Please help! - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. I’m not sure if I’m posting in the right place and I apologise in advance if I am not.
Basically I am trying to fix a Samsung s4 that had a few issues and ended up getting stuck in a boot loop. I’ve downloaded Odin (tried 2 seperate versions) and have also downloaded everything else needed. I have looked at almost every how to guide available and it keeps saying it has failed at getting stuck at system.img for a while.
The model is i9500. I’m from Australia and there is currently no firmware for this region so I have downloaded one from Singapore. Could this be the reason it is failing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Stephaniexo said:
Hi. I’m not sure if I’m posting in the right place and I apologise in advance if I am not..........
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I don't have this variant myself but, after some time you don't receive any guidance here, you should then be able to obtain some member guidance within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device and variants.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192886
Good Luck!
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[Q] Need help -- Should I Root or OTA update first?

hello everyone,
I have a Galaxy S4 sgh-i1337M with Fido in CAanda. I would like to Root and enjoy my phone as it should be.
Before doing anything, I checked for software update on the phone in settings, and there is one that is 100.01 MB. Looking up that size, I think it has something to do with this number (my modem version??):
I337MUMUFNK1 -- which comes up when I search google for an update of that size which is OTA and for my phone.
Samsung and Fido and Google say to call the 'others' as they do not know what this update is for. WTF! Nobody knows what the update is for??
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My phone info:
I am on 4.4.2
SGH-I337M locked to Fido in Canada
BASEBAND: I337MVLUFNE1
KERNEL VERSION: 3.4.0-1529758
[email protected] #1
BUILD: KOT49H.I337MVLUFNE1
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The baseband seems to be what the update will modify??? (ignore this if its dumb)
MY QUESTION:
Should I root the way it is now and disregard the latest update?
Should I update the phone now, as I won't be able to receive OTA updates in the future and then Root? (I know I can always do whatever I want after rooting.....
it would still make sense to do this update now, then root as its just easier that way).
Thank you in advance to everyone who knows the answer to this and responds!
Hello
Nobody knows?
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Please standby while we have your thread/question moved to the appropriate sub-forum for your device.
For future reference you can find your device sub-forum here (bookmark/subscribe this):
AT&T, Canadian Bell, Rogers, Telus, Virgin Samsung Galaxy S 4
Within that section you will find a dedicated q&a sub-forum (this is where your thread is going to be moved to):
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck!
PS. In future please be patient and wait a bit longer than two hours for somebody to answer your query. Thanks
SOLVED
Hi,
I posted this the night before...this is a repost after it seemed to go missing.....
Anyways... was hoping for a quicker response than 2 days so far! Lol
I went ahead and did it...no more question.
P.s. I am with Fido in Canada...is there no sub forum for that to have placed the question in?
Now to see if this forum has a sticky for latest how to root a specific device...fingers crossed:fingers-crossed:
Nerdy_McGee said:
Hi,
I posted this the night before...this is a repost after it seemed to go missing.....
Anyways... was hoping for a quicker response than 2 days so far! Lol
I went ahead and did it...no more question.
P.s. I am with Fido in Canada...is there no sub forum for that to have placed the question in?
Now to see if this forum has a sticky for latest how to root a specific device...fingers crossed:fingers-crossed:
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The device sections are for the phones themselves, not the carrier that you're with, so the section that this thread has been moved to, and today I provided links for, is the correct section for this phone.
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Rooting SM-G900L (I?) -

Hello everyone,
I've got a Samsung SM-G900L (or I?) that I want to root and run a different ROM on.
Just wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of the right guide, there seems to be so many different variants of this phone.
Unfortunately my charge cover broke and now every half a second it keeps bringing up a warning interupting what ever I'm doing saying the charge cover is open, so I'd like to root the phone and run a different ROM.
Whats the latest and greatest ROM for these phones that people like?
Thanks
Damooo said:
Hello everyone, I've got a Samsung SM-G900L (or I?) that I want to root and run a different ROM on...
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Your best bet is to post this question within the following Q&A thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
Good Luck!
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Incorrect firmware flashed, but the phone works!!! Help.

I have a G900f, which I asked a friend of mine to install a custom rom, he ended up flashing G900V software. I have bad network problems now and I tried flashing the g900f firmware but was unsuccessful. The model number on the back of the phone and in settings now differ. Any recommendations as to how I can fix this, im pretty new to flashing firmware and such. Much Appreciated, thanks.
MestiZoMaymona said:
I have a G900f, which I asked a friend of mine to install a custom rom, he ended up flashing G900V software. I have bad network problems now and I tried flashing the g900f firmware but was unsuccessful. The model number on the back of the phone and in settings now differ. Any recommendations as to how I can fix this, im pretty new to flashing firmware and such. Much Appreciated, thanks.
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I don't have this variant but, your best bet is to post this question within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
Good Luck!
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New software update for Samsung Galaxy S5 (G900F)

Hey everyone,
I've just noticed that my G900F shows a notification about a new official software update from Samsung. I've looked online and found on a third party site that this update is supposed to bring minor improvements but no newer version of Android.
Since I'm planning on rooting my phone as soon as my warranty expires, I am unsure if the new update will have any effect on my ability to root my phone. (I've already rooted my older G900F, which I had to replace, since Samsung declined to fix it as warranty).
I checked the Samsung website but couldn't find anything about this current update, so if anyone knows anything related to this issue, pls let me know.
Thanks John
johntwenty said:
Hey everyone, I've just noticed that my G900F shows a notification about a new official software update from Samsung. I've looked online and found on a third party site that this update is supposed to bring minor improvements but no newer version of Android...
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I don't have this variant but, your best bet is to post this question within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
Also, the following link is your best bet regarding the latest updates for your device.
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s5/SM-G900F/
Good Luck!
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Thank you for directing me
Cheers John
johntwenty said:
Thank you for directing me . Cheers John
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It was not a problem!
Sometimes I even need a little road map to areas I'm not familiar with.
I'm glad that it helped...
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Galaxy s5 straight talk issues.

Hello, I have a galaxy S5 straight talk phone.
I used 14.x of lineage with no issues.
I have updated to 15.1 and everything works but I have the following problems.
Loses service (I can actually see my apns disappear)
"Roaming indicator off" is displayed (no way to turn off)
Bluetooth crashes constantly.
Rebooting fixes service drop and Bluetooth but only for a little while.
I tried to find a newer modem as stock is 4.x Android
I tried regular galaxy S5 modems and refuses to flash it always fails auth. (Would love to update finally as it's old.)
I have tried to find fixes but nothing so far. If anyone has a fix please let me know. I love the new version and would hate to go back.
Oh also I have done a fresh flash (deleted everything and flashed so no dirty)
Posted in questions and answers as well but looked like thread was dead (not trying to double post)
N1GHTD3M0N said:
Hello, I have a galaxy S5 straight talk phone..........
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I don't have this variant but, your best bet is to post this question within the following Official LineageOS 15.1 thread that's specific to the klte.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3830497
Good Luck!
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Ibuprophen said:
I don't have this variant but, your best bet is to post this question within the following Official LineageOS 15.1 thread that's specific to the klte.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3830497
Good Luck!
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Ok thank you doing this now.
I don't want to open a new thread for this but I was wondering how would I change my variant from 992l to g900v so I can get new modem or how would I install the modem from a G900V into my 902l.. There literally Tue same just tracphone bought some s5's and changed the models and such to fit there needs but hw is the same.
N1GHTD3M0N said:
I don't want to open a new thread for this but I was wondering..........
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I've never had this variant and I've never done this before myself...
My first instinct is to strongly suggest that you don't try it and might result in a Soft/Hard Brick.
I would even think that this would be blocked in Odin with a "SW REV CHECK" Fail since this is the way Odin checks to see if what your flashing is for your device.
With that guidance...
I do see some chat regarding this exact question your asking on the following thread.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3580168
It looks like some has successfully performed this as well.
I would think that this conversation would probably be best continued on that thread for guidance since it has members who are much more familiar with your specific device.
I do wish you the best of luck with this!
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Thank you. The reason I want to do this is my modem is from 4.x android which is ancient now and also I have los 15.1 and its constantly losing service ,WiFi,Bluetooth every few minutes. I was trying to find 14.1 los but its not available anymore and all links I find eventually go back to the website that has it removed.
N1GHTD3M0N said:
Thank you. The reason I want to do this is my modem is from 4.x android which is ancient now and also I have los 15.1 and its constantly losing service ,WiFi,Bluetooth every few minutes. I was trying to find 14.1 los but its not available anymore and all links I find eventually go back to the website that has it removed.
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I had just provided some important information to another member on the following thread post...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=77837824
... where the member has the same device as yours with the G900V Firmware installed and just cannot update the Modem.
That post that I just placed is important for you to remember regarding the Baseband Modem between the two.
Just some final thoughts...
Good Luck!
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S5 LineageOS16 encryption
Hey!
I installed LineageOS 16.0.1 on my SM-900F and I can't encrypt the device. Phone just reboots.
Also "Trust" is telling me that SELinux is not enforced and I cant seem to find any settings relating to SELinux. Should I just turn off the notification or what?
Obviously I like my device to be secured as much as possible.
Any tips for where to look, please?

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