I dug out my old backflip and decided to start it up again. I used the same blur account that's currently on my atrix.
The problem now is that I'm constantly getting this orange star shaped notification saying Motorola service account error.
When I click on it I get the message saying the account you're using is associated with another device. Please contact customer care to reset the device.
I don't think it really affects anything, but it gets pretty annoying.
Anyone ever had the same problem? I kinda doubt art customer care can do much about it except tell me to factory reset the phone...
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!!!
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i did the exact same thing..you have to factory reset
Too Funny.
Exactly the same thing here. Backflip and all.
What I am wondering if somehow I could either clear Data or Cache using Tenfars CWM and somehow not lose my other stuff, like wallpapers and tones?
Or maybe possibly just an edit in the system files that will disable that dumb as heck orange star would even be better... Anyone have any ideas on good places to start looking using something like Root Explorer?
I fully expect to hear a "What part of Factory Reset don't you understand?" type answer. But just in case there is a good way to do this. I'm taking the chance.
Yup same problem....
I fixed this by using (unofficial) cyanogenmod on the backflip... no blur? yes please that thing zooms now. crap 3d still, but still makes me wonder what the atrix would be like without blur
http://modmymobile.com/forums/566-m...fficial-cyanogenmod-v6-1-2-froyo-2-2-1-a.html
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If I play with my build.prop settings is there any chance of bricking my phone?
I fully intend on making a backup of the build.prop for when I inevitably mess it up, but I don't have a full system backup if I softbrick.
The reason I want to do this is that some of the Tegra 2 games won't work on my phone because they are "not available in my region". I think that is bs, and I think modding my build.porp will help. So I want to modify my settings to trick the game into letting me play.
On that note, could anyone tell me what settings to change? The 'region' setting is a no-brainer, but anything else? There are quite a few items that indicate KR or olleh (the provider).
DrNugu said:
If I play with my build.prop settings is there any chance of bricking my phone?
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Worst case just flash a ROM
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btw - I'm stock gingerbread with root. I'm not really interested in ROMs (at the moment), I'd just like my phone to act like it's American <insert joke here >. Basically, I want it to tell the software that it is an AT&T phone in America, so that I don't get rejected because I'm in Korea. They have strange gaming rules and many hoops to jump through before a game can be released here. Hence my shenanigans.
If you have a knowledge of adb then you are fine. You can soft brick but not hard brick.
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Hey guys,
I've been searching and searching and I can't really find a way to fix this problem I've been having.
I have a Motorola Atrix from Bell running 2.3.6 and I had rooted it.
I got a little power hungry since this is my first android and therefore obviously my first root, and I started deleting stuff like crazy. Unfortunately one of those things was all of the yahoo system apps since I didn't look up if they were important or not, and they obviously were.
My problem is as an attempt to re-install all the yahoo files, I tweaked the build.prop file. I opened it as a text file and changed the ro.build.version.sdk=10 to ro.build.version.sdk=9, i think it was the 6th line of the build.prop text then I rebooted my phone.
I never made a backup or nandroid or anything like that, mainly because I didn't think anything that bad could happen from it. Then I ran multiple factory resets of my phone in hopes to fix this problem, but it still persists. All my phone does now is continously try to boot up, but it just keeps restarting itself halfway through, I can't get to the unlock screen or anything like that. I feel like I royally messed up my phone, if anyone could help me out with this it would be much appreciated.
I can run hard resets using the buttons and run things such as fastboot and RSD even though I dont really have much idea what they are. So I've been trying to educate myself a little with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154600&highlight=soft-bricked+atrix and I'm finally starting to understand what I actually did to my phone.
Once again any help would be much appreciated, thanks, if you need any more information just let me know.
I accidentally installed the new Motorola update.
Now, its essentially soft-bricked.
I know the hard way around this, but if their's anyway I could stop a restart from happening without reinstalling my ROM, all 100+ apps, and configure my phone yet again, it'd be greatly appreciated.
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I accidentally installed the new Motorola update.
Now, its essentially soft-bricked.
I know the hard way around this, but if their's anyway I could stop a restart from happening without reinstalling my ROM, all 100+ apps, and configure my phone yet again, it'd be greatly appreciated.
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What does the update do, my phone keeps having errors checking for an update.
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What does the update do, my phone keeps having errors checking for an update.
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No idea.. the thing would shutdown my phone, send it to a pre-boot installer, similar to installing a ROM, then give me a error sign half way through.
Turn the phone back on, and repeat.
Utter BS. You'd think Motorola would take errors into consideration.
I imagine theirs some poor soul out their with a similarly virtually-bricked phone.
I imagine it's either a WebTop update or a Motorola phone connect update.
If its a webtop update, that would explain why it keeps failing. My webtop folder is on my SD card and im using Ubuntop.
I'd really love to have a functioning phone again.. any help?
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No idea.. the thing would shutdown my phone, send it to a pre-boot installer, similar to installing a ROM, then give me a error sign half way through.
Turn the phone back on, and repeat.
Utter BS. You'd think Motorola would take errors into consideration.
I imagine theirs some poor soul out their with a similarly virtually-bricked phone.
I imagine it's either a WebTop update or a Motorola phone connect update.
If its a webtop update, that would explain why it keeps failing. My webtop folder is on my SD card and im using Ubuntop.
I'd really love to have a functioning phone again.. any help?
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Try reverting back to stock, by SBFing. Look for more information in the development threads.
This happened to me, I just wiped the cache and dalvik cache and it hasn't happened since! I am rooted and unlocked and tried to accept the stupid update. After that my phone kept trying to turn off and flash it. Isn't it not flashing cause the stock recovery isn't there?
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That could be, but I wish you good luck!
ok, so i lost my phone a while back and got a replacement for it... same phone and everything... well i find it and charge it and all my old stuff is stil on there... so i do a factory data reset and the majority of my stuff is STILL on there... ok, so i go ahead and RSD flash it with 198_7, hoping that this would do the trick... my info is STILL on there...
i've already tried removing the account from the accounts app in my list, but it won't let me since it doesn't get service... does anyone know anything that i can do to remove my stuff so i can pass the phone on to whoever???
Put it on Wifi?
Oh and you won't be able to do much with that phone. Highly likely since you reported it missing the ESN is locked down. Got your self a Wifi enabled MP3 Player now.
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Put it on Wifi?
Oh and you won't be able to do much with that phone. Highly likely since you reported it missing the ESN is locked down. Got your self a Wifi enabled MP3 Player now.
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in order for it to be connected to any hotspot, its got to have service... i've tried that one too and it keeps telling me "ERROR" every time i hit the WiFi button...
Is your phone unlocked and has a custom rom? Because it sounds like you are on a phone with a fried wifi radio or your on a rom that was having issues with the wifi drivers like an old joker blur rom but if your unlocked and have cwm just wipe everything
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I call BS. I've never seen any Android Device require service to connect to WiFi.
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Is your phone unlocked and has a custom rom? Because it sounds like you are on a phone with a fried wifi radio or your on a rom that was having issues with the wifi drivers like an old joker blur rom but if your unlocked and have cwm just wipe everything
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nope... nothing special about it... i did have it rooted and locked... that's about it... i already flashed the stock 198_7 on it to unroot it and back to factory settings... only thing i'm trippin on is the fact that some of my stuff still remains on this damn thing... idk why the "factory data reset" doesn't want to work either... goes through the motions but no results...
Hello,
As for passing it on to a friend, Metro PCS used to not check for bad ESN's when Activating Phones, but this might have changed now that they are selling Cell Phones. That indeed does not make sense that your information is still on there after doing a Factory Reset. I suppose you could connect it to your Notebook and delete all Files with any Personal Information.
Cheers,
JJ
How are you doing your hard reset? A hard reset erases all your data. I think booting into recovery, pushing the volume up and down keys at the same time, and then selecting "wipe data/factory reset" would do it right.
Undertstand that you also would need to do stuff with the phone programming - your phone number and some other account information would be in there. when I got my phone (used), Spring had me do something to wipe everything including the programming information. Of course I didn't take notes, so I don't know how to do it again.
This is probably a dumb question, but have you removed your sd chip?
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They control my phone completely. A factory reset from the phone, a hard reset by holding the buttons and a reset done by typing in the number code all dont erase the hackers stuff. Its like they took over the stock firmware of my phone or something. How can I completely erase everything from this phone? Or do I just have to throw this thing away now? They've also similarly took over my Asus Transformer tablet.
Can anyone help me?
You're done for. Stupid hackers got you too, huh? You should mail both to me.
Anthony820 said:
You're done for. Stupid hackers got you too, huh? You should mail both to me.
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do you not believe me?
lw99 said:
They control my phone completely. A factory reset from the phone, a hard reset by holding the buttons and a reset done by typing in the number code all dont erase the hackers stuff. Its like they took over the stock firmware of my phone or something. How can I completely erase everything from this phone? Or do I just have to throw this thing away now? They've also similarly took over my Asus Transformer tablet.
Can anyone help me?
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Lol, if you're serious, the perfect solution would be to flash a stock firmware over the existing one.
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First off, what's hacked and how do you know you've been hacked? Then you have to find out how they hacked you. Was it thru an app? Thru Wi-Fi? Did you login on a false webpage like the common Facebook hack?
If you believe you've been hacked change ALL your passwords to EVERYthing. Even Wi-Fi passwords. Make sure you do it from a different device or pc. preferably using https. Then wipe everything possible. Internal, external storage, cookies etc.....
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Lol, if you're serious, the perfect solution would be to flash a stock firmware over the existing one.
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How do you flash the stock firmware? I dont know anything about this stuff..
An example of how they control my phone is if I download an anti-virus app, they turn off it's monitoring and give it permissions to send texts, access my personal data, make phone calls, etc.
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do you not believe me?
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I don't believe you even own a Note. But props for trolling an otherwise untrolled forum. I'm sure many people will try to talk you through your problem.
Iw99 we need more info if you are not a troll please provide phone model, operating system where you are located when this problem started apps you are using are you using any bootleg apps the more info you provide the better.
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First, you're going to have to prepare a tinfoil lined room to work in. . .
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First, you're going to have to prepare a tinfoil lined room to work in. . .
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Nice.
Download samsung kies on your computer. Tools_emergency firmaware recovery. Follow the steps.
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lw99 said:
They control my phone completely. A factory reset from the phone, a hard reset by holding the buttons and a reset done by typing in the number code all dont erase the hackers stuff. Its like they took over the stock firmware of my phone or something. How can I completely erase everything from this phone? Or do I just have to throw this thing away now? They've also similarly took over my Asus Transformer tablet.
Can anyone help me?
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Don't believe a word of this.
zancro said:
Don't believe a word of this.
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He might be saying "I have a phone with a lockscreen password I don't know (because it isnt mine) and I want to completely erase everything so I can have a fresh phone".
440 I don't think everyone is a crook but I can usually spot a red herring from a long distance.
I really don't think you have been hacked but you have glitches in your rom
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What numbers did they call? Can you hear the phone calls? Can you read the texts that they send? Do they send nude pics?
Obvious Troll. Close thread.
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Either way
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He might be saying "I have a phone with a lockscreen password I don't know (because it isnt mine) and I want to completely erase everything so I can have a fresh phone".
440 I don't think everyone is a crook but I can usually spot a red herring from a long distance.
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Ref 440 - I applaud your faith in your fellow man. That is rare in today's post-naiveté world, and should be treasured. But as far as this story goes, either incredibly incompetence or lying is involved... But NOT hacking. Just not consistent. Hacking can sometimes be hard to spot, and then only through exhaustive analysis. If the OP's story is even half true I suspect the case really involves some really dumb action that does NOT involve hacking.
But frankly, I got bigger problems. After the upgrade to stock 4.1.2 I'm getting a series of "No SIM card" errors, even after a SIM replacement. Now going to Google....
The way many have overcome the no sim card error has been to return the phone to stock ICS and the modem to the LF6, then go on to the rom, kernel, and modem of choice.
Using the emergancy firmware installation option of Kies has also been used.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40942237
This link is to a guide to fix that error
Hacked seriously doubt it ... give me all your accounts and passwords and i can fix this lol
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Don't believe a word of this.
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I think, maybe a little too much on the ole glass pipe????
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Don't feed the troll. Stop replying to this thread. Hopefully mine will be the last.
This may seem stupid, but I liked the Motorola Backflip. I decided to give it another try this week, as I have an old one lying around. Just thought it'd be a fun throwback. Anyway, I stupidly decided to do a factory reset, and now the phone is asking for me to sign into a motoblur account. The problem: motoblur no longer exists. There is no running server for the phone to verify the account with, so I have no way of using the phone. Anyone know if there's a way to bypass this? I'm not too worried about bricking this device, as it was already pretty much just a paperweight, but it annoys me that I can't even unlock it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!