yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cobra7361:
Isnt the command

Su

Setenforce 0

Maybe this is why mine goes back to enforcing after each reboot??

So I nnpeed to uninstall ss....run your commands and then reinstall ss then reboot recovery

And permissive will stay that way?

I did one of the original upgrade methods...on ss 3.72 with no problems..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Isis111:
I was just going to send you a note to let you know that for no apparent reason, and without me doing anything I asked the phone to reboot, not into recovery, just to reboot, so you have to know what's coming next. IT rebooted into SS, go figure. Is it true that TWRP is unusable on this device and if so why do I keep getting the message that there is and update to my TWRP installed recovery. I like TWRP and have it on my HTC One but I haven't even tried to install it on the S4 because every thread I've read says only SS will work. Each device is different and even though I've been doing this since my first smartphone LG-G2x (now that was a real dog) I know there is a learning curve so I'm just reading and asking questions because Samsung is a totally different animal then my HTC. BTW your selinux apk works perfectly. Actually better then the Terminal Emulator which I did also. Your above suggestion I've already done I guess I'm just going to accept that Samsung is finicky. Thanks for all your help and patience, I'll keep reading and working and maybe I'll find a way to keep it locked in.

Krissy:fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
no TWRP but Safestrap is based off of TWRP. what you experienced sounds like you triggered a safestrap recovery reboot but didnt have selinux permissive so it didnt restart to safestrap until you restarted your phone. asking questions is the way to go better safe than sorry. but yes Safestrap is the only available option if you arent on a VZW MDK (first firmware avail that didnt have a locked bootloader with KNOX). I try and remove all KNOX crap from all ports or any ROM's I make.... but the bootloader limits us we cannot flash a custom kernel so everything must be compatible with our stock kernel but we find ways :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ispot:
Downgrading

Can this be downgraded to MK2?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] liqwidzero:
I have my MK2 backup in Safestrap. Am I going to be okay to restore to it?

Having said that, I have done a search and looked through the OP, but since I'm still relatively new to Samsung devices, I'm kind of skiddish and do not know what issues I may run in to.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
everything can be just not bootloaders. so yes :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
you can do a 4.3 restore but if your on 4.4.2 now then after restore you'll have to reboot to download mode and flash my mk2 downgrade package. the one thats about 180mb not the one with system.img included (obviously that will put u on stock mk2)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jduke705:
Just to clarify if I read this right. I was on hyperdrive till I messed something up but then went back to stock and then got OTA to the current verizon/samsung official NC5 everything.

You are saying that all I have to do is download the NC5 AIO and follow the steps in the first post to ODIN, and install apks after moving them to the SD card and this will get me root/safestrap on the stock rom?

in short NC5 stock > NC5 stock/rooted/safestrap?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashbang173:
You dont need to do anything with odin.

Just root using towelroot and then use the other apk's.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chadwick108:
successful downgrade...well almost

I used the downgrade from nc2 and am able to use the rom but unable to use the dialer and make or receive calls. the error message that i am getting is com.android.phone has stopped. It acts like it is going to dial then white screens then popps up the error message. I was thinking about going back to nc2 but I tried to upgrade back with no luck. The only other thing is I had flashed GPE safestrap edition on SS3.72 before doing downgrade and I think that may have messed with my phone apk. Tried to Flash a ROM and see if still had issues and they are still there. Is a full system NC2 odin tar available? The only one I have been able to find are the upgrades from Other versions. Any help and input is greatly appreciated as I am stumped.

thanks in advance!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashbang173:
Flash the NC5 Odin tar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chadwick108:
flashed nc5 odin tar

keyboard is foreclosing at activation and will not go past activation. Trying a factory reset now:confused:

---------- Post added at 05:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:50 PM ----------

Recommended NC5 plus factory reset in android recovery fixed my issues. Thanks for the help!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] diaftia:
This worked the other day. Now when I click "Make it Rain" it says "This phone isn't currently supported". This is after a fresh flash in the AP slot. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sharkie405:
I upgraded from 4.2 to 4.4.2 NC5 using your method and everything went smoothly and it was pretty easy. Thank you.

My only problem is that I no long have all the lock screen options available to me. I only have Pin and Password, and the rest are all greyed out (screenshot attached to post). Even when I choose Pin or Password, they don't stick. It always defaults to the Swipe screen lock. The problem exist fresh after NC5 install, without installing any apps, xposed, or modules.

I wiped using a factory reset before the first time I upgraded. Then I tried wiping everything before flashing again (sd card, internal storage, data, system, cache). But, the problem still persist.

I've read where people say to "clear credentials". I tried that and it didn't work to fix the problem. People have also said to decrypt the device and sd card, but I don't have either of those things encrypted. So, I really at a loss as to what the problem could be. I've searched the thread and didn't come across anyone mentioning these issues, so I don't think this method of flashing and rooting is the problem, but after a total wipe and reflash, I still don't have all my lockscreen choices, so I figure maybe it's something to do with this process.

I followed the directions from the 1st post perfectly numerous time, but this problem is always there.

Can anyone help me out here? Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] diaftia:
Reflashed and used v3 at towelroot.com and all is well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
yeah havent got to mention yet you need towelroot and have to get new version from towelroot.com not sure what geo found wrong with last version but he disabled v2 from working now! :( v3 works like a charm tho ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sharkie405:
So, I fixed all my issues by using the downgrade to MK2 tar and then taking the OTA software update to NC5. Then I used the newest version of towelroot from their website.Then I used the OP's selinux.apk, Saferoot 3.71.apk, and the Supersu.zip, and all is good.

The main problem I kept having with the posted NC5 tar, is the Samsung keyboard FC's, and I was also experiencing Samsung hub issues. After taking the software update, I have absolutely no issues and full root.

It seems like anyone can easily root NC5 without using the posted NC5.tar and Odin and all that, just by using the OP's apks I mentioned.

Am I missing something here?

- Sent from my Galaxy S4 using the XDA app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] windstrings:
I recommend you use "SwiftKey" keyboard, it's way nicer anyway!

And delete or freeze everything associated with smarthub.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sharkie405:
I do use Swiftkey. It's just the principle that I want everything working 100%.

- Sent from my Galaxy S4 using the XDA app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] windstrings:
In reality, the keyboard is just an app "not part of the OS" so if not working right, just toss it and install it again if you can find it. http://m.android777.store.aptoide.com/cat/Tools/page/2/31

Someone could even send you theirs to see if that fixes it.

I would send you mine but I totally deleted it!... LOL!

I figure if I know I'm never going to use it, its gone, if not sure, frozen, what I do use gets limited through startup manager in ROM Toolbox.

I have stock vrzn ROM but it's blazing fast
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] royredman:
Hi, I am on MDK right now and I am not able to get NC5 roms to work properly, Hyperdrive was one of them that didn't work for me, so I want to use that rom. How would I do this with out screwing up the loki recovery, and hopefully without having to use safestrap. Im sorry, but I could not understand the main post, and didn't want to destroy my phone because of this, so can someone tell me step by step what I should do in my situation? Also, is there any negatives to this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Hashbang173:
Did you flash the loki-doki after Hyperdrive? I think that helped some mdk people.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
if your MDK you can use any of my Odin Images marked NO BOOTLOADER actually any of them Ive made since May1st havent had bootloaders so you'll be ok with pretty much anyone listed in the OP, just flash and go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] royredman:
The last time I tried this, I only flashed this file in TWRP and it worked fine before (not anymore)

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407587150

Am I making a huge mistake by only flashing that?

If so, what EXACTLY do I need to do in order to get this working, because I am really confused in your first post.

I also want to take the time to say thank you for all of your help and your work. I'm sure it will be an amazing help to me later on. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
well if your mdk u can flash an odin img listed in the op for a full stock firmware/modem upgrade or simply use a kt kernel or similar for our 4.4.2 roms, if wifi is an issue try my wifi nc2 fix. there are also strictly boot.img odin flashes as well as custom recovery (twrp not safestrap) boot.img flashes of both the nc2 and nc5 variety in the safestrap folder on my androidfilehost page
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AlSat:
Worked as described. BIG THANKS!

Wish I would have found this first. I would haved saved me a lot of headaches. Easiest, fastest method for my vzw-S4 ever. Not a single glitch or hangup. Works like a charm. Now, on to installing Hyperdrive RLS-17 Custom ROM. Great job! (I donated).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] royredman:
Ok, so I downloaded your complete package and extracted it, but I don't know which Odin file is correct for me to flash (being on MDK). Also, which slot would it be flashed in? And then after that, is it all finished? I could flash a nc2/nc5 rom after that in TWRP? I sincerely apologize for my ignorance, but I want to make sure I don't screw this up. And if there is a faster/safer way to do this, please let me know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
no problem better to ask first. your better off however downloading this unrar it and then download new version 3 of towelroot. open odin 3.10 put the big .tar file in the AP slot and flash. either before or after flashing do a full wipe/system factory reset and your upgraded. then to root open the towelroot apk on your phone. you can also flash a custom recovery or even safestrap if on mdk along with a custom kernel if you want too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
thanks much bro. ive put a lot of time into it since I started this thread and upgrade process. continued to keep making it easier even tho I kept getting copied and credit taken so Its nice to hear real thanks your only a few out of thousands that i've helped that actually thanked and donated and that means a lot to me that you took the time. PM me if you need help at all ever! Try my ROMs: gDux and Chaos too theyre faster than the rest ;) (ive gotanother 6 ROMS out for 4.4.2 too all worth a try)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mgalyan:
Hi everyone.

Just got a Verizon S4 with NC5 on it. I have been out of rooting and custom Roms for a while. I think this is the thread to get me going, but there is a HUGE amount of information in the Op that is a bit foreign to me (SS vs. MDK, etc). I have a store bought US standard Verizon Galaxy S4.

I'm downloading the big 1.3GB NC5 rar from the Op now. What steps pertain to my model of phone, and allow me to install a recovery for flashing new ROMS?

Sorry if this post is out of place, but you guys in here really seem to know this phone well!

Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
just follow the top part of the OP pertaining to the NC file you picked. It takes about 10 minutes to be up and going with your model. Be sure and download the towelroot v3 by geohot at towelroot.com and put it on your sdcard with the other apks from the NC rar you downloaded. it will be quick and simple. run towelroot after you flash the .tar in the rar through Odin 3.10 in the AP slot. Run towelroot press the T to root it. Then install SELinux Permissive app and Safestrap. Enter SELinux press permissive then open safestrap and press install then restart to recovery. Install a custom rom through safestrap and follow it with SuperSU *** ESPECIALLY if your going with Hyperdrive or you will lose root and a lot of people have better luck all around when they follow a ROM install with my NC2 Wifi Fix.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
final version i think close to AOSP as you'll get with TW base

anyone able to confirm that my new port of DSA's Blackbox 3.21 is working good?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mgalyan:
Thanks for the awesome response back!

I couldn't get Odin to flash, hung on SetupConnection. I went ahead and did everything else and do have safestrap working without the Odin flash.

Is the flash imperative over the nc5 Ota?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
no bud if you already have nc5 installed just towel root, download supersu from playstore, and then selinux permissive app then finally safestrap and run/install them in that order you'll be good to go no need to use odin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mgalyan:
Excellent. Thank you so much for the awesome guide and responses. Downloading HyperDrive now, but would really like a more vanilla AOSP experience/performance. Not overly keen on TouchWiz. Looks like some of the AOSP roms have wifi issues though. I will wade through them till I find one I like.

Thanks again, you are awesome!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] royredman:
ok, just to make sure, I could still use TWRP after using ODIN on the file? Also, am I still able to flash any rom I want in the S4 Development section (a.k.a. older ones or AOSP Roms) without any problems?

Just checking if there is any negatives to this. Also, could I just revert back to MDK stock whenever I want to? I'm just checking if I could go back whenever I need to (Since I am an MDK user)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
as far as I know yes this will replace your twrp however with stock recovery and stock kernel (guessing your on a custom kernel now) but as long as you dont upgrade your bootloaders when upgrading your firmware you should be able to revert back to stock whatever your bootloader is at in your case mdk. however you can also use safestrap 3.72 as far as I know along with twrp as well as a custom kernel so unless you want the stock experience you dont need this Odin there are the NC5 or NC2 upgrade Odin packs that just contain modem/firmware (kernel) but dont install KNOX at all. those Odin images are straight up Stock with KNOX included in the system.img (editing these would result in a 0x1 for those of us with locked bootloader) so I would advise against it unless someone with MDK that has tried this can verify KNOX wouldnt transfer over to your bl somehow I duno been a long time since they stole my MDK and this type of upgrade through odin was never an option then nor would i have tried it as you can just upgrade via custom kernel and flash the modem....flash a 4.4.2 rom and your done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
try blackbox i'll be updating the OP in dev section otherwise theres a link above should be closest to AOSP besides the AOSP ROMs that are available for safestrap users in my other thread in the dev section too lol too lazy to link to all but not hard to find just use my name as keyword
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sharkie405:
Donation ID: 6XU067076U530902W

Thanks again for all your work.

- Sent from my Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk because the XDA app sucks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tulsadiver:
I'll try it this evening if I get a chance. Gig, have you ever taken a look at the Mystery rom on the Hacker Team site? That site is where you ported the Duxter rom isn't it? Just thought it looked interesting. Thanks for the butt load of roms and all the hard work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sleepingin:
Can i use this guide for my MI1???

Your guide will be better with some screenshots...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Tulsadiver:
BlackBox

I did a quick look at BlackBox. It installed fine. Getting the old processcom.android. phone has stopped message. There is a white box in the status bar that showed up. After I selected a battery icon it showed up fine at first. I then centered the clock and the battery icon disappeared all together. There is a lock icon on the far right. Not sure what that is about. Seems fast though it only benchmarked at 25,550.

edit: The battery colors don't seem to work correctly and so the speed battery I selected was blacked out. I tried a circle one and it has shown up and stayed so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] royredman:
Ok, so I had an issue with this. I factory resetted my phone then went into download mode to flash the odin file. I flashed the file the whole way and when it rebooted I got a yellow triangle that said I put a bad file onto my phone and contact verizon about it. I ended up resetting back to stock MDK again after that. I just ideally want to be able to use Hyperdrive and other NC2/NC5 roms. If there is an easy file I could flash in TWRP to give me this, please let me know. Also, if you know the reason why that issue came up, please let me know. thanks again for your help!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
the only files in the tars are official stock verizon so this should not come up. its probably erroring due to your twrp recovery or a custom kernel. either way the only thing you need to run those roms is the newest KT kernel and maybe the nc2 modem you dont need anything but this stuff read my OP in verizon dev section for Chaos it will tell you what to do to run chaos. its that simple... your just making it too complicated ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] royredman:
Ok, can you link me to the MDK nc2 modem? Also, do kernels like ktoonez support that by now. I hope I am over complicating this. Haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djmcho:
With the sound problem... I dumped some files into /sys/media/notifcations and when I use built in media explorer to assign a sound file to any app the phone plays the same.. what I believe ... is the vow tone file. Does the no sound fix patch address this problem?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shady79:
wifi issue

I cant seem to get wifi working. I started with step 3 of the 2nd method in the op cuz i was on 4.3 and rooted with SS. i installed the newest Hyperdrive rom and flashed all the files according to the steps in SS then flashed the boot img in Odin and evrything worked fine but i have no wifi. I tried both nc5 and nc2 and tried all the wifi fix files and for them and nothing. i searched and read all over this thread and cant figure it out. Am i missing something? Someone please help...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aknotts415:
Did you make sure to uncheck the transparency box when choosing the color?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aknotts415:
I Have successfully flashed Gigilies Black Box321 Blax gigilie v2 and it seems awesome!. 3Minit works there are some issues with the clock and battery icon changes in there but usually if u go back and forth between changes the changes eventually apply. 2 FC's on boot but thats all. As with MMS or GPS havent ran into any issues but I do not use Mobile Data (have verizons cheapa@@ individual plan with 250MB of data).

Facebook and FB Messenger are modded to be black backgrounds and look sweet

The play store is also modded black background.

Seems very fast. Very AOSP with like. Very similar to Chaos is Foxhound theme or black/grey kitkat. No signal bar problem here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GuitarrassDeAmor:
All I have to say is I cannot thank you enough for this easy guide to get my phone up and running similar to how I want it. Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
glad to hear its helping people :)

sorry for my absence... Lost power at my house because the friends I was renting to decided to not pay last 2 months...so I'm staying at my girlfriends with just a laptop. Could use the any donations to restore power and continue development. If you like the Guide or ROMs enough please consider. Thanks!

Some of you might enjoy my new ROM called: (remember wipe in Safestrap or recovery before installing any ROM!)

dOPE v1.0

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567717255

its themed darkly and super snappy small and fast. first release future releases will have aroma installer and more options.

or:

CHAOS v7

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567717224

or

Echoe GPE 4.4.4 v1

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567717223

these should all include my new SuperRoot method so no other files like supersu will need to be flashed. the modules should also be baked in but if wifi doesn't work flash my wifi fix
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] karulio:
I am currently on ME7 4.2.2 and have been trying to follow your directions all day, and have combed through this forum and found only two other person whom were on 4.2.2 trying to perform this method and one ended up biting the bullet and upgrading, while the other one apparently went smoothly. Currently I have a fresh ME7 stock rom installed with ODIN with root from towelroot and SafeStrap 3.71 installed. gigilie told the other person on page 63 that after safestrap was installed, we should be able to ODIN the NC5 1 File Firmware Upgrade Odin Package and allow to boot up, then by using Safestrap we can install a custom ROM from here on out. Well Unfortunately, everytime I install the NC5 file, when it goes to boot, it tells me "Secure Fail: Kernal" in the corner and displays that this is not an official Verizon ROM. I also tried both methods from the main page and everytime I tried to ODIN the MK2 downgrade.tar I get the same error. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong because it seems so simple, but I isn't working for me. Thanks in advanced guys. and I've been stuck with 4.2.2 forever so gigilie will get a nice donation from me for this!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gigilie:
mismatching firmware is probably the cause of that. did u just use the newest files in the top of the thread? NC2 is just as good if not better (it is better) try odin'ing that file root with towel and install safestrap. you should get to where you want to be. then downgrade back to me7 via a full odin me7 package no bootloader crap is flashed strictly modem and firmware along with stock rom.... if you want to avoid the stock rom since you have safestrap installed already just boot to safestrap install 4.4.2 custom rom the reboot from safestrap to Download mode. from the PC flash from Odin 3.10 - http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407590071 that file reboot and see what happens again should not be a risk to your me7. once in a ROM you can verify using phone.info tool from playstore :) hope that helps!