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Is it safe to flash GT-I9505 onto SGH-I337M

I would like to know if its same to flash GT-I9505 onto SGH-I337M?
I dont want to brick it!
Thanks in advance

enigma4321 said:
I would like to know if its same to flash GT-I9505 onto SGH-I337M?
I dont want to brick it!
Thanks in advance
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NO! DONT DO IT!.
i dont know if you can find firmware for (M) variant. but there is for SGH-I337.

No don't do it. Lots of stuff won't work.

samersh72;4105730andO! DONT DO IT!.
i dont know if you can find firmware for (M) variant. but there is for SGH-I337.[/QUOTE said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I thought the i337M was just a provider branded i9505.. guess theres a big diff
Any idea where I could find i337M odin files?
The reason im asking all this is this phone lags a LOT! and Gallery app is almost unusable from the lag. Any ideas? Thanks
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First use Motochopper to root so you can use Titanium Backup to freeze the bloat (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252248 this one will work).
Then you can install Goomananger so you can install TWRP (menu=>install open recovery): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.s0up.goomanager
Finally, if you're feeling brave, you can do a backup of your phone first then try installing CyanogenMod: http://get.cm/?device=jfltecan
The Canadian model is jfltecan. Remember to install GAPPS (http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip)
I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE.

samersh72 said:
NO! DONT DO IT!.
i dont know if you can find firmware for (M) variant. but there is for SGH-I337.
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Have a link for the i337 (non-m)?

enigma4321 said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I thought the i337M was just a provider branded i9505.. guess theres a big diff
Any idea where I could find i337M odin files?
The reason im asking all this is this phone lags a LOT! and Gallery app is almost unusable from the lag. Any ideas? Thanks
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unfortunately there is no firmware for (M) variant on the net. There is AT&T (USA) firmware, but for I337,
any way try to wipe cache via recovery.

samersh72 said:
unfortunately there is no firmware for (M) variant on the net. There is AT&T (USA) firmware, but for I337,
any way try to wipe cache via recovery.
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Thanks for your help
Whats strange about it is the fact that right away, it had lag. I will try wiping the cache and will let you know.

I had an error when I tried wiping the cache.
Should I install a custom recovery as suggested earlier?
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Someone else tried already. Apparently it will run. but without a Canadian modem to flash, there will be no network signal or wifi working.
When we have a modem to flash we should be OK.

tietherope said:
Someone else tried already. Apparently it will run. but without a Canadian modem to flash, there will be no network signal or wifi working.
When we have a modem to flash we should be OK.
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Its SLIGHTLY better after clearing the cache via TWRP, but still lots of lag. Dont get it, from such a fast phone, there shouldnt be ANY lag! My Nexus 4 was SOO much smoother and faster (yet clearly not in benchmarks)
Thanks for the help btw

I have another question, how do I unroot my device. Is this possible? Thanks
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enigma4321 said:
I have another question, how do I unroot my device. Is this possible? Thanks
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NVM hehe I found how

enigma4321 said:
I would like to know if its same to flash GT-I9505 onto SGH-I337M?
I dont want to brick it!
Thanks in advance
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You can do it but only if you want to Brick your phone

Hi!! I have the same model and it was also very laggy but I then went to software update in the settings and there was an update!! after the update the lag went away!! Try it, im sure it will work

Thanks, I definitely will try the update. Yours from rogers?
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enigma4321 said:
Its SLIGHTLY better after clearing the cache via TWRP, but still lots of lag. Dont get it, from such a fast phone, there shouldnt be ANY lag! My Nexus 4 was SOO much smoother and faster (yet clearly not in benchmarks)
Thanks for the help btw
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I too have an SGH-i337M (TELUS). Did you do the official update to build I337MVLUAMDJ? I had originally bought my phone on the unfinished I337MVLUAMDC and when I did the update a lot of the lag went away. However, I still had to freeze a lot of unwanted apps though settings > app manager, however I did come across a list of apps that were safe to remove/disable on the S3 (Some, not all are also found on the S4). You can see the list HERE.
Hopefully we'll see a list like this for the S4 soon.
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Also to note, I also came from a Nexus 4 and can definitely feel the difference as well, but the Nexus also didn't have bloatware running.

enigma4321 said:
Thanks, I definitely will try the update. Yours from rogers?
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Nope!! Mine is from claro a latin-america company but it is the same I337M model!! When i first booted my phone I was like OMG what a lag, this s4 have, even my girlfriend s2 was better, and after searching for information i found that there was this update that gives stability!!

Sobai said:
I too have an SGH-i337M (TELUS). Did you do the official update to build I337MVLUAMDJ? I had originally bought my phone on the unfinished I337MVLUAMDC and when I did the update a lot of the lag went away. However, I still had to freeze a lot of unwanted apps though settings > app manager, however I did come across a list of apps that were safe to remove/disable on the S3 (Some, not all are also found on the S4). You can see the list HERE.
Hopefully we'll see a list like this for the S4 soon.
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Also to note, I also came from a Nexus 4 and can definitely feel the difference as well, but the Nexus also didn't have bloatware running.
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Mine came with the official build I337MVLUAMDJ and it was laggy as hell!
After rooting and removing lots of bloatware, it was still slow.
What cured my lag, was downloading the stock Firmware from Kies (and saving the file from temp folder, instead of using kies for the restore) and flashed it with odin. After restoring my backup from MyBackup Pro, its fast!
Why should we need to do all this work for a brand new phone. Good job Samsumg lol

enigma4321 said:
Mine came with the official build I337MVLUAMDJ and it was laggy as hell!
After rooting and removing lots of bloatware, it was still slow.
What cured my lag, was downloading the stock Firmware from Kies (and saving the file from temp folder, instead of using kies for the restore) and flashed it with odin. After restoring my backup from MyBackup Pro, its fast!
Why should we need to do all this work for a brand new phone. Good job Samsumg lol
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Oh cool, I guess that works too lol. I managed to fix a majority of my lag after running a recovery script called "PalaTool" which was originally released for the Galaxy S III. The tool was designed to remove bloatware and allowed you to install optional UI changes and apps that could optimize things like Fast Dormancy, etc. Running the tool unfortunately doesn't remove the bloat, but it did with the Seeder Entropy Pool.

Titnium Backup Galaxy S4

hello to all
I used titanium backup on my galaxy S3 but now on my galaxy s3 not work.
Have you ideas?
thanks

I used it on my One X, and than on my Note 2, transfered to GS4, works like a charm...

piero79 said:
hello to all
I used titanium backup on my galaxy S3 but now on my galaxy s3 not work.
Have you idea?
thanks
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You mean S4 I assume? My backup from my S2 to my S4 worked a treat. You didn't try to backup and restore system apps did you? That would cause a whole world of trouble.

piero79 said:
hello to all
I used titanium backup on my galaxy S3 but now on my galaxy s3 not work.
Have you ideas?
thanks
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I am no mod, but shouldn't this thread be in Q&A? Also, "now not work" is not very descriptive... You need to provide us with some more info if you want to get some help

[Q] Which one to buy SGS4 i9500 or i9505 or i9506?

I am going to buy galaxy s4 this week...but I am confused to buy which one...please help me buy telling which one would be better and for what reason

tanvir108115 said:
I am going to buy galaxy s4 this week...but I am confused to buy which one...please help me buy telling which one would be better and for what reason
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i9505. Maximim developements. Supports LTE. And TOWELROOT works with it
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.

Not true
DeepankarS said:
i9505. Maximim developements. Supports LTE. And TOWELROOT works with it
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.
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The latest built of Samsungs Official Update called NG8 don't support towelroot anymore. No one knows why. Maybe some changes in the Kernel.
I would buy a 9505 or when it's possible for you a 9506, there is less support on XDA, that's right, but you got an Snapdragon 800 and the faster LTE, so really close to the Galaxy S5.
So if you don't want to flash thousands of custom ROM, this will be your best choice.

Tkkg1994 said:
The latest built of Samsungs Official Update called NG8 don't support towelroot anymore. No one knows why. Maybe some changes in the Kernel.
I would buy a 9505 or when it's possible for you a 9506, there is less support on XDA, that's right, but you got an Snapdragon 800 and the faster LTE, so really close to the Galaxy S5.
So if you don't want to flash thousands of custom ROM, this will be your best choice.
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Well this is because Samsung patched the loophole that was being exploited by geohot.
They knew about the loophole as stated by them.on www.samsungknox.com and they clearly stated that Knox 2.0 shall stop that exploit.
They did it.
That is why NG8, the latest official firmware, has knox 2.0 and does not support towelroot anymore.
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.

Hey DeepankarS hru, im junior here rit now i have gt i9500 and i rooted n flash almost 5 or 6 rom without any problem, but now i want to switch to gt i9505 so plz help its safe for india, this LTE version, and should i change or not, thnks sir... Plss help.. ?
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Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 help?

Hey everyone, I just got a Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 inch yesterday from T-Mobile, but i'm having trouble finding a custom recovery and custom rom for it.
Can you guys help me out?
I managed to get it rooted using Chainfire Autoroot, but while I keep trying to install TWRP, it just loads into Download Mode and says "could not normal boot".
Any help would be appreciated.
If anyone can, please link me to a TWRP Odin Flashable that will work and a good custom ROM, thanks!

I've looked around some when I got my tablet a few months ago. Sorry to say, I have yet to find a custom ROM for this particular tablet.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8" model using Tapatalk

No recovery yet for the lte variants of the tab 4 8 inch. Talented people are trying tho

pre4speed said:
No recovery yet for the lte variants of the tab 4 8 inch. Talented people are trying tho
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cindylike24 said:
I've looked around some when I got my tablet a few months ago. Sorry to say, I have yet to find a custom ROM for this particular tablet.
Good to know. I'm on the SM-T337T. Hopefully it gets some support soon. If not, no big deal.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8" model using Tapatalk
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Sent from a potato.

[How To] Enable WiFi Hotspot on Rooted Lollipop OC1 ROM's

Enable native tethering on Galaxy Note 3 AT&T (SM-N900A) running Android 5.0
This is personally Tested on my Galaxy Note 3 running rooted OC1 5.0 Rom
and Galaxy S4 AT&T SGH-I337 running rooted 5.0 rom
Backup your existing TetheringProvision.apk (I just renamed my old one TetheringProvision.apk1)
place modded apk in system/app/TetheringProvision/
Make sure permissions are set as seen in screenshot
delete TetheringProvision/ARM folder before rebooting
Reboot device
????????????
Profit!
As always this is at your own risk

It works!! I have to delete TetheringProvision/arm and reboot. Thanks a bunch, have been looking for this for a while.

cgm8 said:
It works!! I have to delete TetheringProvision/arm and reboot. Thanks a bunch, have been looking for this for a while.
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Awesome! Glad to hear that it worked for you.
Sofar I've far I have tested the modded APK on ;
AT&T Galaxy S4 on both Android 4.4.4 and 5.0
AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on Android 5.0
At&T Samsung Galaxy S5 on 4.4.2

AT&T Note 3 here and i can say it works and is much better than the last workaround i tried. Basically after using the tether I had to restart the phone to reenable wifi. :laugh:
Edit: Spoke too soon. When I turn off the hotspot wifi comes back on and connects. However, the occasional web page will refuse to load. Will only load 3/4 of the way unless I leave it for like 2 minutes. Pages with embedded video don't load within that time period at all. But youtube embeds work as does the app. Restarting the phone fixes everything.
At least it is progress in my case! Using an app before would cause wifi to show as toggeled on, but refused to connect or turn off.

Hello guys I'm new to the android devices I tried to install this apk file but it just tells me that it is not installed is their another app that I need to get this to work I just rooted my note 3 yesterday and upgraded to the lollipop thanks in advance

WaNam xposed for lollipop that's how.

Thanks for this

Galaxy Note 3 (9000A) on CricKet network running 4.4.2. Towelrooted months ago and TouchWiz recently began crashing, so I finally did a factory reset. Lost ability to hotspot tether using FoxFi/PdaNet. Did the reset change some settings? If so, how do I change them back? Perhaps someone more experienced could walk me through the apk change or point me to a "____ for Idiots" type tutorial.

Anyone try this on OC2?

kdubya said:
Galaxy Note 3 (9000A) on CricKet network running 4.4.2. Towelrooted months ago and TouchWiz recently began crashing, so I finally did a factory reset. Lost ability to hotspot tether using FoxFi/PdaNet. Did the reset change some settings? If so, how do I change them back? Perhaps someone more experienced could walk me through the apk change or point me to a "____ for Idiots" type tutorial.
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If you are rooted, use Wanam Xposed & MotoTether. I use this method on Cricket. Then just use the native tether on phone.

forrest89sei said:
Enable native tethering on Galaxy Note 3 AT&T (SM-N900A) running Android 5.0
This is personally Tested on my Galaxy Note 3 running rooted OC1 5.0 Rom
and Galaxy S4 AT&T SGH-I337 running rooted 5.0 rom
Backup your existing TetheringProvision.apk (I just renamed my old one TetheringProvision.apk1)
place modded apk in system/app/TetheringProvision/
Make sure permissions are set as seen in screenshot
Reboot device
????????????
Profit!
As always this is at your own risk
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cgm8 said:
It works!! I have to delete TetheringProvision/arm and reboot. Thanks a bunch, have been looking for this for a while.
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Great thanks cgm8.
I spent almost 2 hrs based on OPs steps but it kept saying "TetheringProvision.apk failed" or something after each reboot and then I almost gave up.
Luckily I saw your post that we should delete the ARM folder so I thought of giving it a last try...just in case you know.
And BOOM... after deleting the ARM folder and rebooting again, no error and then when I went to settings to enable HotSpot, it enabled flawless...lol
OP, can you pls add this simple step i.e. delete TetheringProvision/ARM folder before rebooting so everyone gets 100% success in this...???
Anyway, thanks a lot OP for this or else nothing else matters...

Will Att still see you tethering without the correct plan?

aranurea said:
Anyone try this on OC2?
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It should, I'm using it on OC2
ajfathers said:
Great thanks cgm8.
I spent almost 2 hrs based on OPs steps but it kept saying "TetheringProvision.apk failed" or something after each reboot and then I almost gave up.
Luckily I saw your post that we should delete the ARM folder so I thought of giving it a last try...just in case you know.
And BOOM... after deleting the ARM folder and rebooting again, no error and then when I went to settings to enable HotSpot, it enabled flawless...lol
OP, can you pls add this simple step i.e. delete TetheringProvision/ARM folder before rebooting so everyone gets 100% success in this...???
Anyway, thanks a lot OP for this or else nothing else matters...
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Thanks for the updated specs, I'll update my post
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Will Att still see you tethering without the correct plan?
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They may, But I've been lucky doing this with both Straight Talk (AT&T MVNO) and Cricket (AT&T MVNO)

forrest89sei said:
Awesome! Glad to hear that it worked for you.
Sofar I've far I have tested the modded APK on ;
AT&T Galaxy S4 on both Android 4.4.4 and 5.0
AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on Android 5.0
At&T Samsung Galaxy S5 on 4.4.2
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hi where did you get a working rooted N900A OC1 i cant find any good one

Cricket (AT&T MVNO)
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Not to be picky but Cricket is not a reseller, but 100% AT&T with no middleman.

forrest89sei said:
Enable native tethering on Galaxy Note 3 AT&T (SM-N900A) running Android 5.0
This is personally Tested on my Galaxy Note 3 running rooted OC1 5.0 Rom
and Galaxy S4 AT&T SGH-I337 running rooted 5.0 rom
Backup your existing TetheringProvision.apk (I just renamed my old one TetheringProvision.apk1)
place modded apk in system/app/TetheringProvision/
Make sure permissions are set as seen in screenshot
delete TetheringProvision/ARM folder before rebooting
Reboot device
????????????
Profit!
As always this is at your own risk
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tried this on my s4 i337 att running 5.0.1 and kingroot, seemed to work and could see the access point but then it kept resetting and saying access point active over and over. had to reboot to stop it. could it be kingroot, if so, will remove with supersume pro.
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vince954 said:
tried this on my s4 i337 att running 5.0.1 and kingroot, seemed to work and could see the access point but then it kept resetting and saying access point active over and over. had to reboot to stop it. could it be kingroot, if so, will remove with supersume pro.
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an update. I used supersume pro, gave me trouble doing it so I had to remove some of the kingroot files manually. seems to be working, super su working. as for the apk provision files, no joy, seems something is different in 5.0.1 so i went with wifi tether router and that works just fine. finally, its been a long road to get here...

forrest89sei said:
Enable native tethering on Galaxy Note 3 AT&T (SM-N900A) running Android 5.0
This is personally Tested on my Galaxy Note 3 running rooted OC1 5.0 Rom
and Galaxy S4 AT&T SGH-I337 running rooted 5.0 rom
Backup your existing TetheringProvision.apk (I just renamed my old one TetheringProvision.apk1)
place modded apk in system/app/TetheringProvision/
Make sure permissions are set as seen in screenshot
delete TetheringProvision/ARM folder before rebooting
Reboot device
????????????
Profit!
As always this is at your own risk
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I can confirm this working on my samsung galaxy go prime SM-G530A from at&t running on straight talk and lollipop 5.1.1. Much thanks to OP for this modded tetheringprovision.apk. follow instructions exactly as written and everything is smooth. Anyone else needing to root this phone first here is a link to working root
Samsung Galaxy Go Prime SM-G530A root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3283066
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I have Rooted NC1 lollipop flashed via SS recovery.
Followed all steps but hotspot not working.
Also there is no ARM folder inside TetheringProvision...
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UPDATE , New Method to Enable Tethering Hotspot :
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1. installed "XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk" (for lollipop)
2. Flashed "xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430-arter97-V3.zip" via softstrap recovery (Note 3 at&t only)
3. Rebooted and Installed "com.dym.motoxtether_v5_aa815c.apk".
4. Open Xposed Installer -> Modules -> Check X Tether Module and Reboot Phone.
5. Done !! Tethering is Working Now.
This Process has been tested on Note 3 AT&T Running on Lollipop 5.0 Stock.
All files attached here and taken from xda.

Thank you. The tether apk worked fine from the first post. And the xposed worked from the post above. I now believe my phone is as good as it can get while locked.
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Works like a charm - S5 Active G870A
I did the steps and its working, for now an hour with no issues. Even ran a few matches of Fortnite on the Xbox! There were some slightly different folders/names. But, I figured which ones to delete.
Thanks!