[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Beastmode:
Welcome to Safe Strap Alpha Build for the Note 2

Please Read all OP before proceeding as this is an Alpha Build

The following is Hashcode's OP just edited for our device as is Safestrap so all credit goes to Hashcode for his amazing app!

VERIZON SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 (T0LTEVZW)

*** DISCLAIMER ***

I work on projects that may brick your device. Don't sue me, hate me or try and kill my dog if that happens. I will feel bad the community will feel bad and hopefully we'll find a way to get you going again. But, the very nature of my projects involves a certain amount of risk taken by YOU. And by using the projects that I work on, you've accepted that fact.

CURRENTLY THERE IS AN UNKNOWN ISSUE WHERE IF YOU HAVE ENCRYPTION ENABLED AND INSTALL SS IT BOOTLOOPS. IF YOU FIT THIS DESCRIPTION PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM SAFESTRAP FOR NOW.

CURRENT PROJECT STATUS:

v3.71: Debugging some rom-slot issues (can't create any atm)

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 "stock" 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 a series of virtual ROM slots located on the internal emmc area: "/sdcard"). Once installed, you will see a "Splashscreen" giving you the option to hit "menu" to enter recovery. The recovery portion of Safestrap is now based on TWRP 2.7.0.0 (a touch based recovery) and you can perform .zip installs, backups and restores here. The additional features I've added to TWRP are mostly located under the "Boot Options" menu:

Here you can create virtual ROM-slots (2 on the Note 2 due to partition size and internal space) for flashing ROMs. These ROM-slots allow for 3 different sizes of /data partitions: 1GB, 2GB and 3GB. NOTE: The bigger you make the /data partition the less room you will have to make other ROM-slots.

You can activate a new ROM-slot by choosing the slot you wish to make active and then selecting the "Activate" button. Once active, you will see the "rom-slot#" up in the top of the screen shown in green. If you make the "stock" ROM active, then you can see it in the top shown in red.

Once a ROM-slot is active, all actions you would normally perform using TWRP are directed to that ROM-slot. For example, "Install" to flash a .zip, backup and restore.

For more information you can read up here:

http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/how-to-safestrap/

HOW DO I INSTALL SAFESTRAP?

Requirement: Root

Requirement: Allow APK install from Unknown Sources

Download the Safestrap APK

Find the APK using a Filemanager tool and open it on your device, then click "Install".

(If updating from an existing Safestrap you might be warned that this will over-write the existing installation. Click the "Yes" equivalent to this message.)

Once installed, open up the Safestrap application as you would any other app.

Agree to the disclaimer that you won't try to sue me and hunt me down with a rifle if you manage to break your phone..

Then use the "Install Recovery" button. You should see the current version down in the lower left corner of the window. And the "Status:" should say "Installed" when you're done.

From there you can reboot and you *should* see a new splash screen during the boot up. While this is showing you can enter Safestrap Recovery using the [ menu ] button.

That's it for the installation! Read below for a brief overview of Safestrap Recovery v3.x

HOW DO I ENTER RECOVERY?

During each reboot a splashscreen will be displayed showing whether the device is running a rom-slot or on the "Stock ROM".

Press under the button shown on the screen to either enter "RECOVERY" or "CONTINUE" booting.

By "under", I mean on the touch key portion of the front display on either side of the center button.

DOWNLOADS:

CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE USING A VERIZON WIRELESS SAMSUNG GALAXY S NOTE 2

FOR USERS OF MJ9:

USE 3.71+:BETA Safestrap-t00ltevzw-3.71.apk (updated 2014-3-24)

only Mirror = SafeStrap v1

Bugs

1. Can't create Rom Slots

2, This is just an Alpha build for those who want to replace the Stock rom; must modify rom to not install boot.img because then you will have to flash back to stock.

Example of modification needed to for rom to work

Example i used the N3bula rom

1. unzip rom and go to the updater-script and aroma-config

2. compare these 2 files aroma-config and updater-script with the original files and you'll see what i removed in order to make it work.

ALSO DOWNLOAD THE KERNEL MODULES .ZIP THAT MATCHES YOUR BUILD # (FLASH THIS AFTER ROMS):

None needed at the moment.

HOW TO MANUALLY REMOVE SAFESTRAP:

[ INSTRUCTIONS ONLY FOR v3.65. REMOVE VIA APK FOR v3.70+ ]

Enter adb shell from your pc:

su
mount -o remount,rw /system
mv /system/etc/init.qcom.modem_links.sh.bin /system/etc/init.qcom.modem_links.sh
rm -rf /system/etc/safestrap
rm /system/etc/firmware/q6.mdt
ln -s /firmware/image/q6.mdt /system/etc/firmware/q6.mdt
mount -o remount,ro /system

As of version 3.7x, Safestrap Recovery is now based on TWRP 2.7.0.x. For more on TWRP you can visit their website: http://www.teamw.in/

WARNING: Safestrap is heavily modified to be "Safe" for your device. Do not download TWRP from their website and expect it to work the same way. Also TWRP does not support Safestrap, tho some issues that may come up will be TWRP dependant, please try and contact myself or look on the forums for your device for answers before hunting down TWRP people. They won't be able to help w/ Safestrap specific questions.

For the purposes of direct user testing I've established a channel on freenode.net IRC: #safestrap

I'm in the channel mostly all the time, but may not be active for discussion.

This thread is a development ONLY thread.

For discussion go here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2682577

Contributors

Hashcode, DeesTroy & TeamWin

Version Information

Current Alpha Version: 3.71

Beta Release Date: 2013-12-27

Created 2014-03-22

Last Updated 2014-03-24