I thought I could install a rom in the stock rom slot? Now, that I had tried to flash a rom and wipe everything i need to wipe, it is saying that there is no OS installed and is asking me if Im sure I wanted to reboot. What's going on?
using safestrap v 3.11 on droid razr maxx jelly bean
Because the ROM slot stock contains the original ROM, por stock ROM if you wipe it and didnt make a backup or the ROM you flash doesnt work you could brick your de vice, verter make a romslot1 and flash there just to be safe
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Steven87 said:
Because the ROM slot stock contains the original ROM, por stock ROM if you wipe it and didnt make a backup or the ROM you flash doesnt work you could brick your de vice, verter make a romslot1 and flash there just to be safe
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OK, understand that; so now that I'm sitting here with a bad install on ROM Slot 1 and "No OS Installed" on Stock Rom Slot, is there anything I can do to make my phone work again? (I have an Atrix HD, not the OP's Razr.)
You hace todo go todo stock recovery perform a full wipe and flash a stock ROM of your área with RSS lite, there are lots of vídeos in youtube, if i helped click the thanks Button
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having same issue, but my phone doesn`t get recognized by my computer... Is there any way to restore stock rom via safestrap? If not, is there any way to restore stock without having to connect the phone to the pc?
Guys pls I need your ultimate help. I mistakenly wiped my rom stock on my Droid Razr Maxx. now the phone tells me there is no os. pls how do i get my os back. pls i need your help. I do not have a backup
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having same issue, but my phone doesn`t get recognized by my computer... Is there any way to restore stock rom via safestrap? If not, is there any way to restore stock without having to connect the phone to the pc?
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The only way to get your stock rom back is via pc.
Uninstall moto drivers,restart pc,install them again and try to change usb port.
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Guys pls I need your ultimate help. I mistakenly wiped my rom stock on my Droid Razr Maxx. now the phone tells me there is no os. pls how do i get my os back. pls i need your help. I do not have a backup
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I assume that you have XT912,flash the stock rom with matllgroff's utility.
XT910-flash with RSD Lite
XT912-flash with matllgroff's utility
Here is everything that you need guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3023837
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Hello. First of all i did a huge search and tried everything i found before posting. I rooted my phone, use bootstrap, made a nandroid backup, saved it on my pc and tried to flash cm9. When i reboot phone from recovery it got stuck on M logo. I tried to go back to recovery and made a data wipe, rebooted phone and got stuck again. I tried to restore stock with RSD...didnt work. Start flashing and after a couple minutes said flash failed. My stock rom is from Claro PR. Gb 2.3.5 and i didnt find any where that file to use via RSD. I tried Latinamerican 2.3.5 (Argentina) and 2.3.6 and nothing. Tried to restore stock rom using Razr tool and it shows something like signature failed....thats because it restore to stock EU firmware. My phone keep stock on fasboot flashing failure or something like that. I found that i can flash system.img from my nandroid backup via adb( mean fastboot) but when i extract my nandroid backup theres only three ext3 files and the .md5. I open every file trying to find an .img but nothing. What can i do? How can use that file to restore my phone? It is posible to change that files to .img? Does somebody has the system.img file from stock Claro PR 2.3.5 or any other that worked for you on Claro? Please help!!! Thanks in advance.
You flashed an ICS CM9, right?
So now you can't flash an GB FW, because you stuck on ICS. You have to find an ICS Fastboot for your Region and use this with RSD!
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HSD-Pilot said:
You flashed an ICS CM9, right?
So now you can't flash an GB FW, because you stuck on ICS. You have to find an ICS Fastboot for your Region and use this with RSD!
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Yes, cm9. I dowloaded the ics file for claro pr but when uncompressing it says that there are files that are not correct...i dont...dont remember the message but never ends to uncompress...maybe i should redowload it...
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Well....same result. Does somebody please can help me to get the correct files or tell me something about this ext3 files from my backup and how to use it....pleaassseee!!! Thanks
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ToledoG28 said:
Well....same result. Does somebody please can help me to get the correct files or tell me something about this ext3 files from my backup and how to use it....pleaassseee!!! Thanks
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Hi!
These files shaw be restored thru safestrap/bootstrap. If you lost recovery then you'll need to flash a fresh firmware with RSD lite.
Take a look in dev section for a fastboot file to ur razr. Btw, what version of the razr do you own?
Cheers
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pedrotorresfilho said:
Hi!
These files shaw be restored thru safestrap/bootstrap. If you lost recovery then you'll need to flash a fresh firmware with RSD lite.
Take a look in dev section for a fastboot file to ur razr. Btw, what version of the razr do you own?
Cheers
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Hola Pedro. Im confused. I tried a couple fastboot files from dev section. I just can tell you my phones is a xt910 from Claro PR. Stock rom 2.3.5 americamovil... You wont believe me but i have two Razr with same problem....well...somebody gave me one. If i lost my recovery ( i cant get into recovery) can i flash any recovery without the rom in order to restore my phone or...man...i really dont know what files to use. I just have this backup... Should i try my previous stock gb or ICS as the first guy said?
De verdad que no tengo idea. Ayudame si puedes. Thanks.
ToledoG28 said:
Hola Pedro. Im confused. I tried a couple fastboot files from dev section. I just can tell you my phones is a xt910 from Claro PR. Stock rom 2.3.5 americamovil... You wont believe me but i have two Razr with same problem....well...somebody gave me one. If i lost my recovery ( i cant get into recovery) can i flash any recovery without the rom in order to restore my phone or...man...i really dont know what files to use. I just have this backup... Should i try my previous stock gb or ICS as the first guy said?
De verdad que no tengo idea. Ayudame si puedes. Thanks.
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Follow this thread and update ur device to ICS prior installing any recovery to flash custom roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786107
Cheers
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Follow this thread and update ur device to ICS prior installing any recovery to flash custom roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786107
Cheers
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Thanks. That will be imposible rigth now...i just ordered a programming cable in order to get in fastboot ( it says low battery on fastboot) and restore my phone. I tried your tutorial before...when i ran your ICS OTA Fix it says something like signature failed, however as soon as i get the cable i will try it again. Thanks. God bless!!
Quik question. When i get that cable...once in apfastboot....your telling me that after i run ur ota fix ill be able to get in recovery and flash the update?
Hello all,
I recently rooted my Motorola Droid RAZR & made a backup of the stock rom with root that I'd had. I played around with a few roms and now I want to flash back to the backup that I originially made.
I've now restored the device to the original ROM. When I reboot the system, it gives me the SafeStrap option & I hit the Search Button to continue to boot the ROM. At this point, the screen stays black & nothing happens.
What should I do? RSDLite?
Thanks everyone,
Austin
I need help too
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i think the better way is to flash stock with rsdlite, clear data\cache in stock recovery, then boot normally, install safestrap again and restore your backed up rom
yeah same problem......I really don't think you can restore back to stock
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Yeah I eventually had to just RSDLite the thing, it wasn't too painful.
Were can I get the files u used to restore can u share them here
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tcuwolf said:
Were can I get the files u used to restore can u share them here
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192 for RSD files and instructions
and for those who get into the boot loop after flashed with rsd, boot into recovery mode and make a factory reset/wipe cache, the reboot it worked for me
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Hi, I have razr maxx with ics android and safestrap with cm10.1. I read some topics and get to know that:
a) jb doesn't use webtop partition
b) cm on safestrap could work a little bit slower than on stock slot
So my question is, what should I do to get max possible speed, and max possible avalible space. It would be great if someone with big knowleadge could write a tutorial how to do it.
In fact I have no idea but I want to know:
a) is easy to unbrick phone if something goes wrong
b) is something other than cid what should i backup
c) is any reason to have stock ics or should i flash to jb
d) can i back to ics from jb
e) is it possible to repartition device (remove webtop patition)
f) how to instal cm on stock slot? can i do it in safestrap or should i use bmm?
Thanks in advance. Please give me any information connected with it, maybe link to other topics or just write
you cannot flash in the stock rom slot. it will damage the phone.you will have to reinstall via fastboot files if you mess with the stock rom slot. its a *****.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2398867
are you sure its impossible?
yes im pretty positive..i mean by all means go ahead and try it tho. your gunna be posting a thread asking how to fix it afterwards tho.
ok, no flashing on stock,
so what about rest question, should i stay on 4.0.4 or get 4.1.2? can i remove webtop partition and increase size of data?
currently i'm running cm 10.2 on stock rom slot, safestrap recovery
all I did was wiping /system and /data before installing the rom (do not forget to perform a factory reset, too)
for me, biggest benefit of stockromslot is clean internal storage.
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RGreen said:
currently i'm running cm 10.2 on stock rom slot, safestrap recovery
all I did was wiping /system and /data before installing the rom (do not forget to perform a factory reset, too)
for me, biggest benefit of stockromslot is clean internal storage.
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are you having any problems running data? i tried 10.2 n it would only accept data thru LTE and WiFi
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are you having any problems running data? i tried 10.2 n it would only accept data thru LTE and WiFi
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I'm using gsm/umts network, with gsm fix. No problems with data.
can I update safestrap from 3.11 to 3.65 by flashing the update through safestrap itself or do I need to uninstall it and then re-install 3.65?
Boot back to stock ROM, start ss from app menu, select uninstall recovery, then go to settings, apps and find ss, uninstall ss from app properties, then install ss 3.65. I'm not sure, but I think you may even be able to create a new ROM slot and restore a backup to the new ROM slot (so you may want to make a backup of your custom rom slot using ss before you try to upgrade ss).
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Boot back to stock ROM, start ss from app menu, select uninstall recovery, then go to settings, apps and find ss, uninstall ss from app properties, then install ss 3.65. I'm not sure, but I think you may even be able to create a new ROM slot and restore a backup to the new ROM slot (so you may want to make a backup of your custom rom slot using ss before you try to upgrade ss).
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thats what I thought. Say someone maybe me, erased the stock rom. can it be replaced with Matty's util?
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thats what I thought. Say someone maybe me, erased the stock rom. can it be replaced with Matty's util?
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Yes you can revert to stock ROM with matt's utility. There are two options. One wipes data the other does not. You can try either option, but the wipe data option is usually preferred.
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Dwillian said:
Yes you can revert to stock ROM with matt's utility. There are two options. One wipes data the other does not. You can try either option, but the wipe data option is usually preferred.
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I am running LiquidSmooth 3.0 android version 4.4.2. Does that matter? Can I make the assumption I need the newest utility?
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I am running LiquidSmooth 3.0 android version 4.4.2. Does that matter? Can I make the assumption I need the newest utility?
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I don't know for liquid smooth; I've never used that ROM. Couldn't hurt to use the latest assuming it's compatible.
On second thought I'm not sure if you meant Matt's utility or SafeStrap. In either case I usually try to use the latest version of everything unless I hear there is a problem.
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I am running slot 1 liquid smooth and slot 2 slim ROM ,I'm have internal memory remaining only 1gb so I decided to delete stock slot..for gaining some internal memory.. How to do that ..??,actually safe strap installed in stock slot.. If I delete stock slot how I can possible to come in safestrap recovery any idea .. Would be appreciated...also which ROM I can possible to flash in stock slot??
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You should wipe and recrate the stock slot and make one of the other slots in stock slot.
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I didn't get dear
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if you fully wipe the stock slot and then reflash one of the roms from like slot 1 on stock slot you would have more space.
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You CANNOT delete stock slot.
You can only wipe it.
If you need to free space, delete one of the other slots, or as above post says, move one of your Rom to stock slot and then delete that one.
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Buy safestrap installed in stock slot.. Then how it will boot into recovery if I wipe stock slot
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Buy safestrap installed in stock slot.. Then how it will boot into recovery if I wipe stock slot
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No, the safestrap that you are talking about is the safestrap.apk. You use that to install/uninstall the hijack that safestrap uses to boot into recovery. Since you have root rights, you gave safestrap the OK to install a bootloader hijack, which operates before the OS(ROM) is loaded up. If you wiped stock slot, then rebooted the phone with out installing a ROM, the hijack would still be there, you would still be able to boot into recovery, you just wouldn't be able to go any farther than recovery. You would just get a black screen afterwards because, well, there wouldn't be a ROM for it to boot too.
If you wipe the stock slot, then install the ROM and Gapps that you want back onto that slot, everything would be fine.
Also from what I understand you CANNOT restore a backup from another slot to stock slot. You will have to do it fresh.
Hope this helped
Thanks a lot for ur nice guide.. Will give a try... Which rom is best suitable for flashing in stock slot.. Is there is any problems if I wipes the stock slot??,and what are the benefits will get by wiping stock slot?? Dhacker released safestrap 3.72 I installed 3.65.. Then how I can update into 3.72 without stock ROM??
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aneeshmbabu said:
Thanks a lot for ur nice guide.. Will give a try... Which rom is best suitable for flashing in stock slot.. Is there is any problems if I wipes the stock slot??,and what are the benefits will get by wiping stock slot?? Dhacker released safestrap 3.72 I installed 3.65.. Then how I can update into 3.72 without stock ROM??
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Only real benefits of putting a ROM in stock slot is saving space on your internal sd card. There are other, little conveniences but that is the main one
I don't know what you mean about installing the recovery without the stock ROM. Safestrap is a root required.apk(application) that installs a hijack for a custom recovery. Once installed it stays there like I said in the previous post, til it is uninstalled or upgraded, or you flash a fresh firmware with a utility.
You don't want to upgrade it without having a ROM installed prior. The new safestrap .apk gives you the option of uninstalling the old 3.65 hijack then installing the new 3.72, it won't install over the old, you have to remove it first. You have to do this in the application, not in recovery, so that means a ROM will already have to be installed.
Right now you should just concentrate on flashing a ROM in stock slot if that is what you want, worry about the recovery update later, as it isn't a requirement. Maybe do some reading first so you have a better understanding of what you are doing before you do it. And figure out how to get yourself out of a problem before you get into it.
As for ROM's, all of them work with safestrap. All of them have their own individual kinks, bugs, and fixes. You would have to read through the individual ROM's forums see which ones you want to try out. I like SlimKat myself, and there are also custom JB ROM's. Since you are using a xt912 you will want spyder versions of ROM's not umts-spyder, that is for xt910
Thanksbfor the fruitful info
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Draxin said:
Only real benefits of putting a ROM in stock slot is saving space on your internal sd card. There are other, little conveniences but that is the main one
I don't know what you mean about installing the recovery without the stock ROM. Safestrap is a root required.apk(application) that installs a hijack for a custom recovery. Once installed it stays there like I said in the previous post, til it is uninstalled or upgraded, or you flash a fresh firmware with a utility.
You don't want to upgrade it without having a ROM installed prior. The new safestrap .apk gives you the option of uninstalling the old 3.65 hijack then installing the new 3.72, it won't install over the old, you have to remove it first. You have to do this in the application, not in recovery, so that means a ROM will already have to be installed.
Right now you should just concentrate on flashing a ROM in stock slot if that is what you want, worry about the recovery update later, as it isn't a requirement. Maybe do some reading first so you have a better understanding of what you are doing before you do it. And figure out how to get yourself out of a problem before you get into it.
As for ROM's, all of them work with safestrap. All of them have their own individual kinks, bugs, and fixes. You would have to read through the individual ROM's forums see which ones you want to try out. I like SlimKat myself, and there are also custom JB ROM's. Since you are using a xt912 you will want spyder versions of ROM's not umts-spyder, that is for xt910
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you seem to klnow what you are talking about. I need help bad. I deleted the stock rom but didn't flash another rom over that slot but just used slot 1 because thats what i had been using and now the phone doesn't boot. I don't get the safestrap logo either. Just the moto logo and then a black screen. Is the phone hard bricked or can I save it somewhow?
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you seem to klnow what you are talking about. I need help bad. I deleted the stock rom but didn't flash another rom over that slot but just used slot 1 because thats what i had been using and now the phone doesn't boot. I don't get the safestrap logo either. Just the moto logo and then a black screen. Is the phone hard bricked or can I save it somewhow?
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If you are only going to have one slot has to be stock. If you read hashcode's information on that you would have known. Since you are getting the Motorola logo, your bootloader is still there. You are a repairable softbrick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192467
This is matlgrofs utility for the xt912.. make sure to thank him. Follow the direction's EXACTLY!
It will flash a fresh firmware on your phone. And allow you to root it. The safestrap .Apk is a 2.xx Version so your backups wont work with it. So after you flashed the firmware and rooted, you can install the newer safestrap Apk.
Battery life is pretty important with this process, so the phone needs to be 100 (the phone doesn't charge in AP) you cannot cut this corner, if your battery goes dead in the middle of the firmware flash your phone very well will become a brick
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Draxin said:
If you are only going to have one slot has to be stock. If you read hashcode's information on that you would have known. Since you are getting the Motorola logo, your bootloader is still there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192467
This is matlgrofs utility for the xt912.. make sure to thank him. Follow the direction's EXACTLY!
It will flash a fresh firmware on your phone. And allow you to root it. The safestrap .Apk is a 2.xx Version so your backups wont work with it. So after you flashed the firmware and rooted, you can install the newer safestrap Apk.
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thanks for the reply. I actually figured it out on my own. I already had that utility because I used it to root. I just didn't realise I could use it to recover the phone from a soft brick. I also didn't know what the button combo was but I did some reading this morning and thanks to the helpful post of others in various threads I sorted everything out. So everything is running good now and I'm using liquid smooth kitkat with ART enabled and tethering works so I'm happy. This is my first experience with a motorola device and so far it's been the easiest to get rooted and a custom recovery installed, but that whole rom slot thing through me off. thought since I had a rom installed already I could just wipe the stock rom but learned it doesnt work like that...so now I know. Thanks again for the reply though, your info is spot on
This is intriguing to think about, so can safestrap be uninstalled / installed from any working rom slot with any working custom rom?
I can see why this would be helpful, especially to save internal space. Is there a good minimalistic custom rom with enhanced utilities that could be installed in the stock slot for maintenance purposes? Or should I just backup my stock rom and put my favorite rom in the stock slot and just use it for advanced maintenance?
I do think though the first option might be smarter since it's good to have a maintenance stock rom that won't be modified through regular use to be able to boot into for specific tasks.
Any recommendations for stock slot replacement? you did mention slimkat, but are there any ultra basic yet utility heavy custom roms out there for spyder? (I'm using XT912)
Also do I need to do any other specific backup of my stock rom? other than the full back up in safestrap?