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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jktk321:
I had att mf3 rooted with ss and flashed deadly venom 4.2.2 to slot 1. I had some bugs so decided to:

Odin back to stock

re-root

Installed ss

Wiped stock slot

Installed deadly venom and mf3 module to directly to STOCK slot

Everything is working great!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] infin8one:
"I had att mf3 rooted with ss and flashed deadly venom 4.2.2 to slot 1. I had some bugs so decided to:

Odin back to stock

re-root

Installed ss

Wiped stock slot

Installed deadly venom and mf3 module to directly to STOCK slot

Everything is working great!!!

Thanks for the info. I am wondering how things would go when the entire ODIN process is removed. Basically- using SS to restore to stock (backup created with/in SS). Does this make any sense?

In my head, it makes sense to just wipe the stock partition to reclaim space. I am thinking that wiping the Stock slot will not achieve what I am hoping for- avoiding ODIN as I have nothing but issues connecting my S4 to my PC (virtual) and unfortunately can't run ODIN on Mac OS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jktk321:
In theory it should work. If you decide to go the Odin route, make sure you download the GS4 drivers. I got mine from galaxys4root.com. install them. Then put the 4 Odin files in the correct file slots. Reboot phone so you can download from Odin( note: you must make sure, on the Odin screen, your phone is showing up in the " com " field. If it's not, connect cable to a different usb port. Once you see that you're connected( should highlight yellow and show usb port connected), hit start. It will install and give you a status of passed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] blweldon2:
I decided to risk it and made a backup of my GPE rom slot, wiped my stock slot, and restored from my GPE backup to my stock slot.

The system partition restored just fine, but unfortunately my device has been stuck at restoring data for about 16 minutes now.

Any ideas on what I can do? Should I wait it out longer or shut the device down?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
Are you restoring with Titanium backup? Mine took quite some time to restore, almost 25 mins if not longer I think. As long as you can tell its making progress, I'd wait it out. Otherwise reboot/power off and see what happens.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] blweldon2:
Nah. I was restoring from inside SS. I finally just restarted the phone and reinstalled SS. Made a new backup of just my data partition and that one restored just fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ruggler:
I've been googling a lot to figure out the answer to this question, but I'm having trouble finding a clear, specific answer. Sorry if this question was already answered somewhere.

My S4 came with MF3 and it looks like the 4.4 official update won't come for months. Will safestrap let me upgrade to Kitkat right now? Where can I find the file that I need to flash?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadget069:
You should also read the development thread, only 4.2.2 supported for now.

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Did you wipe, data, cache, system first? I know you usually don't have to when restoring a nandroid.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] bitsdroid:
I installed safestrap using these instructions: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448925

When I boot into safestrap recovery, I get the screen where it says SafeStrap DISABLED. But there are buttons for recovery and continue. I clicked recovery. Then went into boot options-> ROM Slot 1 -> set some size for all partitions. But "Create ROM Slot" button remains disabled. I can't click it.

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
Only times I couldn't create a ROM slot was when there wasn't enough space/room to create it. Check the size of the rom slot you are making in comparison to what space is available.

sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 i337 MF3 with SS and GPE 4.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ddubz:
Restored a nandroid backup to stock slot

I successfully restored a backup of hyperdrive from slot 1 to stock slot with data and every thing works great including internal and external sd and usb.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] deez2020:
Noob needs help please

Hash says, KNOWN ROM INSTALL / ISSUES:

"All TW-based ROMs. If you don't have wifi make sure to flash the kernel modules for your stock kernel version".

I don't have wifi after flashing. What kernels is he talking about. The mf3 module he supplies on the home page? Or, the ones in my phone?

Also.. I after flash this rom and the mf3 modules everything looks like it is going to work. I get into set up but when i get to the last step of skipping through dropbox i get a pop up stating "Unfortunately Settings has stopped Working.

Any suggestions please?

MF3 is a MF'r
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Soccerzubs:
After you flash a Rom, you also have to flash the MF3 Module file. The link is in the SafeStrap thread, I also linked it below.

Flash it and restart and your wifi should work.

http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=508
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jball:
So after reading everything up till now and loving how Hyperdrive rom runs on my rom slot 1, I decided it was time to jump on board with using my stock slot .made my backup from rom slot 1 to my external Sdcard followed by wiping data/factory reset followed by advanced wipe witch I checked all but micro Sdcard .flashed backup to stock slot and all is good

Edit: of course I did delete the rom slot 1 before the wipes and restore.

Nice to see my storage at 8gb again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadget069:
From all indications it on to flash on the stock slot. And yes that is what the mf3 files are for, to Odin back to stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ddubz:
Yes that's the one just back up rom you want and restore to stock slot. Worked for me I didn't delete original slot. Forgot to wipe stock slot to. I just factory reset after restoring backup to slot then flashed data to stock slot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] @BxBrotha730:
I tried to flash omega with safestrap and I get the flash failed. .also says no md5 file found. .is there something im doing wrong
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TBayTom:
I'm really enjoying Hyperdrive.. so all I have to do to have it within my stock rom slot is 1) make a nandroid of my Hyperdrive setup to my ext sd card 2) fully delete the rom 1 slot 3) fully wipe the stock rom slot 4) restore nandroid of hyperdrive? Is there anything I missed? In order to return to stock, I would have to flash those MF3 tar files floating around?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
Yes, with MF3 tar files with Odin. I'm not sure but after flashing the hyperdrive nandroid over your STOCK slot, you may need to flash the MF3 mod after also. I did it over my stock with a clean install, not a nandroid so unsure exactly.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TBayTom:
Right, that's what I meant, not flash, but use ODIN under the PDA slot. I have the Safestrap MF3 file that I always flash after flashing a new 4.2.2 rom. I'll try the nandroid approach, but if I run into any quirks I'll just reflash the ROM. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ddubz:
you are correct no need to flash modules with a backup
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Galaxy*$4:
i didnt do advance wipe, just the regular wipe method, it is nice to see my 8gb space again i can get by on under 2gb of space for 2 custom roms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
Good to know. Thanks for clarifying.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jball:
All I did was restore the backup to stock slot.I myself didn't reflash the MF3 kernel module.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Soccerzubs:
Quick question for people flashing their main Roms onto the Stock slot.

Do you notice any difference in performance of the Rom or is it just for storage space?

I've been trying the two GPE Roms and I'm not sure if it's me but I always seem to get varying performance, sometimes the Rom works flawlessly and sometimes there is a slight lag. I've tried re-creating and wiping the Rom slots but the performance always seems to vary for me.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] bitsdroid:
Thanks for response. I figured out that my bloaty stock ROM was consuming every inch of my storage. I had to uninstall lots of apps, deleted most of my stuff. And then enough storage was available. Then I was able to create a ROM Slot. And installed GPE 4.2.2 (with MF3 modules). Working fine as of now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Alucion:
I didnt make a backup of the stock rom. I figured I would just use the odin files if anything goes wrong.

I just love having all my space back
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ddubz:
So i installed hyperdrive to stock slot and every thing works good. My storage space is at 9 gigs. My rom only took up 2 gigs of space. So thats 11gigs together. If i go to settings then more tab then storage it says i have 6 gigs of miscellaneous files. My question is what are these 6 gigs of files? Are they the system files/bootloader and such. Second question has anyone tried to format data on stock slot? Third question is there any way to get all of my space back or does the rom really take up 7 gigs? Thanks for any help or comments. I am pretty much a newb and don't know much
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] HORiZUN:
9gb is normal. You can thank Samsung for that one.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/16GB-Samsung-Galaxy-S4-only-has-about-9GB-free-for-users_id42466
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] graydiggy:
OK... I'm back guys.

Mobiletechvideos is now offering EMMC upgrades. They go up to 32 GB and 64 GB. That would solve our space issues
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TBayTom:
Yep, didn't need to do much after flashing the nandroid. However, I did need to reinstall safestrap for some reason in order to get my recovery back. Not a big deal, I'm liking the extra space.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadget069:
Love hyperdrive but an getting really bad battery drain. Lost 30% in 3 hours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
That doesn't sound right. You need to see what's consuming the battery in the background, if anything. Otherwise, a factory reset 1st to see if that helps. If not, maybe reflash the ROM.

Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] infin8one:
Hey guys, I am currently running GPE on the stock slot (thanks Horizun) now I am interested in finding out how to add just a few of the Touchwiz settings to an otherwise Vanilla experience.

Question: is it possible to run Xposed with SS and GPE?

Thanks in advance
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
Yes. I have it installed with same setup. Not all the modules work so it will be trial/error. I've learned a lot just by trying/exploring. Don't be afraid to try!!

:laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] warrenstimpy:
I'm running into a really weird problem. I tried to install a GPE rom into the stock slot. But no matter what I do I cannot get a signal. It says either "No Service" or ”No Sim" depending on the rom. I've tried to install GPE with the mf3 modules into slot 1 and its all good and I have service. I back it up and then wipe and install into the stock slot and no service, and even weirder the camera does not work. Ive tried 2 different GPE roms and 2 other 4.2.2 and the same issue is there. If I Odin mf3 everything goes to normal. Am I doing something wrong?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] warrenstimpy:
Yes. I flashed it again just to make sure. I am able to get on wifi tho.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Alucion:
I installed it and I am using GravityBox. Most of the stuff I changed worked well.

Wish I could find some themes that I like that work with this rom tho...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
Work email

Running GPE on my S4 with SS on my stock slot. I've have my work/hospital email work on the phone with other ROMs but never with GPE. Anyone have any suggestions/advice? I've tried some secure email tweaks in Xposed but nothings worked. I've had a PIN/password and it still won't setup correctly.

Thanks for the help!

:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jball:
For me just to see my storage back is cool.and cause we can
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] infin8one:
Thanks! Definitely gonna try it out.

S4 GPE 4.2.2 using Tapatalk

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I have not heard of GravityBox. Will check that out too. Good to see that I am not alone in my desire to have a mostly Vanilla experience with a few tweaks. Most of the other Roms that I have tried just seemed a bit too much like what I was looking to get rid of- Bloat. Definitely appreciate that a lot of folks like that, I am just more drawn to GPE!!

S4 GPE 4.2.2 using Tapatalk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
Here's the error I get. Screenshot

sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 i337 MF3 with SS and GPE 4.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TheEgonSpengler:
I believe you need Xposed and the "bypass exchange security module for aosp"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
Tried that and it didn't work. Thanks though. Wonder if its bc GPE is not really AOSP on this??

sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 i337 MF3 with SS and GPE 4.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TheEgonSpengler:
Whats it say under edit details?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
When I click it, nothing happens. Its as if I'm suppose to edit the info on the screen.

sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 i337 MF3 with SS and GPE 4.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gj23:
Just to save others from an un-needed search, GravityBox isn't anything we can use on our devices (other than a game from the Play store) I think this individual was mistaken with his choice in words (maybe Gravitron....... I'm guessing)

Edit: I just Googled GravityBox and didn't search XDA (how stupid was that). My mistake and I guess I'll have to check this out. Thanks for info and my apologies
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] infin8one:
Actually, I have been playing around with GravityBox since last night and every setting that I have applied, works. To clarify tho, I am using GPE on my device. Not sure if it matters but I also have my ROM on the stock slot.

Part of what may have caused confusion is that I was not very clear in the OP. I asked about Xposed in the (general) sense but I was really wondering about Wanam Xposed (specific to S4 devices). I have not activated the Wanam module since GravityBox is providing most of the settings I was after.

That said I am kinda missing multi-window. Just not enough to risk anything.

S4 GPE 4.2.2 using Tapatalk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadget069:
Hyperdrive is killing my battery, 7% an hour insert light use. Going to try a fresh install and see what happens. Also what's the big difference between the gpe roms? Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jt1998:
What's requiring so much battery??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jball:
Check your battery stats .try using the built in Tasker or use a custom tasker
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TheEgonSpengler:
Has anyone tried GPE 4.3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadget069:
Might have my first issue. I lost all data, can't connect to the Internet even on the stock slot I didn't touch

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I was trying the gpe roms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TheEgonSpengler:
Did flashing the fix zip work? Or did you have to flash stock to get it working again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadget069:
Nothing with safe strap. I'm on gophone and I forgot I can't switch phones for 90 days and one of the gpe editions is a sprint version which triggered my account. Ugh, all they had to do is re-authenticate my account, all good now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] DeadlySin9:
No 4.3 works on Safestrap, not even GPE. Kernel differences prevent it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TheEgonSpengler:
So could we not flash back and forth between signed kernels?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jball:
If the bootloader was unlocked possibly. It looks for the kernel we have now.

Our phone is in the special Olympics department
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] WezzleD:
Hey guys I apologize for not looking through all 1200 posts but I just had an issue.

I was browsing the web as usual on my ROM slot 1. All of a sudden phone shut off and booted directly into stock. Then I restarted 3 times and it kept booting to stock. No splash screen. After the third boot my phone turned off and then showed splash screen. I am back on my ROM slot one but am now afraid of bricking my phone.

Anyone else have this issue? Maybe someone knows how to stop it from happening again???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TheEgonSpengler:
Dunno, remove it and refresh stock and try again.

That's all you can do unless someone has specifically discovered the issues source.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ddubz:
I did have an issue similar to that where after i installed a rom on slot one and rebooted it it went through and was waiting for setup screen to show up and after 15 minutes i had to shut down and when i did turn back on safestrap was gone. It booted straight to stock slot without the usual safestrap splash screen. I had to go to safestrap apk and uninstall then reinstall and fixed it. I do know that this has happened to a few other people as well. Can't help you as to why but i dont think you have to worry about bricking
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] my-blue-snog-box:
Has anyone looked at this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2250555

It looks like some people have had success flashing kernels with a locked bootloader. Kernels are still pretty much a foreign language to me though, so I don't know whether there may be a potential fix here or not.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jball:
Have you tried it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jball:
I tried out the "Flash Gordon" and it's a no go .I installed the flash gordon apk and downloaded the kt touchwiz 4.2.2 kernel and it flashed with "FG" and when you go into ktweaker app you can restore "super bull 1.1" for example and in ktweaker app it looks good.till you open another useful app called "rom toolbox" and yes your still stock.also in settings/about phone it's still stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadget069:
I don't think we can flash any kernels until the bootloader is unlocked. Flash Gordon just bypasses having a custom recovery installed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jball:
I did know that before hand.i tried it out just for dev purposes. "My-blue-snog-box" asked if anybody has looked at Flash Gordon ,so I checked it out.just posting it as unsuccessful
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] amhatter:
SS recovery only shows 12mb available for creating a ROM slot, but I have around 8gb of space left. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] 413dylan413:
JuSt wanted to post. .. flashed infamous 6.0 on my MF3 and it gets stuck in the phone setup. . Rom installs fine, boots and goes to phone setup... that goes well untill the last step where u hit finish and It just kicks u back a few steps
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadget069:
I think only tw based roms will work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] shadezero:
Question,

I'm planning on backing up and restoring my GPE ROM in slot 1 to my stock slot (ran out of space).

I'm having issues backing up, I get the 'failed to create backup folder' error.

Supposedly a reinstall of safestrap from stock side will fix this. My question is - will this erase the ROM in slot 1? Or will I get it back....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Soccerzubs:
I get that problem too when trying to backup to the External SD Card. If you switch it to save to Internal then it should work, but if you try to move your Internal Storage you will have to change some permissions through the Terminal Emulator, kind of annoying. The permissions thing has to do with how TWRP Recovery is setup and works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] shadezero:
Odd, I was able to make a nandroid of the stock ROM.

I completely removed and reinstaledt safestrap from the stock OS activated.

I only get the error when I try to backup via rom-slot-1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Soccerzubs:
Yeah same for me, only the stock rom slot can be backed up to External SD but if you are trying to back up rom-slot-1 to the External it will give you an error.

It can only be backed up to the Internal, then you change some permissions and can save it to your PC, External, or anywhere.

Source: I was also trying to backup my rom-slot-1 to my External SD and ran into the same error, that is the only method I know of.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadget069:
I've haven't run into that issue, I was able to backup the first slot no errors.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] shadezero:
This is the closest thing I found to a solution on Google...

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...-v311-backup-suddenly-fails-to-create-backup/

See post #9

--

Additionally, I've heard of something along the lines of 'protected SU' causing issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TheEgonSpengler:
Online nandroid works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ddubz:
I had no problems backing up slot 1 to ext sd try a different card maybe
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] shadezero:
Online...?

Also, I fail to see how it could be the SD if Stock-ROM backs up without any issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] TheEgonSpengler:
Its in the playstore? It's name is online android backup, because it backs up your android when its online?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Alucion:
I had that problem too. All I did was change the name of the rom and it worked. Idk why
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] NighthawkXL:
Reposting this from the actual SafeStrap thread... does anybody have a explanation as to why this is happening? It's independent of the actual GPE rom, It happens with any rom I've try to flash into the stock-slot. Reflashing the modems doesn't solve it either...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] gadget069:
First make sure the apn is correct, but that shouldn't keep it from connecting to att's network, other possibility is the efs was wiped which would be bad news.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] 413dylan413:
I was under the assumption that it was a TW rom.. I guess I shall go back and reserch