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I'm thinking about SBFing my rooted x2 back to 2.3.3 from 2.3.4 because of the terrible battery indicator, and was just wondering if I would be able to update straight to 2.3.5 (or possibly ICS) when the update comes. I don't know why this wouldn't be possible, but I just wanted to make sure before I actually SBFed the phone.
I also was wondering if my phone would still be rooted after the SBF because of the maintain-root-through-any-update mod. Any thoughts?
On a different note, if I had the x2 bootstrap, the maintain-root-through-any-update mod, and MyBackup Root, could I just backup all my apps and the system (using MyBackup Root and the bootstrap, respectively), SBF, then restore the phone by downloading the bootstrap and MyBackup Root and restoring my apps/system? Would this get my back to where I was before, or would I have to manually download each one of my apps and lose all previous data that I had on them? I'm just wondering what's the easiest way to restore my phone back to the layout that I had before I SBFed.
Thanks for your answers to any of these 3 questions!!! I definitely appreciate it.
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I'm thinking about SBFing my rooted x2 back to 2.3.3 from 2.3.4 because of the terrible battery indicator, and was just wondering if I would be able to update straight to 2.3.5 (or possibly ICS) when the update comes. I don't know why this wouldn't be possible, but I just wanted to make sure before I actually SBFed the phone.
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Perhaps someone elses experience proves different however, I kept 2.2.2 on my DX2 for quite some time because of similar reasons. When I decided to take the plunge from 2.2.2 and upgraded to 2.3.4 OTA, my phone needed to first upgrade to 2.3.3 before it would upgrade to 2.3.4. Thus, I had to perform two separate OTA updates.
If you're going to SBF you can SBF directly from your current version to the desired version.
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I also was wondering if my phone would still be rooted after the SBF because of the maintain-root-through-any-update mod. Any thoughts?
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To be honest, I'm not sure. I personally prefer to SBF to a clean DX2, wiping all settings and cache. To me I treat it like formatting my computer with a clean install of it's OS.
Perhaps someone else will have more insight with the maintain root through updates mod.
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On a different note, if I had the x2 bootstrap, the maintain-root-through-any-update mod, and MyBackup Root, could I just backup all my apps and the system (using MyBackup Root and the bootstrap, respectively), SBF, then restore the phone by downloading the bootstrap and MyBackup Root and restoring my apps/system? Would this get my back to where I was before, or would I have to manually download each one of my apps and lose all previous data that I had on them? I'm just wondering what's the easiest way to restore my phone back to the layout that I had before I SBFed.
Thanks for your answers to any of these 3 questions!!! I definitely appreciate it.
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What I typically do is using the X2 Bootstrap, I make a Nandroid backup and restore directly from that. Performing an SBF is only going to be necessary if the backup was on a different kernel, otherwise if you may run into boot looping.
What exactly happened and what are you trying to do? Are you trying to restore your phone to an earlier point via SBF? As in you enjoyed the phone on 2.3.3, made a backup and now you're unhappy on 2.3.4 and wish to go back?
It sounds like if you were to SBF back to your desired version (the version you made the backups on) you would then be able to apply your backups and should be back to your desired phone state.
I'm slightly confused to the details due to the way it's worded. I know it's somewhat difficult to describe but that's the basic idea I'm getting. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong or fill in the blanks.
Is 2.3.5 much better?
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Okay so what I did was SBF back to 2.3.3 (I did this two nights ago) and before I did that, I:
1. Renamed the bloatware back to .apk (I had the suffix's ".bak" as an alternate "freezing" method).
2. Used MyBackup Root to make a backup of all my apps+their data.
3. Made a backup of the phone using the bootstrap.
4. SBFed
5. Rooted
6. Downloaded MyBackup Root
7. Restored all my apps and data and it worked!!!
8. Celebrated! I had no faith in it working but all my apps are back! I was so impressed, I was expecting to have to redo all my games and everything. MyBackup Root is such a sweet app, or I'm just a loser.
I hoped this helped other people, I had no idea what was gonna happen, no one's ever told me how to specifically get my phone back to the layout that I wanted.
and related to reaktor's post, what I was doing was SBFing back to my desired state of 2.3.3, just because I hate the battery glitch on 2.3.4. It had nothing to do with any apps I had, sorry for the confusion.
Your last reply was a little off but that was my fault, I'm sorry for my wording haha. I just have never known how to NOT have to redownload all my apps and start over on my games' data once I restore/SBF a phone. Now I know.
BTW my phone didn't maintain its root, just for reference for others. I had to reroot.
Well... You might want to do that again. There's now a battery fix for 2.3.4 and 2.3.5 in the dev forum.
Pepperm1nt's battery fix thread @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350336
It works great
Greatttttt haha all that fer nuthin. I may update again, or I just might wait til I get bored with the phone again to install this. Thanks a bunch for the link though!
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The battery fix works great. Just flash it over stock or any custom rom. It works perfect!
I'm relatively new to the rooting community, but I think I'm doing pretty good. I have my DX2 running Eclipse 2.0.1 and am about to install Speedy v7. I am supposed to flash the .zip using BSR, which is no problem. My question is, what all does flashing involve? Should I automatically know to wipe cache when flashing? Just curious
Another questions while I'm here. I'm running Eclipse 2.0.1, let's say I wanted to try out another rom (such as Liberty), do I just flash (like above) the new rom? Or do I have to do something special for flashing roms as opposed to mod scripts (such as speedy v7)? And if I nandroid Eclipse before flashing a new rom, can I easily restore my nandroid?
Big big big thanks!
"Flashing" is just a term that means to overwrite something to make changes. Thats as much as I can tell you about that. lol
If you are wanting to flash other ROMs over your eclipse rom, you need to be on the same kernel. Since you are using Eclipse 2.0.1, I think its safe to say you are running Android 2.3.5. If you have another ROM that is built off of Android 2.3.5 then you should be safe to wipe cache, dalvik cache and flash right over it. Some might require you to do a factory reset but its not always necessary. But if you want to use a ROM based off of 2.3.4, like I think Liberty is (I'm not sure if its been updated), then you have to first be on stock 2.3.4. Which means going through the process of downgrading your OS first.
And about wiping cache and all, I would say just do it before flashing anything. It doesnt hurt and doesnt take long. Before you use any scripts though, make sure it has been updated for 2.3.5 ROMs. Otherwise you will get a bootloop and be stuck.
I hope that sheds some light on your question and didnt confuse you more. lol
No that definitely clears some things up for me, thanks
As far as downgrading the OS. Does that require the RSD/SBF process? If so, I'm familiar with that.
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No that definitely clears some things up for me, thanks
As far as downgrading the OS. Does that require the RSD/SBF process? If so, I'm familiar with that.
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Yes. Thats all you need. Just use the right SBF file. Ive been told you can SBF to a lower Android OS but I havent done it yet.
jsgraphicart said:
Yes. Thats all you need. Just use the right SBF file. Ive been told you can SBF to a lower Android OS but I havent done it yet.
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You can SBF to the original 2.2 froyo the X2 had and either stay there or ride the two OTA updates back to 2.3.4
Thanks to both of you. I feel pretty confident now. Hopefully this topic will help someone else along the way with the same questions
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Thanks to both of you. I feel pretty confident now. Hopefully this topic will help someone else along the way with the same questions
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No problem. Hey since its solved put (Solved) in the OP subject line in front of the orginial subject so people will know
Good call. Done
jsgraphicart said:
"Flashing" is just a term that means to overwrite something to make changes. Thats as much as I can tell you about that. lol
If you are wanting to flash other ROMs over your eclipse rom, you need to be on the same kernel. Since you are using Eclipse 2.0.1, I think its safe to say you are running Android 2.3.5. If you have another ROM that is built off of Android 2.3.5 then you should be safe to wipe cache, dalvik cache and flash right over it. Some might require you to do a factory reset but its not always necessary. But if you want to use a ROM based off of 2.3.4, like I think Liberty is (I'm not sure if its been updated), then you have to first be on stock 2.3.4. Which means going through the process of downgrading your OS first.
And about wiping cache and all, I would say just do it before flashing anything. It doesnt hurt and doesnt take long. Before you use any scripts though, make sure it has been updated for 2.3.5 ROMs. Otherwise you will get a bootloop and be stuck.
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I hope that sheds some light on your question and didnt confuse you more. lol
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In reference to your comment about bootloop.
If u make a nandroid before flashing something (and u don't wipe data before rebooting) and you get stuck in boutloop,
Just pull battery and plug in.
BSR will come up an you can restore your nandroid and will be up and running again no problem.
Please I need answers to this issue, not people blaming me for being such a noob. I reprogrammed a Verizon Droid Razr for my colleague here in Nigeria, we both work for a CDMA network. The phone was fine, voice, text and data working until yesterday he told me the phone lost network. I asked him what happened before then and he told me he did an update (the ICS update), so everything went back to Verizon defaults and I needed to reprogram again. I got to reprogram it today but there was no data so I figured I would go back to GB 6.12.181 which the phone was on before the update. I chose DroidRAZR Utility 1.6 which I have on my laptop to do the job. After this my woes began. The phone now stops at the Motorola logo and after that goes blank. I tried again but it was the same response, and I discovered that the recovery changed too, and where I should hit both volume buttons to get the option to wipe all I see is automatic update inside recovery. I tried to remove the sdcard, but I guess the update file he received is in the internal storage. How can I get the phone working again, whether on ICS or GB, whichever would work. Or do we have a total brick? Please I need urgent answers. Thank you all.
Pls people, Help Me!
After Upgrading to ICS you CANNOT downgrade back to 2.3 again, part of ICS does NOT allow downgrading, if its CDMA and you can get to bootstrap you could flash the ROM again, use the sdcard in another device to copy the rom, but it MUST be ICS you CANNOT install GB anymore
lashton said:
After Upgrading to ICS you CANNOT downgrade back to 2.3 again, part of ICS does NOT allow downgrading, if its CDMA and you can get to bootstrap you could flash the ROM again, use the sdcard in another device to copy the rom, but it MUST be ICS you CANNOT install GB anymore
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Thanks for your reply lashton. Please can you point me to a guide on how I can restore the phone to ICS. It is stuck on Invalid Flash Mode now and the battery is low, but I want to make a factory cable to use tomorrow and see if I can get the phone working again. I just need to know this is possible to restore to ICS.
Thanks.
What you have is soft brick. And yes you will be able to go back to ics but now gingerbread. Look online there are plenty of people that have soft bricked their phones thinking they could just go back to GB. Lol including me. Happy digging! =)
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Chuckleb0ne said:
What you have is soft brick. And yes you will be able to go back to ics but now gingerbread. Look online there are plenty of people that have soft bricked their phones thinking they could just go back to GB. Lol including me. Happy digging! =)
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Please dear sir Chuckleb0ne, kindly guide me on how to do this since you have experienced it before. I have only till tomorrow to get this working as the phone has my friend's official company line on it, he must be able to use it for calls tomorrow. Down on my knees, tears streaming down my eyes... pleading for help...
OK. I managed to construct a factory cable and it supplied power to the phone, so far so good. I tried to use Droid Utility 1.7 to unbrick (option 2) but it didn't work, I mean the fastboot flash went through but I still cannot go further than the Invalid Flash Mode screen, no matter what. I can't even go into recovery. That's a major issue, I think. If I could get into recovery I could sideload the ICS zip I copied on the sdcard with the Utility tool. I next tried option 1, which is Prepare for sideloading ICS on any GB. It didn't work either. Please people, what next before I go crazy. We do not have Verizon here so their support is out of the question, or even returning the phone. I must fix this, with your help, because I have run out of ideas here. Help needed!
Try to boot through BP Tools. The phone must be unplugged. If you can reboot that way then just rewrite the boot .img, I want to say its option 9? Kinda sounds like what happened with my phone, but after I saw the dead android with the door open I believe I could still get into stock recovery and side load .211.
Guys, I got it back on. I used DroidRazr Utility 1.6, 1.7 and this file - Blur_Version.6.12.181.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip, all three in combination. the blur file on my sdcard, fastboot restore to 181 with Utility 1.6, move into recovery, wipe data and cache, fastboot 211 boot.img from Utility 1.7, back to recovery, flash the blur file on sdcard... ladies and gentlemen, we have a working Droid RAZR on ICS 211. Happy mode activated...
Nice job ezeuba! I'm trying to find a way to get my RAZR back to GB because I HATE ICS. I've been using it for 2 days and I want to smash my phone. I keep finding people saying that it is not possible, although I have found 1 or 2 references stating that it may be possible but is very risky. I am willing to take any risk at this point as my phone is pretty much useless to me now anyway and it is at very high risk of being utterly destroyed. It amazes me how fast you can go from love to hate with a device. This fiasco reminds me of the day I "upgraded" from Windows XP to Vista. At least Microsoft left me the option to go back...
Question: When you did "fastboot restore to 181 with Utility 1.6", were you back to a working GB 181? Were you forced to move "up" to ICS or was it your choice? Thanks in advance for any information!
See! Once you do a little digging you come up with a solution. And now you probably feel incredible for doing it yourself.
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emsjo said:
Nice job ezeuba! I'm trying to find a way to get my RAZR back to GB because I HATE ICS. I've been using it for 2 days and I want to smash my phone. I keep finding people saying that it is not possible, although I have found 1 or 2 references stating that it may be possible but is very risky. I am willing to take any risk at this point as my phone is pretty much useless to me now anyway and it is at very high risk of being utterly destroyed. It amazes me how fast you can go from love to hate with a device. This fiasco reminds me of the day I "upgraded" from Windows XP to Vista. At least Microsoft left me the option to go back...
Question: When you did "fastboot restore to 181 with Utility 1.6", were you back to a working GB 181? Were you forced to move "up" to ICS or was it your choice? Thanks in advance for any information!
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To answer your question first, no I didn't have a choice to stay on Gb or move up to ICS. I only did fastboot to 181 with Utility 1.6 in order for the phone to even boot up to recovery. Prior to that I only had "Invalid Flash Mode" error, no recovery, nothing. So, after fastbooting 181 I got to recovery, wiped data and cache, went back to Utility, 1.7 this time, and flashed boot.img for 211, then went back into recovery and sideloaded the downloaded 211 update file on my sdcard. After that could I get full boot to ICS on the phone. No need dreaming of reverting back to GB, it's not possible, at least for now with a locked bootloader.
Chuckleb0ne said:
See! Once you do a little digging you come up with a solution. And now you probably feel incredible for doing it yourself.
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You are right. Nothing a bit of research would not solve, if you are really determined to get it to work. It was your assurance that it was certain to work that fired me up. I was afraid the phone was dead and about to be buried.
Thanks.
Thanks ezeuba! Fortunately ICS is starting to grow on me. I was able to load the old Gmail app which was my main issue and find some other workarounds for various other issues.
I upgraded my Razr to the early ICS release months ago. I did lose some features that I had came to love in gingerbread. The guide I used said that at the time it unable to be reverted back, so I just lived with it.
I used my son's Razr that used the OTA upgrade, and it had the other features working correctly, so I was wanting to go to the newest version.
I followed the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735935 and got the "Preflash validation failure" on a couple of lines and an unable to find cdrom error during step 5.
Now it shows the dual core logo, and goes no-where else. I can see that the screen is on if I turn the lights off, but I am not able to get anywhere. I have also read the atrix forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504323 about the errors. This site is becoming so massive that things are getting hard to find. I also followed some other suggestions on other sites, but still nothing.
There are so many people here saying that it was fixed in other ways, but I cannot tell which are considered out of date, and which I should try.
I do not currently care If I go to the newest version, or go to gingerbread and then accept the OTA from Verizon.
Please help.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Liquidd
Just fastboot to .211 then install .215 if you want. Done.
liquidd said:
I upgraded my Razr to the early ICS release months ago. I did lose some features that I had came to love in gingerbread. The guide I used said that at the time it unable to be reverted back, so I just lived with it.
I used my son's Razr that used the OTA upgrade, and it had the other features working correctly, so I was wanting to go to the newest version.
I followed the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735935 and got the "Preflash validation failure" on a couple of lines and an unable to find cdrom error during step 5.
Now it shows the dual core logo, and goes no-where else. I can see that the screen is on if I turn the lights off, but I am not able to get anywhere. I have also read the atrix forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504323 about the errors. This site is becoming so massive that things are getting hard to find. I also followed some other suggestions on other sites, but still nothing.
There are so many people here saying that it was fixed in other ways, but I cannot tell which are considered out of date, and which I should try.
I do not currently care If I go to the newest version, or go to gingerbread and then accept the OTA from Verizon.
Please help.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Liquidd
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im so sorry to see my guide didnt work for you ,
your actually the first one ive had say anything lolz
just use this http://crackflasher.com/dev/mattlgroff/XT912.Verizon.en.US/DroidRAZRUtility/DroidRazrUtility1.8.zip and FastBoot Back to .211 then go where every you need from there
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im so sorry to see my guide didnt work for you ,
your actually the first one ive had say anything lolz
just use this http://crackflasher.com/dev/mattlgroff/XT912.Verizon.en.US/DroidRAZRUtility/DroidRazrUtility1.8.zip and FastBoot Back to .211 then go where every you need from there
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That worked. THANK YOU so very much. I was worried that I might have a brick for a while.
What do you consider the easiest way to flash a rom like one of these? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518519 I do like the verizon stock, I just hate the verizon apps being forced into my rom.
I do not mind reading and following directions if you can provide link I would be thankful, I am just so unsure with so many different people saying different things here and other sites.
I appreciate your help.
Thanks, Liquidd.
Im at work right now but when i get home ill right up a guide for you
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I too like the stock version. What I did and found it works pretty good is use matts utility to root it. I think there's a specific version for .211 and one for. 215. Then get titanium backup and freeze all the bloat ware apps you don't want running. If you do someday want them jut unfreeze them, that easy.
From how I understand it, is freezing them pretty much disables them from starting and ever running, pretty much like they aren't even installed on there. This method has worked great for me and maybe saves battery because your phone never even starts them in the background. Also when there's an OTA I think it checks for certain VZW apps and if they're not installed it won't take the OTA. with TI backup you can just unfreeze them and take the OTA. Hope this helps.
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I don't like to mess with the phone with leaks and custom roms.. So i use tibu to freeze things i don't use.
Remember, the key weird us freeze, nit delete or uninstall.. Or u will have hell of u need to update future ota..
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Root, install safestrap 2.0, open app and install recovery, reboot phone, when greeted by new recovery prompt press menu button, in recovery create a backup, scroll down and toggle safe system (enable safe system aka dual boot from sd card), format system, wipe data and cache, install the rom of your choice and enjoy!
If you ever want to run stock rom again, just toggle safe system again from recovery (disable it)...phone will boot phone rom again.
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Thanks for your help everyone. I appreciate everything.
Questions belong in Q&A
Here's the story.
Rooted Stock RAZR.
Changed Build Prop to Galaxy Nexus and google.
Overwrote system files with the huge GAPPS 4.2 pack, excepting the apps folder. (My biggest mistake)
Backed up my launcher, transferred 4.2 launcher to system/app.
Overwrote some app files, not all.
Downloaded a Safestrap, -I do not believe I properly set this up.
Downloaded Clockworkmod, told it I had setup a recovery, then created a backup of rom.
The phone rebooted. I assumed that meant the backup was successful.
Nothing happened. Like the genius I am, factory reset phone.
Phone successfully loaded, but I got stuck at the welcome screen.
Put myself into bootloader, hit recovery, I think I wiped the cache and then did another factory data reset.
Somehow got back to the main screen. Phone was working properly.
Went and installed some more apps, including velvet chrome gmail gms and others.
Downloaded boot something or other app (cant remember name) redownloaded clockworkmod and safestrap. (Still not set up properly, obviously.)
Rebooted.
Got stuck in boot for hours. Could not get recovery up
Finally got into recovery.
Phone still sitting here, I do not dare touch it.
Yes, I made every possible wrong choice I could have. I did not have any clue what I was doing and tampered with a phone I don't have the money to replace.
The question is, can you help me xda forums. My phone can safely boot I hope as it is now in recovery.
I need to get this safe again. I do have an original copy of.my old.build prop, but not one of the original system files/some apps.
I would also really like to turn my RAZR into a Nexus
Maybe just the homescreen.
Going to my buddies house tonight. He has a computer I can use.
IDKHow2ShaveWithaRAZR:/ said:
Here's the story.
Rooted Stock RAZR.
Changed Build Prop to Galaxy Nexus and google.
Overwrote system files with the huge GAPPS 4.2 pack, excepting the apps folder. (My biggest mistake)
Backed up my launcher, transferred 4.2 launcher to system/app.
Overwrote some app files, not all.
Downloaded a Safestrap, -I do not believe I properly set this up.
Downloaded Clockworkmod, told it I had setup a recovery, then created a backup of rom.
The phone rebooted. I assumed that meant the backup was successful.
Nothing happened. Like the genius I am, factory reset phone.
Phone successfully loaded, but I got stuck at the welcome screen.
Put myself into bootloader, hit recovery, I think I wiped the cache and then did another factory data reset.
Somehow got back to the main screen. Phone was working properly.
Went and installed some more apps, including velvet chrome gmail gms and others.
Downloaded boot something or other app (cant remember name) redownloaded clockworkmod and safestrap. (Still not set up properly, obviously.)
Rebooted.
Got stuck in boot for hours. Could not get recovery up
Finally got into recovery.
Phone still sitting here, I do not dare touch it.
Yes, I made every possible wrong choice I could have. I did not have any clue what I was doing and tampered with a phone I don't have the money to replace.
The question is, can you help me xda forums. My phone can safely boot I hope as it is now in recovery.
I need to get this safe again. I do have an original copy of.my old.build prop, but not one of the original system files/some apps.
I would also really like to turn my RAZR into a Nexus
Maybe just the homescreen.
Going to my buddies house tonight. He has a computer I can use.
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To restore your phone you need to SBF (Check out this guide if you are unfamiliar with how to use SBF forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23453478) back to stock using the SBF 4.04 ICS build 6.7.2-180 which can be found here from http://www.droid-life.com/2012/07/1...azr-ice-cream-sandwich-4-0-4-build-6-7-2-180/. Next take a look at this guide forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840296 particulary the sections on root and recovery. These sections will explain how to root (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710871) the ICS build you installed and how to use recovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720351) and the latest version of ICS safestrap (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391900) for the Droid Razr.
Unfortunately you can't turn your Droid Razr into a Nexus. However if you want to make the homescreen look like a Nexus I would recommend installing Apex Launcher (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...-IHIDw&usg=AFQjCNEjKp_sMjweNbIvuXE_fTXHQj4-Gg) along with the AOSP Jelly Bean icon theme for Apex launcher either this one http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...24CgDA&usg=AFQjCNEt0DOlpK-8ubEx4QCLgcD4g8cj4w or this one http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...24CgDA&usg=AFQjCNHrWglN-UU1hQBxmGgFbEzN76pDhw.
Let me know if you still have questions .
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shimp208 said:
To restore your phone you need to SBF (Check out this guide if you are unfamiliar with how to use SBF forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23453478) back to stock using the SBF 4.04 ICS build 6.7.2-180 which can be found here from http://www.droid-life.com/2012/07/1...azr-ice-cream-sandwich-4-0-4-build-6-7-2-180/. Next take a look at this guide forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840296 particulary the sections on root and recovery. These sections will explain how to root (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710871) the ICS build you installed and how to use recovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720351) and the latest version of ICS safestrap (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391900) for the Droid Razr.
Unfortunately you can't turn your Droid Razr into a Nexus. However if you want to make the homescreen look like a Nexus I would recommend installing Apex Launcher (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...-IHIDw&usg=AFQjCNEjKp_sMjweNbIvuXE_fTXHQj4-Gg) along with the AOSP Jelly Bean icon theme for Apex launcher either this one http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...24CgDA&usg=AFQjCNEt0DOlpK-8ubEx4QCLgcD4g8cj4w or this one http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...24CgDA&usg=AFQjCNHrWglN-UU1hQBxmGgFbEzN76pDhw.
Let me know if you still have questions .
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My only question is if I can accomplish all of this with my phone and a ******* MAC.
Thank you so much. I literally have asked around the web for hours with little to no help of any kind, and have been unable to come across resources on my own. I had completely forgotten about SBFing. That will be my savior. Not only that, but you have provided the links I have so. Needed. I am going to boot up my phone now, leave it on the charger, and go to sleep now...I hope it's there when I wake up.
also, someone recommended I flash Cyanogenmod. I found these two resources on my own:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/htc-rezound-roms/224442-rom-cyanogen-mod-9-cdma.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751826
and this is where I messed everything up from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966302
I'm wondering, are my system files still ok after overwriting? Could the problem only be based on the changes to the build prop or something similar, so that I don't have to destroy my phone further?
shimp208 said:
To restore your phone you need to SBF (Check out this guide if you are unfamiliar with how to use SBF forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23453478) back to stock using the SBF 4.04 ICS build 6.7.2-180 which can be found here from http://www.droid-life.com/2012/07/1...azr-ice-cream-sandwich-4-0-4-build-6-7-2-180/. Next take a look at this guide forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840296 particulary the sections on root and recovery. These sections will explain how to root (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710871) the ICS build you installed and how to use recovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720351) and the latest version of ICS safestrap (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391900) for the Droid Razr.
Unfortunately you can't turn your Droid Razr into a Nexus. However if you want to make the homescreen look like a Nexus I would recommend installing Apex Launcher (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...-IHIDw&usg=AFQjCNEjKp_sMjweNbIvuXE_fTXHQj4-Gg) along with the AOSP Jelly Bean icon theme for Apex launcher either this one http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...24CgDA&usg=AFQjCNEt0DOlpK-8ubEx4QCLgcD4g8cj4w or this one http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...24CgDA&usg=AFQjCNHrWglN-UU1hQBxmGgFbEzN76pDhw.
Let me know if you still have questions .
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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About to read through the articles. My battery is dead. I've looked through advice including hotwiring the charger to the battery but...Razr batterys can't be removed without voiding warranty.
IDKHow2ShaveWithaRAZR:/ said:
My only question is if I can accomplish all of this with my phone and a ******* MAC.
Thank you so much. I literally have asked around the web for hours with little to no help of any kind, and have been unable to come across resources on my own. I had completely forgotten about SBFing. That will be my savior. Not only that, but you have provided the links I have so. Needed. I am going to boot up my phone now, leave it on the charger, and go to sleep now...I hope it's there when I wake up.
also, someone recommended I flash Cyanogenmod. I found these two resources on my own:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/htc-rezound-roms/224442-rom-cyanogen-mod-9-cdma.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751826
and this is where I messed everything up from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966302
I'm wondering, are my system files still ok after overwriting? Could the problem only be based on the changes to the build prop or something similar, so that I don't have to destroy my phone further?
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It is possible that the build.prop edits you made caused your problems, but I would still recommend SBF'ing back to stock so you have a clean slate to start with. Also don't install anything else that could make things worse, until you are back to stock like I suggested. While you can use a MAC to flash SBF's its a lot easier and more reliable to use a computer running Windows.
IDKHow2ShaveWithaRAZR:/ said:
About to read through the articles. My battery is dead. I've looked through advice including hotwiring the charger to the battery but...Razr batterys can't be removed without voiding warranty.
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Did you try plugging your phone into your charger and leaving it plugged in for a little while to let it charge? Also try plugging the phone into your computer and having it charge off of one of the USB ports.
shimp208 said:
It is possible that the build.prop edits you made caused your problems, but I would still recommend SBF'ing back to stock so you have a clean slate to start with. Also don't install anything else that could make things worse, until you are back to stock like I suggested. While you can use a MAC to flash SBF's its a lot easier and more reliable to use a computer running Windows.
Did you try plugging your phone into your charger and leaving it plugged in for a little while to let it charge? Also try plugging the phone into your computer and having it charge off of one of the USB ports.
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Ok. Thank you. You have no idea how much less stressed I am about this. I have been trying to let it charge. I don't have a standard charger, I use a broken lapdock, which does charges the same exact way. Will charging with a computer give me different results? (This is not a priority question, I don't NEED you to answer it asap or anything.) Please stick around if I encounter more issues. It's nice to receive help rather than being flamed for being a noob. I had to get started somewhere. With yours and others help, I have gained many resources for flashing/rooting. I am still going to avoid trying to SBF if I can(Though I believe it is the avenue I'm taking, the only way I wouldn't is if I can safely recover and fixing build prop fixes my issues), as I REALLY don't want to lose root, as I had someone else root for me in the first place. I really need a god damn pc. Thanks again.
IDKHow2ShaveWithaRAZR:/ said:
Ok. Thank you. You have no idea how much less stressed I am about this. I have been trying to let it charge. I don't have a standard charger, I use a broken lapdock, which does charges the same exact way. Will charging with a computer give me different results? (This is not a priority question, I don't NEED you to answer it asap or anything.) Please stick around if I encounter more issues. It's nice to receive help rather than being flamed for being a noob. I had to get started somewhere. With yours and others help, I have gained many resources for flashing/rooting. I am still going to avoid trying to SBF if I can(Though I believe it is the avenue I'm taking, the only way I wouldn't is if I can safely recover and fixing build prop fixes my issues), as I REALLY don't want to lose root, as I had someone else root for me in the first place. I really need a god damn pc. Thanks again.
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If your lapdock is broken then it may not allow your phone to charge correctly, I would recommend trying to charge it through your computer's USB ports as it will probably make a difference. And don't worry about asking questions heck we all start out knowing nothing and needing to ask questions, and what's good is your exploring and asking good questions not just demanding people do things for you. I understand SBF'ing back to stock may seem scary but as long as you follow the directions properly you'll be fine. Also by going to back to stock it will give you a clean build.prop free of any changes you made. For future reference always make a nandroid before making any build.prop changes no matter how small it may seem. As always I'm happy to help out and will be around for any questions you may have .
shimp208 said:
If your lapdock is broken then it may not allow your phone to charge correctly, I would recommend trying to charge it through your computer's USB ports as it will probably make a difference. And don't worry about asking questions heck we all start out knowing nothing and needing to ask questions, and what's good is your exploring and asking good questions not just demanding people do things for you. I understand SBF'ing back to stock may seem scary but as long as you follow the directions properly you'll be fine. Also by going to back to stock it will give you a clean build.prop free of any changes you made. For future reference always make a nandroid before making any build.prop changes no matter how small it may seem. As always I'm happy to help out and will be around for any questions you may have .
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This is what I've been trying to do. I can't seem to get it to work. ► 1:50
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2t-7ALT7U
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This is what I've been trying to do. I can't seem to get it to work. ► 1:50
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2t-7ALT7U
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Try the procedure again, other then that you could also try this guide by ifixit Installing Motorola Droid RAZR Battery.