I've seen a lot of threads recently in the development sec like stang5litre and waht not.. and I'd like to verify.. is it yet possible to claim recovery for a "stock" OC1 rom, with stock kernel and stock everything..?
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Why did you post another thread asking the same thing. You can't have custom recovery for oc1
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Hey guys,
I have never felt more new than in this moment. I have lurked here long as I dig for my answers rather than imposing on the community for repeating themselves.
That being the case, I am embarassed to ask but, I cannot seem to find a thread listing the Baseband and linking them to the best behavior for the user if they have them.
I BELIEVE I have MDK because I have teamwin installed, I seem to remember installing the MJ7 radio via Kernel whicj may explain the VM7 in the Baseband while only running android 4.2.2.
The problem is that now most ROMs (I just want a Stock 4.3/4.4 with vzw tethering) tell me that I need to be on MDK safestrapped, is there a way to know for sure that my baseband is, in fact, MDK? Besides Baseband?
Thanks.
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Hey guys,
I have never felt more new than in this moment. I have lurked here long as I dig for my answers rather than imposing on the community for repeating themselves.
That being the case, I am embarassed to ask but, I cannot seem to find a thread listing the Baseband and linking them to the best behavior for the user if they have them.
I BELIEVE I have MDK because I have teamwin installed, I seem to remember installing the MJ7 radio via Kernel whicj may explain the VM7 in the Baseband while only running android 4.2.2.
The problem is that now most ROMs (I just want a Stock 4.3/4.4 with vzw tethering) tell me that I need to be on MDK safestrapped, is there a way to know for sure that my baseband is, in fact, MDK? Besides Baseband?
Thanks.
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I'd say that if you have TWRP you're on mdk. Safestrap is based off TWRP but you'd see a safestrap splash screen when rebooting.
Verizon Galaxy S4
SafeStrap 3.71
Hyperdrive 12
It's simple. If you have any custom recovery installed (twrp or cwm) you are on the original mdk firmware. No other firmware will allow custom recovery. And safestrap really only should be used if you can't get a custom recovery installed. Flashing a radio (baseband only changes) will not alter your firmware kernel or bootloader.
How do I go from a recovery and rom thats on 4.3 to a 4.4 recovery and rom?
Please explain very simple for me because Im confused
Would also like to know the best way (as of 3/31/14).
Yes, I have searched multiple times and found 100+ posts all with different instructions.
Hi,
Just got an i545. It is currently on NK1 with 4.4.2. I understand to root it I can follow this (thread closed so can't post there). My confusion is: once I root, can I install safestrap or TWRP and flash custom roms? I read somewhere else on the forum that NK1 is limited to certain AOSP roms. I really like Carbon but am open to trying others and I don't want to screw things up. Sorry if this is noob-ish but I think I gave myself information over-load trying to find the correct steps.
Also, I will be using this with AT&T so would I want to stick to the unified builds?
Thanks,
SS only, no twrp/cwm.
Only TW roms aside from this aosp:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3019132
I used it before LP, a few bugs but overall ran well
Thanks for the info. If safestrap must be used, would these roms work? From what I gather so far, it's also not possible to downgrade from NK1 to NC5 or other, is it? I don't see the point of flashing another TW rom...but that's just me. I guess I can just root and customize for now, and experiment with TW roms if I get bored.
EDIT - I am wrong, it appears that I can odin back to earlier images (MDK, NC5, etc...) Is this feasible? Would it allow me to root, install custom recovery, and any rom I wish?
That list should be good. You can go back to nc5, can't downgrade past KK.
Also, there are threads on how to upgrade to 5.0.1, however if you take the official ota you'll lose root and can't downgrade back
I appreciate your help. Just to confirm, if I downgrade to NC5, will I be able to use ANY custom recovery and flash ANY rom? Or will I still be limited to safestrap and TW roms?
EDIT - Found my answer here. Anything over MDK can only use safestrap and TW roms. Bummer. No point in down-grading then.
Edit 2 - It seems that if I want to run any kind of rom I do need to down grade to NC5 as most seem to be based on it. I assume I would use the full wipe from this guide.
This S4 is my 7th android and it's, by far, got the most hoops to jump through and/or limitations. All my other phones were easy-peasy! Or is it just because it's Verizon branded? All other phones were T-Mo or ATT.
It's this phone & Verizon, they both suck
So I've just now rooted my S4 OC1 build but am unsure about installing custom roms. Is this at all possible? If so what rom's are available and what procedure do you go about doing this? I'll admit I'm a bit confused by all the technical terms. I've done SafeStrap before, and have been reading up on Flashfire, but am still unsure as to what odexed and deodexed mean. Can anyone offer any information? Thanks!
The only way to get ROM's is flashfire, and you have these options:
-Stang's ROM
-Muniz_ri's Stock Deodex
-Giglie's s6 port.
of course, my phone is SCH-I545, verizon galaxy s4, and the firmware was official OF1...
Currently I am on the OF1 firmware based custom rom, named Stang5litre. (I couldn't get back to previous versions of the firmware)
But I feel really bad because the sms still doesn't work and more often the device getting frozen.
I don't think this rom is stable.
Is there any way to get back to kitkat? Or is it okay to flash the OF1 firmware via Odin if I want stock rom?
Or can anybody recommend any stable custom rom? (I prefer stock figure.)
Thank you.
Use Odin, boot the phone into download mode, and restore with an OF1 factory image. Search the forum, there is a thread describing exactly how to do it.