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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] moonglows:
I keep seeing people in this thread referring to successful upgrades from MK2 -> NC5. I would like to try it but I don't know whether this means I need to go from MK2 -> NC2 -> NC5, or if it is truly MK2 -> NC5.

If I want to go MK2 -> NC5, can anybody explicitly confirm that to do that upgrade would require using surge's OP information about upgrading to NC5 using the zip "Upgrade_I545VRUFNC5_fromNC2_with_Root.zip" on the MK2 build?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xray49er:
I went from mk2 directly to nc5 last night just followed the instructions in the op
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] moonglows:
ok great. thank you. I was worried about attempting to MK2 -> NC5 (using the NC2 -> NC5 instructions) because OP also had information about MK2 -> NC2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Flash the NC2 NON-LOS and modem zip from my other thread

Mine actually works so im having a hard time trying to figure out why it doesn't for others...

Sorry ill check to see if I forgot any.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
just got my new phone today.....lol, so im going to try it again but is anyone else having lock screen issues other than the 2 people that mentioned it cause i have a nosy wife and mistress so i cant have an unsecure phone....lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Lock screen on mine works. Ive attached a pic...have no idea why its not for others, im working on it though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ffchampmt:
Follow the first half a dozen steps on the OP and you should be good. I was on MJ7 (the release before mk2) and it works well for me (except the lockscreen won't secure).

Anyone got a work around for the lockscreen yet? My options are greyed out and say "disabled by administrator, policy...etc" and pin or password won't take. When it goes back to the lock screen options it still says Swipe.

Edit-

Screenshot

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] shindiggity:
Hey Surge I did something dumb and wanted to know if it's not fixable. I upgraded to nc5 from nc2 and tried to downgrade to mk2 with the original downgrade files which failed.Now I cant upgrade or downgrade. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tmushy:
Are you using foxfi? It creates a policy in there that you have to delete. After that you need to go into Settings/ More/ Security and click CLEAR CREDENTIALS at the very bottom. Then you will be able to use the swipe. Had the same thing happen to me and took me a bit to figure it out

BTW The policy that you have to delete is under More/ Security/trusted credential/user
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] V0latyle:
Duplicate post, sorry.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ffchampmt:
No. I have tethering unlocked from VZW.... for free.

I have xposed but nothing else that has policy changes.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tmushy:
Try the clear credentials it may work. How did you get tethering for free from VZW?

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Go to trusted credentials under user and see if there is anything there. Deleting them all would be advised
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ffchampmt:
It was part of my contract. It was included when I got Verizon in November.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] V0latyle:
You'll have to forgive me...some of your threads are slightly confusing and don't have all the files linked up front. Still searching...

Edit: I'm a dumbass. Ignored the modem thread because I thought it was specifically for MDK users.

I think I need to go through this step by step.

Current build: MK2. Rooted via saferoot.

Current baseband: MK2.

Wifi works...sound does not.

SafeStrap 3.71 works, can reboot into recovery. 3.72 pretends to work but doesn't.

I'm thinking maybe just work on upgrading to NC2; if that turns out good then I can work on NC5. Question is, should I work on getting sound working on MK2 before I do so?

If all else fails, I'll do a full wipe and re partition to start fresh.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
Ok surge got this baby rolling....yep my lock screen dosent work either i think it happens when you upgrade from mk2 to nc5 but oh well i just to keep my phone close to me.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nyonya:
I did the upgrade from MK2 to NC5 today and all went well, but I also can't secure the lockscreen. Let us know if there's anything we should try.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] {davros}:
My lockscreen works plus I don't use PIN lock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] muniz_ri:
Lockscreen settings are dependent on bootloader. Try updating to NC5 BL if you are not already updated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JeeperDon:
Ok, all is well on NC5, but.... I can't get Google Search to work. The search bar on the default launcher does nothing when touched...?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
you have to install it and update you google play services....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Yep thats what I figured im on the NC2 bootloader and mine work. I can upload the bootloader only tar if anyone needs
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nyonya:
Would flashing the bootloader tar through odin not affect root? In that case would you be able to post that tar? Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
please cause if my wife can openly look at my phone im coming to find to you.....and then move in.........lol:mad::crying:

do any black folks live in iowa?.........lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] V0latyle:
Got sound working again...interestingly, after downgrade Wifi works fine but sound doesn't, until the modem is flashed, upon which point sound works and Wifi doesn't until you use bypasslkm. Weird.

I'm going to try again and see if SS 3.72 will work. If not, what would be my best course of action?

Also, would it be wise to go MK2 > NC2 > NC5, or just MK2 > NC5?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
i would take the mk2 to NC2 to NC5 cause some of us lost the ability to lock our phones coming from MK2 to NC5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] V0latyle:
Okay. SS 3.72 will NOT work for me. Phone will not reboot into SS recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznjosh:
Can we flash the nc2 bootloader on the nc5 rom? If so could you please upload that? Thanks a bunch!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] groady:
Thanks Surge this worked a charm. MK2 Verizon build can confirm this works but Follow the directions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] moonglows:
good to know. I'll go MK2 -> NC2 -> NC5 for now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Stealth Pope:
Hey guys, I had the same issue with not being able to choose different lock options. I was able to fix by doing the steps outlined below

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2692147
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
If your still on MK2 you can use SS 3.71 to flash the rom instead. But once you boot into 4.4.2 NC2 you will need to to install SS 3.72
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] V0latyle:
That's the problem. I can use either version of the app, which works fine. However I can only use the 3.71 recovery because 3.72 does not work at all. It did before; I'm not sure why it doesn't anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznjosh:
Thanks man! Worked for me. The steps were

"Change the following in build.prop found in system folder using a root explorer app. Es file doesnt seem to work so try another.

security.mdpp=none

To

#security.mdpp=none "
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tjhooker4:
I'm just about to use this guide to go from 4.3 MK2 to the 4.4.2

-It is recommended to go from MK@ to NC2 to NC5 - correct?

-Can someone help me out with getting wifi to work once I'm on 4.4.2? I know I need to use bypasslkm but after reading through the thread I don't fully understand the process.

Thanks to anyone that can help out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nyonya:
I went directly from MK2 to NC5 today and had no issues. Wi-Fi works fine. Just make sure you follow the instructions in the OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tjhooker4:
Awesome. So you just used the top set of instructions without doing the MK2 > NC2 portion and have no problems with sound or wifi?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] {davros}:
Yep
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tjhooker4:
I appreciate the response. Hopefully I have the same luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mike.s:
OK, quick state of where this is at. Corrections welcome.

The problem with setting a lock screen PIN (or password) may be related to the bootloader.

If you were on MK2 and upgraded following the OP, your bootloader was left at MK2. If you had upgraded to NC2 first, I believe your bootloader was upgraded to NC2 at that time. The assumption is if you're on MK2 BL, you have the problem.

Surge is on the NC2 bootloader, and it allows you to downgrade to MK2 (not the BL itself, just everything else needed). I don't know if that's possible with the NC5 bootloader. (did the BL change?)

If it is possible to downgrade with the NC5 bootloader, I'd think one would be able to root NC5 using that - go through the downgrade to MK2 steps in the OP, saferoot / safestrap it, then upgrade to the rooted NC5. But, maybe someone has a reason that won't work.

I think Surge is putting together a (NC2?) flashable bootloader in hopes that will fix the lock screen problem.

Update to this update, the method mentioned above, editing /system/build.prop, and changing

security.mdpp=none

To

#security.mdpp=none

worked for me, too. (make sure build.prop ends up with 644 permissions)

I don't know what other implications that may have - it seems it might be a workaround for a bootloader mismatch, and could affect security behavior elsewhere, too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lookimback:
Need some help. I was trying to go from MK2 to NC2 and downloaded all the necessary files. Where I screwed up was not putting everything on the SD card. I read this step literally.

2. Download VRUFNC2_Rooted_Stock.zip and jfltevzw-FN2-modules.zip make sure you have Safestrap 3.71 installed also download the SuperSu zip from here and put in on your External SD Card just in case

So what I did is I only put SuperSu.zip on the SD card. So after I wiped everything, I didn't have the files to flash. I suppose I could have pulled my SD and put the files on it but I didn't think of that until after I tried to reboot. So now I guess I'm soft bricked. I can boot into download mode and tried the no-wipe MK2 found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2578209 but Odin fails because there's no PIT file. I'm currently downloading the full wipe which is going to take 2 more hours.

Is there a way to boot into SS to finish what I started? Or am I going to have to go with the full wipe and hope that will work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ct_tec313:
the problem with wifi only happens when you downgrade back to mk2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] {davros}:
Which I still don't understand why you would do that. Lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lookimback:
I think I figured out what I need to do. I'm downloading the MK2 downgrade and hopefully that will get me back where I started from.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] loonie01:
Are you trying to stay at MK2 or get to NC5 rooted? I did the same thing and forgot some steps. This is what I ended up doing. I downgraded to MK2 just to have a clean install. I didn't worry about the wifi fix because I wasn't staying on MK2. Rooted MK2 then followed the instructions to get to NC5 rooted. Make sure those files are on the SD card and MAKE SURE TO REBOOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE USING SAFESTRAP after installing the NC5 with root zip and the updated SuperSu. I kept making that mistake also.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lookimback:
I'm trying to get to NC5 as well. I'm downloading the MK2 downgrade now. Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] loonie01:
No prob.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ffchampmt:
OK this may not make any sense but here goes.

I did the above with root browser, saved build.prop and restarted. My phone commenced to freaking out. The launcher wasn't FC'ing it was just flashing screen off, reload, repeat.

So I went back into root browser with some well timed touches and added a space behind the "#".

Now my build.prop reads

# security.mdpp=none

And no flashing and pin works! :confused:

Makes no sense to me but if anyone else has this issue it might help.

-Comming from MJ7 direct to NC5.

-edit-

To clarify I did set the pin before the change while it was spazzing. Rebooted. Edited build.prop by adding space, rebooted, profited.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Did anyone happen to flash the NC5-removed apps zip? Is all working well aside from me forgetting the Google search apk?...which im not sure I actually forgot, I still cant find it in either app or priv-app of a non-debloated NC5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nyonya:
I didn't flash the removed apps zip but everything else is working well here, except for the lock screen security.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tech_head:
Went from MK2 to NC5.

No problem with PIN greyed out. Was able to set pin. Don't know if it works yet though.

Still trying to get all my apps installed from Titanium.

OP worked with zero glitches!

Thanks Surge!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] loonie01:
I flashed the .zip. All seems good.

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My lock screen PIN is working well. I'm on the NC2 bootloader with NC5 rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznjosh:
It's so weird how these same model phones react differently to different settings
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ffchampmt:
This has been a much smoother transition then the one I made to Hyperdrive. No bugs have popped up yet after the community helped solve the lockscreen issue.

I downloaded Google search and was able to fully restore from Titanium Backup. Didn't flash the removed apps zip because I don't want their junk. I did notice the "caller name id" app was left in which I consider VZW bloat.

I am happy.

Thanks for all the hard work.

??

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Lane W.:
...

In my searches here I found what I needed. Please delete this post since I removed my question. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tech_head:
Okay, bonehead.

Buggered the build.prop and now, well I can't boot the phone.

Safestrap still works.

Anyway to build an update.zip with just the build.prop in it??

I really don't want to spend hours going through the whole setup again???

FIXED...... too late to be messing with a phone.

ADB is your friend.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
https://copy.com/ltXcnbSeGNGXQFX
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] V0latyle:
Well, no luck with Safestrap. In fact, I daresay things are worse. Managed to upgrade to NC2 with few issues running SS 3.71; uninstalled then installed SS 3.72, Can't boot into recovery. I am able to reinstall 3.71 however. Suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Slapyou:
Need a little help here with the upgrade from MK2 to NC5 -

I followed the directions in the OP exactly. Everything installed in Safestrap and passed in Odin and went smooth, but upon the initial reboot it's hanging at the Samsung Custom screen and I can't get to Safestrap.

I installed the CSC file just in case, but no luck.

Any ideas?

Last resort will be downgrading back to MK2 and trying again...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] {davros}:
Boot into stock recovery and wipe system and data
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Slapyou:
Tried that once, but I'll try it again

Edit: No luck, it appears...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mike.s:
For people with safestrap problems - which "safestrap 3.72" are you using?

I ask, because if you simply google "safestrap 3.72" looking for it, you'll find at least 3 of them - Safestrap-Thor-3.72.apk and Safestrap-HLTE-3.72-kk-B01.apk and Safestrap-JFLTE-3.72-kk-B01.apk.

I haven't had any safestrap issues using the last one, which is for the ATT S4 (the first is for Kindle Fire, the second for ATT Galaxy Note 3).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] AntwonJenkins:
Been reading through pages of this. How did you solve the lockscreen issue?

UPDATE: changing the build prop definitely worked for me too.

TY so much for this ROM so I don't have to have that annoying Verizon System Update pop up every 2 minutes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JeeperDon:
Thats what I had on the 1st pass at getting MK2->NC5. I Odin'ed the MK2 VZW stock no root file thats available in another thread/procedure. Once it was totally stock MK2, saferoot and safestrap went on fine, and the retry of the NC5 procedure here went fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] V0latyle:
I feel so retarded right now. That is exactly what the problem was. Which would explain why the different versions were named differently (JFLTE vs HLTE). I'm good to go now...on NC2 and SS JFLTE 3.72.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dtomlin:
I think the right one was linked in the OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lookimback:
Ok, so I managed to get to NC5 with root. Now how do I get all the toggles back? This damn screen rotation is driving me nuts. I tried installing them with SS but I still don't see them anywhere.

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Never mind, I found them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] V0latyle:
It is...I was simply a dumbass.

Anyone happen to know the name of the apk that is the dock on the left side of the screen? No me gusta, want it gone. Holding back hides it but I want it completely gone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lookimback:
Multi window. Pull the screen down and you can turn it off from the toggles.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] mike.s:
Settings/Display/Multiwindow - just turn it off. There's also a toggle for it in the notification pulldown.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] V0latyle:
Thanks guys.

Also, has anyone had any luck flashing modules after you've successfully booted into NC5? I am aware the keyboard is for 4.3; what about the other modules?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JeeperDon:
I looked through the list inside the zip file. It looks like you got rid of a lot of the things I chose to TiBu freeze on MK2 (mine was an OTA). I'm just now picking thorough the list and choosing a few to implement manually into system/apps via Root Explorer and a reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jam97:
Help ,please!

Sorry for these stupied questions but I'm really so confused !!!

1-I'm on Mk2 stock and rooted and I've never made any update to NC2 or NC5, if i follow the OP will I remain on Mk2 bootloader or it will be the NC5 bootloader?

2-Will I be able to flash Mk2 stock image with odin again?

3-Will be able to restore any of the old Mk2 safestrap backup?

Could anyone give me the answers, please?

Many thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dtomlin:
That's the same thing i did. Remember to fix the permissions to rw-r--r--.

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Also jkruse has the dark dialer, contacts, and mms in the theme section that works like a charm on nc5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Well I tried to get rid of as much as I could so that the the rom zip file would be as small as possible at the time. Now that I've had more time I thoroughly went through the apps, and I've made an updated verision of this stock root deodex rom, with options for modules removed from aroma while more options for people to choose what they want installed are included. Theres no reason for anyone already on this rom to update though. Made a script that adds the toggles on first boot via a hijacked init script (init.d) but other than that its basically the same thing. Ill upload later today
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dtomlin:
Awesome work Surge. Sorry I gotta wait for a good payday to hit donate.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] moonglows:
I upgraded both mine and my wife's phones and had the same issues. I am expecting that this is common enough that people would not want to go through all 45+ pages in this thread to figure out what do in these circumstances so I am summarizing:

Hurdle #1:

for anybody doing the upgrade for MK2 -> NC2 -> NC5, you may see the preload error issue from OP when going from MK2 -> NC2 when following the MK2 -> NC2 (second hidden section) instructions #8 "Your device should now reboot into Recovery and you should see a blue install bar, after this completes your device should reboot to a stock root deodexed VRUFNC2 system (with tethering enabled) go over to this AT&t thread and download and install Safestrap 3.72 for AT&T (I know we're Verizon, but we need to install SS 3.72 or SS wont be able to mount /system and you wont be able to install roms), uninstall the old SS and install the new 3.72 SS and then pat yourself on the back and breathe a sigh of relief, you're done!"

The preload issue happens after the blue install bar. I just chose the first option to restart the phone and was able to finish up the installation, reboot and uninstall SS 3.71, install SS 3.72 to complete that step

Hurdle #2:

in the first section of OP when going from NC2 -> NC5, #4 "Install VRUFNC5_Rooted_Stock.zip on the stock slot (when given the choice of kernel, modems and modules, DO NOT INSTALL ANY MODULES..select the NC5 modem and also dont select either keyboard when prompted) and install the SuperSu zip after (optional-just incase) Once the install completes don't reboot, use SS's reboot menu and reboot into Download mode"

Once the install completes, the phone will restart and I did not get the normal safestrap choice to go into recovery mode so I could then go into download mode. The phone attempted to just reboot and would then keep restarting. I had to pull the battery to get it to stop. I then pressed volume down, home key and power at the same time to manually boot into download mode. I could then proceed with the final Odin steps to get the phone to NC5.

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Surge, thank you again so much for post. Also, I really like the additional toggles. I chose to add it to SS as the third zip when adding the NC5 zip, and supersu zips from first section #4. I have been testing the wifi hotspot toggle and it works really well and is easy to access! I'm still not sure what the additional personal page toggle does as it never actually enables for me but that is fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] {davros}:
ok correct me where i am wrong?

going from MK2 -> NC5 there was not a bootloader flashed.

to flash 4.4.2 roms we need to have the NC5 bootloader installed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sparkk:
Worked for me!

Worked great for me. I went from MK2 to NC5 directly. I started with SS 3.72 as I already had it installed and wiped everything 3X's. I followed the OP and didn't get confused until I hit the installer options. None were called modules, but I didn't check anything except the NC5 modem. Set-up wizard ran and I forced exit like OP says. WiFi worked without any extra steps. I then rebooted into SS and installed the toggles .zip and Removed-NC5 apps. zip. Lock screen options were the only greyed out options, but editing the build.prop file worked fine. The only thing I have noticed that is a tiny bit frustrating for me is I can't uninstall some of the factory apps ROMtoolbox. I flashed the NC5 apps so I could get a couple, so no biggie, I will figure it out. I just froze the ones I didn't want.

Surge, thanks for your hard work on this, I have a donation coming your way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] radpp16:
How do we donate? I'm waiting for MDK to pre-rooted FNC5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Oishikatta:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2721118
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] klabit87:
MJ7 -> NC5 works just fine. just have to make sure you follow every instruction exactly as stated. (which isn't hard)