Can't install a custom ROM. - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

Hi everyone. I have a galaxy s4 on verizon and rooted. The phone is MK2 I believe. I have installed the safestrap recovery and nandroided my stock phone.
Every time I try to flash a custom ROM, the phone boots up, shows me the safestrap options to boot into recovery or continue. Once I hit continue, the phone just sits there with a black screen and doesn't boot up. I tried CM 11 and I tried Beanstalk and neither works. Does anyone have any ideas on what is causing this? I'm wiping data, cache, and dalavik cache before each flash. I flash the ROM and then I flash gapps. The recovery says the flash was successful.
Thanks for the help!

curryinaninstant said:
Hi everyone. I have a galaxy s4 on verizon and rooted. The phone is MK2 I believe. I have installed the safestrap recovery and nandroided my stock phone.
Every time I try to flash a custom ROM, the phone boots up, shows me the safestrap options to boot into recovery or continue. Once I hit continue, the phone just sits there with a black screen and doesn't boot up. I tried CM 11 and I tried Beanstalk and neither works. Does anyone have any ideas on what is causing this? I'm wiping data, cache, and dalavik cache before each flash. I flash the ROM and then I flash gapps. The recovery says the flash was successful.
Thanks for the help!
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Take 5 minutes and scan the dozens of posts just like yours...the answers is there...good grief
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I have but I'm new to this and all the jargon is confusing. Can you point me in the right direction please? Thanks for your help!

curryinaninstant said:
I have but I'm new to this and all the jargon is confusing. Can you point me in the right direction please? Thanks for your help!
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Start reading...and there are youtube videos too...
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curryinaninstant said:
I have but I'm new to this and all the jargon is confusing. Can you point me in the right direction please? Thanks for your help!
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Read safestrap thread...start at first post especially. .....
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven

I have read that thread. I have watched the videos. When I try to use goo manager to do the loki hack, the phone boots up after installing a recovery and gives me an android screen that says DOWNLOADING. DO NOT UNPLUG DEVICE message and that just sits there forever. When I install via safestrap by creating a second partition and installing the rom there, as well as zipping the gapps and the requisite zzizp file, it just boots up into a blank screen. The only thing htat actually works the whole time is a nandroid backup. I don't know what I am doing incorrectly. Can you help please?

curryinaninstant said:
I have read that thread. I have watched the videos. When I try to use goo manager to do the loki hack, the phone boots up after installing a recovery and gives me an android screen that says DOWNLOADING. DO NOT UNPLUG DEVICE message and that just sits there forever. When I install via safestrap by creating a second partition and installing the rom there, as well as zipping the gapps and the requisite zzizp file, it just boots up into a blank screen. The only thing htat actually works the whole time is a nandroid backup. I don't know what I am doing incorrectly. Can you help please?
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What makes you think you can install the loki hack on mk2 base phone in conjunction with safestrap?????
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I uninstalled safestrap when I installed goomanager. Is that not what I'm suppoesd to do. I am new here. I don't know what I'm doing. Your help would be appreciated.

curryinaninstant said:
I uninstalled safestrap when I installed goomanager. Is that not what I'm suppoesd to do. I am new here. I don't know what I'm doing. Your help would be appreciated.
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Why I suggested you do further reading...
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look man. I think I've been respectful enough here. I've read the threads you recommended. I watched videos online. I have tried. I really have. I am new to this but you don't have to keep berating me for no reason. If you know what I'm supposed to do and can explain it to me in an easy to understand method, I'd really appreciate it. If not, then I'm not sure what you're trying to do because telling me to keep reading the same things that i've read over and over again without understanding them isn't getting either of us anywhere. I don't get the jargon. I don't get the lingo. I don't know what I'm doing wrong EVEN AFTER I've read through everything, so while I appreciate your attempts to educate me by trial, I'd really appreciate it if you just gave me an answer. If you don't have one, thats okay too, but at least we can stop playing this stupid game of cat and mouse.

curryinaninstant said:
look man. I think I've been respectful enough here. I've read the threads you recommended. I watched videos online. I have tried. I really have. I am new to this but you don't have to keep berating me for no reason. If you know what I'm supposed to do and can explain it to me in an easy to understand method, I'd really appreciate it. If not, then I'm not sure what you're trying to do because telling me to keep reading the same things that i've read over and over again withotu understanding them isn't getting either of us anywhere. I don't get the jargon. I don't get the lingo. I don't know what I'm doing wrong EVEN AFTER I've read through everything, so while I appreciate your attempts to educate me by trial, I'd really much rather appreciate it if you just gave me an answer. If you don't have one, thats okay too, but at least we can stop playing this stupid game of cat and mouse.
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If you have done what you have said then because are on mk2 the ONLY option you have is safestrap after you are rooted You can't use goo manager. .you can't use twrp or cwm. You are limited to safestrap 3.71 and the couple of Roms thar are compatible to run...This is obvious from the getgo. If you don't understand the jargon then read and research more until you do...otherwise you will brick your phone and it will cost you money and time...
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decaturbob said:
If you have done what you have said then because are on mk2 the ONLY option you have is safestrap after you are rooted You can't use goo manager. .you can't use twrp or cwm. You are limited to safestrap 3.71 and the couple of Roms thar are compatible to run...This is obvious from the getgo. If you don't understand the jargon then read and research more until you do...otherwise you will brick your phone and it will cost you money and time...
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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New I'm not trying to berate you but this situation has been discuss countless times. I'm trying to help you.
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven

that is much more helpful and I really do appreciate it. For a beginner, this isn't easy to parse through. IS there a way of switching from MK2 to something else so I can run one of the other roms?

curryinaninstant said:
that is much more helpful and I really do appreciate it. For a beginner, this isn't easy to parse through. IS there a way of switching from MK2 to something else so I can run one of the other roms?
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Again...reading will tell you that you can't go back in firmware updates. Safestrap is a viable option and I have been running hyperdrive since safestrap was released.
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven

curryinaninstant said:
look man. I think I've been respectful enough here. I've read the threads you recommended. I watched videos online. I have tried. I really have. I am new to this but you don't have to keep berating me for no reason. If you know what I'm supposed to do and can explain it to me in an easy to understand method, I'd really appreciate it. If not, then I'm not sure what you're trying to do because telling me to keep reading the same things that i've read over and over again without understanding them isn't getting either of us anywhere. I don't get the jargon. I don't get the lingo. I don't know what I'm doing wrong EVEN AFTER I've read through everything, so while I appreciate your attempts to educate me by trial, I'd really appreciate it if you just gave me an answer. If you don't have one, thats okay too, but at least we can stop playing this stupid game of cat and mouse.
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OK, you want easy to understand. Let's try this:
Your phone has a version. In this case, it's apparently MK2.
You're doing stuff that worked on the original I545, build MDK. Those processes won't work on MK2, which is a fact that has been stated here over and over again, That's why you're getting berated, because this is a daily occurrence. We get people who don't read, don't understand what they're doing, and end up bricking their phones, just like you.
So here's what you would have found out if you had read around. Yes, I know there's a lot of threads here, but..
Any revision of the I545 later than MDK (ME7, MI1, MJ7, MK2) can't have a custom recovery, only Safestrap.
Any site where you got directions to install Goo Manager and flash away is wrong.
You're risking destroying your expensive phone by flashing before reading. Please look in to the Safestrap thread here and over in Android Development.
As we say, a little reading goes a long way.

Thank you!

curryinaninstant said:
Thank you!
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I gotta say, I appreciate your tenacity here.
I too am fairly new to all this on the S4. I have done plenty of other flashes on other devices, and every time I go to work on a new device the learning curve is steep.
The 'scene' for lack of a better term has become a very convoluted mess filled with people that are quick to berate and think everyone is an illiterate asshole looking for a handout.
Everyday there seems to be another term or something I have not heard of. It is all well and good for the experts that have been in the thick of it from day one to just say, "Go read the forums!!!111one" and I get it, too many times the same questions are being asked. But the fact remains that if a single post like this would get stickied and maybe placed at the top General Q&A thread we would have an easy place to go for our answers and wouldn't have to start a new thread with a question like this and get flamed.
I mean good grief, you start reading the forum for OctOS, and nowhere does it say you cannot come from anything other than MDK originally. It does say that TWRP is the only supported method, but Safestrap, once booted it says at the top "Safestrap 3.70 (TWRP v2.6.3.1)" so how are we not to be confused?
You start reading a thread from the beginning and get terms like AOSP, GPe, Aroma, LOKI, Odexed, Deodexed, etc.. and all you can do is start searching for what each of those mean, which leads to you countless threads of "Shut up you lazy puke, and go read the forums!"
I know I'm ranting, but honestly, if you are taking the time to post a flame and tell someone to go read, then you could take the time and help point them in the right direction instead. I really appreciate the time both you guys took to answer his (and my) questions. It honestly did help me, and it was just a plain simple answer. I am glad I continued to read the thread though, because it certain started off as one of those 'shutup and read' threads. If there were something as simple as "So you want to mod you VZW S4?", stickied at the top of the S4 General forum, I for one would not have ended up here reading this same thread because I was in the same boat as this poor guy. Hell just making this thread a sticky would save you countless hours of replying to threads and telling people to read. I know all too well though that there are plenty lazy people out there just looking for the quick answer though, so believe me, I understand. But please remember we were all noobs at one point in time, and sometimes just need to ask someone for help.
So the long and short of it is, for us that were not smart enough to block or not take updates, or were unfortunate enough to have to swap equipment, if we are past the MDK build then we are stuck only being able to: root, install Safestrap 3.70, and possibly install one of the few Safestrap compatible roms based off the ME7 or MK2 official builds. I assume this is because the bootloader is locked on these versions and will only boot ROMS that have the same base signature, right? At least that is what I have been able to piece together from the countless threads I have tried reading and understanding.
And just because I mentioned them:
AOSP - Android Open Source Project, The raw version of Android that is free to use and modify for everyone. Countless custom roms are built on this.
GPe - Google Phone Edition? Not quite sure on this one. I think it means all the out-of-the-box Google Apps Functionality. Though I am still hazy.
Aroma - I believe this is a set of install scripts used by custom rom devs now days that allows their users to install the options they want. I have yet to be able to use a rom that has it, so I am not sure.
LOKI - A tool from Dan Rosenberg that allows people to bypass locked bootloaders. Verizon quickly caught the hole it used though and was patched after MDK, so that is why we on MK2 cannot have nice things.
Odexed vs. Deodexed - Refers to how an application runs and more specifically how it's memory space is handled. There is a nice write up but I am not allowed to post a link, essentially though odexed based ROMs will boot on the first load more quickly but are very customizible as far as themes and such go. Deodexed ROMs have to build the cache from instructions in the APK files, which take longer for the first boot only, or after a Dalvik wipe, and are just as fast after that first boot. Deodexed are more customizable.
Sorry for the long post, I am just tired of seeing threads that start off like these, while in the search for information. It was nice to see someone provide some guidance in the end though and I wanted to acknowledge that and rant a bit. [/RANT]

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i have a motorola atrix 4g from at&t and i want instal a rom for europe(with option for 2G,and option for data conection),
what rom can i use and instructions?
thanks
Did you search around the forum already?
i found something with csrom,but no instructions for instal
I think you need to do some more searching and reading. And by "some more" I mean "a LOT more".
"Something with csrom"? You could've at least read up about what it even is.
Word of advice: the phone is not your windows PC made for dummies, you don't install things here by simply starting an EXE file and clicking "Next" a few times. If you don't have an unlocked bootloader and a custom recovery, it's way too early for you to be looking at ROMs.
However, I want to applaud you for at least opening the thread in the right section. Too many people can't even get that right.
if you want to help me with some real answers is ok,if not please don't post with some like "However, I want to applaud you for at least opening the thread in the right section. Too many people can't even get that right".
thanks
Rom 2g selectable
If you are rooted and have custom recovery flash Cyanogenmod 7.2.0 there is a stable version available for download on there site.
http://get.cm/?device=olympus&type=stable
iugo said:
if you want to help me with some real answers is ok,if not please don't post with some like "However, I want to applaud you for at least opening the thread in the right section. Too many people can't even get that right".
thanks
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That was the help... Shame you don't realize it. Sorry if you got offended by that, but that was for your own good.
If you get stuck at some point while flashing, I'll be more than glad to offer advice. However, I won't ever serve things for you on a silver plate because you couldn't be bothered to search and read. "Give a man a fish, you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you'll keep him fed the rest of his life." In other words, you'll get far more benefits from searching and reading and learning on your own than from me serving you numbed down steps and procedures. Especially with this huge amount of threads already explaining everything you could possibly need.
i try to unlock bootloader with puding and rsd lite and now my phone is bricked,
when start the phone on the screen apear:
SVF:105:1:2
failed to boot 0x1000
no os detected,going to rsd mode in 5 seconds.
press any key to stop cont down
avalable modes are:
there is 14 mode
and the last line say: curent chioce is mode:rds
starting fastboot protocol support
i don't know what can do to solve that error
the phone have 2.3.6 version
See, this is exactly what I was trying to prevent by telling you to go and read more. But you wouldn't listen. So now you have a brick. Congratulations.
Luckily this should be fixable, but YOU NEED TO READ MORE. After you're done reading, you can try this (use options 3).
thanks,now phone work with same vesion 2.3.6, and is unlocked,now can i instal any custom firmware?
No.
Did you read up like I told you? Doesn't seem like you did.
At the very least, go through the posts in this thread again. I already mentioned what you need to flash.
i read but i don"t understand so good(maibe my english is bad) from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871 i understand can be flash with rsd but another member post in my tread to flash cyanogedMod in recovery,here i'm confused.
my phone is unlocked,rooted and clock word instaled.
thanks
ravilov said:
See, this is exactly what I was trying to prevent by telling you to go and read more. But you wouldn't listen. So now you have a brick. Congratulations.
Luckily this should be fixable, but YOU NEED TO READ MORE. After you're done reading, you can try this (use options 3).
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Lol you crack me up, keep up the honesty it wears like a fine tuxedo.
ha ha ha, you are very very funny
iugo said:
i read but i don"t understand so good(maibe my english is bad) from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871 i understand can be flash with rsd but another member post in my tread to flash cyanogedMod in recovery,here i'm confused.
my phone is unlocked,rooted and clock word instaled.
thanks
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Ok you used that link, it provided you with an unlocked bootloader. Now with that and cwm installed. You can go to the development thread and download a rom. Persay, http://goo.im/devs/Th3Bill/MIUIus/Atrix/MIUI.us.Olympus_2.9.29_Aroma_Signed_Th3Bill.zip
now install that zip from cwm "recovery". And follow directions. That should give you an idea on how most these newer compiled Roms work. (Newer compiled roms all now have aroma or are like kitchen sink (project).
if you need more help just keep asking questions. Worst you can do is bootloop and flash something else.
Edit: fyi : root is nothing like the bootloader, or cwm. Root is inside the rom, you will find almost every rom HAS root in it.
Now if you flash a rom, before you do that... backup your things as you will loose text, call logs, application data, contacts, etc.
fthanks to all for help.
iugo said:
i read but i don"t understand so good(maibe my english is bad) from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871 i understand can be flash with rsd but another member post in my tread to flash cyanogedMod in recovery,here i'm confused.
my phone is unlocked,rooted and clock word instaled.
thanks
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Ciloteille said:
Ok you used that link, it provided you with an unlocked bootloader. Now with that and cwm installed. You can go to the development thread and download a rom. Persay, http://goo.im/devs/Th3Bill/MIUIus/Atrix/MIUI.us.Olympus_2.9.29_Aroma_Signed_Th3Bill.zip
now install that zip from cwm "recovery".
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NO!!!!!
Uggh!
Does nobody here read what's been said before?!
CWM recovery that comes with the automatic unlocker is TOO OLD. You won't be able to flash any recent ROM using that.
You need to flash a newer recovery. I recommend RomRacer's CWM-based recovery.

[Q] Im so frustrated. Bricked my phone 8 times today. How do I install CWM on i545?

So, I have the i545, it was updated to the newest firmware when I got it. Lucky!
I first tried all the old stuff like the noob I am. Bricked it a couple times, blah blah, fixed it.
I tried the newer stuff, and was successful in getting into the recovery, but all I can do is wipe personal data and cache, its not CWM. When I do, it gets locked into download odin section and says its broken essentially.
Any bootloader bricks it, and any attempt to do the newer stuff like Loki has bricked it. I have the original Rom saved, so I just have to push it through odin each time.
I want Hyperdrive rom, I am rooted, and I can't get the common "working" ways to work. What am I doing wrong? I just tried the loki method and it locked into odin download when it restarted.
I'm not frustrated at anyone here by any means, I know the big companies are jerks, and....I need help side stepping them...
Any suggestions?
Again, i545, 32gb, Verizon Galaxy s4. It is rooted. And I want Hyperdrive rom.
Thanks!
EDIT.
If there is a way through odin or something to push Hyperdrive, I dont need the CWM. Im just a simple custom rom user, nothing crazy. And if there is no way to go from the ME7 update, be it downgrade and then root and flash, be it odin, be in CWM or Loki method, etc., where do I go to add to the bounty?
Excessumcarcer said:
So, I have the i545, it was updated to the newest firmware when I got it. Lucky!
I first tried all the old stuff like the noob I am. Bricked it a couple times, blah blah, fixed it.
I tried the newer stuff, and was successful in getting into the recovery, but all I can do is wipe personal data and cache, its not CWM. When I do, it gets locked into download odin section and says its broken essentially.
Any bootloader bricks it, and any attempt to do the newer stuff like Loki has bricked it. I have the original Rom saved, so I just have to push it through odin each time.
I want Hyperdrive rom, I am rooted, and I can't get the common "working" ways to work. What am I doing wrong? I just tried the loki method and it locked into odin download when it restarted.
I'm not frustrated at anyone here by any means, I know the big companies are jerks, and....I need help side stepping them...
Any suggestions?
Again, i545, 32gb, Verizon Galaxy s4. It is rooted. And I want Hyperdrive rom.
Thanks!
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Your stuck at the moment there is no custom recovery for me7. Theres been about 100 posts/threads about it. Hashcode a member here is working on a safestrap for me7 so custom roms can be flashed I advise checking it out. Its in the general section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45185924
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No way to downgrade or flash rom through odin. Like I said your stuck for moment on stock me7. In the thread I linked there is a donation link for hashcode with the safestrap. There is also a bounty page for unlocking the bootloader in the general section as well.
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Excessumcarcer said:
So, I have the i545, it was updated to the newest firmware when I got it. Lucky!
I first tried all the old stuff like the noob I am. Bricked it a couple times, blah blah, fixed it.
I tried the newer stuff, and was successful in getting into the recovery, but all I can do is wipe personal data and cache, its not CWM. When I do, it gets locked into download odin section and says its broken essentially.
Any bootloader bricks it, and any attempt to do the newer stuff like Loki has bricked it. I have the original Rom saved, so I just have to push it through odin each time.
I want Hyperdrive rom, I am rooted, and I can't get the common "working" ways to work. What am I doing wrong? I just tried the loki method and it locked into odin download when it restarted.
I'm not frustrated at anyone here by any means, I know the big companies are jerks, and....I need help side stepping them...
Any suggestions?
Again, i545, 32gb, Verizon Galaxy s4. It is rooted. And I want Hyperdrive rom.
Thanks!
EDIT.
If there is a way through odin or something to push Hyperdrive, I dont need the CWM. Im just a simple custom rom user, nothing crazy. And if there is no way to go from the ME7 update, be it downgrade and then root and flash, be it odin, be in CWM or Loki method, etc., where do I go to add to the bounty?
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It would have helped you greatly to have research GS4 with ME7....it can ONLY be rooted at this time.
decaturbob said:
It would have helped you greatly to have research GS4 with ME7....it can ONLY be rooted at this time.
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The first time it bricked itself I did some research. Found that the ME7 was a punk, found guides where people claimed to have gotten around it, which all failed. I presumed it had been cracked if there were ways posted, but after they failed I came here.
Excessumcarcer said:
The first time it bricked itself I did some research. Found that the ME7 was a punk, found guides where people claimed to have gotten around it, which all failed. I presumed it had been cracked if there were ways posted, but after they failed I came here.
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It bricked "itself" pretty amazing. You should do a little research before you mess with your phone.
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It bricked "itself" pretty amazing. You should do a little research before you mess with your phone.
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Ugh, I could explain everything in detail and not joke around, but then I'd just be a jerk. I've rooted, installed bootloaders, roms, etc., on many phones, not just mine. I know what I'm doing so generally I don't have to research how to do it. I upgraded from a galaxy S3 with MOAR (rom) installed, also did paranoid rom right before, jumped in and hoped that the S4 would play nice. It didn't. And you won't find a post from me asking how to unbrick it. The original Rom was backed up, so nothing to fear. I understand that bricking a phone is part of the risk, and unbricking it is part of the knowledge one needs to jump in comfortably. I did it 8 times yesterday. I tried 5 methods, one I tried a couple times because I could get into the bootloader but it would freeze on removing the cache. After each different combo, it killed it. Once I felt defeated for the day I came here. Believe me, Im not the person who turns on their phone and posts for help about what to do after its on. ^_^
Well, all I can say is you're learning the s4 the hard way
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ME7 =no custom recovery =no custom ROMs.
Read the thread about SafeStrap being worked on by hashcode
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jd1639 said:
Well, all I can say is you're learning the s4 the hard way
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I957 using xda app-developers app
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Thats the only way I learn. : ) Following the 50 million different articles and blogs and tutorials is the only way I ever find anything. Rarely do I get a piece of equipment that just works the first time with the common used method for it. That's never my luck. There's always something stupid that stops it. This is the same with everything in truth, cars, computers, phones, etc. Nothing has ever just worked for me. So, now I just throw things at it until something goes through. People say there's no way, well...if that's the case then all the DEV's should stop trying. lol. There is a way, we just have to find it.
Well, every phone is different and just jumping in on a new phone without knowing the issues and pitfalls because you rooted other phones being naive imo. I've rooted maybe a half dozen phones and countless roms but when i got my S4 i still waited a few days and just read. The point is no matter how many times you do something whenever you get something new/updated, be a phone or anything else, you should always take the time to read and read.
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Also because of these locked down bootloaders (like the sammy knox) i would if i were you do A LOT of reading before buying new phones in the future to make sure you CAN root and slap a custom recovery on it. The root and custom recoveries may be a thing of the past pretty soon and we'll be purchasing Developers and Google Play editions if we want custom stuff.

[Q] Phone Will Not Flash New Rom, Encrypted, TeamWin Recovery

TeamWin Recovery Version: 2.5.0.0
I encrypted my device about two weeks ago. Today I tried flashing a new rom, which was Android 4.1.2. When it prompted me for my encryption password, I entered it correctly but it wouldn't accept it. I tried flashing another rom, which was 4.3, it accepted the encryption password but got bootlooped. My old device was on 4.3 to my belief. When I tried wiping /data in recovery it says it cannot mount /data. Help please?
Flash back to stock and decide if you want encryption or a device you want to flash.
That Won't Help.
imnuts said:
Flash back to stock and decide if you want encryption or a device you want to flash.
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I've tried Google and that already. Sarcasm will not fix my problem so if you don't have a solution please move on and stop spamming.
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Can anyone help?
So you used Odin and flashed your phone back to stock? No where in your post did you mention anything like that, or even allude to the fact that you flashed back to stock with Odin. If you want help, post better information, or figure it out yourself. Also, you can't have a device you want to be flash happy with on ROMs and an encrypted device. The two don't work, so you choose one or the other, not both.
Um...
imnuts said:
So you used Odin and flashed your phone back to stock? No where in your post did you mention anything like that, or even allude to the fact that you flashed back to stock with Odin. If you want help, post better information, or figure it out yourself. Also, you can't have a device you want to be flash happy with on ROMs and an encrypted device. The two don't work, so you choose one or the other, not both.
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...How can I fix this. I flashed it using my recovery.
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So you used Odin and flashed your phone back to stock? No where in your post did you mention anything like that, or even allude to the fact that you flashed back to stock with Odin. If you want help, post better information, or figure it out yourself. Also, you can't have a device you want to be flash happy with on ROMs and an encrypted device. The two don't work, so you choose one or the other, not both.
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Do you know how to do this or is this something you can't fix?
Read droidstyles thread at the top of this section. It has all of the information you will need to flash back to stock.
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This is why XDA annoys me. The "Recognized Developers" waste their time and other forum members time about how what they typed wasn't good enough for them. They could save a lot more time just asking questions that would help them understand the situation rather that be a nanny and tell the user how they didn't type up to their expectations, what they can do to make them satisfied, and then not respond for another 30 minutes.
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This is why XDA annoys me. The "Recognized Developers" waste their time and other forum members time about how what they typed wasn't good enough for them. They could save a lot more time just asking questions that would help them understand the situation rather that be a nanny and tell the user how they didn't type up to their expectations, what they can do to make them satisfied, and then not respond for another 30 minutes.
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You screwed yourself by saying I wasn't be helpful and to stop the sarcasm. You want help, don't bite the hand that feeds you. Flashing back to stock is a very simple process and well documented here and in other Samsung device forums. If you can't figure it out on your own, pay someone to do it for you, and then leave your phone stock. Rule 1 of modifying your phone should always be know how to recover, which you apparently do not. And posts like the two you've now made in this thread are not how you get help, and will most certainly turn everyone else that may have offered it away as well, since you're apparently too good to do any work on your own and criticize people when they aren't spoon feeding you.
Um
imnuts said:
You screwed yourself by saying I wasn't be helpful and to stop the sarcasm. You want help, don't bite the hand that feeds you. Flashing back to stock is a very simple process and well documented here and in other Samsung device forums. If you can't figure it out on your own, pay someone to do it for you, and then leave your phone stock. Rule 1 of modifying your phone should always be know how to recover, which you apparently do not. And posts like the two you've now made in this thread are not how you get help, and will most certainly turn everyone else that may have offered it away as well, since you're apparently too good to do any work on your own and criticize people when they aren't spoon feeding you.
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He/she didn't bite the hand that fed them because you didn't help at all lol. I agree with this users statement and the only other complaint I have is how you need to make 10 posts before being able to post links but that I understand.

[Q] Safestrap for rooted 13.3.2.2

I've looked over in hashcode's thread but can't seem to see any details of there being a version of safestrap for 13.3.2.2...
Is there a version that works on 13.3.2.2?
If not, can somebody point me in the right direction to changing my stock version to re-root and then install safestrap?
Thanks a bunch guys
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mattyjim123 said:
I've looked over in hashcode's thread but can't seem to see any details of there being a version of safestrap for 13.3.2.2...
Is there a version that works on 13.3.2.2?
If not, can somebody point me in the right direction to changing my stock version to re-root and then install safestrap?
Thanks a bunch guys
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I don't know how recently but I know it's been mentioned in that thread several times . I know that because I was one of the few that confirmed it right off the bat for this exact system. 3.75 B02 . Is confirmed working for your system several times by several members that actually read the threads before starting their own. And if you didn't find this information then I'm positive you haven't found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786190 just a friendly warning to new owners of this device. Have fun and I hope you enjoy your tablet, but be advised do plenty of reading and plenty of homework on any modifications you plan to do. And in case you didn't know how to use safestrap do not flash or wipe anything to your stock slot. If the print is red in safestrap do not do it. You have to do all your modifications to a slot that you have created then you will restore your backup of stock to your created slot and modify that.
Edit / facepalm lol I gave you the same warning over in the rollback thread when you asked if there was any point in rolling back to get safestrap working and in that very same thread it kind of answers that question with the title of the thread don't you think ? Anyway at that time you were devised that he had not updated safestrap. And you're also given these warnings. I would also advised to take a look at the first two full pages of the general section and the troubleshooting section I no I know it's hard to believe dissections can have more than one pages. But hey they also slapped full of redundant questions and information so what do you expect. Anyway do your research on all that oh please please I bricked my device threads.. Trust me there are many many (bricks) resuled from insufficient homework and not being able to follow directions. This device currently is still locked down and is not anyway similar to any other device you may have rooted or had fastboot abilities unlocked bootloader or etc. repeat there is no way to fix this device if you screw it up and it will not boot especially if you are not well-versed in android sdk and adb and or , Lenox...
Confirm.
3.75 B02 worked for my HDX 7 13.3.2.2 with root.

[Q] Help with Custom Recovery

Hey, first post here but I've been reading some threads since 2011.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 (I have experience with custom roms and such with the Droid Charge, also Samsung. See a pattern?).
I rooted it a while back, but recently have been experiencing quite a bit of instability so I wanted to try a custom rom (Hyperdrive is the one that I'm looking at but that's kinda irrelevant to this post).
The problem for me is that every guide expects me to be rooted with the custom recovery. I am rooted, and I did have CWM installed to perform the root, but now for some reason recovery boots into stock and I haven't been able to load any custom recoveries. I tried the CWM Rom Manager app to get CWM back, but it didn't seem to work (touch or normal). I have also tried Goo Manager to get TWRP and that was a complete bust.
I noticed one or two other methods involving safe-strap but I cannot for the life of me get safe-strap working on my phone and I've followed a couple guides several times without success.
I need someone to point me in the right direction to get a custom recovery back on my phone. I'm assuming something got screwed up somewhere along the line, so I'm not confident in these other methods but I'm trying to find a guide using Odin. Part of the problem seems to be that the Verizon phones aren't too common so all the guides and downloads are for a different model.
Please help, I'd prefer an Odin method but I'm open to suggestions.
cdroid93 said:
Hey, first post here but I've been reading some threads since 2011.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 (I have experience with custom roms and such with the Droid Charge, also Samsung. See a pattern?).
I rooted it a while back, but recently have been experiencing quite a bit of instability so I wanted to try a custom rom (Hyperdrive is the one that I'm looking at but that's kinda irrelevant to this post).
The problem for me is that every guide expects me to be rooted with the custom recovery. I am rooted, and I did have CWM installed to perform the root, but now for some reason recovery boots into stock and I haven't been able to load any custom recoveries. I tried the CWM Rom Manager app to get CWM back, but it didn't seem to work (touch or normal). I have also tried Goo Manager to get TWRP and that was a complete bust.
I noticed one or two other methods involving safe-strap but I cannot for the life of me get safe-strap working on my phone and I've followed a couple guides several times without success.
I need someone to point me in the right direction to get a custom recovery back on my phone. I'm assuming something got screwed up somewhere along the line, so I'm not confident in these other methods but I'm trying to find a guide using Odin. Part of the problem seems to be that the Verizon phones aren't too common so all the guides and downloads are for a different model.
Please help, I'd prefer an Odin method but I'm open to suggestions.
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If you are on NC5 then Safestrap is your only option. You are going to brick your phone if you just keep throwing recoveries at your phone until one sticks. If you are on MDK then your bootloader is unlocked and you can do what you want. Read the threads, that's what they're there for.
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liljoe727 said:
If you are on NC5 then Safestrap is your only option. You are going to brick your phone if you just keep throwing recoveries at your phone until one sticks. If you are on MDK then your bootloader is unlocked and you can do what you want. Read the threads, that's what they're there for.
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I'm actually on ME7. I haven't updated in a very long while because I wanted to root and then stop tinkering. That's not an option for me anymore for the stability reasons. I had over a year of rock solid performance though so it was a good run.
I was searching threads on this forum and others. This one seems to be more reliable than others (and a whole lot friendlier), but I still can't find what I'm looking for.
Maybe you can help me out by pointing out one of the threads that has what I need?
Thanks much.
cdroid93 said:
I'm actually on ME7. I haven't updated in a very long while because I wanted to root and then stop tinkering. That's not an option for me anymore for the stability reasons. I had over a year of rock solid performance though so it was a good run.
I was searching threads on this forum and others. This one seems to be more reliable than others (and a whole lot friendlier), but I still can't find what I'm looking for.
Maybe you can help me out by pointing out one of the threads that has what I need?
Thanks much.
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MDK, as I understand it, is the only bootloader that has been unlocked thus far. If you are still on ME7 and it's locked anyway, you may be better off just taking the update.
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liljoe727 said:
MDK, as I understand it, is the only bootloader that has been unlocked thus far. If you are still on ME7 and it's locked anyway, you may be better off just taking the update.
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Okay, well obviously I've messed up my phone somehow, I don't think it's possible for me to just go to system settings and update. How do I go about this if that doesn't work?
cdroid93 said:
Okay, well obviously I've messed up my phone somehow, I don't think it's possible for me to just go to system settings and update. How do I go about this if that doesn't work?
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Well you can update via Samsung Keis, or if you know how to use ODIN you can flash the latest NC5 through ODIN. You'll find everything you'll need from here.
Forgot to say that after you upgrade you can root through towelroot which you can by searching this forum or Google it.
After you install busybox you should be able to install Safestrap, but if you can't, you need to download and install an app calle SElinuxmodechanger and set SElinux to permissive. Then you will be able to install Safestrap. Once you have SS you can only install ROMs on the Stock slot. non of the other slots work.
skeezer308 said:
Well you can update via Samsung Keis, or if you know how to use ODIN you can flash the latest NC5 through ODIN. You'll find everything you'll need from here.
Forgot to say that after you upgrade you can root through towelroot which you can by searching this forum or Google it.
After you install busybox you should be able to install Safestrap, but if you can't, you need to download and install an app calle SElinuxmodechanger and set SElinux to permissive. Then you will be able to install Safestrap. Once you have SS you can only install ROMs on the Stock slot. non of the other slots work.
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Okay, for starters thank you. This is almost exactly what I needed. I've just got one more issue;
I cannot discern from what I've found on the forums or elsewhere what safestrap is safe for my phone now that I'm on NC5?
Thanks again for this, was a big help.
cdroid93 said:
Okay, for starters thank you. This is almost exactly what I needed. I've just got one more issue;
I cannot discern from what I've found on the forums or elsewhere what safestrap is safe for my phone now that I'm on NC5?
Thanks again for this, was a big help.
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Also keep in mind that you can only install TW ROMs or GPE ROMs that are SS friendly. If you try to install Cyanogen or other AOSP ROMs that require custom kernels you run the chance of bricking your phone

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