Failed to boot 3 brick - Motorola Photon 4G

Getting the Failed to boot 3 error.
I've been working at this for days now trying to reflash an sbf image to the phone to no avail. Every single time RSDLite (5.6) gives me the error saying it failed to re-enumerate the device no matter which sbf file I use. I am running as admin, and have all the drivers installed. Any help on this would be VERY much appreciated. Any info you need, just ask.

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Hows the charge on the battery.
Sent from my MB855 using xda app-developers app

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Well, I keep trying to get it to flash so it runs out a lot but I have a battery charger and I periodically charge it for a few hours. There's no way for me to tell how much of a charge it has but I assume it's somewhere around 75%.

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"SVF: 108: 1: 2
Failed to boot 3
Starting RSD mode"
is what is says on the phone.
Always gets stuck on "Waiting for re-enumeration" in RSD Lite.
I get this error:
Phone did re-enumerate after RAM downloader was sent. (0x703e). Phone connected.

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This is not much info, we need to know, if you were unlocked, locked, what sbf did you flashed last before this, if you flashed some OTA update, or radio, which sbf are you flashing now, if you can boot into fastboot after this error, and anything, that you think might be important to know.
But if you didn't do anything special, first try redownloaing the sbf.

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I never successfully unlocked my bootloader, and I think this is where the brick occured so as far as I know it is locked still. I never flashed any sbf prior to this, I was trying to install a different ROM (I don't like blur very much). As far as I know I am able to boot into fastboot (power + volume up button) and it says fastboot on my phone and when it is plugged into my computer RSD lite displays it as fastboot mode but I can't flash anything to it, it'll give me an error in fastboot. When I hold power + volume down, it says something about NVFlash which I believe is an NVidia tool except the phone just shuts off almost immediately after this. The SBF I am flashing is the Sprint 2.3.5 version, and I've tried downloading and redownloading it from about 4 different locations to no avail. I purchased an external battery charger so I can keep trying different things, so the battery is almost always at a 100% charge. As of now I believe the phone to be unrecoverably bricked, and it's pretty sad because I had the photon for all of maybe 10 hours. Safe to say I've learned my lesson about flashing non HTC devices. My EVO 4G was so easy to do, I guess Motorola really doesn't like people messing with their devices.
Edit: If there is anymore information you think would be helpful let me know.

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So you can get into rsd lite or not? There is no flashable 2.3.5 sbf, except the electrify one. All these sprint test sbfs, who knows, what it is for, but there is no signature and no full partition smgs. I think it won't even start flashing. Or? If it started to flash in your case, then your phone is bricked. But if you never flashed anything like 2.3.5 ota or 2.3.5 electrify or 2.3.5 pudding, and you can get into rsd lite or fastboot, I don't think it's unrecoverablly bricked.

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peetr_ said:
So you can get into rsd lite or not? There is no flashable 2.3.5 sbf, except the electrify one. All these sprint test sbfs, who knows, what it is for, but there is no signature and no full partition smgs. I think it won't even start flashing. Or? If it started to flash in your case, then your phone is bricked. But if you never flashed anything like 2.3.5 ota or 2.3.5 electrify or 2.3.5 pudding, and you can get into rsd lite or fastboot, I don't think it's unrecoverablly bricked.
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Yes I am able to get into RSD lite, and it recognizes my phone just fine everytime with no trouble. I believe it starts flashing, or it at least creates the image but everytime it gets stuck on "waiting for re-enumeration" and it fails there with an error like "phone did not re-enumerate" or something along those lines. I've tried flashing a 2.3.4 sbf as well but it gives me the same error as if I were to flash one of the 2.3.5 files.

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Ok. If it was 2.3.4 - 198_7 or 198_6 sbf and did not even re-enumerated, you need to get unlocked. Try flashing pudding unlock and recovery from fastboot or try flashing this - http://d-h.st/WKD or use this method - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25826491

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peetr_ said:
Ok. If it was 2.3.4 - 198_7 or 198_6 sbf and did not even re-enumerated, you need to get unlocked. Try flashing pudding unlock and recovery from fastboot or try flashing this - http://d-h.st/WKD or use this method - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25826491
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Pudding unlock in fastboot gives me the error "Failed flashing process. Unable to retrieve interface handle(0x7027) phone connected."
Deblur gives me the same error as before, "failed to re-enumerate".
The link to the third method is really hard for me to understand. I understand the basics in which he speed hacks it, but I don't understand which files I will need to put in and where to get those files and which ones are correct etc.
I've found the directory with all the .smg files that I'm assuming is the image. Which files would I need to speed hack to have a chance at saving this thing?

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Also, my phone fails to flash anything. I'm pretty sure it doesn't actually get anything done except to create the image.

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In the command line when I type in "moto-fastboot oem unlock" it says INFOOEM unlock not implemented so I take it that means I'm still locked for sure.

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When I try to manually write stuff via command line with the command "moto-fastboot flash recovery derpunlock" and any of the .smg files, it sends it fine but it fails on writing it.

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bdotr said:
When I try to manually write stuff via command line with the command "moto-fastboot flash recovery derpunlock" and any of the .smg files, it sends it fine but it fails on writing it.
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thats because deprunlock is a bootloader not a recovery.
step by step what have to done to get this error. sounds like your have a error in recovery.

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mof9336 said:
thats because deprunlock is a bootloader not a recovery.
step by step what have to done to get this error. sounds like your have a error in recovery.
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Well it would never get far enough to let me flash a recovery. I'm not able to flash any .sbf's through RSD lite either. The error it gives me every time is "device failed to re-enumerate".

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I'm trying it through the ramloader now. I'm pretty sure I'm stuck on an bum electrify install. When I use the electrify ramloader it reboots to a blank screen with the motorola logo on it and when I try to flash derpunlock over through command line it doesn't say anything past "writing 'boot'".

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Pudding must be flashed in rsd lite too.
Fastboot oem unlock is useless right now. You need to get there unlockable bootloader there first.
You need to speedhack CG42 it's bootloader, and it's preventing from re-enumeration, because it is not booting to rsd after re-enumeration. Try that one CG42 from pudding first. You need to split that with moto android depacker. But I have suspicion, that your bootloader or ramdownloader was switched to another signature version.
Last chance, but really the last, is flashing Electrify sbf.

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****, now I noticed that, you should never ever flash electrify ramdownloader there. You changed rdl signature version. Now you have only the last chance. Download and flash full electrify sbf. But you will have no 4g, no more ota, and I am not sure if it flashes electrify radio or not, so maybe you will have no service.
If you really want, you can try some combination with creating custom sbf for recovering, but you need to read the whole thread in dev section and get much more familiar with that situation.

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peetr_ said:
Pudding must be flashed in rsd lite too.
Fastboot oem unlock is useless right now. You need to get there unlockable bootloader there first.
You need to speedhack CG42 it's bootloader, and it's preventing from re-enumeration, because it is not booting to rsd after re-enumeration. Try that one CG42 from pudding first. You need to split that with moto android depacker. But I have suspicion, that your bootloader or ramdownloader was switched to another signature version.
Last chance, but really the last, is flashing Electrify sbf.
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It now says fail to boot 2. I'm going to try the speedhack when I get home from work today and I'll let you know how it goes. No 4G I can do without, no ota as well I'm fine with. The radio thing might bug me though. So do I drop pudding's CG42 file into the 2.3.5 image while it's being created? Or do I flash just the CG42?

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You cannot get unlocked anymore with cg42 from pudding, even with speed hack. You must read whole how to make custom sbf thread if you want to try custom combinations. If nothing will help, your only solution is flashing Electrify 2.3.5 sbf or wait, if some similar photon sbf comes out (I doubt).