Relock US Xoom Tiamat 1.4.4 resulted in hanging at Motorola logo - Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys I was having some problems with my xoom's wifi on Tiamat's 1.4.4 so i decided to relock the device and use stock.
It's a US model and had build HMJ37 but i decided to follow this thread
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...4600-thinking-about-unrooting-read-first.html
I downloaded img build HRI66 and followed all the steps and it was ok. Then, i rebooted and now my device is at the motorola logo's dual core screen. Everytime i manually reboot with power and volume up it automatically reboots the device instead of shutting it down, it literally won't shut down and keeps hanging at the moto logo. It just keeps rebooting and getting stuck at the motorola logo. I then unlocked again, and performed the same process with the HRI39 img and still got the same problem
So im stuck. Please help me out guys, i'm in serious ****.

So you have gone as far as the "fastboot erase cache" and "fastboot oem lock" right? This is kind of funny because I tried to install Tiamat 1.1 ROM tonight and ended up going through this HUGE loop of problems.
Here's the problem I had: some time ago I installed ROMManager from the market. I thought it would be easier. It SHOULD be easier. I let it update my recovery to its own version 4.something. It allowed me to SORT OF install the ROM, but I wound up with some persistent system files that weren't getting wiped and a bcm4329.ko version mismatch.
This stumped me for a long time because all I could see was an "Error" message where I was supposed to be able to toggle the wifi on and off. I tried rolling back to my previous ROM. No go. And the culprit the whole time was ROMManager's CWM.
I tried rolling back my recovery.img file to the Tiamat version recommended in this forum. I kept getting all of these crazy "could not mount" errors for pretty much EVERYTHING. I thought my recovery partition was effed. So I rolled back to stock. Followed pretty much the same instructions you linked to.
From there I was able to boot into the stock OS. WiFi worked. I breathed deeply for a minute or two then dove right back in.
If I was in your position I would (and I did, though not from a boot loop) boot into fastboot and unlock the bootloader again. You can do it by holding the Vol down key as the device boots. When fastboot loads type "fastboot oem unlock". Press the Vol down key then the Vol up key. Do that again. Your device is unlocked now! Hooray!
Now you need to install a recovery.img. (I just did this too.) Get the .img file here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
Boot into fastboot again. Put the recovery img file you downloaded into the same directory as your adb and fastboot executables (if you haven't already linked to them in your PATH). Type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-lotsofstuffhere.img". Type "fastboot reboot". 2 seconds after the Motorola logo pops up press the Vol Down key. Then press the Vol Up key to enter recovery.
Ok, here's where I found out what a dumbass I was. I got all of the stupid "can't mount anything" errors again. I thought, HOLY ****. I just did all of that work, spent hours troubleshooting and reformatting and bringing it back to stock and flashing the custom recovery all over again just to run into the SAME error. I really thought I was screwed. Then I found some forum where a guy was complaining about the same error. He realized he was getting it because his sd card was half-way out. I thought - "SD CARD?!?" Some guys told me I needed one earlier too, but the ROMManager CWM didn't require it. It just screwed up my system files. So I popped one in and rebooted. Voila. Everything's kosher. If YOU have the same problem, make sure you've got an SD card in.
Ok, so now you're in recovery. You'll need to flash an OS of course. If you haven't already got it, get Tiamat 1.1 rom. Put it on the sd card. Wipe data/factory reset. Install zip from sd card. You're golden. At least I was. 5 hours later.
-Mike

Hey Mike I'm gonna give this a go. Just when i downloaded the img file to flash through fastboot i got an error saying battery was too lower to perform the recovery....damn it! The xoom isn't able to charge at the moment so i have to wait until it dies i guess (or i hope at least) and then charge it up and try again later.
Thanks again dude, hope i sort this out too. I'll download tiamat 1.1 in the meantime.

DUDE YOU'RE MY ****ING HERO!!!! I got it running can't say if everything is 100% just yet but the fac tthat im back in is enough to thank you so very much Mike!!! What a guy!

It worked? Great that's excellent news. Just out of curiosity - did you get there because you had ROMManager's ClockWorkMod? Or maybe you didn't do a full wipe before flashing a new rom? Or maybe you restored some WiFi settings with Titanium Backup after a new flash? How did you wind up with tthe problem in the first place - you know, for posterity.

well to be honest i am not 100% sure. I think the source of the problem msut have come from my previous installation of tiamat's 1.4.4 rom, it was always actin up on me and i don't believe i wiped the mod before i updated it and that may have done it. I wish i could give you more than just a pseudo answer.

DeeJayCruiser said:
Hey Mike I'm gonna give this a go. Just when i downloaded the img file to flash through fastboot i got an error saying battery was too lower to perform the recovery....damn it! The xoom isn't able to charge at the moment so i have to wait until it dies i guess (or i hope at least) and then charge it up and try again later.
Thanks again dude, hope i sort this out too. I'll download tiamat 1.1 in the meantime.
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This is why they say to make sure you're plugged in when doing this important stuff, lol.

okantomi said:
This is why they say to make sure you're plugged in when doing this important stuff, lol.
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Normally, I'd agree but in this rare case, he actually needed it to fully drain because he couldn't get it to power off using any normal method. Weird! so, it seems his only shot was to let it die to finally kill the screen and then start over. Very odd...
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DeeJayCruiser said:
Everytime i manually reboot with power and volume up it automatically reboots the device instead of shutting it down, it literally won't shut down and keeps hanging at the moto logo.
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farmsatguy said:
Normally, I'd agree but in this rare case, he actually needed it to fully drain because he couldn't get it to power off using any normal method. Weird! so, it seems his only shot was to let it die to finally kill the screen and then start over. Very odd...
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You are right...I had forgotten that from the OP. Very strange indeed.

Yeah I dunno why, my xoom was just acting up. It's fantastic now, albeit the wifi still has a couple kinks but android market issues have been resolved, i get much better streams and with tiamat 1.1 everything is already built in and with a quickboot option =)
Xda...where would i be without you!

farmsatguy said:
Normally, I'd agree but in this rare case, he actually needed it to fully drain because he couldn't get it to power off using any normal method. Weird! so, it seems his only shot was to let it die to finally kill the screen and then start over. Very odd...
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You should be able to reboot the device using vol up + power, then holding vol down and vol up until it says "Cold booting Linux.....".
This should do the same as letting the battery drain, plugging it in and turning it on.

DeeJay - dunno if you've done this already, but if you haven't you should go back to the Tiamat 1.1 thread and find the Modpack. It fixes the Market update issue and gives you built-in screenshot capabilities and an option to reboot into recovery from the power off menu. It's in there - you just have to scroll down a bit before you find it.
Also - what issues are you having with WiFi?

Thanks for that important tidbit, solarnz. I'm going to file it away for future use.

OMG!!!! Dude you just saved my life! I thought my baby was out the window. I had the exact same problem as you did. I was trying everything from every thread that had anything to do with this problem. I just finished installing and it booted. WHEWWW!!!
Thank u thank u thank u!!

Glad it helped. I'm seeing all kinds of posts in here about the ROMManager CWM. Not good.
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Flashed CM6 RC2, can't boot into recovery PLZ HELP!!!

Okay I just recently Flashed CM6 Rc2, Everything was working fine. Then I noticed the Market started FC every time I tried to load it. I can't get it to open at all anymore. So I figured I would wipe and reflash, but I when I reboot and hold down HOME AND POWER it just stays stuck on the TMobile G1 Splash screen. But if I pull the battery out and put it back in, I can start up the phone again. Everything else works pretty good besides random things at times. Every now and then it will randomly restart. Also, I tried to factory wipe through the settings, and it just rebooted and then stuck on the G1 screen again.
Can anyone PLEASE help??
Try ADB? Or through the terminal? CMD, lol. I had the same problem with market, so i got tired of it. And flashed Cannon Complete Eclair, It works better than Froyo, and they aren't that much different.
Try using fastboot in the bootloader. That happened to me a couple of times with the Clockwork rom manager and going between roms.
1) Download another copy of the recovery img
2) Rename it something simple like recovery.img
3) boot into the bootloader (Camera + Power)
4) open a command prompt navigate to the directory that you have the image in
5) run this command without the quotes "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (if you didn't name it recovery.img then substitute the name you chose)
Hopefully that works for you.
**If you don't have the sdk tools files (adb.exe..., fastboot.exe) copied into your /system32 folder like I do then you will need to put the new copy of your recovery.img into the sdk tools folder and navigate there in the command prompt, coping them into the /system32 folder lets use them regardless of the directory that you are workin.
I had a similar problem like this a few days ago where I couldn't load up my recovery so I used the method similar to the post above me. After searching for just trying stuff I was able to learn how to use adb on my own (where was ya post when i needed it roadmasta01 lol)
But I think I did almost he same steps he took except I loaded into fastboot by holding the back button and the power button and I erased the old recovery before flashing the recovery again.(fastboot recovery erase)
I too used a similar process Roadmasta01 and biglo used. I had a buddy that had the exact same problem today. His G1 was progressively getting worse ... pretty soon everything would FC and he couldnt get it to the boot loader and then it just wouldnt boot past teh G1 logo.
Booted the G1 into fastboot
downloaded the latest clockwork recovery image from koush's site and saved it to the folder location adb and fastboot are located in the sdk.
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery <recovery you downloaded.img>
rebooted and al was well again.
biglo said:
I had a similar problem like this a few days ago where I couldn't load up my recovery so I used the method similar to the post above me. After searching for just trying stuff I was able to learn how to use adb on my own (where was ya post when i needed it roadmasta01 lol)
But I think I did almost he same steps he took except I loaded into fastboot by holding the back button and the power button and I erased the old recovery before flashing the recovery again.(fastboot recovery erase)
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Sorry homie, just happened to see this thread. Besides I still consider myself a novice at this stuff, I am usually able to pull my butt out of the fire; Except for when I took my phone completely apart to replace the housing and android.process.acore started to FCing whenever I tried to call somebody or received a call. That was frustrating as all get out, everything but the actual phone worked on my phone. On top of that I tore the ribbon for the digitizer when I replaced my housing so when I tried wiping and flashing a different ROM to try to fix it, I could do the whole "touch the android to start" thing. I eventually fixed the FC issue by flashing the dreaimg.nbh file and just starting over from scratch. ezterry helped me with that issue and he was very patient. I realize you didn't ask and you were joking, but I starting into a background ramble and I had to finish it.
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Sorry homie, just happened to see this thread. Besides I still consider myself a novice at this stuff, I am usually able to pull my butt out of the fire; Except for when I took my phone completely apart to replace the housing and android.process.acore started to FCing whenever I tried to call somebody or received a call. That was frustrating as all get out, everything but the actual phone worked on my phone. On top of that I tore the ribbon for the digitizer when I replaced my housing so when I tried wiping and flashing a different ROM to try to fix it, I could do the whole "touch the android to start" thing. I eventually fixed the FC issue by flashing the dreaimg.nbh file and just starting over from scratch. ezterry helped me with that issue and he was very patient. I realize you didn't ask and you were joking, but I starting into a background ramble and I had to finish it.
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Its kool man its always good to hear about users with different experiences on things they try in case we run into that same problem. I'm juust like you I try to figure things out myself before I resort to posting on how to because I know most answers are already out there.
Guys, thanks to this thread, I was able to bring my G1 back from the brink. This morning it reset itself and froze at the G1 screen no matter what I did. Pulling the battery and rebooting... nothing. Plugging it to a charger when starting...nothing. I thought it was done for since I couldn't access the recovery section.
Something mine was doing that I didn't see mentioned above is that if I went into the HBOOT/Fastboot screen (camera/power held to startup), it would freeze at that screen after just a couple of seconds. Once I got adb up and running, it wouldn't even find the phone at first. After playing with it for a few minutes, I noticed that I had, literally, about 3 seconds of time that it would register seeing the G1 at the fastboot terminal screen. I took a chance and set up the command line to reflash the recovery, rebooted to flashboot, and plugged in the USB. As soon as the screen showed that it saw my phone, I hit enter. Luckily, it transferred the new recovery .img in time and I was able to bring it back to life. DAMN...
Anyway, thanks again to you fellas!
reese.leblanc said:
Guys, thanks to this thread, I was able to bring my G1 back from the brink. This morning it reset itself and froze at the G1 screen no matter what I did. Pulling the battery and rebooting... nothing. Plugging it to a charger when starting...nothing. I thought it was done for since I couldn't access the recovery section.
Something mine was doing that I didn't see mentioned above is that if I went into the HBOOT/Fastboot screen (camera/power held to startup), it would freeze at that screen after just a couple of seconds. Once I got adb up and running, it wouldn't even find the phone at first. After playing with it for a few minutes, I noticed that I had, literally, about 3 seconds of time that it would register seeing the G1 at the fastboot terminal screen. I took a chance and set up the command line to reflash the recovery, rebooted to flashboot, and plugged in the USB. As soon as the screen showed that it saw my phone, I hit enter. Luckily, it transferred the new recovery .img in time and I was able to bring it back to life. DAMN...
Anyway, thanks again to you fellas!
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Good job thinking on your feet!!
i`m having kind of the same problem with my G1 it won't boot all of a sudden and when i try to enter recovery mode it freezez at " Build : " once after about 5-10 minutes it loaded the recovery menu but nothing was working it was extremely slow ... i tried the options above to erase and reflash the recovery.img but it just won't work it does the same thing ... anyone have a solution ? ...
reese.leblanc said:
Guys, thanks to this thread, I was able to bring my G1 back from the brink. This morning it reset itself and froze at the G1 screen no matter what I did. Pulling the battery and rebooting... nothing. Plugging it to a charger when starting...nothing. I thought it was done for since I couldn't access the recovery section.
Something mine was doing that I didn't see mentioned above is that if I went into the HBOOT/Fastboot screen (camera/power held to startup), it would freeze at that screen after just a couple of seconds. Once I got adb up and running, it wouldn't even find the phone at first. After playing with it for a few minutes, I noticed that I had, literally, about 3 seconds of time that it would register seeing the G1 at the fastboot terminal screen. I took a chance and set up the command line to reflash the recovery, rebooted to flashboot, and plugged in the USB. As soon as the screen showed that it saw my phone, I hit enter. Luckily, it transferred the new recovery .img in time and I was able to bring it back to life. DAMN...
Anyway, thanks again to you fellas!
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Lol I'm glad my problem helped ya out. I actually ended up fixing it myself luckily enough. But thanks to all who posted responses
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[Q] Help needed, bootloader error frequently

Hi everyone, i am using milestone A853 model, i follow exactly the guide to root the phone and everything goes perfect, i can boot up and use all the custom rom as usual. BUT the problem now i having is, it happened randomly sometimes i reboot my phone it just got into this bootloader err 1A,23,35,23,00 and i have to flash the GOT 2.2.1.sbf again and do a nandroid restore, i have to flash my phone around 4 times a week.
FYI, i tried the 3 button combination to get into open recovery but still it leads me to the bootloader err page.. is there anyway i can get rid of this?? i need to constantly be with a pc to get my phone working
[d]amour said:
Hi everyone, i am using milestone A853 model, i follow exactly the guide to root the phone and everything goes perfect, i can boot up and use all the custom rom as usual. BUT the problem now i having is, it happened randomly sometimes i reboot my phone it just got into this bootloader err 1A,23,35,23,00 and i have to flash the GOT 2.2.1.sbf again and do a nandroid backup, i have to flash my phone around 4 times a week.
FYI, i tried the 3 button combination to get into open recovery but still it leads me to the bootloader err page.. is there anyway i can get rid of this?? i need to constantly be with a pc to get my phone working
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According to this thread, it might be an issue with a bad SD card.
http://www.android-hilfe.de/motorola-milestone/12635-milestone-startet-nicht-mehr.html
Can you try with another SD card?
Is it possibly that you have the older version of the Milestone bootloader? (90.73), you can try to flash the VR from kabaldan's website( http://android.doshaska.net/rootable) instead of G.O.T., you just need to put OR on your SD card yourself.
i am using the bootloader 90.78 and androidiani 3.3 open recovery...i try to format my sd card first see if it helps....i flashed my phone yesterday and using a fresh new iceandfire rom 3.0, i tried a couple of times rebooting and turn off my phone and it just boot up without any problem, however this morning i tried to reboot once more and i got this bootloader error again...frustrating =/
[d]amour said:
i am using the bootloader 90.78 and androidiani 3.3 open recovery...i try to format my sd card first see if it helps....i flashed my phone yesterday and using a fresh new iceandfire rom 3.0, i tried a couple of times rebooting and turn off my phone and it just boot up without any problem, however this morning i tried to reboot once more and i got this bootloader error again...frustrating =/
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AOR dont updated recently, try FuFu openrecovery. it is based on AOR but have many new features and fix, like mmc fix, ext4 module, etc...
if your problem is beacuse the sdcard then you have the mmc error, what is fixed be kabaldan, and he provided a module for the fix, or you have a broken sdcard.
Changing the a different OR will help? i already apply the dsifix.ko 2.6 by kabaldan in my /system/lib/modules directory, just only did a nandroid restore to my phone now, will monitor how long it will last till the next bootloader err...sigh, btw is it ok if i keep trying to reboot like 5 times in an hour time?
[d]amour said:
Changing the a different OR will help? i already apply the dsifix.ko 2.6 by kabaldan in my /system/lib/modules directory, just only did a nandroid restore to my phone now, will monitor how long it will last till the next bootloader err...sigh, btw is it ok if i keep trying to reboot like 5 times in an hour time?
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5 times seems a bit excessive to me. If all you are trying to do is see if you will boot into the bootloader when you really wanted the recovery, 2 times every hour or so should suffice.
wait a sec, you can enter the recovery console? try to not use the autoboot to or script. if the phone booted to the bootloader mode you can see a triangle, then push the camera and the volume up button to entering the basic recovery mode.
at this point the sdcard not used. then you can try to the update menu, now the phone trying to load the OR update.zip from the sdcard. if you have problem only with the last step, then your sdcard maybe broken, if you have the error at the first step, it is possible that your phone nand memory is failing. in that case you need to call the motorola customer service for the repair.
vadonka said:
wait a sec, you can enter the recovery console? try to not use the autoboot to or script. if the phone booted to the bootloader mode you can see a triangle, then push the camera and the volume up button to entering the basic recovery mode.
at this point the sdcard not used. then you can try to the update menu, now the phone trying to load the OR update.zip from the sdcard. if you have problem only with the last step, then your sdcard maybe broken, if you have the error at the first step, it is possible that your phone nand memory is failing. in that case you need to call the motorola customer service for the repair.
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Recovery console? you mean the console mode after enter the androidiani menu?i can go straight into AOR with the camera + power button after turning it off.
whenever i got the bootloader error, i cant do anything though, the camera button with volume up is not working.All i can do is flash the .sbf file again.
But for now my phone is still working since the last nandroid restore i did this morning, reboot a few times normally and also reboot to recovery both are working as usual.
[d]amour said:
Recovery console? you mean the console mode after enter the androidiani menu?i can go straight into AOR with the camera + power button after turning it off.
whenever i got the bootloader error, i cant do anything though, the camera button with volume up is not working.All i can do is flash the .sbf file again.
But for now my phone is still working since the last nandroid restore i did this morning, reboot a few times normally and also reboot to recovery both are working as usual.
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it is sadly, but it is possible that your phone nand memory unstable or have some crc error. do you often reflash before?
vadonka said:
it is sadly, but it is possible that your phone nand memory unstable or have some crc error. do you often reflash before?
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i only started flashing few weeks ago but the bootloader error occur too frequently that i have to flash at least once every 2 days...for now i see that it lasted longer than usual,if it is really nand memory unstable means that there is nothing i can do to fix it?
[d]amour said:
i only started flashing few weeks ago but the bootloader error occur too frequently that i have to flash at least once every 2 days...for now i see that it lasted longer than usual,if it is really nand memory unstable means that there is nothing i can do to fix it?
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you cant fix that, only the motorola service, but i suggest to try it some benchmark software like antutu benchmark. with that you can test the memory and see what happened.
well i guess the only solution will be not turning off my phone/reboot for as long as i could, don't wan to take risk later it gets into bootloader error again
My phone always stuck at bootloader when it's hot while booting up.
Wait few minutes or use a fan to cool it down will solve it.
When this happen, recovery mode won't start
and flashing new ROM won't help or even make problem worse because of extra heat produced.
Avoid rebooting after gaming/heavy use is my workaround.
imTigger said:
My phone always stuck at bootloader when it's hot while booting up.
Wait few minutes or use a fan to cool it down will solve it.
When this happen, recovery mode won't start
and flashing new ROM won't help or even make problem worse because of extra heat produced.
Avoid rebooting after gaming/heavy use is my workaround.
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when u stuck in the bootloader it shows the error code like mine? or just the usual bootloader screen? i tried leaving the phone for few hours without doing anything but it still stuck at the bootloader screen with error code =/
I doubt this will help, but can you try flashing an official 2.2 sbf and try it for a few days? or maybe get an official 2.2 sbf, then root it, then install a rom.
hey there just to informed you guys here that my phone currently had no bootloader error so far for a week, i am using Froyo Mod 2.9.3 and everything just work well. Wonder what happen actually to my phone previously when i flash other rom.
Just wanna ask will the following step i did causes a bootloader error?
-Flash 2.2.1 got sbf files.
-Reboot to recovery (using the latest minimod), Click on root phone (i not sure will this cause the problem as this is suppose to be for stock rom?? plz correct me if am wrong)
-Wipe Dalvik,cache and data
-Apply update of custom rom and gapps.
-Reboot

[Q] Atrix 2 won't boot past "M" Motorola logo

Hey guys,
Forgive me for being frantic and (probably) not taking the steps needed to research this issue, or not taking the time to do so, but I'm sure you can all presumably imagine -if you've not been in this situation before- that it SUCKS not having a phone in this day in age...
My problem: Atrix 2 (Rooted + CWM Recovery) now won't boot passed the "M" Motorola logo upon start up. It won't even allow me to access the factory Android Recovery by holding down Volume Up, Volume Down, and Power. I think I inadvertently bricked the phone? (Hope not!)
Further, the "M" Motorola logo is skewed in appearance, like its not even loading correctly. I'm not sure what to do. This is my first time rooting and getting experienced with custom ROMS.
Anyone able to help this helpless sap?
Thanks is advance to your replies...
Step 1 is where you tell what you did to get into the state you are in. You wouldn't believe how far it goes toward fixing something if you know how it got broken.
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If you have CWM recovery on boot can't you just do a battery pull? You do NOT want to let that thing bootloop forever until the battery dies.
The End.
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If you have CWM recovery on boot can't you just do a battery pull? You do NOT want to let that thing bootloop forever until the battery dies.
The End.
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Agreed pull the battery. If you run out of juice you'll be in some serious trouble.
Did you try to flash the fkz? Unless you have CWM on Boot it's the only way you can get your phone working.
Okay, sorry for not giving a full rundown on what stupidity on my part cause all of this. Let me start by saying that (sadly) I am a great big n00b when it comes to Linux, and I thought that despite my research online I would sort of explore the CWM Recovery 'Advanced' sections.
I downloaded ROM Toolbox from the Play Store, and installed a custom boot animation, and replaced -or thought I was- the startup "M" logo with something else. This is what concerned me: After re-booting, the "M" logo was all crazy looking, with a "stretched" "M" logo over the top of the "regular" logo.
So, I uninstalled the app, but the logo was still all messed up. So, I used Root Uninstaller to get rid of the ROM Toolbox files, still no resolve to the crazy boot logo.
So, I went into CWM Recovery Advanced, and wiped everything. The Dalvik, cache, System, Data, etc... didn't think that it would -what appears to have happened- wipe out the OS on the phone.
I tried pulling the battery, and re-booting, won't boot passed the skewed "M" logo still. Tried getting into Android Recovery, and it looks to go through the recovery goes through its thing, but never boots normally afterward.
Sorry for being such an idiot, I really shouldn't have messed with this while half asleep, and again I can't apologize enough for being such a stupid n00b.
I can attach an image of the boot logo if that helps, but I'm worried I am just S.O.L. at this point...
Also, not sure what an FKZ is. I tried to install a 2.3.6 apk file to my wife's SD card on her phone and booting from the file after putting the SD card into mine. Still nothing.
pull the battery, put it back in, and hold vol up and down while turning on. choose ap fastboot at the menu. go to the thread in my signature and under the mirrors there is also a download of the return to stock script. run it while in fastboot and plugged in with usb. DO NOT pull the chord until it is done. when it is you should be good.
Apex_Strider said:
Okay, sorry for not giving a full rundown on what stupidity on my part cause all of this. Let me start by saying that (sadly) I am a great big n00b when it comes to Linux, and I thought that despite my research online I would sort of explore the CWM Recovery 'Advanced' sections.
I downloaded ROM Toolbox from the Play Store, and installed a custom boot animation, and replaced -or thought I was- the startup "M" logo with something else. This is what concerned me: After re-booting, the "M" logo was all crazy looking, with a "stretched" "M" logo over the top of the "regular" logo.
So, I uninstalled the app, but the logo was still all messed up. So, I used Root Uninstaller to get rid of the ROM Toolbox files, still no resolve to the crazy boot logo.
So, I went into CWM Recovery Advanced, and wiped everything. The Dalvik, cache, System, Data, etc... didn't think that it would -what appears to have happened- wipe out the OS on the phone.
I tried pulling the battery, and re-booting, won't boot passed the skewed "M" logo still. Tried getting into Android Recovery, and it looks to go through the recovery goes through its thing, but never boots normally afterward.
Sorry for being such an idiot, I really shouldn't have messed with this while half asleep, and again I can't apologize enough for being such a stupid n00b.
I can attach an image of the boot logo if that helps, but I'm worried I am just S.O.L. at this point...
Also, not sure what an FKZ is. I tried to install a 2.3.6 apk file to my wife's SD card on her phone and booting from the file after putting the SD card into mine. Still nothing.
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Yeah wiping the system partition is a no no unless you flash another rom afterwards. Do like ikrasner says and you should be back to normal.
Sent from my MB865 using XDA
Thanks for all the help guys, I really hope that something positive comes about this... though, to go without mention, I certainly need more knowledge on WTH I am doing to my phone: understanding flashing ROMS, what dangers come with rooting, and a vast array of other "all things root" that I need to learn up on.
I will try to install from SD card the 2.3.5 zip tonight, but will it (the phone) look for the newest 2.3.6 OTA update and try to ask me to install? How does that work after rooting, will I re-brick my clearly bricked phone all over again?
As always, thanks for all your replies in advance -you guys really know what's going on here!
can you read chinese?
Maybe I can solve your question,but poor of my english.
and what is your phone type?
at&t hktw or china ?
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Apex_Strider said:
Thanks for all the help guys, I really hope that something positive comes about this... though, to go without mention, I certainly need more knowledge on WTH I am doing to my phone: understanding flashing ROMS, what dangers come with rooting, and a vast array of other "all things root" that I need to learn up on.
I will try to install from SD card the 2.3.5 zip tonight, but will it (the phone) look for the newest 2.3.6 OTA update and try to ask me to install? How does that work after rooting, will I re-brick my clearly bricked phone all over again?
As always, thanks for all your replies in advance -you guys really know what's going on here!
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It should ask you to install 2.3.6. Just go into setting>about phone>check for updates. Or you could go and install one of the roms that are based on 2.3.6 such as Lithium Sonya or SCv5.
Okay gang, perhaps I'm just certifiably dumb, or I am simply just not doing this correctly. I downloaded the "Returntostock2.3.5.script" zip file and copied it to my wife's SD card to 'apply update from sdcard' option from the Android Recovery area by holding Vol Up, Vol Down, & Power buttons. What I got was this:
--Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
I tried to just plug the USB into the phone and run the 2.3.5. script from there. but again- I'm stuck in the crazy skewed "M" logo startup screen with nothing following. That's all the phone will do at this point, other than my getting into Android Recovery.
I'm not sure how or what fastboot is, or how it works. If the phone is plugged into the USB, it will only boot the stupid screwed up "M" logo screen. Noting else.
Apex_Strider said:
Okay gang, perhaps I'm just certifiably dumb, or I am simply just not doing this correctly. I downloaded the "Returntostock2.3.5.script" zip file and copied it to my wife's SD card to 'apply update from sdcard' option from the Android Recovery area by holding Vol Up, Vol Down, & Power buttons. What I got was this:
--Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
I tried to just plug the USB into the phone and run the 2.3.5. script from there. but again- I'm stuck in the crazy skewed "M" logo startup screen with nothing following. That's all the phone will do at this point, other than my getting into Android Recovery.
I'm not sure how or what fastboot is, or how it works. If the phone is plugged into the USB, it will only boot the stupid screwed up "M" logo screen. Noting else.
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do not flash this. unzip it on your computer, choose to boot into fast boot in the same place you chose recovery, then run the .bat file that was in the zip.
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What that file does is reflash your system.img, basically restoring your phone to factory default. And just as a sidenote you cannot flash things with the standard Android Recovery. You need CWM.
did you try apboot mode and ise fastboot to flash system.img ?
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Still not working... not sure how to flash from fastboot. I don't have any options to run a file from there, or at least not sure ow to go about that.
Fastboot sample, hope will help you.
http://bbs.gfan.com/mobile/android-3701449-1-1.html
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dickluo said:
Fastboot sample, hope will help you.
http://bbs.gfan.com/mobile/android-3701449-1-1.html
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So, if I'm looking at this correctly, I need to open command prompt from my computer, and type the commands in from there?
I don't think my computer is recogzining the phone in any way, as I cannot get into the 'manage usb connections' options.
If I have the 2.3.5.script downloaded on my desktop, and l plug my phone in after launching AP Fastboot on the phone, will the computer know where to flash the file to?
I know, I'm a dolt... please bear with me, I really need to get this thing working again -I feel naked without my phone!
Apex_Strider said:
So, if I'm looking at this correctly, I need to open command prompt from my computer, and type the commands in from there?
I don't think my computer is recogzining the phone in any way, as I cannot get into the 'manage usb connections' options.
If I have the 2.3.5.script downloaded on my desktop, and l plug my phone in after launching AP Fastboot on the phone, will the computer know where to flash the file to?
I know, I'm a dolt... please bear with me, I really need to get this thing working again -I feel naked without my phone!
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Before using the restore script you need to install the usb drivers for your mb865, you can get those from here: http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/Experiences/Global_Drivers/MotoHelper_2.1.40_Driver_5.5.0.exe
Next unzip the Return to Stock 2.3.5 Fastboot SCRIPT.zip to anywhere you like in your pc (example: C:\RestoreScript\ )
Next connect your phone with the usb cable to the pc and get into fastboot mode for this in your phone press volume down + volume up + power it should appear a screen with some options, use the volume down key of your phone to navigate through the menu until you see the Fastboot option, then enter by pressing the volume up key, this will show you some messages and the finally it should said usb connected.
Then open the folder where you extracted the Return to Stock 2.3.5 Fastboot SCRIPT files and search a .bat file call "Stock Restore" then run the file (double click on it) and it should open a command promt screen with some instructions if the phone is connected correctly and you installed the drivers correctly then in some point the screen will show you the id of your device and it will wait you to press the enter key to start the proccess, press key enter wait all the proccess until the program said to you its finished, after that it will reboot your phone and install the stock 2.3.5 when it boots up you should see the android logo and a progress bar filling up.
when it's done wait the reboot and your phone should be ok.
hope this helps.
jfrank1485 said:
Before using the restore script you need to install the usb drivers for your mb865, you can get those from here: http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/Experiences/Global_Drivers/MotoHelper_2.1.40_Driver_5.5.0.exe
Next unzip the Return to Stock 2.3.5 Fastboot SCRIPT.zip to anywhere you like in your pc (example: C:\RestoreScript\ )
Next connect your phone with the usb cable to the pc and get into fastboot mode for this in your phone press volume down + volume up + power it should appear a screen with some options, use the volume down key of your phone to navigate through the menu until you see the Fastboot option, then enter by pressing the volume up key, this will show you some messages and the finally it should said usb connected.
Then open the folder where you extracted the Return to Stock 2.3.5 Fastboot SCRIPT files and search a .bat file call "Stock Restore" then run the file (double click on it) and it should open a command promt screen with some instructions if the phone is connected correctly and you installed the drivers correctly then in some point the screen will show you the id of your device and it will wait you to press the enter key to start the proccess, press key enter wait all the proccess until the program said to you its finished, after that it will reboot your phone and install the stock 2.3.5 when it boots up you should see the android logo and a progress bar filling up.
when it's done wait the reboot and your phone should be ok.
hope this helps.
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jfrank1485,
This stepped me through the entire process without any confusion! Everything is back to normal! Hooray and three Huzzahs!
Also, many many thanks to dickluo, farshad525hou, lkrasner, mtnlion, and KEB64!
You guys really saved my stupid (you know what) on this deal! Next order of business: figure out what the heck I am doing before doing ANYTHING!
Problem solved, my world has regained sanity, and my phone is back to life!
You guys are the best, thank you all so much!!!
Apex_Strider said:
jfrank1485,
This stepped me through the entire process without any confusion! Everything is back to normal! Hooray and three Huzzahs!
Also, many many thanks to dickluo, farshad525hou, lkrasner, mtnlion, and KEB64!
You guys really saved my stupid (you know what) on this deal! Next order of business: figure out what the heck I am doing before doing ANYTHING!
Problem solved, my world has regained sanity, and my phone is back to life!
You guys are the best, thank you all so much!!!
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I'm glad it work , keep it at hand before doing anything to your phone, it really helps

Bricked Inspire After New Rom Install

hello all,
I am new here and I have been searching the forums for a few days as well as the internet but I could not seem to find one that had my same problem, but if there is can you please direct me to it and apologies for that.
I was installing a new rom, the Blackout ICS Incredible v3.0.0 FULLY WORKING!!! [4.0.4][Sense 3.6], onto my inspire i did a full wipe using FULL_WIPE_1.5_EXT4_.zip and I cleared the caches. the install i thought went well because it went to 100% and i even chose what kind of background i could as well as choosing to over clock my processor. The phone the restarted after all of that and it went to the htc screen then faded to black, after about ten minutes of it being black screen i pulled out the battery.
Now when i try to recover it it wont go into hboot and it just goes to the htc white screen then it quickly fades to a black screen and stays like that.
so my question to you all is a Jtag the only way i can save my phone or is there something else i can do?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30480411
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Teichopsia said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30480411
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Im sorry but I dont understand. I cannot enter hboot no mater what i do and don't you need to enter hboot to reflash it?
True, but I'm hoping you are doing something wrong.
Pull battery, wait a few minutes, place back in. Press and hold Volume down, then power button. Does it go into hboot? If not.
Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20382502
Edit: you are the first report with that issue after trying to flash that rom. My bet (that is, if you are new), you are not doing something wrong.
2nd edit: if you are new, then read the guide in post#7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
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Teichopsia said:
True, but I'm hoping you are doing something wrong.
Pull battery, wait a few minutes, place back in. Press and hold Volume down, then power button. Does it go into hboot? If not.
Read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20382502
Edit: you are the first report with that issue after trying to flash that rom. My bet (that is, if you are new), you are not doing something wrong.
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I really appreciate the help Teichopsia , but I've tried the power /volume - method many times and it still wont go to hboot. if it helps this is the 5 time i have have flashed a rom on my phone (and it is rooted) and yes sadly i had to be the first person to be unlucky enough to get my phone bricked from the blackout rom :crying:
i think i could get out of this mess if i could only get into hboot.
reading the method you linked to me will it work if i cant even get to the hboot screen? my phone only stays of the white htc logo screen for about 3 seconds then it goes to a lit black screen
on a side note should i report what happened to team blackout to see if they have any soloutions?
The only thing I can think of is trying to get into hboot without the sd card and sim card.
The rest is beyond my knowledge.
You'll need to wait for someone more knowledgable than myself to help you.
Remember, first press and hold the volume down button, while holding that down press the power button. Do not release either button till it shows the hboot. If that doesn't work, pull the battery for five minutes and try again. If you did this part exactly like that, then you can skip it.
Well, you already posyed your issue here, just wait for someone to help you. Glevitan is bound to show up sooner or later.
Sent from a dream.
I would see if you can send commands to it from adb while its in the blacked out state. adb is pretty easy to use and can be found easy online. if you get it installed type "adb devices", if it recognizes your device type "adb reboot bootloader" or "adb reboot recovery".
Novius vi said:
hello all,
I am new here and I have been searching the forums for a few days as well as the internet but I could not seem to find one that had my same problem, but if there is can you please direct me to it and apologies for that.
I was installing a new rom, the Blackout ICS Incredible v3.0.0 FULLY WORKING!!! [4.0.4][Sense 3.6], onto my inspire i did a full wipe using FULL_WIPE_1.5_EXT4_.zip and I cleared the caches. the install i thought went well because it went to 100% and i even chose what kind of background i could as well as choosing to over clock my processor. The phone the restarted after all of that and it went to the htc screen then faded to black, after about ten minutes of it being black screen i pulled out the battery.
Now when i try to recover it it wont go into hboot and it just goes to the htc white screen then it quickly fades to a black screen and stays like that.
so my question to you all is a Jtag the only way i can save my phone or is there something else i can do?
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i also have the same problem. i'm using a DHD. and to add to that, my volume rocker is broken. i wonder why the warning not to select reboot immediately after installation wasnt part of the download as a readme or something. i may have just lost a perfectly good phone as a result
I can confirm as a third user and one knowledgable in flashing roms that the ICS blackout does the same thing to my phone. I can also confirm that pulling the battery and then trying hboot just results in the white htc screen instead of just popping up hboot. I was able to boot into recovery from the white htc screen by using adb and doing the "adb reboot recovery" command. I am able to restore my backup just fine so you guys will be able to fix it. it must just have a bad boot image for the version of hboot that we have installed.
Gizmoe said:
I can confirm as a third user and one knowledgable in flashing roms that the ICS blackout does the same thing to my phone. I can also confirm that pulling the battery and then trying hboot just results in the white htc screen instead of just popping up hboot. I was able to boot into recovery from the white htc screen by using adb and doing the "adb reboot recovery" command. I am able to restore my backup just fine so you guys will be able to fix it. it must just have a bad boot image for the version of hboot that we have installed.
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Im sorry but this is the first time i have ever done something like that can you give me a step by step instruction how to do it or a link that says how, i dont want to sound lazy but I scared to mess up my phone even more
Use this guide its very easy. if you have already used your phone on your pc and the drivers are installed all you need to do is download the easyadb and follow the instrucions to where is says to type adb.exe. once it is started just type adb devices to make sure it sees your device and then adb reboot recovery
Ignore the fact the instructions are written for a xoom as it will work for any android device with the drivers already installed, which they should be from rooting, syncing and all the other stuff you have probably already done on pc.
UPDATE: I reinstalled ICS blackout but instead of wiping myself i just let aroma installer do it and everything went fine this time. I noticed the aroma installer reformats everything to ext4. its not mentioned in the op as a requirement but seems thats the case. Hboot version has nothing to do with it like i previously commented. It really is a cool rom with both ics and sense. I have only tried the sense version so far
Hope this helps?
Novius vi said:
Im sorry but this is the first time i have ever done something like that can you give me a step by step instruction how to do it or a link that says how, i dont want to sound lazy but I scared to mess up my phone even more
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Just in case-- to get into recovery you must press and hold the volume down for a few seconds and then hold the power button. Do not do press them both at the same time. I realize you wrote that your volume rocker seems or is broken but I wrote above just in case-- when I first tried to root my phone, I was pushing them both at first and thought my rocker was broken....
Since you rooted the phone originally-- not sure how you did it. But if you go to this link you can download recovery flash. Read the "readme" file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29208930&postcount=10
Assuming you can get into recovery-- then reload the blackout ROM but you MUST let the aroma installer wipe and format do not use any other wipe/format tool. Then do NOT press the "FINISH" button-- instead press the back arrow-- you want to go back to flash recovery and reboot from there. If you press finish (like I did multiple times, the phone will just lockup).
Best of luck!
Three of us confirmed that hboot was inaccessible even after battery pull. I am no stranger to this device as well. The only fix was using adb reboot. Also if you actually reformat your partitions to ext4 before install, then aroma will install correctly. It's just not mounting anything if it's still in ext3 format. Definitely better to just do the full wipe within aroma though. I do agree with not hitting restart from aroma but someone already mentioned that a few posts up.
Thank you thank you thank you
After putting it into abd it recognized it and then i was able to put it into hboot. Im not out of the woods yet, but after not being to see hboot in so long, well its just amazing to see it again
ok now its in hboot it gives me 4 choices
bootloader
Reboot
Reboot Bootloader
power down
apologies again but just for reassurance which one should i select?
THANK YOU GUYS for getting me this far!!!
special thanks to Gizmoe for suggesting the adb route
Novius vi said:
After putting it into abd it recognized it and then i was able to put it into hboot. Im not out of the woods yet, but after not being to see hboot in so long, well its just amazing to see it again
ok now its in hboot it gives me 4 choices
bootloader
Reboot
Reboot Bootloader
power down
apologies again but just for reassurance which one should i select?
THANK YOU GUYS for getting me this far!!!
special thanks to Gizmoe for suggesting the adb route
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Select bootloader to get to recovery option.
1shukla said:
Just in case-- to get into recovery you must press and hold the volume down for a few seconds and then hold the power
Assuming you can get into recovery-- then reload the blackout ROM but you MUST let the aroma installer wipe and format do not use any other wipe/format tool. Then do NOT press the "FINISH" button-- instead press the back arrow-- you want to go back to flash recovery and reboot from there. If you press finish (like I did multiple times, the phone will just lockup).
Best of luck!
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I did exactly as you said I pressed finished and it asked if i wanted to reboot i said no. then it sent me back to recovery mode crossing my fingers hoping to see that it works:fingers-crossed:
Now, just manually reboot.
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You saved my phone!!
Thank you guys sooo much this Rom is great once I got past that minor issue
My phones working better than ever I even oced it a little bit
Again I am eternally grateful to you guys and team black out for this great Rom!

Having the oddest problems. Fear a brick.

I am on a Verizon Razr Maxx HD (xt926). This all started when I decided to cleanly flash the newest version of CM10.2. I had been running it before. I wanted to start from a blank slate, so I went into TWRP and did the format wipe. Installed the newest CM10.2 nightly and gapps. This went fine and I booted into the ROM and started recovering all of my stuff. I installed F-droid and AdAway, and rebooted for that. The phone never got past the Bootloader Unlocked warning screen. I turned it off and went into TWRP to try some things. I tried to fix permissions, but it failed, referencing something to do with fdroid. I wiped again and reinstalled CM, but I still couldn't get past the Bootloader Unlocked warning.
I booted into TWRP again and wiped what I could, and accidentally wiped my external SD, and I had no card readers lying around to get the ROM zips back onto it. I downloaded the Razr HD utility, used the batch file, and tried to flash the stock rom through fastboot, but it got stuck in some kind of loop and would not flash correctly. I then tried to do it manually, but got some sort of buffer error. I tried again, and it started ok but I never saw it actually finish flashing.
By this time I finagled the ROM zips onto the SD card and stopped the fastboot and booted into TWRP. I did another set of wipes, and rebooted into TWRP again. I flashed the CM and Gapps. The ROM booted fine from TWRP and I was able to start setting up my account again. I tried rebooting after the initial setup just to see if it was working correctly, and was met with the fastboot screen with fastboot reason: Flash failed. I rebooted into TWRP from there, and tried to boot normally, but it still brought me to the fastboot. I went to the boot menu and tried the normal boot selection, and now my phone is stuck on the Bootloader Warning screen and now it won't even turn off when I hold the power button.
I have no idea what is going on, or why I could get to the working ROM once but not again. Does anyone know anything that could help me?
Kopiok said:
I am on a Verizon Razr Maxx HD (xt926). This all started when I decided to cleanly flash the newest version of CM10.2. I had been running it before. I wanted to start from a blank slate, so I went into TWRP and did the format wipe. Installed the newest CM10.2 nightly and gapps. This went fine and I booted into the ROM and started recovering all of my stuff. I installed F-droid and AdAway, and rebooted for that. The phone never got past the Bootloader Unlocked warning screen. I turned it off and went into TWRP to try some things. I tried to fix permissions, but it failed, referencing something to do with fdroid. I wiped again and reinstalled CM, but I still couldn't get past the Bootloader Unlocked warning.
I booted into TWRP again and wiped what I could, and accidentally wiped my external SD, and I had no card readers lying around to get the ROM zips back onto it. I downloaded the Razr HD utility, used the batch file, and tried to flash the stock rom through fastboot, but it got stuck in some kind of loop and would not flash correctly. I then tried to do it manually, but got some sort of buffer error. I tried again, and it started ok but I never saw it actually finish flashing.
By this time I finagled the ROM zips onto the SD card and stopped the fastboot and booted into TWRP. I did another set of wipes, and rebooted into TWRP again. I flashed the CM and Gapps. The ROM booted fine from TWRP and I was able to start setting up my account again. I tried rebooting after the initial setup just to see if it was working correctly, and was met with the fastboot screen with fastboot reason: Flash failed. I rebooted into TWRP from there, and tried to boot normally, but it still brought me to the fastboot. I went to the boot menu and tried the normal boot selection, and now my phone is stuck on the Bootloader Warning screen and now it won't even turn off when I hold the power button.
I have no idea what is going on, or why I could get to the working ROM once but not again. Does anyone know anything that could help me?
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Try the solution in the last few posts on this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465695
I hope you get more knowledgeable advice than mine but, were I in your situation, my primary goal would be to get back to STOCK. Forget CM and modding for now. Either through TWRP or through the recovery settings on the phone itself I'd get to where I could do a factory reset. If you're continuously able to boot into TWRP I don't see how your phone could be bricked. My experience is, if I can get a phone to do ANYTHING I've got a shot at figuring out how to get out of whatever mess I've created. I don't know if this could be a factor but I'd put in a different micro SD card too, in case there's something on the card you've got in there.
Just an update. So, I got it to go back to fastboot this morning and I tried using the Razr Utility to flash back stock and stock recovery, but I got a "Failed" line with the reason "Remote Failure". Not sure what that's about. When it reset it got back to the Cyanogenmod boot graphic, but it never started. I left it there for a good 12 minutes.
Right now it's sitting in TWRP. I'm going to let it charge to 100% (it was a little less when I tried all of this) and attempt it again at 100% battery. Thanks for the help so far!
So, I tried using the Razr Utility to flash the system, kernel, radio and for system it was unsuccessful (something about too many threads or strings, something to that effect), but the rest said OK. Now my phone doesn't seem to turn on. My computer still makes the device plugged in sound when it's plugged/unplugged, but I cannot get the screen to show anything or seem to turn on the phone.
Is this it? Is it... bricked!? ;-;
Edit: I ordered the Factory Adapter as a last resort sort of thing. This is lame.
Edit Edit: I've seen the boot logo since my last edit! But... it's not coming back and I still can't even bring up the bootloader. I don't know why it will sometimes turn on or sometimes not. In any case, I'm now hopeful that not ALL is lost.
Bottom line, the adapter will allow you to fix your phone and flash the stock FXZ in RSD Lite or fastboot and get back to a clean slate and start over.
That's why we went to the trouble of making them!
cellzealot said:
Bottom line, the adapter will allow you to fix your phone and flash the stock FXZ in RSD Lite or fastboot and get back to a clean slate and start over.
That's why we went to the trouble of making them!
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That's the plan! One odd thing happening now... My phone's screen isn't showing anything, so I assumed it was off. I left it unplugged and went to see a movie..... and the phone is still warm. This leads me to believe the phone is still drawing power, for some reason... God this is weird. I'll wait for the adapter and try again. Thanks for the help!
cellzealot said:
Bottom line, the adapter will allow you to fix your phone and flash the stock FXZ in RSD Lite or fastboot and get back to a clean slate and start over.
That's why we went to the trouble of making them!
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according to the packaging on mine from tbh a chinaman made it, just sayin
Yes, we designed them and contracted through our US supplier who produced all of our cables who, in turn, had them produced in China according to our specifications. There is no longer any injection molded plastic production done in the US that can work at this small scale for affordable rates.
Sorry...that's the way the world works these days.
cellzealot said:
Yes, we designed them and contracted through our US supplier who produced all of our cables who, in turn, had them produced in China according to our specifications. There is no longer any injection molded plastic production done in the US that can work at this small scale for affordable rates.
Sorry...that's the way the world works these days.
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thanks for making it either way, better to have and not need.
havent had to use it so far
bweN diorD said:
thanks for making it either way, better to have and not need.
havent had to use it so far
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You're welcome! They are definitely the best $10 investment you can make in any Motorola phone.
Next time you want to invest many thousands of dollars of your own money in a wild, hairbrained scheme to help a bunch of anonymous people on the internet fix their phones that they recently finished destroying themselves, let us know...we have just the plan!
cellzealot said:
You're welcome! They are definitely the best $10 investment you can make in any Motorola phone.
Next time you want to invest many thousands of dollars of your own money in a wild, hairbrained scheme to help a bunch of anonymous people on the internet fix their phones that they recently finished destroying themselves, let us know...we have just the plan!
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how many thousands, and whats the plan?
I got the Factory Adapter and used RSD Lite to flash stock. And it works! Yay! It's starting up reliably and everything.
Except... it won't start up without the cable attached, and the battery icon has a big question mark on it. It also won't connect to the cell network (but does connect to WiFi). What do I do now?
Edit: So I noticed that while the battery status said "Unknown", it did go from 2% to 3% charge level when I plugged it in normally for a little. My plan at the moment is to try leaving it plugged in for a while and then try taking the OTA update to see if that fixes everything. Good plan?
Edit Edit: Never mind! I just had to let it charge for a bit. It seems to be back in working order, now! Thank you so much for all the help everyone!
That is exactly what is supposed to happen. Congrats on fixing your phone!
The factory cable/adapter does not charge the device but powers it directly, allowing it to boot no matter what state the battery is in or even without a battery at all.
You cannot charge in bootloader, which is why the cable/adapter is so valuable. Once the device can boot/charge normally then you are all set.

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