Pure Android on Samsung 4

Mitrovah

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Feb 15, 2013
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I recently got a Samsung S4. To say the least I don't like the "Samsung Elements" on the phone. I would like to remove, not just hide, but completely extricate all of it and just have a pure Android OS on my phone. Can this be done on a model SCH-I545. I viewed there are apps to give the experience but I prefer not to use that either.

S4 2014
Model # SCH- I545
Build Version I545VRUFNC5.

Which is Rooting Process will work for my phone model and build #, which rom would be best for the most pure Android 4.4 experience?
 

CellPunk

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Sep 25, 2014
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Bad news. FNC5 won't give you a 'pure Android experience' as Samsung locked the bootloader when you updated from 4.2. Closest you'll get it installing Towelroot, then SuperSU+Busybox, then SafeStrap and using SafeStrap to create a new virtual ROM to use+boot in to. ROM choices are pretty limited for SafeStrap though.