Verizon GS4. I took the NG6 update but downgraded back to NC5 and am rooted with towelroot 3. Installed Supersu, Busybox and am using the 3.75 ver of Safestrap. The Safestrap apk installs, when I open it and press Install Recovery, it runs through it's paces and shows Installation Complete but does not show Recovery Installed on the status line. When I reboot the phone the Safestrap splash screen does not come up. I've tried this with and without SELinux in Permissive mode. Also tried SS 3.71 and 3.72. Tried uninstalling SS, rebooting and re-installing as well. What am I missing?
No help for you here but at least I can say your not the only one. I am experiencing the same issue on mine. But I didn't downgrade. Did you just get your device? I did. I'm thinking it's something that was blocked in the newer models?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Have had the device since it came out and finally decided to root it and put on a custom rom. I've done it with all my previous phones so I'm not new to this. The downgrade from NG6 to NC5 and back to 6 was to root the device. Its explained elsewhere in the forum. That went smoothly. I know SS to be reliable so I'm a bit stumped here.
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Ok I was able to get passed this. I was using the wrong version of Safestrap. This is the file name of the one that worked: Safestrap-KLTEVZW-NCG-3.75-B03.apk I cannot post links
kylo77 said:
Ok I was able to get passed this. I was using the wrong version of Safestrap. This is the file name of the one that worked: Safestrap-KLTEVZW-NCG-3.75-B03.apk I cannot post links
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I wouldn't. Don't use the s5 version. On the s4. Look at safestrap 3.75 b01 apk on the general forum.
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I wouldn't. Don't use the s5 version. On the s4. Look at safestrap 3.75 b01 apk on the general forum.
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Are you referring to Safestrap-I545-3.75-KitKat-A01.apk? I did not find a b01. The A01 did not work for me.
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Hello evevryone, I had hyperdrive 9 (i think) on my ME7 gs4 for a while then i tried to update to rls14 and i messed something up. i thought it was because i didnt also install the modules.zip file. after getting my phone working again, i ended up updating to the MI1 firmware (idk why i was just kinda fed up with rooting/custom roms) but now i've been trying to install RLS14 again and cant get it to work. I have rooted the phone again and have safestrap 3.7. when i attempted to install i did everything pretty normally, also chose stock kernel, and also installed the mi1-modules.zip after before rebooting like a video on youtube suggested. However, when I reboot it wont start it just sends me back to recovery mode then i have to go back to safe strap and go back to stock. Is this a known issue? do i have to use a different version of hyperdrive? do i not need the modules.zip? any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you!!
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Hello evevryone, I had hyperdrive 9 (i think) on my ME7 gs4 for a while then i tried to update to rls14 and i messed something up. i thought it was because i didnt also install the modules.zip file. after getting my phone working again, i ended up updating to the MI1 firmware (idk why i was just kinda fed up with rooting/custom roms) but now i've been trying to install RLS14 again and cant get it to work. I have rooted the phone again and have safestrap 3.7. when i attempted to install i did everything pretty normally, also chose stock kernel, and also installed the mi1-modules.zip after before rebooting like a video on youtube suggested. However, when I reboot it wont start it just sends me back to recovery mode then i have to go back to safe strap and go back to stock. Is this a known issue? do i have to use a different version of hyperdrive? do i not need the modules.zip? any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you!!
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In order to use RLS14 you have to update your phone to MK2, re root using Saferoot, then install Safestrap 3.71.
riker147 said:
In order to use RLS14 you have to update your phone to MK2, re root using Saferoot, then install Safestrap 3.71.
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Thank you for your very prompt response. I will do that now.
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In order to use RLS14 you have to update your phone to MK2, re root using Saferoot, then install Safestrap 3.71.
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Will I still need to use the modules. Zip file or is it already included in the rls14 rom?
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Will I still need to use the modules. Zip file or is it already included in the rls14 rom?
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You will have to flash the MK2 modules.
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On my sch-i545 how do I go about getting the newest safestrap or whatever is the best of that so that I can utilize the newest rpms such as Hyper drive rom?
Thanks.
Do some research...there are stickies and threads on it
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Do some research...there are stickies and threads on it
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My research has netted me a phone that is stuck in a boot loop.
Followed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726868
and installed Hyperdrive RLS15, however it is stuck on a constant reboot
How can I fix this? How can I verify that the upgrade from mk2 to nc2 went perfectly? odin claimed it passed when I wrote the files as said in the thread.
When its trying to boot up I see the safestrap, then nothing appears on the screen. It vibrates twice, and starts over again.
and for some reason it will delete the slot 1 I setup and installed this in and force itself back to the stock rom slot.
I am using safestrap 3.72 though
I also noticed under stock rom slot, my system partition size is 0MB O_O my data partition size is 9970mb and cache is 2040mb. Something went wrong here?
Someone please help. Thanks.
Ok after MUCH more reading. I downgraded back to mk2, and now I'm able to get started on my nc2 rooting and rom installing. I think I figured it out. Somehow I got a 3.72 version of safestrap and that messed me up.
ElementalWindX said:
My research has netted me a phone that is stuck in a boot loop.
Followed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726868
and installed Hyperdrive RLS15, however it is stuck on a constant reboot
How can I fix this? How can I verify that the upgrade from mk2 to nc2 went perfectly? odin claimed it passed when I wrote the files as said in the thread.
When its trying to boot up I see the safestrap, then nothing appears on the screen. It vibrates twice, and starts over again. and for some reason it will delete the slot 1 I setup and installed this in and force itself back to the stock rom slot.
I am using safestrap 3.72 though
I also noticed under stock rom slot, my system partition size is 0MB O_O my data partition size is 9970mb and cache is 2040mb. Something went wrong here?
Someone please help. Thanks.
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hyperdrive 15 will not run on nc2 if you upgraded your bootloader to NC2 which is 4.4....where in that link did it talk about loading hyperdrive? SS 3.72 is for 4.4, safestrap versions are tied to basebuilds and as far as I know, not backwards compatible.
right now there aren't really any custom ROMs you can load into safestrap 3.72/NC2/NC5 except perhaps echo.....all the other discussions are for stock kitkat rom
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hyperdrive 15 will not run on nc2 if you upgraded your bootloader to NC2 which is 4.4....where in that link did it talk about loading hyperdrive? SS 3.72 is for 4.4, safestrap versions are tied to basebuilds and as far as I know, not backwards compatible.
right now there aren't really any custom ROMs you can load into safestrap 3.72/NC2/NC5 except perhaps echo.....all the other discussions are for stock kitkat rom
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That's what I was afraid of. idk why I had it in my head that rls15 was meant for kitkat.
Wish the rom makers would catch up
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That's what I was afraid of. idk why I had it in my head that rls15 was meant for kitkat.
Wish the rom makers would catch up
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Rom makers do so on their free time with very few users even bothering to do any donations if at all...
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So much goes into making a ROM it's amazing some of the devs even do it. Just shows how much they love this stuff
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So much goes into making a ROM it's amazing some of the devs even do it. Just shows how much they love this stuff
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Yea I agree.
It's ****ty the actual big corporations won't make it EASIER for them, instead of locking boot loaders and just being an all around pita about it.
So right now the all around best bet is to stay on mk2 these days?
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Yea I agree.
It's ****ty the actual big corporations won't make it EASIER for them, instead of locking boot loaders and just being an all around pita about it.
So right now the all around best bet is to stay on mk2 these days?
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For a while. Until some more 4.4 ss compatible roms are available
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Yea I agree.
It's ****ty the actual big corporations won't make it EASIER for them, instead of locking boot loaders and just being an all around pita about it.
So right now the all around best bet is to stay on mk2 these days?
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Well I'd personally stay on mk2 just to have more options rom wise and not have to do the Odin juggling act from mk2 to nc5 or vice versa but that's just me
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I've been trying to get encryption to work for a while now, but have had no luck. I remember reading somewhere that it was a problem with the version of recovery, but I've now tried the last CWM and TWRP recoveries without any success.
Has anyone been able to encrypt their S4 with Hyperdrive loaded, or is the only solution to go back to stock?
Thanks
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I've been trying to get encryption to work for a while now, but have had no luck. I remember reading somewhere that it was a problem with the version of recovery, but I've now tried the last CWM and TWRP recoveries without any success.
Has anyone been able to encrypt their S4 with Hyperdrive loaded, or is the only solution to go back to stock?
Thanks
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What's your base build?
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What's your base build?
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I'm using RLS 16.1. (I had also tried with the prior release and had the same problems).
I should have included in the original posting that when I say that it doesn't work what happens is that I follow all of the instructions to get encryption started, I briefly get the screen with the Android logo (has a top half and a bottom half, each with ~ "notches") and after 2 seconds the phone reboots.
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I'm using RLS 16.1. (I had also tried with the prior release and had the same problems).
I should have included in the original posting that when I say that it doesn't work what happens is that I follow all of the instructions to get encryption started, I briefly get the screen with the Android logo (has a top half and a bottom half, each with ~ "notches") and after 2 seconds the phone reboots.
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So you are mdk and nor using safestrap?
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So you are mdk and nor using safestrap?
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My baseband is ...MDK. I have not installed Safestrap...is that something that you would recommend trying to get around this issue?
I have to admit that I have not previously been familiar with Safestrap. Googling the heck out of that now...:cyclops:
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My baseband is ...MDK. I have not installed Safestrap...is that something that you would recommend trying to get around this issue?
I have to admit that I have not previously been familiar with Safestrap. Googling the heck out of that now...:cyclops:
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No safestrap. ..I was asking because encryption does not work with safestrap.
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This question should be in q & a section not development, or in Hyper drive thread if it's specific to that rom.
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So I've tried installing Hyperdrive multiple times on my S4 and I'm having issues. I bought the S4 used stock on the MK2 version. I rooted MK2 and then followed surges directions to upgrade to NC5 and retain my root. I currently am rooted running stock NC5 with Safestrap 3.72, and every time that I've created a ROM slot and attempted to install hyperdrive onto the phone, the aroma installer works great, I make sure that the ROM slot is active, and then I reboot. It boots up into the stock rom every time and the rom acts all glitchy and lags horribly. Also, if I plug a USB cable into the phone from the computer at that point, the phone just boot loops. I have followed the directions specifically for installing Hyperdrive to the letter multiple times, with no success. I end up going through surge's directions again to get to stock NC5 and then start all over again. Anyone have any clues what I'm doing wrong?
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So I've tried installing Hyperdrive multiple times on my S4 and I'm having issues. I bought the S4 used stock on the MK2 version. I rooted MK2 and then followed surges directions to upgrade to NC5 and retain my root. I currently am rooted running stock NC5 with Safestrap 3.72, and every time that I've created a ROM slot and attempted to install hyperdrive onto the phone, the aroma installer works great, I make sure that the ROM slot is active, and then I reboot. It boots up into the stock rom every time and the rom acts all glitchy and lags horribly. Also, if I plug a USB cable into the phone from the computer at that point, the phone just boot loops. I have followed the directions specifically for installing Hyperdrive to the letter multiple times, with no success. I end up going through surge's directions again to get to stock NC5 and then start all over again. Anyone have any clues what I'm doing wrong?
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You can't create Rom slots with 3.72. Can ONLY flash to the stock slot.
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muzz3256 said:
So I've tried installing Hyperdrive multiple times on my S4 and I'm having issues. I bought the S4 used stock on the MK2 version. I rooted MK2 and then followed surges directions to upgrade to NC5 and retain my root. I currently am rooted running stock NC5 with Safestrap 3.72, and every time that I've created a ROM slot and attempted to install hyperdrive onto the phone, the aroma installer works great, I make sure that the ROM slot is active, and then I reboot. It boots up into the stock rom every time and the rom acts all glitchy and lags horribly. Also, if I plug a USB cable into the phone from the computer at that point, the phone just boot loops. I have followed the directions specifically for installing Hyperdrive to the letter multiple times, with no success. I end up going through surge's directions again to get to stock NC5 and then start all over again. Anyone have any clues what I'm doing wrong?
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you need to research info more....
clearly stated tht 3.72 safestrap does not support rom slots or installs to rom slots. This safestrap was released for att versions and has some limitations running on verizon phones
So then I need to uninstall SafeStrap 3.72 and reinstall 3.71 correct? I was thinking that was the problem, but the Hyperdrive thread is a long thread and I didn't read it all.
muzz3256 said:
So then I need to uninstall SafeStrap 3.72 and reinstall 3.71 correct? I was thinking that was the problem, but the Hyperdrive thread is a long thread and I didn't read it all.
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No. 3.71 isn't compatible with 4.4. You have to use 3.72 for KitKat Roms.
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So then how do I go about installing the latest hyperdrive that says it needs me to be on nc5?
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So then how do I go about installing the latest hyperdrive that says it needs me to be on nc5?
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Assuming you already have root, the only way is to the stock slot of Safestrap 3.72.
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Assuming you already have root, the only way is to the stock slot of Safestrap 3.72.
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I am rooted and am currently running safestrap 3.72. I'll give it a shot. I was under the impression that you never install anything other than stock in the stock slot, but I'm new to safestrap. This all makes me miss my GS4..
Thanks for all the help.
Also, just to be clear, I'll need to install hyperdrive and the nc5 module correct?
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muzz3256 said:
I am rooted and am currently running safestrap 3.72. I'll give it a shot. I was under the impression that you never install anything other than stock in the stock slot, but I'm new to safestrap. This all makes me miss my GS4..
Thanks for all the help.
Also, just to be clear, I'll need to install hyperdrive and the nc5 module correct?
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Correct. You should also flash Superuser. Some have reported losing root after flashing.
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Awesome! Will do!
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RLS 16.1 CWM Mod
Hi All, I am trying to upgrade from Hyperdrive RLS 9 to 16.1 on my S4. I am on MDK and using CWM as my recovery. I can see the RLS 16.1 ZIP file in my file manager and I can see it through CWM when I am running normally. The ZIP is loaded on the SD card on the phone.
The issue is when I boot into recovery and go into the clockwork folder to find the ZIP it doesn't show up. Not sure why CWM isn't seeing the ZIP files.
Any thoughts? Thanks
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56030788&postcount=2281
**Please use this thread in the General Section for non-development related discussion. Thank you**
muniz_ri said:
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56030788&postcount=2281
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I'll be testing this out... once I unbrick my phone Second time bricking it trying to get blackbox 3.2.3 to work.
Cannot get it installed. SE For Android will not change to "Permissive". It's stuck on "Enforcing"
what baseband are you using?
Just reporting in to say it's working for me, installed on stock Verizon nc5, have blackbox on rom slot 1.
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Cannot get it installed. SE For Android will not change to "Permissive". It's stuck on "Enforcing"
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What exactly happens when you attempt to install ss?
I am having trouble too. I get a message app is not installed. Something about a similar package is already installed but it's not
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techguy2002 said:
I am having trouble too. I get a message app is not installed. Something about a similar package is already installed but it's not
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Try deleting any previously granted ss root priviledges from the supersu app before installing. may help if you post a screen shot.
Hope this helps
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Hope this helps
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Never seen that before. There may be a better way but one option is to odin flash back to stock nc5 and start over.
I'm on the NG6 update which I'm assuming is the reason it won't install. When I was on nc5 the terminal emulator trick worked.
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I'm on the NG6 update which I'm assuming is the reason it won't install. When I was on nc5 the terminal emulator trick worked.
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Did you have v3.72 installed before taking the update? If so does it still work?
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Did you have v3.72 installed before taking the update? If so does it still work?
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No. I used Odin to reinstall nc5 due to a brick problem. One too many experiments with my phone. Anyway, it was clean when it took the update.
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robthefive0 said:
No. I used Odin to reinstall nc5 due to a brick problem. One too many experiments with my phone. Anyway, it was clean when it took the update.
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If you are game i will send you a file to update to ng6 using the new safestrap. Ss should continue working after the update. But you will have to be back on stock nc5.
Has anyone been able to install and use SS v3.75 on the new NG6 build?
I545_NC5_to_NG6_KeepRoot_OTA.zip
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Has anyone been able to install and use SS v3.75 on the new NG6 build?
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Assuming the answer is no to the above question can someone try the following and see if it allows you to update to NG6, Keep your root access, and allow you to continue to use ss v3.75 after the update:
This "KeepRoot" method uses a modified version of the official NC5 to NG6 OTA Update.zip to upgrade while maintaining your User Data & Root Access!
**Prerequisite** This method requires that your NC5 system is 100% stock except for root and Safestrap. The update will fail if any system files have been modified or deleted, e.g. thru Xposed, etc. You must first restore the stock files or reflash back to stock NC5 and re-root. If you are not 100% stock please don't waste your time by attempting this method.
Here it is: I545_NC5_to_NG6_KeepRoot_OTA.zip
1. Place the I545_NC5_to_NG6_KeepRoot_OTA.zip in the root of your ext sdcard.
2. Use Towelroot-v3.apk to root your device.
3. Install Safestrap-I545-3.75-KitKat.apk
4. Boot into Safestrap recovery but Do Not Wipe!
5. Flash the I545_NC5_to_NG6_KeepRoot_OTA.zip in the "Stock Slot." Once flashing is complete press "Home" and reboot into "Download Mode".
6. Last, flash the I545_NG6_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 in Odin's PDA slot(AP in Odin v3.09+).
Once complete the phone will reboot then "optimize apps" before completely rebooting. Done!
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Assuming the answer is no to the above question can someone try the following and see if it allows you to update to NG6, Keep your root access, and allow you to continue to use ss v3.75 after the update:
This "KeepRoot" method uses a modified version of the official NC5 to NG6 OTA Update.zip to upgrade while maintaining your User Data & Root Access!
**Prerequisite** This method requires that your NC5 system is 100% stock except for root and Safestrap. The update will fail if any system files have been modified or deleted, e.g. thru Xposed, etc. You must first restore the stock files or reflash back to stock NC5 and re-root. If you are not 100% stock please don't waste your time by attempting this method.
Here it is: I545_NC5_to_NG6_KeepRoot_OTA.zip
1. Place the I545_NC5_to_NG6_KeepRoot_OTA.zip in the root of your ext sdcard.
2. Use Towelroot-v3.apk to root your device.
3. Install Safestrap-I545-3.75-KitKat.apk
4. Boot into Safestrap recovery but Do Not Wipe!
5. Flash the I545_NC5_to_NG6_KeepRoot_OTA.zip in the "Stock Slot." Once flashing is complete press "Home" and reboot into "Download Mode".
6. Last, flash the I545_NG6_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 in Odin's PDA slot(AP in Odin v3.09+).
Once complete the phone will reboot then "optimize apps" before completely rebooting. Done!
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Muniz how is that possible? Can I even Odin back to nc5 after I already updated to ng6? Isn't it a different kernel?
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I'm getting on my phone that towelroot v3 my phone is not supported
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Muniz how is that possible? Can I even Odin back to nc5 after I already updated to ng6? Isn't it a different kernel?
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Yes you can odin back to nc5.
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Yes you can odin back to nc5.
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muniz thanks for your help. I didn't know I could odin back. Thought I was stuck on ng6. Im staying on nc5 for now. Was randomly rebooting on ng6. SS3.75 installed fine on nc5.