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Hey All,
Ok so I have a problem and please excuse the dumb questions as I am new to Motorola (I came from the EVO).My device is rooted and bootstrap recovery installed and I created a backup of my normal setup. I tried to install the Alien ROM (I am not unlocked) and I did a wipe ect. the ROM will boot but I can't get past the touch here Android icon and I get a bunch of force closes.
I turned the phone off, put the wall charger in and I can not get back into recovery by holding the power and volume down to install my nandroid. My phone is stuck.....I can see fastboot but I don't know how to get back into my recovery.
Please help!!!!
Now that I think of it, my backup was on internal and the wipe might have erased the backup and bootstrap.....what the heck do I do now?
Mustangmatt1966 said:
Now that I think of it, my backup was on internal and the wipe might have erased the backup and bootstrap.....what the heck do I do now?
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Did you install the ROM and theme all in one session?
Mustangmatt1966 said:
Now that I think of it, my backup was on internal and the wipe might have erased the backup and bootstrap.....what the heck do I do now?
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It probably didn't erase your backup. You can always use rsdlite and flash cm5.
[email protected] said:
Did you install the ROM and theme all in one session?
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Thats correct. Flashed ROM and then Flashed Theme
[email protected] said:
Did you install the ROM and theme all in one session?
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Thats probably where I ran into an issue....as I see it says flash zip then reboot. Then flash theme after.... I am going to try and use RSD lite and CM5. Then go from there.
Mustangmatt1966 said:
Thats probably where I ran into an issue....as I see it says flash zip then reboot. Then flash theme after.... I am going to try and use RSD lite and CM5. Then go from there.
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Yes exactly.you will be fine this way
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[email protected] said:
Yes exactly.you will be fine this way
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Thanks MAX, I am so used to the EVO and flashing a rom and theme in the same recovery I didnt think twice about it....Lesson learned.
So I need to use RSD Lite and flash CM5. Then root again, install bootstrap, backup current rom. Then flash Alien, reboot, then flash theme and I should be ok?
Thanks for all of the help everyone, I got it resolved and fixed
So I am pretty new to these forums, as well as the whole android hacking community. I recently got a droid x 2 and thought I would take a shot at the whole rooting thing. I used the Motorola 1 click Root process and was able to root with no problems. I then downloaded the droidx2 recovery bootstrap and created a backup. After creating the backup, I attempted to flash eclipse (v 0.5). After it installed, I rebooted from the bootstrap and now I am stuck in a bootloop. The startup animation has changed to the droid bionic(one of the features of eclipse) so I am assuming the ROM installed somewhat correctly. Just wondering if anyone can help me here.
Thanks
-Noob D:
Did you wipe data / cache? If not, do so.
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morlakai said:
So I am pretty new to these forums, as well as the whole android hacking community. I recently got a droid x 2 and thought I would take a shot at the whole rooting thing. I used the Motorola 1 click Root process and was able to root with no problems. I then downloaded the droidx2 recovery bootstrap and created a backup. After creating the backup, I attempted to flash eclipse (v 0.5). After it installed, I rebooted from the bootstrap and now I am stuck in a bootloop. The startup animation has changed to the droid bionic(one of the features of eclipse) so I am assuming the ROM installed somewhat correctly. Just wondering if anyone can help me here.
Thanks
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does it actually bootloop, aka do a restart after a while? or does it just sit at the bionic boot screen for a really long time?
cash_back said:
Did you wipe data / cache? If not, do so.
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Haha that's exactly what my friend told me to do. Working now, finally got my first ROM to start working...took me 3 days
Thanks for the help though!
morlakai said:
Haha that's exactly what my friend told me to do. Working now, finally got my first ROM to start working...took me 3 days
Thanks for the help though!
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Whenever flashing a ROM, even an updated version, usually do a wipe/data reset by default. If you get a bootloop after that, then that's something to worry about possibly.
I had the same problem when i flashed version .04. I pulled the battery after it bootlooped, and went into stock recovery and did factory/reset and it fixed it.
I tried to google search this but found nothing. My phone is ROM'ed atm but their hasent been a update for it in a few months. So i want to put a more updated ROM and also because every 12 hours my phone ask me to upgrade to gingerbread. Now the question is in order to add a new ROM can i just install it over the old ROM or do i need to uninstall it. If i need to uninstall it how do i do so? just wipe the phone? Also sorry if this is in the wrong spot cant ask this question in the developer part.
Sbf to 2.3.3 if you want to get anothr rom. Dont ota for an update
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So your saying just install gingerbread, root the phone again and then rom it? So its safe to just install gingerbread without wiping the phone? I have no idea what sbf or ota means so im kinda lost.
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Look up the sbf article in the sticky, follow it, root, install bootstrap, flash now rom. Its that simple.
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m125 said:
Look up the sbf article in the sticky, follow it, root, install bootstrap, flash now rom. Its that simple.
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Oh sweet thanks ill try this out when i get out of class tonight.
ok so i installed rsd lite and got my phone to stock gingerbread. I rooted with 'MotorolaOneClickRoot_psouza4 and that was ok. I installed bootstrap and when i click install recovery it says Install Failure /data/data/com.tenfar,a4.recovery/files/surunner.sh (Permission denied). What does this mean? I know im rooted since titanium backup is working and superuser is asking permission for stuff.
WolfsFang said:
ok so i installed rsd lite and got my phone to stock gingerbread. I rooted with 'MotorolaOneClickRoot_psouza4 and that was ok. I installed bootstrap and when i click install recovery it says Install Failure /data/data/com.tenfar,a4.recovery/files/surunner.sh (Permission denied). What does this mean? I know im rooted since titanium backup is working and superuser is asking permission for stuff.
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Go into the superuser app and forget the settings for the bootstrap.
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nitroglycerine33 said:
Go into the superuser app and forget the settings for the bootstrap.
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ok i open superuser and it says no apps in list. In the log windows their is 4 things, (top to bottom) 4 root check and superuser. If i click on preferences their is nothing about forgetting apps. Under extras bootstrap isent even under the su featured apps.
WolfsFang said:
ok i open superuser and it says no apps in list. In the log windows their is 4 things, (top to bottom) 4 root check and superuser. If i click on preferences their is nothing about forgetting apps. Under extras bootstrap isent even under the su featured apps.
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I do not think that you are rooted then. Do you have adb installed? If not, I would just rerun the exploit again.
nitroglycerine33 said:
I do not think that you are rooted then. Do you have adb installed? If not, I would just rerun the exploit again.
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no idea what adb is but i downloaded root checker and it says im rooted.
great i redid oneclick root and now i dont have root on my phone. Im going back to froyo and downloading gingerbread and then trying to root that somehow. This is very annoying.
Why go back to froyo? Just SBF gingerbread 2.3.3 and one-click root it.
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Why go back to froyo? Just SBF gingerbread 2.3.3 and one-click root it.
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ok im going to sbf to 2.3.3 and then doing a factory reset and ill see how it goes from their.
Why don't you just get p3droids pr-rooted GB update.zip?
Much simpler.
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IDMA.DROID.X2 said:
Why don't you just get p3droids pr-rooted GB update.zip?
Much simpler.
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because i tried to rsd with it and ir said no support files
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because i tried to rsd with it and ir said no support files
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You don't use RSD, its not a SBF, you download it to your phone, rename it to "update.zip", go into recovery and select "Apply SDCARD:update.zip" or "Apply SDINTERNAL:update.zip" depending on where you saved it. Then you select reboot, and your done!
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IDMA.DROID.X2 said:
You don't use RSD, its not a SBF, you download it to your phone, rename it to "update.zip", go into recovery and select "Apply SDCARD:update.zip" or "Apply SDINTERNAL:update.zip" depending on where you saved it. Then you select reboot, and your done!
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well i sbf to gingerbread rooted my phone and got bootcamp working. I am now running Eclipse v0.8.1 i guess the factory reset helped.
Ah. I can't wait til Eclipse is on 2.3.4!
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Im loving it so far but for some reason my facebook isent syncing peoples numbers to my phone.
WolfsFang said:
Im loving it so far but for some reason my facebook isent syncing peoples numbers to my phone.
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It wont right now. I think Nitro tweeted earlier facebook sync is working on the new 2.3.4 build.
I think u may be able to just use the facebook app from the market to do that also...not sure...I didn't want my facebook contact in my contact so I haven't tried.
Hi,
I am rooted on my S3 and all is good. However, my Father also has an S3 and last week he was talked into rooting it by his Grandson. All went well but long story short he was not happy with having a rooted phone so has decided to remove root. He has now done so by following various guides. He used Triangle away which he says went successfully and has used Odin to put the latest stock firmware on the phone which again he says went successfully. I was not there when he did all this but phone seems all good.
Except one thing. He has tried to install a couple of apps he had before rooting. Barclays bank app and Sky Go app. After installation these apps are saying they will not work on a rooted phone, but it's not rooted any more. I have booted into recovery using Volume down, power and home buttons and it says custom firmware / rom, I can't remember exact wording, but it says no. Also in the phone menu where a rooted phone says modified in device status it says normal or whatever it should say. Again can't remember exactly but all looks like no root present.
Anyone got any ideas on this? As I am rooted on my S3 and never un-rooted it yet, I do not know if he should have done something else. Will he have to root again to run triangle away or anything else. Or can this be fixed as the phone is at present?
Thanks for any help guys.
Cheers, Rich
Three6ty said:
Hi,
I am rooted on my S3 and all is good. However, my Father also has an S3 and last week he was talked into rooting it by his Grandson. All went well but long story short he was not happy with having a rooted phone so has decided to remove root. He has now done so by following various guides. He used Triangle away which he says went successfully and has used Odin to put the latest stock firmware on the phone which again he says went successfully. I was not there when he did all this but phone seems all good.
Except one thing. He has tried to install a couple of apps he had before rooting. Barclays bank app and Sky Go app. After installation these apps are saying they will not work on a rooted phone, but it's not rooted any more. I have booted into recovery using Volume down, power and home buttons and it says custom firmware / rom, I can't remember exact wording, but it says no. Also in the phone menu where a rooted phone says modified in device status it says normal or whatever it should say. Again can't remember exactly but all looks like no root present.
Anyone got any ideas on this? As I am rooted on my S3 and never un-rooted it yet, I do not know if he should have done something else. Will he have to root again to run triangle away or anything else. Or can this be fixed as the phone is at present?
Thanks for any help guys.
Cheers, Rich
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try doing a factory reset
Has it got a custom ROM or stock ROM? could be due to a custom ROM maybe?
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slaphead20 said:
try doing a factory reset
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Hi,
Good idea. Just so I can warn him, I'm guessing this will wipe the phone and he will have to re-run setup etc?
Three6ty said:
Hi,
Good idea. Just so I can warn him, I'm guessing this will wipe the phone and he will have to re-run setup etc?
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Sorry, just looked on mine and confirmed my question above. It will wipe the lot.
danmorley0702 said:
Has it got a custom ROM or stock ROM? could be due to a custom ROM maybe?
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It's a stock rom. Downloaded from the official rom thread on here
Three6ty said:
Sorry, just looked on mine and confirmed my question above. It will wipe the lot.
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yup, it wipes all user data and apps, let us know if it works after doing this
Hi,
My father did the factory reset today and it wiped his phone and he went through the new set up. However he still can't install some apps as they are still saying they do not support rooted devices. I just can't figure it out. Any ideas please guys. Thanks
Cheers, Rich
Three6ty said:
Hi,
My father did the factory reset today and it wiped his phone and he went through the new set up. However he still can't install some apps as they are still saying they do not support rooted devices. I just can't figure it out. Any ideas please guys. Thanks
Cheers, Rich
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One basic question..are you still able to go into recovery..vol up+power+home..if yes you are still rooted...you need to find your stock firmware and flash it via odin
check if it was a stock firmware your father flashed orcustom ROM o.follow this guide to do it again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
zoot1 said:
One basic question..are you still able to go into recovery..vol up+power+home..if yes you are still rooted...you need to find your stock firmware and flash it via odin
check if it was a stock firmware your father flashed orcustom ROM o.follow this guide to do it again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
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Hi,
Just tried that and the S3 will not go into recovery via volume up, power and home. Tried several times and it just powers up as normal. He has just tried his banking app and it's telling him the phone is rooted. I'm stumped on what to do.
Cheers, Rich
Sounds like maybe triangle away didnt properly remove the count, was the firmware he downloaded the official one for his phone? Was it previously branded or anything like that?
go supersu and click remove root
Three6ty said:
Hi,
Just tried that and the S3 will not go into recovery via volume up, power and home. Tried several times and it just powers up as normal. He has just tried his banking app and it's telling him the phone is rooted. I'm stumped on what to do.
Cheers, Rich
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Did you try redoing the steps mentioned in the thread??
Also clear data from that app..just a mention
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Hi,
He has superSu on the phone. Presumably it has downloaded from the play store when restoring the phone. However, he tried to uninstall it which just removed the updates. Couldn't go any further. It is now asking for updates which he has done. But when he tries to launch Super SU it says no apps configured and won't go any further. I think the fact that super su is on the phone, the apps are thinking it is rooted. I am doing this all over the phone so can't see what's happening.
I'm wondering if the way to go now would be another factory reset and when restoring everything, try not to let play store instal super su. Would this be the way to go, or can we get super su off the phone without a reset?
Cheers, Rich
Try uninstalling super su with titanium backup. Then factory reset. Are you sure you have flashed a stock ROM and not a rooted one. This doesnt sound right.
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Why not try reflashing again with original firmware via odin.
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zoot1 said:
One basic question..are you still able to go into recovery..vol up+power+home..if yes you are still rooted...
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Didn't know there was something like that. Now I am on stock and un-rooted. I can still go into the recovery by pressing vol up+power+home keys.
Hi,
Trying to do these things with him over the phone ain't easy. I may just go and get the phone and do it myself.
He does have supersu on the phone and it is working, well it's installed anyway but obviously does not do the root things as the phone is un-rooted. There is an option in supersu settings to remove root but will this work as the phone is not rooted? Question is how on earth do I remove supersu. Do i need to re-root and remove it that way?
Cheers, Rich
yldlj said:
Try uninstalling super su with titanium backup. Then factory reset. Are you sure you have flashed a stock ROM and not a rooted one. This doesnt sound right.
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Can't uninstall via Titanium backup as he is no longer rooted unless he roots the phone again. It is a stock rom. It was downloaded via the official rom thread on here.
http://www.unlimitedtips.com/2012/06/how-to-unroot-samsung-galaxy-s-3.html
This works very well for me
Regarding dragonzkiller's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912280 on [ROM][ALPHA][JB]CyanogenMod 10 Alpha 3 for the Droid X2. I've rooted two devices, the OG Droid and my X2 so I'm not unfamiliar with the process but some of the items I need to get CM 10 on my X2 I'm not sure where to find. In the article it's said I need the following:
-Install the BSR (patched if on an AOSP based ROM, unpatched if on BLUR)
-Reboot into the BSR
-NANDROID
Where can I find BSR and NANDROID? I have Rom Manager and Titanium Backup Pro on my X2 currently. Rom Manager never reboots into recovery for me for some reason and TB Pro does but I don't see an option to select NANDROID.
Any help would be really appreciated! I'm tried of running 2.3.5 all this time.
Dont use ROM manager for that kind of stuff. Best not to use it at all with the Droid X2 actually. The BSR IS the recovery for the X2. It can be found in the CM7 thread. And a nandroid is just a backup of your ROM that you make yourself within the recovery. Its not a file provided. Its a good idea to backup your ROM before installing stuff. That way you can restore it if things go wrong.
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Dont use ROM manager for that kind of stuff. Best not to use it at all with the Droid X2 actually. The BSR IS the recovery for the X2. It can be found in the CM7 thread. And a nandroid is just a backup of your ROM that you make yourself within the recovery. Its not a file provided. Its a good idea to backup your ROM before installing stuff. That way you can restore it if things go wrong.
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Thank you for the reply jsgraphicart.
Good to know on Rom Manager, never has worked right.
I'll go look in the CM7 thread for the BSR, now that you say what it is I might actually have that somewhere after reading when it initially became available.
So if TB Pro can get me into recovery what else do so I can do a nandroid backup? I don't see an option to do that?
poguec said:
Thank you for the reply jsgraphicart.
Good to know on Rom Manager, never has worked right.
I'll go look in the CM7 thread for the BSR, now that you say what it is I might actually have that somewhere after reading when it initially became available.
So if TB Pro can get me into recovery what else do so I can do a nandroid backup? I don't see an option to do that?
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You are probably booting into the stock recovery, which doesnt have that option. You need to install the custom recovery (BSR) to do that.
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You are probably booting into the stock recovery, which doesnt have that option. You need to install the custom recovery (BSR) to do that.
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And I get the BSR from the CM 7 thread correct? Once I have that file how do I get that installed and does it wipe my phone before I get a chance to save it as is?
Thank you for your patience and help by the way!
poguec said:
And I get the BSR from the CM 7 thread correct? Once I have that file how do I get that installed and does it wipe my phone before I get a chance to save it as is?
Thank you for your patience and help by the way!
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Yes, get it from the CM7 thread. Just install it like you would install an app from your SD card. Its the same thing. Use a file browser app and navigate to the apk file then tap it. It will walk you through the rest. Once you have it installed you will have the app in your app drawer called system recovery or something like that. Open it and follow the directions to get into BSR. You have to have your phone plugged into an outlet though. Even though it says plug your phone into nothing. If your are on CM10, you need a file called hijack.zip and will have to place that in a certain location before using BSR. Check out the CM10 thread. The last few posts were talking about that. And the file was posted on the last page. I hope I'm not forgetting anything.
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Yes, get it from the CM7 thread. Just install it like you would install an app from your SD card. Its the same thing. Use a file browser app and navigate to the apk file then tap it. It will walk you through the rest. Once you have it installed you will have the app in your app drawer called system recovery or something like that. Open it and follow the directions to get into BSR. You have to have your phone plugged into an outlet though. Even though it says plug your phone into nothing. If your are on CM10, you need a file called hijack.zip and will have to place that in a certain location before using BSR. Check out the CM10 thread. The last few posts were talking about that. And the file was posted on the last page. I hope I'm not forgetting anything.
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This is great information, thank you!
poguec said:
This is great information, thank you!
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I'm sorry to ask more questions but I'm finally ready to update and I'm getting an error. First thing I'm wondering is this is one of those things where I have to be on 2.3.4? I'm on 2.3.5.
The error is:
assert failed: run_program("/tmp/check_kernel") == 0
E:Error in /sdcard/cm10.zip
(Status 7)
Are you running CM on your X2? Why is there so little available for the X2?
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I'm sorry to ask more questions but I'm finally ready to update and I'm getting an error. First thing I'm wondering is this is one of those things where I have to be on 2.3.4? I'm on 2.3.5.
The error is:
assert failed: run_program("/tmp/check_kernel") == 0
E:Error in /sdcard/cm10.zip
(Status 7)
Are you running CM on your X2? Why is there so little available for the X2?
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yes it needs to be 2.3.4 , not 2.3.5 you will have to SBF
Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
yes it needs to be 2.3.4 , not 2.3.5 you will have to SBF
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I had a feeling you'd say that. Well, know what I need to do now.
Thanks again for all the assistance on this! I should be on my way now.
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I had a feeling you'd say that. Well, know what I need to do now.Thanks again for all the assistance on this!I should be on my way now.
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Well I'm here again asking/begging for assistance. I've been trying all afternoon to get back to 2.3.4 without no luck. Each time I use the CW7 recovery to apply the older ROM it just sits on installing. I'm at a loss, I've even factory reset the thing.
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Well I'm here again asking/begging for assistance. I've been trying all afternoon to get back to 2.3.4 without no luck. Each time I use the CW7 recovery to apply the older ROM it just sits on installing.I'm at a loss, I've even factory reset the thing.
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Got to 2.3.4 finally but trying CM10 or the new AOKP build 6 I keep getting messages about signature verification failed. I feel like I'm so close! If I could just get past this latest error.
you flash SBFs with rsd lite
or use ezSBF
if on stock 2.3.4, install bsr/system recovery not cm7 bsr
once rom is installed use cm7 bsr
watch tomsgt's videos
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I should have wrote back last night but it got late, I think I ended up at the same result as you posted. That's again, I think I finally got a handle on this.
Hey there me again. It's there an equivalent of the CM7 bsr for CM10?
use cm7 bsr
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I tried that, never seems to boot into it. I get it installed and says it was successful but when I hit boot into recovery it just goes to the Motorola screen and freezes.
normally even using reg bar on stock
I connect charger after phone has shut down
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Wish I could say I wasn't plugging in as well but I am. So basically it should be working for me but it's not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37433321&postcount=1519
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