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Samsung Galaxy S4 Official Discussion Thread V8, The fourth Galaxy series.
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arboon
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 Jan 9 2014, 05:40 PM
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i hope this is the right place to ask this...
my brother just bought me a (new) S4 from Australia. he got it online, supposedly it's a brand new machine shipped from HK.
but when i unboxed it, it's all in French ( o____O )?!?!
switched it on, it is branded to SFR. even has an SFR app in it, besides the standard SamsungApps on top of GoogleApps.
firmware - I9505XXUAME2
so my question is, can i flash it to a local firmware? should i?!
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xpole
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Jan 9 2014, 11:06 PM
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QUOTE(arboon @ Jan 9 2014, 05:40 PM) i hope this is the right place to ask this... my brother just bought me a (new) S4 from Australia. he got it online, supposedly it's a brand new machine shipped from HK. but when i unboxed it, it's all in French ( o____O )?!?! switched it on, it is branded to SFR. even has an SFR app in it, besides the standard SamsungApps on top of GoogleApps. firmware - I9505XXUAME2 so my question is, can i flash it to a local firmware? should i?! Why your brother didn't sent back to claim for new set? |
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mudkipryan94
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Jan 10 2014, 12:43 AM
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QUOTE(arboon @ Jan 9 2014, 05:40 PM) i hope this is the right place to ask this... my brother just bought me a (new) S4 from Australia. he got it online, supposedly it's a brand new machine shipped from HK. but when i unboxed it, it's all in French ( o____O )?!?! switched it on, it is branded to SFR. even has an SFR app in it, besides the standard SamsungApps on top of GoogleApps. firmware - I9505XXUAME2 so my question is, can i flash it to a local firmware? should i?! yes, flashable as long as your model mentioned  |
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arboon
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Jan 10 2014, 12:48 AM
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didn't know until too late. i'm not bothered by that tho.
just thinking if i should flash a local firmware & root it only...
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mudkipryan94
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Jan 10 2014, 12:50 AM
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QUOTE(arboon @ Jan 10 2014, 12:48 AM) didn't know until too late. i'm not bothered by that tho. just thinking if i should flash a local firmware & root it only... flash 1st... den root...(just update to BMG8 firmwares if u wanna avoid the Knox) |
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fkinmeng
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Jan 10 2014, 11:52 AM
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my stupid s4 keep auto shut off, last time send to SC before to service. now stupid sickness back again.  |
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Cavino
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Jan 10 2014, 12:06 PM
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Anyone have any idea on solving the widgets stop updating issues? It has become more frequent nowadays, the clock widget just stop and then notice all other widgets also hang.
The apps of the widget still runs ok and updated ok, just the widget stop updating. Have to reboot to solve everytime.
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EdwinCodec
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Jan 10 2014, 06:41 PM
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TSahodil
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Jan 10 2014, 07:14 PM
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TSahodil
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Jan 10 2014, 07:14 PM
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oh dammit EdwinCodec you beat me ..
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mudkipryan94
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Jan 10 2014, 09:07 PM
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QUOTE(EdwinCodec @ Jan 10 2014, 06:41 PM) damn... my phone now using Xperia Z....  .. n S4 4G lend to my friends sistar liao... damn u SamMobile.... |
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fkinmeng
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Jan 11 2014, 02:11 AM
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February or March...  |
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arboon
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Jan 11 2014, 02:16 AM
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QUOTE(mudkipryan94 @ Jan 10 2014, 12:50 AM) flash 1st... den root...(just update to BMG8 firmwares if u wanna avoid the Knox) do i need to unroot first? BMG8 would be 4.2.2 isn't it? newer 4.3 any good? |
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mudkipryan94
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Jan 11 2014, 08:17 AM
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QUOTE(arboon @ Jan 11 2014, 02:16 AM) do i need to unroot first? BMG8 would be 4.2.2 isn't it? newer 4.3 any good? for flash clean rom for BMG8 , is automatically unroots about version, yes.. till 4.3 ... like let say, if u use ChainFire-root, Knox triggered to 0x1.(warranty depends on situation)...n if u wanna clean root, u may refer XDA members, Djembry's post to root it.. |
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namh
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Jan 11 2014, 10:21 AM
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QUOTE(mudkipryan94 @ Jan 11 2014, 08:17 AM) for flash clean rom for BMG8 , is automatically unroots about version, yes.. till 4.3 ... like let say, if u use ChainFire-root, Knox triggered to 0x1.(warranty depends on situation)...n if u wanna clean root, u may refer XDA members, Djembry's post to root it.. what do you mean by clean root? DjeMBeY method will not increase KNOX counter? or it just CF-Root and make the status official only? |
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mudkipryan94
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Jan 11 2014, 11:06 AM
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QUOTE(namh @ Jan 11 2014, 10:21 AM) what do you mean by clean root? DjeMBeY method will not increase KNOX counter? or it just CF-Root and make the status official only? clean root means... Unofficial/official-firmware + supersu ready.. that included free knox tripping...man 2nd.Djmeby method quite good for those who wanna root w/o tripping knox... 3rd. if u using CF-root, Knox counter will tripped to 0x1 n the status will change to offical bro... This post has been edited by mudkipryan94: Jan 11 2014, 11:08 AM |
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EdwinCodec
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Jan 11 2014, 02:05 PM
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Ok something funny happened. Rmb my proximity issue? I've fixed it like finally! Guess what I did?
Basically I've been trying to fix it right after EMK8 update, reflash stock rom, factory reset, blow hard on earpiece hole and etc had been done but none of them works so I finally got super pissed off with it today as it got worst by going on itself. So here comes the interesting part, I whacked kinda hard on the table (Phone's Surface direction) and it's working again lolol.
Quite disappointed on Samsung. This is like some China-lousy made products.
This post has been edited by EdwinCodec: Jan 11 2014, 02:08 PM
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mudkipryan94
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Jan 11 2014, 02:07 PM
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QUOTE(EdwinCodec @ Jan 11 2014, 02:05 PM) Ok something funny happened. Rmb my proximity issue? I've fixed it like finally! Guess what I did? Basically I've been trying to fix it right after EMK8 update, reflash stock rom, factory reset, blow hard on earpiece hole and etc had been done but none of them works so I finally got super pissed off with it today as it got worst by going on itself. So here comes the interesting part, I whack kinda hard on the table (Phone's Surface direction) and it's working again lolol.  shit this man... anyway thanks man.. n i out of the S4 league... and next week jump to Nexus 5 league  |
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EdwinCodec
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Jan 11 2014, 02:11 PM
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QUOTE(mudkipryan94 @ Jan 11 2014, 02:07 PM) shit this man... anyway thanks man.. n i out of the S4 league... and next week jump to Nexus 5 league Syok lorh. I'm gonna wait Nexus officially launch in Malaysia and then decide whether to wait for iPhone 6 or Go nexus |
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mudkipryan94
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Jan 11 2014, 02:20 PM
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QUOTE(EdwinCodec @ Jan 11 2014, 02:11 PM) Syok lorh. I'm gonna wait Nexus officially launch in Malaysia and then decide whether to wait for iPhone 6 or Go nexus mari nexus la...  unlock BL.. root den flash anything u want liao |
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