[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Android Development] craigs_lv:
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Ahhh ok, good to know! And thanks for replying ...

When I reboot into recovery via Safestrap v4.01 the "Install" button is shown with RED lettering; both the "Backup" and "Wipe" buttons are shown with white lettering (not sure if that's relevant).

However, within "Backup" when I swipe to perform a backup (without selecting any other options etc...) the operation fails ... the command text which appears in the terminal window indicates the inability to mount various volumes ... /datamedia, /data, /ss, as well as "internal storage".

The verbose text within the command output found on the terminal screen is as follows:

E:Unable to mount '/data'

E:Unable to recreate /data/media folder.

Updating partition details...

E:Unable to mount '/datamedia'

E:Unable to mount '/data'

E:Unable to mount '/ss'

E:Unable to mount internal storage.

E:Unable to mount /datamedia/media during GUI startup.

Full SELinux support is present.

E:Unable to mount /datamedia/media/TWRP/.twrps when trying to read settings file.

Updating partition details...

...... and more of the above repeated at various intervals down the length of the terminal window ...

and then my only button option is to "Reboot System" other than the "back" and "home" features at the top right of the screen.

Also of interest, there are three check boxes available within "Backup" (they are "Data", "Cache", and "System"). Both "Data" and "System" are checked by default, "Cache" is not checked ... I can toggle the checkbox for "Cache" and Safestrap reports the following for content sizes: Data (0 MB), Cache (16 MB), System (1111 MB).

If I go back to the main screen and select the "Install" button, I am presented with a two-pane window configuration with what appears to be a directory tree structure on the left and a file list on the right. /sdcard is selected by default but nothing displays in the right pane. No folders, no files.

And I am a little more than hesitant to mess with "Wipe".

Is that normal?

Thank you!!

** UPDATED INFO **

I decided it would be safe to peek into the "Mount" feature ... in case it has any relevance, I am unable to check the boxes for "Internal Storage" or "Data" ... "Cache" is checked by default, and I can toggle the checkbox for "System" ...

If I choose to select the "Mount USB Storage" button within the app's "Mount" feature, I get a message that states, "USB Storage Mounted -- Be sure to safely remove your device from blah blah blah..." no errors with that at least.

Thx

---------- Post added at 05:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:36 PM ----------

Looking at some of the other options / features within Safestrap (not doing anything which might effect a change, just looking at options) here are a few other findings:

Within "Boot Options" the "Stock ROM" is selected as the Boot ROM ... which I gather is correct. This information is also reflected at the top of the Safestrap app's screen interface, which reads: "ROM Slot: stock"

Within "Advanced" I see a "Fix Permissions" button which looks inviting (though I believe I'll wait until I find out more about what it actually "fixes"). "File Manager" seems to work, until I try to browse to sdcard (and possibly others, but I only checked a few .. etc shows files, whereas sdcard does not). If I select sdcard and then click "Select Folder" I am presented with chmod, chmod 755, move, copy folder, etc... which I wonder if they should be messed with ... I don't know what the permissions should be for these folders. I know what the three digit code is with regard to permission levels, I just don't know how they "should" be configured for the various folders which Safestrap is having problems accessing. But I found it interesting, so I thought I'd share in case the info was helpful. I changed nothing.

Within "Settings" none of the available check boxes are selected by default: "Zip file sig verification", "Use rm -rf instead of formatting" "Skip MD5 generation on backups" "Enable MD5 checking of backup files" "Use Military Time" and "Simulate most actions for theme testing" are ALL unchecked.

Now I will stop tinkering and poking around, I think I've looked at most of my available options ... nothing else stands out.