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Update to 100 then fail. Now it doesnt go past preparing.

There is several posts about this in other topics. But I figured it was important enough to have it's own. The first time I tried the update it got to a 100 then failed. Now tried twice already and nada, doesnt go past preparing and fails. Does anyone know where this file is residing and why the phone doesnt go past preparing?
I believe many more ppl are experiencing this issue.
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Leo_ee said:
There is several posts about this in other topics. But I figured it was important enough to have it's own. The first time I tried the update it got to a 100 then failed. Now tried twice already and nada, doesnt go past preparing and fails. Does anyone know where this file is residing and why the phone doesnt go past preparing?
I believe many more ppl are experiencing this issue.
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I hesitated replying to yet another thread on these update issues. It is becoming a pain to read through each one. But yes, I have the same issue and I think after reading the Success Survery thread that my issue is the circle battery mod because all I did was root, add the battery mod, tweak the market access and remove bloatware. Others have had success with the update with all these things except the battery mod from what I have read so far. Trying to figure out how to restore this back to factory battery. I don't want to take the ODIN factory reset option because it looks like nearly all people that do this fail at 50% on the update. It is also not clear if you already received a failed update if it is even possible to try again successfully.
But I am happy that my GPS issue is fixed! I manually installed Quickoffice. Never got the new youtube widget but could care less about that. I just don't like an incomplete update.

I did not install the battery mod. Mine was just rooted, sideloading enabled, crapware gone. No dice though. I do apologize for starting yet another thread but was only wondering if u fail once can u ever get it again.
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Same thing here, rooted with ATT apps removed. Went to 100% the first time but failed, now it fails at preparing. Anyone tried "Factory data reset" option and then updating?

I have the same problem, stuck on preparing too every time i retry the update installation. the only thing i did to my phone was root it and remove att crap. I am currently talking to samsung level 3 tech support to solve this problem. They first told me to send the phone in so they can reflash the phone but i am trying my best to get the tools from them to reflash my self.

I hope this can be solved in some other way
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Not a crisis, but could use some help

So after reading that the 2.3.6 update should not cause loss of root (i used zergrush oneclick), I decided to go ahead and do it OTA.
Unfortunately I was on a conference call for work and forgot to unfreeze the apps I had previously frozen with TiBu.
Started the update, it got to 75% and then said "update failed" and restarted. Everything seems fine.
I went into TiBu, unfroze everything and went back to update. I checked for the update and it is saying I am up-to-date, and to check back in 24 hours, but the phone is still on 2.3.5.
Any thoughts on how to force it tonight (or later if it does not want to do it on it's own)
Figured I would ask first before messing around anymore.

Yes push menu settings date and time uncheck automatic and change your date to a day from now manually then u can get the update

silver03wrx said:
Yes push menu settings date and time uncheck automatic and change your date to a day from now manually then u can get the update
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Thanks for the quick answer.
Unfortunately, while that did allow me to check again for updates, it is still saying my phone is up to date, despite showing as being on 2.3.5

I don't think the TiBu frozen apps prevented the OTA update... I was rooted using SuperOneClick 2.2 on 2.3.5. I did the OTA 2.3.6 update with 18 apps frozen with TiBu and it updated fine... I retained root... 18 apps still frozen... LauncherPro and all my widgits still functional. We're you on stock Recovery?
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Vaguely embarrassed but I think so? I have a new kid so much less time to play with phones.
Took a stock phone, rooted with zergrush, added super user so I could use TiBu to freeze bloat and some of the advanced juice defender and widget locker capabilities and that is it.
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Any solution for this yet?
I did the same thing, had mulitple apps and services frozen. I keep getting the already updated message.
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HERE PEOPLE 2.3.6 flashable zip uploaded by mikeyinid
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OK, here it is. But, after I was about halfway through the upload, I remembered I puller some stuff out. The main thing I was concerned with is the visual voicemail.apk. Hope you guys can get it from the market like we can on tmobile. Anyhow, here is the rooted 2.3.6 rom. Please, after first boot, go back into recovery and fix permissions.
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WEIRD Problem Atrix 2 In Freeze mode!! cant install uninstall anything

My Atrix 2 is a 2.3.5 firmware version. ATT 110921_0913
From previous 2 to 3 days my phone is in complete freeze mode...meaning whatever I do to my phone install any app uninstall any app...when I restart the phone it just gets back to the same state....
I have tried factory reset from the settings I didn't worked..... then I tried the hard reset method but that didn't worked too...
After that I tries reloading the stock fxz using the rsd lite but it failed at step 3 saying mbmloader cannot be flashed....
Then I tried the script method...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539167
In that it said that the bootloader is restricted and it cannot write it it wrote the rest of the things but still my phone is in the same state it was with same apps and everything.....
I tried booting into the CWM recovery mode but when I try to run the AtrixBOOtloader.apk it reboots and the restarts normally....
Please I really need som help....
just to let you know I have Go launcher installed I know its absurd to thing that it can be causing the problem...but just in casee....
Please let me know if you need any other information.....
Any help will be greatly appreciated....
Thanks....

More info is always nice:
Are you rooted? Were you running a special ROM? If rooted, did you make any changes to your system? If rooted, do you have a backup made (cause you should)? What did you do (system wise) before this started?
And are you SURE you are 2.3.5? Because all A2's are 2.3.5 out of the box but have since been upgraded to 2.3.6, which is the stock norm for A2's.
PS: From now on please post things like this in the Q&A forum. We're kinda letting this slide so far since it's still new and not everyone is aware of it.

Fall of Enosis said:
More info is always nice:
Are you rooted? Were you running a special ROM? If rooted, did you make any changes to your system? If rooted, do you have a backup made (cause you should)? What did you do (system wise) before this started?
And are you SURE you are 2.3.5? Because all A2's are 2.3.5 out of the box but have since been upgraded to 2.3.6, which is the stock norm for A2's.
PS: From now on please post things like this in the Q&A forum. We're kinda letting this slide so far since it's still new and not everyone is aware of it.
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Here are the answers:
Are you rooted? Yes!
Were you running a special ROM? No I did nothing that could mess up my rom or anything...
If rooted, did you make any changes to your system? If rooted, do you have a backup made (cause you should)? What did you do (system wise) before this started? No to above all...this started happening 2-3 days ago after some of my apps were updated...and I dont have any backup
And are you SURE you are 2.3.5? Because all A2's are 2.3.5 out of the box but have since been upgraded to 2.3.6, which is the stock norm for A2's........
I am sure that I am at 2.3.5 because I was not able to install the 2.3.6 update I kept on failing on me while installing on halfway.....
Again I have not done anything related to my system that I could cause this...only thing I can think of is because of some rogue app or something!!!!

Ok now that we have the basics down, one other question, what EXACTLY do you mean by "freeze mode"? What exactly is the phone doing that you don't want it to do? Force closing all the time? If so, what apps?
I'm still a little confused as to what EXACTLY the phone is doing.
The more info the better.

I agree with you Fall of Enosis, we need some more exacted information regarding the OP's issue here.
OP: You say you tried a factory reset, but now are concerned that it is a "rogue app", but unless you've re-installed apps you previously had installed, this is not likely.
What is your location, and do you have access to WiFi or network connectivity to enable the update from 2.3.5 to 2.3.6?
Sounds to me as if you have tried to do something that we're not entirely clear of (and perhaps you are not either) and as result you've borked the boot image, but I can't convincingly determine that is the case here. If the phone is still booting into Android, but simply "freezes", then you may have a bad flash of the FXZ.
If you are experiencing "freezing" of the UI or system itself, it could be application-related or a handful of other things.
You really need to be as precise as you possibly can, describing in detail everything you have done, tried, and are experiencing here for us to be of any real help. Otherwise, we're left to 'fishing' for information from you, which wastes everyone's time here.

Fall of Enosis said:
Ok now that we have the basics down, one other question, what EXACTLY do you mean by "freeze mode"? What exactly is the phone doing that you don't want it to do? Force closing all the time? If so, what apps?
I'm still a little confused as to what EXACTLY the phone is doing.
The more info the better.
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Yes all of my apps are force closing like motorola.service.....facebook rebtel and many others...sometimes one crashes on other restart some other.....
NOTHING IS ACTUALLY FREEZING
By freeze mode I mean like the deep freeze effect on the PC...I cannot uninstall any app or install a new one cannot make any changes ot my system settings or anything......
So sometimes critical processes closes like contacts process and then no contacts are shown.....I am able to use the phone and the apps which are not closing for that time works prefectly fine....

Apex_Strider said:
I agree with you Fall of Enosis, we need some more exacted information regarding the OP's issue here.
OP: You say you tried a factory reset, but now are concerned that it is a "rogue app", but unless you've re-installed apps you previously had installed, this is not likely.
What is your location, and do you have access to WiFi or network connectivity to enable the update from 2.3.5 to 2.3.6?
Sounds to me as if you have tried to do something that we're not entirely clear of (and perhaps you are not either) and as result you've borked the boot image, but I can't convincingly determine that is the case here. If the phone is still booting into Android, but simply "freezes", then you may have a bad flash of the FXZ.
If you are experiencing "freezing" of the UI or system itself, it could be application-related or a handful of other things.
You really need to be as precise as you possibly can, describing in detail everything you have done, tried, and are experiencing here for us to be of any real help. Otherwise, we're left to 'fishing' for information from you, which wastes everyone's time here.
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I am really sorry for not being much more clearer with my problem.....!!
I am currently in US LA and yes I do have wifi connectivity I have tried update several times but I just fails...I think may be I rooted it incorrectly....
I HAVE NOT TRIED TO DO ANYTHING WITH MY SYSTEM
The phone still boots up normally and works fine I mean nothing is freezing ....by freeze mode I mean the whole of the phone memory is frozen like deep freeze on the PC so I cannot make any changes to the settings or install uninstall any apps....moreover on each restart many of the processes keeps on closing...
So agian I will try to make it as clearer as possible.....I have not tried to install any custom rom or make any os or system related changes to my atrix 2....
What is actually happening is I cannot make any changes to my phone memory....I cannot change any settings or install or uninstall anything since as soon as I restart my phone ANY CHANGES WILL DISAPPEAR and it will be back to the exact same state as it was before.....
Please help I am not able to fix this thing....

Ok, thanks for being clearer. It helps.
I have had something like this happen to me, constant moto apps fc'ing.
For me it was an app causing my headache. However the only way i could take care of it was to restore one of my backups.
I think you possibly have an app causing your headache as well. And i think that somehow (whether you know it or not) you accidentally borked the system UI. So before we go to the extreme of fxz'ing back (since you don't have a backup) what kind of rooted apps are you using?
I know YOU didn't personally change anything but rooted apps will make all sorts of changes that you are unaware of.
What rooted apps are you running and more importantly which apps (rooted or not) were most recently installed before this happened?
Don't fret man, we'll work this out for ya.
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Maybe.. the flash memory cannot be written?

Is it possible to post "adb logcat" when your apps are force closing or you are trying to do an install? And if you could make adb work, then grab a shell and paste the o/p of the commands "mount", "df" ... Also you may want to try command like "adb install <package.apk>", and check what's the error code returned.

Fall of Enosis said:
Ok, thanks for being clearer. It helps.
I have had something like this happen to me, constant moto apps fc'ing.
For me it was an app causing my headache. However the only way i could take care of it was to restore one of my backups.
I think you possibly have an app causing your headache as well. And i think that somehow (whether you know it or not) you accidentally borked the system UI. So before we go to the extreme of fxz'ing back (since you don't have a backup) what kind of rooted apps are you using?
I know YOU didn't personally change anything but rooted apps will make all sorts of changes that you are unaware of.
What rooted apps are you running and more importantly which apps (rooted or not) were most recently installed before this happened?
Don't fret man, we'll work this out for ya.
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Okay, so I have been playing with the phone form last two days and I have figured out what the problem is...ITS A ROGUE APP...HOW??!!!!
Well, I started my phone in safe mode and I was out of the WIFI reach so no network access then to my surprise everything worked fine like a charm no process was closing and the phone was perfectly fine as it should but as soon as I went into wifi connectivity around 12 of my apps got automatic updates and my phone started f*king again.....
As soon as the updates were installed all my apps started force closing and it was absolutely like a what a virus does on the PC my apps were starting trying to load and then were kill in about 3-4 seconds......
So, it has to be a rogue app nothing else.....I am not sure which app is causing the problem and I don't even remember which app I recently installed but it has to be one of the app which is getting updated...right??
Just for reference these many apps gets the update after which my phone starts messing up....
Line Runner
Words with friends
Foursquare
Facebook
3D Matrix Vol.2 (its a live wallpaper)
TuneIn Radio
Skype
GO Keyboard
Nexus Pro Live wallpaper
GO Locker
(this only these got updated....it can the live wallpaper app I ma not sure)
So, now we know what the problem is...what am I supposed to do now...I have tried uninstalling my apps in the safe mode also but as usuale after the restart I gets back to the same exact state it was.....
Any suggestions will be really helpful....
Also what I am wondreing about is if the app has somehow restricted the mbmbootloader writing isn't there any other way we can write it or change the permission...??
Also thanks for staying with me on this till now

PhoenixNghi said:
Maybe.. the flash memory cannot be written?
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Are you referring to mbmloader.bin???

black_panther10 said:
Okay, so I have been playing with the phone form last two days and I have figured out what the problem is...ITS A ROGUE APP...HOW??!!!!
Well, I started my phone in safe mode and I was out of the WIFI reach so no network access then to my surprise everything worked fine like a charm no process was closing and the phone was perfectly fine as it should but as soon as I went into wifi connectivity around 12 of my apps got automatic updates and my phone started f*king again.....
As soon as the updates were installed all my apps started force closing and it was absolutely like a what a virus does on the PC my apps were starting trying to load and then were kill in about 3-4 seconds......
So, it has to be a rogue app nothing else.....I am not sure which app is causing the problem and I don't even remember which app I recently installed but it has to be one of the app which is getting updated...right??
Just for reference these many apps gets the update after which my phone starts messing up....
Line Runner
Words with friends
Foursquare
Facebook
3D Matrix Vol.2 (its a live wallpaper)
TuneIn Radio
Skype
GO Keyboard
Nexus Pro Live wallpaper
GO Locker
(this only these got updated....it can the live wallpaper app I ma not sure)
So, now we know what the problem is...what am I supposed to do now...I have tried uninstalling my apps in the safe mode also but as usuale after the restart I gets back to the same exact state it was.....
Any suggestions will be really helpful....
Also what I am wondreing about is if the app has somehow restricted the mbmbootloader writing isn't there any other way we can write it or change the permission...??
Also thanks for staying with me on this till now
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Ok, I am going weigh in here now....
All of this has absolutley NOTHING to do with the Bootloader/mbmloader, not sure where that came from.
My advice is disable all the updates in the playstore, or well the auto update feature, then those apps that you mentioned that are getting updated. After you restore the fxz, this time make sure that the auto update is off, and then update each of the noted problem apps ONE AT A TIME, then when the issue starts you know which one is the problem app, most likely the last app installed or updated, and I would not install that one again. Simple solution here.
Yes this will be painful, because you might have to do the fxz more than once, but it is the best way to know you are back to 100% stock again.

kousik said:
Is it possible to post "adb logcat" when your apps are force closing or you are trying to do an install? And if you could make adb work, then grab a shell and paste the o/p of the commands "mount", "df" ... Also you may want to try command like "adb install <package.apk>", and check what's the error code returned.
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Okay here I was doing adb logcat and when I tried play music it got killed and this was the adb logcat output
09-03 11:56:33.054 1362 1362 D dalvikvm: GC_EXPLICIT freed <1K, 48% free 2839K
/5379K, external 2357K/2773K, paused 52ms
09-03 11:56:35.750 521 538 W ActivityManager: Activity destroy timeout for H
istoryRecord{406001e0 com.google.android.music/com.android.music.activitymanagem
ent.TopLevelActivity}
09-03 11:56:38.070 1414 1414 D dalvikvm: GC_EXPLICIT freed 6K, 47% free 2892K/
5447K, external 2357K/2773K, paused 69ms
09-03 11:56:42.710 521 605 V AlarmManager: sending alarm Alarm{40b32c60 type
2 android}
09-03 11:56:42.726 4335 4471 I Gmail : MainSyncRequestProto: lowestBkwdConvo
Id: 0, highestHandledServerOp: 924491, normalSync: true
Let me know if you can make any sense out of it.....
And I am able to install and uninstall apps it is not like I wont be allowed to install them its like when I restart all the changes that I make are lost system setting any apps the I installed/uninstalled.....??
Is there anything else you want me to do??

jimbridgman said:
Ok, I am going weigh in here now....
All of this has absolutley NOTHING to do with the Bootloader/mbmloader, not sure where that came from.
My advice is disable all the updates in the playstore, or well the auto update feature, then those apps that you mentioned that are getting updated. After you restore the fxz, this time make sure that the auto update is off, and then update each of the noted problem apps ONE AT A TIME, then when the issue starts you know which one is the problem app, most likely the last app installed or updated, and I would not install that one again. Simple solution here.
Yes this will be painful, because you might have to do the fxz more than once, but it is the best way to know you are back to 100% stock again.
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But, I am not able to an fxz completely thats what I said...when I try to do fxz back to stock while trying with rsd lite it failed at step 3 saying cannot write mbmloader
then I tried the script method and it said that mbmloader is restricted and it cannot write to it and it did rest of e things which were in the script.....so not matter how many times I fxz it when I start my phone it just gets back to where I left it...??
All I want is that I can just flush everything my phone nad get it back to as it was new....no apps nothing...

black_panther10 said:
But, I am not able to an fxz completely thats what I said...when I try to do fxz back to stock while trying with rsd lite it failed at step 3 saying cannot write mbmloader
then I tried the script method and it said that mbmloader is restricted and it cannot write to it and it did rest of e things which were in the script.....so not matter how many times I fxz it when I start my phone it just gets back to where I left it...??
All I want is that I can just flush everything my phone nad get it back to as it was new....no apps nothing...
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You have a corrupt install, since it did not flash the correct BL, and most likely other files from the fxz. Your issue is that being in that state will make your phone completely unstable as it is. You are most likely partly on 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 at this point.
Did you EVER install the ICS leak?
Did you apply the corerct fxz patch? which version of firmware are you on, and where do you live (what country), and are you using an AT&T phone outside the US?
If you can answer all of that, I am sure I can get you all fixed with a good fxz.

jimbridgman said:
You have a corrupt install, since it did not flash the correct BL, and most likely other files from the fxz. You issue is that being in that state will make your phone completely unstable as it is. You are most likely partly on 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 at this point.
Did you EVER install the ICS leak?
Did you apply the corerct fxz patch? which version of firmware are you on, and where do you live (what country), and are you using an AT&T phone outside the US?
If you can answer all of that, I am sure I can get you all fixed with a good fxz.
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Did you EVER install the ICS leak? No I never tried the ICS leak!!
Did you apply the corerct fxz patch? which version of firmware are you on, and where do you live (what country), and are you using an AT&T phone outside the US? Yeah I applied the correcty fxz patch.....I am currently on 2.3.5 and I used the 2.3.5 fxz patch only......I purchased my atrix 2 from LA and I am using the phone in LA only
Well to your doubt that I can be partially on 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 .....well that is somehow possible since when the 2.3.6 update came out I tried to install it but it always failed in the halfway...but that never seemed to cause the problem...I tried that a couple of times when the update came out and then I gave up on it ....I thought it may be because I rooted my phone incorrectly.....but still my phone was working perfectly fine after that....

black_panther10 said:
Did you EVER install the ICS leak? No I never tried the ICS leak!!
Did you apply the corerct fxz patch? which version of firmware are you on, and where do you live (what country), and are you using an AT&T phone outside the US? Yeah I applied the correcty fxz patch.....I am currently on 2.3.5 and I used the 2.3.5 fxz patch only......I purchased my atrix 2 from LA and I am using the phone in LA only
Well to your doubt that I can be partially on 2.3.5 and 2.3.6 .....well that is somehow possible since when the 2.3.6 update came out I tried to install it but it always failed in the halfway...but that never seemed to cause the problem...I tried that a couple of times when the update came out and then I gave up on it ....I thought it may be because I rooted my phone incorrectly.....but still my phone was working perfectly fine after that....
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Ok, now you still did not answer the exact firmware version your on... please do this:
Settings --> About phone, now give me the long string of numbers and letters under the following things:
System Version:
Android Version:
Kernel Version:
Build number:
Once I have all of those, I will know how to patch the fxz for you. If you are truely on 2.3.5 there would be no need at all for any fxz patching by the way, that only applies if the 2.3.6 OTA actually took.

jimbridgman said:
Ok, now you still did not answer the exact firmware version your on... please do this:
Settings --> About phone, now give me the long string of numbers and letters under the following things:
System Version: 55.11.16.MB865.ATT.en.US
Android Version:2.3.5
Kernel Version: 2011-09-21 09:42 off.Bld LUD_EDISON_RLD7_PATCH_27_110921_0913
Build number:5.5.1-175 EDEFW1-16
Once I have all of those, I will know how to patch the fxz for you. If you are truely on 2.3.5 there would be no need at all for any fxz patching by the way, that only applies if the 2.3.6 OTA actually took.
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I have used the exact same version of fxz as the kernel version.....

black_panther10 said:
Line Runner
Words with friends
Foursquare
Facebook
3D Matrix Vol.2 (its a live wallpaper)
TuneIn Radio
Skype
GO Keyboard
Nexus Pro Live wallpaper
GO Locker
(this only these got updated....it can the live wallpaper app I ma not sure)
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Once you uninstall these apps, is everything fine? And if so, uninstall them all, and update them ONE at a time to see which one is borking everything.

Stuck on lockscreen - androidui has stopped

Moto G 16GB, bought off Amazon.co.uk. Rooted and flashed 4.4.2 before it was pushed to the device (I think it was an image off US version, found it in these forums back when I got the phone). I've been getting a prompt to install some Motorola US update for a few weeks, it pops up every now and then, has gone away when I tapped "No, thanks" option. All was fine until this morning...this is a really weird problem.
I don't know if the phone updated itself overnight, but when I dismissed the alarm this morning I couldn't get past the lockscreen. I put in my lock code and the phone had the stock wallpaper, then cycled to black background, then back to stock wallpaper and then I got a pop up saying "Unfortunately, the process com.android.systemui has stopped." and I was bumped back to the PIN lockscreen. Tried again, same thing. Now it doesn't even say anything about androidui, just cycles between black background and stock wallpaper and kicks me out.
Tried hooking it up to a PC and Mac, but neither recognized it and the phone appeared to be just charging. Power cycled it a dozen times by holding down the power button for about 6 seconds and I always end up with the same problem of not getting past the lockscreen. Every time I boot the phone now it says "Android is upgrading... Optimizing app 1 of 1". This is why I thought maybe I was pushed some incompatible US update?
Underneath it all the phone works fine, got the alarm this morning, received an SMS, answered a phone call. I can even get to the camera from the lockscreen. Is there any other options besides complete wipe and starting from the beginning again?
Probably OT, but I've always had trouble with the launcher quitting, no matter what launcher I'm using, on Moto G and the previous GNex.
Any help is appreciated, I'm bummed.

Hi,
i've today the same, exactly the same problem. It's strange, because i can't reset my phone to factory default, i went to the recovery menu, then "factory", but it only rebooted...
My "solution":
I reinstalled the original firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
Then all works fine.. No matter why this error occurs.. an automatic firmware update? ..i don't know...

the exact same thing happened to me today out of nowhere and i'm about to leave on a trip, i'm so angry!

Jeez...well, looks like I'm not the only one. WTF happened? I left on a weekend trip too and I'm P.O.'d. I haven't been too religious with my backups either, that's why I was trying to find a way to back things up before wiping it all, but it looks like I'm out of luck. Guess a full wipe is in order.

hmmm i'm a complete dufus when it requires ADB, i've followed the procedures at the link but everytime i try to enter an input cmd says "mfastboot is not a recognized command"
electrictimes said:
Jeez...well, looks like I'm not the only one. WTF happened? I left on a weekend trip too and I'm P.O.'d. I haven't been too religious with my backups either, that's why I was trying to find a way to back things up before wiping it all, but it looks like I'm out of luck. Guess a full wipe is in order.
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my phone wasn't even rooted, pure stock kitkat, i'm taking my heavy ass old notebook with me and will spend my days off trying to fix this **** it seems

a.monteiro said:
hmmm i'm a complete dufus when it requires ADB, i've followed the procedures at the link but everytime i try to enter an input cmd says "mfastboot is not a recognized command"
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Take a look:
c) If the firmware file you downloaded is a .xml.zip file then download Motorola Fastboot mfastboot-v2.zip (attached to this post) and extract the .exe into the same folder as the stock firmware files (the same folder as the .bin and .img files). If your firmware is a .tar.gz file then skip this step.

I'm debating if I should go ahead and restore the firmware OR wait for Motorola to right their wrongs!

a.monteiro said:
the exact same thing happened to me today out of nowhere and i'm about to leave on a trip, i'm so angry!
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Same situation....

ifishy said:
Take a look:
c) If the firmware file you downloaded is a .xml.zip file then download Motorola Fastboot mfastboot-v2.zip (attached to this post) and extract the .exe into the same folder as the stock firmware files (the same folder as the .bin and .img files). If your firmware is a .tar.gz file then skip this step.
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I... did that, but obviously not the correct way, i'm downloading the files on my note and will try again. Maybe I should unpack the firmware files at some specific place? The instructions said nothing about this so I did nothing.
zofari said:
I'm debating if I should go ahead and restore the firmware OR wait for Motorola to right their wrongs!
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Just reminded me that my phone is still within warranty, doing this restore may void it?

a.monteiro said:
I... did that, but obviously not the correct way, i'm downloading the files on my note and will try again. Maybe I should unpack the firmware files at some specific place? The instructions said nothing about this so I did nothing.
Just reminded me that my phone is still within warranty, doing this restore may void it?
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My phone is back working..at the cost of wiping out all my data.

zofari said:
My phone is back working..at the cost of wiping out all my data.
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Guess this is the only way out of this, then. What a mystery... I wonder if this is the "Welcome to Lenovo" update 1.0 lol.

i'm getting a "missing AdbWinApi.dll" although i've installed all the applications required, any help?
edit: guess i also need the android sdk, right?
edit2: got it, just copy the dlls from the minimal adb directory into the firmware directory and it's good to go, just configuring my newly restored device, thanks all

I wonder why this happened? I was using google play store at the moment, updating the flipboard app...

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I wonder why this happened? I was using google play store at the moment, updating the flipboard app...
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I guess It's the problem of flipboard app!

My father's phone is also experiencing this issue, I can't even reset the phone to factory settings.
This occurred when I was also updating the flipboard app... seriously I'll have to RMA this...
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So I also have an issue where when you unlock the screen, it just locks back up (no android dialogue saying that com.android.systemui has crashed, but the same result).
I'm also unable to go into bootloader -> Recovery to factory reset the phone.
I stupidly tried to uninstall the flipboard app and reinstall it and it killed the phone... it's now stuck and quite annoying.
I'm 99% sure it's Flipboard.

Looks like others are having issues with Flipboard too
http://forums.androidcentral.com/moto-g/391289-something-seriously-wrong-my-moto-g.html
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I solved the issue by following the instructions here:
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_answer_detail/a_id/97329/p/30,6720,9050

how could a flipboard update screw android so badly? what a strange day
edit: they seemed to have pulled the update back or fixed it though, during my restore flipboard installed without issues

Holy S*** I'm in the same situation. It's definitely the Flipboard update that caused everything. Support just acknowledged me but never gave me any solution. I'm running ART and I think that was contributing the problem. It's terrifying knowing how a single app can completely ruin your phone!!
Anyway guys, is there anyway I can save my pics and stuff before I wipe my data?

Good detective work, I now remember updating the Flipboard app w/ bunch of others as well when things were still all good. Could this be remedied if Flipboard would manage to push a working update? I really don't wanna wipe everything, and I'm not sure I can.

Word from Flipboard (via Twitter):
"Flipboard does not support the experimental OS ART at this time."

How to stop lollipop from installing automatically?

I have just noticed my G3 is taking the ota without asking for my approval. How can I stop it from doing it again? Thanks in advance.

Secret Menu
I went to the dialer keypad and typed in 3845#*850#, the 850 is my model number. Change it to your model # and secret menu will appear. Tap on WLAN settings and it will show OTA updates and pick disable. That's it. Worked for me.

Did that but the phone will still try to install. The reason I know is because my phone will be boot looping in twrp. At first I thought I did something crazy until this morning I saw a message saying phone will install update and will reboot in 10 seconds. Good thing is that I have the boot loop fix zip file in my sdcard.

I kept having this happen to me as well, even after disabling the option in the secret menu. I ended up installing the 855 minus 5 ROM.

I actually had that happen as well. My whole system was gone and stuck in twrp. I downloaded the copy of the 10f stock file and the zip fix file. Thought everything was good, then the update popped up again in the notifation bar, so I made a backup in twrp and tried disabling notifications. The next morning it started to auto install and it failed. Stuck in twrp again, ran my backup then disabled notifications again. Haven't seen the update again in the notifications. Hopefully it won't come back.

Using TiBu, I disabled/froze com.leg.lgfota.permission and Software Update and I have not had any issues.
Sent from my LG G3 D850

So I tried Titanium Backup. Couldn't figure out how to do it. I also noticed I couldn't send or receive MMS pics. Did some searching and on Google Play, there is an app called Disable Service. Download the app, open it, click on system at the top, scroll down to Google Play Services and click on it. Scroll down to SystemUpdateService and uncheck the box. I also went down to software update and unchecked all 3 of those boxes. Restart your phone and you're done. I also re enabled the setting in the secret menu. Now my pics come through again and the update disappeared when I restarted the phone.

Can the OTA be undone?
auky said:
I have just noticed my G3 is taking the ota without asking for my approval. How can I stop it from doing it again? Thanks in advance.
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This may be a dumb question but I had something similar happen and I'm desperately looking for a way to reverse things. My D850 was rooted, still stock but tweaked to PERFECTION, and I was under the false impression that the OTA checked for root and wouldn't proceed, so when I got the notification that the update was available I dismissed it and didn't think about it. Next morning I woke up to find the OTA happened without any action from me and of course I lost root. The phone is now really sluggish with numerous nuisances and I hate it. AT&T really f'd up my perfect G3. I chose not to factory reset or clear the cache as some have suggested to improve performance. I guess I was hoping that with everything still installed there might be some hope to regain root.
I'm reading about people going back back and flashing zip files but I don't get how it's being done. I did not have a custom recovery installed but I did have a backup with Titanium, although I obviously can't get into that now without root. The really odd thing is that Softcard still thinks it's rooted and won't run. Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks,
...Joe K.

jkovacs89 said:
This may be a dumb question but I had something similar happen and I'm desperately looking for a way to reverse things. My D850 was rooted, still stock but tweaked to PERFECTION, and I was under the false impression that the OTA checked for root and wouldn't proceed, so when I got the notification that the update was available I dismissed it and didn't think about it. Next morning I woke up to find the OTA happened without any action from me and of course I lost root. The phone is now really sluggish with numerous nuisances and I hate it. AT&T really f'd up my perfect G3. I chose not to factory reset or clear the cache as some have suggested to improve performance. I guess I was hoping that with everything still installed there might be some hope to regain root.
I'm reading about people going back back and flashing zip files but I don't get how it's being done. I did not have a custom recovery installed but I did have a backup with Titanium, although I obviously can't get into that now without root. The really odd thing is that Softcard still thinks it's rooted and won't run. Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks,
...Joe K.
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I'm afraid you wont be able to go back to rooted kitkat without having to clean install as there is no root for Lollipop yet.

aybarrap1 said:
Using TiBu, I disabled/froze com.leg.lgfota.permission and Software Update and I have not had any issues.
Sent from my LG G3 D850
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Hey aybarrap just curious if the TiBu freezing has held up. Took your advice and did the same. Just curious if you've had any issues so I can be on the lookout.

adosin said:
Hey aybarrap just curious if the TiBu freezing has held up. Took your advice and did the same. Just curious if you've had any issues so I can be on the lookout.
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I have NOT received a single nag or download for OTA. I have had these frozen for over two months without seeing any issues in the phone's operations. In fact I waited 10 days after the 10f was released before installing and had no issues.