GT-I9505 Software Repair Guide

Technical Training SW
Galaxy S4
2013. 04. 15
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Contents
1. About Android & Galaxy S4

2. Features
3. User Interface
4. S/W Download
5. Key Strings
6. Q&A

About Android
What is Android?
Android is …
an operating system for mobile devices.
Android allows …
developers to write managed code in the Java language, control-
ling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.
Android provides …
application framework, dalvik VM, integrated browser, SQLite, GSM, graphics,
audio/video supports and so on.
* See more information about android : http://developer.android.com

Versions of Android
Android Platform versions
Ice Cream
Jelly Bean
Sandwich
Android 4.0 Android 4.1 Android 4.2

(December 2011) (October 2012) (Feburary 2013)
• See more revision information at

• http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html
• http://developer.android.com/tools/revisions/platforms.html

Galaxy S III vs Galaxy S4
Evolutionary improvement
Larger screen, S III size Bigger Battery in Slimmer Package

70.6mm 69.8 mm 8.6mm 7.9 mm
Same as GS III
136.6mm
2,600mAh
4.8”
2,100mAh
5.0”
306ppi 441ppi
Galaxy S 4 Galaxy S 4

Galaxy S III vs Galaxy S4
Specification
• Display • OS / Upgrade
- 5 inch Full HD Super AMOLED (1920 x 1080), 441 ppi - Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
• Chipset • Messaging & SNS

- LTE : APQ8064pro 1.9GHz Quad (AP), MDM9215 (CP) - ChatON
- 3G : Exynos5 1.6GHz Quad + 1.2GHz Quad(AP)XMM6360 (CP)
• LBS
• Bearer - Google Maps
- 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE) : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- 3G (HSPA+ 42Mbps) : 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz • Other Services & Applications
- 4G (LTE Cat 3 100/50Mbps) : up to hexa band (Dependent on market)
- Group Play, Samsung Smart Scroll,
Samsung Smart Pause, Air Gesture, Air View
• Memory - S Travel (Trip Advisor), S Voice™ Drive , S Health
- 16/ 32GB User memory + - Samsung Hub, Samsung WatchON
microSD slot (up to 64GB), 2GB RAM - Samsung Adapt Display, Samsung Adapt Sound
- Safety Assistance, Samsung Wallet, Samsung KNOX (B2B only)
• Camera / Flash
- Main(Rear) : 13 Mega pixel Auto Focus camera with Flash • PC Applications
& Zero Shutter Lag, BIS - Samsung Kies, Kies Air
- Sub (Front) : 2 Mega pixel camera, Full HD recording
@30fps with Zero Shutter Lag, BIS • UI / Web Browser
- Android + Samsung / Android Browser / Chrome Browser (GMS)
• Wireless Connectivity
- WIFI a/b/g/n/ac HT80, BT v4.0 LE, NFC • Audio
- MP3, AMR-NB/WB, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+,
• GPS WMA, OGG, FLAC, AC-3, apt-X
- GPS/GLONASS
• Video
• Dimension, Weight - Codec : MPEG4, H.264, H.263, DivX, DivX3.11,
- 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm, 130g VC-1, VP8, WMV7/8, Sorenson Spark,
Recording & Playback : Full HD (1080p)
• Battery
- 2,600 mAh

About Galaxy S4
Galaxy S4
FUN RELATIONSHIP
• Dual Shot • S Translator
• Sound & Shot • ChatON
• Drama Shot
• Group Play
• Story Album
• Samsung Hub
LIFE TASK LIFE CARE

• Air View / Air Gesture • S Health
• Samsung Smart • Samsung Adapt Dis-
Pause play
• Samsung Smart • Samsung Adapt
Scroll Sound
• S Voice™ Drive • Samsung KNOX
• HomeSync
• Samsung WatchON

FUN
Camera
• One Camera & Auto Night Detection
• Dual Camera/Camcorder
• Mode : Best photo
• Mode : Sound & Shot
• Mode : Rich Tone-HDR
• Mode : Sports
• Mode : Night
• Mode : Drama Shot
• Mode : Animation Photo
• Mode : Panorama
• Mode : Eraser
Group Play
Story Album
Samsung Hub
Camera
One Camera & Auto Night Detection
– One Camera enables you to capture or record in the same screen
– Auto Night Detection enables you to capture proper photo by measuring sur-
rounding brightness (normal photo in light condition, night mode photo in
dark condition)
– Default mode is ‘Auto’
Auto nigh detection
Capture/recording but-
ton
< One Camera >

Camera
Dual Camera/Camcorder
– You can take a dual-image or record
PIP window
dual-video using dual camera. /Handler
– PIP window can be moved or resized.

– You can see a handle around PIP
window by touch. Dual effect button
– You can move PIP window by drag-

ging.
< Dual Camera/Camcorder >
– You can resize PIP window using 4
point of handle
– You can choose 8 effect for merging
front and rear image
– Stamp, Over blur, Instant pic, Heart
shape, Window, Fisheye, Cubism,
Split

Camera
Mode: Best photo
– Take 8 pictures continuously. (approx. 5
frames/sec)
– Always take 8 pictures. (Don’t need to hold
shutter to capture 8 pictures)
– It recommends 1 picture. User can select
with ‘Tap and hold thumbnails’
– Only selected images will be saved.
< Best Photo >

Camera
Mode: Sound & shot
– Enables you to capture rich pictures by
adding background sounds (9 sec)
– 2 options are supported.
• Auto : sound is recorded during capture
• Manual : sound is recorded after capture
Mode: Rich Tone-HDR < Sound & shot - auto >
– Take 3 pictures and merge them in various

exposures to create soft and rich color
Mode: Sports
– Take a fast movement picture
< Sound & shot - manual >

Camera
Mode: Drama
– Take multiple pictures( maximum number of frame is 100) of a moving subject
and merge them into one dramatic picture
– You can use edit mode to modify the shape of the moving subject
< Drama>

Camera
Mode: Animated photo
– Create a picture containing selected
moving objects by animating parts of
the picture
– Scratch a screen to animate or freeze
< Animated photo>
Mode: Panorama
– Take burst pictures and merged them to
create one panoramic photo
– Move the camera in one direction
– When the blue frame aligns with the
viewfinder, the camera automatically
takes another shot in a panoramic se-
quence
– If the viewfinder is out of the direction,
the device stops shooting < Panorama>

Camera
Mode: Eraser
– Save the best picture after erasing moving objects from five pictures
– You can restore or hide moving objects in edit view
< Eraser>

Story Album
Create albums of your daily event.
Keep your special moments in one place using your timeline.
Your digital picture albums can be published as hard copy photo books.
Your treasured memories will always be with you
• Create albums from Gallery

Manually add pictures from Gallery to create al-
bums.
• Create albums using picture filtering rules

Create albums by searching for the right pictures us-
ing filtering rules.(Location, People, Time)
• Use suggested albums to create your own.

• Share albums
Share your albums with family and friends.
You have 3 sharing options such as images, pdf file
and Story Album file (.ssf)
• Order photo books
Your digital picture albums can be published as hard copy
books.
Group Play
Quick guide
Consumer Benefits
The benefits of this experience are:
- Easy Sharing of content without cable lines
- N:N sharing content
Support file format

Description Supported extension
Picture jpg, webp, gif, bmp
Document doc, docx, ppt, pptx, pdf
Music wav, mp3, wma, flac, aac,
ogg, asf, midi, 3ga, amr

Group Play
Crate group & Join Share Music
Share Picture

Group Play
Share Document
Play Game

Samsung Hub
Galaxy S4 UI & Features
Samsung Hub
Provide single Entry point and consistent user flow so that
 Users can enjoy shopping and consume all contents with ease
 Promote individual Hubs as one strong brand
Past Today
Many Fragmented Apps Single Entry for Samsung Content & Services
with all different UX With consistent UX

RELATIONSHIP
S Translator
ChatOn(Screen Share, Dual Video call)

S Translator
S Translator
– Say or text what you need translated and it’ll
read or text back the translation.
– Supported languages
• You can translate between Korean, Simplified
Chinese, Japanese, and English (US).
• French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and
Spanish can only be translated into English (US/
UK).
Translation embedded
into e-mail, Messaging,
ChatON, and text selec-
tion

ChatOn (Screen Share, Dual Video call)
High Quality mVoIP/VT Service
– Based on 1:1 & 1:2 video call and voice call with Samsung account
Screen Share
Share the screen during a call
• Share your screen, so that the person you're talking

to can see whatever you're looking at, like pictures
or web pages.
• Both people can draw or make notes on their screens
at the same time.
Dual Video Call

Use front & back camera at the same time during a call
• You can be chatting with someone and turn it into a video call with you
on the front-facing camera and your view on the back-facing camera.

LIFE TASK
Air View / Aire Gesture
Smart Screen
• Smart Stay
• Smart Pause
• Smart Scroll
S Voice Drive
HomeSync
Samsung WatchOn

Air Gesture
IR Sensor(Gesture Sensor)
• Understanding Proximity, Approach, Touchless sweep(L/R/U/D), Touchless wave
Air Jump Air Browse Air Move
Touch & Hold

Touchless Sweep Upward Touchless Sweep Leftward
Touchless Sweep Leftward
• Scroll Web browser, Email body by • Browse contents previous and for- • Touch & Hold for selecting an item,
Touchless Sweep Upward/Down- ward by Touchless Sweep Left- then relocate it by Touchless Sweep
ward ward/Rightward Leftward/Rightward

Air Gesture
IR Sensor(Gesture Sensor)
• Understanding Proximity, Approach, Touchless sweep(L/R/U/D), Touchless wave
Quick glance Air Call Accept
Approach Touchless wave
• Awake by approaching hand and check states • Touchless wave (shaking) to accept call

Air View
Finger Hovering
• Screen get the points of an approaching finger
Information Preview
Folder preview Prev/Next info Progress bar info Hiding info
• Gallery • Music Player • Music Player • Dialer(Speed dial)

• Smemo • Video • Video • SPlanner(item)
• Video Player • Voice recorder • Email(attachment)
• Browser(bookmark)

Air View
Finger Hovering
• Screen get the points of an approaching finger
Zoom In Full Text

Magnifier Zoom In Magnifier
• Browser • Gallery • Message

• Smemo • Email
• SPlanner(Year View) • Contact
• Video • Etc…

Glove Touch
You can touch while wearing gloves
Settings>My device>Display
• Increasing the screen’s sensitivity for touching while wearing gloves.

Smart Stay
Smart Stay
• When reading an article or browsing the web for instance, the phone detect your face or your
eyes and the screen will not be off intelligently.

Smart Pause
Smart pause will pause the video clip you are looking when the device
detects that you are facing away from the screen
Play Pause
• Possible to ‘Video player’ and ‘YouTube’

• Stable performance is provided at the distance over 20 cm from device to face
• Limited automatically in dark situation (only available touch interaction for play or pause)
• The state of finger touch is prior to looking the screen or not
• May not work in these situations
- When the front camera fails to detect your face or eyes
- When the light is behind you or in the dark
- When the device is shaking or user’s head is shaking radically

Smart Scroll by Tilt
Smart scroll detects your eyes with the front camera so you can scroll
pages by tilting your head (or the device)
Head up  Scroll down Head down  Scroll up
Smart scroll motion mode provides the smart interaction without the
touch interface by detecting the user’s face and motion.
Look at the screen Tilt the device (Scroll up) Tilt the device (Scroll down)

S Voice
S Voice
It responds to your words.
• Simply tell it what to do.
• You can see the weekly weather forecast, the location of a nearby pizza place,
the contact number you are trying to find or even take a picture as you speak.

S Voice
S Voice can understand your voice
Say what you

S Voice shows
want.

S Voice Drive
Call Message Navi Music

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LIFE CARE - S Health2.0 Concept
 Keep track of user workout, daily intake, weight levels like a personal trainer
Gathering the data from de- Health management for

vice automatically Wellness life
 Walking mate  Comfort level  Weight  Food tracker  Exercise mate  Health board
support the BT device con-

nection

ETC
User interface
S Beam
Samsung Link
Screen Mirroring
Motion UX
S/W Download
KeyString

User interface
Notification Panel and QuickSet-

tingButton Panel are divided.
– You can toggle panels with setting
grid button.(top-right button)
– You can edit button position with
edit button(pencil icon)

S Beam
S Beam
Share large files quickly and easily
- Share big files fast. Transfer videos, music, pictures and even documents
just by getting closer to others.
- Use NFC and transfer time is 1 music per sec.

Beam – 1/2
Android Beam Android Beam + BT S Beam

NFC on NFC on
NFC on
Settings Android Beam on Android Beam on
Android Beam on
S Beam off S Beam on
Gallery
Contact Gallery
Video Player
Youtube Music Player
Polaris Office
Application Web browser Video Player
S Memo
Maps Polaris Office
* Market URL S Memo
* Same as S Beam
NFC NFC
Applied Tech- NFC
Bluetooth Wi-Fi Direct
nology (MAX 848 Kbit/s)
(Max 24Mbit/s) (MAX 300 Mbit/s)
Allows to transfer Allows to transfer

Allows to transfer ( just) text
Difference multimedia multimedia
data
contents contents

Beam -2/2
Android Beam
Android Beam Sender Receiver
+ BT
S Beam

Samsung Link
Samsung Link
Watch movies, view pictures or listen to music remotely
• Link wirelessly with a registered Samsung laptop, tablet, Camera, and TV to play multimedia files.
• Access and manage contents between different devices regardless of physical
proximity to your phone to play anywhere and share with everyone.
• Users can search all contents(Photo/Music/Video, except document and others) regardless of
file extension from registered devices and storages.

Introduction –Samsung Link
“Share & Play Content across Smart Devices Anytime & Anywhere”
- After Signing in ‘Samsung Link', user can manage and view all contents stored in his other de-
vices- PC, Mobile and web storages.
Feature Description
Content Management Manage content in various smart devices via Samsung Link: Play/Download, Send to/Delete
Access content in other devices on the different network connection.

Remote Content Access
(e.g. Access content from PC by connecting to Samsung Link on your smart phone.)
Gather latest contents from all registered devices in new front page.(up to 150)
Recent Contents Gathering
(Content type: Photo/Music/Video)
Play content in other devices (Provide stream play for photo/music/video)
Content Play For the videos saved in PC, real-time trans-coding is supported.
Enabled seamless Photo/Music/Video content cross play by flicking
Play content on TV regardless of the location of content.
Content Play on TV (If the content is stored in remotely located device, firstly, download content to the local device
and then starts streaming)
Web Storage Integration Link with storage partners to provide the web storage in Samsung Link UI.
(Android) Share via Inte- Integrate Android Share Via for users to select the services they are already using.
gration (Removed ‘Send to nearby users’ function.)
Global Search Search for various contents regardless of file type and content saving location.
Browse photos from other registered devices/storages via Samsung Link when attaching photo
Photo Select
from other applications(e.g. S-Note/E-mail/3rd party application)
Auto Upload Upload photos/videos newly taken from your mobile to the PC/Web storage automatically.
Samsung Link – Screen View(mobile)
View and Features
Select contents type(photos, music,

videos, all files).
You can do…

• send files to your other registered
devices or web storages
• Share files to web services(i.e.
Facebook,twitter)
• play files on the current device
Add(register) devices and web
Content stored in all • make files be played on a TV
storages.
registered device show up.(up • delete files
Then Select a device or web
to 150) storage.

Samsung Link – Screen View(PC)
View and Features
Samsung Link
Select contents type(photos, music,

Samsung Link videos, all files).
You can do…

• send files to your other registered
devices or web storages
• upload files to web services(i.e.
Facebook)
Add(register) devices and web
• play files on the current device
storages.
• make files be played on a TV
Then Select a device or web
• delete files
storage.

Screen Mirroring
Screen Mirroring
Play videos or games on a big screen TV without the wires
• See the exactly same screen as your phone on a big screen TV with ease or
even use the phone as a presentation file controller.
※ TV dongle is required if TV does not support Screen Mirroring.

Screen Mirroring
Screen Mirroring - After Connecting TV with AllShare Cast Dongle via HDMI

Motion UX
Direct Call Tilt to Zoom Smart Alert Pan to browse an image Turn over
mute / pause
- scenario - scenario - scenario - Scenario - Scenario
a. Hold the phone a. Tab and hold at a. A user put the phone a. Hold on points a. Turn device over to
and see the LCD two points on the flat place. b. Pan to move left, mute incoming
b. Place the phone on b. Then tilt device b. The events occur right, up, and calls, message
your ear back and forth to (call, SMS) and phone down an image alerts, and alarms,
zoom in or out of goes back to standby and to pause me-
- Applied in Message, screen mode - Applied in Gallery dia.
Logs detail, Contacts c. When the user pick only
detail only - Applied in Gallery up the phone, it vi- - Applied only basic
and Samsung brates as an alert for Samsung application
browser only the missed events.
- The phone should

stay still when the
LCD goes off
- Once device vibrate,
function is deacti-
vated. If LCD goes on
and off again, then
function activated
S/W Download
Go to the “download mode”
– Press 3 buttons simultaneously
• Volume down + Home + Power On
– Press Volume up Button after ‘Warning’ message
– Connect the USB cable after ‘Downloading’ message
Power
Key
Volume
Down
Key
Volume
Up
Key
Home
Key
S/W Download
Execute “Downloader”
– Run the Odin3 v3.04 or higher for Galaxy S4
1. Select “PIT” Button for PIT file
2. Select “Bootloader” Button for bootloader image
3. Select “PDA” Button for PDA/Kernel image
4. Select “PHONE” Button for Modem image
5. Select “CSC” Button for Customer Specification Configuration image
6. Select “Start” Button to start downloading
* How to download
1. Set GalaxyS4 to download mode
2. Connect a USB cable
1 3. Run the Odin and check the phone
is connected to Odin
2
4. select 5 images
3
5. Press Start button in the Odin
4
6. Automatically reboot the phone
5
when the downloading is completed

Key Strings
Key Strings Action Target
*#1234# Internal Version Display S/W (PDA,

- ALL except TMO
Phone)
Display IMEI
*#06# - ALL
Self Test mode

*#7353# - ALL
Test mode
*#0*# - ALL
Battery level Display

*#0228# - ALL

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1. About Android & Galaxy S4

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* See more information about android : http://developer.android.com

Android 4.0 Android 4.1 Android 4.2

• See more revision information at

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Larger screen, S III size Bigger Battery in Slimmer Package

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• Chipset • Messaging & SNS

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LIFE TASK LIFE CARE

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Auto nigh detection

< One Camera >

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– PIP window can be moved or resized.

– You can move PIP window by drag-

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< Best Photo >

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Mode: Rich Tone-HDR < Sound & shot - auto >

– Take 3 pictures and merge them in various

< Sound & shot - manual >

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< Animated photo>

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• Create albums from Gallery

• Create albums using picture filtering rules

• Use suggested albums to create your own.

Support file format

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ChatOn(Screen Share, Dual Video call)

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• Share your screen, so that the person you're talking

Dual Video Call

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Air Jump Air Browse Air Move

Touch & Hold

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Quick glance Air Call Accept

Approach Touchless wave

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• Gallery • Music Player • Music Player • Dialer(Speed dial)

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Zoom In Full Text

• Browser • Gallery • Message

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• Possible to ‘Video player’ and ‘YouTube’

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Head up  Scroll down Head down  Scroll up

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