Sunday, December 11, 2016
Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 Root Recovery ROMs More
Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 Root Recovery ROMs More
Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 Root, Recovery and ROMs
Root
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has only been out on Verizon a few days, and its already been rooted. The http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com site already has a good forum going. Despite Verizons attempt to harden the kernel to prevent the Motochopper exploit that is used from working, the exploit works by first loading an earlier version of the kernel, then running the exploit, then reloading the latest kernel.Recovery
Theres a new set of tools for flashing kernels and recoveries that works around the locked bootloader on the Galaxy S4 called Loki. While Ive not downloaded the source code yet to use it, its my understanding that the recovery installed by GooManager uses this set of tools.So, after youve got root, go get GooManager and you can install the Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) recovery.
The sex tape developers site also has a CWM recovery under development as discussed in this forum. It looks like in order to try this one, youll need to download and build the Loki tools.
ROMs
Perhaps the most important ROM of all is out at the sex tape developers site, the stock unrooted original ROM. At this point, there are several other proof of concept ROMs under development there as well, but nothing that looks ready to really use yet.Of course, if you want to go looking for ROMs, a good place to go is always the xda-developers.com site. Today, the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 forum is at the top of the list! So far, Ive only one ROM here, a stock rooted odexed and deodexed.
Kernels
The kernel from Faux123 is out for all US and International versions of the Galaxy S4. I just downloaded from this thread.
Google Wallet
Similar to getting Google Wallet working on the Samsung Galaxy S3, the S4 requires a /system/build.prop hack, flashing a deodexed ROM, loading the Xposed framework, and applying an Xposed framework patch.
This XDA thread was started for T-Mobile, but can be followed except that before beginning you will want to download a deodexed ROM for your carrier of the device, like the Verizon one mentioned in this thread from XDA Developers. Basically, this will make your phone look like a Sprint Galaxy S4 device, which has access to the app. Once the app is installed and working, you can revert your build.prop back to the original.
Repositories
I stumbled upon this repository which has many of the files that you need, not just for the S4, but many other Samsung devices as well.Available link for download
