Hi Everybody,
I know there's a lot of "failed to boot 2" around, but it seems like most people can still start their phones, but just can't get into cwm. I can't boot at all, always get failed to boot 2, starting rsd.
My phone was 4.1.52.mb860.att.en.us, running 2.2 Froyo, and I'm not sure about its hacking history (bought in HK, pre-rooted). I did successfully use rsd lite to flash a new radio when i first got the phone, but nothing else until today. I tried to install cwm through rom manager, but my phone must be locked, and now I can't boot at all.
I tried flashing the unlocker only pudding (ATT ONLY - Unlocker for 1.8.3 and 4.5.91 ATT firmwares). It completed fairly quickly (the guide said it would take a while), and rebooted me right back to "failed to boot 2". I'm worried about flashing a full sbf or doing anything else for fear of hard bricking. Any advice on what to do next? Flash the sbf, try the automated unlocker, etc?
Thanks a ton
Try the moto-Fastboot unlock command then flash an sbf with pudding preinstalled.
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just follow this guide. start from 13 if you've already flashed unlocker.
http://briefmobile.com/how-to-unlock-the-atrix-4g-bootloader
once thats done you can get cwm installed, and back up your phone before installing any custom roms/firmware.
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Alright, I tried again following the briefmobile guide and it's all fixed. I guess I just needed that extra boost of confidence. Thanks again!
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Okay guys, i flashed the 2.3.4 ota as soon as it came out (before all this trouble with it of course) and now i am stuck because i was under the impression that the new bootloader would be unlocked so i had never even though about eating any pudding before the fact. Now i come to my trouble, im running a totally stock 2.3.4 att and i cant seem to find a way out.
Question #1- If i have a locked bootloader can i fruitcake back?
Question #2- Is there a possible way to unlock the new bootloader?
Question #3- How in heck do i get root, im on windows 7 and i recently tried the two bat files that one of the devs released and they were a no go, it didnt seem to flash the preinstall when i tried to look for it, it wasnt there. I have been quietly trying to fix this on my own for days now i am asking for a little help. Im stumped.
I got root using the /preinstall method with those 2 .bat files posted yesterday.
From page 30-35 is the guidance I followed from mramirezusa.
Other than that we are in the same boat.. I read puddings will flash relatively safely.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159950&page=30
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Okay guys, i flashed the 2.3.4 ota as soon as it came out (before all this trouble with it of course) and now i am stuck because i was under the impression that the new bootloader would be unlocked so i had never even though about eating any pudding before the fact. Now i come to my trouble, im running a totally stock 2.3.4 att and i cant seem to find a way out.
Question #1- If i have a locked bootloader can i fruitcake back?
Question #2- Is there a possible way to unlock the new bootloader?
Question #3- How in heck do i get root, im on windows 7 and i recently tried the two bat files that one of the devs released and they were a no go, it didnt seem to flash the preinstall when i tried to look for it, it wasnt there. I have been quietly trying to fix this on my own for days now i am asking for a little help. Im stumped.
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Question #2- Is there a possible way to unlock the new bootloader? yes use pudding
cthomas5714 said:
Okay guys, i flashed the 2.3.4 ota as soon as it came out (before all this trouble with it of course) and now i am stuck because i was under the impression that the new bootloader would be unlocked so i had never even though about eating any pudding before the fact. Now i come to my trouble, im running a totally stock 2.3.4 att and i cant seem to find a way out.
Question #1- If i have a locked bootloader can i fruitcake back?
Question #2- Is there a possible way to unlock the new bootloader?
Question #3- How in heck do i get root, im on windows 7 and i recently tried the two bat files that one of the devs released and they were a no go, it didnt seem to flash the preinstall when i tried to look for it, it wasnt there. I have been quietly trying to fix this on my own for days now i am asking for a little help. Im stumped.
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hey man first things first. dont panic, you are not stuck. this is temporary at best, in the mean while theres plenty of stuff you can do, sbf is not safe to begin with. so actually be gladd you only got to use RSD one time
first things first, get yourselfed unlocked, pudding will do the trick. once after pudding, you never have to touch RSD
Once you are done with pudding go ahead and get tenfars unlocked cwm
once you are done with that you are free to flash pretty much all the roms, as usually custom roms, or fruit cakes dont have bl, only the rest
enjoy
Okay guys, thanks for your help. but let me get this clear, i do not have a unlocked bootloader, im a pudding virgin. I can simply rsd the 1.83 with pudding and thats it? No worries no nothing?
cthomas5714 said:
Okay guys, thanks for your help. but let me get this clear, i do not have a unlocked bootloader, im a pudding virgin. I can simply rsd the 1.83 with pudding and thats it? No worries no nothing?
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Yes but you still can't use any other sbf. I'd use the raw pudding sbf, unlock, then use CWM from here on out. No more rsd
Sorry about that. There is just the unlock and then the unlock packaged with 1.8.3. The one that has has been causing bricks from my understanding is the packaged one. Be sure you flash just the unlock.
Anyone know what exactly will be erased from /data after flashing the unlock? Also I don't want to restore backed up files that will conflict with new ones. Any guidance on this is appreciated.
snudmusk said:
Sorry about that. There is just the unlock and then the unlock packaged with 1.8.3. The one that has has been causing bricks from my understanding is the packaged one. Be sure you flash just the unlock.
Anyone know what exactly will be erased from /data after flashing the unlock? Also I don't want to restore backed up files that will conflict with new ones. Any guidance on this is appreciated.
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All user data is wiped when unlocking. The 1.8.3 sbf with pudding is safe to flash but i recommend just using pudding and then CWM and ditch rsd.
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All user data is wiped when unlocking. The 1.8.3 sbf with pudding is safe to flash but i recommend just using pudding and then CWM and ditch rsd.
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Agree, just use the pudding only sbf. to unlock , then preinstall to get root.
Make sure to have 50 or so battery so you don't run into the trouble I had with battery being to low to fastboot. Also once you flash pudding you wont be able to boot the phone, don't panic just follow steps to fastboot oem unlock and phone will boot fine afterwards.
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woahh no bad idea, im scared. I did exactly as you all said and it acts like its hard bricked, SVF:105 error but then it says no OS detected and i have 14 options
1RSD
2Fastboot
3Nvflash
4-9BP something
9Android recovery
10Boot android (no bp)
11Device UID
12Console
13early usb enumeration
14BP tools
WHAT DO I DO?
cthomas5714 said:
woahh no bad idea, im scared. I did exactly as you all said and it acts like its hard bricked, SVF:105 error but then it says no OS detected and i have 14 options
1RSD
2Fastboot
3Nvflash
4-9BP something
9Android recovery
10Boot android (no bp)
11Device UID
12Console
13early usb enumeration
14BP tools
WHAT DO I DO?
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Which did you flash? Pudding or 1.8.3 with pudding?
Try connecting your phone to pc select fastboot and finish the pudding instructions (fastboot oem unlock)
It might boot then.
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Here is what I did.
1. If you were to update to the OTA 4.5.91. Or already on the OTA 4.5.91 you can still unlock your bootloader.
2. Flash pudding only SBF so you can unlock the bootloader. http://diamantephoto.com/fastboot.rar direct link. Flash this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1136261 Original Post about pudding.
It will go to a text only 14 option screen and say something like boot failed 0x1000. Don't freak out and tell me you bricked you phone blah blah blah. You still have to unlock the bootloader by choosing fastboot from your phone and connecting it to the computer via usb. Make sure you have ADB with fastboot tools installed on you computer.
Open command prompt from you computer and type fastboot oem unlock. It'll display warning about voiding warranty and a unique device id. Type again fastboot oem unlock ############. The # are the unique device numbers. Don't type # it wont work. The instructions are posted on the pudding thread if you would like to read more about it.
Then type fastboot reboot to reboot. Unlock should be displayed on top left of screen and it'll take 5 long mins to boot up.
3.Then you need to install CWM and root.
You'll find instructions in the developers form. But if your lazy here is the CWM link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1138541 follow the instructions or every time you reboot you will loose CWM. For root there are two available for gingerbread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1140110 I used this one and got root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1138204 I hear this works too.. Haven't tested read the post if you want to use this method.
As always don't blame me for bricking if you happen to do so. DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. these are the steps I took to unlock and everything works great. Absolutely no problems with my phone after wards.
One thing unlocking your bootloader will format/erase data. Basically a factory data reset so make sure you backup everything with titanium or you favorite app. I would not restore system apps as i've had a few problems with email and motoblur force closes.
Is there a way to root without unlocking the bootloader?
five3zero said:
Is there a way to root without unlocking the bootloader?
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Yes.
Follow the instructions listed on here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15023030
The 3rd post has the instructions I followed.
If you have problems be sure to read through the thread as someone else has most likely already had the same issue.
This worked for me.
cthomas5714 said:
woahh no bad idea, im scared. I did exactly as you all said and it acts like its hard bricked, SVF:105 error but then it says no OS detected and i have 14 options
1RSD
2Fastboot
3Nvflash
4-9BP something
9Android recovery
10Boot android (no bp)
11Device UID
12Console
13early usb enumeration
14BP tools
WHAT DO I DO?
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Just do: fastboot oem unlock (or whatever tthe code is)
Them: fastboot reboot
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Hi All,
I have an ATT Atrix and I flashed the 2.3.4 beta from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1159385 and forgot to unlock the bootloader. I already have the 1.8.3 radio. Right now the phone froze on Dual Core Screen. I guess this has something to do with not unlocking the bootloader. The phone can still boot to fastboot, the original Android recovery and RSD. But, It won't flash all roms I downloaded saying the signature validation is incorrect. And I tried to flashed the unlock sbf and try to unlock the bootloader. And the RSD lite kept saying unable to retrieve interface and thereby failed.
What do I need to do on this case?
Thanks for you help!!! Sincerely!!!!!!
There is a way around it it isn't easy.
There is a post back in dev section. DO NOT FLASH ANY RSD FILE TO YOUR PHONE AT ALL YOU WILL HARD BRICK IT.
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So Guess who got an Atrix today? me! Guess who also probably bricked their atrix today? me!
So here is what happened:
1: I have an unlocked, rooted Atrix 4G from AT&T running 2.2 1.5.7 I believe.
2: I wanted to flash some roms, so I so I attempted to flash tenfar's CWM, but that didn't work, it said install succeeded but I could not get into CWM ( I tried everything, believe me, I'm no noob)
3: I then attempted to flash CWM from Rom Manager and so I did and I flashed the Atrix version, I then hit boot into recovery from within Rom Manager.
4: What I got next is a screen that says "failed to boot 2, starting RSD mode", now I cannot get passed that screen when it powers up.
5: Worst of all, using MSU (moto sw update), it says device is connected but not what kind, meaning I can't restore it, probably because I had adb mode turned on previosly.
update: after attempting to flash a new SBF, the phone told me it failed because the phone did not re-enumerate. Now I have the same problem, but with a new error message on the boot screen: Battery to low to flash!
I have searched everywhere, now I need to resort to you, xda community, Thanks So Much!!!
If you can get into RSD , check to see if fastboot is an option. If you can get into that I would advise to start over by erasing recovery. Command is fastboot erase recovery, then flash romracers recovery thru fastboot. Once you have recovery reboot into it and flash any ROM like Alien, Aura whatever you like.
Alien Atrix
See the thing is, fastboot is not an option , it immediately goes to RSD mode. I may have found a fix, and I am now flashing a new SFB with rsdlite
That's another option, noticed you were on 1.5.7 so I would advise 1.8.3 fruitcake sbf. Make sure you battery is fully charged, if your battery gives out during sbf flash you will hard brick your phone.
Alien Atrix
while I was flashing the sfb, the device failed to reenumerate and now it gives me a low battery warning, with no way to charge it, regardless, I have a friend who will let me borrow his battery tommorrow then Ill try to flash again, really I should use the 1.8.3? I just tried to flash the 1.2.6, so Your saying its ok to go forward with a SFB flash? I come from a world of Samsung's so these are all new to me besides the time I had a backflip for a week (ugh).
Are you sure your unlocked the bootloader? If you successfully unlocked you would have unlocked on top right corner of boot screen and have fastboot also.
Alien Atrix
I'm not sure if I have there is nothing that says "unlocked" at the top of the screen, and I could previously access the recovery and fastboot before this. I did not get this phone new, it came from the AT&T dev center or something like that. My dad works there.
You need to charge the battery. I stripped an old USB cable down and used the red with the positive side of the battery and black with the negative using tape to hold them in place then inserted the battery in the phone and plugged the USB in the computer. This allowed me to flash a ROM and unlock bootloader. Etc.
Warning this could harm you're phone. If you cross the wrong wires or touch more then just negative or positive areas of the phone and or battery. Although I didn't have any trouble with it you might.
If in doubt do it the right way buy a battery charger for your battery, use someone's battery or phone to charge yours.
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Ok Im at my computer, If you are unsure of unlocked bootloader I now recommend you RSD either 1.8.3 with unlocker & preinstall or the newest is 2.3.4 with unlocker & preinstall read this thread about 3 times first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
Unlock using fastboot, after you get phone to boot for first time, ADB commands for preinstall root, after root use Root Explorer app then delete "install-recovery.sh" @ /system/etc.
Now you are ready to install the newest recovery by Romracer 3.2, Tenfars is outdated and no support from the developer. Read this thread 2 times http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500 I recomend flashing this recovery thru fastboot per Romracer.
Now you are ready to flash your choice of ROM, follow proper procedure to flash new ROMs thru Recovery.
Also check out the unlocked sim codes thread in general, unlock sim.
If I helped click the thanks button
what Im confused on is what exactly i should flash if I am stuck in a kind of RSD mode bootloop/soft brick?
On your first post you said you were on 1.5.7 correct?
Atrix first released with 1.2.6 then updated to 1.5.7 then updated again to 1.8.3
Bootloader was unlocked with the 1.8.3 update
I updated to 1.2.6>1.5.7>1.8.3 then followed this tutorial http://briefmobile.com/how-to-unlock-the-atrix-4g-bootloader[/UR
ok thanks very much! Ill get back to you later once I get a fresh battery.
Ok so I'm about to flash the Pudding .sbf, am I doing this right?
iCracked said:
Ok so I'm about to flash the Pudding .sbf, am I doing this right?
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yes, that's what you should have done in the first place. you can't do anything with "ROM" in its name without unlocking your bootloader which is why you're in this predicament. unlocked phone (maybe you mean SIM unlocked, free to use on any carrier) is not the same as an unlocked bootloader.
The title of this thread is epic. I lol'd.
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defnow said:
The title of this thread is epic. I lol'd.
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Definitely laughed myself. I knew it was a 'i bricked my pants'.
I voided my warranty.
pukemon said:
Definitely laughed myself. I knew it was a 'i bricked my pants'.
I voided my warranty.
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haha thanks guys, yes I am SIM unlocked and everything just said unlocked so maybe I thought the reason they where specific to carrier locking was the radios? haha but I was wrong
I have an ota updated atrix 4g running 4.5.91 (2.3.4) and I've tried the ever popular pudding / everyone else 4547-fix-try2.sbf and the 1.4gig monster sbf from pudding
I put my phone into RSD mode, Fire up RSD lite, plug my phone in, flash the sbf
Failed to boot
fastboot error 0x1000
And then i flash back to the default OS.
Wash Rinse Repeat.
Every time, Every SBF guide, without fail.
I can't unlock, I can't root, I can't back up, I can't do anything but use the stock rom from the roms mega thread with a nice tada I wasted another 30-40 minutes of my life.
ertDeath said:
I have an ota updated atrix 4g running 4.5.91 (2.3.4) and I've tried the ever popular pudding / everyone else 4547-fix-try2.sbf and the 1.4gig monster sbf from pudding
I put my phone into RSD mode, Fire up RSD lite, plug my phone in, flash the sbf
Failed to boot
fastboot error 0x1000
And then i flash back to the default OS.
Wash Rinse Repeat.
Every time, Every SBF guide, without fail.
I can't unlock, I can't root, I can't back up, I can't do anything but use the stock rom from the roms mega thread with a nice tada I wasted another 30-40 minutes of my life.
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Need to enter fastboot command "fastboot oem unlock" after flashing the pudding unlock sbf file. This requires fastboot files on pc.
So long story shot, flash unlock .sbf file from pudding OP (only like 10 mb) w/ RSD Lite. Then upon reboot enter fastboot & issue unlock command, reboot. If you get bootloop or softbrick after unlocking try flashing a fruitcake. Also, need to install RomRacers CWM recovery. For detailed instructions see the pudding thread OP or the unlock bootloader instructions on briefmobile's website (link in my N00B guide).
*Edit*
Oh yeah, there's a automatic process that you can use to unlock now... its in the general section... link also in my N00B Guide.
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Worked like a charm
I just bought an Atrix 4g, and decided to unlock the bootloader and to root it.
Unfortunately I didnt follow the guide so well
I flashed the SBF file. But I didnt finish with fastboot. I then went to root it.
I then installed Rom Manager, and installed CWM.
It then reboots. Starts up with a "Failed to boot 2" Then with a Starting up RSD.
It is stuck at this point, and I am unsure of what to do at this point. I tried reflashing the SBF but it results in the same "Failed to boot"
Im no stranger to hacking android, but I have never unlocked a bootloader before to root and install a recovery. Any help will be appreciate, and hopefully my Atrix can work again
Ps, i looked i tried searching other threads and all they say to reflash an sbf file. I cant find the right sbf file, or am scared that i might brick by using the wrong sbf file, so i need some advice on this