[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] fukenbiker:
God bless the xda...

Thank you for your post rugman. Great job Adam and kudos to drjbliss...

I had already used the motochopper for getting root as I use an app called "root explorer" to keep my phone organized. Got a lot of stuff on the microSD chip. So I had root already and wondered if that was going to matter but it didn't.

Somehow the "DeBugging" got unchecked along the way, and didn't even check that... So when I saw the OP I thought YAY I'm ready. But I wasn't. With no check mark in debugging the "Casual" program will not recognize the hand set when you plug it in.

The program needs Norton turned off. I had a problem with Java. I can't pick the right download button without hiding all the ads. You name the problem, and I banged my noggin on it. I read this entire thread ONLY after I got it to work... LOL!

On Windows 7 I noted there was a little more "back and forth" going on than in the video in the OP for Linux. I watched the screen on the phone and tapped appropriately to continue next and so forth on the actual handset when the computer seemed to pause. I think I got lucky noticing the prompts on the phone, and acting promptly...

Fortunately, I knew my cord was good, so the computer see my phone problem finally went away after I turned on DEBUGGING and got this thing rolling it was FAST.

Ok now I'm a twerp I guess. I did a backup. I found the folder and am pleased to have put it on the external card where there is more room.

I noticed I never saw the unlocked icon everyone talked about. Well let me just tell you about THAT! lol

Ok so I have a "backup" and it's big, root works, had to grant permission to SU and all his buddies like Titanium, cool... I power down my device... it finally goes sleepy bye in his little pillow bye with a final buzz...

I get all brave and hold the volume down and the power keys at the same time and it put me right into "download mode" WARNING DO NOT DISCONNECT FROM TARGET" yellow triangle with an exclamation point in it... and I'm going WOOHOO! I recognize that stuff... wait... I'm not ready to flash yet. So I peel the otterbox apart and pull the battery.

So you'll never guess. The next boot I finally saw the little opened padlock icon!

If I were a dog, I'd be an old one slowly wagging his tail with all you excited youngsters.

I feel so modern.

I saw someone who tried a rom, out of context I might add, made note not to try that one...

and will return to this forum to review all the roms. I was a fan of CyanogenMod for most of my devices so far...

but I like beer and made note of that name...

Thank you for indulging. I'm old and learned the devil is in the details, and nothing is noob proof. Hope my experience helps someone.

PS... I forgot the reason I started typing...

Okay after pressing volume UP and the power button at the same time... it DOES go into recovery...

THATS what I have been shooting for...

Ok! Now my question is, is this how I get my phone back in R.A.F.? It's a nice looking set up compared to what I'm used to looking at a scary dos screen all black with frightening little white greek printing...

It would appear that this recovery would at least give me the basic phone back from that file that starts with 1970, if I were to just simply select that, I could wipe my phone to original like it was from the box. How close am I? Anyone know what I'm talking about? Don't make me try it when I'm not ready for a wipe... lemme know!

Also that was the only glimpse of the unlocked padlock icon I got was that first boot after trying download mode. I've since gone into recovery and back and powered down, tried just restarting, nothing. All normal boots. No cool padlock. It was just that one time.