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/
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Alright here goes
So my question is, what options do i have? I can't access any recovery options (Fastboot, android recovery, etc) and my RSD lite wont connect.
Short Story
Every time i try to boot my Atrix (after trying to update CherryPi), I get the Failed to boot 2, Starting RSD mode. Unfortunately, when I plug my phone into a computer RSD doesn't see it. It's like its not even phased.
Long Story
Okay, so I got my atrix not too long ago. Got my phone rooted at proceeded to use gingerblur. Then shortly there after, I attempted to upgrade to the Gingerbread OTA update, which got me stuck in a boot loop. (Now I'm a little confused, I don't think that I have unlocked my phone at all. I don't ever recall "unlocked" being on the boot screen at all). From this point I don't think RSD was working. I spent about a week trying to get it to work. Then I was able to fastboot flash the stock img files for gingerbread to my phone. So now I had a working gingerbread atrix. I sat stock for a little while, figgured out how to root via fastboot (again, no rsd support at this point). After I was rooted I installed CherryPi 0.3 via CWM. It worked great, a couple of days later I went to do the CherryPi 0.X > 0.5 and it flashed with CWM "successfully" got to the AT&T logo on bootup and then crashed and has been giving me the failed to boot 2.
I hope i've given you guys enough info. If any of you super hackers live in San Diego, I'd be more then willing to bring my phone over for you to figure out. So I just really need to know what my options are. If I take it back to AT&T will they likely give me a new one? (I'm good at playing dumb). I traded my phone originally so I don't know what kind of warranty is in place. Can I contact Motorola and get a new handset? Just looking for suggestions.
Thanks guys
Have you tried to reinstall the motorola driver?
Yes, when I first "lost" RSD support and since the current "Failed to boot 2" message.
It has the flash interface when I plug it in, but the motorola software dosent see it, same with RSD. just like nothing is plugged in.
Why not put it into fastboot mode when it reboots and then flash a different file?
phobos512 said:
Why not put it into fastboot mode when it reboots and then flash a different file?
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It won't boot into any other mode, upon putting the battery in, it shows the dual core logo for about 1.5-2 seconds that pops up the "Failed to boot 2" message and starting RSD mode.
Judging by your first post u mentioned that u never unlocked your boot loader, unless I'm reading this wrong. These ROMS weren't meant to be flashed with the Bootstrapped version of CWM (The one that requires u to be plugged in to AC power) so not sure if that sheds any light on the subject or not. Again, if I read your post wrong, I apologize.
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Phalanx7621 said:
Judging by your first post u mentioned that u never unlocked your boot loader, unless I'm reading this wrong. These ROMS weren't meant to be flashed with the Bootstrapped version of CWM (The one that requires u to be plugged in to AC power) so not sure if that sheds any light on the subject or not. Again, if I read your post wrong, I apologize.
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Ya, from what I can tell its Motorola locking me out for using an modified rom. But I think that I should be able to return to a stock firmware using RSD lite or the Motorola software restore from thier site, but neither see my phone connected. This leads me to belive that somewhere in the process the RSD protocol got messed up. Now I really don't know much, just enough to be dangerous. So if theres anyone that can tell me if I'm even looking the right direction.
And if I am right is there anything I could possibly do?
gjRabbit said:
Alright here goes
So my question is, what options do i have? I can't access any recovery options (Fastboot, android recovery, etc) and my RSD lite wont connect.
Short Story
Every time i try to boot my Atrix (after trying to update CherryPi), I get the Failed to boot 2, Starting RSD mode. Unfortunately, when I plug my phone into a computer RSD doesn't see it. It's like its not even phased.
Long Story
Okay, so I got my atrix not too long ago. Got my phone rooted at proceeded to use gingerblur. Then shortly there after, I attempted to upgrade to the Gingerbread OTA update, which got me stuck in a boot loop. (Now I'm a little confused, I don't think that I have unlocked my phone at all. I don't ever recall "unlocked" being on the boot screen at all). From this point I don't think RSD was working. I spent about a week trying to get it to work. Then I was able to fastboot flash the stock img files for gingerbread to my phone. So now I had a working gingerbread atrix. I sat stock for a little while, figgured out how to root via fastboot (again, no rsd support at this point). After I was rooted I installed CherryPi 0.3 via CWM. It worked great, a couple of days later I went to do the CherryPi 0.X > 0.5 and it flashed with CWM "successfully" got to the AT&T logo on bootup and then crashed and has been giving me the failed to boot 2.
I hope i've given you guys enough info. If any of you super hackers live in San Diego, I'd be more then willing to bring my phone over for you to figure out. So I just really need to know what my options are. If I take it back to AT&T will they likely give me a new one? (I'm good at playing dumb). I traded my phone originally so I don't know what kind of warranty is in place. Can I contact Motorola and get a new handset? Just looking for suggestions.
Thanks guys
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Hey man, I have the same problem with you.. have you some progress for that..
I find some infor from forum that this kind of hard brick can be solved by using the developping cable to reflash the sbk file, this method is pending at the SBK file is unavailable which is not released out by MOtorola.. I find a one of my friend who is working in MOTO (Tianjing, CHINA) to see my device, I hope he can help me to unbrick my phone.. when i have good news, I'll update it.
Guys
I've been checking this site for a while now. I own a Motorola Razr Maxx. I bought it when it still had GB on it, then I put the ICS leaked ROM on it, but the battery didn't seem to last that long. So a few days ago I decided to root my Razr, put SS3 on it, and I flashed the D-Wiz rom. I didn't really like the flaws it had, so I wanted to try FTS. Now the last versions of FTS could only be installed with BMM. So I uninstalled the recovery in SS3, uninstalled the program, and then put BMM on it. I loaded the FTS zip in BMM, rebooted, but it gave an error while installing, so the device rebooted, but It won't boot anymore. I tried the volupe up, down and power button to restart, but it just boots to the dualcore logo , and then gives me a black screen and the red LED sign.
How can I boot again into my stock rom?
I'm on a mac BTW
Thanks so much in advance. I feel like an idiot, because I can't turn my phone on again.
I hope you have installed the Hijack for BMM after the Rom, so you can still boot into Recovery (There was definitely an warning about it) If yes restore your Backup. If you got no Hijack (on boot option) or backup, then you'll have to get to an windows PC and flash the right sbf for your Phones Region with RSD.
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Edit: FIXED! I plugged in the power cable while holding both volume buttons, so I got into the recovery boot menu. I flashed the official SBF, and my phone is getting OTA updates. Thanks! I don't think I'll try custom roms again any time soon, especially when the standard ICS gives me great batterylife. Time will tell.
Id so give D-Wiz another chance. With D-Wiz and some battery management, ive got my year old stock Razr at 14-15 hours battery life.
Dont give up on ROMS just because you had to fix your phone, ive had to solder cables to provide power to a dead bricked phone and fastboot the system files.
ROMS rule, dont be scared. :3
I have an Android Razr that WAS rooted. I kept having issues with the OTA JB upgrade so I unrooted, went back to stock and updated. Now I am having issues with getting the phone to root again. I also have a warranty issue with the charger not fitting into the phone properly.
I know that with the phone being rooted, Verizon will not warranty this. Is there a way to erase the footprint on the phone of it being rooted in the past so I can get a replacement?
If not, What do I need to do to re-root this device and use a different rom?
My charger will work if I leave the phone alone... My battery life has been cut in half since the upgrade n matter what task killer I use, turing off WiFi or whatever else I have tried.
I have tried the RS lite and all goes well until the end when I get a recipe failure. Now I cannot simply reboot my phone, I must hard reset each time and select BP Tools to reboot.
This is annoying and I cannot find a strait forward answer.
Would someone help me out here?
Droid Razr
4.1.2
98.72.16.XT912.Verizon.en.US
CDMA
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!
This is a Motorola Razr Maxx (not HD), in service since 2012. Not rooted. Posting problem here because I wonder if there's a brute force method of solving this problem, and the Verizon & Motorola forums have been useless.
I powered off the phone a few days ago, and a minute later, powered up again. The reboot got past some of the animated nonsense and got stuck at the "red eye" stage. If I do nothing, it stays there until the battery is dead (which is where the phone is at the moment). After recharging and trying again, I can hold the power button and get the phone to restart, but it goes back into the same loop. I found that there's a brief moment before the restart when the screen goes black and by pressing the appropriate buttons, I can get to the recovery menu. I've tried cleaning the cache partition and doing a factory reset, but these don't solve the problem. Someone at the Verizon store tried the same routine, to no avail.
All apps came from the Google play store. None were allowed to update automatically because I prefer to wait & see if other users have problems with updates. No games - just the following, all of which have been on the phone for a couple of years:
K9 Mail
CalenGoo
Swiftkey Keyboard
WiFi Analyzer
AVG Antivirus (which said the phone was clean earlier in the week)
Dropbox
ES File Explorer
New York Times
....plus the usual assortment of pre-installed Google & Verizon crap.
Is there a way to get the phone into safe mode from a cold start? Or, something I can do which involves reloading a new ROM from my computer (Windows 7 Pro)? I'd really rather not ditch this phone at the moment. I don't care if it involves rooting. The warranty is way beyond done, and the phone's already a brick, so experimenting doesn't worry me.
Just download this utility,put your phone to AP Fastboot mode,connect it to your computer and flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2861798
I assume that you know how to boot into AP Fatboot mode,if you don't here's the thread for everything that you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3023837
Sent from my Razr XT910
welder73 said:
Just download this utility,put your phone to AP Fastboot mode,connect it to your computer and flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2861798
I assume that you know how to boot into AP Fatboot mode,if you don't here's the thread for everything that you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3023837
Sent from my Razr XT910
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Thank you! I think I just died & went to heaven. Stand by for results (later this afternoon) when I'm back at the desk.
welder73 said:
Just download this utility,put your phone to AP Fastboot mode,connect it to your computer and flash it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2861798
I assume that you know how to boot into AP Fatboot mode,if you don't here's the thread for everything that you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3023837
Sent from my Razr XT910
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Update: If beer could be sent through the internet, you'd have a case of your favorite on your desk at the moment. This worked perfectly. The phone is brand new again.
But now it's time to get into trouble, aka "fun". When I ran RSD_Lite, it asked for a file name, so I pointed it to cdma_spyder_9.8.2O-72_VZW-16_1ff.xml (included in the zip file). If I wanted to root the phone, would I go searching for a different XML file? In other words, how different would the process be? My main goal would be a phone without all the preloaded crap from Verizon. I have no interest in overclocking, etc.
ancientangler said:
Update: If beer could be sent through the internet, you'd have a case of your favorite on your desk at the moment. This worked perfectly. The phone is brand new again.
But now it's time to get into trouble, aka "fun". When I ran RSD_Lite, it asked for a file name, so I pointed it to cdma_spyder_9.8.2O-72_VZW-16_1ff.xml (included in the zip file). If I wanted to root the phone, would I go searching for a different XML file? In other words, how different would the process be? My main goal would be a phone without all the preloaded crap from Verizon. I have no interest in overclocking, etc.
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For root see this,you don't even need a computer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2855364
Thanks for the beer
Sent from my Razr XT910