Samsung Galaxy S4

[Noob-Noob]

Umm... Have you tried OneClickRoot?

i have not, let me quickly have a look

30$

 

[Noob-Noob]

Mystery solved, when they say original Samsung cable, they don't mean original lumia cable
Device rooted now, now to figure out how custom roms work.

Edit
Noob question,
Will any rom work with my carrier?

Edit 2
I'm getting agitated now, WTF is a "Kernel"?, i though its was easy as i download a rom, flash it and boom, New "non samsung" OS?, why are they talking about different Kernels?

 

[DA-LION-619]

Mystery solved, when they say original Samsung cable, they don't mean original lumia cable
Device rooted now, now to figure out how custom roms work.

Noob question,
Will any rom work with my carrier?

Cable is a cable...

 

[OGroteKoning]

Cable is a cable...

Nope. I learnt that cables are not created equal. You do get bad quality cables. With DSLR Controller, you will find out quickly what is the difference between a decent and crap cable. I will concede however that the Nokia cable should work a they have anyways supplied good quality cables. Something eise must have gone wrong.

 

[OGroteKoning]

Mystery solved, when they say original Samsung cable, they don't mean original lumia cable
Device rooted now, now to figure out how custom roms work.

Edit
Noob question,
Will any rom work with my carrier?

Edit 2
I'm getting agitated now, WTF is a "Kernel"?, i though its was easy as i download a rom, flash it and boom, New "non samsung" OS?, why are they talking about different Kernels?

In theory any rom should be okay with your carrier. It is much more a hardware issue than a software issue. You might find that the signal is different, but then you can always flash a different modem that performs better.

You shouldn't worry about kernels fit now. The rom will come with a kernel. People (myself included) pay around with kernels to optimise performance and/or battery life.

 

[DA-LION-619]

Mystery solved, when they say original Samsung cable, they don't mean original lumia cable
Device rooted now, now to figure out how custom roms work.

Edit
Noob question,
Will any rom work with my carrier?

Edit 2
I'm getting agitated now, WTF is a "Kernel"?, i though its was easy as i download a rom, flash it and boom, New "non samsung" OS?, why are they talking about different Kernels?

Make sure you're getting the rom that's GSM and also supported by your phone, follow the model number.

Since you're a noob don't worry about the kernel, just try and find a custom rom that's suits your taste first. Also remember BACKUP!

 

[Viva]

A short while ago, a user on XDA announced that he finally fixed the bad call quality bug that plagued CM (and all AOSP based roms for the i9500). This is great news! We'll hopefully have an updated GearCM in a dag. Then I'm moving to CM permanently!

 

[mercurial]

Omega 26 is out

 

[Viva]

Omega 26 is out

Any major differences to Omega 24 or 25?

I'm now using CM and I couldn't be more happy. It's a new phone.

 

[mercurial]

Any major differences to Omega 24 or 25?

I'm now using CM and I couldn't be more happy. It's a new phone.

Only Samsung knows. They never post changelogs. I'm running it now. Very difficult to ascertain what the improvements/changes are.

 

[goofball]

Sorry guys but what's the difference between XFE and XFA firmwares?

 

[goofball]

Sorry guys but what's the difference between XFE and XFA firmwares?

This thread seems to suggest you can use XFA without problems.

My phone is currently on Omega V23 and I need to go back to stock. Not sure if it was a MTN, Vodacom or CellC phone.

Would the XFA one be ok?

PS. and also. Can I re flash the original ROM from recovery on the phone or do I need to use Odin for this?

 

[Viva]

This thread seems to suggest you can use XFA without problems.

My phone is currently on Omega V23 and I need to go back to stock. Not sure if it was a MTN, Vodacom or CellC phone.

Would the XFA one be ok?

PS. and also. Can I re flash the original ROM from recovery on the phone or do I need to use Odin for this?

Flash XFA - it contains no bloat.

Someone else will need to confirm, but my guess would be that you would need to use Odin to flash back to stock. I've not done this myself, and would like to know for certain too.

 

[mercurial]

I once flashed XFA and got Vodacom bloat

 

[linkinpark]

I once flashed XFA and got Vodacom bloat

You probably didn't do a reset, so it kept your current bloatedness
XFA is bloat free.

 

[mercurial]

You probably didn't do a reset, so it kept your current bloatedness
XFA is bloat free.

I honestly can't recall what I did back then, but that is likely

 

[OGroteKoning]

Flash XFA - it contains no bloat.

Someone else will need to confirm, but My gues would be that you would need to use Odin to flash back to stock. I've not done this myself, and would like to know for certain too.

Yup. Use Odin to flash. Do a factory reset too

I once flashed XFA and got Vodacom bloat

How did you manage that?
That should not happen. Sure it wasn't XFV?

 

[mercurial]

How did you manage that?
That should not happen. Sure it wasn't XFV?

It was definitely XFA but that was quite a long time ago.

 

[goofball]

thanks for the help guys!

 

[Noob-Noob]

In theory any rom should be okay with your carrier. It is much more a hardware issue than a software issue. You might find that the signal is different, but then you can always flash a different modem that performs better.

You shouldn't worry about kernels fit now. The rom will come with a kernel. People (myself included) pay around with kernels to optimise performance and/or battery life.

Make sure you're getting the rom that's GSM and also supported by your phone, follow the model number.

Since you're a noob don't worry about the kernel, just try and find a custom rom that's suits your taste first. Also remember BACKUP!

Hey, Sorry guys, i never got a notification for your responses.
So what Rom would you recommend?
I'm hearing CM allot on this thread?

Must i rather wait for Lollipop?

Side question, since the ABSA app is no longer going to work on a rooted device, can i assume it won't work after i have installed a custom rom?, which leads me to my second question, is it possible to unroot a device with a custom rom?

You mentioned "Backup" are we talking normal KIES device backup, or "Titanium Backup" ?