I modified my build.prop so i get access to the games in gameloft and whatnot. i have done this before, so im not a noobie. I did it successfully on my first razr maxx, no problems. changed it to the lt18i. I tried to do it to my new razr maxx tho, and when i put it to lt18i, rebooted, nothing. So i tried to change it to droid 3, via this website's instructions: cant post the site yet cuz i dont have enough posts.
Now i am doing nothing but somewhat bootlooping. It goes to my lockscreen, u can unlock and use the phone for about 15 seconds, then reboots. I cant copy my build.prop backup from the external sd to the restore folder fast enough. is there anyway possible to fix this without a factory reset? i cant afford to lose anything on my phone. Can u push with adb without the phone being on and normal mode?
I'm not sure whether it would work but have you tried pushing whilst in fastboot?
Although you would be using the fastboot command instead of the adb one.
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yeah i dont think that would work, a quick google search came up with u cant adb while in fastboot. I really dont wana lose evrything again. I just lost a ton of stuff 2 weeks ago cuz the verizon guy factory reset my old razr before i had copied the internal sd. I have since gotten my phone built back up again, apps backed up recently, etc, then i make this stupid mistake. I would greatly appreciate ANY suggestions. im willing to try anything im that desperate. I read somewhere u can put the build.prop in a zip and install it somehow. is that true? any to just flash the system partition or fix what's wrong witht he system partirtion?
You won't be able to flash a zip but you can flash system partition using fastboot exactly how it sounds. Just extract the system.img from the ROM that you're currently on and use the flash command via fastboot.
fastboot flash system system.img
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I fixed it OMG YAAY!!!! i ended up making a backup of my wife's maxx build.prop, putting it on sdcard-ext, and then putting her card into my phone, quickly using supermanager, moved it to sdcard, and then when it rebooted on its own, i quickly opened build prop editor and hit restore then rebooted, it rebooted on its own halfway thru the shutdown, bootlooped right after m logo, then i forced reboot using volume and power button, then it loaded and worked!!! I thank yall so much for the help anyways!!! i hoep ym post can help someone else if they ahve this problem too
Nice one! Glad you're sorted. It certainly makes you sweat when you're in a pickle with the RAZR especially with the non removable battery
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I fixed it OMG YAAY!!!! i ended up making a backup of my wife's maxx build.prop, putting it on sdcard-ext, and then putting her card into my phone, quickly using supermanager, moved it to sdcard, and then when it rebooted on its own, i quickly opened build prop editor and hit restore then rebooted, it rebooted on its own halfway thru the shutdown, bootlooped right after m logo, then i forced reboot using volume and power button, then it loaded and worked!!! I thank yall so much for the help anyways!!! i hoep ym post can help someone else if they ahve this problem too
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Any chance you could share that build.prop?
most gameloft games are shown up in the play store for me, using 4.0.4 EU leak.
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I used the Root procedure, and it worked fine. Installed Superuser and Busybox, still ok. Then installed the RazrBootstrap.apk. After I powered the phone down and back on, its now caught in an endless loop showing the boot animation. I've tried powering it off, but can't (thanks to no battery removal). I was able to get into a recovery screen by pressing both volume keys and power key together, and tried to restart, but then keeps looping again.
I went back into the recovery menu and tried the factory rest. All it showed was formatting /data and /cache. It didn't look like it did a full reset. Now when I start the phone, it still boot loops, but only gets about 5 seconds into the animation and reboots.
I do have a 2nd working RAZR here if that helps.
I've been told it might be possible to do a Nandroid/CWM backup image of the good RAZR and use it to flash the broken one, but I've never done that procedure before.
Please help, if anyone knows what to do.
I'm thinking it was the RazrBootstrap that caused the problem, as it was working fine after being Rooted and having SuperUser and BusyBox installed.
Do the nandroid backup on the good phone, then use recovery to push the files from the good razr to the bad one, then do a restore of your good nandroid backup. That should do the trick
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Do the nandroid backup on the good phone, then use recovery to push the files from the good razr to the bad one, then do a restore of your good nandroid backup. That should do the trick
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I was told something similar by someone else, but have never done a Nandroid backup and restore. I don't want to mess things up without some type of step-by-step guide.
Someone else said it might not work as the Razrs files have to be "Motorola signed" in order to work.
Too bad there's not an XML restore file for the Razr that can be pushed using RSD.
Funny because I ran into a similar situation with mine in the fact it went into boot loop after the phone had been working fine rooted, I installed TiBu and restarted and phone started looping.
Very strange thing happening with my Razr. I all of a sudden noticed a number of apps force closing, including motorola and google processes. I have the Verizon CDMA Razr .181, rooted, su, busybox, etc. I have bootstrap installed but never use it, however notice that it is always granted SU permission on boot.
Anyways, when I decided to reboot my phone it booted back up but I started getting calendar alerts from Sunday 5/6 that I had already dismissed, and my gmail was only synced through about 4pm on 5/6, though my system clock and date show correctly the present. What I also noticed is any app I unstainall or setting I change (ie, debug in settings), once I reboot my Razr reverts to the 5/6 setup.
I thought I'd get into Boostrap (which I can't recall ever needing to in the past) so I click "BootStrap Recovery".. I get the "Success!" box, then click "Reboot Recovery". Only problem is it never goes into recovery, but just reboots into the 5/6 state.
I tried to reload the Verizon OTA via RSD Lite, but it always fails on 3/28 with an mbmloader.bin restriction. I tried using Motofail and Matt's Razr Utility to revert back to previous builds, but I get an read-only error on just about all the chmods.
Anyone else seen this or have any suggestions? At this point I'm looking to go back to stock so I can start fresh.
Are you sure you're using the 181 sbf?
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One trick you might try to get to recovery is reboot, then manually power off before it completely boots (I think vol down and power does that). Next boot should be CWM. I haven't needed to use that method since I had a Bionic but the option shouldn't have changed. Essentially if bootstrap sees that you didn't boot successfully it'll go to recovery.
May want to make sure you have root (test a root app). Try updating su binary in Super User.
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Yes, I'm positive it is 181. thanks.
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One trick you might try to get to recovery is reboot, then manually power off before it completely boots (I think vol down and power does that). Next boot should be CWM. I haven't needed to use that method since I had a Bionic but the option shouldn't have changed. Essentially if bootstrap sees that you didn't boot successfully it'll go to recovery.
May want to make sure you have root (test a root app). Try updating su binary in Super User.
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I tried your initial method, but it didn't work.. just boots me to my homescreen as usual. It's strange, I can't seem to load or get to any other recovery other than stock. I even tried to reinstall boostrap. I also tried safestrap. Nothing.
I'm getting the "granted super user permission" popups when certain apps such as JuiceDefender, VOODO keeper, SQL Lite, ec. I'm also able to go into SU and activate and delete SU permissions.. then it prompts me again when I open apps, so I'm assuming I have root. I thought though maybe it was a "soft" root or something, so I tried to root it with DroidRazr Utility Matt's app it can't write to certain files. Strange.
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I tried your initial method, but it didn't work.. just boots me to my homescreen as usual. It's strange, I can't seem to load or get to any other recovery other than stock. I even tried to reinstall boostrap. I also tried safestrap. Nothing.
I'm getting the "granted super user permission" popups when certain apps such as JuiceDefender, VOODO keeper, SQL Lite, ec. I'm also able to go into SU and activate and delete SU permissions.. then it prompts me again when I open apps, so I'm assuming I have root. I thought though maybe it was a "soft" root or something, so I tried to root it with DroidRazr Utility Matt's app it can't write to certain files. Strange.
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Have you made any modifications that could have caused the issues? I've been reading online trying to find the other tricks I used to use for manual bootsrap with no luck. There's a file that is deleted when you reboot telling bootstrap it's ok on your next reboot. If you can figure out that file and reinsert it with Root Explorer, it should go to recovery (just a blank file).
Also research the hack that forces CWM on every reboot. Again, sorry for not having more info, never had to use it.
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Have you made any modifications that could have caused the issues? I've been reading online trying to find the other tricks I used to use for manual bootsrap with no luck. There's a file that is deleted when you reboot telling bootstrap it's ok on your next reboot. If you can figure out that file and reinsert it with Root Explorer, it should go to recovery (just a blank file).
Also research the hack that forces CWM on every reboot. Again, sorry for not having more info, never had to use it.
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Will do!. Don't be sorry, this is something new to try and anything new is helpful! Let me know if you think of anything else and I'll keep you posted.
p.s. I find it weird though that no matter how I modify my settings / apps / etc while booted, once I reboot it reverts back to ~Sunday afternoon. Very weird.
Just throwing more out...have you tried factory reset (in settings and in factory recovery)?
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Just throwing more out...have you tried factory reset (in settings and in factory recovery)?
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Yes, I've tried factory reset but it boots me back the same way... As if it's Sunday afternoon 5/6. And I'm trying to remember if there was anything that happened or I installed then. The only thing that comes to mind is that my phone was unresponsive for about 30 minutes, though seemed to be still on as my green LED was flashing as if I had notifications but I couldn't get the screen to come up. I then had to force power down (power + vol down).
I've also tried wiping data / cache in stock recovery, but doesn't do anything.
Im still stuck. Anyone else have any thoughts? Im to the point where I may just buy a new device, full retail, if needed...but that would set me back quite a bit. As an alternative, im happy to make a donation for anyone who can get my Razr back to a normal state.
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Im still stuck. Anyone else have any thoughts? Im to the point where I may just buy a new device, full retail, if needed...but that would set me back quite a bit. As an alternative, im happy to make a donation for anyone who can get my Razr back to a normal state.
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Aside from sbf'ing I don't know what else to suggest. When you sbf'ed, you had:
Good charge
Oem cord plugged to the BACK of the computer (not the front)
Moto Drivers
Latest RSD Lite
What OS are you using (XP, 7, Linux)? 32 or 64 bit?
Have you tried on another computer? That could be your problem.
If all else fails, you can send it to me (just cover shipping both ways). I kinda enjoy tring to fix phones (software issues).
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Using Windows 7 64 bit.
Good charge
Plugged into side (laptop)
I may try it on my wife's desktop tonight. Hoping that fixes it.
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Rooted my phone. Stock 2.3.4. Installed Rom Toolkit Pro. Froze some apps I thought I didnt need and I guess that included the contacts.apk and odex. Thought I had found them and installed them in the system/app but I was wrong. Went back into toolkit and saw a bunch of new system apps in Spanish and some other things in odd code. Decided to do a factory reset which I am now realizing was a bad idea. Now I boot the phone and all is pretty normal until I get to Add Accounts in the set up. Com.motorola.setup keeps fcing and i cant get past it. I jist need my phone back to functioning order. I cant use the market bit can look and replying to INcoming texts. My bf bought me this phone and he os ready to rip my head off. Any any help is appreciated.
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I can interact with the phone via voice command/search but have no access to apps or launcher. At this rate I dont care aboit root or anything...would downloading a copy of a stock rom and doing install update by sd calrd via android recovery work?
If your bootloader is locked install bootstrap recovery then in bootstrap recovery format system, data and cache then boot the phone into rsd lite protocol and flash one of the sbf's through rsd lite to return to stock. You will loose root but thats easy enough to get back.
Flashing a stock rom through bootstrap should also do the trick just remember to format the system data and cache partitions before flashing for best results.
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Not sure how to do that if I cant interact with my launcher, homescreen, etc. Thanks for the add'l info.
Then you may have to unlock your bootloader and do it through cwm.
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...just realized what you were trying to explain (I think). Found the Sprint 2.3.4 sbf. Basically install that through RDSLite on my computer, and actually need very little interaction with the phone's home screen?
wodrinczny said:
...just realized what you were trying to explain (I think). Found the Sprint 2.3.4 sbf. Basically install that through RDSLite on my computer, and actually need very little interaction with the phone's home screen?
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Yes. It will rewrite all the system files to the phone.
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wodrinczny said:
...just realized what you were trying to explain (I think). Found the Sprint 2.3.4 sbf. Basically install that through RDSLite on my computer, and actually need very little interaction with the phone's home screen?
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Yes it will rewrite all the system files to the phone
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#win
Flashed stock sbf. Still had the same exact problem, but now had an unrooted phone. Reflashed sbf. Did an Android Recovery factory reset. Wiped partition 3 times (don't know if really necessary but I heard three's the number). Reboot phone. Profit. :good: Just in case anyone is stuck with the whole com.motorola.setup fcs...
well my problem is i accidently (stupidly) installed a rom on stock. didnt boot up tho . so of course i had a back up for stock. but it did not boot up visually . the bootanimation does sound off . but thats it . black screen. luckily im able to use stock 1 to apply other rom. but im need to want to get stock back. any help would be well helpful
switch to stock slot, mount /system and show me what files/directories you have there. i had same situation before.
stock slot was broken after backup restore
ps: to list dirs, mount system in ss, connect razr to computer then run adb shell
cd /system
ls -ls
printscreen output and share
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well my problem is i accidently (stupidly) installed a rom on stock. didnt boot up tho . so of course i had a back up for stock. but it did not boot up visually . the bootanimation does sound off . but thats it . black screen. luckily im able to use stock 1 to apply other rom. but im need to want to get stock back. any help would be well helpful
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My brother had the same issue with his phone as well... instead of letting me take a look he used RSDlite to try and reflash it and bricked the phone. I am currently now trying to unbrick the phone but I have to be careful that the battery doesnt die before I get it working again... Looking forward to learning the solution to this problem as well.
I did the exact same thing a few days ago... I'm running off of ROM slot 1, but would feel better with stock restored...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37429819
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Turns out that the link you gave helped me out. My back up was no good . So I downloaded a new one from the link. N all is good. Much appreciated.
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Can someone upload the stock backup that they used? I did the same thing but the link to the backup is gone...
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I actually followed one of the guys instructions to try deleting .\su-backup from system.ext3.win but I don't see that folder in there. How else can I get my stock slot back without Matting it?
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Hello everyone, Forgive me if I seem a bit flustered, but I am. I was adding a few fonts with an app from the play store. It would restart after each fine, and there was no issue. On the final one, it restarted, but then got hung up for 10 minutes on the ATT logo. I have restarted it with the power button numerous times now, and it has done nothing different. I have only rooted the phone, I have no custom recovery or anything. I booted into the LG stock recovery, canceled the reset, and it still hung up at the ATT logo.
What might have happened, and how can I fix this? I would rather not hard reset, but if I have to, I have to. Please respond with anything at all that might help me. I'm using my old GSII right now, and the newer sim doesn't fit quite right in it. I can make calls and stuff, but i want to get back on the OG as fast as possible. PLEASE respond with anything helpful. Thanks.
I am running stock Jellybean (The initial jellybean we got, I think it was 4.1.1), rooted. No custom roms, no custom recovery.
UPDATE: I did a factory reset (by holding power and volume down). It is still doing the same thing. It gets to the ATT logo and plays the music "Dee dee dee dee 'click'", then stops. Nothing more happens. At all. I've let it sit for a while and nothing is happening. So now the question is, how can I save it with that in mind?
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UPDATE: I did a factory reset (by holding power and volume down). It is still doing the same thing. It gets to the ATT logo and plays the music "Dee dee dee dee 'click'", then stops. Nothing more happens. At all. I've let it sit for a while and nothing is happening. So now the question is, how can I save it with that in mind?
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Sound like you need to use LGNPST or use a teenybin then flash a custom ROM. Factory reseting ( I think) only clears out the /data partition which is where all user and app data is saved. If something in the /system partition is not allowing it to boot, that is why the factory reset didn't work. To fix you have to restore the /system partition back to stock.
To do so, flash a full bin. Which will reset the phone to complete stock (no root, no unlocked bootloader).
Or you can flash a teenybin. Which is smaller and safer. Flashing a teenybin unlocks the bootloader and puts a custom recovery. From there you can just flash a new ROM.
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Sound like you need to use LGNPST or use a teenybin then flash a custom ROM. Factory reseting ( I think) only clears out the /data partition which is where all user and app data is saved. If something in the /system partition is not allowing it to boot, that is why the factory reset didn't work. To fix you have to restore the /system partition back to stock.
To do so, flash a full bin. Which will reset the phone to complete stock (no root, no unlocked bootloader).
Or you can flash a teenybin. Which is smaller and safer. Flashing a teenybin unlocks the bootloader and puts a custom recovery. From there you can just flash a new ROM.
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Thanks. Do you know if there's an accurate guide on how to do the teenybin? It's been ages since I've done anything more than root, and I'm not sure what to search for.
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Thanks. Do you know if there's an accurate guide on how to do the teenybin? It's been ages since I've done anything more than root, and I'm not sure what to search for.
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The directions to use the Teenybin are in the OP found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230994
The hardest part is getting LGNPST working properly. But that's easy now thanks to the auto install.
Did u fix your phone?
Going to assume teeney bin worked for op. It did for me when I had issues
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Apologies all, yes I got it working... Mostly. WiFi quit working completely (refused to connect), phone calls took forever to go through, and other odd issues. I'm running it off an old backup of ICS on my external SD. The issues were too much for me to handle, and I was scared to do anything more, so I've got a Moto x. I'm going to try to correctly fix the OG now, so hopefully by documenting the process I can help someone else.
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chrisphoenix7 said:
Apologies all, yes I got it working... Mostly. WiFi quit working completely (refused to connect), phone calls took forever to go through, and other odd issues. I'm running it off an old backup of ICS on my external SD. The issues were too much for me to handle, and I was scared to do anything more, so I've got a Moto x. I'm going to try to correctly fix the OG now, so hopefully by documenting the process I can help someone else.
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i was scared to use teenybin like you but 4.4 lured me into trying. Give teenybin a try its not that bad. you just need to install it, download the teenybin, launch the program, boot your phone into download mode and run the program with the dll and bin files selected.
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i was scared to use teenybin like you but 4.4 lured me into trying. Give teenybin a try its not that bad. you just need to install it, download the teenybin, launch the program, boot your phone into download mode and run the program with the dll and bin files selected.
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I used the Teenybin. It worked enough so I could install my backup. The OS got wiped completely, so I think the kernel just couldn't handle all the stuff it had to anymore.
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I used LGNPST to make full recovery and i dont have any problems with this software.. if want help just ask me.. i will guide you..