Phone Firmware Upgrade / Rooting / Flashing / Recovery Discussions

[axe.effect]

Finally I have found one Samsung galaxy S4 i9505 which had (LTE/WCDMA/GSM) auto option in mobile network option but I couldn't get my hand at 4g sim.
Should I buy it for using warid 4g LTE.

4G works on rooted I9505 only. Why don't you opt to buy some brand new 3G phone, as most used phones (1 year old have weak batteries or shopkeepers change batteries) and new 100% genuine batteries are not easily available (i checked the market for my friends S4 battery recently). 3G speed is sufficient. 4G is very heavy on battery, so you need good battery for that, which used phones don't have usually.

Rest is your choice, i made my i9505 redundant due to its weak battery, as i could not find any better replacement battery, which was as good as its original one. Battery life is most important to me.

[axe.effect]

Just to confirm, CF auto root works for Grand prime G530H. Its the easiest rooting method. Just make sure to follow instructions properly. Don't forget to enable usb debugging and install usb drivers for phone. Its just simple Odin flashing.

Http://download.chainfire.eu/665/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-fortuna3g-fortuna3gxx-smg530h.zip

Tested on build number KTU84P.G530HVJU1ANJ2, but works on some newer versions too.

[axe.effect]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/rom-simplrom-v1-t3004628

http://xda-developers.babihealth.com/note-4/orig-development/tw-t3057473
@axe.effect Also check this kernel as well. I am also a part of the test team and this kernel is coming out nicely

I liked your teams idea of simplicity and true de-bloated roms. All the roms i tried previously were said to be de-bloated (only a very few system apps de bloated, which is no big deal) and rest they were filled with garbage which slowed phone and decreased battery life. Infact, many roms for note 4 have poor battery complaints.

Seeing that lightweight simpl rom and kernel thread, it can be said these kernels offer much more control over hardware than stock kernels and can be optimized for both power and efficiency. Xposed support will let it achieve its true potential.

Are you overclocked?.

[roms]

Download files from here: http://d-h.st/AWH

The zip archive contains:
Odin v3.07
2_cache_recovery_stock_mohan_sm-g530h.md5
1_cfroot_sm-g530h_mohan.tar.md5

Boot device into download mode and flash the first file: 2_cache_recovery_stock_mohan_sm-g530h.md5

Wait for the device to reboot and again boot into download mode and flash the second file: 1_cfroot_sm-g530h_mohan.tar.md5

Now after the device has finished reboot you can see SuperSU installed. Open it and it will ask to disable knox notification... Press Cancel.

If SuperSU asks for su binary update, just press the Normal button.

Source: XDA - Developers (the most trusted android forum)
Successfully rooted Galaxy Grand Prime SM-G5?€? | Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime | XDA Forums

The binaries of SuperSU can not be updated whilst the rom is booted up. Always flash the latest SuperSU zip from recovery after the auto root.

[roms]

I tried the AICP on my 910F , but the Camera Bug was bugging me quite a lot. Had to go back over to touch wiz. Also the battery timings are just average at best on CM12 based Roms available at the moment. Though i am a die hard AOSP fan

I am in contact with the developers of AICP, Aukan, Paf and placiano. On Friday, they are releasing a more advanced and stable version of AICP. Do keep an eye and download it.
The details which are yet to be shared on xda, Aukan told me briefly, and it looks like its gonna be a badass rom built for speed and stability.

Camera app had a bug, just use "Open camera" for the time being until friday. Because its fixed in new release.

[roms]

I liked your teams idea of simplicity and true de-bloated roms. All the roms i tried previously were said to be de-bloated (only a very few system apps de bloated, which is no big deal) and rest they were filled with garbage which slowed phone and decreased battery life. Infact, many roms for note 4 have poor battery complaints.

Seeing that lightweight simpl rom and kernel thread, it can be said these kernels offer much more control over hardware than stock kernels and can be optimized for both power and efficiency. Xposed support will let it achieve its true potential.

Are you overclocked?.

Yes. 3.07 GHZ with Perf Governor. The cpu temp overlays show to the max rise of 60 degrees where as the thermal default is 85 degress and danger verge is 96 degrees. so no problems there

[fso]

when is lollipop is launching for note 4 ?

[roms]

when is lollipop is launching for note 4 ?

It is already available, Which variant you are talking about

[Spano]

yes,
I just confirmed

its available for following models (that I confirmed)
N910C
N910G
N910H
N910W
N910F

[fso]

yes,
I just confirmed

its available for following models (that I confirmed)
N910C
N910G
N910H
N910W
N910F

N910c got it brand new with warranty. I daily check software updates but it says that my phone is updated to the latest software. .

[roms]

N910c got it brand new with warranty. I daily check software updates but it says that my phone is updated to the latest software. .

Its because of csc. Check which csc you have. Download the firmware and flash through odin. No knox tripping, no warranty void. Device status will remain official.

[fso]

I am new to android plz do guide.

[Spano]

go to SamMobile

make your ID
then click on firmware
enter your model number

download firmware 5.0
and then, let us know to guide you further.

[ha125]

Is it possible to restore HTC Bootloader back to its "locked" state?

[axe.effect]

Yes. 3.07 GHZ with Perf Governor. The cpu temp overlays show to the max rise of 60 degrees where as the thermal default is 85 degress and danger verge is 96 degrees. so no problems there

That's perfectly normal. Even in stock, my phone goes upto 45-50C usually and 60C in heavy usage. Battery temperature stays under 40C, though i try to keep it under 35C, though battery temperature range is upto 45C.

Use of protective cases also make the phone run hotter by atleast 5-10C, i noticed.

Cpu temp and battery temperature guard are great apps to measure temperature stats, i use both.

[Rajpoot]

How can I jailbreak and install cydia in iPhone 5s iOS 8.1.3

[krgemini]

Alhamdulillah bought S4 LTE GT-I9505 yesterday, updated it to official lollipop 5.0.1.
Activated lte option by deleting persist.radio.lteon from root/data/property/ (that also works the same way as changing the value from false to true)
Tested Warid 4g services and the speed is just awesome. Will share the Oakla screenshots some later time, but they were above 10Mb/s Download and around 5Mb/s Upload.

[Spano]

Alhamdulillah bought S4 LTE GT-I9505 yesterday, updated it to official lollipop 5.0.1.
Activated lte option by deleting persist.radio.lteon from root/data/property/ (that also works the same way as changing the value from false to true)
Tested Warid 4g services and the speed is just awesome. Will share the Oakla screenshots some later time, but they were above 10Mb/s Download and around 5Mb/s Upload.

i think, you don't need to root your phone for turning on LTE if you have updated it to lollipop.
about speed, it fluctuates some times and varies at different places

[krgemini]

i think, you don't need to root your phone for turning on LTE if you have updated it to lollipop.
about speed, it fluctuates some times and varies at different places

No, lte option is not activated even in lollipop by default. i tried warid lte sim, but it was working only on 2g as warid is not providing 3g services. so had to delete the mentioned file to activate lte.

And off course, to delete the file had to root the phone as it's a system file.

[roms]

You don't have to delete the file If you delete the file, boom, there goes the system UI.
Build.prop contains the settings for system UI. Persist.radio.lteon is a script line in the middle. Always change it to true. I recommend not to completely delete the line. The pointers associated with the script will give you fc's when triggered.