I am in need of some help with Safestrap.
I currently develop on the T-Mobile Galaxy S4 and the S5. We have no need for Safestrap.
I have rooted my friends Note 2. It's on 4.4.2, and his bootloader is forever locked due to the fact he took the OTA from 4.3 to 4.4.2. My issue is "which" Safestrap can he use?
Like I said, have zero experience with Safestrap and it's workings. Any help on this will be very much appreciated.
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sorry for the late response!
Use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2704992
urphonesux said:
sorry for the late response!
Use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2704992
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Thank you very much bro.........Its never too late my friend
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Hello,
this is my first post, so go easy on me...LOL.
I am trying to root my VZW i545 that has VRUEMK2 4.3 on it now. I have rooted with mj7tool but then can't put a custom recovery on it. I have read on here that that is not possible right now until Hashcode does something with SS? My goal is to be able to run CM11 Kitkat 4.4 or the like on my phone. I am completely new to rooting and such, but managed to get my wifes i605 rooted and flashed within 30mins. So, if anyone/everyone can point me in the right direction, that would be greatly apreciated. Again, I am running VRUEMK2 4.3 on SCH-i545 and want to root/recovery/flash/use kitkat 4.4 from CM11 or Gummy or whoever. Any and all advice/links/programs would be awesome. Thank you.
Caleb
Not possible as of yet because the bootloader is locked so there is no way to get passed that plus safe strap which is the only known work around only works for 4.2 roms and lower. Sorry brother this is the plight of s4 owners.
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warchyld77 said:
Not possible as of yet because the bootloader is locked so there is no way to get passed that plus safe strap which is the only known work around only works for 4.2 roms and lower. Sorry brother this is the plight of s4 owners.
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hmmm....may have to take this out for target practice and go back to the note 2! That thing was super easy to crack.
warchyld77 said:
Not possible as of yet because the bootloader is locked so there is no way to get passed that plus safe strap which is the only known work around only works for 4.2 roms and lower. Sorry brother this is the plight of s4 owners.
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hmmm....may have to take this out for target practice and go back to the note 2! That thing was super easy to crack.
Are there any links/threads that may point me in the right direction? I can fly planes, forecast tornadoes (wx-pilot.com), and build websites, so it shouldn't be to hard to figure out, and who knows....maybe I can contribute something?
MJ7 to MK2
CRELLIOTT0302 said:
Hello,
this is my first post, so go easy on me...LOL.
I am trying to root my VZW i545 that has VRUEMK2 4.3 on it now. I have rooted with mj7tool but then can't put a custom recovery on it. I have read on here that that is not possible right now until Hashcode does something with SS? My goal is to be able to run CM11 Kitkat 4.4 or the like on my phone. I am completely new to rooting and such, but managed to get my wifes i605 rooted and flashed within 30mins. So, if anyone/everyone can point me in the right direction, that would be greatly apreciated. Again, I am running VRUEMK2 4.3 on SCH-i545 and want to root/recovery/flash/use kitkat 4.4 from CM11 or Gummy or whoever. Any and all advice/links/programs would be awesome. Thank you.
Caleb
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Is it possible to go from a rooted 4.3 MJ7 i545 to a rooted i545 with 4.4 and MK2? This will be the most likely configuration when something finally comes out that will give us S4 i545 users the best chance of getting kit kat?
CRELLIOTT0302 said:
hmmm....may have to take this out for target practice and go back to the note 2! That thing was super easy to crack.
Are there any links/threads that may point me in the right direction? I can fly planes, forecast tornadoes (wx-pilot.com), and build websites, so it shouldn't be to hard to figure out, and who knows....maybe I can contribute something?
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Forums are filled with threads discussing bootloader lockdown....Samsung has locked it down pretty tight since mdk firmware and many devs have been looking at what can be done with no luck so far.
Safestrap as given us an opening to a degree. Take some time and do some reading and research..
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
Hi I have an s4 with the mj7 build and I'm rooted and safe strapped and hate hyperdrive I know beggars can't be choosers but I was just wondering if there were any other compatible Roms anyone has used or know of any being developed any help would be greatly appreciated with thanks given
shanemjunior said:
Hi I have an s4 with the mj7 build and I'm rooted and safe strapped and hate hyperdrive I know beggars can't be choosers but I was just wondering if there were any other compatible Roms anyone has used or know of any being developed any help would be greatly appreciated with thanks given
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you got what you got for now.....
can you use Cyanogenmod on MJ7?
nope...unless you had a mdk phone and loki'd it....
I have rooted my MJ7, and I now know that I can't really do anything. Now I am getting this annoying update popup from samsung every time I open my phone. Every time I try and install this update it fails. How can I get rid of this update pop up or make the update install work?
barnaby123 said:
As of right now I am rooted, but was unable to install TWRP recovery via GooManager or through the terminal commands listed on their website. It just didn't work. I would love to install CM11, but I obviously need recovery first. What are my options for recovery?
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You are out of luck only Baseband you can install a recovery on is MDK the first one shipped. You can however install a custom TW Rom with a program called Safestrap best of luck !
ahoslc said:
You are out of luck only Baseband you can install a recovery on is MDK the first one shipped. You can however install a custom TW Rom with a program called Safestrap best of luck !
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Thanks for this. I actually updated my question. Any chance you know the answer?
barnaby123 said:
Thanks for this. I actually updated my question. Any chance you know the answer?
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It most likely want's you to update to MK2. The reason it's not letting you is because you are rooted. Not sure what process to stop to get it to stop coming up.
ahoslc said:
It most likely want's you to update to MK2. The reason it's not letting you is because you are rooted. Not sure what process to stop to get it to stop coming up.
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Would I have better options if I were able to update to mk2?
barnaby123 said:
Would I have better options if I were able to update to mk2?
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I don't think so. I'm still on MJ7 and so are a lot of people. We just don't like ota of any kind that's all. I figured I wasn't taking anymore Chances. But as far as better options.. safestrap and Hyperdrive 12 are your only choices as of now.
Verizon Galaxy S4
SafeStrap 3.71
Hyperdrive 12
So, as of now, those of us still running VRUEMJ7 with TWRP either stay with MJ7 or SafeStrap/HyperDrive?
mastridonicus said:
So, as of now, those of us still running VRUEMJ7 with TWRP either stay with MJ7 or SafeStrap/HyperDrive?
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Well anyone who is not on mdk can only use safestrap.
And si far Hyperdrive is our rom. Couple others are in the works though.
Verizon Galaxy S4
SafeStrap 3.71
Hyperdrive 12
VRUEMJ7 bootloader unlock
Is there anyone actively working on unlocking MJ7 that has a blog/tumblr/thread/etc with ongoing status updates? I got this phone for xmas from my parents and aside from Touchwiz being a POS, I like it for the most part (a few form factor things that bug me with the fkn buttons but not much else) but I'd love to throw CWM and CM11 on it. Some news that it might be unlocked would be awesome; or, worst case, to know nobody is working on it so I can get over it and try to return it and replace it with something less Samsung-encumbered.
sanosuke001 said:
Is there anyone actively working on unlocking MJ7 that has a blog/tumblr/thread/etc with ongoing status updates? I got this phone for xmas from my parents and aside from Touchwiz being a POS, I like it for the most part (a few form factor things that bug me with the fkn buttons but not much else) but I'd love to throw CWM and CM11 on it. Some news that it might be unlocked would be awesome; or, worst case, to know nobody is working on it so I can get over it and try to return it and replace it with something less Samsung-encumbered.
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Here's one group of talented people working hard on it in their spare time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500826
Very interesting to follow.
Verizon Galaxy S4
SafeStrap 3.71
Hyperdrive 12
sanosuke001 said:
Is there anyone actively working on unlocking MJ7 that has a blog/tumblr/thread/etc with ongoing status updates? I got this phone for xmas from my parents and aside from Touchwiz being a POS, I like it for the most part (a few form factor things that bug me with the fkn buttons but not much else) but I'd love to throw CWM and CM11 on it. Some news that it might be unlocked would be awesome; or, worst case, to know nobody is working on it so I can get over it and try to return it and replace it with something less Samsung-encumbered.
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There are a few people still working on it, but their chances are slim to none of ever unlocking it. There's been a $5k bounty on unlocking this phone for the last 7 months with no luck. If you want a VZW S4 that you can flash ROM's on, get a Dev edition or an MDK build off Swappa.
Mistertac said:
Here's one group of talented people working hard on it in their spare time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500826
Very interesting to follow.
Verizon Galaxy S4
SafeStrap 3.71
Hyperdrive 12
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Thanks for the info! (Though at first glance it doesn't look to far along unfortunately...)
sanosuke001 said:
Thanks for the info! (Though at first glance it doesn't look to far along unfortunately...)
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Well I'm no dev/programmer so I can't say much about exactly how far they are but it's still nice to see people working together ya know
Verizon Galaxy S4
SafeStrap 3.71
Hyperdrive 12
Mistertac said:
Well I'm no dev/programmer so I can't say much about exactly how far they are but it's still nice to see people working together ya know
Verizon Galaxy S4
SafeStrap 3.71
Hyperdrive 12
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I'm a software developer so I understand a bit of what the first post was talking about but I'm not great at reverse engineering (but know how difficult it is). I wish I had the skillsets to help :/ Though, as you said, it is good to see people working together but bad that hellsdroid looks like he has legal issues precluding him from working on things at the moment...
I'm running an i545 S4, rooted, hotspot tether, 4.3, MJ7. I ultimately want to be running MK2 4.4 kit kat, rooted, with wifi hotspot. What if anything can I do at this time to get my phone best setup to be ready to take advantage of new releases and who would be the most likely builders. I been read about some stuff cyanogenmod is doing and I like the Toro eclipse rom stuff (inverted) as well. Should I focus on trying to get MK2 build first?
Thanks for your help in advance cuz you guys always come thru!
Michael S.
mshawn3 said:
I'm running an i545 S4, rooted, hotspot tether, 4.3, MJ7. I ultimately want to be running MK2 4.4 kit kat, rooted, with wifi hotspot. What if anything can I do at this time to get my phone best setup to be ready to take advantage of new releases and who would be the most likely builders. I been read about some stuff cyanogenmod is doing and I like the Toro eclipse rom stuff (inverted) as well. Should I focus on trying to get MK2 build first?
Thanks for your help in advance cuz you guys always come thru!
Michael S.
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There is really no telling man at this point. A lot of people are already running CM 4.4 Kitkat but for that you must be on MDK. Your best bet would be for Samsung to release a 4.4 TW build at some point and wait for someone to post build.
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There is really no telling man at this point. A lot of people are already running CM 4.4 Kitkat but for that you must be on MDK. Your best bet would be for Samsung to release a 4.4 TW build at some point and wait for someone to post build.
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What's MDK bro? Is that an older version thats easier to hack
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What's MDK bro? Is that an older version thats easier to hack
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Is it the first version S4 shipped with and at this point there is no way to downgrade to it.
This should be in Q&A
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mshawn3 said:
What's MDK bro? Is that an older version thats easier to hack
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Yeah, to add to what the other poster said, it's the first version that the S4 came out with, and it was easy to hack by using something called Loki, which bypasses the bootloader and lets you change your kernel and run AOSP ROMs.
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What's MDK bro? Is that an older version thats easier to hack
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MK2 isn't 4.4....
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
decaturbob said:
MK2 isn't 4.4....
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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KitKat has not yet been released for the S4. MK2 is just the latest verizon build for the S4. The phone is on 4.3
Questions and Help issues go in Q&A and Help section
Development sections are for developers to post work
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Thanks
FNSM
I apologize for posting in the wrong place
Demiurge7 said:
This should be in Q&A
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Thanks for the info and moving it to the appropriate thread for me.
Hey guys and girls, I have a question for any of you pretty comfortable with SafeStrap...so, I'm helping someone with an update/upgrade - trying to get them to be able to run KitKat ROMs via SafeStrap on his Verizon S4. But first, I need SafeStrap working again.
OK, basically I brought him from MK2 to NC2 using @Surge1223's method and am now on NC2 (I guess its the rooted- leaked version?)
So...my question is, HOW IN THE WORLD do I get SafeStrap back onto his phone while running on NC2? (All I see are links upon links about SS on NC5)
Thanks SO MUCH to anyone who can help me out here... And yes, I've tried reading and reading...no luck yet
calebcabob said:
Hey guys and girls, I have a question for any of you pretty comfortable with SafeStrap...so, I'm helping someone with an update/upgrade - trying to get them to be able to run KitKat ROMs via SafeStrap on his Verizon S4. But first, I need SafeStrap working again.
OK, basically I brought him from MK2 to NC2 using @Surge1223's method and am now on NC2 (I guess its the rooted- leaked version?)
So...my question is, HOW IN THE WORLD do I get SafeStrap back onto his phone while running on NC2? (All I see are links upon links about SS on NC5)
Thanks SO MUCH to anyone who can help me out here... And yes, I've tried reading and reading...no luck yet
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I just did a bit of searching and it seems NC2 is just the leaked version of NC5 and all that changed was a couple apps and a menu. That is secondhand information and may be incorrect I suppose. In any case, I have a NC5 build and used the exact Safestrap APK that I use for my device on my brother in laws S5. I reckon as long as you root/SuperSU/busybox/safestrap you should be good.
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liljoe727 said:
I just did a bit of searching and it seems NC2 is just the leaked version of NC5 and all that changed was a couple apps and a menu. That is secondhand information and may be incorrect I suppose. In any case, I have a NC5 build and used the exact Safestrap APK that I use for my device on my brother in laws S5. I reckon as long as you root/SuperSU/busybox/safestrap you should be good.
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Are you sure?
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Are you sure?
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No. I said it was secondhand information and I could be wrong. I dont suppose I am though. But I might be. If it were my phone I would try it but I have soft bricked my s4 about four or five times now and am pretty comfortable fixing it so I dont hesitate to try new things. That is just me though.
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