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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gspears:
You are 100 percent correct as usual but I'm referring to the Aroma issue with the S5. My wife and kids chipped in and bought me one for Father's day. I thought I saw somewhere that SS for the S5 had an issue with Aroma installer. I might have just been dreaming. But that is what I was referring to as Omega Rom uses Aroma.

Thanks again. (I pushed the thanks button but I'm already out for today.)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] RVD26:
I am having trouble at the Restore backup to ROM slot stage.

It is the 9:08 mark of the video posted in the OP.

Instead of "Successful", I get a "Failed" message each time.

Can anyone please help me?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mcnaught82:
I notice when my phone boots up, when it gets to the safe strap splash screen where it says it will continue in 10 sec. Mine will auto continue in like 2 sec, so i have to be quick to select recocery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] nbrent1007:
Read the changelog. It's supposed to do that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Hashcode:
Yeah I probably need to come up with some alternate boot screens which don't have the # of seconds on them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gainstatom:
We aren't allowed to use rom slots yet correct? And also, I was wondering, if I wanted to get a bigger micro SD card, can I just simply switch it or do I need to do something. If I switch micro Sd cards I know that the backups will be gone, but what else happens?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] zeddock:
Following q8, it looks like that doesn't work for Active s5?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jm2k7:
please put and your thread a guide how to backup and restore with safestrap recovery. :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mcnaught82:
I know its suppose to do that. I was saying it because mine doesn't wait 10 sec.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] ted77usa:
[MENTION=531804]zeddock[/MENTION]

Check this out from [MENTION=5031008]LuckyColdJohnson[/MENTION] he did same odin way but for S5 active...... it should work just fine if u are using the correct tar file for active S5 that tar files from Q8 are for ATT S5 SM-G900A..... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53786253 any more question please post on my thread not here..... This is for SafeStrap related Development only.

[MENTION=3770075]jm2k7[/MENTION]

Pretty easy to do back up or restore with this Safestrap. .... All u have to do is:

1. Open SS app

2. Click reboot recovery

3. Choose Back up and set the name to whatever back up name u prefer.

4. Check all three options Data, Cache, System..... then swipe to back up

5. When is done hit reboot.

For a restoring backup same way..... but u choose restore instead...... choose your back up files. ..... swipe to restore ..... reboot and boom.....u are back to previously backup rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] djkinetic:
Has Rom Slots wiping the internal SD been fixed? Read through the thread and didnt see any update on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] skatin707:
Thanks for your work. It's much appreciated!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Ayman.y88:
First thank you a lot for your hard work.

Maybe its a stupid question, but this is actually my first samsung phone and first locked bootlader :S

will we ever be able to flash a kernel using safetrap ? or is it going to be just related to rom flashing ?

and will Aroma work now or maybe later?

please advise
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Nucleartx:
Kernels will have to be touchwiz so no custom kernels, iirc. Aroma support is in the works but it cannot be used with this build of safe strap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Ayman.y88:
Oh ok thanks for the clarification.

I was wondering why all roms are touchwiz.

1 more question and i know its not related . but is there anyway i can modify touchwiz dpi ? everything in the touchwiz is extremely big ( icons, launcher, notification center .... )
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] LuckyColdJohnson:
Go Here for Active s 5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] zounduser:
oh hell ya!!!!!! this is whats up!! thank u man for all u do on all these devices. u da man bro!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Nucleartx:
You can adjust the dpi but it's hit or miss with problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] kpirnie:
i am tempted to thro this on my s4.

for some reason since I towelrooted I can no longer make a backup in 3.72

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jlopez1286:
So using rom slots is still a no go?? I see Rom's that are available..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gspears:
Rom Slots are not yet functioning correctly but you can flash them in the Stock slot. I'm on ViSiX by [MENTION=2284570]ted77usa[/MENTION] and it's working great.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] kpirnie:
fyi guys. Thue does work on the S4. :)

I am also now able to finally backup and restore my system.

2 annoyances... there are 3 partitions that will not mount which I assume are s5 specific... and the screen during backup/restore does not shut off.

for those that are mentioning size issues with their data partitions... enable compression... backup takes a little longer but ext4 compresses down real nicely.

Thank you @Hashcode... now Ive got a way to make a nandroid backup again ?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gspears:
I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do but there is a Safe Strap specifically for the S4.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Hashcode:
WARNING: Please don't use another device's safestrap. Partition layouts can be different & experimentation with rom-slots or other features could seriously damage the device.

I've been working on the S4 update for a week. Mainly to get rom-slots working. If you want an early preview with backup/restore functions working send me a PM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] kpirnie:
yes. I know that... but since I towelrooted I havent been able to take a backup... and being the flashoholic that I am... those are very necessary to do...

so.. I took a chance... and from what I can tell it worked

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i am a 1 rom guy... no slots for me hash :)

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] sholsten:
I searched for this issue. My phone is no longer recognizing my SD-Card. Does anyone know what I need to do to get it back?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gspears:
Did you try a reboot? Have you pulled the card and checked it with a PC to see if it's still readable? I'd start there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] sholsten:
My 64 GB SD Card evidently died. I put an 8 GB in it & all seems well now. I tried it my PC as well. It didn't respond to it at all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gspears:
That sucks man. Sorry about that. Fortunately the price on 64 gig cards is down to 28 bucks. Keep an eye out on dealnews.com. Sometimes you can revive an old one too. Google it.

Good luck with it.

Oh, and hit the thanks button if I've been helpful. Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] vxkillswitchxv37:
Any news on an update for s5 with ROM slots working?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] freebee269:
has anyone come across the problem of /system not mounting? i cant do anything that involves system in twrp because it fails to mount. i cant even manually mount system in mount options. i do not have xposed framework installed. i'm on the ance firmware bootloader and kernel. safe mode also says inactive inside safestrap app.

edit: i figured out my problem. i have busybox pro. in the smart install settings i cant enable smart install. for some reason safestrap doesnt play well with that. i can enable clean mode and symlinks but not smart install. after keeping smart install disabled i was able to mount system in twrp.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] slackwaresupport:
sooo.. can we use the rom slots now? bc.. the 2nd post still says not to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UnhoIy:
If it says not to... Then don't?

Duh.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] slackwaresupport:
well.. duh.. but i see roms popping up in the dev. so.. it would seem there is a way to do it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
Use the stock rom slot make a backup first
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] slackwaresupport:
gotcha! thank you!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] d34thbl00m:
So after reading this whole thread, my question was not directly addressed and answered in it so I figured I would ask. Is there ANY danger of tripping KNOX by using the SS, installing roms, or restoring backups? Thanks in advance!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gspears:
No one can say there is NO way. But I have not seen any reports of Knox being tripped, even on my phone where I've rooted, installed SS and installed ViSiX and if I go into Download mode it says official and Knox is 0x0.

All I did was follow all the instructions completely. And all is good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] d34thbl00m:
Thanks for the reply! I think I'm going to wait for the newness of the phone to die before I flash any roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Cjohns8792:
If I want to update safe trap but do not have the original apk installed how do I do it? The steps say to go into old apk and click uninstall recovery before installing new one, but I don't see the old app anywhere.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jasonmoe:
Having an issue. After first install of safestrap I was able to install a custom Rom. After this I tried again and it said failed. I ended up having to put stock rom back on with Odin. After fresh install root supersu busybox then safestrap everything I try to flash says failed. Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] fvultee:
Hmm, I have a rom in stock rom, decided to mess around with it so I did a backup, saved that to my laptop, then created rom slot 4 and put a rom on it. It did say that the internal memory was damaged and to wipe, which I did, but it didn't wipe the internal memory or the SD card. I did create a system, data, and cache partition so maybe it just wiped those. Dunno, just wanted to say for me it works on my ATT S5.

One thing I can't seem to figure out is how to switch to make the partitions on my 32GB MicroSD instead of the internal memory. Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] marcviado:
I just rooted my phone..now thinking of installing safestrap. I understand that you can't flash any rom on a rom slot. I'm seeing people saying flash it over the stock rom slot? I've used safestrap on other devices and all of then said don't flash anything on the stock rom slot. What's the current situation on this? Do I just make a backup and flash a rom on stock rom slot?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
yes do a backup first then flash over the stock rom slot its fine as long as you have a backup you can always restore to it f something goes wrong
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] marcviado:
Thanks very much
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] vxkillswitchxv37:
Will we ever see ROM slots working on our phone? Or are we stuck flashing stock only?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
I think eventually yes. Support seems to be coming along fine. Just have patience and keep checking back. Our only downfall is the locked bootloader.

The Gods Approve This Post, From The Ghost Of Sparta's S5 active.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] csfile:
This was from hashcode's Twitter yesterday: "Lots of my projects need attention ... But I'm working on a HUGE project for OMAP devices for another 3-4 weeks. Not gone.. Just busy."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] judicious:
failed

I backed up the copy of the stock and tried to restore on the rom stock 1, but i get 'failed'. Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] freecore.mc:
Can flash supersu zip on stock rom

but could not do wipe or install rom says

unable mount /system & /systemorig and then red failed

also i can flash rom on rom-slot just not on stock

anyone know how fix??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mastamindz:
Can I flash a volume boost thats for the s5 with just the stock rom rooted or do I need to have a custom rom first?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] pelucaz491:
unlocked galaxy s5?

Ok I might have an unlocked bootloader on my s5. Not quite sure yet, but from what I have read it sounds impossible. I get an unlocked padlock on my boot screen with "custom" under it. Does that mean I'm unlocked? Also, what does that mean as far as installing a recovery such as safestrap?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] CybrJ:
I get that same unlock icon on mine and I am rooted. You can verify if root was successful by an app like "am I rooted" or such from the play store. Once you have verified you have root then you can go ahead and install safestrap. Unfortunately the S5 has a locked bootloader too and on the AT&T model, it is also encrypted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] fvultee:
Once you are rooted (and gained SU perhaps) you can mod the current ROM without installing custom.

---------- Post added at 10:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 AM ----------

We all have that, there are some differences between that unlocked icon and an unencrypted boot loader, which Verizon and AT&T SM-G900x currently employ. Lots of reading material on this subject, but basically if you have an AT&T or Verizon SM-G900 your bootloader is encrypted which makes some things more difficult. I believe there are constantly people working on decrypting/replacing the bootloader on these devices, however as far as I know it's been a thing since the S4 and nobody has succeeded yet. (could be wrong?) Safestrap is a brilliant workaround for this issue allowing you to do things previously impossible with these phones, but there are still limitations.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Opie Knievel:
I just wanted to say thanks to Hashcode for bringing Safe Strap to the S5. Having a custom recovery is so handy. Being able to make and restore a backup has saved my ass more than once. I'm really excited to see the ROM slots start working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mastamindz:
Thank for help. Works good.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] RVD26:
I am having trouble at the Restore backup to ROM slot stage.

It is the 9:08 mark of the video posted in the OP.

Instead of "Successful", I get a "Failed" message each time.

Can anyone please help me? Is it a memory card issue?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] lhurtado:
Hi, since you can flash ROMs from T-Mobile to AT&T and vice versa, does safestrap works on t-mobile s5?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] fvultee:
Dunno, but why would you bother with it, you can replace the recovery on that device and put TWRP or CWM on it directly without the workaround.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] RVD26:
I have the same issue.

Can anyone here PLEASE help?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gspears:
I'm not sure what instructions you read, but the rom slots DO NOT WORK for our AT&T (900A) as of yet. We have to use the stock slot for any custom ROMS we want to flash. Read the first post very carefully.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] RVD26:
Okay, I've got it working now. The video posted in the OP is a bit misleading.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gspears:
Cool. Hit thanks if I helped.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Unhived__Mind:
So will this work on the active?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
Yes. I'm using it. Just ALWAYS FLASH ON STOCK ROM SLOT UNTIL OP SAYS OTHER WISE.:thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
Yes it does
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] madhitsblog:
BYe BYE ATT bloat

thank you all, fantastic job. backing up then using Titanium Backup for apps then cleaning house! Beer $$ otw
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION]. Any progress on rom slots yet. Just wondering. This is my first time using safestrap as I am fairly new to rooting but am anxious to see how the slots work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] CybrJ:
It might be a few more weeks before he can get to it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=54148644

Someone posted a note from Hashcode's twitter feed from 7-14.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] gspears:
Quite frankly I rather see him find a way to have our SS compatible with Aroma installer's first. There are so many good roms that use Aroma we can't flash. Plus, for me, I just flash one at a time until I find something I like and use it for a daily driver. If I try something new I just make a nandroid so I can go back if I don't like the new one. I don't really like to have a ton of roms cluttering up my phone. I tried that for a while on the S4 and I thought it was more trouble than it was worth. Of course, YMMV. To each is own.

But in any event, I'm just happy we have him or we would still be on stock with all the ton's of bloat that AT&T put on the phone. As talented as he is I'm not surprised he's very busy. I'm sure he'll get it all worked out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
When I reboot my phone and the splash screen comes up to enter recovery or to continue booting, at the top it said [ safestrap:disabled] I am running the dynamic kat rom but can't remember if it said that before I flashed the rom or not. Does anyone else's say this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] WizeGuyDezignz:
Yes, it's supposed to say that until we can flash in rom slots.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Reechings:
Does anyone know if this safestrap will work on the 900w8 Canadian s5? Also my understanding is that even flashing on the stock ROM slot won't trip Knox?

Tapped It!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
not sure about it working on the 900w8, but yes flashing to the stock rom slot will not trip know in any way:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Reechings:
Thanks for your reply. So if this version of safestrap does work on my phone am I right with the following limitations:

-Flash to stock ROM slot only at this point

-flash only TW based Roms

-flash only non-aroma zip files

-any non recoverable bootloops etc. or warranty work, flash stock firmware with Odin and all trace should be gone with Knox 0x0

Thanks for any info you can provide!

Tapped It!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
Yes - stock rom slot ONLY

Yes - only TW Roms

Yes - only non Aroma roms (@hashcode may be working on this eventually)

Yes - warranty or any other failures back to stock with Odin and your all set.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Reechings:
So does safestrap kind of work like the xposed framework where everything is done at runtime? I don't quite understand how you can have a custom recovery without making any changes to the recovery or boot partitions. Also is there any risk to me trying this safestrap version with my Canadian s5?

Tapped It!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
If your familiar with Linux grub, or even dual bòoting on windows. It basically sits alongside the existing bòotloader allowing you your choice of operating systems to boot. Each one is independant of the other.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Reechings:
Makes sense to me. I guess if it's using the stock ROM slot it doesn't even need to tell the phone to boot from a different spot.

Tapped It!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Vesnyx:
Hello S5! I just want to be completely sure about this, if I install SS on my S5, the knox will not be tripped and if I choose to flash a rom from this Development section, knox will still not be tripped. Is this correct?

Just came from the Galaxy Vibrant so I never had to deal with locked bootloaders.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] cstayton:
absolutely correct, doesn't touch knox in any way
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Vesnyx:
Awesome, time to start cooking.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Nickovtyme:
So awesome...I got my S5 Active Sunday and didn't even research if its rootable or have a custom recovery or the like.

Today I have been able to do both.

Confirmed working on Galaxy S5 Active ( SAMSUNG-SM-G870A) you already knew that.

Sent from my S5 Active
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Reechings:
Anyone tried SS with a 900w8 yet?

Tapped It!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] SkyAttacksX:
Alright so the scariest thing happened. My phone died. Right? So I plug my charger in, same one from Samsung that I've always used, but my phone hasn't died in months since I charge it at 1%. But this time when I plugged it in and it was supposed to show the battery icon loading thing. Instead, I literally saw a "ghost" looking image of the Safestrap revovery screen when you boot. It was all white and fuzzy and it said Recovery on the left and Continue on the right, just like it normally would. But it wasn't touchable or anything. Hell I hadn't even pressed the power button, all I did was plug the phone in. Somebody please help, I don't want this phone to brick.

EDIT: Running Dynamic Kat 2.0 on GPE 1.0, but that probably won't make a difference since this wasn't even booted up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
I get the same thing but my phone comes on. The image is fine but your phone not coming, on that's another issue. Maybe a bad battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] SkyAttacksX:
Sorry, I didn't mean that it wouldn't boot. It boots fine, but the image that looked fuzzed out pre-boot was just worrying me. Sorry for my poor wording!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] GDofWR420:
It's Kool. It has something to do with safestrap. It only happens to me when the phone is off and I plug in the charger, Or if charger is plugged in and i turn the phone off. You shouldn't worry.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] thenugdestrroyer:
Yeah I thought it was pretty sweet that I could root my buddys s5 with towelroot app,and that was cool. Rooted in a minute lol. But this recovery is awesome! Once again flashed a custom recovery in a minute flashed dynamic kat Rom. Way to fast and easy. I like a challenge.wasn't even a thought for that root job amazing job!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] freecore.mc:
I accidently wiped stock ROM and want to know if safestrap I have installed is b03 or b01 I installed it around 06-26 so which version was out then? Bc the downloads were uploaded on 7-24 so I'm confused
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] UnhoIy:
~~~Important News~~~​

Taken from his Google+ --- if you want to read the whole thing, it is here

But the important part ---

"Over the last 3+ years, I've been working 2 jobs. During the day, I work with clients to solve business related problems via custom software solutions and at night work on Android projects ranging from device support, kernel development, CyanogenMod maintainer duties and Safestrap recovery. It has been an incredible learning experience, but at times it can also be draining. This setup might work due to the flexibility of my job as a consultant where I can determine my own working hours. However, it's not fair to Linaro or my team if I continue this way.

This means that I will be stepping away from much of my community development efforts. Affected projects include: Kindle Fire device support, Safestrap recovery and my maintainer duties at CyanogenMod. I hope to find some replacement developers for many of these projects so they can continue to live on.

And his tl;dr if that's too long -- "TL;DR: I'm making a huge career change and I want to be 100% focused on it. To that end, I'm going to step away from many very time consuming community Android projects.﻿"

GG