Can we get a list going of all the options (Android 4.4 for VZW) and if its TouchWiz or AOSP?
List them here and I will update this main post.
For SafeStrap or for MDK/Dev phones?
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didnt realize was 4.4 roms. Only one I know of so far is Echo. Hyperdrive is supposed to be coming soon.
aknotts415 said:
if your talking about Safestrap MK2 roms here is a really nice thread that has most if not all compatible ones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2630040
Ive found to like
Gigilies Nemesis/DiamondDogs
and Hyperdrive 15, Bajarom, and Eclipse. There all aweosme! If you like the ASOP look then nemesis/diamondogs/ and eclipse are great!:good::fingers-crossed:
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That thread doesn't list 4.4 roms and I most likely will leave it the way.
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That thread doesn't list 4.4 roms and I most likely will leave it the way.
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oh darn my bad didnt realize it said 4.4 lol ill delete my post before. Great thread though decaturbob i use it a ton!
aknotts415 said:
oh darn my bad didnt realize it said 4.4 lol ill delete my post before. Great thread though decaturbob i use it a ton!
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Thanks. Every rom i linked to i personally loaded and evaluated for a few days. I may do the same with 4.4 roms that are ss compatible but appears to be pretty far out.
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decaturbob said:
Thanks. Every rom i linked to i personally loaded and evaluated for a few days. I may do the same with 4.4 roms that are ss compatible but appears to be pretty far out.
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i was on 4.4 for two days and was kind of sluggish so i downgraded back to 4.3 just to use my SS roms. Probly wont go back till theres atleast 3 SS 4.4.2 roms. No real upgrade at 4.4 that I see worth it. What files did u use to flash the purified SS rom? i thought i saw somewhere on that post it said 4.4 or asop and i was a little nervous.
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I'm running an i545 S4, rooted, hotspot tether, 4.3, MJ7. I ultimately want to be running MK2 4.4 kit kat, rooted, with wifi hotspot. What if anything can I do at this time to get my phone best setup to be ready to take advantage of new releases and who would be the most likely builders. I been read about some stuff cyanogenmod is doing and I like the Toro eclipse rom stuff (inverted) as well. Should I focus on trying to get MK2 build first?
Thanks for your help in advance cuz you guys always come thru!
Michael S.
mshawn3 said:
I'm running an i545 S4, rooted, hotspot tether, 4.3, MJ7. I ultimately want to be running MK2 4.4 kit kat, rooted, with wifi hotspot. What if anything can I do at this time to get my phone best setup to be ready to take advantage of new releases and who would be the most likely builders. I been read about some stuff cyanogenmod is doing and I like the Toro eclipse rom stuff (inverted) as well. Should I focus on trying to get MK2 build first?
Thanks for your help in advance cuz you guys always come thru!
Michael S.
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There is really no telling man at this point. A lot of people are already running CM 4.4 Kitkat but for that you must be on MDK. Your best bet would be for Samsung to release a 4.4 TW build at some point and wait for someone to post build.
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There is really no telling man at this point. A lot of people are already running CM 4.4 Kitkat but for that you must be on MDK. Your best bet would be for Samsung to release a 4.4 TW build at some point and wait for someone to post build.
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What's MDK bro? Is that an older version thats easier to hack
mshawn3 said:
What's MDK bro? Is that an older version thats easier to hack
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Is it the first version S4 shipped with and at this point there is no way to downgrade to it.
This should be in Q&A
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mshawn3 said:
What's MDK bro? Is that an older version thats easier to hack
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Yeah, to add to what the other poster said, it's the first version that the S4 came out with, and it was easy to hack by using something called Loki, which bypasses the bootloader and lets you change your kernel and run AOSP ROMs.
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What's MDK bro? Is that an older version thats easier to hack
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MK2 isn't 4.4....
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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MK2 isn't 4.4....
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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KitKat has not yet been released for the S4. MK2 is just the latest verizon build for the S4. The phone is on 4.3
Questions and Help issues go in Q&A and Help section
Development sections are for developers to post work
Thread moved
Thanks
FNSM
I apologize for posting in the wrong place
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This should be in Q&A
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Thanks for the info and moving it to the appropriate thread for me.
What are good roms that work with safestrap and MK2 so far all that works is Hyperdrive but im not really a fan of it
GalaxySubie said:
What are good roms that work with safestrap and MK2 so far all that works is Hyperdrive but im not really a fan of it
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Search, search....and search. There is a thread asking which roms are available for SS that I'm sure is no more than 2 pages away. Your options are limited, and IMHO it doesn't get better than hyperdrive at the moment. The only others are backups you restore.
I have been searching and havnt come up with much im trying to see whats closest to CM11 or AOSP 4.4
GalaxySubie said:
I have been searching and havnt come up with much im trying to see whats closest to CM11 or AOSP 4.4
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Nothing will be close, as only touchwiz roms are safestrap compatible. No aosp.
gnubian said:
Nothing will be close, as only touchwiz roms are safestrap compatible. No aosp.
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That is why I still have my Nexus 4 on CM11i will be so happy when the bootloader is unlocked ill never update my phone
GalaxySubie said:
That is why I still have my Nexus 4 on CM11i will be so happy when the bootloader is unlocked ill never update my phone
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Hopefully the s4 will be unlocked (again) soon. Some promising work being done by surge and jeboo.
Look for omega rom in verizon s4 general and foxhound in verizon s4 development (both backups). Only other 2 options I have seen. I think there is a deodexed stock rom too somewhere.
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I have been searching and havnt come up with much im trying to see whats closest to CM11 or AOSP 4.4
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you need to start here....
ttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
I'm currently rooted and running CM11 but missing all the camera features. Is there a 4.4 TW rom out there? Id like to try TW again as I haven't messed with it since the day I got my phone.
Zmnypit said:
I'm currently rooted and running CM11 but missing all the camera features. Is there a 4.4 TW rom out there? Id like to try TW again as I haven't messed with it since the day I got my phone.
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We won't have one for Verizon until they push the 4.4 ota out to us and the devs get their hands on it.
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Mistertac said:
We won't have one for Verizon until they push the 4.4 ota out to us and the devs get their hands on it.
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Thanks! That's what I was afraid of after searching and finding nothing. May try an older one
Zmnypit said:
Thanks! That's what I was afraid of after searching and finding nothing. May try an older one
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Check this camera out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655322
I'm on liquid smooth 4.4 but use this camera and its pretty damn cool!
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Zmnypit said:
I'm currently rooted and running CM11 but missing all the camera features. Is there a 4.4 TW rom out there? Id like to try TW again as I haven't messed with it since the day I got my phone.
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I've been running Vision-X from the ATT S4 forums for a few days. It's based on XXUFNB9, which is one of the TW 4.4.2 OTA's for the International S4. It was running pretty well, and had no issues. I literally just flashed Goldeneye, which is also based on an international S4 OTA. I've had no issues and have noticed a slight speed increase.
Important note, after flashing Vision-x, I had to flash loki-doki to Loki the kernel or it would not boot. This is assuming you are on an MDK bootloder.
Good to know I forgot to look into the international ones. I usually stick to stay I see on our forums. Thanks for sharing though
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Good to know I forgot to look into the international ones. I usually stick to stay I see on our forums. Thanks for sharing though
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Me too, but Verizon is taking too long to release a 4.4 base, so I figured why not look elsewhere.
I tried a couple different things yesterday with the same out come. First I restored to my original 4.2 stock rooted rom and had no volume so I went back to CM11. Later in the day I flashed Hyperdrive 4.3TW rom and had the same deal, no volume. Is there something special I need to do when coming from 4.4 AOSP to 4.2/4.3 TW rom to make the volume work?
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I've been running Vision-X from the ATT S4 forums for a few days. It's based on XXUFNB9, which is one of the TW 4.4.2 OTA's for the International S4. It was running pretty well, and had no issues. I literally just flashed Goldeneye, which is also based on an international S4 OTA. I've had no issues and have noticed a slight speed increase.
Important note, after flashing Vision-x, I had to flash loki-doki to Loki the kernel or it would not boot. This is assuming you are on an MDK bootloder.
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Please explain to me how you got a KK TW ROM to work? I am running the ported 4.4.2 GE but I actually miss TW.
Zmnypit said:
I tried a couple different things yesterday with the same out come. First I restored to my original 4.2 stock rooted rom and had no volume so I went back to CM11. Later in the day I flashed Hyperdrive 4.3TW rom and had the same deal, no volume. Is there something special I need to do when coming from 4.4 AOSP to 4.2/4.3 TW rom to make the volume work?
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I vaguely remember reading in one of the other carrier's S4 forum that no sound after flashing a rom is related to being on either the wrong bootloader, or wrong kernel. If you flashed Hyperdrive, it's safe to assume the kernel is correct. What bootloader are you on? Not sure this applies to the VZW S4. It may only apply to the TMobile, or other GSM variants.
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justda said:
Please explain to me how you got a KK TW ROM to work? I am running the ported 4.4.2 GE but I actually miss TW.
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Right now I'm running Goldeneye from the i9505 section. Loving it. You need to be on the MDK bootloader with a recovery installed. I'm using Philz Touch recovery. Flash the Goldeneye ROM, then flash a Loki-Doki. That should be it. Both are linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427629
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
willstilson said:
Right now I'm running Goldeneye from the i9505 section. Loving it. You need to be on the MDK bootloader with a recovery installed. I'm using Philz Touch recovery. Flash the Goldeneye ROM, then flash a Loki-Doki. That should be it. Both are linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427629
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
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OK, I dont wanna mess this up, SO:
Flash the ROM, flash Loki-Doki, then flash what Kernal? Can I just use Koontz latest?
I really want to run ViSiON-X for the i9505
justda said:
OK, I dont wanna mess this up, SO:
Flash the ROM, flash Loki-Doki, then flash what Kernal? Can I just use Koontz latest?
I really want to run ViSiON-X for the i9505
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Same here.. I want to try both. On the 4.4 TW roms im assuming I can stay on the MJ7 Modem?
justda said:
OK, I dont wanna mess this up, SO:
Flash the ROM, flash Loki-Doki, then flash what Kernal? Can I just use Koontz latest?
I really want to run ViSiON-X for the i9505
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From what i gathered he just flashed the rom + Loki Doki which Lokis the kernel that comes with that rom.
Since Verizon doesn't officially have 4.4 yet there aren't any 4.4 TW kernels for it yet . as far as i know.
Zmnypit said:
Same here.. I want to try both. On the 4.4 TW roms im assuming I can stay on the MJ7 Modem?
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Mistertac said:
From what i gathered he just flashed the rom + Loki Doki which Lokis the kernel that comes with that rom.
Since Verizon doesn't officially have 4.4 yet there aren't any 4.4 TW kernels for it yet . as far as i know.
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Making my nandroid now. I'll give it a shot
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Making my nandroid now. I'll give it a shot
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I will let you guinea pig it for me. Let me know if all is well after flashing. My worry is that I am on a i545 but I use it with T-Mobile. So I can't use some ROMs like cm11 will not allow me to use cellular data at all. Even FC's when I attempt to make a call or hang up.
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justda said:
I will let you guinea pig it for me. Let me know if all is well after flashing. My worry is that I am on a i545 but I use it with T-Mobile. So I can't use some ROMs like cm11 will not allow me to use cellular data at all. Even FC's when I attempt to make a call or hang up.
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Well it worked and no boot loops so that's good. But just like my other experiences I have no volume. Any suggestions? I flashed the MDK nohlos modem before I flashed. I was on MJ7 for CM11
edit: Just realized I flashed the MDK modem only and not the nonhlos version. Will try again with correct MDK nonhlos in a bit
willstilson said:
I vaguely remember reading in one of the other carrier's S4 forum that no sound after flashing a rom is related to being on either the wrong bootloader, or wrong kernel. If you flashed Hyperdrive, it's safe to assume the kernel is correct. What bootloader are you on? Not sure this applies to the VZW S4. It may only apply to the TMobile, or other GSM variants.
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Right now I'm running Goldeneye from the i9505 section. Loving it. You need to be on the MDK bootloader with a recovery installed. I'm using Philz Touch recovery. Flash the Goldeneye ROM, then flash a Loki-Doki. That should be it. Both are linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427629
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
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Ok flashed the goldeneye rom followed by MDK bootloader and loki doki and sound works. Only problem is now is I have no data. Wifi works but not data
Which MDK version should I flash? I545VRUAMDK or I545OYUAMDK?
Zmnypit said:
Ok flashed the goldeneye rom followed by MDK bootloader and loki doki and sound works. Only problem is now is I have no data. Wifi works but not data
Which MDK version should I flash? I545VRUAMDK or I545OYUAMDK?
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Are the Verizon apns in there?
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Are the Verizon apns in there?
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I'm not sure. I click on mobile networks then that's it. I see no where I can access APNs. Maybe willstilson will chime in
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I'm not sure. I click on mobile networks then that's it. I see no where I can access APNs. Maybe willstilson will chime in
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Well not having done what you're doing now I have to admit I'm guessing...
You could try an APN app from the play store as long as you have WiFi now. There's one I've used that will get the Verizon apns and set them. Don't remember the name of it however.
Gigilie has compatibility packs I've been looking into over on one his Roms he ported over for our phones.. I'm not really sure what they include but I know people flashing i9505 Roms had something they would also flash to get everything going. Whether or not the apns are part of it again I'm not sure.
The other person on here didn't make mention of flashing anything but the Loki doki so I'm not 100% maybe he can chime in.
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I'm on MDK and I've never tried a non-touchwiz ROM. I want to now. I'd appreciate if you guys could tell me what the most popular / mainstream / well developed AOSP ROM is for the Verizon s4. I think I'd like to start my AOSP journey there.
Also, are the current crop of AOSP ROM fully functional? Or are there still some features of the S4 that aren't supported?
Thanks in advance.
-J
0reo said:
I'm on MDK and I've never tried a non-touchwiz ROM. I want to now. I'd appreciate if you guys could tell me what the most popular / mainstream / well developed AOSP ROM is for the Verizon s4. I think I'd like to start my AOSP journey there.
Also, are the current crop of AOSP ROM fully functional? Or are there still some features of the S4 that aren't supported?
Thanks in advance.
-J
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Think I answered you in another thread about this topic but.. Try Mahdi, C ROM , Liquid Smooth, AICP ... They've all treated me well. They'll all run differently though for people so you'll just have to flash away and report back in their threads. Also I highly recommend using KToonsez AOSP-Kit Kat kernel with those. It's been nothing but stable for me.
Good luck!
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You really need to them yourself...
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Mistertac said:
Think I answered you in another thread about this topic but.. Try Mahdi, C ROM , Liquid Smooth, AICP ... They've all treated me well. They'll all run differently though for people so you'll just have to flash away and report back in their threads. Also I highly recommend using KToonsez AOSP-Kit Kat kernel with those. It's been nothing but stable for me.
Good luck!
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I thought AICP couldn't be used with Safestrap? I'm about to downgrade from 4.4.2 so I can root my phone but from everything I've seen you have to use safestrap to do so... which would effectively destroy being able to use AICP.
Blindprophet32 said:
I thought AICP couldn't be used with Safestrap? I'm about to downgrade from 4.4.2 so I can root my phone but from everything I've seen you have to use safestrap to do so... which would effectively destroy being able to use AICP.
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safestrap enabled phones can only use tw stock kernel based roms which exclude CM, ASOP and all the rest
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I thought AICP couldn't be used with Safestrap? I'm about to downgrade from 4.4.2 so I can root my phone but from everything I've seen you have to use safestrap to do so... which would effectively destroy being able to use AICP.
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Well you're correct but I was answering the OP who stated he was on an MDK S4.. which in turn means he's not on SafeStrap.
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Well you're correct but I was answering the OP who stated he was on an MDK S4.. which in turn means he's not on SafeStrap.
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Gotcha.. I'm new to rooting so I'm still trying to learn everything I can sorry about that. Every Verizon S4 I've seen people have used Safestrap on the SCH-I545. So I'm assuming that MDK is merely a different build correct?
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Gotcha.. I'm new to rooting so I'm still trying to learn everything I can sorry about that. Every Verizon S4 I've seen people have used Safestrap on the SCH-I545. So I'm assuming that MDK is merely a different build correct?
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Hey no problem!
MDK is the build that the Verizon S4 first shipped with and it allowed for a bootloader exploit called Loki which let's us run custom recoveries... Thus allowing AOSP ROMs like the ones I mentioned.
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Hey no problem!
MDK is the build that the Verizon S4 first shipped with and it allowed for a bootloader exploit called Loki which let's us run custom recoveries... Thus allowing AOSP ROMs like the ones I mentioned.
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Awesome thanks! Sadly the person I got my phone from worked at Verizon and had religiously updated the phone.....so I got the OTA 4.4.2 FNC5 build from day 1.... so no to partial downgrade and Root and try out hyperdrive 15 :good:
0reo said:
I'm on MDK and I've never tried a non-touchwiz ROM. I want to now. I'd appreciate if you guys could tell me what the most popular / mainstream / well developed AOSP ROM is for the Verizon s4. I think I'd like to start my AOSP journey there.
Also, are the current crop of AOSP ROM fully functional? Or are there still some features of the S4 that aren't supported?
Thanks in advance.
-J
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Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297370
The OP's will describe whether it's AOSP or TW
So sometime last year I was just getting into rooting and ROM's and stuff and while I was doing my first attempts to rooting, I downloaded the drivers and stuff for samsung and I accidentally did the OTA with the stupid program samsung installs with the drivers... Now I'm severely limited on what I can do. I'm currently rooted on 4.4.2 NC5 Hyperdrive 16.1.
Is their any possible way to unlock this freaking bootloader? Like seriously? Is it just impossible to unlock it? Or are people working on unlocking it but are making no progress? Why does nothing support safestrap but Hyperdrive?
Baurblades43 said:
So sometime last year I was just getting into rooting and ROM's and stuff and while I was doing my first attempts to rooting, I downloaded the drivers and stuff for samsung and I accidentally did the OTA with the stupid program samsung installs with the drivers... Now I'm severely limited on what I can do. I'm currently rooted on 4.4.2 NC5 Hyperdrive 16.1.
Is their any possible way to unlock this freaking bootloader? Like seriously? Is it just impossible to unlock it? Or are people working on unlocking it but are making no progress? Why does nothing support safestrap but Hyperdrive?
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Several ss kitkat roms out there...just do some reading
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decaturbob said:
Several ss kitkat roms out there...just do some reading
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Most of the ROM's I've seen that are actually active and recent all require custom recoveries.
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Most of the ROM's I've seen that are actually active and recent all require custom recoveries.
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all safestrap ROMs (which you are sorry to say) are Touchwiz only. Honestly yhere are a lot of TW Safestrap compatible ROMs out there. I came from a device where we had 2 choices of ROMs. An outdated Sense or 1 Dev that did CM vased roms like crazy. Here theres a lot of choice if you just look around and read
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all safestrap ROMs (which you are sorry to say) are Touchwiz only. Honestly yhere are a lot of TW Safestrap compatible ROMs out there. I came from a device where we had 2 choices of ROMs. An outdated Sense or 1 Dev that did CM vased roms like crazy. Here theres a lot of choice if you just look around and read
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Sounds like you came from the Droid Incredible 2 forums lol
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Baurblades43 said:
Most of the ROM's I've seen that are actually active and recent all require custom recoveries.
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not looking too hard....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2769389