So I wanted CM 10 on my phone and did all the reading as was following a guide. I got as far as installing CM 10 and on the initial start-up it says it can take up to five minutes.. Well, it sits there forever and goes there every time I reboot.
Now, when I hold the volume and power buttons it goes into Android system recovery <3e> I know I had to boot into bootstrap recovery to be able to load the file off my external drive - otherwise you get the failed signature and it won't load.
Can I do anything here to fix my phone? I don't don't care what I loose, I need this working.
Thanks-
Kyle
Ok - so I'm trying to fastboot VRZ_XT912_6.5.1-73_DHD-11_TA-3_1FF_02 onto my phone bia FlashME as RSD Lite will no longer work and its telling me battery low.
I've had this plugged into a Motorola branded wall charger for nearly 4 hours and it still says battery low. Im switching to the dual usb black square charger and a Motorola branded usb cable and trying again - after this I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to charge it...
holding volume and power and going to bp tools to get the battery meter to show does nothing, sits at moto screen forever... I dont want to claim this on my insurance - but I may have to. Help?
KyleQ said:
Ok - so I'm trying to fastboot VRZ_XT912_6.5.1-73_DHD-11_TA-3_1FF_02 onto my phone bia FlashME as RSD Lite will no longer work and its telling me battery low.
I've had this plugged into a Motorola branded wall charger for nearly 4 hours and it still says battery low. Im switching to the dual usb black square charger and a Motorola branded usb cable and trying again - after this I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to charge it...
holding volume and power and going to bp tools to get the battery meter to show does nothing, sits at moto screen forever... I dont want to claim this on my insurance - but I may have to. Help?
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To charge the phone, you will now need the Motorola factory Charging Cable that bridges pin 4 with pin 1...anyways this will allow the phone to charge now that it is stuck in bootloop. The bridging of the pins allows the phone to think it is in the factory programming mode, allowing it to charge.
I would include a link to the post, but I am a new member...can't post links...but Google the below search term, and there is a few sites on how to make the cable, or where to buy it.
Now, I believe this will solve your charging issue. I don't know about flashing back to stock or making the ROM work, and I would look around a little more on the subject of this cable because I just stumbled across a thread about this a few days ago. A quick Google/XDA search on "Motorola Factory Charge Cable Razr" Should be sufficient.
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After looking through the forums again, I found a thread that may help you...it is in the middle of this forum, and it is called Low Battery charge in Ap Fastboot Fix. Take a look at that and it may help you.
Its toast - wont charge. took it all apart, hacked a cable and put the leads on the battery and gave up. put it back together - calling asurian to get a replacement. **** this thing
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I tried to find the answer without posting a new thread. I honestly did. But I'm stuck and it's 6am and I thought I'd ask while I'm still semi-literate.
I soft bricked the **** out of my atrix. I was flashing an sbf to it using rsdlite. All was going smoothly BUT I am a jackass and my phone battery was like... 20% so it died halfway through and now, all I get is:
SVF: 105:1:2
Failed to boot 0x1000
NO OS Detected, Going to RSD mode,
a menu of options,
etc.
Now I made a factory dev cable by connecting the 5v to pin 4. So I can get this far without the stupid battery message. My problem is that I can't do anything else?! While before (when it was working) it came up in RSDlite when it was in RSD, now it doesn't
I reinstalled drivers and RSDlite, rebooted, tried different computers and tried differed USB ports...
I'm not sure what the problem is? I just cant get my computer to see it, even though it turns on and gives me the menu as soon as I plug it in. If I press the up volume key when I plug it in I get
SCF:105:1:2
Failed to boot 0x1000
PwrReason: Factory_Cable
PwrReason: Power_Cut
Starting Fastboot protocol support.
That's all I've got. Please guys, I really need my phone and I need to find a way to get that sbf on there!
Thanks
Edit: Just like to add that I'm running Windows 7, 32 bit with the latest drivers and rsd lite 5.3.1
Is there any chance the second time you are starting RSD you haven't opened the application using administrative privileges?
I'm assuming he knows you can't flash with a certain battery percentage. You've tried charging it and trying again right?
Thanks for the replies guys,
Admin privileges isn't the problem I'm sure of that.
I ran around the last few days trying to find somewhere to charge the battery (motorola phones are pretty much nonexistent in Australia) and try again, I just assumed the factory/dev cable would circumvent that problem. Anyway I had no luck so I bought a standalone charger off ebay which should come on monday.
I'll try when I get the battery charged and post the results in case anyone has a similar problem.
Fingers crossed!
Mine did that too cause I did the same thing and didn't fully charge my battery. Everything worked out when I let it charge for a little while.
Sent from my Atrix
Im curious my ATRIX came with gingerbread 4.5.91 if I messed something up how would I return it to stock what sbf should I use?
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How did you let it charge? Just plug it in and leave it at that bootup menu where it tries to go into RSD?
Nas939 said:
How did you let it charge? Just plug it in and leave it at that bootup menu where it tries to go into RSD?
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you can pull out the battery and plug it into a wall charger, and it should boot into a charging mode.
if that doesn't work, you could also rip apart an old USB cable and connect the positive and negative wires to the positive and negative contacts of the battery while it's plugged into the phone - this will force a current into the battery and charge it up. you can look for a video on youtube that shows you how to do it if you just search 'charge any phone without a charger'
Can't you just do a factory reset?
In any case this should help you without having to flash any sbfs
http://www.technipages.com/2-ways-to-factory-hard-reset-motorola-atrix.html
If not then the sbf should be here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944
If you're on AT&T in the US I think you'd need the first one.
Hello!
I purchased this device some time ago and did not modify it in anyway (no rooting/flashing etc), just a stock device. After leaving it just laying around for about a month I tried to turn it on again and nothing happened. Connecting it to USB or wall charger just makes the power button red led blink intermediately.
Ive tried:
Reset button
Hard reset (vol up+vol down+power button)
Leaving it to charge overnight from the wall charger
Leaving it to charge overnight from USB
Singing to it
Specifics:
Stock firmware
Viewsonic VPAD7
Model#: VS13761
Any help would be appreciated (even as mundane as saying "its hardware is fried") etc, just want some clarify on what happened if their is no way to fix it.
Thank you in advance
Same problem
Even My Vpad 7 is having the same problem.
Can anyone shed light to the above problem?
Puia
Let's start with here -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015005 - post #6
Can you hold the "Volumn" Down button while pressing the Power button to get into FTM mode (diagnostic screen) - make a note of the basic information it displayed.
To exit/reset - you might need to use a small pin to press the Reset button at the lower bottom (left) of the device to get it to reboot.
If it does not reboot, power down or shut-off, does it stay on with only the RED LED flashing.
Probably the battery is dead or dying..
i am in a similar situation.. i can only see a Red flashing LED. the tab wont reboot, go into diagnostics or respond to any plethora of button press combinations..
For those of you reporting problems with your Vpad7 - apparently not responding & only flashing red LED, can you access/read/verify your device's FTM status? Does it show any sort of boot-up sequence at all (the 3 birds being the common one for official Viewsonic Vpad 7's?
Please re-check your mSD card - you have one inserted right? properly formatted and not corrupted, readable as a USB drive when taken out & connected to a PC? Try removing any Sim card or vice versa, insert one and try to boot it up? Has the battery being charged to 100% (using the stock 2.0A charger - typically take 4 to 8 hours)?
Since it's NOT rooted and has no custom recovery installed (right !) - even a successful effort to boot into Recovery Mode won't help at all, but, it will help if you can get into bootloader mode.
Still following ... if everything checked out up to now, it's very likely that your ROM was corrupted/damaged and you need to reflash the "correct" factory ROM (RUU or *.nb0 file) using the factory utility - as discussed in the referenced link .
If you think you know what you are doing and dare to try a DIY rescue by flashing it all over (got nothing to lose anyway, it's a brick - paperweight at this point) - see if you can access the viewsonic website and download the files directly ... if you cannot download/access the files, please post here or PM for possible alternatives from my private collection now in cloud storage (it's geared mostly for newer/ITE devices, however, but not all of it) Please be specfic with your model's firmware/build & other info as shown under FTM or see your factory carton's box for the technical info.
If it's under warranty, by all means, contact support & get RMA to return it for repair/exchange - in 2 to 3 weeks (4 ?) you will have it back in working order, good as new - no fuzz, no worries & the "brick" can fly in android again.
If none of these apply, another possibility for the advanced users daring to play in a "what do I get to lose at this point situation" - to try to connect it to PC and run ADB using terminal emulator, to try to bring it back to life or at least restart/reboot it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229804
Good luck & I will check back soon ...
Unfortunately, mine will respond to none of these. nothing shows up on the computer when i plug it in.. not a sound, nothing. i may try booting up my old linux partition and see what /var/log/messages has to say when i plug it in..
i have an inkling that the battery has completely died though.. its a smart battery so has a PCB attached to it. if this has gone then i doubt the tab will power up.. unfortunately, replacement batterys arent easy to source..
i will let you know how i get on with it later on tonight when the GF and Kid have gone to sleep so i have some peace to potter around the house..
cheers for all your help my friend!
Today I plugged it in to my computer.
There was a white flash on the screen then same thing happened again.
The red light will blink sometimes or it will stay on as if it is charging but nothing is showing up on the screen.
Does anyone know how to open up the viewpad 7 or a manual on how to change the battery?
Puia
Gtea said:
Today I plugged it in to my computer.
There was a white flash on the screen then same thing happened again.
The red light will blink sometimes or it will stay on as if it is charging but nothing is showing up on the screen.
Does anyone know how to open up the viewpad 7 or a manual on how to change the battery?
Puia
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removing the back is rather simple.. run a credit card or any thin plastic along the edge starting at any corner.
good luck finding a replacement battery though.. i have searched high and low and cant find then for sale to the public that isn't a bulk order anywhere.
if you do find somewhere, please let me know..
Mine is an olivepad but I think the viewpad 7 and olivepad are the same hardware wise. (I may be wrong).
Maybe we can exchange the battery with another with the same voltage rating. And maybe higher mAh rating for better battery life?
It's already bricked so I don't mind experimenting a bit.
Here are some pictures I snapped.
vpad7 wont turn on
speakfor said:
Hello!
I purchased this device some time ago and did not modify it in anyway (no rooting/flashing etc), just a stock device. After leaving it just laying around for about a month I tried to turn it on again and nothing happened. Connecting it to USB or wall charger just makes the power button red led blink intermediately.
Ive tried:
Reset button
Hard reset (vol up+vol down+power button)
Leaving it to charge overnight from the wall charger
Leaving it to charge overnight from USB
Singing to it
Specifics:
Stock firmware
Viewsonic VPAD7
Model#: VS13761
Any help would be appreciated (even as mundane as saying "its hardware is fried") etc, just want some clarify on what happened if their is no way to fix it.
Thank you in advance
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Open vpad7. Remove the only screw top near sim/micro sd. Remove Batt. connector for 15-30 seconds, put it back turn on and charge fully. (Its bcoz of fully discharged batt.)
Thanks
NAUMAN
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Gtea said:
Even My Vpad 7 is having the same problem.
Can anyone shed light to the above problem?
Puia
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Open vpad7. Remove the only screw top near sim/micro sd. Remove Batt. connector for 15-30 seconds, put it back turn on and charge fully. (Its bcoz of fully discharged batt.)
Thanks
NAUMAN
Viewpad 7 won't charge battery and power on
Hi
Seems like it might be enough to just parallel connect a phone battery, with 3,7v to the battery PCB for a short period, to be able to charge the battery again.
Mogens
I disconnected the battery for 30s and assembled it back again, but the red flashing continues and it can't be turned on or charged.
Battery is over discharged.
1 - Open it and disconnect battery connector on mother board and reconnect and try to charge. If the battery percentage appears on screen appears and moving means its charging. Charge for few hours then turn on.
2 - Disconnect battery connector and charge it for 5 mins by using any 5V 1A power source for any mobile. Then put back battery connector and charge using original charger. If no other 5v 1 A source available, you have to cut the wire of same original charger and use +ve and -ve.
Regards
Nauman
I have rooted and unlocked the bootloader on my Atrix 4g. I have the CWM installed. I formatted everything in preparation for installing a custom rom. However, my battery died before I could install the new rom. No problems yet, as I can plug the charger in and get into bootloader. However, the battery doesn't seem to be charging. I left it plugged in for hours and when I try to boot into fastboot it give me a message saying:
"Battery is too low to flash"
So I am unable to do anything through fastboot. How can I get my battery charged enough to work with fastboot? As I said, I've plugged it into the charger for several hours and it just sat there in the bootloader with the "Unlocked" message. Apparently it powers on, but won't charge the battery here.
Any thoughts on how to the get battery charged enough to use fastboot?
You can't charge the battery from fastboot mode unless you have one of the factory cables like the ones that Team Black Hat sells (here's a video about it)
Edit: It doesn't actually charge the battery, just allows it to get enough power to run as if it was plugged into the wall.
Here's the thing, with fastboot, it'll stop allowing it to activate even before the battery is totally dead. I made a similar mistake to the one you made, but I was about to bypass the low battery warning by starting my phone while it was plugged into the wall charger, entering fastboot, then removing the charger and plugging it into my computer. This is obviously risky if your battery dies while you're in the middle of something, but I've had it work before, I just wouldn't recommend it.
Is there anyway to charge the battery without having the special adapter if I don't have a rom installed?
I had it plugged into the wall charger for hours just sitting at the bootloader screen (not fastboot). It just says "Unlocked" with the Motorola logo. I don't need to run the fastboot right away, I can wait until the battery charges, but it never does. My bootloader has a few options:
Fastboot
NvFlash
BP HW Bypass RSD
BP HW Bypass QC DLOAD
BP HW Diag & Boot AP
BP HW Bypass BP Only
BP SW Bypass RSD
Android Recovery
Boot Android (No BP)
Device UID
console=tty50,115200n8
Early USB Enumeration
BP Tools
RSD
1. I've tried selecting nothing with the wall charger plugged in for hours and still get the battery warning when trying to use Fastboot.
2. I've tried selecting Fastboot with the wall charger plugged in for hours, same message
3. I've tried selecting "Android Recorvery" with the wall charger for hours, same message
Is there anything I can select above that will allow my battery to charge when plugged into the wall? If I can get it charged, then I can use Fastboot no problem.
Any suggestions?
How about if you dont turn the phone on?
As in.. pull the battery, then reinsert and then just plug into wall charger. Do you get the battery charging animation?
Sent from my MB860 using xda app-developers app
I thought of this and tried it first, but as soon as I plug in the wall charger, I see the green LED come on, then I see the bootloader screen. I can't seem to have it plugged in without it turning itself on.
If you don't have a booting ROM, you're SOL, just like I said. Your only option is to find another way to charge the battery (like a charging dock just for the battery), use a factory cable, or trick fastboot like I outlined in my previous post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab8ct0YrNrc
Sonicmax2k2 said:
I made a similar mistake to the one you made, but I was about to bypass the low battery warning by starting my phone while it was plugged into the wall charger, entering fastboot, then removing the charger and plugging it into my computer. This is obviously risky if your battery dies while you're in the middle of something, but I've had it work before, I just wouldn't recommend it.
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I tried this, but when it enters Fastboot with the wall charger, I get the "Battery is too low to flash". So this doesn't really help. Even if I switch it over to the USB, that message is still on the screen.
sorry if this post is not very revelant for you but, here is the deal
Motorola Atrix got its battery states by a system file called BACCD and/or similar if i remimber it right, to be able to read the information out of the battery, but you need two tings first !
First : A valid BOOT partition : right now your phone will NEVER EVER go past that logo boot screen even after a wole week pluged in .. you will just hurt your lcd as it is always turned on, cause there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO BOOT !!!! Awkward situation ... i know !!!! :S ive been there !
Second : A working ROM that has the permissions fixed and fonctionnal for the kernel to be able to tell inside the boot protocol script that you wont boot up android, you just want to charge it !
Then, you can have a charging state (with that particular system file)
So, unfortunatly, this is a MUST ! you must do everything to save the battery consumation until you have flashed a ROM and fixed permission (dont really need to actually boot it, as long as it has the boot partition and the system files) so that way you wont be running out of battery
So actually, someone vcorrect me if im wrong but you got 3 choices : buy yourself an MB860 Battery Charger Module, A home made factory cable at least, or borrow an BHX9 battery from a frien just for flashing if you are lucky and someone you know close to you that has that kind of battery, cause there is NO knowned ways to charge a bettery within the phone without an operationnal system and Boot protocol installed to the phone ! Sorry
Ok, I solved the problem by "hot wiring" the phone battery. I found this information on another forum and used the technique to trick Fastboot into thinking the battery had full power (when I is really powered from USB):
NOTE: I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE DONE TO ANY PHONE, BATTERY, ETC. FOLLOW THESE STEPS WITH CAUTION TO AVOID RISK OF DAMAGE.
1. Take your cable and cut off one of the ends, leaving a standard USB plug at the opposite end to plug into your computer.
2. Now you need to strip about and inch of the wire off until you get to the core where you should see 4 colored wires (red, black, white, and green). The colors don't really matter and they may vary, just as long as you can see a red wire and a black wire.
3. Strip off about a quarter inch of the rubber sleeving on the red and black cables, exposing the actual metal wire.
4. Twist the metal strands of each of the wires a couple of times so that all of the wires from the black cable are together and all of the wires from the red cable are together. This is just to make sure that you don't create a short circuit.
5. Here's where it gets a little tricky. You are going to use this cable to make the phone think the battery is fully charged, when in fact you will just be powering the phone using the power from the USB port. Pull out the battery on your phone and find the 4 exposed metal slots (the battery terminals).
6. Each of the far terminals should be labeled with a plus (+) or a minus (-). What you need to do is put exposed leads on the red wire up to the positive terminal and the leads of the black wire up to the negative terminal.
I was just able to do what I needed in Fastboot and now I'm back in business. Thanks for the advice.
coolloser said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab8ct0YrNrc
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ouch, better out trying a factory cable and flash in a regular CWM ways, two of my friends actually fried their phone passing Directly to the battery like this .. i mean .. if it works for some, we have now a WHOLE new generation devices that separates our atrix from that phone inside the video lolllll
Did you actually tried it with an atrix yourself ?!
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docmattman said:
Ok, I solved the problem by "hot wiring" the phone battery. I found this information on another forum and used the technique to trick Fastboot into thinking the battery had full power (when I is really powered from USB):
NOTE: I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE DONE TO ANY PHONE, BATTERY, ETC. FOLLOW THESE STEPS WITH CAUTION TO AVOID RISK OF DAMAGE.
1. Take your cable and cut off one of the ends, leaving a standard USB plug at the opposite end to plug into your computer.
2. Now you need to strip about and inch of the wire off until you get to the core where you should see 4 colored wires (red, black, white, and green). The colors don't really matter and they may vary, just as long as you can see a red wire and a black wire.
3. Strip off about a quarter inch of the rubber sleeving on the red and black cables, exposing the actual metal wire.
4. Twist the metal strands of each of the wires a couple of times so that all of the wires from the black cable are together and all of the wires from the red cable are together. This is just to make sure that you don't create a short circuit.
5. Here's where it gets a little tricky. You are going to use this cable to make the phone think the battery is fully charged, when in fact you will just be powering the phone using the power from the USB port. Pull out the battery on your phone and find the 4 exposed metal slots (the battery terminals).
6. Each of the far terminals should be labeled with a plus (+) or a minus (-). What you need to do is put exposed leads on the red wire up to the positive terminal and the leads of the black wire up to the negative terminal.
I was just able to do what I needed in Fastboot and now I'm back in business. Thanks for the advice.
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Well, an homemade hack/factory cable Nice found
But, can i ask you something : you were clean on everything, unlocked and rooted, CWM was installed ... What was THAT important to do in fastboot taking you away from flashing, then let it charge for a while : meaning having less problems ?!
sathelate said:
ouch, better out trying a factory cable and flash in a regular CWM ways, two of my friends actually fried their phone passing Directly to the battery like this .. i mean .. if it works for some, we have now a WHOLE new generation devices that separates our atrix from that phone inside the video lolllll
Did you actually tried it with an atrix yourself ?!
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Well, an homemade hack/factory cable Nice found
But, can i ask you something : you were clean on everything, unlocked and rooted, CWM was installed ... What was THAT important to do in fastboot taking you away from flashing, then let it charge for a while : meaning having less problems ?!
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Yup, I followed the instructions and it worked perfectly. It was a little tricky making sure that the red/black wires were secured to the proper battery leads and not touching others. But a little tape held it in place nicely.
I needed to get into Fastboot to install a newer/working version of CWD. For some reason the version I had on there wasn't able to flash a custom rom. It said it flashed it completely, but then I was never able to boot into anything.
After doing the above procedure I was able to get a working version of CWD using Fastboot. Then I was able to install the custom rom. Now I'm up and running perfectly with Jelly Bean!
another solution
Hello here is a answer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032321&highlight=too+low+to+flash
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Select Boot Android (No BP) an then at the '?' screen insert battery.Too bad you had to cut that cable!!
docmattman said:
Is there anyway to charge the battery without having the special adapter if I don't have a rom installed?
I had it plugged into the wall charger for hours just sitting at the bootloader screen (not fastboot). It just says "Unlocked" with the Motorola logo. I don't need to run the fastboot right away, I can wait until the battery charges, but it never does. My bootloader has a few options:
Fastboot
NvFlash
BP HW Bypass RSD
BP HW Bypass QC DLOAD
BP HW Diag & Boot AP
BP HW Bypass BP Only
BP SW Bypass RSD
Android Recovery
Boot Android (No BP)
Device UID
console=tty50,115200n8
Early USB Enumeration
BP Tools
RSD
1. I've tried selecting nothing with the wall charger plugged in for hours and still get the battery warning when trying to use Fastboot.
2. I've tried selecting Fastboot with the wall charger plugged in for hours, same message
3. I've tried selecting "Android Recorvery" with the wall charger for hours, same message
Is there anything I can select above that will allow my battery to charge when plugged into the wall? If I can get it charged, then I can use Fastboot no problem.
Any suggestions?
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karthikg89 said:
Hello here is a answer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032321&highlight=too+low+to+flash
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Select Boot Android (No BP) an then at the '?' screen insert battery.Too bad you had to cut that cable!!
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That's good advice for next time I screw my phone up. I'll definitely give that a try.
I used a USB cable from an old Sony Ericsson phone that I haven't used for years. It seems that all USB cables have the same 4 wires in it, so I just cut that one up since I didn't need it anymore.
You need to buy something like this
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.it/viewitem?itemId=251192331378&index=7&nav=SEARCH&nid=58222736758
Inviato dal mio motoFAIL MB860 tramite Tapatalk
I think I have screwed up badly....
I was using MattyP's 215 leak to go back to 211... while it was downloading/flashing system it somehow hung up. Now it will only boot to the AP Fastboot mode and the battery is low - low enough that the moto flash command(s) will not work (says battery is too low).
I've tried a bunch of suggestions found here to try to get the battery charged, and none of them work. I know that if I could just get a 50-70% battery charge I could redo the flash and get the phone to boot.
So, any ideas now on what to do? The only other thing I can think of trying is the suggestion from another post to cut open an old USB cord and connect the black and red wires to the battery posts to get the phone to 'think' it is connected to a full battery. I'm just afraid I will fry the phone....
Any suggestions? Unfortunately I am out of warranty (just this month, naturally - Murphy's law!)
-Tom
SimpTheChimp said:
I think I have screwed up badly....
I was using MattyP's 215 leak to go back to 211... while it was downloading/flashing system it somehow hung up. Now it will only boot to the AP Fastboot mode and the battery is low - low enough that the moto flash command(s) will not work (says battery is too low).
I've tried a bunch of suggestions found here to try to get the battery charged, and none of them work. I know that if I could just get a 50-70% battery charge I could redo the flash and get the phone to boot.
So, any ideas now on what to do? The only other thing I can think of trying is the suggestion from another post to cut open an old USB cord and connect the black and red wires to the battery posts to get the phone to 'think' it is connected to a full battery. I'm just afraid I will fry the phone....
Any suggestions? Unfortunately I am out of warranty (just this month, naturally - Murphy's law!)
-Tom
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There is a factory cable that let you power-up your device without battery so you can flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055839
quote:
- The Razr must be charge to the minimum required the bootloader to enable the flashing process. There are other ways to charge your phone without the stock charger. You can search here on XDA for it.
PS: The factory service cable, allows you to bypass the battery check, by allowing the Razr to receive 5v straight from the usb port. As per CellZealot explanation on third post.
Hi , I had my Motorola Droid 4 XT894 by Verizon working until last week. One of my kids threw it on the floor.
The phone got stuck on Droid logo loop.
So I tapped into recovery, made the power+volume keys combo but it never went into recovery mode.
So I tried fastboot mode (power+UP+DOWN volume keys) I get into fastboot menu and selected fastboot menu option (so I can get this
phone to flash original stock rom back (which I downloaded from one of the threads here on XDA Developers, using rds lite 4.5).
But Battery being FULLY charged before the drop, showed me it needed more energy and won´t allow the flash.
3 hours later (trying to flash many other roms for 2.3 and 4.0, 4.1 and 4.4) battery went dead.
I hard wired red cable to positive and black cable to negative connectors in the non removable battery (as shown from a cut-usb cable on youtube) and plugged the device onto the wall to feed it power.
Battery never charged up a bit. Didn´t even warmed up. The only signal that energy is going through is that when I push the power button, it shows a white screen with a lot of little color pixels randomly scattered. There´s no text to read or sound to hear.
*Phone still gets recognized by computer on fastboot before and after the "half flash".
*Device is correctly identified when adb command: "fastboot devices" is typed.
QUESTION TIME:
If I buy a brand new original motorola battery - would my phone recognize it and ignite power on? or did I just lost a phone?
If I remove the screws and get the batt out and place it on those generic rechargeable phone battery-devices with tweezers, would it correctly charge?
Thank you community.
Regards.
Thanks.
main phase 2
got a radio-electronic guy. Charged the battery up to 4.2 (battery says that´s the fullest charge on the back label). So I guess I´m ready to go and flash original ROM.
I think I got one or 2 updates (I don´t recall the 4.0 upgrade, but I´ll say the original ROM should be: VRZ_XT894_6.7.2-180_DR4-16_M2-37_1FF.xml.zip
Right?
Working - Partially until reeboot
Hi Everyone. I successfully loaded in the battery with an all-night-charge with direct connection to the wall charger. So I ran RSD Lite, and flashed original stock ROM. It flashed sucessfully.
So YES, definitely a fully charged battery (hardwired) did allow for the full process to flash the entire rom into the phone.
I waited 15 full minutes until all 1 to 18 process were done. RSD showed: Now flashing files and reeboot.
The phone took another 7 minutes to get into android (and it also showed me : updating system files 1-of-69) and so it did. System loaded in correctly and I have all my OLD desktop icons and contacts and everything back. BATTERY is FULLY CHARGED. (it is shown on the screen).
So I press the power button to turn the phone off.
I turn it on again, and all I get now is a white screen with a lot of randomly scattered color pixels. Again the phone doesn´t do anything
and there´s no MOTO logo.
I´m going nuts now....how do I fix this?