Today I will teach you
How To Hard Reset and
How To upadate your Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 to Android 4.4.2 KitKat. But before that let's take a short review on the features and specifications of your Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505.
Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 Full Specifications:
Also known as:
Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition I9515
Samsung SGH-i337 for AT&T
Samsung I9505G Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - SGH-i337
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - SGH-i337
SIM Micro-SIM
Announced 2013, March
Status Available. Released 2013, April
BODY Dimensions 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz)
DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- TouchWiz UI
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal 16/32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
DATA GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
CAMERA Primary 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec., check quality
Secondary 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call
FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600
CPU Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300
GPU Adreno 320
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Radio No
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors White Frost, Black Mist, Aurora Red (AT&T only), Arctic Blue, Purple Mirage, Brown Autumn, Pink Twilight, Black Edition
- Wireless charging (market dependent)
- ANT+ support
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll
- Air gestures
- Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL 2 A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)
BATTERY Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery
Stand-by (2G) / Up to 350 h (3G)
Talk time (2G) / Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play Up to 62 h
MISC SAR US 0.77 W/kg (head) 1.17 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 0.28 W/kg (head) 0.40 W/kg (body)
Price group About 400 EUR
TESTS Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 3.352:1 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 70dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 77dB
Audio quality Noise -95.9dB / Crosstalk -96.4dB
Battery life Endurance rating 69h
source: gsmarena
How To Hard Reset Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505
1. Turn the phone off.
2. Press and hold VOLUME UP and Home (middle) button, and then press Power On button until the phone vibrates.
3. Wait until you see the Android logo then release all the buttons.
4. Select Wipe data/Factory reset using VOLUME DOWN, press Power button to do the process.
5. Select YES -- delete all user data using VOLUME DOWN and then press Power button to do the process again.
6. After format, press Power button again to reboot phone. SMILE :)
How To Update Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505
1. Download Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 Android 4.4.2 firmware I9505XXUGNH8_I9505OLBGNH2_XTC.
2. Download Odin3-v3.07.
3. Put your phone into flash mode. Power off the phone. Press and hold volume down button, home button and press power on button. Then press volume up button.
4. Connect USB cable. Wait to install drivers. Must install all drivers.
5. Open Odin3-v3.07. Odin flasher must detect the ID:COM. Press PDA tab and look or browse for I9505XXUGNH8_I9505OLBGNH2_I9505XXUGNH8_HOME.tar that you have downloaded. Wait until it loads successfully.
6. Finally press START. Wait until finish flashing.
After update, power on the phone and wait for the installation on your phone like shown on the images below.
Your Samsung Galaxy S4 is now updated to Android 4.4.2 KitKat :)
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