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who better for roms 9500 or 9505?

Hello, i wnat to buy s4 and in my country we have both models, i don't know what to buy,
i want better support in roms .. who one have better roms in future ?
thanks!

Raziel94 said:
Hello, i wnat to buy s4 and in my country we have both models, i don't know what to buy,
i want better support in roms .. who one have better roms in future ?
thanks!
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I9505

right now i know 9505 have better roms because the code and all that ( sorry , i know my english bad)
but in future 9500 will be better ?
because 9500 it's global version..

Raziel94 said:
Hello, i wnat to buy s4 and in my country we have both models, i don't know what to buy,
i want better support in roms .. who one have better roms in future ?
thanks!
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I9505 will be leading even then my friend I doubt that Samsung will ever release complete req codes which makes work tuff for dev
Sent using S4 / M7

If you want to have the choice of anything other than modified stock roms then you are better off with the Snapdragon mate.
Being the basis for the Google edition should mean aosp development is mighty fine.
Sent from my GT-I9505

Your better of with a i9505 for custom roms.

I9505 all the way.

[Q] One question about galaxy s4 GT 9506

Hi everybody! I want to change my phone but my operator propose just the galaxy GT 9506. I read on the galaxy s4 thread that it's difficulte to root this and they are no many rom for this version. My question: can i root the galaxy s4 gt 9506 and put a firmwear from galaxy s4 gt 9505. Thank's for read my thread and to give me an answer.:silly:

Yes you can root.
No, you can't put 9505 ROM into it.
But I suspect, some mod from 9505 or 9500 may work on 9506 (same Android version should have greater chance, as we occasionally using note3 mod on our s4, it probably works as long as don't go too deep into system, like kernel things, what I am talking about is more like theme or something ) and the xposed module may work as well.
If you don't wanna AOSP ROM.
Xposed module should fit you.
I've had 9506 and return back to exchange 9505 and now I found I could get what I want on stock firmware with xposed so I'm little bit of regret actually
来自我的 GT-I9505 上的 Tapatalk

Most xposed mods work with S4 I9506.

qtwrk said:
Yes you can root.
No, you can't put 9505 ROM into it.
But I suspect, some mod from 9505 or 9500 may work on 9506 (same Android version should have greater chance, as we occasionally using note3 mod on our s4, it probably works as long as don't go too deep into system, like kernel things, what I am talking about is more like theme or something ) and the xposed module may work as well.
If you don't wanna AOSP ROM.
Xposed module should fit you.
I've had 9506 and return back to exchange 9505 and now I found I could get what I want on stock firmware with xposed so I'm little bit of regret actually
来自我的 GT-I9505 上的 Tapatalk
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Thank you for the accuracy of your answer. I hesitated between LG g2 and galaxy S4. My preference goes to the S4 because I already had a S2, S3 therefore the logical consequence was the S4. But the proposed operator by my 9506 model slows a little. Your answer made ​​me decide to order S4 and hopefully not regret my choice. thank you

Oscarandco said:
Thank you for the accuracy of your answer. I hesitated between LG g2 and galaxy S4. My preference goes to the S4 because I already had a S2, S3 therefore the logical consequence was the S4. But the proposed operator by my 9506 model slows a little. Your answer made ​​me decide to order S4 and hopefully not regret my choice. thank you
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But beside the lack of AOSP ROM (someone is working on porting CM11) and 3rd part kernel, i9506 really outrun the i9505, specially the GPU part...
But anyway, it's kinda over-performance... as we usually don't need that kinda performance, even for Snapdragon 600.
I think, most ROM part of customization can be achieved by Xposed modules, good luck!

I did not need a lot of customization but I just wish rooter my phone and put a samsung official firmwear to delete all apps from my operator. The choice of S4 is really out of loyalty and passion for samsung. I do not really need the full power of the snapdragon 800, 4G as starts in France and yet I did not receive. So your information is extremely useful to me because I know I just choose the S4 9506, the rooter and remove apps operators. thank you

[Q] Does Lollipop is out official ?

I have N900 with 4.4.2 - my rom is CRISKELO-Rom V11
I think the dev stop the update the rom..
but I want to know if the Lollipop is out official to N900 ?
NO N9005 !!
and why no one want to develop Good rom to N900 ?

Nothing Official came out

Exynos devices have kinda crappy Dev support (no offence to anyone), as compared to Snapdragon devices.
Lollipop update for Note 3 & S5 is coming soon.
Sent from my D6503

nijom said:
Nothing Official came out
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ok.
murtaza02 said:
Exynos devices have kinda crappy Dev support (no offence to anyone), as compared to Snapdragon devices.
Lollipop update for Note 3 & S5 is coming soon.
Sent from my D6503
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yes I know ... so bad : - (
why Samsung make so much device -_-

sm-G900F vs sm-G900FQ

Hi Guys,
I am "desperately" looking for some info/support regarding my galaxy S5.
I own a phone model SM-G900FQ which is a variant of the european SM-G900F but sold on the Turkish market.
I did some research, and I don't see any major difference between the F and FQ versions.
I am not Turkish, I don't speak Turkish and I don't live in Turkey. I would really love to flash my cellphone with a custom ROM but I am really unsure of what roms would be supported for this device.
Could someone help me identify what kind of ROM versions are compatible? I check the unified development area, but I can't tell if this phone is a kletmo or klte or something else.
I would love to install CM12 on this cell phone

i am not %100 sure, but i know that they are both exactly the same phones. g900fq and g900f have got same specification. They both have got 2 gb ram, snapdragon 801AC and adreno 330. their name are different only and it's just for marketting in my opinion

nty35 said:
i am not %100 sure, but i know that they are both exactly the same phones. g900fq and g900f have got same specification. They both have got 2 gb ram, snapdragon 801AC and adreno 330. their name are different only and it's just for marketting in my opinion
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Yes, they seem to be exactly identical so I was hoping that I could use ROMs designed for the g900f on this phone.
It really feels like I am one of the only owners of this model on earth. So difficult to find information or guidance ^^

Just wanted to come and update this topic.
I flashed successfuly my galaxy S5 with the cyanogenmod rom compatible with the SM-G900F.
It is no longer regognized as SM-G900FQ
Just in case someone in my situation is wondering

what is my Galaxy S4 variant? HELP PLEASE!

It is Samsung Galaxy S4. When I go to Settings>>About it says its "i9500" (so it is i9500 right?) but the problem is when I wanted to flash a custom recovery, I turned off this phone and opened the download menu (by pressing vol down+power+home button) and the download menu which opened was in CHINESE LANGUAGE . I press the Vol Up button and then odin menu opened saying this:
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PRODUCT NAME: SHV-E300L
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
AP SWREV: A2
"
Now it says that my device is "SHV-E300L"..... wat da ****!!
Now please tell me which one is it. because i searched a lot in google, youtube, xda and everysite that I could and found that I may have korean variant.... !
BUT HERES ANOTHER PROBLEM.
• if I remove case & battery then i can see "GT-i9500" label in back of the phone!
• I have no chinese app in my stock rom. All apps were from samsung (yes knox is there.
• Everything is in English except Samsung Apps Store (because it is in chinese or korean... idk) and Download Mode...!!
• I have installed CWM Recovery of i9500 variant and it worked fine.
• I used tons of apps and every app says that it is i9500. Even IMEI.info says it is S4 i9500!
• CPU Z says that I have everything of GT-i9500 except CPU because my phone cpu is "PowerVR SGX544MP" while S4 i9500 CPU is "PowerVR SGX544MP3". Other specs are totally same (including Chipset: Exynos 5410 Octa,CPU: Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, 2GB Ram, 32GB internal mem, 1080p display etc. I have even attached pics which might help you!
• Genuine Galaxy App confirms my galaxy s4 is genuine and original (a famous playstore app to check fake and original galaxy phones)!
• Antutu Score was 10,000 first time and 20,133 second time.....
• Even antutu says it is GT-i9500
I am very very embrassed... Its first time I bought samsung mobile and it is so bad experience... I have used LG and China mobiles before... they don't have such problems!
Any help will be appreciated...
So my main question is " is it GT-i9500 or SHV-E300L" !!! :') don't forget to see attachments (pics)!!
UPDATE:
• it is korean version of Galaxy S4... fml

ToXiC said:
It is Samsung Galaxy S4. When I go to Settings>>About it says its "i9500" (so it is i9500 right?) but the problem is when I wanted to flash a custom recovery, I turned off this phone and opened the download menu (by pressing vol down+power+home button) and the download menu which opened was in CHINESE LANGUAGE . I press the Vol Up button and then odin menu opened saying this:
"
PRODUCT NAME: SHV-E300L
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
AP SWREV: A2
"
Now it says that my device is "SHV-E300L"..... wat da ****!!
Now please tell me which one is it. because i searched a lot in google, youtube, xda and everysite that I could and found that I may have korean variant.... !
BUT HERES ANOTHER PROBLEM.
• if I remove case & battery then i can see "GT-i9500" label in back of the phone!
• I have no chinese app in my stock rom. All apps were from samsung (yes knox is there.
• Everything is in English except Samsung Apps Store (because it is in chinese or korean... idk) and Download Mode...!!
• I have installed CWM Recovery of i9500 variant and it worked fine.
• I used tons of apps and every app says that it is i9500. Even IMEI.info says it is S4 i9500!
• CPU Z says that I have everything of GT-i9500 except CPU because my phone cpu is "PowerVR SGX544MP" while S4 i9500 CPU is "PowerVR SGX544MP3". Other specs are totally same (including Chipset: Exynos 5410 Octa,CPU: Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, 2GB Ram, 32GB internal mem, 1080p display etc. I have even attached pics which might help you!
• Genuine Galaxy App confirms my galaxy s4 is genuine and original (a famous playstore app to check fake and original galaxy phones)!
• Antutu Score was 10,000 first time and 20,133 second time.....
• Even antutu says it is GT-i9500
I am very very embrassed... Its first time I bought samsung mobile and it is so bad experience... I have used LG and China mobiles before... they don't have such problems!
Any help will be appreciated...
So my main question is " is it GT-i9500 or SHV-E300L" !!! :')
don't forget to see attachments (pics)!!
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The SHV-E300L is a Korean GT-I9505.
Usually the model displayed on download mode (Odin mode) is the true model of your phone.
And a score 10.000-20.000 seems very low to me. My GT-I9505 can get 40.000 with a custom ROM, but even with stock it gets around 35.000.
I highly doubt the Exynos variant is so much weaker compared to the Qualcomm variant.

GDReaper said:
The SHV-E300L is a Korean GT-I9505.
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GT-I9505 doesn't have any local version in Korea. It's a Korean version of GT-I9500.
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It's might be a SHV-E300L that faked with I9500 identities.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using XDA Labs

GDReaper said:
The SHV-E300L is a Korean GT-I9505.
Usually the model displayed on download mode (Odin mode) is the true model of your phone.
And a score 10.000-20.000 seems very low to me. My GT-I9505 can get 40.000 with a custom ROM, but even with stock it gets around 35.000.
I highly doubt the Exynos variant is so much weaker compared to the Qualcomm variant.
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so I can't install any rom in this device because this (korean variant) has no roms! right?

krasCGQ said:
GT-I9505 doesn't have any local version in Korea. It's a Korean version of GT-I9500.
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It's might be a SHV-E300L that faked with I9500 identities.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using XDA Labs
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so SHV-E300L is not an official variant of Samsung GS4? right? because I can't find any official page for this phone. no roms support etc!

krasCGQ said:
GT-I9505 doesn't have any local version in Korea. It's a Korean version of GT-I9500.
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It's might be a SHV-E300L that faked with I9500 identities.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using XDA Labs
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I saw some stuff about converting SHV-E300L to a GT-I9505 international, so I assumed it was a Korean I9505...
That explains why I9500 stuff worked in his device.

GDReaper said:
I saw some stuff about converting SHV-E300L to a GT-I9505 international, so I assumed it was a Korean I9505...
That explains why I9500 stuff worked in his device.
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i9500 and shv-e300L has all specs in common except gpu.... shv-e300L cpu is " PowerVR SGX544MP" while GT-i9500 gpu is " PowerVR SGX544MP3"!!

ToXiC said:
so I can't install any rom in this device because this (korean variant) has no roms! right?
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Maybe you could try DefyROM by @hahagu, but I don't know if his ROM will work on your device.
ToXiC said:
i9500 and shv-e300L has all specs in common except gpu.... shv-e300L cpu is " PowerVR SGX544MP" while GT-i9500 gpu is " PowerVR SGX544MP3"!!
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The only thing that differs Korean version compared to the international one is LTE support, where it's only present on the Korean version.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using XDA Labs

ToXiC said:
so I can't install any rom in this device because this (korean variant) has no roms! right?
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My ROM is not for e300l.
The reason why there are so few ROMs for the device is because it has a different architecture then the rest of the S4 series.
There are some stock-based ROMs such as this or this or this.
I have never tried these ROMs since I have e300k, so yea can't guarantee
And btw thats not chinese thats korean

hahagu said:
My ROM is not for e300l.
The reason why there are so few ROMs for the device is because it has a different architecture then the rest of the S4 series.
There are some stock-based ROMs such as this or this or this.
I have never tried these ROMs since I have e300k, so yea[emoji14]can't guarantee
And btw thats not chinese thats korean
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But specs of s4 i9500 and shv e300L are same,,,,!!!!
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA-Developers mobile app

ToXiC said:
But specs of s4 i9500 and shv e300L are same,,,,!!!!
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Technically different. Both of them have different RIL drivers. Insisting to install i9500 ROM inside E300x phone will break RIL functionality and WiFi.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using XDA Labs

The same problem.
No custom ROMs available for this model.
Although the native system works good, one needs to discover more ROMs, with better features.
Well, let's hope someone will do CM or something for this model.