I'm just curious, how many users are on MDK.
I'm one of them ? .i don't know if there are more on MDK than MK2..
MDK here
android-incredible said:
I'm just curious, how many users are on MDK.
I'm one of them ? .i don't know if there are more on MDK than MK2..
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I've wondered the same from time to time but looking at the MDK based Rom threads it seems like they're is still quite a few of us.
Though I'm sure we're the minority
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I've wondered the same from time to time but looking at the MDK based Rom threads it seems like they're is still quite a few of us.
Though I'm sure we're the minority
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MDK (Dev Edition) here. I agree with Mistertac, we're probably in the minority though.
Mdk here
I think I'm MDK or at one time was MDK. I can flash aosp roms but the baseband version listed in my phone is MI1, so which am I?
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I think I'm MDK or at one time was MDK. I can flash aosp roms but the baseband version listed in my phone is MI1, so which am I?
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Baseband is your modem.
If you can flash any AOSP ROMs you're on MDK
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Awesome, thanks!
MDK
I was mdk, but had to flash a TW based rom to flash to page plus. only way to get to diag mode. whole reason I paid extra hundred bucks for unlocked bootloader be now upon flashing an aosp rom I get pop up saying it has kernel issue non samsung blah blah and have to reboot into recovery and restore touch crap :/..... any ideas guys!? I want my aosp goodness
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I was mdk, but had to flash a TW based rom to flash to page plus. only way to get to diag mode. whole reason I paid extra hundred bucks for unlocked bootloader be now upon flashing an aosp rom I get pop up saying it has kernel issue non samsung blah blah and have to reboot into recovery and restore touch crap :/..... any ideas guys!? I want my aosp goodness
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Well if it was any other build than MDK stock firmware you're unfortunately out of luck. How are you flashing ROMs now? What recovery?
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Well if it was any other build than MDK stock firmware you're unfortunately out of luck. How are you flashing ROMs now? What recovery?
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It was rls15 hyperdrive, supposed to be knox and not lock bootloader or anything. And trying to to use philz. I want my aosp.... with working data! :*( screw samsung and their locking everything now
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It was rls15 hyperdrive, supposed to be knox and not lock bootloader or anything. And trying to to use philz. I want my aosp.... with working data! :*( screw samsung and their locking everything now
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Well I'm not 100% on flashing a phone to page plus. All I can say is maybe update your recovery to Philz latest and look for a rom that allows you to put Page Plus apns in. But if you're using Philz.. you're still on MDK and I'd have to guess someone here can show you how to get it going.
Also sounds like the kernel your trying to run isn't Loki'd. So look into that.
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Open up a Q&A thread. . I'm sure someone can help better than I can
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Well I'm not 100% on flashing a phone to page plus. All I can say is maybe update your recovery to Philz latest and look for a rom that allows you to put Page Plus apns in. But if you're using Philz.. you're still on MDK and I'd have to guess someone here can show you how to get it going.
Also sounds like the kernel your trying to run isn't Loki'd. So look into that.
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I'm new to the s4 but not new to flashing roms, flashing to different carriers etc.... I figured all aosp roms had to be loki'd?..... Or else they wouldn't work to begin with? and to modify apns for different carriers, it's as simple as file explorer,find system/etc/apns-conf.xml and modify or replace that.
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I'm new to the s4 but not new to flashing roms, flashing to different carriers etc.... I figured all aosp roms had to be loki'd?..... Or else they wouldn't work to begin with? and to modify apns for different carriers, it's as simple as file explorer,find system/etc/apns-conf.xml and modify or replace that.
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Yea well you have more experience than I do in that department lol only Verizon and ATT S4's use Loki. Philz latest has auto Loki... Maybe update that and see where it takes you.
If you flash say a TMobile S4 rom onto your phone without Lokifying it...it won't work.
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Yea well you have more experience than I do in that department lol only Verizon and ATT S4's use Loki. Philz latest has auto Loki... Maybe update that and see where it takes you.
If you flash say a TMobile S4 rom onto your phone without Lokifying it...it won't work.
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although, for a VZW rom, apns shouldn't need to be changed as page plus uses VZW towers.... just limited to 3g
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although, for a VZW rom, apns shouldn't need to be changed as page plus uses VZW towers.... just limited to 3g
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I'd say then update your Philz then try again. There's really no reason you shouldn't be able to flash whatever Verizon rom and be good.
I'd suggest trying Liquid Smooth 4.4 for JFLTE . Since you say the apns aren't an issue. . What version of philz are you on? Some of them had issues with Loki. Like I said the latest works great
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I'd say then update your Philz then try again. There's really no reason you shouldn't be able to flash whatever Verizon rom and be good.
I'd suggest trying Liquid Smooth 4.4 for JFLTE . Since you say the apns aren't an issue. . What version of philz are you on? Some of them had issues with Loki. Like I said the latest works great
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Thanks. I may try liquid. I'm on gpe ROM patched for vzw
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MDK here.
MDK also. Had to search a long time to find one, but worth the wait!
Related
Considering the similarities between the domestic variants of the Note 2 and their international counterparts, would anyone be willing to test some of the success that the folks over in the AT&T forum have had with porting the international N7100/N7105 firmware/ROM's over to the Verizon Note 2
Check out these two threads over in the AT&T forum and see what you all think:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016575
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018411
The basic gist of the procedure is to use a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP to flash a stock N7100/N7105 firmware, and then flash your carrier specific modem/kernel.
Why would anyone want to do this? Well, for starters, you would benefit from built-in stock-supported tethering, and a few other features that carriers disable (YMMV). But mainly this means that the domestic versions of the Note 2 can benefit from the development of the international versions! So, when the latest version of Android comes out for the rest of the world, we aren't stuck here waiting for our carrier to catch up to everyone else...
So what do you all think? Anyone willing to try?
ba-ba-ba-BUMP.
What about integrating carrier specific apps? The Verizon version has a data usage app that works without logging into my Verizon.
I do believe that is what scrosler was doing here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055218 and he said this in the features " Verizon Patch files in a flashable zip can be found http://www.cleanroms.com/downloads/Note2/VZW Patch for 7105 Base.zip This will let the ROM think you are a VZW ROM! Good for the Play Store and APN settings! " But.... He did say he was unsure if it works on other roms in his second post. You possibly could try it. : )
Thanks. . But I'm already using his VZW rom
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Thanks. . But I'm already using his VZW rom
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Sorry that was directed at the OP.
Would love to try the hyperdroid rom since its 4.2.1 the latest jellybean cm10.1 based..
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I'm very Interested In trying this out. I Will get my linux environment UP and Running and Ill play around.
I tried an att rom with scotts patch and it worked great.
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I tried an att rom with scotts patch and it worked great.
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which ROM?
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which ROM?
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ATT Jelly thunder, im pretty sure you can only use the roms with the N7105 base
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Are you aware that CleanROM is using the latest international firmware and it works on our device?
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Are you aware that CleanROM is using the latest international firmware and it works on our device?
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Yeah. Im not sure about what roms work and not work. All I know is what the link to the patch says.
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I am also using att jelly thunder blackout with great results. Per the devs ok, I will be starting a vzw port of it shortly, probably upon its next release.
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Any chance that Scott's patch would work on the CM10.1 nightlies for N7100? If I try it, do I risk bricking?
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You risk a soft brick. Just make a nandroid backup first and you'll be fine.
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Just make sure you don't flash modems and keep a stock kernel on hand
Yeah since the hardware is nearly identical I think the most you would risk is a soft brick. The 7100 lacks LTE though so I'm not sureif you would have data on one of those roms. Tell us how it goes if you go through with it.
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Okay, backing up now. After that, here goes...
Update: No good.
P1060001 by Amin Sabet, on Flickr
Amin Sabet said:
Okay, backing up now. After that, here goes...
Update: No good.
P1060001 by Amin Sabet, on Flickr
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What errors occurred/what happened?
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Just wondering if anyone knew that there was even a Revolt ROM for the VZW S4?
Been running Eclipse as my daily driver since I got my S4 back in July, but I just discovered the Revolt ROM and may have a new DD. TONS of customizations, pie controls, halo, 4.3, the works! I couldn't find a thread for is in the development section so I thought I'd see if anyone here knew it was even available for the VZW S4, because it in fact, is.
Here's the video review from The Droid Effect that made me look into Revolt:
http://thedroideffect.com/revolt-rom-review-the-new-4-3-aio-rom-king/
Here's the thread for the 4.2.2 version for the other S4's so you can kind of see the full specs (Don't download from there!):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2300817
Here's the DOWNLOAD page for the VZW S4:
http://revolt.iminisoft.org/app/verizon-samsung-galaxy-s4/
The only one I can seem to get working is the 4.3 based ROM under Stable Builds > Alpha.
Is this able to be installed with SS or is this a MDK based rom?
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I'm guessing if its a 4.3 ROM that it isn't going to work with safestrap.Most 4.3 are still mdk
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mdorrett said:
Is this able to be installed with SS or is this a MDK based rom?
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I'm guessing if its a 4.3 ROM that it isn't going to work with safestrap.Most 4.3 are still mdk
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It's indeed an MDK. What's the benefit of Safestrap? Wait...I guess I'll look it up.
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It's indeed an MDK. What's the benefit of Safestrap? Wait...I guess I'll look it up.
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Just a nice work around for us unfortunate ME7 people that allows us to run custom Roms as there is no bootloader bypass for the ME7 kernel.
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mdorrett said:
Just a nice work around for us unfortunate ME7 people that allows us to run custom Roms as there is no bootloader bypass for the ME7 kernel.
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Oh. Damn you ME7!
Ok. I made a 100% stock rom based on the touchwiz kitkat note 3 international leak. I need a couple people to test it for me because I don't have a developer edition device. Which is needed because of the updated kernel. Contact me at [email protected] on Hangouts. Warning retail owners do not message me because it won't work.
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I'll just leave this here to test among the developer edition devices. Warning, may or may not work, I am not responsible for any damages to your device that you flash, and only DE devices...
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23311191640114041
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I'll just leave this here to test among the developer edition devices. Warning, may or may not work, I am not responsible for any damages to your device that you flash, and only DE devices...
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23311191640114041
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Awesome, wish I had a dev device. Thanks for this anyway.
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Ok. I made a 100% stock rom based on the touchwiz kitkat note 3 international leak. I need a couple people to test it for me because I don't have a developer edition device. Which is needed because of the updated kernel. Contact me at [email protected] on Hangouts. Warning retail owners do not message me because it won't work.
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It's touch wiz can't you flash this with safestrap?
I am quite sure he tried that himself. Might not boot because of kernel.
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It's touch wiz can't you flash this with safestrap?
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You will need to install the kernal. Which SS does not do. Even getting it running you would have lots of issues with a 4.3 kernal.
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I tried and it didn't boot up. Was hung on galaxy note 3 splash screen.
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I tried and it didn't boot up. Was hung on galaxy note 3 splash screen.
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i tried and can confirm this
It will not boot without the bootloader... so far
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It worked for someone on the international form I believe that he wasn't on 4.4.2 already.
EDIT:NVM I'm pretty sure I'm wrong after doing some research. You have to flash the bootloader (but don't, bad idea) Carry on.
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It worked for someone on the international form I believe that he wasn't on 4.4.2 already.
EDIT:NVM I'm pretty sure I'm wrong after doing some research. You have to flash the bootloader (but don't, bad idea) Carry on.
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you have a bootloader file for the dev ed??
Tgere is no 4.4.2 bootloader file for anything but N9005 and N900W8. DO NOT TRY AND FLASH A BOOTLOADER THAT ISNT YOUR OWN PHONES. You will hard-brick, and you will die.
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Tgere is no 4.4.2 bootloader file for anything but N9005 and N900W8. DO NOT TRY AND FLASH A BOOTLOADER THAT ISNT YOUR OWN PHONES. You will hard-brick, and you will die.
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i already have a hard bricked dev edition from a member on here. worth a shot
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i already have a hard bricked dev edition from a member on here. worth a shot
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I heard somewhere on these forums if you flash even another person's dev edition bl. It would be locked even though you have a de unlocked and sane with the other guy. The same could go with flashing a international bl.
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Brandonrz said:
I heard somewhere on these forums if you flash even another person's dev edition bl. It would be locked even though you have a de unlocked and sane with the other guy. The same could go with flashing a international bl.
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That is true and been confirmed via this device it has a locked bootloader now but you can still adjust partitions don't ask me how lol
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That is true and been confirmed via this device it has a locked bootloader now but you can still adjust partitions don't ask me how lol
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You locked your bl? That sucks man. I would sell it.
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You locked your bl? That sux.
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No not my developer edition a friend of mines is. Won't boot either corrupted system or efs partition maybe both
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No not my developer edition a friend of mines is. Won't boot either corrupted system or efs partition maybe both
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Did you call up all of the bestbuys in your area if they have all the de files?
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Did you call up all of the bestbuys in your area if they have all the de files?
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Never thought of that. I can try next week I'm out of town now for north American auto show in Detroit
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I have the note 3 now, and I'm really disapointed in it. I'm running 4.3 now and will be doing so until I get rid of it, which will be soon. Anyway, I'm going to get the gs4, and I'm a flashaholic, so my question is, if the gs4 I'm getting doesn't have the MDK baseband I'm basically screwed? I have to stick with safestrap for recovery? I change roms like changing socks. Having a locked bootloader on my note 3 sucks, big time. Anyway, thanks guys.
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I have the note 3 now, and I'm really disapointed in it. I'm running 4.3 now and will be doing so until I get rid of it, which will be soon. Anyway, I'm going to get the gs4, and I'm a flashaholic, so my question is, if the gs4 I'm getting doesn't have the MDK baseband I'm basically screwed? I have to stick with safestrap for recovery? I change roms like changing socks. Having a locked bootloader on my note 3 sucks, big time. Anyway, thanks guys.
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Yea unless you get an MDK or Dev Edition S4 you're going to be in the same boat pretty much as the Note 3.
Check on Swappa
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Mistertac said:
Yea unless you get an MDK or Dev Edition S4 you're going to be in the same boat pretty much as the Note 3.
Check on Swappa
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what exactly is the dev edition? The phone I'm looking at has MK2 for the baseband. Thanks for the help
wily5150 said:
what exactly is the dev edition?
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Its the same as every other Verizon S4 except its bootloader is unlocked. Truly unlocked and doesn't need Loki like the MDK ones do.
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Its the same as every other Verizon S4 except its bootloader is unlocked. Truly unlocked and doesn't need Loki like the MDK ones do.
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so this is a good phone? Thnaks again. I don't want to make the same mistake I made with my note 3
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so this is a good phone? Thnaks again. I don't want to make the same mistake I made with my note 3
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I love my S4. I actually got an MDK one off Swappa myself. I needed a custom recovery and ability to run AOSP ROMs.
And with more unified JFLTE builds coming out lately there are plenty of ROMs to flash. I like the Note 3 myself just it never came with a bootloader vulnerability like the S4 did.
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I love my S4. I actually got an MDK one off Swappa myself. I needed a custom recovery and ability to run AOSP ROMs.
And with more unified JFLTE builds coming out lately there are plenty of ROMs to flash. I like the Note 3 myself just it never came with a bootloader vulnerability like the S4 did.
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so, is the MK2 baseband a good phone?
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so, is the MK2 baseband a good phone?
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Yea MK2 is still good, just if you're wanting to run any custom ROMs your going to be limited to Touchwiz ROMs only via SafeStrap recovery. Only the MDK build is able to run ROMs like CM . they're devs working on kexec support for SafeStrap so that custom kernel/ROMs can be ran.
The issue with all the builds after MDK is that the security was tightened up with each build. I'll get you a good link that explains a lot of these things...
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Here check this thread out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
There's even more useful info linked from there as well
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Also there are some great videos here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337590
Showing how to do different things on the S4 . not sure how versed you are in all this so if its of no use to you my bad.. just figured I'd share
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Yea MK2 is still good, just if you're wanting to run any custom ROMs your going to be limited to Touchwiz ROMs only via SafeStrap recovery. Only the MDK build is able to run ROMs like CM . they're devs working on kexec support for SafeStrap so that custom kernel/ROMs can be ran.
The issue with all the builds after MDK is that the security was tightened up with each build. I'll get you a good link that explains a lot of these things...
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Here check this thread out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
There's even more useful info linked from there as well
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[/COLOR]Also there are some great videos here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337590
Showing how to do different things on the S4 . not sure how versed you are in all this so if its of no use to you my bad.. just figured I'd share
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So far I'm not happy, but at least I wont make the same mistake. So, is the MDK just an unlocked phone? What I'm try to get at is what do I look for when looking for a gs4? I got on swappa, good place to find a phone. Thanks for the help so far. I'm almost done here. Thanks for your time
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So far I'm not happy, but at least I wont make the same mistake. So, is the MDK just an unlocked phone? What I'm try to get at is what do I look for when looking for a gs4? I got on swappa, good place to find a phone. Thanks for the help so far. I'm almost done here. Thanks for your time
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MDK allowed for the Loki exploit which long story short... allows for your custom recovery and custom kernels/ROMs .
The bootloader isn't truly unlocked like on a Sprint or TMobile S4 but essentially Loki gets you the same end result .
Good luck! I'm sure you'll be able to find one on Swappa and they're cheaper now that the S5 is out.
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I've read a little bit but I just want to be sure. The s3 was rooted and I believe something was leaked allowing for an unlocked bootloader. I am getting an s4 today from a friend so I was hoping someone can give me a quick overview of where this phone stands.
Mainly I am looked for info on any builds or anything like that I should be careful with. Can every build be rooted and what's going on with the bootloader? Like I said I am pretty familiar with everything I just need a summary of sorts explaining what I should know about this phone coming from the s3. Thanks.
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I've read a little bit but I just want to be sure. The s3 was rooted and I believe something was leaked allowing for an unlocked bootloader. I am getting an s4 today from a friend so I was hoping someone can give me a quick overview of where this phone stands.
Mainly I am looked for info on any builds or anything like that I should be careful with. Can every build be rooted and what's going on with the bootloader? Like I said I am pretty familiar with everything I just need a summary of sorts explaining what I should know about this phone coming from the s3. Thanks.
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Any Verizon S4 on a build after MDK does NOT have a bootloader exploit ( Loki )
You can root and install SafeStrap on any build up to MK2.
NC5 (Kit Kat) can be partially downgraded to MK2 though so that you can root and use SafeStrap. I'll get you a useful link..
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Here's a good place to start and I can also link you to that downgrade method as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49334432
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Here's a good walk through of how to downgrade NC5 to MK2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4
Make sure to thank the OP
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Thanks a lot! I'm getting it later today so we'll see what build he is on.
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MDF v1.0 Release 2
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MDF v1.0 Release 2
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Huh?
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Can someone go over the different build numbers..like which ones there are and in which order..or the security software versions..still confused on what actually matters for bootloader exploit and root.
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Huh?
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That's what mine says for security software version..
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That's what mine says for security software version..
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Bootloader (Generally identical to Build) is what matters.
That is NC5, so you'll be able to do a partial downgrade to MK2, root, and return to NC5 if you want root. No non-TouchWiz roms.
Ahhh really? That's usually all I ran on my s3. I understand the bootloader isn't unlocked but I thought aosp ROMS were still possible with some kind of work around? I thought no bootloader unlock just meant no custom kernels. I remember it being like that back in the droid x days lol
So either way what are best options..revert back to the earlier build..root..then how do I get back to the newer build again to flash
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aholeinthewor1d said:
Ahhh really? That's usually all I ran on my s3. I understand the bootloader isn't unlocked but I thought aosp ROMS were still possible with some kind of work around? I thought no bootloader unlock just meant no custom kernels. I remember it being like that back in the droid x days lol
So either way what are best options..revert back to the earlier build..root..then how do I get back to the newer build again to flash
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There is no working AOSP for any Verizon S4 after *MDK. You're correct that it just means no custom kernels, but nobody has gotten a fully working AOSP to run under the stock kernels.
This thread has directions for downgrade/upgrade with root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726868
Oishikatta said:
Bootloader (Generally identical to Build) is what matters.
That is NC5, so you'll be able to do a partial downgrade to MK2, root, and return to NC5 if you want root. No non-TouchWiz roms.
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Looks like that phone is on KOT49H which is a GPE ROM with our NC5 modem no?
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Mistertac said:
Looks like that phone is on KOT49H which is a GPE ROM with our NC5 modem no?
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You can tell it's not GPE by how horrifically ugly it is, and the TouchWiz thing on the left side of the screen.
To be sure he can run the phone info app and see what it says for bootloader: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
Lol hey just making sure. I'm still on MDK and usually the Kot49h I see are GE ROMs. Might as well use that app and make sure that's all
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I'm sure your probably right
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Mistertac said:
Lol hey just making sure. I'm still on MDK and usually the Kot49h I see are GE ROMs. Might as well use that app and make sure that's all
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KOT49H is Samsung's official build prefix for all Kitkat for our S4 (incl GPE and normal TW).
I agree though, no harm using the app to make sure.
Mistertac said:
Lol hey just making sure. I'm still on MDK and usually the Kot49h I see are GE ROMs. Might as well use that app and make sure that's all
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I'm sure your probably right
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Yea I'm assuming its all stock..he stopped rooting his phones a while ago. So essentially I have root and touch whiz Roms. Are the touch whiz Roms for this phone as customizable as if the bootloader was unlocked? If that's even related lol..on my s3 I've been running MOAR which is actually awesome.
Thanks for all the help..one more question..what's this whole safestrap thing?
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aholeinthewor1d said:
Yea I'm assuming its all stock..he stopped rooting his phones a while ago. So essentially I have root and touch whiz Roms. Are the touch whiz Roms for this phone as customizable as if the bootloader was unlocked? If that's even related lol..on my s3 I've been running MOAR which is actually awesome.
Thanks for all the help..one more question..what's this whole safestrap thing?
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info in safestrap thread...its a recovery for those who have a locked bootloader so you can run compatible custom roms
Been reading but haven't found a "clear" path..seems there are different options for going back to the old bulid..and then rooting and getting back to NC5..
A little confused on the order of everything regarding safestrap and rooting
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aholeinthewor1d said:
Been reading but haven't found a "clear" path..seems there are different options for going back to the old bulid..and then rooting and getting back to NC5..
A little confused on the order of everything regarding safestrap and rooting
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If you want root, that's your only option. Partial downgrade to MK2, root, safestrap 3.72, and flash a pre-rooted NC5 in safestrap.
Oishikatta said:
If you want root, that's your only option. Partial downgrade to MK2, root, safestrap 3.72, and flash a pre-rooted NC5 in safestrap.
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OK so I safestrap before going back to NC5...so is there ant advantage of going back to NC5? Compared to staying on MK2
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