Database Users

[Q] ROM confussion S4 GT-I9505

Hi all.
I've rooted my phone and now want to install another ROM on it but am unsure as to what is safe to use. I have attached a screen shot showing the hardware specs of my phone. What confuses me is that the processor is different to some of the others used in the I9505. Am I ok to use something like the cyanogen mod for the i9505 LTE?
My recovery menu is also different to what I have found in flashing guides. I have attached the pic with that as well.
Any help that anyone can give would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Dean.

Anyone at all?

I'm new here so don't fully take my word for it...
But your specs seem normal. I have the same processor, and had the same stock recovery menu as you. Idk about cyanogen mod but I've flashed several TW based roms built for the i9505 and it's been fine. I'm pretty sure you'd be sweet using something made for the i9505.

What happen when flashing i9505 ROM?

Hi!
Bought this i9506 yesterday, after getting tired of LG Optimus 4X HD. Wanted Full HD, and a black phone (my LG was white).
Got a bit dissapointed when i saw there's no custom ROMS for this phone yet though.. After all, this is taking over for the old S4 (i9505), at least here in Norway.
What happens if i try to flash a i9505 rom? Will it just say that it's not compatible? Haven't dared to try yet..
It's allready been rooted with the Philz Touch CWM.

faabak
I am pretty sure that the phone will not boot. The chipset is diffent and something else that i dont know

Rechargelegend said:
faabak
I am pretty sure that the phone will not boot. The chipset is diffent and something else that i dont know
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, i guess you're right! SnapDragon 600 in the i9505 vs. 800 in the i9506..
But also, i think the manifest is beeing checked by CWM to check if the rom is the right one..
It's a shame! On my Optimus 4X HD i were hasseling around with building CM11-roms from github/P880-Dev, but since the camera did not work, i just bought this.. Now i guess i have to look more into developing, and see if i can convert a Xperia Z1 ROM to this one!

I tried and Odin fails.It says something about the signature.It's like trying to flash i9505g rom on i9505 wich have the same SoC.It's not possible.

aresbv2000 said:
I tried and Odin fails.It says something about the signature.It's like trying to flash i9505g rom on i9505 wich have the same SoC.It's not possible.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, i can see the signature-problem.. Maybe we could just change the signature-files on a i9506g-rom!

That would be nice! But i think the Note 3 is more similar to the i9506. So it would be much easier to port a rom from that. I have no magic dev skills but my phone is ready for testing.

It won't work.
Hardware is completely different.
I9506 is similar to I9505 the same as similar to I9500
Don't look at Qualcomm Snapdragon name. SD600 and SD800 are different very much.
Don't waste your time for this. You will only get results varying from "can't boot" to "brick".

sorg.
Thats good to know! Thought they very almost the same.

sorg said:
It won't work.
Hardware is completely different.
I9506 is similar to I9505 the same as similar to I9500
Don't look at Qualcomm Snapdragon name. SD600 and SD800 are different very much.
Don't waste your time for this. You will only get results varying from "can't boot" to "brick".
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, but perhaps if we get a CM for Note 3, that we can modify this instead..?

faabak said:
Yeah, but perhaps if we get a CM for Note 3, that we can modify this instead..?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yep. CM from Note 3 can have good compatibility. But first you need is to get Kernel source code of I9506 and Note 3. Then you will need to transfer CM related changes from Note 3 kernel to I9506 kernel.
After that may be you will be able to boot CM. Not sure. I never worked with CM sources.

I wonder does Samsung contain anything device specific in the system portion of the image? The SD600/800 drivers would be in the kernel/boot portion no? Certainly on normal Linux you can transplant the hardware and only need to rebuild the kernel.
sorg said:
It won't work.
Hardware is completely different.
I9506 is similar to I9505 the same as similar to I9500
Don't look at Qualcomm Snapdragon name. SD600 and SD800 are different very much.
Don't waste your time for this. You will only get results varying from "can't boot" to "brick".
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

fatherjack360 said:
I wonder does Samsung contain anything device specific in the system portion of the image? The SD600/800 drivers would be in the kernel/boot portion no? Certainly on normal Linux you can transplant the hardware and only need to rebuild the kernel.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are many device specific files in system image. There are many user-space device drivers. Also, Samsung doesn't make any HAL (hardware abstraction level) in their ROMs. Even devices with the same CPU have many incompatibilities in ROMs. For example RIL from Note 3 with SD800 doesn't work in E330S ROM, producing endless reboot cycles, although modem part of SD800 is inside SoC (unlike other SoCs).
Ah, better example: system image with Android 4.3 from I9506 doesn't fully work in E330S phone (camera doesn't work), although 4.2 system image worked fine. It's because development of these two models went by separate ways by (probably) separate development teams. I had to take some parts of i9506 kernel source to make E330S kernel compatible with I9506 system image.

I've try to flash the Note 3 Omega rom the phone works. The wifi and bluetooth do not turn on and the cellular network intermittent disconnect so I think if we can flash on a customized rom for note 3 that integrates libraries and drivers for the gt-i9506 it would be a good start.
/!\ Do not try to repeat what I did, my phone not at all want to connect to the cellular network even after reflash stock rom 4.3 with odin, phone boot, logo becomes dark we feel small vibration indicates that the boot is over and it stops there, after a while a message "system is not responding ..." then reboot. When I reflash with odin there is no error message, this is what is called playing with fire

Well, we have official Samsung sources for 4.3 (I9506XXUBML5).
Someone who have time to learn how to modify it with root and then compiling it would be easier task than try to modify other phones rom's.

Damn, I just baught this phone, I'm picking it up tomorrow.. Quite a bummer not to find any CM ROM's for it. Wellwell, maybe touchwiz will be fine with the good specs the phone has. I just love cyanogen so much
You guys think it will come eventually?

aussieglis said:
Damn, I just baught this phone, I'm picking it up tomorrow.. Quite a bummer not to find any CM ROM's for it. Wellwell, maybe touchwiz will be fine with the good specs the phone has. I just love cyanogen so much
You guys think it will come eventually?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sure hope so, i did the same "mistake" as you, thinking there's NO way there isn't any CM for this phone.. I think it's the last phone i would'nt have checked first before i bought it, but still, i should have!

faabak said:
Sure hope so, i did the same "mistake" as you, thinking there's NO way there isn't any CM for this phone.. I think it's the last phone i would'nt have checked first before i bought it, but still, i should have!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah me too. Thank god it's sooo fast and smooth! I hate all the bloatware tho, I think I will root it in a few weeks to remove most of it.

fouad13fr said:
I've try to flash the Note 3 Omega rom the phone works. The wifi and bluetooth do not turn on and the cellular network intermittent disconnect so I think if we can flash on a customized rom for note 3 that integrates libraries and drivers for the gt-i9506 it would be a good start.
/!\ Do not try to repeat what I did, my phone not at all want to connect to the cellular network even after reflash stock rom 4.3 with odin, phone boot, logo becomes dark we feel small vibration indicates that the boot is over and it stops there, after a while a message "system is not responding ..." then reboot. When I reflash with odin there is no error message, this is what is called playing with fire
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sorry to hear that your phone cannot boot... there is a price for trying and development anyway. you may get it fixed when there is compatible rom available

sorg said:
There are many device specific files in system image. There are many user-space device drivers. Also, Samsung doesn't make any HAL (hardware abstraction level) in their ROMs. Even devices with the same CPU have many incompatibilities in ROMs. For example RIL from Note 3 with SD800 doesn't work in E330S ROM, producing endless reboot cycles, although modem part of SD800 is inside SoC (unlike other SoCs).
Ah, better example: system image with Android 4.3 from I9506 doesn't fully work in E330S phone (camera doesn't work), although 4.2 system image worked fine. It's because development of these two models went by separate ways by (probably) separate development teams. I had to take some parts of i9506 kernel source to make E330S kernel compatible with I9506 system image.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How can you make the E330S kernel work with i9506's 4.3 rom?

changguangyu said:
How can you make the E330S kernel work with i9506's 4.3 rom?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
basically, kernels from E330S and I9506 are almost the same. On 4.3 ROM there is difference in Camera interface, so E330S kernel won't work with I9506 system image. But you can use source code from i9506 to compile kernel for E330S device.
Starting from 4.3, both i9506 and E330S use KNOX bootloader, thus you may expect some side effects after swapping kernel/system images. For best result i recommend to clean both kernel and system from KNOX.
I still use old 4.2.2 bootloader which is not infected by knox. With this bootloader you cannot use any stock 4.3 kernel. You have to compile kernel without TIMA authentification to be able to boot it with 4.2.2 bootloader.
Thus, i cannot tell you much info about stock kernels from 4.3 ROMs. Some users report about non-working WiFi if you flash stock i9506 kernel on E330S device. But you may flash kernel, system and cache from i9506 to E330S - it will boot at least.

[Q] Any lollipop roms for the SGH-i337m

I've been looking for custom roms with android 5.0 (lollipop) to flash on my Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-i337m (jfltecan), however I can't find any. I know Cyanogen mod has cm12 for the jflte but not for jfltecan, can I still flash cm12 for jflte on my device or will it brick it? I used to have an s3 and I flashed carbon rom for d2att, edited some lines as to bypass status 7 and it worked fine. I was just wondering if I could do the same for my s4. Thanks!

Sir,
Please wait until mods will move this thread to the device specific forum for more relevant answers.
Stand by
Good luck

Simax8 said:
I've been looking for custom roms with android 5.0 (lollipop) to flash on my Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-i337m (jfltecan), however I can't find any. I know Cyanogen mod has cm12 for the jflte but not for jfltecan, can I still flash cm12 for jflte on my device or will it brick it? I used to have an s3 and I flashed carbon rom for d2att, edited some lines as to bypass status 7 and it worked fine. I was just wondering if I could do the same for my s4. Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm using the GPE ROM, its great!! Rogers i337m
Sent from my GT-I9505G using XDA Free mobile app

Simax8 said:
I've been looking for custom roms with android 5.0 (lollipop) to flash on my Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-i337m (jfltecan), however I can't find any. I know Cyanogen mod has cm12 for the jflte but not for jfltecan, can I still flash cm12 for jflte on my device or will it brick it? I used to have an s3 and I flashed carbon rom for d2att, edited some lines as to bypass status 7 and it worked fine. I was just wondering if I could do the same for my s4. Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm on sgh-i337m with cm12 for the jflte and it's working great you need to change the name of device in updater script and all is working
sorry for my bad english

mugensiz said:
I'm on sgh-i337m with cm12 for the jflte and it's working great you need to change the name of device in updater script and all is working
sorry for my bad english
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So you are not having any issues at all? I am considering doing this. Do you have a link to a guide you used?

I use the AntaresOne Rom from this Link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557353 with my sgs4 (sgh-1337m) from Fido and the only issues are wifi is kinda wonky(doesn't always save network info, doesn't always connect, sometimes drops connexion, but it DOES work fine when connected) and battery sometimes drains really fast. NB that this last issue has been labelled "cosmetic" by someone who knows a great deal more than me about Android. I have NEVER had my phone run out of battery and shutdown., just some days at 6pm it says 25%, other days it reads 76%. Kinda random. About to test the "Danvdh's GPE Edition ROM" 5.0.1 Lollipop, will post when I can confirm working or not.

EchoeROM is a good one.

No service after flashing...
I was on SlimKat 4.4.4 which was good, but wanted to upgrade to Lollipop after seeing it on my Nexus 5 (which is now broken). I have a Bell SGH-I337M
I first tried the CM12 Optimized build, wouldn't ever get past the boot screen...
Tried GPE, and it installed and ran fine, but my service was cutting in and out (so basically useless)
Tried SlimLP, it also installed fine but I was having the same service problem as with GPE.
How are you guys installing these ROMS? The only info I could find to fix the problem involved modem/radio.. I tried flashing a LP modem with the ROM but it didn't work. And all the radio-related information was from 2011 so I didn't bother with it. Any help would be much appreciated, I've been messing with this for 2 days now and get seem to fix it

[Q] Canadian Note 3 No GPS Signal

Hi,
I have a Canadian Note 3, it is rooted and has a custom recovery on it. I used to have the Tweaked ROM which worked perfectly even the GPS. I have tried to switch over to many different ROM's and even unroot and go back to stock but the GPS does not work in any of them. However if I re-install tweaked rom the GPS starts working again. I have tried various different fixes i could find, some have no effect and some put me in a boot loop. I would really like to try different ROMs and I need GPS to work. Anyone come across this problem or have a possible solution?
Thank you

Do you at least go out of the house to test gps ? Many don't...

Yes, I went outside and drove around for 10 min and then stood in a single place for another 10 and put the phone near the windshield, but still nothing!

Is this Tweaked rom based on S5 firmware ?
If so, there is a thread on how to make gps work if coming from S5 based roms.

CorpusC said:
Is this Tweaked rom based on S5 firmware ?
If so, there is a thread on how to make gps work if coming from S5 based roms.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No I don't think it is the S5 firmware based. It is the version before that (TweakenN3)

If anyone encounters the same problem, I installed Lean Kernel and that fixed the GPS issue.

Note 3 (N9005) auto rotation does not work for any CFW

Dear Community,
I hope that this is the right place to post and any of you can help me.
My (aktual) Hardware/Software bits:
Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005)
Android: 5.1.1
Baseband-Version: N9005XXUGBOD3
Kernel-Version 3.4.108-f2fs-temasek-cm12.1-hlte-v1.25+
temaseksnappy #1
Temasek unofficial version V16.4
Build: LMY48J test-keys
Recovery: twrp 2.8.7.0-hlte-4.4
My actual problem is the following: My Note 3 by default had a 4.4.2 OFW on it, which I early upgraded to Lolipop 5.0.1. Everything works for the OFW 4.4.2 and 5.0.1 fine. As soon as I try to flash it with a CFW like CM11, CM12, CM12.1, CM12.1 (temaseksnappy), Gummy 4.4.4 I am losing the feature of auto rotation.
Of cource I did a clean flash, wiping DALVIK/CACHE/DATA and system, double time even one befor the flash, one after.
I also tried to put the battery, sim and sd out for few min before rebooting, while autorotation is manualy turned off.
Even a MODEM I flushed to fix this issue, but without success. Nothing helps but going back to OFW.
My last try was downgrading to the original 4.4.2, including baseband trieing from there to go to any CFW (CM11) as well as from OFW 4.4.2 -> OFW 5.0.1 -> CFW 5.1.1 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/hlte-spr-vzw-temaseks-unofficial-t2953375)
There was also a post about a possible missing or broken lib in /system/lib which I replaced
Nothing helps (libGNU... something). This helped me alreay once in OFW after kicking out all the junk apps, but this is a different storry and not related anyhow.
Is there anybody out there who has the same problem or even better knows a solution?
My shot would be that:
1) CM has a problem with my particular hard-/software (Kernel, Baseband, Recovery, whatever) as I just tied CM or at least CM based CFWs.
PLEASE HELP.
Thank you very much in advance.

After about almost a year I cam back, giving again a try to CM, However I still have the same issue. Finally Anybody please!

Do you have the same issue with touchwiz 5.1.1 and 6.0.1?. Not the cm/aosp roms which aren't samsung based.
Sent from my SM-N920C

Rosli59564 said:
Do you have the same issue with touchwiz 5.1.1 and 6.0.1?. Not the cm/aosp roms which aren't samsung based.
Sent from my SM-N920C
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hello,
Thx for your reply. Right now I am on CM13 (temasek hlte v9.6)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/hlte-spr-vzw-temaseks-unofficial-t2953375
This might should be specially compiled for sm-n9005 like mine.
Everything expect rotation works fine. However The accelleration is also working fine as I tested with "sensor test". Even the integrated camera App is rotating, however the rest is not.
In addition I downloaded "adaptive rotationfree", If I set it "stock Auto" nothing happens, but if I set it to "force auto" the rotation will work exacly once and then stops undtil I force it to portrait again.
What do you mean exactly with "touchwiz"? Is this jus a different kernel or a whole CFW?
As I wrote in the frist post I tried already a lot of CFW and ALL had this issue, but the OFW ;(
What shell I flush to get this working, which is not OFW?
BIG THX for YOUR HELP

Touchwizz is the firmware that comes with the stock Samsung firmware .
Also in custom Samsung based roms .

Hello,
thx for the tip with TouchWiz vs aosp. At the moment I am running "DarkLord N5 Release Candidate 2.12" which can get find here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-darklord-s6-port-alpha-t3083087
This Rom is TouchWiz Based and guess what ....
Autorotation works.
However I do not understand what the problem realy is and would prefer to run cm13 insteat. I mean even samsung devices got a accellerator within which works also fine with AOSP software, showing numbers moving while turning the phone. In addition for example on the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/hlte-spr-vzw-temaseks-unofficial-t2953375 it is said that this is explicite for note 3 including the model n9005. So ...
Can anybody point me to the problem or even better to the fix?
Is there any chance CM would fix this?
Regards