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Hi All,
My friend use Apollo 14.3.2.3. I follow the guides and help to downgrade to 14.3.1.0. Then, I also helped him to install safestrap and Apollo Gapps Version 1.2. Everything was fine and prefect.
However, my friend tried to use factory reset at Gapps rom v1.2 without telling me. It made Kindle can't boot. Fortunately, he can go to recovery and make stock rom active. It can boot. However, I found that this is not original stock rom. I think the stock rom was replaced by Gapps rom v1.2.
Does anyone know how to restore the original stock rom? I have a stock rom backup copy from my kindle. Can I use that?
Thanks in advance.
Why not just autoupdate? That would lose you root but you can get it back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2793253
Thank you for all suggestion. Now, the HDX 8.9 is not bricking. It just losts the stock rom but has Apollo Gapps Version 1.2 instead. I'm still thinking to use the bricking method as I don't want HDX becomes bricking.
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wck01 said:
Hi All,
My friend use Apollo 14.3.2.3. I follow the guides and help to downgrade to 14.3.1.0. Then, I also helped him to install safestrap and Apollo Gapps Version 1.2. Everything was fine and prefect.
However, my friend tried to use factory reset at Gapps rom v1.2 without telling me. It made Kindle can't boot. Fortunately, he can go to recovery and make stock rom active. It can boot. However, I found that this is not original stock rom. I think the stock rom was replaced by Gapps rom v1.2.
Does anyone know how to restore the original stock rom? I have a stock rom backup copy from my kindle. Can I use that?
Thanks in advance.
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First of all what you describe it did not happen or at least not right you described it sounds like they don't know exactly what they did. Second of all if they do not realize what they are doing to their device and they are very likely going to end up with a paperweight but that is neither my problem or your problem. Third if you do have a stock back up. Make sure you are on the stock slot then restore your stock back up...WARNING If you are both ignorant of this device. You will be back
Requesting help. I am not a noob by any means, I have installed custom roms many times, and rooted many phones, and installed and used safestrap on several phones, but I cannot get ANY custom rom to install properly on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4, which is (was) rooted, with Safestrap 3.72, and MK2 firmware.
I was running the stock 4.3/mk2 firmware, with the latest busybox and supersu, and the latest safestrap, and safe root installed. I was able to successfully root the phone, and install safestrap, but even when I created a rom slot, gave it a name, wiped it completely, and then try to install one of the many 4.3/mk2 "Safe" roms, no rom will boot, once installed. It is so frustrating! I read somewhere that with the Verizon S4, and MK2 firmware, you could only install a rom in the stock rom slot, so I tried that, and now safestrap is gone, and the phone boots to a light blue screen with little green checkmarks. So I'm in the process of downloading the original MK2 firmware from Samsung and using Odin to restore. Anybody have any ideas? I'm thinking of quickly getting rid of the S4 while it still has some value.
mactechnm said:
Requesting help. I am not a noob by any means, I have installed custom roms many times, and rooted many phones, and installed and used safestrap on several phones, but I cannot get ANY custom rom to install properly on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4, which is (was) rooted, with Safestrap 3.72, and MK2 firmware.
I was running the stock 4.3/mk2 firmware, with the latest busybox and supersu, and the latest safestrap, and safe root installed. I was able to successfully root the phone, and install safestrap, but even when I created a rom slot, gave it a name, wiped it completely, and then try to install one of the many 4.3/mk2 "Safe" roms, no rom will boot, once installed. It is so frustrating! I read somewhere that with the Verizon S4, and MK2 firmware, you could only install a rom in the stock rom slot, so I tried that, and now safestrap is gone, and the phone boots to a light blue screen with little green checkmarks. So I'm in the process of downloading the original MK2 firmware from Samsung and using Odin to restore. Anybody have any ideas? I'm thinking of quickly getting rid of the S4 while it still has some value.
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3.72 is for 4.4 KitKat and was made for the AT&T version of the S4, therefore, you are not able to create slots. You would need to install 3.71 and only flash 4.3 based roms. If you want 4.4 based roms you need to upgrade to NC5 and install 3.72, but you are only able to flash to the stock side.
There's plenty of info for you to read in the General section.
riker147 said:
3.72 is for 4.4 KitKat and was made for the AT&T version of the S4, therefore, you are not able to create slots. You would need to install 3.71 and only flash 4.3 based roms. If you want 4.4 based roms you need to upgrade to NC5 and install 3.72, but you are only able to flash to the stock side.
There's plenty of info for you to read in the General section.
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Thank you for your response. Actually what I failed to mention is I did have 3.71 installed first, and I had the exact same problem. So it's not an issue with the safestrap version. And I have tried about 12 different ROMs. Including BajaROM-S4-Release-v-2.2 and BoneStock4.3_S4v2.1. As I said, I'm not a newbie at all, and I'm not about to hunt and peck for information again (which is what I've been doing for two days now). I wouldn't have asked for help if I had been successful in my search.
I have never had an issue installing any safestrap compatible rom...3.72 is strictly for android 4.4 and no rom slots...so no way you would ever get a rom installed using 3.72 on MK2 base build. As for 3.71...never heard of any issue with SS compatible roms for 3.71 not installing right. Really difficult to figure out what you are doing wrong from what you are giving us...
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I have never had an issue installing any safestrap compatible rom...3.72 is strictly for android 4.4 and no rom slots...so no way you would ever get a rom installed using 3.72 on MK2 base build. As for 3.71...never heard of any issue with SS compatible roms for 3.71 not installing right. Really difficult to figure out what you are doing wrong from what you are giving us...
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Again, thanks for your help. I'm going to start with Odin. Wipe it all clean and start over. That's always the best option. Thanks!
basically, I'd follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2763834
I'd go back to MK2, root, BB, SS 3.71. Then go up to NC5 ROMs with SS 3.72. Wiping EVERYTHING along the way, system included, not just factory reset
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I not a noob either im very familiar with how this whole operation works.
I have a very similar issue as well I'm (unable to flash roms including my own recovery). I'm 100% knowledgeable on CM, but when it comes to Safestrap or TWRP base Recoveries I'm far from noon but not an expert so to say... Here's my issue. I have the NC5 firmware and once had the Hyperdrive RLS17.1 KK S4 Final.zip... I went back to the I545VRUFNC5-Stock-Root-Deodex.zip.... I recently attempted to download another ROM, (based on the same firmware of course) as soon as I attempted to flash it (which only took about 1 min and didn't work) I figured something was wrong. So I just decided to go back to my recovery that I've made a few moments ago. When I tried to do that. The msg " E: Unable to mount '/system' " appeared.
Now I've notice since then Wiping and Flashing return the same results.
There is no longer an OS on my S4... I can not Mount the System.
So I believe in stuck in Safestrap 3.72.
(Please let me know what other info you need, I spent the last couple of days trying to figure this out on my own, so far I'm losing the battle)
Please help guys.
same problem
mactechnm said:
Requesting help. I am not a noob by any means, I have installed custom roms many times, and rooted many phones, and installed and used safestrap on several phones, but I cannot get ANY custom rom to install properly on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4, which is (was) rooted, with Safestrap 3.72, and MK2 firmware.
I was running the stock 4.3/mk2 firmware, with the latest busybox and supersu, and the latest safestrap, and safe root installed. I was able to successfully root the phone, and install safestrap, but even when I created a rom slot, gave it a name, wiped it completely, and then try to install one of the many 4.3/mk2 "Safe" roms, no rom will boot, once installed. It is so frustrating! I read somewhere that with the Verizon S4, and MK2 firmware, you could only install a rom in the stock rom slot, so I tried that, and now safestrap is gone, and the phone boots to a light blue screen with little green checkmarks. So I'm in the process of downloading the original MK2 firmware from Samsung and using Odin to restore. Anybody have any ideas? I'm thinking of quickly getting rid of the S4 while it still has some value.
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im having the same problem i am also frustrated i don't know what to do
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I know there must be a way... If only I can get it to mount the "system" and "systemorig"...
I'm going to play around with the Slots and the datas Size's and see what I come up with.
Pretty sure you will need to Odin the stock NC5 image and start over.
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jmgib said:
Pretty sure you will need to Odin the stock NC5 image and start over.
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Oh ok. The Stock NC5 image... Great.
Where can I find the stock image?
If possible, could you please send a link?
Thanks in advance
damien302 said:
I not a noob either im very familiar with how this whole operation works.
I have a very similar issue as well I'm (unable to flash roms including my own recovery). I'm 100% knowledgeable on CM, but when it comes to Safestrap or TWRP base Recoveries I'm far from noon but not an expert so to say... Here's my issue. I have the NC5 firmware and once had the Hyperdrive RLS17.1 KK S4 Final.zip... I went back to the I545VRUFNC5-Stock-Root-Deodex.zip.... I recently attempted to download another ROM, (based on the same firmware of course) as soon as I attempted to flash it (which only took about 1 min and didn't work) I figured something was wrong. So I just decided to go back to my recovery that I've made a few moments ago. When I tried to do that. The msg " E: Unable to mount '/system' " appeared.
Now I've notice since then Wiping and Flashing return the same results.
There is no longer an OS on my S4... I can not Mount the System.
So I believe in stuck in Safestrap 3.72.
(Please let me know what other info you need, I spent the last couple of days trying to figure this out on my own, so far I'm losing the battle)
Please help guys.
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shonnick01 said:
im having the same problem i am also frustrated i don't know what to do
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I only just saw these posts, I have not been on here for a week or so but if you are still having issues... As far as what went wrong to begin with, did you factory reset/advanvanced wipe all but the internal sd before flashing? Are you only installing into the 'stock' slot on SafeStrap? As far as the fix, if you are suck in Safestrap, you will need to boot into recovery mode, if possible and wipe/factory reset and then boot into download mode and flash one of these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 in Odin.
liljoe727 said:
I only just saw these posts, I have not been on here for a week or so but if you are still having issues... As far as what went wrong to begin with, did you factory reset/advanvanced wipe all but the internal sd before flashing? Are you only installing into the 'stock' slot on SafeStrap? As far as the fix, if you are suck in Safestrap, you will need to boot into recovery mode, if possible and wipe/factory reset and then boot into download mode and flash one of these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172 in Odin.
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Thanks a lot man. The is has been resolved...
I had to Odin the stock NC5 (exactly what you've just mentioned in your response.) I had to flash it twice actually. The first time only took about 3 mins. I then tried to restore my backup, but during the time it restari SS (when the flash was approximately 90% done) I then went to restart the system and then received the notice "No OS loaded). So I wiped all except my SD card and then I just thought to myself to just try and Odin the stock NC5 one more time (it was getting late and I was about to give up). On the 2nd attempi it took almost 3 times the length as before (15-20mins) when it finished, it bypass the " unlock Samsung screen " and displayed the stock splash screen and audio then the Verizon screen. ( I was happier the a crackhead at a free crack-give-away)...
So I want to thank you for responding, I was determined not to give up,, and it was really close before I was about throw in the towel... Thanks a bunch. (You're response was exactly what I did last night)... I was about to update my issue as soon as I fixed it las night was it was so late and I was really sleepy, then I wake up to your message with the exact fix.
Thanks a lot ☺☺
I'll just get to the point.
I rooted the HDX using the towelroot app. Installed SuperSU, verified root access., all was successful thus far. At this point I installed Safestrap recovery, using the. apk.
Here's the problem. I thought I transferred the ROM and gapps package to the internal SD card. Could have sworn I did. Well I didn't. My second mistake was wiping all on the stock ROM slot once in Safestrap thinking I had the new ROM on the internal SD. Well I realized I didn't, had to leave the HDX in safestrap for a while and came back to the battery dead. Now it does not boot past the stock recovery where my options consist of reboot system or perform stock recovery. Stock recovery does nothing which is expected after my slip up.
What I'm wondering is if I can somehow flash the recovery back to my device via ADB? Or maybe the stock ROM? If not, do I have any other options.
Disclaimer: yes, I made a stupid mistake, I admit it. Please keep the flaming to a minimum.
yes you did.
mangomango said:
I'll just get to the point.
I rooted the HDX using the towelroot app. Installed SuperSU, verified root access., all was successful thus far. At this point I installed Safestrap recovery, using the. apk.
Here's the problem. I thought I transferred the ROM and gapps package to the internal SD card. Could have sworn I did. Well I didn't. My second mistake was wiping all on the stock ROM slot once in Safestrap thinking I had the new ROM on the internal SD. Well I realized I didn't, had to leave the HDX in safestrap for a while and came back to the battery dead. Now it does not boot past the stock recovery where my options consist of reboot system or perform stock recovery. Stock recovery does nothing which is expected after my slip up.
What I'm wondering is if I can somehow flash the recovery back to my device via ADB? Or maybe the stock ROM? If not, do I have any other options.
Disclaimer: yes, I made a stupid mistake, I admit it. Please keep the flaming to a minimum.
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If you cannot get into safestrap . You're simple no flaming answer is ,NO .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2795602 post 37 ?
Good find. I'll check it out. Thank you.
Hi,
I am returning my HDX after receiving a replacement. How can I ensure all my personal data has been wiped before or send it off. It's had a couple of factory resets, is still rooted, safestrapped and on 4.2.5.
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myotai said:
Hi,
I am returning my HDX after receiving a replacement. How can I ensure all my personal data has been wiped before or send it off. It's had a couple of factory resets, is still rooted, safestrapped and on 4.2.5.
Thanks...
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To my knowledge there is no sure-fire way to securely wipe ALL permanent storage on this device. Best suggestion is to remove all secondary Safestrap v4 slots and then flash CM11 or Nexus v4 to the stock slot. Then use Android's native encryption (settings->security->encrypt tablet) to scramble the contents followed by a stock 'factory reset'. Note this may leave your device in an unbootable state. Not sure how comprehensive the encryption is (eg: does it go after unused blocks) but should thwart most casual efforts to recover previous contents.
Thanks for that, but can you tell me how I'd remove the Safestrap v4 slots? Not even sure what they are to be honest!
myotai said:
Thanks for that, but can you tell me how I'd remove the Safestrap v4 slots? Not even sure what they are to be honest!
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If you don't know what they are you probably never created any. You can get an indication when booting your device. If the word 'disabled' appears on the Safestrap recovery screen you do not have any secondary slots.
What OS (rom) do you have installed?
Stock 4.2.5....nothing stating Disabled when booting. There are several 'free' slotsin Safestrap. But apart from rooting and installing Safestrap to flash the stock ROM I didn't do anything else.
myotai said:
Stock 4.2.5....nothing stating Disabled when booting. There are several 'free' slotsin Safestrap. But apart from rooting and installing Safestrap to flash the stock ROM I didn't do anything else.
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For clarity I believe you mean 4.5.2
Don't worry about the slots. Just encrypt your active slot. The subsequent factory reset probably isn't necessary unless you distrust Amazon's refurb process which securely wipes the device. As noted the nuances of Android encryption are unknown (complicated by HDX hw and Safestrap) so you are confidently only protecting against casual inspection.
Yeah , that's what I'll do then. Nothing other than personal letters and pics of my kids etc...thanks for your feedback
I have a Kindle Fire HDX 7, rooted it, installed safestrap, then CM 11 in stock slot..
Running great for agres, but suddenly some CM 11 nightly updates appear, then start to download and update.
Update doesn't work, but the tablet will go into TWRP recovery that is part of Safestrap. But it says no OS installed, so it won't boot.
It did say safes-strap disabled, but last time I turned it on it said safe-strap enabled. Still wouldn't boot, though.
Factory reset didn't help.
The tablet isn't recognized by windows, so unless I can find a way to get a new rom onto the tablet, I can't flash a new rom, so I have a brick.
This is why I don't like tablets with no SD card slot. If I had an SD card slot, no problem.
Does the mount option in TWRP do anything?
Thanks for your help.
Nagoyablue73 said:
I have a Kindle Fire HDX 7, rooted it, installed safestrap, then CM 11 in stock slot..
Running great for agres, but suddenly some CM 11 nightly updates appear, then start to download and update.
Update doesn't work, but the tablet will go into TWRP recovery that is part of Safestrap. But it says no OS installed, so it won't boot.
It did say safes-strap disabled, but last time I turned it on it said safe-strap enabled. Still wouldn't boot, though.
Factory reset didn't help.
The tablet isn't recognized by windows, so unless I can find a way to get a new rom onto the tablet, I can't flash a new rom, so I have a brick.
This is why I don't like tablets with no SD card slot. If I had an SD card slot, no problem.
Does the mount option in TWRP do anything?
Thanks for your help.
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Unfortunately there is no way to move files onto this device (specifically 3rd gen HDX running Safestrap v4) without a functioning rom. Best bet is to use the File Manager in Safestrap recovery to search the device for the CM11 zip that was originally used to populate the Stock slot. If found you might be able to use that to recover the device (install to the STOCK slot).
You mentioned a factory reset. If performed from the stock recovery menu (outside Safestrap) the device is likely toast.
Nagoyablue73 said:
I have a Kindle Fire HDX 7, rooted it, installed safestrap, then CM 11 in stock slot..
Running great for agres, but suddenly some CM 11 nightly updates appear, then start to download and update.
Update doesn't work, but the tablet will go into TWRP recovery that is part of Safestrap. But it says no OS installed, so it won't boot.
It did say safes-strap disabled, but last time I turned it on it said safe-strap enabled. Still wouldn't boot, though.
Factory reset didn't help.
The tablet isn't recognized by windows, so unless I can find a way to get a new rom onto the tablet, I can't flash a new rom, so I have a brick.
This is why I don't like tablets with no SD card slot. If I had an SD card slot, no problem.
Does the mount option in TWRP do anything?
Thanks for your help.
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I had the same issue myself (I had actually formatted the system partition and the sd card without thinking), you might try another USB port and/or another cable, even another computer if you can get access to one.
after trying to get ADB to see my tablet for 3 hours I finally moved to another USB port and it worked right away.
once it saw the tablet it only took a few moments to sideload another rom.
on a side note when it happened to me I was on an unlocked bootloader and was not using safestrap so I cant recall if the ADB sideload feature is even available in safestrap... but if so its what worked for me.
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I had the same issue myself (I had actually formatted the system partition and the sd card without thinking), you might try another USB port and/or another cable, even another computer if you can get access to one.
after trying to get ADB to see my tablet for 3 hours I finally moved to another USB port and it worked right away.
once it saw the tablet it only took a few moments to sideload another rom.
on a side note when it happened to me I was on an unlocked bootloader and was not using safestrap so I cant recall if the ADB sideload feature is even available in safestrap... but if so its what worked for me.
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Unfortunately, Safestrap v4 has no native support for adb. There is no way to push a file to the device without a functioning rom.
Davey126 said:
Unfortunately, Safestrap v4 has no native support for adb. There is no way to push a file to the device without a functioning rom.
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It's a moot point now, as the battery is dead, and the tablet won't charge, or won't turn on if it is charged. Looks like it's completely dead. Any one need a hdx 7 for spares?
Nagoyablue73 said:
It's a moot point now, as the battery is dead, and the tablet won't charge, or won't turn on if it is charged. Looks like it's completely dead. Any one need a hdx 7 for spares?
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It might turn on with a long press of the power button (20-30 sec) but that will just get you to Safestrap v4 recovery. Beyond that there isn't much hope; factory reset may have killed it (resetting is a no-no with Safestrap installed). Sorry for your loss.
Nagoyablue73 said:
It's a moot point now, as the battery is dead, and the tablet won't charge, or won't turn on if it is charged. Looks like it's completely dead. Any one need a hdx 7 for spares?
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Davey126 said:
It might turn on with a long press of the power button (20-30 sec) but that will just get you to Safestrap v4 recovery. Beyond that there isn't much hope; factory reset may have killed it (resetting is a no-no with Safestrap installed). Sorry for your loss.
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If you still have this device *and* it can boot into Safestrap recovery there may be hope. See this thread for new findings courtesy @skoop99.
Davey126 said:
If you still have this device *and* it can boot into Safestrap recovery there may be hope. See this thread for new findings courtesy @skoop99.
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Thanks for the heads up! (Runs to get kindle HDX 7 out of the bin).
It does indeed power up and boot into safestrap.