I tried rerooting my device using qbkings77 "How to root and Clockwork Mod" video. When I type in the command prompt, "moto-fastboot reboot" i get "failed to boot 4" and "Starting RSD Mode"....what am I doing wrong? Thanks for the help in advance.
thomasmatt25 said:
I tried rerooting my device using qbkings77 "How to root and Clockwork Mod" video. When I type in the command prompt, "moto-fastboot reboot" i get "failed to boot 4" and "Starting RSD Mode"....what am I doing wrong? Thanks for the help in advance.
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Flash the 198_7 SBF and root using the torpedo method..works for me every time.
KTT16 said:
Flash the 198_7 SBF and root using the torpedo method..works for me every time.
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If I use the torpedo method will I be able to install CWM? According to the comments on qbkings video on Youtube, "How to root and Clockwork Mod", I need to do it his way in the video or else CWM will not install.
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If I use the torpedo method will I be able to install CWM? According to the comments on qbkings video on Youtube, "How to root and Clockwork Mod", I need to do it his way in the video or else CWM will not install.
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Definitely, it works for me. You don't need to flash that system.img as in qbking's video.
- I would flash 154_5 SBF first and wipe to get your phone to as stock as possible..back up your apps on Titanium prior
- Flash 198_7
- Install drivers
- use the torpedo method to root
- unlock the phone using the derpunlock.sbf 1MB
- flash CWM
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Definitely, it works for me. You don't need to flash that system.img as in qbking's video.
- I would flash 154_5 SBF first and wipe to get your phone to as stock as possible..back up your apps on Titanium prior
- Flash 198_7
- Install drivers
- use the torpedo method to root
- unlock the phone using the derpunlock.sbf 1MB
- flash CWM
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Got it working!! Thanks a bunch for your help!! Now if I ever need to go back to stock, I would need the nopudding4u file to relock and rsd 154 correct?
Wipe, factory reset and then flash sbf to unroot, and be on stock.
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i recently tried flashing cwm recovery on my atrix and when i did i got a error FAILED <remote: <00180002>> .... i was unlocked but soft bricked my phone and had to flash sbf 1.2.6 will this have any effect on this error? and is it because im not unlocked anymore?
make sure when you boot up the phone it says unlocked when trying to pu the new cwm
Your bootloader needs to be unlocked, if it isn't, it won't work.
I unlocked then flashed to 1.2.6 and I thought if u unloked once your always unlocked
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yes and no it seems that flashing partially locks just reunlock once unlocked all you have to do is reflash the sbf no need to execute the comands again
I flashed the unlock sbf again and it says unlocked and it sucessfully put cwm recovery on my phone but I can't bott in cwm recover mode anybody no the problem?
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Out of curiosity, are you using tenfar's custom CWM, or are you installing it from within the ROM Manager app? ROM Manager's CWM isn't fully working yet, so try tenfar's instead if you aren't using it already. Tell us how it goes.
I am using the one that came with kennethpenns 2.3.4
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I am using the one that came with kennethpenns 2.3.4
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I'm not really sure which one you mean; did you not use CWM to install Kenneth's 2.3.4? Did his distribution come with a CWM .img file? I haven't used it myself.
Anyways, starting from scratch, if your bootloader's unlocked, all you need to do is go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138541
And download this file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=641508&d=1309404399
Then download fastboot for Windows if you don't already have it:
http://diamantephoto.com/fastboot.rar
Extract all the files into one folder. I just used my Windows drive root (c:\) to make the commands easier to type.
Then open a command prompt (Start -> type "cmd" in the run box). Type the command "cd (whatever directory you stuck the files in)". In my case, I type "cd c:\".
Once the directory is properly selected, ensure your atrix is connected via USB, power it on while holding the down button, and once you see "fastboot" selected on the screen, press the up button, at which point you will see that the phone's ready to receive commands from the fastboot utility.
Back in the command prompt, type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-en-goapk-0630-1029.img". After several seconds you should see confirmation of success. Once that's done, you can tell fastboot to reboot the phone with "fastboot reboot", or you can reboot it manually, once again holding the down button. Then, once "fastboot" appears again, press the down button seven more times to select Android Recovery, then press the up button. Voila, tenfar's CWM with blue text should have loaded up.
I apologize if I was unnecessarily verbose, but I wanted to be as specific as possible.
Thnks I will try
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i did all that and the only thing that came up was the android guy with an !
So fastboot did report that it had successfully flashed the recovery file? If it didn't properly boot into CWM after that, I'm not sure what to tell you... Come to think of it, I imagine you'll have to have at least 1.8.3 for CWM to work properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944
Get the SBF from there, and then try flashing CWM again after that.
It said "finished" and im already on 1.8.3
Figured it out
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I'm curious to know how you did it after all of the complications. Glad to hear that you got it.
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how did you get it to work because i keep getting the little andriod with the !too.
restore fail
every backup i choose in cwm gives the error. it says restoring system ....... then error while formatting /data.
i tried wiping cache, data and dalvik but still no go.
any ideas?
cwm v4.0.1.4
As soon as you flash recovery reboot you need to immediately put in recovery you can't boot up and them do it...... I hope this helped
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hey michaelatrix.
i think i understand. i moto-fastbooted an old version of cmw but then downloaded the latest verion from rom manager and it installed it.
so i will reflash to the old version and try it.
thanks
U have to have the most recent cwm to work
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I decided to update to 2.3.4 after using froyo with the latest gingerblur. I read that i can update straight from gingerblur to 2.3.4, I wish I didn't lol. I followed this guide and got up to step 2 with no problem. Then I got kind of confused, since I already had cwm on my phone I just put this on my sd card and booted into tenfars cwm recovery using the system recovery app. I then selected the gingerbread update and it seemed like it installed just fine but when I rebooted I got up to the green motorola gingerblur screen and it would turn off and turn back on. So I then tried to flash back to 1.2.6 using rsd lite which failed.It still only gets up to the green motorola gingerblur screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Does anyone know how I can get my phone back into working order and properly install kens 2.3.4 rom? The bootloader is still unlocked.
Do you have the new cwm? If so you can flash the 2.3.4 from kennethpenn . If you don't have the lastest it wont work. Fyi the lastest is install with fastboot did you do this? Let me know .
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Fastest fix is to fastboot htkw build of gingerbread then flash to the one from kenneth.
have you ever used fastboot? if not i will walk you though it.
1st go download the htkw build http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VLAKXBB3
Fastboot files for u http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138092 choose if u have
32 or 64 bit
2st make sure the moto-fastboot or fastboot (they both work i have tested )file is in your c:\
you have to cd the drive first so make sure its in c:\ .FYI make sure all the files are in one folder not the root drive
so name a folder (whatever) then cd that folder from cmd.
Dont use " " just showing you commands
one at a time and wait for them
Then go to cmd
"cd c:\moto-fastboot"
click enter
then type
moto-fastboot flash boot atrix-2.3.4-hktw-boot.img
then
moto-fastboot flash system atrix-2.3.4-hktw-system.img
then
moto-fastboot -w
click enter
Should say writing\sending
Once your done and it completes
type moto-fastboot reboot
enter
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It says "moto-fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"
edit: nvm downloaded the wrong one lol
Lol I think everyone does that first time ,after you get it back where you can use it. Flash cwm. Then we will go over how to install the good gingerbread.
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Got everything working flashed cwm installed kens 2.3.4 rom and rooted it aswell. Thanks for all your help I would of been lost without you lol
Np buddy hope you enjoy your phone.
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i actually am stuck in a boot loop as well. i unlocked the boot loader on 2.2, then rooted, then flashed tenfars CWM. all went well. tried to flash ken's 2.3.4, installed fine, but upon reboot went into a boot loop.
so i tried the directions in this thread. but the system image is too large. fastboot worked fine with the boot image, but not system image. any advice? thanks!
RogerPodacter said:
i actually am stuck in a boot loop as well. i unlocked the boot loader on 2.2, then rooted, then flashed tenfars CWM. all went well. tried to flash ken's 2.3.4, installed fine, but upon reboot went into a boot loop.
so i tried the directions in this thread. but the system image is too large. fastboot worked fine with the boot image, but not system image. any advice? thanks!
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lol I believe the reason for that is because the images in the zip weren't made for CWM, but for fastboot. If your fastboot isn't working, make sure you're using the new, updated fastboot from Motorola. Here is a link to it. The files included are for Gingerbread, but I would stick with the Safe update from Kenneth Penn. If anything, just use the Automated Upgrade from here. To use this, try downgrading to 1.8.3 using Fruit cake (don't risk using the SBF on your unlocked bootloader. Might end up with a fancy brick.)
Oh, and before you do anything, BACK UP. =] Friendly reminder =D
Happy upgrading!
~jojojohnson7410~
This happened to me too. Please help.
This same problem happened to me. I'm brand new to this device. Just got it a few days ago. I think I managed to get the bl unlocked and got it rooted. Then I flashed gingerblur and everything was still okay. But when I tried to flash the latest alien build I got that same bootloop as described in the first post. Then I tried the solution in post #4. And it failed. I saved all the commands I entered and their output if that helps. Right now Im stuck at a screen that says "failed to boot 4" followed by "starting rsd mode". Any help would be greatly appreciated. Im a little scared
I would like to install Tenfar's CWM in order to flash the Alien rom, but root explorer won't allow me to delete this file without root. Rooting this phone on gingerbread has proven to be a bigger hassle than Tenfar's CWM.
You could install a pre-rooted and bootloader unlocked 4.5.91 sbf. Obviously DO NOT use RSD to flash anything that is not Gingerbread. This is the easiest way to have root in Gingerbread and from there you can install Tenfar's CWM, or you could start researching to decided if you can get away with installing the new version of CWM that has just shown up in the development forum which works properly with Rom Manager. I can confirm that this newer version does work properly with Rom Manager after I flashed Alien build #3 just a couple of hours ago.
Dell2 said:
I would like to install Tenfar's CWM in order to flash the Alien rom, but root explorer won't allow me to delete this file without root. Rooting this phone on gingerbread has proven to be a bigger hassle than Tenfar's CWM.
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use preinstall method to obtain root on 2.3.4. sbf can be risky. http://www.atrixforums.com/forum/motorola-atrix-hacks/3039-root-2-3-4-using-fastboot.html
mvolkhart said:
use preinstall method to obtain root on 2.3.4. sbf can be risky. http://www.atrixforums.com/forum/motorola-atrix-hacks/3039-root-2-3-4-using-fastboot.html
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Well I installed this prerooted, preunlocked 2.3.4 rom and my phone is unlocked. Now my problem is I can't go any further because my phone is unrecognized in fastboot mode, I've reinstalled atrix drivers but adb is still "waiting for device".
Dell2 said:
Well I installed this prerooted, preunlocked 2.3.4 rom and my phone is unlocked. Now my problem is I can't go any further because my phone is unrecognized in fastboot mode, I've reinstalled atrix drivers but adb is still "waiting for device".
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Are you in fastboot mode trying to use adb? In fastboot you need to use moto-fastboot or fastboot. Boot the phone up completely and use adb and see if it is recognized.
hi i unlock the bootloader and install alien rom now i need restore to orginal rom the stock how?
Just flash the 198-7 sbf file thru RSD and you'll be stock with stock recovery and you'll be ok
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but im unlocked bootloader is it ok flash via rsd lite??is will damage the phone?
i need to know how to relock the bootloader to back to stock rom?
hashnoz said:
i need to know how to relock the bootloader to back to stock rom?
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If you sbf back to 198_7 via rsd lite, it will relock your bootloader and you will be back to stock photon.
Like the previous poster said, flash a stock SBF, it will bring you back to an "out of box" Photon, Stock ROM, Kernel, and Recovery. So basically just flash the SBF via RSDLite if you want to go back to how it was when you first got it (stock rom).
now i install stock recovery and relock the boot loader just now i will install sbf via rsd lite is it right?
im in alien rom but i relock the bootloader when i power on the appear failed to boot is it ok?just now need to install sbf 198_7 via rsd lite?
Flashing the sbf with rsd will lock your boot loader and install the stock recovery for you, I have done this many times, works like a charm
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before i install sbf via rsd lite i relock the bootloader and install stock recovery but now when i press volume up and power they appear from top faile to boot 4 and starting fastboot protocol...is it ok?can now install sbf?
i use pudding remover from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216143
is it right?
hashnoz said:
before i install sbf via rsd lite i relock the bootloader and install stock recovery but now when i press volume up and power they appear from top faile to boot 4 and starting fastboot protocol...is it ok?can now install sbf?
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All you need to do is flash the SBF using rsdlite, everything else will be taken care of. After flashing, your photon will be back in out of the box state completely stock!
thanks for all for help me i return to stock rom
but i have problem when i send command via network like *anthing#
i cant read messenge from network..why?
hashnoz said:
thanks for all for help me i return to stock rom
but i have problem when i send command via network like *anthing#
i cant read messenge from network..why?
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Are you able to make calls and/or send text messages?
i can yes make and send text
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i can yes make and send text
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So what exactly are you sending to the network with the *....# commands?
now im outside us in here i send *133# to check the balance but i cant read the network messege i dont know why?
I am new to cell phone mods. My goal was to gain some experience by rooting and replacing the os image on my Atrix 4G. I use it for my alarm clock which uses an application that won't run on newer version of android than v2.x.x. I successfully rooted and installed super use. I then installed Titanium Backup and did a full backup to sdcard. I installed Rom Manager, chose ClockworkMod Recovery and then the correct image, and told it to flash the recovery partition. Rebooted. Got an error with the android logo and a circle with a triangle. Went back to all the how to's and attempted to install unlockable_bootloader. It now comes up to rsd, seems to fail, then goes into fastboot. Fastboot devices sees it and I can reboot from fastboot but it goes back to the same place. HELP.
Forget about any and all automatic methods, including ROM manager and similar. Good old-fashioned manual methods work best.
Try this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262869
ravilov said:
Forget about any and all automatic methods, including ROM manager and similar. Good old-fashioned manual methods work best.
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I think I have read all the posts and how to's on manually flashing. Temporarily recovered but persued my goal of learning something. Only thing it can do now is fastboot when I hold the volume key UP while restarting. Used to be down but that's gone. RSD protocol is no more. Says "Failed to boot 1" when restarting. Something I flashed apparently relocked the boot loader and who knows what else I've screwed up. Fastboot -w indicates it cas erase the cache and userdata partitions. Surely there is still hope for this as I can still access fastboot. Can you give a little help please?
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I think I have read all the posts and how to's on manually flashing. Temporarily recovered but persued my goal of learning something. Only thing it can do now is fastboot when I hold the volume key UP while restarting. Used to be down but that's gone. RSD protocol is no more. Says "Failed to boot 1" when restarting. Something I flashed apparently relocked the boot loader and who knows what else I've screwed up. Fastboot -w indicates it cas erase the cache and userdata partitions. Surely there is still hope for this as I can still access fastboot. Can you give a little help please?
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Ỳou need to download the image of the recovery partition and flash it using fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
flash recovery failed
andresrivas said:
Ỳou need to download the image of the recovery partition and flash it using fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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I previously found a thread that described that process and tried it. Fastboot reported it failed flashing recovery.
That usually happens if the BL is not unlocked (properly).
Phatdaddy said:
I think I have read all the posts and how to's on manually flashing. Temporarily recovered but persued my goal of learning something. Only thing it can do now is fastboot when I hold the volume key UP while restarting. Used to be down but that's gone. RSD protocol is no more. Says "Failed to boot 1" when restarting. Something I flashed apparently relocked the boot loader and who knows what else I've screwed up. Fastboot -w indicates it cas erase the cache and userdata partitions. Surely there is still hope for this as I can still access fastboot. Can you give a little help please?
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reflash the pudding sbf to unlock the bl, then go ahead and flash recovery as advised. if I remember correctly, when it says failed to boot 1, its automatically in rsd, which means just hook it up and let rsd lite do its job then fastboot for recovery
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palmbeach05 said:
reflash the pudding sbf to unlock the bl, th
en go ahead and flash recovery as advised. if I remember correctly, when it says failed to boot 1, its automatically in rsd, which means just hook it up and let rsd lite do its job then fastboot for recovery
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Installed pudding successfully with RSD Lite. Attempted to flash recovery with "fastboot flash recovery image_name". Reports "sending recovery" and then "writing recovery". When I reboot, it still has has the stock recovery utility.Otherwise, I'm back to stock 2.3.6 except that it reports unlocked upon rebooting. Am I not flashing the correct thing? Thanks for the pointers.
Phatdaddy said:
Installed pudding successfully with RSD Lite. Attempted to flash recovery with "fastboot flash recovery image_name". Reports "sending recovery" and then "writing recovery". When I reboot, it still has has the stock recovery utility.Otherwise, I'm back to stock 2.3.6 except that it reports unlocked upon rebooting. Am I not flashing the correct thing? Thanks for the pointers.
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hmm, sounds like you're on the 145 build of 2.3.6. Check to see what your phone says in about phone. its going to give you a system version ending in 141 or 145.
palmbeach05 said:
hmm, sounds like you're on the 145 build of 2.3.6. Check to see what your phone says in about phone. its going to give you a system version ending in 141 or 145.
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This one says "4.5.141". Before undertaking to hack this piece, it was 4.5.145. I have flashed preinstall and boot and attempted to flash recovery. I don't know where it stores the build number. Could it be reporting .141 while really .145 ? I am confident the .145 is correct because we have two phones purchased the same day from same vendor and the other reports .145. I also remember it as .145 but my memory is pretty faulty.
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This one says "4.5.141". Before undertaking to hack this piece, it was 4.5.145. I have flashed preinstall and boot and attempted to flash recovery. I don't know where it stores the build number. Could it be reporting .141 while really .145 ? I am confident the .145 is correct because we have two phones purchased the same day from same vendor and the other reports .145. I also remember it as .145 but my memory is pretty faulty.
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ok. I think the file we need to look for in order to fix this is in system/etc. its called install-recovery.sh and that file forces stock recovery to be installed. delete that file and try flashing the custom recovery.
palmbeach05 said:
ok. I think the file we need to look for in order to fix this is in system/etc. its called install-recovery.sh and that file forces stock recovery to be installed. delete that file and try flashing the custom recovery.
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ls of /system/etc/install-recovery.sh says the file does not exist.
When I bricked my atrix i used the xatrix tool to unbrick it. works really well and once unbricked was fully unlocked so was easy to flash new roms
xatrix (dot) webs (dot) com
once on there website click to download tab to get the downloads
This tool will remove everything from phone root, unlock and install cwm. What you do after that is upto you. sometimes its easier to start over then figure out what went wrong when installing a mod.
My problem is now this, I'm recovered, rooted, and unlocked. If I flash recovery with fastboot, it says I am successful but when I reboot the original recovery image still exists.
And thats the part that confuses me. It says 141, but the recovery issue is acting like its a 145. I'm stumped, but i do believe there is an install-recovery.sh script or something thats preventing this thing from sticking after flashing. I'm really baffled by this b/c i ran 141 for the longest time, i did all my rooting, unlocking, and recovery flashing on 141, and got no issues. I could advise that you download and flash the ICS leak (the true leak, not the ROMs we have available) via fastboot and see if that changes the situation, but i don't want to advise you to do something and then a bigger mess appears.
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Phatdaddy said:
My problem is now this, I'm recovered, rooted, and unlocked. If I flash recovery with fastboot, it says I am successful but when I reboot the original recovery image still exists.
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sounds like you had 145 installed and flashed 141 over it without doing a wipe first. i would use cwm recovery and do a factory reset wipe all data and flash the rom you want to run.
overboard1978 said:
sounds like you had 145 installed and flashed 141 over it without doing a wipe first. i would use cwm recovery and do a factory reset wipe all data and flash the rom you want to run.
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he can't get cwm installed. it may say it gets flashed correctly, but he cannot get cwm to show up and be usable.
as a work around, via fastboot, run the commands:
fastboot erase data
fastboot erase cache
that would cover what factory reset does.
palmbeach05 said:
he can't get cwm installed. it may say it gets flashed correctly, but he cannot get cwm to show up and be usable.
as a work around, via fastboot, run the commands:
fastboot erase data
fastboot erase cache
that would cover what factory reset does.
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That should do it. If for some reason it doesnt the xatrix tool will wipe everything off the phone and start it over with 141 unlocked bootloader, with cwm. Only automated tool i found that will unbrick phone with rsd lite. Make sure phone is fully charged before starting xatrix tool as it wipes battery fast and if it dies you will need to start over.
Erase cashe was successful, erase data failed. Found reference to additional file to delete but it did not exist either. If I conttinue, I will repost. Thanks for everyone's effort trying to get this working.