GT-i9500 boot loop with a difference topic

So I have a GT-i9500, its a year old and it started with a little problem.

A few months ago it got stuck in a boot loop, the one where it gets stuck on the Galaxy S4 logo. I pushed the power button a few times and it booted properly.

Well its now stuck in that boot loop again and no matter the amount of times I play with the power button I can't get it out of the boot loop.

I have tried everything.

Here are some of the issues:

If I put the battery in the phone boots automatically.
If I try the POWER + VOL DOWN + HOME combo I get into the download mode but then it restarts and goes back into the boot loop
I can't put it into recovery mode, it just fails to respond to the POWER + VOL UP + Home combination.

I have tried different batteries, I've left the phone without a battery for days to see if it would fix the issue. Nothing works.

Any suggestions or insights?

[Q] Samsung S4 GT-i9500 overheat issue. topic

So I've been using the GT-I9500 for nearly two years now and I've noticed that it's been overheating a lot recently. I've flashed MIUI v6 on the phone and I'm still facing the same issue, particularly in the area around the LED flash on the back of the device and the whole sAMOLED screen becomes too hot to touch. Even now, I've had to put my phone down a couple of times before completing this post. Please help!

Not suitable firmware, replica Samsung S4 GT-I9500( topic

my-
Model : GT-I9500
Build number : JDQ39.I9500ZSUAMDE
Build date UTC : 20140122-052811
Android v : 4.2.2
ls: /system/recovery-from-boot.p: No such file or directory
Kernel v : 3.4.5-447903 (se.infra@SEP-113) (gcc version 4.6.x-google 20120106 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Jan 22 13:26:10 CST 2014
LCD Driver IC : 1-zf_ili9806c_fwvga_dsi
drwxrwxrwx 2 shell shell 4096 Jan 1 2013 zzz "480x854"
Baseband v: MOLY.WR8.W1315.MD.WG.MP.V8, 2013/07/31 20:33

downloaded
needrom.com /download/mt6572-universal5410exynos5-is-fake
needrom.com /download/gt-i9500-mtk6572-2
unsuitable.
Vertical lines on the screen.
What firmware to try more, tell me???

5.0 OTA for the Russian GT-i9500 out topic

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/01/30/...ate-in-russia/

It's the Russian version of the s4, and i believe that version has the Exynos processor, so it won't work on our devices, but it may be worth a poke around by our developers.

Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500) is getting the Lollipop update in Russia topic

Well, it looks like Samsung Russia is planning to update all the older flagships from the company to Lollipop ahead of newer devices. After the Galaxy Note 3, the Galaxy S4 has started receiving the Android 5.0.1 update in the country. The update is rolling out to the Exynos variant of the device (GT-I9500), and is rather huge at 1049MB. It looks like the update is so big that Samsung will be removing some pre-loaded apps like Google Play Books, Movies and others to make space. It’s likely only those apps that can be downloaded from the Play Store (and Galaxy Apps) will be removed, though this should not be taken as a sign of the bloatware trimming that Samsung is pursuing (as that will only take effect with the Galaxy S6.)

The update should bring all the features of Lollipop, like enhanced performance, lockscreen and heads-up notifications, and a redesigned interface, features that we exclusively previewed a couple of weeks ago. You should be seeing a notification for the OTA on your Galaxy S4 over the course of the next few days; the update doesn’t seem to be showing up on Kies just yet, but it hopefully will as a computer would certainly come in handy for downloading all that data.

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/01/30/...ate-in-russia/

Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500) is getting the Lollipop update in Russia topic

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/01/30/...ate-in-russia/
S4 mini will be the next?

[Q] Not Registered on network (gt-i9500) topic

I have downloaded a latest stock Rom from sammobiles and flashed it using Odin.
After flashing everything works fine except Sim card. phone detects the Sim card and shows the signals also. and when I make a call on my number, I can hear the tone like call is receiving at other end but phones does not ring.
My IMEI number has changed to something like this 004451121002 .
I don't have the backup of EFS partition either.

I had same problem on my Galaxy s3 few months back and solved it by flashing patched kernel and patched modem.

not been able to find any patched modem for galaxy s4.

Please help to solve the problem.:(:(:(