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[Q] Nexus One, Return to stock 2.2 after trying 2.3.3

After the initial jubilation of finally getting Gingerbread on my stock Nexus one, I have come to the conclusion that its a little half baked and setting aside all the little annoyances, the current battery life bug that seems to be affecting some people (myself included) is just terrible.
So my question is, how to I get back to stock 2.2 (or 2.2.2) now that I have 2.3.3 installed.
I don't want to root, or open the boot loader or do anything to invalidate the warranty. Is there a way ?
Thanks, and sorry if this has already been covered somewhere else (could not find it)

shimsim said:
...I don't want to root, or open the boot loader or do anything to invalidate the warranty. Is there a way ?...
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shimsim said:
After the initial jubilation of finally getting Gingerbread on my stock Nexus one, I have come to the conclusion that its a little half baked and setting aside all the little annoyances, the current battery life bug that seems to be affecting some people (myself included) is just terrible.
So my question is, how to I get back to stock 2.2 (or 2.2.2) now that I have 2.3.3 installed.
I don't want to root, or open the boot loader or do anything to invalidate the warranty. Is there a way ?
Thanks, and sorry if this has already been covered somewhere else (could not find it)
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http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=3ee1ccfdaffc5881&hl=en
Worked for lots of people, don't know if it works for 2.3, it worked for 2.2.
So.. ya might just wanna keep an open mind.
Anyway, some of the links on the page are dead, you might need to dig around for what you need.
Google is your friend

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11745519&postcount=21

I tried this also (just to see for myself, instead of listening to the rumors), and can confirm it works.
The only comment I would make is that the filename is NOT case sensitive (I got it to work as PASSIMG.zip, passimg.zip, and also combinations like PassImG.zip)
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

Passimg method is working? Nice find! I imagine this will be of great help to many people.

Thanks for all the suggestions and help, I will give it a go.
In terms of the most recent version that I can go back to, I assume it has to be a manufacturer shipment ROM or full system image.
The latest release on shipped roms is FRG33 http shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Passion%20(Nexus%20One
I found on the HTC developers site (http developer.htc.com/) FRG83 but the link seems to be broken http dl4.htc.com/RomCode/Source_and_Binaries/signed-passion-img-FRG83_0923.zip
Assuming I can find a copy of FRG83 system image, am I correct in assuming I can also rename this to passimg.zip and downgrade or does it have to be the FRG33 manufacture shipped rom?
ps, sorry i cant post url links hence the http

If it's a shipped image, then yes.
If you look in the zip, and see a bunch of image files, instead of a folder structure, then it will probably work...
Let me know if you find FRG83.
I know someone who would LOVE to find it!
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

danger-rat said:
If it's a shipped image, then yes.
If you look in the zip, and see a bunch of image files, instead of a folder structure, then it will probably work...
Let me know if you find FRG83.
I know someone who would LOVE to find it!
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
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Thanks!!!

Hi,
I know this question may sound stupid but I have this doubt and I would like to understand better one thing:
Can someone please explain me why it's not possible to restore 2.2 from 2.3.3 using directly a nandroid restore skipping the PASSIMG.zip part?
I'm new to this and I'm still learning some things, but if the nandroid is a backup of the entire system, why can't I just wipe out everything and restore from that file?
Thank you so much for your help!

If you have nandroid - great.
If you flashed stock image - you don't have it anymore, because stock image overwrites your custom recovery, and without unlocked bootloader or option to root, there is no way to restore it.

Thank you so much for the reply
So, just to be sure: since my bootloader is unlocked this means that if I wipe everything, then I can flash a custom recovery and then restore from a nandroid backup without having to flash first another stock ROM and root again, right?

That is correct.
However, keep in mind that rebooting your phone when you soil have the stock ROM will cause the stock recovery to be restored, so as soon as you install your custom recovery, you need to boot into recovery without rebooting the phone...
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efrant said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11745519&postcount=21
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The dowload link include in the link above for the ROM is not working. I am getting this error message: "Unable to open shipped/Passion (Nexus One/"
efrant: Can you please update the link?
Thank you!

jay_supreme said:
The dowload link include in the link above for the ROM is not working. I am getting this error message: "Unable to open shipped/Passion (Nexus One/"
efrant: Can you please update the link?
Thank you!
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Updated...

I think I found a copy of FRG83 here:
androidpit.de/de/android/forum/thread/407726/ROMs-Kernels-Radios-fuer-das-Nexus-One
p.s. sorry, i still cant post url links ..... so add the w w w

[Q] How to start over?

I'm not sure whats going on with my D3. However, I have RSD and I have .890 and .959 downloaded as well as Fastboot.
What I want to do is just wipe the phone completely and just flash it like its a brand new phone.
Anyone know how to do so? Please post a link or instructions, I would greatly appreciate it.

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I'm not sure whats going on with my D3. However, I have RSD and I have .890 and .959 downloaded as well as Fastboot.
What I want to do is just wipe the phone completely and just flash it like its a brand new phone.
Anyone know how to do so? Please post a link or instructions, I would greatly appreciate it.
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http://goo.gl/7NoAv

Androidsims said:
http://goo.gl/7NoAv
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Tried that. It keeps failing saying something about size was not as expected or something like that.

Redownload?

Avelnan said:
Redownload?
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I have. MD5 sums match up each time. Should I try removing the ext sd card?

I would redownload everything and try agian

littleneutrino said:
I would redownload everything and try agian
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Alright, attempt will be made again. Should I redownload RSD again or just the sbf's?

atquick said:
Alright, attempt will be made again. Should I redownload RSD again or just the sbf's?
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Downloading the sbf's again. Went over to check and see if the phone was still on, The charging led is on, however the screen is off..
Held power, nothing. Held M + Power. Still nothing... Any thoughts on whats going on now?

I didn't see if you have pulled the SD card but yeah it can't hurt.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278056
Follow the first portion of the instructions on how to flash back to original 5.6.890. Note the making of a folder and it's name for the 890 flash.
Ignore the part about flashing the new ROM. These are the best instructions I've found so far for flashing back to stock via RSD lite.
Good luck, keep us posted.
Download and follow exactly and you'll be good to go.
Hope that helps.
Sent from my DROID3 using xda premium

wattnxt said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278056
Follow the first portion of the instructions on how to flash back to original 5.6.890. Note the making of a folder and it's name for the 890 flash.
Ignore the part about flashing the new ROM. These are the best instructions I've found so far for flashing back to stock via RSD lite.
Good luck, keep us posted.
Download and follow exactly and you'll be good to go.
Hope that helps.
Sent from my DROID3 using xda premium
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It keeps failing.
Step 3 mbmloader.bin
Step 4 mbm.bin
Step 8 logo.bin
Step 9 'lbl'
I'm stuck.

Let me do some looking when I get home tonight. I remember there being a file for certain versions of XP that helped some people and they couldn't flash without it.
I never had it happen personally, but I know those that did were terribly frustrated.
I also hear the 959 version is easier to flash for some reason. Never flashed that version, so this is only hear-say. But I know it did flash easier according to posts.
I will try to dig up a link for you.

i am getting the same thing also getting the bad CG boot.. now this may be a fix but idk how this guy got it it.. i have been asking eveywhere maybe you guys could help me... here is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248721

I found this by Psouza. He is likely the foremost expert on making things easy as far as unbricking your D3. Rumor has it he has a set of unbrick tools floating around this forum somewhere, though I haven't found it yet. Try in the Development thread, for sure it has to be there somewhere.
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For those of you having problems flashing this and/or are suspicious of flashing ebr, mbr, and parts of the bootloader, you can selectively just flash the rest of it.
See attachment.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=715510&d=1315657647
Hope this helps.
I also saw that flashing the pre-installs file alone first helped someone. That file borked on me once, but I was able to adb it over and then execute it via adb to get my phone unbricked.
Please let us know what works for you, as all of this is a work in progress right now.
Good luck!

i don't know to much about adb and are looking for help on pre-installed files. I don't understand what that means or how to go about it? i also cant get past the bootloader screen, "invalid CG version". i can not boot up at all.

How bricked are you? can you boot into CWM? Are you able to boot into tools, or how far can you get?
What version were you running? 5.959 (stock) or 6.890 OTA or Leaked OTA or Soak test (all the same as far as 6.890 goes).

i can get into boot tools and just tryed another flash got to step 6 till it failed instead of 3.. I'm running stock. Cannot get passed boot tools... scratch all that just tried to flash again just on the off chance it mnight work and i got it. Going to try and re-root and CWN recovery with sdteel froids rom... will keep you in the loop

Awesome!!
Here is the link about the adb commands for preinstall.sh
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17196391&postcount=88
It helped me when I borked my leaked update. I ran into the same problem as limaxray did with too many files in /system. So make sure you clean out any apps you made into system apps before trying the update via the standard update route, and that all stock system apps are in place and properly named.
I had to remove some that updated partially with the leaked update when mine borked. I used the posted system dump to push them to the phone and then the update ran properly and updated them anyhow.
If for some reason re-rooting doesn't work for you. Go to /system/bin and remove su, busybox. Do the same in /system/xbin. For some reason if you already have them in there when you run the process, it will say success but no root after reboot. My 2c as it happened to me. You do not need to remove superuser.apk, but you will have to update it in the market after you re-root.
Congrats!!
I see now too there is a fastboot and moto-fastboot. moto-fastboot has worked for some who had issues from what I've found.
Keep us posted, and smile knowing you've recovered from a bork; none of us got where we are without doing it at least once, so you're in good company.

re-rooted and installed bootstrap, just got steel droid all loaded up and all is good.... thanks for your speedy responses and detailed instructions and links. I realy think all that happened was i took everything aet it sone last time tried to flash and it went threw. All i used was RSD lite and flashed the 8.6.590 fast boot file and after a several retries it went threw. If anyone needs help on this i will post the file links if you need the ones i used

[Q] Bell XT860 stock recovery

I would have posted this question in response to these instructions, however I'm still a noob on these forums, and haven't met my 10 post quota yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255198
My question is will this recovery method work for Bell Canada users, or will it only function for Verizon users?
I've installed AOKP a few months back, and while I enjoy it, I've lost support for some key features; namely HDMI, which is disappointing. When I tried recovering to the stock rom to hold me over until some new features and revisions show up on the mod scene, I found out my system backup was corrupt.
I have found a few downloads to system images, however every one I have found link to files that are now taken down. Can someone upload a current system dump?

I can set you up when I get home later
Sent from my XT860 using xda premium

try here http://sbf.droid-developers.org/umts_solana/list.php

What would happen if I flashed the Bell firmware to a Verizon Droid3?
Will it change the radio.img
Will I have to unlock it again?
Will everything still work?
I am using 5.7.906.xt852

jazz53 said:
What would happen if I flashed the Bell firmware to a Verizon Droid3?
Will it change the radio.img
Will I have to unlock it again?
Will everything still work?
I am using 5.7.906.xt852
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Quite honestly no one knows. Wanna be the first?
Sent from my XT860 using xda premium

I'm really eager to find out. Worst case, you could always just flash the bell XT860 radio afterwards and see what happens!

I am way too new at this to try experimenting with untried solutions
I just barely figured out how to root my ph. Still working on how to flash.
Is it the same as installing a ROM?

jazz53 said:
I am way too new at this to try experimenting with untried solutions
I just barely figured out how to root my ph. Still working on how to flash.
Is it the same as installing a ROM?
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No, you have to completely reflash your device and will have to re-root it. I think you should give it a go though
You'll need to download RSD Lite and download the XT860 Bell SBF files (they are about 500mb to download). Also make sure you FULLY CHARGE your phone, just in case you run into any issues. I think you can find an SBF how-to doc in the development forums. Please keep us posted.
Are you on Verizon? Because if you and this works, you probably won't be able to use it with them anymore.

Nope, I am on PCMobile without a data plan, use wifi.
I think maybe I'll try a Rom first.

Please help - t-mo g1

Hey guys, I had dug out my old HTC G1 and was trying out the new roms. I was running on 2.3.4 I believe and before flashing anything I had made a Nandroid backup. After flashing couple of Roms i didn't like them and I tried to flash a specific one recommended by someone and after flashing my phone was stuck on the G1 screen and nothing after that.
So I went back into recovery and tried to flash the rom again and it didn't work, then I tried another rom which had previously worked and that one didn't boot up either and finally I tried to restore from Nandroid and that didn't work either, phone is still stuck on G1 screen as of right now.
I am attaching a picture of the Hboot and SPL etc if thats any help, but if someone could help me out it would be great I would hate to have this phone just be a paper weight.
Thanks again!
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Guys the two posts that are in reply to this thread by me are from a different thread where I had originally reported my concerns, I have included them in this thread so in case anyone else is running into similar issues they can possibly obtain something useful from them.

NSingh95 said:
Hey guys, I had dug out my old HTC G1 and was trying out the new roms. I was running on 2.3.4 I believe and before flashing anything I had made a Nandroid backup. After flashing couple of Roms i didn't like them and I tried to flash a specific one recommended by someone and after flashing my phone was stuck on the G1 screen and nothing after that.
So I went back into recovery and tried to flash the rom again and it didn't work, then I tried another rom which had previously worked and that one didn't boot up either and finally I tried to restore from Nandroid and that didn't work either, phone is still stuck on G1 screen as of right now.
I am attaching a picture of the Hboot and SPL etc if thats any help, but if someone could help me out it would be great I would hate to have this phone just be a paper weight.
Thanks again!
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I keep on running into this because i cant seem to get this root done but
To what ive read on the forums seems like youll need to flash an original stock firmware otherwise keep trying but if not just go to the unrooting section of the post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14193280
good luck:good:

Re: [ROM][4.0.4][29.01.13] BananaSandwich v0.2 - first smooth & fast ICS ROM (CM9 bas
If you were following the full directions in the banana bread thread then you would be at least attempting to use cmtd, but not a requirement. Yes you should update radio and SPL, as well as flash amonra recovery, no need to unroot. Just search out ezterrys thread in the developers section titled 2708+ update, and follow all steps there, even will find a link for amonra.
Search out cmtd if you want to learn more, not required hardly ever but can be nice. Also you can repartition SD when ever you want, no unroot needed for that, if you have further questions I suggest not leaving them in this unrelated thread as respect to developer
Edit, I see you already have another thread in the works, post any question there and someone will help, chances are the cmtd did work when flashing bannanabread which would make sense if you cant restore nandroid as partitions changed. Also note you need to do a full wipe, preferably a super wipe or fast boot -w in between ROM flashes, and yes even when restoring a nandroid
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1. Flash this: http://www.mediafire.com/?upf6u8m0zb70ag5 then full wipe and reboot
http://www.mediafire.com/?a3ay0gxvfj9y8
2. flash radio 2.22.27.08, reboot
3. flash hboot0013d, reboot
4. flash recovery-ra-dream-v1.7.0-automtd.zip reboot
make sure you have partitioned sdcard (swap, sd-ext - I recommend ext4)
then follow instructions from ROM topic
I'm sure it will work

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Re: [ROM][4.0.4][29.01.13] BananaSandwich v0.2 - first smooth & fast ICS ROM (CM9 bas
If you were following the full directions in the banana bread thread then you would be at least attempting to use cmtd, but not a requirement. Yes you should update radio and SPL, as well as flash amonra recovery, no need to unroot. Just search out ezterrys thread in the developers section titled 2708+ update, and follow all steps there, even will find a link for amonra.
Search out cmtd if you want to learn more, not required hardly ever but can be nice. Also you can repartition SD when ever you want, no unroot needed for that, if you have further questions I suggest not leaving them in this unrelated thread as respect to developer
Edit, I see you already have another thread in the works, post any question there and someone will help, chances are the cmtd did work when flashing bannanabread which would make sense if you cant restore nandroid as partitions changed. Also note you need to do a full wipe, preferably a super wipe or fast boot -w in between ROM flashes, and yes even when restoring a nandroid
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demkantor if you stumble in this thread somehow please let me know if the below thread was what you had suggested I look up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
Thanks

Yeah thats the right thread, did you say links were down? Or did bannana give you new links?
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide using xda premium

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Yeah thats the right thread, did you say links were down? Or did bannana give you new links?
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide using xda premium
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Yea the links are down in that thread and banana gave me the links for specifically running bananabread rom, but im a bit confused that if i do use the automtd is that going to cause problems if I decide to change the rom from bananabread?
also there is another link that someone posted above (rooting guide in sense) and I was wondering if i followed that would that resolve anything...
going from having too little information now i have too much information and am confused as to which path to choose, right about right now I wish i was just prescribing a patient some medicine lol
thanks for your continuous help and i hope you can help me figure this out!

If youre around in a couple hours (3hrs?) Ill be at a computer and can get you the images needed and walk you through it, other wise just make sure you read before flashing firmwafre.
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide using xda premium

demkantor said:
If youre around in a couple hours (3hrs?) Ill be at a computer and can get you the images needed and walk you through it, other wise just make sure you read before flashing firmwafre.
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide using xda premium
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I'll be around my computer as well until then i will try to see if the instructions banana4444 gave me workout for me or not...
if they work then all is well and i will report here and if they don't then ill be checking this post consistently around 9 pm pacific and we can go from there.
thanks a lot!
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Hey kantor so I have got the phone up and running using the instructions from banana... so as of right now im good and I really appreciate you helping so much and willing to take the time to help even more.
Thanks again, will keep you posted in case needed!

NSingh95 said:
Re: [ROM][4.0.4][29.01.13] BananaSandwich v0.2 - first smooth & fast ICS ROM (CM9 bas
If you were following the full directions in the banana bread thread then you would be at least attempting to use cmtd, but not a requirement. Yes you should update radio and SPL, as well as flash amonra recovery, no need to unroot. Just search out ezterrys thread in the developers section titled 2708+ update, and follow all steps there, even will find a link for amonra.
Search out cmtd if you want to learn more, not required hardly ever but can be nice. Also you can repartition SD when ever you want, no unroot needed for that, if you have further questions I suggest not leaving them in this unrelated thread as respect to developer
Edit, I see you already have another thread in the works, post any question there and someone will help, chances are the cmtd did work when flashing bannanabread which would make sense if you cant restore nandroid as partitions changed. Also note you need to do a full wipe, preferably a super wipe or fast boot -w in between ROM flashes, and yes even when restoring a nandroid
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
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FeintDoxx said:
I keep on running into this because i cant seem to get this root done but
To what ive read on the forums seems like youll need to flash an original stock firmware otherwise keep trying but if not just go to the unrooting section of the post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14193280
good luck:good:
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Okay so I seem to have gotten the issue resolved with the help of some great developers here. See the links and posts that are above and i recommend you use those steps also.
If you are still not rooted then try to provide more details in this post as to where you are stuck and ill see what i can help you with and im sure other people are going to be willing to help also.... Good luck!

Need Help Please

Hey everyone, I stupidly tried to flash the Galaxy S5 experience 4.4.2 Rom to my ATT Note 3 SM-900a. I was using an older X-Note Rom and wanted to update my phone's firmware. I flashed it to the stock rom and now I can only boot into Safestrap. Is there anyway I can easily restore the device back to being functional? I can still see all my files on the device when using file manager on Safestrap, I just can't see the device on my computer.

Anybody have any idea what to do here? I've been trying to figure out what to do for the last 6 hours

You may get a better response if you use an informative subject line. That's the courteous thing to do in any forum. It lets people see at a glance whether your topic is one that they either want to learn about or can contribute knowledge to. Your subject line gives readers no clue what problem you're having. As a result, many readers won't bother to click on it at all.

dylr91 said:
Anybody have any idea what to do here? I've been trying to figure out what to do for the last 6 hours
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If you can still open safestrap try loading a new rom.
Also please re-read the forum rules. You're only aloud to bump your threads once every 24hrs. Not every 3 hours. I know it's hard not to because you're in a panic. But it's the rules. We have to be patient.

440bro said:
If you can still open safestrap try loading a new rom.
Also please re-read the forum rules. You're only aloud to bump your threads once every 24hrs. Not every 3 hours. I know it's hard not to because you're in a panic. But it's the rules. We have to be patient.
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I could get into SafeStrap but I wasn't able to load roms onto my device because it would not show up on my PC. Luckily I was able to find this site: http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/10/how-to-unrootunbrick-at-galaxy-note-3.html
If anyone else is impulsive enough to get into this situation, that link saved my life. I will never mess around with the stock rom again without fully reading the instructions.

dylr91 said:
Hey everyone, I stupidly tried to flash the Galaxy S5 experience 4.4.2 Rom to my ATT Note 3 SM-900a. I was using an older X-Note Rom and wanted to update my phone's firmware. I flashed it to the stock rom and now I can only boot into Safestrap. Is there anyway I can easily restore the device back to being functional? I can still see all my files on the device when using file manager on Safestrap, I just can't see the device on my computer.
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I would just odin back to factory rom, that should get you back to the start....

I would say take the SD card out and load the X note zip and wipe and reinstall. Then once you have a working phone try again this time may want to create a backup first
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You probably used the wrong safestrap.
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