yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Can't let the fricken 1% ignorant posters ruin it for the other 99%

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cyrushehe:
It's one of the U.S. download servers. Just use a proxy server in Germany. :U (Sometimes it will download a file called index.php, just rename it to Safestrap.apk, that works for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Travisdroidx2:
Deleted. If I can't say anything nice I guess I will bite my tongue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Nitro is an amazing dev and were lucky to have him. Also I think we can all agree that we're all having issues with getting roms to install with a high success rate since 4.3. Since this is a dev thread, I was under the assumption that we could try discussing solutions together. That being said, is there a rom based on MK2 that flashes correctly for anyone? The reason I ask is because none of my personal MK2 roms will get past the bootscreen. I thought one did but it was a MJ7 rom I made earlier. Took out the boot.img, modules, and checked dmesg and tima reported everything passing verification.

developers app
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
Can we please get back on track here folks.

I'm trying to figure out if I "Screwed the pooch" in putting HD RLS12 in my stock side.

I am currently unable to have any success at restoring backup roms or flashing MK2 based to my slots (Even the base MK2 safestrap compatible release).

Personally, I don't even get what started this back n forth. One user was simply trying to warn of a result in trying to flash a certain test ROM and what would result. I don't get any disrespect, but that's just me.

Mods, please clean up this thread, I don't want all this negative to chase hash away either.

Let's all just take a deep breath and get back on track, PLEASE. :highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] WraithBlade993:
Lock boot loader for MJ7

Guys, So I suspect this is def not the 1st locked bootloader on the S4. Question is, is there any rumors of anyone getting close to getting it unlocked. Again Im on the MJ7 Build so Ive tried to do my leg work to find viable fixes. I had to deal with Safestrap on my previous phone(Droid 4). Would love to be able to apply CWM or TWKP and be able to use a wide range of Roms again. Started with CWM on a HTC Evo 4G when it was hot. Again any Scuttlebutt on If and when an Unlock method might be available for MJ7?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Nothing close...may not ever happen

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
From a doomsday day "qhsusb_dload" clock point of view, its only 3 P.M. Time is relative though I guess. Is your phones bootloader MK2 or MJ7?

(sorry if you dont get the reference, google "doomsday clock" for a interesting read)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
lol :laugh:

MK2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
FOXHOUND 3.6 for SS MK2 users with stock on stock slot

FH3.6 VZW IM IN LOVE WITH THIS ROM ANY OF YOU GUYS TRY IT YET?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49095955#post49095955

nothing interesting (at least to me) post is:

[KERNEL] Magical Unicorn - Samsung S4 - Android 4.4.x KitKat - TW & GOOGLE AOSP (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2593886)

if their doing that on locked bootloader why cant we? hope is just a glimmer of reality
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DevilDog512:
Darthstalker ver. X on the tmobile android Dev thread is mk2 based and uses an aroma installer and works great for me. I'm on unlocked i337 with tmo service.

3.71 safestrap for att.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
Resolved my prior issue regarding not being able to flash or restore ROM to any slots.

See here --> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49111597&postcount=15

Basics: Cannot be on MK2 and flash say Hyperdrive RLS12 to stock. This prevents the ability to later flash or restore other MK2 roms to slots.

Shout out to [MENTION=4939386]Surge1223[/MENTION] for leading me into this thought and eventual path!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Yeah I know I found that out yesterday, have been trying to find a solution. Also on international roms you can never flash a modem only the modem you were initially on when you flashed the rom will work. I found a few other things out too. Got the aroma installer that automatically installs the modules and modem for a rom, so thats good news bad news is the error thats causing all of our failures is probably the infamous I:Zip does not contain SELinux file_contexts file in its root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mistertac:
Exactly. Keep up the good work.

SafeStrap for 4.3 is still very new and with the security changes and everything else. .. There's gonna be issues. I'm happy to be testing anything that comes our way.

Verizon Galaxy S4

SafeStrap 3.71

Hyperdrive 12

Omega

Sprint Galaxy S4

Philz Touch Recovery

Carbon 4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nakien:
when i click install on 3.71 safe strap it gives me a parsing error. im on mk2 4.3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] klabit87:
Download safestrap again and check the md5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nakien:
md5 is 71942b7abc9de10e8934198eb39c60ec
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] klabit87:
That's what mine is. And it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nakien:
very odd/annoying
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] roote223:
Did you have to flash the module? I couldn't get the rom to work on my tmobile s4 but I didn't flash the module.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
I have read through the thread and if this was already brought up I must have missed it... I see on the op there are rom slot issue is it this...strap3.71 created a rom slot all is good left default size works great. I went back to create a smaller slot but I am unable to adjust sizes for system,data or cache... only want to lower system and data but can't.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hakisac78:
are you sure you have enough internal mem to create another slot? i believe ss 3.70&3.71 are working fine...no probs for me!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rslu2:
If I recall SS 3.6x allowed you to resize the system partition. I have not been able to do that with 3.71. I have squeezed 2 slots into my sdcard, but it would be nice to reclaim some system space for data when using these slim Roms that are in testing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shindiggity:
So I guess making a backup in slot 1 I can't restore in stock slot. I get a Failure and I notice it has slot 1 in its title. Anyone know if this is possible?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Gator Brah:
try moving the image files from the slot 1 backup to the folder for the stock rom backup. Disable md5 check and restore
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashcode:
TW 4.3 added signature checks on the system partition, so we're stuck with a single size now :/ In previous versions of TW that check wasn't enforced.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
Thank you hash.. just wanted to make sure it wasn't just me causing a problem in some way lol. Thanks again for this and all that you do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] eheinzeiii:
Quick question. Did a bit of searching but didn't find the answer I need. I just want to see if anyone has confirmed that isis mobile wallet or Google wallet is working for them while using safestrap and hd12. Of If it's working on the stock slot or anything. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DevilDog512:
To my knowledge you always have to flash the modules.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mistertac:
Mine is running great on the stock slot.

As far as Google wallet I can't help ya there.

Verizon Galaxy S4

SafeStrap

Hyperdrive 12

Sprint Galaxy S4

Philz

Carbon 4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MehStrongBadMeh:
I have succesfully used google wallet tap-to-pay on Hyperdrive rls12. I have it installed to the stock slot using safestrap with the MK2 kernel. You'll need to use the android 4.3 modified version of google walllet. Unfortunately, the guy who posted it took it down because people didn't donate him enough money.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Omerta82:
Is there any way you can Dropbox that modified wallet for download?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ymmelo:
I'm trying to download the safestrap v3.71 but the link is bad... please fix it.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mistertac:
You can try this. .

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sm0bv8mcjsttsyb/Safestrap-JFLTEVZW-3.71-2.apk

Verizon Galaxy S4

SafeStrap

Hyperdrive 12

Sprint Galaxy S4

Philz

Carbon 4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ymmelo:
Thank you man...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mistertac:
Nooo problem. . You have the modules ? I think I dropboxed them as well earlier in this thread for someone else having the same issue.

Let me know.

Verizon Galaxy S4

SafeStrap

Hyperdrive 12

Sprint Galaxy S4

Philz

Carbon 4.4

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Also. .

For anyone else having storage space issues try using Folder Mount

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2192122

Great app... Just figured I'd share.

Verizon Galaxy S4

SafeStrap

Hyperdrive 12

Sprint Galaxy S4

Philz

Carbon 4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] arcsum68:
unroot with Safestrap installed?

Forgive me if this has been covered, if it has, just help me find it, perhaps my search abilities are not as awesome as I think they are.

My employer thinks I should not have a rooted phone to use Good for corporate email.

I unrooted and updated to MJ7 and MK2 over the last 2 days and am wondering if I cant have the best of both worlds.

Is it possible to for me to root, install Safestrap, setup my alternate ROM(s), and then unroot the stock slot or will that break Safestrap? I really only need Good when I am oncall.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
What you need to do is to set up your device with Safestrap, install a custom ROM like Hyperdrive, then unroot the stock side.

Good will look for the following, which need to be deleted from the Stock ROM:

busybox

su

SuperSU

SuperSU Pro

Superuser

So, you'll have to manually uninstall busybox, do a full unroot using SuperSU, then uninstall SuperSU and SuperSU Pro.

That'll still allow Safestrap to boot the alternate ROM, and leave you a clean, unmodified base ROM.

Good starts up at boot time to look to see if you're rooted, so if you ever need to re-root you need to use "pm disable-user com.good.android.gfe" before re-rooting. You then have to carefully re-enable it: adb shell to the phone, "su" to get superuser permissions, then do a full unroot in SuperSU. Uninstall SuperSU, then in that shell, "pm enable-user com.good.android.gfe".

Good luck. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Craleb:
Delete :-x
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] arcsum68:
Awesome, thanks for the very detailed answer!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pickleweasel:
Ok, I have read through the thread and am still confused. I am running Hyperdrive and it's an mj7 base and have cwm recovery. Can I just download this and follow the installation instructions and have safe strap or do I need to be on bone stock to install this properly? Been flashing for years but feel really dumb right now and don't want to brick myself. Sorry if this is a dumb question, just wanted to update to Hyperdrive 12 but it requires me to use safestrap coming from an mj7 base.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
If your stock base is MJ7 then you can't have CWM recovery installed. If you do have CWM installed then your stock base is MDK and you wouldn't need Safestrap.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pickleweasel:
Thank you. About phone said my baseband version is mj7 so I was just making sure I wasn't going to **** something up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
Isn't Hyperdrive 12 MJ7?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] yofife2069:
Hyperdrive 12 is a custom MJ7 rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
Yeah......I know. :rolleyes:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pickleweasel:
I'm on Hyperdrive 10
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
What's your build number, not your baseband version. Baseband is your radio version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Pickleweasel:
Builders number is me7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Hi I accidently overrided my stock slot with a custom ROM. Is it possible to delete my stock slot and restore my actual stock rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
You'll have to use Odin to get back to stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
So basically I how to wipe my whole device and start over? Even though I have a backup?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
Unless you made a nandroid of your stock rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mistertac:
Pretty much unless you made a backup of the stock before.

Another reason its risky loading roms to the stock slot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Yes I do have a backup, I made it in safestrap before doing anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
Then you should be able to restore it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
I also have one more question. Have you ever heard of the aosp messaging app in Hyperdrive not working (crashing on bootup)?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
Probably should ask this in Hyperdrive thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Thanks, I did just thought I'd ask here too.

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For some reason I cannot get a ROM slot to go to my SD card. Do I need to do something special to get it to do this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mistertac:
Its not going to go on your external SD if that's what you mean?

It's uses internal and then you point all your data to external.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Yes that's correct it's not going to my external SD. Is there something special I have to do to get it to go to the external SD?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mistertac:
Ok are you meaning that you cannot install say Hyperdrive onto your external SD card? Because that's not how it works. It installs the actual rom onto internal SD. Then you set your phone to to save and store to the external one.

Just trying to clear up what were talking about..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Ah so I can't make a say a 16 Gb rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
Here is some discussion about what you might be wanting to do.. I stopped following it a while ago..http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2454518
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mistertac:
No. You should read up quite a bit. It's quite easy once you get going. Here's a YouTube video on what you're trying to do check it out. Also re-read what hash wrote in the op.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pA8cV3-r3oU

''

Here you can create virtual ROM-slots (2 on the S4 due to partition size and internal space) for flashing ROMs. These ROM-slots allow for 3 different sizes of /data partitions: 1GB, 2GB and 3GB. NOTE: The bigger you make the /data partition the less room you will have to make other ROM-slots."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Not possible

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
seeking input on ss3.71

hashcode, who has done great & helpul work for so many of us did warn that SafeStrap3.71had some issues, & until it is clarified what they are, I'm a bit concerned about changing fm SS3.65…

Could you folks please help me by sharing your experiences vis-a-vis SS3.71's stability, & feature functionality?

tia, oldwolf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sahively:
Never used 3.65 since I'm new to the GS4 but 3.71 hasn't given me any troubles. My only issues have been caused by my own incompetence. I've used 3 different ROMs now but all only on slot 1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
No problems to speak off from safestrap point of view

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sharkie405:
Also no issues here with 3.71.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Has anyone found any other ROMs that work good like hyperdrive for MK2 (4.3) base?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
There might be a couple but issues...

safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
decaturbob & sharkie, thanks for your input.

After seeing what hashcode posted about some rom slot issues, I was concerned. Can't have the recovery go south & not allow you to do a wipe or delete a slot, both of which have saved me more than once when I had problems… deleting a slot & re-installing fm a nand backup has saved me more times than I care to remember…

I'm targeting Sunday to do a no-wipe flash of mk2, SafeRoot, & HD rls12 on Sunday… unless someone chimes in w/ss3.71 rom slot ( or other ) issues…

thanks again for your immediate answers -

oldwolf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Eclipse *still* has issues?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] scootier:
For me 3.71 has ran just as well as 3.65.

Only running 1 slot and have been on hyperdrive.

I have an exFat extSdCard too.

The difference is which OS you're running.

As hash says in OP:

ME7/MI1: 3.65

MJ7/MK2: 3.71
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] eheinzeiii:
Does anyone know how to get rid of this notification. And could someone please tell me which processes to freeze to stop the update prompt. Thank you
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sahively:
No problem, oldwolf. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
From a root command prompt:

pm disable com.asurion.android.verizon.vms

I think this is called "Verizon Mobile Security" if you're going to freeze it in TiBu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] eheinzeiii:
Thank you. Anyone know what to freeze to stop the update prompts? Thanks again.

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Can we use that Samsung Knox app being rooted and safe strapped?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
scootier, thanks for your input, esp re: exfat sdcard, I'm running a 64Gb Sandisk class 10 & it is ex fat

I saw what you quoted fm the OP, but I was also quoting the OP re: slot issues fm hashcode in the OP he posted, sorry if I wasn't clearer- my concerns lie w/potential probs w/rom slot issues since hashcode himself mentioned it back then, when SS was 3.70…

As I mentioned in an earlier post, a page or two back, I just wanna be sure that this iteration of SS will be free of probs w/rom slot probs that hashcode warned of in OP when SS was 3.70…

being able to delete a slot in which rom probs occur (i.e. OS getting corrupted or conflicts in xposed framework modules) is important to me- I've noted for some time that sometimes for a nand restore to work you have to del the slot, recreate the slot & restore fm nand backup -

that gives you a clean slate & avoids more 'invasive recovery strategies i.e. having to do a factory reset or reflash the base OS in Odin…

I can del & recreate slot & restore a nand over lunch, away fm my desktop - that's why hashcode's comment in the OP about .70 concerned me & hence my wanting to know how this latest version .71 is doing vis-a-vis rom slots… of course any input on any wrinkle in 3.71 is helpful & appreciated. thanks again.

oldwolf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Craleb:
I know this has been asked before but as of late, how has flashing hyperdrive 12 treated those who flashed it on stock slot and ran it as a lone rom?

I am running low on space having both a stock slot and rom slot 1 :-/ and I'm broke enough to only have an 8 gig SD card lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] klabit87:
Everything is running perfectly fine for me since the 26th of Dec.

I have heard of others not being able to run anything in a slot afterwards.

Doesn't affect me any but it is still worth mentioning.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mistertac:
I'm running it fine now on stock slot and I've used slot 1 and 2 in addition to that so far with no issue. I had a backup of stock mk7 not be able to restore for me once when I 1st started to mess with stock slot, but I think that was a one time issue as I've restored since multiple times with no problems. Everything is working great now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
Works great in Stock side. Only issue I had prior was updating myself clear to MK2 then installing HD in stock. That was fine to, except Safestrap/Slots didn't like having an MK2 bootloader present along with an MJ7 based ROM in stock so I couldn't do nothing further with safestrap other than use it as a recovery to flash things to stock. No rom slots would take anything.

Since, I have Odin'd back to MJ7 base and restored my HD RLS12 Nandroid to stock side and now I can slot load roms also without issue.

Hope that helps explain both your question and the follow up reply. ;)

Happy Flashing! :highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hakisac78:
Hey everyone...I was wondering if anybody knows if we could flash this using safestrap.

http://www.sammobile.com/2014/01/10...-kitkat-test-firmware-for-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505/

Edit: Nevermind. I'm an idiot! Question answered.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ladymeggs:
After getting safestrap installed, I did a nanoid backup and installed HD11 in the stock slot. I was then able to go back to the backup with no problems and finally install HD12. Everything was done through the stock slot with no problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
Um, that's what I said. Rewording:

pm disable com.asurion.android.verizon.vms

or freeze "Verizon Mobile Security" in TiBu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] eheinzeiii:
OK I didn't know that would stop the update prompts as well. I'm on mj7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] roote223:
So the modules work on other versions of the s4 as well? I have the T-Mobile version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] DeadlySin9:
If you have a different model you should get your devices modules to be safe. I forget what folder they're in, but you'd have to take them from whatever rom you have in the stock slot and put them into a flashable zip.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashcode:
/system/lib/modules
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ss12108:
Verification of Phone Wipe

Hi All,

So I had an unfortunate incident at the gym where my S4 fell out of my locker and fell to a carpeted floor, and unfortunately, all of the drop test videos we've seen online must be BS because they may not show you that the LCD screen cracks very easily even with the phone in a decent case to absorb impact. My glass was completely in tact but the LCD screen was cracked and I can't get the screen to turn on at all. After researching and seeing that LCD cracking is quite common on the S4, and not having insurance, I decided to use my business partner's upgrade and went to the Droid Maxx.

That being said, I had safestrap installed, but seemed to have (luckily) factory reset the phone using the hardware buttons, guessing when I was in stock recovery, and following the button pressing sequence I saw in youtube videos. When the phone booted up (confirmed by soft keys lighting up), I connected to my PC, and the "phone" partition recognized had nearly the full 9+ GB of storage available. I had Hyperdrive 12 on stock slot and I believe I was playing with a different rom on slot 1, so I'm assuming stock was wiped clean and reset, and slot 1 was deleted in the process.

I am pretty sure safestrap uses the "data" partition to create rom slots, so if there is like 600mb used, can I assume the wipe removed everything, including my rom slot? Also, can I assume safestrap is uninstalled, "recovery" removed, and the phone is unrooted? I saw a completely shattered S4 with a bad ESN sell on ebay for $139.99 referenced as a phone for parts, so I'd like to sell and be able to cover some of the cost to my firm if possible, however I want to be VERY confident that the phone is COMPLETELY wiped and reset. I checked Kies and it recognized I was on MJ7 and needed an update as well.

Thanks so much for any assurance anyone can give me. I'm sorry to have left the S4 but I have to say, the Droid Maxx is pretty damn good, considering the 24+ hour battery life, and the near AOSP (I've missed it so much lol) stock software. I've got KitKat loaded with root, and safestrap ready and waiting for some roms!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stuckintheskull:
Just wanted to thank you [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] for making the Verizon s4 useful while I had it. I have moved on to T-Mobile. Thank you to everyone else as well.