New to this site so apologies for putting this in general.. I rooted my vzw s4 tired of touch wiz lag attempting to install cm. After I installed recovery tools and flashed the jfltevzw twrp file, my phone was stuck in Odin mode and I had to flash the stock ROM. My question is, did I make a mistake or is it not possible to flash custom recovery and install cyanogenmod on my device?
hobson55 said:
New to this site so apologies for putting this in general.. I rooted my vzw s4 tired of touch wiz lag attempting to install cm. After I installed recovery tools and flashed the jfltevzw twrp file, my phone was stuck in Odin mode and I had to flash the stock ROM. My question is, did I make a mistake or is it not possible to flash custom recovery and install cyanogenmod on my device?
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Did you forgot to unlock the bootloader?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568274
hobson55 said:
New to this site so apologies for putting this in general.. I rooted my vzw s4 tired of touch wiz lag attempting to install cm. After I installed recovery tools and flashed the jfltevzw twrp file, my phone was stuck in Odin mode and I had to flash the stock ROM. My question is, did I make a mistake or is it not possible to flash custom recovery and install cyanogenmod on my device?
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Nc5 is locked down tight. The only custom recovery that you can flash on it is safestrap... and since the bootloader is locked you can only flash touchwiz roms. From previous experience, flashing cyonagenmod with safestrap on the s4 soft bricks it.
androidvillage said:
Did you forgot to unlock the bootloader?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568274
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Sim...unlock not boot loader unlock...which doesn't exist on Verizon s4...since a loki exploit was found in mdk. ...many revisions ago.
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My son's S4 is rooted, and a while back he loaded GooManager, and tried to install recovery with it. Phone still works, but tries to load code over the USB on power-up.
What does GooManager do to the system, and how can we undo it? Or should the phone just be wiped and odin flashed to 4.3?
Jim
jmdearras said:
My son's S4 is rooted, and a while back he loaded GooManager, and tried to install recovery with it. Phone still works, but tries to load code over the USB on power-up.
What does GooManager do to the system, and how can we undo it? Or should the phone just be wiped and odin flashed to 4.3?
Jim
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That's a common problem. You can't install a custom recovery using GooManager. At best, if you're running MDK, you can use Loki to flash a custom recovery.
The best fix for your situation is to flash a stock ROM. At the very least, grab the recovery from the stock ROM and flash that.
k1mu said:
That's a common problem. You can't install a custom recovery using GooManager. At best, if you're running MDK, you can use Loki to flash a custom recovery.
The best fix for your situation is to flash a stock ROM. At the very least, grab the recovery from the stock ROM and flash that.
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Do you know what GooManager does before rebooting? I'd like to manually remove it.
Where is the stock ROM for Verizon 4.2.2? Or can I just Odin 4.3?
Thanks much!
Jim
Hello all a few days ago I accepted the MI1 update from Verizon then flashed Hyper. I wanted to try CM 10.2 so I downloaded goo manager from the market and installed TWRP recovery went to boot and got stuck in download mode. I was able to get out of that and reflash safestrap recovery but I have no idea how to successfully flash CM10.2. I'm on Me7 what do I use to update and be able to install TWRP and successfully flash a non stock rom on my phone?
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Kelsey Jones said:
Hello all a few days ago I accepted the MI1 update from Verizon then flashed Hyper. I wanted to try CM 10.2 so I downloaded goo manager from the market and installed TWRP recovery went to boot and got stuck in download mode. I was able to get out of that and reflash safestrap recovery but I have no idea how to successfully flash CM10.2. I'm on Me7 what do I use to update and be able to install TWRP and successfully flash a non stock rom on my phone?
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You can't install CM on anything but a MDK phone. Once you upgrade to anything past that you can no longer bypass the bootloader and are stuck using ROMs which are supported by Safestrap. AOSP and CM ROMs are not compatible.
The list of ROMs which work with Safestrap is available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448726&highlight=safestrap
The bad news is that by flashing the MI1 update then flashing a nonstandard recovery, you've now probably tripped the Knox Warranty Void flag. That's not recoverable regardless of what you flash. (Try starting up in download mode - if the warranty void flag reads "0x1", you're toast.)
k1mu said:
You can't install CM on anything but a MDK phone. Once you upgrade to anything past that you can no longer bypass the bootloader and are stuck using ROMs which are supported by Safestrap. AOSP and CM ROMs are not compatible.
The list of ROMs which work with Safestrap is available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448726&highlight=safestrap
The bad news is that by flashing the MI1 update then flashing a nonstandard recovery, you've now probably tripped the Knox Warranty Void flag. That's not recoverable regardless of what you flash. (Try starting up in download mode - if the warranty void flag reads "0x1", you're toast.)
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Its says 0×0
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That's good news. Get yourself back running safestrap and pick one of the compatible ROMs.
Can someone please explain how to use safestrap for me? I have the 4.3 Google Edition ROM on my SD card and safestrap installed, but I can't create a ROM slot. It says "Free Space: 12 MB" and the "Create ROM Slot" button is dim. What do?
I have Safestrap up and running again but I'm wondering how can you install other recoveries like TWRP and CWM so I can boot directly into the custom recovery without a splashscreen I believe it's called (newbie here). I followed instructions online with GooManager for TWRP and ROM Manager for CWM but neither will actually boot into the custom recovery.
In GooManager after it says the TWRP recovery has been installed, it will reboot but then take me to the downloading boot screen and say "could not do a normal boot." What's with that? I actually had to use ODIN again to flash the stock ROM back (I tried this three times to no avail...)
And for CWM it says it successfully flashed in ROM Manager but when I actually reboot into recovery, whether it be from the app or manually, it will just boot into the stock Android recovery. I don't get it...
What am I doing wrong and/or is my phone not compatible with these recoveries?
Specs:
Verizon Galaxy S4
Android 4.3
Build MK2
Kernel MK2
Also are there any other recoveries that might work with my phone?
Thanks!
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Bootloader is locked and custom recovery can't be installed on newer/updated S4. Do some reading to find out what is and is not possible with a locked bootloader.
the immunity said:
I have Safestrap up and running again but I'm wondering how can you install other recoveries like TWRP and CWM so I can boot directly into the custom recovery without a splashscreen I believe it's called (newbie here). I followed instructions online with GooManager for TWRP and ROM Manager for CWM but neither will actually boot into the custom recovery.
In GooManager after it says the TWRP recovery has been installed, it will reboot but then take me to the downloading boot screen and say "could not do a normal boot." What's with that? I actually had to use ODIN again to flash the stock ROM back (I tried this three times to no avail...)
And for CWM it says it successfully flashed in ROM Manager but when I actually reboot into recovery, whether it be from the app or manually, it will just boot into the stock Android recovery. I don't get it...
What am I doing wrong and/or is my phone not compatible with these recoveries?
Specs:
Verizon Galaxy S4
Android 4.3
Build MK2
Kernel MK2
Also are there any other recoveries that might work with my phone?
Thanks!
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I'm not sure how any one misses a sticky thread like this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
So i unlocked my phone and decide to flash a custom rom. I have an ATT HOX+ that was on 4.2.2. I rooted and installed CWM Advanced Edition PhilZ Touch recovery and then stupidly forgot to backup then wiped and installed the rom. the Rom i used AOKP Pure unofficial international. I flashed the img file first as well but didnt fix the stuck at boot screen with it saying initiating swagger. I think i should not be using this rom because my phone is from ATT. So bootloader still works, recovery still works i just cant mount my phone so i can send any more roms to try. And i cant push any zip to my phone. So im kinda stuck on what to do. Any Suggestions? Currently phoneless
anthonyuslu said:
So i unlocked my phone and decide to flash a custom rom. I have an ATT HOX+ that was on 4.2.2. I rooted and installed CWM Advanced Edition PhilZ Touch recovery and then stupidly forgot to backup then wiped and installed the rom. the Rom i used AOKP Pure unofficial international. I flashed the img file first as well but didnt fix the stuck at boot screen with it saying initiating swagger. I think i should not be using this rom because my phone is from ATT. So bootloader still works, recovery still works i just cant mount my phone so i can send any more roms to try. And i cant push any zip to my phone. So im kinda stuck on what to do. Any Suggestions? Currently phoneless
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Why would it boot........????
Please do some reading......
The recovery itself the CWM Advanced Edition PhilZ Touch recovery is For INTERANTIONAL MODEL
Please note enrc2b means international HTC One X+ not AT&T
Please flash this recovery and for the list of custom ROM's for AT&T model refer to this thread
Got the phone working. Finally found a stock RUU that worked. and yah i didnt do enough reading prior to flashing this rom. Thanks for your help. Hopefully a 4.4 rom comes out for the ATT HOX+ soon.
I have a fresh ME7 recovery installed, rooted, and Safestrap 3.71 recovery installed. I have followed at instructions that I have found in the general forum, and still after creating a ROM slot in Safestrap, and installing both a Custom ROM and the ME7 modules, and even after a "successful" install, once the phone reboots, it goes to the little robot asking if I want to continue or go back to recovery and continues to loop back to the screen. I have been trying to install Jelly 'Beans' - Build 7 which I read in a thread was one of the few custom ROMS safestrap can use. Now I have installed the same Custom ROM this way before, but it has been several months and by trying to get back into the scene and upgrading to a newer ROM, I messed my phone up and cannot get it to load a custom ROM and I am stuck at the normal stock. Please help!!!!1!
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I have a fresh ME7 recovery installed, rooted, and Safestrap 3.71 recovery installed. I have followed at instructions that I have found in the general forum, and still after creating a ROM slot in Safestrap, and installing both a Custom ROM and the ME7 modules, and even after a "successful" install, once the phone reboots, it goes to the little robot asking if I want to continue or go back to recovery and continues to loop back to the screen. I have been trying to install Jelly 'Beans' - Build 7 which I read in a thread was one of the few custom ROMS safestrap can use. Now I have installed the same Custom ROM this way before, but it has been several months and by trying to get back into the scene and upgrading to a newer ROM, I messed my phone up and cannot get it to load a custom ROM and I am stuck at the normal stock. Please help!!!!1!
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I'm not too familiar with Safestrap, but I believe if you want to run a JB 4.3 based rom you'll need to first upgrade to 4.3 stock (odin to MK2), then root/safestrap and install the rom with the matching 4.3 base/modules.
karulio said:
I have a fresh ME7 recovery installed, rooted, and Safestrap 3.71 recovery installed. I have followed at instructions that I have found in the general forum, and still after creating a ROM slot in Safestrap, and installing both a Custom ROM and the ME7 modules, and even after a "successful" install, once the phone reboots, it goes to the little robot asking if I want to continue or go back to recovery and continues to loop back to the screen. I have been trying to install Jelly 'Beans' - Build 7 which I read in a thread was one of the few custom ROMS safestrap can use. Now I have installed the same Custom ROM this way before, but it has been several months and by trying to get back into the scene and upgrading to a newer ROM, I messed my phone up and cannot get it to load a custom ROM and I am stuck at the normal stock. Please help!!!!1!
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3.71 safestrap not for ME7
Oishikatta said:
I'm not too familiar with Safestrap, but I believe if you want to run a JB 4.3 based rom you'll need to first upgrade to 4.3 stock (odin to MK2), then root/safestrap and install the rom with the matching 4.3 base/modules.
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He's trying to flash beans ROM which was never updated to 4.3
As Bob said, you have the wrong version of safestrap if you want to stay on ME7
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