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[Q] completely lost while rooting, can you find me?

Ok....I know that no one may be able to help...but here goes....I used odin to root my phone while on 4.3...I tried to flash a rom with 4.4, didn't work, so I flashed liquid smooth which was for 4.2.2 but said it could work on 4.3....somehow I lost root but still had liquid smooth, it was kinda working but the internet was very slow...so I tried to re-root, odin said passed but I still wasn't rooted, so I erased liquid smooth, thinking it would go back to stock, but I forgot to make a backup. couldn't get anything to work amd then I accidentally tried to root using a file through odin that was for my gs4 with Verizon...I know stupid right...now I can only get in to recovery and download mode, and if I just power it on, it only goes to the Samsung screen...I suppose it has nothing on it to boot to...I wish I could just wipe everything on it completely and start over with just basic stock...and i'll leave the rooting to the pros.....
begging for help, bc i'm just paying sprint for nothing
Ozzie

Go here and grab the MK2 .tar and Odin it. That will get you back to stock 4.3.
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L720
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thanks
thanks, I figured I needed mk2 just couldn't find it.....since that worked, can you tell what to use to root mk2 4.3...lol
thanks again

oclark1011 said:
thanks, I figured I needed mk2 just couldn't find it.....since that worked, can you tell what to use to root mk2 4.3...lol
thanks again
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I flashed philz recovery with odin and then flashed supersu version 1.80 and then boot to system and I was rooted
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You can root MK2 the same way you root any other version via CF Autoroot.
And I just noticed in your OP you flashed a Verizon ROM by accident. For future reference, you can use ROMs for other GS4 variants. You just have to flash a Sprint kernel before you boot.
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I understand gs4 variants, but I get lost when I see you all experts talk about kernels..can you put it a little more simple...such as references it to computer terminology (windows, hard drive, etc)...and thank you so much for your response. it was the .tar file that I used to root my Verizon s4...I new it was wrong to do that, I was just desperate.

straight talk
just outta curiosity, you wouldn't happen to know how I can use my Verizon or sprint s4 on straightalk would you....I can get it to work with a tmobile straighttalk sim, but the internet is like 2g speeds...way too slow 4me.
thanks again

oclark1011 said:
I understand gs4 variants, but I get lost when I see you all experts talk about kernels..can you put it a little more simple...such as references it to computer terminology (windows, hard drive, etc)...and thank you so much for your response. it was the .tar file that I used to root my Verizon s4...I new it was wrong to do that, I was just desperate.
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Here is some info
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(computing)
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T-Mobile LTE

I am interested in enabling T-Mobile LTE on my N4. Does it work smoothly like any other LTE enabled phone? In my research, I've found that there are two different zip files to flash. Which one has worked best for people? It appears that enabling LTE is a simple flash of the zip file. Am I correct? Thanks.

This has been covered thousands of times. But before this thread gets deleted, let me help you out. LTE on tmobile or att works flawlessly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2358931
im using the 98-33 radio on tmobile and have had 0 problems. you can find it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48224173&postcount=882
just flash and forget it. it should work! good luck

Do I need to update the radios after every software update or can I just flash once and forget it?

Since this will get deleted anyways, I will ask the stupid question I have. Bone stock 4.4.2 soon to be rooted with TWRP. Can I flash with a stock ROM and still make a wifi hotspot? I see something about needing init.d support or something like that.

ILowry282 said:
Do I need to update the radios after every software update or can I just flash once and forget it?
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No need to flash again.
SKYLINESSUCK said:
Since this will get deleted anyways, I will ask the stupid question I have. Bone stock 4.4.2 soon to be rooted with TWRP. Can I flash with a stock ROM and still make a wifi hotspot? I see something about needing init.d support or something like that.
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Yes
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I flashed the file. However the instructions state to change the network mode. I don't even see that option in the settings. I'm currently on 4.3

*#*#4636#*#* in dialer
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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....

Rooting and hyperspace new rim help

I have root access according to root checker via towelroot. .and installed safestrap but every time I restart it says it disabled and when I open the app it say not active. ..I put hyperrom on and no data and wifi..at all..I'm currently on nc1...Someone please help...I flashed my backup so that's what I'm on now..thanks

I'm on i337...nc1...tried almost every method possible

Here's what I'm on

Potter86 said:
Here's what I'm on
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Download the selinux mode changer and change it to permissive. Then install safestrap
Flash the nc1 module to get Wi-Fi
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That's what I did and still had no data...at one point I had wifi but couldn't remember which module I had installed at the time...so many that I have triee...unbelievable. ..I was thinking about just using my backup and only restoring data and then putting in an myself if I can find it

And why does safe strap say disabled every time I restart?

Potter86 said:
And why does safe strap say disabled every time I restart?
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Initially safestrap was developed to provide multi ROM support. It would say enabled only when ROM slot is used.
On i337, KitKat Roms only works with stock slot and so you can ignore that message.
For WiFi, you need to flash the NC1 modules.
For data, you would have to configure the APN

jmjoyas said:
Initially safestrap was developed to provide multi ROM support. It would say enabled only when ROM slot is used.
On i337, KitKat Roms only works with stock slot and so you can ignore that message.
For WiFi, you need to flash the NC1 modules.
For data, you would have to configure the APN
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Unfortunaly there's a lot of nice modules on here that I need to try and see if one freaking works

Potter86 said:
Unfortunaly there's a lot of nice modules on here that I need to try and see if one freaking works
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In the general forum go-to index, all things AT&T..... The modules you are looking for are there.
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jd1639 said:
In the general forum go-to index, all things AT&T..... The modules you are looking for are there.
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ok i finally got my phone up and running with hyperdrive 18...the only issue now is the hyperdrive tweaks are not working???? so i ended up doing the hyperdrive 18.1 update and flashed that...everything fine again now except the tweaks still????

My guess is that flashing the att buildprop apn file is messing up tweaks. Reinstall without doing the att build.prop APN flash. The dev has supposedly built in at support so the separate buildprop flash should not be needed. Just select att during installation.
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I'm trying to do rls19 now and having same issue... No wifi too... And the built in not working nor any of the ones I can find on the site

[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??