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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Avdith:
yeah i did that i wiped everything but the external sdcard

still no mobile data :/

just to make sure flashing = installing in SS right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Did you flash the file from Step 6?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Avdith:
yeah i did that through odin and everything went smooth...i got the 4g to work at first .. buuut it was gone later

whenever i downgrade to mk2 it works
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Did you set your APN? If you did and still no luck, sorry I don't know what to tell you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Avdith:
i didnt set my APN because my simcard is t-mobile so the at&t apn shouldnt work right. i just set it to default
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] manstable:
First Post - Thanks to all for their hard work!

I'd like to thank [MENTION=2284570]ted77usa[/MENTION] [MENTION=833788]rebel1699[/MENTION] [MENTION=4980764]Maribou[/MENTION] @dave5777 @dolph8886 [MENTION=4939386]Surge1223[/MENTION] @jeboo @guut13 and [MENTION=2978831]ronnie498[/MENTION] for their hardwork coming up with the various means and methods so that I could successfully root.

Now running Stock Rooted NB1 on my I337 AT&T S4.

It feels nice to be free.

:good::good::good::good::good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] andrewdroid:
I *highly* *highly* recommend flashing this volume mod. It makes a world of difference. It was originally made for Golden Eye but it seems to work for every rom including this stock rooted one. Just flash the zip while in safestrap. It also has the restore zip if you end up not liking it.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50635612&postcount=11568
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeadlySin9:
You can't use slots yet on 4.4.2, but you can change ROM easily if you use the Safestrap 3.72 beta.

Sent from my SGH-I337 running Blackbox 3.0
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bigcid10:
I am using safestrap 3.72

is this procedure correct ?

reboot into ss:

adv wipe (all except ext sd)

then install in stock rom slot

home ,flash whatever mods left?

thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ALD3:
When you first boot to SS 3.72, you should make a backup. I did and was glad as I was trying to flash all from SS 3.72 on DV v3.0 to DV v3.0.1. I messed up 2 times and went back to SS 3.72 and flashed my backup. Backup worked great. I did finally get DV v3.0.1 flashed and booted all from ss3.72, without using Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bigcid10:
yes I made a complete backup in SS 3.72

I want to try that DV 3.01 and I want to make sure I'm

going to do it right
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ALD3:
I don't know what ROM your on, or how you got it all done but I will give you what I did having setup Deadly Venom v3.0.0 according to their directions. I booted to ss3.72 recovery, factory/reset, advance wiped all but ext_sdcard, flashed DVv3.0.1 in Ss3.72, then flashed NB1 module from inside Deadly magic tools from ss3.72. Rebooted system. First 2 times I didn't flash NB1 modules and got stuck in bootloop, held power button till it shut down and restarted choosing recover as it booted. I had the DVv3.0.1 ROM and NB1 module on my ext_sdcard. Flash all from ss3.72 without Odin . Not sure if this will work for you as I don't know what all you have flashed before in Odin.

Important to anyone reading this......it will not work if you have never flashed the first files in Odin and installed Safestrap, you CANT go from stock to doing this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bigcid10:
I did the procedure from this guy http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2692825

I have it finished with stock rooted 4.4.2 /w SS 3.72

but I'm having issues with AR unchained ,so I would like to try something else
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] DeadlySin9:
You can flash the ROM and any mods all at once, it lets you add zips to the queue. Just make sure that the Modules are the last thing in the queue, either MLD or NB1 depending on what version you're on.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bigcid10:
Thanks anyway ,I did it already .I flashed that dv301 rom and the modules without a hitch

works like a champ!

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this is bigcid10,

I wanted to thank you for that setup to get a rooted kitkat rom on my S4 i337

yours was the easiest way of doing it ,and being so straight forwarard that it pretty much idiot proof

but I just wanted to point something out.I use a program called AR Unchained which connects my avh-x8500bhs to my S4 i337

but AR Unchained needs root to function,but with your stock rooted kitkat rom I couldn't get it to work .It would ask for root

and but something wasn't getting root,so I flashed the deadly venom 3.01 kitkat rom and it worked fine

so something must be different about the root.Just trying to point something out

thanks,bigcid10
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Thank you and thanks for the feedback. I'm always willing to learn something new so I will look into it when I have time and let you know if you are willing to test a possible fix. Thanks again.

EDIT: [MENTION=4388474]bigcid10[/MENTION] - I think I may have a quick solution......download and install busybox from the playstore and see if that solves the issue. I did a quick search for AR Unchained and read it requires bb to function. I did not include bb in my ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bigcid10:
I understand what you mean ,but I already flashed the other rom

and It's working as I type this,thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
I keep seeing posts about flashing different modules for mk2 vs nb1 users and this seems to be the cause of most of the confusion surrounding flashing various 4.4 SS rom's. The nb1 kernel modules work just fine for both mk2 or nb1 users, there is no need for anyone to flash the FMLD modules at anytime.

The following is true for any 4.4 SS rom regardless of whether you are on the mk2 or nb1 bootloader......as long as you have the nb1 modules and nb1 stock modem(including non-hlos.bin) wifi will work on any 4.4 SS rom. The only issue mk2 users may experience when flashing a 4.4 SS rom is with lockscreen settings but that can be resolved by flashing the FMLD bootloader.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kpirnie:
Having a little issue.

Done everything listed here, flashed the tethering one. Been working great since I've gone it a few days ago.

Today... Incoming calls are causing the Phone process to force close... but, I can call out.

Any thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
I would start with a factory reset from stock recovery. Any mods made like thru exposed should be undone. As a last resort i would try a fresh flash.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kpirnie:
It even does this after doing a safestrap restore... Do you think installing the AT&TNB1KernelModules.zip from Deadly Venom would fix it?

EDIT: Incoming and outgoing MMS/SMS work fine. Out-going calls work fine. so my APN settings are correct. I even tried pulling the original SecPhone.apk and SecPhone.odex out of the Rom, pushing them into /system/priv-app (where the originals are), setting permissions, and rebooting... and still... only incoming calls cause com.android.phone to FC.

EDIT 2: Some thing clearing Dalvik
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
The nb1 modules are already built into the rom. Try a fresh flash of the rom and let me know if it happens again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kpirnie:
Was really hoping to stay away from having to do that ;) Had a great install already... removed all the ATT crapware, samsung bloat, had all my apps installed ;)

really hoping TiBu will keep all my apps settings this time LOL :cyclops:

I'll let you know though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
I hear you. Also be careful when deleting the samsung apps, there may be some dependencies which may cause issues when deleted. I recommend freezing apps instead. Good luck
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kpirnie:
Back up and running... mostly... now to get kk to use my sdcard

Sent from my Deadly Venom SS 3.0.1 S4 (team: [MENTION=4631220]Venom0642[/MENTION] [MENTION=2284570]ted77usa[/MENTION] [MENTION=833788]rebel1699[/MENTION]) ~ 20GB free cloud https://copy.com?r=vtiraF
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mwj2996:
Hey guys first off I want to thank all who worked on this. I was able to successfully run the procedure to keep my current root. However I followed the instructions to manually uninstall safestrap and now I have lost the ability to boot into SS. Any ideas on how I can get that back? I have tried to uninstall and reinstall but to no avail.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
You would have to push the same files you removed back into system in order to manually reinstall ss. You cant reinstall using the apk due to the force closes. Im still trying to resolve that issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mwj2996:
I put the files back from another phone. I still do not have the ability to boot into safestrap. Any other suggestions?

I installed safestrap on a freshly rooted MK2 and the system/etc/safestrap folder is empty there as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Did you set permissions on the e2fsck file? If you have all the files and in the right place with the right permissions it will work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mwj2996:
Thanks!

Really dumb rookie mistake. When I copied the folder from the other phone I forgot to give myself r/w to that folder so it was empty when I copied it. Safestrap boot is back!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JT1510365:
Possible?

Can i downgrade my SGH-i337 32gb with this method? Also once i downgrade and install SS do i have to install the 100% stock rooted Rom with SS or can i just flash a custom rom like Deadly Venom rom?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Yes you can downgrade then install ss and flash any ss 4.4 rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bs1219:
If we downgrade back to mk2, do we need to use the one with or without the bootloader or does it not matter? I just dont want to brick my phone lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Since you are already on the NB1 BL you can use either version. The version without the BL is intended for those that never took the official NB1 ota update and would like to keep the option of going back to factory stock MK2 if they choose to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bs1219:
Thanks for the info!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bs1219:
Has anyone else gotten a error with the updater script for the keeproot.zip? this is the one without the bootloader. I downgraded, rooted and installed safestrap 3.72 so nothing has been modified. Safestrap says

''Verifying current system...

"/system/csc/contents.db" has unexpected contents.

E:error executing updater binary in zip '/external_sd/I337_MK2toNB1_KeepRoot_OTA.zip'

Error flashing '/external_sd/I337_MK2toNB1_KeepRoot_OTA.zip'
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] mwj2996:
I followed the mk2tonb1 keep root ota method to bring my phone to nb1 and have root. My question is, am I stuck with this ROM or can I flash a custom like one from deadly venom?

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bigcid10:
I found out what was causing my problem with AR unchained and my phone

here is the link to the solution http://appradioforums.com/Thread-Fi...2-not-passing-Virtual-device-permissions-test

after I loaded up that other firmware (Deadly venom 3.01 ss)

it worked for a few hours then quit .I tried various things to get itto work again

but no avail.then I read this link and followed those instructions and it worked

but I don't know how to make that script start up again when I reboot my phone

maybe you can make one for me? thank you
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bigcid10:
that's what I did
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
An item in your csc folder is not stock. Try flashing the downgrade file from post#1, rooting then reflashing the ota zip.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
You can wipe in ss, then flash a new rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Jamesyboy:
Thanks.

I found that the post was pretty hard to read/comprehend (I understood what was happening after reading it a few times), but otherwise, this is some GREAT work. Simple, succinct process.

Über points awarded.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ottoxgam:
Hey all,

I finished the method 2 and have the rooted 4.4.2 And SS installed, however I have noticed that charging my battery takes a heck of a long time to charge (upwards of 4 hours, compared to 2ish with mf3).

I also seem to be unable to charge when the phone is turned off.

Any help would be appreciated!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] wavemaster00:
I flashed the tethering add-on.

Is that supposed to work by itself, or does it need pda.net or Foxfi to work?

I have Foxfi installed, but tethering does not work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kpirnie:
Not sure about the add-on... but i flashed the full Rom with tethering and it worked out of the box...

Sent from my Deadly Venom SS 3.0.1 S4 (team: [MENTION=4631220]Venom0642[/MENTION] [MENTION=2284570]ted77usa[/MENTION] [MENTION=833788]rebel1699[/MENTION]) ~ 20GB free cloud https://copy.com?r=vtiraF
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] JT1510365:
Good

Now i am on the 100% stock rooted rom but now i want the 4.3 hyperdrive rom for the sgh-i337 galaxy s4. Do i just install with safestrap? Or is their another way? Please help soon I want the hyperdrive rom today!

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how would i go about flashing pac rom or carbon rom? i tried flashing pac rom with ss but it don't work! Please help!:crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Maribou:
You cant flash PAC Rom, or Cyanogen based Roms. We have to stick to Touchwiz based Roms due to our locked down bootloaders.

Sent from my warranty voided device...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] leoanimi:
Thank you!

I had trouble at first because I thought I was doing something wrong. I found that trying to use the tethered version in the OP leads to an un-bootable system. I tried twice. Downloaded from another mirror and had the same issue.

Switched to the standard stock version and had no problems.

Running Golden Eye 26 now. Wifi is working. I picked 26 because it is the only one that is listed as SS safe (in the Golden Eye series). Is it the case that only SS safe ROMs can be installed?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
I'm downloading it now and will test. Also there shouldn't be any other mirrors. Can you send me the link to the post with the mirror? Thks

Edit- just tested the 100% Stock Rooted ROMwTethering file and it appears to have become corrupt. Will upload new file tonight.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] andrewdroid:
With regards to Golden Eye, you can use the non-SS versions with safestrap *iff* you replace the updater-script with deadly venom's fixed version. See the deadly venom magic kitkat tool thread for more info on that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] bigdog533:
I want to try this root method but I'm getting lost in the verbiage. Where do I get safestrap from and does that root the ROM on the computer or own the phones itself? I know that's very noob of me but I'm a little confused.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] andrewdroid:
Rooting is the first step to installing safestrap. Safestrap is how we're able to flash custom roms with a locked bootloader. It's an alternative recovery.

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So basically the theory behind this rooting is a faux-downgrade to mk2 using odin, then using a root tool like saferoot, then installing the mk2 version of safestrap, then flashing this rom, and then upgrading to a properly matched nb1 kernel. The reason we have to do a faux-downgrade to mk2 is that the root methods don't work with nb1 directly yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] leoanimi:
The issue with the tethered version was a good excuse for me to learn how to use Odin. I have not rooted a phone since sgs2!

Thank you for the quick response. The mirror was provided via the OP link.

Everything is running smooth GE 26 SS. Super fast and excellent battery life compared to the stock art 4.4.2 I had before. They killed my phone with that update. I couldn't go but a few hours without charging.

Battery life is the most important factor to me. Any rom suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] George19:
Kernels

Do you by chance have the kernel for MK2 firmware of this phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Yes: https://mega.co.nz/#!lwVUSAiY!Qx2T5SUXOwLQJxgcpBW8gl6zzQ1Un6ULxoVki6AmSjQ
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
I'm running this set-up and don't have these issues. Consider a fresh flash to see if that resolves the issues for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Updated link to 100%_Stock_Rooted_ROMw/Tethering in OP.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ClubWDW:
Love the ROM! Thanks so much to muniz_ri for all the work on this! I am now on rooted NB1 but have just 2 questions....

1) You made mention of removing SafeStrap as an option...is this safe to do and how is it done? I looked and saw no option to do so.

2) If I run up against the lock screen issue (I came from native MK2), is it safe to flash that file in ODIN? I saw a warning there and wondered if this applied since after following the procedure, I am now on NB1...or was the warning only for those who started with NB1?

Thanks in advance!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
I'm assuming you used the method in post1. If so yes its safe to uninstall ss from the ss apk in your app drawer. Also yes its safe in your case to flash the fmld bootloader to resolve the lockscreen issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ClubWDW:
muniz_ri: I looked everywhere and can't find it....it is not in my app drawer...have I missed something somewhere?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
It may have disappeared after flashing the rom. Just reinstall the ss apk then use the unistall recovery option.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ClubWDW:
That did the trick!!! Again, allow me to say "Thank you" so much for this! It is the very thing I have been holding out for!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Xanthos58:
Can the nb1 to mk2 file not be flashed, then root, and flash the nb1 file again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Maribou:
That's exactly what the deadly venom team achieved with the KitKat magic tool. You downgrade to mk2 and root your phone. Then you can upgrade back to a custom NB1 ROM.

Sent from my warranty voided device...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
I'm not clear on what you are asking but just follow the instructions to the letter and you will get the intended results and there is no need for any other tools.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ClubWDW:
I can vouch for this. Runs like a champ, too....just don't forget about using ODIN at the end....I did and was frustrated....a clear case of my not reading thoroughly. Follow the directions exactly and if you get stuck there are plenty of people here to help you out.... :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] Xanthos58:
What I'm trying to say is: can the nb1 to mk2 pda file be flashed, rooted then after, flash the nb1 PDA file and have rooted nb1 without the need to install a rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
No, the nb1_stock_partitions file does not contain system. It contains the remaining stock NB1 images, i.e. modem, kernel, recovery,etc to bring your phone back up to 100% stock NB1 after flashing the rom.

If you dont want to install the rom consider the ota zip in post#2. You can flash that after flashing the downgrade file.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ClubWDW:
I just got a security policy update popup...I thought Knox was disabled during the process...am I wrong? How do I disable it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] The Jack of Clubs:
Open up supersu, it should ask you if you want to disable Knox
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ClubWDW:
I opened it up and all it did was open...no prompts for anything involving Knox...any other ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Everything is 100% stock including knox. But I believe there are couple apps in the app store that will disable knox.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ClubWDW:
Thank you, kind sir....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] The Jack of Clubs:
i think you have to try to update root binary or something to make it ask you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] ClubWDW:
I thought that may be the case, but I looked thoroughly and found no option to do so....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] The Jack of Clubs:
maybe reinstalling supersu into /system from supersu settings. i unno. when i first ran supersu, it told me to update the binary and disable knox at that time. i guess it doesnt bother with that now that muniz_ri updated the binary.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
If you are trying to prevent the security policy from auto updating there is a check box under settings/more/security/security policy updates.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] RenegadeX216:
I got as far as...

(Using Second Alt Method)

1. Download the MK2toNB1_KeepRoot_OTA.zip and place in the root of your ext sdcard.

2. Follow steps 2 - 3 from Post#1 to downgrade from NB1 to MK2, root, and install Safestrap v3.72.

3. Boot into Safestrap recovery but Do Not Wipe.

...with no problems. I have a working rooted MK2 downgraded from NB1 (with no working wifi)

I then tried flashing i337UCUFNB1_MK2toNB1_KeepRoot_OTA.zip with a "FAILED" message.

so I then tried flashing

I337UCUFNB1_MK2toNB1_KeepRoot_OTAwBL.zip and yet again another "FAILED" Message.

I downgraded from stock NB1 (using ted77usa's viper method post that used 2 odin files) **worked!!!**

Then used saferoot and checked I was indeed on MK2 with valid root. **worked!!!**

Safestrap was installed next...(dont know much about it but can follow directions pretty well) **worked!!!**

I DID NOT WIPE using Safestrap like instructed.

If I install either one of those above files using SS in recovery I get a failed message

...am I missing something? I'm losing my mind here. So close lol Any help would be much appreciated for this rooting semi noob lol

I'm afraid to try the first one because if I use SS to wipe everything and it doesn't work I am back to square one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] muniz_ri:
Hard to say without having the complete error msg but I would try to re-flash the downgrade file from Post#1, re-root, then re-try flashing the ota zip. Also, make certain you are using safestrap v.3.72.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] RenegadeX216:
Thanks, I was thinking of trying the first method before all that, if I did this is what I would have left to do...

4. Boot into Safestrap recovery, perform an advanced wipe and wipe everything except ext sdcard.

5. Flash the ROM zip in Stock Slot.

6. Press "Home," then reboot into Download Mode and flash the I337_NB1_StockPartitions in PDA slot in Odin.

I'm downloading the file "I337UCUFNB1_Rooted_Stock.zip" as we speak.

I guess it's worth a shot...thanks to the NB1 unbrick method (that I needed to use 2 weeks ago lol) I'm not too worried.

Also, thanks for the response!!! I'm a lost sheep with these new versions on rooting and ODIN sometimes lol!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 General] kpirnie:
supersu tries...

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its not a bad rom... personally i cant stand all the att and samsung bloat... so i end up getting rid of them with TitaniumBackup... i also use another launcher so I freeze both TW's

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