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Posted Today, 02:13 AM
Hi there....i recently purchased a Razr and had many problems gaining root and flashing ROMS. It took me over 3 days to figure out, and i just want to post my experiences and advise people who may be struggling. I have a XT 910 model GSM as i live in UK. I originally rooted using Doomlord V2 Zergrush and that worked fine while i was on GB 2.3.5. I had an OTA update to 2.3.6 and i lost root. Zergrush didn't work on my model again, so i had to use motofail which worked perfectly.
When installing recovery, i installed safestrap first. I could enter CWR on reboot, but ROMS would not install. I would get a black screen, and then i would have to do a hard reset to get my phone working again. I would still be in stock. The reason for this is because safestrap isnt working on GSM phones. (International models, well some of them!) Safestrap works on CDMA models such as in USA. The reason for this is because the system partition on EU GSM models(XT910) is smaller than the partition on CDMA USA models (XT912). So, we have no choice but to use bootstrap.
If you installed safestrap and experienced these problems, make sure you boot into CWR, advanced, mounts and storage, and format system. Then uninstall. If you install bootstrap without doing this, you wont be able to enter CWR in bootstrap. You will end up stuck at the motorola splash screen and will have to hard reset everytime. You will not get any further.
If you uninstalled safestrap without doing this, reinstall it, and do this, then uninstall recovery from the app and make sure you completely remove it from the device system. Then install bootstrap.
There will be an additional file you will need to save to your SD card named RAZR-CWMonboot-Global-J.Y.Daddy.zip. Select bootstrap recovery and "success" should appear. Then, select reboot recovery, and hopefully, you should enter CWR mode on reboot. Make sure you install RAZR-CWMonboot-Global-J.Y.Daddy.zip file from your SD card. Everytime you flash a file ALWAYS flash this file before rebooting. Everytime you flash a file you are writing over you system, so it is important you do this or you wont be able to enter CWR if you ever get a bootloop or stuck etc....
Once you have flashed the ROM of your choice, and rebooted ,go into your Superuser app and toggle bootstrap into denied. There's a face at the bottom of Superuser app....make sure bootstrap is denied. Thats it!
This is what worked for me...UK model XT910 on O2 network. I'm by no means an expert, but i have worked on a couple phones. Motorola Atrix was my last one, so i have a bit of an idea. If i can help...please message me and i'm more than willing if i can. I dont have links to these files but you can google them. I had so many problems, but hopefully my post will help someone. If so, please "like".
Nice write up to help. One suggestion dont take this wrong but maybe separate into paragraphs. I had a hard time reading line by line.
Thanks. I will write paragraphs next time! I will bear that in mind. Sorry if anyone is struggling to read this line by line.
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I'm new registered here in this forum, but i always read forums here, i own Droid Razr XT910, i rooted it following the instructions here, i install CMW, but i have a problem which is so annoying, everytime i power off my phone it always starts with CMW Recovery, it just will start normally after i reboot my phone i Recovery. Can you help me how to get rid of that..thanks a lot.
Sendoh28 said:
I'm new registered here in this forum, but i always read forums here, i own Droid Razr XT910, i rooted it following the instructions here, i install CMW, but i have a problem which is so annoying, everytime i power off my phone it always starts with CMW Recovery, it just will start normally after i reboot my phone i Recovery. Can you help me how to get rid of that..thanks a lot.
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It's not annoying thing, but it's a feature thing. It useful when your RAZR got problem & cant boot to home screen. You can flash sbf or wipe from CWM Recovery
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Posted Today, 02:13 AM
Hi there....i recently purchased a Razr and had many problems gaining root and flashing ROMS. It took me over 3 days to figure out, and i just want to post my experiences and advise people who may be struggling. I have a XT 910 model GSM as i live in UK. I originally rooted using Doomlord V2 Zergrush and that worked fine while i was on GB 2.3.5. I had an OTA update to 2.3.6 and i lost root. Zergrush didn't work on my model again, so i had to use motofail which worked perfectly. When installing recovery, i installed safestrap first. I could enter CWR on reboot, but ROMS would not install. I would get a black screen, and then i would have to do a hard reset to get my phone working again. I would still be in stock. The reason for this is because safestrap isnt working on GSM phones. (International models, well some of them!) Safestrap works on CDMA models such as in USA. The reason for this is because the system partition on EU GSM models(XT910) is smaller than the partition on CDMA USA models (XT912). So, we have no choice but to use bootstrap. If you installed safestrap and experienced these problems, make sure you boot into CWR, advanced, mounts and storage, and format system. Then uninstall. If you install bootstrap without doing this, you wont be able to enter CWR in bootstrap. You will end up stuck at the motorola splash screen and will have to hard reset everytime. You will not get any further. If you uninstalled safestrap without doing this, reinstall it, and do this, then uninstall recovery from the app and make sure you completely remove it from the device system. Then install bootstrap. There will be an additional file you will need to save to your SD card named RAZR-CWMonboot-Global-J.Y.Daddy.zip. Select bootstrap recovery and "success" should appear. Then, select reboot recovery, and hopefully, you should enter CWR mode on reboot. Make sure you install RAZR-CWMonboot-Global-J.Y.Daddy.zip file from your SD card. Everytime you flash a file ALWAYS flash this file before rebooting. Everytime you flash a file you are writing over you system, so it is important you do this or you wont be able to enter CWR if you ever get a bootloop or stuck etc.... Once you have flashed the ROM of your choice, and rebooted ,go into your Superuser app and toggle bootstrap into denied. There's a face at the bottom of Superuser app....make sure bootstrap is denied. Thats it! This is what worked for me...UK model XT910 on O2 network. I'm by no means an expert, but i have worked on a couple phones. Motorola Atrix was my last one, so i have a bit of an idea. If i can help...please message me and i'm more than willing if i can. I dont have links to these files but you can google them. I had so many problems, but hopefully my post will help someone. If so, please "like".
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thank u so much!
I've been struggling with this all day, many thanks for the advice! Can't believe it was that simple..
CWM and Stock Recovery
Please could some tell me if on my GSM Razr I update it with
Retail.en.EU ICS Leak 672.180.33 thru Stock Recovery, and afterwards I decide to flash J Y Daddy's CWM, would I now have access to both CWM as well as Stock Recovery? Or does it wipe Stock Recovery if CWM gets installed? thx
THANK YOU!
You are a Fuc*ing master man
No one could help me with my problem, but that solved it.
I'd installed safestrap when I bought the RAZR 7 Months ago and I didn't had a clue that the problem was there.
Did exactly what you wrote and now I can use CWM again with BootMenu Manager
THANKS
Great post mate, I like you, lost root and never got it back so stopped trying. There are so many versions of the phone out there, its really confusing which method, files etc to use for UK phone
I rooted my old htc desire and jumped between roms all the time and loved being able to do that, but the razr, I have tried a leak or a custom rom yet
Thanks Again
P.S. as for the comment on paragraphs that's been made, maybe you could edit your post to sort into these, this will then help everyone even more.
Sent from my XT910 using xda app-developers app
MylleZ said:
You are a Fuc*ing master man
No one could help me with my problem, but that solved it.
I'd installed safestrap when I bought the RAZR 7 Months ago and I didn't had a clue that the problem was there.
Did exactly what you wrote and now I can use CWM again with BootMenu Manager
THANKS
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Glad it worked!!!
geemacd said:
Great post mate, I like you, lost root and never got it back so stopped trying. There are so many versions of the phone out there, its really confusing which method, files etc to use for UK phone
I rooted my old htc desire and jumped between roms all the time and loved being able to do that, but the razr, I have tried a leak or a custom rom yet
Thanks Again
P.S. as for the comment on paragraphs that's been made, maybe you could edit your post to sort into these, this will then help everyone even more.
Sent from my XT910 using xda app-developers app
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i'll edit it in a few. Thanks for the feedback and glad it worked!
I upgraded my Razr to the early ICS release months ago. I did lose some features that I had came to love in gingerbread. The guide I used said that at the time it unable to be reverted back, so I just lived with it.
I used my son's Razr that used the OTA upgrade, and it had the other features working correctly, so I was wanting to go to the newest version.
I followed the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735935 and got the "Preflash validation failure" on a couple of lines and an unable to find cdrom error during step 5.
Now it shows the dual core logo, and goes no-where else. I can see that the screen is on if I turn the lights off, but I am not able to get anywhere. I have also read the atrix forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504323 about the errors. This site is becoming so massive that things are getting hard to find. I also followed some other suggestions on other sites, but still nothing.
There are so many people here saying that it was fixed in other ways, but I cannot tell which are considered out of date, and which I should try.
I do not currently care If I go to the newest version, or go to gingerbread and then accept the OTA from Verizon.
Please help.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Liquidd
Just fastboot to .211 then install .215 if you want. Done.
liquidd said:
I upgraded my Razr to the early ICS release months ago. I did lose some features that I had came to love in gingerbread. The guide I used said that at the time it unable to be reverted back, so I just lived with it.
I used my son's Razr that used the OTA upgrade, and it had the other features working correctly, so I was wanting to go to the newest version.
I followed the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735935 and got the "Preflash validation failure" on a couple of lines and an unable to find cdrom error during step 5.
Now it shows the dual core logo, and goes no-where else. I can see that the screen is on if I turn the lights off, but I am not able to get anywhere. I have also read the atrix forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504323 about the errors. This site is becoming so massive that things are getting hard to find. I also followed some other suggestions on other sites, but still nothing.
There are so many people here saying that it was fixed in other ways, but I cannot tell which are considered out of date, and which I should try.
I do not currently care If I go to the newest version, or go to gingerbread and then accept the OTA from Verizon.
Please help.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Liquidd
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im so sorry to see my guide didnt work for you ,
your actually the first one ive had say anything lolz
just use this http://crackflasher.com/dev/mattlgroff/XT912.Verizon.en.US/DroidRAZRUtility/DroidRazrUtility1.8.zip and FastBoot Back to .211 then go where every you need from there
Linux215 said:
im so sorry to see my guide didnt work for you ,
your actually the first one ive had say anything lolz
just use this http://crackflasher.com/dev/mattlgroff/XT912.Verizon.en.US/DroidRAZRUtility/DroidRazrUtility1.8.zip and FastBoot Back to .211 then go where every you need from there
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That worked. THANK YOU so very much. I was worried that I might have a brick for a while.
What do you consider the easiest way to flash a rom like one of these? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518519 I do like the verizon stock, I just hate the verizon apps being forced into my rom.
I do not mind reading and following directions if you can provide link I would be thankful, I am just so unsure with so many different people saying different things here and other sites.
I appreciate your help.
Thanks, Liquidd.
Im at work right now but when i get home ill right up a guide for you
Sent from my DROID RAZR using xda premium
I too like the stock version. What I did and found it works pretty good is use matts utility to root it. I think there's a specific version for .211 and one for. 215. Then get titanium backup and freeze all the bloat ware apps you don't want running. If you do someday want them jut unfreeze them, that easy.
From how I understand it, is freezing them pretty much disables them from starting and ever running, pretty much like they aren't even installed on there. This method has worked great for me and maybe saves battery because your phone never even starts them in the background. Also when there's an OTA I think it checks for certain VZW apps and if they're not installed it won't take the OTA. with TI backup you can just unfreeze them and take the OTA. Hope this helps.
Sent from my DROID RAZR using xda app-developers app
I don't like to mess with the phone with leaks and custom roms.. So i use tibu to freeze things i don't use.
Remember, the key weird us freeze, nit delete or uninstall.. Or u will have hell of u need to update future ota..
Sent from my ICS Razr XT910
Root, install safestrap 2.0, open app and install recovery, reboot phone, when greeted by new recovery prompt press menu button, in recovery create a backup, scroll down and toggle safe system (enable safe system aka dual boot from sd card), format system, wipe data and cache, install the rom of your choice and enjoy!
If you ever want to run stock rom again, just toggle safe system again from recovery (disable it)...phone will boot phone rom again.
Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
Thanks for your help everyone. I appreciate everything.
Questions belong in Q&A
on ota JB Leak OTA stock.
using safestrap 3.11
rooted.
Yesterday my sound on razr maxx stopped working. Sound profile was up all the way and could make phone calls but speaker was not working.
I read I needed to restore my backup of rom because of the sound problem.
when I restored the system to the stock it would get past safestrap but then it would just blackscreen and vibrate once.
My backup did not work at all on the stock partition. I even tried a factory reset, clearing everything, cache, dalvik, system, etc and it still wouldn't restore.
So then I decided to create another rom slot and try to restore my backup it worked perfectly without an issue and booted right up.
Keep in mind this is with the stock ota jb release, not another version.
My question is how do I get the stock partition back. I tried reflashing the ota update but it needs the ics rom to update. Is there a jelly bean ota that doesn't verify the partition before installing?
Thanks a million!!!
Use this: JB xt912 unbrick utility
then use Razr Blade Root Exploit to gain root again
start all over with ss 3.11
I cannot get my phone into recovery. It will not go back to recovery so I can flash the rom. It just sits there with the android guy laying down for about 3 minutes then doesn't do anything and I have to reset it.
woodgtrplyr said:
I cannot get my phone into recovery. It will not go back to recovery so I can flash the rom. It just sits there with the android guy laying down for about 3 minutes then doesn't do anything and I have to reset it.
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You have to press vol+ and vol- at the Dame time to get the recovery menu to come up after you see the Android guy laying on his back
Sent from my JellyBeaned Droid RAZR Maxx
Thanks good sir! I found it in another post. KUDOS to you for helping a member out!!:laugh::good:
safestrap 3.11 droid razr rooted jb stock trouble
well my problem is i accidently (stupidly) installed a rom on stock. didnt boot up tho . so of course i had a back up for stock. but it did not boot up visually . the bootanimation does sound off . but thats it . black screen. luckily im able to use stock 1 to apply other rom. but im need to want to get stock back. any help would be well helpful.
freddyfingaz said:
well my problem is i accidently (stupidly) installed a rom on stock. didnt boot up tho . so of course i had a back up for stock. but it did not boot up visually . the bootanimation does sound off . but thats it . black screen. luckily im able to use stock 1 to apply other rom. but im need to want to get stock back. any help would be well helpful.
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You just need to follow this guide exactly
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php?/topic/7701-How-to-recover-the-Stock-slot-on-XT912-running-JB-OTA
Sent from my JellyBeaned Droid RAZR Maxx
Short long story (well maybe not..) , a couple a days ago my Jelly Beans started acting weird, the issue was that my phone couldnt recognize the sim card and the cd card, I assumed it because I took pictures in the shower not a while ago, so I pulled out my sim card and my cd card off their deserved places, and I blew hair into the holes with my mouth, that wasnt the brightest idea since I could blew fluid into it, but, after that, my phone started repeatedly forcing closing com.android.phone, I toggled all the solutions on google I could find, but neither of them helped. so I just froze my phone app through Titanium Backup, and started looking for my own solution, like installing the app all over again through recovery and etc.
My final solution was to install the rom update I had on my int-card, hoping it would restore and recover the damaged phone application, but it ended up as my phone not booting at all.
So I went on installing a new clean Jelly Beans rom on my Razr through RSD, but no matter what I do, I keep getting the same issue.
My phone passes the M logo, but it wont even load the boot animation or the system it self.
I tried many things, and non of them worked.
I made a huge research on google and on this website to identify a way to get over my issue, but I have checked everything, and I couldnt even find someone who had the issue I am having.
But theres a strange thing, I apperently can go into boot only if I turn up my device only through BP tools, but I cant if I just turn on my phone in the normal mode!
If any of you ever encountered a thing like that, and ever solved the puzzle behind the problem, I'd glad and thankful for whoever shares it in the thread!
short long story:
UGHH MY PHONE WONT TURN UPPP ANYBODY PLEASE HLEP MEE GAHHHHHH MY PARENTS WILL KILL ME FOR SUREEEEE whAT DO I DOOOOOO I NEED MY WHATSUPPP
You erased you cid?
If not, you need the same JB version you were running before the issues.
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neo.ank said:
You erased you cid?
If not, you need the same JB version you were running before the issues.
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I am not quite sure if my action of applying an update on my current system through the recovery earased my cid.
I did try to reinstall the cid, but I couldnt find an cid image for my phone after a hopeless research on the forums.
I'll try to install a temporary recovery, install the update again, and if not, I'll try to restore a backup of my system and see what happens.
I'll come back with results.
I might edit my comment, or reply if this thread would not get any new comments on it.
CID is the unique id of the device.
However, try to find the same JB version you were running.
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neo.ank said:
CID is the unique id of the device.
However, try to find the same JB version you were running.
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Apparently installing the BMM recovery fixed my issue.
lmao
Now it boots perfectly to the system in the normal mode.
Now I am going to restore my backup, and again, try find a solution for my phone prob-oh.. I apparently lost my backup and I cannot lost it anymore.
Well, it seems like I got to start everything...
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Is kitkat Cnayogen mod rom recommended yet?
Yes, it is recommended.
Coupled with JBX kernel, its runs butter smooth.
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neo.ank said:
Yes, it is recommended.
Coupled with JBX kernel, its runs butter smooth.
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Thanks friend!! Which JBX kernel should I also choose if my firmware stands right now on jelly beans? the 3.x for android 4.4? which should I install first? the cyanogen or the kernel?
And by the way, I got another question! my phone had this message "CustomerID error,Contact Dealer" text on startup for like an entire year since I installed the BMM, I guess its because I accidently erased my cid, but I dont think I even got the cid anymore.
Is there someway to regenerate a new one? I dont care much about the cid ID, I just want to get rid of the message if it isnt much of a big deal~
ExtraDan said:
Thanks friend!! Which JBX kernel should I also choose if my firmware stands right now on jelly beans? the 3.x for android 4.4? which should I install first? the cyanogen or the kernel?
And by the way, I got another question! my phone had this message "CustomerID error,Contact Dealer" text on startup for like an entire year since I installed the BMM, I guess its because I accidently erased my cid, but I dont think I even got the cid anymore.
Is there someway to regenerate a new one? I dont care much about the cid ID, I just want to get rid of the message if it isnt much of a big deal~
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After you flash the ROM. Chose the JBX for Kitkat.
However just make sure BMM supports latest KK Roms. It has not been updated for long..
As for the CID, you cannot recover it once deleted. You have to live with the error.
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neo.ank said:
After you flash the ROM. Chose the JBX for Kitkat.
However just make sure BMM supports latest KK Roms. It has not been updated for long..
As for the CID, you cannot recover it once deleted. You have to live with the error.
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Thanks! I installed it and every thing went fine, I am not sure if my BMM supported the latest roms, but if I cant boot into my system, then it does support, right?
And for the cid, well, alright, I can live with that error, it just would make my startup look less fancy I guess.
I am looking forward the Ara project anyway, so I wouldn't stay forever with my precious baby razr.
Yes, don't worry abt it. It should work fine
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neo.ank said:
Yes, don't worry abt it. It should work fine
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Thanks again mate, I am now enjoying my new fancy dandy system!
Thanks for cooping along!
Have a good day!
Hi, all . . .
Quick version in bold below.
I've enjoyed my rooted Razr Maxx for many months now, but recently I did some tinkering of the kind that involved the warnings we're all familiar with, i.e., you might mess up your device. And, well, I did--but not in a way that was completely beyond redemption. I don't know what actually happened, but what I know is that after the Safestrap menu disappeared my phone no longer displayed anything, and it would hang during the boot sequence. I'd hear the Drooooid, see nothing, and then the phone would just remain in that non-displaying, unresponsive state until the battery was drained.
I have Safestrap 3.11 installed, thankfully, and I have a backup from several months ago I've been working with. I began hunting around for advice on how to rectify the problem. I tried wiping the cache, then restoring the system and data, then just the system, and each time I got the same problem. Finally, I created a new ROM slot and restored my backup to it--just the system. (System and data didn't work--I don't really know why.) Interestingly, this booted up just fine. Everything was as normal, except that I had to rebuild my profile/data/etc. from scratch.
So I thought, if that worked, then maybe I could wipe the stock ROM and restore just the system to it after the wipe. I tried it, and then had the same issue: no display after Safestrap, and then a hang.
So my question is, is there some way to get that stock ROM straightened out so I can use it as normal? Can I delete and recreate the stock ROM in Safestrap? Is there an obvious explanation for what is happening here?
I really do appreciate any advice you can give, because I'm a dabbler and not a developer, and that's probably a good part of the reason why I'm in this situation to begin with. Thanks!
Quick Version: I'm using Safestrap 3.11 and I messed up my stock ROM in such a way that I have no display after the Safestrap menu, and the phone hangs during boot. I managed to restore just the system to a different ROM slot and was able to start from scratch there, but I want to find out if there is a way to make my stock ROM whole again.
Thanks!
Can you try Matt's Utility to reinstall the stock rom and safestrap?
sherri said:
Can you try Matt's Utility to reinstall the stock rom and safestrap?
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I haven't yet, but I certainly can! I assume I can find a link to it here somewhere. If I can't find it, I'll let you know. Thanks!
KT
KilgoreTrout71 said:
I haven't yet, but I certainly can! I assume I can find a link to it here somewhere. If I can't find it, I'll let you know. Thanks!
KT
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Here is that utility but updated
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2861798
Just in case,if you can't find it
Sent from my Razr XT910
Thanks, @welder73! Crazy day at work, didn't have time to look.
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Thanks, @welder73! Crazy day at work, didn't have time to look.
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No problem @Sherry,I have free time
Sent from my Razr XT910
Thanks, both of you! I got the utility. I plan to try it out today sometime. We'll see how it goes!
Just so you know, the solution you suggested worked! What an excellent utility that is. Now I have my stock ROM back in working order and I have a ROM mod in ROM Slot 1 that I'm messing around with. Thanks again!