Hey guys, if i am lucky I will hopefully soon be a happy galaxy s4 owner. However, this device shall be sent to me from Kuwait. Now my main question is, would that make my device have an exynos or a snapdragon CPU.
No need to get into details here a simple yes or no would be fine with the next question: battery life .. Is the snapdragon better?
Any notable differences?
Flashing to stock firmware of any sort possible just like during the sgs1 times? Or is it like ****ty old HTC? Thanks in advance
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shadehh said:
Hey guys, if i am lucky I will hopefully soon be a happy galaxy s4 owner. However, this device shall be sent to me from Kuwait. Now my main question is, would that make my device have an exynos or a snapdragon CPU.
No need to get into details here a simple yes or no would be fine with the next question: battery life .. Is the snapdragon better?
Any notable differences?
Flashing to stock firmware of any sort possible just like during the sgs1 times? Or is it like ****ty old HTC? Thanks in advance
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Honestly I think it will depend on which carrier it is for I know the s4 on att is the snapdragon, im not sure on the othrrs
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I'm getting it unlocked
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Hmmmm then it might not have thr latest update
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The I9505 seems to dominate the forum with devs developing for this more than the I9500. This may change but at the moment it seems that unless you are hardcore set on the Octacore CPU that has no noticeable difference when using the phone then the I9505 is the way to go...
shadehh said:
Hey guys, if i am lucky I will hopefully soon be a happy galaxy s4 owner. However, this device shall be sent to me from Kuwait. Now my main question is, would that make my device have an exynos or a snapdragon CPU.
No need to get into details here a simple yes or no would be fine with the next question: battery life .. Is the snapdragon better?
Any notable differences?
Flashing to stock firmware of any sort possible just like during the sgs1 times? Or is it like ****ty old HTC? Thanks in advance
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Kuwait sells both versions, so it depends on which you purchased. Guess you will find out soon enough. I9505 has more dev support because it's based on the Krait/QC chip where the I9500 has Perseus, one of the greatest kernel devs on all XDA.
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Hi guys.... i have a unlock s4 i337 from AT&T in Guatemala, i need to know if i have to flash roms from the i9505 or the i9500?? and another question, if i flash a rom i have to unlock again my device???
vdavidm said:
Hi guys.... i have a unlock s4 i337 from AT&T in Guatemala, i need to know if i have to flash roms from the i9505 or the i9500?? and another question, if i flash a rom i have to unlock again my device???
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I have the AT&T S4 and you can only use the AT&T and I9505 ROMs. You have to flash the loki-doki zip afterwards though. You won't have to unlock again
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fredrick1213 said:
I have the AT&T S4 and you can only use the AT&T and I9505 ROMs. You have to flash the loki-doki zip afterwards though. You won't have to unlock again
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thank you... what do you suggest for flash my first rom?:good:
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thank you... what do you suggest for flash my first rom?:good:
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Wanam Lite and Omega are both amazing! :good:
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Hello guys, Some sellers from amazon are selling the I9500 at 400 bucks. Would you go for it?
Seems too good to be true, however amazon warranty is awesome, I've never had any issues with bad sellers when ordering through them
Link?
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If your into rooting and flashing roms no id get the i9505
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gavin-phelan said:
If your into rooting and flashing roms no id get the i9505
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Rooting and flashing roms can be done easily on the i9500 as well.. I have Omega rom (pre-rooted) and a custom kernel on my i9500.
It's just AOSP roms that aren't available yet, but should be soon enough.
So, if you're into flashing AOSP roms and cannot wait for them to be available, or if you really need 4G, get the i9505.
If you like taking picture (or slow motion videos - 720p on the i9500) or want a slightly faster phone, get the i9500.
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Rooting and flashing roms can be done easily on the i9500 as well.. I have Omega rom (pre-rooted) and a custom kernel on my i9500.
It's just AOSP roms that aren't available yet, but should be soon enough.
So, if you're into flashing AOSP roms and cannot wait for them to be available, or if you really need 4G, get the i9505.
If you like taking picture (or slow motion videos - 720p on the i9500) or want a slightly faster phone, get the i9500.
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No was just going to say that there will be more of a variety on i9505
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gavin-phelan said:
No was just going to say that there will be more of a variety on i9505
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In that case, you're probably right.
It does seem to be too good to be true but then again like you said Amazon is pretty. Personally I think it should be legit and you should go for it.
a question i never find my phoen anywhere like cyanogenmod.org i only see galaxy s4 at&t and stuff i can't find i9500 or anything
whats my phone?!
So I just recently bought this beast of a phone, and I'm loving it. I am rooted and stuff and have been messing around with the ROMS on the forum for the Verizon S4. I found this forum the other day and was wondering if I can flash these ROMS to my S4 which is i545 rather than the i9505 or i9500. So can i flash these ROMS like a normal flash or would I have to do something different to get these ROMS like MiUi on my phone. ( I love MiUi.) Thanks for the help
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So I just recently bought this beast of a phone, and I'm loving it. I am rooted and stuff and have been messing around with the ROMS on the forum for the Verizon S4. I found this forum the other day and was wondering if I can flash these ROMS to my S4 which is i545 rather than the i9505 or i9500. So can i flash these ROMS like a normal flash or would I have to do something different to get these ROMS like MiUi on my phone. ( I love MiUi.) Thanks for the help
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For safety of the device stay away from other then your device forum
As other varaiants will have different mount codes and kernel which mostly will brick your phone
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So this is off limits even if I have the same phone?
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infamousxsniper said:
So this is off limits even if I have the same phone?
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Yes my friend I will do some research if anything possible will let u know
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123hiten said:
Yes my friend I will do some research if anything possible will let u know
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Thanks man. Kinda sucks, I want to use MiUi
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HELLO GUYS im from mexico and i alredy sold my Galaxy S4 i9505 to get the NEW LTE-A and what i want to know if this phone will be able to SIM-UNLOCK because i want it so bad its great and has the new Qualcomm CPU/GPU
hellow? can any one answer me that?
There is a thread in development section.
I'm sure the unlocking method works just as fine on the LTE-A model.
The hardware specs are the same (right?)
septix said:
There is a thread in development section.
I'm sure the unlocking method works just as fine on the LTE-A model.
The hardware specs are the same (right?)
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well it use the Snapdragon s800 so its not the same :/
Wait for the i9506 which will be the international version of the LTE-A. There will be much more development
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Obagleyfreer said:
Wait for the i9506 which will be the international version of the LTE-A. There will be much more development
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when it will be release ? are you sure? about this?
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when it will be release ? are you sure? about this?
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September 3rd according to PA.
Hello i'm currently using the i9100 Galaxy SII and planning to move to the S4 soon. I use dorimanx kernel & different rom that contain Paranoid Android Preferences (Pacman, Rootbox..) : I want to know if that's avalaible on the S4, if not is there any alternatives..? Thanks :good:
Actually it's the i9506 model that i'm gonna buy. So please anybody.. Tell me
There is little to no development for the i9506 if you're wanting custom ROMs get the i9505
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I'm afraid that i9506 is the only one with compatible 4G here... What to do :/
goja said:
I'm afraid that i9506 is the only one with compatible 4G here... What to do :/
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Why not choose i9505
Not bad if you want a custom rom
I9505 also 4G but not full 4G as I9506
Ok but what if the missing 4G part is the only one i can use here..?
So I got the 900W8 canadian version and go tit rooted, now my questions are why do we not have our own forum or do we need it. What can I flash? It's been a while since i've been on samsung. Can I flash other rom but just need my baseband or are there other thing sI should be looking out for. Any help would be great Thanks
bodson66 said:
So I got the 900W8 canadian version and go tit rooted, now my questions are why do we not have our own forum or do we need it. What can I flash? It's been a while since i've been on samsung. Can I flash other rom but just need my baseband or are there other thing sI should be looking out for. Any help would be great Thanks
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bump, ideas anyone
Glad I found this post, I too am curious. I wonder if it will be like when I had the canadian s3 and could just flash the AT&T rooms just fine. Gonna hold of rooting the s5 until this is cleared up
longjohnsteve said:
Glad I found this post, I too am curious. I wonder if it will be like when I had the canadian s3 and could just flash the AT&T rooms just fine. Gonna hold of rooting the s5 until this is cleared up
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Rooting was no issues I used chainfires method and he has a file for our W8 model. It's more the roms I curious about.
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bodson66 said:
Rooting was no issues I used chainfires method and he has a file for our W8 model. It's more the roms I curious about.
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Yeah, thats what I meant. Gonna wait in general until the rom variants are sorted, who knows maybe there will even be a way to root without trip.
Hey guys. I got a notification about a software update for my Rogers G900W8.
Was wondering if I should apply this update and would it affect root?
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I made a post about this the next day the S5 was lunch. Rooting wasn't an issue for me as for flashing ROMS, some are compatible here, just need to ask them first. I'm wondering if we'll get our forum as well.
Tybalt said:
Hey guys. I got a notification about a software update for my Rogers G900W8.
Was wondering if I should apply this update and would it affect root?
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I got my phone 5 days ago had the same update notification, I did the update and then used chainfires root file and AL worked well no issues with that.
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xaznxplaya said:
I made a post about this the next day the S5 was lunch. Rooting wasn't an issue for me as for flashing ROMS, some are compatible here, just need to ask them first. I'm wondering if we'll get our forum as well.
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I would think most roms would work, I'm just wondering about our modem and baseband. Is it just a matter of flashing our modems to ensure lte function.
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bodson66 said:
I would think most roms would work, I'm just wondering about our modem and baseband. Is it just a matter of flashing our modems to ensure lte function.
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Meh, I didn't think about that =/. I guess you get no signals if modem/baseball aren't compatible. Is there a link to get our modem/baseband?
On the Note 3 N900w8 users got lucky, they could downgrade to JellyBean and back to Kitkat without issues, could root (on JB) without tripping KNOX and can pretty much flash ANY international ROM on their device (in this case the N9005 ROMs, N900T ROMs etc) -- IT is possible, now I use this term very very loosely that you *may* be able to flash a whole lot more than w8 only ROMs.