yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] brent_smith:
hung up trying to root with saferoot

I'm a noob, and this is my first root on a phone. While trying to root with saferoot I'm getting hung up, with saferoot waiting for device to appear... I've enabled debugging and connected as a usb media device (not a camera). I've install Kies 3 and the drivers seem to be good, or I *assume* that they are, since I can move files to my phone and back to my Windows 7 64-bit computer easily.

I've done some reading (yes, watched noob video, yes did some searching in forums) and have come up dry as far as what my problem might be. I've attached screen shots of both my phone and desktop, in the hope that it will help someone point out my wrong turn.

Any ideas where I am going wrong?

Big props to the contributers on this forum, I can tell that there has been lots of work put in here. Thanks!

brent
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] hovax615@hotmail.com:
You check your firewall settings? If your firewall is on then it might be preventing it from loading. If not try kingo

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
You can do everything with just the phone, but it seems several frequent flashers like myself, download to our pc first, check the md5 sum to ensure good download, then transfer the ROM, modules, etc to the phone for flashing. But yes, you can download everything to phone and do it that way. Just make sure you backup everything 1st so in case something doesn't work, you can get back to where you are now.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Ok and iv never flashed be for is there a video step by step I could watch just to be sure I have the right understanding of it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
Yeah generic ones are on YouTube. Just search for it - may not be ROM specific, but just need to know the basics. Good luck.

:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Homeboy76:
Thanks!

That what happens when a person that can't chew bubble gum and walk tries to do two things. :) :)

I know not to quote 'huge forum post'. Please accept my sincere apology for my error.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Ok and also do u need to install anything like my supersu with my rom when I flash using safe strap? I'm going to be flashing hyper drive
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
Make sure you read all the steps in the 1st page of the forum, for your baseband and desired ROM - tells you exactly what to do. [MENTION=2982241]guut13[/MENTION] spends a lot of time, updating/revising this and personally tests as much as possible. I've never had a problem using his guide/instructions.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guut13:
Thank you. I appreciate that.

For those that need to scratch the dev itch, Thanks [MENTION=4939386]Surge1223[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2284570]ted77usa[/MENTION] for pointing it out (and confirming it works on gs4) ... and of course [MENTION=4469503]RErick[/MENTION] for the thread.

[DEVS][Safestrap][How-To] Reboot To Safestrap Recovery Via Power Menu

http://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-s5/development/devs-reboot-to-safestrap-recovery-via-t2822165
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ted77usa:
[MENTION=2982241]guut13[/MENTION]

Thanks to my buddies [MENTION=4405010]parkerj7uc[/MENTION] [MENTION=5072378]s5freak[/MENTION] [MENTION=4237464]wp4jot[/MENTION] with all their Contributions ....can't done it without them either. Screenshots are taken from S4 and S5 ....[emoji41][emoji106]

☆Swyped From ViSiXKrome Edition☆
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] reggie cheeks:
An absolutely insane amount of info on this thread [MENTION=2982241]guut13[/MENTION]!

I've updated Empty Galaxy but I'm not 100% the current will work for ATT. If not I'll replace the script. Let me know if it's needed.

Link to Empty Galaxy OP

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53046698

Thanks for everything!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Sorry I'm just kind of a book to xda and have a hard time finding my way around lol. I now found all the info I need thanks to these threads not sure of all the devs that have helped put these together but thank you so much when I see you guys' post I'll be sure to hit the thank you!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
[MENTION=2982241]guut13[/MENTION] I put together the "Safestrap recovery" option Power Menu as a flashable. This is from [MENTION=4469503]RErick[/MENTION] s thread http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy...evs-reboot-to-safestrap-recovery-via-t2821241 I have been using it on S4 AT&T and works great as [MENTION=2284570]ted77usa[/MENTION] mentioned earlier. It has cCc in the title but can change it to what ever needed. https://www.dropbox.com/s/44oax1a20ufj8w1/cCc_Safestrap_Reboot_Power_menu_Theme.zip Hope all enjoy. Don't forget your backups as always before flashing.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guut13:
Thank you. Downloading now. I will test it tonight after work and report back.

Thanks for this, too. I try your zip later tonight, as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ozz200127:
I flashed it but it fails
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
what fails? the new safestrap recovery zip?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
I just downloaded from the link I provided and flashed it. Every thing worked fine. Can we have more details: pnone, rom, if it flashed and recovery didn't work or the flash failed.

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[MENTION=5333042]jt1998[/MENTION] have you flashed it? Any problems?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
No I personally have not done so yet, but I will as soon as I'm home/off work. Its not a critical update to me, but saves some time/steps so I'm all in! I appreciate all the hard work the devs have done to keep us (crappy locked bootloaders) in the loop! :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ozz200127:
I flashed the zip in safestrap but it failed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
So you got the error message in safestrap when you tried to flash - it said Failed in Red?

Which ROM are you using? Baseband?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dh4645:
gonna take the plunge and upgrade my 4.2.2 MF3 to the latest (mainly because I want a change and also screen mirror to my chromecast)

and maybe try a custom ROM, havent done that since my S2.

thanks for all the info.

you should fix the link to the odin thread in post #5

there are no active links in that thread & it was closed 6 months ago due to that reason.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] XDM inc:
Disregard my post. Thad damn knox bootloader is indeed fort knox unbudgeable so i ultimately rooted and debloated stock rom and left it as that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
It worked for me. Used the same container just changed the jar and It worked on my friends s5. If your getting a fail in recovery than you need to redownload it. Maybe on a computer then move to storage. I think your download is bad. That is my opinion. Worth a shot tho.

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http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567717124 here is another link maybe it will work better. [MENTION=5777009]ozz200127[/MENTION]

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ozz200127:
It flashed now but then when I rebooted it stayed at my boot logo
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dh4645:
newb question

whats the difference between flashing this update or just doing OTA from NB1 ->NC1, then rooting?

also, in the 2nd file, there was no tr.apk when i extracted it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
I think the towelroot method is supposed to save you some steps/time
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] djdigi:
necellat fin

Just installed the Graviton ROM on my SGH-i337 and like it so far.

Does anyone know if Graviton will automatically update to new versions or do I have to manually install the latest rom .ZIP every time they're released?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
I believe it is a manual update each time but I'm sure his thread will tell you for sure.

From my Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 AT&T Black 16 GB - NB1 running Goldeneye 36 over stock via SS 3.72, with the Deadly Venom KitKat Magic tool
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guut13:
Nothing. It's the exact same update. Maribou's zip just lets you flash it when you want.

Flash the zip or wait for the OTA... either way you will end up on NC1 and can use towelroot to root.

If you are missing a file, just look in post 5.. it has links for all the files you need.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Hey guys so I just noticed a little issue on my i337 rooted with towel root and am cogently on hyperdrive rom. Anyways down to the problem this morning I flashed hyperdrive rom using safestrap the flashed my att moduals then flashed superuser and rebooted ext all the steps I'm supposed to do anyways iv noticed that on my reboot screen where the safe strap screen pops up asking you to go into recovery "menu" or continue "back button" that screen says safe strap is disabled now and before I'd dis all my flashing ext it was in able so I reinstalled safe strap and went into safe strap app and clicked reboot to recovery and it says granted superuser permissions or what ever whish is normal the it says now rebooting or something to that extent like it usually would but the problem is it doesn't boot into recovery it just sits on the app screen

So guys to sum it up my question is

1. Why is my safestrap disabled?

2. Why doesn't it reboot into recovery when I do it from the app?

NOTE: I can still reboot into recover from safestrap start up screen by clicking menu when the screen pops up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dh4645:
i did thanks.

post 5 has all i need but Odin. (has a link to a thread, but no odin links) Got 3.09 elsewhere,

also, towelroot isnt in the OP anymore, luckily others posted download links

updated from 4.2.2 MF3 -> NB1 -> NC1, then towelroot and then safestrap (whatever that is...never used it before)

worked like a charm!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guut13:
Hyperdrive has never played well with safestrap. The Jelly Bean version would uninstall safestrap altogether.

As for not rebooting from the app... if you look in the main safestrap thread, you will see it is a common for some. I never actually use it myself. I find it easier to just reboot and then click the "menu" button when i see the safestrap menu during power up.

Thanks for the heads up on Odin. I'll have to update that.

As for towelroot, the download was never in his OP. Has always had a link to his external website where the download is located... https://towelroot.com

Works great as is and I didn't even have to muck with the wifi to get through the config menu. :)

Good job on the ROM. I'll update my thread. Thank you.

This worked great too. No issue whatsoever. I'll link this, too. Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
OK thanks gut do you have a rom you would star me towards that works go and is touch wiz based ext for my phone. I like hyper drive so far but it's always fun seeing what's out there
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Itzamistry:
Ok so first off, safestrap is disabled because you overrode the stock ROM slot...On the gs4 I believe only stock works as of now so it is totally fine you are getting the disabled message. Don't worry about it the ROM should still be fine...but the reboot, you can't reboot to recovery with safestrap. You must manually reboot and press the menu key or the on screen button....because its safestrap Lol. Hope I answered your questions

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 running HYPERDRIVE!

If I helped you in any way...make sure to say Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Thank you again man really appreciate it I figured is was fine because I can still get to recovery I was just wondering if that was ok. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] zounduser:
When I download the modules what should the zip say?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] zounduser:
The one circled. ...... is this correct?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Itzamistry:
Umm neither ... For me it says ATT_NC1_MODULES

If u need to know where to find em let me know! :)

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 running HYPERDRIVE!

If I helped you in any way...make sure to say Thanks!

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Haha np bud

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 running HYPERDRIVE!

If I helped you in any way...make sure to say Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] zounduser:
Post number 2? When I try v to download it takes me to Google drive and I can't download.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
[MENTION=2982241]guut13[/MENTION] [MENTION=4405010]parkerj7uc[/MENTION]

So i flashed the zip file to test the new reboot to SS. Says it flashed successfully and when rebooted into the rom the 1st time all my apps are optimized. Then i pressed and held my power button like always to get my reboot options etc.... And it was no different. Even selected restart hoping it was hidden inside it but nope.

Suggestions? Could my ROM maybe not allow it? An xposed or gravitybox mod stop it from showing?

Ugh.

From my Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 AT&T Black 16 GB - NB1 running Goldeneye 36 over stock via SS 3.72, with the Deadly Venom KitKat Magic tool
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
What do you mean your apps were optimized? They moved? Xposed wouldn't bother it. I use it and it works. Can you go into system/bin and see if you have a file there called -recrbt.sh-... Also if you can, can I get a screen shot of the restart screen.

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It's possible you may need to clean cache and dalvik if flash didn't.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
[MENTION=2982241]guut13[/MENTION] too

That file is in my system/bin folder. For some reason, none of my screenshot apps will take a pic of the restart screen when is up?! WTH!!

You know when you update a ROM, etc. the 1st time you boot up, it says Anroid is optimizing/upgrading your apps? It just shows a blue screen with the words Android is optimizing and counts through all the files/apps and starts at 1 and ends up at 270 or something, then its back to normal. No apps were moved/changed, but it says something was done.

I can try that and see if that helps. Just can't do it at work b/c don't need a borked phone at work all day long.

I'll post back ASAP. thanks for the tips.:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Ok the optimization is because the cache was cleared. But may try it again. I have heard of people having to do it more than once. I will pull the android.policy.jar from golden eye 36 and maybe do it with that one and see if it works for you.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
Cool. Ok.

So, went back to SS, wiped cache and dalvik, rebooting now and it says Android is upgrading, Optimizing app x of 272.

Fingers crossed and I'll post back in 5 mins.

Thanks!

:fingers-crossed:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guut13:
Honestly, It's all personal preference. They are all touchwiz based, so they are mostly similar. The theme and looks is going to be the big difference. Look at the pictures in the OP and find one that you will like to look at everyday.

Correct. I put a copy of each on my google drive. If you click the link, you will see three icons, one for each module. Click one of the modules and you will see a pop up window with the zip file contents. above the pop up window are three options. the middle one is the download button. (arrow pointing down to a horizontal line) If you don't see the popup window, try enabling pop ups or try a different browser.

Same thing happened to me as far as "optimizing" I always get that anytime i flash something in recovery that changes the system files. It worked for me on GE36 which is the same thing you have. Maybe the download was corrupted. Try re-downloading it???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
So no change. Finished optimizing/upgrading and no change to the restart screen. Blast.

yeah, that's the only thing I can think of too [MENTION=2982241]guut13[/MENTION] since it works for you. I'll have to redownload again and try. CRAP.

:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
I put two links up one from Dropbox and one from android file host. Which one did you use [MENTION=2982241]guut13[/MENTION]

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] zounduser:
Ok. Awesome. Thank u man. One more thing, that Sammy deluxe rom is exactly what I'm looking for, l but in his op it says to use twrp, which we don't have. Lol. So no go on that rom I assume? And thanks for the replies bro. I'm so used to HTC phones. And on my note 2 I had twrp, and my note 3 I didn't have to flash a bunch of extra zips after the rom. Thanks again bro.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guut13:
ummm. I don't remember :( drop box, i think.

No problem, but you assumed incorrectly. Check out the first line in post 2...

ALL ROMS BELOW ARE CONFIRMED WORKING ON ATT PHONES WITH MK2, NB1, OR NC1 BASE WITH SAFESTRAP
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
I used the DropBox one too. Boo...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Try the android host file link

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dh4645:
oh jeez, really. i missed that and just thought it had to have NC1 in the title for it to work on my phone....which is like 1 ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Hey guys so question? I'm running hyperdrive rom i installed gravity box and want to use their lock screen options so iv set the options to what i want but their lock screen won't show up even after i reboot. Does anyone know why this is and how i can get it to use gravity box's lock screen.

Note: all other tweaks that I've set using gravity box have took affect so i don't know why the lock screen wont

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
It is for aosp. They use a different lock screen for them. I think that is why this will not work. Some stuff will, but I think it was designed for aosp.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Oh yea I seen that but didn't think to much about it. Is there any thing that you know of that I can install for lock screen that will would with my rom

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
What are you trying to do with it

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
I'm wanting something to change my lock screen. Not sure if there is anything out there that will work or not because I'm on a touch wiz based rom. But I don't know I'm pretty noob to all this lol

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Goto post #4 in this thread and check close to the bottom. There ar some threads for the locksceeen

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It's under advance mods section

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] jt1998:
Tried it too. No change ugh. Checked md5 and wiped cache/dalvik. Damn.

Aha! After reading above got curious. I've got gravity box installed too. Disabled advanced power tweaks in it, and voila when i checked my power button the SS recovery option is now there!! Woo hoo. Thanks!

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Awesome glad to hear it.

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[MENTION=5777009]ozz200127[/MENTION] do you run gravity box or have power menu tweets turned on in xblast or wanam

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dmontanez58:
Service in Miami

Hi i have done all that has been requested. I am on the NB1 baseband. I have flashed the NB1 modem. I have also set the APN that has been listed but im still getting H+. From what i believe this isnt LTE. I am running 4.4.2 rooted with Imperium V8 Rom. Can anyone please guide me to get back my LTE?

Thanks in advance!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Did you change the build.prop since you are on international rom

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dmontanez58:
2280

Thanks for the quick reply!

No i never did that. Can you direct me in the right path?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Look at post 1634 in this thread

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dmontanez58:
Thank you sooo much!! Much appreciated! So i have to do this for every rom right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Should only be international roms.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] dmontanez58:
copy that! Thanks again!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Hey Parker iv looked and looked and I can't find those threads for the lock screen :/

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
At the bottom of the picture is what I'm talking about. It's at the end of post 4

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
OK are they only aosp lockscreens? Cuz I can't use them:/

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
The mods are supposed to make it so you can use aosp lockscreen on tw.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Oh OK cool and also do you know why my data 4G would say h+ instead of 4glte? Started doing it after I flashed hyperdrive rom

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Without a definite saying on what you want to do its hard to steer you in the right direction. There are some individual xposed modules that do some cool stuff: SamsungMultipleWidgets-KitKat_v1.7, com.mohammadag.unlockeffectbeforesecuritycode_v3_49da9b, and one called quick access. Hope these help a little.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Ok where can I find these at and what do you think about my data problem from my last post

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Check post 1634 to see if that helps the data issue. Check here http://repo.xposed.info/ for the other stuff.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] guut13:
THREAD UPDATE

Updated SuperSU links to v2.01 (same version in play store)

4.4.2 ROMS...

Added new ROM - GNF1 Sickness Style v1

Updated Empty Galaxy (XXUGNFG2), SkyFall (Odexed version), and Maple Leaf
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Hey Parker i flashed that zip for the apn like that post said to my 4g is working now finebut now my hyperdrive tweaks wont open the screen blinks white like its trying to open but then doesn't whats wrong with it?

I tried restoring back to stock root then reflashing hyper drive and my att moduals then i flashed supersu then i flashed the nc1 apn's and hyperdrive tweaks still wont open
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Redue you rom but this time just change the apn manually. Don't flash the flashable. The flashable may be changing to much.

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@GS4privileged

Goto phone settings/more networks/mobile networks/Access Points Name....If there isn't one for att phone then make new one by hitting the add sign.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] GS4privileged:
Hey I did my apn's manually and my data still says h+ even after I re flashed everything ect
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
Are you comfortable editing your build.prop?

You need to change these in your build prop.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] parkerj7uc:
[MENTION=5768727]GS4privileged[/MENTION] use room tool box from play store. It's the easy way.

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