I have the 181 update installed but seems like waiting for Ics on RAZR is going to take way longer than expected. I want to switch to something new like eclipse....Ics leak had too many issues for me. So can i flash a rom while running on 181?
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Absolutely, I flashed on .181 and have had zero problems. Eclipse is even a little more battery efficient.
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Awesome I cannot wait to flash later. What's best way to go about this?
Bootstrap or safestrap?
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If you're an XT912(CDMA-Verizon) owner go safestrap as its safer,no bootlooops, switching between ROMs. Sadly, if you're an XT910(GSM) owner you'll have to use bootstrap.
Here's a website with some helpful guides on how to install either one of them, how to install ROM and more.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...3JnkDA&usg=AFQjCNGZeJwX4LU_VEBRk0JxcfiburW23Q
Few questions. I upgraded my phone in the last couple of months from the HTC Incredible to the Droid Razr Maxx. I had a great experience with rooting my DInc and using Clockworkmod along with Rom Manager to to flash CM7 nightlies and so forth.
Anyway, now that I'm using a Razr it seems like a lot of the forums I've been searching in don't use Clockworkmod but other recovery utilities such as Bootstrap and Safestrap to name a couple. One of my questions is...does it really matter what recovery I use to flash a particular Rom? Why is one recommended over another?
In the last week I wanted to try flashing Eclipse on my Razr using Clockworkmod but a guy in another forum mentioned and recommended using a different recovery. Can one recovery be more stable than another? I'm somewhat tech savvy but definitely not to the degree of so many great developers I lean on in this site. Thanks again by the way!
If you use an XT912 you have to use Safestrap (2.0 if you're on ICS)
If you got an XT910 you can't use the regular Safestrap. Instead you have to use Bootstrap (ClockWorkMod)
Best way to flash on XT910 is the Boot Menu Manager (based on ClockWorkMod with an lot of features)
XT910 = Bootstrap / BootMenu
XT912 = Safestrap
That's all
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HSD-Pilot said:
If you use an XT912 you have to use Safestrap (2.0 if you're on ICS)
If you got an XT910 you can't use the regular Safestrap. Instead you have to use Bootstrap (ClockWorkMod)
Best way to flash on XT910 is the Boot Menu Manager (based on ClockWorkMod with an lot of features)
XT910 = Bootstrap / BootMenu
XT912 = Safestrap
That's all
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I have XT912 and have clockworkmod on there already. Should i remove it and put safestrap on there instead? Is it bad to have 2 recoveries on there?
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HSD-Pilot said:
If you use an XT912 you have to use Safestrap (2.0 if you're on ICS)
If you got an XT910 you can't use the regular Safestrap. Instead you have to use Bootstrap (ClockWorkMod)
Best way to flash on XT910 is the Boot Menu Manager (based on ClockWorkMod with an lot of features)
XT910 = Bootstrap / BootMenu
XT912 = Safestrap
That's all
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Cant you use bootmenu for XT912 as well?
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Many Roms for the XT912 tell in the instructions to use Safestrap.
You can't use both of them, so you should uninstall Bootstrap and get Safestrap running.
Uninstall Bootstrap isn't just uninstall the App through the Drawer. You have to delete some files manually and so on.
Search xda for how to uninstall Bootstrap and you will find an way. I've never tried to uninstall it without flashing an Fastboot through RSD (for me the easiest solution).
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HSD-Pilot said:
Many Roms for the XT912 tell in the instructions to use Safestrap.
You can't use both of them, so you should uninstall Bootstrap and get Safestrap running.
Uninstall Bootstrap isn't just uninstall the App through the Drawer. You have to delete some files manually and so on.
Search xda for how to uninstall Bootstrap and you will find an way. I've never tried to uninstall it without flashing an Fastboot through RSD (for me the easiest solution).
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If i flash safestrap will that override clockworkmod
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jevans3681 said:
If i flash safestrap will that override clockworkmod
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No. You need to uninstall Bootstrap and then install SafeStrap.
I got the RAZR Maxx CDMA Verizon Wireless. Which recovery do I use and how do I install it?
I use to have a GS2 so I'm use to using clockworkmod.
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This is a QA thread and should be moved to QA. There is no dev going on.
Thanks
Fwiw - I'm using bootstrap on my razr Maxx with no problems. Btw, I'm on Verizon CDMA.
And, in my opinion, I see no reason to use rom manager since everything in it either needs cwm (which says it isn't supported) or premium acct. I do use rom toolbox for some changes, but not much. Bootstrap gets me into a recovery so I can do backups and recovery. Backup apps via titanium backup for best coverage, imo.
Is that wrong? I I figure if it works, don't fix it. Lol
HSD-Pilot said:
If you use an XT912 you have to use Safestrap (2.0 if you're on ICS)
If you got an XT910 you can't use the regular Safestrap. Instead you have to use Bootstrap (ClockWorkMod)
Best way to flash on XT910 is the Boot Menu Manager (based on ClockWorkMod with an lot of features)
XT910 = Bootstrap / BootMenu
XT912 = Safestrap
That's all
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Thanks for confirming the point about Safestrap...
After rooting my GSM XT910 MAXX I could not find the Boot Menu Manager in the the Play ... when I check on-line it said it was not compatible with my device. Should I go ahead and download/install the apk?
cheers -james
jmcqup said:
Thanks for confirming the point about Safestrap...
After rooting my GSM XT910 MAXX I could not find the Boot Menu Manager in the the Play ... when I check on-line it said it was not compatible with my device. Should I go ahead and download/install the apk?
cheers -james
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BootMenu - ICS only
Works for XT909,XT910,XT912 (including maxx)
whirleyes said:
BootMenu - ICS only
Works for XT909,XT910,XT912 (including maxx)
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yup.
this is what i use on my XT910: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDMsImNvbS5wcm9qZWN0bGVuc2UuYm9vdG1lbnUiXQ..
HSD-Pilot said:
If you use an XT912 you have to use Safestrap (2.0 if you're on ICS)
If you got an XT910 you can't use the regular Safestrap. Instead you have to use Bootstrap (ClockWorkMod)
Best way to flash on XT910 is the Boot Menu Manager (based on ClockWorkMod with an lot of features)
XT910 = Bootstrap / BootMenu
XT912 = Safestrap
That's all
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Florestan2 said:
Fwiw - I'm using bootstrap on my razr Maxx with no problems. Btw, I'm on Verizon CDMA.
And, in my opinion, I see no reason to use rom manager since everything in it either needs cwm (which says it isn't supported) or premium acct. I do use rom toolbox for some changes, but not much. Bootstrap gets me into a recovery so I can do backups and recovery. Backup apps via titanium backup for best coverage, imo.
Is that wrong? I I figure if it works, don't fix it. Lol
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Ok - I'm going to amend my previous post. I've since updated to JB this month, and haven't put Bootstrap or Safestrap back on yet. Right before I updated to JB, though, I noticed I couldn't restore my nand backup throught BS though. Did some digging around online, and found this was a common problem. No matter what I tried, it was unsuccessful. Oh well, there went that process.
However, I've never been a fan SafeStrap (or dual booting in general). I'm hesistant to install SS because I don't understand how it works (compared to BStrap). I'm already at the point where my system ROM (stock) has a mere 2kB left of free space. Don't ask how that happened, I don't know. And I wish there were more, honestly.
So if I install SafeStrap - what about my storage issues? Where does slot 0, slot 1, slot 2 reside? Are they on the system ROM partition? Or stored on the SD Card? Or in built in memory? See attached for amount of space available... you can see why I'm concerned about space availability!
Personally, I think Safestrap is superior and it has saved my phone on numerous occasions. I'm not sure how similar the underlying processes are, but dual booting my phone is similar to dual booting my computer. Safestrap is phenomenal because it boots before either rom does, so if there is an issue with one installation, then you can reinstall it from a backup, etc. The latest Safestrap is based off of TWRP I believe. The system works very well, has a lot of features and supports touch.
As far as your problem booting your custom ROM is concerned (if I read your post correctly), it may be because when you updated to JB, your kernel was updated as well, so you can only use ROMs compatible with your current kernel.
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I don't have a custom ROM though. I'm still stock, rooted.
Is there any devs working on a stock gb rooted rom. I wanna try it out I have a rooted and flashed x2 but I wanna try to stock rom without losing my flash so I cannot sbf to stock
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Kiladar said:
Is there any devs working on a stock gb rooted rom. I wanna try it out I have a rooted and flashed x2 but I wanna try to stock rom without losing my flash so I cannot sbf to stock
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I dont understand what you are asking. A stock rooted GB ROM? The only GB ROMs we have that are worth looking into is Eclipse and CM7. Eclipse is more stock as in how you baught the Droid X2. CM7 is more stock as in pure android (AOSP). And again, I dont know what you mean by "losing my flash so I cannot sbf to stock"
My x2 is flashed to cricket cause I can't afford Verizon. Sbf to stock would mean losing that flash putting the phones network back on Verizon making it unusable and would be paper weight. I want a stock moto DROID rom like blur
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Hello all! I'm not new to rooting, but haven't tried it on my CDMA RAZR yet and am looking to get back into the fun. Anyway, my question is... Can I stay on the ICS kernel and flash a JB ROM in the slots on Safestrap? Also, do slots only run from the internal memory or can I use the SD card?
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Hello all! I'm not new to rooting, but haven't tried it on my CDMA RAZR yet and am looking to get back into the fun. Anyway, my question is... Can I stay on the ICS kernel and flash a JB ROM in the slots on Safestrap? Also, do slots only run from the internal memory or can I use the SD card?
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JB and ICS both use different kernels, so if you have a ICS Kernel then you can not run a JB rom. And as for the slot for a new comer you can say they only run from the internal memory.
Well i got a GSM XT910 Razr and ICS is my stock system. Using Safestrap I've flashed on Rom Slot 1 many JB roms. Im currently running CM10 as my daily driver still got ICS on my stock system untouched
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marcomir said:
Well i got a GSM XT910 Razr and ICS is my stock system. Using Safestrap I've flashed on Rom Slot 1 many JB roms. Im currently running CM10 as my daily driver still got ICS on my stock system untouched
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I don't doubt you, but this defies my understanding of how Safestrap works. Can you check kernel and android versions on stock and CM10 to verify they are different? This would be HUGE for me.
I too want to run CM10, but I use a lapdock and need at least one slot to have ICS.
Ok. So I have a Droid RAZR original verizon (xt912 I belive) on page plus. I have had someone flash it so it is full 3g so it works on Page Plus. I had it on ICS when it was flashed. Then I updated to the Motorola 4.1.2 Update and I had to get it flashed again. The person who flashed it charges 60 bucks, so it is impossible for me to get this phone flashed again. I have successfully rooted this phone on android 4.1.2. If I install a custom ROM, will I have to flash it again, because I don't want to fork over another 60 bucks. If it does lose page plus 3g, is there an easier way to flash this myself?
Thanks,
VLASP
Yes I have Pageplus and I always flash roms and get everything working with out flashing again. And you didnt have to pay that much! 60 is too much. Google "Droid RAZR on Pageplus" and you will find the tutorial on how to flash it step by step. I flashed it without knowing anything about flashing phones. Good luck!
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So those tutorials also work on custom roms? That's nice to know. Thanks! I will try it.
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Just flash on stock ROM, and as soon as you install roms it will automatically stay connected you do t have to reflash after each install of a ROM.
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Just flash on stock ROM, and as soon as you install roms it will automatically stay connected you do t have to reflash after each install of a ROM.
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ok. thanks for the tip. So if I am on stock right now and install a custom ROM of any kind, it will keep PagePlus?
Yes it will keep the flash, and will have everything working.
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I can testify to this working I had page plus for a few months and I flashed a lot of roms lol now I am back on Verizon lol
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Bringing this back: if I flash on another slot, will it keep flash?