[MOD][DEV] Enable Insecure modules on NC5 and NC1 - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

Works on VZW and AT&T latest 4.4 kernels
Directions:
1. Flash zip
2. Open terminal and type
Code:
su
modload
Insert a a compiled and compatible module using insmod, confirm it loaded using lsmod
Download
Here's a zip of modules that work with NC5 and NC1 most made by yours truly.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mpyeju0082c6f9m/modules.zip?dl=0
Thanks to @jeboo for the original exploit, this is his exploit but using a different method of writing over memory.
If you don't know the purpose of this then don't download.

Totally dont know the purpose and not too worried, but thanx Surge for not forgetting about us over here.

Nice work, very useful.

Nice job! Will the safestrap your working on with kexec be posted here?
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Surge1223 said:
If you don't know the purpose of this then don't download.
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I dont know the purpose of this but I am curious as to what its for anyway lol
Would this allow us to install safestrap? or a real recovery install? or something completely different?

RandumAccess said:
I dont know the purpose of this but I am curious as to what its for anyway lol
Would this allow us to install safestrap? or a real recovery install? or something completely different?
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It will allow us to flash insecure modules using safestrap .. I am not a dev but trying to answer what I understand from kexec insecure modules will be compiled with the stock kernel and then flashed so we can flash aosp roms . Correct me I know I am wrong somewhere .. lol

So I've gotten quite a few messages about this asking what it does and what it's for etc. This does the same thing bypasslkm does (this is a reimplementation of bypasslkm for NC5 and NC1). You guys can read the bypasslkm thread over in AT&T S4 dev thread by jeboo to learn more.
If you have trouble getting wifi to work on a custom rom though this will allow the wifi module to load. I wanted to avoid having to say that so every Tom, **** and Harry doesn't rush in here to ask why wifi won't work on so and so's rom and why this didnt fix it.
Will this allow AOSP or unlock your bootloader? No, it will not.
Will it allow you to load modules that are compatible? Yes it will. Granted you know how to load modules (if not, Google insmod)

Surge1223 said:
So I've gotten quite a few messages about this asking what it does and what it's for etc. This does the same thing bypasslkm does (this is a reimplementation of bypasslkm for NC5 and NC1). You guys can read the bypasslkm thread over in AT&T S4 dev thread by jeboo to learn more.
If you have trouble getting wifi to work on a custom rom though this will allow the wifi module to load. I wanted to avoid having to say that so every Tom, **** and Harry doesn't rush in here to ask why wifi won't work on so and so's rom and why this didnt fix it.
Will this allow AOSP or unlock your bootloader? No, it will not.
Will it allow you to load modules that are compatible? Yes it will. Granted you know how to load modules (if not, Google insmod)
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So does this mean we will be able to load 4.4.4 Touchwiz Roms, without changing our bootloader?
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joshuabg said:
So does this mean we will be able to load 4.4.4 Touchwiz Roms, without changing our bootloader?
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No, but it also doesn't mean you can't. I haven't tried to boot a 4.4.4 rom so I have no idea if they fail due to module incompatibility.

I successfully loaded the fast charge module on stock NC5 just to play around. I recognize some of the modules you have in that zip you put together like scsi_wait_scan.ko, but I was just curious what some/most of the others do. For instance I googled like crazy to find out what fuvzw.ko was and found nothing. This seriously is some awesome work! Seems like a huge step to being open once again!

shag_on_e said:
I successfully loaded the fast charge module on stock NC5 just to play around. I recognize some of the modules you have in that zip you put together like scsi_wait_scan.ko, but I was just curious what some/most of the others do. For instance I googled like crazy to find out what fuvzw.ko was and found nothing. This seriously is some awesome work! Seems like a huge step to being open once again!
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A lot of them don't do anything theyre just tests. Lol fuvzw, just creates a temp directory in /dev/fuvzw. State.ko just adds a funny message if you type cat /proc/state in terminal. sysctbl.ko finds the system call table etc. I just put them in to show making custom modules do load.

Surge1223 said:
No, but it also doesn't mean you can't. I haven't tried to boot a 4.4.4 rom so I have no idea if they fail due to module incompatibility.
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I tried to boot a 4.4.4 rom with the zip and modules with wiping and it didnt boot.. Went to the screen showing unsupported software.

ITR218 said:
I tried to boot a 4.4.4 rom with the zip and modules with wiping and it didnt boot.. Went to the screen showing unsupported software.
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Was it a touchwiz based rom? What Safestrap did you use?

joshuabg said:
Was it a touchwiz based rom? What Safestrap did you use?
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It was ROM] KTU84Q [AOSP] 【4.4.4】Dan&Ktoonsez 【CM (final) 09-16-2014】v using safestrap KTLEVZN-NCG-3.75

ITR218 said:
It was ROM] KTU84Q [AOSP] 【4.4.4】Dan&Ktoonsez 【CM (final) 09-16-2014】v using safestrap KTLEVZN-NCG-3.75
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Thats is an AOSP rom, It will not work unless it is modified to work with safestrap or kexec is implemented to safestrap. What phone are you using?
I was trying to say that we maybe able to get a 4.4.4 Touchwiz based ROM to work.

joshuabg said:
Thats is an AOSP rom, It will not work unless it is modified to work with safestrap or kexec is implemented to safestrap. What phone are you using?
I was trying to say that we maybe able to get a 4.4.4 Touchwiz based ROM to work.
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Honestly I just realized that information about the AOSP ROM im running the Eclipse S4 TW - v4.0.2 (6/25/14) - Real AOSP styling!! KitKat has arrived! This has been my favorite rom so far as I just got the s4 I545 and had the s3 that was rooted unlocked. I may try a touchwiz rom 4.4.4 any suggested rom ?

Just curious (and if this is a dumb question sorry in advance)... but how far off does this make us from having KEXEC on the S4 running say NC5?

AngryManMLS said:
Just curious (and if this is a dumb question sorry in advance)... but how far off does this make us from having KEXEC on the S4 running say NC5?
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I believe its in the general section, But Surge has made a post called "If we are serious about unlocking the bootloader" and some pages into it he tells that he is starting to get kexec on the s4 and s5. I believe he is close, havent checked in a while.

bamige1 said:
I believe its in the general section, But Surge has made a post called "If we are serious about unlocking the bootloader" and some pages into it he tells that he is starting to get kexec on the s4 and s5. I believe he is close, havent checked in a while.
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Yeah I've been following that thread. I just was unsure of how close/far aware things are with these insecure modules so I felt it was better to ask. Hopefully the kexec work on the S4/S5 can also be helpful on the Note 3. I know @hsbadr has been making some progress on things with the VZW Note 3 so we'll see.

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[Q] Google Play Edition MK2

Hi,
I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy s4 with build number JSS15J.I545VRUEMK2, and I recently rooted it so I could run the Google Play Edition Rom. From various threads and guides I knew that I needed to use SafeStrap because you can't use CWM recovery on an MK2 device. After a couple of attempts installing the GPE Rom, I found out that the GPE roms i could find only work with SafeStrap and an ME7 device. Furthermore, I found out that the only ROM that works with and MK2 device is Hyperdrive 11. I was wondering if there is any way around this or, alternatively, if there are any plans to fix this.
Thanks in advance.
walkerna22 said:
Hi,
I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy s4 with build number JSS15J.I545VRUEMK2, and I recently rooted it so I could run the Google Play Edition Rom. From various threads and guides I knew that I needed to use SafeStrap because you can't use CWM recovery on an MK2 device. After a couple of attempts installing the GPE Rom, I found out that the GPE roms i could find only work with SafeStrap and an ME7 device. Furthermore, I found out that the only ROM that works with and MK2 device is Hyperdrive 11. I was wondering if there is any way around this or, alternatively, if there are any plans to fix this.
Thanks in advance.
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First of all. .the only way around is to hope our devs who pretty much do the work on their spare time...look at what can be done...Second their nothing broken that needs a fix.
If you want ability to load different roms buy the dev phone.
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
decaturbob said:
First of all. .the only way around is to hope our devs who pretty much do the work on their spare time...look at what can be done...Second their nothing broken that needs a fix.
If you want ability to load different roms buy the dev phone.
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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Thanks for the reply,
Just for clarification, are you saying that if I load hyperdrive, then I'll be able to load the GPE rom with safestrap?
Thanks
walkerna22 said:
Thanks for the reply,
Just for clarification, are you saying that if I load hyperdrive, then I'll be able to load the GPE rom with safestrap?
Thanks
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Can't run gpe..
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
Would this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343355
dogginsteed said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343355
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You need a custom recovery to load any ROM. Problem with the build you are running is you cannot install a custom recovery because the bootloader is locked down tighter than Fort Knox. Devs are working on a solution and hopefully they will succeed. Don't hold your breath though as it may take a long while.
Until then, you can root, uninstall and de-crapify the bloatware and crapware from the phone. Change the launcher to GEL and get something closer to a GPE phone. Done all this to my S4 and it runs much more smoothly and gives me excellent battery service.

[Q] Illusion for MK2!

Those on MK2 With safe strap and want to get rid of Touch Wiz ( which I do -.-) Get the Illusion ROM for your Galaxy S4 (Verizon). That's all. Except the only bug/s is WiFi doesn't even if you try flashing the MK2 Module's. And those On AT&T, T-Mobile, Straight Talk, NET10... Etc using there Verizon Galaxy S4 will not get Data to work. I have Straight talk and tried everything to get Data to work. I've flashed all Carrier Roms (the AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and U.S. Cellular) together and see if that would help. Nope. But Messaging (just SMS) works and so does calls and Voice Mail (xD)
And if someone could extract this and try making another AOSP ROM that works with MK2 (or SafeStrap) and make CM11/10 to work, that would be excellent!
Credit for the ROM goes to the Developer. I am not endorsed with the development/developer nor do I hold responsible for your phone being a toaster
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316312
How is a 4.2 ROM compatible with MK2, and how is it compatible with Safestrap? Not to mention the thread hasn't been updated since July...
RemnantKing2 said:
How is a 4.2 ROM compatible with MK2, and how is it compatible with Safestrap? Not to mention the thread hasn't been updated since July...
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Crazy thing is it actually worked
elias98902 said:
Those on MK2 With safe strap and want to get rid of Touch Wiz ( which I do -.-) Get the Illusion ROM for your Galaxy S4 (Verizon). That's all. Except the only bug/s is WiFi doesn't even if you try flashing the MK2 Module's. And those On AT&T, T-Mobile, Straight Talk, nett... Etc using there Verizon Galaxy S4 will not get Data to work. I have Straight talk and tried everything to get Data to work. I've flashed all Carrier Roms (the AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and U.S. Cellular) together and see if that would help. Nope. But Messaging (just SMS) works and so does calls and Voice Mail (xD)
And if someone could extract this and try making another AOSP ROM that works with MK2 (or SafeStrap) and make CM11/10 to work, that would be excellent!
Credit for the ROM goes to the Developer. I am not endorsed with the development/developer nor do I hold responsible for your phone being a toaster
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2316312
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Its 4.2...mk2 is 4.3...is it possible to flash 4.2 modules on latest safestrap?...this is pretty cool to see even partially working aosp for SS users...might make a point of getting hashcodes attention on this...he may be able to fix WiFi and such or figure out what's allowing it to work and implement it in other ROMs...nice find
I was bored, so I started installing random ROMs and Walla... A AOSP ROM working!
And I Dont know... Crazy things happen in Life O.O
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Possibly
If they could break down this rom and figure out how it works with safestrap we could possibly get all asop roms working:laugh::good:
And if I had a debit card I'd give all my money to the person that breaks it down
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@Hashcode
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MajorLeagueROM said:
If they could break down this rom and figure out how it works with safestrap we could possibly get all asop roms working:laugh::good:
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If you guys are on 4.2.2, it would make since if it was a gpe rom, as gpe was somehow compatible with 4.2.2 safestrap. If I remember correctly, someone said that the differences between the kernels was negligible and could boot with the tw kernel.
I would say its safe to assume that its actual AOSP seeing that it uses the CM kernel source (or at links to it on the OP), however, there are no accounts in the thread of the rom cook saying that it is AOSP, only other posters.
Haven't tried to download it yet, but I'm going to convince myself that you guys are just pulling a sick April fools prank.
Kamaole said:
If you guys are on 4.2.2, it would make since if it was a gpe rom, as gpe was somehow compatible with 4.2.2 safestrap. If I remember correctly, someone said that the differences between the kernels was negligible and could boot with the tw kernel.
I would say its safe to assume that its actual AOSP seeing that it uses the CM kernel source (or at links to it on the OP), however, there are no accounts in the thread of the rom cook saying that it is AOSP, only other posters.
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Well so far it's AOSP ROM. It has pure android, the weight of the zip is so light and if. And yes, A Dev did say it wasn't compatible with any AOSP ROM's. But I found a ROM that works! I'll post some screen shots of the AOSP ROM. And if it says AT&T its because I have a Straight Talk Sim Card in it.
So far people are eager with this. If we can get more people's attention we can probably get Hashcode to see what's making this ROM work on AOSP
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elias98902 said:
Well so far it's AOSP ROM. It has pure android, the weight of the zip is so light and if. And yes, A Dev did say it wasn't compatible with any AOSP ROM's. But I found a ROM that works! I'll post some screen shots of the AOSP ROM. And if it says AT&T its because I have a Straight Talk Sim Card in it.
So far people are eager with this. If we can get more people's attention we can probably get Hashcode to see what's making this ROM work on AOSP
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What BL version do you have?
Kamaole said:
What BL version do you have?
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If BL stands for Bootloader than I have I have MK2 android 4.3
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elias98902 said:
If BL stands for Bootloader than I have I have MK2 android 4.3
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The android build is not necessarily the same as the BL just so you know.
Kamaole said:
The android build is not necessarily the same as the BL just so you know.
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So where would I find the bootloader?
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elias98902 said:
So where would I find the bootloader?
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I believe it can be seen in recovery (actual recovery; not safestrap)
Kamaole said:
I believe it can be seen in recovery (actual recovery; not safestrap)
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He he. Funny story... Um.... I tried flashing a CWM Recovery didn't work and it leads me to the Odin Flash screen. All I have is Safestrap 3.71
Is there another possible way?
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elias98902 said:
He he. Funny story... Um.... I tried flashing a CWM Recovery didn't work and it leads me to the Odin Flash screen. All I have is Safestrap 3.71
Is there another possible way?
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I believe theres an app that does it.
To anyone wanting to do this, I did it and its not booting into the system. Idk if theres a very special case or what. In recovery it is saying I have the kot49h kernel. Until I boot, Im still assuming its an april fools prank
Kamaole said:
I believe theres in app that does it.
To anyone wanting to do this, I did it and its not booting into the system. Idk if theres a very special case or what.
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Well that happened to me as well. It wouldn't boot up to the system so I booted up to the actual Odin Flash and it said Volume Up=Continue and Volume Down=Cancel(Restart) and then I did the Volume down and it got into the system. Well I hope that helps!
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elias98902 said:
Well that happened to me as well. It wouldn't boot up to the system so I booted up to the actual Odin Flash and it said Volume Up=Continue and Volume Down=Cancel(Restart) and then I did the Volume down and it got into the system. Well I hope that helps!
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This didn't work. It boot loops and goes into recovery.
Edit: ****ed up and erase all my stuff in safestrap, ill mess with it later
Screenshots?
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Which AOSP ROM?

I'm on MDK and I've never tried a non-touchwiz ROM. I want to now. I'd appreciate if you guys could tell me what the most popular / mainstream / well developed AOSP ROM is for the Verizon s4. I think I'd like to start my AOSP journey there.
Also, are the current crop of AOSP ROM fully functional? Or are there still some features of the S4 that aren't supported?
Thanks in advance.
-J
0reo said:
I'm on MDK and I've never tried a non-touchwiz ROM. I want to now. I'd appreciate if you guys could tell me what the most popular / mainstream / well developed AOSP ROM is for the Verizon s4. I think I'd like to start my AOSP journey there.
Also, are the current crop of AOSP ROM fully functional? Or are there still some features of the S4 that aren't supported?
Thanks in advance.
-J
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Think I answered you in another thread about this topic but.. Try Mahdi, C ROM , Liquid Smooth, AICP ... They've all treated me well. They'll all run differently though for people so you'll just have to flash away and report back in their threads. Also I highly recommend using KToonsez AOSP-Kit Kat kernel with those. It's been nothing but stable for me.
Good luck!
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You really need to them yourself...
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Mistertac said:
Think I answered you in another thread about this topic but.. Try Mahdi, C ROM , Liquid Smooth, AICP ... They've all treated me well. They'll all run differently though for people so you'll just have to flash away and report back in their threads. Also I highly recommend using KToonsez AOSP-Kit Kat kernel with those. It's been nothing but stable for me.
Good luck!
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I thought AICP couldn't be used with Safestrap? I'm about to downgrade from 4.4.2 so I can root my phone but from everything I've seen you have to use safestrap to do so... which would effectively destroy being able to use AICP.
Blindprophet32 said:
I thought AICP couldn't be used with Safestrap? I'm about to downgrade from 4.4.2 so I can root my phone but from everything I've seen you have to use safestrap to do so... which would effectively destroy being able to use AICP.
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safestrap enabled phones can only use tw stock kernel based roms which exclude CM, ASOP and all the rest
Blindprophet32 said:
I thought AICP couldn't be used with Safestrap? I'm about to downgrade from 4.4.2 so I can root my phone but from everything I've seen you have to use safestrap to do so... which would effectively destroy being able to use AICP.
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Well you're correct but I was answering the OP who stated he was on an MDK S4.. which in turn means he's not on SafeStrap.
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Mistertac said:
Well you're correct but I was answering the OP who stated he was on an MDK S4.. which in turn means he's not on SafeStrap.
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Gotcha.. I'm new to rooting so I'm still trying to learn everything I can sorry about that. Every Verizon S4 I've seen people have used Safestrap on the SCH-I545. So I'm assuming that MDK is merely a different build correct?
Blindprophet32 said:
Gotcha.. I'm new to rooting so I'm still trying to learn everything I can sorry about that. Every Verizon S4 I've seen people have used Safestrap on the SCH-I545. So I'm assuming that MDK is merely a different build correct?
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Hey no problem!
MDK is the build that the Verizon S4 first shipped with and it allowed for a bootloader exploit called Loki which let's us run custom recoveries... Thus allowing AOSP ROMs like the ones I mentioned.
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Mistertac said:
Hey no problem!
MDK is the build that the Verizon S4 first shipped with and it allowed for a bootloader exploit called Loki which let's us run custom recoveries... Thus allowing AOSP ROMs like the ones I mentioned.
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Awesome thanks! Sadly the person I got my phone from worked at Verizon and had religiously updated the phone.....so I got the OTA 4.4.2 FNC5 build from day 1.... so no to partial downgrade and Root and try out hyperdrive 15 :good:
0reo said:
I'm on MDK and I've never tried a non-touchwiz ROM. I want to now. I'd appreciate if you guys could tell me what the most popular / mainstream / well developed AOSP ROM is for the Verizon s4. I think I'd like to start my AOSP journey there.
Also, are the current crop of AOSP ROM fully functional? Or are there still some features of the S4 that aren't supported?
Thanks in advance.
-J
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Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297370
The OP's will describe whether it's AOSP or TW

[Q] Installing CyanogenMod on VRUFNK1

I'm helping my friend install CyanogenMod 12 on his S4 (jfltevzw). We've rooted it and we're currently doing a full backup through Safestrap in case anything happens. Once that's finished, I'm unsure as to what we should do. CyanogenMod's wiki has installation instructions for the Verizon S4, but it says in big bold letters to not attempt this if on a ROM newer than I545VRUAMDK. He's on the latest version that Samsung/Verizon have pushed out, which is I545VRUFNK1. Is there an alternate way to install CyanogenMod on top of the newer stock ROM, or is it not possible?
vaindil said:
I'm helping my friend install CyanogenMod 12 on his S4 (jfltevzw). We've rooted it and we're currently doing a full backup through Safestrap in case anything happens. Once that's finished, I'm unsure as to what we should do. CyanogenMod's wiki has installation instructions for the Verizon S4, but it says in big bold letters to not attempt this if on a ROM newer than I545VRUAMDK. He's on the latest version that Samsung/Verizon have pushed out, which is I545VRUFNK1. Is there an alternate way to install CyanogenMod on top of the newer stock ROM, or is it not possible?
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its not possible. ONLY mdk builds will work.
Raymondlikesroot said:
its not possible. ONLY mdk builds will work.
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Dang, so there's absolutely nothing whatsoever that can be done? The page says you can't downgrade, but is anything at all possible now that he's beyond the MDK build? He really wants to make the switch and is fine with doing a complete wipe or whatever is necessary.
EDIT: I've been trying to read up on the VZW S4 and why this isn't possible, but I don't quite get it. Reading other threads it seems like the reason is because the bootloader is locked, but that can't be the case if he was able to install Safestrap. I'm coming from a Nexus 5 where everything is incredibly simple, so I apologize for my ignorance. (I don't mean to say you're wrong or anything as I have no idea myself, I just don't understand why it doesn't work on newer ROMs.)
vaindil said:
Dang, so there's absolutely nothing whatsoever that can be done? The page says you can't downgrade, but is anything at all possible now that he's beyond the MDK build? He really wants to make the switch and is fine with doing a complete wipe or whatever is necessary.
EDIT: I've been trying to read up on the VZW S4 and why this isn't possible, but I don't quite get it. Reading other threads it seems like the reason is because the bootloader is locked, but that can't be the case if he was able to install Safestrap. I'm coming from a Nexus 5 where everything is incredibly simple, so I apologize for my ignorance. (I don't mean to say you're wrong or anything as I have no idea myself, I just don't understand why it doesn't work on newer ROMs.)
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The reason we use Safestrap as opposed to twrp is because the bootloader is locked.
Surge1223 said:
The reason we use Safestrap as opposed to twrp is because the bootloader is locked.
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Oh, okay. Really unfortunate that this isn't possible now. So he's just stuck with TouchWiz and can't do anything about it?
vaindil said:
Oh, okay. Really unfortunate that this isn't possible now. So he's just stuck with TouchWiz and can't do anything about it?
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Yep
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vaindil said:
Oh, okay. Really unfortunate that this isn't possible now. So he's just stuck with TouchWiz and can't do anything about it?
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you can install hyperdrive rom
its not lolipop but its worlds better then stock ...
also there is a chance of getting the 5.01 GPE edition rom running when Samsung releases the lolipop update for the vz s4
that would at least give us a working lolipop kernel to use with the gpe rombase
and hey you never know there could be a exploite in the lolipop rom/kernel that lets us get kexec working
Basically safestrap loads after the kernel but early enough to replace point to a different root for the system. So we can load what ever system we want... But are stuck with the kernel the phone booted. If the system is based on the stock kernel this is fine... But when it starts making calls to custom kernel stuff you will have trouble.
So Cyanogenmod only provides the GUI? I've installed CM on two B&N tablets and I've been asked to root a new Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4. I've assumed that, because it's new, it will have I545VRUFNK1 4.4.2. I rooted my VSG s3 years ago to 4.3 and there was no going back on that one. It looks like it's the same with VSG s4. So, if CM provides only the GUI, then a rooted VSG s4 can still access Google Apps? What is the concern with with TW based ROMs? Is it the recovery/backup feature or only being stuck with the VSG s4 GUI?
Raymondlikesroot said:
its not possible. ONLY mdk builds will work.
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This explains why I bricked my phone when I tried to flash CM12...
ryant35 said:
This explains why I bricked my phone when I tried to flash CM12...
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haha yeah, that could maybe potentially probably be the issue. Just maybe.
Couldn't you ODIN back to an older baseband version and then try to flash CM12?
Lockett said:
Couldn't you ODIN back to an older baseband version and then try to flash CM12?
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Nope, in order to get CM, you'll need to be on MDK. Samsung prevents downgrading.
btw. the baseband version doesn't matter much. Its the bootloader version that is the toughie.
Boo! I just picked up my S4 yesterday after a 5 month run of using Windows Phone so I'm trying to figure this phone out. I'm on NK1 and trying to figure out how to root now.
vaindil where did you find a VRUFNK1 compatible version of Safestrip?

Are there any kernels for the S4 that work?

I'm on the stock S4 5.0.1 kernel, rooted. Are there any alternate kernels that are Odin compatible and won't mess up the phone?
non-MDK bootloader: NO.
MDK bootloader : yes
Depends on what your looking for. If you are on OF1 there are several that are quite effective at bricking your phone. Probably not the desired outcome though
However, rumor has it that these unsigned Kernel Modules have been successfully flashed on devices with the OF1 bootloader. I am in the process of installing them myself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/development/oc1-unsigned-kernel-modules-t3321587
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bg260 said:
Depends on what your looking for. If you are on OF1 there are several that are quite effective at bricking your phone. Probably not the desired outcome though
However, rumor has it that these unsigned Kernel Modules have been successfully flashed on devices with the OF1 bootloader. I am in the process of installing them myself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/development/oc1-unsigned-kernel-modules-t3321587
Be sure to thank the Dev....donate if feasible.
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iirc it works on OC1 and OF1. Tell me how your's goes.
XxD34THxX said:
iirc it works on OC1 and OF1. Tell me how your's goes.
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It went perfect. Flashfire install. I just used the latest version from play store. Kernel Adiutor works well with it (even though the new look takes some getting used to). I'm running Stang5litre v3 with the OF1 bootloader so I used OF1. Check out ATGKompressors battery saving guide after you get it installed. I noticed improvements right away.
bg260 said:
It went perfect. Flashfire install. I just used the latest version from play store. Kernel Adiutor works well with it (even though the new look takes some getting used to). I'm running Stang5litre v3 with the OF1 bootloader so I used OF1. Check out ATGKompressors battery saving guide after you get it installed. I noticed improvements right away.
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Heh, I have a n6 now. Mom stole my old s4 on nc5 with Stang's v3(meaning I can still go back to kitkat at will)
XxD34THxX said:
Heh, I have a n6 now. Mom stole my old s4 on nc5 with Stang's v3(meaning I can still go back to kitkat at will)
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I never got the "do not upgrade" memo
SiberianLeopard said:
I'm on the stock S4 5.0.1 kernel, rooted. Are there any alternate kernels that are Odin compatible and won't mess up the phone?
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Good news, everyone. I got a used motherboard that is carrier unlocked and was on 4.4.2, so I can flash whatever I want now. Still looking for ROMS though. I'm on Dirty Unicorns 4.4.4 right now, but am looking for a kernel. The CPU freq settings don't stick for CPU1, 2, and 3, only for CPU0. Tried AlucardKernel, it sucked and didn't work properly. Are there any kernels that allow overclock?

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