Ok so today I have installed safestrap on my galaxy S4 that has the MF3 update with the locked boot loader. Safestrap is working fine I am useing Slot 1. I have wiped it and installed Google Play Edition 4.3 Virgin ROM for the galaxy s4 from galaxys4root.com. and the mf3 module files. It says successful but then when I hit reboot It shows the samsung galaxy s4 logo then the screen just goes black and the notification light is blue but then it just starts rebooting. I searched for a solution but no results. I have seen some people on these forums that are useing the rom I am and they are working fine. I just dont understand what I am doing wrong please help. If you need a video I can record and show whats wrong but only if you need it.
rajwii64 said:
Ok so today I have installed safestrap on my galaxy S4 that has the MF3 update with the locked boot loader. Safestrap is working fine I am useing Slot 1. I have wiped it and installed Google Play Edition 4.3 Virgin ROM for the galaxy s4 from galaxys4root.com. and the mf3 module files. It says successful but then when I hit reboot It shows the samsung galaxy s4 logo then the screen just goes black and the notification light is blue but then it just starts rebooting. I searched for a solution but no results. I have seen some people on these forums that are useing the rom I am and they are working fine. I just dont understand what I am doing wrong please help. If you need a video I can record and show whats wrong but only if you need it.
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4.3 roms don't work on safestrap. get the 4.2.2 version of the rom
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deadenz said:
4.3 roms don't work on safestrap. get the 4.2.2 version of the rom
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I thought it could. I swear I saw people with it.
rajwii64 said:
I thought it could. I swear I saw people with it.
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maybe they have mdl. I think 4.3 roms will work as long as you aren't on mf3
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I need help. I got a Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH - I337) Rooted from AT&T. I got two problems.
First I cannot update my version from JellyBean 4.2 to 4.3. Every time I had downloaded the update when the device restarts and it reaches 21% on the update it said's "Update Fail". What can I do?!
NOTE - (Someone told me that because I rooted the phone I cannot update my phone through AT&T servers)
Secondly my device from time to time restarts it self.
And sometimes the wifi stars connecting and disconnecting every few seconds.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks
Having root can stop the install.
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Do a factory reset and see if that helps, do a backup before you start.....good luck.,...
Ok. So theres no manual update? No way I can update my phone to Jellybean 4.3?
tonydamiani said:
I need help. I got a Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH - I337) Rooted from AT&T. I got two problems.
First I cannot update my version from JellyBean 4.2 to 4.3. Every time I had downloaded the update when the device restarts and it reaches 21% on the update it said's "Update Fail". What can I do?!
NOTE - (Someone told me that because I rooted the phone I cannot update my phone through AT&T servers)
Secondly my device from time to time restarts it self.
And sometimes the wifi stars connecting and disconnecting every few seconds.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks
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Follow my thread. .... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2573080 PLEASE READ SO U GET THE PICTURE ON HOW TO DO IT. .......... ...... If I were u : flash to stock using MF3.tar files from Original Post (OP) or first post Via ODIN....... Download MF3>MK2 update.zip ...... and then go to second post on guide how to update. ......hope this will get u start it. ....PM me if you have anymore question or need more help. ..... GOODLUCK. ...:thumbup:
Swyped from MK2 Deadly Venom SS
tonydamiani said:
I need help. I got a Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH - I337) Rooted from AT&T. I got two problems.
First I cannot update my version from JellyBean 4.2 to 4.3. Every time I had downloaded the update when the device restarts and it reaches 21% on the update it said's "Update Fail". What can I do?!
NOTE - (Someone told me that because I rooted the phone I cannot update my phone through AT&T servers)
Secondly my device from time to time restarts it self.
And sometimes the wifi stars connecting and disconnecting every few seconds.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks
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The ATT updates can fail due to the device being rooted as stated by others here. Just as it has been recommended do a back up and a factory reset to see if it helps with your rebooting issues and wifi. Check your baseband under settings/about and if it ends with MDL i would recommend that you DO NOT update. The reason for this is that since you are rooted you can install ANY custom ROM on your phone, you can even install the latest google edition ROM 4.4.2. If you do the ATT updates and your baseband changes to MF3 or MK2 then you will be stuck with just limited ROMS and you will also be stuck with all the ATT/TW bloatware. Trust me 4.4.2 is soooo much better your phone will run alot faster and you will have the latest google version on your phone. I was on MDL and all the ATT updates failed on me and i just decided to install the google edition ROM and man oh man I LOVE IT!
audiowikid said:
The ATT updates can fail due to the device being rooted as stated by others here. Just as it has been recommended do a back up and a factory reset to see if it helps with your rebooting issues and wifi. Check your baseband under settings/about and if it ends with MDL i would recommend that you DO NOT update. The reason for this is that since you are rooted you can install ANY custom ROM on your phone, you can even install the latest google edition ROM 4.4.2. If you do the ATT updates and your baseband changes to MF3 or MK2 then you will be stuck with just limited ROMS and you will also be stuck with all the ATT/TW bloatware. Trust me 4.4.2 is soooo much better your phone will run alot faster and you will have the latest google version on your phone. I was on MDL and all the ATT updates failed on me and i just decided to install the google edition ROM and man oh man I LOVE IT!
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Nice where can I get a Google Play Edition ROM?
Question: Having the google play edition on my phone can I keep updating it until I have kikkat?
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What's your baseband first???
rugmankc said:
what's your baseband first???
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baseband: I337ucuamf3
You may not be able to flash 4.3 roms and above with no issues. Your bootloader is locked down and no custom kernel flashing either. Also, only TW roms. That said there is newer beta Safestrap 3.7.1? that is letting 4.3 TW roms flash. I think!
I am on an original phone and not up on Safestrap. Read all you can here about it. Threads will be in General and Q&A.
tonydamiani said:
baseband: I337ucuamf3
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On MF3, your only option for a recovery is Safestrap 3.65 and you can only flash other 4.2.2 ROMS. Trying to use the updater in the GPE 4.2.2 ROM will possibly brick your phone. If you update to MK2 then you can have 4.3 ROMS but the 4.3 GPE ROM uses a different kernel and so you won't be able to use it.
DeadlySin9 said:
On MF3, your only option for a recovery is Safestrap 3.65 and you can only flash other 4.2.2 ROMS. Trying to use the updater in the GPE 4.2.2 ROM will possibly brick your phone. If you update to MK2 then you can have 4.3 ROMS but the 4.3 GPE ROM uses a different kernel and so you won't be able to use it.
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Just FYI for me in future on helping out--is it SS 3.7.? for MK2--
rugmankc said:
Just FYI for me in future on helping out--is it SS 3.7.? for MK2--
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Yes, but if anyone is asking for the record it's still in beta, only on Hashcode's goo.im, and if they're still on MF3 they should stay if they want GPE and check which ROMs are compatible in the Safestrap thread before going to MK2.
DeadlySin9 said:
Yes, but if anyone is asking for the record it's still in beta, only on Hashcode's goo.im, and if they're still on MF3 they should stay if they want GPE and check which ROMs are compatible in the Safestrap thread before going to MK2.
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Appreciate the info--I did know about the beta. Too much to keep up on with this phone--
Hi all,
I installed SS and installed CM from a zip, but after the reboot, it's stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S4 Splash screen, does anyone have any ideas of why this would happen?
durron said:
Hi all,
I installed SS and installed CM from a zip, but after the reboot, it's stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S4 Splash screen, does anyone have any ideas of why this would happen?
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Seriously? do some reading before you do anything to your phone. If you would have read you would have seen that SS only allows TWroms because you cannot change the kernel therefore since you didn't listn you are gonna have to odin back and try to flash back to stock so that you can then find another TW rom to replace stock with. There are a million different forums on here explaining all of this. If you do not know what you are doing either stop or read read read read.
Last night I flashed http://galaxys4root.com/t-mobile-galaxy-s4-roms/google-play-edition-rom-for-galaxy-s4/. I am on safestrap mk2 i337 4.3 rooted. After I installed the GPE, I did a wipe dalvik and cache then reboot. My Att i337 rebooted the Google boot screen started then it started the Android is updating 115apps. After that it says starting apps and just stays there and doesn't boot any further. I tried to flash Loki doki, different mk2 kernal modules. Nothing I tried could get it to actually start the apps so I can put in wifi password or anything. Usually if a rom is not compatible it doesn't get this far. I feel like this can work since it got so far using safestrap. We don't have any Google play edition roms or kitkat roms and this is closests. Can anyone help me or try to figure this out?
nolabowler said:
Last night I flashed http://galaxys4root.com/t-mobile-galaxy-s4-roms/google-play-edition-rom-for-galaxy-s4/. I am on safestrap mk2 i337 4.3 rooted. After I installed the GPE, I did a wipe dalvik and cache then reboot. My Att i337 rebooted the Google boot screen started then it started the Android is updating 115apps. After that it says starting apps and just stays there and doesn't boot any further. I tried to flash Loki doki, different mk2 kernal modules. Nothing I tried could get it to actually start the apps so I can put in wifi password or anything. Usually if a rom is not compatible it doesn't get this far. I feel like this can work since it got so far using safestrap. We don't have any Google play edition roms or kitkat roms and this is closests. Can anyone help me or try to figure this out?
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I'll admit, you got further than I would have expected but the facts remain... GPE 4.3 uses a different kernel than touchwiz based 4.3.
Your best best is to install this AOSP theme... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2304251
It will run on goldeneye 20 in the ATT thread or just install a ROM that already has it incorporated, such as Blackbox or Purified.
I haven't seen blackbox or purified anywhere. I'm no developer but it's just SO close it just seems like it can be done. I do understand what your saying though. I just tried because it was basically stock.
nolabowler said:
I haven't seen blackbox or purified anywhere. I'm no developer but it's just SO close it just seems like it can be done. I do understand what your saying though. I just tried because it was basically stock.
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So close, yet so far away... until the bootloader is unlocked.
Look here for a list of ROMs that work on MK2, including those two... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
i root my gs4 with odin, everything went fine but I wanted to get my gs faster so i downloaded kernel for gs4 and flashed it. mistake here. i didnt check if it supports 4.4.4. it only support devices under 4.3 so.. no wifi. that was the problem i had other than that, all was good. than I downloaded some OTA file for my gs4 and when i tried to flash it with safestrap, it kept said fail. so i thought it's maybe because i already have OS installed... so i wiped system,data and i tried to flash that OTA file, fail again. now im screwd. there is no OS on my gs4. when i trun it on, it vibrates, than reboots and than goes into Odinmode and say something like "nornal boot not possible" in red.
so i spent couple days searching how to get my phone work again but everything i tried didnt work. and for galaxy s4 sgh i337 nj4 version 4.4.4 it even made me think it was made just for me.
i tried kies, failed it told me to do emergency recovery but my phone does not show on list.
can anyone please help me.. Im new to Samsung Galaxy..
im thinking about following this guide since there are no options
http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/03/how-to-unrootunbrick-at-galaxy-s4-sgh.html
is this okay?
JustinBushke said:
im thinking about following this guide since there are no options
http://www.androidrootz.com/2014/03/how-to-unrootunbrick-at-galaxy-s4-sgh.html
is this okay?
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You'll have to use the ODIN file from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223
Flash that in ODIN, use the rootable version if you want to root it using towelroot.
Besides that, you can't flash any custom kernels on the S4 unless you're on the 4.2.2 MDL bootloader, and there's no way to get back to that from 4.4.
DeadlySin9 said:
You'll have to use the ODIN file from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223
Flash that in ODIN, use the rootable version if you want to root it using towelroot.
Besides that, you can't flash any custom kernels on the S4 unless you're on the 4.2.2 MDL bootloader, and there's no way to get back to that from 4.4.
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Thank you so much for your reply. i will try that after couple hours.
but I am curious if i can use I337UCUFNB on NJ4 bootloader. i have nj4 bootloader
JustinBushke said:
Thank you so much for your reply. i will try that after couple hours.
but I am curious if i can use I337UCUFNB on NJ4 bootloader. i have nj4 bootloader
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Yes, it will work.
DeadlySin9 said:
Yes, it will work.
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Thank you so much! You saved my life!
I want to be just like you helping other people
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Can somebody send me link for safestrap for samsung galaxy s4 i9505 android 5.0.1 (stock rom/rooted)
I tried version 3.75 and does not work... When i reboot and tap on recovery, nothing heppend.
Sale.s said:
Can somebody send me link for safestrap for samsung galaxy s4 i9505 android 5.0.1 (stock rom/rooted)
I tried version 3.75 and does not work... When i reboot and tap on recovery, nothing heppend.
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Are you sure your device needs safe trap recovery?
Safestrap is for the i337.
GDReaper said:
Are you sure your device needs safe trap recovery?
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I want install dual boot,but dont know how.
audit13 said:
Safestrap is for the i337.
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I don't understand...
Safestrap is for the AT&T and Verizon S4. Since those two carriers lock the device's bootloader, the only way for device owners to enjoy custom ROMs is by giving up a portion of internal storage for a second ROM to be installed.
Safestrap doesn't work on the I9505 to the best of my knowledge. You want MultiROM instead.
Yes, i installed second rom with multirom, but i have a big problem with stock rom.
Stock rom is now very slow and give me error Camera failed.Also flashlignt doesnt work, with error flash light is bisy.
Many aplications crash with message aplication stopped working.
How to solve this problem?