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I have been running on stock 2.2 for a week or so now (SBF'd and was running with no issues)...not rooted or modified in any way. I did the OTA update for 2.3 and now my phone boots to the droid boot animation, and hangs. The boot animation completely freezes up, and the phone is unresponsive. Tried SBFing the 2.3 over and according to RSD that was completed successfully...but got the same thing on startup.
I got my phone the week it came out and have SBF'd many times, had rooted, ran all sorts of roms (as long as your counting different versions)...and of all things...an OTA update bricked it. Awesome.
I'll be heading to my local Verizon store in a few hours. Just thought I'd let you guys know.
That sucks Let us know how it goes at the store
With all the bootloader lockdown crap motorola put on these phones its just a matter of time before their own updates cause problems... anything strong enough to keep out hackers is also strong enough to cause serious problems when legit updates mess up...
Boot into stock recovery (power and hold X, then press the search key at the ! In the triangle)
Wipe data and cache
Reboot
karnovaran said:
Boot into stock recovery (power and hold X, then press the search key at the ! In the triangle)
Wipe data and cache
Reboot
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^+1 this. Quite often when restoring the phone via an SBF it results in a bootloop which is corrected by performing a cache and data wipe through the stock recovery on the phone. It seems this can happen because the SBF doesn't actually wipe or replace /data and /cache
Another WIN for karnovaran!
karnovaran said:
Boot into stock recovery (power and hold X, then press the search key at the ! In the triangle)
Wipe data and cache
Reboot
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Wow. Thanks! Worked like a charm.
Anybody that might have my same issue after installing the OTA, follow above steps, and wipe data in the stock recovery. My phone booted right up afterwards.
Thanks guy!
scsione889 said:
Wow. Thanks! Worked like a charm.
Anybody that might have my same issue after installing the OTA, follow above steps, and wipe data in the stock recovery. My phone booted right up afterwards.
Thanks guy!
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Can I close this???
Am stuck on The Rubix Logo. I was on Rubix 1.89 then I was messing around w/phone a lil bit so I decided to load the stock rom back. It loaded up fine. I attempted to load Rubix 1.93 and decided not to wipe (Stupid mistake) and now am stuck on Rubix boot loop. Can someone assist me in loading into Recovery when DX is powered off please. I hope no one mentions SBF. I have no clue how to even begin that process
Been in a similar situation. I assume we're talking about getting into clockwork recovery?
If that's the case, your only solution is an sbf if it isn't kicking you into clockwork already.
Getting into stock recovery is achieved by holding down the home and power buttons from power off.
SBFing is done from the bootloader. that is entered from power off by holding down power, volume down, and the camera button.
You will need the 2.2 sbf file and RSD lite 4.8 on your windows machine in order to perform sbf.
Yes You assumed right about CW, I knew it wouldn't be long before I Fd this up. I already have RSd lite 4.8(I think...have to double check). Where can I get this SBF 2.2 file from? I've looked all over but most links are dead This really Sucks..
Couldn't I just load the Leaked 2.3.320 file instead of the 2.3.15, since I wanted to do the upgrade anyway? or is it just not that Easy?
The 2.3.320 is just a system sbf. I think there were kernel changes that went with that you'll have to have. Standby for PM.
im in need of that 2.3.320 too i have a sitting brick that will not do recovery but can flash with a sbf
Not sure what your situation is but I posted some help over at DF as well and my issue has been resolved by Seph and these instructions I followed. Hope it works for you as well and fyi here's link(http://www.droidforums.net/forum/drod2169-x/99143-rubix-focused-1-8-9-1-9-3-a-34.html#post1021218)
First thing to try, is to wipe data and cache from the android recovery (NOT clockwork recovery.. as.. most liklely you can't get to clockwork recovery.
Easiest way:
--Battery Pull
--When you put the battery back in, hold down the home button the phone.
--As it powers up, let go of the home button when you see the M logo.
--It should go into android recovery. When you see the little droid with the ! in a triangle, hit the search button.
--From the menu, wipe data and cache, then reboot.. it should take you into Focused...
When you get back in.. the FIRST thing I suggest, is to reload 1.8.9.. as it sounds like you do not have the TBH leak (If you don't have it, you probably don't want it)...
PLEASE read the first post, that talks about the differences between 1.8.9, and 1.9.3...
Since you will have already wiped data and cache, you shouldn't need to when loading 1.8.9.. if you have troubles with loading it, just wipe data/cache again...
I wish I had come here first!!!! Been trying to get ROM Manager to work and finally got all excited because it seemed as though it had finally taken, well, now I am stuck in a the Rubix boot loop as well. I've wiped my cache as mentioned about but not data yet. My only option for that is to wipe data is to wipe data/ factory reset. Is it safe to do that since I am rooted? I was running OTA 2.2 rooted.
I am in sbf with rsd lite and can not get it to do anything after loading the file for sbf on my X. It recognizes it but the radio button for the start will not do anything.
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I wish I had come here first!!!! Been trying to get ROM Manager to work and finally got all excited because it seemed as though it had finally taken, well, now I am stuck in a the Rubix boot loop as well. I've wiped my cache as mentioned about but not data yet. My only option for that is to wipe data is to wipe data/ factory reset. Is it safe to do that since I am rooted? I was running OTA 2.2 rooted.
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Someone please PM me and tell me what I am doing wrong!!!!
I was running on a rooted 3.1 with tiamat 1.7 overclock
What I did was:
tried to follow [UPDATE][US WIFI ONLY]Android 3.2 on Xoom WiFi, Root, via ClockworkMod Recovery
then I did this: Note also if you are coming over from a custom ROM, wipe your cache partition (under main menu) and dalvik cache (under Advanced) in ClockworkMod Recovery prior to performing the following steps.
next I applied the 3.2 update
Now Im stuck in the boot animation.
From what I understand Im getting this because I was not on the stock kernel, can anybody help me fix this and get me to 3.2
Thank you
download the stock images here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1080963
and flash via fastboot, this will get you out of the boot loop, i had the same issue
should I try and flash the 3.2 or the 3.1 given my current situation?
If you made a backup in cwm just restore it. If not, I would say go back to the beginning and flash stock 3.0. If you plan on rooting unlock the bootloader right then. Setup the Xoom, connect to wifi and take the 3.1 ota update. Setup and connect to wifi again and wait a bit to see if 3.2 ota update notification appears. If it does, take it and root it (see my guide in dev section). If it does not pop up, you can update manually (see bauxite's guide in dev section) then root. This way you should have no issues. I know it sounds like a lot to do, but it all should take you less than hour. I did one for a friend and it took me 34min to do everything. After your rooted you can restore apps with titanium if you have made and saved the backups. Good luck.
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If you made a backup in cwm just restore it. If not, I would say go back to the beginning and flash stock 3.0. If you plan on rooting unlock the bootloader right then. Setup the Xoom, connect to wifi and take the 3.1 ota update. Setup and connect to wifi again and wait a bit to see if 3.2 ota update notification appears. If it does, take it and root it (see my guide in dev section). If it does not pop up, you can update manually (see bauxite's guide in dev section) then root. This way you should have no issues. I know it sounds like a lot to do, but it all should take you less than hour. I did one for a friend and it took me 34min to do everything. After your rooted you can restore apps with titanium if you have made and saved the backups. Good luck.
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You probably should wipe user data in recovery along with the caches. That's what got me out of the bootloop and into the updated stock 3.2.
i flashed the stock images from the first link provided via fastboot and it worked perfect, the thread said you can flash from whatever to whatever by using those images so i flashed 3.2 and it fixed everything. Took about 5 minutes to do, I wonder if this way will give me problems when I try to root (pretty sure I lost root) but everything now seems to work fine
Hi,
I had the same issue. i fix by going back in cwm making factory reset and install again the same image.
after the first reboot i restored soft with titanium and all working good.
Tomate2K8 said:
Hi,
I had the same issue. i fix by going back in cwm making factory reset and install again the same image.
after the first reboot i restored soft with titanium and all working good.
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Yep, that's the easiest solution, but whatever works!
I just tried to flash Tiamat 2.0 and the boot image with it (I followed the directions and did them in the correct order), and it's now stuck at the Motorola boot screen (not the animation). Any suggestions? I'm not sure how to get back in to CWM now.
Edit: Managed to get in to CWM, did a factory/data reset and wiped cache before re-flashing. Still stuck on the boot screen.
i updated my aussie telstra xoom 3g to tiamat 2 (3.2) and booted fine but did not see 3g, so i used a bul.prop from 3.1 and got the bootloop prob, rebooted to recovery and did wipe erase, when it booted up again tried the euro build.prob and all worked, i suspect the issue relates to buil.prop so a bit of tinkering will always win in the end, bassically these things seem to be bullet proof when it comes to screwing summin up
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I just tried to flash Tiamat 2.0 and the boot image with it (I followed the directions and did them in the correct order), and it's now stuck at the Motorola boot screen (not the animation). Any suggestions? I'm not sure how to get back in to CWM now.
Edit: Managed to get in to CWM, did a factory/data reset and wiped cache before re-flashing. Still stuck on the boot screen.
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What HC version were you on when you flashed 2.0? I'm just wondering if you needed to flash the boot image. It's hard to help you if we don't know what configuration you are coming from. Also Is your Xoom US wifi or 3G or Euro wifi or 3G?
zbee said:
i updated my aussie telstra xoom 3g to tiamat 2 (3.2) and booted fine but did not see 3g, so i used a bul.prop from 3.1 and got the bootloop prob, rebooted to recovery and did wipe erase, when it booted up again tried the euro build.prob and all worked, i suspect the issue relates to buil.prop so a bit of tinkering will always win in the end, bassically these things seem to be bullet proof when it comes to screwing summin up
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Yeah, they really are almost bullet-proof. Good thing too, seeing all the abuse they have to take.
: )
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What HC version were you on when you flashed 2.0? I'm just wondering if you needed to flash the boot image. It's hard to help you if we don't know what configuration you are coming from. Also Is your Xoom US wifi or 3G or Euro wifi or 3G?
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My fault, I guess some information would have been helpful. The Xoom is a US WiFi version and I was running 3.1 when I started this, which I now realize was probably really stupid. I should have probably gotten 3.2 on there before I started. Is there a way to update to 3.2 at this point? Or do I need to go back to stock and start over?
I appreciate the help.
Edit: Or should I just install another ROM per these directions.
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My fault, I guess some information would have been helpful. The Xoom is a US WiFi version and I was running 3.1 when I started this, which I now realize was probably really stupid. I should have probably gotten 3.2 on there before I started. Is there a way to update to 3.2 at this point? Or do I need to go back to stock and start over?
I appreciate the help.
Edit: Or should I just install another ROM per these directions.
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Are you rooted? If so, you can flash the Tiamat Xoom Rom 1.1 which is for 3.1. You don't need to flash any additional kernel. You can get it from the appropriate thread in Development. You will probably have to do a full wipe in CWM Recovery (user data, cache).
From there, you can flash the Team Tiamat Xoom Rom 2.0 Manta Ray right on top of the Rom 1.1, no wipe needed. That should get you the HC3.2 update, preserve your root, and give additional functionality. I love it. I updated in a more roundabout method...I could have done it this way if I had waited...
If you are not rooted, you need to root first..see any one of the guides to root in HC3.1.
Good luck!
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Are you rooted? If so, you can flash the Tiamat Xoom Rom 1.1 which is for 3.1. You don't need to flash any additional kernel. You can get it from the appropriate thread in Development. You will probably have to do a full wipe in CWM Recovery (user data, cache).
From there, you can flash the Team Tiamat Xoom Rom 2.0 Manta Ray right on top of the Rom 1.1, no wipe needed. That should get you the HC3.2 update, preserve your root, and give additional functionality. I love it. I update in a more roundabout method...I could have done it this way if I had waited...
If you are not rooted, you need to root first..see any one of the guides to root in HC3.1.
Good luck!
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Yeah, I was rooted before all of this. I had done a full wipe in CWM and then did the boot/kernel and now I'm here. I think I should have just done the Tiamat Xoom Rom 2.0 in stead. Can I just flash the 2.0 ROM over what's on there now?
Edit: Now, I can't seem to get in to CWM. I'm not really sure how to other than using adb reboot recovery, but windows isn't picking up the device now.
Edit #2: I got back in to CWM. I'm running CWM 3.0.2.5, FYI.
I just flashed Tiamat Xoom Rom 1.1 and now it's back up and running. Thanks a ton for helping! I'll probably be putting 2.0 on there pretty quickly.
phekno said:
I just flashed Tiamat Xoom Rom 1.1 and now it's back up and running. Thanks a ton for helping! I'll probably be putting 2.0 on there pretty quickly.
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Great! Have fun with it. I think you'll love it.
I have a problem restoring my xoom to stock.
I flashed the Katana OC kernel onto my Wifi Only US Xoom with 3.2. I oc'd to 1.5 ghz and it worked fine. Then I left it on during the night. When I woke up the next morning it was stuck in a boot loop, so I though maybe I should flash the Katana without OC instead. That I tried but It got stuck halfway through (Maybe I should have waited longer...).
After this the xoom wouldnt boot (not that surprising..) so I flashed it back to stock with the official Motorola images. However the Xoom still wont boot up, gets stuck either on Moto logo or on the Honeycomb boot screen.
When I flash the 3.2 images and a custom kernel (Tiamat 2.0) then I can get into Android but it stops responding after a few minutes.
The Xoom seems to be running good before it freezes, I cant find a solution to get my Xoom back to life.
Any ideas?
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I have a problem restoring my xoom to stock.
I flashed the Katana OC kernel onto my Wifi Only US Xoom with 3.2. I oc'd to 1.5 ghz and it worked fine. Then I left it on during the night. When I woke up the next morning it was stuck in a boot loop, so I though maybe I should flash the Katana without OC instead. That I tried but It got stuck halfway through (Maybe I should have waited longer...).
After this the xoom wouldnt boot (not that surprising..) so I flashed it back to stock with the official Motorola images. However the Xoom still wont boot up, gets stuck either on Moto logo or on the Honeycomb boot screen.
When I flash the 3.2 images and a custom kernel (Tiamat 2.0) then I can get into Android but it stops responding after a few minutes.
The Xoom seems to be running good before it freezes, I cant find a solution to get my Xoom back to life.
Any ideas?
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Have you done a full wipe user data/factory reset in CWM recovery? You may need a clean slate to proceed.
Also, do you know if debugging is set to on? If you can't boot you can't get into settings but that could prevent you from accessing your Xoom from your pc.
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Have you done a full wipe user data/factory reset in CWM recovery? You may need a clean slate to proceed.
Also, do you know if degugging is set to on? If you can't boot you can't get into settings but that could prevent you from accessing your Xoom from your pc.
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Thanks for your reply! =)
I have done the "Wipe user data/factory reset" in CWM, If I do that I usually can boot Honeycomb, but I rarely get past the setup wizard (although sometimes I do), but then after a few minutes it freezes again.
Also, I can access my Xoom through ADB.
I've re-installed Atrix 4 times on my phone, each time doing a factory reset, clearing cache, and Dalvik cache. I've had random reboots/shutdowns on every install of Alien Build #4 and Aura 1.1.3.8. One running Atrix stock kernal, 2 using faux's kernal 0.1.6 (one non-oc, one oc), and one using faux's OC 0.1.7. Now I'm running Aura 1.1.3 Build #8 Deblurred. All with random reboots and shutdowns.
I've noticed I never get a random reboot while I'm charging, only while on battery. I've calibrated my battery several times so it's not lack of juice. Sometimes it just reboots, other times it shuts down and doesn't reboot so I have to turn on the phone, though most of the time the screen won't turn on and the phone won't shut off so I have to take out the battery to turn on the phone. I've tried uninstalling SetCPU, disabling profiles, and setting the max clock to 1000mhz. None of this helped.
On the last Alien install (now I'm running Aura) I was having even more problems but they only happened on that install:
1. I got an error when trying to boot in red: "Unrecoverable Bootloader error (0x00000004)" though I was able to turn the phone off and reboot normally.
2. I got an error about 5 times in a row while trying to boot, I forgot the exact text but something along the lines of "Unable to load radio module (0)". I had to take out the battery and try about 5 times till it would boot properly.
3. After this, I was unable to boot into Recovery through the volume buttons, I'd press down till I got the Android Recovery, then press up and it'd hang there. It works now for some reason.
I installed Alien right when I got my phone so I'm unsure if random reboots happen stock. Also my phone gets really warm when I'm using it, I look in SetCPU and the CPU temp is anywhere from 42 to 57 C. Does anyone else's phone get this hot?
I would just take it back to Best Buy and get a new one cause I have a protection plan with them, but my phone is unlocked which voids the warranty.
Does anyone know what could be causing all of these issues and how to fix them?
Thanks for the help, XDA is great!
Im by no means a expert...but I'm currently running AURA 1.1.3#8 debloat and all is well on my phone....I would recommend performing a Ti backup on ur aps and doing a factory reset to see if the problem persists....if it does I would take it back...if not reinstall through CWM wiping devalk cache then a full data wipe then install AURA and reboot all in CWM ....btw I'm running Rom Racers CWM also. Hope you can get it figured out!
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Im by no means a expert...but I'm currently running AURA 1.1.3#8 debloat and all is well on my phone....I would recommend performing a Ti backup on ur aps and doing a factory reset to see if the problem persists....if it does I would take it back...if not reinstall through CWM wiping devalk cache then a full data wipe then install AURA and reboot all in CWM ....btw I'm running Rom Racers CWM also. Hope you can get it figured out!
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I would have just taken it in but my phone is unlocked, rooted, and using Romracers CWM so I doubt Best But will accept it. I've tried all of this. I'm going to try CM7 Beta2, if the problem still persists I don't know what to do cause Best Buy won't accept it when they see the Unlocked at the top of the bootloader. It works fine when it's charging but so far no matter what I've tried I always got reboots. Does your phone get hot? Can you check what temps you get in SetCPU? Thanks for the suggestions btw.
My phone has never gotten over 33*....Try going back to stock gingerbread and see if the problems persist there and if not then u can proceed forward.....that way you can rule out if the problem is the phone or a certain build and a bug you have picked up
Sorry I meant 39* on phone temp
I went into my settings>widow and turned it off then rebooted, seemed to work, I also would get random reboots after a fresh install. Like at least 20x. But try that. Worked for me.
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JRW 28 said:
My phone has never gotten over 33*....Try going back to stock gingerbread and see if the problems persist there and if not then u can proceed forward.....that way you can rule out if the problem is the phone or a certain build and a bug you have picked up
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33? Wow, my phone never goes below 42C, it's usually around 49-50C. How do you return to stock gingerbread like the phone came with? All I've found was flashing the SBF through RDA, is there any way to do it with CWM so it's safer? Sorry for the noobiness, I'm new to the Atrix, is there a way to completely restore the phone to stock (stock gingerbread, locked bootloader, no CWM)?
Edit: I just flashed CM7 pre-beta 2, going to see how this works, hopefully it fixes my problems.
performing a data wipe/factory reset in CWM should put you completely back to stock. It wont matter that you have a UL bootloader or rooted.
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I've re-installed Atrix 4 times on my phone, each time doing a factory reset, clearing cache, and Dalvik cache. I've had random reboots/shutdowns on every install of Alien Build #4 and Aura 1.1.3.8. One running Atrix stock kernal, 2 using faux's kernal 0.1.6 (one non-oc, one oc), and one using faux's OC 0.1.7. Now I'm running Aura 1.1.3 Build #8 Deblurred. All with random reboots and shutdowns.
I've noticed I never get a random reboot while I'm charging, only while on battery. I've calibrated my battery several times so it's not lack of juice. Sometimes it just reboots, other times it shuts down and doesn't reboot so I have to turn on the phone, though most of the time the screen won't turn on and the phone won't shut off so I have to take out the battery to turn on the phone. I've tried uninstalling SetCPU, disabling profiles, and setting the max clock to 1000mhz. None of this helped.
On the last Alien install (now I'm running Aura) I was having even more problems but they only happened on that install:
1. I got an error when trying to boot in red: "Unrecoverable Bootloader error (0x00000004)" though I was able to turn the phone off and reboot normally.
2. I got an error about 5 times in a row while trying to boot, I forgot the exact text but something along the lines of "Unable to load radio module (0)". I had to take out the battery and try about 5 times till it would boot properly.
3. After this, I was unable to boot into Recovery through the volume buttons, I'd press down till I got the Android Recovery, then press up and it'd hang there. It works now for some reason.
I installed Alien right when I got my phone so I'm unsure if random reboots happen stock. Also my phone gets really warm when I'm using it, I look in SetCPU and the CPU temp is anywhere from 42 to 57 C. Does anyone else's phone get this hot?
I would just take it back to Best Buy and get a new one cause I have a protection plan with them, but my phone is unlocked which voids the warranty.
Does anyone know what could be causing all of these issues and how to fix them?
Thanks for the help, XDA is great!
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Are you doing a factory data/reset wipe cache and wipe dalvik step after you install a new rom? Do the same wipe steps before and after rom flash. If you are doing this then it sounds like a hardware problem or your bl got thrashed unlocking it.
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33? Wow, my phone never goes below 42C, it's usually around 49-50C. How do you return to stock gingerbread like the phone came with? All I've found was flashing the SBF through RDA, is there any way to do it with CWM so it's safer? Sorry for the noobiness, I'm new to the Atrix, is there a way to completely restore the phone to stock (stock gingerbread, locked bootloader, no CWM)?
Edit: I just flashed CM7 pre-beta 2, going to see how this works, hopefully it fixes my problems.
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Go the fruitcakes thread in the developement section. Stock cwm flashable builds.
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JRW 28 said:
performing a data wipe/factory reset in CWM should put you completely back to stock. It wont matter that you have a UL bootloader or rooted.
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It will only reset to the current rom defaults. If you have cm7 or alien flashed, It will revert back cm7 or alien. Doesn't effect root or bootloader. If the rom is pre rooted it stays rooted even after a full wipe.
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Are you doing a factory data/reset wipe cache and wipe dalvik step after you install a new rom? Do the same wipe steps before and after rom flash. If you are doing this then it sounds like a hardware problem or your bl got thrashed unlocking it.
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That sounds highly possible as it happens with each install and I am doing a factory reset, cache wipe, and dalvik cache wipe with each install. If ran the unlocking script again would it erase the bootloader and re-install it to fix that?
Edit: I just got another "Unrecoverable Bootloader error (0x00000004)" error, I'm going to re-run the script.
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That sounds highly possible as it happens with each install and I am doing a factory reset, cache wipe, and dalvik cache wipe with each install. If ran the unlocking script again would it erase the bootloader and re-install it to fix that?
Edit: I just got another "Unrecoverable Bootloader error (0x00000004)" error, I'm going to re-run the script.
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No don't. The script doesn't update the boitloader I don't think. Did you use the ota to get gingerbread?
If the bl is fubared and your not on the legit ota you can rsd to 1.83 and start over. If you are on the ota update then all you can use is cwm(safely)
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when I was on Ninja SF I performed a factory reset and forgot to perform a backup and it took me back to completly stock gingerbread....sorry if I was misleading him
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No don't. The script doesn't update the boitloader I don't think. Did you use the ota to get gingerbread?
If the bl is fubared and your not on the legit ota you can rsd to 1.83 and start over. If you are on the ota update then all you can use is cwm(safely)
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My phone came shipped with 2.3.4 Gingerbread, I never used the OTA update. I re-ran the script and got another random reboot.
Edit: I'm flashing the official 2.3.4 SBF from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944
I'll let you all know how things went.
From what I understand ...once u are on 2.3.4 if u try to flashback to. 83 it will hard brick you...definitely flash back to stock gingerbread 2.3.4 and hopefully that will solve your problems ....good luck
I installed Aura 1.1.3 Debloat #7 two days ago and my phone rebooted by itself today. I had it in my pocket, then I took it out and it was loading. I thought I might have pushed something when moving, but maybe it is related to the rom.
Okay, I flashed 2.3.4 with pudding boot loader unlocked and Romracer CWM Recovery. I'm going to install Alien and faux's kernal, hope flashing 2.3.4 fixed this and it's not a hardware issue.
Did you experience any problems while you were on 2.3.4 or did you flash straight to alien afterwards ...hope you get your problems figured out! Make a backup of the 2.3.4 flash also so if you do experience any problems you can always flash back
JRW 28 said:
Did you experience any problems while you were on 2.3.4 or did you flash straight to alien afterwards ...hope you get your problems figured out! Make a backup of the 2.3.4 flash also so if you do experience any problems you can always flash back
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I flashed straight to Alien when I got the phone so I'm not sure it stock Gingerbread had problems. I just flashed 2.3.4 with pudding unlocked bootloader, Romracer's CWM, and finished installing Atrix Build 4 and faux's kernal 0.1.7. I'm going to take the phone off the charger (I only get reboots and shutdowns while on battery), and start installing my apps, restoring contacts, messages, and see if I have any problems. I'm not going to install SetCPU and mess with profiles and undervolting till I know I'm good.
I'll report how it's going tomorrow morning (usually by that time I get at least 5 to 10 random reboots/shutdowns). If this doesn't fix it then I'm going to flash the stock 2.3.4 SBF so they don't know I messed around with the device and take it back to Best Buy to get a replacement.
Hey guys. I'm trying to fix my friends Defy for him. I've rooted my old Evo 4g, my wifes samsung transform, and her motorola Photon Q so I'm pretty familiar with rooting. But I'm having a problem with his Defy. Here's the skinny:
So his phone froze up on him. And after pulling the battery, it now won't boot. So I booted into recovery, and tried a factory reset. The factory reset won't complete. The little loading bars that go across the screen just keep going forever (I let them go for 3 hours straight one day). And I still can't get the phone to boot. So I figure, no big deal, i'll just root and install custom recovery. So I looked into rooting methods for the Defy, and they all seem to involve booting the phone. Does anyone have any ideas? Or know of a way to reflash the original recovery? I'm assuming the problem is the recovery. Thanks in advance for any help. And my buddy thanks you too.
You can use RSD to flash it with stock rom of your region. Do not flash any gingerbread rom if the phone never had gingerbread(you will have downgrade issues).
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never heard of rsd. Just looking into it. It seems people are saying I would need to wipe cash and data first? Problem is when I attempt to wipe cache it just goes on forever never finishes.
Any Luck M8
dhughes214 said:
never heard of rsd. Just looking into it. It seems people are saying I would need to wipe cash and data first? Problem is when I attempt to wipe cache it just goes on forever never finishes.
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was just reading your post and was wondering if you have had any luck with your buddy's Defy ???
Flashing a fresh .sbf using RSDlite should fix the recovery problems, as it will overwrite it with a fresh one. The /system partition will be rewritten, also. After flashing, the phone might boot to the system already, but if not, just enter recovery and do a factory reset, now it should finish fine and boot fine, as well. (it doesn't matter if you do a factory reset before or after the flash)
Latest RSD Lite I've found is v6.1.4. You will also possibly need drivers, google for - "Motorola_End_User_Driver_Installation_5.9.0"
Keep us posted! Good luck