Photon won't relock.... Failed boot 1 error - Motorola Photon 4G

current condition: 2.3.4 stock/unlocked
I'm trying to relock my photon, I tried the quick method by factory reset then flashing back stock recovery, then rsd the nopuddingforyou.sbf file. End result is *failed to boot 1* error.
And I can't pull up recovery via pwr+dwn...screen goes blank with that.
The only way back to booting up android is flashing *derpunLock.sbf* and it still saying unlock at top of screen.
I tried rsd'ing the full 198-7.sbf file.
It completes, reboots phone and same error *failed to boot 1*
Again, only way back to booting android is..
Flash with rsd, the derpunlock.sbf file
Which leaves me with a fresh install and an unlock bootloader.
I was using the root-unlock-relock "kit" lokifish has on his martian imporrium site (sorry if I missed spelled it.
Any suggestions, thanks id appreciated
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valentinoh said:
current condition: 2.3.4 stock/unlocked
I'm trying to relock my photon, I tried the quick method by factory reset then flashing back stock recovery, then rsd the nopuddingforyou.sbf file. End result is *failed to boot 1* error.
And I can't pull up recovery via pwr+dwn...screen goes blank with that.
The only way back to booting up android is flashing *derpunLock.sbf* and it still saying unlock at top of screen.
I tried rsd'ing the full 198-7.sbf file.
It completes, reboots phone and same error *failed to boot 1*
Again, only way back to booting android is..
Flash with rsd, the derpunlock.sbf file
Which leaves me with a fresh install and an unlock bootloader.
I was using the root-unlock-relock "kit" lokifish has on his martian imporrium site (sorry if I missed spelled it.
Any suggestions, thanks id appreciated
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Can you get fastboot running to reflash CWM recovery? If so, do it, then wipe data/factory reset in CWM, reboot into RSD mode, then flash 198_6 sbf? Try it! Be sure to charge the phone all the way.

KTT16 said:
Can you get fastboot running to reflash CWM recovery? If so, do it, then wipe data/factory reset in CWM, reboot into RSD mode, then flash 198_6 sbf? Try it! Be sure to charge the phone all the way.
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yeah, I can get myself back up and running but unlocked...i wanna be locked.
Ill try it. I havent wiped thru cwm...i just did it thru the os (do you think they don't work the same?)
Or do you,mean,flash cwm when im stuck at "failed to boot 1"? ? Cause when I'm at that point pwr+vol down is not an option.(phone boots flashes something real quick and goes blank)
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valentinoh said:
yeah, I can get myself back up and running but unlocked...i wanna be locked.
Ill try it. I havent wiped thru cwm...i just did it thru the os (do you think they don't work the same?)
Or do you,mean,flash cwm when im stuck at "failed to boot 1"? ? Cause when I'm at that point pwr+vol down is not an option.(phone boots flashes something real quick and goes blank)
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You will relock once you wipe and then SBF...but you need to get into fastboot first...so turn off the phone, and then press pwr+vol down...it should say Unlocked fastboot..then hook it up to the computer...reflash CWM if you can..
flash the CWM recovery.img like before and then cmd: fastboot reboot
Reboot the phone into RSD mode..and flash the SBF...

KTT16 said:
You will relock once you wipe and then SBF...but you need to get into fastboot first...so turn off the phone, and then press pwr+vol down...it should say Unlocked fastboot..then hook it up to the computer...reflash CWM if you can..
flash the CWM recovery.img like before and then cmd: fastboot reboot
Reboot the phone into RSD mode..and flash the SBF...
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Didn't work...
Same results "failed to boot 1" so I flash derpunlock.sbf then it boots.
Now I'm on stock build 198-6 unlocked.
I don't know why it won't except "nopudding4u.sbf"
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You have go to 154 first to relock then once its locked go up to the latest thats what I had to do
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inimitableac said:
You have go to 154 first to relock then once its locked go up to the latest thats what I had to do
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Ill give that a shot. Thanks.
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And thank ktt16 for your suggestions also
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154.sbf didn't work either.
"failed to boot 1" got back up flashing derpunlock.sbf.
I'm 2.3.4 build 154.5 unlocked.
On rsd Lite it it always fails to switch to bp pass through.
im using ver. 5.6 is there a better version to work with for photon or is that it.?
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Looks like you're stuck unlocked, like I am. I am, because of flashing new radio.

peetr_ said:
Looks like you're stuck unlocked, like I am. I am, because of flashing new radio.
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Seems like it but I never flashed a radio...unless it was in the 2.3.5.zip paco released?
But you can move freely to whatever build you want?
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No, I cannot flash full sbf normally, I must hack it, after rsd creating image, right before flashing (when the phone reboots), with cg3 and cg42 from derpunlock.sbf, if I remember it right. .
Rsd temp dir is somewhere in user\appdata folder.

peetr_ said:
No, I cannot flash full sbf normally, I must hack it, after rsd creating image, right before flashing (when the phone reboots), with cg3 and cg42 from derpunlock.sbf, if I remember it right. .
Rsd temp dir is somewhere in user\appdata folder.
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That's crazy lol you got links or a workaround tutorial written up?
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Not yet, but I could write something tomorrow.
But this won't help you much, you will be still unlocked.

peetr_ said:
Not yet, but I could write something tomorrow.
But this won't help you much, you will be still unlocked.
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Lol that's cool, I still like to read stuff haha
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I had this problem too. Had to flash in RSD 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf from the martian imperium site. Worked fine for me. Could not get any others to work except this one. Then updated via OTA.

eszumlas1985 said:
I had this problem too. Had to flash in RSD 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf from the martian imperium site. Worked fine for me. Could not get any others to work except this one. Then updated via OTA.
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Did you ever flash the 2.3.5 motorola soak test w/out bootloader? Released by paco_1?
I flashed the 154.5.sbf from martian site didn't work out as I hoped.
wait, flash 154.5 and the ota locks bootloader? Hmm doubt it
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Related

Going Back To Stock

If one wants to return to stock after running a custom ROM, is it as simple as flashing the latest SBF with RSD Lite or should the bootloader be re-locked first? Anything else needed?
All you need is to flash the SBF but only after replacing CWM if installed with the stock recovery.
Doesn't flashing the SBF automatically reinstall the stock recovery?
To return to stock use the following ;
1. Menu/Settings/Privacy/Factory Data Reset
2. Flash the sbf using RSD lite
3. Done
If you do not do a Factory Data Reset via menu/settings your installed apps/launcher/etc do not get wiped and can cause issues. Also, RSD lite may give you a "failed" error during the final reboot phase. Don't worry this bug in RSD and you should be fine.
I keep having problems getting RSD lite to recognize my phone. The drivers installed fine, I get into "starting RSD protocol"... plug the phone into my computer and nothing. If I sit and wait for the phone to do anything after starting protocol nothing happens.
Also can't get RSD to recognize the phone if its in recovery mode or from android with or without USB debugging turned on.
Wondering what else I can do to get it to work?
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unlocked mopho-need to update sbf
Hey i have doubt n not clear about this...
i have unlocked mopho ,im from india so using one of indian gsm carrier so if update my sbf version will it lock my phone??
and i read somewhere that we need to activate mopho after update what do we mean by that??
try and let us know
daddymikey1975 said:
I keep having problems getting RSD lite to recognize my phone. The drivers installed fine, I get into "starting RSD protocol"... plug the phone into my computer and nothing. If I sit and wait for the phone to do anything after starting protocol nothing happens.
Also can't get RSD to recognize the phone if its in recovery mode or from android with or without USB debugging turned on.
Wondering what else I can do to get it to work?
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Hey man which version of rsd are you using? I find that 5.5 works well. Try reinstalling the drivers, reinstalling rsd, and plug the phone in..be patient as your computer installs the drivers to the phone. It should recognize it.
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KTT16 said:
Hey man which version of rsd are you using? I find that 5.5 works well. Try reinstalling the drivers, reinstalling rsd, and plug the phone in..be patient as your computer installs the drivers to the phone. It should recognize it.
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I'll check when I get home and report back. This is the one thing keeping me from installing CM7 ... the inability to flash back to stock lol.
Thanks for the heads up.
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KTT16 said:
Hey man which version of rsd are you using? I find that 5.5 works well. Try reinstalling the drivers, reinstalling rsd, and plug the phone in..be patient as your computer installs the drivers to the phone. It should recognize it.
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all the drivers installed. I installed RSD 5.5... i shut the phone down and booted into RSD.. "starting RSD protocol support"... then i plugged the phone in (w/ RSD open/running)... the computer installed the driver "SE sunfire flash" (or something like that)... but RSD would not recognize the phone. It never showed a device connected no matter how many times I hit the 'show device' button.
Any ideas ?
updating sbf query....
Posting this once again reply if anyone knows.....
Hey i have doubt n not clear about this...
i have unlocked mopho ,im from india so using one of indian gsm carrier so if update my sbf version will it lock my phone??
and i read somewhere that we need to activate mopho after update what do we mean by that??
Tried RSD 5.5 and 5.3 with no luck.
My computer makes the sound of a device connecting but RSD fails to see it.
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I had this issue with my first Photon, I think that you're screwed.
You have no way to SBF your phone...
WAIT A MINUTE....
WAIT --- How did you unlock your bootloader the first time without SBFing???
deedscreen said:
I had this issue with my first Photon, I think that you're screwed.
You have no way to SBF your phone...
WAIT A MINUTE....
WAIT --- How did you unlock your bootloader the first time without SBFing???
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I'm not unlocked.. only rooted stock. Nothing more, nothing less..
Part of the reason I haven't unlocked bootloader or installed CWM or CM7 is because I can't SBF anything yet.. I want to make sure I can do a successful return to stock before I do anything else (When I had my Epic I got very good w/ Odin.. it's Samsung's computer recovery tool.. similar to using RSD w/ sbf file)
Would you be willing to factory reset and wipe data and start over?
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KTT16 said:
Would you be willing to factory reset and wipe data and start over?
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I've tried that.. no worky either.. but I'm down for anything..
(by the way, I just installed wubi so I can try the sbf_flash command to see if that works LMFAO) ... I'll report back in the morning after I try it.

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I think it's not a problem, download full SBF ROM you want to flash, unpack to any folder, run phone in AP Fastboot mode and use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453660
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lukas77 said:
I think it's not a problem, download full SBF ROM you want to flash, unpack to any folder, run phone in AP Fastboot mode and use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453660
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Thanks, i tried this method but my device still won't fully boot. i hear the noise that my device should make when it's meant to boot however it didn't boot
HELP!!!
MattyOnXperiaX10 said:
Thanks, i tried this method but my device still won't fully boot. i hear the noise that my device should make when it's meant to boot however it didn't boot
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I even get the green light when my phone is stuck on the animation, my phone even recognises that the phone is connected to the pc but still i get no response from the device its self to boot up out of the animation. My phone recognises all button touches (volume keys) but after flashing with both the rsd method and non rsd method it still won't work. I have even tried re downloading the rom but no luck
If you're getting to the boot animation it won't be a hard brick. Flash again, try using Fla**** instead of RSD, then wipe.both data and cache from stock recovery.
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lukas77 said:
I think it's not a problem, download full SBF ROM you want to flash, unpack to any folder, run phone in AP Fastboot mode and use this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453660
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Flash as pointed in above post
After rsd flashing do
Factory reset
Wipe dalvik cache
Wipe user data
Thanks!
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Holyish
LOL, YOU LOT DONT UNDERSTAND< I tried all methods but they didn't work. I KNOW HOW TO FLASH BECAUSE I HAVE A TUTORIAL ON IT.
However i figured out after a while that if i recently tried to update to 2.3.6, my phone must be trying to upload something from the sd, so i removed my sd card and instantly i was put into the home launcher
I dunn0 if that made sence
MattyOnXperiaX10 said:
LOL, YOU LOT DONT UNDERSTAND< I tried all methods but they didn't work. I KNOW HOW TO FLASH BECAUSE I HAVE A TUTORIAL ON IT.
However i figured out after a while that if i recently tried to update to 2.3.6, my phone must be trying to upload something from the sd, so i removed my sd card and instantly i was put into the home launcher
I dunn0 if that made sence
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If you don't have it working you're doing it wrong. You obviously haven't tried it all. Try clearing all caches and then flash new sbf. Please note it will take quite a while to do "first boof"
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Superthrust said:
If you don't have it working you're doing it wrong. You obviously haven't tried it all. Try clearing all caches and then flash new sbf. Please note it will take quite a while to do "first boof"
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Dude.....read my last comment. I hav flashed before ..loads of time. It was jus that my phone was trying to load a file from the SD
OMG. Counter Strike On Android! http://cs-portable.net/
Nevermind lol.
wut? huh? wtf?
iolinux333 said:
wut? huh? wtf?
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Hahaha don't comment
OMG. Counter Strike On Android! http://cs-portable.net/

Photon Recovery missing??!!

Came from MIUI v4 and did a factory reset, then flashed 154_5, then 198_7 and OCR-root successfully. Then failed to get unlocked!
Realized I don't have Android Recovery anymore, just a yellow triangle when Vol-Dn+Pwr and selecting Recovery. Does stock recovery get re-installed when going back to stock with 154_5 sbf?
I've done this whole procedure a few times but am by no means an expert. How can I get stock recovery back functional?
THANKS for any help!!
its vol dn and vol up. no need to press power btn
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Doballa said:
its vol dn and vol up. no need to press power btn
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Not sure I understand.
Does anyone know how to get recovery back to be functional?
HackGerm said:
Not sure I understand.
Does anyone know how to get recovery back to be functional?
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Once on the screen with the yellow triangle push vol up and down for options.
mof9336 said:
Once on the screen with the yellow triangle push vol up and down for options.
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Ok, sorry. I have done that. Used that small menu to wipe system and cache. That allowed me to reboot the phone. However, I still don't have stock recovery. Unless that is stock recovery and only a custom recovery provides more options. Strange that it would give the error message though ....
Do you know?
HackGerm said:
Ok, sorry. I have done that. Used that small menu to wipe system and cache. That allowed me to reboot the phone. However, I still don't have stock recovery. Unless that is stock recovery and only a custom recovery provides more options. Strange that it would give the error message though ....
Do you know?
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That is the stock recovery.
mof9336 said:
That is the stock recovery.
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Thanks!
And I thought it something to do with me not getting root. I went back from MIUI v4 by factory reset, 154_5, 198_7, rooted successfully with OCR, flashed derpunlock.sbf, but moto-fastboot oem unlock just returned <searching device>.
Flashed derpunlock.sbf again, checked drivers, no success.
Do you know what it could be. I'm ready to start over!
HackGerm said:
Thanks!
And I thought it something to do with me not getting root. I went back from MIUI v4 by factory reset, 154_5, 198_7, rooted successfully with OCR, flashed derpunlock.sbf, but moto-fastboot oem unlock just returned <searching device>.
Flashed derpunlock.sbf again, checked drivers, no success.
Do you know what it could be. I'm ready to start over!
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no need to OEM unlock again. you only need to OEM unlock once after that just flash deprunlock and youll be unlocked.
mof9336 said:
no need to OEM unlock again. you only need to OEM unlock once after that just flash deprunlock and youll be unlocked.
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Cool, didn't realize that. I thought factory reset and flashing 154_4 fully returns the phone to stock. So I take it from here I can just move on with installing CWM and then flashing MIUI and other Roms, right?!
HackGerm said:
Cool, didn't realize that. I thought factory reset and flashing 154_4 fully returns the phone to stock. So I take it from here I can just move on with installing CWM and then flashing MIUI and other Roms, right?!
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Yes as long as when you power on your phone on the m logo screen it should say unlocked right?
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mof9336 said:
Yes as long as when you power on your phone on the m logo screen it should say unlocked right?
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It sure does! You have been most helpful, thank you!
In the meantime I successfully installed Jokersax's recovery, tomorrow I'll install MIUI 2.7.6. I AM STOKED!! :highfive:
Glad it worked out
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my atrix 4g is bricked.can use fastboot but no root or cwm.have un bl

My atrix 4g will only boot to motorola logo, I have an unlocked bootloader but like a fool i did a factory reset and lost root access.i have no cwm and cant find a way to get it without root access and even if I do I still have no recovery..how can I get root access without the usb debugging set and not being able to boot into phone.I have no os..i cant seem to flash anything without root so im stuck and really have no other option but to figure this out with someones help.
did you try this
sephk said:
did you try this
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yes says cannot load..pretty much im stuck because i was on 2.3.6 and messed up something in framework and it made my phone not capable of booting pass the motorola logo. i was rooted before all this but when my phone got stuck i did a factory reset before i knew it would take my phone back to having no root and also from what i read it resets the phone so usb debugging is not checked.also ive gotten the 0x1000 error no os detected too..basicall i have no os on my phone and cant root without the usb setting and cant get to that without booting up phone..ive tried pretty much everything but without root i cant seem to flash anything at all.my bootloader is unlocked.i can get to factory ndroid and recover but have nothing to recover.i think my only option is finding a way to get cwm on phone without root or being able to boot.not sure.. sorry bout the long sob story but ive tried so many things from the forum
Boot into fastboot and flash romracer's Atrix recovery. Put a ROM on an SD card and install it through the recovery.
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tasteslikechicken said:
Boot into fastboot and flash romracer's Atrix recovery. Put a ROM on an SD card and install it through the recovery.
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ha previously i looked everywhere for a link to that zip that worked and now i find one then download and after trying the last thing from 2nd post now when i go into recovery it says magic value mismatch and i cant even get in to try. this is a neverending circle here and im 4 days deep in looking at the computer screen trying to find a working answer. what do i do about this mismatch issue now?
you can solve this easily
go and get the 2.3.4 sbf with unlocked bootloader
rsd it
and your atrix will live again
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maggedo said:
you can solve this easily
go and get the 2.3.4 sbf with unlocked bootloader
rsd it
and your atrix will live again
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i can not find a single link to that that still works.. everythings dead like my phone.. you know of one still up or any other sbf i can try?
i will try to post to you
your problem i have met before
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I would try the automatic bootloader unlock tool. It has a tool in the utility for "failed to boot / no os". I had the same problem as you and this worked great. It was very easy to do. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182871&highlight=automatic
http://paulyhoffman.com/public/
OR
http://narod.ru/disk/45363482001.6e01bed58d95e4422fd2c015bebd9dca/ATT-2.3.4_Pudding_preroot.rar.html
download this file named "ATT-2.3.4_Pudding_preroot.rar"
the use RSD to flash this sbf into your Atix
After then, you can boot with stock recovery
Try to wipe factory reset and wipe cache
Then you could boot into 2.3.4 which already unlock bootloader and root.
Good luck!
download this file named "ATT-2.3.4_Pudding_preroot.rar"
the use RSD to flash this sbf into your Atix
After then, you can boot with stock recovery
Try to wipe factory reset and wipe cache
Then you could boot into 2.3.4 which already unlock bootloader and root.
Good luck![/QUOTE]
Maggedo my buddy you my sir...are a master of your craft. now that im fixed up I see that the fix was right in front of me the entire time it was just a matter of finding good links and a decompressor to extract the .sbf from the .rar..popped it in rsd ran it and bang im no longer the owner of a couple hundred dollar pocketmirror/weight..still ironing out a few details and gotta get my root access back and try to recover some of what i lost.you saved me though. i have no warranty,couldnt do insurance swap and im pretty poor haha so i had no other options.saved my life man!!! if i could hit thanks more than once id sit here and do it all day.thank you very much.
I was stuck on the Moto Dual Core Screen as well. I used the automatic unlock MAIN program to unlock, root and install custom recovery. When I tried to flash epinter's CM10 ROM I got boot hang at the Moto screen.
You can RSD back to stock (e.g. I found the AT&T .151 sbf file and restored my phone to working condition on 2.3.6 GB).
In the end I figured out that the recovery in the auto unlock tool (both the telfar and CWM options) was borking the CM10 flash. I ended up:
1. RSD lite AT&T .151 GB 2.3.6 sbf file
2. Unlock Bootloader with automatic unlock
3. Root and install custom recovery
4. Boot into android
5. download goo.manager from play store
6. Install open source recovery with goo.manager
7. reboot into recovery
8. Make backup of everything
9. Flash JB CM10 & GApps
Phone is up and running w/o issues. A bit of googling should find you the necessary sbf to get you on your feet again.
Good luck!

Just flashed to RockoDev 2.3.5 with locked bootloader and I'm in a bootloop...=\

I had 2.3.5 on my device so I couldn't unlock my bootloader first...
I've rooted my phone and flashed the ROM using BootStrap recovery, but when I rebooted my device, I just see the motorola logo (without the pulsing wave. just the logo with "DUAL CORE TECHNOLOGY" written...
If i push the power button with one of the volume buttons I can get the RSD protocol mode or the FastBoot menu.
Is there anything I can do to try and recover my phone?:crying:
Please help!
stzahi said:
I had 2.3.5 on my device so I couldn't unlock my bootloader first...
I've rooted my phone and flashed the ROM using BootStrap recovery, but when I rebooted my device, I just see the motorola logo (without the pulsing wave. just the logo with "DUAL CORE TECHNOLOGY" written...
If i push the power button with one of the volume buttons I can get the RSD protocol mode or the FastBoot menu.
Is there anything I can do to try and recover my phone?:crying:
Please help!
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you can try restoring your system because that's all that's messed up. i've had a couple people try my system restore method and it worked. one has reported a failed to boot 4... you can alternatively try the sbf restore. both are shown on my site here http://www.motosunfire.com/system/ be sure to restore your backup (which you should have one) if you get it booted from the system restore.
thanks for replying
na7q said:
you can try restoring your system because that's all that's messed up. i've had a couple people try my system restore method and it worked. one has reported a failed to boot 4... you can alternatively try the sbf restore. both are shown on my site here http://www.motosunfire.com/system/ be sure to restore your backup (which you should have one) if you get it booted from the system restore.
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thanks for replying so fast.
just a minute before you replied I played with my photon and made factory data reset via the stock Android recovery, will it hurt the method you just told me to do?
stzahi said:
thanks for replying so fast.
just a minute before you replied I played with my photon and made factory data reset via the stock Android recovery, will it hurt the method you just told me to do?
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it shouldn't hurt because it's only restoring the system files. you can either do that or flash the Electrify SBF, but then you need to do a bunch of other steps to restore your phone. so it's up to you. i've had a few have success with my system restore method. one failure. i don't see it bricking the device in any way. it's as safe as it gets
ok
ok, I've done what you've written in your website
it now says:
"Faild to boot 4
Starting RSD mode "
stzahi said:
ok, I've done what you've written in your website
it now says:
"Faild to boot 4
Starting RSD mode "
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victim #2 i'm not sure why that happens. i would like to figure out why.
thanx. just flashed the electrify sbf file and now my phone woke up
I'm working on bringing it back to the standard ROM I used to use...
Thanks a lot so far!
stzahi said:
I'm working on bringing it back to the standard ROM I used to use...
Thanks a lot so far!
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glad to hear it's working! i may just remove the system restore. since half the users are getting failed to boot errors.
I had that same problem u have to flash the Electirify spf file and it will reconize your device as Electirify but them u have to flash the sprint radios to make sure u keep it sprint then flash the stock photon rom and it should work just as new thats how i was able to fix mine when failed to boot 4 showed up just make sure u have some battery power left if not ur kinda screwed because the phone wont charge when its like that
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Robert5686 said:
I had that same problem u have to flash the Electirify spf file and it will reconize your device as Electirify but them u have to flash the sprint radios to make sure u keep it sprint then flash the stock photon rom and it should work just as new thats how i was able to fix mine when failed to boot 4 showed up just make sure u have some battery power left if not ur kinda screwed because the phone wont charge when its like that
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you don't need a battery even. you can flash the phone without a battery i've done it. works just fine oddly enough! just need that handy power connector!

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