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[Completed] [Q] Galaxy S4 19505 Internation Version Stock ROM required. Help!

Dear All,
I am a newbie to this site and a bit to Android. I've rooted by Samsung Galaxy S4 19505 (International Version) using Towel Root and installed clockwork recovery and used a custom ROM 'Cyanogenmod' for a while. Cyanogenmod 10.2 crashes a lot and therefore I decided to go back to stock rom. There was some md5 checksum mismatch when I tried to come back to my stock rom and therefore I could not do it. I found links to download official ROMs for variants of different countries but couldn't find one for the 'International Version'. I am looking for the stock ROM of S4-19505 International Version. Please help me to find the stock ROM for my phone. Thanks in advance.

Hi,
Here is a guide on returning your device to stock...links included for firmware. You can also ask for help in the thread,
> Samsung Galaxy S 4 i9500, i9505, i9505G, i9506 > Galaxy S 4 General > [GUIDE] Unroot/Unbrick, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 & I9505
Good luck!

[Completed] [Q] HOW to Root a samsung galaxy note 4 from rogers

Hi guys,
i have a samsung galaxy note 4 from rogers and i want to root my phone but i don't know how to root it is there anybody who can help me with this??
here the information:
Model number: SM-N910W8
ANDROID VERSION: 5.0.1
Baseband version: N910W8VLU1BOC4
and if anything goes wrong is there a original firmware that i can put back in it, if it doesn't work??

Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. For root see this,http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/orig-development/sm-n910-cf-auto-root-t2897428. For stock firmware go to sammobile.com or see this,http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/ref-stock-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2920452

jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. For root see this,http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/orig-development/sm-n910-cf-auto-root-t2897428. For stock firmware go to sammobile.com or see this,http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/ref-stock-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2920452
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but my note 4 has the ANDROID VERSION: 5.0.1, does it change anything?? because on one of the 2 link you gave me says version 4.4.4

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[Completed] Galaxy S4 installing 4.12 or 4.22

Hi all,
Using a galaxy S4 here and I installed 4.4.2 via odin from 5.01 lollipop (because it takes to much ram) but also I tried to install 4.3 after successfully installing 4.4.2 with odin and for some reason it failed?
Both the firmwares (4.4.2 and 4.3) were downloaded from Sammobile and both are official vodafone firmwares, but only 4.4.2 works without a "fail". Also tried 4.2.2 (again officail from sammobile) and that was a fail also.
Any ideas? I did root the phone via odin using the "CF-Auto-root-jflte-jfltexx-gti-i9505.tar.md5" file then installed 4.4.2 but cant seem to install any older firmware from sammobile.
Am i missing something here?
Thanks

Hi there,
Once stock 4.3/4.4.2/5.x.x firmware is flashed, you can not downgrade to a previous version due to the new bootloader updated.
Please use this thread for more questions:
[HELP THREAD] Galaxy S4 | Ask any question | Noob friendly.
Good luck

[Q] Can I update my Galaxy s5 (SM G900f) manually

Hi,
I have a galaxy s5 (sm g900f) which is from France. The mobile got unlocked but what happened is the OS has been changed from lollipop to Kitkat and the mobile has been rooted also and the IMEI also changed. Now I want to install the android 5 in my mobile. Can any one plz suggest official stock firm ware (android 5- lolipop). I tried to find out but can't choose the one which supports my mobile. Can any one help me out of this.
The build number was : KOT49H.G900FXXU1ANJ1 and
baseband version is : G900FXXU1ANJ1.

Just use Odin to flash the firmware of your choice.
Search on how to use it, download the appropriate firmware, and flash it onto your device.
After all of these steps, you should be at the Android version that you want.
P.S. You will most likely find the firmware you want at sammobile(at least that was what I was using with my s3)

[Completed] Can I use Safestrap and Xposed on my (AT&T G900A) Galaxy S5?

I originally had KitKat 4.4.2 rooted using towelroot, but I got tired of the ugly TouchWiz UI and wanted to try Lollipop. I successfully used the FlashFire method and flashed a pre-rooted Lollipop OF3 Stock ROM (DeOdexed) and I am using the OA1 Bootloader (I believe it's KitKat) which I flashed with Odin.
I would like to use Safestrap to flash the .zip required to use Xposed on Lollipop. I read that to get safestrap somewhat functioning, you have to flash a stock kernal to get it to boot into safestrap, flash your .zip, then flash another kernal to ensure that the phone actually boots after using safestrap.
I can't find a straightforward answer as to what kernals I should be using to do this for my specific phone and if it is even possible. I will list my phone's details below.
Thank you!
-AT&T Samsung Galaxy S5 G900A
-Lollipop 5.0 (Pre-rooted OF3 Stock ROM)
-G900A OA1 Bootloader (KitKat bootloader?)

XDA Visitor said:
I originally had KitKat 4.4.2 rooted using towelroot, but I got tired of the ugly TouchWiz UI and wanted to try Lollipop. I successfully used the FlashFire method and flashed a pre-rooted Lollipop OF3 Stock ROM (DeOdexed) and I am using the OA1 Bootloader (I believe it's KitKat) which I flashed with Odin.
I would like to use Safestrap to flash the .zip required to use Xposed on Lollipop. I read that to get safestrap somewhat functioning, you have to flash a stock kernal to get it to boot into safestrap, flash your .zip, then flash another kernal to ensure that the phone actually boots after using safestrap.
I can't find a straightforward answer as to what kernals I should be using to do this for my specific phone and if it is even possible. I will list my phone's details below.
Thank you!
-AT&T Samsung Galaxy S5 G900A
-Lollipop 5.0 (Pre-rooted OF3 Stock ROM)
-G900A OA1 Bootloader (KitKat bootloader?)
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Hello, and thank you fro using XDA Assist!
Please go ahead and create an account, so you can post in other forums.
Then, check out the > AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5 > AT&T Galaxy S5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum, and post your question there.
Your device experts can be found there and will be happy to help.
Good luck!