How to Root Samsung Galaxy S4′s new 4.4.2 Custom Rom

How to Root Samsung Galaxy S4′s new 4.4.2 Custom Rom

All you have to do is follow the simple guide below to make sure you get a successful rooting.First  make sure that you have all the Samsung USB drivers installed on your PC. These steps are recommended only for I9505 device. Also, I am not responsible whatever happens to your device by the use of this method.To continue, follow these steps:

Step 1: Download Odin on your PC which you need to run on the PC to flash the rooting file.

Step 2: Download the CF Auto Root Package for Android 4.4.2 and extract its file to your PC’s desktop.

Step 3: Now grab your phone, Power it off and press Vol Down+Home+Power buttons till you see the green Android robot. Press the power button again to enter into Download mode.

Step 4: Now run Odin on your PC which you have downloaded in Step 1 and connect your phone to your PC via the USB cable.

Note: Your phone must be in download mode when you connect it with your PC

Step 5: After you have connected your phone, one of the ID:COM devices will turn yellow and your phone’s COM/Port will appear on it. Now click on ‘PDA’ and choose the file ‘CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip’ from your desktop. Also make sure that ‘Auto Reboot’ and ‘F. Reset’ options are checked.

Step 6: Click on the Start Button. The installation will start from Odin and when it is complete your phone will start the process by moving into recovery and the ID:COM box will turn green.

Step 7: After you see the home screen, please remove your phone from your PC. Hurray!! you have rooted!!! 

Any questions/ideas?? Please comment below..

How to transform your Galaxy S4 into an S5

It didn't take long, but all the tools you need to transform your Galaxy S4 into an S5 are already available. In this tutorial we'll show you how to get the Quick Settings, notifications shade, settings menu (in both round icon and list view), wallpapers, icons and the new Galaxy S5 apps. You'll even get access to the impressive new Download Booster option.

With a little bit of work you can set your S4 up like an S5. 

What you need

You'll need a rooted S4 running on Android 4.4.2 and a few file downloads we'll move onto in a minute. You'll also need a root explorer like ES File Explorer or Total Commander.

ES File Explorer File ManagerINSTALL

Total Commander - file managerINSTALL

Notification shade and Quick Settings

All you need to do for this is go into your root explorer of choice, and head into the root folder, hit System and scroll down to build.prop and open that up. You'll see a ton of information about your device. All you need to do is locate the ro.product.name and ro.product.device entries and change them to SM-N900S. Save your changes and reboot. You'll now have the new icons in the notifications shade and your Quick Setting will look like those on the S5.

In your file manager, find the build.prop file and rename your device to SM-N900S / 

Now your Galaxy S4 will have the same new icons as found on the Galaxy S5. / 

Galaxy S5 apps

These were recently leaked on XDA Developers forum so all you need to do is head over there and grab the APKs for the apps you want. Of course, you're rooted so just delete the previous bloatware versions that you want to replace and grab the new ones you want and install as you would any other APK. Of course, you need to have ''Unknown Sources'' enabled in your security settings first.

Galaxy S5 wallpapers and icons

The Galaxy S5 wallpapers you can grab with a quick and easy app install from the Play Store. I checked early last week and the offerings were pretty slim (and inaccurate) but they've improved a lot in a short time. There's also a decent-looking Solo theme that'll also get you the Galaxy S5 flat icons.

You can get the Galaxy S5 wallpaper and theme with flat icons. 

Galaxy S5 WallpapersINSTALL

Galaxy S5 ThemeINSTALL

Settings menu with list view

All you need to do to get your Settings menu looking like those on the Galaxy S5 is to grab an APK and replace an existing root file with the new one. So head on over to this XDA Developers threadand grab the APK, then open your root explorer and copy that APK into the System/priv-app folder. Once you've done this you need to rename the APK to something easy like SecSettings2.apk and change its permissions to look like those in the screenshot. Once you've done this you can simply remove (but don't delete) the original SecSettings.apk and SecSettings.odex (if you're odexed) and then reboot.

Drop the APK into the System/priv-app folder and rename it like the existing SecSettings.apk / © AndroidPIT

Set the new APK's permissions (left) and remove the original SecSettings.apk (and odex) / 

If you have any issues, make sure you have these permissions set up for root access in your file manager. / 

You'll now have two settings icons in your app drawer. One will take you to your old Settings menu and the other to the Galaxy S5-style menu. Some settings will crash, like the fingerprint scanner module for obvious reasons, but you'll have access to Download Booster and other cool features. If you don't like the big round icons just tap the menu button (left button next to Home button) and switch to List View. Now, if you don't see List view you can jump to another XDA thread where you'll find a separate APK for the Note 3 that resolves the missing List View on the S4 as well. Just repeat the same process above with the new APK and you'll be golden. The new Settings menu is a little unstable and some users are reporting some force closes or crashes but it's still pretty cool.

After rebooting, you'll have the Galaxy S5-style settings menu. / © 

If you don't like the large icons you can switch to List View. 

Download Booster (left) and the two Settings menu icons. 

Have you set up your Galaxy S4 to look like an S5? With these changes on board is there now no reason at all to upgrade?

How to Full Flash Samsung Galaxy S4 Step by step ( Tools Included )

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How to Full Flash Samsung Galaxy S4 Step by step   ( Tools Included )


Sprint S4 Diag instructions:
1.dial *#7284#
2. click qualcomm usb settings and choose DM+ADB+MODEM
3. then turn on usb debugging in the development settings
4. plug in


Verizon + USCC S4
1.go to settings and about device or about phone
2. tap the build prop a bunch of times til it tells you that your a developer
3. go back and now you have the developement option and turn on usb debugging
4.Dial *#22745927 to enable hidden menu
5.usb adb to open the iot hidden menu here is the command (adb shell "am broadcast -a android.provider.Telephony.SECRET_CODE -d android_secret_code://IOTHIDDENMENU")
6.Choose usb settings
7.And choose DM+ADB+MODEM
8.dial *#9090# and choose dm over uart and phone will reboot
9. plug in

alt ##DMMODE# turn it on

The rest will assume your familiar with flashing and know what to do

16 digit passwords are the same as the s3 versions
uscc-2010031619780721
verizon-2009031920090615
sprint-01F2030F5F678FF9 or 2012112120131219

To set the verizon and uscc to nv only you will need to send both the 16 digit password and the spc
Verizon and USCC just read from the donor for your info and write to the phone make sure you set pref mode to cdma_hdr
sprint write data settings as normal sprint phone in profile 0 and 1 active will be 0 and place the 10.key in efs2 using dfs
uscc doesn't need any sim but will display the invalid sim error
sprint no errors
verizon some need a used sim some doesn't need any sim try without first

if you dont have a donor then just put the mdn and min and sid in the nam tab on dfs with a prl
and data tab user id will be phonenumber@vzw3g.com and pw will be vzw same for mobile ip tab
but don't half flash give your customers 3g if not i eventually get the business

Want to learn 3g look for my 3g flashing guide online Its free to download
Enjoy.

If you wish to donate my paypal is eddscdma@gmail.com its much appreciated and
helps motivate me for future guides free of charge.


Sedds89 the first full flash guide for the s4 on the web.


New to Flashing use wirelessworkshop best support for 1 clicking flashing and
doesn't mess up your phone like the other 1 clickers do! (personal opinion)

Stuck need help email me Always happy to help out!


adb enabling hidden menu on the verizon s4 and uscc s4

1.https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r16.0.2-windows.zip
download that then extract to watever directory you can navigate to in command prompt
if your like me and don't know type cd "folder name"
my command prompt was set to c:/users/ez
so i extracted to the ez folder and then opened command prompt and typed
cd platform_tools then hit enter
and then i typed adb and got a bunch of jibberish so i put the following next
adb shell "am broadcast -a android.provider.Telephony.SECRET_CODE -d android_secret_code://HIDDENMENUENABLE" then hit enter
then the phone poped up the hidden menu i enabled it
then type this afterwards
adb shell "am broadcast -a android.provider.Telephony.SECRET_CODE -d android_secret_code://IOTHIDDENMENU"
then hit enter you will see the iot menu then follow the guide above

Donload tools

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b3tkadt8xbwmf27/S4%20Flashing%20Tools.rar

Galaxy S4 hidden features, tips, tricks and hacks

The Samsung Galaxy S4 has so many features it's almost ridiculous, so many in fact that half of them you probably don't even use and the other half you've probably forgotten about or never even knew they existed. Here we've got a nice little collection of ten hidden features, tips, tricks and even a hack or two to get even more out of one of the best smartphones around.

Let your Galaxy S4 really pop with our tips and tricks! / © AndroidPIT

Disable S Voice to get faster Home button response

Not sure if you know this, but the double press of the Home key to bring up S Voice actually has a built in delay. This means if you press it once to go back to the Home screen it'll actually lag a little in case you were planning on double pressing. If you disable double press to access S Voice, you'll get a faster return to the Home Screen. Just go into S Voice, hit the menu soft key, Settings, and uncheck ''Open via the Home key'' box.

Swipe contacts to call or text

When you're in your Contacts, instead of tapping a contact and selecting the action to perform from their contact profile, you can simply swipe left or right to call or text them instantly. The best thing is you can change your mind: if you start to swipe to the right to call someone, then realize they are at work you just swipe back to the left and you'll get a text window instead. There's no speed requirement either, so if you're a little slow-witted, you can pause mid-swipe, figure out which option is best and then continue with the appropriate swipe.

From Contacts, just swipe right to call and left to text. You can even change your mind halfway. / © AndroidPIT

Access Hidden Settings

This is achieved by using a brilliant app called Note 2 Hidden Settings. Yes, it's for the Note 2 but it works on many other Samsung devices too. It simply puts a user interface over the top of a bunch of hidden CSC files so you can change them easily. The only thing is your S4 needs to be rooted for it to work. Some of the great things you can do include managing the various irritating sounds the S4 makes, like disabling the camera shutter sound and more. The app isn't guaranteed to work on every device so please don't ask me to fix it if it doesn't work for you!

An XDA Developer wrote this little gem of an app to reveal Samsung's hidden settings. / © AndroidPIT/SteinApp

Link to Video

Use the IR blaster to control your TV

This is an old feature that a lot of people still don't seem to use. Just go to the WatchON app, set up your country and service provider (if you want a TV guide as well) and add the remote widget to your Quick Settings menu or even your lock screen so you can control your television, set top box or DVR from the comfort of your smartphone. You can track your favorite shows, set reminders and even get suggestions from WatchON about shows you might like. Definitely an underused feature.

The TV remote is one of the best but least-used S4 features. It can even live on your lock screen. / © AndroidPIT

Take photos and control alarms with your voice

An oft-forgotten feature of Samsung's voice control is the ability to take photos or control your alarm clock with your voice. Everyone remembers you can control incoming calls and Samsung's ChatON service verbally, but saying ''cheese'' to snap a picture is a great way to avoid camera shake when you take selfies. Likewise, simply saying ''snooze'' from under your pillow to stop that infernal alarm clock is a godsend. You can of course also control your music playback this way too. Just go into your Settings menu at the bottom of the My Device tab you'll see the Voice Control switch. Tapping on it once enabled will open the various settings for eachvoice control feature.

Ditch TouchWiz for KitKat

Not every Samsung owner is a fan of TouchWiz, but you don't need to root your phone to get rid of it. Plus, there's plenty of great aspects of TouchWiz that other ROMs don't have. By installing an alternative launcher you can keep the good parts of TouchWiz (like the Quick Settings) but get a much nicer launcher flavor, like KitKat. There's two KitKat launchers I can recommend, both available in the Play Store, both called KitKat Launcher. There's different options and setting sin both, so which you prefer is largely up to you, but there's transparent system bars, KitKat app drawer, Google Now home screen, and even the elusive App Ops feature that Google have now removed from KitKat for everyone else.

The icons are better on the left but transparent system bars and App Ops are available on the right / © AndroidPIT

KK Launcher (KitKat Launcher)INSTALL

KitKat LauncherINSTALL

Home screen slider

Did you know that you don't need to swipe to switch between home screens? Just above the dedicated app shortcuts on the home screen is a little indicator that shows you which screen you're on in relation to the main home screen. Instead of swiping between home screens, you can simply slide your finger across this indicator to quickly and fluidly scroll through your various home screens which will be slightly minimized. You don't even need to hold your finger down first (although you can), just slide your finger along the indicator and it will bring up numbered screens for rapid navigation.

Once you start using the home screen slider, there's no going back to swiping between screens. / © AndroidPIT

Get more out of your camera

Did you know you can add a camera shortcut to your lock screen and connect your Samsung camera to your smartphone? To get the camera shortcut on your lock screen, go to Settings, My Device tab, Lock Screen, enable multiple lock screen widgets (if you have others already enabled), tap on lock screen widgets and flip the switch for Favorite apps or camera, then select Camera. Now, you can simply swipe to the left from your lock screen to launch the camera. To link your digital camera with your S4, download the Samsung Smart Camera app and you'll be able to launch Remote Viewfinder, AutoShare and MobileLink direct from your smartphone. The best thing is that when you're using your camera the app will automatically connect to your phone.

Link your Samsung camera with your S4 and get a lock screen camera shortcut. / © AndroidPIT

Samsung SMART CAMERA AppINSTALL

Exploit Samsung's secure boot

Some network providers provide Galaxy S4's with an unlocked bootloader, so you can easily flash whatever custom ROM you like. But AT&T (SGH-I337) and Verizon (SGH-I545) models have a locked bootloader. A little while back, a whiz by the name of Dan Rosenberg identified a critical weakness in Samsung's locking mechanism that allows custom, unsigned kernels and recovery images to be booted without the usually-required signature checks. It's all a bit technical, but if this has piqued your interest, head over to Dan's site to get the lowdown on how he figured it out and how to bypass the secure bootloader.

Flash custom ROMs, unsigned kernels and recovery images to get even more out of your S4. / © AndroidPIT