I tried searching for this, but couldn't find anything.
Timeline:
Rooted, and installed safestrap via razr blade utility... perfect
installed cm 10.1 & gapps on boot sector #1 as instructed.... perfect
tested phone, everything is working great...
Performed a factory reset via android settings menu (phone belongs to a co-worker). on reboot phone is just black.
paid closer attention, and realized that after safestrap timed out, phone wasn't booting to anything.
Now I have no OS installed, and when I try to partition slot 1 to reinstall, I get an error that it is "unable to partition"
Is there anything I can do short of a SBF, and starting over from scratch?
Thanks in advance
mstrpeter said:
I tried searching for this, but couldn't find anything.
Timeline:
Rooted, and installed safestrap via razr blade utility... perfect
installed cm 10.1 & gapps on boot sector #1 as instructed.... perfect
tested phone, everything is working great...
Performed a factory reset via android settings menu (phone belongs to a co-worker). on reboot phone is just black.
paid closer attention, and realized that after safestrap timed out, phone wasn't booting to anything.
Now I have no OS installed, and when I try to partition slot 1 to reinstall, I get an error that it is "unable to partition"
Is there anything I can do short of a SBF, and starting over from scratch?
Thanks in advance
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mORE ROM ARE NOT FUNCTIONALLY WHIT SAFESTRAP(DIRTY OR CATALYST V2 OR JELLY WIZ OR FTS 3.0 OR RAGE ROM AND D-WIZ)
mstrpeter said:
I tried searching for this, but couldn't find anything.
Timeline:
Rooted, and installed safestrap via razr blade utility... perfect
installed cm 10.1 & gapps on boot sector #1 as instructed.... perfect
tested phone, everything is working great...
Performed a factory reset via android settings menu (phone belongs to a co-worker). on reboot phone is just black.
paid closer attention, and realized that after safestrap timed out, phone wasn't booting to anything.
Now I have no OS installed, and when I try to partition slot 1 to reinstall, I get an error that it is "unable to partition"
Is there anything I can do short of a SBF, and starting over from scratch?
Thanks in advance
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Maybe if you post in the correct section could find some adequate answers!
NOT HERE !
monkteo said:
Maybe if you post in the correct section could find some adequate answers!
NOT HERE !
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Well, until a mod can move the thread, he still needs help, right?
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mstrpeter said:
I tried searching for this, but couldn't find anything.
Timeline:
Rooted, and installed safestrap via razr blade utility... perfect
installed cm 10.1 & gapps on boot sector #1 as instructed.... perfect
tested phone, everything is working great...
Performed a factory reset via android settings menu (phone belongs to a co-worker). on reboot phone is just black.
paid closer attention, and realized that after safestrap timed out, phone wasn't booting to anything.
Now I have no OS installed, and when I try to partition slot 1 to reinstall, I get an error that it is "unable to partition"
Is there anything I can do short of a SBF, and starting over from scratch?
Thanks in advance
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Seems to be a big gap between your first & second statements. Can you be more specific about why you did an FDR if everything was running right?
And where did you do it from, the stock, unsafe side or from the ROM in slot 1?
Sounds like you accidentally formatted internal storage where your ROM slots live, in which case, the least you'll have to do is to boot back to your stock side, uninstall recovery from the safestrap app & uninstall the app itself. Then use a file explorer to remove anything that says safestrap or twrp from your internal storage & reboot. Once it comes up, reinstall the safestrap 3.11 apk & install the recovery again & start over.
Your worst case, if you can't boot up into your stock ROM at all, is to use Matt's 1.82 utility to restore your stock image.
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mstrpeter said:
I tried searching for this, but couldn't find anything.
Timeline:
Rooted, and installed safestrap via razr blade utility... perfect
installed cm 10.1 & gapps on boot sector #1 as instructed.... perfect
tested phone, everything is working great...
Performed a factory reset via android settings menu (phone belongs to a co-worker). on reboot phone is just black.
paid closer attention, and realized that after safestrap timed out, phone wasn't booting to anything.
Now I have no OS installed, and when I try to partition slot 1 to reinstall, I get an error that it is "unable to partition"
Is there anything I can do short of a SBF, and starting over from scratch?
Thanks in advance
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Did you make a backup of the stock system? Does the safestrap revovery screen still come up on reboot? Have you tried to delete slot 1 and re-create it? Or do the three wipes on slot1 (data/dalvik/cache) and re-install the ROM? Have you tried to hit the menu button (left side) and go back in to safestrap and enable the stock system? If the stock system will come back up you can go in and disable the recovery and remove safestrap and try to re-install it. If not I am afraid you will probably have to fastboot back to stock.
monkteo said:
Maybe if you post in the correct section could find some adequate answers!
NOT HERE !
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sorry, the development forums are the only ones I ever read... didn't even think about it. my bad
garywojdan81 said:
Well, until a mod can move the thread, he still needs help, right?
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Seems to be a big gap between your first & second statements. Can you be more specific about why you did an FDR if everything was running right?
And where did you do it from, the stock, unsafe side or from the ROM in slot 1?
Sounds like you accidentally formatted internal storage where your ROM slots live, in which case, the least you'll have to do is to boot back to your stock side, uninstall recovery from the safestrap app & uninstall the app itself. Then use a file explorer to remove anything that says safestrap or twrp from your internal storage & reboot. Once it comes up, reinstall the safestrap 3.11 apk & install the recovery again & start over.
Your worst case, if you can't boot up into your stock ROM at all, is to use Matt's 1.82 utility to restore your stock image.
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twith70 said:
Did you make a backup of the stock system? Does the safestrap revovery screen still come up on reboot? Have you tried to delete slot 1 and re-create it? Or do the three wipes on slot1 (data/dalvik/cache) and re-install the ROM? Have you tried to hit the menu button (left side) and go back in to safestrap and enable the stock system? If the stock system will come back up you can go in and disable the recovery and remove safestrap and try to re-install it. If not I am afraid you will probably have to fastboot back to stock.
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I did a factory reset, because the phone is not mine... I checked that everything was working and then reset so he'd start off the the setup wizard.
I think gary is right, I made a backup, which is gone, and I can't partition any of the rom slots? how did a fdr format everything except safe strap... is there no way to fix it without running the unbrick utiity and starting from scratch?
mstrpeter said:
sorry, the development forums are the only ones I ever read... didn't even think about it. my bad
I did a factory reset, because the phone is not mine... I checked that everything was working and then reset so he'd start off the the setup wizard.
I think gary is right, I made a backup, which is gone, and I can't partition any of the rom slots? how did a fdr format everything except safe strap... is there no way to fix it without running the unbrick utiity and starting from scratch?
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An FDR should not have removed your stock ROM, just the user data. Shouldn't touch the system partition at all. Can you boot into the stock side? If you can't, your only option is to use the 1.82 utility to start fresh with the stock .16 image. Can you boot up the stock ROM?
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garywojdan81 said:
An FDR should not have removed your stock ROM, just the user data. Shouldn't touch the system partition at all. Can you boot into the stock side? If you can't, your only option is to use the 1.82 utility to start fresh with the stock .16 image. Can you boot up the stock ROM?
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that's what I thought but here I am... I can't do anything but get to safestrap, if I exit safe strap it says No rom install and the screen goes black until I do a simulated battery pull
mstrpeter said:
that's what I thought but here I am... I can't do anything but get to safestrap, if I exit safe strap it says No rom install and the screen goes black until I do a simulated battery pull
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instead of running the unbrick utility, cause it wasn't bricked... I just ran the razr blade utility again from scratch... flashed the stock rom from there and had to go through all the steps again... good to go now though.
Thanks for the help everybody
mstrpeter said:
that's what I thought but here I am... I can't do anything but get to safestrap, if I exit safe strap it says No rom install and the screen goes black until I do a simulated battery pull
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Cant you just take stock based zips for safestrap and flash it
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HELP!!!!
I'm a semi-amateur at rooting, and I'm worried I bricked my wife's Droid Razr MAXX. Here's what happened:
A year ago, I rooted her Razr and installed safestrap, which came with its TWRP interface. It had been running slow, so yesterday I said I'd put her on a new ROM. I installed CM 10.1.3 and everything seemed to go smoothly. After I'd finished the install of the ROM, using safestrap and TWRP, I reinstalled all her apps and everything.
Then I reinstalled SuperSU, VooDoo OTA Rootkeeper, and Safestrap v2.11. I ran safestrap and noticed it said it didn't have custom recovery installed, even though I knew it did. I don't know why, but I hit the button to install custom recovery.
Well, her phone was being screwy so she reset it at work. It then began to bootloop, and she turned it off (power + vol up + vol down). I turned it on, the safestrap splash screen showed, and I hit "menu" to boot into recovery.
Instead of TWRP, I am getting the green and black stock recovery screen. Uh oh, right? So I don't know what to do now. I wiped cache and dalvik to see if it'd reboot, but still, it bootloops.
Do I hit "Disable Safestrap (if stuck in recovery)"? I'm afraid to do anything at this point, out of fear of bricking her device. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Download RSD Lite 5.7 and download the 4.1.2 firmware here
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_spyder/list.php make sure you have a good charge on the phone, (it won't charge in fastboot) then open the firmware in RSDlite extract, put your phone in fastboot mode (Vol+ Vol- power select fastboot) plug the phone into your computer using your micro USB that came with the phone. Wait for files to extract then flash. Hope this helps. Any further questions you can send me an IM at [email protected]
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This will bring you back to stock but you can easily re root.
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eolsgaard said:
HELP!!!!
I'm a semi-amateur at rooting, and I'm worried I bricked my wife's Droid Razr MAXX. Here's what happened:
A year ago, I rooted her Razr and installed safestrap, which came with its TWRP interface. It had been running slow, so yesterday I said I'd put her on a new ROM. I installed CM 10.1.3 and everything seemed to go smoothly. After I'd finished the install of the ROM, using safestrap and TWRP, I reinstalled all her apps and everything.
Then I reinstalled SuperSU, VooDoo OTA Rootkeeper, and Safestrap v2.11. I ran safestrap and noticed it said it didn't have custom recovery installed, even though I knew it did. I don't know why, but I hit the button to install custom recovery.
Well, her phone was being screwy so she reset it at work. It then began to bootloop, and she turned it off (power + vol up + vol down). I turned it on, the safestrap splash screen showed, and I hit "menu" to boot into recovery.
Instead of TWRP, I am getting the green and black stock recovery screen. Uh oh, right? So I don't know what to do now. I wiped cache and dalvik to see if it'd reboot, but still, it bootloops.
Do I hit "Disable Safestrap (if stuck in recovery)"? I'm afraid to do anything at this point, out of fear of bricking her device. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
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Did you try to install SS from within CM? SS is intended to be installed and managed on stock. Did you install CM on a new slot in recovery?
Also, the latest SS version is 3.60.
For future reference, your actions should've been these:
1. Uninstall custom recovery using whatever SS you have installed on stock.
2. Uninstall SS and install newest SS version.
3. Install custom recovery using the newly installed SS.
4. Reboot into TWRP, create NEW slot and flash ROM.
Right now, I'd recommend what nickmoogo said above - start fresh, and do everything in order this time around, good luck!
CruxHumanus said:
Did you try to install SS from within CM? SS is intended to be installed and managed on stock. Did you install CM on a new slot in recovery?
Also, the latest SS version is 3.60.
For future reference, your actions should've been these:
1. Uninstall custom recovery using whatever SS you have installed on stock.
2. Uninstall SS and install newest SS version.
3. Install custom recovery using the newly installed SS.
4. Reboot into TWRP, create NEW slot and flash ROM.
Right now, I'd recommend what nickmoogo said above - start fresh, and do everything in order this time around, good luck!
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That's exactly what I did. I have no idea why I did it either. Since I was on v2.11, clearly it's been a while since I touched her phone. So there's no way other than starting over from stock firmware, huh? If I could just get back to the TWRP interface I'd be much more comfortable, but I know SS's version of TWRP is unique. If starting fresh is the safest bet, that's what I'll do. Thanks guys!
eolsgaard said:
That's exactly what I did. I have no idea why I did it either. Since I was on v2.11, clearly it's been a while since I touched her phone. So there's no way other than starting over from stock firmware, huh? If I could just get back to the TWRP interface I'd be much more comfortable, but I know SS's version of TWRP is unique. If starting fresh is the safest bet, that's what I'll do. Thanks guys!
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Someone more knowledgeable than myself could maybe advise more in this case. Start fresh is what *I* would've done.
Flashing stock is not that hard of a procedure, and after installing some roms and finding the one that works the best for you, you won't be seeing much of stock anyways, I know I don't.
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nickmoogo said:
Download RSD Lite 5.7 and download the 4.1.2 firmware here
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/cdma_spyder/list.php make sure you have a good charge on the phone, (it won't charge in fastboot) then open the firmware in RSDlite extract, put your phone in fastboot mode (Vol+ Vol- power select fastboot) plug the phone into your computer using your micro USB that came with the phone. Wait for files to extract then flash. Hope this helps. Any further questions you can send me an IM at [email protected]
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This will bring you back to stock but you can easily re root.
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i know that post is 2years old but am in the same mess here. can i get a working link
SwayMontana said:
i know that post is 2years old but am in the same mess here. can i get a working link
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Links in the index, but you need to use correct version
Bootloader version must match, or at least it cannot be downgraded.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3023837
[INDEX] Motorola Droid Razr Development (2015)
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so my phone ran out of battery overnight and i charged it not using the stock charger cuz i was at a friends house, it booted all the way to the lockscreen, then shut off and booted again. i let it charge some more and it just went it to a bootloop, every so often reaching the lockscreen and turning off again. i have safestrap installed and i am on the latest 4.2 build. im thinking that i need to odin reset, but i want to see if theres a differerent way so i dont lose any data. if i do have to odin, how does one go about doing that?
thanks
ClassySandwiches said:
so my phone ran out of battery overnight and i charged it not using the stock charger cuz i was at a friends house, it booted all the way to the lockscreen, then shut off and booted again. i let it charge some more and it just went it to a bootloop, every so often reaching the lockscreen and turning off again. i have safestrap installed and i am on the latest 4.2 build. im thinking that i need to odin reset, but i want to see if theres a differerent way so i dont lose any data. if i do have to odin, how does one go about doing that?
thanks
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Can you boot into safestrap? Do you still have your stock slot? Or did you put a rom over it?
gnubian said:
Can you boot into safestrap? Do you still have your stock slot? Or did you put a rom over it?
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no roms at all, i tried but none would boot. and yes safestrap does indeed work. stock slot is the one that is having troubles and no other slots have roms on them
ClassySandwiches said:
no roms at all, i tried but none would boot. and yes safestrap does indeed work. stock slot is the one that is having troubles and no other slots have roms on them
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Have you tried clearing cache and or data, to just start fresh on the stock?
ClassySandwiches said:
no roms at all, i tried but none would boot. and yes safestrap does indeed work. stock slot is the one that is having troubles and no other slots have roms on them
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Did u try to install roms into your stock slot?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
decaturbob said:
Did u try to install roms into your stock slot?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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His wording is a bit unclear, but it sounds to me like he tried to install roms on the other slots and couldnt get them to boot, with the stock slot intact. OP, correct me if im wrong.
gnubian said:
His wording is a bit unclear, but it sounds to me like he tried to install roms on the other slots and couldnt get them to boot, with the stock slot intact. OP, correct me if im wrong.
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yeah nothing with the stock slot, didnt mess with that. if i clear just the cache in stock what data will i lose if anything?
gnubian said:
His wording is a bit unclear, but it sounds to me like he tried to install roms on the other slots and couldnt get them to boot, with the stock slot intact. OP, correct me if im wrong.
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PS, my phone has just started doing this, its wierd i thought because i havent tried anything with any of the rom slots for at least a couple of months now
ClassySandwiches said:
yeah nothing with the stock slot, didnt mess with that. if i clear just the cache in stock what data will i lose if anything?
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If you clear cache and dalvik cache you won't lose any data or settings. If that doesn't work then do the factory reset in TWRP (safestrap) . That will make it as if you had a new phone. ( except the Safestrap and root access I believe). You will have to re download apps and change settings back to your liking, but it's better than having to odin back to stock.
gnubian said:
If you clear cache and dalvik cache you won't lose any data or settings. If that doesn't work then do the factory reset in TWRP (safestrap) . That will make it as if you had a new phone. ( except the Safestrap and root access I believe). You will have to re download apps and change settings back to your liking, but it's better than having to odin back to stock.
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safestrap failed wiping the regular cache, but dalvik worked. got to the lockcsreen again and it even gave me a vibrate for my pattern but then it shut off again. right after the verizon boot animation theres a popup window that says "Android is upgrading" with "optimizing app XXX of XXX". ive seen this before, but only very occasionally. what exactly does this mean?
By the way thank you guys for helping, especially on new years
ClassySandwiches said:
safestrap failed wiping the regular cache, but dalvik worked. got to the lockcsreen again and it even gave me a vibrate for my pattern but then it shut off again. right after the verizon boot animation theres a popup window that says "Android is upgrading" with "optimizing app XXX of XXX". ive seen this before, but only very occasionally. what exactly does this mean?
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I believe that is the normal process for dalvik to rebuild itself
"Android is upgrading" can come from wiping Dalvik cache, which is temporary info about your apps, that would need to be re mapped to the Android os. It can also come from doing a dirty flash or ota.
Your beginning post was about your data though, If you can get into safe strap then you should be able to mount your device to your pc, copy over what data you need, then wipe or Odin flash to bring it all back.
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jwoods82 said:
"Android is upgrading" can come from wiping Dalvik cache, which is temporary info about your apps, that would need to be re mapped to the Android os. It can also come from doing a dirty flash or ota.
Your beginning post was about your data though, If you can get into safe strap then you should be able to mount your device to your pc, copy over what data you need, then wipe or Odin flash to bring it all back.
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Smart, didnt know TWRP can do that. couldnt i just use the factory wipe feature in safestrap?
You could use factory wipe but your data at that point would be gone. If your not worried about the data then sure.
If data truly is not a concern though Just download the Odin tar for what build you want and start new.
To answer your other question think of Odin as a recovery disc you would use on your computer. Destructive restore. There are some good posts about here in xda or search Google for Samsung s4 Odin and I know your find some good reads.
Good luck
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jwoods82 said:
You could use factory wipe but your data at that point would be gone. If your not worried about the data then sure.
If data truly is not a concern though Just download the Odin tar for what build you want and start new.
To answer your other question think of Odin as a recovery disc you would use on your computer. Destructive restore. There are some good posts about here in xda or search Google for Samsung s4 Odin and I know your find some good reads.
Good luck
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Retired Phones / Devices
- Eris
- Droid 2
- Droid X
- Fascinate
- HP Touchpad
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would it just be easier to do the safestrap wipe instead of an Odin one? ive read up on Odin and it seems a lot more complicated than just using safestrap
ive decided that data isnt important because most everything is saved in google play and plus. so what is the most reliable way to get my phone working again? Safestrap reset?
ClassySandwiches said:
ive decided that data isnt important because most everything is saved in google play and plus. so what is the most reliable way to get my phone working again? Safestrap reset?
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Safestrap would be easier. I would give that a try, because if it doesn't work your only other option would be Odin.
jwoods82 said:
You could use factory wipe but your data at that point would be gone. If your not worried about the data then sure.
If data truly is not a concern though Just download the Odin tar for what build you want and start new.
To answer your other question think of Odin as a recovery disc you would use on your computer. Destructive restore. There are some good posts about here in xda or search Google for Samsung s4 Odin and I know your find some good reads.
Good luck
Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 with HD12 on Stock Side
Retired Phones / Devices
- Eris
- Droid 2
- Droid X
- Fascinate
- HP Touchpad
- Thunderbolt
- Droid Raxr
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did the safestrap reset, it worked
ClassySandwiches said:
did the safestrap reset, it worked
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Glad you got it sorted out! Now make a backup after you get it set back up to make it easier if it happens again
I am running Hyperdrive 13 installed via safestrap 3.71 and my mk2 s4 DOES boot into the OS. Everything in the ROM works perfectly fine and I can reboot normally.
On each reboot, I see the safestrap splash screen asking if I want to boot into recovery or continue into the ROM and after 10 seconds it boots into the ROM automatically as expected.
When I try to boot into the actual recovery, however, I just get a black screen and I have to pull the battery. This happens even when I click reboot to recovery from the safestrap application in the ROM. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling countless amount of times, even rebooting after an uninstall and then reinstalling from the stock OS, yet nothing seems to work. I've tried manually installing busybox too, but still nothing. I do still have root access, verified with root checker too.
Please help
Thanks
pavan94 said:
I am running Hyperdrive 13 installed via safestrap 3.71 and my mk2 s4 DOES boot into the OS. Everything in the ROM works perfectly fine and I can reboot normally.
On each reboot, I see the safestrap splash screen asking if I want to boot into recovery or continue into the ROM and after 10 seconds it boots into the ROM automatically as expected.
When I try to boot into the actual recovery, however, I just get a black screen and I have to pull the battery. This happens even when I click reboot to recovery from the safestrap application in the ROM. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling countless amount of times, even rebooting after an uninstall and then reinstalling from the stock OS, yet nothing seems to work. I've tried manually installing busybox too, but still nothing. I do still have root access, verified with root checker too.
Please help
Thanks
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That boot recovery option not functional for safestrap. Don't use it
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Right. If you need to get into recovery, just simply reboot your device
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decaturbob said:
That boot recovery option not functional for safestrap. Don't use it
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That works for me. How are you able to select what ROM slot to use?
k1mu said:
That works for me. How are you able to select what ROM slot to use?
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I was interpreting the poster saying he selected "recovery" in the power off/reboot menu...not the safestrap boot screen
decaturbob said:
I was interpreting the poster saying he selected "recovery" in the power off/reboot menu...not the safestrap boot screen
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Ah, Ok. Gotcha.
in "Boot Otions"
k1mu said:
That works for me. How are you able to select what ROM slot to use?
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I believe you ave to go into "Boot Options" and pretty much everything you do is in there. You choose a rom slot, then "Activate". Omce it's active, it will show green in the upper right (I think) of the screen, but if you activate the Stock rom slot, it will show RED in the upper right, warning you not to flash is this rom slot (although some have done it successfully for certain reasons, I believe).
I think they all know that... The op isn't able to get into SS at all from what I gathered. K1mu asked that to clear things up a bit... Could be wrong but that's how I took it
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Mistertac said:
I think they all know that... The op isn't able to get into SS at all from what I gathered. K1mu asked that to clear things up a bit... Could be wrong but that's how I took it
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Yes this is correct sorry if it wasn't clear. No matter which method I try, I can't seem to boot into SS recovery. Rom Slot 1 is active so it just automatically boots into Hyperdrive.
Holding Volume up, power and home actually brings me into Manual Mode (is this normal?)
EDIT: To clarify, safestrap has worked before. When I flashed HD13 in the rom slot, it booted into HD but now it won't let me go back to safestrap recovery and I can't flash another ROM. Stock rom slot is still in tact as well.
pavan94 said:
Yes this is correct sorry if it wasn't clear. No matter which method I try, I can't seem to boot into SS recovery. Rom Slot 1 is active so it just automatically boots into Hyperdrive.
Holding Volume up, power and home actually brings me into Manual Mode (is this normal?)
EDIT: To clarify, safestrap has worked before. When I flashed HD13 in the rom slot, it booted into HD but now it won't let me go back to safestrap recovery and I can't flash another ROM. Stock rom slot is still in tact as well.
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When you boot, Safestrap should show up if it's installed. What I'd try is to open Safestrap and toggle the recovery (uninstall it, then reinstall it).
NOT uninstall the Safestrap application as that'll wipe any slots you've created. Open Safestrap, then "Uninstall Recovery" followed by "Install Recovery". Hopefully that'll get your recovery back without losing your slots.
k1mu said:
When you boot, Safestrap should show up if it's installed. What I'd try is to open Safestrap and toggle the recovery (uninstall it, then reinstall it).
NOT uninstall the Safestrap application as that'll wipe any slots you've created. Open Safestrap, then "Uninstall Recovery" followed by "Install Recovery". Hopefully that'll get your recovery back without losing your slots.
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Sorry if it wasn't clear in the OP but I've done that multiple times to no avail.
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Still having this issue?
I had some strange things happen to me back when I has my SafeStrap S4 and the only thing that fixed it for me was Odin back to stock then redoing everything unfortunately.
Have you tried asking in the SafeStrap thread?
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I believe that i'm having a simiular issue.
I can't get into safestrap. I'm running HyperDrive 13, and i installed it onto the stock slot after playing around with the different slots.
It was working without issues for a while, whenever i restarted i got the safestrap screen, but now that RLS14 is out, when i restart to get into safestrap it just boots me straight into RLS13. I don't see the safestrap boot screen that gives me the option to change slots.
Any idea on what it might be?
agentmes said:
I believe that i'm having a simiular issue.
I can't get into safestrap. I'm running HyperDrive 13, and i installed it onto the stock slot after playing around with the different slots.
It was working without issues for a while, whenever i restarted i got the safestrap screen, but now that RLS14 is out, when i restart to get into safestrap it just boots me straight into RLS13. I don't see the safestrap boot screen that gives me the option to change slots.
Any idea on what it might be?
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Did you try to reinitialize Safestrap?
Go to Safestrap in your app drawer and "install recovery." If Safestrap isn't there, run a file manager and install the .apk again.
douger1957 said:
Did you try to reinitialize Safestrap?
Go to Safestrap in your app drawer and "install recovery." If Safestrap isn't there, run a file manager and install the .apk again.
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Found it, gotta love google. Thank you for your help.
agentmes said:
Found it, gotta love google. Thank you for your help.
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Really lol he tells you in the post you quoted what to do if it isn't in your app drawer.
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joshm.1219 said:
Really lol he tells you in the post you quoted what to do if it isn't in your app drawer.
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I'm a putz who doesn't know how to edit my posts.
I couldn't find it in the app drawer, so i googled the apk to download it.
Now it's working as it should. (i hope)
joshm.1219 said:
Really lol he tells you in the post you quoted what to do if it isn't in your app drawer.
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It kind of freaked me out the first time I installed Hyperdrive and Safestrap didn't seem to be there. I don't know if it stays in the drawer through the install or not. I just installed the .apk and ran it through that.
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agentmes said:
I'm a putz who doesn't know how to edit my posts.
I couldn't find it in the app drawer, so i googled the apk to download it.
Now it's working as it should. (i hope)
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I just left it on my SD card from the original Safestrapping of my phone along with the modules .zip.
douger1957 said:
It kind of freaked me out the first time I installed Hyperdrive and Safestrap didn't seem to be there. I don't know if it stays in the drawer through the install or not. I just installed the .apk and ran it through that.
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Thats the reason i freaked out, i knew for a fact that it was there previously. But i guess things disappear, which i can't imagine being a good thing.
I just installed SafeStrap 3.65 on my phone, then created a new rom slot and installed CM11-M2. It seemed to install fine, but when I rebooted it just shows the red Motorola logo and then a black screen, nothing else. I have no way to get back into SafeStrap. I can get into the stock recovery, but it doesn't seem very helpful at the moment.
Any ideas on where to start would be greatly appreciated!
- James
Most likely not what you're looking for, but you could always fastboot back to stock if needed.
Did you flash anything else with cm?
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Having trouble editing, but:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192467 that is to matt's utility which makes fastboot to stock easy if you want to go that route and retry from the beginning
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jamgood96 said:
I just installed SafeStrap 3.65 on my phone, then created a new rom slot and installed CM11-M2. It seemed to install fine, but when I rebooted it just shows the red Motorola logo and then a black screen, nothing else. I have no way to get back into SafeStrap. I can get into the stock recovery, but it doesn't seem very helpful at the moment.
Any ideas on where to start would be greatly appreciated!
- James
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This happened to me. I never could figure out what went wrong so I eventually did restore stock using Matt's utility ( used the option to do a full data wipe ). Then I booted into stock and accepted the OTA update from Verizon. Then I ran Matt's utility to gain root access, but I did not use Matt's utility to install SafeStrap.
Instead I downloaded SafeStrap 3.65 and manually installed it. At this point I could successfully boot into SafeStrap and create and activate a ROM slot ( I recommend creating slot 1 for CM10.x and slot 2 for CM11 ). I then installed CM and gapps and was able to successfully reboot into the custom ROM.
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I ended up having to set everything back to stock and then re-root and install SafeStrap.
Just like the title says. I am unable to flash anything to the stock slot on SS. I have tried ,any different times. I have tried wiping the slot and then flashing a fresh version of the ROM I use and also wiping and restoring a previous backup. Everytime when I go to boot the phone it gets stuck on a black screen during boot up. I end up having to use Matts tool and reinstall things back to stock including having to reroot. Anyways I would love to use my stock slot. Any help would be great. thank you
chiahead52 said:
Just like the title says. I am unable to flash anything to the stock slot on SS.
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Did you use advanced wipe and select everything except Internal Storage and Micro SDCard?
The stock ROM system partition is only 636mb; is the ROM and GApps package you're using small enough to fit there?
mikeoswego said:
Did you use advanced wipe and select everything except Internal Storage and Micro SDCard?
The stock ROM system partition is only 636mb; is the ROM and GApps package you're using small enough to fit there?
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Yes I did use the advanced wipe and wiped all but internal/external SD cards. On the partition thing I'm not sure. Never looked at file size but I'm flashing LS with minimal gapps...others claim to have it on stock slot also.
So after I flash the stock slot on boot it gives me red moto logo. Then black screen. But its not 100% black. I can see some backlight is on cause I can see the splotches in the screen. If I press buttons like volume up the phone with vibrate a few times. Not sure what its doing but I end up having to reinstall system from scratch to fix it. I was hoping for an easy fix
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Once I also had problems to flash with SafeStrap on stock slot. Then I had the idea to flash the custom ROM first on slot 1 (or 2, how you want). Then making a complete backup of that partition, and after restore it on stock slot. - That worked fine for me.
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Once I also had problems to flash with SafeStrap on stock slot. Then I had the idea to flash the custom ROM first on slot 1 (or 2, how you want). Then making a complete backup of that partition, and after restore it on stock slot. - That worked fine for me.
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ya right now i am running on slot 1 or 2 and if I make a full backup of that slot and try to restore it to stock the same thing happens. black screen
anyone else have any ideas? Thanks for the replies
chiahead52 said:
anyone else have any ideas? Thanks for the replies
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Wich safestrap Version? Uninstall recovery from safestrap, then safestrap, then install newest version, maybe this helps, but don't reboot without safestrap!
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chiahead52 said:
anyone else have any ideas? Thanks for the replies
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I am (and was) using SafeStrap v3.73 when I flashed to the stock slot, I know some previous versions were supposed to be able to do this but I never tried it before. Maybe you're already using that latest version but if not, it wouldn't hurt to try.
Safestrap Recovery v3.7x [05/15/2014 V3.73 - TWRP 2.7] - xda-developers
yes I am using the latest version of Safestrap. Any suggestions? I will try to redo it again this weekend when I have more time. Thank you
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ya right now i am running on slot 1 or 2 and if I make a full backup of that slot and try to restore it to stock the same thing happens. black screen
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this might help..dont know if you would want to do this or not..i had a note 2 from verison with locked bootloader had to use safestrape ...with that phone the the devs left the recovery incomplete moved onto newer phones so i read..anyways only the stock slot was working in this recovery ..so we had to use stock slot only and the directions read ..flash over stock rom wipe everything except system..and could only use a custom rom with same kernal....example- i had stock jelly bean stock rom think it was 4.2.1 version..so i flashed alliance rom 4.2.1 version..and like i said before wiped everything except internal storage and system....and it worked perfect....dont know if this would work or not...but you said anymore ideas..so why not try....was just thinking..because the bootloader is locked ..shouldnt be able to flash custom rom on stock slot right?shouldnt be able to modify system slot..thats why with the note 2 diddnt wipe system and dirty flashed ,useing the same kernal...................................lol..just relized these posts are from years ago..feel dume now..and i thought i was helping someone..lol
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chiahead52 said:
yes I am using the latest version of Safestrap. Any suggestions? I will try to redo it again this weekend when I have more time. Thank you
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ok..update..i just flashed eclipse custom rom on stock slot..wiped everything except internal storage and external on my xt912 droid razor useing latest 2.7 S.S recovery..and it worked..not only that but i was only on 4.1.2 jelly bean as base firmware..the eclipse ro was 4.2...not much a diff..but thought it mite cause problems being on stock slot and locked bootloader..lol..im for real shocked this really worked..my problem is with space..id rather jus use stock slot with custom rom..and thats it because i dont have enough space..for some reason i can only store stuff on external storage and dont have write access to ex..sd card ..thought this was only a problem for kitkat and jellybean it wasnt??..looked for a jellybean xposed sd card fix ..of course no luck cause its not pose to be a problem..any thoughts bout this?...edit yet again..sorry..when flashed eclipse rom..the ex sd card is not a problem no more....gues the rom fixed this problem..thanx xda