I've been modding androids, iphones, and windows phones for years now but I somehow ended up to finally brick a phone.
So I was running stock 4.3 rooted on my N900A and decided to install SafeStrap 3.71 in order to upgrade to Knoxraid. I followed this guide (kind of):
http://galaxynote3root.com/att-galaxy-note-3-roms/knoxraid-kitkat-rom-for-att-galaxy-note-3/
Everything went well and I got SafeStrap but I installed the rom to Rom Slot 1 instead of the Stock Rom slot., I rebooted into the regular download mode. Everything went okay with the install but after flashing the ODIN files I noticed that SafeStrap no longer booted to the recovery menu (of course). Knoxraid installed just fine but after booting into the rom I noticed that it would soft-reboot every 20-30 seconds. I couldn't get into Settings>General>Security. I couldn't load any apps because it rebooted too fast. It was basically useless. I booted into recovery mode to try and reload the rom there. Now I just get a black screen on bootup.
I think my saving grace might be that I took a backup of my phone using SafeStrap before I made any changes. However, how can I apply that backup without SafeStrap?
HELP!!
I've done this before and I'm wondering if I can do it again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
Okay I've made some progress. After restoring the original MJ5 ODIN files in the above link, SafeStrap came up after the reboot!!!!!! Now I'm doing a restore.in SafeStrap. I should be all set but I'll update in case anyone else has the same issue in the future.
It worked flawlessly after that. I followed the instructions to the letter and now everything is working perfectly!
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.
DK 4.1, GPE Orange, Xposed, xgel, and other great extras
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?
DK 4.1, GPE Orange, Xposed, xgel, and other great extras
Yes
Hi Guys,
My 900A was running with S5 (Update 4) ROM and Safetrap 3.72 but I decided to try Biggins ROM. I didn't like the interface so I tried another one, RenMar's ROM 1.22.
Wiped my data as usual, loaded the ROM. Successfully updated. Restart the phone and... nothing. I don't see the usual screen from Safestrap but instead, Android recovery with the little android on its back.
It's giving me choice only to apply updates or to wipe data/cache. Odin doesn't work. I can connect to it for about 5~6 seconds by pressing Volume Up at startup but then, it restart and goes back to the little android.
At the top of the screen, I have :
Android system recovery <3e>
KOT49H.N900AUCUCNC2
What I did wrong? Reading the posts, should it be because I tried to "downgrade"? I tried to upload back the S5 (Update 4) ROM. But, of course, it didn't work since you are reading this.
I still have my backup from Safestrap but... can load to Safestrap. Is there a genius who can help me asap. You know what it's like without your phone.
Thanks for any help.
Your on nc2 so that mean your on kit Kat rom n you should install safe trap 3.75 which is for kit Kat rom
FireKat V14 infuse with MegaPower
Knowing that, what should I do to reactivate my phone?
babu2001 said:
Hi Guys,
My 900A was running with S5 (Update 4) ROM and Safetrap 3.72 but I decided to try Biggins ROM. I didn't like the interface so I tried another one, RenMar's ROM 1.22.
Wiped my data as usual, loaded the ROM. Successfully updated. Restart the phone and... nothing. I don't see the usual screen from Safestrap but instead, Android recovery with the little android on its back.
It's giving me choice only to apply updates or to wipe data/cache. Odin doesn't work. I can connect to it for about 5~6 seconds by pressing Volume Up at startup but then, it restart and goes back to the little android.
At the top of the screen, I have :
Android system recovery <3e>
KOT49H.N900AUCUCNC2
What I did wrong? Reading the posts, should it be because I tried to "downgrade"? I tried to upload back the S5 (Update 4) ROM. But, of course, it didn't work since you are reading this.
I still have my backup from Safestrap but... can load to Safestrap. Is there a genius who can help me asap. You know what it's like without your phone.
Thanks for any help.
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If you had read through the posts in the renmar thread then you would have noticed that there was an issue with the ROM and that many other people ended up in the same boat as you are in now (including me).
You will need to ODIN NC2, then root with towelroot and install safestrap (and busybox I believe). Then you can reboot to safestrap recovery and use your backup.
Here is the link to get to ODIN NC2.
Happy flashing.
Thanks A LOT SAPPS to get me back on track. Those files made the trick. Really appreciated.
I can't seem to find out how to fix this problem. and was wondering if someone was able to help me. I updated to stock lollipop and changed roms to DomPop 2.2.3 and wanted to flash a different lollipop rom, but ss wont boot anymore once I use the NC2 flasher app. It just boots to a black screen, and wont do anything else. I have try using Odin and flashing the NC2 kernel that way, but it doesn't help. Once I reboot the phone in download mode I can flash back to OC1 no problem and use the current installed rom, but can't get ss to work. I have uninstalled busybox and ss a couple times, and it gives me the same thing. Would Flashfire be an easier alternative? Otherwise, would I use odin to flash a different rom/files, and get ss working that way?
I would just Odin back to NC2 and use @walterwhite's lollipop rooted Rom just make sure you install Supersu, busybox, an SafeStrap before upgrading to his lollipop an you should be goldin'..
GoldieSlayer said:
I would just Odin back to NC2 and use @walterwhite's lollipop rooted Rom just make sure you install Supersu, busybox, an SafeStrap before upgrading to his lollipop an you should be goldin'..
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I got it to work using that method. Thank you for the help.
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.