Rooting Verizon S4 mac OS - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

This will be my first root attempt. Ive done some research and feel as though I know the basics. Now I need a simple step by step guid on rooting using mac os for MK2...

dubfreaKs said:
This will be my first root attempt. Ive done some research and feel as though I know the basics. Now I need a simple step by step guid on rooting using mac os for MK2...
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Did u look in saferoot thread?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven

decaturbob said:
Did u look in saferoot thread?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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which one specifically link please

dubfreaKs said:
which one specifically link please
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There is only one in dev forum
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven

decaturbob said:
There is only one in dev forum
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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thanks for the link

dubfreaKs said:
thanks for the link
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Too hard to post links when I'm doing this on cell....thanks for looking...takes like a minute
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven

not ch
please do not post via cell phone if you do not know how. Thank you

can't find it sorry

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
No worries, it is under the android development section.

DanDaGuitarMan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
No worries, it is under the android development section.
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thank you i already checked it out. not very straight forward for mac

dubfreaKs said:
thank you i already checked it out. not very straight forward for mac
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1. Download and unzip saveroot.zip
2. Open a terminal window.
3. use the "cd" command to change your directory to where you unzipped.
4. type 'sh saferoot.sh' without the quotes.
The only way I could make it easier would be to hop in my car and root it for you.

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Can you root MJ7?

New to the S4 and it has MJ7 on it, so i wasn't sure if i could root it as i didn't see it in the tutorial, if so please link me. thanks
Duke4eva said:
New to the S4 and it has MJ7 on it, so i wasn't sure if i could root it as i didn't see it in the tutorial, if so please link me. thanks
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There's several threads about this. Search for MD7, or look for the topic subjects for MJ7.

[Q] PLEASE HELP ME MY WIFI WONT WORK Safestrap Hyperdrive s4

Im pretty sure just by the beginning title you understand where Im having my problems
I NEED HELP WITH MY WIFI
it wont work at all and Im on the MJ7 build and have tried multiple Hyperdrive Roms 12 14 and one other and none have worked
if im doing anything wrong please just tell me and PM me because its easier to hold a conversation and understand
THANKS
Did you install the module sets after flashing hyperdrive?
Nvidia Shield Root and More
Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way.
hexitnow said:
Did you install the module sets after flashing hyperdrive?
Nvidia Shield Root and More
Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way.
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that is usually 95% of the problems with wifi not working with any safestrap install
Its probably in your best interest to post more info if you cant capitalize on the suggestions above.
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hexitnow said:
Did you install the module sets after flashing hyperdrive?
Nvidia Shield Root and More
Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way.
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NO NO I didnt . Im still relatively new to ROMS and Rooting phones
How do I do that and SORRY for the late replies .
If you can PM me thatd be fantastic if not just tell me how and I am pretty good with figuring things out
So THERES HOPE
URBANDISCIPLE said:
NO NO I didnt . Im still relatively new to ROMS and Rooting phones
How do I do that and SORRY for the late replies .
If you can PM me thatd be fantastic if not just tell me how and I am pretty good with figuring things out
So THERES HOPE
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Everything you need is in the Safestrap thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441441
After you're done reading that you should check this thread out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Hey thanks Man
Heres the thing Im on the MK2 model and in reading it said something about ME7 I just dont wanna mess my device up
riker147 said:
Everything you need is in the Safestrap thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441441
After you're done reading that you should check this thread out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
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Hey thanks Man
Heres the thing Im on the MK2 model and in reading it said something about ME7 I just dont wanna mess my device up
URBANDISCIPLE said:
Hey thanks Man
Heres the thing Im on the MK2 model and in reading it said something about ME7 I just dont wanna mess my device up
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Concepts are the same. You flash the mk2 kernel patch from safestrap thread immediately after flashing rom.
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[Q] simple question

can I have to recoveries so I can have more custom rom choices. I would like to install Loki and Safestrap 3.72 . 2 recoveries, one phone, is it possible !!!??? thanks for your reply, I'm a noob
mgraham80823 said:
can I have to recoveries so I can have more custom rom choices. I would like to install Loki and Safestrap 3.72 . 2 recoveries, one phone, is it possible !!!??? thanks for your reply, I'm a noob
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How much research have you done?
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It's either one or the other, it can't be both. Go into Settings>About Phone and see what baseband it says.
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Asking questions is researching to me, do you have the answer to my question? I have done enough research to downgrade sucessfully from NC5 to MK2 install root go back up to NC5 and run hyper-drive. I like hyper drive but would like more roms to toy around with. Enough with the ego,I'm posting in the right section of the forum and it's a simple question. this question could very well answer more peoples questions and your thanks meter might go up. I've done enough research to know being mean gives you a bad rap and answering questions and bieing helpful in a help section gives you good reputation.
mgraham80823 said:
can I have to recoveries so I can have more custom rom choices. I would like to install Loki and Safestrap 3.72 . 2 recoveries, one phone, is it possible !!!??? thanks for your reply, I'm a noob
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No.... You can not have "to" recoveries. Only "won".
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65vdub said:
It's either one or the other, it can't be both. Go into Settings>About Phone and see what baseband it says.
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my baseband is hacked nc5 hyperdrive 16.1
mgraham80823 said:
my baseband is hacked nc5 hyperdrive 16.1
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Unfortunately you can only stay with safe strap, the Loki method only worked with the MDK bootloader the phone originally came with when it launched.
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mgraham80823 said:
my baseband is hacked nc5 hyperdrive 16.1
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Baseband only refers to your modem by the way. Basically you need to know what your bootloader is aka what build your phone is currently on.
Seems you've been answered already as to your recovery question. Only SafeStrap is available for your phone as of now.
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mgraham80823 said:
Asking questions is researching to me, do you have the answer to my question? I have done enough research to downgrade sucessfully from NC5 to MK2 install root go back up to NC5 and run hyper-drive. I like hyper drive but would like more roms to toy around with. Enough with the ego,I'm posting in the right section of the forum and it's a simple question. this question could very well answer more peoples questions and your thanks meter might go up. I've done enough research to know being mean gives you a bad rap and answering questions and bieing helpful in a help section gives you good reputation.
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If you read the stickie in the general forum you would have had your answer...I have no idea how u can say you have researched and still ask this question...
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Please help

Alright guys, I have searched and searched for an answer; I rooted my S4 with build number NC5, with safestrap, however, I installed CM 11 (nightly) and google play store through SS. Now I read there isn't a way to do that. I have already booted my phone and now its just a black screen. Any ideas on how to fix this problem?
Thank you in advance.
Also, I am on a Mac laptop, and I can't figure out how to use odin. I have also tried using j0dinCasual but it says something about not being able to locate my phone
Brassard said:
Alright guys, I have searched and searched for an answer; I rooted my S4 with build number NC5, with safestrap, however, I installed CM 11 (nightly) and google play store through SS. Now I read there isn't a way to do that. I have already booted my phone and now its just a black screen. Any ideas on how to fix this problem?
Thank you in advance.
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You must have missed all the info concerning what roms you can and can't run. You now need to research Odin process.... The is a stickie in general forum you need to read ASAP
sent via safestrap 3.72 and echo v25.1! !
decaturbob said:
You must have missed all the info concerning what roms you can and can't run. You now need to research Odin process.... The is a stickie in general forum you need to read ASAP
sent via safestrap 3.72 and echo v25.1! !
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I read the info; not sure what i was thinking. Thank you for your time.
Brassard said:
I read the info; not sure what i was thinking. Thank you for your time.
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You'll need to use Odin or Heimdall to re-flash a factory image.

Alcatel Pop 4S help rooting/installing custom recovery

Hello XDA Community!
I think this is my first post so yay! That being aside, I've recently bought an Alcatel Pop 4s ( MT6755M processor, 2gb of RAM) and I can't seem to find any guides on the internet nor on xda to root or flash a custom recovery on this device, I can't find any files at all, I've read guides of how to compile TWRP to your device but they all seem to require custom roms so I can't figure it out. I've also tried rooting the device with KingoRoot and pretty much every other one click root app and none of them worked.
I really would appreciate if someone could help me find a guide or a custom recovery/root method that works!
Cheers,
Kamefrede
Kamefrede said:
Hello XDA Community!
I think this is my first post so yay! That being aside, I've recently bought an Alcatel Pop 4s ( MT6755M processor, 2gb of RAM) and I can't seem to find any guides on the internet nor on xda to root or flash a custom recovery on this device, I can't find any files at all, I've read guides of how to compile TWRP to your device but they all seem to require custom roms so I can't figure it out. I've also tried rooting the device with KingoRoot and pretty much every other one click root app and none of them worked.
I really would appreciate if someone could help me find a guide or a custom recovery/root method that works!
Cheers,
Kamefrede
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Hello there welcome to XDA .
Alcatel devices aren't really popular here on XDA unless someone like me or some other dev gets their hands on one. TWRP doesn't require any custom ROMs to build it (technically it does but it's not the flashing kind). If you had root then you could've provided your boot.img and recovery.img and I would've built TWRP for you.
There may be another way to backup your stock firmware in the event you brick in the future you can restore. For now, know that something is being worked on although I don't have this device.
kirito9 said:
Hello there welcome to XDA .
Alcatel devices aren't really popular here on XDA unless someone like me or some other dev gets their hands on one. TWRP doesn't require any custom ROMs to build it (technically it does but it's not the flashing kind). If you had root then you could've provided your boot.img and recovery.img and I would've built TWRP for you.
There may be another way to backup your stock firmware in the event you brick in the future you can restore. For now, know that something is being worked on although I don't have this device.
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Thank you very much! I look forward to that something that is being worked on!
Kamefrede said:
Thank you very much! I look forward to that something that is being worked on!
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Alright, let's go. I found a tool for you. Download this tool here and extract it. Open it up and I guess you should see prompts. Follow them and try to get the boot.img and recovery.img.
EDIT: Tool is only for android 5.1 and you have 6.0 right?
EDIT 2: 6.0 Backup here
kirito9 said:
Alright, let's go. I found a tool for you. Download this tool and extract it. Open it up and I guess you should see prompts. Follow them and try to get the boot.img and recovery.img.
EDIT: Tool is only for android 5.1 and you have 6.0 right?
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I used the tool and only a build.prop file showed up in the backup folder, the device has encryption on do you think it could affect it?
Edit: figured a log would be useful pastebin. com / yXxgJdzv
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Kamefrede said:
kirito9 said:
Alright, let's go. I found a tool for you. Download this tool and extract it. Open it up and I guess you should see prompts. Follow them and try to get the boot.img and recovery.img.
EDIT: Tool is only for android 5.1 and you have 6.0 right?
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I used the tool and only a build.prop file showed up in the backup folder, the device has encryption on do you think it could affect it?
Edit: figured a log would be useful pastebin. com / yXxgJdzv
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It said the page was removed. Send the link in a PM. Upload the build.prop file and await further instructions.
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Kamefrede said:
I used the tool and only a build.prop file showed up in the backup folder, the device has encryption on do you think it could affect it?
Edit: figured a log would be useful pastebin. com / yXxgJdzv
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According to this...http://pastebin.com/yXxgJdzv. It doesn't seem to find your sdcard. Do you have an sdcard in the device?
kirito9 said:
It said the page was removed. Send the link in a PM. Upload the build.prop file and await further instructions.
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According to this...http://pastebin.com/yXxgJdzv. It doesn't seem to find your sdcard. Do you have an sdcard in the device?
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Yes I have an sdcard on the device
Kamefrede said:
Yes I have an sdcard on the device
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Trying creating the folder on the sdcard as specified in the log.
kirito9 said:
Trying creating the folder on the sdcard as specified in the log.
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Done but still the same result
Kamefrede said:
Done but still the same result
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Alright, give this a go https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-13347.html.
kirito9 said:
Alright, give this a go https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-13347.html.
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This is confusing I installed the driver it asked me to install but when I clicked to power up the phone it installed another preloader driver and now I have two and I can't get it to work
kirito9 said:
Alright, give this a go https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-13347.html.
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Okay on a further note I managed to do it but then to my surprise Miracle Box says >> Not supported
Edit: I noticed I accidentally double posted, sorry mods!
Kamefrede said:
Okay on a further note I managed to do it but then to my surprise Miracle Box says >> Not supported
Edit: I noticed I accidentally double posted, sorry mods!
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Ok, let's revert back to the first method. Did you try both tools? Did you try to create the directory that was there?
kirito9 said:
Ok, let's revert back to the first method. Did you try both tools? Did you try to create the directory that was there?
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Yes I did both with my phone and with adb on my phone it straight up wouldn't let me and on abd it said permission denied.
Kamefrede said:
Yes I did both with my phone and with adb on my phone it straight up wouldn't let me and on abd it said permission denied.
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Hmmm, it seems that you need root for this to work. I'll try it on my device and see if it detects it.
kirito9 said:
Hmmm, it seems that you need root for this to work. I'll try it on my device and see if it detects it.
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Oh, but don't the most common root methods involve using a zip file through a custom recovery?
Kamefrede said:
Oh, but don't the most common root methods involve using a zip file through a custom recovery?
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Indeed they do but there are one click apps that work too like Kingroot. If Kingroot doesn't work then more then likely you need to root using a custom recovery.
kirito9 said:
Indeed they do but there are one click apps that work too like Kingroot. If Kingroot doesn't work then more then likely you need to root using a custom recovery.
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Kingroot doesn't work on my phone, but custom recovery seems impossible for my device, this is confusing is my device unrootable?
Kamefrede said:
Kingroot doesn't work on my phone, but custom recovery seems impossible for my device, this is confusing is my device unrootable?
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Not necessarily, but sometimes these things take time. I don't have the device for myself so I can't try anything with it so for now. I'l do more reading and get back to you.
kirito9 said:
Not necessarily, but sometimes these things take time. I don't have the device for myself so I can't try anything with it so for now. I'l do more reading and get back to you.
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Okay thank you!

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