Need help, unable to make any rom work??? - Motorola Droid RAZR

Hi all,
I've been trying to install Eclipse rom on my droid razr, everything goes alright, but when i reboot, it comes back to my stock moto ICS.
I've installed safestrap v.2.11. Then followed directions on how to use, like,
-Backup stock rom
-Enable safe strap
-Wipe cache, dalvik, factroy data and /system
-Install .zip from internal sdcard
-Then i reboot, but it gets stuck after dual core screen, i see a slight flash and it reboots, and this cycle just keep son repeating
But then when i go into safestrap and disable it, then it does boot up, but goes back to stock ics rom???

hsyasin said:
Hi all,
I've been trying to install Eclipse rom on my droid razr, everything goes alright, but when i reboot, it comes back to my stock moto ICS.
I've installed safestrap v.2.11. Then followed directions on how to use, like,
-Backup stock rom
-Enable safe strap
-Wipe cache, dalvik, factroy data and /system
-Install .zip from internal sdcard
-Then i reboot, but it gets stuck after dual core screen, i see a slight flash and it reboots, and this cycle just keep son repeating
But then when i go into safestrap and disable it, then it does boot up, but goes back to stock ics rom???
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Uninstall safestrap 2.11 and install 3.05. Make an active slot and install rom there

heblu said:
Uninstall safestrap 2.11 and install 3.05. Make an active slot and install rom there
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Can u kindly explain how to make an active slot and installing rom there, coz i tried making a partition using v2.11 and messed up my sdcard..
Plus, I did try running v3.something and it didn't work at all on my droid razr. Can u kindly post link to the download file?

Also, that safe strap v3.05 says its for droid bionic..
dont know if that has anything to do with not working with droid razr

hsyasin said:
Also, that safe strap v3.05 says its for droid bionic..
dont know if that has anything to do with not working with droid razr
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I have SS3 on my razr. Look here for more info:
http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/how-to-safestrap/

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[Q] No Boot on custom ROM's

I've rooted my Razr MAXX with both Motofail and Zergrush, and using Safestrap i've flashed Eclipse, Black Widow and Gummy ROM's (Also GSM Patch). Problem is that i just get a black screen and no boot with all of the ROM's.
Thought about using Bootstrap instead of Safestrap, but im afraid i can't do the easy reversion and ending up with a bricked phone, not even sure if that's the problem, can't see what im doing wrong here so i would really apricate some help!
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Using the recovery i've wiped data, cache and dalvik cache and formatted /system before every flash
Can't seem to install v.2.0 of Safestrap. And i can't get Bootstrap 1.0 or 2.0 to work, it just hangs at startup.
Do i have any alternatives ?
Mojo_69 said:
I've rooted my Razr MAXX with both Motofail and Zergrush, and using Safestrap i've flashed Eclipse, Black Widow and Gummy ROM's (Also GSM Patch). Problem is that i just get a black screen and no boot with all of the ROM's.
Thought about using Bootstrap instead of Safestrap, but im afraid i can't do the easy reversion and ending up with a bricked phone, not even sure if that's the problem, can't see what im doing wrong here so i would really apricate some help!
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Using the recovery i've wiped data, cache and dalvik cache and formatted /system before every flash
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CDMA I guess... safestrap should work insted of bootstrap..Try to flash everything again, start with the 2.3.6 stock rom and go on step by step. Check if you got the latest safestrap version..
Found out Safestrap doesn't work on GSM phones! So after some researching i found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1558884
And i can run Bootstrap now after formatting /system. Now for the flashing
Mojo_69 said:
I've rooted my Razr MAXX with both Motofail and Zergrush, and using Safestrap i've flashed Eclipse, Black Widow and Gummy ROM's (Also GSM Patch). Problem is that i just get a black screen and no boot with all of the ROM's.
Thought about using Bootstrap instead of Safestrap, but im afraid i can't do the easy reversion and ending up with a bricked phone, not even sure if that's the problem, can't see what im doing wrong here so i would really apricate some help!
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Using the recovery i've wiped data, cache and dalvik cache and formatted /system before every flash
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Your problem is that Safestrap doesn't work for the XT910(GSM) version of the Droid RAZR. As I understand it has to do with the size of the /preinstall folder.
Once you uninstall Safestrap and install Bootstrap it should work fine.

problem with SafeStrap 2.0 on ICS .79

So I recently flashed ICS 6.14.79 onto my Razr Maxx and was trying to install safestrap so i can play with ROM's and such. I install safestrap.apk, then click the app icon in my drawer adn install recovery. Once I rebooot I get the option on splash screen to tap menu for recovery. I can get into recovery, I can make a backup of my system before switching to safemode and everything works just fine. I can reboot my system at this point and it will boot up fine. I can either wait the 10 seconds or I can hit search and it will boot.
But if I go through the safe menu and enable safeboot or safemode or whatever its called... my phone will NOT boot. it will get to the splash screen, and if i wait it goes to a black screen and goes NO FURTHER. the only way I can get it to boot is to hold the power and volume up and down keys for about 20 seconds ad my screen will flash, then I can hold just the power and it will reboot and I can go back into recovery and un do the safemode and it will boot.
I made sure I am using (or trying to use) 2.0, I have never installed bootstrap, this was a fresh loaded phone, razr utility 1.6 to load .181, then combo ics installer 0.3 to install ics 6.14.79. Rooted with teh ics installer which used the motofail exploit, loaded my apps and tried to flash the BEATS update...
Help please?
When you toggle the safe mode your still in the recovery screen you need to wipe cache dalvik cache wipe data /factory reset and format system then install your new rom and gapps before rebooting otherwise there is nothing to boot up. At least that's how I'm reading your post . So your in non safe you have your backup toggle safe then before rebooting wipe data/ factory reset wipe cache format system then dalvik cache then install rom and gapps if not part of rom most are not.. 4-29-12 gapps Then you can reboot. Some people have problems with charger hooked up try without it. Hopefully this will help.
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but Im not trying to load a new ROM, I am wanting to continue using the one I currently have, I just wanted to add Beats to it... so your saying that I have to flash a new rom, and that safemode will NOT allow me to use my current rom....
I think toggling safemode creates a second ROM so you can go back to your first one if you need to. So when safe mode is active it boots into the second ROM. If flashing beats there is no ROM to boot in to.
To flash beats I would think you shouldn't enable safe mode cause you want it flashed to your ROM instead of a non existing one. Understand?
This is purely from my little knowledge of Safestrap. I generally use Bootstrap.
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If you don't wanna flash any roms than you could just use bootstrap. If you wanna use bootstrap you must clear off safestrap.
1 reboot into safestrap and disable safestrap reboot
2 open safestrap app and select uninstall
3 go to system settings manage apps and unistall safestrap.
After you've done those steps than you could get bootstrap razr from the market and flash beats audio. I don't know if theres a way to install with safestrap in non-safe mode, it was setup to protect your orginial rom and only flash in safe-mode. maybe someone else could comment further.

[Q] How to fix black screen with Safestrap 3.11

I am running Razr ICS 4.0.4 safestrap 3.11.
Problem is when i try to restore a backup that I made, could have just made it 5 minutes ago( does samething to any backups) all that happens is the M logo comes up then the safestrap screen and I hit the button to boot phone normally it just goes to a black screen. I have do the 3 button reset to get back to safestrap. I then have to switch over to the stock rom slot, and that boots fine. I then have to go back into safestrap and delete rom slot 1 and re-create it to be-able to restore any backups. What is going on, what do I have to do to just be able to restore a backup without have to delete the rom slot and recreate it everytime? I made a post on Hashcode site as well. Would love to get this resolved!
Interesting
blackops11252 said:
I am running Razr ICS 4.0.4 safestrap 3.11.
Problem is when i try to restore a backup that I made, could have just made it 5 minutes ago( does samething to any backups) all that happens is the M logo comes up then the safestrap screen and I hit the button to boot phone normally it just goes to a black screen. I have do the 3 button reset to get back to safestrap. I then have to switch over to the stock rom slot, and that boots fine. I then have to go back into safestrap and delete rom slot 1 and re-create it to be-able to restore any backups. What is going on, what do I have to do to just be able to restore a backup without have to delete the rom slot and recreate it everytime? I made a post on Hashcode site as well. Would love to get this resolved!
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Actually, after I went from Safestrap 2.__ to 3.11, every time I create a new Rom slot and try to Install a ROM into it, I get a black screen on reboot. The only thing that works for me is the stock at this point. I'm worried to revert to the previous Safestrap and some ROM's don't work with anything but the latest Safestrap, so unsure what to do.
Cmar
I got the same problem as your when using the safestrap 3.11. But then I noticed that every developer ask us to wipe before install roms.
I followed, and I succeeded most of my installation. But I still get the black screen randomly, even when I reinstall the rom that boots normal before.
Anyway, you could try wipe all between the time of recreate the rom-slot and install roms.
Hope this will help you!
sweetmeroy said:
I got the same problem as your when using the safestrap 3.11. But then I noticed that every developer ask us to wipe before install roms.
I followed, and I succeeded most of my installation. But I still get the black screen randomly, even when I reinstall the rom that boots normal before.
Anyway, you could try wipe all between the time of recreate the rom-slot and install roms.
Hope this will help you!
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On my first install of Safestrap 3.11 on Motorola Droid Razr HD, I made a 1gb partition in slot 1, installed Batakang rom and rebooted. Worked fine (except I could only receive, not send sms/mms). Since then nothing has worked. I have even gone as far as factory reset my phone, re-rooted (Motochopper) and Unlocked Bootloader (Motopocalypse), re-installed safestrap, created new rom slot (tried slot 1 and 3) tried installing CM10 and AOKP unofficial builds downloaded from this site, no ammount of wiping before installing works. I can boot to stock rom fine but get black screen when booting into other roms. Holding down power key forces reboot into safestrap again.
I will first delete any ROM slot i created first then Easiest way to fix black screen is to boot to stock rom and select safestrap app open and chose uninstall recovery, reboot and do same thing but this time choose install recovery then reboot, can go back into safestrap now and all will be Good
Some ROMs are messed up like that as far as messaging goes

Is it possible to flash a ROM over the stock partition in SafeStrap 3.6x

I really want to use SafeStrap instead of BMM because with BMM, my SD card and internal storage get messed up on every reboot. However, I'm just not ok with partitioning in order to install a ROM; I want it installed over my Stock partition. Can I do that with SafeStrap? Whenever I try, it just boots to a black screen after the recovery.
Redjax said:
I really want to use SafeStrap instead of BMM because with BMM, my SD card and internal storage get messed up on every reboot. However, I'm just not ok with partitioning in order to install a ROM; I want it installed over my Stock partition. Can I do that with SafeStrap? Whenever I try, it just boots to a black screen after the recovery.
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yeah you can. clear you cache and dalvik in the recovery, should start up find after that.
@Redjax Have you had any luck in doing this? I tried flashing to the stock partition (after making backups of everything, thank goodness!) and got the same black screen. Is there anything extra to do if you want to flash the Stock partition?
I flashed to the newest cm11 to stock slot on SS3.65. Here's what I did with no problems.
Activate Stock Slot
Wipe: Cache, Dalvik Cache, Android_secure, System, Data (Repeat; I always wipe everything twice, probably unnecessary, but i like to be sure)
Flash CM11 Nightly
Flash PA Gapps
Flash JBX Kernal
Flash WiFi Patch
Wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache again
Reboot
Everything worked fine first try. I realize what you flash will probably be different depending on which Rom you choose.
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coreywallen said:
I flashed to the newest cm11 to stock slot on SS3.65. Here's what I did with no problems.
Activate Stock Slot
Wipe: Cache, Dalvik Cache, Android_secure, System, Data (Repeat; I always wipe everything twice, probably unnecessary, but i like to be sure)
Flash CM11 Nightly
Flash PA Gapps
Flash JBX Kernal
Flash WiFi Patch
Wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache again
Reboot
Everything worked fine first try. I realize what you flash will probably be different depending on which Rom you choose.
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Hmm.. I wiped everything except for the Android_secure... Wonder if that's what did it? I was just trying to flash the latest/first official CM11 nightly, along with DHackers no_set_metadata GAPPS.
After I flashed the phone wouldn't boot -- just red Moto symbol then black screen. I managed to get it into APX Fastboot mode, used DROID_RAZR_Utility to flash the stock rom back on to the phone (without data wipe). Lo and behold, the phone came back to life! RE-rooted and reinstalled Safestrap 3.65, and all the slots were still there -- no harm, no foul, but I thought for a good while I bricked the phone. Whew!
Ok, Off to research what the Android_secure partition is for...
I think, BMM is better than SS, don't have any problem with my device
I've been out of the loop for awhile. Back in the days of og droid we just used recovery. SS came in later allowing you to have dual boot.
If you don't want that option can you just use a recovery like CW and not use SS or BMM?
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On SS 3.65 i always wipe in my stock rom everything exept the SD card and the internal Storage and it works, i do it like that nearly a year without any problems.
Yes, I've not had a problem. I'm using Jelly Bean's ROM, and all I did was backup my Stock ROM, wipe it, and install through SafeStrap. I don't know why it wouldn't work for you...what ROM are you attempting it with?

[Q] Pros and Cons of flashing custom rom to stock slot

I'm currently running safe strap 3.65. Been flashing roms for quite a while but always left the stock slot alone. I'm wondering if there were any real down sides or things to be careful about when flashing a custom rom/kernal to the stock slot. There's the obvious, that a rom wouldn't work and I would have no working roms, but i'm not worried about that as I could easily flash another. Thanks in advance.
Also wondering. I did a backup of stock but it doesnt exist now! And flashed cm10.1.3 and it won't boot.....
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Does anyone know how to install CM 10.1.3 or 10.2 to stock slot? I tried it, but it won`t boot. I had a stock slot with root and safestrap enabled, then i wiped stock slot in safestrap. After that my phone didn`t do anything, it seems that safestrap has deleted itself while wiping stock slot. So i had to restore my system with RSD Lite.
I did exact same thing. I even backed up before flashing and then the back up dissappear or didn't actually back up
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It works now. Installed Stock with RSD lite, rooted it, installed SS3.65 and did a wipe cache, data and factory reset. Then i installed CM 10.2, Avatar rom 4.3 over stock system. Then i installed Gapps and JBX kernel 1.5. It is running great.
Just wanted to update this since I hadn't received any responses about the actual pros and cons. I decided to jump right in and do it and see what happened. Here's what I did.
SafeStrap 3.65:
Activate stock slot
wipe: cache, dalvik cache, android secure, data, system
repeat (I always repeat this step to be sure everything is clear)
Flash CM11 12/15 Nightly
Flash PA Gapps
Flash WiFi Access Point Patch
Flash JBX 2.0 Kernal
Wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache
Reboot.
Everything works perfectly on stock slot.
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I prefer to leave the stock side alone for a couple of reasons. I like to always have it there as a fall back boot option. Also, if you have to delete ROM slots and are down to the option of having none left, you need to be able to activate the stock slot so that you can delete the last slot.
Seems the biggest pro for flashing over stock is saving storage space.
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moparfreak426 said:
I did exact same thing. I even backed up before flashing and then the back up dissappear or didn't actually back up
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Is the Backup maybe on the SD card and you searching in the internal storage, or other way round?
Just set it completely stock, rooted and deleted everything for **** and hdmi so annoying hdmi quits popping up forcing landscape mode
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How did you wipe system and your safestrap still works? If i wipe system, safestrap wipes itself and the recovery stops working after the wipe, phone is bricked. Only RSD helps fixing it
Einheit-101 said:
It works now. Installed Stock with RSD lite, rooted it, installed SS3.65 and did a wipe cache, data and factory reset. Then i installed CM 10.2, Avatar rom 4.3 over stock system. Then i installed Gapps and JBX kernel 1.5. It is running great.
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Lol, I made a thread a long while ago, and that was my exact setup that I posted in that thread...
Einheit-101 said:
How did you wipe system and your safestrap still works? If i wipe system, safestrap wipes itself and the recovery stops working after the wipe, phone is bricked. Only RSD helps fixing it
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Using 3.73 / 3.75 I no longer have this problem. 10 out of 10 times
Lol never tried with 3.73/75 but i dont use the XT910 anymore so i dont care anymore about this. Just waiting for a Root exploit for my new Droid Maxx.

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