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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
What ever you select the 1,2 or 3 GB slot.. given that you have twice the amount of room to create slots to start with. This is just me i would use the 3gb slot... hashcode had previously expressed concerns with the 3gb stability I have been using 3gb since day one no issues so far.

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Used next for a while was introduced to boat I like it as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] keyleroy:
USB Not Recognized/3G But No 4G

Not sure if anyone has encountered these two problems after installing GPE however, my computer does not recognize my phone via USB port and I have 3G working but no 4G. If in fact this is a problem, is there a resolution on the horizon? Thanks for your assistance.:(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Alxoom33:
I have an encrypted VZW S4 MDK, I have not been able to get TWRP to decrypt data. Bricked on SS when testing encrypted ME7 . Were you able to use TWRP or have you been on ME7 from the start?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] previse:
I'd like to give SS a go but i have a few questions ..

Can You put the partition on the external ? or it has to be on internal? and does it share apps with official rom or that partition has its own section for apps.

Also; If i do try this, i'm looking to install hyperdrive. What are the limitations of using it with this strategy? is anything limited/broken?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tool Belt:
It has to be internal, it does not share user apps, and I have Hyperdrive on mine and it is sweet......everything works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] previse:
Thanks for th reply. How is the battery life?

What about general features all working? And internal 3gb should that be enough if I put all of my apps on sd card.

Lastly what if a bootloader xploit is released in the future, safestrap cant be safely removed which scares me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Inigo Montoya:
Hashcode has said there may be stability issues with 3GB rom slot. I was wondering if anyone had any bad experiences so far with this? I'm running 2GB.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] NilsP:
After 3 devices and all coming as ME7 this gives me new life.

Tried them all but settled on BoneStock with xPosed and a bunch of my own mods and addins and running great and flawless.

Love being able to drop back to stock when needed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
See above replies in RED
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
None for me... So far lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] previse:
Thanks a bunch! Great info. I'm at work till 6:00 when I get home I'm going to test this out. I'll do 2gb and use sd card for apps. I can create multiple slots and chose what to boot from correct? That's pretty neat. Essentially a multi boot.

Last few questions.

The adb method you mentioned, I could simply odin a stock rom and ss would be safely removed correct ?

Lastly is it hard to install? Ive seen a few quick descriptions anythibg helpful yoy can point me to? Something about flashing a kernel module set after flashing the rom slot?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rangeofficer452:
Failed error

So I downloaded safestrap, installed it, clicked on reboot into recovery, created a rom slot, and have attempted to install hyper, Eclipse, and jelly bean roms and each one fails. I have tried to redownload each thinking I may have had a bad download and still they all fail to install. Anything I am doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Need more info than just fails...

send via hashcode powered S4

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Several youtube videos on how to install ss and flash roms. A couple using gs4...others driod but concept the same

send via hashcode powered S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rangeofficer452:
For JBeans is says unable to open zip error flashing zip external SD download updating partition details
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bfmetcalf:
unable to open zip is usually a bad download. make sure you check the md5sum of the files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] datsteve:
I get the same problem in FolderMount and other software that does the same thing.

USB mounting doesn't work, either. I'm assuming all of this is due to the nature of SS and that it might be fixed later on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mortecai123:
I am also having these problems?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Febby:
No. You have taken 2GBs from the internal reserved partition for ROM I believe. Your 32GB device has a total of around 23.81GB available to you for personal storage. The rest is reserved for devics files like ROM, modem, etc... :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] roboots21:
The source directory doesn't work out to be the same. I had to manually navigate to /storage/emulated/legacy/Download. It seems to work for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rangeofficer452:
checked the md5 and re downloaded hyper and jbeans and both immediately fail with same errors I mentioned.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashcode:
I would go back into Safestrap, re-activate the stock ROM, and then "delete" the rom-slot you created. And try it again.

These errors you're seeing are very unusual. I'm inclined to think it was just an error during the creation of the rom-slot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
First off thank you so much for all your work hash I do have a question... I have already created and am using 1slot.. when I did this I flashed the rom the internal sd then moved it to extsd. I am trying to flash another rom to slot 2 and tried flashing from extsd and get an error each time so my question.... does the rom need to be flashed from intsd? If so and I missed this some where in the forums I apologize, thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
OK so if currently on Stock I have just over 4gb of Apps on the phone. Should I move all over to SD card? Will Hyperdrvie Rom in Rom slot 1 of 2gb partition see and work with all of my SD card Apps?!

And yes all of these apps are backed up with Titanium Backup to the cloud and the SD Card in a folder...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wtherrell:
4gb of apps? Holy *&$€&¢, Batman! I have way more apps than I could ever possibly use & they are using 1.6gb. Maybe your weather apps or something storing their data on there too?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
Thought the same thing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] purple_zergling:
Someone posted a while back that in theory the SD only shares data do it should... I hope to see someone confirm it. May want to switch between a number of ROMs!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rangeofficer452:
I tried deleting rom slot and creating new one, still fails. I tried uninstalling SS and reinstalling SS and then creatibg new ROM slot and still fails. I'm at a total loss.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
This is what it says on stock... The biggest app I have is only 100mb....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wtherrell:
Definitely try FolderMount on your stock partition. If you are running Vine or something like that the data storage could be excessive.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sbollero:
When I attempt to create a pair, the source portion is emulated/0 and shows nothing to click on... Do you know why my files/folders don't appear? I can press menu and change the path, but I get a warning and don't know what the appropriate folder/area to pick a source file is.

Help please.

VZW Samsung Galaxy SIV

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Can I not use this with the rom slot? Do I need to create the pair in my stock slot before switching to ROM slot 1?

VZW Samsung Galaxy SIV
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
I have Vine but I don't create videos with it. But I cleared the data of only 25mb.... Why on Stock would I need to do FolderMount? I am on ME7 where I can move apps to SD card...

Where should I dig in Root Explorer to find which app is storing a lot of data?

I do use UCCW and Zooper... Would that be my problem?!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gimpy1:
Go into root explorer on your internal memory, usually sd0, or legacy or emulated. Long press on the folder and you will get 7 or 8 or... options. Select "properties". That will bring up how big the folder is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kenkamm:
You sure?

- When I boot into the stock rom and go to the storage settings, it says I have 32 GB total storage with 18.49 GB available.

- When I boot into my Google Edition ROM and look at the storage, it says I have 2 GB total storage with 1.31 GB available.

Seems to me, the ROM slots in Safestrap are islands to themselves.

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong - Safestrap is amazing, but this is a serious limitation. Basically whenever I'm using the GE ROM, I have 18.49 GB of unusable space hanging out there in the stock ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bikedude880:
Not really... at some point I envision custom size ability in SafeStrap. As a dev it is easier initially to hardcode a value for easier testing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
But still his point is that the system data and apps are unusable on his stock slot... Seriously limited.......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jesssiii:
I don't know why, but after setting up the Hyperdrive ROM in slot 1 (working fine ), I get stuck in apps updating or just bootloop when trying to go back to the stock slot. Anyone know what to do?

S4 I545 ME7 ROOTED
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Obsidian...:
Wait so you redownloaded those two after checking that their md5s were good?

You need to compare the md5 of each rom.zip and SS.apk to the one listed in the OP of each devs thread after they're downloaded. Once they all line up then put them in a separate "good folder" so you know those have all been checked and won't get confused with any other downloads.

Then if you already installed SS boot into recovery and delete the rom slot(s) you made. Reboot and delete the Safestrap/TWRP folders on both internal and ext sdcards (if one was made on your ext) Then wipe cache/data of the SS app and uninstall it.

There your phone is clean. Now locate the SS app and rom files that you previously checked the md5s in the "good folder" and install that SS.

After that search your phone for old downloads or duplicates. Anything that's not in that pre checked folder delete.

This is where a lot of people have screwed up because they moved the old files to emulated sdcard0 etc... where SS can see them but keep checking and re downloading files to their main download folder. Only to boot into SS and flash the old ones while thinking they're new.

Once you know all your downloads are good, your old rom and SS zips have been deleted. Reboot to recovery and create a rom slot. Flash a rom from the "good folder" and it has to work.

I know that's an over done explanation and some extra steps but I wrote it all out just in case. You might know all of this but if you do all of that there is no way it won't work.

If it doesn't it's something on your end. Because I'm sure all these guys will attest to those steps working for them.

Hope that helps

Obsidian

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Out of all of you what is the percentage of you that have 32gb phones? He's a rarity. So he has an extra 16gb. Remove that and he has an extra 2.49 gb sitting out there like the rest of you.

If we all had 32 gb phones HashCode0f could hard code SS to make larger partitions but I'm not sure what would happen if you tried to make a 16gb partition on a 16gb phone. If we all had 32 to 64gb high end class 10 cards Hash would/could setup SS to use the ext sd for rom slots but we don't. So unfortunately he has to make sure it's idiot proof and doesn't brick someone's phone or need a 24/7 support center to help people get it working for each phone/platform. SS runs on 7+ phones and needs to be universally update-able. So that's why it is how it is. It used to be 1gb 2gb or 4gb but now its 1 2 or 3 so let's be happy we have it.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrjinglesusa:
Then don't use it. Problem solved! You will have access to all of that completely unused space......and be STUCK on the bloated stock ROM.

Geez, we've been waiting for something like this since ME7 was forced upon us, we finally get it, and people still find something to complain about. :rolleyes:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashcode:
if you can, try delete / create rom slot again and when it fails go into advanced -> copy log to sd. then boot back to stock and pm me the recovery.log on your sdcard. it should tell me the error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thejulianath20:
I am not complaining about it. Just stating the fact that he has the "Rare" 32gb S4 and yes for him SS will be limiting...

For me I have the 16gb and will be doing SS and Hyperdrive tonight on a 2gb partition only because 3gb "could" be flaky. I would love to rock the aforementioned 4gb partition! Because I freed 5.5gb now! woohoo! Maybe down the road we can get the 4gb partition back...?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashcode:
on rom slots the /data partition is kept separate for obvious reasons. However, the rest of that internal space is still accessible as /sdcard. and this are is shared across all ROMs (like normal storage is).

So there's no wasted space. If users would like to see a 4gb data option (insane big imho) I can add one. But for most users that *would* be wasted space.

If anything, the 32gb users are lucky as hell because they can have all 4 slots.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] previse:
In regards to that - I'm not entirely sure whats the difference between system / Data partitions. System = where the rom is installed, data = where apps are installed?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashcode:
Exactly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] notstevek:
?? [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lou 270:
Hey Hashcode
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
Interesting issue.. loaded slot1 3gb partition/ deleted and flashed several roms... ran for a couple days then decided to delete and create as 1gb partition to create a second slot but now when I atempt to flash anything into the slot1 it fails every time. I deleted the slot and tried to create slot 2 or 3 and am having the same issue..no dice so back to stock, any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
I actually stumbled onto this very directory structure and already tried and while it give the "Green Pin" whilst moving the files and clicking the pin, it doesn't seem to actually work because I tested with "CoPilot Live" and unlike on my stock side where-as it not only shows the freed up storage space and see's the maps, all it does via the ROM Slot / Safestrap combo with FolderMount with this solution is Pin it as Green (good to go) but no Map data is read or correlated to be available [unlike stock side via FolderMount] when loading up CoPilot Live.

PS: I've also tried it with "KeepSafe" app and similar results.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrv331:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kenkamm:
Relax, chief. I'm just trying to understand. But thanks for reminding me I have a choice not to use it. Give me a break.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tool Belt:
Have been running Hyperdrive with stock kernel. Just flashed Hyperdrive optimized stock via Safe Strap. It requires a reflash of Hashcode's module (otherwise no WiFi). Just came up be seems to be working fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Hey man,

Stop bumping your post. Every question you ask has been answered in this thread. Search, and dint expect the developer to have to take the time to answer yiyr questions which have already been answered.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] portscan:
I don't get what people don't understand about this. You have said it and I have said it twice. Maybe 3rd time is a charm. You can flash mods/hacks to safe side AS LONG AS THEY'RE ME7 COMPATIBLE!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bikedude880:
Don't you know that people don't read? :P

Working on a safestrap compatible Rom this weekend, well post a new thread once things get going on that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] previse:
Just a little update. I've been on hyperdrive for about 15 hours now, NO problems at all. I fell asleep and took the phone off the charger as it was 100% charged. Nice 9 hour sleep and when i wokeup the battery was at 96% (While recieving text messages, calls, emails) for 9 hours 15 minutes.

No issues to report; running flawlessly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MR H3LLMAN:
I just want to extend a very heartfelt thanks to Hash for working so hard on getting Safestrap working so beautifully. Depending on what phone you came from, you may or may not know me but I did a ton of theme work for the Galaxy Nexus and a bunch of mods when I was learning to develop Android and since upgrading to the S4, haven't been able to do much due to a new job and moving. That being said, now that we have the ability to flash some custom stuff again, I will be working tirelessly on awesome stuff for our phone. Thank you again Hash for giving me back my hobby. If there's anything I can ever lend a hand with please don't hesitate to get at me. I'd be more than happy to offer any help I can. However limited it may be. Happy flashing y'all!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] novacomplex:
I also been running hyperdrive for a few hours. After rebooting the phone opening the phone app freezes the phone. I tried deleting the rom slot and reloading the rom and same thing happens. Could it possibly be rebooting the phone using safestrap causing the error or the rom itself?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kenkamm:
I don't think I saw any replies to my question here, and I still can't figure this out on my own. I guess I'm still too much of a n00b! Can anyone help me on this one? I can't seem to get adb to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] notstevek:
Actually a few haven't but I'm over it. Considering this is a discussion thread I'm allowed to discuss it. Why don't you go to his non discussion thread and yell at people on that who are discussing it. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Pm me your questions I will answer via pm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dooperman:
I think it is. Dont reinstall ss on the rom. I didnt the second time around it now works flawlessly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PetrichorXFi:
Link to download SS APK? I see GPE rom dowbload, yet no links for Hashcode`s SS... am I missing it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tool Belt:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2441441
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bikedude880:
Excited to start development today, hopefully I can get it building now as I've already got my local_manifest working with repo :)

One more post before I can use developer topics :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SpookySager:
I had 4G issues. Refer to my post here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448726&page=20

My post from that thread:

I posted some time earlier that I was running GPE on a 3Gb ROM slot without issues, however I recently had an issue (may not be related to the size of the slot).

Everything seemed to run fine until I enabled airplane mode. Upon disabling it, my 4G never came back. I couldn't even get it back on stock (it would stay on 3G). Tried several reboots, battery pulls, and even Odin'd back to stock...still only 3G. 4G would show for maybe 15 seconds after each reboot, but it always reverted to 3G. As a final resort, I got Verizon to give me a new SIM card...problem solved!

So, I'm still not sure what fried my SIM card...hopefully these ROMs can't do that. Maybe someone with a lot more experience can chime in and let me know if its possible for a ROM to do this, or did my card just go bad.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] killajoe:
Did you flash any mods over your stock rom slot?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SpookySager:
No, I didn't touch the stock ROM slot at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Z.Z.Z.:
stupid question but does xposed work with this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tool Belt:
Yes. But I tried the Wanam module to get a soft reboot on the power menu and things got wonky. I uninstalled wanam and the other mods are fine.

Running Hyperdrive Optimized Stock via SS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Z.Z.Z.:
What about xblast mod?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tool Belt:
I think a lot of Xblast seems native to Hyperdrive
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrv331:
I restored via odin and from stock ran a few speednet tests. I was in a strong 4g area and the speeds were strong. I rooted and installed SS creating 3 slots. In installed Hyperdrive, jelly bean and bonestrap. From the same location I ran the speednet tests again. On all three slots the tests were terrible. I made sure all settings were the same on the same test server. I went back to stock and had the same terrible results.

I restored via odin again and ran the tests again and had very strong speeds. All tests were run from the same location with in an hour. It seems for at least me SS is related to my data loss. Any idea how SS would affect my data connections? Im stuck on rooted stock until I get this figured out.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
Did you install the kernel modules zip? Not sure it matters, but same thing happened to me until I did this.

Sent from Navi
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
has anyone had any trouble with remote bluettoth controls? cant get it to work on safestrap anyone else have this issue....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tool Belt:
My speed test is 40760 down and 18950 up. No complaints.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrv331:
Sorry forgot to add that I also flashed the second zip to after installing the roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] previse:
3.6 has some nice things in store for you guys ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrv331:
My speeds are similar on stock and not even close on any rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] previse:
in SS 3.60

- No more wipe error on /cache

- Reworded the /boot not found message as INFO

- Boot partition should be protected in stock now.

- TWRP update to 2.6.3.0

- and CPUs #3/#4 are now back on
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] michaelg117:
When we update, do we just install the new version on our stock ROM and reinstall ss?

Sent from Navi
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anthony92170:
I am using wanam with no issues on stock and hyperdrive plus xblast
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashcode:
Downloads section has a new Safestrap version:

Safestrap-JFLTEVZW-3.6x-B09.apk

CHANGELOG:

No more wipe error on /cache

Reworded the /boot not found message as INFO

Boot partition should be protected in stock now. (In past versions, a boot.img file in a .zip being flashed to stock would overwrite the actual boot partition and force the use of ODIN to restore the stock boot partition).

3rd and 4th CPUs are reattached correctly after 2nd-init (this was reflected in lower benchmarks)

Installation scripts were debugged a bit. But still seeing true ME7 users not getting a clean uninstall. :/ I'll work on this more.

TWRP update to 2.6.3.0 (See change log here: http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2). And if you like TWRP don't forget to let them know.

From a local build stand point, this update was HUGE for me. I redesigned how the recovery files are built in order to support / maintain more devices in a better manner. This portion was not reflected in the change log but hopefully helps keep the builds consistent across several devices in the same family (VZW, ATT, ATT-ACTIVE).

INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPGRADING

Boot to your stock ROM

Install the new APK via file manager

Make sure to agree to the warning about replacing the existing APK

Once you're in the new APK (you'll note 3.60 in the lower left corner), use the "Install Recovery" button.

That's it. Now you can reboot into recovery and go right back into your ROM slot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
hash glad your back on online!!! tried every rom that is compatible with safestrap keep having bluetooth issues where it will connect to my car stereo and headphones but will not allow me to change tracks remotely PLEASE HELP!!!!!!