So i followed Surges method, which worked perfectly btw, but i cannot stand stock samsung. Are there any roms that people are flashing after doing this upgrade that work well with SS? i have read through a lot of the Echoe thread hoping that one would work, but there seems to be a ton of confusion as to whether it works and how to get it to work... Can someone shed some light on the situation?
Gonna take some time for safestrap compatible 4.4 ROMs to become available. One reason why im not rushing to nc5
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I just purchased an s4 but unfortunately it came with nc5... downgrade n rooted now just waiting for an aosp rom that I can flash
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I am going to try echoe once it downloads. Hopefully it works
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cplking said:
I just purchased an s4 but unfortunately it came with nc5... downgrade n rooted now just waiting for an aosp rom that I can flash
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With out MDK boot loader, you won't see AOSP, or a true AOSP ROM running on your phone until kecex has been achieved. Enjoy limited TW
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Go figure lol
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I am going to try echoe once it downloads. Hopefully it works
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Your going to have to flash some other stuff to with it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720163
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I suggest flashing Hyperdrive ROM and following steps accordingly. This has been my savior everytime I try a new ROM. The developer is amazing. Check it out
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All the roms are fast. Everyone should just try each one out and decide which they like the most.
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Even stock is fast. I always turn off animations under dev options to give it more "snap". Stock or custom rom.
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I'm on stock ME7 with force gpu rendering enabled and this is easily the fastest stock experience I've ever had. Only thing that's been faster was AOSP on my GS3/N2. I definitely can't complain.
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Rocking Hyperdrive myself, Touch Wiz is the smoothest I have experienced.
I'm on bone stock me7 nothing changed. Faster then custom mdk ROMs I ran. I gave up. Updated to me7. IDC I have a nexus 7 for my crack flash toy. This is just my phone.
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I'm on bone stock me7 nothing changed. Faster then custom mdk ROMs I ran. I gave up. Updated to me7. IDC I have a nexus 7 for my crack flash toy. This is just my phone.
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And no purple smearing
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Exactly.
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Oyeah if you are on HD, install the Death Star theme.. so good
Most of the TW ROMs run pretty well, including stock. However, they all run like junk compared to aosp.
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Run Dubbsys Google edition rom stock.
It has Google wallet, ir blaster works. Just a smooth Google experience we all wanted.
It also has the tw camera working, but still not fully operational, which is fine.
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I look forward to custom ROM's once we get an unlocked Bootloader again :crying:
This phone is just plain fast. Unless you messed something up during a flash or installed an app thats causing a problem than I don't see a reason why it would be slow at all.
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I'm running hyperdrive release 7. 8 is out now but haven't bothered to flash it yet. Really liking 7. I normally don't flash ever release. I skip a few here and there. I wait for a bunch of changes to be made before updating.
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mlin said:
Most of the TW ROMs run pretty well, including stock. However, they all run like junk compared to aosp.
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I never understood this...the TW ROMS I have ran have been just as smooth if not smoother sometimes!
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I never understood this...the TW ROMS I have ran have been just as smooth if not smoother sometimes!
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Agreed. AOSP is a thing of the past. Time to grow and let go. TW is an amazing thing and I would really like more development from it. Hyperdrive is one of the best TW roms you can get for your S4 right now in my honest opinion. It is very solid and SBreen94 is an amazing developer. Always there for us fellow flashers.
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AOSP never fails. Haha.
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AOSP never fails. Haha.
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Except when it comes to getting a fully functional camera experience
Well once carriers stop rom updates and tw development slows down, all that comes into effect is aosp since it's constantly being updated; that's in another year from now though.
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I have a really hard time staying on an AOSP ROM at the moment...they all seem to have bugs and force closes...cm 10.2 is working pretty well for me right now and the new focus camera is pretty good...also Bluetooth problems as well...still a great rom though...TW is hard to beat though with everything functioning and working perfectly
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I've been waiting to root cause of problems I saw from other people and cause twrp wasn't stable but know I see twrp is. But didn't know if they were working on a fix to get around knox?
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I've been waiting to root cause of problems I saw from other people and cause twrp wasn't stable but know I see twrp is. But didn't know if they were working on a fix to get around knox?
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If you can wait, wait... if not and you want to avoid the KNOX binary trigger, use Root de la Vega. @mjcollum posted a thread about it in our Sprint Note 3 forum, here.
Personally, I could care less about KNOX security so I used CF-AutoRoot and jumped into all the fun that can be had.
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If you can wait, wait... if not and you want to avoid the KNOX binary trigger, use Root de la Vega. @mjcollum posted a thread about it in our Sprint Note 3 forum, here.
Personally, I could care less about KNOX security so I used CF-AutoRoot and jumped into all the fun that can be had.
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Yea I saw that thread before but I plan on rocking jellybomb so it will trip it anyway
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I'm waiting as i'm not a fan of the current rom!
Jellybomb is bad ass had it on my note 2
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Jellybomb is bad ass had it on my note 2
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agree!!!! SCREW KNOX!!! i plan on keeping the phone anyway so i dont care about tripping knox. tether alone is worth it
Knox can go to hell
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agree!!!! SCREW KNOX!!! i plan on keeping the phone anyway so i dont care about tripping knox. tether alone is worth it
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I plan on keeping phone too just wonder if I take it back cause of a problem if they will look to see if it's tripped
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What's the hurry?
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What's the hurry?
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I always root my phone feels weird not being rooted
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xyojimbox said:
I always root my phone feels weird not being rooted
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I agree but I'd rather be safe then sorry and just enjoy the awesome stock phone for now. This phone is all around awesome just soak it up for now.
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What's the hurry?
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knox knox...who's there...FREEEEE TETHER!!!!!! thats why i rooted!
Yea I pretty much went the keep it as stock as possible route and went the vega route just to keep my options open in the future. At this point pretty much just running a stock system with vega root. Xposed modules.wifi mod. And massively debloated. Seems ideal for me at this time. That way I can still go either way as development progresses . Return to complete stock. Or go all out with roms.
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Just rooted yesterday with the vega root, and you can still have wifi tethering with stock, and no knox trip either! Im still getting anxious to start flashing lol!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481448
Just remember using this mod don't flash the zip, extract the files and copy the manually.
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I always root my phone feels weird not being rooted
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That's how I feel.. This is the first phone I didn't root the second it was available. . I would rather not trip Knox not cause of warrantee but for the unknown of what effect that might have down the road. Will this self destruct in a month .. Who knows. . Have read horror stories of what manufactures can do with this stuff. . Don't feel like destroying my baby.. I want to start working on my own rom so so so so bad. . It is killing me. .
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I made the jump once I seen Jedi elite ROM was released. It was SOO worth it
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I made the jump once I seen Jedi elite ROM was released. It was SOO worth it
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I rooted today. Worked flawlessly.
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I didn't find the jedi rom. Can you provide a link
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I didn't find the jedi rom. Can you provide a link
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Right after I posted that I realized I was not in the T-Mobile forums. Sorry for the confusion. It's only for T-Mobile at the moment.
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Will Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 receive the update to the latest 4.4.2?
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Will Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 receive the update to the latest 4.4.2?
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There's a few articles online regarding Samsung pushing 4.4 out to our phones. It's just a matter of when. Sprint already has so Verizon can't be to much longer
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http://m.cnet.com/news/samsung-updates-galaxy-s4-note-3-with-android-kitkat/57619025
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As usual with Verizon and android updates they are late... usually Verizon is one of the last major carriers to get the update.
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it dont have the Verizon version listed in the link you posted above. the Verizon version is Samsung Galaxy S4 Black Mint if im correct.
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well i hope we get it.
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We're definitely getting it lol
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I'll wait when I know root and safestrap is verified and Scott has a 4.4 version of hyper drive ready...
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I'll wait when I know root and safestrap is verified and Scott has a 4.4 version of hyper drive ready...
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Yeah no point in jumping the gun, although I'm starting to jump on this ART bandwagon, 4.4 AOSP is noticeably faster with it enabled.
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Yeah no point in jumping the gun, although I'm starting to jump on this ART bandwagon, 4.4 AOSP is noticeably faster with it enabled.
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Yea Art runs great as long as you don't use xposed or any other custom apps. That's the only thing that keeps me from sticking with it. Although Liquid is building a lot of the things I used xposed for right into their rom.
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Yea Art runs great as long as you don't use xposed or any other custom apps. That's the only thing that keeps me from sticking with it. Although Liquid is building a lot of the things I used xposed for right into their rom.
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Haven't tried liquid on this phone, I'm more of a touchwiz guy, but so far beanstalk has a lot of the features I use built in.
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Haven't tried liquid on this phone, I'm more of a touchwiz guy, but so far beanstalk has a lot of the features I use built in.
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Yea beanstalk is a really awesome ROM. Definitely my second favorite after liquid now. Both are stable as hell.. And actually I just switched over to ART for good , the latest liquid added a couple more things that I really don't need xposed anymore.
If you need to flash something ...try liquid.
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Yea beanstalk is a really awesome ROM. Definitely my second favorite after liquid now. Both are stable as hell.. And actually I just switched over to ART for good , the latest liquid added a couple more things that I really don't need xposed anymore.
If you need to flash something ...try liquid.
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I definitely should, liquid was my DD back in the GNex/ICS days, thanks for the recommendation.
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Please check my facts ... here's the deal. Last week, I was about to pull the trigger on a Verizon deal for a pair of HTC One (M7s) as an Anniversary gift for me and wifey. My spouse thought she surprise me first and well, she did. She picked up the HTC (M7) and got me a new Verizon S4 (4.3) on contract.
Now I'm all caught up on 4.4.2 KitKat issues on the S4 ( of course, after I bought a 32gb extSD) and the various ways of rooting (too many to count now) and etc. etc. etc.
A very tardy 4.4.x for Verizon is rumored to be here in a couple of weeks. Will this OTA break the LOKI bootloader bypass? I love both of the phones and am a Touchwiz fan to a degree, but I'm wondering what the future may hold.
Is this a waiting game for now? I wonder if I could return the S4 (after 2 weeks) by bringing to light the absurdity of selling [sic] anyone a phone with SD card designs that are compromised to a large degree (I know, not completely) ....
Thanks in advance.
How did u managed to get a mdk firmware s4 at this late date?
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He does not have the mdk s4.
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He does not have the mdk s4.
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He was referring to loki exploit only found in mdk bootloader. .
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Yea Decaturbob I'm sure He's not on MDK but you never know I suppose. Few months ago people were still getting them at Radio Shacks randomly.
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Sorry its an MK2. Again, is LOKI dead with 4.4.2?
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Sorry its an MK2. Again, is LOKI dead with 4.4.2?
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Loki was only for MDK.
Anything after can be rooted and install SafeStrap. The official Verizon 4.4.2 isn't out yet but there is a leaked version as well as a method to update to it from mk2 and keep root.
Just do a lot of research before jumping into anything that you may not be able to come back from.
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Sorry its an MK2. Again, is LOKI dead with 4.4.2?
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Any research would tell you so...
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Before I get people in here looking to "flame a noob", please leave me alone if that is your intention. If you genuinely are a helpful person, please read on.
I came from an unlocked s3 before I purchased a phone from Swappa and it is rooted and works fine. However, it has a pink theme and I am not into it. Additionally, I want to upgrade the rom if possible.
The issue is that I don't know if I need safestrap or of it has an unlocked bootloader. The reason why is from what I have read, the mj7 baseband is locked down. However, the phone seems to be running a custom kernel, which from what I have read is not possible on a locked down version. Is it possible that the baseband is just the one used by the custom rom?
Is there a definitive way to know if I can install roms without safestrap?
Thanks for your help!
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Install phone info app from play store. If you don't see any reference to mdk...then you have a locked bootloader and can only use safestrap
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I'm no pro, but I think having that kernel means that you have a mdk phone. I guess you should still check with "samsung phone info" and take a look at the bootloader part. You might be a lucky man
You rock. I installed the app and found this. It seems that I have the MDK bootloader. Perfect.
Thank you!
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You rock. I installed the app and found this. It seems that I have the MDK bootloader. Perfect.
Thank you!
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Wow talk about lucky! You'll be able to flash any ROM you want, even AOSP.
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eaglet1223 said:
You rock. I installed the app and found this. It seems that I have the MDK bootloader. Perfect.
Thank you!
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You are one of us lucky ones. Just a golden rule for MDK users.......NEVER take an OTA update. I recommend vanir ROM if you want to try aosp.
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Guys, just wanted to say thanks again. I was able to install Hyperdrive on my S4 with TWRP, just like I used to on my s3. This is awesome. Thanks for everything.
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No problem...