Failed update attempt - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey all, up until today I was running 1.83 with Gingerblur 4.5 on my rooted AT&T Atrix. I had the update to 4.5.91 downloaded, but read that installing the update had bricked some rooted phones.
So I put Gingerbread-Atrix-Beta-4-5.zip on my sd card, rebooted into system recovery, and installed the .zip
I rebooted, and the green resonating moto symbol appeared. Only it would show the animation, stop, dim to nothing, and repeat.
So me being the horribly inept person I am, I concluded that going into system recovery and reinstalling gingerblur 4.5 would take my phone back pre-sketchy-attempted-update.
Well that obviously didn't work, so now here's where I am:
The phone is running 1.83 with gingerblur, but mobile data can't connect and touch input has been reversed (touch on the right, thinks you touched the equivalent left spot)
at some point I tried a factory reset, I'm not really concerned with saving personal information and files
When I try turning the phone on with the + volume and power button held for RSD protocol, the phone freezes with the red moto symbol and RSD protocol at the top
I can still get into system recovery
I am a complete noob when it comes to this sort of thing. I was in the process of backing up my phone right before I tried all this, but it was interrupted part way through without me realizing. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated
EDIT: jk. Got it. Just being a god d*** noob, nothing to see here, move along

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Droid 2 Global: Reverting to Stock

Just got my workphone, Droid 2 Global. No stranger to flashing droid phones (my personal phone is a Captivate) I just had to flash it. I mucked it up once or twice flashing Droid 2 Roms on it and needed to get it back to stock. I know a few people have asked about recovering the Droid 2 Global but I haven't seen any instructions to that effect, so here goes:
Droid 2 Global Return to Stock
1. Download RSD Lite 4.9 - http://www.mediafire.com/?ufxs9lft9q2xwnu
2. Download DROID2WE_X6_2.4.29_FULL SBF - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MD5K1YY8
3. Download Motorla Drivers - http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles...al_Drivers/MotoHelper_2.0.40_Driver_4.9.0.exe
4. Install RSD Lite 4.9 and the Motorla Driver software. Unzip DROID2WE_X6_2.4.29_FULL to a convenient location, i.e. Desktop.
5. Shut off your Droid 2 Global, unhook it from USB or the AC adapter charger.
6. With the phone off, slide open the keyboard, hold the UP ARROW key on the keyboard and hold the power button. This puts the phone in Recovery mode. The screen will display white text and say something to this effect: "Bootloader D0.11, Battery OK, OK to Program, Connect USB Data Cable."
7. Start RSD Lite by clicking on the desktop icon, this brings up the GUI. Click the ellipse (...) next to the Filename dialogue box. If you put the DROID2WE_X6_2.4.29_FULL SBF file on the desktop, scroll down and select it and click Open. The File Properties box should populate with information about the SBF file.
8. Hook your USB cable to your phone, the text on the display will change. Click the Start button and have patience, this takes a while. RSD Lite will extract files to your desktop and begin flashing your phone. Do not interrupt the flash at any point or you will most likely have as nice paperweight.It takes roughly 5 minutes to flash the default rom and RSD Lite will reboot your phone.
9. If the Reboot fails and your phone loops through the starting animation. Pull the battery and put it back in.
10. Slide open the keyboard on the phone, hold down X on the keyboard and push the power button. This puts the phone in Recovery mode. You know you're in recovery mode when you see a triangle with a yellow exclamation and the green android logo.
11. Hit the Search magnifying glass key, this brings you in to the actual menu. You use the Volume Up and Down to navigate here and the Camera button for enter. Power button exits. Use Volume down until you get to the entry which reads Wipe Data/Factory Reset, push the Camera button. This will wipe your data and cache, I had to tap the OK button (The four little square button on the touchscreen) While it was running because the progress bar would stop. Your milage may vary. After it finishes, select the first menu option to reboot and push the Camera button.
That's it in a nutshell pretty much, let me know if I missed anything.
I've been trying to do this all day. My husband installed Liberty on my phone last night and forgot that it was a D2G, so of course it's all kinds of buggy. I'm trying to revert back to stock to try to properly install Liberty on the phone, but I can't get past the RSD Lite section. It keeps telling me "Failed Flashing Process 0x7100."
I've read a few forums about this issue and tried everything I could find. I'm running Windows 7, have run RSD lite as administrator, changed compatibility to Windows XP, moved the sbf file to every folder mentioned, moved RSD lite to the desktop, etc etc. I've also rebooted, uninstalled, reinstalled, in every fashion I could think of.
This is what I get when I check the error log:
17:01:30, May 03, 2011
Line: 868
ERROR: \\?\c:\users\user\downloads\droid2we_x6_2.4.29_full.sbfuèá contains an invalid path.
File: D:\GitProjects2\hdt_windows_flash\flash\code\flashdll\PST_FP_FlashFileIO.cpp
17:01:30, May 03, 2011
Line: 552
ERROR: The superfile specified does not exist
File: D:\GitProjects2\hdt_windows_flash\flash\code\flashdll\FlashHdlr.cpp
Device ID: 0
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I'm not sure what it means because most of the errors I've seen for RSD lite have been "was not found."
Any suggestions?
Also, I don't know if this is connected (I think it probably is), but for some reason when I plug in the phone it tells me MTP USB driver installation has failed. Each and every time.
Should I try to flash Fission over top of Liberty?
Thanks.
At first glance, i'd say to check the filename. There looks to be a space in what you copied from the errorlog, in the word full. Secondly, i'd redownload the SBF file, it's possible your download is corrupt. You can also try uninstalling and reinstalling the Moto software, it should install the drivers properly in recovery mode. I have windows 7 64bit and did not have to do anything other than what's in my directions.
Shorten the name of the SBF. Like - d2g.sbf for example. Put the SBF in c:\ and let RSDLite look for it there. It is known not handle well long paths or spaces in file name.
Is this supposed to put the phone back at original stock settings with no apps and everything? I can't find any videos of this, but the Droid X sbf guid it leads you back to the touch the android new out of the box screen. I followed this guide and when my phone rebooted, it had all my apps and widgets and stuff still, the only thing that was different was the firmware version had gone back down.
Nevermind, I somehow skipped the last few steps, I must be really out of it, ignore me.
i flashed it twice now and updated it. both times while flashing it told me to restart the device manually and when i did no change, so i closed the rsd and hit ok when it warns me of damaging my phone. phone was already on and running at the time.
Now i cant get my wifi to connect, it authenticates, then goes straight ot disconnected and then trys again.....any ideas of why this is happenning?
Did you follow steps 9-11?
What terrigan said. If you didn't do the last steps, then your phone will maintain all of its settings, but it will revert to the old firmware, 2.4.29 which is what I initially did. I believe that firmware has buggy wifi to say the least which might be the cause of your problem. You should do steps 9-11 and then after that go to settings, about phone, and system updates, and update to 2.4.330
Awesome!
Thank you for the post! You are awesome. Like a noob, I messed up my phone wile rooting/bootstrapping it and couldn't download from the marketplace, get updates installed etc. This fixed it all and I'm back up and running!
No prob, Wish there were more ROMs for the D2G though.
Worked like a champ, thanks!
Thanks muchly! Now that D2G Gingerbread is available, I'm reverting in the hopes to get the OTA update. Just waiting for the stock SBF to finish atm, will let you know how it goes..
Were not going to get the update until a couple more weeks...
Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL using XDA App
Does anyone know if this works for the Droid 2 (NOT GLOBAL)...?
Chenoaem said:
Does anyone know if this works for the Droid 2 (NOT GLOBAL)...?
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The steps and the RSDLite software will, you will need to find an SBF for your phone.
Droid 2 (Non Global) SBF: http://www.multiupload.com/R6VS5FFISB
I take no responsibility if this bricks your phone.
failed flashing process?
Hey, I was trying to revert my phone back, and while running RSD Lite, it got to 100% then it said that the flashing process failed?
the status came out as:
"Failed flashing process: Failed flashing process: Phone[0000]: Error switching phone to BP Pass through mode (0x70BE); phone disconnected"
help please?
Is there a reason why this would work on one phone but not another? I keep getting a failed on one phone with RSD lite I get code error FEBE 0047. I search and says not compatible software, doesn't make sense. Phone stays in boot loop.
thanks for any help.
Hey guys,
Here's my story:
Just bought a brand new D2G from a friend who likes to waste money...he tried to root it using a D2 rom, and gets the bootloader error. I bought it off of him for $50.
Flashed back to the SBF file in the first post, and then I got a message saying a new update was available. It downloaded on the phone, installs, the phone reboots and I saw the android green robot logo with a box, and a status bar. Once it hit 100%, the phone rebooted again, and to the bootload error said "code corrupt, insert data cable"
Tried holding X and power button to go into recovery mode like I did before, but it just boots to this screen....
Battery just died too, so I had to take it to a verizon store where they are awfully kind to recharge it for free.
Any help is appreciated, otherwise I'm just re flashing back to the rom in the first post again, and never updating the phone!
Jon
Find the .330 D2G SBF file and that should solve your problem I think....
Sounds like the update corrupted during install or download.. theres a .330 sbf try it like the above post stated make sure its fully charged low battery can cause major issues

[Q] Motorola Electrify from USCC - H-E-L-P!!

Good afternoon folks,
I had a "situation" where I found myself missing some apparently critical "bloatware" on my phone. Came up with lots of errors and a lot of functions no longer, well, functioned. Got too carried away I guess.
I had done a system backup with Titanium Backup. I initially tried just restoring some of the apps. Problem was, it just sat there saying restore. Just stuck. So I thought, hey, I have it backed up, I will do a factory reset. I did this, only then to find out that my backup was located on the INTERNAL sdcard not sdcard-ext, so all of a sudden I have no backups.
I do have access to another Electrify, if it would help. What I then decided to do was try downloading a factory rom for my phone. I downloaded "1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.5-4.5.1A_SUN_USC_19.0-19-release-keys-signed-USC-US.rar" off of the teamuscellular.com page. I booted the phone in RSD mode, restored it (three times now actually), and every step seemed to go fine (RSD even says it finished fine). But on the last step when RSD says it is rebooting the phone, at the very end, it comes up with an error :
"Failed to boot 4
starting in rsd mode"
I have read elsewhere where people say it is related to the battery. I had a 60% charge for the first two times I did this process, the last time I used the battery from the other phone which was at 95% plus. So far I have not been able to get past this.
Another post suggested that I should pop out the battery, pop it back in, hold the vol down and power buttons, and then do a factory wipe of the /data partition. This is fine, but I cannot get it to go past the Moto screen unless I let go of the buttons.
In case this might help figure out the issue, here are some details from the phone :
System version - 45.1.190.MB853.USC.en.US
Model number - Motorola Electrify
Android version - 2.3.5
Also worth noting, I did not see anything on the screen ever indicating I was "unlocked".
What I want when this is done and over with is to get the phone back and working stock, root, and make barnicle wifi work. Any advice would be most helpful, I am really kind of freaking out here.
H-E-L-P!
Thanks,
ledoktre said:
Good afternoon folks,
I had a "situation" where I found myself missing some apparently critical "bloatware" on my phone. Came up with lots of errors and a lot of functions no longer, well, functioned. Got too carried away I guess.
I had done a system backup with Titanium Backup. I initially tried just restoring some of the apps. Problem was, it just sat there saying restore. Just stuck. So I thought, hey, I have it backed up, I will do a factory reset. I did this, only then to find out that my backup was located on the INTERNAL sdcard not sdcard-ext, so all of a sudden I have no backups.
I do have access to another Electrify, if it would help. What I then decided to do was try downloading a factory rom for my phone. I downloaded "1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.5-4.5.1A_SUN_USC_19.0-19-release-keys-signed-USC-US.rar" off of the teamuscellular.com page. I booted the phone in RSD mode, restored it (three times now actually), and every step seemed to go fine (RSD even says it finished fine). But on the last step when RSD says it is rebooting the phone, at the very end, it comes up with an error :
"Failed to boot 4
starting in rsd mode"
I have read elsewhere where people say it is related to the battery. I had a 60% charge for the first two times I did this process, the last time I used the battery from the other phone which was at 95% plus. So far I have not been able to get past this.
Another post suggested that I should pop out the battery, pop it back in, hold the vol down and power buttons, and then do a factory wipe of the /data partition. This is fine, but I cannot get it to go past the Moto screen unless I let go of the buttons.
In case this might help figure out the issue, here are some details from the phone :
System version - 45.1.190.MB853.USC.en.US
Model number - Motorola Electrify
Android version - 2.3.5
Also worth noting, I did not see anything on the screen ever indicating I was "unlocked".
What I want when this is done and over with is to get the phone back and working stock, root, and make barnicle wifi work. Any advice would be most helpful, I am really kind of freaking out here.
H-E-L-P!
Thanks,
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did you install the moto drivers? if you're unlocked be sure to flash 2.3.4 not 2.3.5
Good afternoon,
I have installed the moto drivers. I am on Windows 7 64 bit (dual boot with Linux Mint Debian 64). I installed "MotoHelper_2.1.40_Driver_5.5.0.exe", and was using RSDLite5.6.
As far as I know, the phone was locked. Rooted, but locked. Some say it will actually say on the screen 'unlocked', mine does not say anything like that.
Thanks,
Just to make sure it's not a battery issue, there is free battery swap if you can run by a USCC store. But I think you're right, it's probably not that. Wish I could help you more, but it stumps me.
ledoktre said:
Another post suggested that I should pop out the battery, pop it back in, hold the vol down and power buttons, and then do a factory wipe of the /data partition. This is fine, but I cannot get it to go past the Moto screen unless I let go of the buttons.
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From the phone completely off, hold vol-down and power. When the screen lights up, release power ONLY. Keep holding vol-down until some text shows up then release. Click vol-down to scroll through options until Recovery shows up. Click vol-up to select. Once recovery starts, navigate using vol-up/vol-down and power to select. /data will be wiped if you do a factory reset.
Hope this helps.

[Q] Atrix 4G Help- Stuck on the Goapk Logo while loading CUSTOM ROM

So, I managed to brick my Atrix 4G. It was originally running on Gingerbread 2.3.6, but I wanted the 4.0, so I set about rooting it and everything, which, as you can see, backfired.
What I did was:
1. Root it using the pre-install method (No "One-Click"- I actually tried that method, but it didn't work for me; thus, I had to go about doing it manually)
2. Unlocked the Bootloader.
3. Tried to install ClockWorkMod Recovery.
4. Tried installing the Custom Rom 4.0. WHICH FAILED BADLY. My phone wouldn't start at all. I mean it would switch on, and I could see the "Unlocked" on the top left, but it wouldn't go further than that.
Also, I was wondering if my phone's really rooted? because, after unlocking my Bootloader, my Superuser app's icon disappeared. The ROM manager wouldn't even work. I would get an error stating that "An error occurred while attempting to run privileged command," but I went ahead anyway, using the "Press vol. button while switching on..." method. I then cleared every single thing- i.e. factory reset, clear cached, etc. Then, I tried loading the zipped custom ROM file on my SD card; everything looked fine, as if the files were correctly uploading- at last, it even said the whole process was done. But, switching on, and waiting and waiting led me to nowhere.
Today, I re-installed the stock 2.3.4, but I wanted a 2.3.6, so I did a software update, but now my phone is stuck on the goapk logo screen. I read somewhere that this is because the Bootloader is unlocked.
HOW DO I GO BACK? D:

Rooted phone gone bad! Can I just wipe to factory?

Some of you might have seen my earlier thread, my ReZound is rooted. HTC sent out the ICS update my phone attempted to install it and afterwards it would not advance past the white HTC screen. After many hours of playing around with it (being semi-noobish to all things rooting, but decently knowledable with technology) I realized that on the H-boot screen it was telling me that the Image was missing. I assumed that the HTC update deleted it? After thinking about it, I thought that maybe installing a custom ROM would fix this, so I grabbed Scotts Clean ROM. Sure enough I did and I was finally able to advance past the white HTC screen. It looks as if everything is working fine with the phone now EXCEPT I have no data and no calling connection. Im assuming that my phone is just that messed up from the attempted upgrade this morning that im missing files needed for the connection.
My next thought was to just say heck with it and do a factory reset hoping to get back to a bone stock phone that at least functioned, but when I try the factory reset it doesnt work....
Any ideas of what I should do next? Ive spent 5-6 hrs trying to fix this phone today, I really hope to get something figured out. Thank you everyone for your help!
EDIT: I feel like an idiot... Because of putting the battery in and out for resets I left the back off the phone. I now have service. Main issue now is that when I try to call out, as soon as I type a number on the dialer it freezes up and restarts itself....
The phone still tries to look for the old image on the restart and gives me issues every time on startup still also. Id like to be able to get this back to not needing a ROM....
If it were me, I would download the official RUU for ICS found here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...cream-sandwich-ruu-for-final-ota-3-14-605-12/ IIRC, mirror #3 was the fastest. Then follow the directions from that site:
After downloading the file, rename it to "PH98IMG.zip" (no quotes)
Place the renamed file onto the root of the SD Card
Power down your device
Reboot into the bootloader by holding VOL DOWN + Power
The flashing process should begin automatically
Let the device reboot, and you should be done.
That will get you up and running. Then you can go about rooting it again if you like.

[Q] Possible hard brick, wont boot into ANYTHING

Okay, I want to start by saying I am truly sorry if this has already been looked at. I truly spent 20 minutes searching and could not find anything that address this problem.
Im going to give you the long story because, I am actually really in need of help.
My friends owns a droid x2, ?.?.5 (sorry I cant honestly remember but, its the gingerbread ending in .5)
Her husband decided to root her phone for her, and it was in Chinese and only had a partial root. Frustrated she brought it to me because, well I have a working knowledge of google, this forum, and have flashed and rooted many phones.
I managed to change the language, and root the phone (using DX2_batchroot), I installed a custom recovery (its an apk ), I also think I installed the Recovery BSR (that will make sense in a second)
I booted into custom recovery, I made a backup. Then I went about wiping caches so I could install a custom rom. I wiped all the caches, I formatted the internal memory, and then I accidentally hit "boot now".
The phone gets the the "M" and says "Failed to boot 1"
If I try holding the power and down button it just flips off completly.
I cant scroll thru the menu, I cant get the computer to acknowledge its on.
It has been plugged in the hole time.
So what do I do, and what DID I do, so I never do it again.
Thank yo
Update
Since this happened I have left it on the wall charger and checked it out occasionally.
Well it still won't boot into recovery but... It is now willing to play ball when I press volume down and then plug in to the computer. Sadly it then tells me that the battery is too low.
Now, I *guess* it could be, except after rooting and before rebooting into recovery to make my first backup I had the phone off andplugg ed into a wall charger for 2 hours.
Again, any help you can offer
Often if ROM won't boot, charging does not work either.
Will need a charged battery, or a TBH factory cable adaptor.
See my low battery options in my list.
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