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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jova33:
I'm on the MDK bootloader, and I'm interested in this for dual booting. Have a TW ROM, change the kernel, then boot into an AOSP ROM. Sounds plausible, right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cgdoc519:
And I thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] killajoe:
So since I'm confident in hashcode and his android wizardry. Now I'm left with questions like what are valid rom choices for ss? Since I've been on me7 since day one do to my ignorance, I never window shopped any Roms. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
I'm going straight for HyperDrvie.

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Isn't there an aosp themed TW rom? Which is it and will it work with ss?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] killajoe:
Is that a good one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
From what I've heard about it :P

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Eclipse is the ROM I'm thinking of. It has a kernel "Based" on TW 4.2.2, but Is it compatible..?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] killajoe:
Not sure.. Hopefully someone will start a thread about roms that will work with ss
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Poofster:
Yes just the radio ..I'm still on ME7 using SS..My radio improved in different places
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lukegvoigt:
Remove the "stock" partition?

So, if I have safestrap, I can create and remove ROM slots. There is also the MAIN ROM SLOT, for the stock GS4 operating system.

Is it possible to remove that main rom slot, so that my phone can ONLY have, say, CleanRom on it. Or, is it possible to just install a ROM onto the main rom slot. I am not asking if I should or shouldn't, but I am asking if I physically can.

Let's say we can, and remove the MAIN rom slot, or I just install clean rom over that main rom slot. Something happens, and it goes into a boot loop. I assume that there is NO WAY to recover the phone at all, not even through Odin?

I am thinking about rooting and installing SafeStrap again and just want to know about these things. Thanks much guys.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Anthony825:
This is probably a stupid question... But I keep reading about these radios or whatever. What exactly are they?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
Radios = phone modem (another acronym) They are the part of the files that allow for the different bands of communication between your phone and the towers both data and voice. Once you have a recovery, in this case (Safestrap), you can download them from a separate thread here in the general section and flash them independently of the ROM or stock side.

Hope I said that right. :silly:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
yes you did. You can flash them in SS. I have flashed a couole back and forth to see which ones give me the best results. So far the ME7 radio is doing the best for me where I live.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] NilsP:
I agree. I tried them all myself and went back to the ME7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrv331:
All of a sudden safestrap will not do a backup. At the main screen I select backup, give the backup a name then swipe to start. The screen goes blank for a few seconds then Im right back to the main screen. If I look on my sd card in the twrp directory my backup name is there with no files.

I did three backups yesterday and all went well, plenty of room on my sd card. I uninstalled SS and reinstalled and was able to create two new slots and able to restore two previous backs ups. Just cant make any new. No new apps installed.

Im running SS 3.64 on ME7

Any suggestions, didnt see anything when searching.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trook:
You can, although not recommended and yes at that point Odin is your only option.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ch.ch1:
Does safestrap work on MJ7?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
A little reading goes a long way. NO, it does not work on MJ7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ajm2387:
I've done some searching but can't find a clear answer. Are there any AOSP roms that work with safestrap? Particularly LiquidSmooth? Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] NilsP:
Not at this time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Froryrory:
This is all we get ---> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448726

-GOOGLE PLAY EDITION VERIZON ROM

-ECLIPSE GE

I'm currently running the first one b/c I'm not a fan of TW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] y157:
Is there a list of tested ROMs that are known to not work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MadFunnyBruh:
Hows that GE VRZ rom mate? Im currently running HyperDrive, but TW UI is killing me...Everything works fine? any bugs? I've been reading topics about those two roms but people seems to ask same questions and do same mistakes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MadFunnyBruh:
Here is the quick question. Somebody asked it before, but never got the answer. so here I go, I backed up my stock rom onto my memory card and now I put that card to the side and using a different one. So can I wipe the main slot or instal a custom over the main slot? and in case something will go wrong I can always back up from that memory card with stock rom, right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Froryrory:
The only thing I've come across is the data toggle on the quick settings menu. Its not really a problem if you don't touch it, EVER. I believe there was a fix for it though. Check out the thread ---> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2343355

Thanks again for this ROM because without you (@Dubbsy) and (@Nitroglycerine33 for your Eclipse version) we would would have to go to a TW build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ch.ch1:
Simple Q, if I add a rom via SafeStrap, do I have to redownload all apps, or do they run on both
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
You will have to re-download apps or restore via TIBU or something similiar. Each slot including Safe Side Stock are separate regarding the install of apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] NilsP:
It is just like a fresh install you will have to reinstall all your apps
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
you have to reload, now in some cases, I have been successful into doing TI Backup of particular apps in my stock rom slot making sure the backups are stored on the ext-sd card and then using TI Backup in my Custom Rom slot to "restore app & Data". Doesn't always work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ellisz:
Is this possible on a 16 gb phone? What is the best way to tell if you have to many apps to make it usable?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trook:
Question. My daughter destroyed my me7 s4 yesterday. If they send me an updated one...what is it mj7 or something I am going on a rampage. Has anyone else gotten a replacement within the last week and if so what was it running? Thanks guys. I might just stick with my gnex depending..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
DiskUsage is a great app available via play store. Gives a pretty good idea on what is what. I have a 16g phone with SS installed and running Hyperdrive 10.2, Beans build 7 and the stock rom. i have a 32g ext-sd card where ALL data is stored (music, videos, backups, etc). I don't run games or anything like that.

I have no problem with having memory.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Gator Brah:
im on my 4th S4...since the first phone i had, which was MDK, i have not had a single one come with the same version i had previously. it depends alot on who your insurance is with. My most recent replacement came with ME7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trook:
My insurance is with asurion. May I ask who you have? Its set to arrive today an I'm trippin. I don't want an mj7. Please God, Bill Murray, anyone who will listen at this point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Black6spdZ:
so I was lucky enough to score an MDK S4 whereas a friend of mine not so lucky and got an ME7.. I installed SS with the GE 4.2.2 ROM and he's been running that for a while. What does he have for upgrade options at this point? Is it possible to odin to one of the newer factory MI1 ROM so he can run the TW 4.3 ROMs? Is that even an upgrade or going backwards?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
Honestly been really thinking about going to stock 4.3 if SS wont be able to run it sometime soon /:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Gator Brah:
i had assurion to begin with...now its protectyourbubble .com. since the phone are refurbs 99% of the time they just update them to wipe eveything. considering there have been 3 updates since MDK id say you have little chance of getting what you want unfortunately. Hell with the last replacement they wouldnt even give the same color phone!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] slak?:
Are there any cons of taking the update? I am still on ME7 right now. If I accept the update to whatever is next will it break safestrap or any other mod-critical feature?

I have not safestrapped yet because I am really just wanting a vanilla Kit Kat rom or Cyanogen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rwSN1PER:
From what I've heard, Safestrap doesn't work with MJ7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trook:
you were right. Now I'm stuck on mj7 and I'm making a hit list....who would have thought that losing safestrap pushed me over the edge? interesting. Anyways does anyone know why safestrap wont work with mj7? I'm not talking about the obvious modules and blah blah but I've heard a few people say "it wont work with mj7...don't know why it just won't" is their some new nazi thing (besides knox) that Verizon has implemented or is it just that Hash is a busy guy cause the latter I can deal with patiently but if its Verizon again its time to dust off the AR...u take away my safestrap i take away a kneecap. But on the other hand its just a phone but stock is like dying slowly. I need therapy. i cant wait to be rid of this pos phone. i wish the oppo n1 wasn't as big as my house.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] abazaba_:
Will safestrap ever be compatible with ASOP roms.? Just curious? Is it a wip?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bikedude880:
Turn that questions around and ask if AOSP will ever be ported to SS. Yes, it's a work in progress.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
mi7 has way more additional lockdown security features incorporated. Plenty of discussions on why NOT to take OTAs
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
Safe does work with 4.3 everyone refer to Verizon galaxy note 3 forums they gave him a phone and a bounty and now they have safe strap if we want this thing for our phones we have to give him a reason to do it everyone sitting around waiting and asking is not going to get him to move any faster but....end rant....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trook:
Ya I didn't take the update, I know better than that. My asurion replacement came with mj7 so cherish your me7 and ml1 devices and definitely don't buy your 1 year old daughter a plastic car that she will climb on and rip your charger out of the wall causing your phone to hit your tile floor at the speed of a dammed bullet..... Just an FYI.

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Also, I'm down to throw in some cash for ss on mj7, a lot of cash actually. we just need to start by contacting hashcode and see if he's even interested, he's probably getting burned out on all the different types and rightfully so. But if he's down then we can start a donation thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Gator Brah:
already donated for SS but would have no problem throwing out more IF ss gets to the point of supporting aosp and 4.3.... If another comparable phone comes out before then, with bootloader unlocked, im so ready to switch
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
That truly sucks....

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Easton999GS:
This wont wont with the S4 4.3 because SELinux is set to enforcing on this OTA while 4.3 on the Note 3 with safestrap SELinux is still on Permissive mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jon8RFC:
I cannot use a mounted USB drive through SafeStrap, sadly. The back and home buttons disappear once I click on "Mount USB Storage", and cannot do anything except click "Unmount USB" because the navigation soft buttons are gone, and the S4's home and back buttons aren't able to back me out, either. I have updated to 3.65 and the issue remains. Is this a quick fix, Hash?

Thanks for SS!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trook:
This is the worst news I've heard all week, and it was a horrible week. But hashcode said that he is trying to find a way around that for us, I have a lot of faith in him, as a former bionic owner I've seen him do some amazing things over the years. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets it working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Poofster:
Can someone tell me the original sizes of the partitions preset in safe strap? Of version3.5

Never mind. ..found it in the dev section
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] WillyPhilly100:
Do you have a link to a development thread or anything? I am really curious.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] datsteve:
I'm curious too - Any 4.4 ROMs made for the GS4 will be on AOSP and I wanna get my KitKat on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Black6spdZ:
Finally fixed my ME7 phone up where its running GPe ROM on the stock slot but was wondering to possibly save myself some time starting over again if anyone has tried flashing MJ7 modem on an ME7 or MI1 phone in the stock slot? I kinda think I'll get the Yellow Triangle but thought I thought I'd ask first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kalestew:
Why flash on the stock slot, for me that breaks everything

I'm on hyper drive ROM on MI1 baseband
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Black6spdZ:
worked fine! thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Yeah. Even if you flashed the modem in a rom slot the changes would still reflect on the stock side.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kalestew:
Surge, may I ask how you did that?

And would that be possible on MI1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashcode:
I posted in the dev thread but wanted to also update here.

I should have a MJ7 device by the end of next week-ish. I'll be able to start working on the 4.3 changes then.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] crazysoccerman:
You may have more success than me.

I have been whispering sweet nothings into her mic to get her to unlock her bootloader, but nothing :(

I'll keep trying.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] endleesss:
I'm on VRUDMI1, and I installed safe strap. then i installed the cyanogen rom. Then i go to the reboot menu, and click on system. The phone reboots, and it shows the samsung galaxy s4 logo, then the screen with Safestrap disabled. Then the phone turns off. How do I fix this? am i stuck in a boot load? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
May i ask,who told you that you can install CM rom on a TOUCHWIZ based device, that you can only flash a TOUCHWIZ based rom on .....I'll wait?????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sub1287:
I did.

flying by on Pure Speed X [n⁴]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] endleesss:
I understand that i can only install certain roms with safe strap now. How do i boot the stock rom from safestrap? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
Lol.... I don't believe that, but ok...:cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] endleesss:
A little help please. Im stuck at the safestrap disable screen and the phone turns off.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scryan:
Probably time to lookup restoring via odin.

Read everything and make sure you have the right files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] , What if we were to try to flash a 4.3 rom onto our stock slot?

So that technically we have no ME7 Kernel to load up before the rom?

It makes sense that it would work but im not ballsy enough to try it. :P

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[/COLOR [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] , What if we were to try to flash a 4.3 rom onto our stock slot?

So that technically we have no ME7 Kernel to load up before the rom?

It makes sense that it would work but im not ballsy enough to try it. :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
You probably will need to Odin the stock image and then pay closer attention to wht Roms (and kernels) can work with ss. Asking for trouble as you have found out

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] endleesss:
will do thanks for all the help. this is my 6th rooted device, and i thought i was a pro, I need to read damn it! =)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wtherrell:
Is "Damn it" available in Kindle or Nook version? 8-)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
I have a GTAB that I rooted. This was a few years ago and my first venture into rooting. As long as the steps are clearly defined rooting and loading roms are a piece of cake. Sometimes Devs forget a step or assume a step has been taken. Not often. I got Tbolt when they first came out and really enjoyed that phone and all the custom roms I could run. Hell, I would still be running it if I hadn't dropped it so many times. GS4 was a plunge as I got my phone with ME7 and the verizon store had no MDKs in stock. So for a couple months I was stuck until hash came out with safestrap. Not a wide variety of ROMS and no custom kernels but HyperDrive has been so awesome, I don't feel the need.

My next concern will be upgrading from ME7 so I can use hash's 4.3 based SS and run HD11.0 when it comes.....at the time, I'll be asking for a lot of help with step by step process to do so.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Gator Brah:
just an interesting tidbit i came across and thought id share. with safestrap 3.62, anytime i reboot my phone and place it on the wireless charger it will boot to the stock rom slot only. even if i get the safestrap menu when i turn it on (sometimes i don't) and choose one of my secondary slots it will boot to the stock rom only. The only fix i've found is a battery pull or wiping cache from SS or recovery.

recently i completely wiped the phone with an odin image and reinstalled SS ect... the problem did come back. Just an fyi in case others are seeing this. I didn't update SS to 3.65 again because i had some issues with Bluetooth on that version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
This has been discussed in this thread and the ss thread in Dev section

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
S4 noob has questions on SS3.65

I'm used to SafeStrap fm my Droid Razr, but it is obviously quite different in the 3.65 version -

1. not sure where to get full Factory Reset / Data wipe, in which screen?

2. Also, I noted that the clock is about 45min off, even tho I was careful about the setting of the timezone...

3. Another thing, the date auto-generated for backups is somewhere in 1970, also if you put in your own backup name, but append date, it'll also be something in 1970....???

4..what is the ME7/MI module that Hashcode mentions in the 1st post in the Developer's OP? He mentions something about installing this after the rom, but I am still on the Stock side, as I find no roms for SS for my GS4 w/the MI1 version of firmware....

5. Probably most important:

How would I use Odin to get the device back to Stock? After rooting & running TiBu, I deleted some bloat, froze other stuff - then restored my TiBu-saved apps into the Stock side (since I didn't know of any roms....) & I've reconsidered my approach, & now believe it might be best to get back to Stock, backup up the base Stock install & restore the nand w/all of my apps & settings into slot1 on the Safe side....

Please help, all is appreciated...

oldwolf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Are you ME7 base?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stuckintheskull:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301259

Odin images here with instructions
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
decaturbob, actually, just check out my sig, I'm on MI1…
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] NilsP:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION]

Does anyone know if the known problem with Aroma Installer and Safestrap is being worked on by the Aroma team?

Background: If you do too many file_getprop's during the updater-script install it will sometimes burp and cause a bad install. If you only select a couple of items in the installer it seems to work OK. Seems like it always works if there is minimum options during the wizard.

Or, does anyone know a workaround?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] datsteve:
Redditor ShrodingersDingaling posted a link to the Galaxy S4 GPE 4.4.2 OTA update, what do you guys think we can do with this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MehStrongBadMeh:
Port it to loki and that is pretty much it. It will be unusable with safestrap unless a kexec exploit is found to load custom kernels.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jraider44:
I thought that the GPE edition was tw based, that's why we could use the 4.2 GPE ROM....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SamuriHL:
The VERY FIRST version of the GPE was 4.2.2 and had a TW kernel. As soon as 4.3 dropped, that was no longer true. Our GPE has been lightweight and TW free ever since.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jraider44:
Ok... Then we do need kexec for that. Too bad. I really liked the GPE ROM..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LGG2Owner:
I've tried to flash this recovery more then one time, I cant get it to boot into safestrap. I can get it to boot into the stock recovery using adb but not into safe strap. I am on a verizon galaxy s4 sch-I545, Build number jss15j.i545vruemj7, hardware version I545.07. Help me?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TemporalShadows:
That's your problem. Doesn't work with MJ7 or MK2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LGG2Owner:
How do I get it to a version that would work? I try downloading the update but it fails every time... Im going to try to update it from my computer right now so I guess we will see how that goes lol. I hope it works cus I want to start trying some new roms. Will that work? If I update will i be able to flash the recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LGG2Owner:
How do I get to a hardware/software version that will let me install safestrap?!? help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mtsprite:
You cant downgrade to a newer software, your just gonna have to wait for Hash to figure out how to make Safestrap work on 4.3, from now on though i would avoid any ota's from Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LGG2Owner:
MK2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MehStrongBadMeh:
You can't. You'll have to wait until when/if Hashcode makes a working version of Safestrap for MK2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LGG2Owner:
Couldnt I use odin to flash an older version of the software to get back to a version that I can get a custom recovery, what file system do i have to be on or whatever?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
I don't want to sound snippy but have you read any of threads here in this forum that has discussed locked bootloaders? The ONLY GS4 base that has a bootloader exploit was MDK and that exploit was blocked upon the release of ME7. Hashcode developed safestrap that will work on ME7 and MI1 and with this we can run TW based 4.2 ROMs only. He is working on an updated safestrap so 4.3 based Roms can work. He is in very preliminary testing phase right now.

I suggest you take some time to do some reading. You can really mess your phone up if you don't understand the process and limitations.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wtherrell:
So damned glad I bought the developer edition! Going forward with the evil that is Verizon /Samsung it seems to be best bet for us. Although many are happy with customization of stock with Xposed framework / modules and launchers like Nova or Apex. I feel your pain.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
ya I think those who feel modding is of paramount importance probably should understand that having the Dev Phone will probably be the only alternative left. Enterprise customer base and the income they represent drives the service providers who then drive the phone manuf....and I know this is a bitter pill to accept but none the less its what the game has come to. So if you want to mod, save your money up to get a Dev Phone folks.

Me, I'm glad that hashcode found a way to get SS working for those of us late to GS4... which even in its stock mode blows everyone else away.