So the purpose of this thread is to somehow update my 2.2.19 Droid 2 to 2.2.20.
The problem is as follows:
I rooted my phone and removed a lot of the crapware. But for a couple different reasons I want the 2.2.20 upgrade, though the phone works pretty well as is.
The OTA doesn't want to work. I've un-rooted and tried the OTA, fail. I went to my Titanium and tried to reinstall the deleted crapware and it only got through 4 of them. The other 10 won't reinstall, presumably the ones I need in order for the OTA to succeed.
I tried RSD Lite and it claimed "success" though I saw no real change after the reboot.
I don't know what to do at this point. If there's a way to even re-flash to a 100% stock version of Droid 2.2 with all the original programs and lose all my crap, I'll do it. I just don't know where to go and what to do.
I'm gonna pull my hair out!
When the ota hit my droid 2, I couldn't update because I deleted all those stupid apps like vznav, blockbuster, amazon mp3, etc and couldn't upgrade without reverting my cell to stock. I hear that if you have a rooted droid 2 with just some rooted apps and haven't deleted anything, you can use the ota or skip reinstalling 2.2.20.
I understand this is a common issue right now so here is how I did it successfully.
First Download these files as they are ABSOLUTELY necessary.
Motorola drivers for omap 3630
RSD lite 4.7 & patch (4.8 and 4.9 didnt detect the device on my pc)
2.2.20 firmware (stock at launch)
2.3.20 firmware (latest)
2. Install RSDLite by double clicking the RSD Lite.msi file you just downloaded.
3. Once RSD Lite is installed, copy the pst_flash.ini file you downloaded with the RSD Lite install file and paste it into C:\Program Files (x86)\Motorola\RSD Lite OR C:\Program Files\Motorola\RSD Lite depending on where your computer put it when installing. Allow it to overwrite the existing pst_flash.ini file.
3. Unzip the drivers folder you downloaded (32 bit OR 64 bit), then double click the Motorola Consumer Driver Installer application and install the drivers.
4. Plug in your phone to the computer via USB cable and pull down the notification bar and choose USB connection as PC Mode.
5. Open the RSDLite program by right clicking it and selecting Run As Administrator.
6. Click on the “…” button next to the filename box and select the DROID2_X6_2.2.20_SHADOW_BP_C_01.09.05P_P2_USERBLD_SECURE.sbf file you downloaded earlier.
7. Once it is selected, hit Start and wait for it to finish flashing the phone.
8. Once it is done, click on the “…” button next to the filename box again and this time select the BL_D235_cdma_droid2_Consumer_replacer_HSPart.sbf file you downloaded earlier.
9. Once it is selected, hit Start and wait for it to finish flashing the phone.
10. Once both have been flashed, your are back to the stock Android 2.2 firmware.
11. Load in recovery mode and reset to factory default.
You can either upgrade now over the air or you can load the sbf for 2.3.20.
1. Plug in your phone to the computer via USB cable and pull down the notification bar and choose USB connection as PC Mode.
2. Open the RSDLite program by right clicking it and selecting Run As Administrator.
3. Click on the “…” button next to the filename box and select the VRZ_A955_2.3.20_1FF_01.sbf file you downloaded earlier.
4. Once it is selected, hit Start and wait for it to finish flashing the phone.
5. Bam you have 2.3.20, now you can do a recovery factory reset and do your thing.
From what I have seen on the web, you can't use this sbf if you installed the OTA cause it will brick your phone but you can reflash this sbf if you upgraded using this sbf.
I do not know if you can just take your rooted phone with deleted apps and flash the 2.3.20 over your current 2.2.20. I do know the process I used worked without a hitch.
Edit: Hey guys, after the patch I noticed bad battery life and my battery monitor wouldn't open. Apparently you will need to boot into recovery and wipe the cache partition. All the links work.
Thanks for taking the time to write this up ! Much appreciated =)
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so does this mean if i'm on 2.3.20 and want to go back to stock( and reflash to 2.3.20 is impossible??.... I'm doing this because i went directly from fission 1.2.1(stock band) to 2.3.20 and just want to make sure whether i have the latest kernels
This isn't entirely correct. If you use the 2.3.20 FULL FLASH SBF, you do not need to restore back to 2.2.20, or reinstall any missing applications. The full flash is the entire stock sytem, as well as the bootloader and the kernel. So you can start from any D2 on any previous firmware with any modifications (removing apps, installing custom ROMs, etc) and if you hook it up to RSD and use the most recent full flash it will restore you back to stock on the newest kernel/baseband and restore all missing applications, everything. The full stock flash will take you back to stock regardless of the state of your D2, including if it is bricked and stuck at bootloader. The extra steps are not needed
Also, RSD 4.8 and 4.9 do work, provided you have the latest motorola moto connect drivers installed. If you are having connection issues with RSD put the phone in bootloader mode (not recovery) before you connect it to the PC.
You were correct in stating that you can not receive or apply the OTA by itself without having the original system with all pre-installed apps intact.
is there a way to go from 2.3 to 2.2, like the original kernel and radio, baseband that most people were running like a month ago. im trying to sbf form 2.3 to the older one and i keep getting errors is there any way i can go back?
Not currently. The bootloader has been updated and will no longer accept the old kernel.
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zibrah3ed said:
Not currently. The bootloader has been updated and will no longer accept the old kernel.
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Thanks for the reply. now i can stop trying lol, it was driving me crazy.
bladearronwey said:
This isn't entirely correct. If you use the 2.3.20 FULL FLASH SBF, you do not need to restore back to 2.2.20, or reinstall any missing applications. The full flash is the entire stock sytem, as well as the bootloader and the kernel. So you can start from any D2 on any previous firmware with any modifications (removing apps, installing custom ROMs, etc) and if you hook it up to RSD and use the most recent full flash it will restore you back to stock on the newest kernel/baseband and restore all missing applications, everything. The full stock flash will take you back to stock regardless of the state of your D2, including if it is bricked and stuck at bootloader. The extra steps are not needed
Also, RSD 4.8 and 4.9 do work, provided you have the latest motorola moto connect drivers installed. If you are having connection issues with RSD put the phone in bootloader mode (not recovery) before you connect it to the PC.
You were correct in stating that you can not receive or apply the OTA by itself without having the original system with all pre-installed apps intact.
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I gotcha, well it works exactly as stated so it was safe and is safe to do it the way I flashed. I will edit the sticky though to remove irrelevant info. Also reflashing the 2.3.20 sbf after flashing once yielded no errors. I'll edit the op.
Well I ran into big problems. I had 2.2.20 and wanted to sbf to 2.3.2 and it worked all the way up to downloading ram to bootloader and froze and got stuck and I sbfd back to 2.2.20 with no errors. Now my phone says the system is 2.3.2 but the baseband is still .05 and I tired to flash sbf to 2.2.0 today and I got the same downloading ram to bootloader and now I can't get even 2.2.20 to run on the phone. With this being said I got stuck on the bootloader screen(told me there were some errors and battery okay and plug in usb) so I figured id try to sbf to 2.3.2 and it came up with the same error of "downloading ram to bootloader and froze" and the phone restarted but now the M showed back up and is running normal now with the system 2.3.2 but still old baseband so idk what went wrong and why it wont let me get past downloading ram to bootloader. What's wrong because I've tried several times now and I just want the new baseband and bootloader. Please help me
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you cant downgrade from 2.3.20 to 2.2.20 because of the updated bootloader. What OS are you using? What rds are you using? did you copy over the fix into the rds directory? You may have bricked your phone by tryin to downgrade =(. Have you tried loading your phone into recovery?
JonandRoid said:
Well I ran into big problems. I had 2.2.20 and wanted to sbf to 2.3.2 and it worked all the way up to downloading ram to bootloader and froze and got stuck and I sbfd back to 2.2.20 with no errors. Now my phone says the system is 2.3.2 but the baseband is still .05 and I tired to flash sbf to 2.2.0 today and I got the same downloading ram to bootloader and now I can't get even 2.2.20 to run on the phone. With this being said I got stuck on the bootloader screen(told me there were some errors and battery okay and plug in usb) so I figured id try to sbf to 2.3.2 and it came up with the same error of "downloading ram to bootloader and froze" and the phone restarted but now the M showed back up and is running normal now with the system 2.3.2 but still old baseband so idk what went wrong and why it wont let me get past downloading ram to bootloader. What's wrong because I've tried several times now and I just want the new baseband and bootloader. Please help me
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Make sure you use the FULL FLASH and not the system only file
Renegade8100 said:
you cant downgrade from 2.3.20 to 2.2.20 because of the updated bootloader. What OS are you using? What rds are you using? did you copy over the fix into the rds directory? You may have bricked your phone by tryin to downgrade =(. Have you tried loading your phone into recovery?
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Im using RDS 4.9 there was no inf files that came with .9 so idk what you're talking about. I know 4.7 required a patch but idk if the new ones require it. I have fission 2.0.1 and my phone didn't brick because I have it up and running right now but I still don't have the new baseband mine is still .05...
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JonandRoid said:
I still don't have the new baseband mine is still .05.
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There's a tutorial on my "[TOOL] Ubuntu livecd" thread on how to update the baseband only, after flashing 2.3.2. Just go to the bottom of the OP and it will all be there. (I'd quote it but I'm on my D2 not my computer)
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Hey thanks for the Tutorail. Looks like the 2.3 Update is no longer being hosted. Can you point me in another safe location.
ameggs said:
Hey thanks for the Tutorail. Looks like the 2.3 Update is no longer being hosted. Can you point me in another safe location.
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This should help you out.
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...rld-present-droid-2-2-3-20-triple-threat.html
ameggs said:
Hey thanks for the Tutorail. Looks like the 2.3 Update is no longer being hosted. Can you point me in another safe location.
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The update file in my tut still works for me. Update.zip
All the links should work. I just uploaded the 2.2.20 to include the drivers and rsdlite
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Make sure you use the FULL FLASH and not the system only file
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FYI, I did the full flash for 2.3.20 because the automatic update kept failing. Not sure why it didn't work - I had rooted the Droid2, "removed" a few annoying apps by renaming the adk and odec files to .bak. I unrooted it and tried the auto update again but it failed. Not sure what was making it fail, but rather than put all the apps back and try letting the phone do its thing, I used the method above - just using RDS Lite to flash to 2.3.20 without doing the previous steps.
It worked fine, but I had to dial *22899 to re-activate the phone afterward.
So far so good, but I'm not sure that rooting the phone and messing around with it, to the tune of a few good hours of my life, was worth a little bit of battery life, especially considering the 2.3.20 is supposed to fix the two problems I had with the Droid, namely poor battery life and email sync problems after inactivity.
thanks for the how-to! i flashed straight over from a rooted 2.2 phone to the new version as well.
i did experience force closes on the battery monitor as well, and clearing the cache did not fix that. i cleared, rebooted, and when it still didnt work, i flashed the phone once more and all is well. did not need to clear cache a second time. im a rookie still at all this, so bear with me if my reply seems obvious- or doesnt make sense.
i also had to reactivate the phone with the *# referenced above.
thanks again!
Had no problems updating from 2.2 to 2.3 using only the 2.3 SBF. Worked great and kept all other settings intact.
To fix the battery monitor force closing issue; just plug your phone into the charger while it's on! Fixed the issue right up for me!
How can I bring my Droid X2 from Verizon back to how it was when I got it from the store??
I rooted my phone using MotorolaOneClickRoot.exe "pete's motorolla tools"
I removed bookmarks and I removed two or three verizon stock apk like Blockbuster and Slacker. Also allowed super user permission for apps like barnicle wifi tether and a screenshot program. I have done nothing else.
I recently got the request to upgrade to 1.3.380.MB870.Verizon.en.US but I can not upgrade.
Attempt #1
I factory reset the hard way. Hold power plus volume down... The phone boots back up and I still have Superuser icon showing but everything else is different. I realized at that time I would have to unroot but I could not remember which program I used to root my phone.
Attempt #2
I ended up installing gingerbreak and used the unroot uption on that program to unroot my phone. It said successful. I tried to install the update and it failed. I factory reset the phone and it failed. IDK why but I attempted to root the phone again using gingerbreak after that... but gingerbreak would not root my phone again, it just sat there doing nothing for an hour and 30 minutes.
Attempt #2
I searched more and found the program I originally used. I loaded it up and clicked the unroot option. It unrooted my phone sucessfully. I attempted to upgrade and it failed again!
Attempt #3
I ran the temporary root that came with MotorolaOneClickRoot.exe . Thinking maybe gingerbreak messed up some files and I needed to restore them for the unroot to work properly. The temporary root was not what I had used the first time so I'm thinking maybe I should have done the permanant root... I then unrooted the phone again. After that, I factory reset again and attempted to upgrade the phone. Still fails.
I havn't removed or modified any sytem folders. I simply deleted bookmarks and Blockbuster and other useless stock apps. I've unrooted and factory reset but blockbuster and the stock applications never come back...
I can't upgrade my phone and I need some help. I can't remember what came with the phone by default so IDK how to manually set it back. Please, how can I resolve this? How can I bring my phone back to how it was when I got it from the store??
I want that ugrade.
Notherwise fully aware if we have a forum for your device but if we do....head in over to that place and look fir the "stock ROM" for your device.
First thing is first....you need ti remove root...not familiar with device so don't know is stock Rom will restore root.
Another option is to go to the first thread on this forum and ask Samuel.....he might be able to help.
Cheers and good luck mate
I don't want to restore the root. Honestly I never really used the super user features for anything other than screenshots.
I have no roms or anything. This is just 2.3.3 with the root enabled. I did lurk around and find a link to VRZ_MB870_DTN-14.8.sbf but I'm not sure if that is what I need to do? Will an SBF restore my phone and applications so I can upgrade again?
Update to my previous post. I searched around like I should have in the first place.
I used RSDLite 5.3 to flash my phone to VRZ_MB870_DTN-14.8.sbf. Which was android 2.2.2
I was then able to update the phone to version 2.3.3 and then finally 2.3.4 official OSA over wifi.
I own a Galaxy Note 10.1 WiFi N8010, was bought in Germany quite some time ago (so CSC is German),
It came with 4.0.3, which was later updated to 4.0.4 and then to 4.1.1. Currently it is running Jellybean 4.1.1.
I had found the Exynos exploit and used it to root my device. The 4.1.2 update came out so I unrooted my device.
The "Device Status" shows "OFFICIAL".
The device received an OTA package, started installing it, started the count to 100%, and at 28-29 percent, the update stopped, the device rebooted, reported a failure and sent me to KIES.
I have some problems with KIES so I am looking for other solutions.
I thought maybe I'd use Mobile Odin to flash the stock firmware but I found it needed a flashkernel which I do not know how nor want to install right now. I was thinking about using ODIN to flash the firmware, but the size of the firmware scared me. I am used to flash 300MB SBF files on my Motorola Defy but this 1GB firmware is insane! I am afraid my computer will suddenly shut down and I will get a hard brick. Anyway, assuming I got over this fear, I have a couple of questions:
1. Does flashing with ODIN delete the user data?
2. Assuming I want to delete my data (like factory reset) - what options should I choose in ODIN when I flash?
3. Are there any options not including ODIN, KIES or the computer in general?
I have been rooted and bootloader unlocked for a couple months now and last night I noticed my phone was randomly rebooting itself. Apparently the stock phone and contact apps uninstalled themselves as I no longer have them. Can somebody help me get them back?
protego123 said:
I have been rooted and bootloader unlocked for a couple months now and last night I noticed my phone was randomly rebooting itself. Apparently the stock phone and contact apps uninstalled themselves as I no longer have them. Can somebody help me get them back?
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Download RSD Lite 6.1.5 (just google it for download links), then download stock rom that corresponds with your model and country from this link
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/
After that install RSD Lite import downloaded rom and reflash pnone with stock rom. It's super easy ... Let me know what happened .. Cheers