So I am curious as to how exactly I can keep safestrap?
One time before I was able to have safestrap installed and still boot into my system .... Not exactly sure how I did it but it happened....
Now I am unable to do so installing from a fresh stock rom ... Any ideas?
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Hey all,
I've been searching all over for the solution to this problem and I haven't been able to find any sort of solution and all my attempts to google have been in vain. I've been having problems installing any rom from clockworkmod. I have a droid bionic with the system version, 98.72.22.XT875 the android version is 4.1.2. So I was originally trying to get the pacman rom on my phone. I flashed a clean jellybean rom from RSD and then I used bootstrap and rom manager to flash clockworkmod recovery. However every time I tried to install the pacman rom I get an error that says something similar to E: system cant find *blank* file. When I reboot my system after this the phone says that I've lost encryption and it wont allow me to access the phone anymore. So I tried downloading the cryogen mod off of rom manager and I had the same problem.
Any help would be appreciated.
You cannot use bootstrap with the jellybean firmware on a bionic, you must use safestrap. It is the only currently working recovery.
Clockworkmod doesn't work either (as far as I know.. Is there even a build for the bionic?)
Clean again with an fxz, root, install safestrap app, install recovery through the app, reboot to safestrap, create a ROM slot, install your ROM to that slot, and all should be good.
(The reason your attempts were in vain is because the boot loader is locked, thus some boot-time patching and workarounds must be done)
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Safe strap works great. Boot manager is supposed to work also, haven't tried it yet.
I tried to install the AllianceROM_KK_v1, didn't know the ROM was a little more than 1.2GB, but my computer probably somehow shut the download to less than 700MB thinking it was downloaded completely. But when on safestrap, I didnt make any backup and just tried to flash it after factory resetting it. Obviously, it didn't sucessfully flashed it and now boot loop. Can installed the safestrap apk right from the recovery thing, I can't seem to get on the safestrap recovery. Can someone please help me soon as possible.
Khai.
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I tried to install the AllianceROM_KK_v1, didn't know the ROM was a little more than 1.2GB, but my computer probably somehow shut the download to less than 700MB thinking it was downloaded completely. But when on safestrap, I didnt make any backup and just tried to flash it after factory resetting it. Obviously, it didn't sucessfully flashed it and now boot loop. Can installed the safestrap apk right from the recovery thing, I can't seem to get on the safestrap recovery. Can someone please help me soon as possible.
Khai.
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You're going to have to do the MLG restore. See the link in my signature for info on how to do it and links to where you can get the stuff you'll need.
If you don't want to attempt the MLG restore, you'll have to go the the Samsung Experience Center at your local Best Buy and have them reflash it for you.
thankz man. I am working on it now. It's already 2:39 AM here now. real late. any way, thank you bro for the awesome prompt answer.
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.
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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.
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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
Hello, I'm terribly sorry if this is the incorrect place to put this; but I'm desperate. I flashed hyperdrive on my galaxy s4 active NH3, and it booted the rom before I could flash the master patch, and the su update zips. So now im stuck with an unrootable nh3 galaxy s4 active that runs hyperdrive rom fine, but my wifi doesn't work, and I can't get into safestrap to flash the modules, because I can't root to install safestrap. Someone please help me, I can't reinstall my stock rom with Odin right now because my computer isn't working. Please help and thank you so much
The safe strap splash screen doesn't show up at boot? A safe strap ROM should not uninstall safe strap iirc.
Just because the app isn't in your app drawer, doesn't necessarily mean safe strap is gone. Reboot and check if it's still there, it should be.
The splash screen doent come up at all. It just says "samsung galaxy s4 active" and where the ss screen should come up, it automatically boots into the rom, displaying the rom boot animation and booting into the rom
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The safe strap splash screen doesn't show up at boot? A safe strap ROM should not uninstall safe strap iirc.
Just because the app isn't in your app drawer, doesn't necessarily mean safe strap is gone. Reboot and check if it's still there, it should be.
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Could it be that when I flashed the rom in ss I wasnt able to flash the su update, and the rom took away my root? Idk im desperate
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Could it be that when I flashed the rom in ss I wasnt able to flash the su update, and the rom took away my root? Idk im desperate
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Every single solution I can think of either requires root (lol hardly a solution, huh?) or consists of, "Odin back to stock." Are you able to use Odin at all?
Even if you don't want to Odin back to stock NE3, I think the W0lfdroid method should still be able to root your phone while on hyperdrive, just like on stock NH3. I.e. flash the root kernel to your phone via Odin, boot and run towelroot, Odin flash the NH3 kernel, boot and install/run superSU.
I'm inclined to think that method will still work because for any rom to work on the i537, it automatically has to be compatible with our stock kernel.
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Every single solution I can think of either requires root (lol hardly a solution, huh?) or consists of, "Odin back to stock." Are you able to use Odin at all?
Even if you don't want to Odin back to stock NE3, I think the W0lfdroid method should still be able to root your phone while on hyperdrive, just like on stock NH3. I.e. flash the root kernel to your phone via Odin, boot and run towelroot, Odin flash the NH3 kernel, boot and install/run superSU.
I'm inclined to think that method will still work because for any rom to work on the i537, it automatically has to be compatible with our stock kernel.
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Thank you, ill try that method. I wont be able to get my computer fixed until the weekend so im suck with no wifi or camera until then. Im still very confused as to why it did all of this. When I flashed the rom in ss, the aroma installer launched, and at the end I pressed next and it froze, so I had to take my battery out a place it back in. When I rebooted I expected to see the ss splachscreen so I could proceed to flash the masterpatch and the camera and wifi fix but it just booted right into the rom boot animation and then loads the rom. It continues to do this, so I have no safestrap now. However I do have the safestrap apk saved on my sd card along with the towlroot apk incase I ever lose root while flashing a rom and my wifi doesn't work such as the fist time I flashed hyperdrive with my NE3.
Anyways thanks a bundle
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.
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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.
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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.