Hey guys,
I'm sorry if this question has already been asked, I currently have a verizon Gs4 that is running the new MK2 update. I have been looking around at ROMS online and I would like to install a kit kat rom onto my phone. My question is after rooting am I limited to what type of recovery and roms i can use? My co worker has a GS4 for sprint and uses PHILZ custom recovery.
Can anybody help me with some explanation? I am trying to figure out if it is worth rooting the phone. I also want to make sure I have all my ducks lined up before plunging into the process.
Thank you,
kendeezy said:
Hey guys,
I'm sorry if this question has already been asked, I currently have a verizon Gs4 that is running the new MK2 update. I have been looking around at ROMS online and I would like to install a kit kat rom onto my phone. My question is after rooting am I limited to what type of recovery and roms i can use? My co worker has a GS4 for sprint and uses PHILZ custom recovery.
Can anybody help me with some explanation? I am trying to figure out if it is worth rooting the phone. I also want to make sure I have all my ducks lined up before plunging into the process.
Thank you,
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No custom recovery exists for mk2...hashcode is working on safestrap recovery but it is buggy at best right now and only works for touchwiz ROMs...others are working tirelessly toward unlock or workaround...mk2 is very new...give it time and read up on mk2...more will come
You can't flash a custom rom or recovery if your on the MK2 update. You can only root MK2. The devs are working hard to make that possible for us that are on the MK2 update.
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It is absolutely worth rooting, but being on MK2 your recovery options are limited to Safe strap. Philztouch will only work on the original MDK firmware. I haven't used Safe strap since the Bionic but Hashcode and his work are amazing. Head over to his blog and his thread for more info. If you are just looking to theme your phone you can stay stock rooted and use Xposed with Wanam settings. All of this info is right here on XDA and most likely on the first page of their respective forums. My first recommendation is to read a lot first. Second, before you start the process have all emergency restore files downloaded and ready to go with your device recognized by your computer. (Always have Odin, your current Factory Firmware, and USB drivers ready)
You're on MK2....you can't install a custom ROM. This topic has been discussed many times.
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kendeezy said:
Hey guys,
I'm sorry if this question has already been asked, I currently have a verizon Gs4 that is running the new MK2 update. I have been looking around at ROMS online and I would like to install a kit kat rom onto my phone. My question is after rooting am I limited to what type of recovery and roms i can use? My co worker has a GS4 for sprint and uses PHILZ custom recovery.
Can anybody help me with some explanation? I am trying to figure out if it is worth rooting the phone. I also want to make sure I have all my ducks lined up before plunging into the process.
Thank you,
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Not to be rude, but this has been answered 1,000,000 times, you couldn't have searched or even read a few posts down. The only version of the S4 that can install a custom recovery is MDK. You can root, and Hashcode just released a version of safestrap that works with MJ7, but this just happened. As far as I am aware, only Hyperdrive will work on a phone on MJ7 or MK2.
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Hi everyone,
Just recently made the switch from an iPhone to a Galaxy S4, and happy to be here. I have my S4 on Verizon and unfortunately when I bought it it was already updated to ME7. I rooted it yesterday and, being a noob to Android, tried installing TWRP and CWM on it (obviously failed both times.) I have been reading a little on Safestrap and am sort of confused...
Is Safestrap a recovery for people like myself that have ME7 VZW S4's that want to install custom ROMs, or is it still in testing stages...?
Again, I am new to this whole thing. Any help will be appreciated! Also, let me know what I CAN do in the meantime with my now rooted S4!
morourke1117 said:
Hi everyone,
Just recently made the switch from an iPhone to a Galaxy S4, and happy to be here. I have my S4 on Verizon and unfortunately when I bought it it was already updated to ME7. I rooted it yesterday and, being a noob to Android, tried installing TWRP and CWM on it (obviously failed both times.) I have been reading a little on Safestrap and am sort of confused...
Is Safestrap a recovery for people like myself that have ME7 VZW S4's that want to install custom ROMs, or is it still in testing stages...?
Again, I am new to this whole thing. Any help will be appreciated! Also, let me know what I CAN do in the meantime with my now rooted S4!
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It hijacks the boot process and loads a specialized version of twrp. It is for people on me7 that would like custom roms. I dont believe its got the stable tag on it but you are able to flash and run custom roms.
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
Welcome to the forums! I also just switched from iPhone to android. Safari is basically TWRP except it's specialized for me7 devices. You can install roms using that once you root.
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hexitnow said:
It hijacks the boot process and loads a specialized version of twrp. It is for people on me7 that would like custom roms. I dont believe its got the stable tag on it but you are able to flash and run custom roms.
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
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Safe Strap is SAFE. And stable. Have fun!
Check this out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448726
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Note 3 MI9 (AT&T) Safestrap / Darthstalker
Hello everyone,
Recently I bailed from the iPhone revolution for a Note 3 - Absolutely love it!
Anyway with that said, could someone point me in the right direction and help me find some answers to my noob questions? I did a fair amount of reading on this before deciding to post. I have a lot to learn, I want to install the Darthstalker ROM on my Note 3 with firmware MI9 (AT&T) using Safestrap 3.71.
My phone is already rooted and has Safestap installed with BusyBox.
From everything I have read, Darthstalker is only compatible with MI7 on the Note 3. I have backed up the stock ROM and verified that it boots and works properly.
My first question is, is there a risk of bricking or destroying my phone if I use the Darkstalker ROM on one of Safestrap slots?
And second question, couldn't I just boot into recovery and delete it if there was an issue?
Thanks for reading my post everyone.
BrickFace said:
Hello everyone,
Recently I bailed from the iPhone revolution for a Note 3 - Absolutely love it!
Anyway with that said, could someone point me in the right direction and help me find some answers to my noob questions? I did a fair amount of reading on this before deciding to post. I have a lot to learn, I want to install the Darthstalker ROM on my Note 3 with firmware MI9 (AT&T) using Safestrap 3.71.
My phone is already rooted and has Safestap installed with BusyBox.
From everything I have read, Darthstalker is only compatible with MI7 on the Note 3. I have backed up the stock ROM and verified that it boots and works properly.
My first question is, is there a risk of bricking or destroying my phone if I use the Darkstalker ROM on one of Safestrap slots?
And second question, couldn't I just boot into recovery and delete it if there was an issue?
Thanks for reading my post everyone.
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You have a Note 3 - reading here, the forum for the Verizon Galaxy S4, may mislead you.
I suggest you read the Note 3 forums and ask your questions there.
Hey guys...I trade phones a lot. I was trying out the blackberry q10, and its a neat phone, just miss a full out android phone. So I got a s4 tonight. I am kind of lost...Usually I can figure this stuff out...Basicall I have VRUEMJ7...I am rooted right now. I want to install safestrap and go with custom roms...My understanding is that you cannot install a recovery on VRUEMJ7....I would like to downgrade I guess in order to install a recovery and flash roms. Can I ODIN and then safestrap?
matholland said:
Hey guys...I trade phones a lot. I was trying out the blackberry q10, and its a neat phone, just miss a full out android phone. So I got a s4 tonight. I am kind of lost...Usually I can figure this stuff out...Basicall I have VRUEMJ7...I am rooted right now. I want to install safestrap and go with custom roms...My understanding is that you cannot install a recovery on VRUEMJ7....I would like to downgrade I guess in order to install a recovery and flash roms. Can I ODIN and then safestrap?
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As of right now, NO downgrading, NO Safestrap, NO custom recovery AND NO custom ROMs with MJ7. Only root.
Read, read, read.
I have been reading...I had just stumbled across the answers after I posted this...Thanks for cleariying though.
68353958 i505
I found another one for a good price...It has vruddmi1...My understanding is that I CAN safestrap this one correct? I don't want to buy another one and not be able to install roms to it lol.
Yes but the screen rotation is broken if you run a custom rom on mi1.
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If you're going to buy another one, just buy the developer edition. Then you have a truly unlocked bootloader and done... no more worries.
hey guys this isn't my first rodeo however it is with safestrap and all this crap so i just got a replacemtn s4 from verizon running mi1 downloading the de la vega root tool currently taking a lot longer than expected so here is my goal, root got that part covered seems pretty self explainatory what i want to do is install safestrap or somehting to flash roms my plan is for now to be stock rooted... 4.3 and eventually flash other tw roms from what i understand that is all that can be installed using s.s. i have searched and search and cannot find any safestrap threads with info on how to's do's and don'ts so if someone can leand me a helping hand that would be fantastic sorry for the poor english i just work up and am too lazy to fix things atm
Bfitz26 said:
hey guys this isn't my first rodeo however it is with safestrap and all this crap so i just got a replacemtn s4 from verizon running mi1 downloading the de la vega root tool currently taking a lot longer than expected so here is my goal, root got that part covered seems pretty self explainatory what i want to do is install safestrap or somehting to flash roms my plan is for now to be stock rooted... 4.3 and eventually flash other tw roms from what i understand that is all that can be installed using s.s. i have searched and search and cannot find any safestrap threads with info on how to's do's and don'ts so if someone can leand me a helping hand that would be fantastic sorry for the poor english i just work up and am too lazy to fix things atm
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I'm pretty sure if you stay with MI1 you won't be able to flash any 4.3 ROMs. As of now the only one available is Hyperdrive 11 (soon to be 12). If you update to MJ7 or MK2 then you can flash 4.3 ROMs.
There are a few more 4.2 based ROMs in the dev section.
My advice to you (and everybody) would be to do your research. Read, read, read.
with my expirience with safe strap on the motorola razr,
safe strap, like its name is safe
before the stock rom loads it let you choose which rom to use.
you have few rom slots and and you can choose.
thre SS roms dont overwrite the stock
Bfitz26 said:
hey guys this isn't my first rodeo however it is with safestrap and all this crap so i just got a replacemtn s4 from verizon running mi1 downloading the de la vega root tool currently taking a lot longer than expected so here is my goal, root got that part covered seems pretty self explainatory what i want to do is install safestrap or somehting to flash roms my plan is for now to be stock rooted... 4.3 and eventually flash other tw roms from what i understand that is all that can be installed using s.s. i have searched and search and cannot find any safestrap threads with info on how to's do's and don'ts so if someone can leand me a helping hand that would be fantastic sorry for the poor english i just work up and am too lazy to fix things atm
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I posted a guidline in general section to show step by step to go from ME7 to MJ7, install saferoot, safestrap and HD11.0...would apply to what you want to do
Thanks man unfortunately the phone I had was wonkey sent it back and got a new one came installed with me7 guessing that is in there as well u mind shooting me a link to your guide thanks
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Bfitz26 said:
Thanks man unfortunately the phone I had was wonkey sent it back and got a new one came installed with me7 guessing that is in there as well u mind shooting me a link to your guide thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579278
Ok, a little info on me. I have had an iPhone since 2007. I decided to buy a used G S4 to see if I would like it. So far I like it a lot but need help getting it just right.
I am trying to install custom roms on my device. I want to try CM.10 first. So far I have achieved root aaccess, and installed gooManager.
The problem is that when I install a custom recovery script so I can have a custom recovery the phone locks up. What could I be doing wrong? I am sure this has been covered a hundred times but there is so much info on here its overwhelming to someone new to android. Thanks to everyone for the great work and contributions s already made.
Try odin to flash!
iPhone*convert said:
Ok, a little info on me. I have had an iPhone since 2007. I decided to buy a used G S4 to see if I would like it. So far I like it a lot but need help getting it just right.
I am trying to install custom roms on my device. I want to try CM.10 first. So far I have achieved root aaccess, and installed gooManager.
The problem is that when I install a custom recovery script so I can have a custom recovery the phone locks up. What could I be doing wrong? I am sure this has been covered a hundred times but there is so much info on here its overwhelming to someone new to android. Thanks to everyone for the great work and contributions s already made.
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when i installed my custom recovery i used cwm recovery (my preference) and used odin to flash it. its not as easy but its more reliable to me just look up a tutorial on how to flash custom recovery on odin. There are many vids on youtube
mylifeandroid said:
when i installed my custom recovery i used cwm recovery (my preference) and used odin to flash it. its not as easy but its more reliable to me just look up a tutorial on how to flash custom recovery on odin. There are many vids on youtube
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I watched all of the videos. Do I have a locked boot loader? Does that keep me from installing open recovery script? If so do I need a device with an older baseband in order to root, install custom recovery, and run custom roms?
I have a SCH-I545 running 4.3 with an mk2 baseband.
Yes, your bootloader is locked and currently there is no way to unlock it. Safestrap is your only option for ROMs now. Start with reading the OP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441441
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How do I find an older gs4 with an unlocked bootloader? How will I know when I find one? What baseband version should I be looking for?
iPhone*convert said:
How do I find an older gs4 with an unlocked bootloader? How will I know when I find one? What baseband version should I be looking for?
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Where your phone says mk2 the other will say mdk. . As far as finding one people sell them on ebay
iPhone*convert said:
How do I find an older gs4 with an unlocked bootloader? How will I know when I find one? What baseband version should I be looking for?
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Check out www.swappa.com
People have em up for sale, just look for the last three letters of the build (or baseband I suppose) to be MDK. Anything newer than that is locked down.
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iPhone*convert said:
How do I find an older gs4 with an unlocked bootloader? How will I know when I find one? What baseband version should I be looking for?
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Information is easily available in these forums concerning bootloaders and rooting and recoveries....with you phone your only option is safestrap and just one or 2 roms are available..
look before you jump
Nobody posts the build number in their adds on ebay or that swappers site. I'm messaging them all individually haha. Lmfao why didn't I read about this more before buying this boot locked pos lol.
Me7 and mj7 are worthless right?
iPhone*convert said:
Me7 and mj7 are worthless right?
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I will be honest this is the first phone that i have ever been satisfied with rooted debloated stock but I am very greatful my flashing itch is able to be somewhat scratched with safestrap. The above builds aren't worthless but I guess that all depends on your point of view and what your wanting to do with your device.
iPhone*convert said:
Me7 and mj7 are worthless right?
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don't understand the statement?
the stock roms run extremely well and with root you can debloat pretty easily. S4 phone is a superior device to most anything else out there at this moment whether you mod it or not
Hey your in luck there is a guy selling his mdk s4 for 330 on the general thread.
Hello!
I am very new to XDA and looking for some direction. Please direct me to the right post if this has been already asked a million times but here it goes.
I have a verizon s4 with 4.3 and Mk2. I havent done anything with the phone yet except using custom launchers and icons. I want to install a pure kit kat on my device and dont care about warranty. I am very confused with all the different kernels, root procedures and looking for a step by step guide - call it unlocking, rooting and installing for dummies
Where should i start and is it even possible with my phone/carrier/baseband version.
Thanks in advance for your time and attention and have a good day!
R
rs32 said:
Hello!
I am very new to XDA and looking for some direction. Please direct me to the right post if this has been already asked a million times but here it goes.
I have a verizon s4 with 4.3 and Mk2. I havent done anything with the phone yet except using custom launchers and icons. I want to install a pure kit kat on my device and dont care about warranty. I am very confused with all the different kernels, root procedures and looking for a step by step guide - call it unlocking, rooting and installing for dummies
Where should i start and is it even possible with my phone/carrier/baseband version.
Thanks in advance for your time and attention and have a good day!
R
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Read this sticky thread in the General forum.
No kitkat currently for MK2.
Thanks a lot! any reason why there is none for Mk2. i did read the thread and was able to understand most of it. I guess i will hang around and wait till they release one.
Can you advise if my understanding is correct to have a stock kit kat cynaogen mod on my s4 verizon with mk2 ( when it is available)
1) unlock bootloader (with safe strap or loki)
2) root device - what tool to use?
3) flash a custom cyanogen mod
4) install gapps and other apps
Thanks again!
R
U r on mk2 firmware so u will not be able to run any aosp ROMs or kernels on ur phone til someone or @Hashcode has figured out a way for safestrap users. As of now we can root and install safestrap and then flash safestrap only ROMs with the correct modules.
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holla420 said:
U r on mk2 firmware so u will not be able to run any aosp ROMs or kernels on ur phone til someone or @Hashcode has figured out a way for safestrap users. As of now we can root and install safestrap and then flash safestrap only ROMs with the correct modules.
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Thanks for the info. What are some good safe strap rooms you suggest?
rs32 said:
Thanks for the info. What are some good safe strap rooms you suggest?
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Hyperdrive is beast. All of them have been my daily driver. If ur into aosp kinda rom check out foxhound. I haven't tried many since I'm a hyperdrive fanatic. I'm sure there r a few more that's solid
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yep, im running Hyperdrive RLS 12 on mk2 right now, I dont want to update to RLS14, because i use google wallet and a lot of users have been reporting problems using it.
ppat324wi said:
yep, im running Hyperdrive RLS 12 on mk2 right now, I dont want to update to RLS14, because i use google wallet and a lot of users have been reporting problems using it.
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Thanks everyone! I think im gonna checkout the foxhoud roms since i like the aosp feel close to kitkat. I will check back when i can run something very similar to stock kit kat on my mk2 s4 verizon
have a great weekend!
R