General SBF questions Droid X2 - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a Motorola Droid X2. I wanted to try rooting it for fun just to say I did it. Well I did using the .exe file out there that basically does everything for you, real easy. I checked that it was rooted using Root Checker in the Market and it was.
Well then I started having issues with the market and Youtube losing connectivity to the internet, 3G and wifi. It could not connect to the server. Hitting the refresh button worked, but since I really have no need for a rooted phone I wanted to go back to where it was before to not have issues.
I downloaded RSD Lite and downloaded the 2.3.5 SBF file. I successfully flashed it back to 2.3.5 and verified that it was no longer rooted.
My confusion is that the phone is still updated to before. It still has the apps, and the phone has all my Google account contacts/etc and home page layout etc.
If I do a factory reset it will wipe that all out.
I was under the impression the SBF should have done the exact same thing, but it appears as though it did not. I even tried it again and still it did not wipe the phone memory.
Confused...is this right or did something not go right?
I followed this tutorial:
Edit, it won't let me post it.
Google: "how to unroot droid x2" and it's the first link

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[Q] Atrix 4G won't start up or install from recovery

After countless hours of research, I decided to unlock my bootloader and to root my Motorola Atrix 4G. With success, I was happy to have everything working and installed the Darkside Custom Rom. I let a friend borrow my phone, and they saw the AT&T system update and they decided to install it. They bring back the phone and the system update has finished and was installing. The phone powers off and starts to install the update. 10% into the install, it stops, and I got the little green droid man with the /!\ behind him. I take out my battery, place it back in after 30seconds. It powers on, boots up, powers off and tries to load the update again. I restart it, but this time quickly going into RomManager and starting it up in Recovery Mode. I go to restore the phone using the file I backed up from the TitaniumBackUp app, everything backs up except the system. I plug my phone into my laptop, and everything is in the folder. I performed a system/factory reset, downloaded the last Gingerbread update, but nothing helps. Anything I try to load it says "Installation aborted". No matter if it's the original update or a ROM I download. Looking up other forums, I notice others that have downloaded the Darkside ROM have had the same; if not similar issues. I apologize for the length of this message, but I wanted to put in as much detail as I could so you know exactly what the issue is. I look forward to hearing from someone, and thank you in advance!!!
You probably need to sbf it back to a stock ROM and start over. I had a similar problem when I first got my Atrix and the AT&T update first came out. I had already rooted it and didn't unlock the bootloader yet. It tried to update and bricked the phone. Got AT&T to give me another though as I had just got the thing.
nickdeal said:
You probably need to sbf it back to a stock ROM and start over. I had a similar problem when I first got my Atrix and the AT&T update first came out. I had already rooted it and didn't unlock the bootloader yet. It tried to update and bricked the phone. Got AT&T to give me another though as I had just got the thing.
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Thanks a ton! How would I go about doing that?
You need to download motorola RSD app to you computer. Search XDA for stock firmwares and download one. You will then need to use the button combo to get in to RSD. Connect the phone to your computer and make sure it recognizes. I had an issue where one of my laptops would not recognize the phone for anything. I had to use a different laptop. Once it's done you should be back to stock. The bootloader should be unlocked still. Just root and flash your ROM of choice.
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Superuser access denied, everywhere!

I have searched all morning and tried endless things to correct the issue, but still no dice... so here goes.
Downloaded a new ROM this morning, was going to reboot into recovery and flash it, but the System Recovery app is constantly denied Root access. Tried going into the Superuser app and updating the binary, but it also is denied Root.
I found one solution where someone downloaded the latest SU binary file, rebooted into recovery and flashed this to correct the issue. This is all well and good, but I can't reboot into recovery. It's a vicious cycle! What do I do?
-Brian
sbf, then when you root make sure you go into the superuser app and update the binary before the app itself updates. re flash your rom
cm7dx2
Thanks
Thanks, that seemed to do the trick, once i researched what SBF was and how to do it.
Used this for SBF tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175300
And this for installing a new ROM: http://www.androidauthority.com/droid-x2-miui-4-ice-cream-sandwich-52923/
After doing the SBF, the phone had no idea who I was and wouldn't connect to the network. I had to wipe the factory data / cache, then call the re-activation number, then re-sync my phone to the google account. After that I re-rooted it using the Motorola One Click Root, then installed the Bootstrap Recovery, then flashed the new ROM. Fairly simple all-in-all, just lots of research and time to figure this crap out.
Thanks again.
-Brian
bplacker said:
Thanks, that seemed to do the trick, once i researched what SBF was and how to do it.
Used this for SBF tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175300
And this for installing a new ROM: http://www.androidauthority.com/droid-x2-miui-4-ice-cream-sandwich-52923/
After doing the SBF, the phone had no idea who I was and wouldn't connect to the network. I had to wipe the factory data / cache, then call the re-activation number, then re-sync my phone to the google account. After that I re-rooted it using the Motorola One Click Root, then installed the Bootstrap Recovery, then flashed the new ROM. Fairly simple all-in-all, just lots of research and time to figure this crap out.
Thanks again.
-Brian
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It gets easier...when I first did it it seemed to take an hour, now I blink and it's done.
DROID DOES, Apple did...like I forgot when
you definately get used it i dont read at all for any kind of flashing I just do it from habit lol, biggest tip i can give you is to keep all your "rom files" organized in a folder on your x2 and the same for all the sbf files on your computer.
cm7dx2
Reflashing the ROM was easy, it was spending half the day banging my head on the desk wondering what happened to make SuperUser go all jenky!
But thanks again.
We've all been there man, that's why we're still here to help
cm7dx2

[Q] Flashed Photon 4g with Electrify (US Cellular)

A year or so ago I rooted my phone. Everything was kosher, then it just stopped working. Discovered recently it was due to an update to 2.3.5. In any case, a couple days ago I rooted it again using this guide. No problem. Everything was good.
Shortly after rooting, I wanted to see if I can upgrade the os, so I used this guide. I must've done something wrong because it didn't work the first 2 times. I altered some setting the third time, and was stuck on motorola load screen (with RSD error).
I visited numerous posts and thought I followed the instructions they gave, but apparently I flashed the wrong SBF because I now have US Cellular with no signal, nada. I used this post. Reading through, I saw there were a plethora of other people with the same issue, but I'm still a bit lost as to how to recover from here. Is there no way to go back? Is there a way to system wipe everything and do a factory reset?
I did do a nandroid backup before I started all this, and when I plug my phone is I can still see the file. Just not sure what to do from this point...or if there is even a way to go back? Some posts say no, then others say yes. Further, I have no data connection or anything. Just this ugly babyblue screen.
So I guess part of the problem is I am a bit confused regarding the terminology. I read the Moto Photon Compendium but I must need a more remedial answer. I understand RSD lite and how to use that, but that's just for flashing .sbf files, correct? Is the bootstrap recovery just for flashing roms? If so, where can I find it since most links are a couple years old and dead.
Ok I got it back to Sprint and Photon using a repost of the guide provided by yairku,
I got wifi, I got it rooted. The only problem is it says NO SERVICE.
Not sure what to do next. smh.

[Q] [HELP] how to fix my X2's busted software

Hello,
History:
Recently my Droid x2 was acting somewhat slow and randomly rebooting, so I decided to backup some data using titanium backup.
After which, I performed a factory data wipe thing from the android recovery menu.
This went well and I started to restore my old apps and data, afterwards I noticed the same things happening again. So I decided to do the factory data wipe again to fix this.
This led me to think that there was something wrong with one of the system apps, so I slowly went through apps and only installed what I thought I needed.
I ended up repeating this a few times, and at some point used titanium backup to remove some of the stock apps like slacker and youtube.
And now my phone wont get past the motorola logo, although sometimes it does and gets into a boot loop or just gets to the first time set up screen.
History summary:
Basically I backed up the data I wanted to keep, and did some stuff now my phone doesn't function right.
What I am after from any expert is whether or not I can't simply put an update onto my sd card and use the android recovery menu to fix my phone back to the normal stock rom.
If this kind of thing is possible could someone send me a link to the file.
I have tried to use Moonshadows guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317707) for SBFing, no luck, can't get it to work.
Also, I am basing this question off of Moonshadow's other guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318083) for backup/restoring.
This is a:
Droid X2
Rooted
Running 2.3.5
Moto Updates only work to update, and phone must be complete stock, nothing removed.
to flash sbf phone needs to be in STARTING RSD PROTOCOL SUPPORT
Try ezSBF for dx2
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just an update
Just in case anyone is curious, ezSBF worked.
I used it, then updated my phone to 2.3.5, and rooted it.
Thanks shadow.
Your welcome, glad it worked
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[Q] Just bought an xt910

running 2.3.6 completely stock. Got it new in the box. I used to have the xt912 when it first came out. Switched around a few different phones since then and I wanted my razr back. My plan was to update it to the latest android and I spent the whole day trying to update it to ics with hardly any progress. Amidst the countless tutorials and sites and download links that just don't exist. Even this forum has alot of info that points that it's suposed to be easy but I didn't find any one tutorial that had everything I needed and step by step instructions. I'll try to run down what I've done so far.
rooted pretty easily at first. This is basically the only thing I got right.
Installed the cwm installer app on the play store. It has an option for the razr but it says it doesn't support it. After searching for hours on how to install it manually I came across rsd and bootstrap. Rsd just doesn't want to see my device for some reason. No idea why. I'm running a windows 8 PC. Tried various cables I have still nothing. Tried reinstalling adk and setting that up. Still nothing.
Bootstrap seemed to work ok until I actually tried to flash a rom using the 5.05 cwm recovery that it would boot the phone to. No idea how that even got there btw. But it wouldn't even try flashing the ics rom. Just fail. I decided to go back into the stock recovery and format everything. Phone booted fine into its stock OS.
found another tutorial for use with safestrap. Installed it. Then rebooted into recovery with it.
Phone is now stuck in a bootloop.... I tried reformatting the phone again and now when it boots up it goes into(I think) safestrap. BUT everything on the screen is completely distorted and twisted. I can select stuff but I have no idea what it does.
right now the phone is sitting in its stock AP fastboot mode. I have no idea what to do to fix this. And I'm pretty annoyed that something that was supposed to be an easy upgrade now leaves me with no phone at all.

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