I've been rooting my phones since my droid Eris, and I've come across a problem that I can't seem to fix.
I rooted my Razr Maxx almost two years ago when I first got it, and there have been several android updates since then. I could not get the updates, therefore, was having trouble running new roms, lots of glitches, etc. So I wanted a clean slate and start fresh.
I unrooted my phone (using Matt's utility) and then tried to factory reset. Then, I noticed that my phone continually booted into AP Fastboot.
My phone will not boot properly unless I hold both volumes down, then press the power button, then I get the Boot Mode Selection Menu. I have the option for Normal Boot from here, which works fine (so my phone is not bricked). I was also able to update to 4.1.2 successfully.
However, you can see how this would pose a problem if 1. My phone were to die completely or 2. I want to sell my phone and get an upgrade or 3. I want to Root again (as I believe it requires a "normal" reboot, which the phone will now not do).
I've read somewhere that I could just "flash" something successfully, and it would fix this issue, but I have no idea as I've only used bootloaders and such to do the work for me.
If you have any insight, please let me know.
Thanks!
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Good afternoon folks,
I had a "situation" where I found myself missing some apparently critical "bloatware" on my phone. Came up with lots of errors and a lot of functions no longer, well, functioned. Got too carried away I guess.
I had done a system backup with Titanium Backup. I initially tried just restoring some of the apps. Problem was, it just sat there saying restore. Just stuck. So I thought, hey, I have it backed up, I will do a factory reset. I did this, only then to find out that my backup was located on the INTERNAL sdcard not sdcard-ext, so all of a sudden I have no backups.
I do have access to another Electrify, if it would help. What I then decided to do was try downloading a factory rom for my phone. I downloaded "1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.5-4.5.1A_SUN_USC_19.0-19-release-keys-signed-USC-US.rar" off of the teamuscellular.com page. I booted the phone in RSD mode, restored it (three times now actually), and every step seemed to go fine (RSD even says it finished fine). But on the last step when RSD says it is rebooting the phone, at the very end, it comes up with an error :
"Failed to boot 4
starting in rsd mode"
I have read elsewhere where people say it is related to the battery. I had a 60% charge for the first two times I did this process, the last time I used the battery from the other phone which was at 95% plus. So far I have not been able to get past this.
Another post suggested that I should pop out the battery, pop it back in, hold the vol down and power buttons, and then do a factory wipe of the /data partition. This is fine, but I cannot get it to go past the Moto screen unless I let go of the buttons.
In case this might help figure out the issue, here are some details from the phone :
System version - 45.1.190.MB853.USC.en.US
Model number - Motorola Electrify
Android version - 2.3.5
Also worth noting, I did not see anything on the screen ever indicating I was "unlocked".
What I want when this is done and over with is to get the phone back and working stock, root, and make barnicle wifi work. Any advice would be most helpful, I am really kind of freaking out here.
H-E-L-P!
Thanks,
ledoktre said:
Good afternoon folks,
I had a "situation" where I found myself missing some apparently critical "bloatware" on my phone. Came up with lots of errors and a lot of functions no longer, well, functioned. Got too carried away I guess.
I had done a system backup with Titanium Backup. I initially tried just restoring some of the apps. Problem was, it just sat there saying restore. Just stuck. So I thought, hey, I have it backed up, I will do a factory reset. I did this, only then to find out that my backup was located on the INTERNAL sdcard not sdcard-ext, so all of a sudden I have no backups.
I do have access to another Electrify, if it would help. What I then decided to do was try downloading a factory rom for my phone. I downloaded "1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.5-4.5.1A_SUN_USC_19.0-19-release-keys-signed-USC-US.rar" off of the teamuscellular.com page. I booted the phone in RSD mode, restored it (three times now actually), and every step seemed to go fine (RSD even says it finished fine). But on the last step when RSD says it is rebooting the phone, at the very end, it comes up with an error :
"Failed to boot 4
starting in rsd mode"
I have read elsewhere where people say it is related to the battery. I had a 60% charge for the first two times I did this process, the last time I used the battery from the other phone which was at 95% plus. So far I have not been able to get past this.
Another post suggested that I should pop out the battery, pop it back in, hold the vol down and power buttons, and then do a factory wipe of the /data partition. This is fine, but I cannot get it to go past the Moto screen unless I let go of the buttons.
In case this might help figure out the issue, here are some details from the phone :
System version - 45.1.190.MB853.USC.en.US
Model number - Motorola Electrify
Android version - 2.3.5
Also worth noting, I did not see anything on the screen ever indicating I was "unlocked".
What I want when this is done and over with is to get the phone back and working stock, root, and make barnicle wifi work. Any advice would be most helpful, I am really kind of freaking out here.
H-E-L-P!
Thanks,
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did you install the moto drivers? if you're unlocked be sure to flash 2.3.4 not 2.3.5
Good afternoon,
I have installed the moto drivers. I am on Windows 7 64 bit (dual boot with Linux Mint Debian 64). I installed "MotoHelper_2.1.40_Driver_5.5.0.exe", and was using RSDLite5.6.
As far as I know, the phone was locked. Rooted, but locked. Some say it will actually say on the screen 'unlocked', mine does not say anything like that.
Thanks,
Just to make sure it's not a battery issue, there is free battery swap if you can run by a USCC store. But I think you're right, it's probably not that. Wish I could help you more, but it stumps me.
ledoktre said:
Another post suggested that I should pop out the battery, pop it back in, hold the vol down and power buttons, and then do a factory wipe of the /data partition. This is fine, but I cannot get it to go past the Moto screen unless I let go of the buttons.
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From the phone completely off, hold vol-down and power. When the screen lights up, release power ONLY. Keep holding vol-down until some text shows up then release. Click vol-down to scroll through options until Recovery shows up. Click vol-up to select. Once recovery starts, navigate using vol-up/vol-down and power to select. /data will be wiped if you do a factory reset.
Hope this helps.
So I rooted my phone about two years ago, but I was having issues with getting new roms to work (I thought it was because I couldn't update it). So my plan was to unroot, update to JB, and then re-root.
Since I've unrooted, my phone restarts in AP Fastboot every time I turn it on. I have to hold the volume buttons down to power it on and select "normal boot". Doing this makes it work, but it's annoying, and I can't let the phone die or I'm screwed (now battery is terrible since I can't calibrate by letting it die).
How can I make it not boot into AP Fastboot anymore? Also, how can I root it now that it has Jellybean on it (I want to fix the AP fastboot issue first I imagine, unless Rooting again outright will fix it?)
Thanks in advance!
dicedece said:
So I rooted my phone about two years ago, but I was having issues with getting new roms to work (I thought it was because I couldn't update it). So my plan was to unroot, update to JB, and then re-root.
Since I've unrooted, my phone restarts in AP Fastboot every time I turn it on. I have to hold the volume buttons down to power it on and select "normal boot". Doing this makes it work, but it's annoying, and I can't let the phone die or I'm screwed (now battery is terrible since I can't calibrate by letting it die).
How can I make it not boot into AP Fastboot anymore? Also, how can I root it now that it has Jellybean on it (I want to fix the AP fastboot issue first I imagine, unless Rooting again outright will fix it?)
Thanks in advance!
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You probably need to restore the stock rom using matt's utility.
For xt912 (us droid razr) see http://rootzwiki.com/topic/104161-recovery-locked-safestrap-recovery-v365-2013-11-13/
For xt910 (overseas version; non-us version) see http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/764-gsm-xt910-razr-utility/
Sent from my Droid RAZR Maxx (XT912, spyder) using TapaTalk.
Hey guys. A friend of mine gave me a Motorola Droid RAZR XT912 which woudln't work with GSM networks to make it work. So I went here and used DROID RAZR Utility XT912 Jellybean to gain root. After that I installed Safestrap 3.73 and flashed CM11 M9 into the Slot1. The phone was working completely fine without a single hitch.
Today my friend called me to ask about the phone and I said it's working only it has two systems (lots of not really good used memory). He said to me to remove one of them and I went back into Safestrap recovery and activated Stock. Then I wiped Dalvik cache, cache, system, android secure. After that I switched to Slot1 (CM11) and it said it was active. I thought it would work since there is still that CM11 in Slot1, right? I tapped reboot -> system and since then the phone won't boot. When I press and hold the Power button for about 7-8 seconds, Motorola logo is shown and after that only a black screen (phone turned off). I tried holding Power+VOLDN but sadly same results. I know I should have read more about removing stock, but I did it anyway. Everything was going so smoothly so I thought there wouldn't be any problems. I think I should point out that when I connect the phone to my laptop, I can see "Mot Composited ADB Interface". Does this mean the phone is not dead?
Is there a way to unbrick the phone without some special cables and/or equipment?
Thanks.
Use Matt's utility to restore things to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192467
@mikeoswego Thanks. I actually managed to get it working a little before this post using that amazing piece of software.
The state of the phone was like this: I hold the Power button, Motorola logo pops up and then the phone turns off. I hold Power+VOLDN same thing happens (Logo is shown and then it turns off). I couldn't even get it to fast boot. It just turned off. I searched a bit here and found the solution. When the logo is shown, press and hold VOLUP+VOLDN and don't let go. The menu will be shown where you can select fastboot. After that I just connected the phone to my laptop, used matts program and resurrected the phone
I lost root, so I rooted again, installed safestrap, wiped Stock and in it's place installed CM11. Rom1 was still occupied by old CM11 install so I deleted that. Installed the GSM patch and now the phone works as a charm.
So many thanks to this great community. I usually don't post at all. I use the search function and just follow the steps, but I panicked a bit today. Sorry.
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So many thanks to this great community. I usually don't post at all. I use the search function and just follow the steps, but I panicked a bit today.
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Thanks for letting us know that you got things working. Someone else in the future will see this thread and be helped by it!
My Wife's Droid RAZR MAXX stopped working yesterday. We bought her a new phone.
I wanted to play around with rooting a phone and running a custom ROM. (Never tried it before, mainly since we need the phones to be 100% reliable).
Here's the catch. The phone starts up, and boots only to the Red Pulsing Eye / energy ball thing. The eye is constantly moving, but it never boots.
Most of the directions I've seen for loading a new ROM indicate I have to root the phone first, which means the phone has to be working.
I can boot into the special menus, is there any option for proceeding with the special menus, or is the phone truly a brick? (I have factory defaulted it about 3 times)
I also recognize the problem is most likely hardware, but didn't want to just throw it in the trash if I could avoid it. (We'll I'd recycle it..)
Mike
Hi Mike.
Can you get into AP Fastboot mode?
If you can, try reflashing using RSD-Lite, details here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539192
I believe you have to first get your phone working with stock (manufacturer) ROM first before getting root and flashing custom ROM.
Good luck.
Hey,
I'm pretty new here, so don't hate on my lack of knowledge^^
Maybe I'm even in the wrong sub-forum
(I think there was a sub-forum dedicated to moto x, but this isn't a device-specific issue, so here should be fine - no?)
Got the following problem:
My moto x (2nd gen) is stuck in a loop. I get to the logo-screen, then it goes to "Encryption unsuccessful" and when I click "Reset", it restarts and fails upon trying to reset.
How I got here:
1) A while ago I wanted to encrypt the phone for the lulz (using its' own encryption-tool)
Followed the simple steps, as in having it charged up, but the encryption did not go through.
Don't remember having it to reset at first, it just booted, even though it had bugs after that:
-whenever I charged it, I had problems turning it back on after charging, had to turn off and back on for it to actually work.
-those notifications on top which one can normally open via sliding down, that sliding down did not work after that.
Eventually I did a hard-reset and it fixed the sliding-problem.
Charging also worked fine at first until it did not.
2) I ended up stuck in a boot-loop that went to the logo-screen back and forth (got to logo-screen, restarted, got to logo-screen, restarted, ...)
Tried to soft-/hard-reset using the VOL- and POWER combo.
The hard-reset itself threw some errors at me, something like "can't delete [whatever]".
Still, after a few tries it eventually went past the logo-screen to the encryption-step.
After another few failed resets and emptied cache via recovery-screen, it somehow ignored the encryption-step and turned on the phone (was a fresh version).
3) Worked fine for 1 whole evening, no crashes/glitches/anything until I had to charge it up.
Then it was back to the broken state.
Note: during 2) I tried to boot with a custom recovery-mode(TWRP), but couldn't get it running.
Then I tried to flash it, but anything I tried to install failed.
I had my suspicions, but eventually I got it straightened out: my phone isn't rooted, and the bootloader is locked.
I did get the code to root it via some steps and the motorola service, but the code did not work as it wanted me to unlock the phone first.
From what I've read, to do that I need to get into the settings and unlock/root it...
Funny thing: I can not turn on the phone to get into the settings.
So - anyone got ideas?
Warranty is gone since apparently my tinkering with the locked bootloader and unrooted phone still was visible and they voided the warranty.
Not sure I broke much/anything with that, though, since it DID work at some point after that (even if it was for a few hours before needing recharging)
Therefore I'm open to any suggestions since the alternative stop would be throwing it into the bin^^
Can I unlock the bootloader without having a working system?
Can I root it somehow without having to get into settings (since I can not turn it on in the first place)?
I did a fair share of reading, but most times the guides just assumed that I already rooted it, or forwarded me to a guide where it said "go into settings and spam the build to get advanced options, then simply root/unlock that damn thing". Tried to find a way to unlock/root it without being able to turn it on, but did not get lucky with the search.
If I could unlock and root it, I probably could go from there. Guides are pretty specific and seem to work for most.
Also, I would try the original android version first before searching for any custom systems.
(that is the smartest way to do, right? since I'm just a user and dont plan on doing more hacking/breaking)
Hope all that above wasn't too much to read
Thx for any advice in advance.
Edit:
Well, after what feels like 50 restarts it miraculously did not send me to the "Encryption unsuccessful" but instead booted like it should (as a fresh version, though - so had to backup).
Now I've turned on the thing in the settings so next time it breaks, which I expect to happen by tomorrow, I can flash that sucker.
Still - anyone knows how to enable all that stuff one normally does via settings some way that does not involve successfully booting it?
I mean, there should be a way to root/unlock it without having to turn it on first, right?
Edit2:
As expected, the flashing part was pretty easy, so I'm now sitting with a fresh android 6.0.
Two days in and it's still working fine, haven't had any complications (except battery draining faster then at the very beginning, but I think that's due to it hanging too much on the usb-cable during all those sessions of me trying to fix it - and generally I've had it charge over night a few times to often)
Still would appreciate any advice on how to unlock developer mode and usb-debugging within the bootloader or recovery-mode.