An idea for Developers - Motorola Milestone Android Development

last i had an idea tht might help in unlocking the Bootloader of Milestone. we have to flash the Vulnerable Recovery by GOT whenever we flash our mobile with the Stock ROM to use custom Update.zip files... i guess the developers might get some help by investigating the GOT's ROM and Recovery image....
so the u guys will be able to make custom ROM image file...
this is just a thought no offense to anyone....

There is no special GOT recovery its just old recovery made by moto which got a bug that allows to apply custom update.zip. There is no problem in flashing any kernel u want, there is no protection for that. Protection only exists when u turn on the phone the signature of the boot partition is being checked by the bootloader ( mbm ) and if u flash not properly signed boot.img ( partition with the kernel ) phone wont boot it. http://and-developers.com/boot:boot_chain

abhinitagrawal said:
last i had an idea tht might help in unlocking the Bootloader of Milestone. we have to flash the Vulnerable Recovery by GOT whenever we flash our mobile with the Stock ROM to use custom Update.zip files... i guess the developers might get some help by investigating the GOT's ROM and Recovery image....
so the u guys will be able to make custom ROM image file...
this is just a thought no offense to anyone....
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It's kinda sad that you think that developers are that dumb... Do some research before you post, especially in the development thread.

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Using CWM Built for a Different Device

Could this be a potential brick?
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Jamin13 said:
Could this be a potential brick?
Sent from my M9300
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i take it your are talking about the recovery? then no as long as you can get into the bootloader you can flash an appropriate recovery for your device and then flash a rom of choice also it might help a bit more if u included what device u have and what device the recovery you flashed was for...
Kyocera Echo.
AFAIK, there's no way to root 2.3.4 for it and there is no custom recovery cause I can't get my port of it up (no devs interested in it) and running so the question is just theoretical. :|
never flash anything not meant for your phone, simple as that
its not worth the time trying to fix any problems you run into
I couldn't flash it if I wanted to. Well, I could with fastboot.
Either way, no root, no recovery, no development. :|

[Q] What is the meaning of : recovery,flashing,...

I always read this words when viewing some android related topics..
recovery and recovery versions.. official recovery..official ClockworkMod release..
flash in fasboot..
unlocked bootloaders...
superboot..
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and such a things....what this mean??
Stealthy Hunter said:
I always read this words when viewing some android related topics..
recovery and recovery versions.. official recovery..official ClockworkMod release..
flash in fasboot..
unlocked bootloaders...
superboot..
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and such a things....what this mean??
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That means that you should read more
muamers said:
That means that you should read more
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fist thank u..
second I am asking so that i read the answer to know more...asking is the first knowledge..
Stealthy Hunter said:
fist that is not polite of u..
second I am asking so that i read the answer to know more...asking is the first knowledge..
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Belive me brother, that was the best answer you could get ... i can explain that to you, but then you will just be more confused ... thats why i told you that you have to read more ...
As above I'm sorry, sometimes you've gotta get straight to the point and you've definitely got some reading to do
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marcadam said:
As above I'm sorry, sometimes you've gotta get straight to the point and you've definitely got some reading to do
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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muamers said:
Belive me brother, that was the best answer you could get ... i can explain that to you, but then you will just be more confused ... thats why i told you that you have to read more ...
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Any good threads can help....
and sorry for the bad behavior of me...
recovery= a "program" that you instal to make changes, backups, formating, wiping etc. to the android base ... you need this to instal updates for your system or change the ROM, Radio, Kernel, or just make backups and restore backups.
recovery versions= there are 2 kinds of recovery versions:
1. Official HTC - stock recovery that are preinstaled on your phone.
2. Unofficial - there are some versions, but the most popular is the ClockWorkMod recovery (or CWM). You need this recovery for instaling custom ROMs.
flash in fastboot = flashing the recovery, the kernel and some more from the CMD prompt... because or device (HOX) is security enabled (S-ON) and we have to take this harder way to flash custom ROMs and kernels.
unlock bootloader = like the name says, thats unlocking the bootloader (powerbutton + volumedown) over HTCdev to be able to instal some custom stuff (like instaling ROM or Kernels).
All that things are there to unlock our HOX and be able to make customizations to it...
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Stealthy Hunter said:
Any good threads can help....
and sorry for the bad behavior of me...
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If you want to unlock your OneX and be able to flash everything you want (ROM,Kernel and Root your OneX) then read THIS.
But first read once and then do changes to your phone ... and ALWAYS be sure you have more then 75% of battery (the best is you have it fully charged to be sure) before you do any change to your phone
muamers said:
recovery= a "program" that you instal to make changes, backups, formating, wiping etc. to the android base ... you need this to instal updates for your system or change the ROM, Radio, Kernel, or just make backups and restore backups.
recovery versions= there are 2 kinds of recovery versions:
1. Official HTC - stock recovery that are preinstaled on your phone.
2. Unofficial - there are some versions, but the most popular is the ClockWorkMod recovery (or CWM). You need this recovery for instaling custom ROMs.
flash in fastboot = flashing the recovery, the kernel and some more from the CMD prompt... because or device (HOX) is security enabled (S-ON) and we have to take this harder way to flash custom ROMs and kernels.
unlock bootloader = like the name says, thats unlocking the bootloader (powerbutton + volumedown) over HTCdev to be able to instal some custom stuff (like instaling ROM or Kernels).
All that things are there to unlock our HOX and be able to make customizations to it...
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If you want to unlock your OneX and be able to flash everything you want (ROM,Kernel and Root your OneX) then read THIS.
But first read once and then do changes to your phone ... and ALWAYS be sure you have more then 75% of battery (the best is you have it fully charged to be sure) before you do any change to your phone
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because HOX is new some ppl told me that it's dangerous to do this things...
because of the few infos about it>>>as they said..
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if sth goes wrong we should have safety rope to go back..
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what is ur opinion??
Stealthy Hunter said:
because HOX is new some ppl told me that it's dangerous to do this things...
because of the few infos about it>>>as they said..
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if sth goes wrong we should have safety rope to go back..
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what is ur opinion??
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You can read the whole OneX forum and you will not find a single case that someone bricked the OneX ... always can something go wrong, no matter how old the phone is, but we have a great community and almost always there is a way out and there is always someone help you out.
So far the only thing can go wrong is that you get out of battery during the flashing process, but there is also a way out (read THIS)
recovery= a "program" that you instal to make changes, backups, formating, wiping etc. to the android base ... you need this to instal updates for your system or change the ROM, Radio, Kernel, or just make backups and restore backups.
recovery versions= there are 2 kinds of recovery versions:
1. Official HTC - stock recovery that are preinstaled on your phone.
2. Unofficial - there are some versions, but the most popular is the ClockWorkMod recovery (or CWM). You need this recovery for instaling custom ROMs.
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I couldn't get it clearly...can u provide with article explain that motr

Xoom bricked

Hi there everyone,
I have a huge problem. Last night i bricked my xoom. I was following a tutorial on this forum. and after unlocking the bootloader it told to flash a file called boot.img after doing so and typing fastboot reboot, the device wouldnt start behind the motorola logo. i tried allot of thing and also did flash some other stock android 4.0.4 boot.img files now with the last one mentioned i managed to get the xoom (wifi) to boot a little further. because the ripple movie with the motorola logo is shown. but it stucks at that movie.
Does anyone know if i can flash an image on the xoom that will atleast fix the problem of not rebooting so i can try another tutorial.
I have searched the internet for solutions, many of them linked to threads on this forum. but almost all download links in these tutorials are old and broken.
Can someone please help me unbrick my device? And maybe a link to a good working unroot tutorial for my xoom wifi with android 4.0.4.
Try get back to Stock.
Download from HERE
and do some OTA updates afterwards so everything will be up to date.
Then wipe and try again from scratch..
Worked for me perfectly just a few days ago.
If you can still get into fastboot, then its not bricked.
Get some stock images and flash them via fastboot and you'll be fine.
Cubanluke88 said:
If you can still get into fastboot, then its not bricked.
Get some stock images and flash them via fastboot and you'll be fine.
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Indeed it worked. i downloaded the official images and flashed them im on android 3.0.1 again and all seems to work just fine now.
Next problem is i cant find a descent tutorial on this forum how to root the xoom. all download links are either removed due to copyright issues or the links are just broken.
How does it work actually?
1. I unlocked the boot loader wich is very easy.
but then? Do i need to flash a rooted image over the existing? i dont really understand how this works. I rooted my Desire HD with a good tutorial in minutes. Not many people seems to really know how to root the Xoom.
Also i would like to know if the different tutorials are for different android versions or can i aply all tutorials of rooting when i stay on android 3.0.1?
I also tried to flash a recovery.img to the recovery partition and press volume down 3 seconds after the moto logo apears but when i do i get an android robot with a big " ! " on his belly and it takes 5 minutes to load the menu. when im in it tells me there is no sdcard present when i try to flash a rooted rom (zip file).
Is there someone reading this thats willin to explain to me how to do a root the easiest way? Please if links are posted be sure everything on that thread is working. Im pretty sure i will pull it off with some push in the right direction.
Thank you!
(edit) omg im stupid, offcourse the sdcard wont work... it never worked at 3.0.1. on the xoom. can i follow this tutorial:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/451-how-to-root-the-wifi-only-xoom-301/
Could someone read over it and see if this is a good tutorial? last time i flashed a boot.img the whole xoom got stuck... is that because i had the wrong boot.img on the wrong android version? or should boot.img always work?
Do you plan on flashing to a custom rom after rooting? If so, you can just skip rooting altogether.
I say this because I'm not particularly familiar with that rooting method you linked (though reading through it, it makes sense, all its doing is pushing the necessary files for root access to the xoom via adb). I used a rooting script flashed through a custom recovery over a year ago - unfortunately the download link seems to be broken (I might have a copy at home).
So there's a few things you can do:
1. If you just want a custom rom - download the rom zip file and store on your device. Flash TWRP (my preferred recovery) in fastboot. Boot into TWRP and flash the rom zip file.
2. If you want stock OS root access -
a) Follow those steps you linked and see what happens. If things go wrong, you should be able to just flash those stock images again.
b) Wait for me to get home and see if I have the root script. You'll need to flash a custom recovery though in order to use it.
Cubanluke88 said:
Do you plan on flashing to a custom rom after rooting? If so, you can just skip rooting altogether.
I say this because I'm not particularly familiar with that rooting method you linked (though reading through it, it makes sense, all its doing is pushing the necessary files for root access to the xoom via adb). I used a rooting script flashed through a custom recovery over a year ago - unfortunately the download link seems to be broken (I might have a copy at home).
So there's a few things you can do:
1. If you just want a custom rom - download the rom zip file and store on your device. Flash TWRP (my preferred recovery) in fastboot. Boot into TWRP and flash the rom zip file.
2. If you want stock OS root access -
a) Follow those steps you linked and see what happens. If things go wrong, you should be able to just flash those stock images again.
b) Wait for me to get home and see if I have the root script. You'll need to flash a custom recovery though in order to use it.
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Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
eos 4.1.1 is simply awesome and its also pre rooted' so your bootloader is unlocked, all you gotta do now is install twrp recovery via fastboot ( my preffered recovery) then flash eos via recovery
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sygys said:
Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
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EOS is a pretty AOSP rom. No theme, though you can apply one if you like and change a few colors. There are various toggle additions you can add that make the user experience much better. It also comes with an overclockable kernel and is very very stable (despite being a nightly) The team has been supporting the Xoom for over a year and is very committed to the Xoom.
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sygys said:
Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
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As for flashing, just gotta make sure your text is good before hitting the enter key. Recovery flash should look something like this:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Some instructions for flashing can be found here
While that page is specifically for locking and flashing to return to stock, the commands are universal for fastboot. Hell, if you wanted to, you could manually restore a nandroid backup via fastboot and flashing images.

Flash new kernel through TWRP?

Hey guys,
Long story short, I'm running MIUI 2.11.9 and want to switch kernels to Jacobs.b3. I've never flashed kernels before, but I've done ROMS all the time. Can I just flash the boot.img file in TWRP? Do I need to clear cache or anything?
Cheers.
Yes, you flash kernels just like you flash roms except that there is no need to do a full wipe across different kernels--they fully replace each other, unlike roms. Wiping caches is still good practice though.
Thanks, that's all I needed to hear.
If you are on the 1.14 hboot, you will need to flash the kernel using fastboot. Otherwise just flash in TWRP. I always wipe cache and Dalvik whenever flashing anything. Just to be safe, and it can't hurt anything.
redpoint73 said:
If you are on the 1.14 hboot, you will need to flash the kernel using fastboot. Otherwise just flash in TWRP. I always wipe cache and Dalvik whenever flashing anything. Just to be safe, and it can't hurt anything.
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hi i flashed on huawei p8 boot.img and stock recovery via twrp .. there is toggle btn switching btw zip files and img files so I selected img flashed recovery.img and phone is even more bricked..
why phone says no recovery?
XDADEVX said:
hi i flashed on huawei p8 boot.img and stock recovery via twrp .. there is toggle btn switching btw zip files and img files so I selected img flashed recovery.img and phone is even more bricked..
why phone says no recovery?
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I don't know anything about that phone. You should post in your device specific forum section, as technical advice often differs from one device to another.
Following advice intended for another device can cause permanent damage to your phone.
redpoint73 said:
I don't know anything about that phone. You should post in your device specific forum section, as technical advice often differs from one device to another.
Following advice intended for another device can cause permanent damage to your phone.
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there are full of kids ignoring so they have no idea..
XDADEVX said:
there are full of kids ignoring so they have no idea..
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Posting to completely unrelated device forums won't help that.
This is simply the wrong place for your question.

Modified Boot Image Android L (5.0.0_LRX21P)

Guys, use this modified boot image to flash the newest Android L (5.0.0_LRX21P)
Flash in Bootloader (this is not a flashable zip)!!!!
Flash the stock root able rom, here available on xda.
Don't worry it's for our FLO device, just a name. Sorry, i was in a hurry.
Have fun
Jerome-X said:
Guys, use this modified boot image to flash the newest Android L (5.0.0_LRX21P)
Flash in Bootloader (this is not a flashable zip)!!!!
Flash the stock root able rom, here available on xda.
Don't worry it's for our FLO device, just a name. Sorry, i was in a hurry.
Have fun
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Whats modified about it?
use this, if you want to flash the stock rooted rom via twrp etc...
if you use the stock one, your bootloader is locked after flash the stock rom
Jerome-X said:
use this, if you want to flash the stock rooted rom via twrp etc...
if you use the stock one, your bootloader is locked after flash the stock rom
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Incorrect mate, it's still unlocked after flashing factory images. I flashed factory files yesterday and I only lost root and recovery which I expected to happen.
topgeardave said:
Incorrect mate, it's still unlocked after flashing factory images. I flashed factory files yesterday and I only lost root and recovery which I expected to happen.
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Correct!
Op tell me exactly what you did here? Your talking about one thing but saying another. I dont get it
scrosler said:
Correct!
Op tell me exactly what you did here? Your talking about one thing but saying another. I dont get it
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It's just the latest bootloader.img, he thinks if you flash it separately you won't lock your bootloader before flashing the stock rom via recovery.
To my knowledge, nothing locks the bootloader, except you (via fastboot or a toolkit).
So i can install the stock image i downloaded from google and still keep root? What about recovery?
Sorry for noob question, i've only used custom ROMs in the past.
If you flash the stock L image with fastboot, you lose root and recovery but your boot loader stays locked/unlocked (whatever it was before).
To get recovery back, just flash it with fastboot.
To get root back, flash the boot image from the OP or a modified kernel like ElementalX and then flash SuperSU.
Done.
Sent from my LG-D801
Thanks for the answer.

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