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re: Towelroot APK Can Root The Verizon And AT&T Galaxy S5, Note 3, And S4 active

Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:24 pm to
Posted by guedeaux
Tardis
Member since Jan 2008
13616 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:24 pm to
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I run GEL.


Are you on an S4 with a custom ROM? GEL is not working great with my Hyperdrive RLS16 ROM. I am thinking about changing it up.
Posted by Bdog9090
Jackson, MS.
Member since Mar 2010
99 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 12:41 pm to
Safestrap doesn't unlock the bootloader. The only custom roms you can put on your phone using the safestrap recovery are ones with the touchwiz kernal, like dynamic kat.
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
15761 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 2:32 pm to
No, didn't mean to give that impression. What problems are you having?


Nexus
Posted by guedeaux
Tardis
Member since Jan 2008
13616 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 4:04 pm to
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No, didn't mean to give that impression


You didn't, I was just asking.

quote:

What problems are you having?


Nothing a reboot didn't fix. I iz stupid. Thanks.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
71516 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 4:12 pm to
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But you can put custom roms on it with safestrap, right? Or is the Active locked tighter than the S4?



The American version of the S4 Active's bootloader is locked like nobody's business.
Posted by TigerBait1127
Houston
Member since Jun 2005
47336 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 4:33 pm to
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I still have new clue what is wrong with touchwiz.



It is slow, bloated software that ruins great devices and is a downgrade from stock android
Posted by guedeaux
Tardis
Member since Jan 2008
13616 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:22 pm to
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downgrade from stock android


Is there any way to experience this raw Android on a rooted AT&T S4 (NC1)?
This post was edited on 6/17/14 at 5:24 pm
Posted by jeff5891
Member since Aug 2011
15761 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:32 pm to
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Is there any way to experience this raw Android on a rooted AT&T S4 (NC1)?
Not unless the bootloader is unlocked. Sucks.
Posted by jaTigerfan
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
2091 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:39 pm to
There's a partially working Google ply edition ROM for the S4, but paid apps won't install, USB doesn't work and you have use a workaround to get Wifi to work.
Posted by guedeaux
Tardis
Member since Jan 2008
13616 posts
Posted on 6/17/14 at 8:45 pm to
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There's a partially working Google ply edition ROM for the S4, but paid apps won't install, USB doesn't work and you have use a workaround to get Wifi to work.


Ah. Well I'll just wait until I get my first non-samsung Android.
Posted by guedeaux
Tardis
Member since Jan 2008
13616 posts
Posted on 6/24/14 at 9:57 am to
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There's a partially working Google play edition ROM for the S4, but paid apps won't install, USB doesn't work and you have use a workaround to get Wifi to work.


This ROM is working much better now. I installed it yesterday, and it is super fast and so much better than touchwiz. Hells yeah. USB still isn't working, but airdroid is the shiznit so doesn't matter for me.

I also installed gravitybox for some tweaks like enhanced power menu options, etc.

GPE 4.4.3/4.4.2 for safestrap Galaxy S4

Only issues I had during install was that it took a while for the paid apps to be able to install properly, so it took me a while to get a file explorer installed to get safestrap installed to re-install the recovery. I initially forgot to do this and I could not reboot into the ROM. Luckily, I was able to reflash the ROM and necessary other files, and eventually got safestrap installed. In conclusion, flash a file explorer with the ROM so you can quickly install safestrap. I don't know if there is a flashable safestrap
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