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I followed the instructions on this xda thread [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260517] to get 2.3.4, but instead seem to have a rather expensive paper weight. after Terminal had done its work, and rebooted the Atrix, i get the message "failed to boot 4. starting rsd mode." i cant boot into fastboot to do a hard reset, what are the next steps to hopefully bring it back to life? thanks
ishamm said:
I followed the instructions on this xda thread [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260517] to get 2.3.4, but instead seem to have a rather expensive paper weight. after Terminal had done its work, and rebooted the Atrix, i get the message "failed to boot 4. starting rsd mode." i cant boot into fastboot to do a hard reset, what are the next steps to hopefully bring it back to life? thanks
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flash the .sbf that corresponds with your device in this thread here to go back to stock, and start over: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944
or you can just reflash the pudding files, find the newest ones here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
thanks alcapone, you seem to be saving me from my noobish fails a fair ammount today XD
how might i go about flashing the sbf though, if i cant get into fastboot mode, on a mac? also i dont have an sd card installed yet if it makes a difference
ishamm said:
thanks alcapone, you seem to be saving me from my noobish fails a fair ammount today XD
how might i go about flashing the sbf though, if i cant get into fastboot mode, on a mac? also i dont have an sd card installed yet if it makes a difference
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since you're on a mac, use the program sbf_flash that can be found here: http://dl.opticaldelusion.org/sbf_flash?attredirects=0
to make things easier (i hope) im downloading a windows emulator to use RSD Lite, as suggested on the site you linked with the original sbf on. im sorry to be dumb, but can you post/link specific instructions on what steps to take once i have this installed, as you can probably tell this is my first experience with android do i need to somehow get out of rsd mode, or is that how rsd lite is able to access it? thanks again
ishamm said:
to make things easier (i hope) im downloading a windows emulator to use RSD Lite, as suggested on the site you linked with the original sbf on. im sorry to be dumb, but can you post/link specific instructions on what steps to take once i have this installed, as you can probably tell this is my first experience with android do i need to somehow get out of rsd mode, or is that how rsd lite is able to access it? thanks again
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you have to be in RSD mode for RSD lite to be able to detect your device, and to flash any .sbf
as long as you flash the right .sbf, unlocking is as easy as two quick fastboot commands. after you get past this, you get past the most complicated parts of customizing your Atrix.
sounds worryingly simple
also, is it correct that the original sbf should be around 650mb?? that seems enormous compared to the roms etc, and worse, will take hours to download on this holiday home internet before i embark on this, is that the right thing i'm looking at? or better can i flash straight to alien, which i already have downloaded? thanks
ishamm said:
sounds worryingly simple
also, is it correct that the original sbf should be around 650mb?? that seems enormous compared to the roms etc, and worse, will take hours to download on this holiday home internet before i embark on this, is that the right thing i'm looking at? or better can i flash straight to alien, which i already have downloaded? thanks
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yes, .sbf files are a lot larger than ROMs. they include webtop, bootloader, and a few other things that increase the file size. you can't just flash alien without unlocking the bootloader either.
is reflashing the pudding files a smaller download option? or does it lead to downloading the same equivalent ammount?
i am having no luck getting any windows emulators to run, if i install linux can i run RSD from there?
are there any other RSD work arounds, without having the actual RSD application on windows? i dont have any access to windows cds to install VMWare or similar, and cant find any other way to do it on linux. I cant boot the phone into fastboot either to do a hard reset, is there another way to do that? thanks
*EDIT* for example can i use a terminal code like this "
chmod +x moto-fastboot-osx64
./moto-fastboot-osx64 flash boot XXXXXX.boot.img (work out what Tegra part you need to flash and change the XXXXXX to that!)
./moto-fastboot-osx64 flash system ORFR234-system.img
./moto-fastboot-osx64 flash webtop webtop.img
./moto-fastboot-osx64 reboot"
but change the img to the original atrix tmobile sbf?
Hello!
I need some help and I know this is the place to find it!
I have searched for several days all over the internet trying to read and gather information, and I am coming up short.
I know Bruno Martins has posted some information on his blog on how to "readback" (backup) your current rom for your phone, but there is no information on how to flash the entire ROM package back to your phone (at least with regard to the errors you may receive).
Basically, I am looking for some help on how to backup one of my phones entire rom package and put it on my other phone that I messed up via the Smart Phone Flash Tool (the exact same model: Star Touch Diamond 2 B2000 MT6573).
The new phone works perfect, I have never touched it, my old phone which is the same model I deleted and formatted the system so I need to put the stock rom on.
I was able to do a "backup" of my new phone, but when i try to flash the preloader and uboot, etc, the sp flash tool says error loading file, or region too large with overlap.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
By the way, my phone is not bricked, but I cannot access recovery! I was able to find and install another fully assembled rom to my phone and the phone does power on with lights, but it doesnt have the display driver I need so I cannot see anything.
The reason I flashed another rom was because the phone was essentially bricked and wouldnt do anything, and that was the only rom I could find on the internet that was a full package (preloader, uboot, system, etc) but isnt compatible with phone.
Anyhow, if I understand correctly I need to use hexadecimal calculator to find length of partitions of original phones rom, readback the files, somehow edit the preloader file? then flash them back to the old phone?
Please help!
I would love to make a tutorial of this method with pictures and possible errors for everyone if we could get this solved!
Please point me in the right direction!
And I wanted to thank BRUNO in advance for his hard work and help!!
have you tried the neutrino rom from notorious? its reallllly small around 50mb. you may be able to install that since it so small, then work your way back down? not too sure and i can say im no grandmaster but it might work!
***derp. neutrino... thats for atrix only. but hey same concept. maybe a small barebones rom will get you running enough to get things done properly.
Hello stokemonkey!
No, I have not tried the neutrino rom. My main goal is to take my working phone and copy the firmware to my other phone which is the same model. I attempted to flash a rom and then it didnt work out so well (phone still lights up, drivers are not compatible).
I all else fails I can attempt the neurtino rom (as long as you dont have to install from sd card zip file because I cannot!)
the neutrino is an Atrix 4G rom only, so you cant use it and it also needs to be installed via internal so its a no go either way. isnt your phone the china "htc" model? i dont have much user time on an htc so im not too sure what you can do?
again id try to find a barebones that you can flash the way you did with the rom that gave you errors. ill try to do some searching too and see what i can find. let me know if you get anything workin! and if there is someone else out there that can enlighten the both of us help would be appreciated!
and isnt yours like an evo 4g? maybe one of those roms will work?
Thanks for your response and suggestions. I will try to dish up a small tutorial with how far I can get in the backup/flashing process. I can check for an evo 4g rom and see what the specs are. The current rom I used i believe works, but doesnt have the video driver so the screen has no image. I believe each partition of ram has a set size so you can only flash a rom for the mt6573 chipset which will fit in the available space for each partition and also happens to contain the video, audio, bluetooth, etc drivers.
I have used SP Flash Tool and was able to backup all of the partitions of my working phone but the SP Flash Tool gives all sorts of errors when I try to load the files and flash them to my non-working phone.
The funny thing is that I downloaded files for a different phones rom and was able to flash those to the non-working phone, as mentioned in my previous post, which allows the phone to power on, but the phone doesnt work besides lighting up.
I know it is possible to make a backup of my good phone and flash that rom onto my non-working phone, I just dont know what I am doing wrong.
So far, this is what I have done . . .
1. Installed SDK tools for android
2. Obtained my scatter txt file by using command prompt
3. Used MTKRomStudio to open that file which tells me the addresses of all the partitions and their file sizes
4. Used SP Flash Tool V.2.11.29.00 to "readback" (backup) each individual rom file (preloader, uboot, bootimg, android, dsp, etc)
5. Confirmed the file sizes of each of the above files to what MTKRomStudio said the file size should be
6. Attempted to load these files into SP Flash Tool and get errors such as "partition too large, failed to load", or "partitions overlap".
7. I was able to open some of the partitions such as android, and usrdata but when attempting to flash I receive errors such as "dram error".
8. I was able to download an entire backup of all "readback" files for a different model phone, and each one of those files loaded fine and downloaded to my non-working phone.
9. Just to mention, my non-working phone was completely dead (no power up, no lights) before I flashed the random phone rom I found online, and now at least it powers up (lights up).
Anyone have any information? I have created a small visual representation of what I have been looking at and messing around with. Let me know!
Mt6573 phone flash help
Hi all, I need help. I used sp flash tool and flashed the original files to my phone. I then restarted the phone and it would not go past the blue android screen. I let se overnight and still no success. After that i flash the boot and still no progress. Finally i flashed the uboot and now it only lights up but no picture at all. I have used sp flash to try to flash the entire file system back to the mt6573 but it will not flash the recovery, android, or sec_ro files. Can anyone help?
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Hi all, I need help. I used sp flash tool and flashed the original files to my phone. I then restarted the phone and it would not go past the blue android screen. I let se overnight and still no success. After that i flash the boot and still no progress. Finally i flashed the uboot and now it only lights up but no picture at all. I have used sp flash to try to flash the entire file system back to the mt6573 but it will not flash the recovery, android, or sec_ro files. Can anyone help?
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Same problem here except I can't flash dsp and preloader
UPDATE : flash worked finaly.my phone is fixed
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Whistler011 said:
Same problem here except I can't flash dsp and preloader
UPDATE : flash worked finaly.my phone is fixed
Sent from my GT-P5110 using xda app-developers app
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Please share how you did it, i'm in the same position with a MT6573 phone that are stuck on boot, and wont accept the preloaderfile
nsxtas said:
Please share how you did it, i'm in the same position with a MT6573 phone that are stuck on boot, and wont accept the preloaderfile
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Same here.
Can somebody please post all the files .
I have an Alcatel one touch 918 not d/m/n
It`s the second phone that i have bricked.
Sharing it`s caring.
LeStonga said:
4. Used SP Flash Tool V.2.11.29.00 to "readback" (backup) each individual rom file (preloader, uboot, bootimg, android, dsp, etc)
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I'm using MTK6573 phone but could i know how do you start the "readback" using SP Flash. I'm not able to start it while holding VOL-UP button and connect the USB data cable into your phone. Are there any other methods to start it. Thanks for your help.
CM
Why don't you make a try with CyanogenMod?
LeStonga said:
Thanks for your response and suggestions. I will try to dish up a small tutorial with how far I can get in the backup/flashing process. I can check for an evo 4g rom and see what the specs are. The current rom I used i believe works, but doesnt have the video driver so the screen has no image. I believe each partition of ram has a set size so you can only flash a rom for the mt6573 chipset which will fit in the available space for each partition and also happens to contain the video, audio, bluetooth, etc drivers.
I have used SP Flash Tool and was able to backup all of the partitions of my working phone but the SP Flash Tool gives all sorts of errors when I try to load the files and flash them to my non-working phone.
The funny thing is that I downloaded files for a different phones rom and was able to flash those to the non-working phone, as mentioned in my previous post, which allows the phone to power on, but the phone doesnt work besides lighting up.
I know it is possible to make a backup of my good phone and flash that rom onto my non-working phone, I just dont know what I am doing wrong.
So far, this is what I have done . . .
1. Installed SDK tools for android
2. Obtained my scatter txt file by using command prompt
3. Used MTKRomStudio to open that file which tells me the addresses of all the partitions and their file sizes
4. Used SP Flash Tool V.2.11.29.00 to "readback" (backup) each individual rom file (preloader, uboot, bootimg, android, dsp, etc)
5. Confirmed the file sizes of each of the above files to what MTKRomStudio said the file size should be
6. Attempted to load these files into SP Flash Tool and get errors such as "partition too large, failed to load", or "partitions overlap".
7. I was able to open some of the partitions such as android, and usrdata but when attempting to flash I receive errors such as "dram error".
8. I was able to download an entire backup of all "readback" files for a different model phone, and each one of those files loaded fine and downloaded to my non-working phone.
9. Just to mention, my non-working phone was completely dead (no power up, no lights) before I flashed the random phone rom I found online, and now at least it powers up (lights up).
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I have a MT6575 phone and I have exactly your nr. 7 issue (BROM ERROR:S_DL_GET_DRAM_SETTING_FAIL(5054)). Were you able to get this working somehow? I am confident that the selected partitions are for this phone as I read them out myself. But flashing back won't work. Does anyone have any leads?
e-lime said:
I have a MT6575 phone and I have exactly your nr. 7 issue (BROM ERROR:S_DL_GET_DRAM_SETTING_FAIL(5054)). Were you able to get this working somehow? I am confident that the selected partitions are for this phone as I read them out myself. But flashing back won't work. Does anyone have any leads?
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If you have the correct files use the newest version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982587
It is easy to mess things up if you try random files.
MTK 6577 and SP Flash Tool
I too am also having problems with the flash tool. I am trying to help a friend bring his chinese note 2 clone back to life. He somehow got CWM onto the phone and the custom recovery seems to be functioning properly, but I cant find any sort of ROM file to flash in recovery.
Now I am going back and trying to restore the phone to factory using the flash tool. Installed the VCOM drivers, then went to load the scatter file we obtained from the factory (Bro Tech) it says the scatter file is incorrect format?
My question is: are there any roms we could try to flash on this phone from CWM or do we have to use the Flash Tool? I'm hoping since CWM seems to be working that I can simply flash an acceptable rom with that instead of trying to find a scatter file.
Maybe someone can suggest some ROMs to try flashing with CWM. The phone is: Goophone N2 7100 I believe. Thanks for reading, I really want to help him resurrect this interesting piece of copyright infringement (the phone looks amazingly like a Note 2 till you get close to it)
Evita Carbonized
GTab 2 7 AOKP'd
DollarStrawz said:
I too am also having problems with the flash tool. I am trying to help a friend bring his chinese note 2 clone back to life. He somehow got CWM onto the phone and the custom recovery seems to be functioning properly, but I cant find any sort of ROM file to flash in recovery.
Now I am going back and trying to restore the phone to factory using the flash tool. Installed the VCOM drivers, then went to load the scatter file we obtained from the factory (Bro Tech) it says the scatter file is incorrect format?
My question is: are there any roms we could try to flash on this phone from CWM or do we have to use the Flash Tool? I'm hoping since CWM seems to be working that I can simply flash an acceptable rom with that instead of trying to find a scatter file.
Maybe someone can suggest some ROMs to try flashing with CWM. The phone is: Goophone N2 7100 I believe. Thanks for reading, I really want to help him resurrect this interesting piece of copyright infringement (the phone looks amazingly like a Note 2 till you get close to it)
Evita Carbonized
GTab 2 7 AOKP'd
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Create personalized file scatter for your device with MTK Droid. Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160490
[email protected] said:
Same here.
Can somebody please post all the files .
I have an Alcatel one touch 918 not d/m/n
It`s the second phone that i have bricked.
Sharing it`s caring.
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Have a alcatel 4033a Phone Got bricked and needs to be flash any help on that ..? plz i need help
Alecupid said:
Have a alcatel 4033a Phone Got bricked and needs to be flash any help on that ..? plz i need help
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hi, i've made a mistake.
I've installed an odex version from a modified recovery(with dalvick cache). Can anyone help me?
Recently I ordered Motorola 4g from US.... It was with stock Sprint Sunfire OS.
System Version : 45.4.13.MB855.Sprint.en.Us
Model MB855
Android 2.3.5
Baseband N_01.29.10R
Webtop 1.2.0-180
Kernel [email protected] #2
Build 4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_13
So what I did, I was trying to install custom rom on that. Steps I had taken
Rooted phone via installing SuperUser and various rooting methods like ClickOnce, Photon -Torpedo but no one seems successful , while executing I got errors everytime. But after day or two I came to know about that my phone is rooted. As I was getting SuperUser popups on root operations. Then I installed CWM and tried to install the ROM from there but everytime I got stucked at Yellow Triangular icon (recovery mode).
Repeated step on rooting process and unlocking the bootloader by applying pudding.rar and fastboot commands and every time i got the error and Starting RSD Screens, but anyhow my phone recovers itself to its original boot state afetr pulling out battery and manually restrating.
Finally one day I use some other Recovery Tool , i am unable to recall the name. It installed and rebooted successfully in the recovery mode. I then wipe the dalvik cache, wipe factory reset and then tried to installl the custom rom that MIUI 2.68 i think . I was happy to see some designer screens on my phone and then it said rom installed successfully.
I then reboot my phone and found it in the Failed To Start2 , Starting RSD mode
I tried various way to restore...
Installing pudding.rar using RSD lite but everytime I got sec_exception : sec_exception : b655, eddc,eb
I then tried reinstalling SBF : 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_7-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf and sunfire-2.3.5-4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_4 but while enumerating phone I got error sec_exception febe 4e 4e
I have also tried nopudding4u.sbf but the same result.
Please,, help me and my phone out .. as its going to be more than a week... i feel handicaaped...
Please guide me through the step by step , which file and when and please do provide the links of the files to download.
**Update OTA with 2.3.5 before murdering.....**
Most of those sticky threads are outdated, without important informations. You need to search in whole dev section, there are the answers, how to recover your bricked Photon.
bring it ON..............please
peetr_ said:
Most of those sticky threads are outdated, without important informations. You need to search in whole dev section, there are the answers, how to recover your bricked Photon.
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Thanks for your reply peetr_.. I would like to know on the basis of my exceptions , Is my phone recoverable or become as useless as a paperweight. I can see fastboot modes and RSD modes and can even swicth between them. In some other forum , I came to know that ,I can reover my phone back but for that I need a locked bootstrap for 2.3.5 and then reflash using the stock sbf.
So could you please tell me how to do that and where to find those files. I am digging XDA Forums and AndroidForum.com past two weeks for the solution...
amitranjan said:
Recently I ordered Motorola 4g from US.... It was with stock Sprint Sunfire OS.
System Version : 45.4.13.MB855.Sprint.en.Us
Model MB855
Android 2.3.5
Baseband N_01.29.10R
Webtop 1.2.0-180
Kernel [email protected] #2
Build 4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_13
So what I did, I was trying to install custom rom on that. Steps I had taken
Rooted phone via installing SuperUser and various rooting methods like ClickOnce, Photon -Torpedo but no one seems successful , while executing I got errors everytime. But after day or two I came to know about that my phone is rooted. As I was getting SuperUser popups on root operations. Then I installed CWM and tried to install the ROM from there but everytime I got stucked at Yellow Triangular icon (recovery mode).
Repeated step on rooting process and unlocking the bootloader by applying pudding.rar and fastboot commands and every time i got the error and Starting RSD Screens, but anyhow my phone recovers itself to its original boot state afetr pulling out battery and manually restrating.
Finally one day I use some other Recovery Tool , i am unable to recall the name. It installed and rebooted successfully in the recovery mode. I then wipe the dalvik cache, wipe factory reset and then tried to installl the custom rom that MIUI 2.68 i think . I was happy to see some designer screens on my phone and then it said rom installed successfully.
I then reboot my phone and found it in the Failed To Start2 , Starting RSD mode
I tried various way to restore...
Installing pudding.rar using RSD lite but everytime I got sec_exception : sec_exception : b655, eddc,eb
I then tried reinstalling SBF : 1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_7-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.sbf and sunfire-2.3.5-4.5.1A-1_SUN-254_4 but while enumerating phone I got error sec_exception febe 4e 4e
I have also tried nopudding4u.sbf but the same result.
Please,, help me and my phone out .. as its going to be more than a week... i feel handicaaped...
Please guide me through the step by step , which file and when and please do provide the links of the files to download.
**Update OTA with 2.3.5 before murdering.....**
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Should have read around a bit before you attempted all of this. Go to the general and QA section of the photon forums and search the first few pages of each. There will be 5 or 6 different threads with people who have experienced the same problems in which we have completely outlined the steps you would need to take.
Is this what I have to do ????
Acvice said:
Should have read around a bit before you attempted all of this. Go to the general and QA section of the photon forums and search the first few pages of each. There will be 5 or 6 different threads with people who have experienced the same problems in which we have completely outlined the steps you would need to take.
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Step by step 2.3.5 unbrick:
1)Flash this SBF (http://d-h.st/XGJ). Now you'll have stock 2.3.5 for Electrify. But you need Sprint services (I assume), so you don't stop here. -
Flashing ,Using RSD Lite
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2) Download bootstrap from DroidX2 forum, and get it working. Of course you need to root your photon first.
3) Flash this ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30332325) from bootstrap. Please follow the instructions for this ROM carefully, you don't wanna flash the SBF again.
From bootstrap means - adb fast boot, am i right????/
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4) Flash 254_13 modules (http://d-h.st/aAi) with bootstrap. you need them.
5) Flash 2.3.5_254_13 sv2 boot, recovery and cdrom image sbf (http://d-h.st/TeB) with RSD Lite.
6) Flash 254_12 libmoto_ril.so (http://d-h.st/BmX) with bootstrap. You don't need to flash the radio SBF.
4) and 6) is not needed, if you install rom 3)
amitranjan said:
Step by step 2.3.5 unbrick:
1)Flash this SBF (http://d-h.st/XGJ). Now you'll have stock 2.3.5 for Electrify. But you need Sprint services (I assume), so you don't stop here. -
2) Download bootstrap from DroidX2 forum, and get it working. Of course you need to root your photon first.
3) Flash this ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30332325) from bootstrap. Please follow the instructions for this ROM carefully, you don't wanna flash the SBF again.
4) Flash 254_13 modules (http://d-h.st/aAi) with bootstrap. you need them.
5) Flash 2.3.5_254_13 sv2 boot, recovery and cdrom image sbf (http://d-h.st/TeB) with RSD Lite.
6) Flash 254_12 libmoto_ril.so (http://d-h.st/BmX) with bootstrap. You don't need to flash the radio SBF.
4) and 6) is not needed, if you install rom 3)
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Im pretty sure thats right. However, I have never faced this problem first hand so i would wait for a second opinion before going forward. Peetr will know, hopefully he will chime in.
Yes. Exactly those steps.
Bootstrap is bootstrap CWM recovery, you must download the apk and install, following the instructions.
peetr_ said:
Yes. Exactly those steps.
Bootstrap is bootstrap CWM recovery, you must download the apk and install, following the instructions.
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Thanks for the confirmation of the steps.
Few more things:
1. I have still my bootloader locked i think. So will these these steps work.
2. Flash this SBF (http://d-h.st/XGJ). Now you'll have stock 2.3.5 for Electrify. But you need Sprint services (I assume), so you don't stop here. - What If I dont want Sprint Services? I am here in India and there is no sprint network. We have VodaFone, Airtel and Other operators, still on 3G. No 4G here. Can I stop @ 1.
3. Can I install , other custom roms on it, in future If I want?
No cause you will have a photon radio with electrify modules won't work.
Unable to boot into recovery
peetr_ said:
Yes. Exactly those steps.
Bootstrap is bootstrap CWM recovery, you must download the apk and install, following the instructions.
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I have installed the SBF correctly and too roooted the phone. Also installed the DroidX Bootstrap by Koushik Dutta. but I am unable to boot into recovery. Can I try ClockWorkMod Recovery... that we generally used to flash roms or strictly bootstrap is necessary. I have tried System recovery by Tenfar but it wont boot into recovery...
Please help
It's recovery for DroidX2. Not DroidX.
And you must be connected to wall charger, to boot into it.
Photon is now Electrified with LIFE ----
Thanks a TON to all the Photon Guys, especially peetr_. :highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::good::good::good::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory: Now my photon and ELECTRIFIED and has a SPRINTing LIFE....
But still I am curious about the custom rom installation.
1. Is it possible and safe or I have to stick with the stock rom.
2. Wait for motorola / sprint for their another update if they allow us to installl custom roms (well its not possible, I know)
You can try some custom roms for locked bootloader. You can always sbf back.
Can you provide me some links for my phone as i am facing some unusual restarts withis rom...
Sent from my MB855 using xda app-developers app
Also i am facing Sleep Of Death issue after waking up this dead phone from grave....
Earlier it was working fine. Generally i face one or two a day.
Is rom upgradation a solution? I hv experienced whenever it goes to sleep the back panel gets heated up than normal. Also when i use wifi 3g the same thing happens...
Sent from my MB855 using xda app-developers app
amitranjan said:
Step by step 2.3.5 unbrick:
1)Flash this SBF (http://d-h.st/XGJ). Now you'll have stock 2.3.5 for Electrify. But you need Sprint services (I assume), so you don't stop here. -
2) Download bootstrap from DroidX2 forum, and get it working. Of course you need to root your photon first.
3) Flash this ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30332325) from bootstrap. Please follow the instructions for this ROM carefully, you don't wanna flash the SBF again.
4) Flash 254_13 modules (http://d-h.st/aAi) with bootstrap. you need them.
5) Flash 2.3.5_254_13 sv2 boot, recovery and cdrom image sbf (http://d-h.st/TeB) with RSD Lite.
6) Flash 254_12 libmoto_ril.so (http://d-h.st/BmX) with bootstrap. You don't need to flash the radio SBF.
4) and 6) is not needed, if you install rom 3)
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This seems like a lot of work just to get a softbricked Photon 4G to work. Didn't Motorola release a soak test about two months ago? Do we have an SBF for that? If so then couldn't someone with a bricked Photon 4G (running 2.3.5 stock) just flash the soak test files and get the Photon working fine?
Also if someone does follow these instructions, will they be able to get the latest OTAs from Sprint when ICS/JB goes official?
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This seems like a lot of work just to get a softbricked Photon 4G to work. Didn't Motorola release a soak test about two months ago? Do we have an SBF for that? If so then couldn't someone with a bricked Photon 4G (running 2.3.5 stock) just flash the soak test files and get the Photon working fine?
Also if someone does follow these instructions, will they be able to get the latest OTAs from Sprint when ICS/JB goes official?
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This is the only way, there is no sbf for the latest soak. And honestly, this process doesnt take very long. If you cant spare an hour to unbrick a phone then people shouldnt be tinkering with their phone in the first place. And nope, you will remain locked, no way to unlock and install ics/jb.
"Say Apple one more MoPho'n time..."
I'm currently struggling with this process. I flashed the .sbf via rsdlite. It gets to 100% but then it says error because phone failed to re-enumerate. I installed RockoDev's ROM last night and phone was bricked all night while I naively thought it would load. Was stuck at the NOW screen when I went to bed and hadn't changed when I woke up.
Acvice said:
And nope, you will remain locked, no way to unlock and install ics/jb.
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I believe you misunderstood my final question but that is okay.
InsanePostman: Are you also known as huntingoctopus on other sites?
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I believe you misunderstood my final question but that is okay.
InsanePostman: Are you also known as huntingoctopus on other sites?
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I am not. It used to be an old gamer tag that I used for various games. On a side note I still can't get past step 1. Phone fails to re-enumerate after flashing .sbf file.
Hi,
I have a Motorola atrix 4g. The phone will not boot up. It turns on and the Motorola logo come then the red light stars blinking. after a minute or so the phone restarts and repeats the process. I tryed factory hard reset but no luck.
i fount this on the web http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966405 but has no idea how to do this.
Pleas help me
thank you
Pgeorge
It happens if there is somthing wrong when you install a rom
try to find another rom and flash it if you unlocked the bootloader
or flash ATT 4.5.91 Rom via RSD Lite ONLY IF YOU HAVE LOCKED BOOTLOADER
Jack Krauser said:
It happens if there is somthing wrong when you install a rom
try to find another rom and flash it if you unlocked the bootloader
or flash ATT 4.5.91 Rom via RSD Lite ONLY IF YOU HAVE LOCKED BOOTLOADER
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hi,
thank you for the fast replay. I have rsd installed, but where can i find this rom
Softbrick
Is bootloader unlocked? Says on m logo?
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
stevendeb25 said:
Softbrick
Is bootloader unlocked? Says on m logo?
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
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It is not unlocked. There is nothing on the logo. Only the m
help
kinggeorge3287 said:
It is not unlocked. There is nothing on the logo. Only the m
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help please
go here to download any atrix related files
visit that site, it contains everything for the atrix and the best place to get roms, tools, utilities, mods, tweaks, and so forth....
but first download the zip file below this message. I uploaded the zip file for you that has adb, fastboot & moto-fastboot(lets you install .img over 100mb), the necessary dll files & atrix recovery image & command.bat which just opens the command prompt window for you and puts you into the folder so you dont have to navigate anywhere in command prompt to located folders.
first try this, download the zip file, extract to any folder like c:\fastboot
then run the command.bat file to quickly bring up a command prompt and type these commands
Code:
fastboot -w
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
that may solve your issue if your kernel installed properly and the boot.img file was properly written to the boot partition. If it doesn't solve your problem, go to that link above to find the kernel for whatever rom you're on, att, cm7 or cm9. Get the correct kernel thats compatible, pull out the boot.img from that zip file and also place it into your fastboot folder, then go to fastboot mode again and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and then fastboot reboot.
android-DEP said:
go here to download any atrix related files
visit that site, it contains everything for the atrix and the best place to get roms, tools, utilities, mods, tweaks, and so forth....
but first download the zip file below this message. I uploaded the zip file for you that has adb, fastboot & moto-fastboot(lets you install .img over 100mb), the necessary dll files & atrix recovery image & command.bat which just opens the command prompt window for you and puts you into the folder so you dont have to navigate anywhere in command prompt to located folders.
first try this, download the zip file, extract to any folder like c:\fastboot
then run the command.bat file to quickly bring up a command prompt and type these commands
Code:
fastboot -w
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
that may solve your issue if your kernel installed properly and the boot.img file was properly written to the boot partition. If it doesn't solve your problem, go to that link above to find the kernel for whatever rom you're on, att, cm7 or cm9. Get the correct kernel thats compatible, pull out the boot.img from that zip file and also place it into your fastboot folder, then go to fastboot mode again and type "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and then fastboot reboot.
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Hi,
I tryed doing this, but i get a error " Failed to process command flash: recovery error (0x180002)
I think when i tried to flash rom with RSD LIght may have done something to the files. and it was no help. I dont get a flashing red light now. only the phone stops booting at M logo.
Now How do i flash new rome ? Do i use RSD Light or something else. I know that RSB Requires .sbf file but all the files i see in the site you gave me are .zip.
i also tryed the fastboot flash boot boot.img and no luck, it gvies me the error "Failed to process command flash: recovery error (0x180002)"
thank you for the replay
Pgeorge
do you have clockworkmod recovery installed or any custom recovery installed? if not, then thats why it wont flash, your bootloader is locked.
the whole idea behind using clockworkmod recovery is to avoid using RSD to flash sbf files which can brick the phone easily. Its best to avoid using RSD to flash sbf files on your phone at all costs and leave only as a last resort method if you just cannot recover the phone.
Flashing a new rom would normally be done by already having your phone rooted and unlocked with clockworkmod recovery or some other custom recovery installed so you can boot into recovery and choose "install from zip" and point to the zip file that has the rom. The custom recovery does the flashing for you and its a safer method of flashing roms on the phone than RSD.
If you got no other choice and I know what thats like, i been there too. Download RSD Lite v5.6, should be a free download online somewhere, and then search online for "1FF-olympus-user-2.3.6-4.5.141-111212-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P012.sbf", then use RSD to flash that sbf onto phone.
Before trying that, goto http://samcripp.com/files/ and in the folder OTA Updates, download the first file named Blur_Version_91.4.5.141.MB860.ATT.en.US.zip and put it into the fastboot folder, boot into fastboot again and try "fastboot update Blur_Version_91.4.5.141.MB860.ATT.en.US.zip" and you may be able to get away with just using fastboot to flash that update onto the phone to restore corrupt files. I would try this before using RSD to flash the phone
android-DEP said:
do you have clockworkmod recovery installed or any custom recovery installed? if not, then thats why it wont flash, your bootloader is locked.
the whole idea behind using clockworkmod recovery is to avoid using RSD to flash sbf files which can brick the phone easily. Its best to avoid using RSD to flash sbf files on your phone at all costs and leave only as a last resort method if you just cannot recover the phone.
Flashing a new rom would normally be done by already having your phone rooted and unlocked with clockworkmod recovery or some other custom recovery installed so you can boot into recovery and choose "install from zip" and point to the zip file that has the rom. The custom recovery does the flashing for you and its a safer method of flashing roms on the phone than RSD.
If you got no other choice and I know what thats like, i been there too. Download RSD Lite v5.6, should be a free download online somewhere, and then search online for "1FF-olympus-user-2.3.6-4.5.141-111212-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P012.sbf", then use RSD to flash that sbf onto phone.
Before trying that, goto http://samcripp.com/files/ and in the folder OTA Updates, download the first file named Blur_Version_91.4.5.141.MB860.ATT.en.US.zip and put it into the fastboot folder, boot into fastboot again and try "fastboot update Blur_Version_91.4.5.141.MB860.ATT.en.US.zip" and you may be able to get away with just using fastboot to flash that update onto the phone to restore corrupt files. I would try this before using RSD to flash the phone
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Well i tryed everything you provided, but no luck. I tryed the RSD but it dont go past the M logo after flash. any other way you know?
thnak you
pgeorge
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163342
you said that site doesnt have any SBF files to download, this is a good example of why the owner decided against posting the sbf files online. A lot of people from what I heard, were either soft bricking their phones into temporary hat weights or going full out hard into brick city on a one way ticket joy ride. Flashing sbf files is very risky and RSD tool isn't really meant for the public to be downloading to use at home and flash full roms over their devices. Thats a Motorola utility and it's not exactly a risk-free method of flashing the rom inside these phones. Plus getting SBF files online, you rarely know 100% if its compatible with your model phone or where came from exactly and that it's integrity can be checked for 100% consistency that nothing half-way through the file is missing any chunks of code or is corrupt. Try sticking to only using fastboot & adb & get clockworkmod recovery to make FULL and complete devices backups.
Now that I learned my lesson a few times, no matter what, first thing I always do in recovery is make a backup before I flash anything at all, just in case of just in case, its better to measure twice and cut once.
try that link above and restore stock gingerbread 2.3.4, phone doesnt need to be unlocked or root, and make sure to use "moto-fastboot.exe" it lets you push\pull & install files larger than 200MB onto phone through fastboot, the regular fastboot has some limit on file sizes
Hi,
to give you a update noting worked. The link you provided dont have any working lnks to download. I tryed some other once and no luck. It gave me "failed to boot 1". so i flashed this file "1FF-olympus-user-2.3.6-4.5.141-111212-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P012.sbf" it went away, but no boot after the logo. I don't know what i am doing wrong. Any other ideas?
Thank you
Pgeorge
android-DEP said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163342
you said that site doesnt have any SBF files to download, this is a good example of why the owner decided against posting the sbf files online. A lot of people from what I heard, were either soft bricking their phones into temporary hat weights or going full out hard into brick city on a one way ticket joy ride. Flashing sbf files is very risky and RSD tool isn't really meant for the public to be downloading to use at home and flash full roms over their devices. Thats a Motorola utility and it's not exactly a risk-free method of flashing the rom inside these phones. Plus getting SBF files online, you rarely know 100% if its compatible with your model phone or where came from exactly and that it's integrity can be checked for 100% consistency that nothing half-way through the file is missing any chunks of code or is corrupt. Try sticking to only using fastboot & adb & get clockworkmod recovery to make FULL and complete devices backups.
Now that I learned my lesson a few times, no matter what, first thing I always do in recovery is make a backup before I flash anything at all, just in case of just in case, its better to measure twice and cut once.
try that link above and restore stock gingerbread 2.3.4, phone doesnt need to be unlocked or root, and make sure to use "moto-fastboot.exe" it lets you push\pull & install files larger than 200MB onto phone through fastboot, the regular fastboot has some limit on file sizes
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kinggeorge3287 said:
Hi,
to give you a update noting worked. The link you provided dont have any working lnks to download. I tryed some other once and no luck. It gave me "failed to boot 1". so i flashed this file "1FF-olympus-user-2.3.6-4.5.141-111212-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P012.sbf" it went away, but no boot after the logo. I don't know what i am doing wrong. Any other ideas?
Thank you
Pgeorge
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when rds end flashing the sbf the phone gets a bootlop or failed to boot error again?
lucamibel said:
when rds end flashing the sbf the phone gets a bootlop or failed to boot error again?
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it starts up, the M logo comes and it freezes there. To turn the phone off i have to pull the battery.
thank you
Pgeorge
Restore Your Motorola Atrix 4G Back to 4.5.91 Stock Firmware
it helps to remove any problem related to rom..
With so many Android phones literally flooding the market these days, it’s no wonder that there are also so many firmware upgrades and custom firmware being developed and released every now and then. A superior device with great stuff neatly packed into it, the Motorola Atrix 4G is one of the devices for whom developers have devoted significant firmware love.
One reason for the attention that devs give to the Atrix 4G is that it is a fantastic device with a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and robust ability for handling impressive graphics and video without choking. Together with its powerful processor and 1 GB of RAM, the Atrix 4G is a mean powerhouse that can be further exploited with the use of third-party applications and custom ROMs.
In an age where technology is constantly changing at an alarming pace it is important to always have a trusted source to get your updates in a timely fashion. Custom ROMs and factory firmware updates have played a crucial role in the development in many of our devices.
For those of you who have rooted your Atrix 4G and already have installed custom ROMs, then you might already have some bad experiences with regards to unofficial firmware sources. Unofficial firmware such as custom ROMs are literally filled with many bugs and disabled features. In many cases, these ROMs are not stable for daily use.
Luckily for owners of the Motorola Atrix 4G, there’s an escape hatch for reverting to stock, functioning firmware and return the phone to its factory state.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to roll back your Motorola Atrix 4G to the official firmware version 4.5.91, regardless of your current firmware
HERE IS THE LINK FOR YOUR PROBLEM....BEST OF LUCK
kinggeorge3287 said:
it starts up, the M logo comes and it freezes there. To turn the phone off i have to pull the battery.
thank you
Pgeorge
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then you can now try unlocking and flashing cwm recovery and flash a custom rom to avoid using rds again
sikkijazz said:
Restore Your Motorola Atrix 4G Back to 4.5.91 Stock Firmware
it helps to remove any problem related to rom..
With so many Android phones literally flooding the market these days, it’s no wonder that there are also so many firmware upgrades and custom firmware being developed and released every now and then. A superior device with great stuff neatly packed into it, the Motorola Atrix 4G is one of the devices for whom developers have devoted significant firmware love.
One reason for the attention that devs give to the Atrix 4G is that it is a fantastic device with a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and robust ability for handling impressive graphics and video without choking. Together with its powerful processor and 1 GB of RAM, the Atrix 4G is a mean powerhouse that can be further exploited with the use of third-party applications and custom ROMs.
In an age where technology is constantly changing at an alarming pace it is important to always have a trusted source to get your updates in a timely fashion. Custom ROMs and factory firmware updates have played a crucial role in the development in many of our devices.
For those of you who have rooted your Atrix 4G and already have installed custom ROMs, then you might already have some bad experiences with regards to unofficial firmware sources. Unofficial firmware such as custom ROMs are literally filled with many bugs and disabled features. In many cases, these ROMs are not stable for daily use.
Luckily for owners of the Motorola Atrix 4G, there’s an escape hatch for reverting to stock, functioning firmware and return the phone to its factory state.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to roll back your Motorola Atrix 4G to the official firmware version 4.5.91, regardless of your current firmware
HERE IS THE LINK FOR YOUR PROBLEM....BEST OF LUCK
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Hi,
doing this gave me SVF:108:1:2
fail to boot 3
starting rsd mode
lucamibel said:
then you can now try unlocking and flashing cwm recovery and flash a custom rom to avoid using rds again
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So how do i go about doing this? is there a link i can use?
thank you
Pgeorge
kinggeorge3287 said:
So how do i go about doing this? is there a link i can use?
thank you
Pgeorge
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help please
kinggeorge3287 said:
help please
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I am able to get into android recovery. It has a option to update from sdcard. Can i do something with this?
Pleas help
Pgeorge
I know this thread has been posted millions of times, nothing at all works for me
Ok so I rooted my phone yesterday and thought I'd try Cyanogen Mod. After following every step in the Wiki, it had me install AutoRec and reboot, and now I'm stuck at:
Fastboot mode started
udc_start()
- reset -
- portchange -
fastboot: processing commands
When trying LF Flash Tool, it says phone is disconnected, I can't go into download mode, or do anything like that, only fastboot mode. When trying to go into download mode it works for a second before going into fastboot again. Hardware factory reset does not work either.
I've tried MANY threads/videos/etc (B2CApPSetup; LG United; some Fastboot tool; LG FlashTool; SO many more) and none of the programs work. I really need my phone and I desperately need any help. I have ZERO clue where to go from here. I thought about just trying to install CM again through whatever means possible but I can't even seem to be able to reset the phone to stock.
If factory reset isn't taking you to the recovery, it sounds autorec didn't work? I don't know, I don't have a VS980, but in your position I'd make sure the LG driver package was installed, make sure Windows is actually using the fastboot driver when connected in the device manager (Win 8.1 here, I've always had to manually tell it what driver to use), then I'd fastboot flash a twrp img, which would hopefully allow factory reset to take me to recovery. If that works, you'll probably have to adb push a Rom over.
Hopefully someone with a little more insight can help you further / better.
It's not really bricked at all. You most probably downloaded AutoRec for an other variant, next time read more carefully.
You'll need to flash the stock aboot, boot and laf images back using fastboot.
I know you said fastboot doesn't work, but it has to work. Try updating your drivers, use a different PC or something. You can download said image files from here, BUT I'm not familiar with your variant, so I have no idea which version you should download, it would be the best to use the ones you've just overwritten with AutoRec; if they are on the linked server, good for you, if they aren't, you might better extract them yourself from the kdz.
I followed some link to tell me what kdz to get, its' called VS98026A_00.kdz. How do I go from here to just reset my phone completely?
This is pretty much my problem:
Reddit r/lgg2/comments/2b7tob/installed_autorec_and_stuck_at_the_boot/
I'm amazed I got this far. I really need all the little details I can get lol.
gyazo.com /56a5a1ff9b071f8505b883c753dcf6d9
Ok so I tried LGFlashTool once more after doing fastboot with LAF.img and says it can't find phone.
Sounds like you should update your LG drivers.
If you can't get download mode to work, flash these images the same way you flashed that laf.img one. I think you'll be able to boot to system just fine. I included a laf.img in the rar as well, you can skip that one I guess.
Hid3rs said:
Sounds like you should update your LG drivers.
If you can't get download mode to work, flash these images the same way you flashed that laf.img one. I think you'll be able to boot to system just fine. I included a laf.img in the rar as well, you can skip that one I guess.
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I flashed boot.img then restarted and it was stuck at LG icon. I restarted it and got it into firmware update and it seems to be frozen at 0%. Was I supposed to do aboot before fastboot reboot? Thank you so much for your help btw, I have no idea what I'm doing really.
Sounds like you put a different version of a bootstack your vs980. I've seen too many people screw their phones using autorec. If you can't get it fixed by doing a kdz restore and are still under warranty, call vzw and get a warranty replacement.
Then use my Freedom Tools made only for the VS980 to get a custom recovery on your phone to flash roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2713954
I fixed it! Thanks so much!
MicroMod777 said:
Sounds like you put a different version of a bootstack your vs980. I've seen too many people screw their phones using autorec. If you can't get it fixed by doing a kdz restore and are still under warranty, call vzw and get a warranty replacement.
Then use my Freedom Tools made only for the VS980 to get a custom recovery on your phone to flash roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2713954
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nice work。thank you