crackface

Hi -

I'm trying to upgrade to Safestrap 3.05 before I try a new ROM I'm considering, and I'm a little confused on how to get there from the Safestrap 1.08 my device is showing as installed.

I was following the following post:
How to remove safestrap 1.08

If it matters, I did not see a Safestrap app in my app list with my old ROM (Eclipse 3.0). I booted into recovery, switched to non safe mode, and rebooted. This appeared to boot my system to factory ROM. I skipped through the setup/account options, and went looking for Safestrap in the app list again, and it's not listed in my app list. This includes the app tray and the list I see when I go to settings to manage my apps.

I *think* what I'm trying to do is uninstall SS 1.08 like I would any other app, reboot to verify no recovery options exist, and then install 3.05. But not sure what I should do at this point if I don't see 1.08 to uninstall (even though it IS there, as I can boot and still see option to select recovery menu.

Any advice?

Thanks in advance for any help...

doogald

That would be normal. The way that you install safestrap is to:

- root stock
- install the safestrap app
- touch the button to install the safestrap recovery and restart the phone.

So, the safestrap app itself would only be on the non-safe, rooted stock "ROM".


That's all correct so far.

Aha! It sounds as if you did a wipe data/factory reset on the non-safe/stock.

Right, because once you did the factory reset, it wiped out all of the apps that you installed, including Safestrap.

Actually, this is what you need to do (in the non-safe system):

- turn on third party app installs in settings->applications
- reinstall the Safestrap 1.08 app (NOT the 3.05 version!)
- start the Safestrap app and touch the button to uninstall recovery
- restart the phone to make sure that Safestrap is no longer in the boot process
- uninstall the Safestrap 1.08 app (from settings->applications->manage applications)
- install the new Safestrap 3.05 app
- Start the new Safestrap app and tap the button to install recovery.
- restart the phone to make sure that Safestrap is there

Now you can create ROM slots, etc. I'd suggest that you avoid a factory reset of the stock system going forward, in case you want to do the same thing in the future.

If you don't have a copy of Safestrap 1.08 anymore, let me know; I still have a copy somewhere.

crackface

Forgot to circle around and say thank you for this!!

I wasn't able to find 1.08, but installed 1.09 over what was there, and I was then able to remove recovery, proceed to stock, then install 3.05.

Thx again!