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Subliminal said:
That being said, I have a question: What would happen if you were on Verizon, using PWN and SS and running in, say, slot 1, and you took the 'eventual' update?
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Hmmm, where do you intend on receiving this update? I doubt it would take on the stock side. And, being modified, neither on the slot. I think I'll give SS a little more time.

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Hashcode said:
New ALPHA up for VZW user testing:
http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/motox/xt1060-vzw/safestrap/Safestrap-XT1060-3.61-B02.apk

Lot's of changes, but the primary ones include:
- APK now detects "write_protect" mode. And won't allow install/remove that way (adds a "Reboot to Write Protect Off Mode" button)
- Cleaned up hijack binaries to run after a restore of system when selinux contexts were updated
- Several bugfixes in the fixboot script
- Customizable partition sizes are in. You can see this on the rom-slot creation screen as "+" and "-" buttons which add or subtract 100mb to the size.

Users will still have to tap the "Recovery" button after the orange "REBOOT" screen to enter recovery. I haven't gotten around to that one.

Looking for feedback on this before rolling out to the other devices.
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Rebooted on making the back up during the data partition.

Edit: I tried again with a clean install of safestrap. It worked fine. The first time, safestrap updated the old version I still didn't know I had. ... Dang, forgot to check if I had bluetooth.

Edit: Bluetooth is off on the recovery side. A restore of the stock ROM on a new, aptly-sized slot failed during the data restore phase.

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Safestrap is only workable from the write protection off/replaced recovery side. There is where you uninstall the safestrap recovery & the safestap app. You could uninstall the app on the regular side, but while in WP off recovery, eh, why not? I'm sure there's a bit more, but that's the basics.

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luniz7 said:
In order to boot into wp mode off, is that just trying to enter recovery with power and volume down? After that, then follow your steps?

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Yes! WP-off-recovery is what USED to be stock-factory recovery that has been repurposed (workaround) as a WP off mode of the stock ROM by the root method. Once rooted, you no longer have the stock factory recovery. There is a way/utility to replace the stock factory ROM, but you would no longer have the ability to make changes to the stock ROM. You would, however, still retain root, as I understand.

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davpel said:
I installed Safestrap for the first time tonight on my Maxx. Running ver. 3.63. The install went fine, I backed up the stock rom, created a slot and tried to restore the backup to that slot and got the "restore failed" message. There were posts earlier in this thread from people having this issue, but I din't see a solution anywhere. Am I missing something?
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Not at all. Somehow the adjuster for system partition can't go over 1000 megabytes like it had in a previous version. Stock on the Maxx is just over 1000 megabytes, so a restore will fail. This is a minor glitch, and I'm relatively certain that Hash will be able to fix it soon. As far as I know, the backup that you made it safestrap is legitimate.

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Hashcode said:
I went ahead and did a special v3.63a for the Moto Ultra folks. It defaults to 1.1gb system size and has a max of 1.5gb.

VZW Moto X / Ultra Safestrap v3.63a
http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/motox/xt1060-vzw/safestrap/Safestrap-XT1060-3.63a.apk
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Way WAY cool, dear sir! Actually, they alot just over 2 gig for the system, but use only just over 1 gig. A total waste of a gigabyte if you ask me. The numbers you have set up will work very nicely!!

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Coming to you from rom slot number one on a Droid Maxx! Let the program diet commence! Bye bye bloat! Woohoo! I used 1300 Meg for my full factory system, and added 500 meg to what safestrap thought my data size was. Had 185 left for system. Hmmm, strongly considering just having a system to work on / experiment with.

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Not Sure exactly what happened, but I wound up with a boot loop. Thanks to 'House of Moto', and the old desktop, I'm back and running. After trimming down a copy of the stock rom in slot one, I backed it up, then downsized slot 1 to as small as I could to hold the trimmed stock rom and a small handful of programs. Restored that little ditty back into slot 1, and restarted the phone. Bootloop city. I converted some stock programs to user if they could easily be found on the Play market. Others I integrated the updates into the ROM. I don't think an integration took very well. Looks like I have some learning to do.

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Hashcode said:
I think there may be an issue with installing SS on the rom-slot or running "Install Recovery" while on a rom-slot. Still troubleshooting this.

The X has some complexity during this process where most devices don't so that may be a new bug there.

ALSO: Thanks for helping each other!
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Hey all, I'm back again. Fresh from bootloop city I'm up and running full and steady. A major PITA, but then again, I found a few things that got tweeked for the better during the rebuild. I bear full blame for the incident. What I suspected went wrong is very similar to what Hash said above. I backed up a ROM on a slot with safestrap still active or installed. Maybe not such a good idea to have safestrap in a ROM on a slot. I'll leave it up to the pros for a definitive answer on that.

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#237 · (Edited by Moderator)
Dang, just re read your post. This is for the X and Droid Ultra series phones here. Razr Maxx stuff is in another thread. Nevermind the following incorrect info. Back all the way out of safestrap 363, uninstall recovery from write-protect off/phone recovery side, Delete safetrap 363 and then install safestrap 363a. Max out the system ROM volume to 1500 megabytes, then you'll be in business!

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