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ridiculously big BATTERY DRAIN GT-I9500 S4

Hi guys,
I'm about to lose right now concerning this issue. I've had my International Version Galaxy S4 since mid July and it was all candy and heaven, until devil 4.3.3 version came up. I upgraded my phone via OTA. From that moment i have had the most obnoxious and stupid battery drain ever. my phone wont go to sleep mode and discharges over 50% in 8 hours overnight.
I called TechSup bur obviously they didnt do **** to help me, so i installed Gsam a few days ago and this is what happened (check the attachments)
Well. Without further ado, I present to you my stupid phone.:crying:
Great day everyone!

Ur phone suffers from wakelock issues which keeps your phone awake. Only way to combat this is flashing a different ROM (different KERNEL) onto your phone.

eltato2006 said:
Hi guys,
I'm about to lose right now concerning this issue. I've had my International Version Galaxy S4 since mid July and it was all candy and heaven, until devil 4.3.3 version came up. I upgraded my phone via OTA. From that moment i have had the most obnoxious and stupid battery drain ever. my phone wont go to sleep mode and discharges over 50% in 8 hours overnight.
I called TechSup bur obviously they didnt do **** to help me, so i installed Gsam a few days ago and this is what happened (check the attachments)
Well. Without further ado, I present to you my stupid phone.:crying:
Great day everyone!
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You get better info with three battery setting screenshots (little graph with main consumption processes, big graph tapping over little graph with partial wakelocks and other states, and screen total time on), please, post them.
Usually your problem can be fixed by over flashing same rom with Odin 3.09 (no data losing)
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I had this drain in my old S2 when I upgraded from 4.0 to 4.1.. So to get rid of it, simply format your data (you can backup the apps u want via helium or any backup app)

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jaswinky said:
You get better info with three battery setting screenshots (little graph with main consumption processes, big graph tapping over little graph with partial wakelocks and other states, and screen total time on), please, post them.
Usually your problem can be fixed by over flashing same rom with Odin 3.09 (no data losing)
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Hi, I didnt post them because they didnt showed anything important. Android OS consumed 89% of the battery follow by gpsd with 9%. Screen is not even listed since i left it overnight with 100% battery charge. But i will post mentioned screenshot in a while after 8 hours of no using the phone.
Thx for your help, i really appreciate it

Did it already
AnaMajhol said:
I had this drain in my old S2 when I upgraded from 4.0 to 4.1.. So to get rid of it, simply format your data (you can backup the apps u want via helium or any backup app)
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Hey! i forgot to mentioned that i have already did a factory reset MULTIPLE times, one of them i didnt even restored my data (since i thought that there might be the issue) So... nope =/
thx for your help! I really appreciate it :crying:

Is this RL?
Joku1981 said:
Ur phone suffers from wakelock issues which keeps your phone awake. Only way to combat this is flashing a different ROM (different KERNEL) onto your phone.
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Hi! would this void my S4 warranty? IF NOT, is there a tutorial you recommend for doing this? sounds like i might brick my phone
Thank you for your time!

eltato2006 said:
Hey! i forgot to mentioned that i have already did a factory reset MULTIPLE times, one of them i didnt even restored my data (since i thought that there might be the issue) So... nope =/
thx for your help! I really appreciate it :crying:
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Since you made full wipe then you must try another rom and kernel (yes you will void warranty if you have knox) ...
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AnaMajhol said:
Since you made full wipe then you must try another rom and kernel (yes you will void warranty if you have knox) ...
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I am not really sure if he just flash a different Samsung stock 4.3 Rom warranty bit will increase... I think NOT as I read in some forums, but not sure at all because I am root since beginning 4.3 with 0x1...
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eltato2006 said:
Hi guys,
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Well. Without further ado, I present to you my stupid phone.:crying:
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First things first...
It may be the coincidence, but... by the accident, please take a look on your battery.... si it slightly swollen? What's the batt's serial number beginning with?

jaswinky said:
I am not really sure if he just flash a different Samsung stock 4.3 Rom warranty bit will increase... I think NOT as I read in some forums, but not sure at all because I am root since beginning 4.3 with 0x1...
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I wrote "try another rom and kernel" so you know flashing a kernel will absolutely increase the knox flag..
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Your problem seems similar to mine but in a bigger scale, you find more info at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557164
Right now the suggestion I have was given by the user maanz "L"
U might want to go to Google play store and select "do not auto updates".
Another thing to check is; got to Settings/MyDevice/Accessibility and unchecked Notification Reminder.
Next is; go to Google Settings app, open Android Device Manager and uncheck "Remotely report this device".
Reboot after making these changes and check BBS app after 4 hours.
Hope that these could bring down the high Android OS and phone awake.
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I am trying this right now, I will see if it helps.

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@OP:
Hi.
Try to post some screenshots using Better Battery Stats app so that we can find out the real problem.
Cheers.

AnaMajhol said:
I wrote "try another rom and kernel" so you know flashing a kernel will absolutely increase the knox flag..
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Ok, but he wrote he doesn't want to increase the bit...
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[Q] Weird problem. Software or hardware?

Hello everybody,
First of all, on 4.3 I couldn't get wifi to turn on. Here is a list of what I tried when I was on 4.3:
- I've already flashed many different stock and custom roms
- I've tried the wifi fixes, the non-hlos.bin fixes with every rom
- Friedrich420's build.prop tweaks and wifi files.
- Custom kernels
- Different modems
- Dial *#0011# and disable wifi power saving mode.
Now I've updated to 4.4.2 XXUFNA5 to see if that fixes the issue, but still no luck. Now it's even worse. No wifi and I can't even root the phone anymore (using cf auto root, haven't found another way yet but SuperSU sais 'no su binary installed' and closes...). However I can still install a custom recovery, but after installing any rom (4.4.2 ofcourse) the boot animation doesn't change, still says samsung, and I'm in a bootloop . Can't even install a pre-rooted stock rom. Tried both cwm and twrp several times.
I purchased the phone with the wifi problem, in the hope i could fix it and have a cheap galaxy s4. The previous owner said he hadn't done anything to the phone (no software of hardware changes). However konx was already 0x1.
Does anyone know what the problem can be?

Really no one with a possible solution?

why don't you try to clean flash with odin a stable rom?
I suggest 4.3 (you will have the knox issue, I don't mind)

pika456 said:
why don't you try to clean flash with odin a stable rom?
I suggest 4.3 (you will have the knox issue, I don't mind)
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Thanks for your response, but as I said in the first post I've already done that many times...
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Robert1852 said:
Thanks for your response, but as I said in the first post I've already done that many times...
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The same happened with me.
I flashed the stock rom and the problem got solved.
I guess problem was with the kernels
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maxsam4 said:
The same happened with me.
I flashed the stock rom and the problem got solved.
I guess problem was with the kernels
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Yeah also tried different kernels, didn't work
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Robert1852 said:
Yeah also tried different kernels, didn't work
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The only thing you possibly can do now us to head to a service center.
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have you tried a custom ROM like Cyanogen Mod?

Obagleyfreer said:
have you tried a custom ROM like Cyanogen Mod?
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Yes I've also tried a few custom roms on 4.3, but on 4.4 I ways get in a bootloop when trying to install a custom rom (4.4 ofcourse). Bootanimations doesn't even change. I don't think the error is in the system or the data folder, I've tried really everything within these folders. Can the problem be somewhere else? There's also a wpa_supplicant in etc/wifi, but that gets updated bij the wpa_supplicant.conf in data/misc/wifi right? So I don't think that can be the problem?
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Robert1852 said:
Hello everybody,
First of all, on 4.3 I couldn't get wifi to turn on. Here is a list of what I tried when I was on 4.3:
- I've already flashed many different stock and custom roms
- I've tried the wifi fixes, the non-hlos.bin fixes with every rom
- Friedrich420's build.prop tweaks and wifi files.
- Custom kernels
- Different modems
- Dial *#0011# and disable wifi power saving mode.
Now I've updated to 4.4.2 XXUFNA5 to see if that fixes the issue, but still no luck. Now it's even worse. No wifi and I can't even root the phone anymore (using cf auto root, haven't found another way yet but SuperSU sais 'no su binary installed' and closes...). However I can still install a custom recovery, but after installing any rom (4.4.2 ofcourse) the boot animation doesn't change, still says samsung, and I'm in a bootloop . Can't even install a pre-rooted stock rom. Tried both cwm and twrp several times.
I purchased the phone with the wifi problem, in the hope i could fix it and have a cheap galaxy s4. The previous owner said he hadn't done anything to the phone (no software of hardware changes). However konx was already 0x1.
Does anyone know what the problem can be?
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I am in the exact same boat as you except I didn't upgraded my bootloader to 4.4.2, was about to these days. I flashed about 7-8 different stock firmwares with the wifi fix for each. I, same as you bought the phone cheaper with this problem and thought I could fix it. I read somewhere that downgrading to 4.2.2 will help somehow but downgrading for me is impossible. I am getting desperate, please if you ever find a fix post it here or private message me. I know that is software and not hardware because in the first day I bought it I managed to fix it on the firmware it came with MK8 by flashing a lot of stuff in random order : CF auto root, wifi fix MK8, MK8 modem, philz_touch_6.07.9-jfltexx, don't remember what I did exactly, but made it work and then installed another stock firmware XXUENA4 , and it kept working on this firmware also all day long, and then next day after I started the phone it worked for about 5 min then it turned off and stayed off till now no matter what. I tend to be a rational person and try to find reasons for everything but for the life of me I can't figure out this one so really please help me, any one with any possible explanation. Can it be hardware after all? But how did I fix it once, and why can't I fix it again by doing the same same steps? My new plan is to try flashing bootloaders only as if this might work somehow. At this point for me is all about trying all sorts of mojo like flashing exactly 3 times modem then 3 times wifi fix, wipe data and factory reset from stock recovery before rom boots first time, and all sorts of wackadoo stuff.
Please really help me because my only other solution is to change the motherboard for 200 . Btw mine is i9505, u didn't mention yours.

fllipper said:
I am in the exact same boat as you except I didn't upgraded my bootloader to 4.4.2, was about to these days. I flashed about 7-8 different stock firmwares with the wifi fix for each. I, same as you bought the phone cheaper with this problem and thought I could fix it. I read somewhere that downgrading to 4.2.2 will help somehow but downgrading for me is impossible. I am getting desperate, please if you ever find a fix post it here or private message me. I know that is software and not hardware because in the first day I bought it I managed to fix it on the firmware it came with MK8 by flashing a lot of stuff in random order : CF auto root, wifi fix MK8, MK8 modem, philz_touch_6.07.9-jfltexx, don't remember what I did exactly, but made it work and then installed another stock firmware XXUENA4 , and it kept working on this firmware also all day long, and then next day after I started the phone it worked for about 5 min then it turned off and stayed off till now no matter what. I tend to be a rational person and try to find reasons for everything but for the life of me I can't figure out this one so really please help me, any one with any possible explanation. Can it be hardware after all? But how did I fix it once, and why can't I fix it again by doing the same same steps? My new plan is to try flashing bootloaders only as if this might work somehow. At this point for me is all about trying all sorts of mojo like flashing exactly 3 times modem then 3 times wifi fix, wipe data and factory reset from stock recovery before rom boots first time, and all sorts of wackadoo stuff.
Please really help me because my only other solution is to change the motherboard for 200 . Btw mine is i9505, u didn't mention yours.
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Finally someone with the exactly the same problem! Yea mine is a i9505 too. I've also tried al those things like flashing 3 times without auto reboot etc, but nothing worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539904 some people say it is possible to downgrade the bootloader, but I haven't tried it yet because I'm afraid I will brick the bootloader and I don't have a jtag. What I'm now thinking about is to buy another cheap s4 with broken screen, replace the motherboard and sell the rest. I've tried everything with the software and put so much time in it, I think just replacing the motherboard is one of the only solutions left. But till the time I found one, I'll just keep trying. If you ever find a way to fix, I'd still love to hear it
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Robert1852 said:
Finally someone with the exactly the same problem! Yea mine is a i9505 too. I've also tried al those things like flashing 3 times without auto reboot etc, but nothing worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539904 some people say it is possible to downgrade the bootloader, but I haven't tried it yet because I'm afraid I will brick the bootloader and I don't have a jtag. What I'm now thinking about is to buy another cheap s4 with broken screen, replace the motherboard and sell the rest. I've tried everything with the software and put so much time in it, I think just replacing the motherboard is one of the only solutions left. But till the time I found one, I'll just keep trying. If you ever find a way to fix, I'd still love to hear it
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Regarding your rooting problem have you read this ? Some one who helped a lot of people with wifi fixes advised me to try and downgrade with mobile odin, but still want to try a couple of 4.3 modems before downgrading. It s software but can't be fixed so frustrating!

fllipper said:
Regarding your rooting problem have you read this ? Some one who helped a lot of people with wifi fixes advised me to try and downgrade with mobile odin, but still want to try a couple of 4.3 modems before downgrading. It s software but can't be fixed so frustrating!
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Yea I used an outdated cf autoroot... But you can't downgrade to 4.3 once you've installed a newer bootloader, right? And I've tried about 20 different 4.3 modems, but no wifi with any modem
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Robert1852 said:
Yea I used an outdated cf autoroot... But you can't downgrade to 4.3 once you've installed a newer bootloader, right? And I've tried about 20 different 4.3 modems, but no wifi with any modem
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Well, my understanding is that if you downgrade with mobile odin, you only downgrade the firmware and not the bootloader and after you should make OTA update to the latest version and then it might work. Have you tried flashing CSC also and ticking re-partition, or maybe even fill out all fields in Odin instead of flashing just PDA(AP) ? I have never used Mobile Odin but will try soon and post results!

fllipper said:
Well, my understanding is that if you downgrade with mobile odin, you only downgrade the firmware and not the bootloader and after you should make OTA update to the latest version and then it might work. Have you tried flashing CSC also and ticking re-partition, or maybe even fill out all fields in Odin instead of flashing just PDA(AP) ? I have never used Mobile Odin but will try soon and post results!
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OTA isn't going to work since I have no wifi, but I guess kies will work too?
I've flashed csc also, haven't done re partition yet since it usually bricks the phone when I try it (or I'm always using the wrong pit files...). I've tried all the fields and just pda/ap.
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fllipper said:
Well, my understanding is that if you downgrade with mobile odin, you only downgrade the firmware and not the bootloader and after you should make OTA update to the latest version and then it might work. Have you tried flashing CSC also and ticking re-partition, or maybe even fill out all fields in Odin instead of flashing just PDA(AP) ? I have never used Mobile Odin but will try soon and post results!
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I tried downgrading with mobile odin, but again a bootloop...
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There must be someone in xda who has a greater understanding of how bootloaders work how wifi works, how is modem related bootloader and to wifi and why this happens only to knox 0x1 and what to try, surely it cand be done. I will keep trying anything and everything and post here if relevant. I am gonna mention that at some point in time I succeded in making it work propely, so there is still hope. Hang in there!
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Robert1852 said:
Finally someone with the exactly the same problem! Yea mine is a i9505 too. I've also tried al those things like flashing 3 times without auto reboot etc, but nothing worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539904 some people say it is possible to downgrade the bootloader, but I haven't tried it yet because I'm afraid I will brick the bootloader and I don't have a jtag. What I'm now thinking about is to buy another cheap s4 with broken screen, replace the motherboard and sell the rest. I've tried everything with the software and put so much time in it, I think just replacing the motherboard is one of the only solutions left. But till the time I found one, I'll just keep trying. If you ever find a way to fix, I'd still love to hear it
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Could be possible EFS corruption??
Do you have your MAC address still? Open EFS/wifi and check your .mac.info file.

Obagleyfreer said:
Could be possible EFS corruption??
Do you have your MAC address still? Open EFS/wifi and check your .mac.info file.
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Yea that is still fine. But someone offered me a very cheap xperia z1 today, so I guess I'll just sell the S4
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Robert1852 said:
Yea that is still fine. But someone offered me a very cheap xperia z1 today, so I guess I'll just sell the S4
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Good plan!!
The Z1 is way better than the S4!

Network continuallly disconnecting on i9505

Tonight I installed KitKat 4.4.4 (tried 2 different 4.4.4 roms) on an i9505 which was previously running jelly bean (stock, touchwiz).
The phone network keeps disconnecting on it. If I go into wireless and networks/more/mobile networks/network operators and select my provider through there, it will connect and work fine for a while, but will then disconnect itself again randomly. The IMEI is all fine. This is the first time i've really been stuck with a problem, and i've been flashing roms on multiple phones for a long time.
Why would it be working, but keep disconnecting itself? So annoying..
Anyone able to give me some help here please? Would really be much appreciated, thanks..

Just thought....
My mate whose phone it is has gone away so I won't be able to try this until tomorrow, but maybe it's not a UK baseband on it..
I'm sure I've used basebands before though that weren't specifically for my country on other galaxy phones, but it's a good possibility do you think? I didn't think it could cause that, until now..
I can't believe I never thought of trying that at the time, I'll find out if that is the problem tomorrow.

Solved!!
For anyone experiencing the same problem...
Flash a baseband which is specifically for your country with Odin - WITH AUTO REBOOT UNCHECKED
take battery out. Boot into download mode. Flash the same baseband again. For some reason if you only flash it once and leave reboot checked it doesn't work.
Phone will boot, and you will find that the problem is fixed.
Hope this helps someone else avoid the **** that I encountered.
Thanks!

knuckles1978 said:
Solved!!
For anyone experiencing the same problem...
Flash a baseband which is specifically for your country with Odin - WITH AUTO REBOOT UNCHECKED
take battery out. Boot into download mode. Flash the same baseband again. For some reason if you only flash it once and leave reboot checked it doesn't work.
Phone will boot, and you will find that the problem is fixed.
Hope this helps someone else avoid the **** that I encountered.
Thanks!
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Works I have this problem with GOLDENEYE ROM with XXUAME2_MODEM. For my (I from Poland) work with I9505XXUGNF1_MODEM.
Thanks

Can you post a link to the baseband page pal
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1eyedmonster said:
Can you post a link to the baseband page pal
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Hi,
This is great thread with a huge collection , including wif fix for the I9505
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025

MAX 404 said:
Hi,
This is great thread with a huge collection , including wif fix for the I9505
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025
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Cheers pal but I'm lost so many to choose from im based in the uk on Vodafone any help is appreciated
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1eyedmonster said:
Cheers pal but I'm lost so many to choose from im based in the uk on Vodafone any help is appreciated
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Hi mate ,
read the OP
Please use this Samsung Firmware checker to see what is your LETTER CODE
If you do and follow the link and fill in the info , it will tell you, that for Vodafone UK:
PDA: I9505XXUGNE8
CSC: I9505VFGGNE2
MODEM: I9505XXUGNE8
Added: 2014-06-16
In post 1 of the link i gave you you will find it
Read this post also it helps to understand what is going up
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50787570&postcount=2549
Cheers

Thanks a lot pal reflashed the modem twice with auto reboot unchecked and so far no connection lost on Myba rom Thanks a million
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Nice to see this thread has helped a few people.
I was scratching my head for a while with that problem, and I'd consider myself pretty experienced with android and flashing ROMs.
I was searching the net, and I found forum posts of people saying they had the same problem, I even found posts that said SOLVED!!! in them, with no explanation as to how it was solved lol. Great help.
Anyways, peace all.
And 1eyedmonster, just gimme a shout if you want the one I used and I'll send you it, or pm me your gmail add, whatever..

knuckles1978 said:
Nice to see this thread has helped a few people.
I was scratching my head for a while with that problem, and I'd consider myself pretty experienced with android and flashing ROMs.
I was searching the net, and I found forum posts of people saying they had the same problem, I even found posts that said SOLVED!!! in them, with no explanation as to how it was solved lol. Great help.
Anyways, peace all.
And 1eyedmonster, just gimme a shout if you want the one I used and I'll send you it, or pm me your gmail add, whatever..
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It was this issue that has stopped me from flashing aosp and cm 11 in the past as as soon as I booted and set up my apps I would lose signal and would have to aeroplane mode on and off before I could regain signal again and the only roms that I could use was goldeneye and miuiandroid miuiandroid
Thanks to you I will probably spend the weekend flashing Mrs won't be happy [emoji12]
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Good stuff, glad to hear it.
The lesson is to always post the solution when you find it. There's nothing more annoying than reading a long thread of a problem you have too, and when the guy gets it fixed he doesn't come back to post the fix...
Cheers

ROM for the P8?! is it possible???

Hello Everybody,
I am an owner of Huawei P8 and have some experience on root and flash . Now I asked but firmly the garkein Custom Rom there for Huawei . What do you think will be this as it may do in the near future a little ? Otherwise I probably made ​​the wrong decision .
What I find very impressive is that there are several custom ROM for my Xixoon , and that was a really cheap China phone .
Best Regards from Germany

Hi, I like the overall speed of this ROM. Thanks.
I only have an annoying problem: when I clock the Home button to wake up the de vice it takes sometimes about 10 seconds. Randomly. If I click it twice it wakes up immediatly.
Anyone else has this?

I also look for a custom rom, something like CM12 or other thats close to "stock" Android.

jmsvl said:
Hi, I like the overall speed of this ROM. Thanks.
I only have an annoying problem: when I clock the Home button to wake up the de vice it takes sometimes about 10 seconds. Randomly. If I click it twice it wakes up immediatly.
Anyone else has this?
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...there is no home button on the P8...

In progress...

Help needed P8 bricked following OTA update
Firstly sorry to post in this thread but I don't appear to be allowed to start a new one. I need help, I took an OTA update this morning on my GRA-L09, it was about 108mb and I think it was to update to B161 but I might be wrong on that. Update downloaded OK and appeared to install OK as well but on reboot its stuck on the Huawei logo and no matter how long I leave it wont go any further. I can get into recovery (stock) and factory reset but this doesn't seem to function properly, it starts to countdown the %age completed but when it gets to about 10% it jumps to complete and invites a reboot but that just takes me to the logo and no further. Bootloader is unlocked and the phone is rooted but I didn't think that would be a barrier to accepting an OTA. HiSuite doesnt recognise that the device is connected and I'm stumped. Can anyone help me out of this mess?

Try this one
http://www.android-hilfe.de/thema/fix-b132-fix-huawei-p8.702384/

Thanks for the reply but I'm afraid I can't make head nor tail of that.

£note said:
Thanks for the reply but I'm afraid I can't make head nor tail of that.
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What you can try is : get into bootloader mode, or recovery. Try to do adb reboot fastboot, and flash TWRP, do factory reset from that. If that doesnt work, you can get a friend who has P8 to backup via TWRP and restore to your device?
I can look into the exact commands in about 10 hours
Main focus : try to get into Fastboot mode, and flash twrp (if you know how to)
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Hello , i bought an huawei p8 from a friend , it's looks pretty but i have one problem with him , the screen doesn't lock , is show me a reclaim from huawei and doesn't stop this , how i can close that reclaim ? Please help me , the battery drain very fast because he stay on every time

Huaweip8 said:
Hello , i bought an huawei p8 from a friend , it's looks pretty but i have one problem with him , the screen doesn't lock , is show me a reclaim from huawei and doesn't stop this , how i can close that reclaim ? Please help me , the battery drain very fast because he stay on every time
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Can you screen it, and upload it? Have you tried to install an update? Or factory reset?
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Is anyone able to provide a link to download original firmware for a UK spec GRA-L09, I can find firmware for other variants but not this one. Really appreciate some help with this as I need to get my phone back to life.
Thanks

Now my Custom Rom is online. But just for GRA-L09
http://www.android-hilfe.de/index.php?threads/709504/
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Blackball said:
Now my Custom Rom is online. But just for GRA-L09
http://www.android-hilfe.de/index.php?threads/709504/
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So its just B132 edited? Added options etc? Still great work! Have you edited kernel etc? Got the correct source?
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£note said:
Is anyone able to provide a link to download original firmware for a UK spec GRA-L09, I can find firmware for other variants but not this one. Really appreciate some help with this as I need to get my phone back to life.
Thanks
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Its already posted on XDA, search google for "Huawei P8 XDA" then click first result. Then open thread "new firmware for P8"
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Just edited.. But a lot of work.
Its the first one.. More mods coming later

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Just edited.. But a lot of work.
Its the first one.. More mods coming later
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Nice! how did you do it? Backup factory resetted rom in TWRP and edited? Or you have some sort of source?

Its already posted on XDA, search google for "Huawei P8 XDA" then click first result. Then open thread "new firmware for P8"
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Oops. Thanks for that, I have seen the thread but obviously didn't read properly.
Thanks again

The original Update.APP was my source
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The original Update.APP was my source
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Since its german instructions, I need to backup my rom, Factory reset, copy the file to sdcard, then flash from sdcard?
Flashed TWRP and now it isnt booting to system or bootloader -_-
What caused it : I used ADB reboot recovery... What now ._.

If its only reboot to twrp you need to turn off your phone.
If you dont have a update.app in your dload folder please press vol+ and vol - and your power button. Then its reboot into recovery and there you can boot system ..
Its a twrp bug
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Downgrade to older bootloader and modem?

Is it possible? For example going from the POK1 BL and modem to older ones?

Come on, you can literally type Yes/No and its done! 120 people have seen this and not ONE had 5 secs to spare?!

I have a many Problems after the Downgrade, no Samsung Firmware works no Imei only CM12.1 works. The BL and Modem COJ3...
I will make a new test this Week... Sorry for my Bad English...
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Come on, you can literally type Yes/No and its done! 120 people have seen this and not ONE had 5 secs to spare?!
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After almost 2000 posts to your credit and being on XDA since 2012, everyone is probably confused as to why you're asking and why you haven't tried already.
If K1 is not a locked bootloader, like we've now seen with the COJ5, you should be able too.
I've never seen anyone post not being able to flash back to an older modem. Unless it was user error like picking the wrong one, for a different phone.

Xenomorph said:
I have a many Problems after the Downgrade, no Samsung Firmware works no Imei only CM12.1 works. The BL and Modem COJ3...
I will make a new test this Week... Sorry for my Bad English...
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Thanks for your feedback.

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After almost 2000 posts to your credit and being on XDA since 2012, everyone is probably confused as to why you're asking and why you haven't tried already.
If K1 is not a locked bootloader, like we've now seen with the COJ5, you should be able too.
I've never seen anyone post not being able to flash back to an older modem. Unless it was user error like picking the wrong one, for a different phone.
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I'm just too afraid of permanently damaging my phone.
Numbers do not matter, I still learn. Sure, I know more than someone new to the community but that doesnt change the fact that I dont know everything.
The person right above you has problems with his phone now. I'm just trying to prevent that from happening to me too.
Anyway, if I flash the COJ5 bootloader, there is no going back?

NickVXD said:
I'm just too afraid of permanently damaging my phone.
Numbers do not matter, I still learn. Sure, I know more than someone new to the community but that doesnt change the fact that I dont know everything.
The person right above you has problems with his phone now. I'm just trying to prevent that from happening to me too.
Anyway, if I flash the COJ5 bootloader, there is no going back?
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Yes don't flash Coj5 to avoid stucking with 5.1.1 roms
That's all good luck

medo sator said:
Yes don't flash Coj5 to avoid stucking with 5.1.1 roms
That's all good luck
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Thanks!
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