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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jco897j:
Forgive my ignorance but does while running SS does the stock ROM run in the background utilizing all the RAM it normally does?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] graydiggy:
No. It does not
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] frc3260:
I apologize if these questions have already been asked,

Do I need to update my phone from ME7 to use Hyperdrive RLS11?

Are there any reasons that ME7 should be kept over MK2/other firmware?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scryan:
The rom you install needs to match your stock system's kernel, so at this time on me7 you can only run 4.2.2 roms based on stock.

So yes to run a 4.3 rom you would need to update your phone.

Is there any reason not to upgrade? Not currently, but I dont know if anyone understands everything enough to say. All we do know is that you wont be able to go back, so there is always a (small) chance a 4.2 exploit not compatible with the new security is found and you will be out of luck.

It seems most of the guys still working hard to find unlocks or allow kexec are working with newer builds though so likelyhood is that anything found will be compatible.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Bad Bimr:
With SS 3.70 out for MJ7 and MK2 is there a reason to stay on ME7?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ickray:
Any noob friendly step by step guides out for this process?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rhandyrhoads:
I am going to be testing this. I am in a very interesting situation. I am using a T-Mobile SIM in my SCH-I545 and need to be able to maintain connection to the T-Mobile network. In the past I used this ROM and flashed a different modem. This should really make things a lot easier since I'll at least have the native modem of my phone. much beta so ROM very flashing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LowGradeTechie:
Safestrap 3.70

Hey guys just wanted to say tried out the new version of safestrap on galaxy s4 running MK2 and it worked great for me.

Great job guys keep up the good work!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] deamon1:
S4 mk2

Just got SS and hyperdrive on mk2. Used the mj7 module. Having wifi issues and no tethering. Other than that, seems quick and stable.

Any word on an official mk2 module?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shadowace:
So is hyperdrive basically the only choice right now with the MK2 build, using the MJ7 file? I am trying to get used to this locked bootloader world I wandered into...

I assume I cant jut slap a CM11 ROM in the safestrap slot and be done with it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
yes,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2579278

but you can't go blindly into this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ickray:
I've read up for a week now and have SS installed fine. The only thing I'm not sure of is if I can use the MJ7 modules with Mk2 since hashcode hasn't released the mk2 modules on his thread yet. I've seen that people who've used it had their wifi and other stuff not work, so I don't know if it was error on their part of if I should just wait until mk2 mod comes out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djmcho:
I assume I cant jut slap a CM11 ROM in the safestrap slot and be done with it?[/QUOTE]

Why dont you try for us and let us know since you won't read the OP ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shadowace:
Why don't you try for us and let us know since you won't read the OP ?[/QUOTE]

You know what I appreciate being self helpful, but I did real the OP and must have looked over it. It is ridiculous how some people around XDA are just waiting to thump someone for asking something they consider beneath them.

So no BS, show me what I missed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djmcho:
Please read the enter discussion board ( all 1,883 posts on this board) before posting a question. You are blowing up MY PHONE due to YOUR VIOLATING THE RULES..... It's apart of the sites rules and regulations that you watched a video on and agreed to BY CLICKING YES I AGREE... before even able to post. So read everything and then ask your questions.

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You know what I appreciate being self helpful, but I did real the OP and must have looked over it. It is ridiculous how some people around XDA are just waiting to thump someone for asking something they consider beneath them.

So no BS, show me what I missed.[/QUOTE]

NO AOSP ROMS. Touch wiz only... plus there is a forum on all roms that work with safe strap.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
The MK2 module is available
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ickray:
Thanks, going to flash to HD11 when I get home from work :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cpiercew:
Yes, but be careful, safestrap 3.71 worked fine up until it was necessary to load modules, wouldn't load the zip file after success loading and installing HD RLS12.zip. Doomed to fail without the modules. Hoping noob mistake but doesn't seem likely.

- Rooted Verizon GS4 MK2

- Safestrap 3.71

- rom-slot 1 installed HD 12 (Hyperdrive RLS12 S4 Final.zip)

- Installation successful, exited from reboot to add modules from external_sd (jfltevzw-MK2-modules.zip)

- Swipe to confirm

E: Unable to open zip file.

Error flashing zip '/external_sd/jfltevzw-MK2-modules.zip

Updating partition details....

Failed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
so you had the HD12 flash zip file on the extsd card and it installed fine but when it came to flashing the kernel module, SS wouldn't flash it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
Bad download?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
that would be the first thing to check for sure
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cpiercew:
RESOLVED - thanks

Thank you sir - yes, that was the problem. deleted, redownloaded and the zip worked fine.

Didn't think it was likely - but very glad you pointed this out, on my way to booting up in HD12 now. Thanks again folks

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Just confirming, this was after the HD12 install and prior to final reboot. I had went back to SS to load the MK2 modules just posted recently. the zip file was in the same directory as HD12.zip The HD zip file worked fine during the install, SS failed to load only the MK2 module zip file.

Booted back into stock ROM, deleted the modules.zip, re-downloaded, restarted into recovery, switched back/activated to HD Rom Slot, installed the new modules.zip and it worked this time.

Must have been a problem with the file itself.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
always check MD5 on downloaded files...eliminates these issues before it becomes an issue
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sharkie405:
I can't seem to flash a ROM with Safestrap 3.71...

I was putting together my own ROM, tried to flash it and my phone just bootloops to the Safestrap bootscreen over and over again. I assumed it was something I did wrong in the ROM I built, so I tried to flash Verizon MJ7 Hyperdrive RLS 12 Safestrap and the same thing happen with that ROM as well. I've read that a lot of people have flashed Hyperdrive, so I'm hoping someone would be kind enough to tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Here are my steps:

-Installed Safestrap - ok

-Created ROM slot 1 with default size values - ok

-Set ROM slot 1 as active - ok

-Installed ROMs (tried with mine and Hyperdrive) - both flashed ok with no errors

-Installed appropriate module zips after both ROM installs - flashed ok with no errors both times

-Reboot

-Phone reboots to Samsung custom screen, then to the Safestrap bootscreen, and then reboots, vibrates twice and then boots back to the Safestrap bootscreen again, over and over...

I'm currently on the MJ7 stock ROM, rooted using Saferoot.

Can anyone help me out here? Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
you did do the wipes HD needs, right?

asking just in case...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sharkie405:
Yep, I wiped it all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
how's about trying to reboot, & get to SS's Wipe area & wipe cache, & dalvik … saw somewhere that can help sometimes…
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hovax615@hotmail.com:
Is the hyperdrive file downloaded correctly? I was having problems with downloading the file for a very long time but I got it downloaded and flashed on SS 3.71 and I'm on AT&T and flashed a verizon ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sharkie405:
Ok, so stupid question time. Feel free to flame away...

I guess I'm still a bit confused as to how Safestrap works exactly. I can't remember for certain which ROM slot(s) I wiped in my 1st efforts. I assume that I wiped ROM slot 1 since that's where I was installing to. So, stupid question #1: When you wipe via SS, which slot is it wiping, the active slot or the stock slot? Stupid question #2, depending on the answer to #1: Which slot should I be wiping, the active slot that I'm flashing to or the stock slot?

This part of the 1st post "Wipe: Manually erase portions of the device. NOTE: You only have 1 internal and 1 external SD card. These are not "virtual" if you erase them. They are gone. Use with caution. Wiping the "system" when "stock" ROM is selected will try and keep the Safestrap hijack in place." makes it seem like it's wiping whichever slot is active...

In any event, this last go around, I wiped both ROM slot 1 where I installed to and the stock ROM slot. I wiped 'system' as well because I'm just used to doing that from previous phones. This time, however, the phone booted to the 'Samsung Galaxy S4' screen and just stayed there. I'm thinking that's because I erased the boot.img stuff from 'system' when I wiped it. Does that sound right? - EDIT - I just realized that this doesn't make sense since the boot.img isn't in /system. I'm still confused I as to why I can't get a ROM to boot though...

Also, according to the 1st post, "Wiping the "system" when "stock" ROM is selected will try and keep the Safestrap hijack in place.

". but SS wasn't there anymore.

In a nutshell, my stupid questions are:

- Which slot do I wipe?

- I shouldn't wipe system, right?

- If I don't wipe system won't /system/apps from the last ROM still be there?

- I should wipe data, factory reset, cache, and dalvik, right?

On the + side, at least I've been able to make and restore a backup, so rebounding from these mistakes has been easy. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hovax615@hotmail.com:
What your suppose to do after you install safestrap recovery reboot into the safestrap recovery. DO NOT MESS WITH YOUR STOCK SLOT! which will automatically be set on when you run SS. Go to ROM slots and go to ROM slot 1. Create a partition on ROM slot 1 then it will be active after you create a partition. So you won't be on the stock slot anymore. Next go back and go to install and install the ROM (note only a few Roms work with SS 3.71 Hyperdrive, darthstalker, echoe, shostock) and you will need the Verizon kernel after you flash the ROM unless it is Verizon specific.

AT&T SGH-I337 RUNNING HYPERDRIVE 12
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sharkie405:
I finally got it working. I'm not sure what I did different this time though. I'm pretty sure I wiped everything the 1st time, but maybe not. In any event, thank you guys for all your help. It is much appreciated! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] iMoney$:
Does AOKP or CM work with Safestrap? Each time I try to install, tried it in ROM Slot 1 and over the stock ROM, all I get is a blue screen and nothing happens after install and reboot. Just seems hung on this screen. All I did was install ROM, its corresponding Gapps, and then the MK2 module. Is there something I'm missing?

Currently running MK2 and Safestrap 3.71.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Read the thread...take 5 mins. No can do....

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
No.

Please consider reading a bit before flashing - it's been stated hundreds of times that Safestrap ONLY works with TouchWiz ROMs.

NO AOSP. NO CM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] csaunders_24:
I'm rooted on MK2 and I tried installing TWRP via the app and now the recovery is messed up. (I didn't read, I know...) I get the "could not do normal boot...Odin mode" when i try to enter recovery. Do I need to Odin a MK2 factory image or can I install Safestrap as is? With the recovery missing I wasn't sure if installing Safestrap would screw anything up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Galaxys4bean:
Sorry but is this working for 4.3 yet?

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Edit I found it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ickray:
Anyone have a full list of TouchWiz based roms that worked for them aside from Hyperdrive?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wtherrell:
There's a whole thread on roms that work with safestrap.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] greek6486:
Thanks Hash, 3.71 is working great on mk2 with hyperdrive 12 :)

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION], I read your entire blog the other day, its pretty interesting to see a little more reckless younger swearing version of yourself lol. Good read seeing you go from amateur android enthusiast (albeit already a programmer) to a pro with hijackkng bootloaders, building kexec and making cm compatible with devices etc. I particularly found the fact that you used to read logs and test again up until the wee hours of the morning intriguing since I find myself doing that all the time now lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
I suggest you read more, all your questions have been addressed countless times
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wtherrell:
Oh, you're missing something all right.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] loonie01:
Has anybody ran out of space using safestrap? I only used slot 1 with stock still stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Many have I believe...but who knows if they have moved data to extsd card. I got stock slot and 2 rom slots with no memory issues.

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tshizzy22:
Is there a safestrap version that works on a note 2 build VRUEMJ9? I've been messing with 3.71 for hours and I can't get into safestrap recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DroidFan09:
no boot / no os

I'm trying hard not to freak. I've rooted and rom'd a couple phones in the past. I'm now trying to ROM my Verizon GS4. I was able to root using saferoot. I installed safestrap 3.71. I attempted to install the Gummy ROM and gapps and even though it said it installed successfully, when I reboot, after the safestrap screen, all I get is a black screen. Please help! I'm able to get back into safestrap, but not sure what to do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Why did you think you could install that rom?

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven

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Why did u think this safestrap would work with your phone?

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DroidFan09:
s4 rom

I've seen in it a couple places, but here was the one I used. (seems I'm not able to post a link) go to droidviews and search for kitkat based rom on galaxy s4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tshizzy22:
Because I have a sch-1605 with 4.3 and a locked bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
unless gummy bear rom is a 4.3 TW based kernel it wont work....safestrap doesn't support any type of ROM thats based on custom kernels thats why I asked why you thought you could load it..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tshizzy22:
I haven't loaded any roms because I can't get safestrap to load into recovery. I don't think there is a version of safestrap for VRUEMJ9 yet.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
kitkat is 4.4 and as far as we know, 3.71 is set to work with 4.3 only as each version of Android release tightens up the bootloader and safestrap must be designed specifically for that release. Why I asked, so you never saw anything in XDA forums then?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DroidFan09:
success

I was able to get my stock image back using ODIN. Phew!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] presta24:
Rom slots not working

I am running ss 3.71 on my verizon mk2 s4. For some reason when I create a rom slot and try to boot it up i get passed the splash screen then nothing. No botton lights or reaction to any of the bottons, just a black screen. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] {davros}:
why after deleting my slot 2 can i now not choose to make a new slot? the button is no longer usable ..... ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] waaldron:
Thank you for this :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scryan:
Cannot tell you the exact logic, but you can create rom slots before flashing anything and it will give you more room. Once you fill slot 1, you won't see as much room avalible... it's like once you start using slot 1 it reserves the space.... then when you go to recreate slot 2 you don't have enough room due to the stuff on 1. Weird but you seem to have to make the slots first and wipe with out deleting them...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pyro3o7:
I'm new here and apologize if this is a stupid question but is it possible/safe to flash a custom rom to the stock rom slot? If not could you please explain why?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
It is possible. A few of us have done it. Just be aware, Hashcode doesn't recommend it, therefore, he can't support you if something goes wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pyro3o7:
Thank you. everything went smooth just trying not to brick my phone :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scryan:
It is what I have been doing...

I *THINK* that for the most part the "do at your own risk" is the risk of having to odin back to stock... Everything is on my SD card or cloud storage these days anyways, and I wipe data with ever new rom so I can't see having to odin to stock being much worse then wiping data for a rom?

Anyone smarter then me able to tell me if I am wrong here? If the main thing is that I no longer get to keep stock system as backup, and may have to reset the phone... That seems pretty damn acceptable to me? Especially since so many of us just want the one rom and don't switch more frequently then updates.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] markwebb:
Ok, I was testing a ROM for someone and had to use SS.

I have the VZW Dev Edition of S4.

After a few installs/uninstalls of SS, I have noticed I lost storage space on Internal! I uninstalled SS recovery and uninstalled the SS app.

I backup everything on my external card.

Is there someplace/somewhere files have not been erased or SS is accumulating detritus? I am down to @ 1.5 GB of internal space and usually have @ 6 GB.

Again, I have everything on external card (photos, backups, vids, etc) so SOMETHING as a result of using SS has changed.

Any clues? Do I seem to remember from the old Bionic days that after the use of SS, something needed to be wiped?

Thanks!:eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lou 270:
Ok I want to uninstall SS but I'm not sure how to get into the adb shell so is there a video or something
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Wi1son:
These steps include SS removal - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2579278

From my SCH-I545 on HD14
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrv331:
I'm using SS 3.71 with HD14. No problems the past few weeks until today, when I go to make a backup the screen goes black a few seconds then right back to the screen for selecting boot, backup,restore etc. ( sorry don't know the name). I'm trying to avoid uninstalling ss and wiping my sd card. Can I just re flash ss over the current install?

thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] KaHOnas:
Bricked

I loaded SafeStrap and was attempting to load HyperDrive ROM. I created a Rom slot for HyperDrive but I couldn't get the .zip to load; I was getting the impression I couldn't mount the storage volume.

I attempted to reboot into the stock ROM and now it won't move past the padlock "custom" screen. I can access Recovery still, but I can't do anything else; I can't access Safestrap any longer. Any ideas?

edit: I am currently in the middle of attempting an ODIN restore. Slow internet speeds are going to make this take a while...oy.

Thank you.

David

Galaxy S4 VRUEMK2, SS 3.71
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Rachara:
unable to mount internal storage

Got my s4 today, rooted it without issue, installed safestrap without issue.

When booting into SS, and trying to format the first rom slot, the page fills with errors, unable to mount internal storage. I've tried researching and found similar issues, but none specific to mine. Sorry if this has been answered already, I've tried looking but when your weekly work hours are well into the triple digits everything starts to get a little fuzzy...

I'm on the MK2 build, and I don't have an external micro sd card, yet. I've found a lot of posts about formatting the external card, was this a prerequisite that I missed? Sorry again if this has been answered already.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
you really need to have an extsd card so you can move all your data there as well as copying roms and backups to it or you will have memory issues. As for errors, not sure whats causing that....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Rachara:
Picked up a card today and now it works fine.. thanks for the help, here and in the other threads.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] a7xdeity:
So I installed Safestrap on my note 3 and installed knoxraid word for word. now with the knoxraid on my phone, safestrap shows installed but doesn't reboot into recovery and I have no clue on how to get to recovery, it just shows "Reboot to Recovery", if I hold power down it takes me to reboot recovery but that's the stock android recovery, I'm just trying to get safestrap working again so I can apply this 2.6 update to knoxraid, any help would be appreciated, thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rjweeks70:
Won't boot anything but stock

I am rooted, MK2 Verizon S4, SS installed with no problems.

I've tried several different custom images now: Hyperdrive 15 and Eclipse 3.0 were the last two.

Both install in slot 1 with no problems.

However, when I reboot, both of them are just stuck at the loading screen. Eclipse stayed at the loading screen for 3 hours before I removed the battery - couldn't shut it down any other way.

Eclipse appears to be doing the exact same thing.

Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Not a safestrap issue...post the issue in the rom thread...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rjweeks70:
Uninstall

I've uninstalled safestrap via the apk.

However, that doesn't uninstall the boot loader prompt for safestrap.

Please advise - how do I remove the safestrap bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
there is a manual way listed if you were pre 3.70/3.71

HOW TO MANUALLY REMOVE SAFESTRAP:

[ INSTRUCTIONS ONLY FOR v3.65. REMOVE VIA APK FOR v3.70+ ]

Enter adb shell from your pc:

Code:

su

mount -o remount,rw /system

mv /system/etc/init.qcom.modem_links.sh.bin /system/etc/init.qcom.modem_links.sh

rm -rf /system/etc/safestrap

rm /system/etc/firmware/q6.mdt

ln -s /firmware/image/q6.mdt /system/etc/firmware/q6.mdt

mount -o remount,ro /system
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lou 270:
I tried this method with no success did it the best way I could with what info I had and no success so is there a YouTube video or something to watch that can give u each step oh and if it's going to b some SA answer like u didn't look good enough or there is already a thread then please keep your comments to your self I don't have time for it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
If you can't remove safestrap manually or thru apk uninstall..Most likely only choice is to odin a clean image file of your firmware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] prosaschi:
Incorrect time

Sorry if this was answered somewhere else (couldn't find it) but did anyone ever figure out why Safestrap displays the incorrect time? And if so, how to fix it?

Thanks in advance.