I'm not even really sure if this is related to each other or not.
I was OTA'd to NB1 back when I got my phone, so I updated to NC1, and rooted with Towelroot, installed SuperSU, installed SafeStrap 3.72
Now, I've had another i337 as well, and noticed it with that too, after having to ODIN to stock NB1.
It seems that I can no longer make a SafeStrap backup anymore... post Towelroot'ing. Where as, when I did the downgrade to (crippled) MK2, rooted via Saferoot, got back up to NC1 ROM, with SafeStrap, I could.
Has anyone seen this issue? Are they even related? Is there anyway to fix it?
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Hi all,
I just bought a new i337 and it came with the NB1 bootloader, NB1 stock, and I followed all the steps to downgrade, etc and have SafeStrap 4.72 running it with a rooted NB1 stock firmware. However, there are some things I like about 4.3, and I would like to run SHOSTOCK (JellyBean version), but I know that I flashed a NB1 Kernel through ODIN as part of running the rooted NB1 stock. Do I have to start over and downgrade it back to MK2? Or is it as simple as just installing the SHOSTOCK for Safestrap in SafeStrap 4.72 even though in the SHOSTOCK thread they don't mention anything about 4.72, just 4.71. I guess I'm just concerned about the kernels not matching with the locked bootloader and all.
Thanks in advance for any help!
zebra72 said:
Hi all,
I just bought a new i337 and it came with the NB1 bootloader, NB1 stock, and I followed all the steps to downgrade, etc and have SafeStrap 4.72 running it with a rooted NB1 stock firmware. However, there are some things I like about 4.3, and I would like to run SHOSTOCK (JellyBean version), but I know that I flashed a NB1 Kernel through ODIN as part of running the rooted NB1 stock. Do I have to start over and downgrade it back to MK2? Or is it as simple as just installing the SHOSTOCK for Safestrap in SafeStrap 4.72 even though in the SHOSTOCK thread they don't mention anything about 4.72, just 4.71. I guess I'm just concerned about the kernels not matching with the locked bootloader and all.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Safestrap v3.72 will mount on both 4.4 and 4.3 kernels. No need to switch back to v3.71.
muniz_ri said:
Safestrap v3.72 will mount on both 4.4 and 4.3 kernels. No need to switch back to v3.71.
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Thanks for the quick response and answer.
Just a quick clarification, I cannot use Safestrap 3.71 anyway due to my phone having the NB1 bootloader, right? I thought v 3.71 was only for those on MK2 or below.
Thanks again for all your awesome work on finding workarounds for rooting NB1 phones and above!
zebra72 said:
Thanks for the quick response and answer.
Just a quick clarification, I cannot use Safestrap 3.71 anyway due to my phone having the NB1 bootloader, right? I thought v 3.71 was only for those on MK2 or below.
Thanks again for all your awesome work on finding workarounds for rooting NB1 phones and above!
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No the SS version has more to do with your kernel not the BL. You can theoretically flash a 4.3 ROM using SS 3.71 on your 4.4 BL. There are additional requirements like modules, etc that I won't get into.
Well, I was trying to installing SHOStock 3.0- safestrap version today, and I kept getting the "cannot mount /system" in SafeStrap while installing. After rebooting a couple of times, I think I stupidly decided to do an advanced wipe of /system (among others). Do I have to go all the way back to stock NB1 (Original NB1), and then start the whole process to MK2->Root -> Safestrap all over again?
Thanks for any help!
zebra72 said:
Well, I was trying to installing SHOStock 3.0- safestrap version today, and I kept getting the "cannot mount /system" in SafeStrap while installing. After rebooting a couple of times, I think I stupidly decided to do an advanced wipe of /system (among others). Do I have to go all the way back to stock NB1 (Original NB1), and then start the whole process to MK2->Root -> Safestrap all over again?
Thanks for any help!
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Yup. Boot into download mode and start all over.
zebra72 said:
Well, I was trying to installing SHOStock 3.0- safestrap version today, and I kept getting the "cannot mount /system" in SafeStrap while installing. After rebooting a couple of times, I think I stupidly decided to do an advanced wipe of /system (among others). Do I have to go all the way back to stock NB1 (Original NB1), and then start the whole process to MK2->Root -> Safestrap all over again?
Thanks for any help!
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Use the downgrade to MK2 file from this thread then root and install safestrap: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692825
muniz_ri said:
Use the downgrade to MK2 file from this thread then root and install safestrap: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692825
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Thanks for all the quick replies. Just to recap, ODIN back to Stock NB1 (no need to uninstall the remnants of SafeStrap I have now?), Downgrade to MK2, Root, Safestrap.
Also, I'm not sure what I did wrong when I went from rooted Stock NB1 to try to flash SHOStock 3.0 (which was 4.3). I honestly wasn't paying attention to the messages, so maybe I had a unable to mount /system error then, but then I went to reboot it, just was blank. That's when I decided to be stupid and go to recovery to advanced wipe including /system. I guess now if I want to run SHOStock 3.0, or whatever ROM, I can just install it once I have Safestrap rather than installing the Rooted ROM and kernel, right?
Thanks again!
zebra72 said:
Thanks for all the quick replies. Just to recap, ODIN back to Stock NB1 (no need to uninstall the remnants of SafeStrap I have now?), Downgrade to MK2, Root, Safestrap.
Also, I'm not sure what I did wrong when I went from rooted Stock NB1 to try to flash SHOStock 3.0 (which was 4.3). I honestly wasn't paying attention to the messages, so maybe I had a unable to mount /system error then, but then I went to reboot it, just was blank. That's when I decided to be stupid and go to recovery to advanced wipe including /system. I guess now if I want to run SHOStock 3.0, or whatever ROM, I can just install it once I have Safestrap rather than installing the Rooted ROM and kernel, right?
Thanks again!
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No need to odin back to stock NB1, the downgrade file will get you back to a semi-functioning(no-wifi) MK2 at which point you can root and install safestrap. From there go to the SHoStock thread for instructions on how to properly install that particular ROM.
muniz_ri said:
No need to odin back to stock NB1, the downgrade file will get you back to a semi-functioning(no-wifi) MK2 at which point you can root and install safestrap. From there go to the SHoStock thread for instructions on how to properly install that particular ROM.
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Thanks again for the quick reply.
Just to clarify, I guess I'm really confused about what kernel I would have if I flash the downgrade file? Would it overwrite the NB1 kernel I flashed after I flashed the rooted stock NB1 in Safestrap? I noticed that in going to rooted stock NB1 (or NC1), you have to ODIN flash the kernel.
Thanks again.
zebra72 said:
Thanks again for the quick reply.
Just to clarify, I guess I'm really confused about what kernel I would have if I flash the downgrade file? Would it overwrite the NB1 kernel I flashed after I flashed the rooted stock NB1 in Safestrap? I noticed that in going to rooted stock NB1 (or NC1), you have to ODIN flash the kernel.
Thanks again.
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Yes the downgrade will revert you back to mk2 kernel in order for you to be able to root.
I'm unable to encrypt my Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-i337. I need to encrypt for work access. I'm currently running stock NC1 rooted using the steps here.
When I try to encrypt, I get through the confirmation steps, enter my password and select "Encrypt device." It immediately goes to a black screen with the Android encryption logo (attached), and then a few seconds later the phone reboots to my home/login screen. No encryption.
I've read through quite a few threads from people having similar problems. I'm aware of the problem with trying to install Safestrap on encrypted devices so I tried uninstalling Safestrap but that didn't help. I've also tried the following: retry right after boot, use Airplane mode, stop running apps, unfreeze bloatware, factory reset (tried both from within Android and from the stock recovery menu, both retains root). The only thing I haven't tried is unroot, but I've read that encryption should work with root.
Any other ideas? Thanks.
I am wondering if you already installed SafeStrap it left any remnants on phone after uninstalling. You could Odin the NB1 tar and return to stock. Then do your encryption and then go to NC1 and retry towel root--
That worked! I installed NB1 through Odin and tried encryption again and this time it worked. I then applied the NC1 update in stock recovery, I lost encryption which I kind of expected, but I was able to encrypt again and then root with towelroot just fine. I'm all set. I guess the problem was with that NC1 rom I had installed before, it was supposed to be stock, but ran on top of MK2 and had root built in.
Thanks for your help.
dwestall said:
That worked! I installed NB1 through Odin and tried encryption again and this time it worked. I then applied the NC1 update in stock recovery, I lost encryption which I kind of expected, but I was able to encrypt again and then root with towelroot just fine. I'm all set. I guess the problem was with that NC1 rom I had installed before, it was supposed to be stock, but ran on top of MK2 and had root built in.
Thanks for your help.
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Glad you got it--:good:
Safestrap !
dwestall said:
That worked! I installed NB1 through Odin and tried encryption again and this time it worked. I then applied the NC1 update in stock recovery, I lost encryption which I kind of expected, but I was able to encrypt again and then root with towelroot just fine. I'm all set. I guess the problem was with that NC1 rom I had installed before, it was supposed to be stock, but ran on top of MK2 and had root built in.
Thanks for your help.
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One question, Could you install Safestarp after encryption? (Rom back up and retsore is what I mainly want the safestrap for).
Thanks,
joseph230 said:
One question, Could you install Safestarp after encryption? (Rom back up and retsore is what I mainly want the safestrap for).
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I don't know, I never tried installing Safestrap after encrypting and rooting. I didn't want to risk it, though I agree it would be nice to have ROM backup and restore capability.
Alright, so I picked up a new S5 from Verizon today running NK2. Played with it a few hours, and I wanted to get it rooted and BusyBoxed and debloated. So I follow the instructions I find here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53447942&postcount=1
Followed all instructions to the T, and when I Odin'ed it back to NK2 (Step 7) and rebooted, WiFi no longer works and random apps force close.
Is there a different/better method for getting rooted once the phone is on the NK2 firmware, or should I just Odin it back to stock and live with it?
I'd appreciate the help. I'm coming from an S1, 3, and 4 which have had many many many ROMS on them without issue, so I'd like to think I know what I'm doing.
Also, if I do Odin a stock version, should I do NK2, or is there a more "Open" firmware better for rooting?
energyracing said:
Alright, so I picked up a new S5 from Verizon today running NK2. Played with it a few hours, and I wanted to get it rooted and BusyBoxed and debloated. So I follow the instructions I find here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53447942&postcount=1
Followed all instructions to the T, and when I Odin'ed it back to NK2 (Step 7) and rebooted, WiFi no longer works and random apps force close.
Is there a different/better method for getting rooted once the phone is on the NK2 firmware, or should I just Odin it back to stock and live with it?
I'd appreciate the help. I'm coming from an S1, 3, and 4 which have had many many many ROMS on them without issue, so I'd like to think I know what I'm doing.
Also, if I do Odin a stock version, should I do NK2, or is there a more "Open" firmware better for rooting?
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It sounds like you have your firmwares mixed up. Try to Odin back to the full stock NK2 and re-root or Odin back to NCG, root , safestrap and use the stock rooted ROM in my sig. Just make sure you follow the install instructions and use the NK2 firmware in the ROM post. As long as you are rooted and have safestrap you should be able to install the rooted NK2 ROM and then the firmware without having to flash the full stock tar. That would be the easiest way.
I got it back to stock NK2 firmware, Odin'd NCG kernel, TowelRooted, SuperSU and Busyboxed, Odin'd NK2 Kernel, runs like a champ. Now if I can just get my SD music to work correctly, I'll be all set! Thanks!
Hello
Last night, I accidentally pressed OTA update button, so my phone got upgraded to NK7 from NK2.
When I had NK2, I followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880 to have root on NK2 before.
Now I have NK7, lost root, still KitKat 4.4.4(not lollipop), but have no idea how to downgrade back to NK2 w/ root or keep NK7 w/ root.
So, my question is,
How do I get back to NK2 w/ root OR keep NK7 w/ root?
I don't want to lose my data on my phone.
Is there any way to do this without flashing it back to stock NK2?
Thank you in advance.
Install towelroot and supersu first. Then, flash the NCG kernel. When you reboot, ignore the force closing apps and run towelroot. Then run supersu and let it install itself and disable knox. Reboot, flash NK7 kernel.
If you are using kitkat, please use safestrap and spare yourself the trouble.
Also on nk7. Really no desire to go to Lollipop just to enable wifi tether.
Is there a link to safe sources of the kernals needed?
I have the s4 sgh l337 with the mdl bootloader from way back. was running Goldeneye rom and it started giving me issues. so i thought id flash the Albe s6 port rom and thought i needed safestrap for it. so i installed safestrap by installing the apk and busybox and the nc1 flasher and rebooted.
now i get the SYSTEM SOFTWARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR AT&T and i have no recover either! its the stock recovery and im not sure how i can flash another kernel or recovery back to just reset the whole phone.
any help would be much appreciated
param.006 said:
I have the s4 sgh l337 with the mdl bootloader from way back. was running Goldeneye rom and it started giving me issues. so i thought id flash the Albe s6 port rom and thought i needed safestrap for it. so i installed safestrap by installing the apk and busybox and the nc1 flasher and rebooted.
now i get the SYSTEM SOFTWARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR AT&T and i have no recover either! its the stock recovery and im not sure how i can flash another kernel or recovery back to just reset the whole phone.
any help would be much appreciated
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If you'd sure you are still on MDL bootloader then you need to odin the stock MDL firmware.
Bear in mind that if your bootloader is no longer MDL then flashing the MDL firmware could trip the knox counter.
Safestrap is for the i337 with newer bootloader. It works on NC1 bootloader as such you need NC1 flasher.
Golden eye has an option to choose between old bootloaders (MDL/MDB) and Safestrap users. Albe S6 port does not appear to have that option.
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If you'd sure you are still on MDL bootloader then you need to odin the stock MDL firmware.
Bear in mind that if your bootloader is no longer MDL then flashing the MDL firmware could trip the knox counter.
Safestrap is for the i337 with newer bootloader. It works on NC1 bootloader as such you need NC1 flasher.
Golden eye has an option to choose between old bootloaders (MDL/MDB) and Safestrap users. Albe S6 port does not appear to have that option.
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never mind. i had another issue after Odin back to stock but i just had to wipe data/cache through the stock recovery. now good to go!
thanks for the help bro!
param.006 said:
never mind. i had another issue after Odin back to stock but i just had to wipe data/cache through the stock recovery. now good to go!
thanks for the help bro!
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Glad to hear it.
It did happen to me when I odin the MDB firmware on my MDL phone three years back. The MDL firmware I downloaded had checksum error so I had to use the MDB firmware instead.