perfect, but i am having some issues with the front camera. I have two Note 4s, both bought yesterday from the same place, but one was flashed with the Stock rom (N910FXXU1BOB4_N910FOXA1BOB4_N910FXXU1BOB4_HOME.ta r) due to being stuck in a boot loop. The front camera seems to be massively over exposed compared to the other Note 4, not just a little bit either, making it almost unusable.
Would anyone be able to help ?
Vaskie said:
I also don't understand how flashing a new stock rom didn't make me start the device from the beginning, it already had all my information and went straight to the home screen ready to use. I feel quite confused if im honest.
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That's because you "dirty" flashed a new ROM on top of the old one.. it was like an "update".
What I suggest you (because you already rooted your phone and your knox is 0x1) is to flash TeamWin Recovery Project from ODIN and then flash a TW ROM from the Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon) page
To do so download "twrp-2.8.7.0-trltexx.img.tar" from here, put your phone in download mode, connect it to the pc via usb, from the pc launch odin, let it recognize your phone, add the downloaded .img.tar file on the pda button, click on the "start" button and let it flash the recovery.
Now download a TW ROM like _alexndr's DevBase from here and this modem and this bootloader.
Then put the downloaded ROM (N910FXXU1POF2_DevBase_alexndr.zip) in your external SDcard. Reboot your phone in recovery mode. From TWRP go Wipe/AdwancedWipe/ and tick DalickCache, System, Data, Internal Storage, Cache and "Swipe to Wipe". After go back to the first page, hit "Install" search "N910FXXU1POF2_DevBase_alexndr.zip" in "/external_sd" and install it. Wipe Dalvick and Cache again and reboot into download mode. Again connect your phone to the PC and launch ODIN now put the downloaded modem "CP_N910FXXU1POF1.tar.md5" in the CP button and the bootloader "BL_N910FXXU1POF2.tar.md5" in the BL button and click on the "start".
Once it is done switch off and on your phone and start again with the latest samsung rom for N910F already with root, busy box and all the fixes by _alexndr
And let us know if you still have problems.
Thank you very, very much for the very well detailed reply @_mone
I will attempt to go ahead with your explanation tomorrow. Would that somehow fix the camera, and i guess the other question is.. is the front camera issue that i explained myself above to do with me "dirty flashing" ?
Is there anything inherently wrong with "dirty flashing" ?
Thank you yet again!
Nothing wrong with dirty flashing.. but sometimes doing so you can create conflicts between old and new rom or leaving "bugs" from the old to the new generating problems in your new os that may wont be there if you performed a clean install. :good:
Hello guys,
Here is a long story, interesting to read maybe for some.
I had android 4.3.2 on my Note 3 N9005, for 2 and a half years now. I rooted the phone as soon as it came out. Had many applications which ran smoothly on it, schreenshots/screenrecorders, xposed installer with a lot of mods.. etc.. everything worked fine. Until the last few months, where suddenly "some application" stopped working. I began to have that message, more and more often, and on different applications. I thought, it was time to run a factory reset. BUT I remembered that I ran into some applications on Play Store, which couldn't be installed, since I had an old android version.
So, now, I thought, maybe it was time to try a custom rom. So I installed LiquidSmooth, (android 5.1.1). Nice jump, I must say, many things different, than 4.3.2. Some problems though, the sound was with interference, and some apps just froze. Some games I was playing, just froze.
Then I thought I try another ROM. Found a page with best ROMs, for 5.1.1 and saw that LiquidSmooth only had like 4.8% of the votes, while Nightly had like 40% of the votes and was much more stable (well, according to that site). So I thought I change. BUT, then I saw, that I could actually update to 6.0.1 with Ressurection Remix. So I thought, wow, lemme try that !
So I did. I installed Ressurection Remix, and I must admit, it looks damn good. Even bought the swift dark theme, and it is beautifull. It is candy for the eye. God damn, almost like the 3D cube I played with in Linux a few years back. But some of my games, still freeze. - And as you can guess, I do not like that.. I also got the message on boot: Kernel is not seandroid enforcing.. and I know it's normal, but still I do not like it. (I want everything to be perfect). And with some games, not being able to run, I got tired of RR.
So now, I was thinking, what if I could switch back to 4.3.2? I should have run maybe a factory reset on 4.3.2 instead of trying ROMs, at least my stuff was working. So I thought I get the original stock firmware, and just flash it with ODIN. So, it should be good.
Now I know that on a lot of threads here on the site, people mention that you can't downgrade android. Well, at least not from 6.0.1 to 4.3.2. Because ODIN is not working in 6.0.1 and other stuff.
BUT, I think this: I have a backup, with CWM, for 4.3.2, which I know works, (since I used it a few times).
So, what if I run that backup and get my phone back to 4.3.2.? (again, some ppl here on site, that they accidentally downgraded from 4.4 to 4.3, then they could't upgrade back to 4.4).
So my question is: I use CWM to restore the 4.3.2 backup, THEN in the phone with ODIN I run the original full stock firmware?
Then later, I could unlock bootloader and root my phone again if I want to try something. Would this be possible?
A second question, which I have is: Before I upgraded to lolipop and marshmallow, i ran of course a factory reset, reset cache and dalvik from CWM. But still, now, where I am on 6.0.1 I still saw some folders of some programs I had on 4.3.2. How is that possible? The programs are not in the menu, but the folders are on phones memory. Shouldn't they have been deleted on those 3 resets from CWM? (factory, cache and dalvik?). This is also a reason, for why I would want to return to original stock firmware. Cos I could root my phone right away again, and then upgrade to some rom, so those programs do not come along, and I would have a clean rom. Or with other words, the phones "user" memory, /storage/emulated/sdcard0 - could I just delete it all? I mean the operating system is on root, this directory /storage/emulated/sdcard0 is usually what the user installs on the phone, am I right?
And last question, cos I am greedy for answers. The samsung pen, is of course not working, and I miss it. Any app to install or flash to get the pen alive again?
Thank for your time ro read this Hope u can help ))
Please somebody help. I am also interested.
Wao, boy it was a real long story. And I read it all.
LordTicut said:
Hello guys,
Here is a long story, interesting to read maybe for some.
I had android 4.3.2 on my Note 3 N9005, for 2 and a half years now. I rooted the phone as soon as it came out. Had many applications which ran smoothly on it, schreenshots/screenrecorders, xposed installer with a lot of mods.. etc.. everything worked fine. Until the last few months, where suddenly "some application" stopped working. I began to have that message, more and more often, and on different applications. I thought, it was time to run a factory reset. BUT I remembered that I ran into some applications on Play Store, which couldn't be installed, since I had an old android version.
So, now, I thought, maybe it was time to try a custom rom. So I installed LiquidSmooth, (android 5.1.1). Nice jump, I must say, many things different, than 4.3.2. Some problems though, the sound was with interference, and some apps just froze. Some games I was playing, just froze.
Then I thought I try another ROM. Found a page with best ROMs, for 5.1.1 and saw that LiquidSmooth only had like 4.8% of the votes, while Nightly had like 40% of the votes and was much more stable (well, according to that site). So I thought I change. BUT, then I saw, that I could actually update to 6.0.1 with Ressurection Remix. So I thought, wow, lemme try that !
So I did. I installed Ressurection Remix, and I must admit, it looks damn good. Even bought the swift dark theme, and it is beautifull. It is candy for the eye. God damn, almost like the 3D cube I played with in Linux a few years back. But some of my games, still freeze. - And as you can guess, I do not like that.. I also got the message on boot: Kernel is not seandroid enforcing.. and I know it's normal, but still I do not like it. (I want everything to be perfect). And with some games, not being able to run, I got tired of RR.
So now, I was thinking, what if I could switch back to 4.3.2? I should have run maybe a factory reset on 4.3.2 instead of trying ROMs, at least my stuff was working. So I thought I get the original stock firmware, and just flash it with ODIN. So, it should be good.
Now I know that on a lot of threads here on the site, people mention that you can't downgrade android. Well, at least not from 6.0.1 to 4.3.2. Because ODIN is not working in 6.0.1 and other stuff.
BUT, I think this: I have a backup, with CWM, for 4.3.2, which I know works, (since I used it a few times).
So, what if I run that backup and get my phone back to 4.3.2.? (again, some ppl here on site, that they accidentally downgraded from 4.4 to 4.3, then they could't upgrade back to 4.4).
So my question is: I use CWM to restore the 4.3.2 backup, THEN in the phone with ODIN I run the original full stock firmware?
Then later, I could unlock bootloader and root my phone again if I want to try something. Would this be possible?
A second question, which I have is: Before I upgraded to lolipop and marshmallow, i ran of course a factory reset, reset cache and dalvik from CWM. But still, now, where I am on 6.0.1 I still saw some folders of some programs I had on 4.3.2. How is that possible? The programs are not in the menu, but the folders are on phones memory. Shouldn't they have been deleted on those 3 resets from CWM? (factory, cache and dalvik?). This is also a reason, for why I would want to return to original stock firmware. Cos I could root my phone right away again, and then upgrade to some rom, so those programs do not come along, and I would have a clean rom. Or with other words, the phones "user" memory, /storage/emulated/sdcard0 - could I just delete it all? I mean the operating system is on root, this directory /storage/emulated/sdcard0 is usually what the user installs on the phone, am I right?
And last question, cos I am greedy for answers. The samsung pen, is of course not working, and I miss it. Any app to install or flash to get the pen alive again?
Thank for your time ro read this Hope u can help ))
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Hi friend.
I think you asking: I installed Android MM and It's possible to downgrade 4.3 via Odin tar.md5 flash installation?
I answer: Yes, i think i like you (or you like me). I love use all rom as possible as quickly, but i tired from "system" process not respond and sound quality issue.
I say you ITS POSSIBLE. because i flash via odin anytime (my stock firmware .tar.md5). Even from android mm to 4.3, lollipop > kitkat, v5.1.1 port rom > v5.0.
You can try, first time i'm newbie on XDA, there said something like bootloader. I now said, its necessary (important), just not too for Flashing Stock ROM.
I hope this little helps to you...
Good luck, i'm now Android MM!
Now i searching for backing knox to 0x0.
Via CWM not ODIN
Thanks dalisoft for answering.
My question was actually if I could restore my backup I made with ClockWorkMod a few years ago.
dalisoft said:
Hi friend.
I think you asking: I installed Android MM and It's possible to downgrade 4.3 via Odin tar.md5 flash installation?
I answer: Yes, i think i like you (or you like me). I love use all rom as possible as quickly, but i tired from "system" process not respond and sound quality issue.
I say you ITS POSSIBLE. because i flash via odin anytime (my stock firmware .tar.md5). Even from android mm to 4.3, lollipop > kitkat, v5.1.1 port rom > v5.0.
You can try, first time i'm newbie on XDA, there said something like bootloader. I now said, its necessary (important), just not too for Flashing Stock ROM.
I hope this little helps to you...
Good luck, i'm now Android MM!
Now i searching for backing knox to 0x0.
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LordTicut said:
Thanks dalisoft for answering.
My question was actually if I could restore my backup I made with ClockWorkMod a few years ago.
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Yes, you can restore nandroid backup if you have CWM.
But, remember, before restoring you should to do some steps:
1. Wipe data/factory reset
2. Wipe cache
3. Advanced > Wipe dalvik cache
4. Mounts > Format /system
5. Mounts > Format /data
Allright, thanks Dalisoft.
Do you know by the way, if CWM also takes a copy of EFS? I mean EFS is a system directory, so is it included in the nandroidbackup by CWM, right? So if I restore that backup, I will have my EFS exactly as it was, just after I rooted my phone. (not because something is wrong with it, but in case sometyhing is altered, it will be back to normal, right?).
I mean, there are 2 partitions on the phone, the ROM and the recovery. And CWM does an exact image of the ROM partition, so I would assume that the EFS folder is there too. But I am not sure, that's why I am asking.
Guess I am happy and lucky I made a backup with CWM right after root..
CWM also takes a copy of EFS?
Answer = NO .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2698639
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481255
JJEgan said:
CWM also takes a copy of EFS?
Answer = NO .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2698639
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481255
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JJEgan
You are right, I posted this thread in the wrong forum. I am deeply sorry for that. I just wanted quickly an answer. It won't happen again. ( I saw in the meantime it has been moved, so I guess everything is good)
Cheers !