As long as its a custom recovery and not stock then you're good, right? What is this Loki'd recovery I keep seeing?
It can be something other than TWRP?
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jhasty01 said:
As long as its a custom recovery and not stock then you're good, right? What is this Loki'd recovery I keep seeing?
It can be something other than TWRP?
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As far as custom recoveries on the VZW S4, the recovery must be loki'd.
Here are a couple good reads:
http://blog.azimuthsecurity.com/2013/05/exploiting-samsung-galaxy-s4-secure-boot.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292157
Loki is not specific to TWRP.
Given where we are currently you might to check the build #. Does it end with MDK?
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Yes, MDK. Stock rooted.
I installed CWM 6.0.3.2 using ROM Manager a while back.
I have no idea what Loki'd is referring to. About to update CWM to 6.0.3.6 using ROM Manager.
Edit: I looked over the second link and see that Loki is a bootloader hack? When I boot my phone, there is an unlocked picture. When people say Loki'd does it mean unlocked bootloader in general, or that a specific hack has been applied?
I want to switch to a custom ROM, however I keep seeing Loki'd as a prerequisite.
Thanks for your time.
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Loki'd = Unlocked bootloader or specific hack?
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You will learn quickly that without loki, you will be greeted by a wonderful little yellow triangle.
Loki is a work around to our locked bootloaders. But is easily patched by any and all verizon pushed updates(so don't accept them)
In my signature is links to CWM touch, TWRP 2.5.0.2, and philz recoveries pre-loki'd and ready to flash in whatever recovery you already have.
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I was messing around with optimizing my vruame7 build gs4 today and i opened system recovery? is that the same as bootloader? In tiny blue letters at top left it said system recovery.
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I was messing around with optimizing my vruame7 build gs4 today and i opened system recovery? is that the same as bootloader? In tiny blue letters at top left it said system recovery.
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The bootloader is basically the ''set of instructions'' the phone uses to boot. Usually it instructs the device to boot the os kernel or the recovery environment. The bootloader loaded the system recovery because you either held volume up + power when booting, ran the reboot recovery command, accepted the ota, or your device was unable to load the os.
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No recovery is not the same as the bootloader. Here is an explanation of what exactly it is
http://m.androidcentral.com/what-recovery-android-z
Just as a heads up im going to throw it out there. Currently there is no way to flash a custom recovery on the me7 firmware.
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Just as a heads up im going to throw it out there. Currently there is no way to flash a custom recovery on the me7 firmware.
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I thought you could use Odin to flash a hacked version of ME7?
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Xplorer4x4 said:
I thought you could use Odin to flash a hacked version of ME7?
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No, once on the me7 ota youre stuck without a custom recovery/roms. To flash an me7 based rom you have to be on mdk prior.
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No, once on the me7 ota youre stuck without a custom recovery/roms. To flash an me7 based rom you have to be on mdk prior.
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Thanks for clearing that up. Not trying to thread jack but seemed l I'm me a good place to ask. What's the progress looking like towards custom recovery on ME7?
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Xplorer4x4 said:
Thanks for clearing that up. Not trying to thread jack but seemed l I'm me a good place to ask. What's the progress looking like towards custom recovery on ME7?
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Theres a couple threads in the general section outlining the process. The bounty thread and the safestrap thread.
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So im coming from the HTC DNA, just got my S4 today. Rooted and unlocked already. Is there a process to achieve s-off on galaxy devices like htc devices, or is it not needed for flashing radios, splash screens, etc...?
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Verizon has it locked down if you're on ME7. No workaround yet.
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Verizon has it locked down if you're on ME7. No workaround yet.
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Interesting. He said he was already rooted & "unlocked". I guess that means he has MDK & has Lokied. So first he needs to be cautioned to not take the ME7 update. As for S-off, would a custom rom /kernel not take care of it?
Edit : if he can install custom recovery & is rooted it should already be taken care of.
If you truly have a locked down ME7 the only current option is developer Hashcode's safestrap method to flash roms.
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How can I lock the stock boot loader
I somehow unlocked it during a failed update or removing safestrap
unlocked on me7
Btw I am non mi1 and (rooted) and it locked the boot loader durring the reboot after the install of the update
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How can I lock the stock boot loader
I somehow unlocked it during a failed update or removing safestrap
unlocked on me7
Btw I am non mi1 and (rooted) and it locked the boot loader durring the reboot after the install of the update
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Not entirely sure the bootloader was truly unlocked. May just have been the boot screen that said custom with the unlocked pad lock. If it was however unlocked that would be epic as nobody has found a a way to unlock the bootloader on ME7.
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mdorrett said:
Not entirely sure the bootloader was truly unlocked. May just have been the boot screen that said custom with the unlocked pad lock. If it was however unlocked that would be epic as nobody has found a a way to unlock the bootloader on ME7.
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Epic and splendiferous are two words that come to mind. Ditto on the unlocked pad lock...
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Not entirely sure the bootloader was truly unlocked. May just have been the boot screen that said custom with the unlocked pad lock. If it was however unlocked that would be epic as nobody has found a a way to unlock the bootloader on ME7.
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Mime has the unlocked pad and words custom, why do I have that?
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dxdude35 said:
Mime has the unlocked pad and words custom, why do I have that?
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Because you don't have stock firmware on it.
prshosting.org
How would I fix that, I unrooted to update and ever since then I've had that boot screen
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Mime has the unlocked pad and words custom, why do I have that?
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Just means that you are rooted. That's what mine did after rooting & before flashing a custom rom.
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dxdude35 said:
How would I fix that, I unrooted to update and ever since then I've had that boot screen
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You did that in the wrong order, unfortunately.
What's happened is that the phone counts every attempt to flash a custom image. If you've ever done that, the nonzero custom flash counter causes the lock icon and "Custom" to appear on boot.
If you had root still, you could run Triangle Away to clear the custom flash counter and then install stock.
I'd root the phone, run Triangle Away, then let it update. If you haven't done anything else to it, the update will work fine even though the phone is rooted.
I updated my phone from MDK to ME7 when I first purchased it. I also put a custom Google edition ROM 4.2 on it. I'm having trouble finding a guide that tells me how to go back to stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I updated my phone from MDK to ME7 when I first purchased it. I also put a custom Google edition ROM 4.2 on it. I'm having trouble finding a guide that tells me how to go back to stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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So you loki'd the phone...loaded a custom recovery to install a custom rom. ..?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
I'm not sure what Loki means but I rooted my phone, put safe strap on it and installed a custom ROM.
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Graphene [x] said:
I'm not sure what Loki means but I rooted my phone, put safe strap on it and installed a custom ROM.
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Ok. That is what I'm checking. You can odin back to a stock me7
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
Graphene [x] said:
I'm not sure what Loki means but I rooted my phone, put safe strap on it and installed a custom ROM.
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I was actually just searching for a fix for my custom recovery lokid mdk phone. I flashed a stock 4.3 mk2 rom and all was well until i tried to flash an aroma mod that caused my phone to go into unauthorized software detected by verizon message on reboot.(it was in the verizon i545 section) thought I'd odin back to mdk and reroot, flash custom recovery, restore back up, etc but now i'm stuck in a stock verizon bootloop. ideas?
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Ok. That is what I'm checking. You can odin back to a stock me7
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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OK thanks I'll give it a try tomorrow. I plan on selling my phone to get a new one and I just want it all on stock. After I flash with Odin will safe strap be removed or do I need to do something else to remove it?
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Odin an emergency version that wipes the phone to remove all traces. Others just clear the system and don't touch data.
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I was actually just searching for a fix for my custom recovery lokid mdk phone. I flashed a stock 4.3 mk2 rom and all was well until i tried to flash an aroma mod that caused my phone to go into unauthorized software detected by verizon message on reboot.(it was in the verizon i545 section) thought I'd odin back to mdk and reroot, flash custom recovery, restore back up, etc but now i'm stuck in a stock verizon bootloop. ideas?
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My first impression if you odined a mk2 stock rom, you have lost your mdk loki exploit.....you have locked your bootloader up. Thats my first impression as I really don't know much about S4 phones before ME7.
Since I started on MDK and updated to ME7 are you sure I need to flash the ME7 stock with Odin instead of MDK? I just want to make sure so I don't soft brick my phone.
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If you went up to me7 as an update and not flashable zip, then you cannot go to mdk. No. You have to go to me7.
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Is there a list or can we start one regarding safestrap ROMS? Love the phone and its the MDK locked bootloader so im stuck with safestrap. Currently using gogolies amazing roms and i enjoy checking other roms, but not sure which i can flash.
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Is there a list or can we start one regarding safestrap ROMS? Love the phone and its the MDK locked bootloader so im stuck with safestrap. Currently using gogolies amazing roms and i enjoy checking other roms, but not sure which i can flash.
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you have the MDK bootloader? you know this bootloader can be used with TWRP and can flash AOSP ROMs, right?
Let me rephrase what I was saying I have the Verizon s4 which was MDK bootloader but since it has been updated to nc5 and k1 and so on and I was just looking for a list of ROMs
To use with safestrap however I'm trying to find an mdk odin file and go back to that stock mdk and loki the phone
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Once you've upgraded past mdk there is no going back.
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Yeah, but back to the original question--is there a list of ROMs 'flashable' with Safestrap?
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