I updated from ME7 to MJ7 with success than I flashed philz recovery with the root tools app and got the message
Secure fail: kernel
" system software not authorized by verizon wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest verizon wireless store for help."
After I managed to boot back into my stock rooted phone and flashed CWM from rom manager and with no luck got the same message.
What do you think I should do? I really don't want to have to Odin back to stock and root with root de la Vegas again.
Discard when upgrading is very dangerous. You may have to Odin back to stock and root de la Vegas again
is your phone originally mdk base and you are loki'd? if not, the ONLY recovery available is safestrap. You will have to ODIN your phone and do some reading
decaturbob said:
is your phone originally mdk base and you are loki'd? if not, the ONLY recovery available is safestrap. You will have to ODIN your phone and do some reading
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My phone was loki'd and than I updated and must of lost it so I guess I'm going to have to use safestrap?
N0obster said:
My phone was loki'd and than I updated and must of lost it so I guess I'm going to have to use safestrap?
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if you took the update, you are screwed with custom recovery except for safestrap
So if I have safestrap I have to have a backup of the stock rom right? Or can I just install a custom rom and get rid of the stock rom?
N0obster said:
So if I have safestrap I have to have a backup of the stock rom right? Or can I just install a custom rom and get rid of the stock rom?
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Read the Safestrap threads. The answers to your questions are complicated, particularly the "get rid of the stock rom" since that's possible but risky.
YOU will need to judge whether or not you will take that risk based on understanding how Safestrap works.
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So if I have safestrap I have to have a backup of the stock rom right? Or can I just install a custom rom and get rid of the stock rom?
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Always back up the stock rom.
Like he said read up.
It gets complicated. I'm running Hyperdrive on my stock slot but there are risks.
Verizon Galaxy S4
Safestrap 3.7
HYPERDRIVE 11
N0obster said:
So if I have safestrap I have to have a backup of the stock rom right? Or can I just install a custom rom and get rid of the stock rom?
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to me the risks of losing the stock rom isn't worth it...especially if all this is new to you. You can always go back in the future and do i
decaturbob said:
to me the risks of losing the stock rom isn't worth it...especially if all this is new to you. You can always go back in the future and do i
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You're definitely right there. I had to play the Odin game myself and I think for the time being HD11 is going to serve as my stock and I'm going to use Rom slots from now on.
Verizon Galaxy S4
Safestrap 3.7
HYPERDRIVE 11
I have been on quite a wild ride for the past week trying to get my vzw gs4 4.4.2 nk1 rooted...i was finally abl ebb to get rooted on nk1 usingnodin to flash back and forth and using towelroot and now im rooted....now i have no idea how to flash a custom rom like hyperdrive because theres no information on doing it running nk1 build...if anyone can send me a link or break down step by step how i can flash hyperdrive or another custom rom to my gs4 i would greatly apreciate it...i have safestrap installed and am able to boot into recovery...i dont want to try methods for other build until i knowni wont brick my phone lol thank you
mikefitz7907 said:
I have been on quite a wild ride for the past week trying to get my vzw gs4 4.4.2 nk1 rooted...i was finally abl ebb to get rooted on nk1 usingnodin to flash back and forth and using towelroot and now im rooted....now i have no idea how to flash a custom rom like hyperdrive because theres no information on doing it running nk1 build...if anyone can send me a link or break down step by step how i can flash hyperdrive or another custom rom to my gs4 i would greatly apreciate it...i have safestrap installed and am able to boot into recovery...i dont want to try methods for other build until i knowni wont brick my phone lol thank you
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I believe you have to downgrade to nc5, but im not completely sure. There are tutorials on the forums!
Merry Christmas
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?
Thanks
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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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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 ?
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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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I haven't kept up much since since I installed safestrap 3.72 on ME7 and started using the Jellybeans rom. I'd appreciate if someone could answer a few questions I have after trying to read up on stuff.
I'd like to try the kitpop rom and it requires safestrap 3.75 a03 and NC5 or NK1. My main question is can I use my ME7 based rom still if I upgrade? I also read that the newest safestrap doesn't like backups from older versions, so is there a safe way to upgrade and keep my rom slot intact?
Thanks
pball said:
I haven't kept up much since since I installed safestrap 3.72 on ME7 and started using the Jellybeans rom. I'd appreciate if someone could answer a few questions I have after trying to read up on stuff.
I'd like to try the kitpop rom and it requires safestrap 3.75 a03 and NC5 or NK1. My main question is can I use my ME7 based rom still if I upgrade? I also read that the newest safestrap doesn't like backups from older versions, so is there a safe way to upgrade and keep my rom slot intact?
Thanks
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Once you go to nc5 or nk1, as far as I know you won't be able to go back to me7. With the other question, I'm not on 3.75 so I'm not sure about back up issues.
I know I won't be able to get my phone back to ME7, but will it prevent an ME7 based rom from working in safestrap if I upgrade to NC5.
pball said:
I know I won't be able to get my phone back to ME7, but will it prevent an ME7 based rom from working in safestrap if I upgrade to NC5.
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If you are on nc5 and flash to older than nc5 (and nc2) like a 4.3 mk2 rom, it won't work and you'll have to Odin back to nc5.
Brian
Thanks. Guess I'll stick with what I have, never been too adventurous with my phones.
Hi guys, came home to find that the Lolipop ROM seems to have hit my phone.
I'm running 4.4.2 NK1 (Safestrap) on stock. I rooted using the Odin method of temporarily changing back to NC5 to root with TowelRoot then flashing NK1 back.
My questions are
Is there currently a way to keep root for my device when updating to Lollipop
Is there a way of reverting back to 4.4.2 NK1 if anything bad does happen.
I have a NANDroid backup if that helps me.
Camp As A Champ said:
Hi guys, came home to find that the Lolipop ROM seems to have hit my phone.
I'm running 4.4.2 NK1 (Safestrap) on stock. I rooted using the Odin method of temporarily changing back to NC5 to root with TowelRoot then flashing NK1 back.
My questions are
Is there currently a way to keep root for my device when updating to Lollipop
Is there a way of reverting back to 4.4.2 NK1 if anything bad does happen.
I have a NANDroid backup if that helps me.
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Hi,
You'll lose root (in other words: You should root again). You can go back to 4.4.2 NK1 as long as you have an EFS backup from KK.
Camp As A Champ said:
My questions are
Is there currently a way to keep root for my device when updating to Lollipop
Is there a way of reverting back to 4.4.2 NK1 if anything bad does happen.
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Oh, NO! Search is borken again!
mike.s said:
Oh, NO! Search is borken again!
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I couldn't find anything that I retained to me yesterday. But I found something today.