so i have s4 igh337 not using in us using in pakistan
its a rooted rom and i used this forum to install it with flashfire i cant find the link but the problem is everything is getting into its internal memory which quite full now although i have installed majority of apps on the external sd card
what i want is a fresh install of a rom without bloatware like not the atnt one but the samsung s4 generic one
i can provide the details if some can just help me a little bit
Is the bootloader on your phone locked? If it is, you can only install ROMs that are based on AT&T ROM.
audit13 said:
Is the bootloader on your phone locked? If it is, you can only install that are based on AT&T ROM.
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i think yes the bootloader is there the atnt logo still shows but i have a rooted custom rom and i am sure its not from atnt looking for futher help if theres a way i can check for sure
What custom rom is on the phone? A locked bootloader can't run aosp or cm roms.
Load the Samsung info app to confirm the bootloader version.
audit13 said:
What custom rom is on the phone? A locked bootloader can't run aosp or cm roms.
Load the Samsung info app to confirm the bootloader version.
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Android version 5.0.1
Baseband I337UCUGOC3
kernel 3.4.0-4408911 [email protected] #1
Build no LRX22C.I337UCUGOC3
SE for android status enforcing sepf_samsung_SGH . . . .. .
SECURE BOOT STATUS TYPE SAMSUNG
MDF V1.0 RELEASE 4
VPN V1.4 RELEASE 4
KNOX 2.3
SDK 5.3.0
PREMIUM SDK 2.3.0
and alot of other things
Bootloader is locked so you'll be limited to using safestrap.
audit13 said:
Bootloader is locked so you'll be limited to using safestrap.
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would give you the thanks if the post actually helped me it didnt sorry bro
No problem. There's a search function on xda too.
y2kyasir said:
so i have s4 igh337 not using in us using in pakistan
its a rooted rom and i used this forum to install it with flashfire i cant find the link but the problem is everything is getting into its internal memory which quite full now although i have installed majority of apps on the external sd card
what i want is a fresh install of a rom without bloatware like not the atnt one but the samsung s4 generic one
i can provide the details if some can just help me a little bit
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i337 came with 16 GB internal memory.
I am using OC3 based custom rom and I have 2.61 GB left in my internal memory.
You phone still might have old photos, music files, old system files there.
You need to backup and clean the old files (photo, music, document, etc..) before you start your new fresh installation.
I suggest you use flashfire to wipe the internal SD after you make backup of the data files to the computer.
After you do that your phone would not boot (soft-brick), so you need to install the NB1 firmware cooked by Muniz_ri via odin, root with towel root, install flashfire and install OC3 root rom via flashfire.
Then use flashfire to install lean custom rom. Install Titanium backup pro to freeze or uninstall the bloat ware too. You can follow the debloat guide for lollipop to uninstall the apps.
If you need firmware or rooted rom for my suggestion do let me know.
sway8966 said:
i337 came with 16 GB internal memory.
I am using OC3 based custom rom and I have 2.61 GB left in my internal memory.
You phone still might have old photos, music files, old system files there.
You need to backup and clean the old files (photo, music, document, etc..) before you start your new fresh installation.
I suggest you use flashfire to wipe the internal SD after you make backup of the data files to the computer.
After you do that your phone would not boot (soft-brick), so you need to install the NB1 firmware cooked by Muniz_ri via odin, root with towel root, install flashfire and install OC3 root rom via flashfire.
Then use flashfire to install lean custom rom. Install Titanium backup pro to freeze or uninstall the bloat ware too. You can follow the debloat guide for lollipop to uninstall the apps.
If you need firmware or rooted rom for my suggestion do let me know.
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I need everything and ill give you all the details my phone is on on lolipop rooted super user access granted boot loader locked atnt one how soon can you help
y2kyasir said:
I need everything and ill give you all the details my phone is on on lolipop rooted super user access granted boot loader locked atnt one how soon can you help
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According to your spec your bootloader version is OC3. You can come back to OC3 or OC4 after you clean up the phone.
Like I said in my reply made in October, you need to back up every thing from the internal sdcard to the computer first.
Here is the step I mentioned in my previous post.
"You need to backup and clean the old files (photo, music, document, etc..) before you start your new fresh installation.
I suggest you use flashfire to wipe the internal SD after you make backup of the data files to the computer.
After you do that your phone would not boot (soft-brick), so you need to install the NB1 firmware cooked by Muniz_ri via odin, root with towel root, install flashfire and install OC3 root rom via flashfire.
Then use flashfire to install lean custom rom. Install Titanium backup pro to freeze or uninstall the bloat ware too. You can follow the debloat guide for lollipop to uninstall the apps.
If you need firmware or rooted rom for my suggestion do let me know. "
You can find the NB1 firmware cooked by muniz_rl at here.
That firmware is rootable with towel root. Get the towel root and root it. After the root, install the flashfire.
I could not find the OC3 bootloader so I suggest you flash the OC4 instead.
Here is the guide to flash OC4. The guide is updated for OK2 but you will be using the OC4 files instead. Just follow the steps.
Here is the OC4 bootlaoder.
Here is the OC4 rooted rom.
Here is the OC4 kernel. (You do not need it in the process, just to keep it handy for the future)
Once you are running OC4, you can install Titanium backup and freeze the bloatware. If you want to install the custom rom do let me know.
sway8966 said:
According to your spec your bootloader version is OC3. You can come back to OC3 or OC4 after you clean up the phone.
Like I said in my reply made in October, you need to back up every thing from the internal sdcard to the computer first.
Here is the step I mentioned in my previous post.
"You need to backup and clean the old files (photo, music, document, etc..) before you start your new fresh installation.
I suggest you use flashfire to wipe the internal SD after you make backup of the data files to the computer.
After you do that your phone would not boot (soft-brick), so you need to install the NB1 firmware cooked by Muniz_ri via odin, root with towel root, install flashfire and install OC3 root rom via flashfire.
Then use flashfire to install lean custom rom. Install Titanium backup pro to freeze or uninstall the bloat ware too. You can follow the debloat guide for lollipop to uninstall the apps.
If you need firmware or rooted rom for my suggestion do let me know. "
You can find the NB1 firmware cooked by muniz_rl at here.
That firmware is rootable with towel root. Get the towel root and root it. After the root, install the flashfire.
I could not find the OC3 bootloader so I suggest you flash the OC4 instead.
Here is the guide to flash OC4. The guide is updated for OK2 but you will be using the OC4 files instead. Just follow the steps.
Here is the OC4 bootlaoder.
Here is the OC4 rooted rom.
Here is the OC4 kernel. (You do not need it in the process, just to keep it handy for the future)
Once you are running OC4, you can install Titanium backup and freeze the bloatware. If you want to install the custom rom do let me know.
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Starting from making the backup should i use flashfire or how to backup and put everything on my computer ? I used to do this stuff quite a while before so bit rusty thanks for bearing with me plus what i really want is to unlock the atnt thing so want to put a rom which has no bloatware so have more memory in the internal if its possible good if its not then ill follow these instructions again i cant thank you enough
I am a bit afraid my phone might die lol do you require anyother info i can provide ?
y2kyasir said:
Starting from making the backup should i use flashfire or how to backup and put everything on my computer ? I used to do this stuff quite a while before so bit rusty thanks for bearing with me plus what i really want is to unlock the atnt thing so want to put a rom which has no bloatware so have more memory in the internal if its possible good if its not then ill follow these instructions again i cant thank you enough
I am a bit afraid my phone might die lol do you require anyother info i can provide ?
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Info you gave me is enough.
If you phone die (brick), flashing the NB1 firmware via odin could save your phone.
Flashfire backup would restore the old system so I suggest you should not use the flashfire backup.
The back up is simple. Connect your phone to the computer via usb and copy and paste the data (photo, video, documents) to your computer.
Install the app like Netqin sync to backup your contact list. You can use google contact to backup your contact but it would mix the email and phone number.
Install the app like SMS backup to backup the sms message and phone logs.
Install the app like Titanium backup to backup the apps that you like to keep. (When you restore make sure to restore the app only. )
problem need help again
I was going through the posts and realized how helpful you were to a noob like me who helped me to install a stock custom rom i think i forgot to turn off the updates or something apprently my phone was initially stuck in bootloader the atnt now it wont even show the atnt logo keeping my fingers crossed that i havent screwed my phone
My phone can go in the android system recovery <3e>
LRX22C. I337UCUGOC3
if i am not wrong i cant just install any custom rom since bootloader is still locked i dont know for sure
in the screen below
#manual mode#
--applying multi-csc
applied the csc-code: ATT
Successfully applied multi - CSC
what have i tried uptill now
just wipe data/factory reset
can you help ?
It sounds like you need to flash the OC3 firmware using your computer and a program called ODIN. No, you cannot boot any custom ROM you want. You can only boot custom touchwiz based ROMs because of the bootloader lock.
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I'm in ni2 stock room , what I need to do ?
And Can u add Arabic language to the rom?
alaqswaa said:
I'm in ni2 stock room , what I need to do ?
And Can u add Arabic language to the rom?
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Other than the apps out there to add other languages it only comes with what is included with the stock build. As for the other apps I suggest you search the Play Store or here on XDA for other options.
thank you
SuperSU binary can't be installed after update
HI I've searched the thread and couldn't find any matches, so... I had my verizon gs5 rooted with towel root but when it updated 2 days(ish) ago it un rooted and towel root says in compatible and supersu says binary can't be installed. is there help for this. sorry if i've over looked it some where. Thanks for any direction you can give
B. J. said:
HI I've searched the thread and couldn't find any matches, so... I had my verizon gs5 rooted with towel root but when it updated 2 days(ish) ago it un rooted and towel root says in compatible and supersu says binary can't be installed. is there help for this. sorry if i've over looked it some where. Thanks for any direction you can give
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Download the files here.
You will need to use Odin to flash the G900V_NCG_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 file and then reboot and run towelroot again. After that enter download mode again and Odin NI2_stock_kernel.tar.md5 and reboot. Then install busybox and then safestrap and flash the rom from safestrap.
Misterxtc said:
Download the files here.
You will need to use Odin to flash the G900V_NCG_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 file and then reboot and run towelroot again. After that enter download mode again and Odin NI2_stock_kernel.tar.md5 and reboot. Then install busybox and then safestrap and flash the rom from safestrap.
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I can only find safestrap for the NCG firmware - is that safe to use the NI2? If so, then that's awesome!! If not...well... how do then get a custom ROM and/or recovery installed on my Verizon GS5 with NI2? Thanks!!!
papadelogan said:
I can only find safestrap for the NCG firmware - is that safe to use the NI2? If so, then that's awesome!! If not...well... how do then get a custom ROM and/or recovery installed on my Verizon GS5 with NI2? Thanks!!!
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Yes, I have the best one to use in the zip file I linked.
Got 'em, thanks!
ODIN isn't working
Thanks soo much for answeing me! i tried to use odin to flash the stock kernel but when i opened it with my phone in custom os mode the number 0:COM 4 came up and no option to open any thing else. i watched a video about it and the guy said odin should be 0:com 5 or 10. What do i need to do differently?
B. J. said:
Thanks soo much for answeing me! i tried to use odin to flash the stock kernel but when i opened it with my phone in custom os mode the number 0:COM 4 came up and no option to open any thing else. i watched a video about it and the guy said odin should be 0:com 5 or 10. What do i need to do differently?
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As long as it says connected you should be good to go. Also this won't work on a Mac so make sure you are on a PC.
Stuck in android is upgrading
[QUOTE=Misterxtc;57454188
HI! Thanks so much for the links! I started to follow your directions, i flashed the NCG one and now my phone has been stuck on a black screen saying "android is upgrading optimizing app 3 of 12 for about 20 mins. I'm so sorry to keep bothering you but could you tell me what to do now? i tried taking the battery out but it's still the same thing when it powers back on. Thanks again
I have Safestrap installed, rooted using Towelroot, SuperSU installed.
When I try to install a ROM in to a ROM-slot, I do the factory wipe on that slot the install the zip...it says it succeeds but rebooting to that slot only gets me a black screen. I have to remove the battery to reboot, go in to Safestrap Recovery, and revert to the Stock ROM.
Am I missing a step? Any idea what is going wrong?
papadelogan said:
I have Safestrap installed, rooted using Towelroot, SuperSU installed.
When I try to install a ROM in to a ROM-slot, I do the factory wipe on that slot the install the zip...it says it succeeds but rebooting to that slot only gets me a black screen. I have to remove the battery to reboot, go in to Safestrap Recovery, and revert to the Stock ROM.
Am I missing a step? Any idea what is going wrong?
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Chopstix9 said:
If you would have read numerous threads on the issue you would have known. Instead you found out the same way I did some weeks ago!! There are known bug issues with Safestrap that cause the problems you are experiencing when using a rom slot. Use the stock slot only and all will work well. Yes, this means you have to wipe out your stock S5 system, but you can always odin back to stock.
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^^
papadelogan said:
I have Safestrap installed, rooted using Towelroot, SuperSU installed.
When I try to install a ROM in to a ROM-slot, I do the factory wipe on that slot the install the zip...it says it succeeds but rebooting to that slot only gets me a black screen. I have to remove the battery to reboot, go in to Safestrap Recovery, and revert to the Stock ROM.
Am I missing a step? Any idea what is going wrong?
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Use this updated version of SafeStrap. The reboot issue has been fixed when using ROM slots in this version. Uninstall your current version first and then install the updated one. You may need to install SafeStrap to uninstall it if it isn't in your app drawer.
I have read some threads but obviously not enough.
I believe that I can only use touchwiz ROMs with Safestrap, is that correct? That basically means no AOSP roms are available to me. I ran LiquidSmooth on my s3; any suggestions on what would be the closest to that in a TouchWiz ROM?
papadelogan said:
I have read some threads but obviously not enough.
I believe that I can only use touchwiz ROMs with Safestrap, is that correct?
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Yes.
papadelogan said:
I have read some threads but obviously not enough.
I believe that I can only use touchwiz ROMs with Safestrap, is that correct? That basically means no AOSP roms are available to me. I ran LiquidSmooth on my s3; any suggestions on what would be the closest to that in a TouchWiz ROM?
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Eclipse is as close to AOSP that you will get on the S5. @nitroglycerine33 did a beautiful job at it so give it a try.
I just came across that one and will be trying it later today. Thank you!!
Messed up NK2 stock ROM
I purchased my S5 yesterday and the phone was updated to NK2 at the store. I then proceeded to root NK2 by Odin flashing the NCG stock kernel, rooting with towelroot, and then Odin flashing the NK2 stock kernel. I've attached a image that shows my current Baseband and Build. Here's where I messed up: Before doing the smart thing of installing Safestrap Recovery v3.75 and doing a backup of the stock rom slot, I went ahead and installed Titanium Backup and restored all of the apps+data from my old LG G2 (that part's fine) as well as accidentally restoring some of the LG G2 system settings (I really only wanted to restore my SMS/MMS and Call Logs, but sadly I did more than that). The result is that I'm getting a bunch of "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped" crashes when I go into certain System Settings menus (e.g., "Blocking Mode" or "Notification Panel --> Related Apps"). I'd like to simply wipe the phone and start over and I know that a simple "Factory Data Reset" won't fix things for me. I'd like to Odin flash back to the "stock, rooted NK2' state, but I'm not sure where to find that download and what, if anything, I need to do to prep my phone to get it back into that state. Can I do that with an Odin flash of the "Download NK2 Odex" in Post#2? Or do I need to install Safestrap and flash it into the "Stock Rom Slot" from there?
Sorry I'm so confused.
Dear all,
first of all thanks again to this great community! there's so much here on xda...
and here my situation. I admit I am a bit rusty with flashing roms for samsung devices. I did root and flash roms for the galaxy S1, the S2 (the phone I loved the most so far) and the S3. But then I jumped to LG G2, then Sony with the Z2 and the Z3.
But my wife has an ATT Samsung Galaxy S4 and I need to catch up with Samsung modding.
I did root her phone 6 months ago. But now I would like to update to KitKat and I am a little lost.
Is there any way to upgrade from rooted 4.2.2 MF3 to 4.4.4 NJ4?
I found this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717175
but it's for non-rooted MF3.
I do understand that, since I already have root, I need to install the Safestrap Recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
First issue: in the introduction @Hashcode mentions the risk for bootloop if ENCRYPTION is ENABLED. how do I know if that applies to me?
Then, if I succeed and install Safestrap 3.65 and I can access recovery, how do I proceed to install 4.4.4?
In the Safestrap post it is written "IF YOU'RE ON MF3 ONLY USE ROMS BASED ON MF3" so... how do I move forward?
Thanks a lot for the help!!!
MrYous said:
Dear all,
first of all thanks again to this great community! there's so much here on xda...
and here my situation. I admit I am a bit rusty with flashing roms for samsung devices. I did root and flash roms for the galaxy S1, the S2 (the phone I loved the most so far) and the S3. But then I jumped to LG G2, then Sony with the Z2 and the Z3.
But my wife has an ATT Samsung Galaxy S4 and I need to catch up with Samsung modding.
I did root her phone 6 months ago. But now I would like to update to KitKat and I am a little lost.
Is there any way to upgrade from rooted 4.2.2 MF3 to 4.4.4 NJ4?
I found this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717175
but it's for non-rooted MF3.
I do understand that, since I already have root, I need to install the Safestrap Recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
First issue: in the introduction @Hashcode mentions the risk for bootloop if ENCRYPTION is ENABLED. how do I know if that applies to me?
Then, if I succeed and install Safestrap 3.65 and I can access recovery, how do I proceed to install 4.4.4?
In the Safestrap post it is written "IF YOU'RE ON MF3 ONLY USE ROMS BASED ON MF3" so... how do I move forward?
Thanks a lot for the help!!!
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If you don't know about encryption, you probably haven't enabled it. The easiest way is to ODIN to NB1 and then root from there. You'll lose your data so make sure to back up anything you want, including backing up your internal storage to another SD card or your computer. You might be able to jump to NB1 with the ROM here but I don't know if it flashes all the bootloader parts you'd need nor do I know if that would keep your data.
Thanks DeadlySin9!
I'm ok with flashing to NB1 with ODIN as I don't need to keep data.
Still few questions:
1. can I just flash with ODIN directly from MF3 to NB1?
2. OK if I flash the second file in this topic (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223) and then root?
3. this brings me to NB1 4.4.2. with root. How do I jump to NJ4 4.4.4 from there?
Thanks again!!
Ok. I did some further reading. This is what I found out to update from MF3 to NJ4.
1. Flash with Odin NB1 stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/guide-odin-to-stock-updating-rooting-t2926642
2. Take the NJ4 OTA update
3. Flash with Odin NC1 kernel
4. Root using Towelroot
5. Flash with Odin NJ4 kernel
This should leave me with rooted NJ4.
Can anybody confirm I got the steps right?
Thanks again!
correct
Thats correct all the steps are right but if you are interested in having the safestrap recocery you will have to install that first before flashing the NJ4 kernel
Thanks @brownie9987!
I'm not sure I need Safestrap. My goal is to have a clean de-bloated stock 4.4.4 rom. So I plan to root and then uninstall all the samsung bloatware. Do you recommend otherwise?
thanks!
My opinion
Well the only problem I see if you take that route is that once you use towelroot to root youre device and just install flash the nj4 kernel youre still going to have samsung knox on youre device and once you reboot it will remove youre root I personally done all the steps you took but I installed safestrap and installed Goldeneye rom or Goldfinger great roms updated constantly and the best parts its completely stock no added anything no knox and you can choose to uninstall each app (bloatware) under the application manager im running Goldfinger right now and its based off of the samsung galaxy s5 and Goldeneye looks like the S4 it all just depends on what you like but with either one you cant go wrong as long as you follow the install instructions for safestrap users its very detailed
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Well the only problem I see if you take that route is that once you use towelroot to root youre device and just install flash the nj4 kernel youre still going to have samsung knox on youre device and once you reboot it will remove youre root I personally done all the steps you took but I installed safestrap and installed Goldeneye rom or Goldfinger great roms updated constantly and the best parts its completely stock no added anything no knox and you can choose to uninstall each app (bloatware) under the application manager im running Goldfinger right now and its based off of the samsung galaxy s5 and Goldeneye looks like the S4 it all just depends on what you like but with either one you cant go wrong as long as you follow the install instructions for safestrap users its very detailed
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Thanks @brownie9987!
I'm going to read and see which one of the 2 to go with.
And thanks mentioning the Safestrap step. I wasn't considering knox.
Anytime
Not a problem anytime I've been there before the best of luck on you're choice!
Upgrading from MF3 rooted to NJ4 - tested
MrYous said:
Dear all,
first of all thanks again to this great community! there's so much here on xda...
and here my situation. I admit I am a bit rusty with flashing roms for samsung devices. I did root and flash roms for the galaxy S1, the S2 (the phone I loved the most so far) and the S3. But then I jumped to LG G2, then Sony with the Z2 and the Z3.
But my wife has an ATT Samsung Galaxy S4 and I need to catch up with Samsung modding.
I did root her phone 6 months ago. But now I would like to update to KitKat and I am a little lost.
Is there any way to upgrade from rooted 4.2.2 MF3 to 4.4.4 NJ4?
I found this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717175
but it's for non-rooted MF3.
I do understand that, since I already have root, I need to install the Safestrap Recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448925
First issue: in the introduction @Hashcode mentions the risk for bootloop if ENCRYPTION is ENABLED. how do I know if that applies to me?
Then, if I succeed and install Safestrap 3.65 and I can access recovery, how do I proceed to install 4.4.4?
In the Safestrap post it is written "IF YOU'RE ON MF3 ONLY USE ROMS BASED ON MF3" so... how do I move forward?
Thanks a lot for the help!!!
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DISCLAIMER: Follow these steps as your own risk - read two or three times if you are new and read other threads as well. I will not be responsible if you brick your phone
There was a similar situation for upgrading an i337 on MF3 rooted with saferoot and safestrapped 3.72. Basically following these steps helped get it to NJ4 without ODIN
You'll need:
1. I337UCUFNJ4_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip thanks @muniz_ri
2. NJ4 Native Tether Addon I337UCUFNJ4_Safestrap_TetherAddOn.zip from here post number 8 thanks @rodin95
1. Download and copy these files to your external SD Card
2. Reboot S4 i337 to recovery after the SD Card with the two files copied to it inserted on to SD Slot of the phone
3. Once on SafeStrap recovery, tap Backup to backup your data/cache to external SD card (make sure that you backup to external storage by tapping on that Storage option)
4. Go back to Home button and do an advanced wipe of system, cache and data and DO NOT Wipe external SD Card
5. Go back to Home Menu, tap on Install, locate and select the file on external SD card tap on I337UCUFNJ4_100%_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip, swipe the button to confirm install DO NOT REBOOT once install is completed
6. Go back to Home Menu, tap Install again and locate and select the file on external SD card, I337UCUFNJ4_Safestrap_TetherAddOn.zip swipe the button to confirm install
7. Go back to Home Menu, tap Restore and choose the backup you made before from the external SD card
8. Reboot phone. It will take about 2 minutes for initial reboot with AT&T logo - be patient - now you have your phone on NJ4 retaining root and SafeStrap.
9. Optionally install the latest SafeStrap one more time and update SuperSU normally.
Hope it helps someone!
Can anyone confirm these steps?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Free mobile app
Your procedure is very easy... Is it possible to go to NJ4 from NB1 through the same procedure?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using XDA Free mobile app
I want to root my N910F but there is one thing i need to know before i do this, i dont want to flash a custom rom, just stock rom with root acces.
I know something about rooting and flashing from my other phones.
What happens if i root my Note4, and samsung rolls out an update.
I know i wont get OTA's, but what happens if i download the update from sammobile, and i flash it via Odin, will i loose my files and settings everytime i get an update ?
Or is there an option to just "Update" the stock rom ?
Racinghart91 said:
I want to root my N910F but there is one thing i need to know before i do this, i dont want to flash a custom rom, just stock rom with root acces.
I know something about rooting and flashing from my other phones.
What happens if i root my Note4, and samsung rolls out an update.
I know i wont get OTA's, but what happens if i download the update from sammobile, and i flash it via Odin, will i loose my files and settings everytime i get an update ?
Or is there an option to just "Update" the stock rom ?
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If you flash a rom from sam mobile via Odin it will do a factory reset on your phone(data not internal).Depending from your options that you enable in Odin it could and could not delete your internal storage...and no in Odin there is not such thing as...update unfortunately something like that is only achievable with a custom recovery and flashing but not all the the time if a rom is very much different from another or their base is different a data wipe is a must.
In my experience flashing a basic update over your current rom will work if it was stock to begin with. Root will be removed when you do this. I would not recommend doing this as you could cause problems down the road. I would really not do it for major OS changes like KK to LP. Whenever I flash, I backup what I need to keep, full wipe with custom recovery, then flash and restore data. As mentioned you can't really update from Odin.
Just root the phone that's the reason u came to XDA if Samsung pushes out update it will be available for download on here
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I recently upgraded today from 4.4.2 to 5.0 OC4 and kept root using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...0-keeproot-t3068546/post59791648#post59791648
However, I had no Idea it would be so hard (impossible?) to get xposed back. Is there any way in which I could install xposed ARM without having a custom recovery on my verizon G900V running lollipop?
I also read an article on another website that said you can flash safestrap with odin, go into safestrap, install anything necessary, and then reflash current ROM? I am not TOO knowledgable with all of this, however I have found my way around all this enough to ensure myself root and all needed features. Any help or information would be amazing.
Article: http://www.droidforums.net/threads/galaxy-s5-safestrap-after-the-lollipop-update.279867/
I was considering flashing the xposed ARM file with flashfire, however I read someone else was stuck in a bootloop who tried this. Would this not work? Is there any method? I was also looking into flash gordon which lets you flash .zip files without requiring custom recovery. Thanks!
EDIT: Just did some more research and found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/nc1-flasher-odin-to-safestrap-t3082620
It seems as if its possible, however this thread is for the OC3 version, while I flashed the OC4... Anyone out there done anything like this before, or knows how to provide the needed steps? Thanks again.
Go to the xposed thread and read any comment at all. It doesn't work on touchwiz based lollipop architecture. PERIOD. you didn't need a new thread in this forum to learn that...
I see, is there some way that I could downgrade. I've been looking into that for awhile now to go back to my 4.4.2 but there's a ton of methods and I am not sure which is required for my device. I canno't seem to find a specific method for my g900v s5. Thanks for you're reply, and I hope I can downgrade.
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I see, is there some way that I could downgrade. I've been looking into that for awhile now to go back to my 4.4.2 but there's a ton of methods and I am not sure which is required for my device. I canno't seem to find a specific method for my g900v s5. Thanks for you're reply, and I hope I can downgrade.
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You can use this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3088571 it might need some modification for 4.4.2, however.
synkro1 said:
I see, is there some way that I could downgrade.j I've been looking into that for awhile now to go back to my 4.4.2 but there's a ton of methods and I am not sure which is required for my device. I canno't seem to find a specific method for my g900v s5. Thanks for you're reply, and I hope I can downgrade.
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You can go up and down as often as you like. I would Odin the NCG tar from the link below and reroot.
You probably still have safestrap. You could try this first. Go to download mode and Odin the NE9 kernel. When your phone starts booting up you should see the safestrap option to boot into recovery. Boot into recovery, install a rooted NE9 ROM of your choice. Boot back into download mode via safestrap and Odin the NE9 firmware. Let your phone boot all the way up and you should be good to go. Use NCG kernels and firmware-roms if you would rather be on NGC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/stock-collection-kernels-modems-t2842069
If safestrap doesn't show up, Odin the full NCG tar file and reroot your phone.
Thanks so much for your help, the only problem is I never installed safestrap on my phone. So I do not currently have safe strap, or any custom recovery. So i can just use the odin method then, correct?
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Thanks so much for your help, the only problem is I never installed safestrap on my phone. So I do not currently have safe strap, or any custom recovery. So i can just use the odin method then, correct?
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Yes, sir. That would be correct. Since you are rooted, there is an app called Flashfire you could use that doesn't even require a computer but if you are familiar with Odin that is a good way to go as well.
I have flashfire installed, in fact I used it to upgrade to lollipop. What settings should I use with flashfire to downgrade to lollipop? Do i have to clear cache or anything? And will the file from the notes #4 from here work?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...0-keeproot-t3068546/post59791648#post59791648
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I have flashfire installed, in factj I used it to upgrade to lollipop. What settings should I use with flashfire to downgrade to lollipop? Do i have to clear cache or anything? And will the file from the notes #4 from here work?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...0-keeproot-t3068546/post59791648#post59791648
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What ROM do you want to have on your phone?
Just a normal stock 4.4.2 ROM works fine for me.
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Just a normal stock 4.4.2 ROM works fine for me.
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Download this ROM onto your SD card. I prefer deodex
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2793931
Download the NGC retail firmware from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/stock-collection-kernels-modems-t2842069
In Flashfire, select firmware and navigate to your firmware. Just check boot and recovery
Next select zip-ota, navigate to your ROM. Leave auto mount unchecked.
Select firmware again. This time check boot, recovery, modem, and firmware. Flashfire will ask if you want them in separate zips. Click yes
Now select wipe. Check everything but SD card.
Now arrange everything in this order
Wipe
Firmware-boot recovery
Zip-rom
Firmware modem firmware
Firmware-boot recovery
Ever root- inject supersu
Boot normal
That should do it. You should be rooted on 4.4.2
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Download this ROM onto your SD card. I prefer deodex
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2793931
Download the NGC retail firmware from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/stock-collection-kernels-modems-t2842069
In Flashfire, select firmware and navigate to your firmware. Just check boot and recovery
Next select zip-ota, navigate to your ROM. Leave auto mount unchecked.
Select firmware again. This time check boot, recovery, modem, and firmware. Flashfire will ask if you want them in separate zips. Click yes
Now select wipe. Check everything but SD card.
Now arrange everything in this order
Wipe
Firmware-boot recovery
Zip-rom
Firmware modem firmware
Firmware-boot recovery
Ever root- inject supersu
Boot normal
That should do it. You should be rooted on 4.4.2
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Ur amazing. I'll try it and let you know. Thanks so much for your help.
Thanks so much! It worked perfectly! I had a problem initially after installing towelroot and xposed and got an error when rebooting the phone called "Process system isn't responding". My phone kept freezing and was super slow because of this. I believe it was due to me restoring contacts from titanium backup. I restored the contacts system app as a whole. I didn't realize that at the time however, and just system restored my phone again, and did everything the same yet didn't restore my contacts, and the message is now gone. I am not running root with xposed on 4.4.2. Your amazing!
I have a Galaxy S4 AT&T i377 UCSGOK3 5.01. I have been fiddling with it and broke the recovery mode. When I select "reboot system now" it reboots, BUT has numerous "Unfortunately...has stopped" errors, finally resulting in unresponsive blank screen. I then have to factory reset and rebuild again. I CAN use recovery mode, IF I remove the battery instead of "reboot system now".
Here are the chain of events leading up this this:
- successfully rooted with Kingroot and replaced with Super SU
- attempted to install TWRP with "Official TWRP App" (I know, should not have done that)
- before attempting TWRP install, made backup of recovery.img (original one) with Official TWRP App
- tried to reinstall original recovery.img with Official TWRP App, Odin, and Flashify. Not working, does not boot into recovery mode.
- installed extracted NB1 recovery.img. From "AT&T Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 UCUFNB1 (Android 4.4.2)" with Odin. This one works, but has the reboot error problem.
Questions:
Is there a Stock AT&T OK3 firmware I can get a recovery.img from or will it still be a NB1 recovery?
Would it be helpful to do a complete re-install of stock firmware? Which one?
Can I install Safestrap on OK3?
Is there a fix for the numerous "Unfortunately...has stopped errors" after recovery reboot?
Thanks in advance,
Todd K.
The bootloader on the phone is locked and cannot run any version of TWRP or any custom ROM that is not based off a stock Samsung ROM.
The reboot problem may be due to a mismatch between the bootloader and recovery.
There is no stock OK3 ROM because AT&T never released a Odin-flashable version of the ROM. OK3 was only offered as an OTA update.
I suggest going back to stock OK3. This thread may help: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
The S4 is a great phone and I still have one as my backup phone.
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I suggest going back to stock OK3. This thread may help:
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Thanks Audit13. just to clarify, Do you suggest sticking with stock OK3 instead of safestrapping to some compatible custom ROM?
For some people, a rooted and no-bloat stock ROM is the most suitable as it's pretty stable and works with many apps.
You can try a custom ROM with safestrap but they'll all be based off a stock ROM which may not run the apps you need.
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For some people, a rooted and no-bloat stock ROM is the most suitable as it's pretty stable and works with many apps.
You can try a custom ROM with safestrap but they'll all be based off a stock ROM which may not run the apps you need.
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Thanks, I got it to Stock OK3 rooted after a couple of tries. 1st time, I installed the rootable NB1, rooted with towelroot. It wouldn't take the upgrade zips to get from NB1 to OK3. I started over with the plain Stock NB1 ROM, then upgraded in steps from NB1 to OK3, no problem. Then kingrooted and replaced with SuperSU using root.sh script.
I then de-bloated with "System app remover (ROOT)" I wasn't sure what was safe to remove and was afraid of bricking it and having to start over, but it seems to be OK as I was conservative.
Which method do you recommend to de-bloat?
Finally is there a way to do a complete system, app, data, settings backup without CWM/TWRP? Safestrap? ADB? I have Titanium Backup but I don't think it will restore settings and ONLY the apps I want without the bloatware.
Thanks,
Todd K.
I have never owned the sgh-i337 as I'm in Canada and the sgh-i337m (unlocked bootloader, works with TWRP) is the version carried by Canadian carriers.
When dealing with bloatware, I either manually freeze or remove it with Titanium Backup.
toddk63 said:
Thanks, I got it to Stock OK3 rooted after a couple of tries. 1st time, I installed the rootable NB1, rooted with towelroot. It wouldn't take the upgrade zips to get from NB1 to OK3. I started over with the plain Stock NB1 ROM, then upgraded in steps from NB1 to OK3, no problem. Then kingrooted and replaced with SuperSU using root.sh script.
I then de-bloated with "System app remover (ROOT)" I wasn't sure what was safe to remove and was afraid of bricking it and having to start over, but it seems to be OK as I was conservative.
Which method do you recommend to de-bloat?
Finally is there a way to do a complete system, app, data, settings backup without CWM/TWRP? Safestrap? ADB? I have Titanium Backup but I don't think it will restore settings and ONLY the apps I want without the bloatware.
Thanks,
Todd K.
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I use the mybackup app (formerly called my backup root) to debloat/freeze bloat. It's sort of like titanium backup. You can use flash fire on the play store to do a system backup without safe strap, just using safe strap is better and probably faster.