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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heartspeace:
Thank you for the help. I have tried that. It was one of the first things. I can't get into recovery. Pulling the battery doesn't seem to have any affect at all at any step throughout at of the system diagnostic procedures I have gone through.I would do I factory reset but it has zero affect. It doesn't do anything. Well I take that back. It creates a spinning circle, then puts the blue works at the top "Recovery Booting" and then sits there forever. To get out of that I have to put it into bootloader mode, and then cancel it, and then it will boot back to the OS, which I do have root access too,, thank goodness, or else I know this would be a total write off at this point.

I tried that one tool for gaining root, and then putting on a recovery and then putting on a new OS... but that goes through all the motions - but has no effect except when the Recovery comes up -it brings up the bootloader, in download mode. So I have to reboot in bootloader mode and cancel it and then it will go into the OS again. Right now that name of the tool is missing from my mind. Its very popular so Im sure you all know it, its one of the main ways to gain root or was until MF3 came into this ugly world.

I wrote all this (painfully) so that you may know where I stand with this beast.

HP

..."semi-borrowed from AndroidSlave for this one problem"​

.....EVEN ODIN CAN'T REFLASH MY i337 w/ MF3 & CM 10.2 (jflteatt) 20130910......​
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Alxoom33:
Do you have the stock image for your phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heartspeace:
BTW AND...

BTW I posted results of what a recovery Odin Flash gets me in AT&T S4 trouble Section,,,

But again if someone else can shed some light on the partition structure of the S4 phones and how this application interacts with applications that acts as the recovery? For example would I be able to create a partition and switch it to be "recovery" partition knowing the first one is hosed somehow, and then try to loan in another recovery toolset onto that partition and then get the rest working, next to last delete the bad recovery partition, and then finally delete this application?

That was my hope with this toolset.

HP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
You may want to read the description of how it works again on [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION]'s blog. It will answer your questions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heartspeace:
I do not. I lost a lot of data that was on SDcards as backups. I didnt get them to a computer in time. For some reason some versions of these ROMs liked to corrupt the SDcard for me on this phone. The last version was finally stable. Why do you ask? I can't seem to flash anything with ODIN.

HP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heartspeace:
Where is the recovery software? How can I replace it using root?

I did. I'm playing with it now. It looks intriguing but I'm not sure it will solve the problem at hand. It seems as if the partition has been deleted or has been erased because nothing is accepting a recovery install. Is there anyway I can check to see where the partition is supposed to be for the recovery image?is the recovery image accessible through route on the phone?are the recovery programs accessible on the phone through root?

I need to see where the recovery is supposed to be, how I can look at it, and then how I can replace it. Who can help me?

HP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
I'm confused as to what you're trying to do. It is a Proof of concept.

Do not expect to be able to use it yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] heartspeace:
The reason I'm using this tool, and my approach to the problem at hand.

The first statement that I was playing with the was just at a statement and it was intriguing.

The next statements we're about my problem at hand and what this program has created as new questions in my head. All those questions after my comment are question about my problem.

Look at it this way. I cannot get into recovery. Recovery is most likely on its own partition. I have tried to install/flash a new program on it. Writing a new partition program has failed. I have tried to flash a new partition program. Flashing a new partition program has also failed. Ergo the common conclusion is that something is wrong with the partition. My next step is to then take a look at what is in that partition/what the partition info looks like abs compare it with norms. Now I've already ran Odin and flashed the. pit file for my phone to correct any problems and the phone did it accepted it. It. So it it the partition? Or info in the partition eg permissions?

I need someone's experience to help at this point. eg What question then arises how can I do this? By then ask what tools do I have at hand? My tools at hand are this program and root in the file system. By then can combine the tools with the experience and then try to solve the problem. But without some peoples other experience than mine and without perhaps this tool then I don't think I can get enough information.

hp

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Thank you whomever out voice dictation into Android for us nerve challenged people.

hp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dcacklam:
Ok...

So, now this works & we can get into recovery, create a rom-slot...

But attempting to flash a MDK/loki ROM produces an updater-binary error...

I get that separate versions of the ROMs have to be made... But what things should be different? Will there be a 'how to convert' guide?

If more info were posted, I'd be interested in trying to get either CM10.2 or the Google Edition ROM 'modified' - I've done some updater-script stuff back when I had an HTC Amaze & was working on the CM10 effort there....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
ss is under development and does not fully work yet for GS4, its in a testing phase. Hashcode has clearly stated this at the beginning. You can not flash any rom at this point. Once SS is functional, only roms based on the stock kernal; could be used at this time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dcacklam:
Ok, I get what 'under development' means...

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I am asking for more info on how it *should* work, so I can tinker with it...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
hashcode has posted info on SS and SS is used on several other phones. Not sure exactly what you are asking for. As to tinker with SS for S4, I don't believe its developed to a sufficient level to tinker with. That was my point
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashcode:
Just going to leave this right here.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Marshmellow92:
What! That's awesome!! You got it to work

I'm so excited, I have the new update because I got the phone like that. But I can't wait till I can use this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] krazy_smokezalot:
ohhhhhhh sh!!!!t my man a hundred grand!!!!:laugh::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] an21281:
Nice! That was fast!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] killajoe:
Eyes glued on this thread!! I need to flash!!! Going through hardcore ROM withdrawals
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hondabomdc5:
im on the previous version of SS.....I have Hyperdrive ROM installed. Can i just download the newest version of SS and then open it up and install it over the old version? Also, do i need to be on stock ROM or is it okay if i do this while on the Hyperdrive ROM??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] an21281:
He explained to me that since he never uses stock, why have it clutter the phone with things it doesn't need. Of course he was surprised that more space wasn't freed up and that his stock boot stopped working. We didn't make a backup of stock, because I never thought there would be a need too (son's mistakes = many, my mistake = 1 so far or two if you count letting my son think).

So we have a working boot with the HyperDrive slot, but how do I get the stock slot working again. I thought of doing a hard key reset, but from posts it looks like it doesn't fully clear the phone. Is Odin back to ME7 my best bet and has anyone tried (successfully) to do this or will a hard reset take care of this.

Before I let my son continue on his phone rampage, want to get back to square one first (oh and have backups of it)[/QUOTE]

Did you not make a backup of stock slot in SS prior to doing anything? If you did then try to restore it while stock slot is active. If you didnt then make sure to do so right after you odin back and re-root/flash ss. Always a good idea to back up stock slot before flashing and/or debloating...

The way I update SS versions is I activate stock slot, boot up, open ss, uninstall recovery, then exit and uninstall the SS apk. Install the new SS apk, open, install recovery and then boot to recovery to activate non-stock side. It also may work when on Rom slots, but why risk it only to save a couple mins?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hondabomdc5:
Can anybody else confirm this is how they do it or is there another way also
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
When I updated safestrap, I just booted into the Stock Rom. Installed it over top, then opened safestrap and re-installed recovery. No issues...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] an21281:
Yup or you can do it without uninstalling SS first and save the 22 seconds it would take...

Sent from SGS4 PAC4.3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tool Belt:
Unless you can type commands a lot faster than me you cannot totally uninstall SS in 22 seconds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
I believe what is meant is the 3.62 SS update will seamless overwrite and replace 3.6. No need to uninstall and reinstall
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SamuriHL:
Kids today.

adb shell "su -c 'mount -o remount,rw /system; mv /system/etc/init.qcom.modem_links.sh.bin /system/etc/init.qcom.modem_links.sh; rm -rf /system/etc/safestrap; rm /system/etc/firmware/q6.mdt; mount -o remount,ro /system'"

:P LMAO
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tool Belt:
Yeah this "kid" is 58 but never made it past hunt and peck.

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Absolutely, installs just fine by overwriting. Sbreen and Hashcode rock!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SamuriHL:
I was just being a smart@$$. Mostly. That command really should work in case anyone wants to shortcut it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheMainCat:
Does this version support the latest Verizon firmware MI1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] open1your1eyes0:
Certainly does. :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
Why can't I get WiFi to work? I've flashed the kernel module but it doesn't turn on. sbreen also included a Safestrap kernel with Hyperdrive RLS 10, and that doesn't work either.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
I was just going to mention this. Whilst safestrap after root of the MI1 seems to function, I believe there is a current issue with either waiting for the "modules".zip / SafeStrap / or more importantly, the actual ROM authors adding the necessary ingredients of the MI1 base to their ROMS which hasn't happened just yet.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sam008:
Need help

Guys - am facing a problem

I was able to install Hyperdrive (Hyperdrive RLS10 S4 Final.zip) into ROM-1 but on powering up the phone, it shows me the the prompt with safestrap enabled but after 10s, the screen goes blank! Completely blank. None of the buttons respond and I have to take the battery out to reboot. I can then reboot into recovery and choose stock ROM but that's not what I'm looking for

Can someone help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
Happened to me at first also... I saw the option for kernel for safestrap and thought hmm maybe no kernel mod flash but no go... then loaded the stock kernel with mods and worked perfectly infact it took less then a minute to get to set up after reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShadyPossum:
is it possible to create a Rom slot on the sd card? i got a 64gb micro SD and it would be great if i could utilize all the space for different roms
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thunderbls:
There is this... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2454518.... I dont think it works with safestrap yet. But you can use your sdcard for the backups then jts just a matter of wiping and restoring if you want to go back to something else.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sam008:
Do you have a link where to get the kernel for safestrap and how to install it? I don't see any options within safestrap recovery itself

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I installed the hyperdrive ROM into ROM-SLOT1 and then installed jfltevzw-ME7-modules.zip right after (without rebooting). However, I'm still getting the blank screen and nothing else. Can someone help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] machiz7888:
Did you flash the stock kernel? you need that.

its an option in hyperdrives setup
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sam008:
I installed with the stock kernel (not the safestrap kernel) and also tried twice - once without using jfltevzw-ME7-modules.zip and once using it. Still get the same blank screen!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
the kernel patch must be installed directly after the ROM install without booting in between. This is the usual mistake people are making with safestrap
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sam008:
Yes it in fact allows me to flash upto 10 zips so I chose the 2 zips. At the end, when I select reboot, I can see it flashes jfltevzw-ME7-modules.zip before rebooting

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Here is what i set my partition sizes it matters

system - 1000mb

data - 3000mb

cache - 300mb

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Also to note, I had CWM on my phone before but don't think it's interfering with anything since everytime I boot up my phone, it comes to the safestrap menu showing continue or recovery

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Folks I'm having another problem. I deleted ROM-SLOT1 to try again but after deleting, it didn't reclaim back my free space. It only shows 2000mb when trying to create a new ROM-SLOT1 which isn't enough. How do I reclaim the space back?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] camparks:
System is way too small - bump it up to atleast 1900 - should use about 1700-1800. I would say you aren't getting all the files installed or are overwriting them.

I have deleted before and it won't show. There should be a refresh button appear somewhere that will recheck and update the numbers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sam008:
Can't find the refresh button anywhere. Looked in every menu item - advanced, etc
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sebby d:
Try rebooting in ton safe strap. Should show correct numbers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] T3T3droid:
See... Size DOES matter! ;) sorry had to get that out lol try using diskusage from play store. Awesome visual app to help you clear space.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sam008:
I installed diskusage - only seems to show disk usage but doesn't have any actions to clear space, etc

I uninstalled recovery from safestrap, reinstalled and rebooted into recovery - still no help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lazer9:
I'm about to attempt a Nandroid restore of Slot 1 Hyperdrive v10 to Stock-side (Safe) . I need your best wishes, support, and prayers.. Along with any advice, lol :angel:

PS: Yes I have odin and ME7 image at my side... :eek:

Edit: Lolz,,, no workie, Failed in Nandroid restore after wiping system. Just got done Odin back to ME7, in the process of getting root back and on to restore (hopefully), blah....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] T3T3droid:
Click on the square of date you want to get rid of then hit the phones menu button then hit delete.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sam008:
So I chose storage/extSdCard and I do see free space as 8302mb which is correct. I don't have anything to delete as everything is needed. In the attached screenshot, do you see hyperdrive taking up any space? Don't take into account the 1780mb hyperdrive zip file which is the installable

I'm trying to reclaim the 8302mb free space because when I try to create ROM-SLOT1, it only shows me as having under 2gb free space
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] camparks:
You are referencing the external, micro-sd card here. SafeStrap has to install the rom on the devices memory - called sdcard(yes, it's confusing/misleading). So the device memory is called sdcard and your micro-sd is called extsdcard. If you don't have any space on your device, try moving data to your micro-sd card(pictures, videos & music) or uninstalling apps. If you uninstall apps, I would turn off automatic updates first as some may try to reinstall as you remove others. Assuming you have a Google Play account, the apps will still be listed under the All tab and you can reinstall later onto the HD rom once you get up and running.

As to the Refresh button, I found it in Backup. It actually is for refreshing the data size of the partitions you want to make backups of, but it does refresh all numbers. That is what I used to refresh the available memory after I deleted a slot and didn't see the numbers increase.

Mods - perhaps move all related posts to the discussion thread?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sam008:
I guess I'm having some real bad luck. Did the refresh but didn't help. I guess I should try uninstalling safestrap and reinstalling but even if I get the storage space problem resolved, I don't know how to get the ROM installed w/o getting the blank screen every time.

I'm actually due for an upgrade - wondering if the moto x is easy to put a custom ROM on. I've never struggled this bad with a phone in the past
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashcode:
MotoX is not an easy phone to put a ROM on if its locked. Luckily, stock OS is a bit closer to AOSP than TW, so ROMs not a needed like S4.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sam008:
are we likely to see nexus 5 on verizon?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Hash, is there a reasoning behind signing the zip for the ME7 modules? I made my own modules zips for the other builds but I didn't sign them so I was curious.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mdpatterson:
Looked around the thread for my issue and seen some things that come close, but not exact.....I cannot play music on my google play music app. I get the "cannot play track requested" error message when I try to play music. All the same songs worked fine before I loaded this ROM, and I love the Rom but this issue may end that love quickly. Im a runner, and require music. I have tried turning off various modules that would affect music or media, or storage in order to try and zero in why precisely google could play one album and not the other. (Currently only one "As I Lay Dying" album will play and no other music will play). I have tried everything from simply rebooting, to uninstalling/reinstalling the app, clearing the cache, clearing the data, etc....I have all my music stored on my ext SD card, and it plays fine through the stock rom(I have safestrap for galaxy s4 me7). but as soon as i switch to my ROM Slot 1(GPE) I can't get the music to play. I have tried moving one song from the ext SD card to the internal storage, and I get the same result. I doubt its due to the file type of the songs(wma, mp3) as both types play on google play music on my stock rom slot. I'm at a loss currently, and dont want to have to keep rebooting to switch to the stock rom slot just to listen to music. have I missed this issue earlier in the thread? I looked for a while, but there are 2 hundred and some odd pages, and search results came up with stuff that were about music, but were of a different nature. Have I missed something obvious that a newbie would miss? obviously by my profile, im a user and not a dev. but I would appreciate any help from anyone who may have run into this issue or could help resolve this problem, love the rom, best one by far, would be a shame to dump it for the music problem. Thanks again, Semper F***** Fi

*****Got a response in the thread for the rom that Im using. the creator of the rom mentioned that it may be due to the fact that the rom slot doesnt have permissions to utilize those files. Just seeing what the experts in the safestrap thread think about it. Also too, Ive tried different music players and get the same result. is the answer to this problem in the safestrap menus?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Galaxys4bean:
No
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
What ROM are u talking about? This is SS thread

powered by hashcode safestrap hyperdrive 10.0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LillieBennett:
The way I understand it is Google's pay for cloud media apps are prejudiced against root. I tried to set up once and got the refusal message. Have you tried to go into SuperSu and turn off the root flag? Never did it myself but the thought jumped into my head.

Lillie via Note3/LG Spectrum
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Have tried this with hyperdrive?

powered by hashcode safestrap hyperdrive 10.0

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I have no problem accessing my music from amazon cloud using hyperdrive.

powered by hashcode safestrap hyperdrive 10.0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mdpatterson:
I am fully aware of the fact that this is the ss thread. If you'll look at my edit you'll see why its relavent to ask my question in this thread. The ROM Dev himself for the ROM I am using already responded to my question that I originally placed in his thread. He mentioned it may have to do with the ROM slot permissions in ss. Which is why I brought the question her, hoping the experts on SS may be able to shed some light on that aspect or any other aspect I have overlooked or are ignorant to.

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I am using the Google edition 4.2.2 ROM. And dubbsy has already responded to my question is his thread

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As far as the root flag, I can play anything on Google play music when I'm running the stock ROM....still rooted

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Haven't tried it on another ROM(other than my stock) yet.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Try a different music app, restart the media server, change the permissions on the files, and my goodness tl;dr.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mdpatterson:
Why didn't I think of that?????????????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Marshmellow92:
i need help with the adb uninstall. ive never had to uninstall something using this method. and i was wondering how i would do it

i installed sdk manager and its al installed right and when i enter su it turns from $ to #

then i enter each line of command one by one

should this have worked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Steedent:
so, to install a custom rom on the S4... we need to (if i have this right)

1. Root phone...

2. Install Safestrap Recovery

is this correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
yes, and me7 kernel based roms, no CM or ASOPs
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Steedent:
Thanks for the reply... Is this the only option?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] decaturbob:
Several great ROMs to choose from. I'm using hyperdrive 10 and jelly beans build 7. Both are great.

powered by hashcode safestrap hyperdrive 10.0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Steedent:
I wanted to install Clean Rom by scottsrom... He suggests to use CWM recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
If you're running something later than MDK, you can't install CWM. You can install Safestrap recovery, but that only works with ROMs that use the stock MDK kernel.

According to this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448726 - Cleanrom works, but 4G doesn't work with that ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Steedent:
Ya I'm on the MI 1