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Galaxy S4 i9500 rom written to i9505 device!!!NEED HELP.

Hi guys.I am new to forum so i didn't know where to open this thread.Also i have checked internet for a solution but never seen a dumb thing like this before in my life.So even google search engine couldn't help me about that.
One of my friend has purchased a device from dubai.it is an original device of i9505 with snapdragon 600 processor.I am personally using an i9500 octa version btw.my friend told me to check his device after he had problems with gsm service+wifi for 3g doesn't connect(or connect and drops fast) so i went to check his device.i have used some system info tools and benchmark softwares to identify the device is ok.but NO IT WAS NOT OK.all of the system info tools says that the device is i9500 but it has snapdragon processor.some idiot somehow managed to write i9500 rom to i9505 and it is working with problems.i have checked camera both ok frontal and rear.and other device properties working good as well.i should expect that it should even fail to boot but somehow working with great deal of no phone service+3g problem(phone service sometimes work i really don't know how it works or how it fails).
So i decided to make things right.Which is put the right original galaxy s4 i9505 rom to that device.i have checked sammobile and found germany version of kitkat.
general info : device is rooted.it says it has Wanamlite rom 4.2.2.
My Try list:
1)downloaded odin 3.09 and followed the instructions.(used the official rom given from sammobile.)and put the mobile to download mode(i couldn't do it with volume down+home+power button cos it is not working)but i thought i was lucky cos that custom rom had an option when i push the power button/restart/ it says there is a download menu so i choose that to put the device to download mod.after that i was hoping odin will do the job.but it FAILED DUE TO WRITE PROTECTION ENABLED on device.
2)i tried to setup cwm recovery to device(which i figured out later it was already on device but i didn't know it was there).downloaded rom manager from playstore.and i thought it would work.rom managers says i had 2 recovery programs or rom managers on the phone 1 is cwm and other is teamwin recovery.also rom manager asks me to update or upgrade cwm but it does't recognise the device cos it is i9505 with i9500 rom and rom manager couldn't identify the device as it should be.so cwm update doesn't work.also i couldn't get to the user interface of cwm which is already on the device no matter what i do.also i know old version of cwm will not make it happen for what i need to do if i was able to get in the user interface as well.i think teamwin is blocking cwm.
so on rom manager i decided to use the team win cos there is no other option for me there which puts the phone after a restart to recovery mod,the user interface works ok there but teamwin also FAILED TO WRITE THE ROM(i think it is an old version too)i couldn't say the exact version of cwm cos the device is not with me and i forget the version but team win i asked to my friend just yet and he said TWRP 2.6.00 is on it.
3)CWM i can't even get to user interface,i really don't know how to with team win there.So yeah i couldn't even give a try.
4)I am stuck.and i don't know what to do.
general user profile about me: i have a general understanding of computers,but i haven't written any rom to galaxy s4 before yet i found myself in a situation i can't handle.someone screwed up an i9505 with a i9500 rom.
ANY HELP FROM ANYONE will be very appriciated.

i have managed to upgrade tw recovery with flashify to final version but in odin still write protection is enabled in the download mod.so odin again failed.btw after upgrading tw with flashify i lost my ability to get into operating system.i just have tw recovery on the screen atm.
the rom file i tried is this one I9505XXUFNB8_I9505VFGFNB3_I9505XXUFNB8_HOME.tar.md5 which i have downloaded from sammobile.
I9505XXUFNB8_I9505VFGFNB3_VOD.zip vodafone version it says for uk.
now i have a screen of tw recovery when the device opens.strange thing is i have 2 versions of tw recovery installed at the same time.when i press volume up+home+power tw version 2.6.00 loads.
or when i open the device with only power button tw recovery 2.7 loads.no operating system yet.
i tried I9505XXUFNB8_I9505VFGFNB3_VOD.zip with tw. it gave me an error of md5 not found and failed.
what now?
anybody around there to help?
another note : i don't know if it is important or not but it says the product name is sghi337.checked google it says at-t network.is this a useful information or what to identify the problem?
all i want is any rom to make the device work again with fully functioning.

after having twrp 2.7 i tried some roms had md5 error,so after a search i wanted to try wanamlite rom wanamlite-xxufnbe-v2-4-android-kitkat-4-4-2-xposed.after installing wanamlite rom it has asked me to reboot.so i did reboot it.it had adam kernel 2.1 version.
i was expecting the device will reboot but thanks to at&t for making odin useless + making twrp useless as well.it had a message on the screen and it was written ''samsung custom'' with a locker logo open.i thought i have to wait for the first boot and be patient and after waiting about half an hour still nothing.(on the left up of the screen written red : kernel)i checked more than maybe hundreds of threads to find an answer about at&t sghi337 galaxy s4 and some ppl say i have to change the kernel.and some say i have to change it to at&t kernel i searched again for an at&t kernel i found a file name KT-SGS4-TW-JB-ATT-06-06-2013.zip.then i gave a try to that.but suddenly i realized i have lost the ability of booting to twrp 2.7.all i have left with is twrp 2.6.00 when i press volume up+home.still lucky to have it.i used that kernel reboot and got a message on the screen ''system software not authorized by at&t''.then i started searching again ppl say about loki doki.downloaded the file and flashed it on at&t kernel this time it showed samsung logo appeared and the boot sound which you know all of us familiar with and samsung led was blue.the led was like it is a pounding heart coming on and off.this should be the first load of the rom i thought again and waited and got no result.it didn't load again.failed failed and failed many times.
i also tried this file named MDOB-KERNEL2STOCK-LIB.zip.flashed it no result again.failed.this result was another strange thing.it was showing samsung custom logo boot it with sound and then turn the device off after 10 seconds.and repeats the process.reboots sounds and reboots again and again.
questions :
1) do i have a bootloader locked device?since i can't use odin to flash anything.(odin version 3.09) and if i have what can i do to fix it?
2)since i only have twrp 2.6.00 how can i upgrade it to 2.7 back with twrp.i mean twrp update using twrp.
3)with twrp 2.6.00 i used wanamlite rom kitkat version.and it says it has flashed it.but can it flash roms succesfully enough like 4.4.2?if it says it flashed everything is ok? or it misses some important features to make the rom work.what is the maximum capability of twrp 2.6.00.Do i have to try roms like 4.2.2?
4)about kernels with at&t i337 galaxy s4 what can i do?what should be the reason preventing the rom load successfully?if i have access to twrp does it mean i don't have to mess with bootloader cos i have already passed that step and got an interface for loading roms?i mean everything is ok with bootloader if i have twrp installed user interface? and after flashing a rom do i have to use the specific kernel coming with the rom or can i use any kernel for the device like stock kernels(doen't allow me to load) with loki doki or some kernels with loki doki?
i am so helpless,please enlighten me with your knowledge.any moderators or any developers can answer me?or help me?
stuck in the middle of nowhere.please help.

Getting some progress at the end!!!
Since twrp 2.6.00 is the only option i have,or i can say ''was the only option i had'' i knew i had to get an android user interface for upgrading my recovery.after a bit more search i found slimroms for android version 4.2.2 just to make the device run,and it is already loki patched.so yeah that rom flashed as lightspeed and loaded extremely fast!that worked!!! i have downloaded aptoide market since it was lacking google apps.and downloaded flashify to upgrade the version of twrp to 2.7.01.from now on i believe i can find my way to whichever kitkat rom that is loki patched would work with this recovery support.
THANKS TO SLIMROMS for making downloadable and flashable small sized roms and tnx for the guy whoever found the loki way to make it possible.Also great thanks to TWRP team!!!
PLEASE NOTE THAT : Why did i write this after no reply or no help or no messages to this thread?Because i have figured out my way reading,trying and hard pushing after failing a lot but i found my way with xda developers threads out there even no one ever replied for help.I mean thanks anyway :cyclops:

When in doubt, flash to stock ROM and proceed from there.

you mean to tell me u cant enter download mode? ask someone to press the 3 buttons together to enter it and flash the firmware specified for that S4.

Samsung galaxy express 2 problem

So like a year ago i rooted my phone(Express 2) and everything went fine. But a month ago i smashed it to a table and the screen broke so then i bought a new phone and a new screen and i was going to sell my old phone. But when i had fixed the screen and booted it up and i got the samsung logo and in the corner was Recovery booting.... Set warranty bit: Recovery
And after that i googled a bit and found some stuff like go back to stock and using PIT files with the stock. And i tried that but it didnt work. The only thing i can acces is download mode! Any help is appreciated!

Same problem , any solution ? I've tried to upgrade to stock 4.4.2, still can't enter recovery or to open it , is still bricked , neitherer cwm or twrp won't work.Please help

ady97bv said:
Same problem , any solution ? I've tried to upgrade to stock 4.4.2, still can't enter recovery or to open it , is still bricked , neitherer cwm or twrp won't work.Please help
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Had this problem myself. When I reflashed ROM with ODIN it disappeared. And since it's 4.4.2 android - download 4.4.2 ROM, because 4.2.2 doesn't work anymore.

Benderisas said:
Had this problem myself. When I reflashed ROM with ODIN it disappeared. And since it's 4.4.2 android - download 4.4.2 ROM, because 4.2.2 doesn't work anymore.
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Thanks for the reply, but i've tried diferent variants of the 4.4.2 from sammobile , and same problem .. i think is because of hardware , now my phone is in service for a resoft , maybe they know what to do .

Still want help please , I want a cwm for flashing with Odin , maybe it will work .Thanks

Marshmallow for Samsung Edge SM-915F - Rom can not be updated

Hello I am looking for and have been trying to get one of the momentarily available version of the marshmallow running on my Edge. So far without any success.
I am now running a 5.01 version with custom rom. I applied the new bootloader from mickey387 in order to install roms, mack backups etc. Then I tried to get a newer Rom like the following running, so far without success:
Galaxy-NoTEdge-1.0BETA2
N915F-DPC7Binh24_Deodex
DBT-N915FYXXU1DPE1-20160524112616
The problem is that when trying to apply for example the DBT version, the recovery stopps and is not going to install it. The NotEdge could be installed but resulted in a bootloop. The DPC7 version i currently downloading, so I could not really test it.
What could be the problem ? Do I have to downgrade first to another "Stockrom" or do I need to upgrade to another newer version abbove 5.01 and after that to the version 6 ?
I f so could anyone help me or point me in the right directions ? Here are the programms and tools I already have on my computer:
BETA-SuperSU-v2.67-20160121175247
Odin3_v3.11.1
twrp_3.0-915F-915FY-915G-915V.tar
twrp_3.0-915F_FY_G.zip
Kernel6.0.1.tar
Sboot.6.0.1.tar
N915F-DPC7Binh24_Deodex.zip
DBT-N915FYXXU1DPE1-20160524112616.zip
Galaxy-NoTEdge-1.0BETA2.zip
With the Deodex Rom the following occurs:
with the deodex after flashing boot runs only into recovery mode, no restart to phone menu.

Samsung Galaxy J500F Chinese

Recently i bought a Samsung Galaxy J500F on a very popular auction site and when it arrived it seemed all well & good ...all worked great and was in English etc.. but i tried to flash a custom rom onto it via TWRP but it didnt acceot the ROM, failed almost instantly so went to apply my restore and that failed after about 50% so just went ahead and did a factory restore but now the phone starts up with LTE Lite logo, goes to the Samsung boot logo and everything is in Chinese...i managed to change the language back to English but the phone is stuck on OS 5.1 and will not update and i cannot instal Play Store, that just opens then shuts instantly..
My question is does anybody know how i can flash this phone with another ROM and what firmware i would need etc.. i have tried very_simply rom, revolution remix & a couple of what i thought were stock roms but they all fail when trying to instal via TWRP
any help with would be greatly appreciated, thank you very much

change baseband and firmware

hello
i have a galaxy s6 920F zerofltelgt
i had first a stock rom with android 6 installed on it
so i've install TWRP then a custom rom
i tried this one: 10 LineageOS-10-zero-multitarget-2020-04-13_2047 17.1
but the phone cant boot even i try flashing it multiple times and reboot the phone many times
i also tried this one:
10 EvolutionX_4.3_zerofltexx-10.0-20200511-1751-OFFICIAL
but i always get problems in calling and the phone call apk tells me the the call in ended while it is not, when i try to make a call it takes me to the previous one
i tried this one:
9 Havoc-OS-v2.1-20190129-zero-common-Unofficial
but i get lot of bugs, for example: when tring to open the dialer the phone stuvks in a dark screen, when i click night mode the screen turns dark
so i start thinking that the problem is in my phone and not in these roms
in this topic:
https://www.getdroidtips.com/havoc-os-samsung-galaxy-s6/
they wrire: You should be running the latest firmware on Samsung Galaxy S6: Download.
so i think the problem is may be here. and i dont know what to do now
my current baseband is: g920kkku3dpe3
my kernel is: 3.10.108 hyper flx
do i need to flash the phone with a v7 android version? (G920FXXU6ESA1 ) or there is a way to just flash the needed partition?
i hope that you can help
Edit: i've flashed Stock 0920k rom via odin then custom ROM
but i still have the same problem with Havoc OS. that what i've tested now

ARDV said:
hello
i have a galaxy s6 920F zerofltelgt
i had first a stock rom with android 6 installed on it
so i've install TWRP then a custom rom
i tried this one: 10 LineageOS-10-zero-multitarget-2020-04-13_2047 17.1
but the phone cant boot even i try flashing it multiple times and reboot the phone many times
i also tried this one:
10 EvolutionX_4.3_zerofltexx-10.0-20200511-1751-OFFICIAL
but i always get problems in calling and the phone call apk tells me the the call in ended while it is not, when i try to make a call it takes me to the previous one
i tried this one:
9 Havoc-OS-v2.1-20190129-zero-common-Unofficial
but i get lot of bugs, for example: when tring to open the dialer the phone stuvks in a dark screen, when i click night mode the screen turns dark
so i start thinking that the problem is in my phone and not in these roms
in this topic:
https://www.getdroidtips.com/havoc-os-samsung-galaxy-s6/
they wrire: You should be running the latest firmware on Samsung Galaxy S6: Download.
so i think the problem is may be here. and i dont know what to do now
my current baseband is: g920kkku3dpe3
my kernel is: 3.10.108 hyper flx
do i need to flash the phone with a v7 android version? (G920FXXU6ESA1 ) or there is a way to just flash the needed partition?
i hope that you can help
Edit: i've flashed Stock 0920k rom via odin then custom ROM
but i still have the same problem with Havoc OS. that what i've tested now
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Just flash latest Stock firmware first and you're good
Yes Android 7 latest stock version

Johannesdavidsen said:
Just flash latest Stock firmware first and you're good
Yes Android 7 latest stock version
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yes i did, i flashed the latest stock rom:
G920KKKU3ERG1_G920KKTC3ERG1_KTC
i'm now using this rom:
FloydRom_V5.1_Exynos7420
i still have the calling problem, i cant make add call, when i click it the phone caller bugs and i cant hear the first calling and the calling screen goes off and i cant get it back. and also when i get a waiting call it bugs, i cant hear the first one and it tells me: call ends. but it is not end.
i cant stay with stock 7 rom because i really need the dark mode and the night mode.

ARDV said:
yes i did, i flashed the latest stock rom:
G920KKKU3ERG1_G920KKTC3ERG1_KTC
i'm now using this rom:
FloydRom_V5.1_Exynos7420
i still have the calling problem, i cant make add call, when i click it the phone caller bugs and i cant hear the first calling and the calling screen goes off and i cant get it back. and also when i get a waiting call it bugs, i cant hear the first one and it tells me: call ends. but it is not end.
i cant stay with stock 7 rom because i really need the dark mode and the night mode.
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Try this page: https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=313737
if your phone is:
flat select: zerofltexx [it has f ]
If it is edge select: zeroltexx [no f here.]