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[neckchop]

It seems like most of us have had issues pop up when flashing safestrap compatible roms with twrp after unlocking our bootloaders. I thought it might be helpful to pool together our successes and failures, as well as the methods used to achieve your results. Lets try to keep this organized, so maybe we can pickup a pattern.

Which recovery, and version of that recovery did you use?
Which rom did you flash, and what were your steps?
Success?

THe last thing I want is for this to turn into anything negative, or any kind of a bash thread about which rom is better than another or nything like that. Just was curious to see if we could cross reference some things to see why the M is being such a pain in the @$$ to flash on now that we're unlocked. Thanks everyone, lets see if we can figure something out!

[Memnoch73]

Good call man... If you keep a running list in the OP I can pin it so others can find it.

[neckchop]

Will do. We'll see how the thread goes. I'm hoping it'll help us all from groping in the dark and figure this out.

[brandon71]

I've gotten cm10 fj energy to work and I've tried trippin beam and I get an error code 7

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[neckchop]

I suppose I should have posted my own results. Haha. Im using twrp 2.3.2.3 Ive been running stock, having debloated a bunch of stuff. I successfully flashed cm10, and inverted cm10. I've had mixed results with eclipse, in that it successfully boots, but I get the weird gallery/storage issues. These follow even with a restore of my stock backup, and fix only after a complete restore with matt's utility. I havent been able to flash trippin bean. Havent tried the other yet.

Twrp 2.3.2.3

-success
CM10
Inverted cm10
Restoring stock backup after running cm10 based roms

NO success-
Trippin bean

PArtial success, with gallery/ storage issues
EClipse 1.2

I have tried both, mounting before wipes, and not mounting before wipes, as well as mounting before installing, and every combination I could thank of.


Lets see what others have done, and look for a pattern to see where things are going wrong

[neckchop]

An update, I was able to find a workaround to successfully flash and install eclipse 1.2. Its in the eclipse thread if anyone is interested :-)

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[RikRong]

Thanks for this, it builds on the thread I started earlier.

 

TWRP 2.3.2.3:

-Failed to flash Trippin' Bean

-Failed to flash Eclipse

-Failed to flash Energy

-Successfully flashed Flying Jelly, but had the "no external storage" error with gallery and camera.  I could take pics with camera and they would save.  I could access pics through Root Explorer, but I could not open gallery.  I restored to a previous version of FJ to see if I could fix the error and the AdAway and Seeder apps were gone, and still no luck with gallery.  I fastbooted and am running stock, until the issues can be solved with the gallery.  BTW, I fastbooted today and tried to install all these ROMs on a fresh stock base, no dice. I really think that issues stem from the fact that there is no kernel included with the stock ROMs.  I can flash ROMs all day long on my Samsung Tab, but it's because every single one includes full kernel source.  

[RikRong]

An update, I was able to find a workaround to successfully flash and install eclipse 1.2. Its in the eclipse thread if anyone is interested :-)

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Is your gallery working? 

[neckchop]

Oh man! I should have looked a little further. :-) hopefully we'll figure everything out. I figured out a workaround to flash eclipse, by making a backup in safe strap and then removing safe strap, and restoring that backup through twrp. Its a process, but it works for now. I haven't tried any other ROMs that way yet. Hopefully we'll figure out an easier way to do things though

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[neckchop]

An update, I was able to find a workaround to successfully flash and install eclipse 1.2. Its in the eclipse thread if anyone is interested :-)


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Is your gallery working? 

Yes! Finally. Haha

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[neckchop]

. I really think that issues stem from the fact that there is no kernel included with the stock ROMs.  I can flash ROMs all day long on my Samsung Tab, but it's because every single one includes full kernel source.  

You might be onto something there. That might explain why a safe strap backup will flash in twrp.



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[brandon71]

. I really think that issues stem from the fact that there is no kernel included with the stock ROMs. I can flash ROMs all day long on my Samsung Tab, but it's because every single one includes full kernel source.

You might be onto something there. That might explain why a safe strap backup will flash in twrp.



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Ss is twrp based they are basically the same

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[RikRong]

Yes! Finally. Haha

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Let me know if it's still working 24hrs from now.  If it is, I'm going to use your method to run Eclipse.  Stock is fine, but it's just not dark enough for me.

[neckchop]

Yes! Finally. Haha


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Let me know if it's still working 24hrs from now.  If it is, I'm going to use your method to run Eclipse.  Stock is fine, but it's just not dark enough for me.

Will do man! Stock works, but like you said I love that dark inverted look.

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[slogar25]

. I really think that issues stem from the fact that there is no kernel included with the stock ROMs.  I can flash ROMs all day long on my Samsung Tab, but it's because every single one includes full kernel source.  

You might be onto something there. That might explain why a safe strap backup will flash in twrp.



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You do need the stock boot image that is where the kernel is. These safestrap ROMs did not include its own boot image as these were before the unlocked bootloader. Cyanogenmod has its own boot image.

I am on CWM and running the 4/14 build of CM10 from mic213.

Success
Cm10

Failed
Trippin Bean(I'm thinking the boot image was removed from this strictly for safestrap)

And all stock based without boot .img
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[neckchop]

Had anyone tried and succeeded flashing the 4.1.1 boot image from mhous33's DST thread, followed by a safe strap era ROM?

[brandon71]

I've tried flashing trippin beam with cm10 boot.img and haven't got it to work that way either

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[RikRong]

You do need the stock boot image that is where the kernel is. These safestrap ROMs did not include its own boot image as these were before the unlocked bootloader. Cyanogenmod has its own boot image.

I am on CWM and running the 4/14 build of CM10 from mic213.

Success
Cm10

Failed
Trippin Bean(I'm thinking the boot image was removed from this strictly for safestrap)

And all stock based without boot .img
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Do all the features work on CM10?  If WiFi, BT, and GPS are working, I'd be willing to give it a shot. 

[neckchop]

I didn't try those features. Haha. I try not to use WiFi because I'm still on an unlimited data plan. Otherwise, everything seemed to work pretty well

[brandon71]

I'm using the build mic213 made yesterday as a dd right now everything works fine for me

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