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[mattlgroff]

Originally posted by Hashcode on rombot.org, saving the thread from being deleted.

SAFESTRAP 2.11 for BIONIC (2nd-System Bootstrap / Recovery)

[ After installation, when you first enter recovery do a BACKUP of your original Non-Safe system. You will need this backup when you want to go back to stock for upgrades. ]

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** BRICK WARNING: DONT USE IN COMBINATION WITH BOOTSTRAP -- REMOVE BOOTSTRAP PRIOR TO INSTALLING SAFESTRAP **

CHANGE LOG:

• [08/19] Fixes for booting stock-based ROMs
• [08/16] Now using a new splashscreen by Niko99
• [08/16]: Supports KEXEC boot if kernel/ramdisk files are present.
• [08/16]: Check for wall AC power on reboot and bypass KEXEC boot to allow for charge-only mode.

TO ENTER RECOVERY:

Enter recovery via the Splashscreen on boot-up. The screen stays up for around 8-10 seconds and if you hit the [ MENU ] button, it takes you to Safestrap Recovery. Hitting [ SEARCH ] key will continue with the boot.

QUICK SUMMARY OF SAFESTRAP:

• Safestrap attempts to keep your device in a relatively "safe" state while flashing custom ROMs.
• This means that you are not clobbering your original system and taking a chance at bricking.
• Where does the ROM get installed? Safestrap uses the preinstall partition instead.
• Inside the recovery your preinstall partition is known as the "system" partition. And if you ever need to reference the main system it's called "systemorig"
• The recovery handles 2 sets of data. 1 for your stock phone ROM (non-safe system) and 1 for your custom ROM (safe system). When you swap from non-safe to safe or safe back to non-safe, the recovery will back the current one up and replace it with the other. That's why it takes a minute. Be patient, let it happen. Profit.
• You can only flash custom ROMs to the safe system.
• Almost everything else about the recovery works like ClockworkMod Recovery.

KNOWN ISSUES:

• USB Mounting from inside Recovery doesn't work yet. I show that the LUN file is being written to, but it just doesn't do anything. This may differ depending on the kernel in your particular leak.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

• Koush who develops such a GREAT recovery system and the makes the source available for others to use.
• The Atrix dev team who I pulled the internal/external SD card support from
• The Defy dev team that originally developed the Bootmenu source which I stripped down and used for the Splashscreen.

As always, let me know what you think!

[gmorgan056]

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[YouthD]

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[gmorgan056]

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Great, thank you!

[YouthD]

This might sound noobish, but how do you get the phone in charge only mode?

[k.c.cole]

This might sound noobish, but how do you get the phone in charge only mode?

Turn off the power. Then plug it in.


From my N7 w/ CM10 & Motley kernel @1.6Ghz

[YouthD]

Turn off the power. Then plug it in.


From my N7 w/ CM10 & Motley kernel @1.6Ghz

*facepalm* thanks

[k.c.cole]

*facepalm* thanks

Glad I could help. :-)

From my N7 w/ CM10 & Motley kernel @1.6Ghz

[Dburger66]

Question, will SafeStrap 2.11 with Kexec Support work with any ROM? Thanks!

[Brad92]

Yes

Sent from my Droid Razr

[mhous33]

so is the inability to restore safe-side nandroids a known issue with this version of safestrap? non-safe-side restore works, but safe-side restores always fail during restore of /system; have tried with backups of latest versions of both cm10 and aokp.
I knew that backups don't work on bootstrap ics, but I thought they were supposed to be working on safestrap.

[johnlgalt]

Were they made in safestrap?

[mhous33]

Were they made in safestrap?

yes, of course.

[johnlgalt]

I figured you did, but I had to ask to be sure.

I had issues in the past with restoring backups made in SS, and nothing I could do would fix it. I ended up having to scrap the backups, start from scratch and make new backups.

There was a thread about how to supposedly fix the issue (on older versions of SS), but I had already wiped everything by the time I found it so I could not verify if it worked or not. Let me see if I can find it.

[mhous33]

yeah it's strange, i tried making fresh backups numerous times with both cm10 and aokp, same results every time. oh well, ss 3 should be out soon and will hopefully have this fixed. sounds like it's going to be quite an improvement over 2.11.

[johnlgalt]

Yup. I hope it will be. Still, though, since I haven't ROMmed my phone in a while, it'll be mostly academic for me.

[BossJ]

Yup. I hope it will be. Still, though, since I haven't ROMmed my phone in a while, it'll be mostly academic for me.

I"m having the same issue... I'm backing up to EXTERNAL SD // going to try to backup to INTERNAL SD

[mhous33]

I"m having the same issue... I'm backing up to EXTERNAL SD // going to try to backup to INTERNAL SD

yeah i was backing up to external also, although i wouldn't think it would make a difference. did your experiment with internal backup work?

[OldBaldy]

so is the inability to restore safe-side nandroids a known issue with this version of safestrap? non-safe-side restore works, but safe-side restores always fail during restore of /system; have tried with backups of latest versions of both cm10 and aokp.
I knew that backups don't work on bootstrap ics, but I thought they were supposed to be working on safestrap.

You don't happen to have Voodoo installed, and have your su backed up do you? That will cause system restore to fail.
Sent from my DROID RAZR

[mhous33]

You don't happen to have Voodoo installed, and have your su backed up do you? That will cause system restore to fail.
Sent from my DROID RAZR

no, yeah I found that out awhile back.