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[ROM-CDMA-RSD] All Stock SBF files for Motorola Droid

All of these files are for the MOTOROLA DROID CDMA VERIZON!
These are not for cricket or anyother carrier, they are listed as such by the name/number of the phone and android verison.
Droid - Android 2.0.0 SBF - Download
Droid - Android 2.0.1 SBF - Download
Droid - Android 2.1 SBF - Download
Droid - Android 2.2 SBF - Download

help please.
im stock on bootloop and dont know how to fix it, when i go into recovery i dont have clockwork anymore ( the reason i went into boot loop its cause i was trying to un-root)
so can i use the 2.2 files, re name it update.zip and flash it ? would that work?
thanks

Blanko6 said:
help please.
im stock on bootloop and dont know how to fix it, when i go into recovery i dont have clockwork anymore ( the reason i went into boot loop its cause i was trying to un-root)
so can i use the 2.2 files, re name it update.zip and flash it ? would that work?
thanks
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No. this won't work. These are .sbf files so they have to be flashed via rsdlite. They CANNOT be flashed with clockwork and will probably screw up your phone more if you do. Boot your phone into bootloader, connect to your pc, and use rsdlite to use these files.
Before you do that, though, try a battery pull. Do that a few times and it might get you into clockwork.
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Thanks you just saved my ass.

Noob here!!!
I have a Vz MDroid that is flash to metro my question is I'm on 2.1 and I want to upgrade to 2.2 . How can I do this without losing the flash . Thanks for the advise
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maromas said:
Noob here!!!
I have a Vz MDroid that is flash to metro my question is I'm on 2.1 and I want to upgrade to 2.2 . How can I do this without losing the flash . Thanks for the advise
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Sorry dude but you'll lose your Metro flash. It will have to be reflashed. If you don't want to pay to have it flashed, I would start reading some online flashing manuals.
On the other hand, does anyone know where I can get the 2.2.1 files?
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okay. so i flashed my droid with the 2.01, not knowing which version it was on before it got bricked.
the backlight turns on, but NOTHING ELSE shows up.
when i flashed the SBF to the droid with RSDLITE, the bootloader shows the SW UPDATE in progress, but it still boots to NOTHING...and when i try to go to the bootloader, all that is shown is the blank backlit screen..same when starting the droid.
i'm confused as to what exactly is missing here...the stock SBF is flashed, yet it still won't boot??
edit: tried 2.1, same problem!! currently trying 2.2...i'll update when it's done.
2.2 same problem.

Just as an alternate incase any of the links in the first post die, Peter Alfonso (Creator of Bugless Beast) has some links on his website.
http://www.peteralfonso.com/p/downloads.html

Are there no files other than Verizon SBF files??????????

bump.
/q0char

[Q]
can i use these to recover from a hard/softbrick do not have device yet but i am getting one in the coming days

As long as you can get into the bootloader, yes.

I downloaded each one of these and tried to do this with RSD Lite but it keeps telling me it fails.
I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Would someone be able to assist me?

No data
Ok, my droid lost data connection ( no 3g or 1x icon) it has just the phone´s signal strength bars,wifi works fine, and the icon only appears momentarly when I turn of data connection in wireless settings or turn on airplane mode. So I read some place that I had to run sbf files to reset radio or change radio, actually my phone has Steel Droid v.10.2 (gingerbread 2.3.7) on it.
So my question is if it´s ok to run any of these sbf files on my droid, and will it get stock radio?

fermalobos said:
Ok, my droid lost data connection ( no 3g or 1x icon) it has just the phone´s signal strength bars,wifi works fine, and the icon only appears momentarly when I turn of data connection in wireless settings or turn on airplane mode. So I read some place that I had to run sbf files to reset radio or change radio, actually my phone has Steel Droid v.10.2 (gingerbread 2.3.7) on it.
So my question is if it´s ok to run any of these sbf files on my droid, and will it get stock radio?
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That should work. It's also possible to flash the radio on its own through ROM Manager.

Anyone have a mirror for the 2.0 SBF?

[Q] Double Recovery Install - Arg (stupid mistake)

I goofed up. :cyclops:
I was on a nice custom 2.3.6 ROM, and now I'm just on needles.
I was ...um, let's just say,.. barely conscious. So, anyhow I'm not 100% positive what I did -- but this is my best guess.
I am fairly sure I was fiddling with system settings (just looking around, no changes), and probably because of the apps I had installed, things became unstable.
What's strange now, is that I don't recall pausing on CWM recovery, which is VERY odd indeed, because I WAS really happy to have installed JW Daddy's CWM on every boot installed, and I've still got several full CWM backups that should work fine.
This much is 100% certain, after several failed attempts to stabilize (even long enough to uninstall the most recent apps), I decided to just restore a CWM backup. But I had forgotten that I had the CWM on every boot mod installed (because it wasn't working anymore, for some reason), and still didn't remember, even after I failed to find the Bootstrap app (which I had uninstalled, just after installing the CWM on every boot mod).
I must have just figured it was probably some ROM or backup of a ROM that I had put on that was clean I guess. Of course, on the next cycle up, it stayed up just long enough, so that I finally got the BootStrap installed again, but before I could hit the button to reboot into CWM, the phone crashed back down into a loop again, and this time, never came back up at all, not even for a second. Factory reset, & clearing Dalvik cache didn't help either.
The problem is that I didn't have a chance to reboot into CWM Recovery after installing the bootstrap and now that it won't boot at all, I'm just stuck looping without an easy way to get into CWM recovery. I am able to get into the useless stock recovery and/or fastboot, but I'm not sure what to do, now that I've got (I think) 2 additional goof-ball mods potentially in there --- one for the old faithful A2 Bootstrap, that is used to reboot into CWM recovery, and of course, the CWM on every boot mod, which was for whatever reason, broken by some other cause (possibly the apps I was fiddling with?) even before I 'worsened' things up.
I'd rather not go all the way back to stock 2.3.5 via RSD but I may have to? What say thee?
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SPECS PRIOR TO SCREW-UP:
AT&T Best Buy
Model Number: MB8656
Android version : 2.3.6
Display : SuperCharged_V_5_Update_2

Yeah, it sounds like a goof up to me.
You're probably going to have to FXZ the 2.3.5 and then upgrade to the 2.3.6 and use the FXZ fix to get your phone back to where it was. The problem that probably occurred was that you had both the bootstrap and the cwm on boot at the same time. You shouldn't use both of them, only 1 or the other.
If you read the posts, it tells you to un-allow the bootstrap app after installing the cwm on every boot. In fact, the roms that come with the cwm on boot on them don't even have the bootstrap app.

DusThis said:
If you read the posts, it tells you to un-allow the bootstrap app after installing the cwm on every boot. In fact, the roms that come with the cwm on boot on them don't even have the bootstrap app.
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Oh well. I was hoping to at least only FXZ to 2.3.6 and maybe skip a step, since I was already there. ugh.
Thanks DusThis (hitting the Thanks Button now ;-)
Is there a single criteria that defines when we can FXZ back to 2.3.6 versus 2.3.5?

Yeah I would FXZ back to 2.3.5 and do the OTA, then restore your CWM backup using the bootstrap.
There is not currently a way to FXZ back to 2.3.6. Our 2.3.5 was something a very nice XDA member went and got off of a moto server for us. Since this phone ships with 2.3.5, and not 2.3.6 I am sure we will not see a 2.3.6 FXZ unless we make our own which is totally possible, but more work that it may be worth.

jimbridgman said:
Since this phone ships with 2.3.5, and not 2.3.6 I am sure we will not see a 2.3.6 FXZ unless we make our own which is totally possible, but more work that it may be worth.
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<-- ahh, this makes sense now. There is more to an FXZ than just what comes OTA (I had forgotten that ;-)

Once you FXZ back to 2.3.5 you can just simply reroot, install A2 bootstrap and then perform a backup. I have done this several times and have never had any ill effects. Just make sure your backup is GOOD

To get rid of your errors now you must have to restore FXZ then update to 2.3.6 and restore CWM backup after that
To restore FXZ follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721218

jimbridgman said:
Yeah I would FXZ back to 2.3.5 and do the OTA, then restore your CWM backup using the bootstrap.
There is not currently a way to FXZ back to 2.3.6. Our 2.3.5 was something a very nice XDA member went and got off of a moto server for us. Since this phone ships with 2.3.5, and not 2.3.6 I am sure we will not see a 2.3.6 FXZ unless we make our own which is totally possible, but more work that it may be worth.
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people seem to want it though. I will make it. I just have to pull all the images from the updated phone then write the XML with the same format right.
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lkrasner said:
people seem to want it though. I will make it. I just have to pull all the images from the updated phone then write the XML with the same format right.
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Yes, but getting the boot image will be a challenge, I think. Let me know if you run into an issue and I might be able to point you in the right direction.
The rest are east but, you HAVE to cat the device for each image, you can't dd it.
I would use the SAME xml file, just update the md5 sums.
The rest of the changes you already know.

I'm no expert at that kind of stuff by any means, but wouldn't it be easier to do if you FXZ your phone to 2.3.5 and then download the OTA. Don't install it right away and pull the update.zip and use that to make the 2.3.6 FXZ??

DusThis said:
I'm no expert at that kind of stuff by any means, but wouldn't it be easier to do if you FXZ your phone to 2.3.5 and then download the OTA. Don't install it right away and pull the update.zip and use that to make the 2.3.6 FXZ??
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Nope, an ota is just basically linux patch files that are then applied to the apks and kernel and os files on your phone, it is not a whole new firmware that writes over the one on your phone.
Linux/UNIX patch:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix)

Oh ok. That makes sense. I'm pretty much self teaching myself on this kind of stuff and I know that for instance the cheesecake stuff can be looked at and checked so I didn't know if an OTA update could be done the same way. Thanks for the link Jim.

DusThis said:
Oh ok. That makes sense. I'm pretty much self teaching myself on this kind of stuff and I know that for instance the cheesecake stuff can be looked at and checked so I didn't know if an OTA update could be done the same way. Thanks for the link Jim.
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the cheesecake stuff and otas are the same thing. you can tell some stuff by looking inside the zips. for example they often contain a build.prop, which lets us see if it is ics, or what has changed.

Atrix 2 ics leak #2 stuck on cm10 boot!

Okay, so here's a long story short. I flashed AT&T ICS leak #2 when I first got my replacement due to a brick. I ran SCV7 for a week or so and decided to try out CM10. I restored my backup of stock/rooted backup. Uninstalled highjacks, packages and app (bootmenu) itself. I then installed our OG A2 bootstrap, installed fine, installed CM10, played around with it for awhile. Realized I didnt reinstall the OG A2 Bootstrap so went ahead and did that. (without booting into recovery yet) I then later in the day decided to REBOOT my phone to only find me stuck on the CM10 boot animation. I battery pulled, plugged in to see if any recovery would show, none, just the battery charge percentage. I then battery pulled again, got into stock recovery, tried a data and cache wipe to no effect. My problem is, there is NO FXZ for the AT&T leak #2, I have no recovery besides stock and the only thing I can do is take my 32GB SD card out and add/delete files/everything. I saddly did not make a copy of the system.img but was wondering if anyone else possibly did? This would be greatly appreciated as I am stuck with a soft brick until then or a new FXZ to work with AT&T leak #2. Any suggestions or help is very much appreciated. Thanks all for reading and I'm praying for a miracle in my phone right about now lol!

DX2Trip said:
Okay, so here's a long story short. I flashed AT&T ICS leak #2 when I first got my replacement due to a brick. I ran SCV7 for a week or so and decided to try out CM10. I restored my backup of stock/rooted backup. Uninstalled highjacks, packages and app (bootmenu) itself. I then installed our OG A2 bootstrap, installed fine, installed CM10, played around with it for awhile. Realized I didnt reinstall the OG A2 Bootstrap so went ahead and did that. (without booting into recovery yet) I then later in the day decided to REBOOT my phone to only find me stuck on the CM10 boot animation. I battery pulled, plugged in to see if any recovery would show, none, just the battery charge percentage. I then battery pulled again, got into stock recovery, tried a data and cache wipe to no effect. My problem is, there is NO FXZ for the AT&T leak #2, I have no recovery besides stock and the only thing I can do is take my 32GB SD card out and add/delete files/everything. I saddly did not make a copy of the system.img but was wondering if anyone else possibly did? This would be greatly appreciated as I am stuck with a soft brick until then or a new FXZ to work with AT&T leak #2. Any suggestions or help is very much appreciated. Thanks all for reading and I'm praying for a miracle in my phone right about now lol!
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Hey, and sort of welcome back...
But I hate to be the bearer of bad, bad news... you have a softbrick, and there is NOTHING you can do.
Next time, read everything in an OP... LOL, look who I am telling this to....
The CM10 installs come with their own CWM built in, and flashing bootstrap is what bootlooped you, so after you get another warranty replacement (yes, you HAVE to do this), I would install leak #1 ONLY, then flash cm10 with bootstrap, then do not reinstall any boot hijacks or CWM "like" recovery (bootmenu), because all you have to do it hit the vol down button right as you see the blue led flash during the M dual core logo.

Or enter the CM10 recovery menu and so on and so forth.
This is how I got out of a cm10 boot-loop.
I just restored from bootmenu backup via adb.

tcf38012 said:
Or enter the CM10 recovery menu and so on and so forth.
This is how I got out of a cm10 boot-loop.
I just restored from bootmenu backup via adb.
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he can't, he installed bootstrap while on cm10m, so he can't get to cwm anymore.

Scratch that ----- Deleted

Well, thanks everyone. Specially you jim. Anyone wanna throw me an fxz they think MIGHT work for the second ICS leak? I'm willing to take the risk since I have nothing else to lose. Ill be most likely calling AT&T tomorrow and give some excuse. Soft brick or hard brick...Ill get a replacement...
Sent From My Eclipsed DROID X2!

DX2Trip said:
Well, thanks everyone. Specially you jim. Anyone wanna throw me an fxz they think MIGHT work for the second ICS leak? I'm willing to take the risk since I have nothing else to lose. Ill be most likely calling AT&T tomorrow and give some excuse. Soft brick or hard brick...Ill get a replacement...
Sent From My Eclipsed DROID X2!
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I will get with alteredlikeness and see if we can possibly think of something together on this one. The first thought would be to try an mearet/searet fxz for 2.3.6 since they can fxz back with out any mods to thier 2.3.6 or 2.3.5 fxz from thier ICS leaks, but I am thinking that will still brick you, but interested to see anyhow.
So I will see if alteredlikeness and I can think of some other way to try. He or I will PM you either way.

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I will get with alteredlikeness and see if we can possibly think of something together on this one. The first thought would be to try an mearet/searet fxz for 2.3.6 since they can fxz back with out any mods to thier 2.3.6 or 2.3.5 fxz from thier ICS leaks, but I am thinking that will still brick you, but interested to see anyhow.
So I will see if alteredlikeness and I can think of some other way to try. He or I will PM you either way.
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he can flash just a system. img from ics though, And that should recover it
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lkrasner said:
he can flash just a system. img from ics though, And that should recover it
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You know, I was seeing in recovery how youbcan flash an update through sd AND system which has a lost and found folder and recovery folder. Dont know if this is of any info but either way because I wouldnt know how to put anything in system since I cant seem to get adb to recognize or moto-fastboot...I'm in a very confused state of mind and almost came to the point of hard brick but I refuse. I'll leave it up to ya devs. Thanks againg everyone.
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i have same issue , any way to flash system img, and where whould i get system img from? i have preiviously backed up thru cwm

justdrew said:
i have same issue , any way to flash system img, and where whould i get system img from? i have preiviously backed up thru cwm
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Try following this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926873

First Softbrick it seems In Trouble
jimbridgman said:
Try following this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926873
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Guys need your urgent help i am into a trouble what is it called technically may be a Soft brick but this is what has happened.
I was trying the Magic mod the installation went superb booted the phone it worked properly and then i used the bootstrap :silly: and tried starting the phone in recovery after which my phone is now stuck at magic mod boot animation. PLEASE HELP.
I am upto a point where have installed drivers latest rsd lite 6.0 ready with the extracted fxz 6.7.2_EDEM-18-SEARET_cfc.xml but phone is not showing up in rsd lite so that i can flash my phone. Phone says USB connected in AP Fastboot mode have a look at the attachment of my desktop. Please HELP guys....
Thanks & Regards,
Beginner Android (Ravi D)

havent you just posted this in the any question answered here thread and getting help there ??

Wow, almost forgot I made this thread lol. But sounds like your drivers need a good updating. Reboot PC after updating and try again is all I can say. Hope this helps.
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Another update failed post.

I tried to update my A2 this morning and I got the update failed. I was searching around ancient looked at the last-log file in mt file explorer. It said there was no activity. I am rooted obviously, I didn't bootstrap, I have busybox. I didn't debloat anything because I didn't want to brick the phone. Do I need to in root and factory reset or is there something that the big brains here can suggest.
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at2smithjason said:
I tried to update my A2 this morning and I got the update failed. I was searching around ancient looked at the last-log file in mt file explorer. It said there was no activity. I am rooted obviously, I didn't bootstrap, I have busybox. I didn't debloat anything because I didn't want to brick the phone. Do I need to in root and factory reset or is there something that the big brains here can suggest.
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Need more info.
What version are you currently on?
How did you root?
Are you connected to wifi?

at2smithjason said:
I tried to update my A2 this morning and I got the update failed. I was searching around ancient looked at the last-log file in mt file explorer. It said there was no activity. I am rooted obviously, I didn't bootstrap, I have busybox. I didn't debloat anything because I didn't want to brick the phone. Do I need to in root and factory reset or is there something that the big brains here can suggest.
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There is a log file that is produced while the update runs. Check /cache/recovery/last_log. See post for all of the info. Please review and/or post the log file.

So now I have no operation system on my phone. I dont know what happened. after the first fail, I did a lottle more research and i saw a post from apex (i think it was apex at least) saying that someone else was having the same problem as I was. They needed to delete all of their root apps and clear the data that they left behind. So thats what I did and after that I soft bricked. The phone wouldnt do anything. Right now all i get is the motorola logo and then a black screen. I can still get into recovery and try to wipe and restore, but with nothing to restore nothing happens. I need to get everything to RSD back to 2.3.5 so that i can ota to 2.3.6 and then to 4.0. Can someone point me to those threads where there is a good file to download to get back up and running. PLEASE and THANKS.

at2smithjason said:
So now I have no operation system on my phone. I dont know what happened. after the first fail, I did a lottle more research and i saw a post from apex (i think it was apex at least) saying that someone else was having the same problem as I was. They needed to delete all of their root apps and clear the data that they left behind. So thats what I did and after that I soft bricked. The phone wouldnt do anything. Right now all i get is the motorola logo and then a black screen. I can still get into recovery and try to wipe and restore, but with nothing to restore nothing happens. I need to get everything to RSD back to 2.3.5 so that i can ota to 2.3.6 and then to 4.0. Can someone point me to those threads where there is a good file to download to get back up and running. PLEASE and THANKS.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32113181
You'll find the (GB to GB) 2.3.6 fxz file here. Download it and run it in RSD.
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So, thanks to everyone here that helped me. I finally got my phone back up and runing and now updated on ICS.

XT926 Razr Maxx HD rooted but locked HELP

Hey everyone so i have a XT926
System version 9.18.79.XT926.Verizon.en.US
Android version 4.1.2
Build 9.8.1Q-79
Boot Mode 10.9B
AP Fastboot flash (device is locked status code 0
So about 6 months ago i tried to root and unlock phone, i rooted fine but messed up on the unlock. And the phone was stuck in boot loop. anyways i was able with help from here on XDA get it out of boot loop and working. My issue is a couple things.
1. Can it be unlocked (i have read and read and dont believe its possible)
2. It wont do a factory hard reset it errors out and just reboots.
3. I try to do the OTA and it just get the android guy with the red triangle and then reboots.
4. when i hold volume up and power and get the factory reset, normal boot etc options, any i select just reboot phone.
I would like to do 1 of the following things. and would prefer 1.:
1. if possible unlock and install custom rom.
2. Do the OTA update and have a fresh install
3. Do a factory wipe and sell phone.
Please any help would be great, as the phone has gotten super slow and i usualy like to do a factory reset every 4-5 months to wipe it.
thanks

#1= not possible on your build. you can only install safestrap roms which are limited and most commonly found over on razr forum.
to clean it up and go back to stock you could either, use rsd to reflash stock, or grab the one click utility from the dev forum to do the same. the one click utility is the easiest of the 2, just be sure to get the build that matches your system version or newer. you can flash the same version or newer only, trying to flash an older version will just result in a boot loop.

bweN diorD said:
#1= not possible on your build. you can only install safestrap roms which are limited and most commonly found over on razr forum.
to clean it up and go back to stock you could either, use rsd to reflash stock, or grab the one click utility from the dev forum to do the same. the one click utility is the easiest of the 2, just be sure to get the build that matches your system version or newer. you can flash the same version or newer only, trying to flash an older version will just result in a boot loop.
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Are you talking about DROID RAZR HD Utility 1.21 - Windows/Mac/Linux

soloblazer said:
Are you talking about DROID RAZR HD Utility 1.21 - Windows/Mac/Linux
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for your build you would need version 1.33 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46269380&postcount=1
1.21 would bootloop because of the locked bootloader.

bweN diorD said:
for your build you would need version 1.33 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46269380&postcount=1
1.21 would bootloop because of the locked bootloader.
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Ok, i will give it a shot in the morning after full battery charge, i will let you know,,
thanks for your help.

bweN diorD said:
for your build you would need version 1.33 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46269380&postcount=1
1.21 would bootloop because of the locked bootloader.
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Everything went smooth with the #1 option and doing a factory reset etc.
thanks for your help.

soloblazer said:
Everything went smooth with the #1 option and doing a factory reset etc.
thanks for your help.
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happy to help, glad you got it fixed.

Hi, I have a question.
I had a hard time getting any of the utilities to work initially. Booting up was just scrambled and broken. Anyway, I used v1.34 and it's made progress. It worked it's way through writing system and such. Now the phone is stuck on a bootloop. The phone cannot make it passed the red M before rebooting.
When the phone is plugged in and on an inescapable bootloop, is it charging? My battery was hovering above empty before the v1.34 utility brought me here.

soloblazer said:
Everything went smooth with the #1 option and doing a factory reset etc.
thanks for your help.
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So now that the OTA for kitkat is out, i tried to do it and it fails now. what do you suggest to get the newest OTA with kitkat?
thanks

soloblazer said:
So now that the OTA for kitkat is out, i tried to do it and it fails now. what do you suggest to get the newest OTA with kitkat?
thanks
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Are you rooted? If so, that is why.
Did you freeze or remove any apps? If so, that's another reason why.
In either case, you will have to FXZ back to stock, unrooted to take the OTA. However, you WILL lose root and there is no root exploit for Kit Kat unless you have an unlocked bootloader, which you already found out you can't have based on the version your phone was at (9.18.X). And, there is NO way to carry root over the OTA. Voodoo doesn't work with Kit Kat at all, and there is just no other way to keep root on locked bootloaders, period.
So, either hold off on the Kit Kat update and pray someone finds a way to root it for locked bootloaders, or else if you can't wait, then realize you may never see root on this phone again.

iBolski said:
Are you rooted? If so, that is why.
Did you freeze or remove any apps? If so, that's another reason why.
In either case, you will have to FXZ back to stock, unrooted to take the OTA. However, you WILL lose root and there is no root exploit for Kit Kat unless you have an unlocked bootloader, which you already found out you can't have based on the version your phone was at (9.18.X). And, there is NO way to carry root over the OTA. Voodoo doesn't work with Kit Kat at all, and there is just no other way to keep root on locked bootloaders, period.
So, either hold off on the Kit Kat update and pray someone finds a way to root it for locked bootloaders, or else if you can't wait, then realize you may never see root on this phone again.
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I am the one that started this thread, and i used DROID RAZR HD Utility to get my phone updated via the last update. i have not frooze or removed any of the stock apps. and i dont think i am still rooted. I dont care about having root anymore, so just would like to flash the newest OTA>

iBolski said:
Are you rooted? If so, that is why.
Did you freeze or remove any apps? If so, that's another reason why.
In either case, you will have to FXZ back to stock, unrooted to take the OTA. However, you WILL lose root and there is no root exploit for Kit Kat unless you have an unlocked bootloader, which you already found out you can't have based on the version your phone was at (9.18.X). And, there is NO way to carry root over the OTA. Voodoo doesn't work with Kit Kat at all, and there is just no other way to keep root on locked bootloaders, period.
So, either hold off on the Kit Kat update and pray someone finds a way to root it for locked bootloaders, or else if you can't wait, then realize you may never see root on this phone again.
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I am the one that started this thread, and i used DROID RAZR HD Utility to get my phone updated via the last update. i have not frooze or removed any of the stock apps. and i dont think i am still rooted. I dont care about having root anymore, so just would like to flash the newest OTA>

soloblazer said:
I am the one that started this thread, and i used DROID RAZR HD Utility to get my phone updated via the last update. i have not frooze or removed any of the stock apps. and i dont think i am still rooted. I dont care about having root anymore, so just would like to flash the newest OTA>
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My bad for not realizing that.
Are you still getting the dead Andy screen after applying the OTA? If so, then you need to go back into the recovery as you did before and then apply the OTA again. This is a two-step process, especially if you applied the OTA manually rather than taking it automatically.
It's still waiting to continue the update for the OTA. So, go back into recovery and navigate to where you stored the OTA zip file on your external SD card and then apply it again and you should be good to go.

iBolski said:
My bad for not realizing that.
Are you still getting the dead Andy screen after applying the OTA? If so, then you need to go back into the recovery as you did before and then apply the OTA again. This is a two-step process, especially if you applied the OTA manually rather than taking it automatically.
It's still waiting to continue the update for the OTA. So, go back into recovery and navigate to where you stored the OTA zip file on your external SD card and then apply it again and you should be good to go.
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So just to be clear.
I go to settings/aboutphone/system update. It says checking for update. Update Available/ then i hit download, it downloads it. I click install now. Phone reboots and i see the android man, status bar starts going and gets about 1/3 the way and then get the red triangle in the stomach of the android man. and then phone reboots.

soloblazer said:
So just to be clear.
I go to settings/aboutphone/system update. It says checking for update. Update Available/ then i hit download, it downloads it. I click install now. Phone reboots and i see the android man, status bar starts going and gets about 1/3 the way and then get the red triangle in the stomach of the android man. and then phone reboots.
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At that point when it reboots, it should continue on and you should see the android picture again as it continues on installing. This is the second stage of the install and can take up to 15 minutes to complete.
Are you saying it just keeps rebooting at that point and never completes? If so, then you need to go here and follow SamuriHL's directions to the letter to get you up and running -> http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/45494-how-to-xt926-upgrade-to-kitkat-ota/

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At that point when it reboots, it should continue on and you should see the android picture again as it continues on installing. This is the second stage of the install and can take up to 15 minutes to complete.
Are you saying it just keeps rebooting at that point and never completes? If so, then you need to go here and follow SamuriHL's directions to the letter to get you up and running -> http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/45494-how-to-xt926-upgrade-to-kitkat-ota/
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No after the android guy with the red triangle, it just does a complete reboot back into android. and then says update failed.

soloblazer said:
No after the android guy with the red triangle, it just does a complete reboot back into android. and then says update failed.
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Were you rooted at any point in time? If so, did you flash back to stock? Just uninstalling root will not work.
Your phone must be completely stock with no evidence of it being modified in order for the OTA to work. Rooting is one thing that will modify it to where an OTA will not take.
I had explained earlier that if you rooted and/or froze/removed any system/stock apps, you must use an FXZ image to put your phone back to stock. The link I supplied you with in that previous post will give you a stock Kit Kat image to flash to your phone. That is what you must do.

soloblazer said:
So now that the OTA for kitkat is out, i tried to do it and it fails now. what do you suggest to get the newest OTA with kitkat?
thanks
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the razr utility has been updated since you started this thread, to KK.
just go back to the utility post from before, and you will see the new KK version at the bottom.
use it the same way you used the old one and you will be on stock KK. its the same as taking the ota update.

Hi there:
I've been following this thread, as I'm in a similar situation. I'm pretty sure I'm stuck with either rooted JB or unrooted KK, but just wanted to confirm.
Here's what I have:
-Phone: Razr HD
-System version: 9.18.94.XT926 (VZW US)
-Android: 4.1.2
-Rooted
-Locked bootloader
I'd love some clarifications/confirmations on the following, if anyone has them:
-There is no way to downgrade the system version to an unlockable version (like 9.16). Not even with flashing back to stock everything with the Droid Razr HD Utility.
-There is currently no way to root KK without an unlocked bootloader.
-If I unroot (flash back to stock) and upgrade, I will lose root and likely not get it back.
-The only way for me to currently keep root is to stay on JB.
I'm not interested in custom ROMs, just root.
Thanks in advance.

phraxen said:
Hi there:
I've been following this thread, as I'm in a similar situation. I'm pretty sure I'm stuck with either rooted JB or unrooted KK, but just wanted to confirm.
Here's what I have:
-Phone: Razr HD
-System version: 9.18.94.XT926 (VZW US)
-Android: 4.1.2
-Rooted
-Locked bootloader
I'd love some clarifications/confirmations on the following, if anyone has them:
-There is no way to downgrade the system version to an unlockable version (like 9.16). Not even with flashing back to stock everything with the Droid Razr HD Utility.
-There is currently no way to root KK without an unlocked bootloader.
-If I unroot (flash back to stock) and upgrade, I will lose root and likely not get it back.
-The only way for me to currently keep root is to stay on JB.
I'm not interested in custom ROMs, just root.
Thanks in advance.
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-no, cant be done
-correct
-correct
-correct