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Please see this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=851623
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Awesome, my wife had been waiting on this. Thanks a lot. Looking forward to a custom rom.
bilbobrian said:
Awesome, my wife had been waiting on this. Thanks a lot. Looking forward to a custom rom.
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Custom ROMs, Fission will be out as soon as the SBF for global drops
i wanna hear what is being done to use this sexy phone on tmobile lol
good stuff also, keep the work up
Can't wait for Fission to come to the D2 Global. I had the regular D2 and loved it! I'm getting great benchmarks on the D2 Global with all the bloat running so I can't wait to see Fission on it! Keep up the good work guys!
There was a post on Howard forums by a guy who claimed he'd tell a developer how to unlock the US GSM radio bands for the D2 G and the D Pro I don't know if he's lying or not but it might be worth looking into if you wanted to put it in a ROM for the D2 Global once the SBF comes for it.
Hehehe what's sbf, I might pick up the droid2 we, but I don't like motblu, and this would be awesome!!
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Hehehe what's sbf, I might pick up the droid2 we
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SBF means system boot file. Basically flashes your phone back to a stock ROM and that way if you tweak to much or mess something up you can flash the SBF and you will have a relatively clean slate.
Any chance of getting a port for the D2? Playing around with one of these in the store, seeing a bunch of enhancements. (Themes/Scenes, a predictive-like function in the dialer, SMS/MMS enhancements and a few more that I can't remember...)
A port would be awesome.
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Any chance of getting a port for the D2? Playing around with one of these in the store, seeing a bunch of enhancements. (Themes/Scenes, a predictive-like function in the dialer, SMS/MMS enhancements and a few more that I can't remember...)
A port would be awesome.
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Droid 2 has been rooted, themed, and ROM'd for a while now.. Maybe you're misunderstanding something?.. or I am.
Fission ROM Manager now working with Global. All thats in there for now is this ROM. Other stuff still needs to be tested and Fission 2.3 for Droid Global will pop up later today or tomorrow for those that are willing to flash with no SBF. I just installed Fission on Global and it is running sweet
Fission ROM Manager will be a work in progress as I test themes and other stuff so please be patient while FRM populates with Global stuff.
Check the ROMs and Themes download page on teamdefuse.com for info!
Come to IRC when the test build for Global is ready to be sent for testing...will be once DX builds are completed.
Please be patient as things arebeing tested and uploaded to Fission ROM Manager
You guys move fast. I just dropped and broke my D2 and looked in here to see progress before replacement. Maybe I should move to the Global instead... hmm.
I can not wait. Getting sick of all this Blur crap. Almost went back to my regular D2 . . .
Can't wait for SBF to drop so we can install this, the battery life with Motoblur is horrid.
Milestone 2?
I'm a little confused, living in the UK here and the device we have for sale to us here is the Motorola Milestone 2. I am very interested in the development of custom ROMs on this device (and have installed "Droid 2 Bootstrap" which is working nicely.)
My question is, are there any differences between the Milestone 2 and the Droid 2 World? I'm guessing the keyboard layout will be set for US layout ($ instead of £ but that's how my milestone 2 appears to be functioning anyway strangely.)
Any guidance on this would be highly appreciated, I have done a lot of research but was unable to confirm if the Milestone2 and the Global are the same device other than the paint on the keyboard keys?
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I'm a little confused, living in the UK here and the device we have for sale to us here is the Motorola Milestone 2. I am very interested in the development of custom ROMs on this device (and have installed "Droid 2 Bootstrap" which is working nicely.)
My question is, are there any differences between the Milestone 2 and the Droid 2 World? I'm guessing the keyboard layout will be set for US layout ($ instead of £ but that's how my milestone 2 appears to be functioning anyway strangely.)
Any guidance on this would be highly appreciated, I have done a lot of research but was unable to confirm if the Milestone2 and the Global are the same device other than the paint on the keyboard keys?
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Did not know that the Milestone 2 was like that, can you get a clean system dump and post it up somewhere then I can see what the difference is.
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Angdroid said:
Did not know that the Milestone 2 was like that, can you get a clean system dump and post it up somewhere then I can see what the difference is.
Thanks!
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Sure thing, I've backed up using ClockworkMod Recovery and see the following files:
- cache.img
- data.img
- nandroid.md5
- system.img
Would I be right in thinking it is only the system.img file you require?
Check first post or here
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/7d3g5a
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Check first post or here
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So excited to try it out, I just got the Moto Extended Battery for this thing too! I bet with this ROM the D2G will last me years instead of 6 hours =P
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So excited to try it out, I just got the Moto Extended Battery for this thing too! I bet with this ROM the D2G will last me years instead of 6 hours =P
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I have to work today from 12-7 so I am trying to get the first RC build out before I leave so far everything is running nice
I am not sure if the sim card function will work yet...what has been discovered so far with unlocking for att and t-mobile, anything?
here is the link from a chinese fourm
http://bbs.gfan.com/android-3303195-1-1.html
there the author provided two files.
the one is the boot.img,and is tested working on ATT device.
the other is system dump.tar ,and it should be compiled into system.img in linux.and he is on progress.
Any help to your guy's working in unlock boot or get a ATT fireware?
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here is the link from a chinese fourm
http://bbs.gfan.com/android-3303195-1-1.html
there the author provided two files.
the one is the boot.img,and is tested working on ATT device.
the other is system dump.tar ,and it should be compiled into system.img in linux.and he is on progress.
Any help to your guy's working in unlock boot or get a ATT fireware?
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I sure hope this helps. I'm going nuts not being able to flash anything. Haha
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It may be ATT service, but it's still ME865 hardware so it MAY not be the same.
What is "fireware" may I ask?
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What is "fireware" may I ask?
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Spell checks version of firmware probably.
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Thats what I originally thought, but he did it twice. Once in the title and once in the post, figured it might be something I've not heard of before.
Just wondering if anybody saw this. Here's a link for everybody to check out.
http://community.developer.motorola...-2-development-resources-available/td-p/19569
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Just wondering if anybody saw this. Here's a link for everybody to check out.
http://community.developer.motorola...-2-development-resources-available/td-p/19569
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Yeah, unfortunately it is not the source code yet, just the parts for the emulator and pieces needed for Devs to write apps specifically for the Atrix2.
I wish there was more there for us to use to get this thing cracked open. Hopefully we can get a ROM developer to jump in here soon and help us collect what they need to get started on ROM development. Although we will need someone like Th3ory who is not afraid of making ROMs for devices with locked bootloaders, because I have a feeling it will be after ICS before we have an unlocked bootloader.
An emulator as in a full emulation of our phone? So if one were to try to develop a ROM for this thing could that be used to test rather than risking a brick?
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Yeah, unfortunately it is not the source code yet, just the parts for the emulator and pieces needed for Devs to write apps specifically for the Atrix2.
I wish there was more there for us to use to get this thing cracked open. Hopefully we can get a ROM developer to jump in here soon and help us collect what they need to get started on ROM development. Although we will need someone like Th3ory who is not afraid of making ROMs for devices with locked bootloaders, because I have a feeling it will be after ICS before we have an unlocked bootloader.
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Jim I'm curious. What recovery are you using? Bionic bootstrapper? And is it safe yet? I've read on it a little. Is it one of those things where unless your a bit of a dev not to try it?
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@PeteSeiler2010:
Yes this could be used to test a Developed ROM, however until we get a hold of some kind of code for this thing, there can't be too much development of ROMs and such, unless someone knows something I don't. And "code" can be anything from an fxz to the released source code for the Atrix 2 build.
@tylercarter:
For a "Recovery" this is the one you want, link below. And yes it is not 100% yet, but it does what we need it to right now, the only issue is if you crash, you can't get back to it on boot, you have to use the bootstrap to boot into it, from your app drawer. This is again something that can be done after a bootloader unlock. This will allow back up and restores though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346977
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I use the emulator for a lot of the work I have been doing to see what will happen, without risking a screwup on my phone directly. Then once I have tested it out there, on the phone it goes. You can even test apps from the market as well, just to see. It is really for app developers, to do their testing of the apps they build, but we can also do something similar for our "hacking".
Thanks for info Jim, I am going to download it and check it out and see if there is anything I do with it.
Also, Jim, have you done many restores on your phone? I have been hesitant to try one...its just so risky without the sbf.
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Thanks for info Jim, I am going to download it and check it out and see if there is anything I do with it.
Also, Jim, have you done many restores on your phone? I have been hesitant to try one...its just so risky without the sbf.
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Not a FULL restore, but there are others who have tried one of the updates in the bootloader unlock forum, that have been able to restore back to before the update successfully.
I have restored files, and even directories, but not the whole thing yet.
Here is the zip file to apply to the 2.3.5 fxz, to make RSDlite flash the FXZ files properly, from the ICS leak. The steps are the same as they were for the 2.3.6 fix. Just unzip these files over top of the original fxz files.
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I have pulled these files, so that no else attempts to flash the fxz and brick thier phone. DO NOT ASK FOR THE FILES, I will not give them out knowing what happens to those on ICS that try to fxz back to GB.
Damn you are so on point ..... Starting to think Jim is like 10 people.....
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Damn you are so on point ..... Starting to think Jim is like 10 people.....
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LOL... You forget I had to think of several ways to possibly break this before I posted it for the rest of the world, so if there were issues, I knew what to do... How do you think I was able to flash that whole process 4 times... I built this yesterday afternoon, before I even started the process of testing the OTA out. I HAD to make sure we could flash back, so we were not like the OG Atrix guys, who can't flash an SBF now.
Thank You Jim, you are awesome.
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LOL... You forget I had to think of several ways to possibly break this before I posted it for the rest of the world, so if there were issues, I knew what to do... How do you think I was able to flash that whole process 4 times... I built this yesterday afternoon, before I even started the process of testing the OTA out. I HAD to make sure we could flash back, so we were not like the OG Atrix guys, who can't flash an SBF now.
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I really hope you know how much we appreciate you being a huge asset to the atrix 2 ..... Even with the sgiii you did not leave us hanging.....Think we would be close to a chicken with his head cut off running around without you.....
There would be no way I would ever update without option to downgrade.....
Getting this added to the Noobs post as well!
Has been added along with intructions!
I'm might be using these soon. I lose data and service with the ics leak every thirty minutes, sometimes less.
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I'm might be using these soon. I lose data and service with the ics leak every thirty minutes, sometimes less.
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Sounds like a bad Sim card. I'm not trying to clutter, just trying to help out so he can stay on ics.
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I assume I can get away with just wiping data and cache, then flashing boot and system from 2.3.6 for a quick unbrick.
lkrasner said:
I assume I can get away with just wiping data and cache, then flashing boot and system from 2.3.6 for a quick unbrick.
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nope I tried... You might even need that recovery.img to bring you back to GB recovery first... I had to do that one time...
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nope I tried... You might even need that recovery.img to bring you back to GB recovery first... I had to do that one time...
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hmm, what didn't work about it? just won't boot. Recovery makes some sense, but what else is even flashed other than webtop, which I don't care about
lkrasner said:
hmm, what didn't work about it? just won't boot. Recovery makes some sense, but what else is even flashed other than webtop, which I don't care about
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the first time it would not boot, because the lbl file and the mbm were not loaded, and it is critical in this move back.... they have done something to the BL, to make flashing a little harder. I did a hex dump and a decompile of the new mbm file and it has a spot in it that looks like a check for correct lbl file being loaded from the fastboot flash.
The issue with the recovery is because it flashes a new recovery, and that was on the second time I had to flash the fxz, due to a bad root...
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I really hope you know how much we appreciate you being a huge asset to the atrix 2 ..... Even with the sgiii you did not leave us hanging.....Think we would be close to a chicken with his head cut off running around without you.....
There would be no way I would ever update without option to downgrade.....
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+1, Jim I've said it before; thank you for always being here for us!
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tmease1 said:
Sounds like a bad Sim card. I'm not trying to clutter, just trying to help out so he can stay on ics.
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Mmmm i don't think so i kinda have the same issue. But i love ics so i guess i wouldn't turn back to gb
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This fxz file is for All atrix 2 or only for the att atrix 2?
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Before attempting to fxz back make sure you upgrade RSDlite to the latest version, 5.7 or later.
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Before attempting to fxz back make sure you upgrade RSDlite to the latest version, 5.7 or later.
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is that all the problem is? I would still like to know what you did the first 4 times you restored, whatever that crazy process was. I can risk a brick today, my replacement comes anyways, but many others have already been totally screwed.
lkrasner said:
is that all the problem is? I would still like to know what you did the first 4 times you restored, whatever that crazy process was. I can risk a brick today, my replacement comes anyways, but many others have already been totally screwed.
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Me too... I have no idea why I can do it... I am pretty sure this is the same thing that the hk leak has in it. It is what we all feared.
I wonder if I have a dev phone, but my bootloader still has the A in its revision... My last replacement It seemed esier to use kexec than on other phones...
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This is very weird, I have just redone the whole process 2.3.5 to 2.3.6 and ICS, and nothing strange happened (knock on wood).
I used the file from my signature.
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This is very weird, I have just redone the whole process 2.3.5 to 2.3.6 and ICS, and nothing strange happened (knock on wood).
I used the file from my signature.
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Did you use my patch to patch the 2.3.5 fxz for the ICS leak that I posted yesterday?
I am thinking the secret is using a script and not RSDlite. That is how I always restore my phone is with my own scripts, that I was getting ready to release before all this started.
Jim
Hey everyone,
We are currently trying to figure out exactly why some people are hardbricking when the attempt to flash from ICS to 2.3.5 and why others are perfectly fine... we'd like to hear from all the people that attempted to flash back to 2.3.5. Were you using RSD Lite, or a script (what script)? We would much appreciate it if all of tell us your preferred brick method in the poll above, or if your A2 is still up and running .
Also feel free to reply with extra information about the script or xml file you used in the attempt.
Thanks for your pacience in the matter.
cogeary said:
Hey everyone,
We are currently trying to figure out exactly why some people are hardbricking when the attempt to flash from ICS to 2.3.5 and why others are perfectly fine... we'd like to hear from all the people that attempted to flash back to 2.3.5. Were you using RSD Lite, or a script (what script)? We would much appreciate it if all of tell us your preferred brick method in the poll above, or if your A2 is still up and running .
Also feel free to reply with extra information about the script or xml file you used in the attempt.
Thanks for your pacience in the matter.
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Is there someone out there with a fix for this hard brick issue or is willing to find a fix for this? I'm stuck with this hard brick, many other phones have fix for hard brick, even Atrix 4G with JTAG. Why isn't there a fix for Atrix 2? What is stopping us? I'm not a profesional, I really don't mess with these things like open the phone and solder wires, but if someone manage to unbrick a hard bricked Atrix 2, maybe he/she can let us know how to unbrick it.
Trust me man. The devs are working hard on getting a fix for us. And I am sure that if they find a way to "Un-Brick" the phones affected they will. We will be the first to know.
Remember, this is on their time. Not yours. No offense, but you need to be grateful for the time they are giving us, of their own accord.
For now, try not to hijack the thread and let's stick on topic. Cogeary is just trying to get info to HELP us fix this issue.
darkmixta said:
Is there someone out there with a fix for this hard brick issue or is willing to find a fix for this? I'm stuck with this hard brick, many other phones have fix for hard brick, even Atrix 4G with JTAG. Why isn't there a fix for Atrix 2? What is stopping us? I'm not a profesional, I really don't mess with these things like open the phone and solder wires, but if someone manage to unbrick a hard bricked Atrix 2, maybe he/she can let us know how to unbrick it.
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Keep this thread clean and on topic. This is not the place to ask for a fix.
Motorola lied and I'm still locked mb865
darkmixta said:
Is there someone out there with a fix for this hard brick issue or is willing to find a fix for this? I'm stuck with this hard brick, many other phones have fix for hard brick, even Atrix 4G with JTAG. Why isn't there a fix for Atrix 2? What is stopping us? I'm not a profesional, I really don't mess with these things like open the phone and solder wires, but if someone manage to unbrick a hard bricked Atrix 2, maybe he/she can let us know how to unbrick it.
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You could try and contact someone on this list of RIFF Box - JTAG owners... maybe get lucky, or start a project with someone. It looks like our device could possibly be supported:
RIFF JTAG firmware supports following features at the moment:
ARM7/ARM9/ARM11 PXA3xx, PXA270, Cortex-A8, OMAP850, Cortex-A9 Dual cores support;
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Or, check the out the dealers list, and buy a box and learn how... but it'd probably be cheaper to buy a new phone.. (thanks to hankbizzo5 for dropping the link)
p.s. - With all of the bricks dropping around here, someone with the ways and means could/should start up a little company "resurrecting" A2's and Motos... just a thought..
Edit - sorry mtnlion... saw your post after posting my post... ya, let's keep it clean - starting... now!
I bricked using RSDlite v5.6 (good idea chrisel..)
Maybe also include what version of rsd you're using? I know allot are on 5.6 and maybe 5.7 has something to do with it?
chriselmore said:
Maybe also include what version of rsd you're using? I know allot are on 5.6 and maybe 5.7 has something to do with it?
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Nope I tied both and I can fxz back and forth all day long... so can a few others.
I have used scripts and rsdlite and they both work for me...
Could there possibly be diff versions of the leak downloaded? Maybe that would explain the diff clock speeds?
chriselmore said:
Could there possibly be diff versions of the leak downloaded? Maybe that would explain the diff clock speeds?
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Not likely... it is probably because those that are overclocked were overclocked at one time or another, and the chips are able to overvolt now, from the OG hack that was done...
Operating system used? Front usb Ports? Rear?
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Not likely... it is probably because those that are overclocked were overclocked at one time or another, and the chips are able to overvolt now, from the OG hack that was done...
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Hmmmm i was overclocked on scv6 before but it didn't stick through ics. Bit i did have a non stock wallpaper stick through the fxz,ota and ics which i thought was weird...
chriselmore said:
Hmmmm i was overclocked on scv6 before but it didn't stick through ics. Bit i did have a non stock wallpaper stick through the fxz,ota and ics which i thought was weird...
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Ok, here we go. I was on the leak, bought and downloaded setcpu, set overclock to 1000, set to start on reboot, rebooted and got stuck on att screen for over 20 minutes. Tried factory reset in recovery and it didn't work. Tried to Fzx back to 2.3.5 using jims patch for rsd. Got stuck on bootloader 5/18 and the phone died.
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Ok, here we go. I was on the leak, bought and downloaded setcpu, set overclock to 1000, set to start on reboot, rebooted and got stuck on att screen for over 20 minutes. Tried factory reset in recovery and it didn't work. Tried to Fzx back to 2.3.5 using jims patch for rsd. Got stuck on bootloader 5/18 and the phone died.
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You got stuck at the boot logo screen? Or on rsdlite?
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Fall of Enosis said:
You got stuck at the boot logo screen? Or on rsdlite?
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Boot logo. Then when i tried rsd i got stuck on 5/18 bootloader. That's when the phone took a **** for good.
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Don't understand much, why all of us used same Fxz file for same phone but RSD shows different steps. Mine showed 19 steps, and stuck at 5/19. Others are 18, 21 ... ?
vinamilk said:
Don't understand much, why all of us used same Fxz file for same phone but RSD shows different steps. Mine showed 19 steps, and stuck at 5/19. Others are 18, 21 ... ?
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Mine showed 8/20
Not all the FXZ files are exactly the same. darkmixta is on an international released phone, so the fxz for that is different from the AT&T US one, that is why some fxzs have more steps and others have less.
tmease1 said:
Ok, here we go. I was on the leak, bought and downloaded setcpu, set overclock to 1000, set to start on reboot, rebooted and got stuck on att screen for over 20 minutes. Tried factory reset in recovery and it didn't work. Tried to Fzx back to 2.3.5 using jims patch for rsd. Got stuck on bootloader 5/18 and the phone died.
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I've read elsewhere of another using set CPU and bricking their phone.
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gvsukids said:
I've read elsewhere of another using set CPU and bricking their phone.
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It wasn't setcpu, it was the rsd failure that bricked him... but his setcpu issue that forced him to fxz is peculiar..
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