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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jcratcliffe_:
Hrm I'll look at it when I can. See what happens for me. I sent gigilie a message about it

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I doubt you will brick but can you do me a favor and try a few of the zips and see if they flash or just try all together. One other person tried and said they were getting fails to flash. Curious if they are just bad zips.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shindiggity:
I didn't try that one
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashbang173:
So did Odin work OK flashing it to your phone. BTW to thank me can you hit the thanks button.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashbang173:
Has anyone tried flashing slim kat on safe strap 3.72
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshtb86:
I just wanted to clarify since this is a little bit confusing. I've already upgraded to 4.4 by the Ota by accident to NC 5 bootloader and lost root. This does not work with my situation correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrgthird:
I thank all of the developers for their hard work to allow so many modifications and upgrades to our phones that the carriers don't seem to want to provide. It's truly made the user experience for my S4 immeasurably more significant. Having said that, I think following the bouncing ball to upgrade to 4.42 can be challenging. While the instructions are exhaustive and quite informative, they can be overwhelming. I have a Verizon Galaxy S4 with MK 2 boot-loader so I have Safe Strap. I want to upgrade to 4.4.2 but I'm a bit hesitant, fearing I might incorrectly apply steps improperly. Please understand, I've been modding, flashing, and rebuilding my phones since the old Windows mobile 5 days. These processes are nothing new to me. I'm truly a flashaholic so I'm not a novice. There's so much info that it's not easy to know what to extract. What would be helpful would be a very simply step by step guide to go from Verizon safe-strap to 4,42. i know it's there, but it's surrounded by so much other stuff. The download section has so many downloads, its' not easy to decipher which ones apply to my situation.

I hope I don't come off as a whiner but I believe there are others that may share my sentiment. Thanks for your understanding. Please don't slam me for requesting that the process be spelled out a bit more cleanly.

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] inkdaddy66:
That's what I'm trying to find out too. I got the device with the Ota nc5 on it

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] adamklo:
I think that [MENTION=3618916]gigilie[/MENTION] is working on an Odin tar to take care of that. Some people have said here and there that it works, but for right now the steps are too confusing to me and I don't want to risk it.

Everything else has been cracked, in one way or another. Patience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] inkdaddy66:
Thanks for that. I can be patient. I'm in no hurry. I've rooted using adb on other devices but all of the steps needed this time around. I'll wait it out. It's not so straightforward.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fakir420:
WiFi Woes

Starting with my already rooted MK2 running HyperDrive 15 via SafeStrap 3.71 I was able to follow the OP and do the safe upgrade to NC5 while retaining root. Before starting I upgraded SafeStrap to v3.72. The only ROM I tried was Echoe v20.3 which flashed and booted just fine. The only issue is that I could not enable wifi. I tried several times to wipe-->flash Echoe-->flash Modules-->flash SuperSu using both NC5 and MK2 modules (not at the same time). I flashed VZW-NC5_4.42-ODIN_UPGRADE-FOR-4.3-NO-SYSTEM-NO-BOOTLOADERS-gogolie.tar using Odin v3.10 after rebooting into Download mode. Anyway, nothing would work to get my wifi enabled. So, I went over to the thread that Surge1223 started regarding the same topic. I wiped-->flashed Stock Deodexed-->flashed SuperSu then rebooted to Download mode and installed AP_VZW_I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_1151670_REV06_user_ low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 and CP_VZW_I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_1151670_REV06_user_ low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 using Odin v3.09. Using this combination I was able to successfully activate and use wifi. After I had verified wifi access in the stock ROM I attempted to flash Echoe with no wipe - I tried this both with and without flashing the NC5 modules afterward but was never able to get wifi to work in Echoe. As I'm typing this I'm realizing I probably should have tried another ROM, I'm just not sure if the ROM is variable causing the change. I flashed VZW-NC5_4.42-ODIN_UPGRADE-FOR-4.3-NO-SYSTEM-NO-BOOTLOADERS-gogolie.tar using Odin v3.10 originally while trying to use Echoe, so that's another variable that I haven't controlled. So, would using Odin v3.09 instead of v3.10 cause my wifi to work? It seems unlikely to me to me but this is not my area of expertise. I may try to flash another ROM to see if it really is just Echoe that has that issue, but at this point I've got my phone running with everything working and apps restored and all that so I really don't want to do that just to find out wifi still doesn't work. Anyone else had a similar issue and found a workaround? Any help is appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashbang173:
You need to use bypasslkm I think its in the op. Think once you flash the bypasslkm in safestrap you click the app or something and wifi should work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jrgthird:
Comments after my previous post seem to indicate there's a lot of confusion out there in trying to make this work. Sounds like a lot of trial and error instead of a clear path to success.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djmcho:
Yes it worked. I used the full wipe NC5 tar with the pit and i'm back up

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So, Am I on 4.4 essentially without ability to root for the mean time then ? I def want to go back to mk2. This rom is pausing randomly.. like a kernel pause almost. A temp freeze without reboting, if you will...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chimera111x:
So I have rooted my phone from the Saveroot instructions from this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2565758

Will I have any issue "upgrading" to 4.4.2 following the steps to install from this thread?

I do not want to brick my phone, and I am not going to attempt doing the OTA upgrade using the stock Verizon 4.4.2 upgrade.

Thanks for the help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fakir420:
OK, I'll try that this evening after work. My understanding was the bypasslkm was just for downgrading to 4.3 but I read so many different things trying to figure it out I probably just got confused.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jake.99x3:
Use surges downgrade method. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2726868 just flash the files in odin to downgrade not very hard.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] inkdaddy66:
I'm completely stock on NC5. Do I need to downgrade to mk2 first or just download the stock nc5 rooted rom and flash that using Odin? I'm sure it isn't very hard once I understand the steps needed.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] todd3835:
The stock rooted rom needs to be flashed in safestrap. That means you news to downgrade to mk2, root, install safestrap, the flash rooted STOCK, the follow upgrade instructions
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashbang173:
Has anyone used Kies to restore data after the downgrade process to get root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hakisac78:
You need to follow surges method...then flash the nc5 module link from surge that I posted in echo thread not [MENTION=3618916]gigilie[/MENTION] module...someone retyped the process. I had the same problem. Now I got echo on my Verizon s4. Runs great.

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No disrespect to op!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] inkdaddy66:
Thank you very much. I'll give it a shot

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
Heh no disrespect taken cause u wrong anyway LOL!

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kaikmoney	10th May 2014, 04:52 AM

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Junior Member

Thanks Meter 3

Posts: 8

Join Date: Apr 2013	Quote: Originally Posted by Surge1223

There currently isnt an issue with wifi on NC5 that im aware of.

Is there something that we could possibly be doing wrong to have wifi stop working? I went from mk2 to nc5 following your steps and every time i try to wipe cache and dalvik-cache or install any other zips, everything will work fine, but wifi will not come back on. im going to try and re-download everything and see what happens.

Thanks

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So there you have it folks... My modules were fine there isnt many ways to screw up modules and me and surge are fully capable of collecting them from any boot.img so thats just a joke guy but thanks for the edit no disrespect. I have created some test/new ones are but either way the real wi-fi problem that some people are having should be fixed by flashing the Wifi fixes from above. or installing it properly to begin with. i haven't had a problem with WiFi at all. Period and I've been doing this with NC2 and NC5 since April 16th. So get your facts straight. Try reading before posting a remark or reply this is been talked about numerous times infact if you bothered to read the post a few behind yours you would see all of this. ignorance must be bliss

This is how easy it is using the new files... I take any ROM (any 4.4.2) flash it, flash my super small SS patch (if its not a ROM for Verizon if its Verizon theres obviously no need to flash a verizon compatibility zip otherwise if that super small doesnt work experiment with mine or jrkruses patches), Flash the QuickUpgrade NC2 or NC5 zip (flashes everything u need this has been tested I use it daily now and that includes the perfectly fine and always working modules for nc5 lol), Reboot to Download mode and flash the NC2 or NC5 boot.img only .tar file found in the Safestrap flashables directory. It doesnt get easier than that. I've tried to simplify the Odin process actually Ive been working on that portion since March 15th just didnt want to incorporate it if we couldnt get around a true flash in SS.

This method will work for upgrading from either an MDK,ME7,MG7 MJ7, MK2 you name any previous firmware 4.3 or lower and flash everything but the bootloaders and update you to a system with old bootloaders and new firmware. Then you can revert back down anytime with no negative consequences. You can use this same method with new or old bootloaders. But this seems like the new next logical step to simplifying it all. If it doesnt let me know what your suggestion on improving the method would be. Otherwise please read or search the thread before posting and do not come in saying use this or that if you dont know what you are talking about. This thread is for users to ask new or unanswered questions and for developers or my early testers of the original v1 method anyone thats been doing this since before April 21st I feel has enough knowledge to answer so chime in...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djmcho:
I did exactly the same thing you did and now I am at NC5 with no root. Have you successfully gained root access or been able to revert to 4.3 ? Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fakir420:
I actually got caught up with work and haven't had time to do anything since I made that post. With that said, I'd recommend trying the rooted stock image. Also, use the SuperSu update zip before reboot and/or install from play store after boot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fakir420:
This is what worked for me in the end. I just downloaded this NC5 modules file (from Surge's Modem thread in "General") then put it on my sdcard, rebooted, wiped and installed using the exact same other files just the different modules and wifi is working great in Echoe.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
hey guy please stop these posts and read the OP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] zooyork0721:
okay so before this replacement s4 i have one with loki, so unsure of some things...

at the moment we cant use 4.4.2 aosp roms right? these methods are for 4.4.2 TW correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fakir420:
Unfortunately, reading the OP did not help and I ended up having to methods and files from elsewhere :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] <tk421>:
I have tried 3 different methods now, and no matter what I do, I cannot get wifi and mobile hotspot to work. I have tried the bypasslkm, wifi fix zip, I don't know what else there is I can do. can anyone help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shindiggity:
I can tell u I kept my bootloader on nc2 and run international Roms w/o issue. When I first upgraded to nc5 I was having issues so I went back to nc2. Everything is nc2 except the modem. Hope that helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rslu2:
[MENTION=3618916]gigilie[/MENTION]

Great job re editing the op. I think I can even follow it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshtb86:
im still a little confused. which of the front page methods is applicable to people who accidently took the 4.4.2 OTA and lost root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
they both are buddy. just 2 different ways to do it or you can combine them too... once your up and running you can stick on method 2 or at least thats what ive been doing.. i flash all through SS with a quick odin boot.img only after i reset and im in. i guess results may vary (let me know if they do) and you can only flash on the stock slot with 4.4.2...... and quick down/upgrades are only for the stock slot.

if your already on NC5 and had taken the OTA start at step 1 on method 1. Your going to be downgrading to MK2 rooting that system putting safestrap on and then upgrading back. You'll need a pre-rooted rom my slim stock or surges full stock will work. or you'll need to download a custom ROM. there at this point (until my upload of gDux 4.4.2 is done!!) is 0 Custom ROM's specifically made for Verizon 4.4.2 this will change in a few days. I'm prepping the release of 7 ports and at least 2 of my own ROMs :) Hope this gives you a better idea of where to start.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
Aosp cm aokp....

anyone know of a CM AOSP AOKP ect type of ROM that supports using just a stock 4.4.2 kernel? thats what we need to have AOSP on here. thats how we got it for MK2 or some of it anyway.... I think. Just trying to find a new path to pursuit my addiction to innovation. any suggestions? anything really broke or anyone dying for something maybe i can help???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshtb86:
thanks for the help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Narc0lept1cN1nja:
Is anybody else having problems with the MK2 Downgrade Odin Tar download? I've tried several different mirrors, but every time I try to unpack the archive it's giving me corrupt errors.

I can still install it onto my phone, but it usually has a Samsung Keyboard error where it constantly force closes. It seems to work okay otherwise, but I keep getting the phone stuck in a bootloop whenever I follow the rest through and try to update it back up to 4.2.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jake.99x3:
Yeah let me know if you need anybody to test that. I would love to have aosp or cm,

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Dont unzip it. It is in .tar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Narc0lept1cN1nja:
I'm seeing .rar You have to unzip it once, right? Odin can't do .rar

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I'm seeing .rar You have to unzip it once, right? Odin can't do .rar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] crobs808:
So, I have spent about an

hour

reading through this thread and I cannot make heads of tails of it. Is the OP's post still valid? If not, then where is the latest set of steps that are?

or just read this...

My objective = Run CM11 on my Verizon S4...possible or not? If so, give me the post#/link to look at. I will be the guinea pig! I will do anything to have CM!! Right now I am running Surge's version of MK2 (phone and sound not working but I do have SS 3.71 installed).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AsaSpades:
Okay im getting ready to try out Echoe, but what are the differences in flashing the NC2 and NC5 files, whats different in the software? Are there wifi issues with NC5 or is that fixed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
no known differences between the two that I've been able to tell. NC5 never had any wifi issues. these were manufactured by users mistakes lol... far as I know at least I've never had a problem. I made fixes for those that do and all the fixes do is get you on the right modem/hlos n flash modules. but i highly recommend NC2 over NC5. I don't know why but the kernel and modem seem more compatible with ROMS.

But you do know that anyone on NC5 can do a full downgrade with bootloaders to NC2 right? and ViceVersa NC2 to NC5 no problem. if you use the files in the safestrap 4.4.2 directory you shouldnt have an issue with any of this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
CM11? who said? I said you'd need a version of AOSP ROM thats compatible with a stock kernel. thats all. and I was asking if anyone knew of one. I had found 2 for MK2 they are in my signature. u can check those out if you want but thats as close as we've come to CM11!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djmcho:
There are a bunch of us having this same problem. I tried 7zip, WiwRAR 32bit and wiwrar64bit. I even uninstalled and reinstalled winrar with "delete user settings" checked to make sure no lingering registry stuff was lingering or corrupt.

EDIT: That is, I am getting "unexpected end of file"...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
hey did you get the new file? or the message to download the .tar instead of the .rar lol this isnt an issue. the file was working then it broke its deleted down and was broken via afh. but the new uploaded .rar and the old .tar work just fine. I also updated the OP with the new file
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djmcho:
No I didn't. I'll try now. I def need root back. I'm knoxed and bloated right now and I need my fiber! :)

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Just verifiing before I try this and bork my phone.

Odin 3.10..

MK2_system_4downgrade.rar in AP SLOT

VZW-MK2_4.3-from-4.42-ODIN_DOWNGRADE-FOR-NO-SYSTEM-NO-BOOTLOADERS-EVER-gogolie.tar in the cp.slot

This will put my modem and bootloader... everything back to MK2 4.3 ? Then I just put back any 4.3 ROM with SS like before (was using hyperrom)

Also... I saw some people mention NC5 with root installed... although I only see one youtube video that fits that description and that seems to be for MDK people only?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jake.99x3:
Foxhound is working perfect for me. Upgtaded to rooted nc2 using surges rom and gigilies method and patches. Then I just simply flashed the rom and super su.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
good to hear brotha

u know the step you took upgrading to nc2 rooted isnt necessary tho... but whatever works. were u using my ROM or the international's?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
no rooted NC5 is what we do here. and yes your correct except if you already upgraded your bootloaders by taking the OTA or similar downgrading your bootloaders wont work.. you will downgrade everything but bootloaders fine tho using that file (and thats all we need to do) then get root using Saferoot and then install Safestrap... after safestrap is installed you can flash any ROM..4.3 or 4.4.2 (try gDux 2.0!)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Belarus27:
hey guys , i searched but couldnt find anything , after flashing i got SYSTEM NOT AUTHORIZED by VERIZON and in left top corner it shows in red Secure level : Kernel.

did i brick my phone? ive tried flashing all possbile NC2 and MK2 files , i was wondering what can i do> or the only way is to take it to verizon now?

thank you in advance

Edit v1 - got it working , thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] inkdaddy66:
What did you do? This is the 1st android device that I've had that hasn't been rooted right out of the box. There is so many steps it's insane. So I'm being cautious about doing this.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Belarus27:
ive used this , and then re did all the steps , now im on CP - NC2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jake.99x3:
I think I'm using yours. Any luck on finding an aosp 4.4 that works with stock kernel?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] inkdaddy66:
All I want to do is root and flash a rom. I have all of the files needed to start but don't know where to call it done and finished. I have foxhound ready. I'm looking for some help. Please don't say "read the OP" everything looks French to me so I'm looking for more defined instructions. Maybe via hangouts.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
sorry

hows that foxhounds running?? did u need the patch? its weird working though safestrap with these 4.4.2 roms because of the location of safestrap and if you wipe the data and system usually safestrap goes with it... been trying to figure out a way a round that issue too.

anyways about the possibility of any true aosp cm type roms on our updated knox'd phones i cant be certain until we try but thats logically the only reason those other 2 are able to boot because usually safestrap doesnt recognize those true aosp roms as full systems and responds with are you sure you want to reboot you have no os installed when you reboot it boots right up but the same thing happens with some of these 4.4.2 roms im making

I've got a few to try but havent had the time tooo busy with all these ports ive attempted n i cant stop until their finished its a weird obsession. they dont know what to call it. you can try jake i usually open up a zip before installing rom and replacing any boot.img and recovery.imgs with whatever your using mk2 or nc2... not that safestrap doesnt prevent that for boot but recovery is still flash able i think. then try it. hopefully new ss 4.4.2 comes out with slot support it makes it a lot easier i hate stock all the time n the slots were what made it so awesome before
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] inkdaddy66:
So. You downgraded to mk2 using the tar file in odin. Then followed the steps in this OP from the starting point of mk2?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jake.99x3:
I did not need the patches but yeah I will try replacing the boot and recovery images in some of the aosp roms to test. Are you saying to just test a bunch of aosp roms or do you have any specific roms you meant to test but never got around to?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RojoNinja:
5. Reboot the phone to Download Mode then flash either the NC2 or NC5 boot.img only file under

The links in this step are exactly the same, they shouldn't be, right?

Edit: For the record this is coming from MJ7, would I not even need that file, since somewhere else in the thread you state to not flash a bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
boot.img isnt a part of the bootloader tho its just part of the firmware which u can upgrade without effecting your bootloader this is whats referred to as the kernel normally. my NC2 or NC5 Update without bootloaders flash in odin otherwise boot.img only's nc5

or the NC2 which would be my preferred firmware. mk2 stock boot.img might also come in handy if bouncing around

if you guys flash rom's just remember to flash supersu .zip after that because if you dont you'll get stuck in a ROM without root. rooting the 4.4.2 roms isnt the same like the 4.3 roms so you can get stuck in hyperdrive like i did earlier expecting to get root like you normally would with a rom but dont lol