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Loki'd Slim Bean Won't Boot

Anyone else have the issue of it just continuously trying to boot? I'm using the CWM auto-loki that's in the development section.
Reflashed it three more times. Now it freezes @ Samsung battery screen when charging, or if I wait long enough it'll unfreeze. Still loops at Slim Bean startup, what sucks though is that for one thing it mounts as an MTP device so it seems like it's on but just not initializing, another thing is that the original flash I was able to get to the slim bean battery charging screen (but obviously still couldn't turn it on)
Thinking it might be a kernel issue, since I installed ktoonsez's AOSP kernel when I installed it. Any recommendations of a kernel to use? I'm using the CWM recovery that has auto loki so, I could probably use ones made for 9500,9505, etc.
(Pasted this from the Slim Bean thread, haven't gotten an answer in like 5 hours and it's a little urgent xD. I'm on the AT&T S4 of course, any other information I'll be glad to provide. Hopefully this is just a simple fix)

I bet is related to the kernel. I have been using Slim Bean flawlessly, with none of the issues you mention. Using TWRP to flash and recover.
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Spunjah413 said:
I bet is related to the kernel. I have been using Slim Bean flawlessly, with none of the issues you mention. Using TWRP to flash and recover.
Sent from my SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
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What kernel are you on then, just stock?

Stock Kernel.
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I installed Slim Bean with Ktoon kernel and it worked fine. Just make sure to wipe system and the caches. It did take a little longer to boot the first time but after that it was all good.
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Isn't ktoonsez kernel for a Touchwiz based ROM?
Slim Bean is AOSP, therefore i'm not sure they jive correctly, which would clearly explain the OP's problem.
EDIT: Didn't realize he updated an AOSP based Kernel. In anycase OP, I would still attempt using the stock kernel to see if you problems get fixed.

Slim is already LOKI patched, so don't use the CWM that auto-patches, use TWRP

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Slim is already LOKI patched, so don't use the CWM that auto-patches, use TWRP
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Patching a patched kerenel changes nothing. Dan said if you run loki on a patched recovery or kernel it just send the original to the output. Nothing happens.
Sent from my AT&T S4 running an international ROM.

_Dennis_ said:
Patching a patched kerenel changes nothing. Dan said if you run loki on a patched recovery or kernel it just send the original to the output. Nothing happens.
Sent from my AT&T S4 running an international ROM.
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Thanks for clarification.

LostInMyHead said:
Slim is already LOKI patched, so don't use the CWM that auto-patches, use TWRP
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I know someone else clarified this already, but when I downloaded Slim it actually wasn't Loki patched for whatever reason, and I couldn't boot without reinstalling stock. I did download the one in the right thread, it just didn't have a boot.lok in it for whatever reason. Anyways, I'm gonna try reflashing and wiping /system another time, wish me luck. I don't have the original kernel backed up though because I'm an idiot, so does anyone have a link to that? If not I could probably scour it out somewhere, but just wondering for convenience's sake.

iKat said:
I know someone else clarified htis already, but when I downloaded Slim it actually wasn't Loki patched for whatever reason, and I couldn't boot without reinstalling stock. I did download the one in the right thread, it just didn't have a boot.lok in it for whatever reason. Anyways, I'm gonna try reflashing and wiping /system another time, wish me luck. I don't have the original kernel backed up though because I'm an idiot, so does anyone have a link to that? If not I could probably scour it out somewhere, but just wondering for convenience's sake.
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In advanced restore boot is the kernel.
Download the ROM and addons again, you shouldnt have any issues... If you are currently on stock, do a comprehensive wipe, a manual format of system and data

LostInMyHead said:
In advanced restore boot is the kernel.
Download the ROM and addons again, you shouldnt have any issues... If you are currently on stock, do a comprehensive wipe, a manual format of system and data
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No files found :/ I guess I'll reinstall stock, back stuff up, and do the comprehensive wipe like you said. I really, really want Slim, lol.
Edit: Well, ****. Reinstalled stock with Odin and now no matter how many times I reboot I only have a status bar.. phone is fairly hot too. So, now I don't even have access to recovery ;-;

iKat said:
No files found :/ I guess I'll reinstall stock, back stuff up, and do the comprehensive wipe like you said. I really, really want Slim, lol.
Edit: Well, ****. Reinstalled stock with Odin and now no matter how many times I reboot I only have a status bar.. phone is fairly hot too. So, now I don't even have access to recovery ;-;
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Flash back to stcok with ODIN
Use the one click tool to get LOKI recovery
The ROM and addons are in the OP of the SLIM LOKI Thread

LostInMyHead said:
Flash back to stcok with ODIN
Use the one click tool to get LOKI recovery
The ROM and addons are in the OP of the SLIM LOKI Thread
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Oh my lord, thank you good sir. Slim Bean is up and working as of right now ^^;. May be a little bit before I apply a custom kernel though o.o

Could not install ROM on safestrap ROM slot

I installed safestrap 3.6 as explained in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448942
Everything worked fine, created a new slot with 3Gbyte size. However, I could ntot get custom ROM installed there. I copied ROM .zip file (CARBON-JB-1.8-jflteatt.zip) to internal SD card + gapps -jb-20130813-signed.zip. Got "installation completed" message for both ZIPs, and then :
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to mount internal storage. Got green "Successful" message under the window where all log messages were running.
Then when rebooting with newly-flashed ROM slot, the phone does not boot, it is stuck with back screen and the only way to get it back to life is to power-cycle it and boot into stock ROM slot.
Any idea what went wrong?
Phone details:
Model: SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
Android 4.2.2
Baseband version - I337UCUAMF3
Kernel version 3.4.0-812098
Thanks,

Carbon is not tw based. Only touch wiz based roms will work.

I think the only aosp ROM that works is GPE 4.2.2 try that. But check its compatibility first
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all the google edition roms work with safestrap as far as I know, I've tested most of them. if it's one from another carrier the most you have to change are the apn settings. I'll be testing VirginROM later.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356276

Just to be clear for OP
Google Edition (GE) roms are Touch Wiz---

Did not manage to turn WiFi on
deadenz said:
all the google edition roms work with safestrap as far as I know, I've tested most of them. if it's one from another carrier the most you have to change are the apn settings. I'll be testing VirginROM later.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356276
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thanks for the reply.
Tried ge4.2.2clean-20130907.zip, but it did not manage to turn WiFi during sign-in process.
Tried ge4.3clean-20130907.zip, this one did not boot at all.
Any tip? thanks

michaelkagan said:
thanks for the reply.
Tried ge4.2.2clean-20130907.zip, but it did not manage to turn WiFi during sign-in process.
Tried ge4.3clean-20130907.zip, this one did not boot at all.
Any tip? thanks
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on the first boot of installing any rom, I always skip the initial setup. wait until the rom has booted first then add your google account and setup wifi and 4.3 roms are not compatible with safestrap

If you want a good GE 4.3 ROM, try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395030
That's what I use as my daily driver. It works great, and is an untouched 4.3 GE ROM, except for the kernel. You can customize it yourself if you want before you install it.

chocodough said:
If you want a good GE 4.3 ROM, try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395030
That's what I use as my daily driver. It works great, and is an untouched 4.3 GE ROM, except for the kernel. You can customize it yourself if you want before you install it.
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4.3 roms don't work with safestrap.

It's been my understanding GE ones are TW based--
Got that from playing with KT's kernels
Maybe I am wrong--

rugmankc said:
It's been my understanding GE ones are TW based--
Got that from playing with KT's kernels
Maybe I am wrong--
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Pretty sure you are right, I haven't installed a GE rom that hasn't worked yet

deadenz said:
Pretty sure you are right, I haven't installed a GE rom that hasn't worked yet
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Currently only TouchWiz and GE 4.2.2 roms work. I tried GE 4.3 and it wouldn't turn on. Hopefully within the next week at&t treats us with a cookie and release 4.3 update.

DrXTC said:
Currently only TouchWiz and GE 4.2.2 roms work. I tried GE 4.3 and it wouldn't turn on. Hopefully within the next week at&t treats us with a cookie and release 4.3 update.
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That's good info, didn't think about it stopping with 4.2.2--

chocodough said:
If you want a good GE 4.3 ROM, try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2395030
That's what I use as my daily driver. It works great, and is an untouched 4.3 GE ROM, except for the kernel. You can customize it yourself if you want before you install it.
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It seems like this is ROM for i9505, my phone is i9500. WIll it work?
thanks,

Still could not make wifi work
deadenz said:
on the first boot of installing any rom, I always skip the initial setup. wait until the rom has booted first then add your google account and setup wifi and 4.3 roms are not compatible with safestrap
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Tried to skip initial setup, but still WiFi would not turn on. Tried with ge4.2.2clean-20130907.zip
Any hint?

michaelkagan said:
Tried to skip initial setup, but still WiFi would not turn on. Tried with ge4.2.2clean-20130907.zip
Any hint?
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did you flash the mf3 kernel module after you installed the rom?

You might get a lot more help here
Official AT&T S4 Safestrap Discussion Q/A

deadenz said:
did you flash the mf3 kernel module after you installed the rom?
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No, I did not flash kernel, just installed ROM. SHould I flash kernel?

michaelkagan said:
No, I did not flash kernel, just installed ROM. SHould I flash kernel?
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no. you should stop everything that you're doing and READ before you do anything else
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/how-to-safestrap/

deadenz said:
no. you should stop everything that you're doing and READ before you do anything else
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428254
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/how-to-safestrap/
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thanks for the pointers.

[Q] I keep getting a recovery error for my i9505G. Please help

I've been trying many things to no avail. I am able to get recovery on my i9505G (which I have read is built into the CWM version now for the i9505) and it seems to work fine. I have the 01/08 nightly CM11 on the phone, but whenever I reboot and select "recovery" it gives me this error. Sometimes if I hit the restart the device, it will boot into recovery correctly. I've even started fresh by wiping the entire phone and the multiple partitions (from having started on 4.2) and flashed a fresh 4.4.2 stock (rooted) tar through odin. From there I flashed the recovery, installed CM as I always have, but it is still happening.
What am I doing wrong?

The photo u attached is STOCK RECOVERY. If u want install CUSTOM RECOVERY for install CUSTOM ROMS: HERE
* EDIT: Dont flash custom recovery/Roms/Kernels/Basebands of i9505 for ur i9505G. Its completely different

Joku1981 said:
The photo u attached is STOCK RECOVERY. If u want install CUSTOM RECOVERY for install CUSTOM ROMS: HERE
* EDIT: Dont flash custom recovery/Roms/Kernels/Basebands of i9505 for ur i9505G. Its completely different
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That is the weird thing, it does have the custom CWM recovery on it, but this happens when I click to reboot into recovery in CM11. I've tried reinstalling CWM numerous times, but I still get this same situation after the first time.

mrmartin86 said:
That is the weird thing, it does have the custom CWM recovery on it, but this happens when I click to reboot into recovery in CM11. I've tried reinstalling CWM numerous times, but I still get this same situation after the first time.
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Coz u are installing CWM for i9505 no for i9505G maybe?

Joku1981 said:
Coz u are installing CWM for i9505 no for i9505G maybe?
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I've read on many of the threads here that the i9505G build-specifics were incorporated into "jfltexx" builds.

mrmartin86 said:
I've read on many of the threads here that the i9505G build-specifics were incorporated into "jfltexx" builds.
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No:
- GT-i9505 is into "jfltexx" builds
- GT-i9505G is into "jgedlteue" builds

Joku1981 said:
No:
- GT-i9505 is into "jfltexx" builds
- GT-i9505G is into "jgedlteue" builds
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What I meant was the i9505G specifics were builts in the CWM and Cyanogenmod builds of the jfltexx.

mrmartin86 said:
What I meant was the i9505G specifics were builts in the CWM and Cyanogenmod builds of the jfltexx.
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Yes and no, but we dont gona speak about that now. It will be soooo long :highfive:. You asked one thing sir in this thread... If i helped ya Im happy for it :good:

Joku1981 said:
Yes and no, but we dont gona speak about that now. It will be soooo long :highfive:. You asked one thing sir in this thread... If i helped ya Im happy for it :good:
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Well here is what I am trying to do. Root isn't a problem, but getting recovery on it is. I've been using the jltflexx builds of CWM and Cyanogen because I read that it was built into it. They both install with no problem and I can get up and running. The problem I run into is getting back into custom recovery and I get that picture error above when I try. I don't know if the custom recovery is getting overwritten by something or what, but it does get installed otherwise I wouldn't be able to get CM11 on it in the first place.

mrmartin86 said:
Well here is what I am trying to do. Root isn't a problem, but getting recovery on it is. I've been using the jltflexx builds of CWM and Cyanogen because I read that it was built into it. They both install with no problem and I can get up and running. The problem I run into is getting back into custom recovery and I get that picture error above when I try. I don't know if the custom recovery is getting overwritten by something or what, but it does get installed otherwise I wouldn't be able to get CM11 on it in the first place.
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How i see u still having the STOCK RECOVERY and u was telling me it worked ok. If i was u i will try the post #2

Joku1981 said:
How i see u still having the STOCK RECOVERY and u was telling me it worked ok. If i was u i will try the post #2
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That is what I don't get. How could I have flashed the custom CWM recovery, used it to install CM, but then have stock recovery and can't get back into the custom one all the time? It is really bizarre.

mrmartin86 said:
That is what I don't get. How could I have flashed the custom CWM recovery, used it to install CM, but then have stock recovery and can't get back into the custom one all the time? It is really bizarre.
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These are my sources about the i9505 jltflexx builds.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370101
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/75444-gt-i9505g-cyanogenmod/
EDIT: Seems this is a problem with CWM itself. When I just used TWRP to do all the same things, everything worked fine.

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These are my sources about the i9505 jltflexx builds.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370101
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/75444-gt-i9505g-cyanogenmod/
EDIT: Seems this is a problem with CWM itself. When I just used TWRP to do all the same things, everything worked fine.
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CWM 6.0.4.4 work fine on the i9505G. I use it on mine and have since it came out.

custom rom installation question

Hello,
i m having problems with getting a custom rom to work.
its a AT&T Galaxy S4
I337
Baseband MK2
i rooted the phone....then installed safestrap....
went into safestrap and created a backup. and then installed one of the following files (after each other) on the phone.
aokp_4.3_jflteatt_task650_10.22.2013.zip
CARBON-JB-NIGHTLY-20130906-0328-jflteatt (1).zip
pa_jflteatt-BETA-3.99-RC2-20130922.zip
The Task 650 showed the horse head for a second but went into a thousand blinking lights afterwards.
the Carbot didnt do anything.
and paranoid android showed the shark head loading screen but didnt move on from there.
so none of these 3 worked and i always had to restore the backup.
am i using the wrong roms? am i missing a step? if you could help me out that would be greatly appreciated.
thank you
Ben

You need to use touchwiz based roms

jd1639 said:
You need to use touchwiz based roms
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alright...now comes the stupid question....
what is a touchwiz rom? and where do i find it?

ben9000 said:
alright...now comes the stupid question....
what is a touchwiz rom? and where do i find it?
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Start here and use stock based.
Sorry, forgot the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42266401

Why are you trying to flash roms if you don't know what they are? Or what base they are to begin with? What are your long term goals of having a custom rom?
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Skip track with Volume keys S4 I9505

I was wondering if there is a way to skip track with the volume keys without having Xposed installed because I am using stock rom and framwork get my phone stuck on boot. I am rotted etc so if there is anything I| could flash it would be appreciated.

A custom rom.
All Cyanogenmod roms have this feature.
There's a GPE rom with this feature.
And the TW custom roms might have this feature too. You'll have to ask in the TW custom rom threads.
Other than that, Xposed is the only option.

GDReaper said:
A custom rom.
All Cyanogenmod roms have this feature.
There's a GPE rom with this feature.
And the TW custom roms might have this feature too. You'll have to ask in the TW custom rom threads.
Other than that, Xposed is the only option.
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I have tried installing 2 custom roms, but always gets stuck in the boot screen. I had no problem flashing my old phone but this one it just doesnt work.

Well, obviously you're doing something wrong.

No im doing a full whipe cache data etc then flashing rom

There must be something else. Does the rom even support your model?

Yeah it does I get it from the i9505 section

Apexpredator12 said:
Yeah it does I get it from the i9505 section
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What recovery are you using? Give us more info.

GDReaper said:
What recovery are you using? Give us more info.
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I am using TWRP 2.5.0.0, I created a backup before I flashed the new ROM but when it would get stuck on boot screen with the new ROM I tried to restore the backup but then that also got stuck at boot screen. So reinstalled the stock ROM that fixed it but, still no luck with any ROMS.
Full details
Model: GT-i9505
Version 5.0.1
TWRP: 2.5.0.0
Build number: LRX22.I9505XXUHOB7

try Frinky Music Controller https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=frinky.volumeKeys.music.controller&hl=en
supports more than 200 music player including spotify and soundcloud.
Enjoy if it works in your phone