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[Q] can i put andriod 4.3 onto an s4?

ok i used to own a google play and would often try out new roms etc, now i own a samsung s4
important facts
uk and locked to "three UK"
not rooted
model GT-I9505 (may be 19505?)
andriod version 4.2.2
baseband I9505xxubmea
kernal version 3.4.0-768421
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thu may 20 00:56:31 kst 2013
build number JDQ39.I9505XXubmea
SELinux status permissive
secure boot status Type samsung
i know andriod 4.3 has sd card writting issues (and i know the fix is here http://www.sammobile.com/2013/08/11...-breaks-sd-card-writing-for-apps-heres-a-fix/) and would need me to root my device
i did try to unlock it using a guide i have lost the link to, the *#0011# one, but it didnt work for me, after doing the key set to 1 no further menu popped up, from what i can tell my modem band is too high......however this is not so much of an issue for me as the sim card i use (the three one) is what i will continue to use for the next year and a half (im on the "ONE" plan so unlimited internet and tethering etc)
i cant find a straight forward guide on rooting the s4 and installing a custom rom (ie the google edition 4.3) for non factory unlocked phones, found one for factory unlocked phones (which mine sadly is not)
so is it possible? or am i stuffed as im not factory unlocked?
thanks in advance

mrgreaper said:
ok i used to own a google play and would often try out new roms etc, now i own a samsung s4
important facts
uk and locked to "three UK"
not rooted
model GT-I9505 (may be 19505?)
andriod version 4.2.2
baseband I9505xxubmea
kernal version 3.4.0-768421
[email protected] #1
thu may 20 00:56:31 kst 2013
build number JDQ39.I9505XXubmea
SELinux status permissive
secure boot status Type samsung
i know andriod 4.3 has sd card writting issues (and i know the fix is here http://www.sammobile.com/2013/08/11...-breaks-sd-card-writing-for-apps-heres-a-fix/) and would need me to root my device
i did try to unlock it using a guide i have lost the link to, the *#0011# one, but it didnt work for me, after doing the key set to 1 no further menu popped up, from what i can tell my modem band is too high......however this is not so much of an issue for me as the sim card i use (the three one) is what i will continue to use for the next year and a half (im on the "ONE" plan so unlimited internet and tethering etc)
i cant find a straight forward guide on rooting the s4 and installing a custom rom (ie the google edition 4.3) for non factory unlocked phones, found one for factory unlocked phones (which mine sadly is not)
so is it possible? or am i stuffed as im not factory unlocked?
thanks in advance
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Hi,
Yes you can have 4.3 on your 3 phone.
For root , look HERE
Then, install recovery from PhilZ. Look HERE
Make sure you have version 5.11 or later.
Then , choose one of many 4.3 Roms from HERE

malybru said:
Hi,
Yes you can have 4.3 on your 3 phone.
For root , look HERE
Then, install recovery from PhilZ. Look HERE
Make sure you have version 5.11 or later.
Then , choose one of many 4.3 Roms from HERE
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thank you, ill read through them now, though the first thread is a bit hard to follow seems to be missing a link to the odin it mentions but have only skimmed through it at mo

mrgreaper said:
thank you, ill read through them now, though the first thread is a bit hard to follow seems to be missing a link to the odin it mentions but have only skimmed through it at mo
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Hi,
As with anything like this,read very carefully and make sure you understand all the procedures.
You could end up with a brick , if you do not follow the thread to the letter.

malybru said:
Hi,
As with anything like this,read very carefully and make sure you understand all the procedures.
You could end up with a brick , if you do not follow the thread to the letter.
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yep, fully agree, read and re read the first link and that all makes sense.
but the second one has no instructions on how to install it, lol or even which one to download, very confusing

mrgreaper said:
yep, fully agree, read and re read the first link and that all makes sense.
but the second one has no instructions on how to install it, lol or even which one to download, very confusing
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Hi,
Third line of the post.
Then, installation on the 4th post.
Click on the i9505 link for the download.

malybru said:
Hi,
Third line of the post.
Then, installation on the 4th post.
Click on the i9505 link for the download.
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clearly im blind tonight,
read and re-read the threads, have now rooted and installed the recovery menu you recommanded.
looking at the roms, its hard to decide on one but i liked the look of this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295673
that and google apps are downloading as i type this.
thank you very much for your help its greatly appreciated!

malybru said:
Hi,
Third line of the post.
Then, installation on the 4th post.
Click on the i9505 link for the download.
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hmmm seems philz may be bad, my flash of the pac man rom failed badly, phone cant get signal, imei says unknown etc, just found while looking through the roms posts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44851342&postcount=2149
quote "DO NOT USE PHILZ KERNEL TO FLASH! "
i do not say this to blame you or anything like that, im gutted my phone may be dead but were theres a recovery menu there may well be hope (oh the irony of a recovery menu that caused the flash to be bad may be my salvation to fix it lol) I put it here incase others have the same questions as me and take the same route

mrgreaper said:
hmmm seems philz may be bad, my flash of the pac man rom failed badly, phone cant get signal, imei says unknown etc, just found while looking through the roms posts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44851342&postcount=2149
quote "DO NOT USE PHILZ KERNEL TO FLASH! "
i do not say this to blame you or anything like that, im gutted my phone may be dead but were theres a recovery menu there may well be hope (oh the irony of a recovery menu that caused the flash to be bad may be my salvation to fix it lol) I put it here incase others have the same questions as me and take the same route
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If you have your recovery you should be ok. Just flash a new kernal and a new rom, or restore your nandroid backup... you did make one right?
Two things worth repeating:
1) You can never read too much before/during rooting. The more you know, the more you will be able to deal with hiccups.
2) BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP everything, then copy the backup on your PC! nandoid backups will save you in a bind.
Just start again, from the start, do a full wipe, flash a new kernel and a new ROM. Take it slowly and don't panic just yet, I've been there before and I always managed to claw the phone back to life! Best of luck with it!

mrgreaper said:
hmmm seems philz may be bad, my flash of the pac man rom failed badly, phone cant get signal, imei says unknown etc, just found while looking through the roms posts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44851342&postcount=2149
quote "DO NOT USE PHILZ KERNEL TO FLASH! "
i do not say this to blame you or anything like that, im gutted my phone may be dead but were theres a recovery menu there may well be hope (oh the irony of a recovery menu that caused the flash to be bad may be my salvation to fix it lol) I put it here incase others have the same questions as me and take the same route
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Hi,
As RossFixxed says,do not panic.
I used PhilZ to flash that ROM, and it worked fine.
You can use the recovery to flash another CWM recovery,or TWRP.
Or you can try to go back to square one.
Look HERE
This will remove root and custom recovery.

[Q] LG G2 D802H, Root help.

Hey guys.
I am not that new in the whole rooting "scene" but it seems that I am unable to find a proper guide for rooting my (updated) phone. Every guide I have found, not only in this site, is outdated for like a year or so or just for older versions of the firmware, and if there is one thats for D802H(international model, I'm from Greece) it's probably in really bad english or directed towards pros. I rooted my G2 when I got it last year but decided to unroot because of some problems with the screen so I could use my warranty and haven't rerooted since. So it would be really helpful if any of you could point me in a certain guide or just run me through the whole process of rooting my phone, what to download, what to do to my phone, the recoveries etc. I would really like to use Cyanogen Mod or a G3 mod. Certainly, my choice for these two is because they look awesome. If you have any other rom on your mind that might be better than these, please dont hesitate from telling me. I really need all the help I can get, last time I got stuck on a boot loop and didn't know what to do for many hours before I reflashed to stock. So basically I would like a root guide ( found one from a member called somboons, seemed nice but wasn't really thorough as to whether I should wipe all data or just wipe dalvik cache and really wasn't noob-friendly) and a link to a ROM download page with a guide for flashing it. Not really into kernels, so if you could suggest a different one from stock that provides better battery life etc. that would be great. Any other info that you feel I should know will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance guys and sorry for the trouble I'm putting you,
George.
P.S.: Would like to avoid wiping data if at all possible.

search for stump root apk

zekurosu said:
search for stump root apk
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Oh well that was easy, thanks man. Rooted succesfully, installed SU and now have TWRP. What about the ROM? For CM, should I just go in their site and pick one for my phone? Is a release here that's stable?

giorgos123 said:
Oh well that was easy, thanks man. Rooted succesfully, installed SU and now have TWRP. What about the ROM? For CM, should I just go in their site and pick one for my phone? Is a release here that's stable?
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if CM11 .. try the latest Milestone ... as for CM12, it is still alpha stage, so try at your own risk

Can't flash multi-language rom

Hi,
I tried to reply to the actual thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3486600 but I'm too new so it won't let me.
I've followed everything in this blog post and to me it looks like it all worked. ADB works, fastboot goes away and spends 4-5 minutes copying stuff and it says reboot and clear data..
I've done all that and all I get is the normal stock Chinese/English rom.
Has anyone got any ideas.
Thanks
Ben

Disregard
Sorry, if a mod can delete this post please do, just realised I'd downloaded the stock rom to fastboot, not the other one. Didn't realise there were 2 different versions of the stock rom.
Will try the other one tomorrow and see how it goes.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69292032&postcount=4

All good now
cacimbo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69292032&postcount=4
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I managed to download the ROM from
https://mega.nz/#!0ZYUUDCL!0oTIS-PyOMvKOLaPBHd1Ye1-M3RMaFtalDi_w6EsZYM
which worked perfectly.... I didn't realise the file I originally downloaded was a stock ROM designed to be flashed using Fastboot. I miss read it and thought that the one you renamed to update.zip was stock and the other was multi language.
Soon after posting on here I thought I'd double check and found my mistake.
I've managed to flash away from the stock ROM and everything is working perfectly for me now..... Other than Android pay, but otherwise I'm loving my phone.
Ben

Moto X Pure help asap

I posted the same thread a week ago and got no help. My moto x has a problem that whatever rom i flash it just stays open for a few minutes then restarts so it's unusable. Please any suggestion is needed as this is my daily driver

Philo0o said:
I posted the same thread a week ago and got no help. My moto x has a problem that whatever rom i flash it just stays open for a few minutes then restarts so it's unusable. Please any suggestion is needed as this is my daily driver
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What do you mean by it just stays open. Do you mean it never boots? Like a bootloop? If so, search 7.0 ROMs bootloop, you'll find the solution, tons of threads on the help and q&a here. But if you don't mean what I just explained then could you clarify?

Sorry for not being clear, i dont think it is bootloop. It boots into the rom no issues and i can use it normally and doesn't restart till a few minutes no matter what rom i flash.

Philo0o said:
Sorry for not being clear, i dont think it is bootloop. It boots into the rom no issues and i can use it normally and doesn't restart till a few minutes no matter what rom i flash.
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If I were you I would flash back to stock and make sure you you don't have a hardware problem, If nothing else it's a chance to start over. I haven't gone to custom roms for these reasons, mine is my daily driver to and I can't afford to get caught without it.

Philo0o said:
Sorry for not being clear, i dont think it is bootloop. It boots into the rom no issues and i can use it normally and doesn't restart till a few minutes no matter what rom i flash.
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No worries. Yeah I don't know what the issue could be, could be a ROM issue, it's weird though, but like the poster above me, it could be hardware failure and flashing stock would be a good way to find out.

I would love to go back to stock but how? All the tutorials are very hard for me to follow can you guide me to an easy one or tell me how?

Philo0o said:
I would love to go back to stock but how? All the tutorials are very hard for me to follow can you guide me to an easy one or tell me how?
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I agree that they are a little hard to follow, I looked at them myself and it looks like the quickest way would be to go back to 6.0 and upgrade back to 7. But someone else could correct me on that.
For future reference, it's best to always twrp backup your stock rom before doing any kind of major changes especially custom roms. That way you can always fall back to original if something goes wrong.

tbkrazeey said:
I agree that they are a little hard to follow, I looked at them myself and it looks like the quickest way would be to go back to 6.0 and upgrade back to 7. But someone else could correct me on that.
For future reference, it's best to always twrp backup your stock rom before doing any kind of major changes especially custom roms. That way you can always fall back to original if something goes wrong.
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I would go back to stock 6.0, if he hasn't upgraded to 7.0, I'll do some digging, find good guides, and post them here in a bit @Philo0o!

Yeh before i started flashing roms i was on stock 6.0, thank you so much

Spencervb256 said:
I would go back to stock 6.0, if he hasn't upgraded to 7.0, I'll do some digging, find good guides, and post them here in a bit @Philo0o!
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I think I might also do a twrp backup of my 7.0 and make it public, but it will take me a couple of days before I can factory reset. There doesn't seem to be any stock 7.0 backups around on xda.
Philo0o said:
Yeh before i started flashing roms i was on stock 6.0, thank you so much
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That's good news actually, there's a lot more stuff around for 6.0.

Philo0o said:
Yeh before i started flashing roms i was on stock 6.0, thank you so much
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Alright if you wanna go the custom ROM route, don't update to stock 7.0, not many custom ROMs work with it's new firmware. I'll get you a guide to go back to stock 6.0 then!
Edit: Alright @Philo0o, here's a good page with all the firmware links for your phone, and the commands to flash the firmware are there for you. Let me know if you have any questions about that.
Also, when your ROMs aren't working, what are you doing to try again? what I mean is you could try a full data format in twrp. Not just a wipe of data, system, etc.. A full format isn't quite like going back to stock, but it may help if there are leftovers somewhere causing issues if that makes sense.
so if you wanna try a full format, backup your internal storage to a computer, or to an sd card, and then format, and then you will have a clean slate, move what you need back over to your phone and voila!

Ill look through that tutorial, and whenever i flash a rom i do a full a wipe

Philo0o said:
Ill look through that tutorial, and whenever i flash a rom i do a full a wipe
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Alright, then yeah look through that tutorial. If the issue isn't there on stock, but is on custom ROMs, try asking in those threads

H870 wont boot past recovery...

Hello,
I today went to install an update to the RR 8.1 ROM, however my G6 will no longer boot past TWRP - and I have no idea why.
I've formatted everything possible.. have tried to flash different ROMs and Kernels but the device simply will not boot correctly. It boots into Recovery every time and i'm confused as to why.
I'm currently out and about wont my mac so I can't flash a stock kdz until later when I get onto my Windows machine.
Is there anything I can do now?
TIA!

This is probably the 8th-9th thread about this issue. Please search. This is a common problem with linage based os OTA updates.
Research.

adaimespechip said:
Hello,
I today went to install an update to the RR 8.1 ROM, however my G6 will no longer boot past TWRP - and I have no idea why.
I've formatted everything possible.. have tried to flash different ROMs and Kernels but the device simply will not boot correctly. It boots into Recovery every time and i'm confused as to why.
I'm currently out and about wont my mac so I can't flash a stock kdz until later when I get onto my Windows machine.
Is there anything I can do now?
TIA!
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You could try the solution posted Here
Good luck!

basicreece said:
This is probably the 8th-9th thread about this issue. Please search. This is a common problem with linage based os OTA updates.
Research.
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Are you aware of how many random threads there are that relate to the G6 and the word 'recovery'? I didn't think of doing any research AT ALL. Thanks for your useful input.
Killua96 said:
You could try the solution posted Here
Good luck!
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Thank you! I Didn't spot this, but unfortunately have returned to stock for now

adaimespechip said:
Are you aware of how many random threads there are that relate to the G6 and the word 'recovery'? I didn't think of doing any research AT ALL. Thanks for your useful input.
Thank you! I Didn't spot this, but unfortunately have returned to stock for now
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You are very welcome, just next time please search before repeating yourself. So many other lazy ignorant people who cant be bothered to search or use their initiative that the forum gets filled up with the same rubbish.
If you need some help on how to use the search correctly let me know.