[Q] Custom ROMs for i537 4.4.x

[Caboose27]

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?

 

[Devo7v]

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?

Only TouchWiz-based ROMs will work on the i537 because the bootloader is locked. Do some research on SafeStrap.

 

[Caboose27]

Only TouchWiz-based ROMs will work on the i537 because the bootloader is locked. Do some research on SafeStrap.

Okay, I found out that safestrap is a program that lets you load a ROM side by side with your current one. Now what?

 

[Devo7v]

Okay, I found out that safestrap is a program that lets you load a ROM side by side with your current one. Now what?

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.

 

[Caboose27]

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.

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.

 

[Devo7v]

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.

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.