Hi Everyone,
As with every i9500 owner, I am struggling to find a rom i can work with (there isn't enough variety and many issues) so i would like to go back to stock. the i9500 i bought was from Taiwan but it had a lot of bloatware. I am looking for a European rom that has at least bloatware in english that i can manage
the current rom i am using (Doc's barebone with persus kernel) is fairly well but i am experiencing crashes once in a while and radio issues..
The current firmware is: I9500XXUBMF3
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Funkynp said:
Hi Everyone,
As with every i9500 owner, I am struggling to find a rom i can work with (there isn't enough variety and many issues) so i would like to go back to stock. the i9500 i bought was from Taiwan but it had a lot of bloatware. I am looking for a European rom that has at least bloatware in english that i can manage
the current rom i am using (Doc's barebone with persus kernel) is fairly well but i am experiencing crashes once in a while and radio issues..
The current firmware is: I9500XXUBMF3
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
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U can get Stock firmwares from below link
And incase u wanna try some roms try Omega / Phoenix both are good and stable no crashes at all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477&highlight=stock+firmware
Hope this helps
Doc is working on Google Edition one. That what you'll want. Loom for his thread
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What is the latest stock rom available for the s5, is there a 5.1.1 available.
I like the stock rom mainly because of the camera as I use the phone a lot to take pictures and videos of my kids but I miss the functionality that the custom roms like blisspop give you where you can set certain triggers for your profile and disable lock screens etc so would like to update my 5.0 version.
Unless that is someone can tell me of a custom rom with added features that uses touch wiz and the original camera functionality.
Cheers bart
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Latest stock for BTU (United Kingdom) is BOJ1 (Check sammobile .com)
Hi guys, Newbie to forum and rooting here! I own a Galaxy S4 i9505 android version 4.3 and want it to upgrade to a higher, better and stable version. I've been doing a lot of research and found that the latest 6.0.1 gives issues with wifi on s4! I always wanted to root my phone but never did but since pokemon go doesn't run on 4.3 I'm glad that I'm forced to root it ! So, which is the best ROM and android version that I should upgrade my phone to that'll not show any bugs or issues! I don't care if the android version's not latest..I own only one phone! Just want to run pokemon go and exploit some features that rooting will provide! Thanks for help~
There aren't any ROMs that are 100% bug free. Even Samsung ROMs have bugs.
Also, the matter of "which ROM is better" is subjective.
GDReaper said:
There aren't any ROMs that are 100% bug free. Even Samsung ROMs have bugs.
Also, the matter of "which ROM is better" is subjective.
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Hey thanks for the reply! I'm aware that no ROM maybe 100% bug free but maybe there are some which have insignificant bugs?? and also perhaps the older ROMs..say the ones with android 5.0.x maybe so because of more updates? In that regard, I would really like if you would recommend one such ROM to your knowledge! Thanks!
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Hey thanks for the reply! I'm aware that no ROM maybe 100% bug free but maybe there are some which have insignificant bugs?? and also perhaps the older ROMs..say the ones with android 5.0.x maybe so because of more updates? In that regard, I would really like if you would recommend one such ROM to your knowledge! Thanks!
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The Google Play Edition ROM has always been working well for me.
Roll ultra
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Me, ive come from many years of custom ROMs on my S2, and due to all the issues with CM13 which was the last ROM i ran on it, i retired the S2 the other day and got a cheap second hand S4, and i have to say after all the drama of custom CM13 on the S2, i am actually enjoying the stock 5.01 LP ROM on the S4. All ive done is run CF Auto Root and then run this debloat app on it Until i do enough research on what a good custom ROM to install, im just going to stick with the stock 5.0.1...
Stock 5.01 is available here at sammobile
It should be enough of an upgrade over 4.3, plus you should probably flash this at least once before going to a custom ROM anyways...for reasons i wont bore you with
You can try this first up as an alternate to sammobile.com (because they limit your speed):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
This backdoors a fast download from Sammobile...much faster
I just got it to finally work to download my ROM!
Or if you try the main sammobile.com website
If you choose to go this route, pick your country, and if you want an unbranded, no carrier bloat version, pick the one form your country with no carrier name after it in brackets, i.e. pick the one with just the 3 letter region code in brackets after it. Note: its about 1.4Gb to download, and unlike the old days sammobile will make it fricking painful to get without paying them...they throttle the download. Im on my 8th go trying to get my ROM, every time it fails you have to restart, so they soak up your data allowance the bastards, but theres nowhere else i know of to get my ROM
Or another alternate:
http://fw.updato.com/
Ok so I've decided to flash this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...om-untouched-google-play-edition-5-1-t3198177
But I'm getting confused between the meanings of rooting and flashing ROM. Do I need to "root" my phone (I would use Super SU) before flashing it? Because I'm following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDlV3plfnVA
and his recovery screen looks different than mine. Apparently, he's using clockworkMod CWM but how do I do that? So, if I root my phone first then will my recover screen look similar to his? It's confusing! Please help!
Like i said id flash a stock ROM first before going custom....GPE still counts as a custom ROM
Be sure to read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67514801&postcount=1380 and more than just the front page of any ROM, this one has a few issues, i assume fixed.....
As for recovery, you should forget about Phliz (it can have issues with newer ROM's) and use TWRP instead (i used to hate TWRP, but CWM based recoveries seemingly arent being updated to fix issues lately)
I did a quick post about installing it (and fixing a potential niggle) here earlier: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67769031&postcount=6
Hi all
I have a second hand s4 i9500 with 5.0.1 already running and finding network coverage rather poor with the same sim i had in a j2 but now worse. Battery life could be improved. Also im a total noob.
I did some reading around and think i need to flash recovery rom, root, flash stuff.. but im a little confused what exactly i need to fix this and in what order.. if needed links and steps how to would be appreciated
So heres what i want to achieve in order of priority:
1. Stability
2. Better signal for calls and data (region thailand)
3. 24hr or more battery life if possible
4. Good quality camera and video
5. Fast and efficient phone functionality
6. Debloated
Here are the details i could find if someone knows what i need to do to get this phone running tip top:
Phone: i9500
TouchWiz
Kernel version: 3.4.5-6164126
Baseband: I9500DXUH0A1
Build: LRX22C.19500XXUHOK5
Knox 2.3
Android 5.0.1
Hope someone can help me out and thanx in advance
Network coverage may be improved by updating the modem. You can do that by installing a software update or by flashing the most recent stock ROM for Thailand from sammobile.com.
And based on your priority list, I'd suggest you stay with TouchWiz ROMs.
You can stay with the stock ROM and debloat it yourself or you can flash a custom TouchWiz ROM.
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Network coverage may be improved by updating the modem. You can do that by installing a software update or by flashing the most recent stock ROM for Thailand from sammobile.com.
And based on your priority list, I'd suggest you stay with TouchWiz ROMs.
You can stay with the stock ROM and debloat it yourself or you can flash a custom TouchWiz ROM.
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Thanks alot GDReaper now i have an idea where to focus.. much respect to you and all the support this community provides. :good:
So, I have two related questions:
FIRST -- what is the best "improved stock" ROM that is based on the stock Verizon PJ2 (which I assume is the recently released Android 6.0.1)? I'm looking for a custom ROM along the lines of my current OptimalROM 13-1, which started with a stock Verizon ROM and has root, de-bloating, quick settings for LED flashlight and free wifi hotspot, etc.
SECOND -- it has been almost 18 months since I installed OptimalROM, and I don't remember much about how to install this stuff or what procedure I used last time, except I clearly remember that it was a hell of a lot harder to put a custom ROM on my S5 than it was on my S4. So if anyone out there can walk me through how to upgrade a S5 from OptimalROM 13-1 to whatever the latest/best custom ROM is, I would greatly appreciate it.
The S5 is a dead beast. Most of the devs have moved on to newer models. We will probably never see a custom rom with the newer updates.
Jrkruze had been kind enough to give us current stock rooted roms so we can at least have latest versions.