I am trying to install Eclipse 2.2 on my Bionic using Safestrap. I have the zip on my external SD, I am in safe mode and when I try to 'Install zip from SD' and select the zip, it instantly says 'Installation aborted'. I have tried redownloading the zip but I have not gotten it to work. Help please?
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Root Problem Installing Eclipse 2.2
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New Rising
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Yes I am. Is that my downfall?
PowerBomb
Android Enthusiast
Eclipse 2.2 is meant for 902 so no that's not the issue.
The terminology when using Safestrap is important. The "Safe" side is actually the secondary partition where you can install experimental ROMs and mess around with customization without concern, because you still have the other partition as your backup. It's important to note that you can not flash ZIPs when you are on the other partition (aka "Safe System: Disabled" at the top of the recovery screen) because they don't want you to be able to mess this partition up. So you did say you were trying to flash it on the safe side which is technically correct, but I'm just making sure you didn't misspeak. In the event that you actually are trying to install this on the first main partition, that's why it's telling you it won't flash, you're not allowed to. It confuses people to consider the first/stable/backup ROM to be the "unsafe" one, but what it really means is "unsafe to F around with this partition". The "safe" one is actually the partition where you can flash things.
This may not be the problem in your case but just want to clarify that before we diagnose any further.
So make sure when you first boot up the phone, the Safestrap screen that pops up should have text/icons in the color GREEN and it should say "Safe system enabled". If it does, you should be able to press menu to enter the recovery screen and flash from there. If the text is red and says the safe system is disabled, you can't flash over this partition, and you need to go into the recovery menu, go into safe boot menu, and switch over to the other partition.
To get even more confusing, if you actually do want Eclipse to be your "unsafe" ROM (since it is pretty stable) and you want to have the other partition for messing around with ICS ROMs or whatever else, then you would need to uninstall Safestrap, switch to a plain recovery like bootstrap, install Eclipse as your ROM, THEN go back to using Safestrap, it'll recognize Eclipse as your first partition, and then create the second partition for installing whatever else.
The terminology when using Safestrap is important. The "Safe" side is actually the secondary partition where you can install experimental ROMs and mess around with customization without concern, because you still have the other partition as your backup. It's important to note that you can not flash ZIPs when you are on the other partition (aka "Safe System: Disabled" at the top of the recovery screen) because they don't want you to be able to mess this partition up. So you did say you were trying to flash it on the safe side which is technically correct, but I'm just making sure you didn't misspeak. In the event that you actually are trying to install this on the first main partition, that's why it's telling you it won't flash, you're not allowed to. It confuses people to consider the first/stable/backup ROM to be the "unsafe" one, but what it really means is "unsafe to F around with this partition". The "safe" one is actually the partition where you can flash things.
This may not be the problem in your case but just want to clarify that before we diagnose any further.
So make sure when you first boot up the phone, the Safestrap screen that pops up should have text/icons in the color GREEN and it should say "Safe system enabled". If it does, you should be able to press menu to enter the recovery screen and flash from there. If the text is red and says the safe system is disabled, you can't flash over this partition, and you need to go into the recovery menu, go into safe boot menu, and switch over to the other partition.
To get even more confusing, if you actually do want Eclipse to be your "unsafe" ROM (since it is pretty stable) and you want to have the other partition for messing around with ICS ROMs or whatever else, then you would need to uninstall Safestrap, switch to a plain recovery like bootstrap, install Eclipse as your ROM, THEN go back to using Safestrap, it'll recognize Eclipse as your first partition, and then create the second partition for installing whatever else.
Yes I understand, and I have safe system ENABLED. That is why I am so confused about it not working. Thanks for the reply, let me know where I should go from here
PowerBomb
Android Enthusiast
Haha okay I had a feeling I might have explained all that for nothing if it wasn't what was causing your problem.
Hard to say what the issue is then. What was your source for downloading the zip? Eclipse has an official website/forum where you can download it just to make sure it is authentic and up to date. Sometimes you have to toggle signature verification in the recovery menu to get something to flash but that usually isn't an issue for a ROM, the zip file should be signed sealed and ready to go, I never had to do anything special to get Eclipse to flash.
Hard to say what the issue is then. What was your source for downloading the zip? Eclipse has an official website/forum where you can download it just to make sure it is authentic and up to date. Sometimes you have to toggle signature verification in the recovery menu to get something to flash but that usually isn't an issue for a ROM, the zip file should be signed sealed and ready to go, I never had to do anything special to get Eclipse to flash.
Okay...I tried again, wiping data and cache, and it installed successfully!
Unfortunately, after restoring my Titanium backup, my contacts were not restored. I can't figure out how to get them to sync with my Google backup. Any help with this?
PowerBomb
Android Enthusiast
Cool glad you got Eclipse working.
I'm not sure about your contacts issue. I have always just kept my contacts up to date with my Gmail account on my computer, and any time I wipe my phone and need to start over all I do is tell the phone to sync Gmail contacts and they all come back.
I'm not sure about your contacts issue. I have always just kept my contacts up to date with my Gmail account on my computer, and any time I wipe my phone and need to start over all I do is tell the phone to sync Gmail contacts and they all come back.