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[Galaxy S 4 Active General] baldusiek:
Problems with my I537

Hello !

My phone is rooted.

I just installed Safestrap-JFLTEATT-ACTIVE-3.65 for my S4A I-537 & downloaded the newest Hyperdrive RLS 19 rom.

I set up a rom slot which was active & then I proceeded to wipe data. Then I went to install and choose the rom & install. I went through the aroma installed & everything installed but after reboot my phone just turns on with the Samsung s4 Active & then it turns off !

Safestrap recovery doesn't turn on anymore.

Only the stock recovery works & download mode.

How can I get this rom to work when I read that Hyperdrive is one of the roms that works for I537 on safestrap !

Anyone with a little spare time to help me with this issue please help ! Thank You
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JoshCiares:
There is a updated version of Safestrap! Latest is 3.72! Even then though Rom-Slots I believe are in beta mode.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] baldusiek:
The latest Safestrap is 3.75 I just downloaded it. I see You have 3.75 as well in your My Devices.

Right now I'm on 4.4.2 I537UCUCNE3 & I would really want to use the Hyperdrive rom but don't know what is happening since I installed it fine & then my I537 just turns off.. so I had to revert back to stock..
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JoshCiares:
Yes, sorry.

I am not much of a developer. At all. As fas as I know, you most likely have to completely restore your Samsung Device.

You can find the Full Odin packages here on XDA. I can provide the link if needed.

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When I used 3.75 and attempted to install Hyperdrive, everything worked fine doing it the correct way. Other than the fact I was unable to send texts.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] baldusiek:
You don't have to be sorry. Completely restore my I537? That's what I did after it was turning off after installing Hyperdrive which never worked so I had to flash through Odin the stock firmware so I could use my phone again.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JoshCiares:
Thats what I was talking about.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] sanscreech:
The updated Super Nexus 4.4.4 from JoeTech is working without the old ghost vibrations. Flashed it last night and love the new lp theme.

Sent from my i537 Super Nexus 4.4.4
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Hey thanks for this I had been hoping someone would have some feedback on one of the stock google roms. I'm gonna try this when I get a free moment tomorrow, today's already completely booked lol
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Hey did you get Wi-Fi working, and if so, how? I can't seem to get it to work
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] sanscreech:
Did you try a hot reboot?

Sent from my i537 Super Nexus 4.4.4
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Yeah still not working unfortunately
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] sanscreech:
I'm sorry I'm not sure. That's what fixed Wi-Fi for me. Did u do a clean install?

Sent from my i537 Super Nexus 4.4.4
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Yeah wiped everything except extSD twice before install
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Paul_Days:
Hello,

I am on running 4.4.2 NE3 Baseband and I am wanting to run an S5 style touchwiz rom on my AT&T i537. I've tried Samy and Goldeneye and all flashed well but I get no Wifi. The patches here are for a whole different baseband/ROM. Can someone help me please?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
You're looking for the other thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2791564
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
I know it's been a while, but did you flash Masterpatch?

I've used the last 2 versions of Super Nexus without issue.

Just flashed the Rom, and before leave TWRP I flashed masterpatchV2.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2791564
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] _Spectrum:
[MENTION=2020513]bobbylx[/MENTION] Do you have a link on where I can flash Super Nexus on my S4 Active i537 running 4.4.2 NE3?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
I installed the rom and flashed masterpatch immediately afterwards
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2837239

Here's the ROM thread in the S4 section. I followed the safestrap install here and just flashed pure nexus instead of an S4 Active ROM.

Remember you need to be able to root your current device and install safestrap first.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-i537. Rooted Android 4.4.2 I537UCUCNH3, with Safestrap 3.73, Wanam Xposed, Amplify wakelock/alarm blocker and several apps requiring root privileges. Sure it is still Samsung Touchwiz with likely some bloat I never use, so the phone isn't perfect. I'm not too deep into Greenify or Titanium Backup, but I do use both with some greenified apps, and one or two frozen apps. My phone works dependably. Bluetooth, wi-fi, 4G LTE. Functional for everything I want it to do.

Very few users claim success in a fully working custom ROM flashed on this locked bootloader phone. Poke around the XDA forum, search and see for yourself. I would not recommend flashing a custom ROM on this particular model phone. The 4.4.4 GPE Pure Nexus ROM seems alluring, but until there are several to many users saying it works flawlessly over several weeks or months, I would stay away from any custom ROM. If it's not broken, don't fix it.

Also there are many Galaxy S4 models. You may want to ask [MENTION=2020513]bobbylx[/MENTION], who "Sent from my GT-I9505G", which is a Samsung Galaxy S4, whether his working ROM is on that phone or actually on a Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-i537. Seems most S4's with custom ROMs are i337 or i9500. But still there have been many flashing issues there as well.

Anyway, [MENTION=6378000]_Spectrum[/MENTION], may your inner light provide you peace, even if your Galaxy S4 doesn't. :)

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@Xanthos58 posted "All functions work on GPE rom Sent from my SGH-I537 rooted, running GPE 4.4.4 ROM" post#241 here

Still, since there were not a lot of similar success stories with the SGH-i537, I was never tempted enough to jump the gun on this ROM.

Now he has a developer edition HTC M8. Hope you're doing well Xanthos58, I've followed many of your posts. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
FYI, I have the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. As I linked in my previous thread, the ROM I'm using is for the standard S4, hence the mobile Sig on my threads.

As for stability, I've been bouncing between this and GoldenEye for months now without issue. I've settled on this because I don't care for touchwiz, I prefer the AOSP\stock look and feel.

I have not found any compatibility issues, ie, WiFi works, data works, Bluetooth, buttons, etc.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
Once I did have SafeStrap with working ROM slots. I've since reverted back to the disabled ROM slots version because it was very buggy for me. A very experienced and helpful to me and many others, [MENTION=4708661]muniz_ri[/MENTION], is the OP of that thread, **Safestrap-I537Active-3.75-KitKat.apk w/Working ROM Slots!**, here

Since this SGH-i537 is my first smartphone, I was a new user hot to trot on getting this phone the best it could be. I bricked it once and had AT&T resurrect it, as it was still under warranty. I was not much more careful after I got it back. A small bit of knowledge of andriod is hard bought with all the time I've messed with my phone. Many things didn't work, and I've had to restore my phone . The best thing I've gotten is an appreciation of many XDA forum members. Great folks here. Now I pretty much am satisfied with my phone and leave it as is. Now I will always be less reckless with my communication/media devices, which leaves me a much more patient XDA forum member. If not otherwise occupied with life, this forum always has tons of interesting reads to pour through.

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Please pardon me if I have not understood. It seems you're saying that you posess an S4 Active SGH-I537, but both the Pure Nexus ROM which you link to, and the Golden Eye ROM you mention have only been flashed to your GT-I9505G. If this is correct, it puzzles me why you seem to be reccomending _Spectrum to install one of the linked ROMs to an SGH-I537.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
Here's the deal.. I have an S4 Active SGH-I537. I have installed Safestrap on it, and then installed PureNexus (which is an S4 ROM). Safestrap allows you to install S4 ROMs on the SGH-I537. (there are limits to this, only some ROMs are compatible). You then need to install Masterpatch to fix wifi and some other bugs.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-att/development

The above thread is for the S4. I have found through testing, that if they port it for Safestrap, or if it's based on a KK touchwiz, ie, Goldeneye, Goldfinger, Hyperdrive, and maybe more, that you can install them on the S4 active and they work fine using the Safestrap method.

In summary, I do not own a GT-I9505G. I own an SGH-I537 and am using a ROM designed for GT-I9505G.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
Thanks bobbylx, understanding has finally soaked into my thick head. Maybe I could blame it on the 72 degree weather here in Denver the last two days, instead of my incredibly slow grey matter. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] nafeesdipta:
I have flashed supernexus rom for i537 nh3. but my wifi is not working.i have flashed masterpatch v2 but it still not works.please help
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] _Spectrum:
Thanks for all your help everyone. I am currently running Hyperdrive on 4.4.2 on my i537. (Don't want to touch anything non TouchWiz) but when I get a new phone, I'll probably play around with other Safestrap roms.

EDIT: Seems like there are a lot of bugs probably since it wasn't meant for the S4 Active. For example, I have to reflash MasterPatch v2 everytime I reboot my device or else my AT&T does not work and the time does not show in the status bar.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
Wish I had an answer for you, I'm not a Dev just been flashing ROMs on various phones for quite a few years.

There is a wifi bug that is known. If wifi is on when you reboot your phone, it doesn't work when the phone boots back up. I have to do a second reboot to get wifi working again.

The work around for me is, if I reboot my phone, I turn off wifi before. Then when the phone comes back up, I turn wifi on and it's fine.

Probably not the same issue you have, but throwing that out there in case it helps.

Aside from that glitch the only bug I have on SuperNexus is the phantom vibrations, but it's not a big deal.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] nafeesdipta:
Please describe the instruction from the beginning from how you installed sypernexux on i537 nh3.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Just out of curiosity did you flash the SuperSu .zip file that was in the OP for that rom thread?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
Yes, I flashed the SuperSU.zip from the supernexus thread.

My install procedure was,

From a rooted stock ROM, I installed safestrap. Downloaded supernexus, masterpatch v2, and SuperSU.

Reboot into recovery. I only did a standard wipe (factory reset, or whatever the basic option is after choosing wipe). Then go to install and choose supernexus. Once done, go back a page and flash masterpatch, then SuperSU. Reboot and that was it for me.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] _Spectrum:
Did the procedure that bobbylx mentioned above and got Super Nexus running on my i537. Wi-fi and 4g LTE working :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Shoot that's really frustrating, I tried it exactly how [MENTION=2020513]bobbylx[/MENTION] said and I still can't get Wi-Fi to work after trying to install the rom 3 times. I did exactly as I quoted bobbylx there, still whenever I try to turn on Wi-Fi it just says "Turning Wi-Fi on..." indefinitely and most of the Wi-Fi settings are unavailable.

I've tried rebooting and hot rebooting, letting the rom sit and doing absolutely nothing to the phone, even changing the selinux to permissive, and I just cannot get Wi-Fi to work. It's so saddening to see the beautiful AOSP design because I can't use this rom for normal use if I can't get Wi-Fi to work.

Does anyone have a clue what I'm doing wrong? I followed bobbylx's steps to install. The only possible thing I can think of is should I Odin back to as close to unmodified stock before trying this? I had deodexed NH3 before trying to flash this but I didn't think that would have any effect especially since this is a deodexed rom...

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I really hate to do this but [MENTION=3047491]Devo7v[/MENTION] is there any chance you might have some insight for me? I'm really sorry to bother you
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] _Spectrum:
If it helps, I was running a fresh stock 4.4.2 ROM with NE3 before flashing. I mean I have WiFi problems if I reboot with WiFi still on before the reboot, but this can be solved by simply disabling WiFi before a reboot or hotrebooting

while the WiFi doesn't work.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
I can't enable or disable WiFi no matter what I do. It's like the WiFi switch is stuck in limbo and almost all the WiFi settings cannot be touched. In the main settings menu the Wi-Fi switch is always gray-ed out

Maybe I should Odin back to fresh stock NE3, and then not do anything but root, install SafeStrap and flash the rom...

Although I would like to be able to keep the NH3 baseband if at all possible since the update was supposedly for data connectivity issues, maybe I'll try flashing from a fresh Odin of NH3 first, then when that doesn't work I'll try from fresh NE3.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
This seems like your best course of action. I would also try to find out what firmware he was on, since it could be an issue with NH3 firmware.

I don't personally have any experience with this ROM since I have an i9295 now, but I keep up with all the threads and try to give advice when I can. Starting from scratch sounds like your best bet.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
This may or may not be helpful, but I never upgraded my stock past NE3. If flashing back to NE3 and starting from that point doesn't fix it, I don't know what to say, slightly out of my expertise level..
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
SUCCESS! (From NE3)

Thank you to all who stuck by me through my persistent stupidity and incessant muddling through this. Devo7v was right as always, and thank you to bobbylx, _Spectrum, and Sanscreech for their input and encouragement. The answer was fairly simple: attempting to flash this rom from NH3 (no matter how fresh and unaltered) will result in wifi not working, end of story. I was able to successfully flash this rom from fresh, stock, as minimally altered as possible, NE3. SO FREAKING HAPPY TO HAVE AOSP BACK ON MY PHONE. Seriously as a flashaholic of at least 2 years now you can imagine how much I hated being stuck on stock.

Also thank you guys for the tip of turning off wifi before a reboot. Since reboots are always helpful (and sometimes necessary) for a new rom to settle into place, I'm pretty sure that trick has saved me a whole new world of headaches. You guys are the best, thanks again!

Yup that was it, got wifi working and everything coming from NE3. Thanks for all your help and support and sticking by while I persisted in my stupidity
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] iamdarkyoshi:
So what do I do?

I have an i537 (obviously) and it says baseband version: I537UCUCNE3 and I dont know what files i need. This thread is from android 4.2.2, and I have 4.4.2. I want to run something as stock-android as possible. I want to customize things myself, not have SamDung do it. Any help would be greatly apreciated.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
There aren't too many roms available because we have a locked bootloader, which unfortunately rules out most of the stock android roms (cyanogenmod, slim, paranoid, most things AOSP). That said we can flash regular S4 roms as long you flash the masterpatch (compatability patch) right afterward. Unfortunately, almost all roms that work on our phone are touchwiz i.e. Samsung-themed roms, but bear with me there is one option.

We also can't have a true custom recovery like twrp or cwm. That's ok, we have something that does all the same functions called safestrap.

You're on NE3? Good first root using towelroot. Next install titanium backup and backup all your apps. Next install SafeStrap, it's an apk file so it'll install like any other app. Run the app and follow the prompts. Congrats you now have a "custom recovery." Reboot your phone and choose the "recovery" option. Make a nandroid backup. Boot your phone up and copy this nandroid backup folder and the TitaniumBackup folder to your PC. Good, sorry about all that but you want an ironclad backup plan.

You want a stock android rom? Your best (probably only) bet is Pure Nexus Rom designed for the S4. In the OP, download

Pure Nexus Edition Feb 5th, 2015

and the UPDATE-SuperSU.zip from the OP. Also download masterpatch v2 that's the file to make the rom compatible for your phone. Make sure all three files are on your phone's storage, somewhere you can find them.

Reboot into recovery. I only did a standard wipe (factory reset, or whatever the basic option is after choosing wipe). Then go to install and choose supernexus. Once done, go back a page and flash masterpatch, then SuperSU. Reboot and that was it for me.

Once you're running the rom, turn off wifi before you reboot. If you forget to do this, or wifi isn't working for some reason, do a hot reboot.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] iamdarkyoshi:
Almost got it! Thank you very much! I already had root and safestrap, but wasnt sure what files for what version. Installation worked, but the camera doesnt work and the rumbler goes off randomly. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Unfortunately random vibrations is a known issue for this rom, I don't think there's a fix for that yet. As for the camera, are you sure you did the masterpatch v2 ? It's the third file down on this site. Other than that maybe try flashing the camera only fix. Also, just making sure, you're talking about google camera app, which comes installed on this rom, and not the stock samsung camera app that is on stock firmware?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] iamdarkyoshi:
it still doesn't work.

I flashed the camera only .zip and the zip failed. Also, it is the stock poogle camera. As for the vibrations, could we run a debug app and look for what app requested permission to the rumbler? I do need the camera to work because my nexus 7 has the worst camera ever. Thanks for your help!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
Try this camerafix. The one linked on that page is screwed up, which is why it won't flash. I've use this one with other ROMs and it worked fine.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
Also, looks like many users of the SuperNexus ROM are saying that the ghost vibrations are caused by xposed framework. About to deactivate xposed and see if that does fix it. Just an FYI.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Oh lol that's why I haven't had that problem, I hate xposed, never use it. I like coding in my own mods
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] iamdarkyoshi:
I can't code anything worth crap

I don't have any patience. Also, xposed doesn't seem to cause it, as it happened before I installed it. Also WiFi usually works after a reboot. Battery life is awful though. At 67 and usually I would be at 90. Thanks everyone for the help. Gonna make sure to use the thanks button, because I am a n00b on XDA developers. Love that video.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Hmm I just lucked out and avoided the random vibrations I guess. As for battery life, you're right it sucks. Galaxy mod helps somewhat but it's still less than ideal
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bobbylx:
For what its worth, I haven't had the random vibrations since I disabled xposed. Although, I like some of the tweaks so I think I'll turn it back on and live with it.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] iamdarkyoshi:
For reasons unknown, setting the lcd.density to 320 has drastically improved battery life (or something i did around the same time) as at the end of the day, I still have 85% battery!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Sorry for my stupidity but how exactly did you do that?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] iamdarkyoshi:
You arent stupid, you just havent done it before. Grab this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.build.prop.editor

Grant it root priviledges, and look for the entry "ro.sf.lcd_density"

Change it to 320.

I also changed the "boot.fps" to 20, the boot animation isnt as spazmatic anymore

After applying these changes, do a full reboot. Hot reboot wont work.

Have fun!

By the way, it is the value intended to set the scale of the GUI. I perfer to have it much smaller than the stock settings (my 320ppi tablet is set to 240) as it gives more screen space. Many people might not like it though.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
Just wanted to chime in and say that this worked for my i537 S4 Active. Flashing from a rooted NH3 kernel/install yielded in WiFI that did not work at all. I ended up flashing, from Odin 3.0.9, the full NE3 firmware; AP, CSC, etc; all of it. From there, I rooted with towelroot, installed SuperSu, BusyBox, Root Checker Basic, then finally Safestrap. I had to uninstall, then reinstall Safestrap after the first install for it to actually take effect. It's something the dev is aware of according to their post and the reinstall was suggested. Flashed everything inside safestrap, after the factory reset wipe, on the stock rom slot and it's good to go.

After letting everything update and log in, I had to change the APN settings for AT&T using these settings. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2791564 There was a prexisting setting that was similar but was missing a value under APN Type as well as Name being Capitalized differently. I just edited the existing APN listing, then selected it with the radio button on the right side of the screen. This solved all of my SMS issues that I was having after first flashing. Now data, sms, mms all works like it should on mobile data and mms works over data.

Thanks for the boot fps change tip. It is definitely a lot better. However, I didn't care for the UI DPI change. I'm not sure how that would necessarily change battery life, though. Maybe you were just playing with the ROM less after that and thus your battery life was better. :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
I forgot to mention the APN settings, yeah, for all you guys on AT&T out there make sure you select the ATT LTE option under Access Point Names and set your preferred network type to LTE. Other than that I hope my input was helpful.

You're right I never got used to the DPI change and just reverted back to normal. Oh well
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] iamdarkyoshi:
It had to have been something because after installing the rom my phone was noticeably warm through the entire day. "android os" is taking 60% of my battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] rockinwaggy:
I've noticed that my battery life is pretty atrocious, although I'm still setting it up and figuring how to do that touchwiz makes easily accessible (the only thing I like about it). I've been on battery for 4 hours and I'm down to 50%. Screen has taken 29%, Flashlight 22%, Android OS 11%, then Android System 10%. Beyond that is google services and spotify. Flashlight reports CPU total at 1 hour, CPU Foreground at 25 minutes and Keep awake at 8. The screen on time was 1 hour and 4 minutes.

It will be interesting to see tomorrow how it does on a normal day and with using a different flashlight enabler method.