yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] IamIronMan:
Found it (Click the ME7 Link):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SpookySager:
Can anyone confirm that this fixes the loss of 4G issue? I'm having the same issue after flashing the GPE and going back to stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrv331:
I downloaded that and got a corrupt file warning when unzipping, plus MD5 error. Im downloading the one from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2357235 . But again these all have different names and Im not sure which is right.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tool Belt:
SafeStrap and Hyperdrive be rock'n my ME7.

THANKS!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mad3963:
The only issue I've seen with GPE so far, is that occasionally my home screen seems to freeze. My live wallpaper will continue to run, but nothing will respond to touch. Hot reboot fixes the issue. Only happened 3 or 4 times so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] IamIronMan:
Don't unzip the .tar file. However, if you are getting an MD5 error on the .tar, then redownload. I am flashing the .tar with ODIN as I am typing this, no problems so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrv331:
The downloads as a zip, not a tar. On a second note, on the Bonestock page is listed a modem baseband for ME7 to flash. Is that the same file Hash said to use or a different one?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] IamIronMan:
I am not 100% sure about the modem baseband. However, I did mean to say .zip, not .tar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wtherrell:
No. Not the file Hash said to use. Modem / Baseband is your radios.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] barrmulio:
[On GPE] Is there any way to have the 'total space' show the space for all partitions including /sdcard (internal) ?

Mine only shows the 2GB from the rom slot creation even though I have 3.2 GB of stuff installed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
OK. I have all 3 files needed on my SD Card; SS/Fix zip/Rom.

I only have 3.17gb available space on my phone and 4gb free on my SD card....

I deleted wasted files and backed up photos and everything to PC/SD card.

Is 3.17 enough to make a 2gb partition and not see any warnings of space running out?

ALSO once I'm up and running with rom in slot 1 can I delete more fluff and crap from Stock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] portscan:
I already went over this several pages back, but I will say it again.

You can flash mods or hacks to the stock/safe side rom as long as those mods or hacks are ME7 compatible.

Keep in mind that you run the risk of bricking by doing so. It is perfectly ok to flash mods or hacks to the stock rom using SS as long as you have the ME7 stock recovery image and ODIN in the event you brick. I would be careful stripping stuff from the stock rom as well. One strip of something that is system or build prop related, and you will find yourself hung at a boot loop. Hence the part about having ME7 image and ODIN readily available on your PC.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anthony92170:
Its cutting it close you probably will get not enough space soon. Get a 32 sd card or 64 it will help. If you do that you can move everything music pics files ect to extsd. Then I would wipe and delete phone sd and reroot if need to be

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Because stock rom goes to global mode you need to set it to cdma/lte in settings more networks then mobile network
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
I have a 64gb card and I have a lot of music on it... I have all music/pics/videos on the SD card already. What files other than apps could I move over? I don't have any files in my downloads folder...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anthony92170:
What size is your phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
16gb :crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] purple_zergling:
Haha, SafeStrap is so familiar coming from my Bionic... I guess I'll try out HyperDrive, unless someone recommends another DailyDriver which offers more stability.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AsaSpades:
Okay, I see this in the OP

"CURRENT "PROBLEM" ZIP FILES (DONT USE W/ SS):

- "remove ongoing wifi notification removal" (results in HUNG BOOT soft brick)"

So does that mean if I have flashed this file on my stock ME7, I can't install SS? Or once SS is installed I cannot flash the zip to disable the wifi notification? Is that related to the jfltevzw modules file is for?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anthony92170:
You can flash wifi remove or any other mods as long its me7. I started a thread with mods that work in themes and apps I test all of them they work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pickle_Jr:
I can't thank you enough kind sir.!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SpookySager:
Thanks, but I've tried that already. It stays on 3G. If I turn airplane mode on, then off 4G comes back for maybe 1 minute and then returns to 3G. I've also tried setting to LTE, powering off, pulling SIM, powering on...I get the SIM needed message, power off, then power back on with SIM and I actually receive a popup telling me that my phone has been set to Global. Even setting to LTE at this point doesn't seem to do anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] meowenf:
I thought the APK mounted into the system? I don't know much so correct me if I'm wrong I thought the APK was just to install into the system.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] neur0tk:
I ran SS on my old Maxx it worked great!! Flashed roms all the time never skipped a best Hashcode puts out some quality work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] portscan:
I think everyone is getting a little too worked up over this. Let's be calm and let him finish the work. I can assure you, from using Hash's SS on my Droid lines in the past, that it will be VERY stable and issues obsolete. If you mess up a phone using SS, then you messed it up, not his program.

This program will save you in the event something you flash goes wrong. With having a safeside on your phone, it's almost impossible to brick your phone. I say almost impossible because there are the one or two people who manage to delete the stock rom somehow.

Several of us commenting on here have used SS for some time now, and never had any issues where storage is concerned. For the ones that are new to SS, or never heard of it, just give it time to be released and try it. You will be pleased. Trust me.

Let's all sit back, relax and thank Hash for even doing this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zodder:
I checked the Paypal donation link and it didn't like it. I just want to make sure Hash gets what he gots coming to him :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bobosir:
thank you very much!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jayrod76:
With that being said, we all know TW is huge. If you are one who has a 16gb and do use a lot of internal you will have to be a little choosey on what you are trying to keep on the phone. You can easily move stuff to your external, like a ROM backup.. copy it to a PC ,upload to a DB or all of the above, just like you probably do with TWRP,etc. backups. While SS isn't the exact same as having Loki or a full unlock, having used it on my Bionic and RAZR,it will make things more tolerable on a locked B/L. Once it is implemented, devs will have to tweak their ROMs to use it and as time goes on, the possibility for kexec should make it seamless between a Loki setup and a SS setup. Hash is truly working some magic here.

Sent from my Platyraptor extreme ultra maxxxx 4gLTE/GSM/ABC/123 Nick Knack Pattywack Ermegherd GED, MD,RNA,DNA,YMCA Edition S4! Via the 4th dimension....NOW RUNNING ECLIPSE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] datsteve:
I have a question or two regarding what I'd be able to do with SS (provided the port to the GS4 is successful).

Would I be able to delete the stock ROM on the phone? It takes up a bunch of internal storage and I'd like to get that back for use in a better ROM. Also, I read that SS only allows 1 - 3 GB partition sizes for /data. Would I be able to allocate more space to this if I needed?

Now, if I can't do any of that, I can always install an external SD card to make up for the lost internal storage on my phone, right?

My apologies if the answers are obvious, I'm not sure how this stuff works.

EDIT:

Nevermind, I figured it out. I'm probably gonna have to pick up an external SD card. ;p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Alxoom33:
Thanks for defending my quote Deadly Sin9, but I stand corrected. No, I was just wrong, I thought Developer Edition S4 was only available through/and for AT&T, not for locked down Verizon. Thank you Samuri for pointing that out. I take it, that you need to pay full freight? Any idea if the VZW variant got 4.3 yet? :what:

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Yeah, deleting the "Safe" stock rom is one of the few ways that you can brick your device on SS.:cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SamuriHL:
I don't believe the DE even has ME7 yet. People that flashed it onto their DE actually ended up in a hard brick situation because it apparently locked the bootloader and they tried to flash something else. So no, it definitely does not have 4.3. The DE comes with all the same bloat and TW stuff that the consumer edition comes with. Kinda depressing. I'll take my GPE. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sargentmajord:
Ok ill say this one time about SS since me an SamuriHL fixed the bionics an RAZRs that people managed to bork with SS or BS

1. U can not an do not delete the stock system in the safe side the program prevents u from doing it if u some how manage to do it u will BRICK ur phone so any attempt to delete the stock system is stupid unless u like a $700 paper weight

2. 1-3 GB allotments only affect the system partition side not the data side IE internal stoage for downloads etc. The data side for the system IE system data an app data is in the 1-3 GB allotment.

3. Kenec is an alternative method to running custom kernels the current kernel is still present while the custom kernel is side loaded into the memory at boot an hijackes the system an takes over.

4. Custom roms AOSP an TW can run on the stock kernel I myself ran CM10 an AOKP on the bionics, RAZRs and droid 4s stock motorola kernel it was a bit buggy cuz of the incompatibilities at first but the bugs can be worked out but with kenec this is no longer an issue.

5. If HC can work his magic I do believ IIRC that SS/BS for the bionic could boot from the SD card so a 32 GB SD was more than enough because the roms weres saved to the SD card but I maybe talking about the older SS before rom slots were brought to the table
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Captain Crypto:
You are correct, the Dev does not have ME7 out of the box. And I never will, since I immediately disabled OTA update checks right after I rooted. Yes, I have all the same TW stuff but some of it is interesting, and I froze all of the rest of the bloat I could.

It's the price I pay for an unlocked bootloader. :D

Sent from my SCH-I545 DEV
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DeadlySin9:
This is true, but keep in mind he did say flashing to the stock slot would be enabled later. It happened on bionic too.

Also true. You have access to your whole internal storage, this just resizes the /data partition.

Spelled kexec, but true. Soon as anyone builds a kexec kernel then flashing things that need a different kernel are good.

I believe the problem is that AOSP roms do not run on a TW kernel because of the differences or something, and so do 4.3 roms. (Correct me if I'm wrong on that)

If I remember right from using my friend's bionic as my phone for a while (yay for the hack to make it work on AT&T) the slots were created on internal storage. Having 16 and 32 gb storage, I don't think having one or two slots active will be too bad, but creating them on external SD would be a nice addition.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SamuriHL:
With the unlocked bootloader you should see if anyone's done a GPE port to the DE yet. I'm not sure that'd be easy given the CDMA crap, but, if it's been done that'd be the ultimate rom. And who knows, if Hash gets kexec methods working in the new SS, maybe a GPE port will become possible for SS, as well.

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Creating slots on an external SD card presents interesting problems. Not all sdcards are created equal. And what happens if you remove it and try to boot? It sounds great in theory....just pop a 64 gig card in there and you're good to go...but it presents more problems than it ultimately might be worth.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Z.Z.Z.:
Im still confused on which roms will work? Can somebody pleeze help by naming some roms that will work with SS? :confused: I'd appreciate it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wtherrell:
I think what he meant was that the Google edition was not a Verizon option. At least I hope so. If not, he is mistaken.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] royredman:
Ok, I have a question. I have the MDK version and having that allows me to use the Loki Recovery option, but how does this differ from the loki recovery way of flashing roms?

Also, can you flash this on a MDK rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
So far, the only ROMS that will work are those with stock kernels aka TW ROMS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Captain Crypto:
I've been searching around and it appears that not many people (in these types of forums, anyway) have the DE. I agree that it would be cool to have a GPE ROM. At this point I'm just trying to catch up on the latest ROMs in general to get back in the game. Two years of no ROM'ing with the Bionic has made me stale. I shoulda SS'd that phone but I was so fed up with it being a piece of crap I just counted down the days til I could replace it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SamuriHL:
Just keep an eye out for all the roms. Hopefully you'll be able to find something useful. Even CM10 would be a step up from stock TW. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nateccnn:
So I installed Safestrap and made a rom slot. The first rom slot I choose the smallest setting for the size of partition for all three options. Got Hyperdrive installed and now I can't get all my apps installed. Out of space. I got most of them but still have a few I want. I moved what I could to SD Card just to have room to install safestrap to the new rom slot with Hyperdrive so I could then install the recovery and now...finally into Safestrap recovery and wondering best way to fix this.

I just backed up the rom, system and data. Now I need to create a new rom slot using larger space settings. Then restore the backup of rom slot 1 into rom slot 2? Will that be the fastest way to get me some more space? Or is there a better way to increase the size of the rom slot?

Nate
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anthony92170:
Try going to a area where 4g us strong. Also try a new sim card they do go bad
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SpookySager:
I am in a strong area. I have a tower right next to my house (full bars all the time). The thing is, the 4G seemed to stop working after enabling/disabling Airplane Mode while on GPE flashed via Safestrap. So, I'm not thinking it's a bad SIM card unless it was corrupted somehow (not even sure if that's possible).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] samiamapirate:
I flashed hyperdrive in Rom slot 1 but when I boot I only get a black screen. Any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] live2ride184:
Did you make sure you chose stock kernel? I had the same thing happen to me and I had to choose stock kernel and samsung messaging app, everything like that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] samiamapirate:
I chose the stock kernel but I did choose a sh*t ton of other tweaks. Maybe they aren't compatible?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
Being that Hyperdrive and other TW roms use Aroma... I also wonder how many of these tweaks will hose our devices with SS?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] live2ride184:
Yeah I don't know...try with the most basic stock samsung options and see if that works

Edit: Make sure you're not choosing stock modded or whatever it was just plain stock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wtherrell:
You didn't mention flashing the ME7 modules. That?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] b4u2:
I have a small issue... I am rooted on Me7. I installed ss. Booted to recovery. Went to create a ROM slot 1. When I select data partition it only allows me to create a 1GB slot. I need 2GB correct? What can I do from this point on? Can I still boot to stock and see what files I can move to create more space?

Is the ROM slot made on my SD card? My phone has 4GB free but I only had a 8GB card and it's nearly full. Do I need to wait until I get a larger card or can I still do this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jcwilliams:
Yes you should be able to reboot on stock slot and clear up some room then try again. But make sure you get as much room as possible if not you'll get the low storage notification which is super annoying
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] datsteve:
Installed Safestrap and got the GPE ROM working! Thank you, Hashcode!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
There is a debloating thread in here somewhere that goes over the apps someone has deleted without stability issues if I find it again I will post..

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datsteve;45752081]Installed Safestrap and got the GPE ROM working! Thank you, Hashcode![/QUOTE]

Are your back and menu buttons working?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nbaj2k:
I'm going to be trying this out tomorrow, and have a very stupid question. When creating a slot for the ROM and sending a size, does that also include the space for any apps you want to load on the phone (non SD card). Or will apps load on the remaining partition of the phone (that isn't selected as one of the ROM slots)?

I have a 32gb S4 and was just trying to plan out how I'm going to do this.

I honestly tried to look through the thread and I'm sure it is answered somewhere, so I apologize that I was unable to find it.

Thanks in advance,

-J
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] desantim:
Are your back and menu buttons working?[/QUOTE]

First time I installed it with custom settings it worked fine second time I installed with one of the preselected configurations and they didn't work here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
Well lucky you 32 gigger bites lol honestly you should be fine and yes all apps unless loaded to the sdcard will take up space on the partition.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] samiamapirate:
I did flash the modules, yes. I'll try again tomorrow and choose as few tweaks as possible and see if I can't get a different result.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Did u install in proper sequence?? After rom is flashed. ...do not reboot. Deselect reboot and go back into ss and install kernel patch. Then reboot. This has been discussed.

send via hashcode powered S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] notstevek:
So there's some stuff I'd prefer hashcode answer but if someone is knowledgeable about his work please answer some questions for me. People who are still on the MDK bootloader and can use loki recoveries.

is it me7 users only?

If not would installing this replace my TWRP or would I still have it?

what would my "stock rom" be. Whatever is flashed at the moment?

Anyway that having this could some how update to me7 accidently?

If I chose to uninstall it I would just have my "stock rom" and I could install TWRP again and use loki recovery?

I basically just want to multi boot roms but I am concerned about the above issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
Are your back and menu buttons working?[/QUOTE]

Read carefully before using but here is a one click debloater http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2313341
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nbaj2k:
Sorry, do you mean the small partition (ex 2gb) that is being created or the leftover space on the phone? Will apps default to install there?

I just want to make sure I do it right so that I'm able to take advantage of the extra internal space for apps
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] b4u2:
I'm currently using a 8GB card that is basically full. Do I need a larger card before I go and do the SS and custom rom? When I try to create a rom slot it only lets me create a 1GB slot even though I have over 4GB available on the actual phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] warchyld77:
You probably have the same issue I do. Your device is encrypted and from what I gather we can not use safe strap yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
I would suggest a much larger ext-sd card for sure and then redirect all data storage to use that card. I have 16gb S4 and 64gb ext-sd card and all data goes to ext-sd by default now. I can easily make 2 rom slots using the 2gb selection. Make sure all downloads go to ext-sd card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
how do you default downloads to go to the external? i have about 3 gigs left on internal and 29 on ext, but i want downloads to default to ext.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bfmetcalf:
Really depends on ghe browser/downloader app
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
i use chrome and i couldnt find anything in the options for it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Roland_D:
That's cause Google hates SD cards, as someone stated... I just download my files and move them to SD manually..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
im just concerned if the file ends up being larger then my availiable space, then i have no hope.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Roland_D:
Well you should know how big is the file you are downloading and how much space you have left... But if you really don't know how big the file is you can always use the stock browser... Settings->content settings->default storage
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bfmetcalf:
I use next browser and love it, may try out something other than chrome and see if you like it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kenkamm:
I tried this, and I can't even get past the first command - the system does not recognize the "su" command. I have busybox installed on the device. Any tips on how to get this to work? I'd like to experiment with removal of safestrap.

- Does the phone need to be regularly booted up or in a special mode?

- Do the commands need to be executed from a certain folder? If so how do I get to that folder?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] roboots21:
FolderMount. Very simple to use. Create a new link from the 'Download' folder on internal and then just have it create the destination folder (will be Download on extSD. Then once it does that, pin it (you'll see), and all apps in internal will be moved to external and then it will be linked. Anything you download will go right to the SD. That is what I am doing. I also purchase the pro and use it to map my google music data folder to my extSd as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
So it moves your apps on internal to external as well..?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] roboots21:
I meant just apps that are in your Download folder, or anything in your download folder for that matter.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
Ill have to try it out when i get the chance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kenkamm:
I have a 32GB ME7 device. When using Safestrap and choosing a 2GB partition, have I effectively reduced my system storage from 32GB to 2 GB?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kusaiashi:
How do I download SS?

Hey I have searched all over the OP, and I could be missing it, but how do I download SS? I haven't found any links to download it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
Can you elaborate on how you got FolderMount app to work via a ROM slot? I have it working fine on the stock side but when I try to use it via a ROM slot, it doesn't fine the source directory. I posted this as a question somewhere earlier in this thread. :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kenkamm:
I found a link in post 1125:

http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=550#downloads