Ok I have a Milestone X2 with 2.3.6 stock. Rooted stock rom...
I fooled around and tried the smurf script and now it wont boot up or boot into CWM
I can boot to stock recovery and other options such as RSD, Fastboot & etc.
I apologize for not thoroughly searching but Im rushed with many other life issues going on. I just need some point in the right direction. Thanks.
EDIT: Maybe apply an update from sdcard from stock recovery?
What update do you have on your sdcard? The 2.3.5 ota? or 2.3.6?
I'm not too familiar with the Milestone, but I did find two threads on SBF'ing:
Downgrading from 2.3.6 to 2.3.5
and
Skwoodwiva's "Wanted: 2.3.6 SBF or OTA"
There was also a 2.3.5 SBF posted on the Motorola SBF page. Under Milestone x2 it has a 2.3.5 SBF but it says ntelos? Again, I'm not too familiar with the Milestones but I would think you could just flash that and the reactivate through your local cell provider. It might be a good idea to PM skwoodwiva and see what he recommends as it seems he's pretty familiar with the Milestone series.
Yea thanks I did just happen to PM him... Im assuming I have 2.3.6 since I recieved it that way.
is there someway to restore with SDK tools?
it is in rsd mode by default evn though it doesnt say i had same problem and this workd but only problem is that back button and home button r switched
Nah I'm screwed. I even tried to sbf the milestone x2 2.3.5 with no luck. Boss called in a warranty claim. Get the new phone tomorrow.
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Our source is still looking for 236 as I post.
Milestone X2
I too am in the same boat and would love to get the ntelos 2.3.6 ota or sbf to try, the 2.3.5 does not work due to the security check i am guessing. Right now my phone will only boot the to the moto dual core logo, I can also boot to stock recovery with all the functions there as well but the wipe data and cache dont seem to do anything. Any help would be great to unbrick the phone...
New phone in old one shipped out... Guess Ill root tonight & just get rid of some bloat.
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Hello,
I've been searching the forums for this but basically I did Gingerbreak/Gingerblur 4.5 from the now zombified post. I have since over looked the update 4.5.91 because I don't want to hard brick the phone, but now it looks as though I'm stuck on Gingerblur.
1) I CANNOT restore to factory settings via the phone (Get stuck in Failed to Boot 2 Starting RSD Mode lock out) no matter what I do.
2) After going into RSD protocol support, It will not recognize my phone at all on RSDLite v5.0 (so can't flash SBF files)
3) If I select Android Recovery it will result in "Failed to Boot 2"
I've been looking at the threads for the latest stuff, but none of them seem to address my issue. Any thoughts on how the heck I get this thing fixed? I'd like ideally to get Android 2.3.4 and the latest and greatest, but don't want to brick the phone. Any help would be greatly appreciated
BTW it works just fine in Gingerblur, but I'd like not to be stuck with that forever...
You are not unlocked. Feel free to flash an sbf as hard brick has to do with unlock and bootloader stuff.
My thoughts would be to just unlock your bootloader. Start with the pudding thread
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Well, perhaps I should have gone back to stock image first before doing Pudding.
Soft bricked my phone now. Stuck in Failed to Boot 2 - Starting RSD Mode
I will download the 1.26 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991072
and try to do a restore...I hope I haven't screwed my phone up...
I did the same and flashed it back to stock i used rsdlite 5.5 and used my country specific SBF.
It is back to stock but webtop Isnt working
Actually sorry. To clarify, I'm using this thread instead for the SBF.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944
Will see if web top is a concern IF the stock file flashes properly...
Being on anything won't effect an sbf flash. Go ahead and rsd to gingerbread. Or pudding
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I got it back to 1.26
One thing people don't mention is if you have an older version of RSD Lite it will NOT recognize the phone with the latest drivers...(and there are a wealth of older RSDLites floating around so to a newer person it's not quite evident which is latest)
It's now on 1.26. I will try the bootloader unlock, pudding, etc later when I feel more comfortable...
So here is my problem, i've wiped my phone so many times to try out every rom/kernel that is posted. The last time i clicked the wrong file to sbf to unlock it and ended up flashing the 235 electrify pudding sbf. (had them all in the same folder...dumbass)
I was able to get rid of the 108 svf error by flashing the boot.img back to the photon ones via fastboot. But still would get the 106 anytime i went to try and flash the sbf.
I've tried in Ubuntu as well as windows 7 to flash it back but nothing has worked since it wants a 235 sbf, and it locked the bootloader.
So I said screw it and tried flashing the electrify 2.3.5 and it loaded up and everything, but i'm stuck on the activation screen and cant get past it. (tires to activate through Verizon)
The 2.3.5 update also removed the bootloader unlock in fast boot even with the id number.
So as easy as it was to flash it right to the electrify sbf, i think once the sprint 2.3.5 sbf is out i should be able to go back. Or once an unlock is found to unlock the bootloader, i can flash the files via fastboot.
I haven't tried messing around with nvflash, since my computer doesn't show the apx when its in that mode.
Update: Was able to bypass activation by booting in to "Boot Android {No BP}" like on the droid x2.
Did you get bootstrap working?
TrojanZulu said:
So here is my problem, i've wiped my phone so many times to try out every rom/kernel that is posted. The last time i clicked the wrong file to sbf to unlock it and ended up flashing the 235 electrify pudding sbf. (had them all in the same folder...dumbass)
I was able to get rid of the 108 svf error by flashing the boot.img back to the photon ones via fastboot. But still would get the 106 anytime i went to try and flash the sbf.
I've tried in Ubuntu as well as windows 7 to flash it back but nothing has worked since it wants a 235 sbf, and it locked the bootloader.
So I said screw it and tried flashing the electrify 2.3.5 and it loaded up and everything, but i'm stuck on the activation screen and cant get past it. (tires to activate through Verizon)
The 2.3.5 update also removed the bootloader unlock in fast boot even with the id number.
So as easy as it was to flash it right to the electrify sbf, i think once the sprint 2.3.5 sbf is out i should be able to go back. Or once an unlock is found to unlock the bootloader, i can flash the files via fastboot.
I haven't tried messing around with nvflash, since my computer doesn't show the apx when its in that mode.
Update: Was able to bypass activation by booting in to "Boot Android {No BP}" like on the droid x2.
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Was able to root it via the photon torpedo, even though it says it fails, it wont install the apks from the root program but it is rooted. Just downloaded them off market and ran root updater.
Was able to get system recovery to install and booted in to it just fine. but it soft bricks after i install the skiny4g zip file, boots up the first time all the way to the US Cellular boot screen then resets, and then loops the Moto Dual Core icon. Tried the "Boot Android {No BP}, and same effect, also tried just wiping cache and then wiping the system and still the same results.
Update: Finely got Skinny4G to boot, took 3 tires and the last time i wiped system 2 times in mounts and storage, shows up as sprint and 2.3.4 and its looking at sprint wireless towers, just trying to activate it now.
Phone activated on sprint, 3g works with out any issue, but the wifi and 4g is dead, now i just have to wait for the electrify unlock or 2.3.5 sbf for sprint.
Hey man, i did the same i flashed 235pudding by mistake, so i tried using the 2.3.5 sbf form electrify and it was going great until !switching phone to bp.. something else" then it stopped on 99% and failed to flash... i waited for 5 minutes just to be sure nothing else happened... it didnt
Then i pulled battery and powered the phone again this time it didnt said the "failed to boot 2" but it didnt started it just sits on the motorola dual core logo.
I pulled battery and powered it trying to go into RSD mode and it just doesnt appears :O
I pulled battery and tried to go into fastboot and doesnt appears either.... i just can turn it on and it sits on moto logo.... any help ideas? Tnks
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Edit: I pressed vol up and down while power button and it finally appeared RSD mode.... but battery too low to flash, im gonna charge the battery on an external charger for an hour and report later if RSD lite actually recognizes the device.
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YEAH! After charging battery the process completed, im an international user so its not very imporanto to me Spront or US cellular, the phone boots good without my sim... but as soon as i put it in it says " modem did not power up (0)" so...
Does Anyone knows where to go form here?
Thanks
jokersax11 said:
Did you get bootstrap working?
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Bootstrap install just fine after rooting.
Unbrick yourself
I want to thank Koriotto and everyone else who suggested and or tried the idea of flashing a 2.3.5 rom to save our backs. Now to everyone who has flashed 2.3.5 electrify pudding into their photons:
Disclaimer:
1°This will bootlock your phone until a working pudding for 2.3.5 is released.
2°I have no idea whether this will work with sprint whatsoever since I can't try it out being an "international" user, but at least your phone won't be a total brick. However, my common sense tells me this most likely won't work with Sprint.
3ºThere is a leaked Photon 2.3.5.sbf lurking amid devs, but as far I know it hasn't been released to the public yet. However, in case you do get ahold of it, please provide me the link so that we can try it out and see if we can help the Sprint folks get back to a stock Sprint rom. "Internationals" most likely won't care.
1°Try to get as much juice as you can into your battery.If you can, use someone else's fully loaded battery or charge yours with an universal battery charger (extremely cheap and easy to find). Your phone won't charge while in rsd or fastboot mode.
2°Download and install the appropriate Motorola drivers (x32 or x64 according to your windows flavor)
3°Download Electrify 2.3.5 SBF from here: https://rapidshare.com/#!download|8...19.0-19-release-keys-signed-USC-US.rar|530398
4°Get your device into RSD mode. If your loader says RSD mode, go to step 5. If your loader says nothing or is stuck on "Flashboot", don't worry. Power off your device and then press Volume down + power. The phone will turn on and then off. Then power on normally and you will be on RSD mode. If this doesn't happen the first time you try it, just keep repeating the forementioned process until you get into RSD mode.
5°Flash the SBF file you downloaded with RSD Lite
6°Live to win!
UPDATE: link from Team US Cellular seems to be down. I'll personally upload the file once I get home tonight.
Yeah. Praise US Cellular.
Sprint can I haz 2.3.5 yet?
Thanks so much for unbricking my Photon
Worked like a charm for mine !
Thanks !!!!
firtermish said:
I want to thank Koriotto and everyone else who suggested and or tried the idea of flashing a 2.3.5 rom to save our backs. Now to everyone who has flashed 2.3.5 electrify pudding into their photons:
Disclaimer:
1°This will bootlock your phone until a working pudding for 2.3.5 is released.
2°I have no idea whether this will work with sprint whatsoever since I can't try it out being an "international" user, but at least your phone won't be a total brick. However, my common sense tells me this most likely won't work with Sprint.
1°Try to get as much juice as you can to your battery.If you can, use someone else's fully loaded battery or charge yours with an universal battery charger (extremely cheap and easy to find). Your phone won't charge while in rsd or fastboot mode.
2°Download and install the appropriate Motorola drivers (x32 or x64 according to your windows flavor)
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the download link doesn't work,would u plz give u a new download link,I need to unbrick my phone.
Thank u.
motiam4 said:
the download link doesn't work,would u plz give u a new download link,I need to unbrick my phone.
Thank u.
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Original link went went down. Already corrected with one from Team US Cellular. Happy downloading
any updates with unlocking the bootloader for 2.3.5 flashed from sbf?
What's up community, I'm a little confused with the sbf. I think I have used it successfully but not sure. I have the mx2 on NTelos. I use the proper sbf file and followed instructions to the letter. I've read thread after thread to make sure I was comfortable before I started. So the process went well I guess but my phone info still said I was on 2.3.6 even though I used the 2.3.4 sbf file. I thought I read somewhere that that was normal, so I proceeded to flash eclipse2.2. Worked perfectly and eclipse runs great! I did want to experiment with other roms since I got the sbf down but no others work. So I'm confused if either the sbf never really worked and I am lucky to have eclipse working so beautifully, or if the other roms (CM7,MIUI) just aren't working right. I can follow instructions great, that's how I've accomplished the progress on my devices but I still don't understand alot of what I read. You guys here are great with all you teach and contribute, so thank you for any help or feedback that may come.
Anyone have any guidance to offer? Thx!
Nook Tablet on CM7 Soft-Mod ICS_Ribbon Rom
Milestone X2 on Eclipse 2.2 Rom, V6 Supercharged
If you haven't already. Follow this guide by DAG425. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175300.
all the correct sbf files should be there. If you have further questions let me know =D
that is one of the pages i used in my elaborate search for sbf answers and procedures, i did do the steps correctly and ive even done it a couple of times, once to bring the phone back to life, i guess my main question is should my phone read that its on 2.3.4 after i sbf or will it still read 2.3.6 even though its really 2.3.4, my confusion is because nitro states that you have to be on 2.3.4 to flash eclipse, i sbf'd with the 2.3.4 file, phone read that im on 2.3.6, i flashed eclipse anyway and it runs great
i tried the sbf and flashed cm7 and miui but neither of them would install, thats why im confused, thank you for your time and help
Mr.Holmes said:
that is one of the pages i used in my elaborate search for sbf answers and procedures, i did do the steps correctly and ive even done it a couple of times, once to bring the phone back to life, i guess my main question is should my phone read that its on 2.3.4 after i sbf or will it still read 2.3.6 even though its really 2.3.4, my confusion is because nitro states that you have to be on 2.3.4 to flash eclipse, i sbf'd with the 2.3.4 file, phone read that im on 2.3.6, i flashed eclipse anyway and it runs great
i tried the sbf and flashed cm7 and miui but neither of them would install, thats why im confused, thank you for your time and help
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If after you sbf and it shows 2.3.6 you did not sucessfully sbf to 2.3.4 it should read 2.3.4
If you are on 2.3.6 you have a mx2? I have no experience with sbf on those phones. But with x2 it should read 2.3.4
yes, i have a milestone x2, i used the proper file for the mx2 from ntelos which is my service provider, i couldnt install eclipse (or even cm7,miui) before i ran the sbf, after i ran it i still cant use cm7,miui but eclipse installed great and even reads 2.3.5, i flashed twobrare/dkz's cm9 last night and as i tried going back to eclipse i got stuck on boot, nandroid wouldnt even factory reset so i used the sbf again and it brought the phone back but still reads 2.3.6, had to reroot and then was able to use bootstrap to get to my backups, so this sbf thing is being depeptive
Hello everyone....
Ill try to keep it short but specific.
I was on the 84 leak. Was going to sell my phone to a bud and i figured the best way to wipe everything was to actually do it from inside the Android OS, i went to Privacy... and factory reset...
Sigh... that seems to have blown it up.
Basically here's where im at. When i do POWER + volume keys I get the AP FASTBoot choices screen...
If i choose Normal Boot it goes to the Boot animation but then its STUCK there..
Also from the AP Fastboot screen I tried to choose recovery, then install the ICS that was on my SD card. I guess the 84 installer put that there... that got to the end but failed.
Either way, im not sure what to do here..
I tried to use the DROID UTILITY tool.. but i dont think thats for my situation.
Is there anything i can do? something that will fix this while im in fastboot?
Hello! I had the same issue yesterday.
I used the "Droid RAZR Utility" from from droidrzr.com and it helped, because it has the fastboot files to go right back to .181 which is the latest Gingerbread version, as far as I know (I JUST got my RAZR like two days ago so I am new to this).
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/2248-droid-razr-utility-16-contains-612181-fastboot-files/
That is it right there. Let me know if that works for you!
Edit: I know you mentioned that you don't think it's the right tool, but it is, as far as I know. I used it when mine had the same issue. You just fastboot/flash to .181 which is an option. Make sure you are in the AP mode as well.
i think you should flash the whole newest xml.zip files
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ricky54326 said:
Hello! I had the same issue yesterday.
I used the "Droid RAZR Utility" from from droidrzr.com and it helped, because it has the fastboot files to go right back to .181 which is the latest Gingerbread version, as far as I know (I JUST got my RAZR like two days ago so I am new to this).
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/2248-droid-razr-utility-16-contains-612181-fastboot-files/
That is it right there. Let me know if that works for you!
Edit: I know you mentioned that you don't think it's the right tool, but it is, as far as I know. I used it when mine had the same issue. You just fastboot/flash to .181 which is an option. Make sure you are in the AP mode as well.
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.84 leak CANNOT be fastbooted back to .181, it can only move forward, there's a thread on here somewhere for getting ics leaks back on the update path, maybe that can atleast get you to a newer leak and possibly help.
daniel644 said:
.84 leak CANNOT be fastbooted back to .181, it can only move forward, there's a thread on here somewhere for getting ics leaks back on the update path, maybe that can atleast get you to a newer leak and possibly help.
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Can anyone tell me where this information is at?
I figured the same thing.. i saw countless posts of people saying i CAN'T go back... that's why i figured the DROID Ulity would not work for me because i'm on 84..
So i was thinking.. is there a way that i can FLASH either 84 back on top of itself, or a newer version WHILE i'm in AP Fastboot? would that fix it? i would need to do it from Windows while USB is plugged in.. but i dont know of any tools that would do this.
i've got the razr...obvously.. i did a brain fart, and tried to use p3 bionic boot logo changer.. someone i talked to said they said it should b fine.. i went to change the battery logo, and got stuck in a book lock... i've flashed it like 3 or 4 times.. i've used the droid razr tools to flash it.. still no sucess.. i pulled the back off... and put it back on, i'm tempted to just call verizon and say it effed up.. but would they notice that i pulled the back off? what do i do....?! please help meee!!!!
nvm... i got it.. i flashed it again.. then used the razr tools and it worked....
Please I need answers to this issue, not people blaming me for being such a noob. I reprogrammed a Verizon Droid Razr for my colleague here in Nigeria, we both work for a CDMA network. The phone was fine, voice, text and data working until yesterday he told me the phone lost network. I asked him what happened before then and he told me he did an update (the ICS update), so everything went back to Verizon defaults and I needed to reprogram again. I got to reprogram it today but there was no data so I figured I would go back to GB 6.12.181 which the phone was on before the update. I chose DroidRAZR Utility 1.6 which I have on my laptop to do the job. After this my woes began. The phone now stops at the Motorola logo and after that goes blank. I tried again but it was the same response, and I discovered that the recovery changed too, and where I should hit both volume buttons to get the option to wipe all I see is automatic update inside recovery. I tried to remove the sdcard, but I guess the update file he received is in the internal storage. How can I get the phone working again, whether on ICS or GB, whichever would work. Or do we have a total brick? Please I need urgent answers. Thank you all.
Pls people, Help Me!
After Upgrading to ICS you CANNOT downgrade back to 2.3 again, part of ICS does NOT allow downgrading, if its CDMA and you can get to bootstrap you could flash the ROM again, use the sdcard in another device to copy the rom, but it MUST be ICS you CANNOT install GB anymore
lashton said:
After Upgrading to ICS you CANNOT downgrade back to 2.3 again, part of ICS does NOT allow downgrading, if its CDMA and you can get to bootstrap you could flash the ROM again, use the sdcard in another device to copy the rom, but it MUST be ICS you CANNOT install GB anymore
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Thanks for your reply lashton. Please can you point me to a guide on how I can restore the phone to ICS. It is stuck on Invalid Flash Mode now and the battery is low, but I want to make a factory cable to use tomorrow and see if I can get the phone working again. I just need to know this is possible to restore to ICS.
Thanks.
What you have is soft brick. And yes you will be able to go back to ics but now gingerbread. Look online there are plenty of people that have soft bricked their phones thinking they could just go back to GB. Lol including me. Happy digging! =)
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Chuckleb0ne said:
What you have is soft brick. And yes you will be able to go back to ics but now gingerbread. Look online there are plenty of people that have soft bricked their phones thinking they could just go back to GB. Lol including me. Happy digging! =)
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Please dear sir Chuckleb0ne, kindly guide me on how to do this since you have experienced it before. I have only till tomorrow to get this working as the phone has my friend's official company line on it, he must be able to use it for calls tomorrow. Down on my knees, tears streaming down my eyes... pleading for help...
OK. I managed to construct a factory cable and it supplied power to the phone, so far so good. I tried to use Droid Utility 1.7 to unbrick (option 2) but it didn't work, I mean the fastboot flash went through but I still cannot go further than the Invalid Flash Mode screen, no matter what. I can't even go into recovery. That's a major issue, I think. If I could get into recovery I could sideload the ICS zip I copied on the sdcard with the Utility tool. I next tried option 1, which is Prepare for sideloading ICS on any GB. It didn't work either. Please people, what next before I go crazy. We do not have Verizon here so their support is out of the question, or even returning the phone. I must fix this, with your help, because I have run out of ideas here. Help needed!
Try to boot through BP Tools. The phone must be unplugged. If you can reboot that way then just rewrite the boot .img, I want to say its option 9? Kinda sounds like what happened with my phone, but after I saw the dead android with the door open I believe I could still get into stock recovery and side load .211.
Guys, I got it back on. I used DroidRazr Utility 1.6, 1.7 and this file - Blur_Version.6.12.181.XT912.Verizon.en.US.zip, all three in combination. the blur file on my sdcard, fastboot restore to 181 with Utility 1.6, move into recovery, wipe data and cache, fastboot 211 boot.img from Utility 1.7, back to recovery, flash the blur file on sdcard... ladies and gentlemen, we have a working Droid RAZR on ICS 211. Happy mode activated...
Nice job ezeuba! I'm trying to find a way to get my RAZR back to GB because I HATE ICS. I've been using it for 2 days and I want to smash my phone. I keep finding people saying that it is not possible, although I have found 1 or 2 references stating that it may be possible but is very risky. I am willing to take any risk at this point as my phone is pretty much useless to me now anyway and it is at very high risk of being utterly destroyed. It amazes me how fast you can go from love to hate with a device. This fiasco reminds me of the day I "upgraded" from Windows XP to Vista. At least Microsoft left me the option to go back...
Question: When you did "fastboot restore to 181 with Utility 1.6", were you back to a working GB 181? Were you forced to move "up" to ICS or was it your choice? Thanks in advance for any information!
See! Once you do a little digging you come up with a solution. And now you probably feel incredible for doing it yourself.
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emsjo said:
Nice job ezeuba! I'm trying to find a way to get my RAZR back to GB because I HATE ICS. I've been using it for 2 days and I want to smash my phone. I keep finding people saying that it is not possible, although I have found 1 or 2 references stating that it may be possible but is very risky. I am willing to take any risk at this point as my phone is pretty much useless to me now anyway and it is at very high risk of being utterly destroyed. It amazes me how fast you can go from love to hate with a device. This fiasco reminds me of the day I "upgraded" from Windows XP to Vista. At least Microsoft left me the option to go back...
Question: When you did "fastboot restore to 181 with Utility 1.6", were you back to a working GB 181? Were you forced to move "up" to ICS or was it your choice? Thanks in advance for any information!
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To answer your question first, no I didn't have a choice to stay on Gb or move up to ICS. I only did fastboot to 181 with Utility 1.6 in order for the phone to even boot up to recovery. Prior to that I only had "Invalid Flash Mode" error, no recovery, nothing. So, after fastbooting 181 I got to recovery, wiped data and cache, went back to Utility, 1.7 this time, and flashed boot.img for 211, then went back into recovery and sideloaded the downloaded 211 update file on my sdcard. After that could I get full boot to ICS on the phone. No need dreaming of reverting back to GB, it's not possible, at least for now with a locked bootloader.
Chuckleb0ne said:
See! Once you do a little digging you come up with a solution. And now you probably feel incredible for doing it yourself.
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You are right. Nothing a bit of research would not solve, if you are really determined to get it to work. It was your assurance that it was certain to work that fired me up. I was afraid the phone was dead and about to be buried.
Thanks.
Thanks ezeuba! Fortunately ICS is starting to grow on me. I was able to load the old Gmail app which was my main issue and find some other workarounds for various other issues.