i337 root help

miamimuffin · Mar 22, 2014

I just picked up an S4 SGH-i337. It is running 4.3.
I tried rooting it with the Lokifyed tool. It installed Superuser, but I don't think it rooted the phone because I could not install SuperSU and it could not install CWM either.
After that did not work, I tried using Odin with Chainfire auto-root, but it kept on failing.
I tried using Odin to put the stock firmware unroot file and failed too.
Sometimes it will shut off when I plug it in.
Any ideas on getting my phone to work?

miamimuffin · Mar 22, 2014

Here is an update.
I got it rooted successfully. I used Lokifyed 3-way tool to install TWRP, now the phone only boots into download mode. It will not boot into recovery nor normal mode.

jmjoyas · Mar 22, 2014

Your phone has a locked bootloader. So, you cannot install custom recovery.

Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

miamimuffin · Mar 22, 2014

jmjoyas said:
Your phone has a locked bootloader. So, you cannot install custom recovery.

Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

Is there a way I can unlock the bootloader to get it to work? It's running MK2 build

mejakola · Mar 22, 2014

you can put safestrap on and flash roms that way,

i successfully flashed deadly venom running kitkat 4.4.2
i also had to use deadly venom magic tool with it but it worked.

now my second rom sort of bricked my phone so idk wtf happened, im trying to get it fixed now but i dont think it is because of the custom recovery.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
follow the instructions to get a custom recovery installed

hit thanks if i helped you please, if you clicked the link above you too should hit thanks

miamimuffin · Mar 22, 2014

mejakola said:
you can put safestrap on and flash roms that way,

i successfully flashed deadly venom running kitkat 4.4.2
i also had to use deadly venom magic tool with it but it worked.

now my second rom sort of bricked my phone so idk wtf happened, im trying to get it fixed now but i dont think it is because of the custom recovery.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
follow the instructions to get a custom recovery installed

hit thanks if i helped you please, if you clicked the link above you too should hit thanks

I installed safetrap and flashed the shostock rom, but now it's stuck in the samsung boot screen. It will not go past that.

jmjoyas · Mar 22, 2014

miamimuffin said:
I installed safetrap and flashed the shostock rom, but now it's stuck in the samsung boot screen. It will not go past that.

The ROM that you are flashing should match the base version on your phone.

If you havent yet used Deadly Venom Kitkat Magic tool (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2680868), you should be flashing a ROM that is based on Android 4.3 and NOT Android 4.4.2.

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mejakola said:
now my second rom sort of bricked my phone so idk wtf happened, im trying to get it fixed now but i dont think it is because of the custom recovery.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
follow the instructions to get a custom recovery installed

hit thanks if i helped you please, if you clicked the link above you too should hit thanks

You cannot flash a custom recovery on the phones with the locked bootloader (from MF3 onwards). The phone will still work but you will not be able to get to recovery mode.

mejakola · Mar 23, 2014

Incorrect, you flash safe strap then there is another file posted by shabbypenguin

I'll get you the links to the forums that have everything one I get home, I'm running errands with my dad right now.

by the way I successfully Flashed deadly venom, but what you had to do is flash the venom Rom and Thenusing the deadly venoms magic tool, also flash the MDL zip file and lastly I had to flash 3 MDL files using Odin. So I flashed a 4.4.2 Rom on 4.3 mk2 and was still able to get to the custom recovery.

I tried to flash shostock and it doesn't load also the first time I flashed it, I flashed it in the stock Rom profile instead of the other profiles, It got stuck in an infinite boot loop going from SS to the stock recovery then back to SS

Give me a few hours and I'll figure out how to flash shostock after I help you fix your phones stuck booting process, I'm running errands with my dad but I should be home soon.

mejakola · Mar 24, 2014

miamimuffin said:
I installed safetrap and flashed the shostock rom, but now it's stuck in the samsung boot screen. It will not go past that.

ok so you have safestrap installed good, now check this forum out and you need to flash this as well before flashing shostock.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
then im still trying to figure out how to flash shostock ill get back to you as soon as i find out how. im not sure if we need to use deadly venom magic tool or not...

next question, is your phone working at all? did you flash shostock in the stock profile or did you create another and flash it in like the rom 1 profile?

if your phone isnt working at all meaning you cant get it to fully boot but it still turns on and tries to boot, then you may have to Odin back to mk2. or whatever you had before.

if you want to go ahead and flash back to mk2 or mf3 stock heres some instructions.
you need Odin on your computer. you can find it by googleing it or it is in deadly venoms magic tool
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2680868
all you need from the magic tool is odin and the configuration file which are right next to each other.

i suggest using peazip to extract rar files btw...
peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html

then you can find the stock files here
mf3, (4.2.2 the tar file download)
mk2 (4.3)
on the 4.3 thread, at the end of post 2 there is actually a dowload for odin availible.

now just flash it back. P.s. this WILL wipe your phone completely, if you dont have titanium backup, i strongly suggest getting it from the app store afterwards

hit the thanks button if i helped you, it'll be my second thanks.

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jmjoyas said:
Your phone has a locked bootloader. So, you cannot install custom recovery.

Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

that is false you can use safestrap and then flashOUDHS Touch CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.4
for your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4

jmjoyas · Mar 24, 2014

mejakola said:
that is false you can use safestrap and then flashOUDHS Touch CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.4
for your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4

Are you sure it works on ATT S4 running 4.3 firmware? It might work on the older bootloaders but will definitely not work on the newer ones.

From this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2616221

RECOVERY
Safestrap is the ONLY recovery we can use. Don't even try flashing another one. HUGE thanks @Hashcode.

Development thread (which contains the downloads)...
http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2448925
Q&A thread...
http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2428254

MK2 -- Safestrap v3.71
(To flash an 4.3 ROM, you will also need the MK2 Kernel Module... jflteatt-MK2-modules.zip)

NB1 -- Nothing directly for NB1, yet. (You have to use the NB1 to MK2 Downgrade Method first)

miamimuffin · Mar 24, 2014

mejakola said:
ok so you have safestrap installed good, now check this forum out and you need to flash this as well before flashing shostock.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
then im still trying to figure out how to flash shostock ill get back to you as soon as i find out how. im not sure if we need to use deadly venom magic tool or not...

next question, is your phone working at all? did you flash shostock in the stock profile or did you create another and flash it in like the rom 1 profile?

if your phone isnt working at all meaning you cant get it to fully boot but it still turns on and tries to boot, then you may have to Odin back to mk2. or whatever you had before.

if you want to go ahead and flash back to mk2 or mf3 stock heres some instructions.
you need Odin on your computer. you can find it by googleing it or it is in deadly venoms magic tool
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2680868
all you need from the magic tool is odin and the configuration file which are right next to each other.

i suggest using peazip to extract rar files btw...
peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html

then you can find the stock files here
mf3, (4.2.2 the tar file download)
mk2 (4.3)
on the 4.3 thread, at the end of post 2 there is actually a dowload for odin availible.

now just flash it back. P.s. this WILL wipe your phone completely, if you dont have titanium backup, i strongly suggest getting it from the app store afterwards

hit the thanks button if i helped you, it'll be my second thanks.

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that is false you can use safestrap and then flashOUDHS Touch CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.4
for your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4

No my phone is not working at all. It just gets stuck in the boot samsung screen. I can get it into the download mode or the stock recovery screen, nothing else.
I believe I flashed shostock into the stock profile.
How long is deadly venom supposed to take? It seems to just get stuck at SBL2 and does not go any further.
I'm not worried about anything on the phone, I would rather go back to stock and start all over.

jd1639 · Mar 24, 2014

miamimuffin said:
No my phone is not working at all. It just gets stuck in the boot samsung screen. I can get it into the download mode or the stock recovery screen, nothing else.
I believe I flashed shostock into the stock profile.
How long is deadly venom supposed to take? It seems to just get stuck at SBL2 and does not go any further.
I'm not worried about anything on the phone, I would rather go back to stock and start all over.

You're going to have to flash the mk2 tar file in Odin. Check the general forum for the tar

Sent from my Nexus 5

miamimuffin · Mar 24, 2014

jd1639 said:
You're going to have to flash the mk2 tar file in Odin. Check the general forum for the tar

Sent from my Nexus 5

Odin keeps failing whenever I try to flash anything on it. Do you have an exact link to the file I need?

jmjoyas · Mar 25, 2014

miamimuffin said:
Odin keeps failing whenever I try to flash anything on it. Do you have an exact link to the file I need?

Here's the link to the thread that has the Odin tar - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2621279

Does it fail when writing aboot?

Did you by any chance update to NB1 before? If so, you can flash only NB1 stock.

Link to NB1 stock - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2674223

miamimuffin · Mar 25, 2014

jmjoyas said:
Here's the link to the thread that has the Odin tar - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2621279

Does it fail when writing aboot?

Did you by any chance update to NB1 before? If so, you can flash only NB1 stock.

Link to NB1 stock - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2674223

It would usually fail at sbl1 or aboot. I just tried it again and this time failed at XmitData

It just stays in aboot for a long time and then fails after hours.

John The Rhino · Mar 25, 2014

mejakola said:
ok so you have safestrap installed good, now check this forum out and you need to flash this as well before flashing shostock.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291956
then im still trying to figure out how to flash shostock ill get back to you as soon as i find out how. im not sure if we need to use deadly venom magic tool or not...

next question, is your phone working at all? did you flash shostock in the stock profile or did you create another and flash it in like the rom 1 profile?

if your phone isnt working at all meaning you cant get it to fully boot but it still turns on and tries to boot, then you may have to Odin back to mk2. or whatever you had before.

if you want to go ahead and flash back to mk2 or mf3 stock heres some instructions.
you need Odin on your computer. you can find it by googleing it or it is in deadly venoms magic tool
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2680868
all you need from the magic tool is odin and the configuration file which are right next to each other.

i suggest using peazip to extract rar files btw...
peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html

then you can find the stock files here
mf3, (4.2.2 the tar file download)
mk2 (4.3)
on the 4.3 thread, at the end of post 2 there is actually a dowload for odin availible.

now just flash it back. P.s. this WILL wipe your phone completely, if you dont have titanium backup, i strongly suggest getting it from the app store afterwards

hit the thanks button if i helped you, it'll be my second thanks.

---------- Post added at 06:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:08 AM ----------

that is false you can use safestrap and then flashOUDHS Touch CWM-based Recovery 1.0.3.4
for your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4

.

Please do a lot more reading as your above incorrect statement will cause problems for anybody trying to install any recovery other than SafeStrap for MK2 based firmwares. If other methods worked for MK2 then there would be a thread for it. There isn't, cause nothing works as a custom recovery for MK2 except Safestrap. Reading saves phones!

jmjoyas · Mar 25, 2014

miamimuffin said:
It would usually fail at sbl1 or aboot. I just tried it again and this time failed at XmitData

It just stays in aboot for a long time and then fails after hours.

The typical suspect in this case is either the USB port or the cable. It works best when the stock cable is used.

mejakola · Mar 25, 2014

jmjoyas said:
Are you sure it works on ATT S4 running 4.3 firmware? It might work on the older bootloaders but will definitely not work on the newer ones.

From this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2616221

RECOVERY
Safestrap is the ONLY recovery we can use. Don't even try flashing another one. HUGE thanks @Hashcode.

Development thread (which contains the downloads)...
http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2448925
Q&A thread...
http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2428254

MK2 -- Safestrap v3.71
(To flash an 4.3 ROM, you will also need the MK2 Kernel Module... jflteatt-MK2-modules.zip)

NB1 -- Nothing directly for NB1, yet. (You have to use the NB1 to MK2 Downgrade Method first)

yes i am running 4.3 mk2 stock rooted with flashed SS and then the cwm listed above by shabbypenguin.

i successfully flashed deadly venom kitkat version however i had to use the deadly venoms magic tool, to do so.
i have heard people say they are on shostock with i337...

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miamimuffin said:
Odin keeps failing whenever I try to flash anything on it. Do you have an exact link to the file I need?

do you have usb debugging enabled?

miamimuffin · Mar 25, 2014

jmjoyas said:
The typical suspect in this case is either the USB port or the cable. It works best when the stock cable is used.

I got it working now with a new cable. Thanks for all the help! I'm on Safestrap now, how would I be able to get shostock-i on my phone? Or do I change to NB1? If so, how would I do that?

Thanks for helping me out, I'm a noob at this. I came from an S2 and it was simpler.

jmjoyas · Mar 25, 2014

mejakola said:
yes i am running 4.3 mk2 stock rooted with flashed SS and then the cwm listed above by shabbypenguin.

i successfully flashed deadly venom kitkat version however i had to use the deadly venoms magic tool, to do so.
i have heard people say they are on shostock with i337...

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do you have usb debugging enabled?

After flashing CWM, are you able to boot into recovery? If so, please do confirm you have a I337 and not I337M phone. If you have I337 and you are able to boot into CWM recovery, you should start a new thread. Because, no one here at XDA has succeeded in doing this.

What has usb debugging got to do with Odin? When flashing using Odin, the phone is in download mode.

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miamimuffin said:
I got it working now with a new cable. Thanks for all the help! I'm on Safestrap now, how would I be able to get shostock-i on my phone? Or do I change to NB1? If so, how would I do that?

Thanks for helping me out, I'm a noob at this. I came from an S2 and it was simpler.

You need to use the Deady Venom Kitkat Magic Tool - http://xdaforums.com/show...php?p=51067706

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 has the following info.
SHOstock-i v5 -- XXUFNB8 -- ATT -- 3.1.14
http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2468860
Note: Replace the updater-script from the ROM install file with the one from Post #3 in @rebel1699's Magic Tool thread.
Note: Flash SuperSU with ROM
(thanks@rebel1699)

Read the magic tool thread on how to replace the updater-script.

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