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Disclaimer: I will not be held responsible for any damage to your phone, your PC or indeed your life from following this guide. The steps in this guide worked for me. If you have problems uninstall everything and start from Step 4 again. Doing this kind of thing could affect your warranty and all that so have a long hard think about it before you go ahead
US Owners - If you flash the UK firmware, you will lose 3g and wifi calling app etc... There are fixes for this problem that can be found on other Forums. A guide on how to restore this which has worked for others is HERE
##WARNING: be careful when flashing 2.51 firmware, firstly its patched so root isn't achievable by the usual methods, and isn't easy to downgrade back to other firmware - I suggest you search and read the various topics on it. My advice is to use 2.21 UK or 2.34 Deblur firmware##
This guide will show you how to debrand your Motorola Defy (Eg bought on T-Mobile UK and want generic UK firmware), or indeed restore the phone if you brick (Eg removing important apps that you shouldn’t have touched!!)
Props go to jutley (Modaco)for his debranding guide for the flipout, and dkspook (Modaco) for his information in other threads, and anyone else who thinks they may have contributed, oh yeah and my Mum.
##Disconnect phone from PC##
STEP 1 Download usb drivers here below
Motorola Drivers Here
STEP 2 Download the debranded Firmware here (To debrand to generic UK I used the one marked UK - choose the one for your country)
Choose Firmware Here
STEP 3 Download RSDLite - I used v4.9, I found earlier versions would not work. Get it here.
RSDLite 4.9 Here
STEP 4 Install the USB Drivers and the RSDLite program and reboot PC
STEP 5 Extract the firmware file you downloaded a while ago. Then copy the .sbf firmware file to c:\Program files\Motorola\RSDLite folder (installation directory for RDSLite). this should come out as JRDNEM_U3_2.21.0_SIGNED_UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA028.0R_USAJORDANRTGB_P026_A007_HWp3_S
rvice1FF.sbf for the UK one.
STEP 6 Start the RSDLite program now where it says filename press the select button and find the .sbf firmware file in c:\Program files\Motorola\RSDLite (it should default to this folder) and select the (sbf) file some details will appear on the right hand side.
STEP 7 We now need to boot the phone into the bootloader (as above make sure the phone is disconnected from USB – not sure if matters tho!). Hold the volume up and then power the phone on, after about 5 seconds release the buttons and the bootloader should display - it will show the version and a battery check. Now plug in the USB cable and it should install the drivers . Once the driver installation has finished you should see the phone appear at the bottom of the RSDLite program window under `port 1` - Once this is there you are ready to flash the firmware. NB: I had issues getting it to show a number of times. Uninstalling RSDLite/Drivers, rebooting PC, and then reinstalling these resolved this issue.
STEP 8 Press the start button on the RSDLite and just relax while your device gets flashed,debranded etc. you will see a progress status on the right hand side wait till it reaches 100% but please do not disconect it will reboot the phone automaticly and restart the phone.And just wait untill android comes up and fully running untill you disconnect it should read (PLEASE START PHONE MANUALY) on RSDLite when this shows it is safe to unplug.
Hopefully now you will have a debranded/unbricked phone.
One thing I noticed that was cool is that the data partition stayed intact for me when I debranded, meaning all my settings and installed app (providing you hadn’t moved stuff to /system) were still there after the process – cool! The only thing you will have to do is re-root the device.
Hope you find this useful and I look forward to a great community for the Defy!
Nice job! This worked perfectly. We now just need the tmo us FW. I'm kind of iffy about messing with my phone much more until I have a failsafe.
nitewalkergr said:
Nice job! This worked perfectly. We now just need the tmo us FW. I'm kind of iffy about messing with my phone much more until I have a failsafe.
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Whats the benefit of the T-Mobile US Firmware - some kind of extra functionality? If we could get it, we could flash by this method and flash back if we didn't like it anyways I suppose.
In theory this method is a failsafe tho because if you mess any thing up you can get back to a different firmware. I must say I personally would like to get my hands on the original T-Mobile UK .sbf, just in case I wanted to put it back to its original state for returns/repair, so if anyone has found it (I haven't yet) please let me know.
If a tmo us user flashes with the uk FW they lose 3g.
A tmo us or just generic us fw would give us the clean sweep option while keeping our 3g.
Can I use the Uk Firm for a Vodafone Spain Defy??
Higgsy said:
Whats the benefit of the T-Mobile US Firmware - some kind of extra functionality? If we could get it, we could flash by this method and flash back if we didn't like it anyways I suppose.
In theory this method is a failsafe tho because if you mess any thing up you can get back to a different firmware. I must say I personally would like to get my hands on the original T-Mobile UK .sbf, just in case I wanted to put it back to its original state for returns/repair, so if anyone has found it (I haven't yet) please let me know.
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Hi Higgsy, long time no see! Guess its cos you sold your Hero/G2 Touch so you have no need to visit htcdevscene, Its dead there now a days lol. I just got my Defy from T-Mobile UK. I here your after the T-Mobile UK Defy firmware? and I havent rooted or touched the firmware on mine at all, all i've done is charged it up and used as my day to day phone. If you know of a way to pull the firmware from the phone i will gladly upload it for you, if its even possible?
P.s. still got my Hero/G2 Touch not sure if i wanna sell the lil work horse yet lol, what are they selling for these days?
pedrogamo said:
Can I use the Uk Firm for a Vodafone Spain Defy??
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Yes, I have a simfree defy, and this is my versión. Same version for France, UK, Spain, etc
Cesar Pipes said:
Yes, I have a simfree defy, and this is my versión. Same version for France, UK, Spain, etc
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Thanks!! I did it. Now my Defy is debranded. Bye Vodafone!
dj_destruction said:
Hi Higgsy, long time no see! Guess its cos you sold your Hero/G2 Touch so you have no need to visit htcdevscene, Its dead there now a days lol. I just got my Defy from T-Mobile UK. I here your after the T-Mobile UK Defy firmware? and I havent rooted or touched the firmware on mine at all, all i've done is charged it up and used as my day to day phone. If you know of a way to pull the firmware from the phone i will gladly upload it for you, if its even possible?
P.s. still got my Hero/G2 Touch not sure if i wanna sell the lil work horse yet lol, what are they selling for these days?
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Now then DJD!
Na we need the .sbf file for it but it no biggy at the moment. Get it rooted mate - easiest way is to download z4root from the market - works a treat and roots in like 10 secs lol.
Stopped going on htcdevscene for a number of reasons, firstly i could never get on the site and secondly i felt the way it was run was very inconsistent.
Just sold my Hero - they are going for between 80-120 on ebay the top end is for brand new boxed. I have just sold mine to a mobile recycle place for £103. This phone is different gravy to the hero for sure.
Anyway mate look forward to seeing you around again
Thanks for this guide Higgsy, very easy to follow even for a noob like me.
I have now said goodbye to Vodafone's crap a mere 20 minutes after opening the box with my shiny new DEFY in that was delivered today.
milesg said:
Thanks for this guide Higgsy, very easy to follow even for a noob like me.
I have now said goodbye to Vodafone's crap a mere 20 minutes after opening the box with my shiny new DEFY in that was delivered today.
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No probs - Gone be the dirty network custom apps and splash screens!!
Done too. Thank you.
EDIT: Just reflashed and then calibrated the compass. Seems to be working now. Sorry for the unnecessary message.
Ok, having taken the phone out since I got rid of the Vodafone stuff, I've discovered that the GPS is no longer working. I've got GPS Test on it and it only sees one satellite where before it saw a load. I'm going to reload the firmware now, but does anyone have any ideas?
Higgsy what are the benefits of rooting and flashing the generic unbranded software apart from getting rid of the t-mobile rubbish?
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EDIT: Just reflashed and then calibrated the compass. Seems to be working now. Sorry for the unnecessary message.
Ok, having taken the phone out since I got rid of the Vodafone stuff, I've discovered that the GPS is no longer working. I've got GPS Test on it and it only sees one satellite where before it saw a load. I'm going to reload the firmware now, but does anyone have any ideas?
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Hmm strange My GPS is fine, locks on in like 5 secs, maybe try rebooting with GPS switched on, if you haven't already done so.
DJD,
No real benefits apart from getting rid of any tmobile crap, there isn't much bloatware in the tmobile uk build anyways. I just like generic lol. And as for rooting - please tell me that question is joke surely as a seasoned veteran you know what that is geezer
I know rooting opens up a world of goodies but there arent any goodies for this phone yet in the way of ROMS, at least thats what i can gather so far lol. Can it be over clocked and JITenabled yet? after rooting it of course, sorry im being lazy n not google-ing lol.
Plus for my totally blonde moment if i flash the generic uk firmware would it still mean i could get the over the air 2.2 update when it is released by motorola before t-mobile release their bloatware version?
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I know rooting opens up a world of goodies but there arent any goodies for this phone yet in the way of ROMS, at least thats what i can gather so far lol. Can it be over clocked and JITenabled yet? after rooting it of course, sorry im being lazy n not google-ing lol.
Plus for my totally blonde moment if i flash the generic uk firmware would it still mean i could get the over the air 2.2 update when it is released by motorola before t-mobile release their bloatware version?
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JIT can be enabled - its not stable imo - I tried it before, gonna have a better look at it.
i would expect you will be able to get the generic 2.2 update, to be fair, I think we will be flashing roms by that time anyways
Anyway stop being a ***** and get it rooted
OI lol,
Just downloaded z4root will put it on my memory card n get root tomorrow me thinks.
p.s z4root is no longer on the market, found the z4root.apk in a thread on here tho luckily lol.
Ok, now I do have a problem. I've flashed the non-branded rom and very happy with it, but my in-call speaker has failed this morning. This seems to be a common problem with the Defy and I suspect it needs replacing or repairing, but I need to put back the branded rom to have the phone in warranty, don't I? How do I even begin to go about that?
tim440 said:
Ok, now I do have a problem. I've flashed the non-branded rom and very happy with it, but my in-call speaker has failed this morning. This seems to be a common problem with the Defy and I suspect it needs replacing or repairing, but I need to put back the branded rom to have the phone in warranty, don't I? How do I even begin to go about that?
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You can't unless you can find the vodafone .sbf sorry mate it was mentioned at the top of the post.
They probably wouldn't know anyway, just deny all knowledge if they say anything.
okay so i have spent many hours with my new motorola photon 4g that i recently got from sprint. bout 4 days now. im more use to using samsung android devices and htc devices and this is my first motorola. i had been wanting to root it because its my favorite thing with an android when i get one. so i did research and unlocked my bootloader and did the unlock sbf file and installed clockwork mod revocovery as well. after all that my photon was working fine but was on stock rom. i had downloaded a rom and put it into the phone and of course installed it. im not used to motorola and it was my first time learning about their bootstrap and blah blah blah. after installing i had tried turning the phone on but it just stayed at the Motorola dual core screen. i tried booting three more times to no luck. so then i had tried another rom and again i had no luck. i should have done the smart thing which is after the unlocking and putting on recovery to make a back up immediately but for some reason didnt. so i go online to find another sbf file so that i could start all over and see my mistakes, but then my battery was way to low. my advice to you is to make sure your battery is filled up cuz trust me this was a ***** to figure all out. so this is what i did in case if any body has this kind of problem, cuz i know im not gonna be the first, well maybe, but definitely not the last. what i found out is the phone wont let you flash any files when battery is low. and as i can say, its for saftey reason cuz if it dies while flashing, well you might be **** out of luck. depending on what you are flashing. but what i found out is that if you connect the hone to the wall outlet, the phone will turn on into clockwork. dont try plugging into the computer cuz it will be useless. i tried several times till i finally got the message. the recovery is the only thing that can be booted up. you dont even need the battery in the photon. it will still turn on as long as it was in the outlet. i then transfered files to the sdcard from another phone, over and over till finding the right one, then flashed and flaseh. finally, finally found a rom that woul work with ,y phone. i kept the rom till i was able to charge the phone. rom kept bootlooping but it kept bootlooping long enough to charge the battery then flashed the sbf sprint file to my phone. i wanted to write this cuz i was hoping somebody would be able to explain to me what i may have done wrong with the flashing or if their was a step that i had skipped cuz it seems like no rom works as of now with my photon. hopefully someone can help me out here cuz i really do want a custom rom. or maybe someone can tell me what i should do in order to install a custom rom and have it work for me.
start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413349
jokersax11 has done an amazing job bringing ICS to the photon... I believe he will soon have his beta officially picked up by cyanogenmod... also, I am pretty sure he's close to fixing the 4G that you loose when you unlock the bootloader.
First up. I'm low on battery - some 40% on the optimistic side, so I'm going to avoid trying stuff on my own till someone helps.
It's a SOFT- brick, stuck at M logo :/ and looping restarts. All was well till I went ahead and tried 1% battery mod theming (on the stock odexed ROM - though I wiped cache ) :banghead:
The device is an Indian A 2 w/o 4G ?? Never saw the 4G option under network settings. Nor did the box advertise it. Could be wrong here.
Came with 2.3.6 Stock.
I've managed to pull up a link on the 2.3.5 Edison AT&T FXZ files.. but that's simply not the same phone as mine ( I think the radios differ.. could be wrong ) Also since I'm on 2.3.6 , I suppose I'll be required to edit some XML and overwrite some files?
I also have a 30 day replacement warranty with the online store I bought it from , and as seeing that I have NOT replaced the underlying OS as YET ( albeit a stupid 1% battery mod that didn't work out) , would it warrant an exchange ?
Side note : I DON'T have CWM on boot, but DO have a CWM backup of the stock ROM ( made one last night, though I don't see how it can help me now )
QUESTION :
* Is there any way my CWM backup can help if my phone boot loops ?
* Can an AT&T 4G radio goof up my Indian phone that makes no mention of it's HSDPA+ radio ANYWHERE ( other than the 21MBPs ?? ) .. Here's the link to the product page.
* I can always hope for the 30 day replacement warranty to do it's thing, but in my country, Moto service is sub par. Worth it ?
* Should I give moto-fastboot flash system system.img this a shot with the FXZ I'm downloading right now despite the 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 mismatch ?
This is my first android phone and despite reading up a bit on everything, I messed with a stock odexed ROM , so spare the noobness
The first thing you want to do is pull the battery. At your state, the only way to recover is to use (moto)fastboot or flash with RSD Lite.
I am not sure if the radios are the same. After reading the reviews it seems that it does, however I wouldn't take any chances. There are two things you can do:
1) Flash the fxz. By default the fxz will flash a lot of partitions including the radio, so you will have to edit the file "InlineFlashing_edison_5.5.175.16_cfc_p3_APBP_CID285.xml" that is inside of the fxz to just flash the system.img
2) Use (moto)fastboot to flash the system.img. This is much easier so long as you know how. This is the first thing you should try. You can try "(moto)fastboot flash system.img" on its own but you might get an error about unable to write to /system. I recommend that you try these commands:
Code:
fastboot flash mbm allow-mbmloader-flashing-mbm.bin
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash mbmloader mbmloader.bin
fastboot flash mbm mbm.bin
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w
fastboot flash system system.img
Good luck!
Thanks a lot for the help. I contacted the store and they're giving me two options :
1.Replacement --- Well, it's out of stock, so this is shot.
2.Cash-back/ Credit ---- I could always wait on a new intruging phone. Though I doubt I could find something as cheap and powerful other than the sensation (know what you're thinking).
^ The whole process could take about 2 weeks to get me a new phone. Lame.
If you're absolutely sure about the flashing AT&T's FXZ files, I don't think I'll wait for that refund. Rather like this phone. I hope you've taken into consideration that :
* I'm on 2.3.6 stock odexed.
* I'm NOT from the States. Radios could differ.
* Once I do this and if it doesn't work , there's absolutely NO way that MOTO will take my phone back. Pretty sure the OS will look tampered with. Anyway , there's no service centre in my vicinity.
* If i flash the system image as you mentioned, isn't everything inter-linked in the OS package?? I mean, how can the AT&T modules work with any odd radio?
Thanks again!
Did you already try holding volume up + power when booting, then when you get to a screen with the android and an exclamation point inside a triangle pressing VOL UP + DOWN at same time to factory reset?
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Thanks a lot for the help. I contacted the store and they're giving me two options :
1.Replacement --- Well, it's out of stock, so this is shot.
2.Cash-back/ Credit ---- I could always wait on a new intruging phone. Though I doubt I could find something as cheap and powerful other than the sensation (know what you're thinking).
^ The whole process could take about 2 weeks to get me a new phone. Lame.
If you're absolutely sure about the flashing AT&T's FXZ files, I don't think I'll wait for that refund. Rather like this phone. I hope you've taken into consideration that :
* I'm on 2.3.6 stock odexed.
* I'm NOT from the States. Radios could differ.
* Once I do this and if it doesn't work , there's absolutely NO way that MOTO will take my phone back. Pretty sure the OS will look tampered with. Anyway , there's no service centre in my vicinity.
* If i flash the system image as you mentioned, isn't everything inter-linked in the OS package?? I mean, how can the AT&T modules work with any odd radio?
Thanks again!
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Ok I am from India, I was in the same scenario you were in, the FXZ on this forum WILL NOT help, Indian ATRIX 2.
What I did, simply barged in MOTOROLA SERVICE CENTRE (Local to your city) and told them, i was doing a software upgrade (OTA) and the it hung, so I removed the battery and this issue started.
The person in the service center responded Quote: " That is what you should not be doing, when you do OTA update"
He then re flashed the whole phone to stock 2.3.6, as they would be having Indian FXZ and gave back my phone in 30 min.
I am now on Victory ROM and still enjoying flash MOD and ROMS, the lesson I learned is, do not flash any MOD unless it is working and confirmed from others ( provided you do it right way)
So go to service center, and your issue will be solved.
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Did you already try holding volume up + power when booting, then when you get to a screen with the android and an exclamation point inside a triangle pressing VOL UP + DOWN at same time to factory reset?
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Did that. Since I've flashed a battery update.zip to the ROM I don't see how it could have helped me ...
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Ok I am from India, I was in the same scenario you were in, the FXZ on this forum WILL NOT help, Indian ATRIX 2.
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..........He then re flashed the whole phone to stock 2.3.6, as they would be having Indian FXZ and gave back my phone in 30 min.
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..........I am now on Victory ROM and still enjoying flash MOD and ROMS, the lesson I learned is, do not flash any MOD unless it is working and confirmed from others ( provided you do it right way)
So go to service center, and your issue will be solved.
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Well, I always knew I could do that. Have been messing around with moto and RSD from the L6/L7 days
There's no service center close to my place. That's the only problem. I wish there was one.
Questions :
* anyway they would give me the FXZ files ?? I could beg :/ If anything , I'd be doing a LOT of people favors
* You're using CWM on boot ? is it ? Cause I didn't and I suppose that was simply asking for it . Also, ROM manager flshes recovery for a LOT of Moto phones.. Could I get by, by using the Atrix 4G recovery or something similar. Whats the worst that could happen ? Soft brick or hard ?
0razor1 said:
First up. I'm low on battery - some 40% on the optimistic side, so I'm going to avoid trying stuff on my own till someone helps.
It's a SOFT- brick, stuck at M logo :/ and looping restarts. All was well till I went ahead and tried 1% battery mod theming (on the stock odexed ROM - though I wiped cache ) :banghead:
The device is an Indian A 2 w/o 4G ?? Never saw the 4G option under network settings. Nor did the box advertise it. Could be wrong here.
Came with 2.3.6 Stock.
I've managed to pull up a link on the 2.3.5 Edison AT&T FXZ files.. but that's simply not the same phone as mine ( I think the radios differ.. could be wrong ) Also since I'm on 2.3.6 , I suppose I'll be required to edit some XML and overwrite some files?
I also have a 30 day replacement warranty with the online store I bought it from , and as seeing that I have NOT replaced the underlying OS as YET ( albeit a stupid 1% battery mod that didn't work out) , would it warrant an exchange ?
Side note : I DON'T have CWM on boot, but DO have a CWM backup of the stock ROM ( made one last night, though I don't see how it can help me now )
QUESTION :
* Is there any way my CWM backup can help if my phone boot loops ?
* Can an AT&T 4G radio goof up my Indian phone that makes no mention of it's HSDPA+ radio ANYWHERE ( other than the 21MBPs ?? ) .. Here's the link to the product page.
* I can always hope for the 30 day replacement warranty to do it's thing, but in my country, Moto service is sub par. Worth it ?
* Should I give moto-fastboot flash system system.img this a shot with the FXZ I'm downloading right now despite the 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 mismatch ?
This is my first android phone and despite reading up a bit on everything, I messed with a stock odexed ROM , so spare the noobness
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Dont worry, I am an Indian user, been in this situation. All I did was, took a chance. I flashed 2.3.5 Stock AT&T FXZ to my Indian Atrix 2 using the script given here on XDA and it came to life within few minutes. Hardware on Indian Atrix 2 and US device are exactly the same.
Just install AT&T FXZ, root it using 2.3.5 one click, then install bootstrap recovery and restore your previous backup and you will have exact working phone back in your hands, I did exactly the same and mine is up and running, no radio issues or anything at all.
The only stupid thing I did was, I took backup of Indian ROM after deleting some system files, which makes my phone's messaging app force close everytime I receive a message. Once you get yours up and running, would you be kind enough to upload your clean CWM Backup (or take a new one, after you fix it, if previous one has your personal stuff) and upload it to dropbox or some file sharing site?? It can help me fix my messaging issue too. And since Indian firmware is not restrictive like AT&T rom I beleive some Devs here can use it to make a fantastic overclocked rom, been looking for that since day one, all custom ones are AT&T based, so restrcitive.
Good luck....
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The one I used was from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539167
Its a script, you just need to connect your phone in fastboot mode (Vol Up+Vol Down pressed together and power on, select Fastboot from 4 options), and then click on bat file (Its name is something like return to stock.bat or something, dont remember exactly now). Then just wait for few around 8-10 minutes and it will do everything automatically and you will have your phone working in no time
Thanks for that info , but ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23469067&postcount=5
As you can see , well, the problem is flashing these files to a 2.3.6 device. :/
Anyway the store has offered a refund so I'm hopping on the bandwagon and biding out my time .
Here's what I plan to do :
See if I can somehow score a ONE S at a reasonable price else I'm just going to buy this phone again a month from now, at a more respectable street price. I'm judging ~ 21K and no more for this phone a month from now with the S advance et all releasing soon enough. 22.5K is simply too steep with ONLY ONE service center in my state :/ WTH :/
IN USD speak , that's ~ 400$ unlocked compared to the ~ 450 I bought one for a week back. I know that's cheap , but we pay in whole, no contracts for us, so the pinch is bad
This is what the service center rep had to say to me :
ASK MOTO FOR THE FXZ FILES :/ ( why they don't already have the boot files on an 8 month old phone is beyond me )
And MOTO customer support asked me to hard reset .. as if I didn't already try. They're asking me to goto the service center that hasn't and FXZ files :/
And the next cloese center is about ~ 80 Miles away and their registered phones are out of service :/ The next closest service center is about ~ 200 Miles away and I'm done hoping that they'd fare any better
Side : I plan to upload my CWM files ANYWAY after of course I change my Google account credentials But you'll have to wait a month for them as I'm far off from a connection that can upload ~ 900MB reliably. Plan to stick around this sub forum regardless of whether I buy the same phone or not as one of my friends has one and I'm the go-to techie around here :/
For all you out there, these CWM files are based around the MB not ME version of the files so it SHOULD* work on AT&T phones without all the AT&T crapware and should require NO hacks / tweaks to work the hotspot and other features
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Did that. Since I've flashed a battery update.zip to the ROM I don't see how it could have helped me ...
Well, I always knew I could do that. Have been messing around with moto and RSD from the L6/L7 days
There's no service center close to my place. That's the only problem. I wish there was one.
Questions :
* anyway they would give me the FXZ files ?? I could beg :/ If anything , I'd be doing a LOT of people favors
* You're using CWM on boot ? is it ? Cause I didn't and I suppose that was simply asking for it . Also, ROM manager flshes recovery for a LOT of Moto phones.. Could I get by, by using the Atrix 4G recovery or something similar. Whats the worst that could happen ? Soft brick or hard ?
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The service center do not have FXZ stored in there system, AFAIK they connect the phone to an application, this APP contacts the motorola server and recognize the build of this phone and then downloads the relative FXZ and flashes it! This is all done by the APP
I am really not sure if we can use the Atrix 4g recovery, but its unlikely we can do that.
Now i do have a copy of stock 2.3.6, but we cannot use the hotspot App and other system apps directly as they are not deodexed. Correct me if I am wrong please
Well , those guys simply said NO !! And they asked ME TO get MOTO to send them the FXZs .. as if .. :/
Do you mean to say that the app downloads a 500 MB compressed file EVERYTIME one flashes a phone ?? Very unproductive. :/
I just hope MOTO knows what they're doing dishing out service contracts to people who apparently don't know how things are meant to be.
Anyway ,I've recieved the refund email from flipkart and this phone's going back. Lets hope I pick up a better phone in a month , else its back to another A 2. Great phone, sub-standard service is all that's pulling it down.
And with the imminent launch of an S4 proccy in the rumored Atrix2 w/ a 720p screen, I think the future holds a lot more to offer than the A2's OMAP -- heck , I have problems decoding HP h264 vids --- B frames anyone ? I believe even the lowly adreno 220 and the Mali-400 can handle them with ease.
Furthermore, correct me if I'm wrong ,the A's processor claims to be dual channel capable, but with one channel available to each core, is that really what we're looking at ?
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Well , those guys simply said NO !! And they asked ME TO get MOTO to send them the FXZs .. as if .. :/
Do you mean to say that the app downloads a 500 MB compressed file EVERYTIME one flashes a phone ?? Very unproductive. :/
I just hope MOTO knows what they're doing dishing out service contracts to people who apparently don't know how things are meant to be.
Anyway ,I've recieved the refund email from flipkart and this phone's going back. Lets hope I pick up a better phone in a month , else its back to another A 2. Great phone, sub-standard service is all that's pulling it down.
And with the imminent launch of an S4 proccy in the rumored Atrix2 w/ a 720p screen, I think the future holds a lot more to offer than the A2's OMAP -- heck , I have problems decoding HP h264 vids --- B frames anyone ? I believe even the lowly adreno 220 and the Mali-400 can handle them with ease.
Furthermore, correct me if I'm wrong ,the A's processor claims to be dual channel capable, but with one channel available to each core, is that really what we're looking at ?
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You should complain about that service center. I flashed files as stated above and it worked.
I have been waiting someone to upload backup of Indian firmware but I am kind of fed up waiting for it to happen, so just now I went to service center and the guys there told me that they don't have stock firmware for it BUT then he spoke to someone in Chennai and I am told that they are going to receive stock firmware in an hour or two and he will flash it and let me know by 4pm today, so basically they do have stock FXZ, not every center may have it ready but its with them.
So I have left my phone there till evening, he said he will flash the stock firmware and if it doesn't work they will process a replacement for me and I will get a new phone. Simple as that. Motorola service centers are managed by Redington, if they are refusing to honour your service request you should complain to Moto as well as Redington. We need to let them know that they cant take us for granted after selling a phone.
And since you are going to get a refund anyway, why not try and flash the files I recommend? You have already bricked your phone, so even if it doesn't work you are still going to get a new phone. N I am sure when it works you will change your mind This is a fantastic phone as per my opinion. I would anyday stick with it.
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And all people who may need Indian Stock firmware stay tuned here, as soon as I get my phone back I am going to take a CWM Backup and upload it here, since I have 3G my upload speeds are not that good, so it will take at-least 2 days after I receive my phone, so that I can upload it here but I am definitely going to do it. AT&T users will benefit a lot from this. Just waiting desperately to get my phone back.
Sorry folks, Moto service is really bad. The guys at service center initially told me they will receive FXZ to flash, but seems like they didn't, they are processing my request for a replacement shame Moto, your service centers doesn't even have firmware to flash.. I am gonna complain to Moto as well as Radington. Its such a simple task for which they are giving me a replacement, if I have FXZ I can do it myself.
finally ordered a razr for 26.4k, a steal if u ask me. lets hope it pans out better than the A2..
I have a very strange problem, and would require help. I had accidently flashed the Atnt ics version on my Asia (indian) version of atrix 2. These are the steps that i have followed.
Note: I appreciate Jimbridgman, for guiding me via pm to help me solve this.
1. Atrix 2 MB865 asia version. (non atnt) purchased and using in India.
2. Had SEARET rom ics.
3. After it came back from the service center (1 month and 7days, it was with them) everything was fine. But the camera app was not working. The moment i opened the camera app, screen flicked and stayed on the same screen. But the app was active as background app. Multitasking window showed it.
4. Thought of reflashing ics,hoping to fix the camera issue. But few months back, searched for official moto ics and never used it. Something as inline ics. So flashed without realising that it was atnt's ics. (using RSD)
5. Phone booted with atnt logo and i was dumbstruck. (i was aware that we should never flash international atrix 2 with atnt. (Hardware incompatibility.
6. Tried to reflash the SEARET rom but cdt.bin in step 7, failed every time. was using rsd lite 6.
7 tried other rom but same,
8 tried jim's script from ics ti gb. and got soft bricked.
9 was able to get fastboot and the screen to see "motorola dual core" (but it was stuck there).
10. Was reflashing atnt's ics again to atleast use the phone. But the battery just gave away it last breath at the climax.
Now cannot charge the battery and reflash. (will get an external charger and pump up some juice in the battery.
Now as i was being guided by Jim regarding the issue, im posting his reply
Jim : "Sorry to say but you are toast. If you have an international version, you can NOT flash the AT&T version, it will lock to the phone to AT&T harware ONLY, and if you try to flash any other versions it will brick.
If you can get the phone to boot and can get into it with adb you can wipe the CID partition and flash an international firmware, but if you are truly bricked and it will not power on, the only thing you can do is, buy an Atrix2 off of ebay or the like, that has a broken screen and replace the parts inside with the ones from the phone you buy that has a broken screen... That really is the ONLY way that I know of, sorry. "
Ebay doesn't have any broken international atrix 2 for sale. I reside in New Delhi, India. And would appreciate if any body can guide me get a new motherboard for my phone. Gaffar market (Indian will be aware of this market) just ignore a moto phone like a step son. And hardly anybody agrees to trouble shoot. And the person who was willing to reflash the ROM and just try to fix the phone quoted 2400/- (did not mention that he will change the motherboard or what.) even i was not aware of the motherboard replacement part (got to know from Jim)
Now can anyone try and help this poor soul :crying:
chayan18885 said:
I have a very strange problem, and would require help. I had accidently flashed the Atnt ics version on my Asia (indian) version of atrix 2. These are the steps that i have followed.
Note: I appreciate Jimbridgman, for guiding me via pm to help me solve this.
1. Atrix 2 MB865 asia version. (non atnt) purchased and using in India.
2. Had SEARET rom ics.
3. After it came back from the service center (1 month and 7days, it was with them) everything was fine. But the camera app was not working. The moment i opened the camera app, screen flicked and stayed on the same screen. But the app was active as background app. Multitasking window showed it.
4. Thought of reflashing ics,hoping to fix the camera issue. But few months back, searched for official moto ics and never used it. Something as inline ics. So flashed without realising that it was atnt's ics. (using RSD)
5. Phone booted with atnt logo and i was dumbstruck. (i was aware that we should never flash international atrix 2 with atnt. (Hardware incompatibility.
6. Tried to reflash the SEARET rom but cdt.bin in step 7, failed every time. was using rsd lite 6.
7 tried other rom but same,
8 tried jim's script from ics ti gb. and got soft bricked.
9 was able to get fastboot and the screen to see "motorola dual core" (but it was stuck there).
10. Was reflashing atnt's ics again to atleast use the phone. But the battery just gave away it last breath at the climax.
Now cannot charge the battery and reflash. (will get an external charger and pump up some juice in the battery.
Now as i was being guided by Jim regarding the issue, im posting his reply
Jim : "Sorry to say but you are toast. If you have an international version, you can NOT flash the AT&T version, it will lock to the phone to AT&T harware ONLY, and if you try to flash any other versions it will brick.
If you can get the phone to boot and can get into it with adb you can wipe the CID partition and flash an international firmware, but if you are truly bricked and it will not power on, the only thing you can do is, buy an Atrix2 off of ebay or the like, that has a broken screen and replace the parts inside with the ones from the phone you buy that has a broken screen... That really is the ONLY way that I know of, sorry. "
Ebay doesn't have any broken international atrix 2 for sale. I reside in New Delhi, India. And would appreciate if any body can guide me get a new motherboard for my phone. Gaffar market (Indian will be aware of this market) just ignore a moto phone like a step son. And hardly anybody agrees to trouble shoot. And the person who was willing to reflash the ROM and just try to fix the phone quoted 2400/- (did not mention that he will change the motherboard or what.) even i was not aware of the motherboard replacement part (got to know from Jim)
Now can anyone try and help this poor soul :crying:
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well spending 2400 for atrix 2 is better than buying a new phone.if any one guarantees that he will repair your phone get it repaired for 2400.
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Of you're in warranty period, then give it to service station saying you just took an ICS OTA and now the phone wouldn't work! Or any better lie you could come up with
Even if it ain't in warranty, ask them how much it would cost to fix it. If it's lesser than 2k, then get it done by them.
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You could try using the fastboot commands to flash the SEARET ICS fxz. To do this you will need to get to get the moto-fastboot executable and the android SDK installed.
There is a thread in here I think it is in the General section, that explains how to flash the fxz with the fastboot commands. You will need to flash EVERY part of the SEARET firmware to be successfull and not skip any parts of it when using the fastboot commands.
I have seen others that were getting cdt.bin errors avoid it, by using the fastboot commands, but the only worry I would have is since it has the at&t firmware on it, if it will hard brick or not.
@shubham41230 well they cannot guarantee the fix and cannot be trusted to leave the phone for a day. but if nothing works. They will be the last resort.
@Lifehacker7 can a failed OTA update give the fastboot screen with ''flashing failed" message on top?
@jim the post you forwarded to help to charge the battery did not work. Or mayb i could not mix up the step efficiently to get the phone to charge. Cannot even try fastboot command (battery doesn't have charge) . Can you be kind enough to expalin why can it cause a hard brick if atnt Rom is there. And if gets hard bick. Will changing the motherboard revive it. Cause then i will first chk for availability of motherboard and try the commands (but after getting the damn battery charged). Else will reflash the atnt rom and try and use it. Atleast i will have my $ 400 phone and not a black expensive paper weight.
Regards to all helping and the advices...
Have the same problem as in the first post but my a2 is able to boot
I can flash ROMs with fastboot script.
Erased CID but still can't flash ROMs with RSD (cdt.bin error) and 4.1.2. leak3 Camera is unable to initialize.
Help please!
I just got off a chat session with LG. I figured what the heck, I had nothing to lose, so I was completely honest with them.
I bricked my phone by deliberately flashing the boot partition from the wrong model (dreaded 9008 error). I did this because I was going to post the image needed to fix it, but I wanted to test it on my phone first.
Long story short, it is no longer possible to debrick the 9008 error with the SDcard method on SD 820 (and later) devices.
What I said was I bricked my phone by flashing something I shouldn't. They were real nice. They said as long as there was no physical damage, and it was only a software issue, that it was covered.
My phone is being shipped off today. Unfortunately, I am sure it will come back with the patched firmware that can't be rooted, but at least I don't lose an $800 phone.
So if any of you with bricked devices are being apprehensive about sending it back to LG -- don't -- they are actually really cool.
-- Brian
Glad it worked out for ya. Thanks for sharing
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I wish I had done that. I had my bricked v20 in a drawer for about 3months waiting for a unbrick method, Originally I use pixel assistance mod plus a ROM that had an FC bug in setup, then I then I tried going to the recovery and it bootloop with a random log on screen, lately I tried to use the LGup software to factory reset,however it recognizes my phone as pixel XL and could proceed. Last week I took a chance and paid $50 for an eBay unbricked it worked.