Since there is no longer GooManager at the Google Play Store, I cannot open up TWRP recovery. The replacement app at Play store is TWRP manager but it does not boot into recovery, it boots into downloads. Holding down all three buttons and releasing the power button or holding all 3 buttons down only leads to the download screen. Any advice as to how to get into recovery. I am on SCH-i545 4.4.2
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If you're on touchwiz 4.4.2 you can't get twrp. Read the stickie in general section about "what you need to know"
jd300 said:
Since there is no longer GooManager at the Google Play Store, I cannot open up TWRP recovery. The replacement app at Play store is TWRP manager but it does not boot into recovery, it boots into downloads. Holding down all three buttons and releasing the power button or holding all 3 buttons down only leads to the download screen. Any advice as to how to get into recovery. I am on SCH-i545 4.4.2
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Are you mdk?
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jd300 said:
Since there is no longer GooManager at the Google Play Store, I cannot open up TWRP recovery. The replacement app at Play store is TWRP manager but it does not boot into recovery, it boots into downloads. Holding down all three buttons and releasing the power button or holding all 3 buttons down only leads to the download screen. Any advice as to how to get into recovery. I am on SCH-i545 4.4.2
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Now that your in Download Mode you can assume it's your phone sending you a message..... Odin.
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What You Need to Know is not up to date.
joshm.1219 said:
If you're on touchwiz 4.4.2 you can't get twrp. Read the stickie in general section about "what you need to know"
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Thank you for the response but the page you directed to me has not been updated since Dec. 2013. It states that my s4 nc5 cannot be rooted which is obviously not the case...
NC5
decaturbob said:
Are you mdk?
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I am rooted on NC5
If you're on nc5 your only recovery option is safestrap
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jd300 said:
I am rooted on NC5
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you need to start here.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
jd300 said:
Thank you for the response but the page you directed to me has not been updated since Dec. 2013. It states that my s4 nc5 cannot be rooted which is obviously not the case...
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I meant the thread Bob linked you to
Clarification needed.
decaturbob said:
you need to start here.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
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Thanks for the feedback. Before going on any further I have a question. If I am to install Safe Strap, Does twrp need to be removed. Although I cannot open it, it is on my phone. Or will Safe Strap overwrite it?
jd300 said:
Thanks for the feedback. Before going on any further I have a question. If I am to install Safe Strap, Does twrp need to be removed. Although I cannot open it, it is on my phone. Or will Safe Strap overwrite it?
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That's hard to say really. You can try to install SafeStrap but if that failed install of CWM due to the locked bootloader gets in the way obviously Odin is the best bet.
I'd just have your Odin file ready.
Cwm isn't really installed. Although ROM manager will show that it is...
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jd300 said:
Thanks for the feedback. Before going on any further I have a question. If I am to install Safe Strap, Does twrp need to be removed. Although I cannot open it, it is on my phone. Or will Safe Strap overwrite it?
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in most cases best to start with full wipe odin image.....a clean slate is easier to handle
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decaturbob said:
in most cases best to start with full wipe odin image.....a clean slate is easier to handle
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Odin full wipe worked. after installing safestrap I was able to install hyperdrive ROM. Really kool.
jd300 said:
Odin full wipe worked. after installing safestrap I was able to install hyperdrive ROM. Really kool.
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good for you!
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I am running Hyperdrive 13 installed via safestrap 3.71 and my mk2 s4 DOES boot into the OS. Everything in the ROM works perfectly fine and I can reboot normally.
On each reboot, I see the safestrap splash screen asking if I want to boot into recovery or continue into the ROM and after 10 seconds it boots into the ROM automatically as expected.
When I try to boot into the actual recovery, however, I just get a black screen and I have to pull the battery. This happens even when I click reboot to recovery from the safestrap application in the ROM. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling countless amount of times, even rebooting after an uninstall and then reinstalling from the stock OS, yet nothing seems to work. I've tried manually installing busybox too, but still nothing. I do still have root access, verified with root checker too.
Please help
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pavan94 said:
I am running Hyperdrive 13 installed via safestrap 3.71 and my mk2 s4 DOES boot into the OS. Everything in the ROM works perfectly fine and I can reboot normally.
On each reboot, I see the safestrap splash screen asking if I want to boot into recovery or continue into the ROM and after 10 seconds it boots into the ROM automatically as expected.
When I try to boot into the actual recovery, however, I just get a black screen and I have to pull the battery. This happens even when I click reboot to recovery from the safestrap application in the ROM. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling countless amount of times, even rebooting after an uninstall and then reinstalling from the stock OS, yet nothing seems to work. I've tried manually installing busybox too, but still nothing. I do still have root access, verified with root checker too.
Please help
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That boot recovery option not functional for safestrap. Don't use it
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Right. If you need to get into recovery, just simply reboot your device
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decaturbob said:
That boot recovery option not functional for safestrap. Don't use it
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That works for me. How are you able to select what ROM slot to use?
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That works for me. How are you able to select what ROM slot to use?
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I was interpreting the poster saying he selected "recovery" in the power off/reboot menu...not the safestrap boot screen
decaturbob said:
I was interpreting the poster saying he selected "recovery" in the power off/reboot menu...not the safestrap boot screen
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Ah, Ok. Gotcha.
in "Boot Otions"
k1mu said:
That works for me. How are you able to select what ROM slot to use?
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I believe you ave to go into "Boot Options" and pretty much everything you do is in there. You choose a rom slot, then "Activate". Omce it's active, it will show green in the upper right (I think) of the screen, but if you activate the Stock rom slot, it will show RED in the upper right, warning you not to flash is this rom slot (although some have done it successfully for certain reasons, I believe).
I think they all know that... The op isn't able to get into SS at all from what I gathered. K1mu asked that to clear things up a bit... Could be wrong but that's how I took it
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Mistertac said:
I think they all know that... The op isn't able to get into SS at all from what I gathered. K1mu asked that to clear things up a bit... Could be wrong but that's how I took it
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Yes this is correct sorry if it wasn't clear. No matter which method I try, I can't seem to boot into SS recovery. Rom Slot 1 is active so it just automatically boots into Hyperdrive.
Holding Volume up, power and home actually brings me into Manual Mode (is this normal?)
EDIT: To clarify, safestrap has worked before. When I flashed HD13 in the rom slot, it booted into HD but now it won't let me go back to safestrap recovery and I can't flash another ROM. Stock rom slot is still in tact as well.
pavan94 said:
Yes this is correct sorry if it wasn't clear. No matter which method I try, I can't seem to boot into SS recovery. Rom Slot 1 is active so it just automatically boots into Hyperdrive.
Holding Volume up, power and home actually brings me into Manual Mode (is this normal?)
EDIT: To clarify, safestrap has worked before. When I flashed HD13 in the rom slot, it booted into HD but now it won't let me go back to safestrap recovery and I can't flash another ROM. Stock rom slot is still in tact as well.
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When you boot, Safestrap should show up if it's installed. What I'd try is to open Safestrap and toggle the recovery (uninstall it, then reinstall it).
NOT uninstall the Safestrap application as that'll wipe any slots you've created. Open Safestrap, then "Uninstall Recovery" followed by "Install Recovery". Hopefully that'll get your recovery back without losing your slots.
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When you boot, Safestrap should show up if it's installed. What I'd try is to open Safestrap and toggle the recovery (uninstall it, then reinstall it).
NOT uninstall the Safestrap application as that'll wipe any slots you've created. Open Safestrap, then "Uninstall Recovery" followed by "Install Recovery". Hopefully that'll get your recovery back without losing your slots.
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Sorry if it wasn't clear in the OP but I've done that multiple times to no avail.
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Still having this issue?
I had some strange things happen to me back when I has my SafeStrap S4 and the only thing that fixed it for me was Odin back to stock then redoing everything unfortunately.
Have you tried asking in the SafeStrap thread?
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I believe that i'm having a simiular issue.
I can't get into safestrap. I'm running HyperDrive 13, and i installed it onto the stock slot after playing around with the different slots.
It was working without issues for a while, whenever i restarted i got the safestrap screen, but now that RLS14 is out, when i restart to get into safestrap it just boots me straight into RLS13. I don't see the safestrap boot screen that gives me the option to change slots.
Any idea on what it might be?
agentmes said:
I believe that i'm having a simiular issue.
I can't get into safestrap. I'm running HyperDrive 13, and i installed it onto the stock slot after playing around with the different slots.
It was working without issues for a while, whenever i restarted i got the safestrap screen, but now that RLS14 is out, when i restart to get into safestrap it just boots me straight into RLS13. I don't see the safestrap boot screen that gives me the option to change slots.
Any idea on what it might be?
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Did you try to reinitialize Safestrap?
Go to Safestrap in your app drawer and "install recovery." If Safestrap isn't there, run a file manager and install the .apk again.
douger1957 said:
Did you try to reinitialize Safestrap?
Go to Safestrap in your app drawer and "install recovery." If Safestrap isn't there, run a file manager and install the .apk again.
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Found it, gotta love google. Thank you for your help.
agentmes said:
Found it, gotta love google. Thank you for your help.
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Really lol he tells you in the post you quoted what to do if it isn't in your app drawer.
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joshm.1219 said:
Really lol he tells you in the post you quoted what to do if it isn't in your app drawer.
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I'm a putz who doesn't know how to edit my posts.
I couldn't find it in the app drawer, so i googled the apk to download it.
Now it's working as it should. (i hope)
joshm.1219 said:
Really lol he tells you in the post you quoted what to do if it isn't in your app drawer.
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It kind of freaked me out the first time I installed Hyperdrive and Safestrap didn't seem to be there. I don't know if it stays in the drawer through the install or not. I just installed the .apk and ran it through that.
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agentmes said:
I'm a putz who doesn't know how to edit my posts.
I couldn't find it in the app drawer, so i googled the apk to download it.
Now it's working as it should. (i hope)
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I just left it on my SD card from the original Safestrapping of my phone along with the modules .zip.
douger1957 said:
It kind of freaked me out the first time I installed Hyperdrive and Safestrap didn't seem to be there. I don't know if it stays in the drawer through the install or not. I just installed the .apk and ran it through that.
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Thats the reason i freaked out, i knew for a fact that it was there previously. But i guess things disappear, which i can't imagine being a good thing.
I was messing around and had a soft brick so I odin'd back to stock rom and got everything running and got root up and running. No matter how I do it I can NOT get a custom recovery to install. I tried Goo Manager which never actually downloads the file. I found the .tar file to install manually via Odin and it says it fails. I even tried clockwork mod to install clockwork recovery and it just boots me to the stock recovery. Anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this?
JAYNO20 said:
I was messing around and had a soft brick so I odin'd back to stock rom and got everything running and got root up and running. No matter how I do it I can NOT get a custom recovery to install. I tried Goo Manager which never actually downloads the file. I found the .tar file to install manually via Odin and it says it fails. I even tried clockwork mod to install clockwork recovery and it just boots me to the stock recovery. Anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this?
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What is your build base? Mdk?
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decaturbob said:
What is your build base? Mdk?
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Yes, MDK.
any ideas?
JAYNO20 said:
any ideas?
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I don't know mdk stuff but did u do the loki thing?
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decaturbob said:
I don't know mdk stuff but did u do the loki thing?
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Not sure what you mean by "loki thing" but this is the guide I followed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290798
JAYNO20 said:
Not sure what you mean by "loki thing" but this is the guide I followed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290798
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337590
decaturbob said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337590
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Yeah it basically says once you have root access you can use Goo Manger or Clockwork Mod to install the pre Loki'd recovery. Neither one of those 2 work though it just says it does and then takes me back to the stock recovery.
JAYNO20 said:
Yeah it basically says once you have root access you can use Goo Manger or Clockwork Mod to install the pre Loki'd recovery. Neither one of those 2 work though it just says it does and then takes me back to the stock recovery.
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did you review this video that is posted in the link to see where it went wrong?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36ZTUF8aoY
decaturbob said:
did you review this video that is posted in the link to see where it went wrong?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36ZTUF8aoY
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Yeah I did all the steps up until the actual recovery isn't installed. Goo Manger won't download anything at all but Clockwork Mod does and it says my recovery is set at either clockwork or twrp (which ever I pick) but when I boot into recovery its still just the stock one...
JAYNO20 said:
Yeah I did all the steps up until the actual recovery isn't installed. Goo Manger won't download anything at all but Clockwork Mod does and it says my recovery is set at either clockwork or twrp (which ever I pick) but when I boot into recovery its still just the stock one...
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Install the all in one root and recovery tool for mdk...since you are already rooted you can skip that step...select the prep for recovery option...it will clean up and get rid of things that interfere with custom recovery and then select install either oudhs or twrp...these will allow you to flash updated cwm/twrp versions which I recommend to ensure proper flashing of newer roms...once one of these is installed you can always use rom manager or goo manager or the others to update...but I believe the prep for recovery step is crucial in having a functional custom recovery
jamesd1085 said:
Install the all in one root and recovery tool for mdk...since you are already rooted you can skip that step...select the prep for recovery option...it will clean up and get rid of things that interfere with custom recovery and then select install either oudhs or twrp...these will allow you to flash updated cwm/twrp versions which I recommend to ensure proper flashing of newer roms...once one of these is installed you can always use rom manager or goo manager or the others to update...but I believe the prep for recovery step is crucial in having a functional custom recovery
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I agree. Where can I find the all in one root and recovery tool for MDK?
Why dont you try to look for custom recovery thats suits your device manually and flash it using recovery tool app. You can get it in playstore
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301720
This is a PC utility not an app so you will need PC if you didn't already know that
jamesd1085 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301720
This is a PC utility not an app so you will need PC if you didn't already know that
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Great! That did it. Thanks! :good:
JAYNO20 said:
Great! That did it. Thanks! :good:
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No prob!
sure, i rely too much on pc before until i found out it can be done using app and even terminal emulator
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harrymason37 said:
sure, i rely too much on pc before until i found out it can be done using app and even terminal emulator
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Our devices are quirky... Some will do just fine just randomly flashing recovery...others just won't behave without going through the prep for recovery step...I know I flashed stock with Odin once before rooted again and had the same problems getting custom recovery setup...used the same steps to fix it then too...I would recommend these for anyone having issues with recovery install
Ok. So sorry for being rude
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harrymason37 said:
Ok. So sorry for being rude
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It's cool...I didn't actually catch any rudeness from that
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 have a verizon galaxy s4 (SCH-I545). I flashed the NC5 onto the phone after rooting it. I tried to install Philztouch onto it, but something froze up/crashed during the process. I now do not have ANY type of recovery, and the phone goes directly into download mode when trying to boot recovery. :crying:
I deleted and/or frozen anything knox from the phone... it still operates even w/o knox or a recovery in it!!
My situation is that I have used odin to try flashing twrp and other recoveries to the phone. odin says it was successful, but it still has no recovery or doesn't boot into recovery, and I want to install some custom rom's onto it. there is no safestrap and I don't want it.
So, how to put the stock or any other recovery on this phone so I can add new roms???
Jimmy Rudedog said:
I have a verizon galaxy s4 (SCH-I545). I flashed the NC5 onto the phone after rooting it. I tried to install Philztouch onto it, but something froze up/crashed during the process. I now do not have ANY type of recovery, and the phone goes directly into download mode when trying to boot recovery. :crying:
I deleted and/or frozen anything knox from the phone... it still operates even w/o knox or a recovery in it!!
My situation is that I have used odin to try flashing twrp and other recoveries to the phone. odin says it was successful, but it still has no recovery or doesn't boot into recovery, and I want to install some custom rom's onto it. there is no safestrap and I don't want it.
So, how to put the stock or any other recovery on this phone so I can add new roms???
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If you are on NC5 then Safestrap is your only option.
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ok, don't want Safestrap
liljoe727 said:
If you are on NC5 then Safestrap is your only option.
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ok. my next addition/question is: will Surge's full wipe and/or pit file bring back the stock recovery so I can start over? this phone is cracked to now run on MetroPCS/T-mobile sytem and I don't want to go back to vzw.
So, will the pit file bring back my recovery... it does not have ANY recovery at all on the phone. here's the pit file I'm referring to: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319199111
thanks.
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Even if I wanted to put safestrap on this phone, there is not any type of recovery in it to use to install safestrap or any other rom or recovery on it.
I have tried odin and it says it worked but will not boot into recovery, it goes directly to download mode. the phone runs, boots and has wifi, data, etc.
I want to know before I go into this if the pit file will work and not mess up things or should I try the entire process? The phone is working but NO RECOVERY IS INSTALLED ON IT AT ALL. (needed to emphasize this fact).
thankz again
Jimmy Rudedog said:
Even if I wanted to put safestrap on this phone, there is not any type of recovery in it to use to install safestrap or any other rom or recovery on it.
I have tried odin and it says it worked but will not boot into recovery, it goes directly to download mode. the phone runs, boots and has wifi, data, etc.
I want to know before I go into this if the pit file will work and not mess up things or should I try the entire process? The phone is working but NO RECOVERY IS INSTALLED ON IT AT ALL. (needed to emphasize this fact).
thankz again
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If all you are looking to do is install safestrap then you can just towelroot/superSU/BusyBox/safestrap. If you mean recovery mode, as in holding down the power, home, and volume up buttons when booting up the phone, I'm not sure how to get that back on if its missing.
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Seems to me you had MDK boot loader and custom recovery prior. And that you have blindly flashed the full NC5 build updating everything including your boot loader to a nice new shiny LOCKED one. If the boot loader is NC5 you get to join the Safe Strap club.
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Yes, I mean recovery mode
liljoe727 said:
If all you are looking to do is install safestrap then you can just towelroot/superSU/BusyBox/safestrap. If you mean recovery mode, as in holding down the power, home, and volume up buttons when booting up the phone, I'm not sure how to get that back on if its missing.
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Yes, I mean recovery mode, as in holding down the power, home, and volume up buttons when booting up the phone.
The phone is rooted, and I need to somehow replace or install a recovery so I can put a rom into it. and I don't have to use safestrap if i can put twrp or something else into it.
sponix2ipfw said:
Seems to me you had MDK boot loader and custom recovery prior. And that you have blindly flashed the full NC5 build updating everything including your boot loader to a nice new shiny LOCKED one. If the boot loader is NC5 you get to join the Safe Strap club.
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Terrible. Funny, but terrible. Lol @Jimmy Rudedog
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sponix2ipfw said:
Seems to me you had MDK boot loader and custom recovery prior. And that you have blindly flashed the full NC5 build updating everything including your boot loader to a nice new shiny LOCKED one. If the boot loader is NC5 you get to join the Safe Strap club.
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The phone is rooted... and I mean recovery mode, as in holding down the power, home, and volume up buttons when booting up the phone.
I was on 4.3 then got the OTA update and tried to flash it back. it crashed the phone. Ii was stuck in download mode, and i flashed via Odin the NC5 full wipe on this forum then later rooted the phone. I tried to install Philz touch, but it crashed or froze up during the process... and viola!! NO RECOVERY WHATSOEVER IS ON THIS PHONE.
When I try holding down the power, home, and volume up buttons when booting up the phone, it goes straight to download mode no matter what button combination i use.
I don't care about stock or any warranty... that's over and I had this phone converted from Vzw to MetroPCS already.
I tried safestrap before and I don't like it. I need to somehow replace or install a recovery so I can put a rom into it. and I don't have to use safestrap if i can put twrp or something else into it. So, it is open for custom roms and i'm looking at SlimKat to install on this phone. Now, if somebody has a tar file I can flash with Odin... then it's all good.
liljoe727 said:
Terrible. Funny, but terrible. Lol @Jimmy Rudedog
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Glad you got you giggle on, but this whacked... but the phone still runs without know and a recovery in it on MetroPCS...
Jimmy Rudedog said:
Glad you got you giggle on, but this whacked... but the phone still runs without know and a recovery in it on MetroPCS...
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so, you got a help or fix? or you just wanna be a clown?
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so, you got a help or fix? or you just wanna be a clown?
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If you're on NC5, Safestrap is your only option homie.
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so, you got a help or fix? or you just wanna be a clown?
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If there was a way to go back from NC5, there would be a lot of happy people around here, but there isn't. Having recovery mode makes no difference because your on NC5 now. You can't flash TWRP, you can't flash CWM, Safestrap is it.
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ok. so if I try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172&page=10
will it put me back to a phone with stock recovery on it? can i use the .pit file to do it or the whole process?
Download the stock recovery and flash it using flashify.
I did the same thing you did with a S5 because I didn't know about the boy loader issues and thought I had bricked it because it would only boy into download mode. But after turning it off for a few seconds I saw that it was able to bout into the stock rom. Luckily I made a backup of the stock recovery with flashify and flashed it back and it was fine.
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ok. so if I try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172&page=10
will it put me back to a phone with stock recovery on it? can i use the .pit file to do it or the whole process?
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I have no idea. I have never lost the android recovery mode you get into by holding home, power, and volume up to boot the phone. Did you try asking on that thread?
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I have no idea. I have never lost the android recovery mode you get into by holding home, power, and volume up to boot the phone. Did you try asking on that thread?
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yes I did post this on Surge's thread and have not gotten a reply so far
king_david43 said:
Download the stock recovery and flash it using flashify.
I did the same thing you did with a S5 because I didn't know about the boy loader issues and thought I had bricked it because it would only boy into download mode. But after turning it off for a few seconds I saw that it was able to bout into the stock rom. Luckily I made a backup of the stock recovery with flashify and flashed it back and it was fine.
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So, are you saying to use Surge's full wipe and pit files and I can get back my stock recovery? or is there a link to what you are talking about? hook me up with that link.
I do not have any backups and I an get flashify no prob. but I am not sure it will work as you indicated.
how about Heimdall? will it work and do the things Odin isn't doing? I haven't used the program but have a copy of the files on my PC. I need a little guidance before I kill this phone forever.
l. tried flashify and rom installer... flashify says it found and backed up my stock recovery, but when I try to flash it back it says success and reboot. then it still goes into download mode and the little red letters say unable to do normal boot.
I can get back to normal boot and the phone runs. I tried the buttons to get into recovery mode, and it still goes to download mode. I also tried to flash twrp with rom installer and it also says successful but the same results>>> download mode only. WTF!!?
I seem to need a tar file for all of this to work and most of the roms are zip files except Surge's files. anybody have a link to tar files with the recoveries in it?
As has already been stated in this thread , if you're on the nc5 bootloader, you can't flash twrp or cwm or any other custom recovery. Even if you get the stock recovery back, it won't matter. SS is you're only option. There are a million posts on this issue. There are a number of custom roms that you can run, most are TW based though.
I was rooted and on hyperdrive rls19 and everything was ok accept the dialer would not switch calls on call waiting. Rls20 came out so I figured I would give it a shot maybe it would fix the issue. It didn't... So I asked a question about it in the hyperdrive help section. It was suggested to install a dialer app for touch wiz. which seemed to install but did nothing. So last night I bit the bullet and did a full wipe install of Hyperdrive. Which didn't go well. Could not get back into android. Constant app crashing and issues. Out comes Odin with a pit file and 4.4.2 flash. Seems like it is back to stock.
Now for the issues. towelrooted and grabbed twrp manager to install recovery. It will not install recovery. Everytime I try to get into recovery even holding down up home and power it just goes to downloading. I am so at wits end!!! Please help!
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I was rooted and on hyperdrive rls19 and everything was ok accept the dialer would not switch calls on call waiting. Rls20 came out so I figured I would give it a shot maybe it would fix the issue. It didn't... So I asked a question about it in the hyperdrive help section. It was suggested to install a dialer app for touch wiz. which seemed to install but did nothing. So last night I bit the bullet and did a full wipe install of Hyperdrive. Which didn't go well. Could not get back into android. Constant app crashing and issues. Out comes Odin with a pit file and 4.4.2 flash. Seems like it is back to stock.
Now for the issues. towelrooted and grabbed twrp manager to install recovery. It will not install recovery. Everytime I try to get into recovery even holding down up home and power it just goes to downloading. I am so at wits end!!! Please help!
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What build are you on? If it's anything after MDK, you can't install a custom recovery because of the locked bootloader. Your only option is Safestrap.
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What build are you on? If it's anything after MDK, you can't install a custom recovery because of the locked bootloader. Your only option is Safestrap.
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vfrufnc5 I believe!
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vfrufnc5 I believe!
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Then your only option is Safestrap. No custom recoveries.
How did you install RLS 19? Were you MDK before you used Odin?
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Then your only option is Safestrap. No custom recoveries.
How did you install RLS 19? Were you MDK before you used Odin?
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I used safestrap to install RLS19. The problem I was having is every time I went into recovery it would 1st go into the downloading screen. and I would have to power and down volume to get to reboot and goto safestrap. Did I maybe odin in the wrong version when I fixed it last night? I cannot get Bluetooth working today at all.
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I used safestrap to install RLS19. The problem I was having is every time I went into recovery it would 1st go into the downloading screen. and I would have to power and down volume to get to reboot and goto safestrap. Did I maybe odin in the wrong version when I fixed it last night? I cannot get Bluetooth working today at all.
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How are you trying to get into recovery? Pretty sure the only way to do that with Safestrap is through the app itself.
As far as your Bluetooth issues, I have no idea. What file did you flash with Odin?
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How are you trying to get into recovery? Pretty sure the only way to do that with Safestrap is through the app itself.
As far as your Bluetooth issues, I have no idea. What file did you flash with Odin?
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Download: VRUFNC5 Full-Wipe SCH-I545_VZW_1_20140330160240_8il17ls9o2_fac.zip
MD5: 8a22dd4a47c2c5f890227fd952657d38
That is the file I flashed in odin with pit file. I am not sure what I was in before.