i want to update my unlocked atrix to 2.3.6 but i see that people say that it's gonna brick my phone so there is no way to update it?
my atrix is on stock 2.3.4
unlocked
rooted i guess
career unlocked by unlock code
plz someone help me :S
If you use a fruitcake, you'll be fine. If you wipe all data/system/etc and use the sbf, you will also be fine. The worst I've heard of is a soft brick that takes a hell of a lot of time and effort to fix. So, I'd go with fruitcake if I were you. I did it yesterday, and it worked like a charm.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22552497#post22552497
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If you use a fruitcake, you'll be fine. If you wipe all data/system/etc and use the sbf, you will also be fine. The worst I've heard of is a soft brick that takes a hell of a lot of time and effort to fix. So, I'd go with fruitcake if I were you. I did it yesterday, and it worked like a charm.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22552497#post22552497
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what about OTA ? will it hard brick my phone?
soudy1994 said:
what about OTA ? will it hard brick my phone?
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There is risk that it can
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Fun498 said:
If you use a fruitcake, you'll be fine. If you wipe all data/system/etc and use the sbf, you will also be fine. The worst I've heard of is a soft brick that takes a hell of a lot of time and effort to fix. So, I'd go with fruitcake if I were you. I did it yesterday, and it worked like a charm.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22552497#post22552497
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Do you still have that file and can you post it some where?
The file you linked to is not valid anymore and I'm in desperate need to get it.
Thanks for any help
there is no other way? cuz i never used adb before and i'm afraid i will do something wrong
c'mon guys i need help
A few pages later on the new link is posted. I forget exactly where. It's a mediafire link if I remember correctly. And I wouldn't risk a hard brick if I were you. I flashed a SBF to return my broken phone back to Motorola and attempt warranty, but the phone was useless either way. It worked, but I had to wipe nearly every partition. Please don't risk. Fruitcake is proven
this thread isn't TOO dead
I thought there was a way to officially update the atrix to 2.3.6 since that is the official version O/S it supports?
Just picked one up yesterday and it has 2.3.4
redking117 said:
this thread isn't TOO dead
I thought there was a way to officially update the atrix to 2.3.6 since that is the official version O/S it supports?
Just picked one up yesterday and it has 2.3.4
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Yeah I just went into "about phone" and hit update... what's wrong with that?
Can't you still root 2.3.6?
If your phone is working fine now do yourself a favor and leave it alone. OTA update has caused many problems like killing wifi and many people have had problems playing with roms and you can't go back. This is good advice.
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I was subscribed to this and just want to add my data point:
on unlocked (bootloader) phone ("Unlocked" printed on boot screen), upgraded to 2.3.6 over the air. This caused Unlocked to disappear from boot screen but I believe I was still technically unlocked. I went through the unlock process again just to be safe. which put "unlocked" back on boot screen, then unrooted by normal flash recovery method, and running fine an dandy all along
I did have a problem with a bad sim card previously, which made it seem like 2.3.6 was a problem, but it is not, for me at least.
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Ok so i don't know what happen but my phone now says Failed to Boot 4 Starting RSD Mode
What i want to know if i use the SBF for 1.2.6 will it brick my phone ? I see people saying just use that one and then upgrade after that, but i do not want to take the chance of bricking my phone.
So i hope somebody can help
Im assuming youve already unlocked bootloader. Dont use sbf to flash anything. Use recovery or fastboot.
I voided my warranty.
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Im assuming youve already unlocked bootloader. Dont use sbf to flash anything. Use recovery or fastboot.
I voided my warranty.
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Well the problem is i did try fastboot and when i did that it still did not work and it also REMOVED fastboot..... so now i dont have that as a option
I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181932<br /><br />I
and it says im safe to do that one beings it was the same as what i had on my phone before this happended, but im just not sure
If you cant boot into fastboot it may be hardbricked. If rsd doesnt recognize your phone, youre screwed. If it does, cross your fingers and hope for the best.
I voided my warranty.
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If you cant boot into fastboot it may be hardbricked. If rsd doesnt recognize your phone, youre screwed. If it does, cross your fingers and hope for the best.
I voided my warranty.
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RSD does recognize it and i heard as long as its the latest OS im doing i should be fine but im not sure if the link i posted is the most latest.
Well, read, reread and try to find a couple of threads or better yet experienced members that can help. I try to avoid situations that can possibly get you in a predicament like this.
I voided my warranty.
It all depends if you have "burned the fuse" or not. I can not tell you how to check that with 100% certainty, but if you have EVER flashed/downloaded/used any official update from att or motorola for version 2.3.4 then you have burned the fuse most likely. If that is the case then NEVER flash any older version or you will kill your phone. If you are sure you have never used any official version and only used versions from people that know what they are doing (e.g. Kenn's or fruit cake just to name two) then you can flash whatever you want....but if you are not 100% sure the outcome is on your head.
The safe road would be is if you can get into fastboot?? If so then load cwm recovery with fastboot then load the 2.3.4 fruit cake.
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It all depends if you have "burned the fuse" or not. I can not tell you how to check that with 100% certainty, but if you have ever flashed/downloaded/used any official update from att or motorola for version 2.3.4 then you have burned the fuse most likely. If that is the case then NEVER flash any older version or you will kill your phone. If you are sure you have never used any official version and only used versions from people that know what they are doing (e.g. Kenn's or fruit cake just to name two) then you can flash whatever you want....but if you are not 100% sure the outcome is on your head.
The safe road would be is if you can get into fastboot?? If so then load cwm recovery with fastboot then load the 2.3.4 fruit cake.
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I did use the OTA! ugh
But if i use this SBF http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181932<br /><br />I should i not be ok beings its the latest OS for the atrix which is the one i had.
And i tried fastboot and after doing that i do not have fastboot anymore :-/
Sigh i just dont know what to do
I used the OTA but even if i use
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I did use the OTA! ugh
But if i use this SBF http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181932<br /><br />I should i not be ok beings its the latest OS for the atrix which is the one i had.
And i tried fastboot and after doing that i do not have fastboot anymore :-/
Sigh i just dont know what to do
I used the OTA but even if i use
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If you did an OTA *official* update, never use an .SBF except to flash a radio ever again. If you do you RISK hard bricking, period. Sorry man, I know it sucks. I can tell you that I have done an OTA to 2.3.4 and then flashed the 2.3.4 SBF and was fine, but then again, it may not work like that for everyone. I now use fruitcakes even if it's to get back to stock 2.3.4, it's just safer. fruitcakes can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
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If you did an OTA *official* update, never use an .SBF except to flash a radio ever again. If you do you RISK hard bricking, period. Sorry man, I know it sucks. I can tell you that I have done an OTA to 2.3.4 and then flashed the 2.3.4 SBF and was fine, but then again, it may not work like that for everyone. I now use fruitcakes even if it's to get back to stock 2.3.4, it's just safer. fruitcakes can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
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How are fruitcakes loaded through RSD Lite as well ?
Fruitcakes are not .sbf files because they do not need to be. They don't contain the amount of data a .SBF would, usually just system and necessary files. They are flashed with CWM *clockwork recovery mod*, as a .zip file. This makes it a ton easier and the chances of hard bricking your phone are almost zilch. CWM for unlocked bootloaders can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
fruitcake is cwm, so if you can not get cwm/recovery to work your only option it seems is to flash the offical 2.3.4 sbf and ONLY the 2.3.4 one, do not use an older version.
once you flash 2.3.4 then you should then be able to get your phone opened up again and get cwm working again, and be ok going forward, but never go back older then 2.3.4.
There are hacked sbf files for safe versions of 1.8.3 but I see no reason to go back to 1.8.3 if you are not going to follow the normal upgrade path anyway.
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RSD does recognize it and i heard as long as its the latest OS im doing i should be fine but im not sure if the link i posted is the most latest.
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I have done this before. I believe your right but obviously there is still a risk. I flashed 4.5.91 over 4.5.91 without bricking. Be sure u flash the same OS to lower potential brick.
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I have done this before. I believe your right but obviously there is still a risk. I flashed 4.5.91 over 4.5.91 without bricking. Be sure u flash the same OS to lower potential brick.
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^ this. Always the possibility. Kinda the risk we all take when joining and being a part of this community. I actually got mine soft bricked at one point, and thank God I was able to recover. Good luck in all you do, keep the gravy train rollin'
I bought an AT&T Atrix a couple of weeks ago, When I got it I unlocked the bootloader and installed the latest Allien Build. It was running everything great and didnt have any trouble at all.
About 10 days ago I sold that atrix and the new owner just wrote me telling me that his atrix shows a 0x1000 error and that he is unable to enter to fastboot and to rsd mode, he also told me that the ONLY think he did was to let the battery completely drain.
Now he want's his money back
Could it be possible to get such hardbrick ONLY after letting the battery completely drain?.
Were you ever on official 2.3.4?
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Were you ever on official 2.3.4?
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I got the phone with the 4.1.26 update (2.2), then I unlocked the bootloader, installed Rom racer's recovery and Installed Alien Release 4. Then I sold the phone, but everything was working well and the new owner even used the phone for a week.
Could it be possible to get an hardbrick only after letting the battery drain to 0%? Should I beleive him?
I read a lot on the forums and all the hardbrick cases are because they tried to downgrade.
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I got the phone with the 4.1.26 update (2.2), then I unlocked the bootloader, installed Rom racer's recovery and Installed Alien Release 4. Then I sold the phone, but everything was working well and the new owner even used the phone for a week.
Could it be possible to get an hardbrick only after letting the battery drain to 0%? Should I beleive him?
I read a lot on the forums and all the hardbrick cases are because they tried to downgrade.
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I'm on stock GB, rooted and unlocked and drained my battery down to 0 yesterday, and a few times before. I have never gotten a hard brick from it. With he crummy battery life of the atrix, surely this scenario would have been discussed around here before... if it was true. I think its likely he was toying around with things and screwed it up. Perhaps upgrading to Gingerbread, and then trying to downgrade via SBF.
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I'm on stock GB, rooted and unlocked and drained my battery down to 0 yesterday, and a few times before. I have never gotten a hard brick from it. With he crummy battery life of the atrix, surely this scenario would have been discussed around here before... if it was true. I think its likely he was toying around with things and screwed it up. Perhaps upgrading to Gingerbread, and then trying to downgrade via SBF.
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This is exactly what I think he was doing. You mean the only way to get a hardbrick is to downgrade the wrong SBF?
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This is exactly what I think he was doing. You mean the only way to get a hardbrick is to downgrade the wrong SBF?
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I'm not an expert authority on the subject , but from what I have read on here so far.. It seems that way
From what I have read on here after upgrading to 4.5.91 SBF flashing anything lower than 4.5.91 will hard brick the device.
Also from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871
Note the warning
AFTER GET THE BOOTLOADER UNLOCK YOU CAN ONLY FLASH BY RSD SBF'S WITH "PUDDING" FOR NOW ON, SO IN OTHER WORDS BE CAREFULLY WHEN YOU USE RSD AFTER "UNLOCKED" BOOTLOADER
So I am highly skeptical that simply draining the battery would cause a hard brick. It seems more likely we wanted to play around with the cool features of his new phone and did something stupid.
I'm very familiar with Samsung and Odin, but Motorola stuff its confusing as hell. I've got a Photon now (and my ET4G). I've been reading through the stickies and the general / Q&A section and can't seen to find a definitive answer to a few questions...
1. I am 2.3.4 running 4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6. What is the latest root method?
2. Do I need an unlocked bootloader to flash roms and kernels?
3. Any fix for the random "sleep of death" without updating to 2.3.5?
Thanks in advance for any help you all can give!
- Z
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I'm very familiar with Samsung and Odin, but Motorola stuff its confusing as hell. I've got a Photon now (and my ET4G). I've been reading through the stickies and the general / Q&A section and can't seen to find a definitive answer to a few questions...
1. I am 2.3.4 running 4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6. What is the latest root method?
2. Do I need an unlocked bootloader to flash roms and kernels?
3. Any fix for the random "sleep of death" without updating to 2.3.5?
Thanks in advance for any help you all can give!
- Z
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Funny because Samsung's are the complicated ones. All rooting info is listed in development section. One click root should work.
And yes you must of course unlock the bootloader to do any of that.
Sleep of death? Heard of it from like two random people. Never had it happen.
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zzelinka said:
I'm very familiar with Samsung and Odin, but Motorola stuff its confusing as hell. I've got a Photon now (and my ET4G). I've been reading through the stickies and the general / Q&A section and can't seen to find a definitive answer to a few questions...
1. I am 2.3.4 running 4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6. What is the latest root method?
2. Do I need an unlocked bootloader to flash roms and kernels?
3. Any fix for the random "sleep of death" without updating to 2.3.5?
Thanks in advance for any help you all can give!
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if you are familiar with odin then its gunna be a breeze, tars = sbf's, and odin = rsd lite. if you bork something youve gutta get into the proper mode (download mode = rsd mode) load up rsdlite and add the sbf in and click start.
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if you are familiar with odin then its gunna be a breeze, tars = sbf's, and odin = rsd lite. if you bork something youve gutta get into the proper mode (download mode = rsd mode) load up rsdlite and add the sbf in and click start.
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Cool. I am contemplating just updating to the newest update and not needing with anything for now. I pretty much bought it to use for my $59.99 lapdock. I actually bought two off Craigslist for $230. They are both pretty much brand new and came with original boxes, etc.
I'm still on the fence. It randomly shuts off and won't turn back on without a battery pull. Its frustrating as hell. Its done it probably 5-10 times tonight alone, and tonights the first night I've had it! I've read that updating to the newest system update takes care of the problem.
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na7q said:
Funny because Samsung's are the complicated ones. All rooting info is listed in development section. One click root should work.
And yes you must of course unlock the bootloader to do any of that.
Sleep of death? Heard of it from like two random people. Never had it happen.
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It just seems like its so much more complicated. Seems like I can brick my phone more easily with all this Moto software.
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It just seems like its so much more complicated. Seems like I can brick my phone more easily with all this Moto software.
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I urge you not to take the 2.3.5 as if it doesn't fix your sleep of death, there is literally no way to get it off your phone. Our stuff only seems a bit confusing because there is an extra step in there (unlocking) that you people don't have to contend with. Also, we lack a definitive AIO that does everything within one program. It takes a bit of getting used to but as shabby said, the concept is generally the same and there are simple guides for each step.
-Root using torpedo method (aio will probably work but torpedo never fails)
-unlock bootloader
-install a recovery (twrp is fine but you're probably used to cwm)
-flash yo sheet
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I urge you not to take the 2.3.5 as if it doesn't fix your sleep of death, there is literally no way to get it off your phone. Our stuff only seems a bit confusing because there is an extra step in there (unlocking) that you people don't have to contend with. Also, we lack a definitive AIO that does everything within one program. It takes a bit of getting used to but as shabby said, the concept is generally the same and there are simple guides for each step.
-Root using torpedo method (aio will probably work but torpedo never fails)
-unlock bootloader
-install a recovery (twrp is fine but you're probably used to cwm)
-flash yo sheet
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Werd. Was there ever a fix for sleep of death?
Do not update it with ota.
Flash 198_7 sbf and then flash only locked bootloader from 2.3.4 sv1 custom sbf thread.
It should solve the problem.
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Do not update it with ota.
Flash 198_7 sbf and then flash only locked bootloader from 2.3.4 sv1 custom sbf thread.
It should solve the problem.
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I'll check it out. Thanks for the info!
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Do not update it with ota.
Flash 198_7 sbf and then flash only locked bootloader from 2.3.4 sv1 custom sbf thread.
It should solve the problem.
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I saw the SV1 Locked Bootloader.sbf.zip but no 198_7 file. Am I missing something obvious. I probably am
EDITED: I'm a moron. Found it on Loikifish's site...
One more question, your phone is unlocked or locked, when the sleep of death problem occurs?
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One more question, your phone is unlocked or locked, when the sleep of death problem occurs?
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It's unlocked. Totally stock, nothing on it. No apps, nada. Just takes a nap on me and never wakes up... I switched back to my ET4G for now. At least until I can get the sleep of death figured out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Gonna sell one of my MoPho's and maybe the second one w/ my lapdock if I figure out what to do about it. I don't want to pay to get a replacement either....
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Ok so do what I wrote before, that should solve the problem an you will stay unlocked.
Actually you can try, that just flashing 198_7 sbf and not unlocking, will solve the problem.
I mistyped. It's LOCKED. Should I still just flash the 198 and the locked only?
EDIT: Shabby's AIO worked and I'm thinking about unlocking the bootloader. I can't remember if I saw somewhere where I can retain 4G with unlocking the BL. I can't seem to find it now...
Yes, if it's 198_6 now, you can flash 198_7 sbf, so that 2.3.5 update won't bother you and unlock only with bootloader, not derpunlock.sbf.
Tell me, if that helped with those deaths.
So I did an expirement to test a theory... I activated my Photon on my line the day before yesterday. I had a sleep of death if I let the phone sit too long (maybe 20-30 minutes). I was in good radio areas. I took the Photon off my line and let it sit to see if it would go to sleep and not wake up.
Guess what? I left it on for 12+ hours unattended and when I went to turn it on... No sleep of death! I'm going to put it back on my line and see if it sleeps hard again. I think we can then say the problem is most likely some sort of radio related. Am I correct?
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It is possible. You could try to find out where is the problem on yours.
I only know, that one man had this problem everytime he tried to unlock his phone with derpunlock.sbf. When he flashed full 198_7 sbf, everything was fine. Once he tried to unlock different way, that sleep of death was gone.
But this looks like the cause of your problem could be somewhere else.
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It is possible. You could try to find out where is the problem on yours.
I only know, that one man had this problem everytime he tried to unlock his phone with derpunlock.sbf. When he flashed full 198_7 sbf, everything was fine. Once he tried to unlock different way, that sleep of death was gone.
But this looks like the cause of your problem could be somewhere else.
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I unlocked using the derpunlock and fastboot method for CWM. It went off without a hitch. Switched back to the Photon to see if the SOD's still occur. I'll keep this thread updating to see if the problem gets resolved. Thanks for the help!
Many helpful people here .
Thanks to all, I might get a photon soon
Buttery Smooth THS15 Deviled
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Many helpful people here .
Thanks to all, I might get a photon soon
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We try
Ok I see that there are a couple of similar threads to this and I apologize in advance but I'm not sure exactly how to correctly interpret some of the answers on those threads...so I'm gonna start my own and see who can help lol. Once again I'm sorry if this new thread is considered obsolete by some or all.
I have a Motorola droid razr. Not the maxx just the standard razr. When I got my phone I started looking into rooting it after seeing one of my friends with a rooted thunderbolt. I successfully rooted my razr after doing a lot of research. I installed Titanium (not pro) and undelete. I'm fairly certain that I made a backup of everything on my phone shortly after installing Titanium Backup. Well through the course of tinkering around with my phone a bit I deleted certain files here and there that I considered useless or annoying to me that they were on my phone in the first place. Well when the upgrade to jellybean came out I tried to do a software update. It finishes, reboots my phone, then says the update was unsuccessful.
After some research I have realized that I probably deleted something that was important (lol yeah I'm an idiot) and so it wont let me update the software because of that. I realize that I could use titanium to restore those files but I have NO idea what files I deleted that were important. And I'm not all that comfortable with TB to just mess with it freely. TB has been something that I have used very little because I know I could probably cause some serious damage to my phone with it haha. I haven't done a factory reset because I know already that it wouldn't bring those files back.
If anyone can help me I would really appreciate it. I'm not a very technical person so I probably shouldn't have rooted in the first place but I tried my hardest to do the research first. Thanks in advance for the help everyone
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Ok I see that there are a couple of similar threads to this and I apologize in advance but I'm not sure exactly how to correctly interpret some of the answers on those threads...so I'm gonna start my own and see who can help lol. Once again I'm sorry if this new thread is considered obsolete by some or all.
I have a Motorola droid razr. Not the maxx just the standard razr. When I got my phone I started looking into rooting it after seeing one of my friends with a rooted thunderbolt. I successfully rooted my razr after doing a lot of research. I installed Titanium (not pro) and undelete. I'm fairly certain that I made a backup of everything on my phone shortly after installing Titanium Backup. Well through the course of tinkering around with my phone a bit I deleted certain files here and there that I considered useless or annoying to me that they were on my phone in the first place. Well when the upgrade to jellybean came out I tried to do a software update. It finishes, reboots my phone, then says the update was unsuccessful.
After some research I have realized that I probably deleted something that was important (lol yeah I'm an idiot) and so it wont let me update the software because of that. I realize that I could use titanium to restore those files but I have NO idea what files I deleted that were important. And I'm not all that comfortable with TB to just mess with it freely. TB has been something that I have used very little because I know I could probably cause some serious damage to my phone with it haha. I haven't done a factory reset because I know already that it wouldn't bring those files back.
If anyone can help me I would really appreciate it. I'm not a very technical person so I probably shouldn't have rooted in the first place but I tried my hardest to do the research first. Thanks in advance for the help everyone
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So does anyone have any suggestions??
im not sure about this particular phone but search for the SBF file for your phone model and how to use RSDLite. this is how to restore Motorola phones.
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It's never a good idea to do an OTA update over a rooted phone.
You should just download a rooted stock ROM from the dev forum (a 4.1 ROM) and flash it via your recovery (flash the zip file) or another custom ROM, they have some good ones!
OR I would just flash stock THEN do the OTA update, because whatever rooting method you used (I don't have that phone so I'm not sure) probably replaced your kernel with an insecure one or your system.img so you're failing the OTA update.
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It's never a good idea to do an OTA update over a rooted phone.
You should just download a rooted stock ROM from the dev forum (a 4.1 ROM) and flash it via your recovery (flash the zip file) or another custom ROM, they have some good ones!
OR I would just flash stock THEN do the OTA update, because whatever rooting method you used (I don't have that phone so I'm not sure) probably replaced your kernel with an insecure one or your system.img so you're failing the OTA update.
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this is a good point. i would only do the SBF if you can't get into custom recovery.
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OP I moved you, here into your device forum Q&A for more visibility from actual users for your device. Thank you.
just try to flash a stock ROM using RSD, and then take the OTA update.
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gregeorgeraldo said:
just try to flash a stock ROM using RSD, and then take the OTA update.
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Ok I'm not gonna lie that sounds like a different language to me haha. I know I probably shouldn't have done all this without really knowing exactly what i was doing but I'm sure im not the first lol. What exactly is RSD and when I flash the razr stock ROM will it erase anything I already have save on my phone? Sorry I'm not the most intelligent when it comes to stuff like this haha
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just try to flash a stock ROM using RSD, and then take the OTA update.
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Is this a good source and video that might explain this to me a little better? I havent posted 10 times so i cant use the link but its a video on youtube called How to use fastboot files to return Droid Razr back to Android 2.3.5! It's the first vid that comes up. has about 9,300 views and was posted 7 months ago. I think my RAZR was on ice cream sandwich (not gingerbread) but it should be the same i guess? Thanks in advance everyone
The reason I suggest just flashing a custom ROM thru your recovery is once you RSD stock then do the OTA you're just going to want to root again and maybe flash a better custom ROM.
Just flash a CM10 ROM from the dev forum and see how you like it, it's jellybean with tons more options that the stock ROM.
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The reason I suggest just flashing a custom ROM thru your recovery is once you RSD stock then do the OTA you're just going to want to root again and maybe flash a better custom ROM.
Just flash a CM10 ROM from the dev forum and see how you like it, it's jellybean with tons more options that the stock ROM.
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The main issue i'm having is that after i rooted my phone flashing custom roms was pretty much the only aspect i didnt get into, so i'm not comfortable in the least with doing it. So just flashing a new rom might be a little strange for me. If i flash the stock rom will i lose everything i have? Like all my apps and pictures and info? And will it unroot my phone?? And if that video i posted above will work should i just try it that way?
I'm sorry to keep posting but I'm just trying to get some specific answers and I feel like if my thread falls too far down it will be forgotten lol. But that video title that I posted...does anyone know if that could be a viable solution? And if it isn't could someone explain. To me how to flash the stock rom so i can upgrade to ics. I don't think the razr has jellybean yet if I'm not mistaken
It sounds like you might be missing some of the stock apps. I had a similar problem while following the same upgrade path as you. I have a Verizon XT912 (standard RAZR) I'm lookin for a link to send you that helped with the issue...but basically there are several apps that would seem non-essential like Slacker radio or NFL Mobile that seem to have caused people trouble. If your update is failing at 30% or somewhere in the middle, this might be the problem. If this sounds like it could be it, Ill try and find the post that helped me find what I was missing.
watch your phone during the update, make sure its not actually cancelling and booting normally because of this error.
Do you know what version you were on before things happened? GB or ICS? You always use this utility just to start over and get back to stock. You could do like people are saying and get the files but this is easier. There is a version for either GB or ICS. Just need to get into AP Fast Boot mode and follow the directions. Also assume this is the Cdma phone? Here is something similar.
I would just start all over and flash.Make sure if you can that your phone is charged before starting.
blueis300 said:
Do you know what version you were on before things happened? GB or ICS? You always use this utility just to start over and get back to stock. You could do like people are saying and get the files but this is easier. There is a version for either GB or ICS. Just need to get into AP Fast Boot mode and follow the directions. Also assume this is the Cdma phone? Here is something similar.
I would just start all over and flash.Make sure if you can that your phone is charged before starting.
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I'm on gingerbread 2.3.6. So i can just go to the bootloader menu and use AP fast boot to do what? I'm a little confused lol sorry
So does anyone have any explanation? The only reason i'm so desperate is because i'm planning on potentially selling my razr for the note 2 and i cant do that if its unable to perform this update/missing apps/etc.. lol. please help
I bought my atrix from amazon and it says its an asian retail atrix. It works perfectly and whatnot on gingerbread but i was wondering if i could change the stock firmware to a UK version.
just about to try an sbf file through rsd lite, but not sure if i would need to change the radio on the device and the webtop versions and all that extra stuff..
i dont really want to root the device and do things like that so hopefully theres a way around that.
There are no downsides to rooting that I can think of. Unlike with some other devices, rooting an Atrix is a very non-intrusive process and there are no ill side-effects. However, rooting itself is not enough - in order to flash a different ROM, you'll have to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery too. If you really don't want to go down that road, then I'm afraid flashing SBFs is the only option you have, and that is tricky to say the least.
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There are no downsides to rooting that I can think of. Unlike with some other devices, rooting an Atrix is a very non-intrusive process and there are no ill side-effects. However, rooting itself is not enough - in order to flash a different ROM, you'll have to unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery too. If you really don't want to go down that road, then I'm afraid flashing SBFs is the only option you have, and that is tricky to say the least.
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well i flashed a uk SBF of the 2.3.4 and it went smoothly but would you happen to know if i would be able to flash a 2.2 version seeing as its a downgrade and usually downgrading is harder than just clicking a button lol dont fancy bricking my phone as its just not fun
emmiig said:
would you happen to know if i would be able to flash a 2.2 version
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I would NOT advise it. It is almost certain you will brick it if you do that.
emmiig said:
well i flashed a uk SBF of the 2.3.4 and it went smoothly but would you happen to know if i would be able to flash a 2.2 version seeing as its a downgrade and usually downgrading is harder than just clicking a button lol dont fancy bricking my phone as its just not fun
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You should never attempt to do so, or you will get a hard brick. The only way you can downgrade is by rooting, unlocking the bootloader, and then flashing a fruitcake (or a gobstopper).
Sent from that Atrix.
tatperson said:
You should never attempt to do so, or you will get a hard brick. The only way you can downgrade is by rooting, unlocking the bootloader, and then flashing a fruitcake (or a gobstopper).
Sent from that Atrix.
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^^^^^^^^^^^
Sometimes for fun, I'll take a damaged Atrix pcb (wifi/bt not working) and do reckless things on it, and get it bricked and then try to unbrick it just to learn and have a little fun. lol