I've been digging around for a while without finding anything conclusive - am I correct in my assumption that there are no custom ROMs that will work on the i537 with the 4.4.x kernel?
Caboose27 said:
I've been digging around for a while without finding anything conclusive - am I correct in my assumption that there are no custom ROMs that will work on the i537 with the 4.4.x kernel?
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Only TouchWiz-based ROMs will work on the i537 because the bootloader is locked. Do some research on SafeStrap.
Devo7v said:
Only TouchWiz-based ROMs will work on the i537 because the bootloader is locked. Do some research on SafeStrap.
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Okay, I found out that safestrap is a program that lets you load a ROM side by side with your current one. Now what?
Caboose27 said:
Okay, I found out that safestrap is a program that lets you load a ROM side by side with your current one. Now what?
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Search and read a lot more about what SafeStrap is, how it works, and how to flash ROMs. If you mess something up you could end up permanently bricking your phone. All the questions you have asked and are inevitably going to ask have already been answered, you just need to do a little searching and you'll be able to find everything you need.
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Search and read a lot more about what SafeStrap is, how it works, and how to flash ROMs. If you mess something up you could end up permanently bricking your phone. All the questions you have asked and are inevitably going to ask have already been answered, you just need to do a little searching and you'll be able to find everything you need.
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Yeah, I got that much going. I just can't seem to locate any ROMs for the S4 Active on 4.4.2, they're all for the regular S4. Let me clarify that this is the i537 Active.
Caboose27 said:
Yeah, I got that much going. I just can't seem to locate any ROMs for the S4 Active on 4.4.2, they're all for the regular S4. Let me clarify that this is the i537 Active.
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That is correct. You need to read a bit more about how SafeStrap works on the i537, but basically you can use the regular AT&T S4 ROMs on the i537, you just have to flash the appropriate modules afterward. It's all explained in the SafeStrap thread and a couple of threads in the general section.
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Under my kernel version it says 2.6.35.11 and there is no K or anything letters. How do I know what kernel version I have? I am trying to root. I've done it to my last few phones but this one is seeming more difficult and the directions are more mixed and complex.
Go ahead and post a pic of your about phone screen..just make sure to get the bottom section where its at.
http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach...9a/4f442296/9/1/3/5/7/5/SC20120221-145807.jpg
That's a at&t note..they have their own forums with a different root
Oh. I am sorry. I didn't know there was a different forum for it. Thank you.
DTre909 said:
Oh. I am sorry. I didn't know there was a different forum for it. Thank you.
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No problem...glad to help..
Dont use N7000 rooting method OR Dont use any ROM available for N7000.
This is the forum you need to follow
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1496
Thank you for the help. I was already in that "AT&T Galaxy Note I717 Android Development" forum and I had already rooted and installed a kernel and ROM on before reading this last message. I had saved this forum before the phone came out for AT&T so I wasn't aware they started a separate one. Thanks guys.
Hey XDA!
I recently purchased an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. It has MF3 and is rooted (obviously). I installed SafeStrap earlier this morning and was looking for custom roms to put onto my phone. However, I was unable to find any for the Active version. I have seen plenty for the regular s4, but none for mine. Do you guys know of any that I could use? Or a better question would be is it even possible? I dont think I can put the roms for the regular s4 on but correct me if im wrong.
Thanks in advance.
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Dreamzeh said:
Hey XDA!
I recently purchased an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. It has MF3 and is rooted (obviously). I installed SafeStrap earlier this morning and was looking for custom roms to put onto my phone. However, I was unable to find any for the Active version. I have seen plenty for the regular s4, but none for mine. Do you guys know of any that I could use? Or a better question would be is it even possible? I dont think I can put the roms for the regular s4 on but correct me if im wrong.
Thanks in advance.
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Currently the only functional rom is the active Intl Google edition.
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The AOSP ROM from LeJay is presently the only known working ROM compatible with Safestrap (I think I said that correctly, who knows) and it can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406177
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i537 or i9295 ???
Can someone please state whether its the galaxy s4 active i537 or galaxy s4 active i9295?? would be very appreciated
dealwitit187 said:
Can someone please state whether its the galaxy s4 active i537 or galaxy s4 active i9295?? would be very appreciated
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The OP's signature states he has the i537 and the 2nd poster has a i9295
br0adband said:
The AOSP ROM from LeJay is presently the only known working ROM compatible with Safestrap (I think I said that correctly, who knows) and it can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406177
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Hey @br0adband did you read that we can flash stock based 4.2.2 gs4 Roms for our actives? Its only a matter of adding the two physical menu and back buttons. I am anxiously awaiting more people to try and verify. If I get brave I will attempt it after work today.
GT-i9295(i537) running SafeStrap
Didn't know that, no, but I no longer have the Active.
br0adband said:
Didn't know that, no, but I no longer have the Active.
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What happened? Fall out of love?
GT-i9295(i537) running SafeStrap
I too can confirm the s4 stock based roms can be flashed on i537
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Same here.
hokeymcf said:
Same here.
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Have you tried the Jedi ROM?
GT-i9295(i537) running SafeStrap
yankeesfan714 said:
Have you tried the Jedi ROM?
GT-i9295(i537) running SafeStrap
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Not yet. I'm a sucker for touchwiz though, so I'll give it a try in a couple of days. aosp has too much black and blue coloring for me. I tried shostock first because that's what I had on my s2, and I loved it.
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MOD EDIT: THERE IS NO BEST! AS EVERY MEMBER'S SETUP/PHONE/USAGE/APPS/SIGNAL STRENGTH ARE DIFFERENT. YOU MUST TRY FOR YOURSELF TO FIND WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU
I am sorry that if I may just be too worry about my device but I think everyone should be the real question I am asking is whether there are any current roms that are working with the Samsung galaxy s4 active AT&T (i537) F3, That is the phone I have, its running Geohot Root and Safestrap 6.3 and can not wait to hear that Task650 is working for it, That would be my perfected phone!
I appreciate the Responds I get, its my first time Posting on XDA! Great Site!!
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The OP's signature states he has the i537 and the 2nd poster has a i9295
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as I think that
OPPO kind of ruined color rom and I do not want to use it anymore because of it not being ready for daily use, I would like to ask you folks which custom rom is the best in your opinion. Therefore I would like to know what the most positive and most negative aspects of each custom rom are so that I can compare them.
dealwitit187 said:
I am sorry that if I may just be too worry about my device but I think everyone should be the real question I am asking is whether there are any current roms that are working with the Samsung galaxy s4 active AT&T (i537) F3, That is the phone I have, its running Geohot Root and Safestrap 6.3 and can not wait to hear that Task650 is working for it, That would be my perfected phone!
I appreciate the Responds I get, its my first time Posting on XDA! Great Site!!
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Check this thread, it's a work in progress, but it is being maintained.
Thank You But I did find this finally about a week ago it feels like haha I was looking in the wrong section the whole time.
Devo7v said:
Check this thread, it's a work in progress, but it is being maintained.
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To keep things orderly, please take any further discussion to an earlier created thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467824
A guy sold me an ATT Moto X and he neglected to tell me it was rooted. So now I'm stuck with root that I don't really want on this phone. I tried using RSD Lite and the All in One Tool that was posted on here but nothing would work with my computer. So, now im just looking for a stock rom I could flash but I can't seem to find any on here for ATT. Any recomendations to fix this? Lastly, would flashing the 4.4 leak that was posted in the General section work? any help is appreciated.
crazyturtle777 said:
A guy sold me an ATT Moto X and he neglected to tell me it was rooted. So now I'm stuck with root that I don't really want on this phone. I tried using RSD Lite and the All in One Tool that was posted on here but nothing would work with my computer. So, now im just looking for a stock rom I could flash but I can't seem to find any on here for ATT. Any recomendations to fix this? Lastly, would flashing the 4.4 leak that was posted in the General section work? any help is appreciated.
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As long as you are on 4.2.2 you should be able to rsd lite back to the most latest 4.2.2 firmware.
Either way, you can flash the 4.4 leak with fast boot
Moto X rocking 4.4
crazyturtle777 said:
A guy sold me an ATT Moto X and he neglected to tell me it was rooted. So now I'm stuck with root that I don't really want on this phone. I tried using RSD Lite and the All in One Tool that was posted on here but nothing would work with my computer. So, now im just looking for a stock rom I could flash but I can't seem to find any on here for ATT. Any recomendations to fix this? Lastly, would flashing the 4.4 leak that was posted in the General section work? any help is appreciated.
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you probably are doing something wrong with flashing the stock FW. check the threads that talk about it and you should be fine. If you are running mac then there is a thread for that. if not then there is a thread for that as well. post in those threads with questions and you will get answers. i wouldn't take th 4.4 leak because you don't seem like you want to toy with your phone. It's possible that those people that took that leak might have to do a little or perhaps a lot of things to eventually take the real OTA. This has happened with other phones. You don't seem like you want to do that much tweaking so just go to those threads and ask questions there and explain what exactly you are doing and the errors you are getting.
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you probably are doing something wrong with flashing the stock FW. check the threads that talk about it and you should be fine. If you are running mac then there is a thread for that. if not then there is a thread for that as well. post in those threads with questions and you will get answers. i wouldn't take th 4.4 leak because you don't seem like you want to toy with your phone. It's possible that those people that took that leak might have to do a little or perhaps a lot of things to eventually take the real OTA. This has happened with other phones. You don't seem like you want to do that much tweaking so just go to those threads and ask questions there and explain what exactly you are doing and the errors you are getting.
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yeah i think ill give that a go again I guess. I used to be into rooting back when I had an S4 but it eventually just became to much of an issue everytime i wanted to install a new rom so I like to stick with stock. Thanks both of you I'll try again once Im home in a few minutes
So I the SGH-I537 model (AT&T) and I'm running 4.3 on my phone. I Have it rooted with the methods listed the in general form and the root works great, although I can't find a guide to install ROMs for anyone running 4.3 just 4.2.2 I tried to follow the method in the 4.2.2 thread but quickly determined that it wouldn't work do too my baseband ending in different characters than what was provided (1537UCUBML2) If anyone knows of a thread or can link me to some information to help me get my phone to stock 4.4 that'd be great, thank you in advance!
maddmarkk said:
So I the SGH-I537 model (AT&T) and I'm running 4.3 on my phone. I Have it rooted with the methods listed the in general form and the root works great, although I can't find a guide to install ROMs for anyone running 4.3 just 4.2.2 I tried to follow the method in the 4.2.2 thread but quickly determined that it wouldn't work do too my baseband ending in different characters than what was provided (1537UCUBML2) If anyone knows of a thread or can link me to some information to help me get my phone to stock 4.4 that'd be great, thank you in advance!
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You can use SafeStrap (3.71), a 4.3 TouchWiz-based ROM of your choice, and the ML2 modules. You should read more about SafeStrap to understand how it works and its limitations before you do anything, it's in the development section.
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You can use SafeStrap (3.71), a 4.3 TouchWiz-based ROM of your choice, and the ML2 modules. You should read more about SafeStrap to understand how it works and its limitations before you do anything, it's in the development section.
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@Devo7v have you been able to get safestrap 3.71 to create a slot? Mine says 0 free space. I sent my recovery.log to hashcode and he says there is an issue with it not reading internal storage space. However I saw a guy over in a gs4a android development thread say it is working for him. Can you confirm or deny it does indeed work?
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yankeesfan714 said:
@Devo7v have you been able to get safestrap 3.71 to create a slot? Mine says 0 free space. I sent my recovery.log to hashcode and he says there is an issue with it not reading internal storage space. However I saw a guy over in a gs4a android development thread say it is working for him. Can you confirm or deny it does indeed work?
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I'm still on MF3 (I don't see the benefits of 4.3 yet), so I can neither confirm nor deny 3.71 working or failing. It looks like @bigfdaddy2 has it almost working, so you might want to try PM'ing him.
Devo7v said:
You can use SafeStrap (3.71), a 4.3 TouchWiz-based ROM of your choice, and the ML2 modules. You should read more about SafeStrap to understand how it works and its limitations before you do anything, it's in the development section.
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Will this work if I have the AT&T Active?
maddmarkk said:
Will this work if I have the AT&T Active?
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The i537 is the only phone these files will work on.
There has to be a way to get this to work. I've tried every method i could find on the internet (ie Wanam exposed method, root enforce to permissive etc) Do you think 4.4.4 with help solve this issue? or is ATT and samsung sticking to their guns? I really need this feature at the very least. I could care less about kernels and custom ROMs, im running dynamic ket right now and i love it.
Anything from the devs?
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There has to be a way to get this to work. I've tried every method i could find on the internet (ie Wanam exposed method, root enforce to permissive etc) Do you think 4.4.4 with help solve this issue? or is ATT and samsung sticking to their guns? I really need this feature at the very least. I could care less about kernels and custom ROMs, im running dynamic ket right now and i love it.
Anything from the devs?
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Not possible because of locked BL since we need custom kernel to change SeLinux status
Excuse my ignorance.. But what would someone need this for..?
SynGatesFan20 said:
There has to be...
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Thread moved to Q&A where it should have been posted originally. Please post in the correct sections, thanks.