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[Q] Question re version of phone which I have

Apologies if this may sound like a silly question.
I have an international version of the S4, the jfltexx version. I then flashed it with Jamal's 4.3 GE ROM.
Is my device considered i9505G now?
I'm asking as I've experienced a lot of problems flashing CM 10.2 roms using the jfltexx version of TWRP.
I'm thinking of switching to the jgedlte version to see if my problems will be solved
Thanks for your help!

No. You now have an i9505 running a GE rom.
If you have the international version then best to only use international Roms.
Sent from my GT-I9505 whilst taking a s**t

ok, got it.
But under phone info, i noticed this:
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So i got confused... and besides, there are quite a number of rooting apps that I have been using, they report that my device is not supported (although I am quite sure it is since it's listed on the play store that they support i9505... so this leads me to suspect that my phone is now operating as an i9505G?)

The rom changed your build.prop to i9505G. You can change it back with a build.prop editor, I use the one in Rom Toolbox.
Apps look for your model number in your build.prop to check that your device is compatible, as yours has been changed its tricking the apps into thinking you have an i9505G.
Your phone ain't changed, it's still just an i9505
Sent from my GT-I9505 whilst taking a s**t

Obagleyfreer said:
The rom changed your build.prop to i9505G. You can change it back with a build.prop editor, I use the one in Rom Toolbox.
Apps look for your model number in your build.prop to check that your device is compatible, as yours has been changed its tricking the apps into thinking you have an i9505G.
Your phone ain't changed, it's still just an i9505
Sent from my GT-I9505 whilst taking a s**t
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Thanks! But in terms of custom recoveries and ROM flashing, does the build.prop matter? will it result in errors in installation etc.?
I'm asking as i've been having alot of problems flashing CM 10.2 using TWRP meant for i9505.
I've yet to try flashing through the TWRP meant for i9505G yet.

Samsung ATIV S can't detect any sim

HI guys,
I bought an ATIV S in Malaysia running on stock rom and not bound to any carrier. Changed the CSC to ATO and updated to GDR3. Used the phone for few days and then sent it to my brother in another country with a different time zone. When he tired to put his sim the phone can't detect it.....sim card missing. He tried multiple sims but all not detected.
I am confused as what could be the reason since it was working fine in Malaysia. What shall i do ?

mughal90 said:
HI guys,
I bought an ATIV S in Malaysia running on stock rom and not bound to any carrier. Changed the CSC to ATO and updated to GDR3. Used the phone for few days and then sent it to my brother in another country with a different time zone. When he tired to put his sim the phone can't detect it.....sim card missing. He tried multiple sims but all not detected.
I am confused as what could be the reason since it was working fine in Malaysia. What shall i do ?
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First of all, this is the Developement & Hacking section. This question belongs to the Q & A forum, where it will be answered. Please only post relevant threds in Developement & Hacking.
To answer your question:
Has he tried a hardreset? Maybe this is a bug related to the change of the CSC.
Are you sure that the phone was not damaged in any way while sending it to your brother? Let him take a look at the SIM-tray and see if a pin is missing, broken or whatever. This happened to a friend's phone just recently.
If nothing works, try to flash another ROM. If this doesn't fix your issue, it is most probably a hardware defect.

Sorry for posting in wrong section, guess i was in a hurry n didnt realize dat. Btw d problem has been identified n it turns out dat d sims from local carriers r different n d chip does not really come in contact with d pins due to different dimensions. In pic top 1 doesnt work while bottom one works.
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2nd hand phone - almost blank screen after booting & selecting language

Apparently the owner ran into an issue after trying to update to kit Kat with Odin. I presume he tried to flash the stock firmware since be doesnt know what root means. He says it boots up fine and you manage to get into the select language screen. But afterwards you get a sparse black screen.
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Sounds fixable. I should be able Odin another rom and flash cwm, root it and custom rom etc right?
Sent from my Galaxy S3

Looks like it's running acustom ROM at the moment.
If the owner knows how to flash firmware on a phone, why hasn't he fixed it himself?
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Obagleyfreer said:
Looks like it's running acustom ROM at the moment.
If the owner knows how to flash firmware on a phone, why hasn't he fixed it himself?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Premium HD app
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Um. The screenshot is of my phone showing his screenshot on gumtree.
This is his screenshot
I get what you mean though. Isn't Odin only used by users who know? Since normal users would perhaps use kies? Lol
Sent from my Galaxy S3

Sigh. Bought the phone, for 200 though. I flashed a stock firmware via Odin. Still same screen as above. Sigh. I tried rooting it and getting Philz touch on it. Touch input does not seem to work. Loaded aosp roms and kernels onto the phone. Flashed it via Philz recovery. Gives me bootloops.
Ideas?
Sent from my Galaxy S3

Managed to somehow install a aosp rom. Touch input doesn't work? Wtf? How do I fix it? Screen lights up fine so what's the issue?
Managed to get it linked to adb somehow. Any way I can fix the touch issue?
Sent from my Galaxy S3

same problem!!
bro any solution u found?? cuz i am having same problem..stuck after selecting language..

[Q] Need some information about I9502 (Samsung galaxy S4 Dual)

I had purchased an I9502 through olx.in, last week.
Second hand.
Due to rare users, there is no dedicated thread on XDA for my device
Now, many questions arises.
I had updated to official lollipop (5.0.1), by SAMMOBILE's official ROM. After upgrading, my second SIM cant connect to network. So I revert back it to KK (4.4.2). Still the problem persists !!!!! . I couldn't use it as a dual sim phone Is PDA and CSC version is important while flashing? or we could install any PDA/CSC rom version on samsung phones? I don't know the original ROM so, I had downloaded all firmwares available at sammobile and tested. only 2 of them managed to register my SIM(first) on network. Is it a hardware issue? or by a wrong ROM ? anyway now my mobile admitted at hospital and specialized doctors have been studying his disease

Is there anyone using dual SIM without any errors?

The PDA and CSC are vital to ensure you get the right regional variant for your device. The only exception is if the phone is unlocked for use on another carrier, in which case you can use a ROM from any region. Where you have the dual SIM version however, you only have one region available to you, but with multiple Android versions. The firmware here is the latest for your device. Do a factory reset before flashing through Odin.

I am totally disappointed.
My technician said that it had lost IMEI !
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What will I do?

Is there anyway to recover its IMEI?
I had followed all guidelines available through search.
But, I couldn't...
Please help me on this....

Flash just the modem through Odin. You can extract it from the firmware download. Sometimes the modem needs to be flashed twice before everything functions correctly.
Other than that, I'm not aware of anything else software-wise that can be done. You'll need to take the phone to Samsung themselves and have them look at it.

spknair
Try this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/guide-recover-imei-9-steps-t1264021
I had the same situation and it worked

Help me figure this out

Hey I just bought my galaxy note 4 from my country's carrier yesterday and it started with lollipop right out of the box and it had some issues like old galaxy apps which wouldnt update so I did factory reset and solved that out. I find it not normal that it wasn't running kitkat. And I also noticed that my basedband version differs from my build number. What does this mean exactly? Also there is a section at the bottom of my about device which says configuration version not available. Please good ppl help me out to figure this out. And just to repeat, the device is bought from the official carrier's store. I'm applying screen shots .
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Well it didn't let me upload as a new user
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Download this application and use its Refurbishment Check to see whether it's new or not.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
Also, you could upload the Screenshots to imgur and post the links here.
Remove the dots in the URL if you're not allowed to post links.

Full firmware reset
ipettkov said:
Hey I just bought my galaxy note 4 from my country's carrier yesterday and it started with lollipop right out of the box and it had some issues like old galaxy apps which wouldnt update so I did factory reset and solved that out. I find it not normal that it wasn't running kitkat. And I also noticed that my basedband version differs from my build number. What does this mean exactly? Also there is a section at the bottom of my about device which says configuration version not available. Please good ppl help me out to figure this out. And just to repeat, the device is bought from the official carrier's store. I'm applying screen shots .
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Hi man just do a firmware reset, go to sammobile.com, dowload your latest firmware, download also the .pit file associated to your model, flash with odin, add to that one or two factory reset then you're done !! :good: