So The title says it all. I was running eclipse 1.1 on 2.3.4 and i decided it was time to sbf back to stock 2.3.4 just to clear out all the junk on my phone and get things running nice and smooth for a new rom. Ran everything to SBF and boom i'm stuck in a bootloop. Not sure where to go from here cant seem to find anything. I've tried to fastboot but it doesn't go past the dual core screen. I've pressed and held the power and home button at the same time but it goes right back to the bootloop. Anyone know what to do?
Wrong thread. We have a questions forum just for... questions.
Anyway - boot into stock recovery and format data and cache.
Wow i'm sorry about my panic moment, Idk how i failed to notice that fast boot at the top was a scroll threw menu. Thanks for the help
Hold power and volume down. Use volume down to scroll to recovery and when you get the triangle hit volume up and down simultaneously
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In order to make life easier for you wipe cache and data before the sbf. No bootloop
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As stated bootloop is common after sbf
since sbf doesn't wipe data ur left with a bunch if tweaks and changes that didn't get changed with the sbf
data wipe will cure your bootloop blues
The only time u probly wont bootloop after sbf is when u are using it to just unroot(I.e. u weren't running a rom or tweaks) or just to upgrade instead of doing an OTA update.
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hi i have my atrix next to me stuck in a semi brick. this happened after i updated gingerblur to 4.5 it was at 3.xx i have many backups of my os but im having trouble getting cwm up and running, it would normally startup on its own.
in updating the rom i backed up all apps/data, then backed up the os with cwm.
i then "factory reset" the phone using cwm so no stability issues could happen
last i installed the 4.5 gingerblur, everything went smoothly until i restarted the phone with cwm???
now the phone loops all the way to showing mounting internal sd card and then shuts of (cuts power even the screen shows a fading image from the fast cut of) and then restart again. fast boot doesnt go past the red M symbol and starting rsd protocol support stays at (starting rsd protocol support).
any help would be much appreciated
First.. wrong section. This should probably be in Q&A or General.
Second, sounds like you probably need to restore a SBF. There's a thread on how to do that in this section.
natboy said:
First.. wrong section. This should probably be in Q&A or General.
Second, sounds like you probably need to restore a SBF. There's a thread on how to do that in this section.
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RGR SBF are the stock roms right. thanks i will try this
Get into the fast boot menu using the vol down and power from here when the phone is off after a battery pull from there you can do option on factory reset from the menu selection android recovery (havnt done that one in a while so fuzzy after that) or you can use option two which would be a fresh sbf flash following instructions here (if you dont have a att phone there is a sbf thread use the search to find your correct version) with the 1.2.6 (or diff) then update to the latest build and follow instructions at the ginger blur site to install 4.5 or you can try this here all this was found in sticks and this question has been posted in search this is the development section your post should be in q/a section if you really think you coild find it with search.
Never factory reset/wipe in cwm. Too many ppl are getting into bootloop situations. Me included
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Never factory reset/wipe in cwm. Too many ppl are getting into bootloop situations. Me included
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had the same problem.
btw. if you clean the full dalvic cache, as the factory reset does, it causes the bootloop as I found out.
thanks all it works ^_^
Hello, new here on XDA and hoping to be an established member here!
Im just startin out with roms and rooting. I trierd to install the liberty rom and its not working i dont think....
- i installed system recovery
- did a backup
- went through the rom toolbox and downloaded the liberty zip
- went through system recovery and installed liberty from the SD card.
- it went through successfully
now im stuck on a screen with the liberty bird spinning, the words liberty rom above it and it goes black every 3-5 seconds.
am i stuck? is it going through a process of some kind? it does this whether im plugged into the wall or not.
I just pulled the battery and i got the red M dual core logo, it went back to that liberty screen and is doing the same thing. I cant do anything!!!!
just some additional info for any help that may come my way....
i was on 2.3.4 before i flashed
I cant think of any other relevant info ppl might need. this is my only phone though, so im hurtin right now lol
Sounds like you are in a boot loop. Another important step you should have done before you rebooted out of recovery is to do the following:
1) Wipe the data
2) Wipe the cache
3) Wipe the dalvik cache
You can still salvage what you did. You need to pull the battery out. Then, put the battery in. After that, press and hold the power button AND the Volume Down button. Do this until you see words appear on the screen at the top.
Next, click the volume down button until you see Android Recovery.
Click the Volume Up button.
Wait a bit and you should then see the familiar Droid Icon with an exclamation point. When you get there, press both the Up and Down volume buttons at the same time to continue into recovery mode.
After that, you will be in the stock recovery. Click the volume down button to select the Wipe Data/Factory Reset and press the power button.
Once that's done, you can then select the Reboot System Now menu item and you should be good to go.
Remember, you should ALWAYS wipe the data, cache and Dalvik when flashing a new ROM to ensure left over files are lying around causing the dreaded boot loop you are experiencing.
I just tried it.
Im stuck on the liberty rom screen, but i read that it could take 10mins to boot up the first time. the screen isnt going black like it was before so I think im in the clear.
Im late for work now! hahaha
thank you so much though. This forum is a wonderful resource and the people seem really nice so far!
ill be sure to check for a thank you button after this post!
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I just tried it.
Im stuck on the liberty rom screen, but i read that it could take 10mins to boot up the first time. the screen isnt going black like it was before so I think im in the clear.
Im late for work now! hahaha
thank you so much though. This forum is a wonderful resource and the people seem really nice so far!
ill be sure to check for a thank you button after this post!
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You may need to sbf if you cannot get back to the boot strap recovery screen.
Pull the battery and put the battery back in but do not power it on. Instead plug your phone into the charger if it goes into bootstrap recovery then wipe data, wipe chache then go to advanced and wipe dalvik cahce. reflash liberty and youll be good to go. If it doesn't youll have to sbf back to stock then try again. This time wipe data cache and dalvik and youll be ok. SBFing is easy and there is a tutorial the general section. If you have any questions on sbfing just put them here and myself or one of the other great community members will help you out.
Alright, I was running CM9 v13 until last night, but needed my camera for work(nothing portrays an accident scene better than a picture!), so I decided to reflash 198.7. Something terribly went wrong.
Read so many different threads and flashed so many different sbf's my head is spinning. I do know that when I power up and press up I get RSD, and if I power up and press down I can go through the menu. I even tried fastboot and attempted to follow some of these steps with fastboot. http://www.atrixforums.com/forum/rescue-squad/5358-alien-install-gone-bad-bricked-recovered-still-screwed-up-4.html
I am thinking that the bootloader isn't fried since I can get into the menu system, but even after flashing 198.7 if it doesn't fail it cycles through the never ending bootloop. When it does fail I get the following error on the device screen: SVF:106:1:2 sec_exception:b655, eddc, eb
Luckily I have seen Gman floating around here, so since he assisted big time with the atrix issue, I am hoping that he can assist me.
I don't have skype though...
I will have internet access tomorrow, but can't install anything to my work computer(toughbook, locked down like a fiend!)
Ideas? Not looking for a beatdown. Asking for help, from the community.
EDIT: Just saw this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394982For some odd reason I think this is what I did. Now it appears as though I am royally screwed!
Thank you,
Medic
You didn't have a nandroid backup of a blur rom you could have used? That would have been better than sbfing back to stock.
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When I got stuck in moto logo loop with no backup available I had to boot into recovery and factory reset then reboot. If you can use menu with power + down. On 154 sbf, then flashed 198.7 after booting again
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You need to factory reset or wipe before flashing a sbf. However all you need to do to get a camera is flash a blur rom like skinny or rocko, or even cm7. When you're done you can wipe and flash back. I do it all the time
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Grrr, I must have flashed the Electrify ROM. It boots into it, but has to make the phone call to activate. Can't bypass it. The Electrify has a locked bootloader?
Fastboot, RSD, and ASR work, or at least I can access them. Tried wiping date/factory reset, but it boots back into the Electrify ROM.
Not thinking my local rep will be able to help me out on this one!
Any other ideas?
Edit* Bypassed using the no bp option. Unable to root using Shabby's aio. Goes through the process, reboots, but when I attempt to launch system recovery it reminds me that I don't have root privs.
jokersax, why in your post for CM9 do you tell people that if they want to switch off of CM9 they have to sbf? I've nandroid'ed back without problems to stock, and it's a lot safer than flashing sbf's since everyone seems to temporarily brick.
it actually say just to wipe and flash a different rom. The sbf is to return to stock
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jokersax, why in your post for CM9 do you tell people that if they want to switch off of CM9 they have to sbf? I've nandroid'ed back without problems to stock, and it's a lot safer than flashing sbf's since everyone seems to temporarily brick.
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Okay, now I am rooted and have bootstrap installed.
Looked in the about phone section, and duh, I am running 45.1.190 for the Electrify.
Any idea how to get this off of my phone?
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Okay, now I am rooted and have bootstrap installed.
Looked in the about phone section, and duh, I am running 45.1.190 for the Electrify.
Any idea how to get this off of my phone?
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I had a similar issue. Unlocking the boot loader I used the Sbf for the Electrify by mistake and not the Pudding.sbf. Only it bricked my phone sticking it on the moto bootup and just giving me some errors and going nowhere from their. Now I'm just spit balling here, but I have a prediction on how you can fix, do some research to make sure this may work and not brick your phone:
1) Unlock your bootloader using Pudding.sbf
2) Use Bootstrap to Install CWM for Photon
3) goto the mounts and storage menu select format system
4) Once that finishes go back and select wipe data/factory reset and then wipe dalvik cache and cache partition
5) After wiped go to the advanced menu select reboot recovery
6) Once it goes back to recovery Power off
7) Go into RSD (hold power nd Volume up+)
8) Flash the stock sbf
9) boot up
10) I would recommend using Sdk tools Fastboot command -W to erase all user data and cache after everything if it boots up
I would assume this would do the trick, the only thing I'm uncertain of is if you'll be able to unlock. (If it goes through a long method then says failed right at the end then it probably worked) If it doesn't work you can continue the rest of the steps using bootstrap, but If it were me I would want to try to get as much Photon on the phone and Electrify off the phone as possible
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I had a similar issue. Unlocking the boot loader I used the Sbf for the Electrify by mistake and not the Pudding.sbf. Only it bricked my phone sticking it on the moto bootup and just giving me some errors and going nowhere from their. Now I'm just spit balling here, but I have a prediction on how you can fix, do some research to make sure this may work and not brick your phone:
1) Unlock your bootloader using Pudding.sbf
2) Use Bootstrap to Install CWM for Photon
3) goto the mounts and storage menu select format system
4) Once that finishes go back and select wipe data/factory reset and then wipe dalvik cache and cache partition
5) After wiped go to the advanced menu select reboot recovery
6) Once it goes back to recovery Power off
7) Go into RSD (hold power nd Volume up+)
8) Flash the stock sbf
9) boot up
10) I would recommend using Sdk tools Fastboot command -W to erase all user data and cache after everything if it boots up
I would assume this would do the trick, the only thing I'm uncertain of is if you'll be able to unlock. (If it goes through a long method then says failed right at the end then it probably worked) If it doesn't work you can continue the rest of the steps using bootstrap, but If it were me I would want to try to get as much Photon on the phone and Electrify off the phone as possible
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Alright, completed 1-8. Phone won't reboot, stuck in the Dual Core screen.
I did notice a bunch of "Failed to Boot 2" messages, but last I had looked the battery was full.
Attempting fastboot stuff now.
moto-fastboot devices works, lists my device.
moto-fastboot erase recovery fails. remote: (00180001)
moto-fastboot flash recovery stock_recovery.smg works, sends and write recovery
moto-fastboot reboot works
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moto-fastboot reboot works
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So where are you now?
It is just sitting there with the dual core screen. Still.
Tried turning it off so the battery could charge, won't turn off.
Menu is still accessible.
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It is just sitting there with the dual core screen. Still.
Tried turning it off so the battery could charge, won't turn off.
Menu is still accessible.
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This is obvious, but I have to ask, did you do a battery pull and let it sit for a couple seconds and then try to reboot? also it's stuck on mogo, is it showing error 2,3 or 4? Or any error for that matter?
Did a few battery pulls.
No error, just the Moto Dual Core Screen.
I contacted one of my friends who is a rep, and he will strip the phone, and exchange it. Helps that his boss has a Mopho and he is getting one in a few days.
Thank you for the help FanBoy_Hunter. Greatly appreciated.
I pick up my new mopho tomorrow.
I am going to leave it stock(sigh).
Was not going to reactivate my crackberry.
Grrrr!
Okay, so I was going to install the new cm9 alpha rom that was released. But every time I try to BSR; superuser denied the permission. Even though I have it set to allow it.
But what I though was weird was that if I powered my phone off. Then plugged it into a charger, that the BSR screen appeared. So I made a nandroid recovery of my 2.3.5 OS and then tried to flash cm9. But then it started to give me errors. So I then was gonna just recover the nandroid backup since I factory reset and clear cache. but then it froze trying to recover.
Then I though that I should just power back on my phone then try it again. So I did that and now the BSR screen won't appear it just shows the motorola logo and stays there. HELP!!
I think we will need clarification of your abbreviations before we can help you. Do you mean, SBF or BSR. SBF means you use RSDLite to re-flash your phone to a stock state, and BSR is your Boot Strap Recovery. Unless I'm missing something.
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BSR sorry...
Have you tried holding down the volume button when you power up, plugged into the wall? That should get you into Android Recovery. I believe you may see a lil Droid with a triangle. Then press both volume up and down at the same time. Your menu should appear.
The first problem I saw when reading the OP was that you need to be on 2.3.4 to flash CM9.
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The first problem I saw when reading the OP was that you need to be on 2.3.4 to flash CM9.
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Totally... right...
You will throw so many errors running 2.3.5 kernal ( which only goes back to 2.3.4 with an sbf)
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Totally... right...
You will throw so many errors running 2.3.5 kernal ( which only goes back to 2.3.4 with an sbf)
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Yeah i sbf back to 2.3.4 and had to re-root my phone and start all over. So everything is working fine. I think the problem was that I updated to 2.3.5 and it unrooted me but still had the superuser.apk installed but not let me have su permission. eather way I fixed it.
I was curious to see how ICS worked so I finally gave in and flashed Black Widow ROM. I followed this exact instructions:
Requirements:
•Android Version 2.3.6 (6.12.17x - 6.12.181)
•Safestrap 1.09 or Bootstrap v2 (safestrap 1.07 will not work)
•Download and move zip/s to sdcard-ext
•Reboot into Recovery
•Create a Backup! (dont say i didnt warn you)
•YOU MUST Wipe Data/Factory Reset
•Wipe Cache partition
•(in Advanced) Wipe Dalvik cache
•(in Mounts and Storages) Format System
•Install zip from sdcard
•Flash ROM (do not flash Gapps or DarkGapps)
•Reboot System now
This isn't my first time using Bootstrap. I flashed many ROMs using it on my D2. It installed and then I rebooted. Now it sits on the screen with Motorola symbol with Dual Core Technogoly. I did make a backup but I'd really like to use this ROM before reverting back. Any suggestions?
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I was curious to see how ICS worked so I finally gave in and flashed Black Widow ROM. I followed this exact instructions:
Requirements:
•Android Version 2.3.6 (6.12.17x - 6.12.181)
•Safestrap 1.09 or Bootstrap v2 (safestrap 1.07 will not work)
•Download and move zip/s to sdcard-ext
•Reboot into Recovery
•Create a Backup! (dont say i didnt warn you)
•YOU MUST Wipe Data/Factory Reset
•Wipe Cache partition
•(in Advanced) Wipe Dalvik cache
•(in Mounts and Storages) Format System
•Install zip from sdcard
•Flash ROM (do not flash Gapps or DarkGapps)
•Reboot System now
This isn't my first time using Bootstrap. I flashed many ROMs using it on my D2. It installed and then I rebooted. Now it sits on the screen with Motorola symbol with Dual Core Technogoly. I did make a backup but I'd really like to use this ROM before reverting back. Any suggestions?
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If it's stuck at the M logo you'll probably have to RSDLite back to GB. Remember, that M logo can be there for up to 5 to 6 minutes on the first boot, if that's not applicable then fastboot that bad larry back! (I got to be VERY proficient at flashing back, let me know if you need help)
Is there anyway I can get my phone in working order without having to RSD back to GB? I don't understand why it didn't work when I follow the instructions and I have experience in flashing.
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Is there anyway I can get my phone in working order without having to RSD back to GB? I don't understand why it didn't work when I follow the instructions and I have experience in flashing.
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I haven't really messed with Safestrap or bootstrap that much, I tend to just run one OS. The problem is that you can't even get to the start up screen for those. Simple when you think about it, right now (if i understand correctly) you're stuck at the M, which leaves you only 1 possible way out of that screen and that's to send it to recovery which will only wipe or RSD your phone.
Anyone else think of any other options that he has or experience with this ROM??
Yea I went to stock recovery to wipe data/cache just to see what happened. Of course that didn't do anything. In order to RSD, what screen do I need to be on? I assume the screen its frozen on will not be the screen I need.
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Yea I went to stock recovery to wipe data/cache just to see what happened. Of course that didn't do anything. In order to RSD, what screen do I need to be on? I assume the screen its frozen on will not be the screen I need.
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You'll need to hold down both Vol buttons when you power it up then go to AP Fastboot. Do you need a link to the tutorial? You can YouTube RSDLite DROID RAZR and should get plenty. Let me know if you need any additional info.
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I think I can figure the rest out. That's all I really needed to know. Thanks!
Also MAKE SURE you're at at least 50% battery!!
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Not sure how I can check this....phone was on 66% before ROM install but screen is stuck on and I don't know how to power off phone. Battery is draining but more than likely slowly.
This was a previous post on another thread and from what I understand it works:
"Try following Steps:
Boot in AP Fastboot > Connect your Wall Charger > Press Power
If you're a lucky your RazR will pass the red M and jump into the Battery Screen.
If your system is broken, you have to order an Factory Cable. With this you can flash the correct system signed or use the modded Utility for CDMA Leaks, to get your Phone back to life."
When they say "Factory Cable" is this not just a USB cable?
Nope. Its different from what i understand. Thanks for reminding me to get one on eBay before all the ICS madness starts. Lol.
I mean you can risk it but I've never had to mess with it as I'm almost always above 70% so I'm kinda out of the loop on that problem.
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I tried what you said...Went to AP Fastboot and it only goes back to the Motorola screen. So am I completely screwed here? Thought I need that screen to RSD?
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I tried what you said...Went to AP Fastboot and it only goes back to the Motorola screen. So am I completely screwed here? Thought I need that screen to RSD?
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You just need to get to the AP fastboot screen then flash it. I think you'll be okay to flash. I've seen people do it with 40%. Just make sure as soon as it boots you put that puppy on the charger.
Should take about 15-20 mins. If you're gonna do it, best to do it sooner rather than later.
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I don't even know if I can get to that AP Fastboot screen. When I try it, it does nothing and goes back to my Motorola screen. I'm about to be off work so I can see what happens when I have a laptop around.
Yeah you're gonna need the laptop. Also, when you select AP fastboot you'll want to hit the vol+ button to select it. Hitting the power button just restarts the phone. Vol+ = Enter. That's probably what you did the first time.
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Indeed it is. Maybe I can try the charger now.
Yeah, its like learning a foreign language sometimes but with only 3 physical buttons they have to make do. Lol!
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Not sure how I can check this....phone was on 66% before ROM install but screen is stuck on and I don't know how to power off phone. Battery is draining but more than likely slowly.
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Hold the power button and volume down to force a hardware reboot.
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It's actually Power button + volume up and down and yes I've done this.