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Is there any Chinese homepages that provides roms for S4 replicas.
I installed CWM with MtkDroidTools and now wonder if there is any Chinese pages for roms?
Any ideas? I made a backup of stock... Thanks

bihslk said:
Is there any Chinese homepages that provides roms for S4 replicas.
I installed CWM with MtkDroidTools and now wonder if there is any Chinese pages for roms?
Any ideas? I made a backup of stock... Thanks
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Would probably be best googling the model number (the actual one), try including XDA in your search as someones bound to have already asked discussed it at some point. You won't find anything compatible in the official S4 forums unfortunately.

gsmyth said:
Would probably be best googling the model number (the actual one), try including XDA in your search as someones bound to have already asked discussed it at some point. You won't find anything compatible in the official S4 forums unfortunately.
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No i know but funny thing that i installed CWM and it works. Now i can flash roms because phone missing Download Mode like Original Samsung. So now im close.
Funny thing is that Google is not pointing many Chinese forums hahaha...

bihslk said:
No i know but funny thing that i installed CWM and it works. Now i can flash roms because phone missing Download Mode like Original Samsung. So now im close.
Funny thing is that Google is not pointing many Chinese forums hahaha...
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I wouldn't think you could flash any of the official S4 ROMs or firmware as the hardware is just going to be different and so it just won't work and will most likely brick your phone. Whats the model name/number/specs if you dont mind me asking?

Do NOT flash s4 ROM on a clone.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

gsmyth said:
I wouldn't think you could flash any of the official S4 ROMs or firmware as the hardware is just going to be different and so it just won't work and will most likely brick your phone. Whats the model name/number/specs if you dont mind me asking?
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Model: GT-I9500 t03gxx
Board: smdk4x12
Display Cnanzhi
Hardware mt6577
Android Ver. 4.2.2
Kernel Arch armv7l
Kernel Ver. 3.4.0 eng rooter.1375971950
Screen Res: 540x960
Total RAM 500MB
Screen Density 240dpi
Samsung Exynos 4212 Dual Core 1.0 ghz
ARM Cortex-A9
Revision r3p0
Gpu Renderer PowerVR SGX 531
And no i wont flash Any S4 rom on this phone i know it will brick **** out of it but just wonder if there is any known chinese forums with those firmwares.

Here is the link that i found of it pretty ****ty specs but it would be lovely to could do something about kernel. Cant overclock it anymore. At least to 1.5
http://specdevice.com/showspec.php?id=986c-526e-ffff-fffff78955b8

How did you install CWM?
How did you install CWM? I was not successful so far.....

GT-I9500 clone
Old post I know, but did you ever find some good ROMS for the GT-I9500 clone?

[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 S5 LTE plus aka g901f

Hey out three,
Is there any chance to get TWRP and Roms working for the g901f?
Or will there even be a different forum for Roms? Because of the Device has got other properties than the "normal" S5
Greeting,
Ceteus

ceteus said:
Hey out three,
Is there any chance to get TWRP and Roms working for the g901f?
Or will there even be a different forum for Roms? Because of the Device has got other properties than the "normal" S5
Greeting,
Ceteus
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This is very new model. Can you show some info about your device using Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app?

There are lots of information...
Do you need something special?

ceteus said:
There are lots of information...
Do you need something special?
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Can you show the 1st screenshot that contains device type and product name, as twrp download is based on these information.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

Sure!
See it in the attachment

It's like i9506 with one probleme. Only get updates after 6 months of i9505 got it

What
There's no possibility to get custom Roms and Kernels earlier?

I am also very interested by this topic.
Hope a custom recovery can be adapted for our SM-G901F.
Thanks to have a look
Franky

Any update on rom ?

Port Request..S7e 6.0.1 rom for i9500.

Hello guys so I already posted about this and didn't find anyone who was willing to port the rom to i9500..
It was already released on i9506 development section
It is called:
[ROM-6.0.1][DarkWolf_FW][Galaxy S7 Edge Port][V2]
If it was ported to i9506 then it can be ported to i9500
So I am waiting for anyone who is willing to help i9500
Because there is not any tw based mm Rom for i9500
Thanks in advance.and I hope there are people who want to help ?????

The GT-I9506 is closer to the S7 than the GT-I9500, that's why it has ports.
GT-I9506 Snapdragon 800 chip, S7 Snapdragon 820 chip.
They are in the same ball park.
The GT-I9500 is Exynos based.
There also is a Exynos based S7 model, but the GT-I9500 and S7 are too far apart to make porting it easy, I guess.
Don't you think somebody would have ported the S7 ROMs to the GT-I9505 and GT-I9500 if it were possible?

i dnt think thats the issue
the main issue which the developers tell us is that the s7 framework and system cant be ported because there is no mm rom provided by samsung for our device
however there was no rom for i9506 as well but it still got ported

tdssmarty16 said:
i dnt think thats the issue
the main issue which the developers tell us is that the s7 framework and system cant be ported because there is no mm rom provided by samsung for our device
however there was no rom for i9506 as well but it still got ported
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I heard that a S5 stock MM firmware has successfully been ported to i9506 so why it's possible to fully port S7 frameworks and system using the ported MM firmware from S5.
I think there's a developer in i9500 who is working on porting S7 apps and frameworks for this device. But I don't sure that everything is 100 percent ported, though.
Sent from my HUAWEI SCL-U31 using XDA Labs

The issue is that Exynos is not developer friendly, and there are few developers left working on the I9500 in this forum. They've either given up completely out of frustration or have moved on to more developer-friendly devices.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
The issue is that Exynos is not developer friendly, and there are few developers left working on the I9500 in this forum. They've either given up completely out of frustration or have moved on to more developer-friendly devices.
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Yep, it's one of the reason. But, that makes it worse, that most i9500 users are spamming most threads with posts like waiting or similar or ETA asking when a dev announced that he would release a new update. Thus, caused the dev canceled the update, ask moderators to close the thread, and leave the development.
Sent from my HUAWEI SCL-U31 using XDA Labs

But a friend of mine said if it was ported to an s4 then it can be ported to all s4 variants and it's hard but still possible?

Also no one tried overwriting over aosp

Guys it's possible yet no one even tries. that's what makes me sad

Porting Android 6.x to Exynos is more complicated than your friend probably realizes. The binaries need to be built specifically for Exynos. This is a problem because the sources for the Exynos processor are incomplete. Without all the source code, you're not building anything for Exynos except stock-based ROMs.
Building for Qualcomm is far easier. They provide all their sources, and there are Android 6.x ROMS available, whether Cyanogenmod-based or AOSP-based. They also tend to work better than Exynos because of this.

But there is android 6.0 for i9500,whether cm 13 or aosp. Both do exist for i9500. so why not port the apps and the tw not specifically the entire rom

Also there is an exynos version of the s6 and s7.
Also it will be possible to port the s6 mm exynos update to s4..

robohazem said:
But a friend of mine said if it was ported to an s4 then it can be ported to all s4 variants and it's hard but still possible?
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S4 has many variants, different models, and different SoCs. And, it's nearly impossible to port from devices with different SoCs...
robohazem said:
Also no one tried overwriting over aosp
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No one struggling AOSP due to the Exynos crap.
robohazem said:
Guys it's possible yet no one even tries. that's what makes me sad
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...it's not as easy as you say.
robohazem said:
But there is android 6.0 for i9500,whether cm 13 or aosp. Both do exist for i9500. so why not port the apps and the tw not specifically the entire rom
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GearCM 13.0 needs more than 6 months to get itself to stable version, with kernel rework and it's hard without complete codes, man.
robohazem said:
Also there is an exynos version of the s6 and s7.
Also it will be possible to port the s6 mm exynos update to s4..
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Porting ROMs are harder than maintaining a CM-based ROM, man. Even the best TW developer on i9500 is unable to port MM to i9500 because it needs MM bootloader, which can't be ported easily.
Sent from my HUAWEI SCL-U31 using XDA Labs

Bruh....so there is a 0% chance that we might see it on i9500??

robohazem said:
Bruh....so there is a 0% chance that we might see it on i9500??
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We've a chance, but it's very little.
Sent from my HUAWEI SCL-U31 using XDA Labs

Rooting

Hello,
I was just wondering if someone could help me with regards to rooting my S7 Edge? I have just returned to Samsung after being with the Nexus 6p for a year (Google screwed over the nexus users with the pixel - hence my return to Samsung)
I tried to root earlier but got a bootloader exception error - it appears Samsung devices aren't as easy to root as they were in yesteryear! Could someone tell me how i go about rooting, flashing TWRP and possibly flashing a custom rom? I would research but all the threads i come across are for the Exynos variant of the S7 Edge. For the record, i have the UK Snapdragon version - SM-G935F.
Any help would be massively helpful.
Best Regards,
Speedy!:laugh::laugh::laugh:

you need to use the following guide. as snapdrage is a qualcomm s7
[guide] sm-g9350 s7 edge qualcomm sd820 root | rom + root + twrp + xposed

Cosmic Blue said:
you need to use the following guide. as snapdrage is a qualcomm s7
[guide] sm-g9350 s7 edge qualcomm sd820 root | rom + root + twrp + xposed
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Does it matter that this thread is for the G9350?

speedyjay said:
Does it matter that this thread is for the G9350?
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no, i believe all snap dragons are the same. but just make a back up to be on the safe side.

Hi,
The 935F is actually the Exynos variant, download CPU-Z to check it. So, following any Exynos tutorial would be of good use for you .
All the best,
~Lord
Sent from my Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-935F) using Tapatalk Beta

XxLordxX said:
Hi,
The 935F is actually the Exynos variant, download CPU-Z to check it. So, following any Exynos tutorial would be of good use for you .
All the best,
~Lord
Sent from my Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-935F) using Tapatalk Beta
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XxLordxX
read the last line of his first post. He mentions that his phone is a snapdragon version but all he could find are threads on flashing the exynos versions.

Cosmic Blue said:
XxLordxX
read the last line of his first post. He mentions that his phone is a snapdragon version but all he could find are threads on flashing the exynos versions.
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Hi,
That's the problem, he says his device is SM-935F, however that device has an Exynos processor. Either he confused the processor in his device or he said the wrong model version.
All the best,
~Lord
Sent from my Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-935F) using Tapatalk Beta

XxLordxX said:
Hi,
That's the problem, he says his device is SM-935F, however that device has an Exynos processor. Either he confused the processor in his device or he said the wrong model version.
All the best,
~Lord
Sent from my Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-935F) using Tapatalk Beta
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Well I'll be damned lol no worries, is the exynos version a lot easier to customize than the SD version? Cheers buddy
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app

speedyjay said:
Well I'll be damned lol no worries, is the exynos version a lot easier to customize than the SD version? Cheers buddy
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Hi,
Since the Snapdragon version is limited to the US market (mostly under carriers) and the Chinese market I believe there are more custom ROM, kernels, etc in the Exynos model. However that's not to say the development is huge, since the Exynos processor has a very bad documentation and source code releasing.
You can check the development and general threads for more information on rooting and customizing your experience .
Happy flashing,
~Lord

XxLordxX said:
Hi,
Since the Snapdragon version is limited to the US market (mostly under carriers) and the Chinese market I believe there are more custom ROM, kernels, etc in the Exynos model. However that's not to say the development is huge, since the Exynos processor has a very bad documentation and source code releasing.
You can check the development and general threads for more information on rooting and customizing your experience .
Happy flashing,
~Lord
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Mate, no worries! I'll re-research (for the want of a better phrase) and see how I progress. You've been a massive help buddy! and for that, you're reward is some thanks lol
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app

speedyjay said:
Mate, no worries! I'll re-research (for the want of a better phrase) and see how I progress. You've been a massive help buddy! and for that, you're reward is some thanks lol
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app
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I can see in your signature you have the G935F, that's the exynos version, but just check cpuz to be sure, if yes that's the best version anyways Bootloader unlock is available to exynos but not snapdragon, there are a lot of custom roms and even kernels, but don't expect CM or any CM/AOSP Based rom, sadly, since it's exynos, you will only find Touchwiz based roms

xAD3r1ty said:
I can see in your signature you have the G935F, that's the exynos version, but just check cpuz to be sure, if yes that's the best version anyways Bootloader unlock is available to exynos but not snapdragon, there are a lot of custom roms and even kernels, but don't expect CM or any CM/AOSP Based rom, sadly, since it's exynos, you will only find Touchwiz based roms
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How do I unlock my bootloader?
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app

speedyjay said:
How do I unlock my bootloader?
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Oops i mean exynos bootloader is unlocked, you don't have to unlock it, but you do have to tick the OEM Unlock in Developer Options

HI, i would like to know if anyone of u guys can post the link of rooting the galaxy s7edge exynos version.
Thanks.