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[Q] Can't boot into Safestrap?

I purchased a Note 3 N900A back in March, and it came rooted running Knoxraid and Safestrap. I felt no need to switch ROMs until a few days ago, when Knoxraid started having issues with me logging into Google services (Play Store, Gmail, YouTube, etc). I decided to install the AT&T S5 ROM port and it's working fine, other than it draining my battery more than it was on Knoxraid. To get Knoxraid off the stock ROM slot in Safestrap and to get the S5 port on, I followed these directions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521899
However, even after reinstalling the Safestrap app and reinstalling the recovery, I cannot boot into it (v3.72). When I rebooted the Note 3 when it was running Knoxraid, there would always be a screen before the boot animation asking if I wanted to boot into Safestrap. However, this doesn't happen anymore. The app says the recovery is installed, but the safe system is not active. When I click reboot to recovery, it doesn't reboot and only says "Safestrap has been allowed permissions from superuser" or something like that and then it says "reboot now". I am unsure of what that means, but when I do reboot, it just reboots the phone normally.
My Note is running 4.4.2 and the model number is SM-G900A (the S5's model number). The baseband version is N900AUCUCMLG and the build number is KOT49H.G900AUCU1ANCE.
Can someone help?

rgao007 said:
I purchased a Note 3 N900A back in March, and it came rooted running Knoxraid and Safestrap. I felt no need to switch ROMs until a few days ago, when Knoxraid started having issues with me logging into Google services (Play Store, Gmail, YouTube, etc). I decided to install the AT&T S5 ROM port and it's working fine, other than it draining my battery more than it was on Knoxraid. To get Knoxraid off the stock ROM slot in Safestrap and to get the S5 port on, I followed these directions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521899
However, even after reinstalling the Safestrap app and reinstalling the recovery, I cannot boot into it (v3.72). When I rebooted the Note 3 when it was running Knoxraid, there would always be a screen before the boot animation asking if I wanted to boot into Safestrap. However, this doesn't happen anymore. The app says the recovery is installed, but the safe system is not active. When I click reboot to recovery, it doesn't reboot and only says "Safestrap has been allowed permissions from superuser" or something like that and then it says "reboot now". I am unsure of what that means, but when I do reboot, it just reboots the phone normally.
My Note is running 4.4.2 and the model number is SM-G900A (the S5's model number). The baseband version is N900AUCUCMLG and the build number is KOT49H.G900AUCU1ANCE.
Can someone help?
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Maybe you should try upgrading your modem to NC2.
Here is a link to the modems. Just follow his instructions and you should be fine.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2698464
After that, head here
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572978
And download Safestrap 3.75 and follow his instruction on doing so on that. Here are the step I used
1.Have SU
2.Have BusyBox installed
3.Install Safestrap 3.75 app then install the recovery
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Thanks, I'll try that.

Just realized that since recovery doesn't work, I can't install the modems.

Since I couldn't install the modems without Safestrap, I only updated the apk to 3.75 but I still can't boot into recovery.

xXPINCARXx said:
Maybe you should try upgrading your modem to NC2.
Here is a link to the modems. Just follow his instructions and you should be fine.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2698464
After that, head here
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572978
And download Safestrap 3.75 and follow his instruction on doing so on that. Here are the step I used
1.Have SU
2.Have BusyBox installed
3.Install Safestrap 3.75 app then install the recovery
DK 4.1, GPE Orange, Xposed, xgel, and other great extras
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Help pls
Sent from my SM-N900A

You dont need a recovery to flash modems. You can flash with a custom recovery but since we have a locked bootloader we cant have custom recoveries. But You will use odin to flash it. Meaning you need to hop on your pc and download odin put the files (NC2 modem file) where specified and be sure to have your phone in download mode (holding power, home, and volume down buttons) then you would click the start button
DK 4.1, GPE Orange, Xposed, xgel, and other great extras

Sorry, I'm kind of a noob, where do I put the modem files? Also, can I check what modem I'm currently on? Thanks
Sent from my SM-N900A

You're on MLG as you have specified with the info above, and here are the steps:
1. Download the desire modem from above. (NC2 in your case)
2. Extract the .zip
3. Boot phone in to download mode by holding Volume Down + Home + Power
4. Open Odin3
5. Click on CP
6. Select xxx_modem.tar.md5
7. Click Start.
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I updated the modem to NC2 through Odin and now the SS version is 3.75 but I still can't boot into Safestrap, do you have any other ideas? Thanks for your help thus far

Did you actually install busy box by opening the app and click install or just download it from the play store

It's actually installed

I would suggest you go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715 and go back to jb and start over or you can go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54179016 to get as close to official kk with root and try safestrap agian

Do you have busybox installed?
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Yes

Tried Flashing Kitkat - Soft bricked?

Ok, so I tried following the method described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712039
I was on JB. Installed SS 3.71, downloaded the odexed version of UrDroid and odin files.
Procedure I followed:
Booted into SS
Factory reset
Install urdroid - deodexed
Installation failed, zip wouldn't open
Booted back up, downloaded urdroid again - odexed version this time
pulled battery, booted to safestrap
factory reset
install new zip, worked this time
tried booting to download mode with vol down key, didn't work for some reason. just went to SS splash screen then tried to boot
pulled battery, booted SS again, used the reboot menu to get to download mode
followed steps to set up partitions in ODIN, seemed to work fine
Now when I try to boot it just shows me the SS splash screen, then when I let it boot it just goes to a black screen with a solid blue indicator LED.
Next, I tried to verify the MD5 on the UrDroid zip and it didn't match. I downloaded it again, copied it to my external SD, and it then checked out.
Wiped, installed, ran the odin stuff again. Same problem.
I'm guessing the next step is to restore it back to MJ5 using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715&page=118
Except several of the files linked there are no longer available....
I'm feeling a little panicked now, this is my only phone lol. Can anyone give me a hand?

If you're on MJ5 and If you can access Safestrap recovery, this should work : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2619005

andygev35 said:
If you're on MJ5 and If you can access Safestrap recovery, this should work : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2619005
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I thought that once you update to KK, you can't go back to JB... except I don't know if I ever completed the update. I'm not entirely sure how this process even works.
Do you flash the rom, and then the ODIN portion of it prepares your phone for KK?

Boot into safestrap recovery, click reboot, click reboot to recovery (which will boot you into system recovery). Near the top of the system recovery screen it will show you what version of firmware you have. If it's MJ5, then just do a restore within safestrap recovery to the restore files you get from the link I posted earlier.

andygev35 said:
Boot into safestrap recovery, click reboot, click reboot to recovery (which will boot you into system recovery). Near the top of the system recovery screen it will show you what version of firmware you have. If it's MJ5, then just do a restore within safestrap recovery to the restore files you get from the link I posted earlier.
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First of all, thank you for your help.
In recovery, it just says "Android system recovery <3e>". Then goes down to the options you can select.
Before you posted, I tried installing a MJ5 custom rom (FireNote) in the stock slot and now it successfully boots. Which is certainly an improvement. I tried the same process again with UrDroid and had the same result as before - no boot. Now I'm back on FireNote again.
Since FireNote works fine, is it safe to conclude that the Odin process did not properly prepare my boot system for KitKat, and that is why the KK rom isn't working at all?

Have I stumped XDA?? Haha.
I went over the guide again and can't see anything that I've done wrong, but I certainly could have. Are there glitches in Odin3 with Windows 7 that I should be looking out for or anything?

Another thought: I was attempting to do this with SafeStrap 3.71 installed. I thought that 3.72 should be sideloaded after I had switched to KitKat. Was this incorrect? Should I have started by installing 3.72 in my JB rom?

Well, I just let out a string of bad words.
When I ran Odin it defaulted to my 'return to stock' files even though I ran it from a completely different folder... and I didn't realize it.
I'm guessing using the right files will resolve this problem.
Wow, I'm an idiot.

steveh_131 said:
Well, I just let out a string of bad words.
When I ran Odin it defaulted to my 'return to stock' files even though I ran it from a completely different folder... and I didn't realize it.
I'm guessing using the right files will resolve this problem.
Wow, I'm an idiot.
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I wouldn't say you're an idiot. You're human!

Stuck in Safestrap disabled

I have Safestrap 3.7.2 and Lollipop rooted installed. I've googled and googled and can't find an answer to this. I booted into Safestrap to try to figure out how to delete an old NC1 backup I made. I hit the reboot/recovery button once. What a mistake. The phone booted into stock recovery. Now when the phone boots, I get a message saying Safestrap is disabled with the options of recovery or continue. Continue does nothing but gives me a blank screen. Recovery takes me into Safestrap, and I can't get the phone to boot back into Lollipop. If I hit reboot/system, I get the same Safestrap disabled screen. If I hit reboot/recovery, I end up in the stock recovery. It says to wait 10 seconds and it will boot, but all I get is a blank screen. I have Lollipop in the stock ROM slot with no other ROMs loaded. HELP!

Well the only thing I could figure to do was to ODIN back to NC2, use Towelroot to get root, install Busybox and Safestrap 3.75, install the OC1 rooted ROM, and reinstall everything via Titanium Backup. This time once I get the phone set up the way I want I will make sure to make a Safestrap backup. What a pain.

Unbelievable. After restoring everything via Titanium Backup, and then booting back into Safestrap to make a backup, I decided to wait and the only thing I did was to power the phone off. I'm getting the same Safestrap disabled message again. I'm not even sure how this is possible.

voigts said:
Unbelievable. After restoring everything via Titanium Backup, and then booting back into Safestrap to make a backup, I decided to wait and the only thing I did was to power the phone off. I'm getting the same Safestrap disabled message again. I'm not even sure how this is possible.
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Since you're on Lollipop did you flash the OC1 kernel before leaving Safestrap? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59666958&postcount=2

Yes. What I have been finding after flashing/reflashing about 10 times today is that if I boot into Safestrap (v. 3.75) even once after flashing the rooted Lollipop Zip (OC1 that you linked to), Safestrap gets disabled. As long as I do not boot into Safestrap, the phone boots fine. Once Safestrap disables, I am dead in the water and can't get back into Lollipop at all. I then have to ODIN back to NC2, root with Towelroot, install Busybox, and then Safestrap to flash back to OC1.
I spent all day on and off messing with this. I'd really be in a fix without Titanium Backup.

voigts said:
Yes. What I have been finding after flashing/reflashing about 10 times today is that if I boot into Safestrap (v. 3.75) even once after flashing the rooted Lollipop Zip (OC1 that you linked to), Safestrap gets disabled. As long as I do not boot into Safestrap, the phone boots fine. Once Safestrap disables, I am dead in the water and can't get back into Lollipop at all. I then have to ODIN back to NC2, root with Towelroot, install Busybox, and then Safestrap to flash back to OC1.
I spent all day on and off messing with this. I'd really be in a fix without Titanium Backup.
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Only thing I can think of is something in your Titanium backup is messing things up. If you happen to flash all that again (not saying to do) but if you do, I would boot into Safestrap (once you install Lollipop) and flash the OC1 kernel to see if it boots ok. (Before you do the Titanium Backup).

Thank you for the replies. I failed to realize that I needed to extract the lollipop file and then flash the SM-N900A_OC1_Kernel_Safestrap_Installer.zip file contained within AFTER flashing the lollipop file. Yes, I get the stupid award for the day. Duh....
I extracted the file, copied to MicroSD card, and then booted into Safestrap and flashed it. Hopefully things will work correctly now. I feel pretty stupid.

I need help myself.. Every time I try to flash any type of zip I get stuck in safestrap disabled

Phone wont boot

So I had root on 4.4.2 with busybox and safestrap. I attempted to flash the OC1 file which is the stock 5.0 rooted lollipop, but it failed. Now my phone boots and shows the paddle lock boot screen, but bypasses safe strap and goes into an Android system recovery withe the android guy. Ive tried to target my original backup, but it fails. I'm going into the twrp directory on my external storage that has the stock backup, but when i click it, it opens and shows 4 md5 files.
data.ext4.win000.md5
data.ext4.win001.md5
system.ext4.win000.md5
system.ext4.win001.md5
Is there a way to get the phone to boot? I've just tried to wipe data as well but it connects to odin for a few seconds, then goes into removed status when it goes into Android System Recovery <3e>.

Have u flashed the twrp recovery?
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i was able to get it to boot to ODIN and i just put it back to 4.4.2. After root, I'll dig into the forums to see what i did wrong. I'd like to use the stock lollipop rooted but safestrap kept failing when it was verifying the partition.

lesd777 said:
i was able to get it to boot to ODIN and i just put it back to 4.4.2. After root, I'll dig into the forums to see what i did wrong. I'd like to use the stock lollipop rooted but safestrap kept failing when it was verifying the partition.
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Did you make sure to flash the lollipop kernel in safestrap before rebooting? You can't use regular twrp on our locked bootloader, so safestrap and flashfire are the only options. But safestrap doesn't work out the door with L, so you have to use flashfire or the safestrap workaround. Make sure you read, read, and read some more to get where you're trying to go. Good luck.

Galaxy Note 3 AT&T. Can't boot to ROM-Safestrap boots straight to stock recovery mode

Galaxy Note 3 AT&T. Can't boot to ROM-Safestrap boots straight to stock recovery mode
Hello guys, for some reason I'm not able to boot to my rooted stock 5.0 ROM (Galaxy NOTE 3, AT&T, Lollipop 5.0). Everything was working fine, then I booted to safestrap to backup my stock ROM (which went succesfully) as I wanted to tweak some things in my phone afterwards. I dont really know what happened but since then I cant boot normally to the ROM, but my phone goes straight to the stock recovery mode. I've tried everything to my knowledge already, from the stock recovery the boot option just sends me back again to the same recovery mode. If I press the "continue" button on safestrap initial screen it also sends me to the stock recovery mode, same If I just wait 10 seconds, same if I try rebooting from within the safestrap options. I can't get pass the recovery mode to the normal ROM booting. Not sure what's going on here as I just performed a backup, didnt install nor restore any ROM before having this problem...The backup seems to be there in my external card so I guess I could restore it to the stock slot hoping this could send me to boot normally to the ROM.....Is there anything I'm missing here???...Does any body know what may be happening??....any advise is greatly appreciated!!...Many thanks!!

@momo909
Safestrap does not work with the lollipop oc1 kernel... in order to use safestrap with lollipop, you have to flash the nc2 kit kat kernel first, then boot into safestrap. There is a tool called the nc2 flasher you can use use - you should read the following thread for tips and tricks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2989141
Kernel Flasher
What you would have needed to do after backing up your rom... before you left safestrap you would have needed to flash the recovery flashable oc1 kernel, then reboot. There is a recovery flash able oc1 kernel around here on the forums in several places... here is a link I found
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934551552
But since it seems like you didn't reflash the oc1 kernel before leaving safestrap you will need to use odin to reflash the oc1 kernel...
If you go to this thread, you can download the odin flashable oc1 kernel and then use odin to flash the kernel to your device. Then you should be able to reboot your phone normally.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3168341
OC1 Kernel odin flashable
*** disclaimer... I'm not a developer, but I flashed numerous roms on this n900a and this is the struggle we currently face with our locked bootloader. Things can go wrong, but if I we're having the issue you described, this is how I would try to get my device back up and running.