Hi all, I got a couple questions. I'm currently still on 4.3, running a safe-strapped Rom (Galaxy s4, VZW). I'd like to upgrade to KK.
Is the latest firmware available OTA still NC5?
What method will I need to upgrade, OTA or flash stock? Since I'm rooted, is an OTA even an option? I do have SuperSU pro's survival mode (I heard that worked for a couple people). I'm guessing otherwise I'd have to Towel root.
Finally, I assume I should delete the custom ROM slot and factory wipe my stock slot before updating. Will doing a reset affect safe strap, or will it leave it alone?
Thanks!
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marbertshere said:
Hi all, I got a couple questions. I'm currently still on 4.3, running a safe-strapped Rom (Galaxy s4, VZW). I'd like to upgrade to KK.
Is the latest firmware available OTA still NC5?
What method will I need to upgrade, OTA or flash stock? Since I'm rooted, is an OTA even an option? I do have SuperSU pro's survival mode (I heard that worked for a couple people). I'm guessing otherwise I'd have to Towel root.
Finally, I assume I should delete the custom ROM slot and factory wipe my stock slot before updating. Will doing a reset affect safe strap, or will it leave it alone?
Thanks!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
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Thank you for the link, and everything else you've done around here, Bob. I read around a little but I couldn't figure this out: do I have to use Surge's method to upgrade or can I take an alternative route (in guessing Odin) , now that towel root exists?
I'm hesitant only bc I tried to use his downgrade /upgrade methods on a different phone and had some problems. Thanks.
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Nvm, I'm going to try to giglie's method. Guess I'm going to wipe my 2nd Rom slot and factory reset my stock slot. Hope I'm on the right track?
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marbertshere said:
Nvm, I'm going to try to giglie's method. Guess I'm going to wipe my 2nd Rom slot and factory reset my stock slot. Hope I'm on the right track?
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You can't use ROM slots with 3.72 safestrap. ROM must be installed to stock slot. Take and research this info.
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I went back to stock using Odin. took update, rooted with towelroot installed Safestrap 3.72 . Then installed custom KK rom. All worked without any issues
Here is a link with videos
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337590
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spjetrovic said:
I went back to stock using Odin. took update, rooted with towelroot installed Safestrap 3.72 . Then installed custom KK rom. All worked without any issues
Here is a link with videos
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337590
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Thanks for the info. I was just curious, could I do a full unroot/reset (I rooted with saferoot) instead of flashing stock with odin? I mean, same end result, right
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decaturbob said:
You can't use ROM slots with 3.72 safestrap. ROM must be installed to stock slot. Take and research this info.
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Thanks for the link again. I meant I would wipe my current custom ROM slot before I flash to stock or update anything.
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marbertshere said:
Thanks for the info. I was just curious, could I do a full unroot/reset (I rooted with saferoot) instead of flashing stock with odin? I mean, same end result, right
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I would recommend Odin full wipe tar. This gets your phone 100% stock. It's safe, simple and proven to work.
Watch the videos they help a lot.
I haven't done it the other way!
Don't want to miss lead you.
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spjetrovic said:
I would recommend Odin full wipe tar. This gets your phone 100% stock. It's safe, simple and proven to work.
Watch the videos they help a lot.
I haven't done it the other way!
Don't want to miss lead you.
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No, thank you! Videos are incredibly helpful. I was just curious.
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I was messing around with optimizing my vruame7 build gs4 today and i opened system recovery? is that the same as bootloader? In tiny blue letters at top left it said system recovery.
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I was messing around with optimizing my vruame7 build gs4 today and i opened system recovery? is that the same as bootloader? In tiny blue letters at top left it said system recovery.
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The bootloader is basically the ''set of instructions'' the phone uses to boot. Usually it instructs the device to boot the os kernel or the recovery environment. The bootloader loaded the system recovery because you either held volume up + power when booting, ran the reboot recovery command, accepted the ota, or your device was unable to load the os.
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No recovery is not the same as the bootloader. Here is an explanation of what exactly it is
http://m.androidcentral.com/what-recovery-android-z
Just as a heads up im going to throw it out there. Currently there is no way to flash a custom recovery on the me7 firmware.
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Just as a heads up im going to throw it out there. Currently there is no way to flash a custom recovery on the me7 firmware.
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I thought you could use Odin to flash a hacked version of ME7?
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Xplorer4x4 said:
I thought you could use Odin to flash a hacked version of ME7?
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No, once on the me7 ota youre stuck without a custom recovery/roms. To flash an me7 based rom you have to be on mdk prior.
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hexitnow said:
No, once on the me7 ota youre stuck without a custom recovery/roms. To flash an me7 based rom you have to be on mdk prior.
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Thanks for clearing that up. Not trying to thread jack but seemed l I'm me a good place to ask. What's the progress looking like towards custom recovery on ME7?
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Xplorer4x4 said:
Thanks for clearing that up. Not trying to thread jack but seemed l I'm me a good place to ask. What's the progress looking like towards custom recovery on ME7?
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Theres a couple threads in the general section outlining the process. The bounty thread and the safestrap thread.
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Thanks for the helpful responses.
For anyone viewing this I was attempting to consolidate my 5 hours of reading into a nutshell.
Yes me7 is so far not vulnerable for romming but safestrap is a option soon to be for all me7 users. Big mistake if you wanted a bootloader workaround like loki to have custom recovery. I mean we can't say to claim the device defective as that can be seen as warranty fraud but your actions..
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Addiso said:
Yes me7 is so far not vulnerable for romming but safestrap is a option soon to be for all me7 users. Big mistake if you wanted a bootloader workaround like loki to have custom recovery. I mean we can't say to claim the device defective as that can be seen as warranty fraud but your actions..
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Thanks for the response. So then nothing can be flashed via Odin aside from a pure stock ME7 ROM?
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AndroidSlave said:
Thanks for the response. So then nothing can be flashed via Odin aside from a pure stock ME7 ROM?
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Yep thats all that can be flashed in odin. On the s3 you could flash custom recovery via odin but that required an unlocked bootloader.
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
Last I checked there wasn't a way to use any custom ROMs on a Verizon S4 running MJ7. Is this still the case?
sage55 said:
Last I checked there wasn't a way to use any custom ROMs on a Verizon S4 running MJ7. Is this still the case?
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No. Root, safestrap makes possible several custom roms.
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wtherrell said:
No. Root, safestrap makes possible several custom roms.
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Are you saying that just to get my hopes up?
I have root. Are there any good tuturials on how to install safestrap and what ROMs I can use?
Thanks!
Here's a place to start.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428226
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sage55 said:
Are you saying that just to get my hopes up?
I have root. Are there any good tuturials on how to install safestrap and what ROMs I can use?
Thanks!
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Hyperdrive 12 is really your only viable roms...Some others are coming online. There are couple threads you would need to read. I'm sure some you tube videos are out. I did a guide in general section that gives a good idea of what to do.
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
More here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441441
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Can I go ahead and install the latest MK2 update and still do Safestrap and HH?
If so I'm assuming I'll need to remove root, yes?
sage55 said:
Can I go ahead and install the latest MK2 update and still do Safestrap and HH?
If so I'm assuming I'll need to remove root, yes?
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Yea you can update to mk2 to be able to take the ota you need to unroot and get rid of any xposed mods you may have and or restore anything you may have frozen using tibu.
If that still doesn't work you may have to Odin back to whatever your Current version is then take the ota
Then root using saferoot method and install Safestrap and you're off to the races.
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decaturbob said:
Hyperdrive 12 is really your only viable roms...Some others are coming online. There are couple threads you would need to read. I'm sure some you tube videos are out. I did a guide in general section that gives a good idea of what to do.
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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I could have sworn I seen a thread after I was updating to MK2 how to install HyperDrive on MJ7/MK2 but have lost it now. Do you happen to know of the thread or a tutorial on how to get HyperDrive installed now that I'm running MK2 and rooted with Safestrape installed?
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I could have sworn I seen a thread after I was updating to MK2 how to install HyperDrive on MJ7/MK2 but have lost it now. Do you happen to know of the thread or a tutorial on how to get HyperDrive installed now that I'm running MK2 and rooted with Safestrape installed?
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You just create a rom slot then flash the Hyperdrive zip plus the mk2 modules.. Then reboot and you're good.
Be sure you download the Hyperdrive for SS zip.
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I used to run hyperdrive before i bricked my phone. It's an awesome rom.
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sch-i545 with 4.2.2 original was me7 I took the update figuring it was just going to give me 4.3 figured I could just reroot after that, But the software update just changed the build number to MI1.. Now I have another update that keeps failing that is supposed to bring me to MJ7. getting an error code 402 if I look at the specs of the update..I just rooted it again..Ill see what happens with the other update..I have seen other people getting these 402 error codes ....
you can't ota update if you're rooted
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joshm.1219 said:
you can't ota update if you're rooted
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Oh i didnt know that...the 1st update worked that took me from me7 to mi1 ....so I guess I have to unroot it and update it?
vafangool said:
Oh i didnt know that...the 1st update worked that took me from me7 to mi1 ....so I guess I have to unroot it and update it?
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mi1 was just a small bug fix, yeah unroot then update
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I unrooted it.... and im still getting the same error... I followed the instructions in the saferoot post. I cant get SU access in terminal emulater but when the phone reboots I still get the Custom screen before boot...
vafangool said:
I unrooted it.... and im still getting the same error... I followed the instructions in the saferoot post. I cant get SU access in terminal emulater but when the phone reboots I still get the Custom screen before boot...
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the custom screen will stay there unless you fully Odin your phone or use triangle away. you can download a root checker app from the playstore to see if it worked
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joshm.1219 said:
the custom screen will stay there unless you fully Odin your phone or use triangle away. you can download a root checker app from the playstore to see if it worked
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I waited a few minutes and rebooted it and the custom screen went away...I know I def dont have root anymore and the phone isnt still taking the update....
you can use Samsung kies to update, gotta download it to your computer
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joshm.1219 said:
you can use Samsung kies to update, gotta download it to your computer
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Thank you so much..I didnt use Kies but I totally forgot that verizon wireless has the software upgrade assistant...Its actually pretty cool..If you want to do a factory reset it backs up everything for you and attempts to repair the phone....But it also updates for you...so as of now I am running 4.3 on the MK2 build...
So now its off to do more research... Gonna reroot with saferoot and than attempt to use saftestrap for the roms that are compatible with safestrap ...Thanks for the help guys..
vafangool said:
Thank you so much..I didnt use Kies but I totally forgot that verizon wireless has the software upgrade assistant...Its actually pretty cool..If you want to do a factory reset it backs up everything for you and attempts to repair the phone....But it also updates for you...so as of now I am running 4.3 on the MK2 build...
So now its off to do more research... Gonna reroot with saferoot and than attempt to use saftestrap for the roms that are compatible with safestrap ...Thanks for the help guys..
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good luck bud
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good luck bud
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much appreciated...
Had this same issue on my brothers safestrap mi1 phone. I ran the mk2 no wipe odin md5.tar
this fixed everything up.
andybones said:
Had this same issue on my brothers safestrap mi1 phone. I ran the mk2 no wipe odin md5.tar
this fixed everything up.
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whoa don't see a heavy hitter dev in q&a too often
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Hei folks
I saw that sprint rolled out 4.4.4 for the Note 3. Can someone confirm that? Someone installed the update already?
Thanks mates
Tkkg1994 said:
Hei folks
I saw that sprint rolled out 4.4.4 for the Note 3. Can someone confirm that? Someone installed the update already?
Thanks mates
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Downloaded and installed . Waiting on root
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wormy987123 said:
Downloaded and installed . Waiting on root
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If you don't care about tripping the knox counter, odin TWRP, and flash SuperSU 2.02. You'll have root.
LMMT said:
If you don't care about tripping the knox counter, odin TWRP, and flash SuperSU 2.02. You'll have root.
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I'll do that when i get off of work. I didn't get the notification about the update until i was in my work truck.
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So i took the uograde and got twrp and root. Now just waiting for a cool rom
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cherylbaker said:
So i took the uograde and got twrp and root. Now just waiting for a cool rom
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May i ask how you rooted the 4.4.4 update?
ttkyles said:
May i ask how you rooted the 4.4.4 update?
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I used odin to install twrp. Once twrp is installed i downloaded the flashable supersu and flashed it. Than i installed supersu on the phone. Easy peasy
Problem now is that since your recovery is not regular, not sure how you can grab the updates. I do want 4.4.4 as well
Gellenole said:
Problem now is that since your recovery is not regular, not sure how you can grab the updates. I do want 4.4.4 as well
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I alreadt took the upgrade. I odined back to stock first.
I also Odin back to stock NC5. Took the update OTA to 4.4.4. I then used ODIN to flash TRWP Recovery and installed SuperSU1.94.
So now I have 4.4.4 and Full Root and SuperSU.
dally28 said:
I also Odin back to stock NC5. Took the update OTA to 4.4.4. I then used ODIN to flash TRWP Recovery and installed SuperSU1.94.
So now I have 4.4.4 and Full Root and SuperSU.
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Pretty great how we can do that. No need for any stupid tools
I haven't got update yet
I haven't either.
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Took the update OTA to 4.4.4. I then used ODIN to flash TRWP Recovery and installed SuperSU1.94.
So now I have 4.4.4 and Full Root and SuperSU.[/QUOTE]
+1 on that
Worked like a champ