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Rom for Galaxy S4 HTM GT-A9500

Hello guys, this is my first post. HTM won a GT-A9500 and he had to turn the boot S4 i9500, Hard Reset when did he disappeared with this boot and the HTM logo began to appear, is to install the i9500 boot again or install a ROM S4 i9500 original?
Or at least install the Jelly Beam 4.3 or 4.2.2, because he is with android 4.2.
Regards,

What?
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

How for the goodness sake, you want to flash near 2gig ROM into a crap having 256MB available for it??????
you can tell His Terrific Majesty (THM) to sell his prize for the real market value of 20dollars and buy a hamburger instead.

spamtrash said:
How for the goodness sake, you want to flash near 2gig ROM into a crap having 256MB available for it??????
you can tell His Terrific Majesty (THM) to sell his prize for the real market value of 20dollars and buy a hamburger instead.
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More is possible to install a more current version of android as it is with the 4.2.
Another thing, when I called him, appeared the i9500 boot after I did the hard reset boot HTM appears, is to at least get back in the boot of the i9500?

tecnicobr said:
More is possible to install a more current version of android as it is with the 4.2.
Another thing, when I called him, appeared the i9500 boot after I did the hard reset boot HTM appears, is to at least get back in the boot of the i9500?
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I see that you do not understand the basic clue.... ok, let me help:
this thread of the XDA is for: Samsung Galaxy S 4 i9500, i9505, i9505G, i9506 . PERIOD.
No Chinese fakes are supported here. PERIOD.
Your phone (HTM GT-A9500) is nothing even close from the hardware point of view, to the original. PERIOD.
In the other words, it seems that you are trying to install 7liters engine from Lamborhini Diablo into the Daewoo/Chevrolet Matiz.
To do it successfully you will need to follow simple procedure:
1. disassemble the case of your phone;
2. Buy somewhere the motherboard, digitizer, screen & auxiliaries from Samsung GT-I9500;
3. Assemble it.
4. flash the I9500 ROM of your choice.
Simple??

[Q] What model in build.prop?

Hey guys,as you know the s5 is anounced. And i would like to know what model name i should change my build.prop to,to get the new updates of my samsung apps like watch on and gear manager etc..
Thanks for the help

I think you can find your answer in google

The problem is there are several model numbers.. I don't know which one works because of bricking it..

HAKANN said:
The problem is there are several model numbers.. I don't know which one works because of bricking it..
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Try find international ones
And easy, by changing build.prop won't brick your phone, you can always by bring it back to life by flash ROM or restore recovery backup

[Q] My note 3 is bricked,losted IMEI :|

I bought an note 3 on 2nd June from hand,i'm verified the phone with big attention,everethyng is ok with the phone.But this phone is a rooted phone with a custom rom,i want to install to phone an original samsung firmware,but when i installed the rom the phone is bricked,i don't have IMEI (write Unkown ),and many errors,camera isnt work,speaker isnt work,....I dont know what can i do with the phone.Please help me.
Sorry for my wrong writed text,but i dont speak English very well :|

barcsajani said:
I bought an note 3 on 2nd June from hand,i'm verified the phone with big attention,everethyng is ok with the phone.But this phone is a rooted phone with a custom rom,i want to install to phone an original samsung firmware,but when i installed the rom the phone is bricked,i don't have IMEI (write Unkown ),and many errors,camera isnt work,speaker isnt work,....I dont know what can i do with the phone.Please help me.
Sorry for my wrong writed text,but i dont speak English very well :|
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What precise model is your Note 3? Are you 100% it is not a fake? Does the phone have "download mode"? Can you still enter "download mode"? What does it say there? Have you tried to write the latest stock ROM for your precise model? (and by model I understand platform and type, for instance on N9005 there are slightly different stock images for the 32GB EU models and the 16GB Asia models).

xclub_101 said:
What precise model is your Note 3? Are you 100% it is not a fake? Does the phone have "download mode"? Can you still enter "download mode"? What does it say there? Have you tried to write the latest stock ROM for your precise model? (and by model I understand platform and type, for instance on N9005 there are slightly different stock images for the 32GB EU models and the 16GB Asia models).
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Yes I'm 100% it is not a fake phone,and yes the pohne have download mode and yes i can enter to the d.m.
My model is SM-N9005 32GB. I'm tried over 10 roms for the phone but nothing,please help me,send me a new rom or i don't know what can i do ?

barcsajani said:
Yes I'm 100% it is not a fake phone,and yes the pohne have download mode and yes i can enter to the d.m.
My model is SM-N9005 32GB. I'm tried over 10 roms for the phone but nothing,please help me,send me a new rom or i don't know what can i do ?
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What i've heard if you lost your efs, many things on the phone will note work and eventually you will encounter FC messages. The only way was to restore the EFS. But you can find any other alternative like Flashing the 4 part firmware and see how it goes. If it doesnt fix your phone, keep finding.

IzArsha said:
What i've heard if you lost your efs, many things on the phone will note work and eventually you will encounter FC messages. The only way was to restore the EFS. But you can find any other alternative like Flashing the 4 part firmware and see how it goes. If it doesnt fix your phone, keep finding.
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I've tried the 4 part firmware flash but nothing... Now I'm downloading a firmware for Poland,this is the newest on samfirmware.com

From the hospital: SIM not working. Also, it it really i9500?

Hi
Background: I am usually very thorough when buying a new phone. This time I Wasn't well for many days and in the hospital. Urgently needed a new phone and ordered 1 online from a used shop. I specially wanted i9500.. no other variant..
I got one, it said i9500 on the back cover (echted in the plastics and well as the paper... which said made in india.. also the paper/sticker wasn't samsung quality but maybe since it was used, and indian made, i thought ok..
Now I inserted my sim and turned it on... Some chinese s***t! then samsung logo then the TouchWiz.. But there were many chinese apps as well. AND IT DID NOT DETECT MY SIM. Settings say its an i9500.. it felt like a samsung but something was off... In camera, as soon as I took a pic, phone got shut off! Had to take out battery... (btw, it says android 4.42 and when I go to Update.. .Samsung says it cant as device has been modified)
reformatted phone... more chinese sh*t, then Android loads up and there is no play store!
So I downoad a Darky ROM for i9500 and try flashing.. viola!! success.. Android 5.0.1
It said Sim not registered... then that message dissappears and now it shows me FULL SIGNALS but when I try to dial anything, it says Not registered on network! - WHen I went to settings... in device it is now saying:SM-903F (is that a ROM thing or is that the real phone model I have..?)
Can someone please help me.. the phone is very important here in my hosp.. cant type/read a lot of my laptop, it is very energy comsuming
Regards
P.S My location is Pakistan

See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.

The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.
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Download mode says GT-I9500CHN
hmm
audit13 said:
The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.
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Yes bro, I can see the IMEI..
I tried flashing another ROM (TouchWiz) - Still sim is not recognized (but signal bars goes to full.. even if I take out the SIM.. guess thats a ROM issue)
Anyways, still stuck.. Which modem should I try flashing... :|

I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.

audit13 said:
I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.
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The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500

krasCGQ said:
The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500
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What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution

hdaackda said:
What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution
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Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them

DeepankarS said:
Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them
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I hate chinese like u do... but this is not cheap
and it is actually a REAL Samsung Galaxy
problem is its GT-i9500CHN - aargghhhhhh - pain doubling... due to me being in hospital. cant go outside to kill someone

If you flashed custom ROMs and them boot, it's not a clone. I9500 performs an Exynos CPU, Chinese clones a Mediatek one, so just for this ROMs couldn't even boot.
All you can do is try to flash a stock firmware from SamMobile, an I9500 firmware coming from China, and see what happens.
By the way, I think this guy bought a Chinese (Genuine) I9500, then rooted it for install Google Apps, that would probably be the reason of the GApps disappearing after formatting (as far as I know, Chinese phones have a backup partition where an emergency copy of the stock firmware is located, I don't know if Samsung does this as well).
For the SIM problem, it's probably simlock, and it probably works only with a determined Chinese operator (or, again, it probably doesn't supports Pakistan's signal bands).
All you can do is check your IMEI on some dedicated site and see if it's simlock, then if it's not, check if the bands that your phone supports are compatible with Pakistan ones.
Sorry for my bad english.
Nexus⁴ on Tapatalk.

Again, China's bands are TD-SCDMA, not WCDMA as we use mostly over the world.
Sent from my GT-I9500

in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??

hdaackda said:
in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??
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Once again, GT-I9500CHN is just from the bootloader. Installing any GT-I9500 firmware should work.
Sent from my GT-I9500

Got a new vibe, has Vibe UI v2 installed. Can I get stock?

Hi all,
My old vibe died and couldnt find a better phone on the market since 2015 so got a new one. However I dont know what the heck is installed on this one.
I have never rooted before but have a cs degree so im not out my league. With the details in the image below, do you know what I can do to get stock installed?
The phone has a trojan application called fun weather and i cant remove it. Have done everything from root access to hard deleted. But as soon as i get wifi again it downloads. Are all custom roms like this so the developer can make cash? I also dont know if this is ROW or China. It has google services installed.
VERSION AND DETAILS SCREENSHOT HERE (2K image here fills the whole browser.)
http://i.imgur.com/jLn2bih.jpg
Regardless apprecaite the help here.
C

OK so after failing to remove it I was able to flash the device.
I made a guide for my future self and also to show that the China mobile varient can be easily flashed and still work. Im from UK and no issues with SIM. It also read my philippines card no problem

corriejgreen said:
OK so after failing to remove it I was able to flash the device.
I made a guide for my future self and also to show that the China mobile varient can be easily flashed and still work. Im from UK and no issues with SIM. It also read my philippines card no problem
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Maybe this was one of the early firmware. Lenovo has given 5.0 to this mobile. Why didn't you try to update it?