yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Just an observation from personal experience, when the driver finishes installing and the app says please reboot now, don't hit OK, just reboot immediately without doing anything else. Also were you using Galaxy Mod Ultimate or the supolicy zip?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Rick1684:
Just a thought, I don't know if this will help but I install viper as a system app. There are flashable versions to do this although you may have to change the viper app and folder permissions with a root explorer. Alternatively you can move viper to system/priv-app and set permissions to rw r r. It is very important to set them to exactly rw r r. I have no issues with viper installed this way with supolicy or gmod flashed.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chris1379:
I got it to work with supolicy zip.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Spiewich:
Please the hlos download link is not working ,please post another working link, or part it in my mail at. Spiewich@gmail.com
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chris1379:
If Viper Android is already installed, how do I install it as a system app? Can I use ES explorer to move it and set permissions? Do the permissions need set on the folder or individual files?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
0755 on the folder, 0644 on the files
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chris1379:
I think I did it right. I set permissions the same as the other folders and files in system/priv-app using FX file explorer
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] namitutonka:
Goodbye SGH-i537

Addendum:

Needed a more dependable communication device. Retiring my SGH-I537 with it's need to be on a charger to bring it through the afternoon and evening, and incoming calls reporting unavailability.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chris1379:
Maybe your battery was failing. I don't have Galaxy mod installed and I am at 50% at 7 hours. The LCD screen is harder on batteries than the newer amoled screens but it's otherwise OK.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] al@merwitz.com:
Soft Bricked

The flash process stopped before finishing. I cannot get into recovery mode. The phone goes into download mode only. Probably a kernel problem, but I am not an expert. Kies reports incorrect serial number now too. :confused:Anyone know how to fix this.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
Reflash the full NE3 odin package.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] al@merwitz.com:
Fixed Soft Bricked ATT SGH-I537

I finally got the phone working properly again:

Downloaded this file: SGH-I537UCUCNE3_v4.4.2_ATT_ALL.zip and flashed with ODIN 3

This got me back to Stock NE3

Downloaded Flashfire and flashed this file: I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_ROM 11.36.56.zip

Now I am on ATT Lollipop 5.01.

Flashed this file with ODIM to get modem working: modem.bin

Happy camper now
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] CwalkPinoy:
finally managed to go from stock to deodexed oc7 using rick's steps. his viper post also worked.

main problem with mine was that i flashed oc7 deodexed without going from stock oc7 rooted first.

xposed was more of a pain to get, but after a few frameworks, i got it to go.

other than that, i'm not sure what i did differently.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] al@merwitz.com:
How to Change providers

I also flashed the deodexed after the stock. But I had to re-flash the modem again with ODIN.

One more question. Is it possible to flash the firmware from T-Mobile over AT&T? I live in Germany and the AT&T software is useless over here.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
Assuming you have the i537, the answer is no. The i537 has a locked bootloader which means you can only flash firmware that had been signed by AT&T. Sorry for the bad news. If you want to use firmware meant for Germany you should buy the international version, the i9295.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] VolksWagenGm:
THANKS A LOT TO " muniz_ri " ! [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG] [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG] [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG]

HOW TO INSTALL & ENTER RECOVERY MOD IN THE VER " I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_ROM " . THANKS ALL . [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG][IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG][IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG]
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chris1379:
That's odd. I went from NE3 rooted to deodexed OC7. I didn't have to flash a modem file. My first attempt from NH3 failed.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mateo121212:
there is a way to go from rooted ne3 to deodexed 5.0.1 without having to go to nh3 or stock 0c6/7 first.

download the 5.0.1 update files from this link [i537]New Easy Sim Unlock Method 4.4.2/5.0.1 (released)

then download the oc7 deodexed from this post.

in flashfire flash the .zips in this order

I537_OC6_Stock_Partitions_mod_sim.zip

I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM

wait for it to do its thing and bam you are good.

for those of you that follow the guide to unlock the sim card slot all you have to do to make this work for that guide instead of my old buggy oc6 deodexed rom is use winrar to remove the modem file from the zip. also you have to remove it from the updater script useing a text editor. drag it out of winrar edit it and then drag it back into winrar.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Rick1684:
I don't know if anyone else noticed this but the new flash fire v0.27 seems to work a lot better. I haven't had one failed flash since updating. I flash deodexed straight from an Odin to ne3 no problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] VolksWagenGm:
Hi Rick1684 ! [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG]

What's difference between " I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM " & " I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_ROM " ?[IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG]
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Rick1684:
The deodexed is for people who want to customize their devices. Eg. Xposed
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] VolksWagenGm:
Thanks for rep. I found some features on Xposed . It's interesting . I'll try it ! [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG][IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG][IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG]
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] greyfreeman:
Must be doing something wrong

I tried this until Flashfire told me I'd used up all my free flashes for the day, which is probably fine because I didn't really have any ideas what to do next anyway.

I'm currently running a rooted i537 on Samsung's version of Android 4.3, and I'm wondering if these instructions are even supposed to work for me. Here are my concerns:

1. "You can begin the following process from 4.4.x Build/ROM or higher" - Does that mean I *have* to be at that level, first?

2. My Flashfire interface doesn't match the instructions at all. I *can't* tap the "+" twice - it moves to a "Command" screen after the first one and then it disappears. Or maybe moves? I can't find anywhere to manage the options, either.

3. Making my best guess effort to navigate the app I have, I can flash the provided zip and get to the reboot screen, but at that point, there are several errors, generally related to not having enough space to write the logs and recovery file. I have about 1.96GB free on the internal storage, after uploading the image zip.

Can anyone point me down a smarter path than the one I've taken so far?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
You have to be on rooted KitKat (4.4.2) first, follow these instructions:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63639949&postcount=2

Please note your phone's internal storage will be wiped at one point, so back up any important files or settings somewhere else (external SD card, PC, etc.)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] greyfreeman:
"You have to be on rooted KitKat (4.4.2) first"

Even if I'm already rooted? Sorry if that's a silly question, but that thread was about how to root from 5.0.1.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Yes, even if you're already rooted. I know my post is entitled, "So You're Already on 5.0.1 and Want to Root?" but a more accurate title would have been, "So You're on Anything other than 4.4.2 and Want Rooted 5.0.1?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Alex Poly:
FF v.028 will make any difference to the OP, guessing not, but just checking out
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Should work fine, I used it earlier today to flash a different ROM successfully on this phone
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] VolksWagenGm:
Hi everyone ! [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG] [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG] [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG]

How to enable Vietnam language in this OC7-ROM ??? Thansk so much !!! [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG] [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG] [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG]
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] PalmCentro:
You can use More locale 2

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] VolksWagenGm:
Thanks " Newyork " so much ! [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG][IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG][IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/byebye.gif[/IMG]

Now, Vietnamese is enable ! [IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG][IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG][IMG="https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif"]https://vozforums.com/images/smilies/Off/beauty.gif[/IMG]
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mcnova92:
Hi everyone

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I'm using a Samsung galaxy active att sgh i537...

I had 4.3 and upgraded to 4.4.2, I tried upgrading to lollipop but it bricked

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I've been able to unBricked it thou, I wanna upgrade to lollipop again... any ideas I need help
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] angelle97:
If you read the very beginning of the forum, step by step is given. ?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mcnova92:
He he he :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] brayne_lil:
I will first like to thank you ??. For the tutorial it's pretty easy??... I succeeded without any problems,, but after installing the rom i noticed non of my sensors working( proximity, magnetic, compass) non of the sensors..

What could be wrong??? Don't think it's my hadware coz i changed the sensors with that of my old phone but no luck
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mcnova92:
I have an S4 Active I537 which I recently installed the rooted deoxed OC7 Lollipop firmware. I have been having a hard time trying to get the framework to install. Please any help

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I have an S4 Active I537 which I recently installed the rooted deoxed OC7 Lollipop firmware. I have been having a hard time trying to get the framework to install. Please any help:D
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] MitricioiuDaniel:
I'm using a Samsung galaxy active AT & T SGH i537 I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM I downloaded, I followed all the steps in the description and in the end ... top left corner of the phone write secure fail: kernel and in the middle a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark and writes: System software not authorized by aT & T has been found on your phone. please turn off your phone and go to the Nearest AT & T store for help. please help me!!! I do not know what to do :( I want to return to his condition before and do not know how
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zhibitos:
read a 7 steps in the first post. Once the flash is complete, u need to flash a OC7_Bootloader using Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zola.mk:
can't download files

First thank you for your guidance but for some reason can't download the files from the links, are there any mirrors? Preferebly mediafire or a goole drive link. Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] SomeHugeFrigginGuy:
WIFI WPA2 Enterprise issue

I used this method to upgrade from rooted 4.4.2 to 5.0.1 and now I can't connect to my universities WIFI. They use WPA2 Enterprise which Android has had trouble with in the past due to certificate errors, but I thought this was solved. And I had no trouble connecting when I was on 4.4.2.

I can connect for 2-3 seconds, then it disconnects and reconnects for 2-3 seconds. When connected, the internet works. If I quickly open my browser I can get to pages, but then it disconnects.

I've tried re-booting, forgetting and reconnecting, forgetting and manually entering in the details, and updating my certificates, but I still encounter this issue.

I have no trouble connecting to many other networks with WEP or WPA (non-enterprise).

Has anyone else had this issue?

Any thoughts?

[Update][Solved]

The problem was an app called Wifi 5 which is supposed to automatically switch to 5ghz APs when available. It must have some conflict with 5.0.1 on WPA2-enterprise systems. Even when I disabled the features with the check boxes in the app I had trouble, but after force stopping it, wifi works normally.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mjrusr:
Already on Lollipop via ATT OTA .. can this method help me get to rooted Lollipop

My SGH-i537 is upgraded to 5.0.1 using ATT OTA but it is not rooted. I would like to root my phone now.

Do I have to first downgrade to 4.4.2 .. root it and then follow these instructions to retain root or will these instructions give me root access on Lollipop directly?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] javadahut:
Pretty sure the only way to root it is to go back to 4.4.2. I haven't seen a new root method for the I537 on lollipop.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] slplsnphx:
Ok, after finally getting this to work, i just want to explain the actual procedure to get this to work:

use the "I537_OC6_Stock_Rooted_Firmware.tar.md5" file (not the ones from OP).

then, instead of using the "flash zip or OTA" button, you have to use the "flash firmware" button, because using the "flash zip or ota" button wont see the .md5 file at all.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] mjrusr:
I updated to OC7 following the instructions given by OP. Every thing went well and I have kept my root access. However I'm seeing the GPS lag constantly specially when I'm driving around. It takes a long time to refresh and catch up causing me to miss exits and turns while using navigation app (Google maps). Has anybody else seen this problem.. is there a fix?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] eenkiinkeenk:
is there any other method to flash the I537_OC7_Bootloader sir? cause i cant connect my device to pc.. but flashfire installed and rooted.. im n NH3 now.. ty before for the answer.. wanna try lollipop
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Waterskeeter:
MTP/USB options missing from OC7?

Hey OP and awesome contributors, thanks for all your hard work and great documentation.

I've been lazy with this phone and finally got around to redoing my nearly archaic 4.3 Custom ROM.

After reading several good threads on the topic, I flashed NE3 and then flashed a custom rom (Sick As Hell), but then decided to try a more stable rom after I had issues with it. I've now flashed stock NE3 a couple of times. I flashed it before the custom, after the custom (and several times in between when I was monkeying with the custom rom configurations and got bootloops).

Anyway, after that, I decided to update to stock Deodexed OC7 and just do some freezing/debloating. My only problem is that as soon as I got on OC7, I noticed that I'm missing my USB connection options and I can't connect to my computer for file transfers. Naturally my first suspect was the USB cable (which is an original that I had been using successfully for the past several days as I've monkeyed around with roms) so I tried several other cables with no better luck. I also tried reinstalling the windows drivers. I also tried Samsungs own "SmartSwitch" program which is supposed to help with USB connections. No luck. Reflashed again to OC7 and the problem remains.

Based on some previous issues I've worked through in the past, it almost seems like it's not going into MTP mode. Looking around on the playstore I tried several apps that were specifically for enabling MTP mode and one of them almost worked. I say almost because when I would activate it, for a fraction of a second the screen would flash to the expected "USB settings" screen, but then it would kick you right back out.

Is anyone else able to access the USB settings, or able to pull data directly from their phone via USB after updating to OC7? I would assume most folks can given that it's been out for almost a year with no comments on this kind of problem. Any ideas or suggestions on this one?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dedon4christ5:
please I do not understand how to go about the step 7. Where do I get the bootloader file?

And how do I flash with Odin? ?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] skkvden:
:cool:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chris1379:
Just wanted to pass this along. I managed to get my Galaxy S4 I337 with the latest OTA firmware rooted without flashing back. I no longer have my S4 Active but this might work for it too. I installed Kingroot 4.5. And then used SuperSu-me 6.7 to switch to SuperSu. Everything is normal now and I have root. The newer versions of both programs did not work.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dg8497:
Can't get Google Playstore to function after loading the Rooted OC7 with Flashfire

Anyone have Playstore issues? I have tried upgrading the apk, removing the upgrade, reupgrading...nothing. I loaded a file manager apk to get root access to system file and deleted Google Playstore and odex and reinstalled the playstore apk. Still will not load past my password login before saying playstore or play services has stopped working.

Also, is there any way to get a .tar file of this Rooted ROM? I found it difficult to use Flashfire. Following the instructions step by step, Flashfire kept stopping the installation of OC7 about halfway through the load. The red progress bar on the bottom only stops and the screen goes black, I537 reboots and goes to the recovery screen instead rebooting to the download screen. After multiple attempts, redownloading the same big file, I got it to take in OC7 and OC6 on different attempts but both had same result with Google Playstore. I ended up having to use ODIN to go back to 4.4.2 Kit Kat and use towelroot to get my phone useable again.

Any suggestions? Thank you!

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these instructions are for using Flashfire on a rooted device. If you have unrooted 5.0.1, you will have to use ODIN to go back to 4.4.2, use towelroot to get rooted along with SuperSU and then run Flashfire and point it to the Rooted ROM that you must have stored on your phone or external microsd card. Doesn't take long to do it, I just have problems with Playstore not working after the upgrade, so with that said, I had no choice but to go back to 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dedon4christ5:
Hi there,

I followed the steps accordingly, after flashing the bootloader, the phone's battery got completely drained and wouldn't even charge anymore.

what can i do please?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chris1379:
It should charge with the phone off. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that's a hardware function. Remove the battery, put it back in and try a different charger and different battery.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] phxbee:
I am rooted on NH3 and downloaded this mod yesterday. Rebooted and it did it's thing and everything seems to be working fine.

Next step is upgrading to OC7.

Thanks to all.....
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dedon4christ5:
I charged the battery with a desktop charger, now it's on and i went back to ne3. I have the oc7 deodexed rom.

I have root with supersu. Could you please help me with a step by step instruction on how to flash the rom successfully ?

also, the flash fire i need, is it the beta or just the one from google play.

Would love to get your reply ASAP.

Thanks in advance

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Hi, I downloaded the oc7 deodexed rom.

I followed the instructions on the first page by the admin.

But after flashing with flash fire, it doesnt automatically boot into download mode

it boots into recovery

the i manually boot into download mode

and flash the bootloader file.

But my phone just sits there for more than 30 mins after displaying the s4 active screen

ive done this over and over again.

Please, if you could provide me with a step by step process to flash this rom

i'm on ne3 root with towel root

hope to get your response ASAP.

Thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chris1379:
Try wiping the cache partition.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dedon4christ5:
I tried that, didn't work
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chris1379:
I'm not sure I understand the instructions. We are supposed to use Flashfire to flash the ROM and then Odin for the bootloader, right. Then it says after Flashfire is done it will reboot and you are done. I thought Odin was used for the last step

If you don't mind having the odexed ROM, you could try the method I posted above with Kingroot and Super-Sume. I used it on my I337 S4. The versions are important as newer versions of Kingroot have adware and it won't work.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dedon4christ5:
Exactly!, i followed the steps verbatim. Just didn't work.

Also you said i337 or did you mean i537 ? Just to be sure ?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] chris1379:
I had an S4 active but now have an S4 i337. They are pretty much the same hardware and Android version. I think I used the instructions at the beginning on the Active but couldn't afford to have thus one down very long or lose the data.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dedon4christ5:
Could you please help me?

I tried flashing this rom, my phone just went dead and stayed dead?

I followed exactly how the instructions were given.

Now i have take the phone back to 4.4.2

Can you please help me flash this rom.

And it was the oc7 i flashed.

?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wolf45801:
hello I wanted to make sure I can use flashfire to flash xposed for lollipop since safestrap doesn't work on it
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] wolf45801:
I guess I cant use flashfire for it cause I did and now its stuck on the at&t logo and wont boot ive done factory reset and still no luck
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] miscellaneousmemphian:
Eureka!

took me about a day and a half but i got oc6 stock root finally

I am on ATT i537 whats up [MENTION=5954417]thisisapoorusernamechoice[/MENTION]