[Q] revert to stock touchwiz - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i flashed my rooted galaxy s4 the Google Play edition android 4.4.2 KitKat but now i want to revert back to the official stock touchwiz (where i can receive updates) because i got the Samsung Gear Fit and I want it to be compatible with my phone so can anyone tellme how can i revert back to the officia touchwiz or how to make the gear fit work with my rooted galaxy s4 with the google play edition ROM or both?

forgot to mention
CantLiveWithoutMyDroid said:
i flashed my rooted galaxy s4 the Google Play edition android 4.4.2 KitKat but now i want to revert back to the official stock touchwiz (where i can receive updates) because i got the Samsung Gear Fit and I want it to be compatible with my phone so can anyone tellme how can i revert back to the officia touchwiz or how to make the gear fit work with my rooted galaxy s4 with the google play edition ROM or both?
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I forgot to mention that i have the GT i9505

By flashing the official firmware true Odin.

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Hello i have a Samsung galaxy s4 and i flashed cyanogenmod 10.2 on my device without having made a backup. After that i installed the google play edition my s4 it says its a gt-i95905g and i wanted to know first where i can find the stock samsung firmware because hotfiles page is down and i cant download it. And the second question is i have kit kat 4.4 when i will recieve 4.4.2 kitkat? do i have to install it manually or it will comes over ota? im not a expert so i thought someone can helps me..
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AndroidFirmwares.net or Samsung-Updates.com

Google Play Edition restore to Stock Samsung errors

Hello, I have an unlocked Samsung S4 GT-i9505 UK model, and would like to put it back to stock Samsung Android.
Originally on Touchwiz Android 4.2 > changed to ‘GALAXY S4 Google Play Edition 4.3 v1.3 CoOoL_BoY’, which has been working ok, but now I’d like to go back to stock Samsung Android.
I have ‘openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-jfltexx.tar’ installed on my phone.
When trying to wipe/install the latest ‘BTU-I9505XXUEMK8-20131123173333.zip’ via TWRP I encounter many errors such as ‘unable to mount system/cache/efs/modem’ etc.
I tried wiping and repairing permissions etc but whenever I try to install stock Samsung android I get an error similar to ‘Error flashing zip’.
Could this be due to using Google Play Edition VS Stock Samsung Android? Has anyone encountered this, or would be able to help?
In the meantime I had to go back to the 'Google Play Edition 4.3 v1.3 CoOoL_BoY' rom. :crying:
Many thanks
Jez_ said:
Hello, I have an unlocked Samsung S4 GT-i9505 UK model, and would like to put it back to stock Samsung Android.
Originally on Touchwiz Android 4.2 > changed to ‘GALAXY S4 Google Play Edition 4.3 v1.3 CoOoL_BoY’, which has been working ok, but now I’d like to go back to stock Samsung Android.
I have ‘openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-jfltexx.tar’ installed on my phone.
When trying to wipe/install the latest ‘BTU-I9505XXUEMK8-20131123173333.zip’ via TWRP I encounter many errors such as ‘unable to mount system/cache/efs/modem’ etc.
I tried wiping and repairing permissions etc but whenever I try to install stock Samsung android I get an error similar to ‘Error flashing zip’.
Could this be due to using Google Play Edition VS Stock Samsung Android? Has anyone encountered this, or would be able to help?
In the meantime I had to go back to the 'Google Play Edition 4.3 v1.3 CoOoL_BoY' rom. :crying:
Many thanks
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You can try this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
In the second post are the flashing instructions
bragra said:
You can try this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
In the second post are the flashing instructions
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Yeah I tried the same stock one from this link thanks, but no joy.
I've now restored to stock using this link http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-tutorials/how-to-unroot-galaxy-s4-and-remove-root-completely/

[Q] need help with andriod kitkat 4.4 plz...

Hello...
I had recently upgrade my Galaxy s4 lte from jelly bean 4.3 into kitkat 4.4 using odin v3.09
after rom passed carefully .. my phone restart .. i found that i had old jelly bean 4.3 design
themes dosen't change to kitkat like ... what i should do to enjoyable with kitkat design ... ?
darkzool said:
Hello...
I had recently upgrade my Galaxy s4 lte from jelly bean 4.3 into kitkat 4.4 using odin v3.09
after rom passed carefully .. my phone restart .. i found that i had old jelly bean 4.3 design
themes dosen't change to kitkat like ... what i should do to enjoyable with kitkat design ... ?
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What do you mean by themes? could you elaborate more:?
Zoddex said:
What do you mean by themes? could you elaborate more:?
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I meant design & styles.. kitkat features...
Lol, I think he is saying that he had some kind of Jelly Bean theme on 4.3 and then he upgraded to KK, non wipe upgrade, and thus that existing theme remained.
Well if that's the case it's pretty normal. You can go to Settings/About device and see if it's showing 4.4.2 or not, if it is then you have successfully upgraded to KK.
Maybe you're expecting the non-touchwiz kitkat look. If so, download a launcher and use a kitkat theme. OR you might be expecting the new Samsung UI found on the S5. No news of that on S4 yet.
4.3 and 4.4.2 on Touchwiz doesn't look any different except for the white status bar at the top. If you are expecting the stock android look like on the Nexus 5, flash an AOSP rom like CyanogenMod or get the google edition launcher.
Shoud be nice if sam brings the S5 TW to S4

How to restore Samsung Galaxy S4 to offical

Hi,
I have an original Samsung Galaxy S4. It has been updated to original 4.4.2 KitKat. This firmware is very wrong (slow, and battery runs out very soon).
I want to downgrade it to previous 4.3 firmware.
My problem is that Write protection is enabled on the device.
Could you help me how I can disable write protection, flash the 4.3 firmware and restore it to official?
I already downloaded the original 4.3 firmware which is appropriate for my device.
Thanks a lot!
KR
You can't downgrade. Android 4.4.2 have new bootloader and isn't possible take it back to android 4.3 :fingers-crossed:
Thanks a lot!
piedone said:
Hi,
I have an original Samsung Galaxy S4. It has been updated to original 4.4.2 KitKat. This firmware is very wrong (slow, and battery runs out very soon).
I want to downgrade it to previous 4.3 firmware.
My problem is that Write protection is enabled on the device.
Could you help me how I can disable write protection, flash the 4.3 firmware and restore it to official?
I already downloaded the original 4.3 firmware which is appropriate for my device.
Thanks a lot!
KR
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Today I went to an official Samsung store to tell them about the same, about how bad KitKat has been performing on my phone ever since I got it. I know for a fact that they can downgrade firmwares, but the girl told me that Samsung pulled 4.3 from the system. But I think this was only the one for the unlocked version here in Spain. You might get lucky and they might still have the one that works for your carrier or something.
Try that if you want and let me know if it worked for you... meanwhile I'll live in pain with my 4.4.2 FW.:crying:

[REQ]Modification of SecLauncher3.apk

Hi there folks!
Well i just upgraded my galaxy s4 to the last firmware and i didn't know anything about KNOX until it was to late...
Anyway i just wonder if there is anyone who like to help me to mod the stock launcher from 4x4 to 5x5 ?
Or can this be done pretty simple with apktool? will apktool even work with android 4.3?
Was some time since i played around with android stuff, did it on my old s3 and just rooted and de-bloated my galaxy s4
i assume it is odexed as stock as i have not flashed it.
These files comes from I9505XXUEMKF with android version 4.3 on the s4
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