yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] skeppley:
Yes, it's just like starting with a new phone.

Backup user apps and data with Titanium, and the AOSP rom will be a breeze to get up and running. Only restore user apps and data though, NO system!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Hashcode:
PSA: Some new updates may be rolling out from Samsung / ATT. Be very cautious as this new update may break the way Safestrap currently hijacks the OS and allows us to flash ROMs.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] br0adband:
Got a source for that info... the other rumor(s) lean towards an actual 4.3 OTA that is supposed to land "in October" from someone that claimed to hear it directly from an AT&T rep (the rep owns a GS4A themselves, hence them sharing the info).

It'll be great if it happens but, since I've jumped on board with this MI2 testing I could find myself locked out of whatever AT&T/Samsung drops here in the next few weeks. I'll live, of course, and if someone is able to dump whatever appears to a flashable ROM I suppose dropping back to 4.2.2 MF1 might be doable (again) but there'd still be that 4.2.2 kernel vs the 4.3 and a device that just doesn't work because of the mismatched kernels.

Bleh... what happens, happens. ;)

EDIT: Just did a quick search to see for update posts or rumors and found this:

http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/4...elly-bean-update-samsung-galaxy-s4-active.htm

Which seems odd since I thought the GS4A I9295 had at least 4.2.2 from the factory since it's barely 3 months old now, was expecting to see it go to 4.3 but I suppose this is actually just an update (to MH3, from whatever it is or was just prior).

Doesn't necessarily mean anything directly for us US users with the AT&T model but at least it does show work is still in progress on the GS4A overall, so that's a good thing for sure.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] casadelbeard:
I am trying SS now. Very exciting.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] dave5777:
I hopefully we can get some more development going on.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] hackstermind:
Fore some reason I cant post on the safestrap thread :( any ideas? It says I do not have permission...and I just typed a whole page of info on it....dang!!!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] dave5777:
This is the Safe Strap thread for the S4 Active.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] hackstermind:
Oh I thought I was on the bounty for bootloader..hey dave have u installed safestrap? Could you possibly help me with a few things on installing it? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] br0adband:
hackstermind:

Since this is the "official" Safestrap thread for the I537 (the AT&T US GS4A model since it's the only device with the MF1/MF3 builds) it might be best to keep all the discussion here in this thread instead of ping-ponging back and forth between this one and the other one started by Tsaukpaetra (you've posted in both asking for help).

As noted in a post I just made in that thread, the instructions are pretty simple and they're in post 14 in this thread.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] motumbo:
I have installed SS succesfully and I got now Google edition rom at Slot 1. I also installed the kernel patches and Lejays patch for camera, but I could not find the camera app, so I installed a camera apk from store but now it says I could not open camera. What should I do, Reinstall the rom and patches?

Edit: I found the issue, I have downloaded incorrect patch, I downloaded I9295 instead of I537. Now it is working ok.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] motumbo:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION], thanks for your great job, have a beer on my name. Confirmation number: 2U132872DD349702H.

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[/COLOR [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION], thanks for your great job, have a beer on my name. Confirmation number: 2U132872DD349702H.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] knightforge:
Regular AT&T Galaxy s4

Does Safestrap work on the regular AT&T Galaxy s4? It has the same MF3 firmware so I was just wondering.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] stevehkim:
Yes. But use the one from the att s4 thread. Not this one.

ATT S4 Rooted. Beastin.

4.2.2
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Globel:
Running safestrap everything seems fine with addons added.

Poor WiFi pefromance. . what is up with that
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] hackstermind:
Im having a little trouble activating a rom slot ....does that mean im running low on space on my sd card either internal or external? When I hit the activate button nothing happens..I selected 1 gig..hit the button on safestrap...nothing??? Also can some one post the right google play rom ported to the s4 active please? Thanks!!☆
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] br0adband:
All the info you need has been provided at least once that I can see. Start fresh if needed, then root the device, install Safestrap, boot into recovery, create a ROM slot, install the AOSP ROM (again, links have already been provided, it's the only AOSP for the Active right now and it's featured here in this subforum, shared by LeJay), install the correct kernel modules based on what kernel your stock ROM is still using (MF1 or MF3), install the camera fix also provided by LeJay, and boot into that ROM slot.

It's fairly simple stuff that's been covered a few times now.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] hackstermind:
Thanks but that didnt help me with my memory problem when trying to activate rom slot..I saw your other posts on using 2 gigs in safestrap
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] pyro254750:
If you don't have enough space it will tell you and will not allow you to create the slot. If you are having issues delete the slot and create a new one using the method provided by broadband. The entire process takes about 5-7 minutes to go from no safestrap to booting aosp.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] pinyata:
just got my AOSP rom up and running after flashing the mf3 module and camera fix. everything seems to be working like a champ. brought over my apps using titanium and it looks like I'm up and running with pretty much no setup time.

edit: i can't seem to figure out how to edit the number of pages on the homescreen or the icons that show up on the notification drawer. any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] jholber2:
Running hot!

Running this rom using safestrap makes my i537 run pretty warm. It's actually warm all of the time...even when I'm not using it. Battery life is about half the stock mf3. Anyone else having this issue? I manually removed safestrap before installing the latest. Still hot...
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] pyro254750:
My battery life has improved with aosp via safestrap. No heat issues.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Hashcode:
Updated the OP / Download Areas w/ v3.62 of Safestrap for the AT&T S4 Active

CHANGES / BUGFIXES:

Customizable partition sizes! You will now see "+" and "-" buttons on the rom-slot creation screen. These move the partition size up / down by 100MB. Eventually I'll also add "Presets" for AOSP / TW STOCK, etc for easier management.

A lot went on behind the scenes since the last release, and there were many related bugfixes to the new code which made it easier to maintain more devices

Bugfix: If you have any issues using your current rom-slots, I recommend that you delete and re-create the rom-slot. Instructions:

activate the "odd" slot and make a backup if you'd like to restore later

activate stock slot

delete the "odd" rom-slot

re-create it, and leave it active

if you made a backup of the rom-slot, you can now restore it

REASON THIS MAY SOLVE MANY OF THE "ODD" ISSUES WITH ROM-SLOTS: I'm dropping the journaling feature of ext4 fs on the virtual partitions now. This is because the partitions themselves are located on an emulated "sdcard" area which also has a journaling ext4 fs. 2x the journaling causes some of the flash / restore related issues we've been seeing.

Remember to update Safestrap, I recommend swapping back to the stock rom-slot and installing the new APK there.

Installing over the top of the old one is fine, just make sure to use the "Install Recovery" button.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] hackstermind:
EDIT: I found the download section. :)

Thanks!!! So is the update in the download section ? Where do I find the download section? I'm having Trouble navigating around all the s4a Threads. Sorry..thanks. hashcode!!!

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Do i need to update to 3.60 before I can upgrade to 3.62???? Thanks evryone

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EDIT: i found it lol.. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] dave5777:
I was on mf1 unrooted trying to find a best buy that could get me back to mf3.. No issues with the new version.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] motumbo:
I installed update to 3.62 successfully with just one issue, Custom boot splash logo appeared. Chainfire triangle away apk fixed this.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] uvbeenzaned:
I have an external sdcard and I tried to do a backup on this last update but the backup system says:

* Backup Folder: /external_sd/TWRP/dc4.....

E: Unable to create folder: .......

E: Failed to make backup folder.

What's going on?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Diablo2424:
I was getting this on SafeStrap 3.60, so I updated to 3.62 just now and am still getting this same error when trying to backup :(.

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? I would really like to do a backup of this ROM, it's setup just how I like it!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
I can't provide a fix, but you can do an Online Nandroid Backup.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Diablo2424:
Are you referring to this app, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.onnandbup&hl=en?

If so, I'll give that a try and report back.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
Yeah. I actually prefer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pommedeterresautee.twoborange3 because you can automate backups with Tasker. But it's the same concept.

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If you have any trouble with it, hit me up on Hangouts. I should have some free time later today.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Diablo2424:
Okay, yeah I tried OBackup already, the one you linked above. I receive the exact same error in that app as I do in SafeStrap :(
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
Did you try using the system's BusyBox rather than the app's BusyBox?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Diablo2424:
You sir, are a genius! That worked perfectly! (It's under Settings -> Advanced Option -> Advanced backup configuration -> Use system busybox)

Thanks for the help my-blue-snog-box!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
Lol! I feel that "genius" is a bit strong: I'm just a guy who had the same problem, and so I fiddled with things until I found a solution. Pure scientific method: "change around everything I can, one thing at a time, until I get results".

But hey, I'm glad that you got it to work.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] uvbeenzaned:
After doing an online backup, are you completely sure it will restore everything properly if I wipe a rom slot and expand the size to as big as possible?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
Well, I've done it several times. But I can't make any promises and YMMV.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] uvbeenzaned:
I might as well give it a try.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Hashcode:
Can you try the back again and then use Advanced -> Copy Log to SD. Then pull recovery.log from the SD and email me: hashcode0f at gmail.com.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] uvbeenzaned:
As soon as I get the chance, I'll definitely send it to you.

Sent from my Galaxy S4 Active.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] uvbeenzaned:
Link to Log
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] uvbeenzaned:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] did you get to check the log out yet?

Sent from my Galaxy S4 Active.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION], I may have found a bug. Just now, I tried to reboot from a ROM slot and the splash screen didn't appear and it rebooted straight to the stock slot.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Devo7v:
I'm running Hyperdrive from Slot 1 and just rebooted. It brought up the splashscreen and I was able to enter SafeStrap recovery. Maybe it has something to do with you ROM, what are you running? Are you rebooting from Slot 2, 3, or 4; maybe that has something to do with it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] DoctorProctor:
Any chance the phone was plugged into the charger? I had mine plugged in and it just went past SS and booted into the stock rom. Something about having the charger plugged in, it seems to interrupt the hijack.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
Now that you mention it, I did. But even after I pulled out the charger, I couldn't boot into recovery. I had to pull the battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] DoctorProctor:
Mine went straight to stock (plugged in), the SS didnt even load to the first screen. I was on rom slot 2 (Hyperdrive). I let the stock boot up and let phone set for about 2 hours, (needed charge), pulled charger off and rebooted, this time SS loaded and wss able to run slot 2, without having to sctivate the slot.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] stevehkim:
I noticed your running hyperdrive on your s4 active. I have been looking for a tw based rom for my wifes att s4 active. I dont see any custom roms for the att s4 so im a little confused. Can you point a brotha in the right direction?

Brought to you by my Golden Eye powered ATT S4. Modified with Jkay mod, KT Kernel, and Xposed.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Devo7v:
I wrote up a quick step by step to getting Hyperdrive working on the S4 Active. Check it out here.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] stevehkim:
This is awesome news!! I thought my wifes active was forever crippled. Thank you hashcode for the safestrap. Time to start flashing. Anyone try the GT-I9505 roms? They are almost identical to the att s4 roms.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Devo7v:
Assuming you have the AT&T S4 Active (i537) running SafeStrap, you should be able to run any 4.2.2 TouchWiz ROM provided you flash the necessary mod files afterwards. Here is a link to the thread that lists all of the confirmed working ROMs on the S4A.

If you're running SafeStrap, there's no harm in trying to flash any 4.2.2 ROMs for the S4 (Verizon, AT&T, i537, i9505, etc.) The worst thing that could happen is the ROM slot won't boot and you'll have to wipe it and start over. If you do try out any other ROMs that aren't listed in that thread please post with your results so the whole community can benefit.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
That being said, if you try and confirm a new ROM, please post it in the thread that [MENTION=3047491]Devo7v[/MENTION] posted so that I can add it to the OP.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] uvbeenzaned:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] I know you probably get asked this a lot but, is there any future for SafeStrap as far as custom kernels go? I am very much missing CyanogenMod right now... I am not impatient or anything, I would just like to know to satisfy my curiosity.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] motoxrcr1:
I think I can safely answer this for you. No, if we could flash a custom kernal then we wouldnt even need safe strap. I miss cm based roms too, so much so that im actually thinking about getting rid of my active.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Devo7v:
I think you misunderstood his question. The last version of SafeStrap on Moto Droids allowed the user to flash custom ROMs and kernels to ROM slots. So you could effectively have 2 different types of kernels on the device. The method used to do this is called kexec, but browsing through the Verizon and AT&T S4 forums I haven't seem much talk about [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] being able to implement kexec on our devices in the recent weeks.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] uvbeenzaned:
^^^^ That's what I meant because I did see that he had it working on those phones.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] michaelgaribaldi:
Great job Hascode !!!

It works great Hashcode!!!

Thank you !!!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
As I said in the OP of this thread

Edit: I know that those still stuck on MF2 are few and far between, but if anyone who is and wants me to make a zip for MF2, just let me know.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Hashcode:
New version of Safestrap Recovery v3.64 in the OP:

CHANGES:

Changes to various APK scripts including "Uninstall Recovery". This *should* be working now vs the manual removal in the OP.

Updates in TWRP

hijack updates to process init.*.rc files after unloading them from the system/etc/rootfs dir in ROMs being loaded

Enjoy
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
Anything specific you need me to look at/test?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Hashcode:
Can you test to see if "Uninstall Recovery" now works correctly from the Safestrap APK? After using the button the status should change to: Not Installed. (Please immediately use the Install Recovery button to make sure can still use Safestrap :))

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION], it worked fine for me.

On another note, I have a question: is there a script that I can run which will allow me to boot directly into recovery like in the apk, but without the need to install the apk in a custom slot (so long as it is active from stock slot)?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] casadelbeard:
Finally pulled the trigger and installed Safestrap (v3.64) last night, with the v1 AOSP Google ROM.

Feels freaking great.

Muchas grab-yo-ass.

(But in a healthy, plutonic way) ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] HORiZUN:
Im running the latest safestrap. Heres my idea:

***Now that we have Odin and can restore MF3 to stock***

Can I boot into safestrap, wipe the stock rom slot and all caches, install the 350mb Google Play Edition ROM with Hashcode's MF3 module zip file to the stock slot, and have a working phone with all the storage space that Touchwiz has been stealing from us? After initial boot, simply reinstall the safestrap apk. Makes sense, right?

It seems to me that it should work. Its not AOSP, but its the closest we currently have. Has anyone else already tried this? I restored to stock last night, so im ready to take the plunge when I get some time.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Devo7v:
To answer your question, it should theoretically work since people have been doing it on the AT&T and Verizon S4.

More importantly:

Where did you find a link to Odin back to MF3?

If you have this file and can upload it somewhere for everybody else you're going to be a hero to a lot of people who are stuck on pre-releases.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] HORiZUN:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2502003

Shockndrop is the hero.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Devo7v:
I had high hopes, but they came crashing back down. The link you posted is for the AT&T S4 (i337), the thread and forum you have been posting in is for the S4 Active (i537), which unfortunately is a very different phone. You're definitely not the first person to post in the wrong forum and certainly won't be the last. You'll have more luck getting an accurate answer to your question about flashing ROMs to the stock slot if you post in the i337 AT&T S4 SafeStrap thread.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] HORiZUN:
I feel like an idiot. I used to hwve an active, nice to see you have a forum now haha.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Hashcode:
New version of Safestrap in the OP: v3.65

CHANGELOG:

[2013/11/13] [v3.65] TWRP updates

[2013/11/13] [v3.65] "toolbox" binary / symlinks in recovery fixed (was causing some .zip files not to work correctly)

DOWNLOADS:

CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE USING AN AT&T WIRELESS SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 ACTIVE

LATEST FILE: Safestrap-JFLTEATT-ACTIVE-3.65.apk

Main XDA Downloads Page

Mirror 1: http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/jflteatt-active

Mirror 2: http://downloads.crackflasher.com/?dir=Devs/Hashcode0f/jflteatt-active/safestrap

Enjoy
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] casadelbeard:
Installed 3.65. So far so good.

One thing I did notice on the recovery boot post-APK install.... SAMSUNG centered on the screen... with an Unlock icon.

Did you throw that in there Hashcode?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Devo7v:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION], the first download link you have in this post goes to the Verizon download page. You might want to correct that just in case.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Hashcode:
I'm having some issues reported with this update.

I'll repost the files later.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Devo7v:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION], any chance you can give us an update on the progress of kexec implementation or the roadblocks that you've encountered? I've been searching around and can't find any discussion about it for the last few weeks.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] casadelbeard:
Yeah, I'm having problems getting AFT to recognize the device. Pretty sure it was working OK on 3.64.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Hashcode:
Mainly, I need some help with the kernel module load itself. Theres a sha1sum check on the module which needs to be bypassed before I can even start on kexec.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] Hashcode:
Updated the OP with the new v3.65 build. Oddly Crackflashers is still showing the old md5sum even tho it's the new file. I hope that updates.

For reference the MD5SUM: 44c96a74c8efc469b7cc0d8a82ba5150

Let me know how the installs go
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] uvbeenzaned:
The install worked great for me and booted into recovery just fine. My slot booted just fine also. No errors. Though odly I didn't have problems with the last build that you said people were having problems with.

Sent from my Galaxy S4 Active.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] casadelbeard:
Okay, I don't know if I'm missing something, or if it's a limitation of ROM's booted with SafeStrap...

Can anyone else get Android File Transfer (mac) to mount the device while booted into a ROM-slot ?

Got two Actives both exhibiting the issue. One on the older 3.65 SS, and one on the newer 3.65 SS.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] my-blue-snog-box:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION], I know that this isn't something that would be immediately available, but would it be possible in a future build to maybe have OTG as a mountable option in TWRP?
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] dannieloco:
I couldn't get my ROM-slot to show up on My Computer on my pc. Not sure.. but whatever.. Im just glad to have this S4A rommed!
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] casadelbeard:
Are you on the S4 Google Edition ROM? I flashed the Hyperdrive RLS10.2 ROM to a new ROM-slot this morning - mounts perfectly fine with AFT on my Mac. YMMV on Win. [MENTION=5381171]my-blue-snog-box[/MENTION] suggested that it was the GE ROM not having support for USB. I'm a believer at this point.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] djsdumesh:
I just went into fx file browser, root access folder (an addon for those who dont know); browsed to system/etc/ and deleted the safestrap folder.

My phone works fine. its been a couple of weeks, and it boots like stock.
[Galaxy S 4 Active Android Development] arana1:
i am using this no problem, but i have one question (out of curiosity more than anything else)

why do some roms require a specific slot number (say some aokp need slot 2, some cm need slot 1, is there any rom that doesnt require specific slot? and why is this slot number requirement?