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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] RumRunR:
Safestrap installed but not active

Alas, I am having the same problem.

On a Verizon 4.4 OTA Note 3.

Rooted via Towelroot. No problems.

Verified root with Root Checker. No problems.

First book screen shows unlocked icon and says "Custom" underneath. Looks good.

Installed Chainfire's SuperSU v2. No problems.

Installed Busybox 1.22.1. Granted SU

Downloaded and ran Safestrap,. Granted SU. Clicked Install Recovery. It runs and says "Installation Complete."

Safestrap "Safe System" state says "Installed" and "Safe System" says "Not Active".

Clicked "Reboot to Recovery" in Safestrap. Phone reboots normally, no Safestrap screen.

Rebooting from outside Safestrap also reboots normally, no Safestrap screen.

I shut down and three-finger saluted to stock recovery and then rebooted from that menu because someone said sometimes you had to do that once to get the Safestrap screen to show on startup. Still no love.

I've run out of brainpower here. Anybody have any suggestions on what to try now?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Frank Westlake:
Omega 3.

You probably have done it - but try "install/reboot to..." a few times more than once.

Frank
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] bd177:
Open up SS and click on "Uninstall Recovery".

Close SS.

Re-install SS apk over again.

Open SS and click "Install Recovery".

Close SS.

Reboot the phone normally. (Do Not Reboot to Recovery).

Look for the SS splash screen.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] MatroxD:
04 working great...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] RicoX9:
I went through the same process. Safestrap goes through the install process for the recovery, but never showed it installed after. No errors either.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] winlinand:
I would if my partitions were in bad shape.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] airmaxx23:
I haven't seen this mentioned but if you want to do a complete wipe of your internal sdcard (not external) for a super clean ROM install just do the following. It will remove everything in the sdcard so be sure to save or backup anything important (including app data), you can always restore it later. After wiping there is no chance of anything being there to conflict with something else when changing or installing different ROMs. I'm not responsible for the files you may erase if you didn't put them somewhere for safe keeping.

In SS recovery go to "Advanced" > "Teminal Command" > Scroll down and tap "sdcard" > at the bottom right hit "Select" > then type the following command and hit "Go".

rm -rf ./*
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] LeftyGR:
Also. You said you installed busybox from the store and let su grant root perms for it. But did you actually run the bb app and have it install bb into your system?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] kalebk07:
Please forgive me, I'm a little confused. I am on 4.4.2 NC4 which was the Verizon OTA I took. Then I rooted with towelroot and installed Safestrap. I was having trouble getting a ROM to even install because I was getting the dreaded "can't mount /system" error. Once I read here how to solve that, I can install a custom ROM on a ROM slot that isn't the stock slot fine. The problem I'm having is after I install a ROM and reboot my phone to that slot, after the Safestrap screen, I get a black screen and have to do a battery pull. Has anyone else had this issue? Any suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] winlinand:
Me too and I thought I had read earlier that slots were back to working?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] airmaxx23:
They are working, I have 3 ROMs installed right now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] jrbxx7:
+1 working great!

TaPpEd from my XpOsEd 4.4.2 NIII
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Nabraham:
On NC4 OTA kernal?

From what I've read, safestrap as of right now is having trouble with multiple rom slots if you're on the nc4 kernal.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] kalebk07:
The only slot working for me is Stock.I'm on the NC4 OTA.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Nabraham:
I believe everyone on the nc4 kernal is experiencing that problem.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] shadowkid8391:
Would this cause ss to give a mount error while trying to backup I couldn't find anything in the post about it this is what I'm getting

"Error unable to mount internal storage "
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] kalebk07:
I'm not getting any error, the ROM just won't load after I flash it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] mjh68:
If still on m9 root de Le Vega still works. Just need to find the files.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] carycooke:
Hey Hash is there anyway you can incorporate Flash Gordan into your safestrap apk so we don't have to boot into safestrap recovery every time to flash a mod?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] GTvert90:
So just back up wipe and flash without creating a rom slot?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] jeckel51:
You don't need to restore your backup of stock to Rom slot 1. You would do that if you wanted to make changes to it and didn't want to screw it up and have nothing to fall back on. I would keep a backup of the stock Rom but you can just put Hyperdrive in that slot if you choose.

My Note3 is locked but my XDM.45 is loaded
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] stu5797:
Thanks for all your awesome work! I have my stock rom in the stock slot. I then have stock rom with mods in slot index one. Once I boot up I check my storage and i have used like 31 of the 32 gig of internal storage. Can that be right? I have like 29 gigs of miscellaneous files and of that almost all of it is System memory. Hmmm

Any help or thought would be greatly appreciated. I dont have that much on my phone either.

Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] nnnnr14:
Think it had something to do with the partition sizes when your setting up the rom slot.

Sent from my rooted 5.7" beautiful Note 3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] TechBSwift:
I'm in the same boat and I only have 1 slot loaded... My total partition size is only 5gig so I don't know how I only have 1 gig left on my internal rom hahahaha. Before flashing SS & rom I odin back to stock including wiping internal.. (Started Fresh)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] tw1n5nak35:
I'm on mi9 build and safestrap works perfectly. I like the visual upgrades, it looked different back when I was on the bionic. Thank you :D

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Hyperdrive Juggernote3 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk2
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] bajasur:
Delete
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] streetracer8605:
Curious about this as well. I rooted via de la Vega and would like to get the new modem but don't want to take the mj7 update from vzw if I don't have to.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] hctimin:
What sizes are you guys typically creating for the slot?

I was just looking for a typical recommendation. Only discussion about size I've seen was a precautionary warning from Hashcode about not making the partition to large.

Thanks for any feedback/input :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] jedimyndtryx:
Was out of town for a few days and came back to such great news. SS is working perfectly for me with HD. So easy to use for a SS first-timer. Simply excellent work as always! Thank you very much!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] lmike6453:
I max out the sliders like others have mentioned and no issues besides no free space leftover lol

I'm probably going to end up making a nandroid of rom slot 1, deleting the rom 1 slot, wiping the stock slot, and restore the nandroid to the stock slot which should effectively save a lot of space since i don't plan to dual boot.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Brandonrz:
That's what I did, I love it :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] TweakerL:
Hmmm... So, I'm on MJ7, I had safestrap running just fine after rooting with Kingo, then all of a sudden after a reboot, safestrap is no longer showing up and it's skipping straight to stock. Any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] haza12d:
Is your USB cable plugged in?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] joshw0000:
I think the phone is incorrectly displaying available space. I have the Deodexed stock rom and Hyperdrive installed.

I trust Root Explorer on this one. Plus if you boot recovery and and go to boot options it'll show you how much available space you have for more slots.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Poloasis:
Hey guys, need help, this is what I did, had root MI9 and installed SS v3.63, took OTA MJ7 and kept root with SU. Created a rom slot with SS and installed HyperDrive successfully on ROM SLOT 1. I wanted to wipe Stock Slot to claim for space, i did. Now at the same boot after redoing slot 1 and increase the storage to max, installed Hyperdrive and I got boot screen saying Verizon Galaxy Note 3 "boot loop" i presume. Went download mode and tried to flash MI9 root de la vega to see if I could go back to it, ODIN flail on write cache, now on boot I get "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please use Software Repair Assistant & Try Again"

I'm I screwed?

BTW I have Pit file, aboot.mbn and SM900V.img at my disposal

I'm pretty ok on flashing, if anyone can point me to the right location before I say to my wife I killed my new $300 phone.

Thanks guys.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] stu5797:
No problem. Dont worry. Just Google Verizon note 3 soft brick and you will fix it in no time
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] joshw0000:
You didn't kill it. You can't odin backwards on this device. Grab the MJ7 odin file Hashcode posted in the OP and flash that. It should revive your N3. You'll have to use Kingo to root if you want root again.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] shadowkid8391:
I was asking if I was getting the error because I'm on NC4 sorry for the confusion
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Hashcode:
SS requires an external SD.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] kwinders:
I can't get my 64gb sandisk card to read in SS, I take it this is normal and I need a smaller card? I haven't seen any specs for the card needed.

It does read fine within the Rom itself.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Harleydroid:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] thanks for all your work. What parts of Safestrap require an External SD? I've been using safestrap with just internal since it came out on the Note 3.

Just trying to learn more about it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] DroidForLife33:
I have a class 10 64 gig SanDisk and it works just fine. You might check the format. Not sure if it will help just a thought.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] jrbxx7:
No restrictions. My 128gb works fine. Have u tried this? See screenshot

TaPpEd from my XpOsEd 4.4.2 NIII
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] strider5236:
I have been having an issue since upgrading SS to the first beta 3.72. I thought maybe it would be fixed in 3.75, but no joy. The issue is that SS reads my card fine, can select rom for install, but always fails when trying to install from external card. Has no issues if it is on the internal storage, but would like to be able to install from ext again.

Anyone else having this issue or is just me?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Nidisa:
[

Also for those having issues with getting the recovery screen to pop up shut down the phone then hold Volume Up + Home Button while turning the Note 3 on. That should get recovery to boot up which in turn then should get it to work after doing this one time.[/QUOTE]

I too am unable to boot into recovery. Was on stock NC4, rooted with towelroot, installed busybox, verified root achieved with Root checker, installed Safestrap 3.72, tried to boot into recovery from Safestrap and unable too. Restarting the phone did not give me a recovery menu.

Tried powering off and holding buttons, got into recovery menu with a fallen down Andy droid and error under him. Rebooted phone and back to regular screens. Still have root, but no recovery.

Android Version 4.4.2

Baseband N900VVRUCNC4

Kernel version 3.4.0

Build KOT49H.N900VVRUCNC4

Help please? Been at this for 5 hours :(
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] shadowkid8391:
Did you do a backup or just install a rom just curious I don't want to install anything without having a backup and it go south somehow and which version of Safestrap are you using
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] jrbxx7:
I too am unable to boot into recovery. Was on stock NC4, rooted with towelroot, installed busybox, verified root achieved with Root checker, installed Safestrap 3.72, tried to boot into recovery from Safestrap and unable too. Restarting the phone did not give me a recovery menu.

Tried powering off and holding buttons, got into recovery menu with a fallen down Andy droid and error under him. Rebooted phone and back to regular screens. Still have root, but no recovery.

Android Version 4.4.2

Baseband N900VVRUCNC4

Kernel version 3.4.0

Build KOT49H.N900VVRUCNC4

Help please? Been at this for 5 hours :([/QUOTE]

Did u try uninstalling recovery and reinstalling. Also u can't reboot in to ss from the app. Just reboot the phone after installing.

TaPpEd from my XpOsEd 4.4.2 NIII
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] shadowkid8391:
I too am unable to boot into recovery. Was on stock NC4, rooted with towelroot, installed busybox, verified root achieved with Root checker, installed Safestrap 3.72, tried to boot into recovery from Safestrap and unable too. Restarting the phone did not give me a recovery menu.

Tried powering off and holding buttons, got into recovery menu with a fallen down Andy droid and error under him. Rebooted phone and back to regular screens. Still have root, but no recovery.

Android Version 4.4.2

Baseband N900VVRUCNC4

Kernel version 3.4.0

Build KOT49H.N900VVRUCNC4

Help please? Been at this for 5 hours :([/QUOTE]

Try safestrap 3.75 from the op and how did you install busy box
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Harleydroid:
No I do backups and have successfully restored them using just internal storage.

I haven't seen that an external SD was required in any of the safestrap OP's. For our Note 3 anyways.

That's why I asked that question when Hashcode said that. But yea I've been totally good with just internal.

I'm using 3.75 for nc2/nc4 roms right now
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] shadowkid8391:
OK thanks I'm totally stumped when I had the galaxy s4 with safestrap I never had this problem tried everything so far can't even flash a mod over a stock rooted rom
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Frank Westlake:
There seems to be some confusion of terms associated with storage media so I'll clarify.

The internal SDCARD is the external SDCARD and the external SDCARD is the removable SDCARD, so the internal SDCARD is just the SDCARD and not the internal SDCARD. The USB SDCARD is a remote SDCARD and it doesn't have to be an SDCARD at all, it could be a hub which has a remotely mounted remote SDCARD, or something else. All of these are storage. Internal storage is an SDCARD that may be either an internal SDCARD or an external SDCARD, but not a removable SDCARD or a remote SDCARD unless they are mounted locally.

It might also be useful to identify storage media by its mount point. On the SM-N900V we generally have

/data

/storage/emulated/0

/storage/extSdCard

/storage/UsbDriveA - UsbDriveF

But that is only useful for SM-N900 series devices. For other devices, and for arbitrary devices, you can only refer to '/sdcard', which may or may not exist.

Frank
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Nidisa:
Try safestrap 3.75 from the op and how did you install busy box

I installed busybox from the play store as the instructions I followed said to do.

I will try safestrap 3.75 and report back.

Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] RumRunR:
Yes, I had done that several times (I know that's the popular definition of crazy but...). At any rate I decided to give it one more shot and now it is working! Go figure.

---------- Post added at 02:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:33 PM ----------

Even though I had already done that several time, I decided to do it once more (mostly just to verify that it didn't help) but, weirdly enough, worked like a champ! All good now.

---------- Post added at 02:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:39 PM ----------

Frank's suggestion to just try Install/Reboot to... several times actually worked! Weird.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Nidisa:
Try safestrap 3.75 from the op and how did you install busy box

I installed busybox from the play store as the instructions I followed said to do.

I will try safestrap 3.75 and report back.

Thank you.[/QUOTE]

********OMG it WORKED!!!!!! I installed 3.75 and it booted into RECOVERY! *dances dances*

Thank you thank you!!!

Now before I go frigging anything up (I'm making a back up now of where I am on the stock slot) Do I have to do all of these steps still?

Step- 5 - Wipe Data, Use Factory Reset Slider

Step- 6 - Install BajaROM 15 courtesy of Bajasur

Step- 7 - Reboot into Download mode From Safestrap

Step- 8 - Unzip & Install In ODIN This NC2 Kernel .tar courtesy of Beanstown106

Do I have to install Baja ? And the NC2 kernel?

Thank you again so VERY MUCH :good::laugh:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] steven.rn:
That's been the same story for me. I installed the new safestrap while at work, got into recovery just fine. I had a rom to flash from my external SD. I flash it, and no joy, just a black screen.

Had to go home and ODIN the phone with the stock NC4 tar, rooted with towel, installed busybox. I get into recovery just fine. Check MD5's on Baja's 15. Install to stock slot.

Repeated that 3 times yesterday, ODIN'ing up every time because no other ROM would install, even if I wiped the internal storage totally.

I read something about having to flash the NC4 firmware from another file here- so, I ODIN'ed that one. Boots great into recovery. Flash another ROM. Back to square one with a black screen on reboot. Re-ODIN the stock TAR again and start all over.

The only thing I can think of is I haven't tried flashing the NC2 firmware/modem file over the stock NC4 TAR I put in from scratch. Is that what I have to do? In any case, nothing has worked with the latest SS, ever since it blew my Bean's ROM away before I ever had to flash the new stock verizon NC4.

If anyone can help give a brother a leg up.... help! I'm going to sit on my stock NC4 with towel root, busybox installed, SS installed but I can't imagine trying to flash a ROM anymore until I understand what's happening. Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] :
Uninstall recovery DL SS 3.75 install over 3.72. Then open SS install recovery. Power off then back on. Should now see SS splash screen. If not reboot into DL mode. Vol down+ home + power. Then click reboot there. This should work if the latter does not.

Rooted Note 3

Jasmine 1.6 Xposed

Stock Galaxy Gear

Suck It Nerds

---------- Post added at 04:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:35 PM ----------

The only way in was able to get a ROM slot to work with bootable ROM was to go into BusyBox and set System to read/write at boot. Until I did this always got the unable to mount system error message followed by a fail.

Rooted Note 3

Jasmine 1.6 Xposed

Stock Galaxy Gear

Suck It Nerds
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] drahpatel02:
Rom slots works perfectly. My long standing dream of keeping more than one rom side by side comes true. Thanks hashcode
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Frank Westlake:
It's what Hashcode said might need to be done when he posted the first version for Android 4.4.

Frank
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] steven.rn:
To make my question more simple:

I'm on stock NC4, towel root, busybox installed and Super SU 2.00. I get into SS 3.75 B04 just fine.

Flashing a ROM succeeds in the TWRP section..

Once I flash any ROM, it will not boot anymore. I can get back to recovery OK.

I'm guessing the simple solution is that once I flash a ROM like Jasmine or Baja, I have to ODIN the NC4 kernel again, and then the phone will boot into the android OS.

Is that correct? I'm trying hard to solve it, but could use a reassurance :confused:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] androidman0225:
Could you tell me what you set the amounts on each section. When I tried creating slot it only maxed out at 1600 mb on data anything more the create rom slot is blacked out
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] :
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] had to update 3.75 and lock the sizes of the ROM slots to match the safe slot. This was done because trying to exceed the set size was causing failures when creating a ROM slot.

Rooted Note 3

Jasmine 1.6 Xposed

Stock Galaxy Gear

Suck It Nerds

---------- Post added at 06:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:52 PM ----------

Have you flashed the NC2 kernel via Odin? I know may be a stupid question. But you have to have the NC2 kernel flashed for it all to work.. If you haven't you can find it in the OP of the Jasmine thread with instructions.

Rooted Note 3

Jasmine 1.6 Xposed

Stock Galaxy Gear

Suck It Nerds
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Nabraham:
I know there is an issue with flashing roms with the nc4 kernal on the rom slots. But has anyone tried flashing a rom with the nc4 kernal on the stock slot?

Didn't know if the issue was for all slots or just the extra rom slots??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Tada10:
I tried it and it won't boot. All the roms here are all running only with NC2 Kernel. So odin NC2 Kernel if your already on NC4 OTA.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Wilsonb:
Wow.. what a bad day of flashing..(Verizon Note 3)

I updated to SafeStrap 3.75 (not sure if it was B04 or prior version.)

Then tried to install Hyperdrive and problem after problem..

Kept getting in SafeStrap "E: Unable to mount" for Stock slot and Slot 1

Tried so many things and ended up mounting my SD /forgot and formatted it. :crying:

The thought of having to start from scratch using Odin, re-rooting, reinstalling SafeStrap, etc ....made me sick to stomach..

So downloaded HeyperDrive RTl8 and put it on the BLANK SD :( and kept trying to somehow get the image installed..

Lucky It eventually did work installing on Slot 1... At least that saved me from having to start from complete scratch..

Lesson learned.. Make backup of SD on HardDrive..:eek:

Now waiting on a new version of HyperDrive per the leaked 4.4.3 :good:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Nabraham:
Awesome, thanks for the update, sir.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] thejron:
I Rooted with towelroot and I do have a custom unlock icon upon reboot but I have no option to boot into recovery. What should I do?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Az Biker:
If you've already installed SS 3.75 (and installed recovery within 3.75) uninstall and reinstall 3.75,reboot
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] thejron:
Tried that. It says installation complete but it didn't ask for superuser permission.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] drahpatel02:
update ss to 3.75 BO4. slots size r predetermined and they works perfectly..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] androidman0225:
I get that but I thought it was supposed to be 16 gb I only was able to get like 4 gb on rom 1. Am I missing something
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] drahpatel02:
i think 16 gb is divided for 4 slots.. and each slot is getting about 4 gbs..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] androidman0225:
Ohhhhhhhh lol now I feel stupid that makes sense lol thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] steven.rn:
Thanks for your help. I didn't realize I had to ODIN the NC2 kernel in. I will do that and I'm sure it will solve my impasse.

Mucho appreciado!