[RECOVERY LOCKED/Nougat/7.1.1][N950U/W] Safestrap Recovery v4.09 B01 [Apr 19, 2019]

[afaneh92]

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Snapdragon)

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"ALL MAJOR WORK DONE BY HASHCODE SO GO GIVE HIM SOM THANKS.DO NOT POST ANY BUG OR ISSUE COUSED BY THIS RECOVERY IN ORIGINAL THREAD BY HASHCODE, POST HERE AND I WILL HELP YOU."

CURRENT PROJECT STATUS:
BETA v4.09-B01 [Nougat:7.1.1]

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 3.3.0 (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 for flashing ROMs. 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.

HOW DO I INSTALL SAFESTRAP?
Requirement: Root

APK install:
Once installed, open up the Safestrap application, 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.

Flashable zip:
Flash using Safestrap recovery or FlashFire.

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 the button shown on the screen to either enter "RECOVERY" or "CONTINUE" booting (or the hard button underneath each option).

HOW DO I UPGRADE SAFESTRAP?

APK:
Push the APK up to your sdcard.
Boot back into the "stock" rom-slot.
Open your old Safestrap app and use the "Uninstall Recovery" button
Browse to where you pushed the APK
Click on it and install like normal
Once installed, open the APK, Grant SU access, Use the "Install Recovery" button.

Flashable zip:
Flash using Safestrap recovery or FlashFire.

KNOWN ISSUES:
- Sometimes the installation doesn't work correctly. If you don't see the splashscreen after a rebooting. Install Safestrap again.
- Busybox is now required for the Safestrap APK to work correctly

DOWNLOADS:
CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE USING A SAMSUNG GALAXY Note 8 (Snapdragon) [Nougat:7.1.1]

LATEST ZIP: Safestrap-4.09-B01-GREATQLTE-SS-FF-flashable.zip
LATEST APK: Safestrap-4.09-B01-GREATQLTE.apk
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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.

Special Thanks To
@Hashcode, DeesTroy & TeamWin for all their hard work making TWRP such a fantastic recovery.
@jrkruse for pointing me that S8 has permissive root. @partcyborg for getting root on S8.
@me2151 for testing and getting the right configs in place.

 

[afaneh92]

CHANGELOG:
4.09-B01 [2019-04-19]
- TWRP updated to 3.3.0.
- Fix reboot function
- Add reboot to safestrap button in reboot menu
- Add Edl button in reboot menu
- Move Boot Options to advanced menu items.
- Safestrap app: Update topjohnwu's libsu to 2.4.0.
- Safestrap app: Update install recovery function.
4.08-B01 [2019-03-01]
- TWRP updated to 3.2.3.
- Fix datamedia mount.
- Add hijack-backup during image flashing.
- Major code clean up.
4.07-B01 [2018-07-16]
- Fix CHARGER_BOOT detection.
- TWRP updated to 3.2.2.
- Update safestrap portrait theme.
- Update safestrap app to use topjohnwu's libsu & internal busybox (busybox app not needed anymore).
4.06-B02 [2018-04-10]
- Fix taskset cpus to 8 cores (thanks to Hashcode).
- Add exfat support for recovery (ext-sdcard fix).
- Blacklist mouse cursor in recovery (thanks to me2151).
- Fix MTP (thanks to me2151).
4.06-B01 [2018-04-03]
- Initial release.

BUGS:
- ROM-slots not working for now.

 

[afaneh92]

Mine

 

[jameslapc2]

Awesome to see this. We might have true development after all.

 

[dallen5]

I hope we can get the rom part of safestrap fixed! Great work

 

[monkeyass408]

Wahhhh just when i oreo is released for the unlocked note 8. Haha guess i wont be taking oreo update anytime soon and may actually want to root dispite the 80% battery.
I really hope there are still developers that will cook roms or ports of internation version like dr ketans.

Thanks. Cant wait for ur rom portion of safestrap.

 

[me2151]

I can confirm this is legit guys. backups and restores work. For the moment full custom roms like lineage will not be possible. but ill be working on that

 

[jameslapc2]

I'd love to see me some Darthstalker ROM's those were my favorite on the Note 5. I don't know if Jovy still makes ROM's though.

 

[jcrompton]

Best I can tell I can't Backup or access the external SDCard ... Only the internal

Is that the same for you guys?

 

[me2151]

Best I can tell I can't Backup or access the external SDCard ... Only the internal

Is that the same for you guys?

i can access external fine.

why would you back it up though

 

[jcrompton]

i can access external fine.

why would you back it up though

Lol
I guess I should have wrote "backup to" ext sd

When I click on microsd in recovery it won't activate

---------- Post added at 12:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:23 AM ----------

I went back into safestrap recovery (for some reason my screenshot didn't save)
But when I tried to mount the microsd or external SDCard I got an error

Invalid argument ..... Blah blah can't mount ext sd

 

[me2151]

Im running a backup to my sdcard as i type this. Works perfectly. I am however not using the build in this thread. just my own.

 

[jcrompton]

Im running a backup to my sdcard as i type this. Works perfectly. I am however not using the build in this thread. just my own.

?
Well maybe that's why

 

[me2151]

Well maybe that's why

Doubt it i ha ent changed any mounts on mine

 

[jcrompton]

Doubt it i ha ent changed any mounts on mine

Well it's gotta be something since I can't access it

 

[DroidisLINUX]

I started a thread a long time ago saying this is possible and someone should start on it, and everyone said I was dumb and didn't know ehat I was talking about. Me121 or what ever his name is said he worked on the fish a little its like safestrap but couldn't get it to work.

So glad someone got it working and am very Happy to be a note 8 owner now my next paycheck I will donate a beer to ya

 

[me2151]

I started a thread a long time ago saying this is possible and someone should start on it, and everyone said I was dumb and didn't know ehat I was talking about. Me121 or what ever his name is said he worked on the fish a little its like safestrap but couldn't get it to work.

So glad someone got it working and am very Happy to be a note 8 owner now my next paycheck I will donate a beer to ya

Yup FiSH had the same issue this had with it inits not launchng but this guy figured it out

 

[pbedard]

You guys are simply amazing I just had to say that

 

[afaneh92]

Best I can tell I can't Backup or access the external SDCard ... Only the internal

Is that the same for you guys?

Lets make it clear, jrkruse tested 16GB and 32GB ext-sd and it works on S8+, 64GB and above not working.
I have tested 16GB on my S8 and works.

What size is yours?

 

[jcrompton]

Lets make it clear, jrkruse tested 16GB and 32GB ext-sd and it works on S8+, 64GB and above not working.
I have tested 16GB on my S8 and works.

What size is yours?

128

I didn't know it mattered .... I guess size does matter ,,eh?