Phone won't start after unlocking bootloader - Motorola Photon 4G

I have to hold down the power button while inserting the battery for the phone to boot. Does anyone have a fix for this?

What comes up when it does boot
And what did you flash?
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I flashed derpunlock.spf with RSD Lite.
When I get it to boot it will go into android as normal. The power button functions perfectly once I am booted into android.

Strange. Well it doesn't seem like a big deal if it boots and your unlocked.
But if you want wipe all flash stock sbf and then unlock... And see if that solves your problem.
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valentinoh said:
Strange. Well it doesn't seem like a big deal if it boots and your unlocked.
But if you want wipe all flash stock sbf and then unlock... And see if that solves your problem.
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Yeah, I ended up flashing a stock sbf and it's back to normal. It must have been a bad flash with derpunlock. I'm going to flash it again and see if my power button breaks again. Thanks for the response.

For some reason when I flash the the unlock sbf, it turns my phone off instead of restarting it. This is what breaks the power button from functioning.
Has anyone experienced something like this?

Yeah, Olegfusion, for what I know. And he got it repaired, with the RSD Lite hack method of unlocking. But it's not so easy and a little dangerous, if you do not do the steps right. And that method was tried only by me and Olegfusion. And we both are stuck unlocked. I think, you don't want to do this.

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[Q] Need some help. Yes i'm a noob. But i've been doing homework

Atrix 2.3.4 - 4.5.91
First off, I've done like 10 hours of researching today so please bare with me.
I thought I had unlocked my bootloader and rooted my phone in the past. I'm able to tether so that was a sign I did it.
Today I attempted to install romracer cwm based recovery with rom manager. When i tried to install Rom from the sd. it restarted and said "failed to boot 2" after doing some research it said it was possible my bootloader was not unlocked. Now I think i did the right steps back when.
How do I find out for sure if my boot loader is unlocked.
I'm doing all this because Im attempting to get my phone back to stock as can be. I want to get it back to warranty for the following reasons
1) my video play back is all messed up on my recorder. (will a sbf fix this)?
2) when i insert a external sd card to my atrix, my screen sometimes turns black when it wants to).
So this is where i'm stuck. I read the newbie threads. Thanks for all the info. But man this "failed to boot 2" scared me. Luckily it didn't brick my phone. Took out battery and it started back up.
Help please
If your unlocked it will say unlocked in red letters at top of screen when turned on. If you aren't unlocked its possible you have just rooted your phone I think not positive that a factory reset would unroot your phone. Just go into recovery hold volume down when turning it on cycle down with volume down and choose with volume up in recovery both volume rockers are used to navigate and power is choose.
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freshbakd'
.tried what you told me. Got a android guy and “!” next to him. My phone doesn't say unlocked. I took out battery to restart it cause it froze with android guy. Any more info
So i did a factory reset. I guess there was more steps i need to take when I saw the android logo and "!". is my phone unrooted thanks for anyone who can help. As mentioned before. I don't think my phone was ever unlocked because I didn't see it when I started up my phone.
lambdaman4 said:
freshbakd'
.tried what you told me. Got a android guy and “!” next to him. My phone doesn't say unlocked. I took out battery to restart it cause it froze with android guy. Any more info
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Use pudding thread to unlock your bootloader, install Rom Racers CWM via fastboot after you are unlocked. If you want to make sure you are rooted after that, use the Moto root, stuck at top of the General section.
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Actually man if yer trying to get back to stock for warranty stuff or whatever just flash the 2.3.4 sbf. And be done with it.
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Phalanx7621 said:
Actually man if yer trying to get back to stock for warranty stuff or whatever just flash the 2.3.4 sbf. And be done with it.
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i doubt I can flash without being bootloader being unlocked. I did a hard reset. wiped everything out. So thats why I was asking if that unrooted my phone.
lambdaman4 said:
i doubt I can flash without being bootloader being unlocked. I did a hard reset. wiped everything out. So thats why I was asking if that unrooted my phone.
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You can flash to stock if your bootloader is locked. I did it and worked like a charm.
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pre4speed said:
You can flash to stock if your bootloader is locked. I did it and worked like a charm.
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+10 char. This. .sbf are flashed with rsd on your computer. Not with the phones recovery. That's why I mentioned this option for ya.
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O yeah forgot haven't used that in awhile when u get to the Droid with the I push in volume up and down at same then it enters stock recovery
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I cant reactivate!!!

I put the miui rom on my phone and i did the factory reset so now i have to reactivate my phone. The problem is it wont reactivate when i dial *228 it says problem with activation. What could be the problem please help.
Try *22899
got the same thing
Unless the Verizon activation is down again. Was a few weeks ago. Just curious as to why u did a factory reset in miui?
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Update...activation works scratch that.
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I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago. Called Verizon and they were doing updates. Next morning I called and they said it was back up. However I still could not activate then I restored to stock and activated no problem. Then restored my cm7 without activation and then it was fine.
Do a backup now and restore back to stock. Activate and then restore your miui.
Can I sbf? If so does anyone know any good tutorials
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Did you do a nano back up of your stock rom? If so just restore that. If not do that first before making changes that way you can save yourself from a SBF.
if you do not know how to do a nano backup follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318083
Sadly no does that mean I am screwed
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Follow this to sbf http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317707
Then after you activate root and download the tenfar recovery from stickies then make a nano backup first that way if you get in trouble you just restore back to stock.
Travisdroidx2 said:
Follow this to sbf http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317707
Then after you activate root and download the tenfar recovery from stickies then make a nano backup first that way if you get in trouble you just restore back to stock.
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Thanks for the help
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No problem the sbf is not as bad as some might make it sound. You just have to make sure you download all the drivers and the SBF file and rsd lite. If you get stuck do be scared to ask. Also if you never did a SBC remember to get your phone to communicate with rsd lite you turn phone off and hold power and volume button up at same time and it will boot you to red mode then you are good.
Travisdroidx2 said:
No problem the sbf is not as bad as some might make it sound. You just have to make sure you download all the drivers and the SBF file and red lite. If you get stuck do be scared to ask. Also if you never did a SBC remember to get your phone to communicate with rsd lite you turn phone off and hold power and volume button up at same time and it will boot you to red mode then you are good.
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+1 takes a couple min to download and install beyond that its easy easy lemon squeezy
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Also if your phone bootloops after sbf do not panic it is normal sometimes coming from a custom rom. You can fix it easily by doing a restore factory reset in android recovery not bsr. If you do not know how to do it let us know and we will explain it.
So if you do bootloop after sbf rebooted your phone 100% then pull battery and put it back in. Now instead of hitting up volume and power this time use down volume and power at same time. You will see fastboot use volume down button to scroll down to android recovery. When you see android recovery then hit volume up this will bring you to android and big grey triangle then hit both volume up and down at same time. Now you will be in android recovery. Volume rocker to factory reset and hit the power button and use volume buttons to choose yes. After its done select reboot and you will load up just fine after that.
Let us know if it works for you. Or if you have any more questions. Remember cm7 is awesome unless you need HDMI. Eclipse is great as well and HDMI works. I have eclipse nano back up so if I need HDMI I can just restore.
Did all the stuff last night it all worked fine. I had the bootloop and it worked. Reactivated it with no problem. Once again thanks for all the help.
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LAWSON72 said:
Did all the stuff last night it all worked fine. I had the bootloop and it worked. Reactivated it with no problem. Once again thanks for all the help.
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Awesome! Glad to help I remember being in your shoes before. Did you make your nano back up of stock to make it easier for you?
Ya I did a backup this time
LAWSON72 said:
Ya I did a backup this time
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Perfect now you can try a rom if you like it then back it up. I have had up to 4 different Roms backed up so you can restore which ever you like. Glad it helped! Just make sure you stick with the same kernal like the 2.3.4. If you ever go to 2.3.5 you will have to sbf back to 2.3.4 to get the kernal right.
If you could put [solved] in your title next to your problem and this might help someone else with the same issue.

Photon won't relock.... Failed boot 1 error

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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[Q] Ok, not typical i bricked my phone...screwed up digitizer

so i tried to do the 8 pt touch thing and now phone has no ability to touch at all.. or respond to touch, tried rebooting, pulling battery, android recovery, wipe and factory reset... still didnt fix it!!!! please help me!!!!! i need this fixed by probably 6am in the morning!
Did you make a nandroid backup? If so use that. If not flash an sbf. Unlocked? Not unlocked?
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locked bootloader 2.3.5, i didnt do a nandroid cuz i never could figure out how to use nandroid browser... tried long holding on stuff for options to back up and tried hitting menu button, can i still flash sbf with locked bootloader? i did a factory reset so i think i lost root too.... do u have the sbf file? i tried googling it last night but seems there is no download for it available. all have been removed. can u walk me thru step by step? maybe over phone? = cant im or anything on this htc touch pro 2. its soooo slow! i miss my electrify so much, even stock electrify was a beast machine compared to this pos..... any help is much appreciated. thank you
try to wipe from fastboot.
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i dont know howw to..... very slow phone so i refuse to search anything cuz tht would take all evening and i miss my fastness of the elctrify. it had locked bootloader so not sure if i could flash sbf or anything
moparfreak426 said:
i dont know howw to..... very slow phone so i refuse to search anything cuz tht would take all evening and i miss my fastness of the elctrify. it had locked bootloader so not sure if i could flash sbf or anything
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Mopar I showed you how before....start your phone in fastboot (pwr+vol dwn) then press vol+up. Plug your phone into computer... Open up the motofastboot folder. Open command prompt.exe
Then type.. moto-fastboot -w
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valentinoh said:
Mopar I showed you how before....start your phone in fastboot (pwr+vol dwn) then press vol+up. Plug your phone into computer... Open up the motofastboot folder. Open command prompt.exe
Then type.. moto-fastboot -w
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Oh yeah but I thought u needed intervention.... will try in a minute.... where can I get sbf? I actually miss the physical keyboard of this touch pro2..... if only it wasn't so slow.....
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moparfreak426 said:
Oh yeah but I thought u needed intervention.... will try in a minute.... where can I get sbf? I actually miss the physical keyboard of this touch pro2..... if only it wasn't so slow.....
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The sbf for electrify, in not sure...sry
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I tried checking out team us cellular page but their setup is hard to work through and figure out..... it usually takes me 10 minutes to figure out how to get the electrify forums
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Turning off phone that is stuck in bootloop?

As the title says, is there a way to turn off the phone that is stuck in bootloop? Only thing I can think of would be to let the battery drain but I just wanted to know if there were other options that I didn't know of. I need to do this so I can safely attempt to get into fastboot without potentially bricking the phone.
Hold volume up and power to get to recovery. You should be able to do this while it bootloops
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garymachete said:
Hold volume up and power to get to recovery. You should be able to do this while it bootloops
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I forgot to mention that I'm in stock rom. Doing that just gives me the stock recovery.
I got my phone working again. Can a mod close this thread please? Much appreciated.

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