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[Galaxy S 4 Active General] meazz1:
I have a rooted S4 with safestrap 3.71 installed.

I have activated Rom slot 1 for stock. The app still shows "Safe system - not active".

How do I enable safe system to "active"?

If the Rom slot is active, does it mean I will be able to perform a restore of my ROM? I did do a backup.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
Never used, but tentatively planning on using Safestrap, after AND if/when I go ahead with Sunderwear's method to root SGH-I537 4.3.

When Safestrap is used to Activate a ROM in Slot 1 or Slot 2 etc., does it do a full wipe data, both Cache and Dalvik Cache wipe?

BTW Hangouts may coalesce in the future as well.

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When you first install it, does SafeStrap create the Original ROM Slot with the phone's currently running ROM? Kind of like a backup you could go back to when activating with SafeStrap?

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So, even though a certain ROM will work on your particular device, should such a ROM be able (given adequate internal storage space) to be activated by SafeStrap, or do workable Roms for your device have to be tailored or 'patched' for Safestrap itself?

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Nice question! I didn't think of that.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
This is a great review of SafeStrap and how it works. Even though it's for a different phone it works exactly the same on the Active.

http://youtu.be/1C7OKDsfM-Y
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
Great video. Watched it four times with lots of small rewinds. "Thanks" are used up from last night, guess 8 thanks per day means 24 hour durations.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
I would like the same thing for my SGH-I537, along with I537UCUBML2 modules. I would much rather have Safestrap on my locked bootloader Android 4.3 phone than a future version of Android, be it 4.4.3 or even 4.5. Because Safestrap gives users some flexibility and control over how a smartphone runs using root apps. Future Android looks like it might limit root app usage. See: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Upco...eakage-for-root-apps-Chainfire-claims_id56257

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...ntrolling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] tjf1:
Is there a TMobile ROM that works on the i537? If not then there is no reason for me to continue installing safeStrap that I can think of....

I have been using my rooted s4 active for 8 months on the stock ATT 4.2.2 with a Tmobil SIM and I really miss and need wifi calling and tethering...

Are there any other work-arounds? Otherwise I guess I will put mine up for sale and get a stock Tmobile s4.

What model of Tmobi s4 should I get and for what reason?

thank you for any assistance....
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
Hashcode and the Locked Bootloader

I PM'd [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] about the Bounty thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2428097

...to see if he did get an S4 Active for development purposes. Will let this thread know if I get a reply. I'd like the ability to develop, but good developers get pestered and pelted by lots of questions. I'm sure an unlocked bootloader would help SafeStrap development.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] OaklyJava:
Hello, which version of SS did you use? I have tried several with no success of booting into recovery...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wolf45801:
make sure you have busy box install ss needs this to install correctly
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] OaklyJava:
Yes I do have it installed from the play store...I guess I will delete all then reinstall & try again. Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] OaklyJava:
Can you send me the ss that you used on your active plz
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wolf45801:
yeah give me a min

here you go

https://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/jflteatt-active/safestrap/

use the 3.7.3
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] OaklyJava:
Thanks!! if you prefer my Gmail it's javaandandroiddevelopment@
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wolf45801:
I edited my post with the link for the correct version to use assuming your running kitkat
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] OaklyJava:
Maybe that is my problem...I am currently on 4.3 stock ml2 trying to get to hyperdrive rls17
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wolf45801:
that hyperdrive is kitkat I think so you wont be able to use it since it will use the kitkat kernal
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] OaklyJava:
You my friend are excellent the version you provided worked I downloaded it previously but did not work from the forum. Thanks a mil.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wolf45801:
no problem glad I could help
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Corto2809:
Won't properly create the slot

using SafeStrap Recovery!

I have a problem....it creats the slot one, but it shows :

E: Unable to mount '/systemorig'

Then I boot on slot-1 and when I try to wipe...same thing

My Phone is : S4 Active SGH-i537 from At&T Unlocked and rooted.

Android 4.4.2

UCUAMF1

UCUCNE3

Can you help me please?

Thanks in advanced!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] OaklyJava:
I have the same issue but I don't have the time to find a solution but if & when I do I'll reply back..
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Corto2809:
Thanks!!

Thank you!! I have the time......but not the knowledge !
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
Try using this version of SafeStrap and posting in that thread if you still have problems. v3.75 is the only version that has working ROM slots on 4.4.2.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] amagnien:
Hi all,

Is there a version of safestrap for i9295?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
Yeah, it's called MultiROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2962492
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] amagnien:
Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] msmall22:
The international version i9295 already has a version of cwm recovery running so no need for safe-strap.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
While that's true, this interest is primarily focused on the I537 which is the US AT&T model with the still locked bootloader so, there is most definitely a need for Safestrap in that device's situation.

Tsaukpaetra: As a suggestion, you might consider changing the thread title to reflect that this thread and discussion are about the I537 AT&T S4A specifically...

Hashcode: I'm nowhere near as familiar with this stuff as you are, and I've tried to make a flashable zip to install those kernel modules but it just ain't happening, so if you are working on such a thing, fantastic.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] msmall22:
Agreed but as the previous poster was hoping it would be ported to the 'normal s4a' I was pointing out that it wasn't required for the i9295 model.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] popfan:
Yes, It does mean that we can potentially use CM from I9295 and other roms as long as they don't need a kernel change
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
I've got that one ROM working but because of the kernel modules issues mentioned earlier in the thread, for the moment Wi-Fi and some other aspects aren't functional for me using that "Nexus experience" ROM. I can't get the current CM10.2 4.3 ROM to load because of an issue in the build.prop but it's late and I'm not gonna start tinkering around in there just yet, someone else might be better suited for that kind of stuff than I am.

We do have the ability to load up ROMs now without any major issues for the process itself, the problems crop up from the particular ROMs/builds/etc, and that's where the real fun begins. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JEZZEJAMEZ:
Thanks this is a huge leap in a great direction..

Fingers crossed...

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ShimaMiku:
Now this may be a stupid question so please forgive my ignorance (I'm new to this safestrap method), but is there a way to use this, install the CM 10.2 build, and then just delete the stock rom?

I'm only looking for one rom and don't really need two bootable option but if that is the only way to go about doing it, then I will certainly live. :)

Nice work Hash Code!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Hashcode:
Added the ATT ACTIVE MF3 stock kernel modules to the downloads section.

http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=681#downloads

If you're on the locked MF3 build: Keep this .zip on the device and flash it after any ROMs that are installed. They will sync up the kernel modules and restore wifi, bt, etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Hashcode:
Technically, there's no way to "delete" the stock rom and re-use that space. Perhaps in the future once ODIN files are readily available, we can experiment with flashing OVER the stock-rom. But for now, PLEASE PLAY IT SAFE. Flash only to the rom-slots unless you are 100% sure that .zip won't fubar the stock files.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ShimaMiku:
Okay, thank you for the explanation. Is this presently only for the MF3 builds of stock, considering that is what you have for a flashable kernel? I'm stuck on MF1.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] Is if safe to flash if I'm on MF1?

Edit: Also, I'm a little unclear: can I flash a backup of the stock ROM onto the stock partition?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] killkillkill:
Ok, so what I'm getting from this, is that it takes over from some early boot script in /system, kills all the things, mounts a new system, [chroot?], and then hand off to the new /system?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] ShimaMiku:
Like in Back to the Future, it is like a parallel universe. At some point during the timeline [boot sequence] an event happens where the sequence is redirected to a specific set of code that creates a separate timeline [new boot sequence] which allows you to load a separate ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
Here is a modified flashable zip with modules for those on MF1. It fixed wifi for me on AOSP port. http://db.tt/4uMS68Xy

I let Hashcode know about it in the dev thread. He may add it to the d/l page but until then, you can use it. Follow same instructions that he gave for original, but use this if you're MF1.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
When you test out more things like camera, bluetooth etc, could you give a update as to what works and what doesn't. I'm wanting to flash aosp rom but I want to know what kind of things I'll be missing for the moment.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] popfan:
Well, I tried flashing the google experience rom with Safe strap and it detected as unauthorized firmware..... :(
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
Camera doesn't work. I'm looking into that and I'm going to see what I can figure out. BT works. GPS works and is pretty accurate (moreso and quicker location fix than on TouchWiz, at least before I modified gps.conf). NFC works. This is all after flashing the modified zip for MF1.

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Can you provide a link?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
For some reason I don't have enough space to create a ROM slot. Looking at the storage breakdown in the settings I have 5.33 GB of Miscellaneous Files, and inside of that "System memory" takes up 4.66 GB. Two questions, what is "System memory" and how do I get rid of it?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] popfan:
I used the I9295 google experience in development

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Which AOSP port are you using?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] texassax:
So this is what happens when I don't look at xda for a couple days? Last time I make that mistake! Hash, thanks a bunch for the work you've put in on this. This is now my second phone you've greatly improved with SafeStrap.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44630381
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yankeesfan714:
I think I'll wait to try this until a new thread is created with a tutorial. Safe strap is foreign to me, I'm itching to install it but I do t want to jump the gun. I've waited months to be able to flash ROMs so what's a couple days/weeks.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
You can go ahead and install the apk and check out the recovery if you want: it's just an apk so you won't brick. I will write up a tutorial if you give me a bit.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yankeesfan714:
Yeah man. Take your time bro

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] $n8ke:
I can confirm that the ASAP does work. I am on MF1 and installed the patch found on this thread. All seems to work but the camera. I have tested WIFI and blue tooth both seem good. I am hoping for a fix to the camera so that I can start using it full time.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
Maybe someone more talented than I might be able to yank the camera files from the stock ROM or the stock device and push them into the ASOP build we all seem to be using as of this moment, who knows.

Have had a few force closes with Antutu with the ASOP build but I won't directly attribute that to how this is all being accomplished, but pretty much everything else I've tested so far is working great.

I do have one question that maybe someone else has an answer to, however:

When using that ASOP build, the old service mode code *#*#4636#*#* no longer works... anyone know if there's a way to get that service mode up in that build? I use that to alter my T-Mobile connection to "WCDMA Preferred" which has proven to be the best settings so far for me and right now obviously I can't do that without that menu.

<suppose I should be asking that in the AOSP ROM thread so I'll go lurk over there for a bit but I figured it couldn't hurt to pose it here...>
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
That's what I'm reading up on. I'm hoping to be able to work something out...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
it appears they were able to get the camera working on this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2395242 just not all the features

How is battery life? It should be better
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
The issue with that ROM is that it won't install because the build.prop file doesn't have the required device identifier so the installation grinds to a halt. I made an attempt to mod the build.prop but was unsuccessful in doing it so I have to leave that aspect in more capable hands I suppose. One would think if they can install and use that on the I9295 International model if we can just get that build.prop edited for the I537 then perhaps we'd get some 4.3 lovin' happening. :D
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] killkillkill:
.... your description is really superficial and doesn't help at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Skizzy034:
I have a question. The first thing I did was make a nandroid backup of the stock rom. So say I want to flash some mods like the lockscreen lighting effects or flash some themes, can I do that like normal through the recovery? If I wanna go back to stock can I just restore the nandroid on top of the stock partition or do I need to restore into one of the rom slots?

Also, can we make rom slots on an sdcard and not the internal card?

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Do you get an error when trying to install it? You should be able to modify the updater-script to allow it to be flashed to our device.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yankeesfan714:
Do we need to flash kernel modules if we are on mf1?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] msmall22:
If this was made to work on the i9295 would we then be able to "flash" roms without needing to use Odin to get Wi-Fi working again?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Diablo2424:
I just followed these steps and am now running AOSP 4.2.2. from the I-9295 Google Edition and I LOVE it. I am glad I did this now, lol, as opposed to waiting for the bootloader to be unlocked. I may just stick with this, it's nice knowing I can reboot and swap back to the Stock ROM when I want to.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] :
Yes
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] NinjaNoggin:
Same here! Camera works now as well!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
A CAVEAT TO EVERYONE:

I learned the hard way that when doing an "Advanced Wipe" where there are two "Date" options listed, one is for your extSD. Yup. I lost everything. Including backups and TiBU backups. After I had wiped ROM slots. I used a file recovery program on my PC, but it recovered the files with arbitrary names and without file paths. My SS backups are *probably* in there somewhere, but I have no way of figuring out what is what. So be VERY CAREFUL when wiping data.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] echonc:
So no one makes the same mistake, can you explain how to delete a rom slot.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
How is battery life with the GE rom (haven't had time to try it out yet)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
When you have ROM slots and you'd like to delete one or more of them, it's simple:

You must choose a ROM slot such as the stock one and make it active meaning the one you wish to delete cannot be active. So if you only have Slot 1 in use and you decide to delete it completely, you need to make the stock ROM active, then go back to the list of slots, select the one you wish to delete (now that the stock ROM is active) and the Delete button will be available as an option. Press that and the ROM you're looking at will be deleted in a second flat (the slot will be deleted removing the partition for it, etc, but it happens very very fast).

So far it's nice - it's very nice actually - that Hashcode has put some blocks into place in this version of Safestrap: we can't install a ROM directly to the stock ROM spot (the device itself), and we can't obviously delete that as well. I made a booboo earlier that surely would have bricked my GS4A if it weren't for those blocks Hashcode has in place so, more thanks his way for saving us from ourselves with this tinkering and the usual Murphy's Law style stuff and mistakes we all make from time to time.

tl;dr find the ROM slot you want deleted, then make another one active, go into the one you want deleted (with another one active) and the Delete button will be an option. Can't delete the active one so you have to choose at least the stock ROM to be active - and no you can't delete the stock ROM thankfully.

That should cover it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
will; this make that stupid unlock symbol on bootup permanent? Or since it is temporary it will be ok?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
I don't see the unlock symbol on mine, no (just rebooted into the AOSP ROM after installing the camera patch, everything is working at this point, data speeds are slightly faster for some reason, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth work fine, the camera is functional but features are missing from the stock camera app as expected). If, however, I go ahead and reinstall the Xposed Framework and put Wanam into it for some purpose THAT will trigger the custom unlock icon at boot time.

Never bothered me since it's only there for a second or so and I know it'll be there so, why even pay attention to it. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Hmm it wont let me create a rom slow... i select the partition size and the "Create rom slot" is grayed out what can i do?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
Is your particular device full of stuff? The slots are created using space on the internal storage of the phone, not the microSD card - so if you have a lot of 'stuff' internally (a lot of big apps installed, a lot of music or videos in that storage space) it might be that it simply doesn't have room to install much of anything.

Check how much space you have on internal storage and try again, that's all I can suggest.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yankeesfan714:
For reference. What size is everyone setting their ROM slot partition size to? Only reason I ask is because I made mine 2gb and I have about a gig left. That's normal right?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Fortune090:
One thing I'm curious about is will the MF1/3 modules still work with a 4.3 rom since technically MF1/3 are 4.2 roms?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
Only way we're going to find out is if someone is able to patch that ROM so it'll install for us using Safestrap, I'm just not quite that technically adept but, I'm willing to be the guinea pig if anyone can get that patch in place. It's not like I'm gonna break anything, either it'll install and power up or not, if not then it gets deleted on the next reboot into Safestrap, and so on.

Small steps...

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Well I did a full clean factory reset of my GS4A before I did all this so, I have nothing "on" the phone's internal storage so it's all there to play with. The way it's set up you should be able to do a full 4 2GB ROMs if you're so inclined. Battery is charging on mine at the moment so I can't check (finally got my actual legit Samsung OEM battery about an hour ago, doing a full first charge just to be safe... but at least now my NFC will work, w00t!).

I think the GS4A has what, 11GB of useful space after a factory reset, something like 4.7GB set aside for Android itself, some small amounts for other stuff, leaving about 11GB for the end user. I could be wrong there, I really haven't spent time scoping out every last bit of available space but I think my guesstimates aren't that far off.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
To create a ROM slot, you need X amount of space in /data. I backed up all my user apps on my stock ROM slot to extSdCard with TiBU, did a factory reset on stock, and then had more than enough space for ROM Slot 1. Then if you want to permanently go back to stock as it was, you can delete slot 1, boot stock, and restore all apps.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yankeesfan714:
If I have installed SS and want to Odin back to stock I can as long as stock ROM is enabled in SS?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
Don't quote me on this, but it is my understanding that if you Odin MF1, EVERYTHING is wiped; you restore with stock firmware and no SS. You can backup stock ROM through SS and restore if necessary.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yankeesfan714:
I do indeed want to Odin back to mf1 and start all over. Root ,recovery, flash Google ROM. I had my phone setup for months. I flashed Google ROM and only have 1.46gb in my storage. Not sure if that is normal or average. And what did you set your partition size to in SS? I did 2gb
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
2gb was fine for me. But what is going on that you feel the need to flash MF1?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] br0adband:
That person might be stuck on MF1 like so many others hence the statement to just flash back to it again...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] yankeesfan714:
Yeah I am already on mf1 and when I saw 1.4gb I instantly thought about if I want to download real racing 3 on my Google ROM I won't have any room. Lame I know
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] pyro254750:
Works perfectly with Google edition aosp. FAST!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Gambit_Villa:
getting parsing error when opening SS apk anyone else experience this issue? im using the US at&t S4A MF3

EDIT: redownloaded the apk and it installed with no problem