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[DroidRazrAZ]

First off Thank you so much! ! I got this link from @Hashofcodes Follow for amazing DEV work. I also want to thank everyone involved in this awesome Safestrap. I've been in crackflasher's rehab.. anyways here is the link! !!!

What is Safestrap?

Safestrap is a Bootstrap / Recovery for locked bootloader phones. The goal is to avoid touching your primary system (I'll call this 1st system) and only flash or make large changes to another place on your phone that Safestrap treats as a "2nd system" (in this case it's the /preinstall partition)


Instructions on how to use

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Download the Safestrap App

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UPDATE!
Posted by Hashcode on 12-15-11 @ 7:15PM
Looks like the Safestrap for RAZR isn't compatible w/ the XT910 for some reason. Or at least the 2nd-system isn't working for it -- backups are probably fine. I'm looking into it.

[skiwong20]

Hell yeah, thank Hashcode, thanks droidth3ory for bringing over this awesome app for use. Very useful

[Thach]

Has anyone tried this yet? I was reading through the comments on the given page and was seeing a few issues that people were having. I didn't notice if it was finally said to be human error or something wrong with the program, they did mention that a rom people could be using might be a issue since it already safestrap files installed. I didn't see if anyone using a RAZR successfully attempted installing either.

[skiwong20]

Has anyone tried this yet? I was reading through the comments on the given page and was seeing a few issues that people were having. I didn't notice if it was finally said to be human error or something wrong with the program, they did mention that a rom people could be using might be a issue since it already safestrap files installed. I didn't see if anyone using a RAZR successfully attempted installing either.

I have used this morning. It works great. I am on VZW Droid razr. I have odex stock as non safe. And on my safe system I am running the deodex rom from nitro. I have it working just fine. Make sure u follow Hashcode's directions.

[2swizzle]

I too have tried this and it's amazing.... Just make sure to remove any other bootstrap and just install the Safe Strap Apk. Your done. Running Verizon Droid

[stevessvt]

Before doing this, what if you did the boot in to CWR every boot? I understand removing razr bootstrap, but what about the boot in to CWR scripts?

[Bignadad]

This works great! Highly Recommended

[Odiej34]

The comments below were for the d3 not razr. Works great by the way. New donation to the site in coming.

[Thach]

OK I just rooted my phone last night and didn't flash anything yet. No bootstrap, no CWM on boot, only thing installed is TB. Can I just put this on my SD card and install it with no worries or should I install one of the previously mentioned programs first?

[Bignadad]

OK I just rooted my phone last night and didn't flash anything yet. No bootstrap, no CWM on boot, only thing installed is TB. Can I just put this on my SD card and install it with no worries or should I install one of the previously mentioned programs first?

If you are rooted, you only need to install safestrap to be able to flash ROMs.

If you want to flash theme's you need to do via bootstrap.

Just uninstall/reinstall which ever you need.

[cvhovey]

Yeah!! Glad to see Safestrap for the RAZR, since I'd been using it on my Droid 3. Though its not the complete safety net of a fastboot recovery file, which we don't yet have, I now feel safe(strap) enough to go ahead and root my Razr today. I was about dying there after a brain-numbing 2 days on a non-rooted device.

[dchurch85]

How do I install different backups for safe and non-safe? Where do I want the main system to be and where do I want my deodexed themed rom to be?

[cvhovey]

Rather than re-invent the wheel, here are some Safestrap resources that I've used to better understand the what/why/how:

HOW-TO Safestrap

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FAQ:

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Tutorial for safestrap/bootstrap switching

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[mugsy77]

The download of Razr's comes in as RAZRSafestrap-1.0 but is this actually 1.07? Thanks!

[cvhovey]

The download of Razr's comes in as RAZRSafestrap-1.0 but is this actually 1.07? Thanks!

Yeah, tho I haven't yet run 1.07 since I won't get to rooting my phone until little later today (it force closes until rooted). However, I'd used 1.05 and 1.06 on my D3. That question had come up won a D3 forum, to which Hashcode had indicated though it shows 1.0, he only updates that number upon a major revision (dunno why). So even the most recent 1.06 version (at that time) on my D3 had shown 1.0 on the download file ... yet when opening it up 1.06 appeared in the corner so you'd know the version number.

EDIT: This will confirm after rooting and opening Safestrap, its showing me 1.07 in lower left corner.

[2swizzle]

Are there any roms for the razr without all the bs bloatware? I know Therory had posted one but he took that link down.

[brkshr]

I ran into a problem disabling safe system. I removed CWR, installed safestrap, enabled safe system, installed Nitros deodex rom, booted, went back into safestrap, installed Bigs ICS theme, booted, went back into safestap, tried to disable safe system... and I get an 'Error while restoring /data!' for Original system. I'm stuck on safe system currently. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Edit: I did make a backup both before CWR uninstall & before enabling safe system. So I should be able to get back to normal as soon as I can get out of safe system.

[cvhovey]

... I'm stuck on safe system currently. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Did you try #6 under "Some cliffs notes for Safestrap" in the above tutorial link I posted ... found here:

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[Baumann]

Hi,
Safestrap is working for me, but i think something doesn´t work while flashing a rom in safe mode.
Flashing the FTS v0.1.1 for example tooks about 15 seconds. So what am I doing wrong?