So I used to run the charge which I flashed Like crazy.. When I got the s4 I was on the original firmware read all I could and flashed Bonestock and left it alone. Now with all the new firmwares out my 4.2.2 is looking stale. What would be the best mdk rom to run now. Im confused with all the safestrap roms ect.. Could someone point me in the right direction with rom selection and flashing steps.. Also should I odin mdk to start fresh or just clear and flash. ..ohh im using twrp for recovery. . Thanks in just over whelmed with all the roms and different flashing procedures.
SO_dank said:
So I used to run the charge which I flashed Like crazy.. When I got the s4 I was on the original firmware read all I could and flashed Bonestock and left it alone. Now with all the new firmwares out my 4.2.2 is looking stale. What would be the best mdk rom to run now. Im confused with all the safestrap roms ect.. Could someone point me in the right direction with rom selection and flashing steps.. Also should I odin mdk to start fresh or just clear and flash. ..ohh im using twrp for recovery. . Thanks in just over whelmed with all the roms and different flashing procedures.
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My recommendation as far as ROMs go is Eclipse Progressive Build 7. Everyone has an opinion, but I think it is the most staple and smooth ROM out there for the S4. Every function / detail works, great on battery and updated routinely by the Developer. There is an Eclipse ROM on this Forum, but that is not the ROM I recommend. The Eclipse version I am referring to can only be downloaded from the Developer's site. If you're MDK you won't need SafeStrap to flash it. Go here for the ROM: http://www.elementalxdesigns.com/ec...-Loki-amp-Safestrap-Progress-Build07-(1-28-14).
I recommend liquid smooth 4.4 if you rather aosp. Been running it for a while now and it's great.
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So if I'm reading right TW keeps everything ex.. camera..rf and is more stable. . Aosp is just cooler and more configurable??
SO_dank said:
So if I'm reading right TW keeps everything ex.. camera..rf and is more stable. . Aosp is just cooler and more configurable??
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I've run a number of AOSP ROMs, there are some good ones out there. Although from my experience the TW ROMs run smoother with less lag / hesitation...and everything works. I've heard a number of other S4 users report the same thing. It's not that the other ROMs don't run, they just don't seem to run as smooth and some of them have at least one or two things that don't work "just right".
jpcalhoun said:
I've run a number of AOSP ROMs, there are some good ones out there. Although from my experience the TW ROMs run smoother with less lag / hesitation...and everything works. I've heard a number of other S4 users report the same thing. It's not that the other ROMs don't run, they just don't seem to run as smooth and some of them have at least one or two things that don't work "just right".
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I mostly agree with you there. Usually TW will be more stable depending on what the Dev has added or removed.
However lately on my Sprint S4 AOSP has treated me better. Particularly Liquid Smooth ( I know I should just be a LS spokesman )
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I mostly agree with you there. Usually TW will be more stable depending on what the Dev has added or removed.
However lately on my Sprint S4 AOSP has treated me better. Particularly Liquid Smooth ( I know I should just be a LS spokesman )
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I have to admit that I haven't run anything but Eclipse for the past four or five months so I'm a little "behind" on the latest AOSP ROMs. I totally understand about your preference for Liquid Smooth, I find myself feeling exactly the same way about Eclipse, LOL.
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I have to admit that I haven't run anything but Eclipse for the past four or five months so I'm a little "behind" on the latest AOSP ROMs. I totally understand about your preference for Liquid Smooth, I find myself feeling exactly the same way about Eclipse, LOL.
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Lol
Well I have flashed I'd have to say just about every AOSP ROM for our phone and in my opinion... None have as many options, useful ones too. It runs great on ART too. So if u have that flashing itch and have an MDK build with custom recovery definitely check it out!
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Lol
Well I have flashed I'd have to say just about every AOSP ROM for our phone and in my opinion... None have as many options, useful ones too. It runs great on ART too. So if u have that flashing itch and have an MDK build with custom recovery definitely check it out!
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Thanks for the recommendation, I may just do that. I have a Dev Edition so I have MDK. I've never tried ART so I guess I have two things to try. Thanks.
Uhh ohh im so behind what is art???
Would ineed a camera app or does it function on aosp?? Im reading people having phone functions not work.
Ok and one last question.. im on bone stock the original... if I wanted to try aosp l.s. am I correct here..
Odin back to mdk
Root..recovery
Flash rom??
Or would a good old cleat cavh davlik suffice?? Sorry is been a long time
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Uhh ohh im so behind what is art???
Would ineed a camera app or does it function on aosp?? Im reading people having phone functions not work.
Ok and one last question.. im on bone stock the original... if I wanted to try aosp l.s. am I correct here..
Odin back to mdk
Root..recovery
Flash rom??
Or would a good old cleat cavh davlik suffice?? Sorry is been a long time
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Check this out on ART
http://www.infinum.co/the-capsized-...ntroducing-the-new-android-runtime-in-kit-kat
And if your on mdk with a custom recovery already just download liquid+gapps and wipe everything in recovery and flash away. Make a backup first of course.
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If you don't have a recovery yet... Just flash one no need to Odin back. Assuming you're rooted as well
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Ohh nice can't wait to try art out. ..
Gapps.. google apps??
Where to get this in apk?? And I am guessing I need it prior to flashing rom..
Im sorry you must understand that when I was roming on my last phone everything was Odin.. everything.. The only thing flashed was say a clock mod
SO_dank said:
Ohh nice can't wait to try art out. ..
Gapps.. google apps??
Where to get this in apk?? And I am guessing I need it prior to flashing rom..
Im sorry you must understand that when I was roming on my last phone everything was Odin.. everything.. The only thing flashed was say a clock mod
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There's a link in the main Liquid Smooth thread that get you to the Gapps . they're PA Gapps and many options with descriptions of each. Find liquid in our forum, Go to the OP and you'll see.
And no problem let me know if you need more help
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Mistertac said:
There's a link in the main Liquid Smooth thread that get you to the Gapps . they're PA Gapps and many options with descriptions of each. Find liquid in our forum, Go to the OP and you'll see.
And no problem let me know if you need more help
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You're right, you should be a spokesman for Liquid Smooth, LOL.
Lol hey I'm just a super supporter. I have no desire at all to flash anything else now.
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Lol hey I'm just a super supporter. I have no desire at all to flash anything else now.
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Yes, you are a great supporter. Good to see users willing to help new users get the most out of our phones and helping them along the way. We all started out as Noobs.
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First of all, I'm real sorry to get your hopes up!
The reason for this thread is that I'm hoping a dev would convert this rom so it works on our beloved 7105.
Is it even possible to port this rom over?
Anyway, would love to see it as there's a lack of roms for the 7105 compared to the 7100.
If I'm breaking the rules with this thread I'm really sorry, feel free to close and delete it.
webdiddy said:
First of all, I'm real sorry to get your hopes up!
The reason for this thread is that I'm hoping a dev would convert this rom so it works on our beloved 7105.
Is it even possible to port this rom over?
Anyway, would love to see it as there's a lack of roms for the 7105 compared to the 7100.
If I'm breaking the rules with this thread I'm really sorry, feel free to close and delete it.
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If it's on the A.T&T thread, then you can flash that Rom. Most of the Roms I use are from that Thread. Just make sure you have the right modem. I haven't flashed this particular ROM yet, but I'm getting to it. The new P.A builds have just come out, so I've flashed them this morning to give it a try. Just make sure you have Nandroid and you will be set to go.
webdiddy said:
First of all, I'm real sorry to get your hopes up!
The reason for this thread is that I'm hoping a dev would convert this rom so it works on our beloved 7105.
Is it even possible to port this rom over?
Anyway, would love to see it as there's a lack of roms for the 7105 compared to the 7100.
If I'm breaking the rules with this thread I'm really sorry, feel free to close and delete it.
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I have one I ported in att section it's n7105 dmc3 base should work check it out and let me know been wanting to post here but too many threads gets hectic
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Cool! Thanks guys!
Senyaka said:
If it's on the A.T&T thread, then you can flash that Rom. Most of the Roms I use are from that Thread. Just make sure you have the right modem. I haven't flashed this particular ROM yet, but I'm getting to it. The new P.A builds have just come out, so I've flashed them this morning to give it a try. Just make sure you have Nandroid and you will be set to go.
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Hey where do you download your modems from? I'm also stuck with Note 2 LTE and really interested in trying out Pac-Rom...
FiresStream said:
Hey where do you download your modems from? I'm also stuck with Note 2 LTE and really interested in trying out Pac-Rom...
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Got my Modem from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031575
Hope this helps. Just make sure you flash the right one of course. I would also recommend Flashing the latest Neak Kernel for AOSP/AOKP Roms. It seems to work the best. Also and off topic here, the latest Roobox Nightly has been released, just search GOOMANGER on your phone. That now has Halo and works really well. The main bug is the Expand screen part doesn't work properly, but everything else is really sweet. The PacMan Rom, the halo still has the SMS bug. If you get a new SMS and you click on it through HALO, it will exit out of the app you were in. So keep that in mind. Going to give the XYELon Rom a go tonight and see how that fairs.
Senyaka said:
Got my Modem from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031575
Hope this helps. Just make sure you flash the right one of course. I would also recommend Flashing the latest Neak Kernel for AOSP/AOKP Roms. It seems to work the best. Also and off topic here, the latest Roobox Nightly has been released, just search GOOMANGER on your phone. That now has Halo and works really well. The main bug is the Expand screen part doesn't work properly, but everything else is really sweet. The PacMan Rom, the halo still has the SMS bug. If you get a new SMS and you click on it through HALO, it will exit out of the app you were in. So keep that in mind. Going to give the XYELon Rom a go tonight and see how that fairs.
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Thanks! I'm still on PA 3.15 port but noticed I had a swedish modem. Well no wonder I've had worse reception than other in my house while everything has worked fine othervise... Got a Finnish modem now and all calls work perfectly
But yeah, Pac-Rom here I come!
Senyaka said:
If it's on the A.T&T thread, then you can flash that Rom. Most of the Roms I use are from that Thread. Just make sure you have the right modem. I haven't flashed this particular ROM yet, but I'm getting to it. The new P.A builds have just come out, so I've flashed them this morning to give it a try. Just make sure you have Nandroid and you will be set to go.
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I've been looking into porting for a long time and have been trying to figure things out.
So you say any rom or just certain roms will flash fine on our n7105 providing we ensure to flash the appropriate modem???
Hmm for some reason the recovery didn't let me install the latest version of AT&T Pac-Rom Any ideas? Wrong model?
bates_1974 said:
I've been looking into porting for a long time and have been trying to figure things out.
So you say any rom or just certain roms will flash fine on our n7105 providing we ensure to flash the appropriate modem???
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Hi there, I've flashed pretty much every ROM that there is on the AT&T section and all have worked. I did flash with the proper modem on all of them. However, that said if most of the time if I didn't flash the latest NEAK kernel then at times I would get no reception at all. With the latest builds of RootBox, and Pacman i didn't bother flashing the kernel and it worked just fine. The T-Mobile Roms just don't work. I've tried to flash a few and they just don't even flash.
However, just keep in mind that some ROMS will change your build.prop like Skynote and Pacman, so you have to edit them. Also with Rootbox, you have to change the MMS.apk as the one built in is buggy. So i usually use the one I've ripped from the P.A builds as they work just fine.
In short. Yes. These do work for the n7105. Just flash the proper modem and you will be set.
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FiresStream said:
Hmm for some reason the recovery didn't let me install the latest version of AT&T Pac-Rom Any ideas? Wrong model?
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If you are using CWM, it always tends to fail on you. I use TWRP and haven't had an issue since. Flash back to a stable ROM and install TWRP through GOO manager. Then flash it using TWRP. Be sure to do a full wipe. Then advanced cache and dalvik cache wipe. Twice for both. That is what I do make sure I have a clean system, then install the Rom, Gapps, Modem, Kernel. Kernel shouldn't be an issue with Pacman. Use the one provided.
webdiddy said:
First of all, I'm real sorry to get your hopes up!
The reason for this thread is that I'm hoping a dev would convert this rom so it works on our beloved 7105.
Is it even possible to port this rom over?
Anyway, would love to see it as there's a lack of roms for the 7105 compared to the 7100.
If I'm breaking the rules with this thread I'm really sorry, feel free to close and delete it.
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Yes i was also hoping to i have N7100 and Hawkish Extreme seems stable for daily use and i do also have N7105 hope they'l port some good rom for our N7105 too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2312069
Since the official 4.3 nightlies have started for vzw I'm pulling mine like I said I would :good: enjoy the new PAC!
-Dubbsy
Original text below for transparency:
While I was messing with other projects I saw [Vertigo]'s build for the i9505. I downloaded it and got data working because I personally wanted to see PAC in 4.3.
Papa Smurf is already working on the official and it should be done in a couple days I'd imagine. I will pull the file when the official rolls out. :good:
*I don't plan to support this, it was just for fun.
*I don't expect people to use this as a daily, more for those who just like to flash stuff to see new stuff.
*So all that said, this is a POC port of an ALPHA release. There are going to be things that don't work. Expect it.
Download:
Taken down
To install:
Download
Boot to recovery
Backup
Wipe
Install ROM
install 4.3 GAPPS(I used aio slim gapps for the PAC in black toggle)
Wipe cache and Dalvik
Reboot
PAC has always been a personal favorite of mine :good:
If this is the same as was posted in your other thread, I have been using it for 24 hours and it is nearly perfect. Only issue I've seen is the network bars are blank but it says 4G and data comes in just fine. Best ROM I've used so far and no reason it couldn't be a daily
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If this is the same as was posted in your other thread, I have been using it for 24 hours and it is nearly perfect. Only issue I've seen is the network bars are blank but it says 4G and data comes in just fine. Best ROM I've used so far and no reason it couldn't be a daily
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Yeah, this is the promised thread I had said I'd post. :good:
I really enjoyed PAC4.3 too for the few hours I played with it. Back to hunting bugs on my main projects though.
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Where might one find these gapps?
MrKleen1 said:
Where might one find these gapps?
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Banks has 4.3 gapps
Paranoid android has 4.3 gapps
Slimroms has toggleable 4.3 gapps
There are some posted in android development
There are some posted on goo.im
And there are slims posted on slimroms.net
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I'm looking forward to trying this! Anyone have an md5?
Edit: I've got 195.23mb and an md5 of 39815eb4a42a7e36ca1a6211977d8848. Can anyone confirm? Thanks
Thanks Dubbsy
empirescrumble said:
I'm looking forward to trying this! Anyone have an md5?
Edit: I've got 195.23mb and an md5 of 39815eb4a42a7e36ca1a6211977d8848. Can anyone confirm? Thanks
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I'd check it but I moved it onto my tower and I'm not there.
It's the right size though
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empirescrumble said:
I'm looking forward to trying this! Anyone have an md5?
Edit: I've got 195.23mb and an md5 of 39815eb4a42a7e36ca1a6211977d8848. Can anyone confirm? Thanks
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Just DL'd on the way home. Mine matches yours. :good:
39815eb4a42a7e36ca1a6211977d8848
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Dubbsy said:
Just DL'd on the way home. Mine matches yours. :good:
39815eb4a42a7e36ca1a6211977d8848
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Hmm...you have MIUIv5 ported? lol
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heath2805 said:
Hmm...you have MIUIv5 ported? lol
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Jonestown asked me to. So I did. Some little things that I need to work out still. But it's running as well as I'd expect MIUI to run.
I personally think MIUI is like android lite for the former iPhone user.
I like it's theme engine better, and it's quick settings better. But I dislike everything else about it for the most part.
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Dubbsy said:
Jonestown asked me to. So I did. Some little things that I need to work out still. But it's running as well as I'd expect MIUI to run.
I personally think MIUI is like android lite for the former iPhone user.
I like it's theme engine better, and it's quick settings better. But I dislike everything else about it for the most part.
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Awesome! I ran it on the gnex before. Seemed pretty stable.
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I'm still on 4.2.2 roms, I have tried flashing several 4.3 roms but I can only get them to boot once. Then it just gets stuck on the splash screen, anyone know what the problem is? Is it my SD card format or maybe I need to flash updated su? Any help is greatly appreciated and I have been trying to figure this out for weeks.
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an21281 said:
I'm still on 4.2.2 roms, I have tried flashing several 4.3 roms but I can only get them to boot once. Then it just gets stuck on the splash screen, anyone know what the problem is? Is it my SD card format or maybe I need to flash updated su? Any help is greatly appreciated and I have been trying to figure this out for weeks.
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You should be able to back to back to back to back to been to back reboot no problems
I have had it where it hangs at the Samsung screen but it always boots up after awhile.
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Dubbsy said:
You should be able to back to back to back to back to been to back reboot no problems
I have had it where it hangs at the Samsung screen but it always boots up after awhile.
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Yeah I'm not sire what the problem is with my phone, I have left it for 20+ mins and still nothing. I updated my baseband to me7 but I don't think that would be the problem. I will try to figure it out tomorrow. It's pretty frustrating not being able to flash any 4.3 roms.
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an21281 said:
Yeah I'm not sire what the problem is with my phone, I have left it for 20+ mins and still nothing. I updated my baseband to me7 but I don't think that would be the problem. I will try to figure it out tomorrow. It's pretty frustrating not being able to flash any 4.3 roms.
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Funny you should say about the baseband. I updated mine before I started the miui port. My boot hung longer than normal and at one point in the port process the phone got locked in roaming mode. I decided to odin and start from a clean non-custom boot screen.
Upon Odin it flashed mdk back and I haven't had the same issue I head before with my test builds.
Not saying it's the baseband, mine could've been concrescence
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Hmm I may have to Odin of flashing su update or reformatting my SD doesn't work.. Thanks
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is it just me or is this not rooted?
gunnermike said:
is it just me or is this not rooted?
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It's just you.
It's like every other 4.3 that uses koush's superuser.
You need to go into developer options and make it root access to Adb and apps.
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Dubbsy said:
It's just you.
It's like every other 4.3 that uses koush's superuser.
You need to go into developer options and make it root access to Adb and apps.
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yeah, I have no root access. I set access to adb and apps. still no root.
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Dubbsy said:
It's just you.
It's like every other 4.3 that uses koush's superuser.
You need to go into developer options and make it root access to Adb and apps.
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had to flash a SU zip from chains site to get root.
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it runs pretty well. theme chooser causes hot boot. I get stuck on pac boot screen, so don't use theme chooser.
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seeing as how you port everything, hows about you port the Samsung.ime to an aosp rom, that would be super!! I really like the TW keyboard.
Okay so just got my Thunderbolt rooted the other day. (Thanks to the santod and disconnecktie!)
I went on and flashed stock ICS just so I could have a workable phone until I had time to sit down and look at other ROMS. So searching around I found CyanogenMod, and it seems neat but apparently doesn't work on the Thunderbolt.
So what is a good alternative. I'm honestly not really sure what I'm looking for at this point other than doing cool stuff with my phone. All the stuff you can do in Cyanogen seemed pretty awesome.
Thanks in advance.
The best alternative to have a decently usable phone would be unsense over at Infected.
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disconnecktie said:
The best alternative to have a decently usable phone would be unsense over at Infected.
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Okay, this leads to another couple of questions in the interest of not messing up...
What does this mean?
"The Add-ons that YOU MUST flash after the rom has booted once are also being updated.
Please redownload them when you download the rom. "
Does it do this automatically? Do I need to flash a bunch of stuff?
And this..I think the only thing I have installed is OTA killer, but shouldn't basically everything be wiped?
"No mods made for the stock rom should be flashed to these custom roms. "
Or is it just not to install anything after you flash the ROM?
So I am a new S4 owner and have rooted my phone and installed Safestrap. I'm on the 4.3 MK2 build and would like to flash a ROM with SS.
My question is, can I flash any rom once I create a new rom slot or are only certain ones compatible. If so is there a list so I don't brick my phone.
I really just want to make some tweaks like in 3minit. Can I flash the 3minit framework with SS and use that?
mpetruzz said:
So I am a new S4 owner and have rooted my phone and installed Safestrap. I'm on the 4.3 MK2 build and would like to flash a ROM with SS.
My question is, can I flash any rom once I create a new rom slot or are only certain ones compatible. If so is there a list so I don't brick my phone.
I really just want to make some tweaks like in 3minit. Can I flash the 3minit framework with SS and use that?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2630040
jgrubbs said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2630040
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Thanks, feel like a dumbass for missing this.
If I don't want to flash a rom will Xposed setting or other tweaks work since I have root access?
Yes. Get xposed installer and install winam xposed. Theyll do everything yiu want.
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Awesome! I have that installed and it's working great.
Good deal!!!
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question
Maybe I am wrong? but I thoughts if you have 4.3, you cannot use Safestrap ROMS since they are 4.2.2 based? Please confirm. Thanks
neil7398 said:
Maybe I am wrong? but I thoughts if you have 4.3, you cannot use Safestrap ROMS since they are 4.2.2 based? Please confirm. Thanks
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There's 4.3 and 4.2 safestrap roms
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safestrap roms
joshm.1219 said:
There's 4.3 and 4.2 safestrap roms
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probably a silly question but I am assuming there are no 4.4 safestrap roms?
neil7398 said:
probably a silly question but I am assuming there are no 4.4 safestrap roms?
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No not until Verizon releases 4.4 for our phone.
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joshm.1219 said:
No not until Verizon releases 4.4 for our phone.
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A very close one is Eclipse S4 TW Edition. I am running it now, but have the same problem as explained here.. I created 1 rom slot for this rom and now have no internal storage space available. All my storage seems to be in System Memory under Miscellaneous files, but I can't expand that any to see what is using it...
My thoughts are leaning towards having to wipe the phone completely and restoring a nandroid backup to the Stock slot, to be able to get full internal storage access using a custom rom. Little weary of doing that as i love the benefit of having the stock rom available if any problems arise, but don't have any space to do anything at the moment. Been posting on Eclipse's forum and also the safestrap forum hoping to get an answer from previous experiences, but it is not looking good...
I appreciate the devs and others around that help us newbies out when these challenges arise.
ihavenoidea said:
A very close one is Eclipse S4 TW Edition. I am running it now, but have the same problem as explained here.. I created 1 rom slot for this rom and now have no internal storage space available. All my storage seems to be in System Memory under Miscellaneous files, but I can't expand that any to see what is using it...
My thoughts are leaning towards having to wipe the phone completely and restoring a nandroid backup to the Stock slot, to be able to get full internal storage access using a custom rom. Little weary of doing that as i love the benefit of having the stock rom available if any problems arise, but don't have any space to do anything at the moment. Been posting on Eclipse's forum and also the safestrap forum hoping to get an answer from previous experiences, but it is not looking good...
I appreciate the devs and others around that help us newbies out when these challenges arise.
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If you have Odin and a tar for your build you don't really have to worry about flashing to the stock slot
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joshm.1219 said:
If you have Odin and a tar for your build you don't really have to worry about flashing to the stock slot
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Yea, already have one of those. Soft bricked the phone week 1 of having it... I know that functionality exists now and works beautifully, just really was hoping there was another solution and not be a worrisome burden on the forums... I like the challenges and the learning experiences that come along with performing such tasks, but never want to lose a device in the process. I guess if all failed, I could go back to my dusty iPhone 5s.
ihavenoidea said:
Yea, already have one of those. Soft bricked the phone week 1 of having it... I know that functionality exists now and works beautifully, just really was hoping there was another solution and not be a worrisome burden on the forums... I like the challenges and the learning experiences that come along with performing such tasks, but never want to lose a device in the process. I guess if all failed, I could go back to my dusty iPhone 5s.
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First thing anyone who is going to mod/hack their phones should do is download the correct stock firmware for their phone, download Odin, get all the drivers needed on the computer and just be ready in case the phone does get bricked. Takes less than 10 minutes to unbrick a phone when everything is in place
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Mistertac said:
First thing anyone who is going to mod/hack their phones should do is download the correct stock firmware for their phone, download Odin, get all the drivers needed on the computer and just be ready in case the phone does get bricked. Takes less than 10 minutes to unbrick a phone when everything is in place
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OK I am in a bootloop and need to Odin!! Where are the tar files?
mpetruzz said:
OK I am in a bootloop and need to Odin!! Where are the tar files?
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They're in the dev section on here. What was your build again?
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Mistertac said:
They're in the dev section on here. What was your build again?
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I'm in the latest 4.3 mk2 build
mpetruzz said:
I'm in the latest 4.3 mk2 build
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OK look here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
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mpetruzz said:
I'm in the latest 4.3 mk2 build
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Surge has explained what to do in simple terms in that thread. Just read it alllllll before doing anything. Not sure how familiar you are with Odin
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Mistertac said:
OK look here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
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Surge has explained what to do in simple terms in that thread. Just read it alllllll before doing anything. Not sure how familiar you are with Odin
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Thanks so much!! Do I use the no wipe or full wipe file??
Unfortunately I've had to Odin phones before cause I'm a crackflasher!
mpetruzz said:
Thanks so much!! Do I use the no wipe or full wipe file??
Unfortunately I've had to Odin phones before cause I'm a crackflasher!
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Well u can certainly try the no wipe first but if that doesn't take... Full wipe.
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I usually full wipe my phones. Just had better luck but that's me
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I'm on MDK and I've never tried a non-touchwiz ROM. I want to now. I'd appreciate if you guys could tell me what the most popular / mainstream / well developed AOSP ROM is for the Verizon s4. I think I'd like to start my AOSP journey there.
Also, are the current crop of AOSP ROM fully functional? Or are there still some features of the S4 that aren't supported?
Thanks in advance.
-J
0reo said:
I'm on MDK and I've never tried a non-touchwiz ROM. I want to now. I'd appreciate if you guys could tell me what the most popular / mainstream / well developed AOSP ROM is for the Verizon s4. I think I'd like to start my AOSP journey there.
Also, are the current crop of AOSP ROM fully functional? Or are there still some features of the S4 that aren't supported?
Thanks in advance.
-J
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Think I answered you in another thread about this topic but.. Try Mahdi, C ROM , Liquid Smooth, AICP ... They've all treated me well. They'll all run differently though for people so you'll just have to flash away and report back in their threads. Also I highly recommend using KToonsez AOSP-Kit Kat kernel with those. It's been nothing but stable for me.
Good luck!
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You really need to them yourself...
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Mistertac said:
Think I answered you in another thread about this topic but.. Try Mahdi, C ROM , Liquid Smooth, AICP ... They've all treated me well. They'll all run differently though for people so you'll just have to flash away and report back in their threads. Also I highly recommend using KToonsez AOSP-Kit Kat kernel with those. It's been nothing but stable for me.
Good luck!
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I thought AICP couldn't be used with Safestrap? I'm about to downgrade from 4.4.2 so I can root my phone but from everything I've seen you have to use safestrap to do so... which would effectively destroy being able to use AICP.
Blindprophet32 said:
I thought AICP couldn't be used with Safestrap? I'm about to downgrade from 4.4.2 so I can root my phone but from everything I've seen you have to use safestrap to do so... which would effectively destroy being able to use AICP.
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safestrap enabled phones can only use tw stock kernel based roms which exclude CM, ASOP and all the rest
Blindprophet32 said:
I thought AICP couldn't be used with Safestrap? I'm about to downgrade from 4.4.2 so I can root my phone but from everything I've seen you have to use safestrap to do so... which would effectively destroy being able to use AICP.
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Well you're correct but I was answering the OP who stated he was on an MDK S4.. which in turn means he's not on SafeStrap.
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Mistertac said:
Well you're correct but I was answering the OP who stated he was on an MDK S4.. which in turn means he's not on SafeStrap.
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Gotcha.. I'm new to rooting so I'm still trying to learn everything I can sorry about that. Every Verizon S4 I've seen people have used Safestrap on the SCH-I545. So I'm assuming that MDK is merely a different build correct?
Blindprophet32 said:
Gotcha.. I'm new to rooting so I'm still trying to learn everything I can sorry about that. Every Verizon S4 I've seen people have used Safestrap on the SCH-I545. So I'm assuming that MDK is merely a different build correct?
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Hey no problem!
MDK is the build that the Verizon S4 first shipped with and it allowed for a bootloader exploit called Loki which let's us run custom recoveries... Thus allowing AOSP ROMs like the ones I mentioned.
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Mistertac said:
Hey no problem!
MDK is the build that the Verizon S4 first shipped with and it allowed for a bootloader exploit called Loki which let's us run custom recoveries... Thus allowing AOSP ROMs like the ones I mentioned.
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Awesome thanks! Sadly the person I got my phone from worked at Verizon and had religiously updated the phone.....so I got the OTA 4.4.2 FNC5 build from day 1.... so no to partial downgrade and Root and try out hyperdrive 15 :good:
0reo said:
I'm on MDK and I've never tried a non-touchwiz ROM. I want to now. I'd appreciate if you guys could tell me what the most popular / mainstream / well developed AOSP ROM is for the Verizon s4. I think I'd like to start my AOSP journey there.
Also, are the current crop of AOSP ROM fully functional? Or are there still some features of the S4 that aren't supported?
Thanks in advance.
-J
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Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297370
The OP's will describe whether it's AOSP or TW