Strange behavior: Quite often, when I am on my homescreen (but also in Settings), the S5 jumps to another, usually the task killer app is what opens. Checked gesture control, etc. but nothing set/ ticked that I would think could cause this. Any ideas?
Phone is rooted and Philz installed, running the Alliance Rom. Changes roms, same difference!!
axel06 said:
Strange behavior: Quite often, when I am on my homescreen (but also in Settings), the S5 jumps to another, usually the task killer app is what opens. Checked gesture control, etc. but nothing set/ ticked that I would think could cause this. Any ideas?
Phone is rooted and Philz installed, running the Alliance Rom. Changes roms, same difference!!
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I used alliance rom for a couple days and had a lot of problems with reboots and locking up, that was when I used towel root, haven't tried it since I did full root and recovery.
tonyevo52 said:
I used alliance rom for a couple days and had a lot of problems with reboots and locking up, that was when I used towel root, haven't tried it since I did full root and recovery.
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So you unrooted and rooted it again with geohot's towel root? How did you flash the recovery?
Also, what rom are you using now?
axel06 said:
So you unrooted and rooted it again with geohot's towel root? How did you flash the recovery?
Also, what rom are you using now?
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No, didnt unroot, just odin'd chain fire, twrp, and su. Using project infinity now, very clean and stable rom.
tonyevo52 said:
No, didnt unroot, just odin'd chain fire, twrp, and su. Using project infinity now, very clean and stable rom.
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Can you explain to me which chainfire file you odin'd? I know about odin, but just want to make sure which chainfire. Thanks!
axel06 said:
Can you explain to me which chainfire file you odin'd? I know about odin, but just want to make sure which chainfire. Thanks!
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Follow this link, should get you what you need. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648
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Hi,
I am rooted on my S3 and all is good. However, my Father also has an S3 and last week he was talked into rooting it by his Grandson. All went well but long story short he was not happy with having a rooted phone so has decided to remove root. He has now done so by following various guides. He used Triangle away which he says went successfully and has used Odin to put the latest stock firmware on the phone which again he says went successfully. I was not there when he did all this but phone seems all good.
Except one thing. He has tried to install a couple of apps he had before rooting. Barclays bank app and Sky Go app. After installation these apps are saying they will not work on a rooted phone, but it's not rooted any more. I have booted into recovery using Volume down, power and home buttons and it says custom firmware / rom, I can't remember exact wording, but it says no. Also in the phone menu where a rooted phone says modified in device status it says normal or whatever it should say. Again can't remember exactly but all looks like no root present.
Anyone got any ideas on this? As I am rooted on my S3 and never un-rooted it yet, I do not know if he should have done something else. Will he have to root again to run triangle away or anything else. Or can this be fixed as the phone is at present?
Thanks for any help guys.
Cheers, Rich
Three6ty said:
Hi,
I am rooted on my S3 and all is good. However, my Father also has an S3 and last week he was talked into rooting it by his Grandson. All went well but long story short he was not happy with having a rooted phone so has decided to remove root. He has now done so by following various guides. He used Triangle away which he says went successfully and has used Odin to put the latest stock firmware on the phone which again he says went successfully. I was not there when he did all this but phone seems all good.
Except one thing. He has tried to install a couple of apps he had before rooting. Barclays bank app and Sky Go app. After installation these apps are saying they will not work on a rooted phone, but it's not rooted any more. I have booted into recovery using Volume down, power and home buttons and it says custom firmware / rom, I can't remember exact wording, but it says no. Also in the phone menu where a rooted phone says modified in device status it says normal or whatever it should say. Again can't remember exactly but all looks like no root present.
Anyone got any ideas on this? As I am rooted on my S3 and never un-rooted it yet, I do not know if he should have done something else. Will he have to root again to run triangle away or anything else. Or can this be fixed as the phone is at present?
Thanks for any help guys.
Cheers, Rich
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try doing a factory reset
Has it got a custom ROM or stock ROM? could be due to a custom ROM maybe?
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slaphead20 said:
try doing a factory reset
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Hi,
Good idea. Just so I can warn him, I'm guessing this will wipe the phone and he will have to re-run setup etc?
Three6ty said:
Hi,
Good idea. Just so I can warn him, I'm guessing this will wipe the phone and he will have to re-run setup etc?
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Sorry, just looked on mine and confirmed my question above. It will wipe the lot.
danmorley0702 said:
Has it got a custom ROM or stock ROM? could be due to a custom ROM maybe?
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It's a stock rom. Downloaded from the official rom thread on here
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Sorry, just looked on mine and confirmed my question above. It will wipe the lot.
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yup, it wipes all user data and apps, let us know if it works after doing this
Hi,
My father did the factory reset today and it wiped his phone and he went through the new set up. However he still can't install some apps as they are still saying they do not support rooted devices. I just can't figure it out. Any ideas please guys. Thanks
Cheers, Rich
Three6ty said:
Hi,
My father did the factory reset today and it wiped his phone and he went through the new set up. However he still can't install some apps as they are still saying they do not support rooted devices. I just can't figure it out. Any ideas please guys. Thanks
Cheers, Rich
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One basic question..are you still able to go into recovery..vol up+power+home..if yes you are still rooted...you need to find your stock firmware and flash it via odin
check if it was a stock firmware your father flashed orcustom ROM o.follow this guide to do it again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
zoot1 said:
One basic question..are you still able to go into recovery..vol up+power+home..if yes you are still rooted...you need to find your stock firmware and flash it via odin
check if it was a stock firmware your father flashed orcustom ROM o.follow this guide to do it again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
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Hi,
Just tried that and the S3 will not go into recovery via volume up, power and home. Tried several times and it just powers up as normal. He has just tried his banking app and it's telling him the phone is rooted. I'm stumped on what to do.
Cheers, Rich
Sounds like maybe triangle away didnt properly remove the count, was the firmware he downloaded the official one for his phone? Was it previously branded or anything like that?
go supersu and click remove root
Three6ty said:
Hi,
Just tried that and the S3 will not go into recovery via volume up, power and home. Tried several times and it just powers up as normal. He has just tried his banking app and it's telling him the phone is rooted. I'm stumped on what to do.
Cheers, Rich
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Did you try redoing the steps mentioned in the thread??
Also clear data from that app..just a mention
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Hi,
He has superSu on the phone. Presumably it has downloaded from the play store when restoring the phone. However, he tried to uninstall it which just removed the updates. Couldn't go any further. It is now asking for updates which he has done. But when he tries to launch Super SU it says no apps configured and won't go any further. I think the fact that super su is on the phone, the apps are thinking it is rooted. I am doing this all over the phone so can't see what's happening.
I'm wondering if the way to go now would be another factory reset and when restoring everything, try not to let play store instal super su. Would this be the way to go, or can we get super su off the phone without a reset?
Cheers, Rich
Try uninstalling super su with titanium backup. Then factory reset. Are you sure you have flashed a stock ROM and not a rooted one. This doesnt sound right.
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Why not try reflashing again with original firmware via odin.
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One basic question..are you still able to go into recovery..vol up+power+home..if yes you are still rooted...
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Didn't know there was something like that. Now I am on stock and un-rooted. I can still go into the recovery by pressing vol up+power+home keys.
Hi,
Trying to do these things with him over the phone ain't easy. I may just go and get the phone and do it myself.
He does have supersu on the phone and it is working, well it's installed anyway but obviously does not do the root things as the phone is un-rooted. There is an option in supersu settings to remove root but will this work as the phone is not rooted? Question is how on earth do I remove supersu. Do i need to re-root and remove it that way?
Cheers, Rich
yldlj said:
Try uninstalling super su with titanium backup. Then factory reset. Are you sure you have flashed a stock ROM and not a rooted one. This doesnt sound right.
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Can't uninstall via Titanium backup as he is no longer rooted unless he roots the phone again. It is a stock rom. It was downloaded via the official rom thread on here.
http://www.unlimitedtips.com/2012/06/how-to-unroot-samsung-galaxy-s-3.html
This works very well for me
Hi well this is my second DNA trying to root destroyed the first one lol... Well anyways the first one I downloaded supersu and busybox and figured out it didn't work and I ruined it now.... This is my second phone I have flashed the superuser and binaries. I am figuring out that I have root but its not working correctly.. mostly my changes that I need root for are not lasting through reboot I'm not losing root but I'm losing my changes as in when I delete amazon its gone but when I reboot its back. my only assumption is that its because busybox is missing can anyone confirm this and is there any possible way where I can just get the busybox zip... I have been on the busybox.net website and seen the downloads but I would like confirmation before u destroy this phone to which I hope don't not happen.
Unless you have s-off or have flashed a new kernel, the system partition is right protected, even when you think it isn't. I think that is what is causing your problem.
Why don't you flash a room that already had root/busybix installed?
c2a5nn1o4n said:
Hi well this is my second DNA trying to root destroyed the first one lol... Well anyways the first one I downloaded supersu and busybox and figured out it didn't work and I ruined it now.... This is my second phone I have flashed the superuser and binaries. I am figuring out that I have root but its not working correctly.. mostly my changes that I need root for are not lasting through reboot I'm not losing root but I'm losing my changes as in when I delete amazon its gone but when I reboot its back. my only assumption is that its because busybox is missing can anyone confirm this and is there any possible way where I can just get the busybox zip... I have been on the busybox.net website and seen the downloads but I would like confirmation before u destroy this phone to which I hope don't not happen.
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c2a5nn1o4n said:
Hi well this is my second DNA trying to root destroyed the first one lol... Well anyways the first one I downloaded supersu and busybox and figured out it didn't work and I ruined it now.... This is my second phone I have flashed the superuser and binaries. I am figuring out that I have root but its not working correctly.. mostly my changes that I need root for are not lasting through reboot I'm not losing root but I'm losing my changes as in when I delete amazon its gone but when I reboot its back. my only assumption is that its because busybox is missing can anyone confirm this and is there any possible way where I can just get the busybox zip... I have been on the busybox.net website and seen the downloads but I would like confirmation before u destroy this phone to which I hope don't not happen.
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When first unlocking and rooting my phone, I thought the same thing about busy box. But what you need to do is flash a new kernel first and foremost which will remove write protection.
I'm not really trying to flash a Rom yet personally I was waiting to see if liberty was coming but I guess it wont be coming I'm having a problem with pushing soffbin do I need do fastboot and soffbin in the same folder?
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I'm not really trying to flash a Rom yet personally I was waiting to see if liberty was coming but I guess it wont be coming I'm having a problem with pushing soffbin do I need do fastboot and soffbin in the same folder?
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Flashing a Kernel is not flashing a rom. It just helps with battery, gives you sweep2wake, and allows you actual root access
Flashing a Kernel is not flashing a rom. It just helps with battery, gives you sweep2wake, and allows you actual root access[/QUOTE]
I'm thinking about flashing viper Rom it seems to be very stable will that fix my problem?
c2a5nn1o4n said:
Flashing a Kernel is not flashing a rom. It just helps with battery, gives you sweep2wake, and allows you actual root access
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I'm thinking about flashing viper Rom it seems to be very stable will that fix my problem?[/QUOTE]
No, again, you need to flash a kernel first so that you have write permissions
c2a5nn1o4n said:
I'm thinking about flashing viper Rom it seems to be very stable will that fix my problem?
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Reading your OP and the rest of your comments in this thread, you're all over the place. Things you are doing will not fix your original problem and trying to achieve s-off just because it looks popular and running into difficulties trying to achieve it only adds to problems and confusion. I suggest you step back, slow down and get familiar with terms before you break another phone. While a small portion of the info is EVO 4G specific, you should check these out for general knowledge:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/278898-android-partitions-kernels-explained.html
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ore-information-about-android-partitions.html
Your root is probably sticking in between boots. As we don't have any ROMs that free up the wasted space in the system folder, it's pointless for you to try to delete apps that you don't want installed. You can simply go into Settings\Apps\All and force stop them and then disable. If that doesn't work, you can use Titanium Backup and hit the middle "Backup/Restore" tab. Click on the app you want and Freeze it (this will stop it from running.) If that doesn't float your boat, you can try to uninstall it.
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Your root is probably sticking in between boots. As we don't have any ROMs that free up the wasted space in the system folder, it's pointless for you to try to delete apps that you don't want installed. You can simply go into Settings\Apps\All and force stop them and then disable. If that doesn't work, you can use Titanium Backup and hit the middle "Backup/Restore" tab. Click on the app you want and Freeze it (this will stop it from running.) If that doesn't float your boat, you can try to uninstall it.
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Anything he does with will not stick through the boot because he doesn't really have root access. I had the exact same problem before flashing a writeable kernel. After I flashed DSB 2.5.4 [when I originally was going through the process] that corrected the whole busybox/binaries issue. Using Titanium Backup at this point is pointless as well because after he restarts his phone, they'll all be back.
Edit: Plus it will say you have root without a writeable kernel but you don't have write permissions to have things like uninstalling bloatware stick through a boot.
UrGuardian999 said:
Anything he does with will not stick through the boot because he doesn't really have root access. I had the exact same problem before flashing a writeable kernel. After I flashed DSB 2.5.4 [when I originally was going through the process] that corrected the whole busybox/binaries issue. Using Titanium Backup at this point is pointless as well because after he restarts his phone, they'll all be back.
Edit: Plus it will say you have root without a writeable kernel but you don't have write permissions to have things like uninstalling bloatware stick through a boot.
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You're right. I had assumed he had unlocked and flashed an unsecure boot image before attempting to flash su and busybox. Perhaps I did assume too much. I'll refer him to here in that case.
UrGuardian999 said:
Anything he does with will not stick through the boot because he doesn't really have root access. I had the exact same problem before flashing a writeable kernel. After I flashed DSB 2.5.4 [when I originally was going through the process] that corrected the whole busybox/binaries issue. Using Titanium Backup at this point is pointless as well because after he restarts his phone, they'll all be back.
Edit: Plus it will say you have root without a writeable kernel but you don't have write permissions to have things like uninstalling bloatware stick through a boot.
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Ok so I have to have busybox? I've downloaded the viper Rom with the boot img I'm downloading cubed 3.1.3 kernal now so I just go into recovery and flash the kernal correct I'm a noon to HTC this is entirely different than by bionic
c2a5nn1o4n said:
Ok so I have to have busybox I've downloaded the viper Rom with the boot img I'm downloading cubed 3.1.3 kernal now so I just go into recovery and flash the kernal correct I'm a noon to HTC this is entirely different than by bionic
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The Viper Rom has Stock DSB Kernel boot.img zip'd with it. You can flash that rom and flash the Stock DSB modules with it and you'd be good to go
UrGuardian999 said:
The Viper Rom has Stock DSB Kernel boot.img zip'd with it. You can flash that rom and flash the Stock DSB modules with it and you'd be good to go
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That's actually the opposite of what actually is the case. The modules are packaged with the rom and you have to flash the boot.img manually.
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Bigandrewgold said:
That's actually the opposite of what actually is the case. The modules are packaged with the rom and you have to flash the boot.img manually.
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I downloaded the boot.img and the Rom then went to recovery and only the Rom was there how do I flash the boot img manually
c2a5nn1o4n said:
I downloaded the boot.img and the Rom then went to recovery and only the Rom was there how do I flash the boot img manually
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Nvr mind I understand but do I fastboot the boot img first or after I flash the Rom
c2a5nn1o4n said:
Nvr mind I understand but do I fastboot the boot img first or after I flash the Rom
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The order doesn't matter
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The order doesn't matter
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Also on my other DNA I installed cynogen but not the bootimage and when I would try to reboot I would get messed up lines would that have caused that? If it would my brain has dropped to a new low
If using Cubed 3.1.3 you'll have to reflash the modules though, correct?
UrGuardian999 said:
If using Cubed 3.1.3 you'll have to reflash the modules though
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Nope still on stock kernal
I'm currently flashing viper as well right now, had to stop and go to work right in the middle of it. My apologies hahah
I was running eclipse 4.2.2 and spent two days flashing Vario's Roms and modems
I ended up going back to eclipse 4.2.2 and now every time I run a system process my phone freezes. Black screen. Sometime reboots.
I was doing full wipes or data/cache/davlik every time.
I can't figure it out. Pressing volume up or down freezes and lags the phone.
Pressing the phone icon lags and submitting the call lags the phone.
On top of that my mp3s on my sdcard no longer work on Google music...
Any idea how to fix this? My phone is almost useless except for third party apps. Thanks
gt5oh said:
I was running eclipse 4.2.2 and spent two days flashing Vario's Roms and modems
I ended up going back to eclipse 4.2.2 and now every time I run a system process my phone freezes. Black screen. Sometime reboots.
I was doing full wipes or data/cache/davlik every time.
I can't figure it out. Pressing volume up or down freezes and lags the phone.
Pressing the phone icon lags and submitting the call lags the phone.
On top of that my mp3s on my sdcard no longer work on Google music...
Any idea how to fix this? My phone is almost useless except for third party apps. Thanks
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Give us more info.. I take it you are mdk with loki exploit...right?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
decaturbob said:
Give us more info.. I take it you are mdk with loki exploit...right?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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Mdk correct. Loki
I'm using cwm recovery
Volume up and down is also bogging down the phone..
Been messing with this for hours
No matter what rom I run the core system is messed up
I ODIN back to stock.
What happens if I accept the stock OEM software upgrade?
gt5oh said:
Been messing with this for hours
No matter what rom I run the core system is messed up
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Have you considered odin the stock mdk full wipe image file to start over?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
decaturbob said:
Have you considered odin the stock mdk full wipe image file to start over?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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yeah I did that, im on stock mdk 4.2.2 right now, software update popped up, if I take it will I be able to root in the future?
gt5oh said:
yeah I did that, im on stock mdk 4.2.2 right now, software update popped up, if I take it will I be able to root in the future?
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Root yes. Custom recovery, no. Your only option would be Safestrap and compatible TW roms. Try to do whatever it takes to stay on MDK.
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riker147 said:
Root yes. Custom recovery, no. Your only option would be Safestrap and compatible TW roms. Try to do whatever it takes to stay on MDK.
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ok got it thanks.. is there a stock but rooted mk2 rom that you can install from mdk with CWM?
gt5oh said:
ok got it thanks.. is there a stock but rooted mk2 rom that you can install from mdk with CWM?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581072
There's a stock rooted MK2 ROM you can flash in CWM. Just don't take that OTA!
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gt5oh said:
yeah I did that, im on stock mdk 4.2.2 right now, software update popped up, if I take it will I be able to root in the future?
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if you are mdk, I would NEVER take OTA as that will cause you to lose custom recoveries and ability to rom any type of ROM and custom kernels. There is a way to continue forward with MDK but I don't know what the process is as I don't have MDK myself
Yes I rejected the update.
Instead I put on CWM recovery and flashed the TW stock 4.3 build
Was running Eclipse 4.2.2 before
Hi all,
I previously had my GS4 rooted on JellyBean, running the stock ROM and ClockworkMod. I upgraded my phone with the Verizon update to 4.4.2 when the update came out. I am now on the NC5 build. I am now trying to root my phone again, to run a different ROM. I still have Rom Manager and SuperSU on my phone from the last root.
I tried using Towelroot yesterday. It said the root was successful. I was able to go into Rom Manager and update CWM, which also said it flashed successfully. SuperSU is working. However, when I try to boot into CWM, it boots into the stock (I think) recovery. I'm trying to run a nandroid backup before I do anything drastic.
Do I have to wipe my device, and start fresh? It seems that CWM is installed, but the stock recovery is overriding it. Sorry if this is a noob-ish question. I've been out of the Root game since my Incredible.
Leach0789 said:
Hi all,
I previously had my GS4 rooted on JellyBean, running the stock ROM and ClockworkMod. I upgraded my phone with the Verizon update to 4.4.2 when the update came out. I am now on the NC5 build. I am now trying to root my phone again, to run a different ROM. I still have Rom Manager and SuperSU on my phone from the last root.
I tried using Towelroot yesterday. It said the root was successful. I was able to go into Rom Manager and update CWM, which also said it flashed successfully. SuperSU is working. However, when I try to boot into CWM, it boots into the stock (I think) recovery. I'm trying to run a nandroid backup before I do anything drastic.
Do I have to wipe my device, and start fresh? It seems that CWM is installed, but the stock recovery is overriding it. Sorry if this is a noob-ish question. I've been out of the Root game since my Incredible.
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I believe when you accept the Verizon OTA update it locks down custom recoveries like CWM/TWRP and the only option is SafeStrap.
scrillakev said:
I believe when you accept the Verizon OTA update it locks down custom recoveries like CWM/TWRP and the only option is SafeStrap.
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Ah ha. Thanks for the reply. So can I proceed with installing SafeStrap, or do I need to uninstall CWM first?
Leach0789 said:
Ah ha. Thanks for the reply. So can I proceed with installing SafeStrap, or do I need to uninstall CWM first?
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Yea if your on a Verizon s4 running any build after MDK... which you are... SafeStrap is your only option.
Hard to say what that will do to your phone after trying to install CWM.... usually it just soft bricks it and you need to Odin back to stock...
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Mistertac said:
Yea if your on a Verizon s4 running any build after MDK... which you are... SafeStrap is your only option.
Hard to say what that will do to your phone after trying to install CWM.... usually it just soft bricks it and you need to Odin back to stock...
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I just started the process of installing SafeStrap, but maybe I will wait until I'm home from work, in case I need to Odin..
Leach0789 said:
I just started the process of installing SafeStrap, but maybe I will wait until I'm home from work, in case I need to Odin..
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May be a good idea just in case. I've seen some on here do the same as you with ROM manager and once they rebooted they were brought to the unauthorized software detected screen.... And without a recovery and a backup already made you'd be out of luck.
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Mistertac said:
May be a good idea just in case. I've seen some on here do the same as you with ROM manager and once they rebooted they were brought to the unauthorized software detected screen.... And without a recovery and a backup already made you'd be out of luck.
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It would probably be smart to remove CWM with Odin before attempting SafeStrap, correct? Is there a specific thread for removing CWM from a Verizon S4? I searched around but couldn't find anything specific to the S4.
Edit: I found a guide on NasirTech. Looks like that will work.
Leach0789 said:
It would probably be smart to remove CWM with Odin before attempting SafeStrap, correct? Is there a specific thread for removing CWM from a Verizon S4? I searched around but couldn't find anything specific to the S4.
Edit: I found a guide on NasirTech. Looks like that will work.
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Well it didn't actually install it since your kernel doesn't allow for it now but what I would do is just use Odin and start over. Can use a No Wipe file and keep all your stuff.
You could try the method you found... I'm just not familiar with it.
Hard to say really how it will act. Maybe you'll have no issues at all just be able to install SafeStrap. Maybe you'll be able to install it but then it won't boot properly into it... who knows. Both have happened to me with my recovery ( CWM ),.. and using Odin was the only thing that helped.
Good luck .. I'm sure you'll get it going
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Mistertac said:
Well it didn't actually install it since your kernel doesn't allow for it now but what I would do is just use Odin and start over. Can use a No Wipe file and keep all your stuff.
You could try the method you found... I'm just not familiar with it.
Hard to say really how it will act. Maybe you'll have no issues at all just be able to install SafeStrap. Maybe you'll be able to install it but then it won't boot properly into it... who knows. Both have happened to me with my recovery ( CWM ),.. and using Odin was the only thing that helped.
Good luck .. I'm sure you'll get it going
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Thanks! Would you mind helping me find a correct no-wipe file? I found a couple files, but since I'm a new user I can't post links here, so I can't ask anyone if its the correct file or not!
Leach0789 said:
Thanks! Would you mind helping me find a correct no-wipe file? I found a couple files, but since I'm a new user I can't post links here, so I can't ask anyone if its the correct file or not!
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Here you go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Yup... Tulsa you're quick!! Lol
Grab the NC5 No Wipe...
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Tulsadiver said:
Here you go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
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Thanks! You guys rock.
I've had this problem since December or so now, (whenever CM11 came out) and I've tried asking for help everywhere, including here before. But I'm sending out one final hail mary request. For some reason, whenever I download a 4.4 Rom for my phone and I have my wifi running, the phone will freeze after I hit the power button and will not turn the screen back on at all or it will freeze while I'm using it. The only way to get the phone back on is by doing a battery pull.
Here is everything I've tried: various Roms, various kernels, different steps to install (full wipe, wipe cache, etc.), I've even unrooted and gone back to stock to start from scratch and it still happens.
If anyone could please help me out, I'm stuck running 4.3 and I want to be able to run 4.4. Hopefully I can finally find a fix for this issue I'm having. I don't think it's faulty hardware because one other person or so has had the problem as well. Help me XDA, you're my only hope!
What firmware do you have? Since you mentioned different kernels, are you still on MDK? Have you ever taken any if the OTA updates?
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jmgib said:
What firmware do you have? Since you mentioned different kernels, are you still on MDK? Have you ever taken any if the OTA updates?
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Yeah I'm still on MDK. And no I never did an OTA.
What recovery are you using?
It happens to you all the time now? I've been so busy with work and school now that I hardly have any time at all. I really do want to pinpoint the issue before I throw this thing out the window....lol
thesoldier said:
It happens to you all the time now? I've been so busy with work and school now that I hardly have any time at all. I really do want to pinpoint the issue before I throw this thing out the window....lol
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Me too ha, like I said this is my final hail mary. If I can't get it fixed I'm going to buy a new phone and I really don't want to have to do that. I'm praying one final time for someone to figure a fix for me.
joshm.1219 said:
What recovery are you using?
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I've used CWM and TWRP. Currently using TWRP.
Nwwolf1 said:
I've used CWM and TWRP. Currently using TWRP.
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This what I would do if I was you.
Flash full wipe MDK tar file
Root using towelroot
Install latest TWRP via flashify
Flash jrkruse's stock 4.4.2 NC5 rom for MDK, picking the stock talexop kernel in aroma.
If that doesn't work, I don't know what to tell you.
joshm.1219 said:
This what I would do if I was you.
Flash full wipe MDK tar file
Root using towelroot
Install latest TWRP via flashify
Flash jrkruse's stock 4.4.2 NC5 rom for MDK, picking the stock talexop kernel in aroma.
If that doesn't work, I don't know what to tell you.
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Will I be able to still run AOSP Roms or will I have to stick with TW?
Nwwolf1 said:
Will I be able to still run AOSP Roms or will I have to stick with TW?
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No you can still run AOSP roms, the only way you can lose MDK bootloader is if you flash firmware in Odin that is anything other than MDK, or if you take an OTA update while completely stock.
I guess I should say that after rooting stock MDK via towelroot, use a root explorer to delete SDM.apk and FWupgrade.apk from /system or /system/priv-app to prevent the phone from auto-updating before you flash a custom rom.
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No you can still run AOSP roms, the only way you can lose MDK bootloader is if you flash firmware in Odin that is anything other than MDK, or if you take an OTA update while completely stock.
I guess I should say that after rooting stock MDK via towelroot, use a root explorer to delete SDM.apk and FWupgrade.apk from /system or /system/priv-app to prevent the phone from auto-updating before you flash a custom rom.
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I'll definitely give it my best shot. Thank you!
Nwwolf1 said:
I'll definitely give it my best shot. Thank you!
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Good luck, just letting you know, that full wipe tar file will wipe EVERYTHING. So make sure you have anything that you care about backed up on am external SD card or the cloud.
joshm.1219 said:
Good luck, just letting you know, that full wipe tar file will wipe EVERYTHING. So make sure you have anything that you care about backed up on am external SD card or the cloud.
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Yeah I've got my music and photos backed up on my external SD and contacts backed with Google, those are really the only things I care about.