How to Unbrick Razr Running Ics And Update To ICS - Motorola Droid RAZR
THIS GUIDE IS FOR XT910/GSM USERS
So guys in this thread There is nothing new that I am posting, But it is necessary to have all the official ICSs all together at one place so that other users can flash it from one place.
I am not taking any credits for this work neither I am saying that I have created any tool to help you guys, I am making a guide of how to unbrick and update to ICS so that some people who are bricked and want to reflash the ics in their devices, they can do it. Also This Thread Can be used to update from any other European Leak To Official ICS (of Europe).
So in this guide we are gonna learn how to flash the official ics of the different regions. Depending upon your region and system version flash the suitable ics.
Before we begin I would like to tell you that thanks to HSD, We now have two different methods of unbricking:-
1. Using the Official OTAs
2. Using the fastboot files
How to unbrick and flash ics using the official OTAs
Currently I have only three Official OTAs you are welcome to link to me other Other Official OTAs.
So before you begin I would like to tell you the pre requirements that you need.
1. Good Battery Life (atleast 80%)
2. Official OTA of your region
For European And british region Download This OTA.
For Serbain Region Download This OTA.
For Asian Regions Download This OTA
For Canadian Regions Download This OTA
3. Download EternityProjectFastboot
4. Boot.img file for you OTA
Download This boot.img for European/British OTA
Download This boot.img for Serbian region
Download This boot.img For Asain regions
Download This boot.img For Canadian Region
5. Gingerbread Fastboot files
Download These files For European OTA
Download These files For Serbian OTA
Download These files for Asian OTA
Download These Files for Canadian Region
Remember you will lose root after you update
The Procedure
1.Copy The OTA to your external sd card.
2.Extract the Eternity Project Fastboot. You will get three files. Copy them to your desktop.
3.Put the boot.img file on your desktop.
4.You need the system_signed file, to get that:
4.a. Create A folder on your desktop saying rom-1
4.b. Extract the gingerbread fastboot files which you downloaded (extract those files which are of your own region your region).
4.c. After Extraction, there will be a file called system_signed file in it copy that out and put it on your desktop.
5. After you put the system_signed file on your desktop, make sure you have 5 files [system_signed,boot.img,eternity project fastboot(Has three files)] on your desktop.
6.Now boot your device into AP Fastboot Mode.First switch of your device, then hold vol-,vol+ and power buttons all three together at the same time for 10 seconds.
Then you will enter in a screen,i.e, Boot mode selection menu where the third option would be AP Fastboot.Scroll down using vol- and then select using vol+.
After you enter in AP Fastboot mode connect your device to the PC.
7. Hit the Start-Button in Windows and search for 'cmd', command prompt window will open.
8. Now copy and paste the following codes one by one in the cmd of your windows
cd desktop
eprj-mfastboot flash boot boot_new.img (For European and Asian regions)
eprj-mfastboot flash boot boot_new_41.img (For Serbian Region)
eprj-mfastboot flash boot bootics.img (For Canadian Region)
eprj-mfastboot flash system system_signed (For All the Regions)
9. After All the files are flashed correctly, disconnect your device from the PC, then hit power button to switch it off.
Then again hold vol-,vol+ and power buttons all three together at the same time for 10 seconds and then enter into second option,i.e, recovery or stock recovery.
10. When you enter into recovery you will an android lying on his back, just hit Vol+ & Vol- together to see the options.
11. Scroll up and down using the vol- and vol+ buttons and select using the power button. Wipe your cache first (I recommend wiping data too).
12. When done, go to apply update from external storage and choose the ota (of your region). It will take some time to install.
13. When installed just simply reboot your device and you are all set and good to go.
For Any Assistance I have made a video for you guys :cyclops:
How to unbrick using fastboot files
Well many of us are already familiar with how to use the fastboot files, but there are some who dont know how to flash them.
For such users I would like to tell you that we have two tools which can flash the fastboot files in our device,
1. RSD Lite (Official Motorola Tool)
2.Flash it (Created By KHOLK) (Thanks Mate)
It entirely is up to you to decide which tool you want to use. I myself use flahsit.
If you want to use flash it You can see this video to learn to use it.
If you want to use RSD Lite see this guide By zeidof. Thanks buddy.
Fastboot files Of Official ICSs
1. Retail Brasil ICS 4.0.4
2. Claro Brasil ICS 4.0.4
3. Tim Brasil ICS 4.0.4
4.Oi Brasil ICS 4.0.4
5. Personal Argentina ICS 4.0.4
6.a. 672.180.41
6.b. 672.180.33
Both Are European
7. 672.180.291.XT910.AmericaMovil.en.01
8.Chinese ICS
Remember Asian and European users can flash each others roms, rest cant, kindly flash the rom of your own region, Then I am not responsible if anything happens to your phone. Also remember after updating to ICS you cant go back to gb.
If you have any other Official OTA OR Fastboot files You are Happy to Link Me to that :laugh:
XT912 USERS SEE THIS THREAD BY adamlee06
VISIT HERE FOR THE ULTIMATE GUIDE BY mattlgroff
Just open The Droid Razr Utility Thread Depending Upon Your Operating System
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mbartosik
mattlgroff
danifunker
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nice info for me...GSM users... thank...
This could be nice as a QA thread.
Cheers
Sent from my XT910 using xda premium
pedrotorresfilho said:
This could be nice as a QA thread.
Cheers
Sent from my XT910 using xda premium
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Yes it could be but very less people are aware of these facts now, so I posted here
Cheers
Sent from my XT910 using xda premium
Have a little bit confusion here if i am currently on eu rom and want to switch to asiaretail then which boot.img i have to use eu region or asiaretail region..??
Hey therazrguy, first of all thanks for the guide. I watched your youtube video in which you mentioned reflashing to gb. when i google reflashing razr from ics to gb, i only get threads which say that reflash to gb is not possible. do you have a guide how to reflash gb?
cheers
EDIT:
Sorry, my fault i found everything in your video.
EDIT:
when i apply update from external storage i get an assert failed: apply_patch_check("MTD:boot:8388608:0b5cad37e4eb892a6aa7d2a699c7c862a7fa9c47:8388608:5fe83ba87131db097e15663e44540e2921bc0ba5")
E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip (Status 7)
how can i fix this error?
I used CWM touch to install miui V4.
Now,after the installation(directly on top th stock with no formatting)every time im trying to switch on the phone,im stuck at the loading miui logo.
If i go to fastboot,i get this.
Have i bricked it?
Hi Thanks OP for the guide and the video
I had a RAZR soft bricked on ICS
on firmware 672.180.41.xt910.02.en.DE
I followed the guide but when i try to install the OTA i have 2 different errors
when i Try to install the OTA suggested for the OP
no when i try to use the original ICS ota
shall we try a Gingerbread ota ?
or would be recomendable to try the second method ?
thanks for you help guys
After some doubts (on rds lite the phone details apear as N/A)
i used the ota 672.180.41.xt910.02.en.DE
And phone is working perfectly
Thanks
very helpful i need help
therazrguy said:
THIS GUIDE IS FOR XT910/GSM USERS
So guys in this thread There is nothing new that I am posting, But it is necessary to have all the official ICSs all together at one place so that other users can flash it from one place.
I am not taking any credits for this work neither I am saying that I have created any tool to help you guys, I am making a guide of how to unbrick and update to ICS so that some people who are bricked and want to reflash the ics in their devices, they can do it. Also This Thread Can be used to update from any other European Leak To Official ICS (of Europe).
So in this guide we are gonna learn how to flash the official ics of the different regions. Depending upon your region and system version flash the suitable ics.
Before we begin I would like to tell you that thanks to HSD, We now have two different methods of unbricking:-
1. Using the Official OTAs
2. Using the fastboot files
How to unbrick and flash ics using the official OTAs
Currently I have only three Official OTAs you are welcome to link to me other Other Official OTAs.
So before you begin I would like to tell you the pre requirements that you need.
1. Good Battery Life (atleast 80%)
2. Official OTA of your region
For European And british region Download This OTA.
For Serbain Region Download This OTA.
For Asian Regions Download This OTA
For Canadian Regions Download This OTA
3. Download EternityProjectFastboot
4. Boot.img file for you OTA
Download This boot.img for European/British OTA
Download This boot.img for Serbian region
Download This boot.img For Asain regions
Download This boot.img For Canadian Region
5. Gingerbread Fastboot files
Download These files For European OTA
Download These files For Serbian OTA
Download These files for Asian OTA
Download These Files for Canadian Region
Remember you will lose root after you update
The Procedure
1.Copy The OTA to your external sd card.
2.Extract the Eternity Project Fastboot. You will get three files. Copy them to your desktop.
3.Put the boot.img file on your desktop.
4.You need the system_signed file, to get that:
4.a. Create A folder on your desktop saying rom-1
4.b. Extract the gingerbread fastboot files which you downloaded (extract those files which are of your own region your region).
4.c. After Extraction, there will be a file called system_signed file in it copy that out and put it on your desktop.
5. After you put the system_signed file on your desktop, make sure you have 5 files [system_signed,boot.img,eternity project fastboot(Has three files)] on your desktop.
6.Now boot your device into AP Fastboot Mode.First switch of your device, then hold vol-,vol+ and power buttons all three together at the same time for 10 seconds.
Then you will enter in a screen,i.e, Boot mode selection menu where the third option would be AP Fastboot.Scroll down using vol- and then select using vol+.
After you enter in AP Fastboot mode connect your device to the PC.
7. Hit the Start-Button in Windows and search for 'cmd', command prompt window will open.
8. Now copy and paste the following codes one by one in the cmd of your windows
cd desktop
eprj-mfastboot flash boot boot_new.img (For European and Asian regions)
eprj-mfastboot flash boot boot_new_41.img (For Serbian Region)
eprj-mfastboot flash boot bootics.img (For Canadian Region)
eprj-mfastboot flash system system_signed (For All the Regions)
9. After All the files are flashed correctly, disconnect your device from the PC, then hit power button to switch it off.
Then again hold vol-,vol+ and power buttons all three together at the same time for 10 seconds and then enter into second option,i.e, recovery or stock recovery.
10. When you enter into recovery you will an android lying on his back, just hit Vol+ & Vol- together to see the options.
11. Scroll up and down using the vol- and vol+ buttons and select using the power button. Wipe your cache first (I recommend wiping data too).
12. When done, go to apply update from external storage and choose the ota (of your region). It will take some time to install.
13. When installed just simply reboot your device and you are all set and good to go.
For Any Assistance I have made a video for you guys :cyclops:
How to unbrick using fastboot files
Well many of us are already familiar with how to use the fastboot files, but there are some who dont know how to flash them.
For such users I would like to tell you that we have two tools which can flash the fastboot files in our device,
1. RSD Lite (Official Motorola Tool)
2.Flash it (Created By KHOLK) (Thanks Mate)
It entirely is up to you to decide which tool you want to use. I myself use flahsit.
If you want to use flash it You can see this video to learn to use it.
If you want to use RSD Lite see this guide By zeidof. Thanks buddy.
Fastboot files Of Official ICSs
1. Retail Brasil ICS 4.0.4
2. Claro Brasil ICS 4.0.4
3. Tim Brasil ICS 4.0.4
4.Oi Brasil ICS 4.0.4
5. Personal Argentina ICS 4.0.4
6.a. 672.180.41
6.b. 672.180.33
Both Are European
7. 672.180.291.XT910.AmericaMovil.en.01
8.Chinese ICS
Remember Asian and European users can flash each others roms, rest cant, kindly flash the rom of your own region, Then I am not responsible if anything happens to your phone. Also remember after updating to ICS you cant go back to gb.
If you have any other Official OTA OR Fastboot files You are Happy to Link Me to that :laugh:
XT912 USERS SEE THIS THREAD BY adamlee06
VISIT HERE FOR THE ULTIMATE GUIDE BY mattlgroff
Just open The Droid Razr Utility Thread Depending Upon Your Operating System
Credits:
HSD-Pilot
pedrotorresfilho
zeidof
Skrilax_CZ
kholk
Pzyduck
adamlee06
farhanito
kent_lkc
Vatazhka
mbartosik
mattlgroff
danifunker
I hope My work was helpful for some of you, Want to do me a favor? Visit My channel once if you can
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please friend help me am helpless now dont know what to do. my razr xt910 is bricked it shows fastboot flash failure 0a.74 device is locked. i cant flash any sbf file it stops at cdif something in this process. please help me brother my phone is wasted. i tried your process in the first step i got the error INFO PREFLASH FAILURE. what should i do know please help me somebody
See this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634223
Like my work
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waiting for device
therazrguy said:
See this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634223
Like my work
Visit my channel on youtube
youtube.com/user/Therazrguy
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my phone is not recognised by adb interfrace i re installed the drivers but still its not working.it shows waiting for device and in my phone shows battery ok ok to program connect usb data cable. please help me friend. am sorry am irritating you please help me out friend.
This means, your USB is damaged
Use a different usb
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therazrguy said:
This means, your USB is damaged
Use a different usb
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when i insert the usb in my phone the m logo appears and after that the ap fastboot appears. but it shows connect usb cable altough i had connected the cable then also that message appears. i used another cable also but the same thing happened. please friend help me am tired of this phone.
First, your RazR is recognized by RSD, right?
You get the preflash... error, which is happen when you try to downgrade to GB or using the wrong fastboot for your region.
So where's your RazR from?
Sent from my XT890
HSD-Pilot said:
First, your RazR is recognized by RSD, right?
You get the preflash... error, which is happen when you try to downgrade to GB or using the wrong fastboot for your region.
So where's your RazR from?
Sent from my XT890
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my razr is from china market. i used another region fastboot file to flash. after that my battery was drained then i tried to charge the battery with jumper method. now the battery is charged and ok to program but its not connecting to pc.after connecting to pc it says connect usb data cable. while i insert usb cable to my phone white led flashes when i remove the usb then also the led stays on until i press the power button again.when i try the option bp sbf in my pc shows flash mode driver installed but in my phone it shows the same battery ok connect usb data cable.please help me friend am ****ed up.
Use the factory cable and flash the Chinese fasfboot files.
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therazrguy said:
Use the factory cable and flash the Chinese fasfboot files.
Like my work
Visit my channel on youtube
youtube.com/user/Therazrguy
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where can i get the factory cable? but i charged my battery it should work with the normal cable.
I made factory cable
I made factory cable still its not getting connected. When I insert factory cable my phone boots normaly and after that it shows boot failure battery ok connect usb cable. Please guys help me help me help me please I beg you all to help me give me some solution.
Worked like a charm!
Thanks so much, I could never have figured all that out on my own. :good:
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HELP PLEAZE my razr is dead!!!
my friends,i have flashed a rom and dident boot and deleted the cwm.probably is for gsm or cdma and i dont now the way how to find it out my razr if it is cdma or gsm.well my problem is i cant find an official rom to flash with RSD lite,i am flasing from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362956 the xml file but rsd fails..what i must do?thank you for your time!
paris07121978 said: my friends,i have flashed a rom and dident boot and deleted the cwm.probably is for gsm or cdma and i dont now the way how to find it out my razr if it is cdma or gsm.well my problem is i cant find an official rom to flash with RSD lite,i am flasing from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362956 the xml file but rsd fails..what i must do?thank you for your time! Click to expand... Click to collapse need details ,which rom did you flash ? what is your model CDM or GSM etc.
Also, why does RSD Lite fail?
i dont now but i think a have gsm version because i flashed this rom before it brakes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552166 and was working.After this,i dont remember which rom i flash and my phone braked.When my phone braked i tried all roms from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362956 flashed with RSDlite and all roms say fail in RSDlite(and all its so big rom 800mb?)what i am doing wrong?i bought it 3 days ago and i dont want to throw it to the garbage!!
paris07121978 said: i dont now but i think a have gsm version because i flashed this rom before it brakes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552166 and was working.After this,i dont remember which rom i flash and my phone braked.When my phone braked i tried all roms from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362956 flashed with RSDlite and all roms say fail in RSDlite(and all its so big rom 800mb?)what i am doing wrong?i bought it 3 days ago and i dont want to throw it to the garbage!! Click to expand... Click to collapse When you downloaded the fastboot files and went to flash it in RSD Lite, did you extract the zip first? After you download the stock ROM you need to extract the zip file, then use RSD Lite to select the xml file and flash it. Sent from my AXI0M ICS RAZR using tapatalk.
spc_hicks09 said: When you downloaded the fastboot files and went to flash it in RSD Lite, did you extract the zip first? After you download the stock ROM you need to extract the zip file, then use RSD Lite to select the xml file and flash it. Sent from my AXI0M ICS RAZR using tapatalk. Click to expand... Click to collapse i did this steps 1 download drivers motorola 2 download rsd lite 5.6 3 download official rom - 1 make sure drivers recongized my divice 2 extract rom and place it in new folder(rom incuds an ota file and many other like the xml) 3 when phone is close puse power button-volume down-volume up and select fastboot 4 connet to pc 5 open the rsd navigate to xml file puse start and fails ,,but what you mean downloaded the fastboot files?its already in the divice?
When youre in AP Fastboot Mode do you read Battery Low? If so, you have to get a Factory Cable or build one on your own. I did it otherwise, I removed my back cutted an old USB Cable and Connected the Red (+) and Black (-) cable directly to the Battery under the Backcover. Then I was able to Flash everything via Fastboot or RSD Lite.
[Q] problems with 651.167.22.en.FR update
hi, im trying to update my razr with 651.167.22.en.FR update, but i cant, i made that steps: 1º install via OTA (fail) 2º install via USB (fail) 3º get the file c:\programdata\motorola\sue\firmware, copy in SD and execute (fail) in the log, the error is that i dont have the file arcvideoeditorlite.apk in \system\app, i was delete this app, but with root explorer i put it in \system\app with the same permissions and with systemcleanup i cahnger to system app, can you help me? sorry about my english, im spanish thanks
Flash it via fastboot. Done.
ok, can you say me how can i make it?
You have to download the right fastboot file (651.167.22), RSD lite 5.7 and if needed Motohelper USB drivers. Then unzip the fastboot file, run RSD and select the xml-file found in the unzipped fastboot folder. Plug your device to the computer via USB cable, click flash button in RSD, tge device will reboot into fastboot AP automatically and gets flashed. when finished it will reboot itself. Done. If something is not clear, search in the forums or google for RSD to get better instructions. Gesendet von meinem XT910 mit Tapatalk 2
thank you, but i preffer to use the OTA option, you know what can i do for repair my phone? in the case you said, i preffer to download a 4.0 image and have ICS in my phone
urrakis said: thank you, but i preffer to use the OTA option, you know what can i do for repair my phone? in the case you said, i preffer to download a 4.0 image and have ICS in my phone Click to expand... Click to collapse To install an OTA you need to be on a specific version which vary with each OTA. And if you removed bloatware of freeze the ota will failed. that's why dtrail told you to fastboot you can be sure it will work. And if you want ICS you have to fastboot 651.167.26 then apply the right OTA. but be ware you can't roll back to Gingerbread.
ahm ok, thank you very much to you and dtrail1 i will make this, i hope i will have luck
[Q] Stuck on boot - SOLVED
Hi ! I've tried to flash a rom, so as usual, I went to recovery (razrbootstrap.apk), made my backup. But when I rebooted my phone, it stuck on boot Screen. When I go back to recovery , I don't see restore option. Please help, and sorry for my English. ---------------------------RE-EDIT- PROBLEM SOLVED :laugh: ----------------------------------------------- Hi ! I've solved the problem : -Charged the phone manually -Flashed a stock ROM If anyone has the same problem, PM me, I can Help ! Kindly, Yahiaga
Need more information please... Which model do you have cdma or gsm? what Android version were you running? What were you trying flash? Sent from my XT910 using Tapatalk 2
It is a GSM model, I was on gingerbread, and I tried to flash miui (ics) Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
Hope this works for you This will take you back to stock GB 2.3.5 (then after you can upgrade easily to ICS) Ensure debugging is enabled - I assume you did this before trying to flash anything..? From the Eternityproject download Blur_Version.651.167.20.XT910.Retail.en.EU and from XDA AlternateFlashScript-WINDOWS. unzip these files, then copy the alternate flash script files (just the files not the folder) and paste them in the rom folder. connect your phone via usb and make sure it is in fastboot mode to start flashing rom first open the eprj-mfastboot file - this will open a cmd window that will disappear now open the Windows_Fla**** file and just be patient while this flashes stock GB 2.3.5 once done you may need to root the device again. now you need to download RSDLite5.7 then install it and ICS 4.0.4 Install connect phone via usb and go into fastboot mode. now open RSDLIte5.7 and wait for it to recognise your device - once your device is recognised you can now browse through the Filename section and select the ICS 4.0.4 next select Decompress and Start Flashing be patient and it will tell you when its done. now that you got ICS up and running you will need to root your device again using EPRJ_EasyRootICS_MultiOS_v1.1 from eternity project now you can pretty much flash any ICS you want... Disclaimer: I am not claiming any of the above links to be mine, they all belong to very talented developers who go out of there way to make android better. I am not responsible for any damage you may cause to your phone or pc, I am simply sharing what worked for me. Good Luck
skatterbug said: This will take you back to stock GB 2.3.5 (then after you can upgrade easily to ICS) Ensure debugging is enabled - I assume you did this before trying to flash anything..? From the Eternityproject download Blur_Version.651.167.20.XT910.Retail.en.EU and from XDA AlternateFlashScript-WINDOWS. unzip these files, then copy the alternate flash script files (just the files not the folder) and paste them in the rom folder. connect your phone via usb and make sure it is in fastboot mode to start flashing rom first open the eprj-mfastboot file - this will open a cmd window that will disappear now open the Windows_Fla**** file and just be patient while this flashes stock GB 2.3.5 once done you may need to root the device again. now you need to download RSDLite5.7 then install it and ICS 4.0.4 Install connect phone via usb and go into fastboot mode. now open RSDLIte5.7 and wait for it to recognise your device - once your device is recognised you can now browse through the Filename section and select the ICS 4.0.4 next select Decompress and Start Flashing be patient and it will tell you when its done. now that you got ICS up and running you will need to root your device again using EPRJ_EasyRootICS_MultiOS_v1.1 from eternity project now you can pretty much flash any ICS you want... Disclaimer: I am not claiming any of the above links to be mine, they all belong to very talented developers who go out of there way to make android better. I am not responsible for any damage you may cause to your phone or pc, I am simply sharing what worked for me. Good Luck Click to expand... Click to collapse Thanks for your effort , I still have a problem, when I go to fastboot mode, it says the battery is low ! And I is not getting charged even plugged.
[Q] Cannot flash any other firmware in fastboot on XT909?
Hi guys i am in bit of a pinch here. I have a Moto Razr Xt909 which beloged to the carrier KIDDI. In order to get the sim Unlocked i flashed a firmware (9.8.2O-124_SPUEM-14_S7_USASPDRICS01RUKE1007.0R_USASPDRJBRTGB_P011_b57374ab5a_p2b_S1FF_fb_CFC.xml) on it and even though i can get the phone started using BP tools and it seems to be working fine except for he fact that my PC is unable to detect its internal memory even though it is connected to it and all the drivers are installed. Problem is that I have tried many times but i am unable to flash any new firmware on it like VRZ_XT912_6.7.2-180_DHD-16_M4-31_1FF.xml.zip. Its a guess but I think that i can only flash firmwares from Europe now. All the other firwares i try to flash using RSD lite 6.0 don't complete and some get stuck at "boot.img" while others at "cdt.bin". I have been trying to flash multiple firmwares but till now all my efforts are in Vain :crying: I want to flash other firmwares so please tell me how can i fix this issue. System Version: 982.124.14.XT910.Retail.en.EU The other details that my phone displays in about phone are attached as pic. please check the pic and guide me. Thanks in advance
I see you've already erased your cid without backup, but if you have backupwhen try. If you wanna flash different region firmware on your Razr, you should root it when install BMM. Reboot to BMM & use Firmware Flashing to Backup CID and then erase it. After that you could try to flash XT912 JB via RSD or system + boot.img dump via BMM.
Row or cn? how to check?
A firend of mine got a problem with his Lenovo, so we thought about reflashing it. Unfortunattely we are not sure if it is CN or Row version. The rom flashed on it is VIBEUI_V1.5_1423_9_P780_baralajbiV7 However reading the forum I'm not only not able to choose between CN and Row, but what are CN+ and Row+ versions?
ch3mn3y said: A firend of mine got a problem with his Lenovo, so we thought about reflashing it. Unfortunattely we are not sure if it is CN or Row version. The rom flashed on it is VIBEUI_V1.5_1423_9_P780_baralajbiV7 However reading the forum I'm not only not able to choose between CN and Row, but what are CN+ and Row+ versions? Click to expand... Click to collapse Hi. Your firmware is based on Chinese firmware. CN+ or ROW+ are modified layout firmware so you can flash latest kernel and latest TWRP. Partitions are modified to be bigger. TWRP has grown from 6.1 mb to 12 mb and dont fitt in original recovery partition. Kernel its allmost the same thing. Read here for + versions. Its the post of original developer. Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/development/kernel-twrp-2-8-4-0-2-8-6-0-custom-t3141171 Hope this helps you.
He is not into modding stuff (to much, coz he too know that You cannot have full Android experience without Root). I just wanted to know which firmwares I can safely flash on this device. Sent using XT1562 - Resurrection Remix/Ultra Kernel
ch3mn3y said: He is not into modding stuff (to much, coz he too know that You cannot have full Android experience without Root). I just wanted to know which firmwares I can safely flash on this device. Sent using XT1562 - Resurrection Remix/Ultra Kernel Click to expand... Click to collapse For me is MIUI from USNKREAL. Stable. Still developed. OTA updates.Patched with latest Android Security Patches.Easy to use. Rooted with original MIUI Root manager.Developed specialy for this phone Lenovo P780. Here is the post. There are the screenshots too. Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/development/miui-lenovo-p780-t2976347
I love MIUI (however moved to Resurrection Remix, coz their LP build made me love it more) and, between Roms available here on XDA, would probably choose it. But It's not my choice. I'm here to repair NVRAM, but cannot do it on this build, so first need to reflash it, but as it;'s my first time with this device, I wasn't sure about this CN, Row, CN+ and Row+, and preferred to ask than looking for ways to unbrick it later.
ch3mn3y said: I love MIUI (however moved to Resurrection Remix, coz their LP build made me love it more) and, between Roms available here on XDA, would probably choose it. But It's not my choice. I'm here to repair NVRAM, but cannot do it on this build, so first need to reflash it, but as it;'s my first time with this device, I wasn't sure about this CN, Row, CN+ and Row+, and preferred to ask than looking for ways to unbrick it later. Click to expand... Click to collapse If your NVRAM is corrupted on Lenovo P780 here is the tools you need. Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p780/help/imei-nvram-restore-tools-t3174563
Yep. I saw it, but there is 4. Flash STOCK Firmware. and that's why I created this thread
ch3mn3y said: Yep. I saw it, but there is 4. Flash STOCK Firmware. and that's why I created this thread Click to expand... Click to collapse Ok. But let me tell you one thing! I have ROW version of the phone. I am using CN based firmware. Only i have to change was the modem software! Works like charm! MIUI is updated with latest Android Security Patches. Your phone is ROW but have installed CN based firmware. Sooo... you can use any of CN or ROW firmware. Modem software makes the diference. You can try to get the phone in META MODE by powering down the phone, then power on with the buttons POWER and VOL - pressed together. If the message: YOU HAVE BEEN IN META MODE TOO LONG.... appears you can flash ahain your IMEI, ofcorce respecting that tutorial. Good Luck.
So if I flash CN modem on Row phone, all the problem will be no signal, and than flashing right modem will make it OK? It won't brick the device? But how do You recognized that it's Row mode? It was bought form Aliexpress so as well he could bought CN model. It doesn't have LTE modem to make so big difference.
ch3mn3y said: So if I flash CN modem on Row phone, all the problem will be no signal, and than flashing right modem will make it OK? It won't brick the device? But how do You recognized that it's Row mode? It was bought form Aliexpress so as well he could bought CN model. It doesn't have LTE modem to make so big difference. Click to expand... Click to collapse Flashing modem software for this kind of phone wil not brick your phone or signal. In china phones dont use 800 mhz frequency. It is forbidden. So in hardware they dont have seccond chipset on modem, row phones have the seccond chipset for 800 mhz frequency. Flashing cn modem software will not afect the phone, only the gsm signal received. In some area where your gsm provider antenna works on 800 mhz your phone will not have signal. That is it.
Thought that there is more risk But got confirmation that it's Row, as it had Google Play OOTB and CN ones don't have it.
stympy said: Ok. But let me tell you one thing! I have ROW version of the phone. I am using CN based firmware. Only i have to change was the modem software! Works like charm! MIUI is updated with latest Android Security Patches. Your phone is ROW but have installed CN based firmware. Sooo... you can use any of CN or ROW firmware. Modem software makes the diference. You can try to get the phone in META MODE by powering down the phone, then power on with the buttons POWER and VOL - pressed together. If the message: YOU HAVE BEEN IN META MODE TOO LONG.... appears you can flash ahain your IMEI, ofcorce respecting that tutorial. Good Luck. Click to expand... Click to collapse What if i flash row based rom on a cn base device ? And Is this apply to p780 only ? Tq sir
daftsslr said: What if i flash row based rom on a cn base device ? And Is this apply to p780 only ? Tq sir Click to expand... Click to collapse Hi. If you FLASH Row based firmware, over CN based firmware, nothing will happen. FLASH mean, using SP Flash Tool. The phone will start normal with Chinese software. After this you can use CN zip file firmware, like MIUI. If you INSTALL Row zip file over CN based firmware, you will softbrick the phone. This applies only to P780. Maybe there are phones that use the same technology, and i do not know the precise brand. Hope this will answer your question. Send from my Lenovo P1 Vibe Pro with 3 Gb of RAM and 32 Gb of Internal Storage.
Hi, I still don't understand how to check the phone version. It's not my phone, so can You just point me a stable rom without preinstalled chinese apps etc. ? This one is installed: VIBEUI_.V2.0_9439_7.10.1_DEV_P780 Thanks
gunlok said: Hi, I still don't understand how to check the phone version. It's not my phone, so can You just point me a stable rom without preinstalled chinese apps etc. ? This one is installed: VIBEUI_.V2.0_9439_7.10.1_DEV_P780 Thanks Click to expand... Click to collapse Hi. Your layout is CN. Look if you have custom recovery TWRP Installed. If you have TWRP installed you can go to this post and install latest MIUI MINOVO. Good luck.
I have P780 with VIBEUI_V2.0_1443_7.25.1_ST ROM, it also has TWRP installed. Is this CN or ROW?
borda01 said: I have P780 with VIBEUI_V2.0_1443_7.25.1_ST ROM, it also has TWRP installed. Is this CN or ROW? Click to expand... Click to collapse All firmware that contains VIBEUI is CN based.
stympy said: Ok. But let me tell you one thing! I have ROW version of the phone. I am using CN based firmware. Only i have to change was the modem software! Works like charm! MIUI is updated with latest Android Security Patches. Your phone is ROW but have installed CN based firmware. Sooo... you can use any of CN or ROW firmware. Modem software makes the diference. You can try to get the phone in META MODE by powering down the phone, then power on with the buttons POWER and VOL - pressed together. If the message: YOU HAVE BEEN IN META MODE TOO LONG.... appears you can flash ahain your IMEI, ofcorce respecting that tutorial. Good Luck. Click to expand... Click to collapse I have read a lot of articles in 3 days on XDA for my P780. And the most of them are of you Stympy, but I'm a bit of mess. I Bought my device from China "Minideal", I asked it rooted but now with serch on it I saw that its not. I don't know wich recovery mode it has. But for sure its not TWRP. My ROM version is VIBEROM_V1.0_1347_3_ST_P780 so I must serch for CN or ROW to install on it. The diference on that 2 is from what I read the frequency only or the languish too. CN has only Chinise and English? ROW is multilanguish? This moment I have multilanguish on phone because I use Greek. The phone had 3 years the same ROM and has launched not working properly.:cyclops: As I have said above I have read enough articles and I'm confused about the upgrade process. Others are older versions, other files there are no longer on posts. The process is not written so clear. HELP PLEASE...
AlexTsi said: I have read a lot of articles in 3 days on XDA for my P780. And the most of them are of you Stympy, but I'm a bit of mess. I Bought my device from China "Minideal", I asked it rooted but now with serch on it I saw that its not. I don't know wich recovery mode it has. But for sure its not TWRP. My ROM version is VIBEROM_V1.0_1347_3_ST_P780 so I must serch for CN or ROW to install on it. The diference on that 2 is from what I read the frequency only or the languish too. CN has only Chinise and English? ROW is multilanguish? This moment I have multilanguish on phone because I use Greek. The phone had 3 years the same ROM and has launched not working properly.:cyclops: As I have said above I have read enough articles and I'm confused about the upgrade process. Others are older versions, other files there are no longer on posts. The process is not written so clear. HELP PLEASE... Click to expand... Click to collapse Hi. Your firmware currently installed is Chinese for sure. Its old allright! All stock firmware is old because Lenovo builders gived up on this nice phone. So... first thing first... You must upgrade your system first in order to install one custom firmware. I think is what you want. To upgrade your system you must work with SP FLASH TOOL. SP Flash tool is not a program to play with if you dont know what are you doing. 99% of people who used this tool and did not know how to... corupted NVRAM and lost their IMEI. So... lets begin. A. Tool to be downloaded: 1. SP Flash Tool V.5 and v.3. This 2 tools are made for Lenovo P780. 2. Divers like zip file and exe file. 3. Firmware multilanguage for your phone. This firmware is CN Based but dont wory to mutch, is custom made and compiled for multilanguage and is working well. I used very long time. 4. TWRP custom recovery. B. Drivers installation procedure. 1. First drivers instalation. This small tutorial is for installing drivers if you never installed on your device: 1.1 First install the .exe file. Reboot PC. 1.2. After reboot plug the phone (powered on) to the PC and new hardware wizard will appear. Install driver if windows will wants too. 1.3. Now power off the phone. And open the Device Manager. 1.4. Again plug the phone to the PC or laptop this time powered off. 1.5. At this time in Device Manager appeared for a second or two not in PORTS area something with.. MTK65xx... 1.6. Click very fast on it because that will dessapear very fast. 1.7. After you clicked on it all you have to do is update driver. Browse for the driver unzipped. Install.... yes yes... next next... blah blah.... Finnish. . And voila you have drivers installed and now all you have to do is to flash you ROM. C. Flashing procedure: 1. now... turn off your phone 2. plug your USB cable in your computer 3. do not plug your USB cable in your phone 4. open Flash Tool and unzip the firmware. Remember the adress of your folder where you unzipped the firmware. Load scatter file from that folder. 5. check DA,DL WITH CHECKSUM (NOT OPTIONAL)for v.3 not for v.5. Version 5 is allready checked. Look at those 2 pictures attached. 6. press Firmware Upgrade button (NOT DOWNLOAD BUTTON). For version 5 select FIRMWARE UPGRADE. Look at those 2 pictures attached. 7. now... just now plug usb cable to your phone. 8. firmware flash should start.(some red and other color lines should appear) 9. iff the firmware is not starting remove the back case of your phone and hold pressed the little red button from the right side, for about 20 seconds then release. All this must be done with cable pluged in to your phone. 9. after flash is done a green circle or some ok should appear 10. disconect your phone and power on your phone 11. lenovo logo should appear. then you should be pacient because it will took some time before android boots for the first time. 12. Reboot at least once, then your phone is ready to work HARD. D. Installing TWRP. This custom recovery is good for custom firmware and full system backup. Power Off your phone. 1. After power off your phone open Flash Tool and browse for the scatter file your folder where are the recovery.img and scatter file. 2. Now comes the tricky part . Creeate a new folder on your Desktop. In that new folder copy TWRP recovery and scatter file from your firmware folder. 3. Now load the scatter file and mark DA DL with check sum in SP Flash Tool v3. In SP Flash Tool v 5 dont need. They are allready selected. Recovery.img should appear checked. If not, checkit. 4. Press Download NOT FIRMWARE UPGRADE. 5. Now, just now plug the cabble on your phone. Download should start and a green circle should appear. 6. After this you should have custom recovery TWRP installed. 7. Then boot directly to recovery your phone by pressing power with vol + and vol - butons together. Not Optional because TWRP will overitten by some files and stock recovery will appear. 8. After you entered in TWRP look arrownd to see what is there and after your curiosity is satified reboot to system. E. After all this steps are done your firmware and your phone is ready to install custom firmware, i mean CN based custom firmware. This is it. You have a custom firmware ready phone. ------ SAGA CONTINUES ----- F. There is some new form of layout for this phone appeared recently in order to prepare the phone for more bigger custom firmware like MIUI. This new form called "+" layout is developed by Andreya108 and is made specialy for this P780. You can see Andreya108 work here. Based on his work i have creeated this firmware. Remember this firmware is creeated to support newer firmware released by this magic developers. You can find this firmware here. To install this firmware you must follow all the steps except D point steps. Those firmware are prepared allready with TWRP. Hope this tutorials will help you. If you have another questions just quote me. Good luck.
stympy said: Hi. Your firmware currently installed is Chinese for sure. Its old allright! All stock firmware is old because Lenovo builders gived up on this nice phone. So... first thing first... You must upgrade your system first in order to install one custom firmware. I think is what you want. To upgrade your system you must work with SP FLASH TOOL. SP Flash tool is not a program to play with if you dont know what are you doing. 99% of people who used this tool and did not know how to... corupted NVRAM and lost their IMEI. So... lets begin. A. Tool to be downloaded: 1. SP Flash Tool V.5 and v.3. This 2 tools are made for Lenovo P780. 2. Divers like zip file and exe file. 3. Firmware multilanguage for your phone. This firmware is CN Based but dont wory to mutch, is custom made and compiled for multilanguage and is working well. I used very long time. 4. TWRP custom recovery. B. Drivers installation procedure. 1. First drivers instalation. This small tutorial is for installing drivers if you never installed on your device: 1.1 First install the .exe file. Reboot PC. 1.2. After reboot plug the phone (powered on) to the PC and new hardware wizard will appear. Install driver if windows will wants too. 1.3. Now power off the phone. And open the Device Manager. 1.4. Again plug the phone to the PC or laptop this time powered off. 1.5. At this time in Device Manager appeared for a second or two not in PORTS area something with.. MTK65xx... 1.6. Click very fast on it because that will dessapear very fast. 1.7. After you clicked on it all you have to do is update driver. Browse for the driver unzipped. Install.... yes yes... next next... blah blah.... Finnish. . And voila you have drivers installed and now all you have to do is to flash you ROM. C. Flashing procedure: 1. now... turn off your phone 2. plug your USB cable in your computer 3. do not plug your USB cable in your phone 4. open Flash Tool and unzip the firmware. Remember the adress of your folder where you unzipped the firmware. Load scatter file from that folder. 5. check DA,DL WITH CHECKSUM (NOT OPTIONAL)for v.3 not for v.5. Version 5 is allready checked. Look at those 2 pictures attached. 6. press Firmware Upgrade button (NOT DOWNLOAD BUTTON). For version 5 select FIRMWARE UPGRADE. Look at those 2 pictures attached. 7. now... just now plug usb cable to your phone. 8. firmware flash should start.(some red and other color lines should appear) 9. iff the firmware is not starting remove the back case of your phone and hold pressed the little red button from the right side, for about 20 seconds then release. All this must be done with cable pluged in to your phone. 9. after flash is done a green circle or some ok should appear 10. disconect your phone and power on your phone 11. lenovo logo should appear. then you should be pacient because it will took some time before android boots for the first time. 12. Reboot at least once, then your phone is ready to work HARD. D. Installing TWRP. This custom recovery is good for custom firmware and full system backup. Power Off your phone. 1. After power off your phone open Flash Tool and browse for the scatter file your folder where are the recovery.img and scatter file. 2. Now comes the tricky part . Creeate a new folder on your Desktop. In that new folder copy TWRP recovery and scatter file from your firmware folder. 3. Now load the scatter file and mark DA DL with check sum in SP Flash Tool v3. In SP Flash Tool v 5 dont need. They are allready selected. Recovery.img should appear checked. If not, checkit. 4. Press Download NOT FIRMWARE UPGRADE. 5. Now, just now plug the cabble on your phone. Download should start and a green circle should appear. 6. After this you should have custom recovery TWRP installed. 7. Then boot directly to recovery your phone by pressing power with vol + and vol - butons together. Not Optional because TWRP will overitten by some files and stock recovery will appear. 8. After you entered in TWRP look arrownd to see what is there and after your curiosity is satified reboot to system. E. After all this steps are done your firmware and your phone is ready to install custom firmware, i mean CN based custom firmware. This is it. You have a custom firmware ready phone. ------ SAGA CONTINUES ----- F. There is some new form of layout for this phone appeared recently in order to prepare the phone for more bigger custom firmware like MIUI. This new form called "+" layout is developed by Andreya108 and is made specialy for this P780. You can see Andreya108 work here. Based on his work i have creeated this firmware. Remember this firmware is creeated to support newer firmware released by this magic developers. You can find this firmware here. To install this firmware you must follow all the steps except D point steps. Those firmware are prepared allready with TWRP. Hope this tutorials will help you. If you have another questions just quote me. Good luck. Click to expand... Click to collapse :laugh:You're amazing, so written in detail! Thank you very much for your time and your job! I will inform you on how to go!:fingers-crossed: