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Alright, so I know what went wrong. I messed up, I know I did, so please try not to mention it.
I accidentally deleted my lib folder in the /system directory using root explorer. What I was trying to do is replace it with the one found in a different thread (as I was missing some files that I needed to receive the BELL OTA update)
So now the phone will not boot past the above mentioned logo (thread title)
I have tried going into android recovery and wiping and restoring all data but that did not help, my phone is not unlocked and I have never installed a different ROM.
What should I do?
I may be wrong, but if you are not unlocked, you may have to do a full SBF flash to get back up and running. If you were unlocked you could just flash a system.img via fastboot.
Alright, I will look into that, right now I am at school so if you could give me a link to a guide for the Bell Motorola Atrix I would appreciate it, if not I will search through the forums for it later.
Thanks for the help!
what did you make on your case.
I have the same problem.
Please help me
My Atrix came with Android 2.2.2 --- Blur_Version.4.4.35.MB860.Retail.en.GB.
The complete name of the SBF is OLYEM_U4_4.3.5_SIGNED_USAOLYPRTGB_P026_A004_M001_H Wolympus_1g_1FF.sbf.gz.
It never received a Gingerbread OTA (we are still waiting for it in Europe)
I rooted it and unlocked the bootloader. Now it has CM7 installed and another radio.
Is it possible to flash to go back to the original SBF with Froyo, or will it brick my phone? I know that the bootloader would remain unlocked.
Another question: does the SBF also include the original Radio version? (I don't remember which one it was)
Update:
My question is generating interesting interventions, so I am going to update the most interesting facts in this post.
Yes, it is possible to go back to stock SBF with Froyo after root, unlock and installation of other ROMs, even those based on Motorola Gingerbread ROMs. You just must never install an official OTA update from Motorola that brings Gingerbread to you.
@GolfCranKinstallation flow has been:
New Telstra Atrix 2.2.2 > CM7 > Telstra 2.2.2 sbf > OTA Gingerbread and no more sbf flash from now on
My installation flow has been:
Android 2.2.2 --- Blur_Version.4.4.35.MB860.Retail.en.GB. > bootloader unlock and root > Cyanogenmod 7.1.0 > Alien Rom #4 (based on AT&T official Gingerbread for Motorola Atrix 4G) > Android 2.2.2 --- Blur_Version.4.4.35.MB860.Retail.en.GB. back again. I just had to unlock and root again the device, but everything went fine.
In this post @NYG-SBXLII explains how to extract an official SBF in order to generate moto-fastboot images. This is for creating sort of fruit cakes. Additionally, he explains how to just extract the Radio firmware from a SBF.
While trying some Radios out, I noticed that by flashing a CMW Radio zip instead of a SBF file, the new radio would flash but won't be overwritten again by any other SBF file. This is probably a bug of sbf_lite. If you flash again using RSD-LITE, it will work again.
Thank you all, XDA users!
Don't quote me on this but I'm fairly certain that if you unlocked the boot loader you should stay away from .sbf'ng anything but gingerbread. Check the fruitcake thread.
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There's too much confusion on this topic
Once you unlock your bootloader its not recommended to flash back using spf's. If you want to go back to froyo, use fruitcake. Its the same as the .sbf but it doesn't rollback your bootloader...which its what can lead to a hard brick.
As much as I know, it will work just fine, as long as you done flash a 2.3.4 bootloader and than revert to a 2.2.2 one.
quicklyspent said:
Once you unlock your bootloader its not recommended to flash back using spf's. If you want to go back to froyo, use fruitcake. Its the same as the .sbf but it doesn't rollback your bootloader...which its what can lead to a hard brick.
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From what I understand, a fruitcake that corresponds to my SBF does not exist. Am I right?
crnkoj said:
As much as I know, it will work just fine, as long as you done flash a 2.3.4 bootloader and than revert to a 2.2.2 one.
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I never installed official OTAs. I just went from stock 2.2.2 to custom ROMS.
I installed Alien ROM one time, but I don't think that it contains the malicious 2.3.x bootloader from Motorola. Does it?
How do I now which bootloader version is installed on my phone?
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There's too much confusion on this topic
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Yes I found it confusing and was wary before I did it. But what you are wanting to do is in fact safe. When you flash back to Froyo using sbf the bootloader will not be unlocked anymore but it will only take a minute to reflash the small unlock pudding sbf. You will not even need to run the unlock with fastboot afterwards.
I have just done this successfully. I went New Telstra Atrix 2.2.2 > CM7 > Telstra 2.2.2 sbf > OTA Gingerbread. I understand that if I flash an sbf now I will brick the phone so it's only zips from now on
Have you got the correct sbf from Firmwares Superthread?
Hit thanks if I've helped you.
bodom_lx said:
My Atrix came with Android 2.2.2 --- Blur_Version.4.4.35.MB860.Retail.en.GB.
The complete name of the SBF is OLYEM_U4_4.3.5_SIGNED_USAOLYPRTGB_P026_A004_M001_H Wolympus_1g_1FF.sbf.gz.
It never received a Gingerbread OTA (we are still waiting for it in Europe)
I rooted it and unlocked the bootloader. Now it has CM7 installed and another radio.
Is it possible to flash to go back to the original SBF with Froyo, or will it brick my phone? I know that the bootloader would remain unlocked.
Another question: does the SBF also include the original Radio version? (I don't remember which one it was)
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As long as you have never installed a gingerbread bootloader (other then pudding) you should be fine. However if you give me some time id be willing to make a moto-fastboot flashable alternative for you just to be safe.
Also do you have a mirror for that sbf file im trying to download it but its really slow (over 12 hours)?
NYG-SBXLII said:
As long as you have never installed a gingerbread bootloader (other then pudding) you should be fine. However if you give me some time id be willing to make a moto-fastboot flashable alternative for you just to be safe.
Also do you have a mirror for that sbf file im trying to download it but its really slow (over 12 hours)?
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The only GB bootloaders I could have installed come from Alien ROM and Cyanogenmod, if any.
Thank you very much if you build it for me!
Are you downloading this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16273531&postcount=111
Unfortunately I don't know any mirror. Is it difficult to create the moto-fastboot? If you help me I may try to do that.
GolfCranK said:
Yes I found it confusing and was wary before I did it. But what you are wanting to do is in fact safe. When you flash back to Froyo using sbf the bootloader will not be unlocked anymore but it will only take a minute to reflash the small unlock pudding sbf. You will not even need to run the unlock with fastboot afterwards.
I have just done this successfully. I went New Telstra Atrix 2.2.2 > CM7 > Telstra 2.2.2 sbf > OTA Gingerbread. I understand that if I flash an sbf now I will brick the phone so it's only zips from now on
Have you got the correct sbf from Firmwares Superthread?
Hit thanks if I've helped you.
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It seems that you made about the same operations I would do (except the last one, we are still waiting for GB in Europe..) Thank you for the information, I will try this if @NYG-SBXLII does not manage to create the safe file
bodom_lx said:
The only GB bootloaders I could have installed come from Alien ROM and Cyanogenmod, if any.
Thank you very much if you build it for me!
Are you downloading this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16273531&postcount=111
Unfortunately I don't know any mirror. Is it difficult to create the moto-fastboot? If you help me I may try to do that.
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yes that is the file im trying to download but for whatever reason i cant download it it keeps stopping. do you already have the sbf? if so you can use dropbox or something like that to upload it somewhere for me.
also if you already have the file you can use Portable Sbf Tool to extract the contents of the sbf you can then get system webtop and boot from the file and use moto-fastboot to flash them. you can not flash a radio with moto-fastboot though. you would need to make a custom sbf that has just the radio.
once you extract the sbf you will need CG 56(boot), CG 57(system), CG 58(webtop). after you remove those files rename them accordingly boot, system and webtop. Move them to your fastboot folder and flash.
for the radio you will need to remove the rest of the files in the smg folder execpt for CG 5, RDL 1 and RDL 3 recompile the sbf. now you can flash it with rsd lite.
NYG-SBXLII said:
yes that is the file im trying to download but for whatever reason i cant download it it keeps stopping. do you already have the sbf? if so you can use dropbox or something like that to upload it somewhere for me.
also if you already have the file you can use Portable Sbf Tool to extract the contents of the sbf you can then get system webtop and boot from the file and use moto-fastboot to flash them. you can not flash a radio with moto-fastboot though. you would need to make a custom sbf that has just the radio.
once you extract the sbf you will need CG 56(boot), CG 57(system), CG 58(webtop). after you remove those files rename them accordingly boot, system and webtop. Move them to your fastboot folder and flash.
for the radio you will need to remove the rest of the files in the smg folder execpt for CG 5, RDL 1 and RDL 3 recompile the sbf. now you can flash it with rsd lite.
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I would hit the "Thanks" button 100 times if I could. Thank you very much for the mapping of the smg files and for the radio trick!
The last question (I hope):
I once flashed the CWM radio N_01.100.00R from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15787709&postcount=1.
This worked fine. But, why can I no more flash other sbf radios? If I pick any sbf radio and sbf_flash it, the program will just tell me that everything went fine but after the reboot I always see N_01.100.00R as radio version.
This also happened with the new radio I compiled with your instructions. I know this is not related to the process you told me, because it happens with other sbf radios, too.
bodom_lx said:
I would hit the "Thanks" button 100 times if I could. Thank you very much for the mapping of the smg files and for the radio trick!
The last question (I hope):
I once flashed the CWM radio N_01.100.00R from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15787709&postcount=1.
This worked fine. But, why can I no more flash other sbf radios? If I pick any sbf radio and sbf_flash it, the program will just tell me that everything went fine but after the reboot I always see N_01.100.00R as radio version.
This also happened with the new radio I compiled with your instructions. I know this is not related to the process you told me, because it happens with other sbf radios, too.
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not really sure why ive never had that problem. let me test a few things and see if i can find a different work around.
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bodom_lx said:
I would hit the "Thanks" button 100 times if I could. Thank you very much for the mapping of the smg files and for the radio trick!
The last question (I hope):
I once flashed the CWM radio N_01.100.00R from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15787709&postcount=1.
This worked fine. But, why can I no more flash other sbf radios? If I pick any sbf radio and sbf_flash it, the program will just tell me that everything went fine but after the reboot I always see N_01.100.00R as radio version.
This also happened with the new radio I compiled with your instructions. I know this is not related to the process you told me, because it happens with other sbf radios, too.
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do you have a copy of that cwm radio you can upload for me? the download link no longer works
also can you upload just the CG 5 that you got from the sbf you made?
NYG-SBXLII said:
not really sure why ive never had that problem. let me test a few things and see if i can find a different work around.
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do you have a copy of that cwm radio you can upload for me? the download link no longer works
also can you upload just the CG 5 that you got from the sbf you made?
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Of course:
The un-overwritable CWM Radio
My CG 5 smg
Please note that you could try any sbf radio after the CWM flash, even this one. It is the International sbf referenced in this post. sbf_flash will not be able to overwrite the installed CWM radio.
bodom_lx said:
Of course:
The un-overwritable CWM Radio
My CG 5 smg
Please note that you could try any sbf radio after the CWM flash, even this one. It is the International sbf referenced in this post. sbf_flash will not be able to overwrite the installed CWM radio.
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I notice you are referencing sbf_flash are you talking about sbf_flash for linux? If so that may be your problem. Do you have access to a windows OS? Try rsd lite for windows because I just flashed the file you gave me and then used rsd lite to flash back to my normal radio with no issues.
Finally!
NYG-SBXLII said:
I notice you are referencing sbf_flash are you talking about sbf_flash for linux? If so that may be your problem. Do you have access to a windows OS? Try rsd lite for windows because I just flashed the file you gave me and then used rsd lite to flash back to my normal radio with no issues.
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It worked with RSD Lite. Maybe there is a bug with sbf_flash, it is probably not able to flash a SBF Radio over a CWM Radio.
Thank you again NYG-SBXLII. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Hello,
I am getting a bit confused with all the threads and I really don't want to mess up my phone. I have rooted it and my background is the Xperia X10, on Rogers too. I would like to test out some different ROMs or maybe even the ICS Rom that just came out from the EternityProject team. However, if I understood, there is no way to revert back to stock since we have a locked bootloader. Can anyone could just guide me to threads step by step? I read the tutorial to flash the Arctic Rom, but I am not sure what to do. Is the bootstrap recovery this? If so I guess I can go from there... I was a bit scared since it was saying unofficial. Would it work for Rogers Canada? Most of the things I see are for US or Europe.. Please help me out, would be much appreciated!
I just reread the bootstrap thread.. Having a question regarding this. There is a note stating that you can only access it through Android.. I am guessing I need to reinstall the bootstrap everytime I flash a ROM.. right? Sorry, pretty lost. Thanks for any help! I just feel like it was wayyy easier with my X10..
I came from the X10 on rogers too!, I seems the X10 was way easier to understand and mod. I am so lost with all this motorola stuff too!
Advise
Hey there guys, well I would advise not to flash anything unless you have at least a ClockWork backup of your phone after you rooted and installed the bootstrap recovery. The bootstrap recovery is an .apk file which you install and run from the phone itself not in recovery mode like most other unlocked bootloaders.
I'm holding off myself because there is no full flash file from Rogers as of yet, the closest one is the Brazil Xt910 flash using RDSlite. Still if you flash that if something goes wrong with your tweaking you won't get the CSC files from the Rogers Rom unless I guess you back them up. I'm not quite sure if you can actually pull the csc files from the rogers and port it over but it's worth a try if your daring.
At the moment I'm content with root and backing up the system folders and other partitions just in case something goes wrong, remember to backup your efs as well.
Thx for ur input gdmuscle, makes more sense now. I might risk it once there is a stable Ice Cream Sandwich ROM. I admit for now it is kind of useless to risk that much with the lack of ROM choices. Much appreciated!
And Chriskwan, yea, was much easier with the X10 lol. Good to see some canadians feeling the same way! Btw I am in contact with Moto to see when the update should arrive at Rogers.. Will make a thread if i get an update
After playing around with a Rogers Droid Razr the past 3-4 days trying to figure out ROMs and such, I can safely say I will never actually BUY this device.
There is WAY more community support for the Galaxy S2, and it is a lot easier to manage. Flashing via odin, is MUCH simpler. The stupid fastboot crap is annoying.
well for the razr its much easier than using odin i can assure u that...
1. get the root package and root your phone ... its a simple script u run and it does the rest...
2. get bootstrap.apk and cwm-on-boot.zip ... put the cwm zip in the root of your sd card (external sd)... install the bootstrap ... reboot into your recovery using the app... and then install the cwm on boot zip...
3. make nandroid backup (mad slow)
4. get the deodexed rom needed for arctic... wipe, install that
5. install Arctic...
thats the condensed guide ofcourse... just a few setup steps u need to follow...
As opposed to what? Running SuperOneClick? Because that is all I did and it worked perfectly for my Galaxy S Captivate.
I should mention that just gives me root, but from there installing CWM was relatively easy, and there is nothing more complicated.
The Razr is a great device, but it is to me a PITA compared to the Galaxy S series in terms of Android Development.
gdmuscle said:
Hey there guys, well I would advise not to flash anything unless you have at least a ClockWork backup of your phone after you rooted and installed the bootstrap recovery. The bootstrap recovery is an .apk file which you install and run from the phone itself not in recovery mode like most other unlocked bootloaders.
I'm holding off myself because there is no full flash file from Rogers as of yet, the closest one is the Brazil Xt910 flash using RDSlite. Still if you flash that if something goes wrong with your tweaking you won't get the CSC files from the Rogers Rom unless I guess you back them up. I'm not quite sure if you can actually pull the csc files from the rogers and port it over but it's worth a try if your daring.
At the moment I'm content with root and backing up the system folders and other partitions just in case something goes wrong, remember to backup your efs as well.
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I wish i read that before i started to mess with my phone. I used a tutorial to try to add a custom rom to my phone and read people with rogers with success but i guess i was one of those who messed up. Now my phone just turns on and stays at the motorola screen
can either of you post the backup file of your rogers ROM
Yes that would be very useful to try
where is the efs folder?
Hello anyone willing to help.
I Cant seem to find the proper "SBF" files i need. Ive found links to them in many places, however none seem to download correctly. If at all or blocked...?Would someone be able email me the files i would need for a Motorola Atrix From AT&T. prefer stock if available...
Ive spent dayz trying 2find. Thankyou in advance for you consideration. Also any helpful pointers or advice would be appreciated.
I am new to the android world, however determand on learning the ins and outz until im a pro.
Sincerly,
Joshua2711
thanx ......CaelanT
DO NOT USE SBF FILES AND RSDLITE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
If the phone has a locked BL with stock firmware, factory reset and use OTAs. If the phone has an unlocked BL with a custom recovery, then use flashable zips to get what you need.
DO NOT USE SBF FILES AND RSDLITE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
Would be a good idea for you to remove your name, place of employment, and work email address! Sorry, but you are asking for all sorts of trouble posting those!
littleemp said:
DO NOT USE SBF FILES AND RSDLITE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
If the phone has a locked BL with stock firmware, factory reset and use OTAs. If the phone has an unlocked BL with a custom recovery, then use flashable zips to get what you need.
DO NOT USE SBF FILES AND RSDLITE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
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What would be the best way to return the phone to as close to stock as possible with an unlocked BL and custom recovery?
scarbutt11 said:
What would be the best way to return the phone to as close to stock as possible with an unlocked BL and custom recovery?
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A fruitcake with the latest software version.
Recently I ordered Motorola 4g from US.... It was with stock Sprint Sunfire OS.
System Version : 45.4.13.MB855.Sprint.en.Us
Model MB855
Android 2.3.5
Baseband N_01.29.10R
Webtop 1.2.0-180
Kernel [email protected] #2
Build 4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_13
So what I did, I was trying to install custom rom on that. Steps I had taken
Rooted phone via installing SuperUser and various rooting methods like ClickOnce, Photon -Torpedo but no one seems successful , while executing I got errors everytime. But after day or two I came to know about that my phone is rooted. As I was getting SuperUser popups on root operations. Then I installed CWM and tried to install the ROM from there but everytime I got stucked at Yellow Triangular icon (recovery mode).
Repeated step on rooting process and unlocking the bootloader by applying pudding.rar and fastboot commands and every time i got the error and Starting RSD Screens, but anyhow my phone recovers itself to its original boot state afetr pulling out battery and manually restrating.
Finally one day I use some other Recovery Tool , i am unable to recall the name. It installed and rebooted successfully in the recovery mode. I then wipe the dalvik cache, wipe factory reset and then tried to installl the custom rom that MIUI 2.68 i think . I was happy to see some designer screens on my phone and then it said rom installed successfully.
I then reboot my phone and found it in the Failed To Start2 , Starting RSD mode
I tried various way to restore...
Installing pudding.rar using RSD lite but everytime I got sec_exception : sec_exception : b655, eddc,eb
I then tried reinstalling SBF : 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_7-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf and sunfire-2.3.5-4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_4 but while enumerating phone I got error sec_exception febe 4e 4e
I have also tried nopudding4u.sbf but the same result.
Please,, help me and my phone out .. as its going to be more than a week... i feel handicaaped...
Please guide me through the step by step , which file and when and please do provide the links of the files to download.
**Update OTA with 2.3.5 before murdering.....**
Most of those sticky threads are outdated, without important informations. You need to search in whole dev section, there are the answers, how to recover your bricked Photon.
bring it ON..............please
peetr_ said:
Most of those sticky threads are outdated, without important informations. You need to search in whole dev section, there are the answers, how to recover your bricked Photon.
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Thanks for your reply peetr_.. I would like to know on the basis of my exceptions , Is my phone recoverable or become as useless as a paperweight. I can see fastboot modes and RSD modes and can even swicth between them. In some other forum , I came to know that ,I can reover my phone back but for that I need a locked bootstrap for 2.3.5 and then reflash using the stock sbf.
So could you please tell me how to do that and where to find those files. I am digging XDA Forums and AndroidForum.com past two weeks for the solution...
amitranjan said:
Recently I ordered Motorola 4g from US.... It was with stock Sprint Sunfire OS.
System Version : 45.4.13.MB855.Sprint.en.Us
Model MB855
Android 2.3.5
Baseband N_01.29.10R
Webtop 1.2.0-180
Kernel [email protected] #2
Build 4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_13
So what I did, I was trying to install custom rom on that. Steps I had taken
Rooted phone via installing SuperUser and various rooting methods like ClickOnce, Photon -Torpedo but no one seems successful , while executing I got errors everytime. But after day or two I came to know about that my phone is rooted. As I was getting SuperUser popups on root operations. Then I installed CWM and tried to install the ROM from there but everytime I got stucked at Yellow Triangular icon (recovery mode).
Repeated step on rooting process and unlocking the bootloader by applying pudding.rar and fastboot commands and every time i got the error and Starting RSD Screens, but anyhow my phone recovers itself to its original boot state afetr pulling out battery and manually restrating.
Finally one day I use some other Recovery Tool , i am unable to recall the name. It installed and rebooted successfully in the recovery mode. I then wipe the dalvik cache, wipe factory reset and then tried to installl the custom rom that MIUI 2.68 i think . I was happy to see some designer screens on my phone and then it said rom installed successfully.
I then reboot my phone and found it in the Failed To Start2 , Starting RSD mode
I tried various way to restore...
Installing pudding.rar using RSD lite but everytime I got sec_exception : sec_exception : b655, eddc,eb
I then tried reinstalling SBF : 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_7-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf and sunfire-2.3.5-4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_4 but while enumerating phone I got error sec_exception febe 4e 4e
I have also tried nopudding4u.sbf but the same result.
Please,, help me and my phone out .. as its going to be more than a week... i feel handicaaped...
Please guide me through the step by step , which file and when and please do provide the links of the files to download.
**Update OTA with 2.3.5 before murdering.....**
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Should have read around a bit before you attempted all of this. Go to the general and QA section of the photon forums and search the first few pages of each. There will be 5 or 6 different threads with people who have experienced the same problems in which we have completely outlined the steps you would need to take.
Is this what I have to do ????
Acvice said:
Should have read around a bit before you attempted all of this. Go to the general and QA section of the photon forums and search the first few pages of each. There will be 5 or 6 different threads with people who have experienced the same problems in which we have completely outlined the steps you would need to take.
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Step by step 2.3.5 unbrick:
1)Flash this SBF (http://d-h.st/XGJ). Now you'll have stock 2.3.5 for Electrify. But you need Sprint services (I assume), so you don't stop here. -
Flashing ,Using RSD Lite
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2) Download bootstrap from DroidX2 forum, and get it working. Of course you need to root your photon first.
3) Flash this ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30332325) from bootstrap. Please follow the instructions for this ROM carefully, you don't wanna flash the SBF again.
From bootstrap means - adb fast boot, am i right????/
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4) Flash 254_13 modules (http://d-h.st/aAi) with bootstrap. you need them.
5) Flash 2.3.5_254_13 sv2 boot, recovery and cdrom image sbf (http://d-h.st/TeB) with RSD Lite.
6) Flash 254_12 libmoto_ril.so (http://d-h.st/BmX) with bootstrap. You don't need to flash the radio SBF.
4) and 6) is not needed, if you install rom 3)
amitranjan said:
Step by step 2.3.5 unbrick:
1)Flash this SBF (http://d-h.st/XGJ). Now you'll have stock 2.3.5 for Electrify. But you need Sprint services (I assume), so you don't stop here. -
2) Download bootstrap from DroidX2 forum, and get it working. Of course you need to root your photon first.
3) Flash this ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30332325) from bootstrap. Please follow the instructions for this ROM carefully, you don't wanna flash the SBF again.
4) Flash 254_13 modules (http://d-h.st/aAi) with bootstrap. you need them.
5) Flash 2.3.5_254_13 sv2 boot, recovery and cdrom image sbf (http://d-h.st/TeB) with RSD Lite.
6) Flash 254_12 libmoto_ril.so (http://d-h.st/BmX) with bootstrap. You don't need to flash the radio SBF.
4) and 6) is not needed, if you install rom 3)
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Im pretty sure thats right. However, I have never faced this problem first hand so i would wait for a second opinion before going forward. Peetr will know, hopefully he will chime in.
Yes. Exactly those steps.
Bootstrap is bootstrap CWM recovery, you must download the apk and install, following the instructions.
peetr_ said:
Yes. Exactly those steps.
Bootstrap is bootstrap CWM recovery, you must download the apk and install, following the instructions.
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Thanks for the confirmation of the steps.
Few more things:
1. I have still my bootloader locked i think. So will these these steps work.
2. Flash this SBF (http://d-h.st/XGJ). Now you'll have stock 2.3.5 for Electrify. But you need Sprint services (I assume), so you don't stop here. - What If I dont want Sprint Services? I am here in India and there is no sprint network. We have VodaFone, Airtel and Other operators, still on 3G. No 4G here. Can I stop @ 1.
3. Can I install , other custom roms on it, in future If I want?
No cause you will have a photon radio with electrify modules won't work.
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peetr_ said:
Yes. Exactly those steps.
Bootstrap is bootstrap CWM recovery, you must download the apk and install, following the instructions.
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I have installed the SBF correctly and too roooted the phone. Also installed the DroidX Bootstrap by Koushik Dutta. but I am unable to boot into recovery. Can I try ClockWorkMod Recovery... that we generally used to flash roms or strictly bootstrap is necessary. I have tried System recovery by Tenfar but it wont boot into recovery...
Please help
It's recovery for DroidX2. Not DroidX.
And you must be connected to wall charger, to boot into it.
Photon is now Electrified with LIFE ----
Thanks a TON to all the Photon Guys, especially peetr_. :highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::good::good::good::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory: Now my photon and ELECTRIFIED and has a SPRINTing LIFE....
But still I am curious about the custom rom installation.
1. Is it possible and safe or I have to stick with the stock rom.
2. Wait for motorola / sprint for their another update if they allow us to installl custom roms (well its not possible, I know)
You can try some custom roms for locked bootloader. You can always sbf back.
Can you provide me some links for my phone as i am facing some unusual restarts withis rom...
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Also i am facing Sleep Of Death issue after waking up this dead phone from grave....
Earlier it was working fine. Generally i face one or two a day.
Is rom upgradation a solution? I hv experienced whenever it goes to sleep the back panel gets heated up than normal. Also when i use wifi 3g the same thing happens...
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amitranjan said:
Step by step 2.3.5 unbrick:
1)Flash this SBF (http://d-h.st/XGJ). Now you'll have stock 2.3.5 for Electrify. But you need Sprint services (I assume), so you don't stop here. -
2) Download bootstrap from DroidX2 forum, and get it working. Of course you need to root your photon first.
3) Flash this ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30332325) from bootstrap. Please follow the instructions for this ROM carefully, you don't wanna flash the SBF again.
4) Flash 254_13 modules (http://d-h.st/aAi) with bootstrap. you need them.
5) Flash 2.3.5_254_13 sv2 boot, recovery and cdrom image sbf (http://d-h.st/TeB) with RSD Lite.
6) Flash 254_12 libmoto_ril.so (http://d-h.st/BmX) with bootstrap. You don't need to flash the radio SBF.
4) and 6) is not needed, if you install rom 3)
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This seems like a lot of work just to get a softbricked Photon 4G to work. Didn't Motorola release a soak test about two months ago? Do we have an SBF for that? If so then couldn't someone with a bricked Photon 4G (running 2.3.5 stock) just flash the soak test files and get the Photon working fine?
Also if someone does follow these instructions, will they be able to get the latest OTAs from Sprint when ICS/JB goes official?
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This seems like a lot of work just to get a softbricked Photon 4G to work. Didn't Motorola release a soak test about two months ago? Do we have an SBF for that? If so then couldn't someone with a bricked Photon 4G (running 2.3.5 stock) just flash the soak test files and get the Photon working fine?
Also if someone does follow these instructions, will they be able to get the latest OTAs from Sprint when ICS/JB goes official?
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This is the only way, there is no sbf for the latest soak. And honestly, this process doesnt take very long. If you cant spare an hour to unbrick a phone then people shouldnt be tinkering with their phone in the first place. And nope, you will remain locked, no way to unlock and install ics/jb.
"Say Apple one more MoPho'n time..."
I'm currently struggling with this process. I flashed the .sbf via rsdlite. It gets to 100% but then it says error because phone failed to re-enumerate. I installed RockoDev's ROM last night and phone was bricked all night while I naively thought it would load. Was stuck at the NOW screen when I went to bed and hadn't changed when I woke up.
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And nope, you will remain locked, no way to unlock and install ics/jb.
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I believe you misunderstood my final question but that is okay.
InsanePostman: Are you also known as huntingoctopus on other sites?
sub2k1 said:
I believe you misunderstood my final question but that is okay.
InsanePostman: Are you also known as huntingoctopus on other sites?
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I am not. It used to be an old gamer tag that I used for various games. On a side note I still can't get past step 1. Phone fails to re-enumerate after flashing .sbf file.