After first getting my Atrix I used tenfar's recovery to install one of the first Proms. I cant remember which now.
I have since used Atrix ATTT 2.3.4 Pudding preroot SBF through RSD lite to update to 2.3.4. I would now like to go to CM7.
I have installed the latest Rom Manager and it says I successfully updated to the latest CWM. When I try to reboot into recovery - I get
"Failed to boot 2"
"Starting RSD"
The only way i've been able to fix it is to reflash the preroot SBF.
What am I doing wrong?
welcome to the club my friend. you have to unlock the bootloader and your golden
more info. if you follow the thread more. you will need to run fast boot to obtain this. once you run fastboot. type in fastboot oem unlock. it will then give you the uniquee device id.
power down remove battery if you have. restart the phone in fastboot mode. type in fastboot oem unlock plus the unique id number let it run through process. phone will say unlocked when it reboots. then go ahead and install rom manager and flash the cwm. once installed reboot using rom manager to get into cwm and flash rom
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welcome to the club my friend. you have to unlock the bootloader and your golden
more info. if you follow the thread more. you will need to run fast boot to obtain this. once you run fastboot. type in fastboot oem unlock. it will then give you the uniquee device id.
power down remove battery if you have. restart the phone in fastboot mode. type in fastboot oem unlock plus the unique id number let it run through process. phone will say unlocked when it reboots. then go ahead and install rom manager and flash the cwm. once installed reboot using rom manager to get into cwm and flash rom
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Thanks for the tip! When I do this, though, fastboot hangs on "Waiting for device." Am I doing something wrong? I'm using a Mac, so re-installing drivers isn't the issue.
It's most likely a permission problem. Run fastboot as root/administrator/whatever macs have.
It for sure is the locked bootloader problem. I had though i had unlocked the bootloader and tried to install CWM through rom manager and it put the same error up. I flashed pudding again and then made sure to do the oem unlock commands that i had apparently overlooked
Thats what i am thinking too. that it is the locked bootloader issue. i had this the other day when i attempted to cwm and rom install. thanks to Turl1 and a few others, i was able to have it taken care of in no time.
http://www.briefmobile.com/how-to-unlock-the-atrix-4g-bootloader
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This was quick & easy, thank you!
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I was on cm7, but then used the pudding unlocked sbf. Before, when I was on Alienrom after doing the pudding sbf everything was ok. But this time the update didnt finish properly and rsd lite asked to reboot mobile manually. I did as asked but now the motorla dual core logo flashes twice and reboots, this cycle continues. I also tried official moto sbfs, same prob. Is there still a chance to bring my phone from brick?
thanks in advance all for your time
If you can get into CWM just flash another ROM on the device. You can load a rom in the "mounts" section of CWM by moving it from your computer.
Wrong section. You're lucky I'm not a mod.
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i cant get into cwm, shows error sign, but fastboot, rsd , bypass, all these comes when pressing the down button while powering on. should i try installing cwm through fast boot? will it be safe?
thanks for the warning, im a noob.
use the pudding unlock in rsd then when it showz the error issue the unlock commands in fastboot mode
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use the pudding unlock in rsd then when it showz the error issue the unlock commands in fastboot mode
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didnt understand what u meant, the phone's already unlocked, so what will the unlock commands do?
Boot into fastboot and use the "fastboot -w" command. If it still won't boot, then try the fastboot oem unlock command as mentioned above (yes, even if your phone is already unlocked)
I used the System Recovery app to flash recovery and boot into it, then I installed Neutrino ROM EE but now when I try to boot all I get is 'failed to boot 2. starting RSD mode.' help?
bjgrenke said:
I used the System Recovery app to flash recovery and boot into it, then I installed Neutrino ROM EE but now when I try to boot all I get is 'failed to boot 2. starting RSD mode.' help?
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Is our phone bootloader unlocked if No u will have to unlock the bootloader first.
And check this thread
[Updated 1-7-2012] THE BEGINNERS (N00B) GUIDE!!! N00BS LOOK HERE FOR YOUR HOW TOs
I don't think the bootloader is unlocked, and I'm not sure how I can do that since I can't boot.
Is this a brick? Or is there a fix for this. Need help here people.
bjgrenke said:
Is this a brick? Or is there a fix for this. Need help here people.
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As terminator 1983 said, you need to unlock your bootloader. Click through the link that was posted and read up on the unlocking process. You'll see that involves being in RSD mode, and flashing the pudding .sbf. Then reflash CWM, and re-install your ROM.
Alright, I clicked the link, and scrolled down to HOW TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER. The first option, the link is dead. The second option, which seems to be easiest, the download link is dead also. Is there any other way I can get the file "Full 2.3.4 with preinstall root and pudding bootloader unlock, full sbf" ? Then using RSD Lite to flash that should be all I need.
Also, in that second option, I scrolled down to the second post since I'm not an ATT user, and tried doing the CMD commands, but when I put in the first command "fastboot flash preinstall preinstall.img" it says this is not a command.
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Also, in that second option, I scrolled down to the second post since I'm not an ATT user, and tried doing the CMD commands, but when I put in the first command "fastboot flash preinstall preinstall.img" it says this is not a command.
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make sure you run the command from the same folder your fastboot.exe is at. Also, any file you are trying to flash has to also be in that folder.
i.e. fastboot.exe and preinstall image are in c:\atrix, then cd into c:\atrix and then run your commands.
Sorry, I can't help with the dead links.
*Edit*Btw, you can just get the pudding .sbf from here, instead of using the automatic ones.
Alright, moved fastboot and the img into the same folder, ran the commad, and it says the following:
"sending 'preinstall'
OKAY
writing 'preinstall'
FAILED (status read failed (unknown error))
finished"
followed the link you provieded to the main pudding thread, downloaded the IHOP file for international useds, flashed the SBF succesfully, but I'm just where I was before.
When following this guide http://briefmobile.com/how-to-unlock-the-atrix-4g-bootloader I type in the command in fastboot and it says OEM Fastboot Not supported.
Need help here guys.
Edit: Tried again and it gave me my code, redid the command with the code, this time it said ERROR: Failed to write.
Okay, making progress now, checked my phone and it said Your phone is not unlocked. Rebooted and not instead of saying Unable to boot 2 Starting RSD Mode, all it says is unlocked. I'm able to get into recovery mode, but it's the default android recovery in blue. What else can I do?
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Okay, making progress now, checked my phone and it said Your phone is not unlocked. Rebooted and not instead of saying Unable to boot 2 Starting RSD Mode, all it says is unlocked. I'm able to get into recovery mode, but it's the default android recovery in blue. What else can I do?
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Glad to hear you got it unlocked. I would recommend flashing romracer's recovery. Make sure to read through the first 2 posts of that thread. There is a file you have to delete in order for it to stick. Since you're familiar with fastboot now, I would just use that method to install.
After that, follow the instructions to install your ROM of choice.
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Glad to hear you got it unlocked. I would recommend flashing romracer's recovery. Make sure to read through the first 2 posts of that thread. There is a file you have to delete in order for it to stick. Since you're familiar with fastboot now, I would just use that method to install.
After that, follow the instructions to install your ROM of choice.
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I've downloaded the Light green version, placed the img in a folder along with fastboot and the 2 dll files associated with fastboot, ran cmd to that folder, typed in the first command, and it says it's not an external or external command. Is there something else I should be doing?
Whattheheck, may as well copy what I posted on another forum for some additional info:
Hello, I've been on many forum sites looking for a fix for my problems, but nothing SO here's my story. I have a rooted Motorola Atrix on Bell. I installed the app "System Recovery" and used that to flash recovery, then booted into recovery and installed the rom "Neutrino Rom EE". The problem is, I didn't unlock my bootloader, so every time I tried turning my phone on it'd say "Failed to boot 2. Starting RSD mode." I used the guide "How To: Unlock the Atrix 4G Bootloader" on Breifmobile (can't post link) to unlock my bootloader, and from what I can see (my phone being stuck at the boot screen with a motorola logo and the word UNLOCKED in the top left) it worked. Problem is now I'm stuck here. I can access the menu by holding pwr and vol down, then I can select an option. I tried selecting Android Recovery, and this brings me to the default recovery, but there's nothing I can do here. I can still access RSD mode and Fastboot from the menu, so perhaps there's a fix from there.
Anyone? Need my phone for a meeting tomorrow
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Anyone? Need my phone for a meeting tomorrow
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Download CWM recovery img file from here (not the zip one)
[Unlocked Only][RECOVERY][2011-11-14] Custom CWM-based Recovery 5.0.2.7-atrix5
Place the recovery img file in fastboot folder and type these commands on command prompt after getting to fastboot folder.
fastboot erase recovery (it will erase the earlier recovery)
fastboot flash recovery recovery-blue-atrix5.img
The second command will flash the recovery img on your device you will have to change this portion "recovery-blue-atrix5" of the command according ur revcover img name or rename ur recovery img with this name.
I was in the process of returning my dna to stock so that I could sell it. I performed the OEM lock function which resulted in my bootloader screen looking what what is in the attached picture. After this I attempted multiple, multiple times to install the RUU.exe on my Mac Mini running Windows 7 in bootcamp mode (not virtualization). Each time it popped up an error saying that it couldn't install. At this point, even after flashing the 1.15 hboot I'm still mostly stuck int he bootloader. My operating system no longer boots. I really only have fastboot access and no idea how to get out of this situation.
I've tried to flash a custom recovery so that at least I could flash a rom, but whenever I try to fastboot it over I get an error saying "FAILED <remote: not allowed>". So if I can't flash a recovery ROM, and I can unlock my bootloader again, and I can't boot into a ROM, what can I do. I spent the last 6 hours trying to find an answer and I'm totally out of options now.
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I was in the process of returning my dna to stock so that I could sell it. I performed the OEM lock function which resulted in my bootloader screen looking what what is in the attached picture. After this I attempted multiple, multiple times to install the RUU.exe on my Mac Mini running Windows 7 in bootcamp mode (not virtualization). Each time it popped up an error saying that it couldn't install. At this point, even after flashing the 1.15 hboot I'm still mostly stuck int he bootloader. My operating system no longer boots. I really only have fastboot access and no idea how to get out of this situation.
I've tried to flash a custom recovery so that at least I could flash a rom, but whenever I try to fastboot it over I get an error saying "FAILED <remote: not allowed>". So if I can't flash a recovery ROM, and I can unlock my bootloader again, and I can't boot into a ROM, what can I do. I spent the last 6 hours trying to find an answer and I'm totally out of options now.
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You need to unlock again in order to flash back a custom recovery. You also need to have the stock splash screen before you ruu. Had the exact same issue you had. Stock h-boot, stock splash screen and relock and all should be good.
That is my main problem. All of the unlock methods require me to load load an apk to change the CID. I can't do that in fastboot. Is there another unlock method I'm missing that allows you to do it from the fast boot mode?
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if u have your original unlock code from htc dev I think u can fastboot flash that code to unlock again. its in the forum somewhere just not sure where it is.
try this thread, good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160677
You don't have to run a apk to change the cid just Google change cid commands, you do it through adb change it to 22222222 then redo the HTC dev to get your unlock.bin again if u don't have it.
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I was in the process of returning my dna to stock so that I could sell it. I performed the OEM lock function which resulted in my bootloader screen looking what what is in the attached picture. After this I attempted multiple, multiple times to install the RUU.exe on my Mac Mini running Windows 7 in bootcamp mode (not virtualization). Each time it popped up an error saying that it couldn't install. At this point, even after flashing the 1.15 hboot I'm still mostly stuck int he bootloader. My operating system no longer boots. I really only have fastboot access and no idea how to get out of this situation.
I've tried to flash a custom recovery so that at least I could flash a rom, but whenever I try to fastboot it over I get an error saying "FAILED <remote: not allowed>". So if I can't flash a recovery ROM, and I can unlock my bootloader again, and I can't boot into a ROM, what can I do. I spent the last 6 hours trying to find an answer and I'm totally out of options now.
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You device most likely can't downgrade due to having a locked device. Have you tried flashing the 2.07 ruu
Thank you for all of the replies. Actually the change of the CID command might have worked but I didn't see that reply before I had tried another method found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2570548.
I was truly stuck in fastboot and couldn't flash a custom recovery at all. Well I used the advice from a previous thread and edited the firmware .zip posted in the first post of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314771. I had initially tried to flash the .zip posted but when I tried to boot into the recovery it wouldn't work. So I opened the .zip file without extracting it and removed the recovery.img from the .zip, I then took the TWRP custom recovery and inserted it into the .zip (if you extract the zip this will not work; you need to use software that can edit a zip without extracting it. On the Mac, which I was using, I used Spring). I renamed the TWRP recovery to "recovery.img" to match what I had previously deleted.
Then I flashed this edited firmware.zip by using the following command in usb fastboot mode (here's the link for my edited file):
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip YOUREDITEDFILE.zip
fastboot reboot
This then allowed me to boot into recovery. I thought I had figured it out and could now sideload a ROM using the "adb sideload" command and flash some type of ROM that would boot. This failed miserably; it would allow me to push the file, but the install would always fail before it completed.
So then I found this thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2570548. I first flashed the two .zip files that were posted in post #44. then I flashed the full RUU posted in post #1. This gave me a bootable stock ROM. Praise God!!!
Finally I went back to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293919, and flashed the following code.
Code:
adb devices (your device should be listed)
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices (your device should be listed)
fastboot oem writesecureflag 3
fastboot reboot-bootloader
*verify you are locked s-on
fastboot reboot
Not sure why I had such a terrible time, but I'm glad its over and the DNA is finally sold. Thank you for all your help!
trying to restore my dna back to stock
I got my dna locked again and now I am running the ruu file and i am stuck at 6%. Can someone help please!! Tried it by double clicking the ruu file and running it like that, and i also ran it in administration and both ways i am stuck at 6%
Hello, welcome all forum users. I tried to unlock bootloader in my atrix 4g International. I used guide on cyanogenmod website. When i flashed first sbf file something were wrong and i have failed to boot 1 command on phone. Follow other guide i flashed radio.img to phone and reboot. First time phone run in rsd mode but after restart android recovery corrupted. Next I should flash android recovery to bring back rsd mode but i have still locked bootloader so i can't flash cwm or twrp recovery. Trouble is that I can't find anyone stock recovery and i stucked in place. Can anyone help me?
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Hello, welcome all forum users. I tried to unlock bootloader in my atrix 4g International. I used guide on cyanogenmod website. When i flashed first sbf file something were wrong and i have failed to boot 1 command on phone. Follow other guide i flashed radio.img to phone and reboot. First time phone run in rsd mode but after restart android recovery corrupted. Next I should flash android recovery to bring back rsd mode but i have still locked bootloader so i can't flash cwm or twrp recovery. Trouble is that I can't find anyone stock recovery and i stucked in place. Can anyone help me?
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So based off of what you have said:
-Your bootloader is still locked (you haven't said 100% for sure that you are unlocked)
-You may or may not be rooted as well (again, you haven't said if you are or are not)
-You want to run stock recovery, which is the recovery that Moto ships with the device, which is entirely useless for custom ROM flashing
This is the guide you need to root and unlock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
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So based off of what you have said:
-Your bootloader is still locked (you haven't said 100% for sure that you are unlocked)
-You may or may not be rooted as well (again, you haven't said if you are or are not)
-You want to run stock recovery, which is the recovery that Moto ships with the device, which is entirely useless for custom ROM flashing
This is the guide you need to root and unlock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423
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1. Yes, bootloader is still locked.
2. Yes, I haven't root acces.
3. Yes, i wanted to flash recovery to bring back stock rom.
I haven't mentioned when I power on my phone i have acces only for fastboot mode, nothing else. Something were wrong when I try to flash by rsd mode file intl-fix-try1.sbf so i can't unloock bootloader way is on your's guide.
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1. Yes, bootloader is still locked.
2. Yes, I haven't root acces.
3. Yes, i wanted to flash recovery to bring back stock rom.
I haven't mentioned when I power on my phone i have acces only for fastboot mode, nothing else. Something were wrong when I try to flash by rsd mode file intl-fix-try1.sbf so i can't unloock bootloader way is on your's guide.
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Keep going with the guide. Go to the fastboot oem unlock step and go from there
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Keep going with the guide. Go to the fastboot oem unlock step and go from there
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Hey, it's works, now i just flashed cwm. and everything looks fine. Thank you for your help.
I recently bought an unlocked Moto G Play 2021 with the intent of learning how to flash custom rom's etc. The steps I've done so far are below.
Went to Motorola's site and got the code to unlock the bootloader
Waited for the "OEM Unlock" button to be available in the Developer Options menu.
Followed the directions Here to try to get an unofficial version of TWRP installed.
when I type fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img Using the vbmeta.img from the link above, I get some kind of anti-rollback error and can't boot to recovery.img
So far, what I've found says I need to be on Android 10 for this to work but I can't find a stock rom of Android 10 for this device. Electimon posts AOSP builds for this phone Here so I assume there's a way to get this to work, I just don't know what it is and I've gone through these threads a few times now and can't piece it together. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Additionally, thanks Electimon for doing those AOSP builds.
Try to download Miracle Thunder Modified (Withouth Box) like there are other tools, but if not, just try to root. kind of for you to root, download the TWRP app and install or use Flashify to flash img using root
Luiz Vinicius said:
Try to download Miracle Thunder Modified (Withouth Box) like there are other tools, but if not, just try to root. kind of for you to root, download the TWRP app and install or use Flashify to flash img using root
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I'm not sure entirely what happened, but after I used the TWRP app my phone bricked and I had to use the Lenovo rescue app on my pc to factory reset it.
First update your phone
Then download twrp from
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...st-port-but-everything-works-amazing.4330775/
Then adb reboot bootloader
Then fastboot flash recovery MotoGuamnaFixed2.img
then you have twrp installed then you can go thru the steps at
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-12-0-guamna-aosp-12-0-monthly-builds.4392303/#post-86610039
to get Android 12 couatom rom
svoc said:
First update your phone
Then download twrp from
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...st-port-but-everything-works-amazing.4330775/
Then adb reboot bootloader
Then fastboot flash recovery MotoGuamnaFixed2.img
then you have twrp installed then you can go thru the steps at
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-12-0-guamna-aosp-12-0-monthly-builds.4392303/#post-86610039
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Thank you for the response!
I made sure my phone was on wi-fi and checked for updates. I then rebooted to fastboot and flashed recovery to the MotoGuamnaFixed2.img. I still got a blank screen when I tried to reboot to recovery. I then rebooted to fastboot manually and did
fastboot flash recovery_a MotoGuamnaFixed2.img
fastboot flash recovery_b MotoGuamnaFixed2.img
It said ok both times, and when I try to reboot to recovery, I get a blank screen that I can't interact with. Pressing the power and volume buttons does nothing. Rebooting and letting the phone go through the boot process, to include waiting for the warning about the unlocked bootloader to go away results in a blank screen.
I also tried booting to fastboot and selecting "Recovery Mode" from the fastboot menu. Same result. That being said, I followed the instructions in the second link anyway, which are
fastboot -w
fastboot update (filename).zip
Now my phone has a blank screen I cannot interact with, but when I type "adb devices" I see the phone. Typing "adb shell ls -l" shows there is definitely a file structure there.
Just download the rom for the version that your device is unzip it and manual flash each one to the correct spot except recovery flash the twrp and then reboot and let me know look at flash file.xml to see where to flash each IMG and bin to make shur you download your rom and not another one for the same device but different carrier what it sounds like to me is happening is you downloaded the wrong ROM when you tried to do a force update
Send me a screenshot of your about device screen please I might need to make a change to a few things to get it working
I'm stuck in a boot loop right now. WIll the output from fastboot getvar work?
What carrier do you have
Download your rom first then follow my last post to get it back out of a bootloop
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What carrier do you have
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It's an unlocked phone, no carrier, no SIM. I did the factory reset with the Lenovo rescue tool and sent you the screen shot of the device info page.
Update - svoc has spent a crap ton of his personal time trying to help me with this. I've learned a bunch and wanted to publicly acknowledge his willingness to go way above and beyond trying to get this working.
I don't understand why I can't get twrp to boot I'm not for shut what the problem is if any one has any idea please let me and I will try
Big thanks to svoc for all the phone calls and troubleshooting my device, that is apparently possessed by at least 3 demons and a donkey. There are two links below. The first is the link to the intstructions that worked.
The second is to the compressed file that gave me a degoogled android. It's really, really basic and you'll have to side load the app store of your choice onto the device but it works.
*NOTE* I have not used a sim card or tested the cellular capability. If you do the things below and it doesn't work, reboot to bootloader and flash the radio.img with the one from your stock rom, which can be obtained from lolinet.
Any custom ROMs out there for Moto g play 2021 (guamna)?
Can't find any custom ROMs for this device. I guess it is too early. I'll probably have to get another phone. Can't even find a twrp for it. New to this. Any suggestions?
forum.xda-developers.com
https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/releases/download/v412/system-squeak-arm64-ab-vanilla.img.xz