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
Hightower24 said:
I believe either one will. But from nc5, you just need towelroot
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thanks. So would it be an accurate statement that at this point in time, unless someone just wants a stock rooted nk1, there's really no point in rooting an nk1 because you just need to downgrade to nc5 anyway, and then re-root again, in order to flash any custom roms; And you do not need root to downgrade via Odin, correct?
technique00 said:
thanks. So would it be an accurate statement that at this point in time, unless someone just wants a stock rooted nk1, there's really no point in rooting an nk1 because you just need to downgrade to nc5 anyway, and then re-root again, in order to flash any custom roms; And you do not need root to downgrade via Odin, correct?
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For me it's just preference. Most roms are nc5 based. There are modules and fixes out for those on nk1, but for me, I have always had issues with it. Downgrading to nc5 eliminated the problems. You still need to flash modules and wifi fixes, but I find it to be far more stable. No, you don't need to be rooted to use Odin. If you do plan on downgrading, I would suggest the full wipe. Some have experienced issues with the non wipe. Hope all this helps.
luisdroid5000 said:
Hi i try ti downgrade to nc5 and did not Work the phone freeze. I try hyperrom i like it but WiFi never Work and have to do a restore and lost root and safestrap, i think i cant go back to nc5
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I also had NC5 originally and upgraded to NK1 by accident and now that i have tried to downgrade to NC5 my phone freezes i get a notification that the android.process.acore, process.acore.media and that Gmail has stopped and i can't do anything, any fix or recommendations ? I did the no wipe factory with odin 3.09 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Thanks for the help.
FedeHolyGhost said:
I also had NC5 originally and upgraded to NK1 by accident and now that i have tried to downgrade to NC5 my phone freezes i get a notification that the android.process.acore, process.acore.media and that Gmail has stopped and i can't do anything, any fix or recommendations ? I did the no wipe factory with odin 3.09 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Thanks for the help.
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Do the full wipe nc5, it should take care of it. The non wipe is hit or miss when it comes to problems.
luisdroid5000 said:
Hi i try ti downgrade to nc5 and did not Work the phone freeze. I try hyperrom i like it but WiFi never Work and have to do a restore and lost root and safestrap, i think i cant go back to nc5
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Hightower24 said:
Do the full wipe nc5, it should take care of it. The non wipe is hit or miss when it comes to problems.
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Thanks just did it and it worked, i could finally install safestrap now and did the full wipe and install of the JFLTE-GPE rom ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2643031 ) and after succesfully installation and reboot it just boots into android recovery. Any fix ? Thanks
FedeHolyGhost said:
Thanks just did it and it worked, i could finally install safestrap now and did the full wipe and install of the JFLTE-GPE rom ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2643031 ) and after succesfully installation and reboot it just boots into android recovery. Any fix ? Thanks
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Also tried flashing the cm12 with safestrap and happened the same, what am i doing wrong ?
FedeHolyGhost said:
Also tried flashing the cm12 with safestrap and happened the same, what am i doing wrong ?
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We can't flash cm or any aosp roms. Our phones are locked down. There might be 1 or 2 GPE roms that will work with some tweaking. Other than that, we are stuck with TW based roms
Hightower24 said:
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 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.
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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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
Hi guys, I'm currently running a Hyperdrive RLS10 ROM, but I'm looking into the future with the new KitKat release, and I was interested in trying some of those features when sbreen updates his Hyperdrive ROM. Thing is, I'm a Verizon ME7 user with an MDK phone, and I have no idea how to take advantage of these new features, as from what I read so far, a simple reflash won't work. Can someone tell me exactly what I have to do to get from ME7 to MJ7 and still have my app data and messages? The rest I could reconfigure but I really need to keep the app data.
I've read things about having to ODIN back to stock, and whatnot, but won't that technically kill all the stuff on my phone with no recovery? :/
EDIT: after a bit of looking I'm reading that since I have an MDK phone it's actually fairly valuable for this, but I don't get exactly what for.
Ryukouki said:
EDIT: after a bit of looking I'm reading that since I have an MDK phone it's actually fairly valuable for this, but I don't get exactly what for.
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Because you can flash ROMs via TWRP.
MDK has the LOKI exploit available with a bootloader that can be bypassed or hijacked.
Look in the ROM area.
You will find what you need.
There are ROMs based on MJ7 4.3 that won't screw up your phone.
You just need TWRP.
tech_head said:
Because you can flash ROMs via TWRP.
MDK has the LOKI exploit available with a bootloader that can be bypassed or hijacked.
Look in the ROM area.
You will find what you need.
There are ROMs based on MJ7 4.3 that won't screw up your phone.
You just need TWRP.
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Will I need to ODIN or any of that though? And Hyperdrive is at the moment based on 4.3 MJ7 so all I need to do is have TWRP and then I can just flash RLS12 onto my phone like a regular ROM installation?
Ryukouki said:
Will I need to ODIN or any of that though? And Hyperdrive is at the moment based on 4.3 MJ7 so all I need to do is have TWRP and then I can just flash RLS12 onto my phone like a regular ROM installation?
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what recovery do have loaded and how did you flash HD10? You would flash any custom rom the same way. As long as you haven't taken any OTAs or odin'd a higher level firmware you should be good to go
I feel like I'm missing something obvious here. I've tried a couple of times to load a KK ROM on my S4 with MDK. I've tried Hyperdrive and a few others. No matter what I do, I can't get Bluetooth to function after installing the KK ROM. I've tried updating the radios and that hasn't helped either.
I'd be willing to give up MDK but I don't know anything about flashing with SS/Odin so I was hoping to stay on MDK so I can use TWRP. Could that be the problem? Thanks for any guidance, I really appreciate it.
--FCOD
flyingcowofdoom said:
I feel like I'm missing something obvious here. I've tried a couple of times to load a KK ROM on my S4 with MDK. I've tried Hyperdrive and a few others. No matter what I do, I can't get Bluetooth to function after installing the KK ROM. I've tried updating the radios and that hasn't helped either.
I'd be willing to give up MDK but I don't know anything about flashing with SS/Odin so I was hoping to stay on MDK so I can use TWRP. Could that be the problem? Thanks for any guidance, I really appreciate it.
--FCOD
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How many Touchwiz ROMs have you tried?, And have you tried any AOSP ROMs like CM or Slim?
I wouldn't give up your MDK!!
I'd try a couple more roms and then if that doesn't fix it use Odin and start over with stock MDK and root .. custom recovery it.
Also... Try flashing KToonsez kernel along with whatever TW ROMs your into and see if that helps.
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I tried (besides Hyperdrive):
TW 4.4.2 Stock Verizon I545VRUFNC5 For MDK BootLoader - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2721118
ChaosROM-VZW-V2.6-NCx-4.4.2-SS-MDK-MULTI-THEMED-SUPER FAST-A NEW LEVEL OF SHARP - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799899
I didn't try any AOSP roms, I guess I could try CM. I can just flash it with TWRP right?
I also tried using the KToonsez kernel that came with Hyperdrive 17. I guess I'll try starting from scratch again if CM doesn't work, could you point me in the right direction for using Odin to return to stock? Thanks for your help.
--FCOD
flyingcowofdoom said:
I tried (besides Hyperdrive):
TW 4.4.2 Stock Verizon I545VRUFNC5 For MDK BootLoader - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2721118
ChaosROM-VZW-V2.6-NCx-4.4.2-SS-MDK-MULTI-THEMED-SUPER FAST-A NEW LEVEL OF SHARP - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799899
I didn't try any AOSP roms, I guess I could try CM. I can just flash it with TWRP right?
I also tried using the KToonsez kernel that came with Hyperdrive 17. I guess I'll try starting from scratch again if CM doesn't work, could you point me in the right direction for using Odin to return to stock? Thanks for your help.
--FCOD
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Here's the MDK Odin file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41680619
And yes just flash any AOSP ROM + Gapps in recovery after wiping your current ROM. Most ROMs have all the directions with links right in the OP.
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Hey guys,
I wanted to get a ROM on my gs4, but as far as I can see, there is a problem.
Will any ROMS work with the NG6 Kernel. I have rooted it using the root method by Muniz HERE(Flashing NC5, then back to NG6). I want either hyperdrive or stock android. Please help.
XxD34THxX said:
Hey guys,
I wanted to get a ROM on my gs4, but as far as I can see, there is a problem.
Will any ROMS work with the NG6 Kernel. I have rooted it using the root method by Muniz HERE(Flashing NC5, then back to NG6). I want either hyperdrive or stock android. Please help.
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What dont u just revert back to NC5 and then just install custom roms . As far as i know the Safestrap Recovery works on nc5 it does not work on ng6..
I end up in a soft brick with it saying something with the kernel being invalid, then I have to go back to NG6.
ahmed.zubair said:
What dont u just revert back to NC5 and then just install custom roms . As far as i know the Safestrap Recovery works on nc5 it does not work on ng6..
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Safestrap 3.75 works with ng6 from what I have read. I agree though, downgrade to nc5. Ng6 is so buggy it isn't worth it.
Just rooted my wife's of1 and looking for a basic ROM to install so I can have the WiFi tether available.
Its been a while since I've been on here and not fimiliar with what to use and what not.
My phone has safestrap and 4.4 still.
From what I've read safestrap can't be used on of1....
Thanks
James
jcwilliams said:
Just rooted my wife's of1 and looking for a basic ROM to install so I can have the WiFi tether available.
Its been a while since I've been on here and not fimiliar with what to use and what not.
My phone has safestrap and 4.4 still.
From what I've read safestrap can't be used on of1....
Thanks
James
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You need to install flashfire cant find with aptoide, then download the stanglitre rom for non mdk and use the instructions for flashed with flasfire, is the only rom i find for this firmware.
jesuskaoz said:
You need to install flashfire cant find with aptoide, then download the stanglitre rom for non mdk and use the instructions for flashed with flasfire, is the only rom i find for this firmware.
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jcwilliams said:
Just rooted my wife's of1 and looking for a basic ROM to install so I can have the WiFi tether available.
Its been a while since I've been on here and not fimiliar with what to use and what not.
My phone has safestrap and 4.4 still.
From what I've read safestrap can't be used on of1....
Thanks
James
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Stang5litre is a great ROM, as said by jesuskaoz. It is a debloated stock with better performance and battery life. I didn't check the wifi tether though.
If you want to have some more fun, Albe95's S6 port is pretty good, it's what I'm running now. It's performance is great, and its cool to have all of the S6 features, but battery life isn't as good as stang5litre. It has working wifi tether. But be careful when you install it; I had two bootloops trying to. To install it you must flash OC1 kernel and follow the OF1 Bootloader instructions. Hope I helped and have fun with a new ROM!
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bkkzak said:
If he is on the OF1 bootloader then he would NOT want to flash the OC1 kernel as that would cause a soft brick. @jcwilliams would just want to follow the OF1 bl instructions
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Well I went with the stock rooted ROM and flashed it per instructions while I was on of1 and I am soft bricked. It just sits at the s4 screen then after a few mins it reboots and does the same thing. Not sure what I did wrong but I'm trying to find a stable net connection to download the tar which is 2.4 gb
jcwilliams said:
Well I went with the stock rooted ROM and flashed it per instructions while I was on of1 and I am soft bricked. It just sits at the s4 screen then after a few mins it reboots and does the same thing. Not sure what I did wrong but I'm trying to find a stable net connection to download the tar which is 2.4 gb
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Same thing happened to me trying to flash stock rooted too... Had to flash stock OF1 firmware again via odin and root again... Not a big deal but lost all data on phone and it takes a while to do.
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bkkzak said:
If he is on the OF1 bootloader then he would NOT want to flash the OC1 kernel as that would cause a soft brick. @jcwilliams would just want to follow the OF1 bl instructions
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No... As long as he's on stock ROM you can flash OC1 kernel no problem. That's how OF1 people obtain root in the first place.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/general/root-of1-t3249971
Well I flashed again and got a system not responding error and all I could do is pull down the notification bar. So I'm guessing that flashfire is the issue or I got a bad download of the ROM.
Downloading from a different mirror now and flashing tar again....
zfrnz said:
No... As long as he's on stock ROM you can flash OC1 kernel no problem. That's how OF1 people obtain root in the first place.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/general/root-of1-t3249971
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Ya you're absolutely right, my bad. Lol that's how I got root on my daily driver, don't know what I was thinking
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jcwilliams said:
Well I flashed again and got a system not responding error and all I could do is pull down the notification bar. So I'm guessing that flashfire is the issue or I got a bad download of the ROM.
Downloading from a different mirror now and flashing tar again....
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Are you using FlashFire v.24? That's what I used to flash the Odex and DeOdexed rom's by muniz_ri and they worked fine
bkkzak said:
Ya you're absolutely right, my bad. Lol that's how I got root on my daily driver, don't know what I was thinking
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Are you using FlashFire v.24? That's what I used to flash the Odex and DeOdexed rom's by muniz_ri and they worked fine
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Yes I googled it it went to their website and I downloaded the latest. I'll double check their version in a min.
jcwilliams said:
Yes I googled it it went to their website and I downloaded the latest. I'll double check their version in a min.
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I literally had the same problem as you. Tried to flash of1 rooted and got boot loop.
If you have some time, the easiest solution to your problem is to flash stock, re root, and start all over again. Like I said, it takes some time, but it's an easy process.
zfrnz said:
I literally had the same problem as you. Tried to flash of1 rooted and got boot loop.
If you have some time, the easiest solution to your problem is to flash stock, re root, and start all over again. Like I said, it takes some time, but it's an easy process.
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Yea that's what I've been doing this will be my 3rd time rooting this phone lol I'm determined to get this to work.
jcwilliams said:
Yea that's what I've been doing this will be my 3rd time rooting this phone lol I'm determined to get this to work.
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I feel you!
This is what worked for me:
-Root
-STAY on OC1 kernel
-Flash Albe's s6 port
Should boot in 10-15 minutes
I don't remember what kernel I was on when I flashed stang's ROM
Good luck I'll check in again tomorrow.
jcwilliams said:
Yes I googled it it went to their website and I downloaded the latest. I'll double check their version in a min.
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I don't believe they have a website. I would go to the Flashfire thread, join the beta group, download the app Direct from the play store.
When I flashed muniz_ri's rooted OF1 DeOdexed rom, I was on OF1 with OF1 kernel, though I believe it flashes modem, non-hlos, and kernel anyways
bkkzak said:
I don't believe they have a website. I would go to the Flashfire thread, join the beta group, download the app Direct from the play store.
When I flashed muniz_ri's rooted OF1 DeOdexed rom, I was on OF1 with OF1 kernel, though I believe it flashes modem, non-hlos, and kernel anyways
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Yea I'm on the latest v.24 beta.
I'm going to mess with it again tonight and see what I get and will report back.
Thanks for the help
So I just tried it again and as soon as I hit the bolt to start the screen goes all black and hasn't turned back on. Is it flashing? Do I leave it like that?
I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong.
So I walked away from it and came back and it's on. How do I know if it flashed? All apps are still there and nothing has changed.
Edit...
I flashed the tether hack and it did the same thing rebooted and still no tether. So nothing is being flashed.
Edit again...
Forgot to install SuperSU so it actually flashed the ROM but wouldn't load. Got stuck on a black screen for about 10mins. Back to sq 1 again
Finally got the damn thing on her phone. I was flashing the wrong kernal after rooting. Left the oc1 kernal on the phone then flashed and it went through fine.
Thanks for all the help.