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Just coming back to the s4 after being gone about a month

Hello all. As I wrote in my title, I'm just coming back to the s4 after being gone for about a month. I've flashed a few roms and I've noticed that data stops working on almost all the ones I've tried. I tried the Google edition and flashed a different kernel to get WiFi working--when I did WiFi worked but data was broken. Then I tried tri force, data did not work. Finally I tried the one with the weird name (sorry--I know that doesn't help much but I know viper appears in quite a few places in the thread). I am currently on liquid smooth (cm based 10.1) and thankfully it's flawless. I love it but I like variety and I wish I could find a debloated TW rom to play around with. Why it's the data borked on so many of them? I'm not exactly a noob--been an android user for years and I've flashed many a roms. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong, unless there's something different or weird with the s4. Can anyone kindly shed some light on my predicament? I'm now downloading negalite. Gonna see if that one has functioning data. It almost seems as tho you have to flash a custom kernel all the time now to get data. Is this right? Thanks in advance!
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EDIT: rom name I couldn't remember is visionX (by the axman)

Been on Triforce since July with KTkernal and haven't had any issues at all. Negalite is a good one, I like it a lot. If you stick with it think about setting up svn as there's lots of updates.
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HPferoxCraft said:
Been on Triforce since July with KTkernal and haven't had any issues at all. Negalite is a good one, I like it a lot. If you stick with it think about setting up svn as there's lots of updates.
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R u on MF9?
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I have no idea why as I've tried everything I can think of and read but aosp runs better on my S4 than tw, as crazy as that sounds its been true for me. I love Aosp so I'm good. I'm on mf9 via otas and tried all recoveries made and always end up with some type of system or phone fc or the "detected an app".. .blah blah warning which annoys the crap outa me so I just stay on aosp as there are a ton of great ones for us and they work wonderfully -the once in a while call bug which I do not come across that much really ams when I do I made a shortcut for fast reboot via rom toolbox and just hit it when it happens and its good.
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pathtologos said:
R u on MF9?
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Yes I am, data, wifi and all that are fine. Haven't had even one reboot with Triforce, battery life is great. I really have not had any issue with it at all, it's rock solid for my phone.
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Well I installed negalite and so far it's perfect. Everything seems to be working & it has a great amount of tweaking enabled. Thanks guys. Now I have a solid aosp rom and a solid TW rom. I'm one happy camper.
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pathtologos said:
Well I installed negalite and so far it's perfect. Everything seems to be working & it has a great amount of tweaking enabled. Thanks guys. Now I have a solid aosp rom and a solid TW rom. I'm one happy camper.
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Just FYI.....If you flash a TW MF9 rom with the stock kernel and WiFi is broken after boot (can and has happened with Negalite, TriForce, etc) there is a modified stock kernel that can be flashed to fix if needed.

CCallahan said:
Just FYI.....If you flash a TW MF9 rom with the stock kernel and WiFi is broken after boot (can and has happened with Negalite, TriForce, etc) there is a modified stock kernel that can be flashed to fix if needed.
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Where at?!

Joe0113 said:
Where at?!
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+1
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Joe0113 said:
Where at?!
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The one Nega posted works good: http://www.download.negalite.com/Negalite_S4_Mods/Negalite_Stock_MF9_Kernel.zip
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I must be lucky, because I have had no such issues with any rom (AOSP or TW). If I flash the stock rooted MF9 rom followed by the stock MF9 kernel, I have wifi and data. Same goes for any other TW rom as well as every AOSP rom I've tried.
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Random Restarts with 4.4 Leak

Hello, I was wondering if anyone else encountered an issue after installing the 4.4 leak. The install of the ROM and firmware go fine, however, once the phone boots for the first time it will just randomly restart. I can never get it to replicate doing the same steps. It can do it before I even do the initial setup, after the setup when doing basic tasks, or can restart back to back for a while.
I am using the Deodexed version and have even tried to Odin back to stock 4.3, get root, install safestrap and try again fresh.
The one thing I did notice, is after I install the ROM I get the "Custom" padlock on the Note 3 splash screen, I didn't see that in the video I watched.
Is my phone just messed up? Or is there something I am missing?
I have tried removing my SIM and SD card with no luck. I am back on 4.3 right now but would love to be on 4.4. I do not experience the restarts on 4.3.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!

Which safestrap do you have installed?

recDNA said:
Which safestrap do you have installed?
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3.65

I think you need the 3.7x version for kk but double check the directions thread.

recDNA said:
I think you need the 3.7x version for kk but double check the directions thread.
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+1 on this

recDNA said:
I think you need the 3.7x version for kk but double check the directions thread.
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I believe, 3.72 is for KK after installation. I will try 3.71 prior and see if that makes a difference.
I will post back with results!
Thanks!

Churchryn said:
I believe, 3.72 is for KK after installation. I will try 3.71 prior and see if that makes a difference.
I will post back with results!
Thanks!
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Don't install 3.7 until AFTER you install kk.

It seemed to go better. After the installation of the ROM and firmware the phone was working fine for about thirty minutes. I just let it sit idle with, then I got a phone call and it rebooted a few min into it. Now it's back to restarting every 3-5 min regardless of what it's doing. Running apps or sitting idle. I'm at a loss =/

I did have them after a dirty flash and decided to clean flash and never had a reboot since
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manatti said:
I did have them after a dirty flash and decided to clean flash and never had a reboot since
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I'm doing clean installs. I just don't think my phone can handle KK.
Guess I will just stick to 4.3.

I would try a fresh download too. Seems like isolated problems like this can often be a corrupt download
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I tried re downloading the ROM, the odexed verison, the firmware, Odin, Safestrap. No success.
I will just hang out on 4.3 and watch with envy as everyone else is on 4.4.
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Help a noob get PAC on his phone

I've hard bricked this thing once trying to flash a rom once. Tried to gain custom recovery via AUTOREC. Should be called Autowreck.
Sometimes it is best just to ask to be pointed in the right direction.
I just learned about LOKI and SAFESTRAP. BUT are these just for TW based ROMS? I want a CM based ROM. PACROM, specifically. I see others with this AT&T phone running it.
Will someone please help a noob with a tutorial or advice and stop me from running in circles? W/ rooted 4.4.2, NC1 build.

Start with reading well the SafeStrap thread by Hashcode in Q&A
and the All Thinks ATT, MK2 in General
You can only use SafeStrap and can not flash non TW roms or custom recoveries/kernels, so CM AOSP etc
Sorry

rugmankc said:
Start with reading well the SafeStrap thread by Hashcode in Q&A
and the All Thinks ATT, MK2 in General
You can only use SafeStrap and can not flash non TW roms or custom recoveries/kernels, so CM AOSP etc
Sorry
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Been reading the safe strap thread. 89 pages! Stumped on the first one. ENCRYPTED? Not sure. How do I tell? Nb1, Mk2, Mf3 software? No idea. Did not see it in settings> about device. How do I tell is the next step I guess.
On to check the All Thinks Mk2 thread. Sorry for my noobness.

New Song said:
Been reading the safe strap thread. 89 pages! Stumped on the first one. ENCRYPTED? Not sure. How do I tell? Nb1, Mk2, Mf3 software? No idea. Did not see it in settings> about device. How do I tell is the next step I guess.
On to check the All Thinks Mk2 thread. Sorry for my noobness.
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Get a terminal emulator on your phone. In it type:
su
getprop ro.bootloader
What does it say? Look at the last three characters
Edit, in about devices what is your baseband, last three characters?
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Sorry, I thought you NC1 now?
jd will get you sorted, he is more hands on with safestrap than i am
but, the gist of it is going to All Thinks ATT, MK2 and to post 5
but read all you can in both threads--:good:

Nc1. So this is the SafeStrap file: JFLTE-3.72-kk-B01.apk. How a bow the encryption determination? Sound like a bootloader if it is encrypted.

New Song said:
Nc1. So this is the SafeStrap file: JFLTE-3.72-kk-B01.apk. How a bow the encryption determination? Sound like a bootloader if it is encrypted.
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Did you get nb1 from your baseband? Is your device encrypted? That's different than than the bootloader. Your bootloader is definitely locked. But you can root by updating to nc1 and using towelroot and then safestrap.
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jd1639 said:
Did you get nb1 from your baseband? Is your device encrypted? That's different than than the bootloader. Your bootloader is definitely locked. But you can root by updating to nc1 and using towelroot and then safestrap.
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NC 1
I am rooted. SS installed. ROM DL'ed ready to go. Creating ROM slot. Or trying t seems stuck. I know it takes about 5 minutes. But it's been about 15-20
sorry for the pic quality. No zoom on this tab 4. It's next.

New Song said:
NC 1
I am rooted. SS installed. ROM DL'ed ready to go. Creating ROM slot. Or trying t seems stuck. I know it takes about 5 minutes. But it's been about 15-20
sorry for the pic quality. No zoom on this tab 4. It's next.
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You have to use the stock slot, not a secondary slot
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jd1639 said:
You have to use the stock slot, not a secondary slot
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Aaaaand. S'S stopped working. Uninstalled, reinstalled and the same. Technology fails me.

New Song said:
Aaaaand. S'S stopped working. Uninstalled, reinstalled and the same. Technology fails me.
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What are you trying to flash? PAC isn't going to work, it's cm based. You can only flash touch wiz based roms
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Anything else. I have Gravitron zip ready to go. But I cannot even get S'S to open now. "SafeStrap has stopped working". Even after attempted reinstalls. If there was someone here local I could just delegate this to, I would.

New Song said:
Anything else. I have Gravitron zip ready to go. But I cannot even get S'S to open now. "SafeStrap has stopped working". Even after attempted reinstalls. If there was someone here local I could just delegate this to, I would.
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You probably have to use Odin to re-flash nb1 and start over
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jd1639 said:
You probably have to use Odin to re-flash nb1 and start over
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That may be. Got safestrap to start working by using se linu mode changer. Still stuck at updating partition details. Gonna start a thread on that I think. Maybe one on the search functions too.

New Song said:
That may be. Got safestrap to start working by using se linu mode changer. Still stuck at updating partition details. Gonna start a thread on that I think. Maybe one on the search functions too.
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Just as an FYI, I've had very good results with Golden Eye installed via SafeStrap. No problems with it, whatsoever, in my experience. That being said, I'm tired of being restricted to touchwiz ROMs so I've bought a T-Mobile S4 (unlocked SIM/Bootloader) and will be selling my ATT one soon.
Marc

Frankenscript said:
Just as an FYI, I've had very good results with Golden Eye installed via SafeStrap. No problems with it, whatsoever, in my experience. That being said, I'm tired of being restricted to touchwiz ROMs so I've bought a T-Mobile S4 (unlocked SIM/Bootloader) and will be selling my ATT one soon.
Marc
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Starting to feel the same way. Flashing this sgh-i337 is turning out to be quite an infuriating ordeal. So much conflicting info. Allllll these ROMs available for S4, it seems. But they don't work because this version isn't compatible. And the Tw ones I've tried ALL DAY are not working either. Granted, I was not using SS correctly initially, but now that they are successfully loading in the stock slot are not working. Graviton never boots, stays on the ouroboros snake screen. Imperium has no data or wifi etc (i9505 rom? I tried it as it said it was verified working 9th i337. Nope. Figured it was a problem when it said i9505 on my model). Goldeneye, actually can connect, wifi etc. But when I change settings in Wanam, it does not take them (after reboot). Had all the other connectivity issues until I flashed a patch. Also, I was pretty happy to see than I could activate hotspot. But my device was nowhere to be found by other devices. Modules, kernals, patches, oh my... out of all the tutorials for S4's on the wide wide world of internets, nothing seems to fly. This must be the red headed bastard child of Android.
I know it is all user error, but can nothing be simple?
Just want a simple rom and hotspot. That looks awesome. Hrm.

About to try this GE download. GE-XXUGNG4-37.zip. I tried the later NG-8-38 version last time. And yes, I did the ST update at&t module update previously.

Great googley moogley! I think he's finally got it, folks! Ooooh. Niiice. So smooth. Roomy!
This hacking biz ain't for the faint of heart. Thanks guys!!! MUCH APPRECIAT3D! :good:

Paraphrasing, I think, Tom Hanks
"It's suppose to hard, the hard is what makes it great. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it."
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rugmankc said:
Paraphrasing, I think, Tom Hanks
"It's suppose to hard, the hard is what makes it great. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it."
:good:
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Avoid the clap.... Jimmy Dugan.
Hey that's good advice kid....

[Q] please help really stuck here!!!!

Please Help Guys, any help would be appreciated. Please if you could reply ASAP it would be great.
Ok so i have a Galaxy S4 At&t and I rooted my phone with safestrap installed. It has a locked bootloader, running android 4.4.2.
I decided to put the Hyperdrive RLS19 on my phone and I have an NC1 phone. I tried putting it in my stock rom, therefore I wiped the data and everything and installed the rom, I completed with the installation, but after I installed the rom i realized that my wifi, 4g Lte data, did not work. Also, i realized that my root disappeared and not only that, I also lost my safestrap recovery. So I thought that the first thing I should do is to root it, just like last time I used Towelroot by geohot and when i clicked make it rain, it said that i needed to ensure my internet connection. Which means that i needed wifi to get root and to get wifi i needed root. I even checked the build.prop file where i should put the line equals to false, but it already was false. I even restarted the phone several times but no luck.
<PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED! IDK IF IM THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM OR NOT PLEASE REPLY>

If you have lost safestrap recovery, it is better to start all over again by flashing stock.
To get WiFi, you will need to flash the modules based on the kernel you have.
To get data, you need to configure the correct APN

jmjoyas said:
If you have lost safestrap recovery, it is better to start all over again by flashing stock.
To get WiFi, you will need to flash the modules based on the kernel you have.
To get data, you need to configure the correct APN
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Please can you tell me how to configure the correct APN? Please

kevin6shah said:
Please can you tell me how to configure the correct APN? Please
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Google what ever carrier you're on apn
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Ok Thanks guys so much, i got the data to work at lease, which led me to get root and basically get a recovery. However, i still can't connect to the wifi!!! Please is there anyone that can help me find something that i can flash to an NC1 Galaxy S4 At&t running hyperdrive rls19, so that it could fix my wifi, Thanks!!
Oh and btw, its running 4.4.2

kevin6shah said:
Ok Thanks guys so much, i got the data to work at lease, which led me to get root and basically get a recovery. However, i still can't connect to the wifi!!! Please is there anyone that can help me find something that i can flash to an NC1 Galaxy S4 At&t running hyperdrive rls19, so that it could fix my wifi, Thanks!!
Oh and btw, its running 4.4.2
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Did you flash the nc1 modules?
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No, but i am about to do it, will reply when i get the results

Unfortunately the modems i flashed didn't work either

kevin6shah said:
Unfortunately the modems i flashed didn't work either
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Flash the nc1 modules from here, not the modem. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=17227
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jd1639 said:
Flash the nc1 modules from here, not the modem. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=17227
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I tried doing what you said and i tried doing it through Safestrap, however it just said that it failed and didn't install the NC1 modules, was i supposed to flash them with odin?

kevin6shah said:
I tried doing what you said and i tried doing it through Safestrap, however it just said that it failed and didn't install the NC1 modules, was i supposed to flash them with odin?
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No, you should flash then in safestrap like you did.
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jd1639 said:
No, you should flash then in safestrap like you did.
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But then why did it say failed?

Please reply i really need the wifi back, i flashed the module for NC1 from the website u gave me, but it said that it failed, not success please help

kevin6shah said:
Please reply i really need the wifi back, i flashed the module for NC1 from the website u gave me, but it said that it failed, not success please help
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Sorry man, don't know why it's not working. maybe you'll have to Odin back and start over.
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I dont wanna do that man, i just wanna fix the wifi, something like that should just work, wait maybe i am supposed to clear the data before flashing the module.

DUDE THANK YOU GUYS SOOO MUCH, XDA YOU GUYS ARE THE REAL THING, I WAS STUCK IN A PLACE WITHOUT A ROOT, RECOVERY, WIFI, AND DATA. YOU GUYS HELPED ME SOO MUCH. I FINALLY GOT MY WIFI BACK, I realized that i had the safestrap 3.71, I just needed to update it by removing the 3.71 safestrap and install the 3.72 and tried installing the NC1 module again, and it said success this time and finally I have wifi, data with LTE and Connection, and recovery and root. Thank you soo much jd1369, you helped me way to much you really deserve it man. XDA thanks you a lot.
Finally happy again, and now i also have a really good rom too!!!

kevin6shah said:
DUDE THANK YOU GUYS SOOO MUCH, XDA YOU GUYS ARE THE REAL THING, I WAS STUCK IN A PLACE WITHOUT A ROOT, RECOVERY, WIFI, AND DATA. YOU GUYS HELPED ME SOO MUCH. I FINALLY GOT MY WIFI BACK, I realized that i had the safestrap 3.71, I just needed to update it by removing the 3.71 safestrap and install the 3.72 and tried installing the NC1 module again, and it said success this time and finally I have wifi, data with LTE and Connection, and recovery and root. Thank you soo much jd1369, you helped me way to much you really deserve it man. XDA thanks you a lot.
Finally happy again, and now i also have a really good rom too!!!
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Glad you finally got it working
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[Q] Installed Super Nexus on my S4 and wifi wont work even after modules installed

I have flashed super nexus on my S4 coming from a fresh ODIN install of NB1 and updated to NJ4. I have flashed correct modules and kernels. Everything else runs amazing on this ROM except I can't turn wifi on at all. It says turning on and never does. Ive also tried to take the wifi folder from system\etc on a working ROM and re add it in to the super nexus system. That didnt work either. Any ideas on what I can try next? I dont wanna go back to stock

Hot reboot my friend
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dnasty0525 said:
I have flashed super nexus on my S4 coming from a fresh ODIN install of NB1 and updated to NJ4. I have flashed correct modules and kernels. Everything else runs amazing on this ROM except I can't turn wifi on at all. It says turning on and never does. Ive also tried to take the wifi folder from system\etc on a working ROM and re add it in to the super nexus system. That didnt work either. Any ideas on what I can try next? I dont wanna go back to stock
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You do this on i337 AT&T phone and it with locked bootloader???

trouty said:
Hot reboot my friend
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Hot reboot from the menu? Ive done that still nothing

tailgunner9 said:
You do this on i337 AT&T phone and it with locked bootloader???
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Using SAFESTRAP 3.72 sorry forgot to mention that. Would I need a different safestrap??