Phone Specs:
Samsung Galaxy S4 Verizon
Model: SCH-1545
Andriod Version: 4.4.2
Ive been trying to install clockwork but so far no luck...ive attempted to use loki method but i get something like loki does not match the device using terminal emulator, odin straight up fails and safestrap says its in installed but i only see the stock recovery. Ive moved on to install rom manager and i see the samsung logo with a lock that is unlocked but the recovery is still stock.
Ive spent a couple days on this so i feel its time to get direct help if anyone's up for it, and thx if give this a read and decided to help
BettermanAtlas said:
Phone Specs:
Samsung Galaxy S4 Verizon
Model: SCH-1545
Andriod Version: 4.4.2
Ive been trying to install clockwork but so far no luck...ive attempted to use loki method but i get something like loki does not match the device using terminal emulator, odin straight up fails and safestrap says its in installed but i only see the stock recovery. Ive moved on to install rom manager and i see the samsung logo with a lock that is unlocked but the recovery is still stock.
Ive spent a couple days on this so i feel its time to get direct help if anyone's up for it, and thx if give this a read and decided to help
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you can only use safestrap. you cannot flash a ROM with a custom kernel as far as i've heard. you have the knox locked bootloader. you cannot downgrade the bootloader
FordNate said:
you can only use safestrap. you cannot flash a ROM with a custom kernel as far as i've heard. you have the knox locked bootloader. you cannot downgrade the bootloader
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then do you know how i should install clockwork mod because anytime i try to i get installation complete/successful but nothing changes..(i also attempted to install resurrection remix but got the same result)
BettermanAtlas said:
then do you know how i should install clockwork mod because anytime i try to i get installation complete/successful but nothing changes..(i also attempted to install resurrection remix but got the same result)
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you cannot install clockwork mod sorry
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Can anyone help a noob?
I recently purchased a Galaxy S4 from verizon and rooted it using the VRUAME7 Build. However, all the bloatware that remains on the phone is making me want to flash Cyanogenmod.
Problem:
Using ROM Manager (which has always worked on my previous phones) every time I flash into recovery mode it flashes onto Samsung Recovery 3e NOT into TWRP, which I have flashed on my phone and need to use to install any custom ROMS.
Could anyone tell me how to disable Samsung Recovery 3e so I can use TWRP and flash the new ROM?
Or how, using Samsung Recovery 3e, I can flash a new ROM?
Aury said:
Can anyone help a noob?
I recently purchased a Galaxy S4 from verizon and rooted it using the VRUAME7 Build. However, all the bloatware that remains on the phone is making me want to flash Cyanogenmod.
Problem:
Using ROM Manager (which has always worked on my previous phones) every time I flash into recovery mode it flashes onto Samsung Recovery 3e NOT into TWRP, which I have flashed on my phone and need to use to install any custom ROMS.
Could anyone tell me how to disable Samsung Recovery 3e so I can use TWRP and flash the new ROM?
Or how, using Samsung Recovery 3e, I can flash a new ROM?
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Your only option at present is Safestrap. It's the only recovery that allows custom roms on the ME7. Developer is Hashcode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=null
Also a thread about Roms that work with Safestrap. CM is not one of them. But you will enjoy Hyperdrive, Eclipse and others. Everything from a near AOSP to TouchWiz to the max.
Sent from my Hyperdriven Dev Edition Vzw SCH-I545 with KT kernel using Tapatalk 4
wtherrell said:
CM is not one of them.
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I have an S4 that, of course, before I started this journey I updated to the MI1 build.
Just going through this myself. I have Safe Strap 3.6.2 flashed and am trying to get CM on my phone. Every time I boot up after flashing the ROM it just shows a black screen. I waited around 15 minutes (so far) to no avail. Watching this video makes me think that it is at least possible with Safe Strap and CM 10.1. Is it just not possible on the S4? Am I completely unable to get CM at current?
If this is the case why are they making builds for the S4? Is there an old stock ROM that I could flash, root and then install from or is it just a VZW thing? I don't understand why they'd make a build for a phone that can't install a recovery that can install their ROM...
alburdet619 said:
I have an S4 that, of course, before I started this journey I updated to the MI1 build.
Just going through this myself. I have Safe Strap 3.6.2 flashed and am trying to get CM on my phone. Every time I boot up after flashing the ROM it just shows a black screen. I waited around 15 minutes (so far) to no avail. Watching this video makes me think that it is at least possible with Safe Strap and CM 10.1. Is it just not possible on the S4? Am I completely unable to get CM at current?
If this is the case why are they making builds for the S4? Is there an old stock ROM that I could flash, root and then install from or is it just a VZW thing? I don't understand why they'd make a build for a phone that can't install a recovery that can install their ROM...
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With the original build, (MDK), there was an exploit that let you bypass the bootloader, so you could flash any ROM. Since the updates, (ME7 and MI1) that exploit has been locked and there is no way, as of now, to bypass the bootloader. Also, there is no way to go back to MDK once the phone has been updated. The only option for ME7 and MI1 users is to use Safestrap, with the appropriate kernel module, and flash TW ROMs only.
alburdet619 said:
I have an S4 that, of course, before I started this journey I updated to the MI1 build.
Just going through this myself. I have Safe Strap 3.6.2 flashed and am trying to get CM on my phone. Every time I boot up after flashing the ROM it just shows a black screen. I waited around 15 minutes (so far) to no avail. Watching this video makes me think that it is at least possible with Safe Strap and CM 10.1. Is it just not possible on the S4? Am I completely unable to get CM at current?
If this is the case why are they making builds for the S4? Is there an old stock ROM that I could flash, root and then install from or is it just a VZW thing? I don't understand why they'd make a build for a phone that can't install a recovery that can install their ROM...
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It is not possible to install CyanogenMod on any revision later than MDK at the moment.
They're building CM for the S4 for those fortunate enough to have revision MDK, which has a bootloader that can be bypassed.
Aury said:
Can anyone help a noob?
I recently purchased a Galaxy S4 from verizon and rooted it using the VRUAME7Build.
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I see your question has been answered, let me add a little information that may save you reading a few billion posts here!
The Galaxy S4 has a locked bootloader that cannot be unlocked so far.
There is a workaround called Loki that bypasses the bootloader to allow a new bootloader such as CM or TWRP to be flashed.
The ME7 build "fixed" the exploit that Loki used to bypass the bootloader so you're now stuck with the stock bootloader.
Start reading up on SafeStrap, that allows some TouchWiz ROMs to be flashed to the SD card but, so far, no non-TW ROMs work.
Sorry but at least some devs are still working on unlocking the bootloader, let's hope they are successful.
Hi, i recently rooted my verizon galaxy s4 with software version 4.3 and MJ7 build using the chinese superuser method etc. I wanted to install a rom so i have been searching for a way to install (any) recovery but everything doesnt work! I tried using gooManager but it always gives me an error. I tried installing cwm through ROM manager but after i installed it and "booted into recovery", it got me stuck in download mode which then i had to do a battery pull and cancel the operation.
I really want to install any recovery on my phone so i can install ROMS and be safe incase i brick my phone. PLEASE HELP!!!!
Any threads that cover this issue would be helpful, but i havent been able to find one! if you have any links or downloads with instructions, that would be very helpful
Thanks
bballnerd102 said:
Hi, i recently rooted my verizon galaxy s4 with software version 4.3 and MJ7 build using the chinese superuser method etc. I wanted to install a rom so i have been searching for a way to install (any) recovery but everything doesnt work! I tried using gooManager but it always gives me an error. I tried installing cwm through ROM manager but after i installed it and "booted into recovery", it got me stuck in download mode which then i had to do a battery pull and cancel the operation.
I really want to install any recovery on my phone so i can install ROMS and be safe incase i brick my phone. PLEASE HELP!!!!
Any threads that cover this issue would be helpful, but i havent been able to find one! if you have any links or downloads with instructions, that would be very helpful
Thanks
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I'm in the exact same boat as you right now. As far as I know there is no recovery not the ability to flash ROMs on this phone running mj7.
iDontMissMyiPhone said:
I'm in the exact same boat as you right now. As far as I know there is no recovery not the ability to flash ROMs on this phone running mj7.
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Same here. I have read that Verizon is making it big time hard to root and then do anything else. Please if anyone else figures out what is being asked here, help us out.
Can we odin backwards ? so far what i am seeing we cant
I just got a Tmobile Galaxy s5, and before I did anything, it updated to Lollypop. Great, but it's not rooted, and I would like to either root it, OR just install a CM12 rom on it.
I am not sure how to install recovery on this phone as it sits, and since LP is pretty new, there has not been much talk about rooting or installing a recovery on it.
TIA.
eatonjb said:
I just got a Tmobile Galaxy s5, and before I did anything, it updated to Lollypop. Great, but it's not rooted, and I would like to either root it, OR just install a CM12 rom on it.
I am not sure how to install recovery on this phone as it sits, and since LP is pretty new, there has not been much talk about rooting or installing a recovery on it.
TIA.
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You can use Odin to install a custom recovery, just download your recovery and flash it with Odin.
Then you can install a custom rom of your choice. If you want to root Stock Lollipop, not sure how to do that...
Hello, I'm a new user who's been lurking around this forum for quite some time to assist in my phone's rooting process. I have a Samsung Galaxy s4 SCH-I545 that I recently rooted using towelroot after flashing it back to an NC5 kernel. I've brought it back to an NK1 kernel and everything's working fine in terms of root. SuperSU works and the phone is fully rooted, but I'm trying to install CyanogenMod through CWM. I flashed it through Rom Manager, and according to the app, the phone should boot into Clockwork Work Recovery Mode. Unfortunately, I keep getting the stock recovery mode that shows the android on its back with "No command" under it. Any help as to how to get this working would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Kabui said:
Hello, I'm a new user who's been lurking around this forum for quite some time to assist in my phone's rooting process. I have a Samsung Galaxy s4 SCH-I545 that I recently rooted using towelroot after flashing it back to an NC5 kernel. I've brought it back to an NK1 kernel and everything's working fine in terms of root. SuperSU works and the phone is fully rooted, but I'm trying to install CyanogenMod through CWM. I flashed it through Rom Manager, and according to the app, the phone should boot into Clockwork Work Recovery Mode. Unfortunately, I keep getting the stock recovery mode that shows the android on its back with "No command" under it. Any help as to how to get this working would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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CWM will not work on anything over MDK. Are you able to load into android? If not download Odin and your stock NK1, reroot, and install SafeStrap. Hope this helped.
Thanks for the help. I was able to load up android and the Safestrap installed perfectly. Now I just have to see if I can install CM with this.
Kabui said:
Thanks for the help. I was able to load up android and the Safestrap installed perfectly. Now I just have to see if I can install CM with this.
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CM is not compatible with SS at the current time, however, most TouchWiz based roms are. I am running HyperDrive on my MDK TWRP S4, due to dating a chinese girl and I need S Translator, and it runs like a champ.
I really did not know what to title this, here goes:
I have a Verizon SGS 4 (SCH-I545), running stock 4.4.2, no custom recovery (am currently running the stock recovery B.S.), bootloader I545VRUFNK4, build ID KOT49H.I545VRUFNK4, release date 4/26/13 & have been rooted with KingRoot V. 4.8.0135 and is unlocked (haven't really any idea what that means, upon boot-up it shows an unlocked lock icon and says CUSTOM, the dealer I bought it from, just a shop where they buy & sell new/used phones, said that it is unlocked for use on any carrier I want.)
Now I don't know how important, if at all, all of that is but I want to update to the most up-to-date OS, reroot & maybe start flashing new custom roms.
The problem is I don't have access to a computer without install restrictions, meaning I can download things but I can't install them without admin name & password trying it directly from the settings (Settings/More/Software update) it keeps saying service unavailable...
I'm lost, is there any way to update via stock recovery or install a custom recovery (TWRP/CWM) via stock recovery or a root app?
I would suggest you to upgrade your phone with a custom rom, elseway if you do it with any official update your bootloader will be upgraded and there are a lot of cons with that.
We cannot have TWRP, CWM or other recovery (thanks to the bootloader), so the best you can do it's getting SafeStrap and then flash any of these custom roms:
stang5litre Ediition 5.0
Albe95 S6 FULL PORT 4.7
Albe95 ASTRA v2 Note 5 PORT
(I listed those because you want to update your phone). You can find SafeStrap and the roms in Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development sub-forum
SafeStrap must not be compatible with my phone cause I tried to use it multiple times but it is not installing any recovery, I'm still stuck on stock recovery.
AlphaTekk said:
SafeStrap must not be compatible with my phone cause I tried to use it multiple times but it is not installing any recovery, I'm still stuck on stock recovery.
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I'm in the same bootloader so you should be able to install it, you just need SuperSU as your superuser app and busybox
Busybox, ya, I have it and ran it but KingRoot installed it's own supersu thing and it won't let me switch, if there'sa way to switch to supersu from the Play store, how?
The recovery is being overwritten by a script in the system. The title of the file is..
Install.recovery.sh
Rename this file with adding ".bak" then reinstall safestrap
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I searched Root Explorer but have no idea where this is found, maybe you could point me in the right direction.
Ok, my phone's settings say I545VRUFNK1 for baseband but the build number says KOT49H.I545VRUFNK4 and Samsung Smart Switch comes up with FNK4 (VZW)! It is a Verizon SCH-I545 but how can I update it without Smart Switch cause it keeps saying its up to date?
Can I use Odin and what recovery would I use with Odin?