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Hi all,
Before I get yelled at, the search feature isnt working currently on XDA, so my apologies for something that has probably been asked multiple times.
I'm looking for 'that' ROM, you know, a daily driver, and I haven't come across one that I like just yet. Some of this has to do with my signal strength (I know TW will always have a better signal than AOSP). I'm still on the MDK baseband version. My first question is will an upgrade to ME7 make a noticeable difference? If yes, where and how do I go about flashing it? On my S3 I was able to just flash a zip with the new radios, but I understand now ODIN is necessary.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys!
XxCrockxX said:
Hi all,
Before I get yelled at, the search feature isnt working currently on XDA, so my apologies for something that has probably been asked multiple times.
I'm looking for 'that' ROM, you know, a daily driver, and I haven't come across one that I like just yet. Some of this has to do with my signal strength (I know TW will always have a better signal than AOSP). I'm still on the MDK baseband version. My first question is will an upgrade to ME7 make a noticeable difference? If yes, where and how do I go about flashing it? On my S3 I was able to just flash a zip with the new radios, but I understand now ODIN is necessary.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys!
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What rom are you on now? The reason I'm asking is because if your on stock you might as well flash something like Darkslide which is stock minus some bloat and includes the ME7 baseband. ME7 is in my opinion better but nothing drastic.
Ryno77 said:
What rom are you on now? The reason I'm asking is because if your on stock you might as well flash something like Darkslide which is stock minus some bloat and includes the ME7 baseband. ME7 is in my opinion better but nothing drastic.
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Currently I'm on an AOKP build, but I'm planning on flashing Beanstown's ROM. It says right in his description that he recommends the ME7 radio with his ROM. Not sure if flashing it would just give me the baseband.
XxCrockxX said:
Currently I'm on an AOKP build, but I'm planning on flashing Beanstown's ROM. It says right in his description that he recommends the ME7 radio with his ROM. Not sure if flashing it would just give me the baseband.
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He updated that in release 6 so just flashing the rom will update your baseband. Picture in picture and smart scroll will not work on the stock kernel....if you use them you will need to flash a kernel that supports it.
Edited: problem solved. See my last post to the solution I found.
I don't know if it works in Odin cause I haven't tried it, but there is a link somewhere in the Skynote port ROM thread that has the modem as a zip flashable in recovery. It DOES work as I am on MJ9 on Paranoid Android 4.4.2.
Numzi said:
I don't know if it works in Odin cause I haven't tried it, but there is a link somewhere in the Skynote port ROM thread that has the modem as a zip flashable in recovery. It DOES work as I am on MJ9 on Paranoid Android 4.4.2.
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Well from "Krowley3's" Sophisticated ROM thread, you can flash it via ODIN with this file: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319198557
Thanks for letting me know its working for you on PA.
bigw34 said:
Well from "Krowley3's" Sophisticated ROM thread, you can flash it via ODIN with this file: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319198557
Thanks for letting me know its working for you on PA.
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No problem. Try flashing it then. I'm sure it should work.
Well I ended up flashing the file...the first time was through TWRP and it didnt change anything. The next time I tried through ODIN and it gave me an "unknown baseband" that a lot of people are reporting. I ended up with no data, had to flash back to stock and start all over again using vramc3.
Numzi, how did you get it working on your phone?
I'm running the new firmware with CM11. I flashed it in cwm and it works fine
tgyberg said:
I'm running the new firmware with CM11. I flashed it in cwm and it works fine
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Maybe ill try switching over to CWM and try it. Did you notice better wifi/LTE coverage with the new firmware?
bigw34 said:
Maybe ill try switching over to CWM and try it. Did you notice better wifi/LTE coverage with the new firmware?
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It's about the same
For anyone reading this thread and had trouble like me with the modem, try flashing this: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/48640/android/VRUEMJ9_zif.zip
I flashed it using latest twrp on slim rom/slimkat 4.4.2, and it worked perfectly.
Thanks to "zif" at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577809&page=6
Okay so I recently decided to to upgrade to the 4.4.2 KitKat root through this video http://youtu.be/AIRoQKTLeJQ and I was running the stock deodexed rom that was provided. I then looked up some compatible custom roms and came across several that were supposedly compatible with NC5 and Safestrap 3.72. However, on most of them (Echoe Rom, Bajarom, Phoenix Rom, etc) the wifi does not turn on even after rebooting. Bajarom it would work (it would take FOREVER to turn on though) until after I restored my nandroid backup (just data) from before I upgraded to 4.4.2 via the video. Then the wifi function would stop... Echoe Rom and Phoenix Rom both had a Galaxy S5 port that had S5 apps, themes, etc. These ones wouldn't have any network access at all. WiFi and 4G would not work. I would still have a signal so I could send texts and call people. I tried flashing modules and modems and NC5 fixes but nothing would work... Does anybody know how to fix this WiFi problem?? Or does anybody know of a good, clean, custom TouchWiz rom that has working wifi? This would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Did you flash modules after rom? That's the only way your wifi is going to work.
Check out giglies NC2 wifi fix and see if that helps: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23487008491963696
Yea I tried the modules and they didn't help. But thanks! I'll give this a shot.
scootier said:
Did you flash modules after rom? That's the only way your wifi is going to work.
Check out giglies NC2 wifi fix and see if that helps:
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Thanks, that worked for me on NC5 after I lost wifi when I flashed Ktweaker Kernel
exclusivo said:
Thanks, that worked for me on NC5 after I lost wifi when I flashed Ktweaker Kernel
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So the NC2 fix works for NC5 too? I haven't tried it yet...
the immunity said:
So the NC2 fix works for NC5 too? I haven't tried it yet...
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Yea, I tried it last night. I was desperate and was on the verge of just reflashing the stock rom. Luckily that fixed worked, havent experienced any problems.
exclusivo said:
Yea, I tried it last night. I was desperate and was on the verge of just reflashing the stock rom. Luckily that fixed worked, havent experienced any problems.
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What rom are you using?
the immunity said:
What rom are you using?
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Stock rom, just rooted.
Is it safe to flash a custom rom like CM11? I upgraded my phone to 4.4.2 NC5 through ODIN, then did the Towel root and flashed Safestrap.
I dont think so.
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exclusivo said:
Stock rom, just rooted.
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Wait I thought you said you were on the verge of flashing the stock rom, implying that you're running a custom rom...
the immunity said:
Wait I thought you said you were on the verge of flashing the stock rom, implying that you're running a custom rom...
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Yea. I was going to reflash it to get back the stock kernel. I just got the phone so I didnt have much info to lose and I was in a rush and could't find a solution in the kernel thread. I see people asking about losing wifi, but no one posts any solutions.
exclusivo said:
Yea. I was going to reflash it to get back the stock kernel. I just got the phone so I didnt have much info to lose and I was in a rush and could't find a solution in the kernel thread. I see people asking about losing wifi, but no one posts any solutions.
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Oh I get it now.
scootier said:
Did you flash modules after rom? That's the only way your wifi is going to work.
Check out giglies NC2 wifi fix and see if that helps: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23487008491963696
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So the wifi fix worked but I'm still not getting a 4G signal and I can't make calls or send texts on Echoe Rom or Phoenix Rom. It says there's modules in that wifi fix and I even flashed separate modules but it didn't change anything. Do you know what I can do to fix this?
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So the wifi fix worked but I'm still not getting a 4G signal and I can't make calls or send texts on Echoe Rom or Phoenix Rom. It says there's modules in that wifi fix and I even flashed separate modules but it didn't change anything. Do you know what I can do to fix this?
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Sounds like maybe some issues with your APN settings.
Check this thread and see if they match what you have: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2734775
scootier said:
Sounds like maybe some issues with your APN settings.
Check this thread and see if they match what you have: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2734775
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There's no option to change APN setting in those roms... I honestly don't even know where to begin trying to fix this anymore...
Modules Needed??
Does anybody have any idea how I would flash Echoe Rom with the S5 port to my phone with Safestrap 3.72. I have the NC5 bootloader and I'm wondering what modules I need to flash in order to have working wifi AND data/calling/service. When I flash Echoe Rom my baseband version changes to NC2... Does this change the modules I need to flash? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
the immunity said:
Does anybody have any idea how I would flash Echoe Rom with the S5 port to my phone with Safestrap 3.72. I have the NC5 bootloader and I'm wondering what modules I need to flash in order to have working wifi AND data/calling/service. When I flash Echoe Rom my baseband version changes to NC2... Does this change the modules I need to flash? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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You could try flashing that wifi fix, which will set your modem as NC2. Then flash the NC5 modem and you'll have the NC5 baseband and working wifi (this is what I do for Hyperdrive).
NC5 modem (thanks Surge): http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407589337
scootier said:
You could try flashing that wifi fix, which will set your modem as NC2. Then flash the NC5 modem and you'll have the NC5 baseband and working wifi (this is what I do for Hyperdrive).
NC5 modem (thanks Surge): http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407589337
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Thanks I'll try it out when I have the time!
the immunity said:
Okay so I recently decided to to upgrade to the 4.4.2 KitKat root through this video http://youtu.be/AIRoQKTLeJQ and I was running the stock deodexed rom that was provided. I then looked up some compatible custom roms and came across several that were supposedly compatible with NC5 and Safestrap 3.72. However, on most of them (Echoe Rom, Bajarom, Phoenix Rom, etc) the wifi does not turn on even after rebooting. Bajarom it would work (it would take FOREVER to turn on though) until after I restored my nandroid backup (just data) from before I upgraded to 4.4.2 via the video. Then the wifi function would stop... Echoe Rom and Phoenix Rom both had a Galaxy S5 port that had S5 apps, themes, etc. These ones wouldn't have any network access at all. WiFi and 4G would not work. I would still have a signal so I could send texts and call people. I tried flashing modules and modems and NC5 fixes but nothing would work... Does anybody know how to fix this WiFi problem?? Or does anybody know of a good, clean, custom TouchWiz rom that has working wifi? This would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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Hyperdrive is excellent. I Love it. The link and everything you will need to know can be found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301724 I have tried other ROM's also, Baja, GruesomeWolf, just to name a couple and I have found Hyperdrive to be the most stable.
This is a recovery flashable, stock boot.img, pulled from freeza's stock rooted rom, located here. It's completely unchanged from stock, I just made it flashable. After flashing, You may, or may not have to modify your build.prop to set secure storage to "false." See freeza's thread here, for more info on this.
Use this at your own risk, I assume no responsibility.
NH7 Kernel: NH7
MD5: 610f8d02cea6f2c1641da926ae07a7c4
Very nice! Thank you sir.. :thumbup:
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LouRock said:
Very nice! Thank you sir.. :thumbup:
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No prob, glad it helps.
Awesome thank you so much
What would be the benefit Of this
busventinc said:
Awesome thank you so much
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You're welcome
uknow said:
What would be the benefit Of this
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Numerous, for example, it will allow you to return to the stock kernel, for troubleshooting purposes, if you expect an incompatibility, or issue with a custom kernel, without having to flash an entire stock rooted rom, or downloading an entire rom, just for the boot image.
By the way I want to thank you for this its a blessing we have ppl who do this for us with that said im a noob should I flash this I have the nh7 modem I flashed the nh7 stockish rom then I restored my backup for sacs moar rom
i flashed the baseband/modem and that loaded fine. i then tried to flash the kernel and get stuck in a boot loop even after i tried the file to set to false. what can i be doing wrong?
anth75 said:
i flashed the baseband/modem and that loaded fine. i then tried to flash the kernel and get stuck in a boot loop even after i tried the file to set to false. what can i be doing wrong?
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Can you provide more info. If you were in a bootloop, how did you set the file to false? Did you flash the fix, in freeza's OP? If so, that's likely the problem. That build.prop is for a previous version.
I did flash the fix. How else can I get the new modem flashed without bootlooping? My modem/baseband is NH7. Just can get the NH7 stock kernel on without looping
anth75 said:
I did flash the fix. How else can I get the new modem flashed without bootlooping? My modem/baseband is NH7. Just can get the NH7 stock kernel on without looping
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I'm not sure what the issue is, I haven't run into this yet. To be absolutely clear, are you flashing the wifi/secure storage fix, from freeza's thread?
Yes as I read it would fix the boot loop. I tried without it and had no luck either.
anth75 said:
Yes as I read it would fix the boot loop. I tried without it and had no luck either.
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That's the problem. That fix is fo MJ4. Also, what rom are you on? I'm not sure if the NH7 kernel, is compatible with NC5 roms. I know for a fact, NC5 kernels, are incompatible with NH7 roms (no display).
Your best bet is to Odin the NC7 tar, if you want all NC7, or Odin NC7, and restore your TWRP backup, of your previous rom. Your baseband, will be NH7, but your kernel will be whatever was included in your previous/preferred rom.
I'm on sacs rom. My baseband/modem is currently NH7 and have no problems
Im also on sacs rom and nh7 kernel want make it past samsung screen just a heads up keep a updates back up before trying this
uknow said:
Im also on sacs rom and nh7 kernel want make it past samsung screen just a heads up keep a updates back up before trying this
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Sacs rom is NC5 based. Use an NC5 compatible kernel.
LMMT said:
Sacs rom is NC5 based. Use an NC5 compatible kernel.
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Yeah I was reading your post and you said you wasn't sure so I check lol but anyways do you know where a stock nc5 kernel zip is?
uknow said:
Yeah I was reading your post and you said you wasn't sure so I check lol but anyways do you know where a stock nc5 kernel zip is?
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Yep, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51841373
leankernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46569112
There is also the great freeza's beastmode kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47338337
Hello everyone,
I'm looking to flash my Verizon S4 i545 for the first time. I have the NK1 Build on it. So far, I've rooted it with towel root and have safestrap 3.75 installed.
From doing my research it seems that having the NK1 build prevents me from flashing some roms such as CM11. All I really want from my s4 (had it since launch) is to have the best performance and battery life possible. I'm not looking to do anything fancy beyond that. From some online reading, it seems Hyperdrive might be the best rom for my needs.
How can I go about installing the Hyperdrive rom? (which version should I look out for considering I have NK1)
What precautions should I take before attempting to install?
What other custom roms can I install onto my S4 NK1 build?
Thank you in advance!
I hace the same thing, and muy SE is enforcing. I dont know if that is important.
fma0204 said:
Hello everyone,
I'm looking to flash my Verizon S4 i545 for the first time. I have the NK1 Build on it. So far, I've rooted it with towel root and have safestrap 3.75 installed.
From doing my research it seems that having the NK1 build prevents me from flashing some roms such as CM11. All I really want from my s4 (had it since launch) is to have the best performance and battery life possible. I'm not looking to do anything fancy beyond that. From some online reading, it seems Hyperdrive might be the best rom for my needs.
How can I go about installing the Hyperdrive rom? (which version should I look out for considering I have NK1)
What precautions should I take before attempting to install?
What other custom roms can I install onto my S4 NK1 build?
Thank you in advance!
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Honestly, you should downgrade back to nc5 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 You won't be able to install any CM or AOSP rom since you're not on mdk. Hyperdrive is a good rom. Echoerom and Eclipse are solid as well. They're also based on nc5 and you'll likely not have too many problems if you downgrade back.
Hi i try ti downgrade to nc5 and did not Work the phone freeze. I try hyperrom i like it but WiFi never Work and have to do a restore and lost root and safestrap, i think i cant go back to nc5
Nevermind i did it but stay on nk1
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Hightower24 said:
Honestly, you should downgrade back to nc5 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 You won't be able to install any CM or AOSP rom since you're not on mdk. Hyperdrive is a good rom. Echoerom and Eclipse are solid as well. They're also based on nc5 and you'll likely not have too many problems if you downgrade back.
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If i downgrade should be stable?, nc5 has better compatibility?, please help i am now nk1 rooted SS installed and ready yo flash, i try hyperdrive but WiFi was broken another good ROM ?? I like vainilla android por nexus experience thx
I was on nk1 and I was able to flash Echoe Rom v29 using safestrap. I tried downgrading to nc5 but it was too buggy to flash a rom the phone just kept restarting.
This is the rom that I used just scroll down to the one for i545:
http://galaxys4root.com/t-mobile-galaxy-s4-roms/how-to-convert-galaxy-s4-into-galaxy-s5/
After flashing the wifi did not work but there is a fix here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...29-s5-port-t3043750/post59177154#post59177154
luisdroid5000 said:
Nevermind i did it but stay on nk1
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If i downgrade should be stable?, nc5 has better compatibility?, please help i am now nk1 rooted SS installed and ready yo flash, i try hyperdrive but WiFi was broken another good ROM ?? I like vainilla android por nexus experience thx
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If you use the full wipe nc5, it shouldn't be buggy. It's like having a clean slate. For myself, I've always had better success from nc5 than nk1.
ckarras11 said:
I was on nk1 and I was able to flash Echoe Rom v29 using safestrap. I tried downgrading to nc5 but it was too buggy to flash a rom the phone just kept restarting.
This is the rom that I used just scroll down to the one for i545:
http://galaxys4root.com/t-mobile-galaxy-s4-roms/how-to-convert-galaxy-s4-into-galaxy-s5/
After flashing the wifi did not work but there is a fix here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...29-s5-port-t3043750/post59177154#post59177154
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You'll need wifi modules for echoe. There's a lot you need for echoe but it is the better rom imo. I'm using 39.1
Hightower24 said:
Honestly, you should downgrade back to nc5 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 You won't be able to install any CM or AOSP rom since you're not on mdk. Hyperdrive is a good rom. Echoerom and Eclipse are solid as well. They're also based on nc5 and you'll likely not have too many problems if you downgrade back.
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Will downgrading to NC5 No Wipe remove root?
Thanks
technique00 said:
Will downgrading to NC5 No Wipe remove root?
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I believe either one will. But from nc5, you just need towelroot
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I believe either one will. But from nc5, you just need towelroot
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thanks. So would it be an accurate statement that at this point in time, unless someone just wants a stock rooted nk1, there's really no point in rooting an nk1 because you just need to downgrade to nc5 anyway, and then re-root again, in order to flash any custom roms; And you do not need root to downgrade via Odin, correct?
technique00 said:
thanks. So would it be an accurate statement that at this point in time, unless someone just wants a stock rooted nk1, there's really no point in rooting an nk1 because you just need to downgrade to nc5 anyway, and then re-root again, in order to flash any custom roms; And you do not need root to downgrade via Odin, correct?
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For me it's just preference. Most roms are nc5 based. There are modules and fixes out for those on nk1, but for me, I have always had issues with it. Downgrading to nc5 eliminated the problems. You still need to flash modules and wifi fixes, but I find it to be far more stable. No, you don't need to be rooted to use Odin. If you do plan on downgrading, I would suggest the full wipe. Some have experienced issues with the non wipe. Hope all this helps.
luisdroid5000 said:
Hi i try ti downgrade to nc5 and did not Work the phone freeze. I try hyperrom i like it but WiFi never Work and have to do a restore and lost root and safestrap, i think i cant go back to nc5
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I also had NC5 originally and upgraded to NK1 by accident and now that i have tried to downgrade to NC5 my phone freezes i get a notification that the android.process.acore, process.acore.media and that Gmail has stopped and i can't do anything, any fix or recommendations ? I did the no wipe factory with odin 3.09 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Thanks for the help.
FedeHolyGhost said:
I also had NC5 originally and upgraded to NK1 by accident and now that i have tried to downgrade to NC5 my phone freezes i get a notification that the android.process.acore, process.acore.media and that Gmail has stopped and i can't do anything, any fix or recommendations ? I did the no wipe factory with odin 3.09 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Thanks for the help.
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Do the full wipe nc5, it should take care of it. The non wipe is hit or miss when it comes to problems.
luisdroid5000 said:
Hi i try ti downgrade to nc5 and did not Work the phone freeze. I try hyperrom i like it but WiFi never Work and have to do a restore and lost root and safestrap, i think i cant go back to nc5
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Hightower24 said:
Do the full wipe nc5, it should take care of it. The non wipe is hit or miss when it comes to problems.
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Thanks just did it and it worked, i could finally install safestrap now and did the full wipe and install of the JFLTE-GPE rom ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2643031 ) and after succesfully installation and reboot it just boots into android recovery. Any fix ? Thanks
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Thanks just did it and it worked, i could finally install safestrap now and did the full wipe and install of the JFLTE-GPE rom ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2643031 ) and after succesfully installation and reboot it just boots into android recovery. Any fix ? Thanks
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Also tried flashing the cm12 with safestrap and happened the same, what am i doing wrong ?
FedeHolyGhost said:
Also tried flashing the cm12 with safestrap and happened the same, what am i doing wrong ?
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We can't flash cm or any aosp roms. Our phones are locked down. There might be 1 or 2 GPE roms that will work with some tweaking. Other than that, we are stuck with TW based roms
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We can't flash cm or any aosp roms. Our phones are locked down. There might be 1 or 2 GPE roms that will work with some tweaking. Other than that, we are stuck with TW based roms
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Yeah i noticed that lol, at least i've been learning a lot of things about how to flash, odin, the bootloaer, the roms, firmware etc. I managed to install hyperrom's last version and it's pretty decent. Fcuk Verizon btw
You can use SuperNexus ROM. It works with safestrap. You can also use Kitpop ROM.
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