Hello All. I'm on 5.0.1 The official VZW software, the only thing is I'm on T-MOBILE.
I need to root this thing, and get some form of TMOBILE rom on it, or something usable.
I'd appreciate some help, or a point in the right direction, to something current, and doable.
Thanks.
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So my girlfriend has wants her S4 rooted. I have the S3 and its quite different as far as rooting goes. I am also on sprint whereas she is on verizon (although thats not such a big deal).
Anyways, what I would like to have clarified for me is this: She is currently unrooted with stock MK2. From what I have read you can only root and install compatible roms with safestrap. The main thing she wants is KitKat and possibly CM. Is there any way for her to get either of these. Also, would it be possible to revert back to stock and flash KitKat with the OTA from verizon when it is released?
Thanks for any help.
BioBot said:
So my girlfriend has wants her S4 rooted. I have the S3 and its quite different as far as rooting goes. I am also on sprint whereas she is on verizon (although thats not such a big deal).
Anyways, what I would like to have clarified for me is this: She is currently unrooted with stock MK2. From what I have read you can only root and install compatible roms with safestrap. The main thing she wants is KitKat and possibly CM. Is there any way for her to get either of these. Also, would it be possible to revert back to stock and flash KitKat with the OTA from verizon when it is released?
Thanks for any help.
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There's no way for her to get KitKat or CM or anything AOSP. Hopefully the next OTA will have an exploit, but there hasn't been a cracked bootloader since the first version of firmware on the initial releases. Realistically, never going to happen.
Hoping someone could answer a few questions I have for my Saferooted Samsung S4 MK2 4.3
I plan to take a business trip to Europe later this month. Does anyone know if I will run into issues not having the latest 4.4.2 update on my phone? I hate to guess that it'll be fine just to get over there and my phone not work but I also do not care for the idea of losing root because of having to update.
Being it's been over a year since I rooted the phone and I haven't been following this scene. I'm not sure what my options are as far as rooting the S4 with 4.4.2. still gotta search that one. I appreciate any advice. Thanks.
Can anyone help?
I see that rooting 4.4.2 is still not an option. Will I need to unroot and update?
If I were you, just to be safe I would upgrade to 4.4.2 and stay on stock rooted software while on the trip.
You can upgrade by flashing a no wipe or (recommended) full wipe nc5 tar file with Odin. You can't use an OTA update when you're rooted, it will fail.
You can root 4.4.2 using www.towelroot.com , one click and you're rooted basically
Thank you for replying joshm.
I will look at it now to figure out what to do. Hoping it's not too difficult.
Thanks again for the help.
Hey everyone. Been hanging around for awhile now but now i actually need help. I'm running Verizon GS4 NC5 with root and SS 3.75. Now that the other ROM slots work id like to be able to load one but other than some minor mods I've never really flashed anything. the main thing i have trouble with is that on here i'm unable to find and threads and/or roms that are NC5 and SS compatible. Im wondering if its because there are none yet (or under development), or im just not looking in the right places.
Any help would be very appreciated, thanks.
p.s: i would really really like a gpe rom, so if you come across anything relating to that that would be awesome.
WreckedNerd said:
Hey everyone. Been hanging around for awhile now but now i actually need help. I'm running Verizon GS4 NC5 with root and SS 3.75. Now that the other ROM slots work id like to be able to load one but other than some minor mods I've never really flashed anything. the main thing i have trouble with is that on here i'm unable to find and threads and/or roms that are NC5 and SS compatible. Im wondering if its because there are none yet (or under development), or im just not looking in the right places.
Any help would be very appreciated, thanks.
p.s: i would really really like a gpe rom, so if you come across anything relating to that that would be awesome.
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WreckedNerd said:
Hey everyone. Been hanging around for awhile now but now i actually need help. I'm running Verizon GS4 NC5 with root and SS 3.75. Now that the other ROM slots work id like to be able to load one but other than some minor mods I've never really flashed anything. the main thing i have trouble with is that on here i'm unable to find and threads and/or roms that are NC5 and SS compatible. Im wondering if its because there are none yet (or under development), or im just not looking in the right places.
Any help would be very appreciated, thanks.
p.s: i would really really like a gpe rom, so if you come across anything relating to that that would be awesome.
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There are few gpe roms that work and they're quite buggy. But the roms that you seek are in the development thread. There's plenty to choose from and 99% are TW based. Happy hunting!
I would try Hyperdrive ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57139361&postcount=30257
It's what I used before going to NK1. Now I use the Empty Galaxy Rom for my Samsung Galaxy S5 I545:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/development/rom-empty-galaxy-v1-5-t2968567
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I would reccomend BajaRom and Hyperdrive, both very good roms
I have an Verizon S4 with build version ME7 and ANdroid version 4.2.2 that I rooted when I first got it. It is still stock and I have taken some of the bloatware off of it. I am looking to update it and after reading for 2 day now, I cant figure out which way i need to go. I cant remember what method I used to root and I dont have a custom rom on it. If someone could just lead me in the easiest direction and I can figure it out from there.
THanks
I'm just your average Android enthusiast, not nearly as talented and skilled as you devs, but I know my way around my phone. I am currently rocking the Galaxy S4 SCH-I545 NC5 (Rooted with Towelroot and Safestrap 3.72 installed). I never thought highly of Samsung's user interface and have wanted to upgrade to CM forever, but as each new update comes I really, really want it, so I carelessly take the OTA. I've done this far too many times so I decided to disable the system update app so I wouldn't be bothered by the new updates that come around.
Anyway, I think it's time to upgrade to Lollipop now that it's available, but I really want to keep root access, and since you guys are the professionals, I want to know the best way to flash the new update instead of take the OTA, which, if I'm not mistaken, will let me keep root and the small possibility that I can get Cyanogen some day. Is it best for me to just go ahead and take the risk-free OTA update, or should I flash? If so, can someone guide me through the process? I'm sorry if this sounds like child's play to you but I don't want to brick my phone in any situation, so it'd be great if someone could help me with this. Thanks in advance!
Screenshots for more information:
http://imgur.com/CIBx5qY,KHATxkV,fKyJcoB#2
Update: I followed a tutorial to update to OC1, but was not successful (Wouldn't boot). I used Odin to reflash the NC5 and now I'm back where I started. Anyone have an idea?
Here's the link to the tutorial:
http://zidroid.com/how-to-update-keep-root-verizon-galaxy-s4-on-lollipop-oc1/#comment-6589
Edit: Tried this twice, both didn't work. I'm considering just taking the OTA and not getting root. What should I do?