Well I think I am going to loose my root access and update to the newest firmware and radios from Verizon. I don't do much with rooting and custom ROM's, etc anymore and I figure it is time to move onto the newest stuff. What is the best way to do this?
Currently I am on MDK stock firmware, but rooted and TWRP recovery.
Thanks guys.
CC268 said:
Well I think I am going to loose my root access and update to the newest firmware and radios from Verizon. I don't do much with rooting and custom ROM's, etc anymore and I figure it is time to move onto the newest stuff. What is the best way to do this?
Currently I am on MDK stock firmware, but rooted and TWRP recovery.
Thanks guys.
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Personally, I'd say don't do it. an MDK phone is becoming a rare commodity. You could put a custom rom on there that gives you the latest functionality of the newer releases without the bloat that comes from an OTA. Not all roms are full of fancy bells and whistles. I run Danvdh's GPE rom wich is pretty much just plain vanilla AOSP. I am running a newer radio (NC2) but other than ththe rom and radio, it's nothing fancy.
Hang on to the MDK as long as you can.
zeb carter said:
Personally, I'd say don't do it. an MDK phone is becoming a rare commodity. You could put a custom rom on there that gives you the latest functionality of the newer releases without the bloat that comes from an OTA. Not all roms are full of fancy bells and whistles. I run Danvdh's GPE rom wich is pretty much just plain vanilla AOSP. I am running a newer radio (NC2) but other than ththe rom and radio, it's nothing fancy.
Hang on to the MDK as long as you can.
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Honestly man...I always run into a problem at some point with custom ROM's....I just want a stock ROM that I would see if I updated to the newest firmware. I am on the oldest radio as well. Idk...just tired of the custom ROM stuff I guess...always stuff that doesn't work, etc...
CC268 said:
Honestly man...I always run into a problem at some point with custom ROM's....I just want a stock ROM that I would see if I updated to the newest firmware. I am on the oldest radio as well. Idk...just tired of the custom ROM stuff I guess...always stuff that doesn't work, etc...
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Danvdh puts a lot of work into his ports of the GPE roms and because it is a GPE rom, it is designed for our phones. For me, it is the ultimate stock rom with no additional carrier or OEM bloat. Just fully functioning Android and now at 4.4.4. You can't get much newer than that.
zeb carter said:
Danvdh puts a lot of work into his ports of the GPE roms and because it is a GPE rom, it is designed for our phones. For me, it is the ultimate stock rom with no additional carrier or OEM bloat. Just fully functioning Android and now at 4.4.4. You can't get much newer than that.
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Really don't want an AOSP ROM....
CC268 said:
Really don't want an AOSP ROM....
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You easily sell your MDK phone on swappa and buy a stock S4 and be money ahead
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Lol...I am just wondering how to get to the newest Stock TW ROM...whether it is on here or unrooting and updating.
For now I will just give the new Hyperdrive a try.
trade?
Dude, I've got a perfectly good and updated galaxy S4 (verizon) running the NC5 OTA update. I'll gladly pull out my mobo and send it to you if you send me yours =]
..just dont hurt it when taking the phone apart! =]
..ill even gladly pay for shipping (both ways) doooo iiiit
..also have a MI1 mobo
Haha...for now I am just back on Hyperdrive...always been good ROMs...
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Haha...for now I am just back on Hyperdrive...always been good ROMs...
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Hyperdrive that the one im using and i liked no problems at all..
I wish someone would offer just the bone stock newest update...that would be nice. Hyperdrive is nice, but it has a lot of extras I just don't need.
CC268 said:
I wish someone would offer just the bone stock newest update...that would be nice. Hyperdrive is nice, but it has a lot of extras I just don't need.
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You can always Odin nc5
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decaturbob said:
You can always Odin nc5
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I am very familiar with using ODIN to get back to stock like this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
But where would I get NC5? Would I lose root if I did that?
Flash jkruse ROM....its bone stock..
Or if ya want nc5 surges stone ROM..
Plenty of choices...u might regret losing ur mdk
Thanks a ton!
cobra7361 said:
Flash jkruse ROM....its bone stock..
Or if ya want nc5 surges stone ROM..
Plenty of choices...u might regret losing ur mdk
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Where is that Surge's Stone ROM you referred to?
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Where is that Surge's Stone ROM you referred to?
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Jkrusenrom is nf1 I think....its the newest..
Think its in general or development we section
cobra7361 said:
Jkrusenrom is nf1 I think....its the newest..
Think its in general or development we section
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Yea that is the international version...I figured I would just stick with the Verizon NC5 which is Verizon's newest.
CC268 said:
Yea that is the international version...I figured I would just stick with the Verizon NC5 which is Verizon's newest.
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Surges ROM is in his upgrade thread..
In OP..two different ones
Related
So I just noticed today (been very busy with work) that there are some ME7 roms. I wanted to try the, is it Bone Stock one. So my stupid question, is if I try this rom.. I am not stuck to that am I? Like if I took the OTA I am stuck with that... that isnt the case with one of the ME7 roms, correct?
Sorry for the ignorance.
If you took the ota ME7 update, you can root, but cannot flash any roms as there is no custom recovery available. If your still on MDK, you can root and install custom recovery which will allow you to flash roms, even ME7 roms.
sulla65 said:
If you took the ota ME7 update, you can root, but cannot flash any roms as there is no custom recovery available. If your still on MDK, you can root and install custom recovery which will allow you to flash roms, even ME7 roms.
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Yes. I understand that.
My question was, if I try one of the ME7 roms, I still have an unlocked bootloader, correct?
meteron said:
Yes. I understand that.
My question was, if I try one of the ME7 roms, I still have an unlocked bootloader, correct?
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Yes, I'm running BoneStock now.
sulla65 said:
If you took the ota ME7 update, you can root, but cannot flash any roms as there is no custom recovery available. If your still on MDK, you can root and install custom recovery which will allow you to flash roms, even ME7 roms.
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AliceBToklas said:
Yes, I'm running BoneStock now.
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That is what I wanted to hear, as that is the rom I wanna try
Thank you!
meteron said:
That is what I wanted to hear, as that is the rom I wanna try
Thank you!
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You won't be disappointed if you're looking for a stable ROM and good battery life. Not that I have anything bad to say about the others. All the active choices seem good.
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meteron said:
Yes. I understand that.
My question was, if I try one of the ME7 roms, I still have an unlocked bootloader, correct?
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S4 has never had an unlocked bootloader, it uses the Loki exploit which enables you to basically do everything you could do with an unlocked boot loader. I think all this bootloader talk has many misinformed. I could care less about an unlocked bootloader, I would like an exploit like Loki again if possible.
But to answer your question, you will still have the Loki exploit.
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Ive used safestrap previously on my old OG Razr and absolutely loved it, but what good is it going to be on the S4, doesnt seem like any ROMs even support it =( Is it just because people havent updated the ROMs yet becauses its not done? I ****ed up and took all the OTAs and now i have a locked bootloader and would love to see some Safestrap ROMs...
oliohh said:
Ive used safestrap previously on my old OG Razr and absolutely loved it, but what good is it going to be on the S4, doesnt seem like any ROMs even support it =( Is it just because people havent updated the ROMs yet becauses its not done? I ****ed up and took all the OTAs and now i have a locked bootloader and would love to see some Safestrap ROMs...
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The only versions that safestrap (curently) supports are, ME7 and MI1. Hash however, is working on getting safestrap support on MJ7 and MK2. As for ROMS, the only roms that you can flash with safestrap are ROMS that are Touch Wiz based(e.x. Hyperdrive). Lastley if i was you i would avoid taking any more ota's from verizon.
oliohh said:
Ive used safestrap previously on my old OG Razr and absolutely loved it, but what good is it going to be on the S4, doesnt seem like any ROMs even support it =( Is it just because people havent updated the ROMs yet becauses its not done? I ****ed up and took all the OTAs and now i have a locked bootloader and would love to see some Safestrap ROMs...
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Have you read any of the safe strap threads yet? Should do so before posting about the safestrap that's been out and the Roms that are working with it currently and the work hash code is doing right now to get it ported over to mj7 and mdk2 bases
powered by hashcode safestrap hyperdrive 10.2
Safestrap is working great on my rooted MK2 Verizon S4...
Can't wait to see some ROMs for this now!!
Thanks guys!
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The only versions that safestrap (curently) supports are, ME7 and MI1. Hash however, is working on getting safestrap support on MJ7 and MK2. As for ROMS, the only roms that you can flash with safestrap are ROMS that are Touch Wiz based(e.x. Hyperdrive). Lastley if i was you i would avoid taking any more ota's from verizon.
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not true at all, theres a couple that are based on the GE ROM (I'm currently running one)
kinglyO said:
not true at all, theres a couple that are based on the GE ROM (I'm currently running one)
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There designed to look like GE ROMs but they're based on TW kernels.
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Are there any roms yet for rooted mk2 s4 Verizon with safe strap
Does anyone know if there are any roms yet for rooted mk2 s4 I'm running safestrap but really want a custom rom and some hacks or mods any suggestions would be great thanks everyone
3vo757 said:
Does anyone know if there are any roms yet for rooted mk2 s4 I'm running safestrap but really want a custom rom and some hacks or mods any suggestions would be great thanks everyone
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Yes. A dozen or so. There is a thread in general section.
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I have the good MDK baseband and currently on Hyperdrive AOSP. I wanted to upgrade my radio. Is this the same as baseband, will it break something?
orateam said:
I have the good MDK baseband and currently on Hyperdrive AOSP. I wanted to upgrade my radio. Is this the same as baseband, will it break something?
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Radio is separate from build base...
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
orateam said:
I have the good MDK baseband and currently on Hyperdrive AOSP. I wanted to upgrade my radio. Is this the same as baseband, will it break something?
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Yes radios are the baseband version. Heres where the radios are, but to be safe I would make sure the MD5 matches before flashing in recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46550751
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heath2805 said:
Yes radios are the baseband version. Heres where the radios are, but to be safe I would make sure the MD5 matches before flashing in recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46550751
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Thanks.
And just because i can't figure this one thing out. How come so many people who upgrade their phones are locked out of unlocking/root, yet i can go up and down ?
Could flashing a radio other than mdk on mdk bootloader Bork your ability to make calls? I flashed mk2 radio over mdk bootloader and could not make calls on Sammy roms but could if I flashed cm based roms.
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orateam said:
Thanks.
And just because i can't figure this one thing out. How come so many people who upgrade their phones are locked out of unlocking/root, yet i can go up and down ?
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You can go up and down in terms of radios and android versions, not builds. We're you to odin to anything but mdk you would be stuck in a state where you could not regain an unlocked bootloader. All builds have a root method though. If this is something you don't understand I would research it more, simply to prevent you from accidentally losing your mdk build.
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You can go up and down in terms of radios and android versions, not builds.
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ahh, so narrowed it down to builds. So what is a build? I have ODINed before, obviously to MDK. When a build, such as hyperdrive or eclipse 4.4.2 is made, it seems that they keep the parts that link back to MDK. What is that part? The reason i ask is because i want to start making my own builds and would like a deep understanding so i don't screw up.
orateam said:
ahh, so narrowed it down to builds. So what is a build? I have ODINed before, obviously to MDK. When a build, such as hyperdrive or eclipse 4.4.2 is made, it seems that they keep the parts that link back to MDK. What is that part? The reason i ask is because i want to start making my own builds and would like a deep understanding so i don't screw up.
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Those roms (I'm assuming) don't touch the bootloader, which is the part of the mdk build that you must not change in order to maintain the loki exploit that allows you to load custom roms and kernels. If you build a rom from aosp source or what have you just make sure it doesn't include any parts of the bootloader/boot chain and you should be ok.
Read this if you haven't already
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
I have been reading about surge method but not sure what it is. Does this enable boot loader unlock? I am on mk2.
Also if no boot loader unlock exusts. Is there a good touch wiz or fully stable aosp rom based off of kit kat? I could not find a tw one and not sure about aosp . None of the tw roms are being updated it serms
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thrgk said:
I have been reading about surge method but not sure what it is. Does this enable boot loader unlock? I am on mk2.
Also if no boot loader unlock exusts. Is there a good touch wiz or fully stable aosp rom based off of kit kat? I could not find a tw one and not sure about aosp . None of the tw roms are being updated it serms
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A method by Surge1223 to upgrade to NC5, 4.4.2, from MK2.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726868
No bootloader unlock exists, you can't run AOSP roms. There's multiple 4.4.2 TW roms in the android development section
Is the 4.4 ota update worth it or not really ? Says there is better battery and faster. But is it worth no root ?
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Is the 4.4 ota update worth it or not really ? Says there is better battery and faster. But is it worth no root ?
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Surge's method referenced in the previous post retains root.
thrgk said:
I have been reading about surge method but not sure what it is. Does this enable boot loader unlock? I am on mk2.
Also if no boot loader unlock exusts. Is there a good touch wiz or fully stable aosp rom based off of kit kat? I could not find a tw one and not sure about aosp . None of the tw roms are being updated it serms
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no boot loader unlock exist, for the locked bootloader safestrap must be used
you need to read the following thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
If I upgrade using OTA even though I'm on stock rooted will it just upgrade me and break root right ? Won't screw anything up ?
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thrgk said:
If I upgrade using OTA even though I'm on stock rooted will it just upgrade me and break root right ? Won't screw anything up ?
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my understanding that unless u are 100% stock and that means NO root, the OTA will mess up.
joshm.1219 said:
A method by Surge1223 to upgrade to NC5, 4.4.2, from MK2.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726868
No bootloader unlock exists, you can't run AOSP roms. There's multiple 4.4.2 TW roms in the android development section
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There is currently 2 aosp 4.3 roms for safestrap. Although they are very buggy.
jake.99x3 said:
There is currently 2 aosp 4.3 roms for safestrap. Although they are very buggy.
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Unfortunately I don't think they'll ever be truly usable. Kexec support is needed
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decaturbob said:
my understanding that unless u are 100% stock and that means NO root, the OTA will mess up.
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Not precisely. You can be rooted but otherwise stock and manage to take the OTA successfully. That will leave you unrooted.
My phone was rooted factory stock and would have taken the OTA successfully if not for a single modified file left behind by an older version of SuperSU and a file modified by Safestrap. If Safestrap wasn't active and without that old SuperSU thing it would have taken the OTA.
From a practical standpoint, you're right. Unless you're stock, there's a good chance the OTA will fail to start. And keep nagging you each time it fails.
thrgk said:
I have been reading about surge method but not sure what it is. Does this enable boot loader unlock? I am on mk2.
Also if no boot loader unlock exusts. Is there a good touch wiz or fully stable aosp rom based off of kit kat? I could not find a tw one and not sure about aosp . None of the tw roms are being updated it serms
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If you are on MK2, than you have a locked bootloader, which as of today is STILL UNLOCKABLE!!!!
Therefore, there is no AOSP ROMS avaiable for us, SafeSTrap users, which means that we can only flash TW based ROMS!
there are tons of ROMs for us, SS users, and the first 3 ROMs that pop into my mind which are the best of the best for us i337 AT&T users with MK2 locked bootloaders is these:
SHOstock-i v7.0 ==> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468860
Deadly Venom v3.0.2 ==> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447482
HyperDrive ==> Android 4.3 RLS15 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2520418
HyperDrive ==> KitKat 4.4.2 RLS17 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301724
And here is an INDEX for ALL ROMS for the Galaxy S4, 4.3 and 4.4.2 ...this here is the best forum there is for our S4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
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I have spoke of surge's upgrade/downgrade methods before. He is a senior member here on xda. The other method I know of, as far as upgrade/downgrade, is giglies. Giglies method came out after. It's fewer steps but the documentation could use an overhaul. If you see a post around the s4 forums with surge's name on it, I bet a lot of people are going to see what he has to say about it
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with towel root now available for use on NC5 phones, the need to upgrade/downgrade really is no longer a driving force.
I have a Verizon S4, rooted with safe root, Safestrap installed, running MK2 Hyperdrive ROM. I was wondering if there is anyway to get back to complete stock MDK where I can root and install a custom recovery like I would on any other Android phone? I really want to install the GPE ROM and other AOSP/Vanilla android ROMS. I have a lot of rooting and customizing experience from previous Android phones, but this is the first one on Verizon, instead of Sprint, that I've had and its more locked down than anything I've had also.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks!
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I have a Verizon S4, rooted with safe root, Safestrap installed, running MK2 Hyperdrive ROM. I was wondering if there is anyway to get back to complete stock MDK where I can root and install a custom recovery like I would on any other Android phone? I really want to install the GPE ROM and other AOSP/Vanilla android ROMS. I have a lot of rooting and customizing experience from previous Android phones, but this is the first one on Verizon, instead of Sprint, that I've had and its more locked down than anything I've had also.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks!
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There is no way to downgrade to mdk at all.
If that were a possibility I'm pretty sure there wouldn't be so many people on safestrap recovery.
HipHopIsLyfe37 said:
I have a Verizon S4, rooted with safe root, Safestrap installed, running MK2 Hyperdrive ROM. I was wondering if there is anyway to get back to complete stock MDK where I can root and install a custom recovery like I would on any other Android phone? I really want to install the GPE ROM and other AOSP/Vanilla android ROMS. I have a lot of rooting and customizing experience from previous Android phones, but this is the first one on Verizon, instead of Sprint, that I've had and its more locked down than anything I've had also.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks!
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Having a Sprint and Verizon phone I know what your going through right now.... Total opposite on Verizon than what you've been used to. Here's a good place to start with info for our phones http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49334432
It'd be great if we could just use Chainfire to root these phones and then Odin a recovery on but no dice. Big red and ATT are bootloader Nazis
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HipHopIsLyfe37 said:
I have a Verizon S4, rooted with safe root, Safestrap installed, running MK2 Hyperdrive ROM. I was wondering if there is anyway to get back to complete stock MDK where I can root and install a custom recovery like I would on any other Android phone? I really want to install the GPE ROM and other AOSP/Vanilla android ROMS. I have a lot of rooting and customizing experience from previous Android phones, but this is the first one on Verizon, instead of Sprint, that I've had and its more locked down than anything I've had also.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks!
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never jump into the water without checking first...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Thanks for the info guys. I've got more time to mess around with this stuff now that school and finals are done so I will definitely be taking a closer look
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