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Hi, I have a motorola milestone xt720.
I recently flashed dext3r's Motoblur on it and it is running fine but it has many bugs and I just want to return to froyo.. Which is my problem.
There are a few problems I am running into
-RSD Lite 4.9 doesn't recognize my phone
-Booting in recovery mode doesn't work (It shows a triangle with yellow exclamation with a phone laying down next to it)
I just can't find a guide that solves my problem, if any one could PLEASE help it would be awesome, i'm sick of the bugs on MOTOBLUR (which by the way was downloaded for XT720)
bmm1893 said:
Hi, I have a motorola milestone xt720.
I recently flashed dext3r's Motoblur on it and it is running fine but it has many bugs and I just want to return to froyo.. Which is my problem.
There are a few problems I am running into
-RSD Lite 4.9 doesn't recognize my phone
-Booting in recovery mode doesn't work (It shows a triangle with yellow exclamation with a phone laying down next to it)
I just can't find a guide that solves my problem, if any one could PLEASE help it would be awesome, i'm sick of the bugs on MOTOBLUR (which by the way was downloaded for XT720)
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So to solve the rsdlite thing, make sure you have USB debugging on and then it should recognize your phone.
For the recovery issue, what happens after your triangle goes away? How many options do you have? If it is only 4 then you are in stock recovery and not a custom recovery like Androidiani or Mioze's. Both these and their guides are on this General forum.
Now for the "stock" ROM part. Look in the Development threads. There are plenty of options in there from CM6/7, Hellmonger's ROM,...gotta look though. When you say return to froyo, it is cryptic bc aside from Korean, there is no froyo to return too. They are all custom.
Woodrube said:
So to solve the rsdlite thing, make sure you have USB debugging on and then it should recognize your phone.
For the recovery issue, what happens after your triangle goes away? How many options do you have? If it is only 4 then you are in stock recovery and not a custom recovery like Androidiani or Mioze's. Both these and their guides are on this General forum.
Now for the "stock" ROM part. Look in the Development threads. There are plenty of options in there from CM6/7, Hellmonger's ROM,...gotta look though. When you say return to froyo, it is cryptic bc aside from Korean, there is no froyo to return too. They are all custom.
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-Yes the phone is in debugging mode and it doesn't recognize my phone.
-The triangle doesn't go away, it stays there until i take out the battery again
-I will try those mods but knowing my luck they won't work.. I will use dext3r's froyo is what I mean to return to froyo, go through the whole process of flashing it to my phone again
Thanks for the reply
Put on Mio's CM6 RC3. Best ROM created yet for the XT720 in my opinion, really good stuff.
Definitely don't bother with Dexter's stuff at this point, what with all the amazing ROMs that have been created since Feb of 2010.
I will try that! IF I can get this to work without bricking my phone or anything :'(.
I've about given up on this phone, it has SO many problems and it's just slow in regards to processor speed and internet, 4G is out..
Don't give up on it yet. In the last 4 months we have gotten 4 really incredible ROMs. If you can boot up fully, install Mioze's recovery (I was mistaken before, it is in the Dev threads not General). The install CM6 or Hellmongers and never look back.
Most of us got this phone with a fresh 2.1. Now look what we have, thanks to some very talented people.
Good luck. Bedtime for now.
Edit: Aside from screwing with the bootloader, it is almost impossible to actually "brick" your phone. Get it to be unresponsive, yes. You can flash back to stock sbf and redo everything, but bricking is a tough thing to do.
You can overclock your CPU with Milestone Overclock from the market. Good starting point is 1000/66. Now I am going to bed.
Yeah it can boot fine, I can send messages and everything, it just has numerous bugs.
My god I figured it out....
I had to reinstall the Moto USB Driver because I completely forgot that I had to swipe my computer about a month ago and it uninstalled!
Much stress and anger lifted off of my shoulder !!!!!!!!! I can get it from here!
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Edit: Aside from screwing with the bootloader, it is almost impossible to actually "brick" your phone. Get it to be unresponsive, yes. You can flash back to stock sbf and redo everything, but bricking is a tough thing to do.
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Lol, yeah that is so true. I remember how scared I was when I first flashed dexters the very first time. New to ubuntu, new to android yipe. Its actually pretty close to impossible to brick a phone unless you tamper with bootloaders like you mentioned.
Ok, so i have a new Atrix that came stock with 2.3.4/4.5.91 from AT&T. I Rooted it, unlocked the bootloader, and installed this Recovery: recovery-en-goapk-0630-1029. Then I tried to flash CM& Beta, and all hell broke loose. on reboot, it got stuck on the Dual Core screen, and I can do anything else, because now i get battery to low to flash error. What mode does the phone need to be in so it will charge, and what do i need to do to fix this?
I have a Droid two global by Motorola and bricked it at one point in time. I had the same issue. I am not sure if this is the case with the atrix, but it very possibly could be. In his state often Motorola phones will not charge themeselves. There are a few options. The easiest is if you have a buddy that has the same phone as you. You can borrow the battery from his phone. You could also simply buy another battery. The honestly best, but hardest method is to buy or make your own Motorola factory cable. You can look that up online. After you have a charged battery simply find instructions to recover your phone via fastboot, or sbf. Hope you get it working
P.s. if this helped you, or you simply appreciate me taking the time out of my fourteen year old life then please press the thanks button
Well, I was able to rescue my phone lol. After the panic set in and I was calm again, I searched the house and found my microSD to SD adapter, and downloaded the "alien" ROM, entered recovery and was able to install it. After that phone booted up properly and went it charge mode....thank God lol. So now I'm left with another series of questions...why wouldn't the recovery install the backup I made, and wouldn't the CM7 beta not install, but the alien rom installed just fine? I might to go to the forum specific area for androids foe this one...
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Well, I was able to rescue my phone lol. After the panic set in and I was calm again, I searched the house and found my microSD to SD adapter, and downloaded the "alien" ROM, entered recovery and was able to install it. After that phone booted up properly and went it charge mode....thank God lol. So now I'm left with another series of questions...why wouldn't the recovery install the backup I made, and wouldn't the CM7 beta not install, but the alien rom installed just fine? I might to go to the forum specific area for androids foe this one...
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Gonna answer my own question here...I had the wrong recovery installed. For others wanting to install CM7, use rom manager, and install the most current version of clockworkmod recovery and make sure to update it. This was my golden ticket to CM7 love
ok so i have a samsung admire from metro pcs CDMA i put cwm v5 on it and i formatted everything cuz it was bricked so now i have a samsung admire with no os cuz i deleted th /system /data and everything else you can think of so now what????
I think what you're going to have to do is use a piece of software called Odin and push the OS onto the phone via USB. Since you can't plug your phone into the computer and just drag and drop a ROM onto the SD card (since you have no OS) this is probably your best bet. Look to see if you can use Odin with your phone.
yeah i can you use odin i dont know were to find the os and i used odin to get clockwork recovery on my phone
Hey, I found this forum for you regarding the samsung admire, it might help they provide the stock rom and rooted rom for your phone aswell as instructions using odin.
http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showthread.php?3304-ACS-THE-ODIN-THREAD-Return-to-stock
Goof luck restoring your phone!!!
ok this is kinda making me mad cuz im using my phone tether and it only downloads 12kb/s max and it keeps stopping at 6mb so i dont know what to do
could you download it and put it in a dropbox or would that do the same thing
Modder573 said:
ok this is kinda making me mad cuz im using my phone tether and it only downloads 12kb/s max and it keeps stopping at 6mb so i dont know what to do
could you download it and put it in a dropbox or would that do the same thing
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In case you havent done so yet!
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4HvpM93wRjkNjkzM2NiMTgtMzM5OS00NjdlLTg1ZGUtMjA4Y2U4YTZjOWI5
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4HvpM93wRjkYzlhNDFlYmUtZjk4MC00YjdmLTk2NGItMjY0YWI3YWM1NTM4
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4HvpM93wRjkMTVmZjA1YmEtYzIxNy00YTFjLWFkZDktMWM2ZGE3MGM0NmJl
Hope these help.
Thnx I'll try sorry I been on my iPhone looking for something that could download my files without stopping them cuz there so slow I need a program I feels like a dum ass
It worked but I still need help I wanted to put admiral beast on it but I tried with both of the flashes prerooted and stock but it boots then gets stuck on samsung and vibrates till it dies I tried all the noob stuff I think theres something wrong with the flashes
I'm afraid I can't help you any more as I simply don't have the knowledge. I hope you get it sorted mate!!!
Try and search on google things like "how to unbrick samsung admire" etc. You may be lucky and other people might have had the same problem as you.
Goof Luck!
ok so it been working perfect just like new until today i bought the app appuratus and i was playing it theb my phone died so i charged it now it booting up on to the samsung screen the one before it says SCH-R720 then it gets yellow lines through the screen then it turns off it and i already tried to go into cwm and it wont just does same thin and i already put it in odin mode and put a new rom like 600 times not lieing and its still doing the samething......?
o and one question i would like to become a dev. so hows that going to happen
Sooo it seems I have now bricked my beloved G2x. I have tried every recovery method on xda I can find (a few times), but still no luck.
I was trying to restore stock on my phone to catch the new OTA update, and it has failed...miserably.
Now, my phone gets to the little T-Mobile G2x splash screen and then reboots. I've tried NVflash'ing the firmware, I've tried kdz (which I absolutely cannot get to work right), I've tried sacrificing a chicken to the LG powers-that-be (okay, haven't tried that...YET), but nothing has worked.
Does anybody know of an absolute "unbrick" method?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Also, every now and then, the phone will actually make it to the initial "Touch the android to begin." screen, but my battery (which was 100% charged before this started) now says 0%, even when plugged in.
these links were in the first page of me searching "brick help"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611968&highlight=brick+help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180331&highlight=brick+help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619893&highlight=brick+help
I've tried those methods, and almost every other I could find. I've searched this forum for hours today before posting this, and no matter what I use, I get stuck in either a bootloop or i get a reboot after a minute of being booted. I've tried different recoveries, different ROMs, different flashing methods, and it all ends up the same way.
if you've actually tried things you might want to post exactly what you have tried what were the outcomes and so on and so on. I'm not going to assume what you have tried and assume what the process you did and where you might have messed up. I'm sure neither is anyone else. So unless you help me help you we together are not going to get anywhere.
To the best of my recollection, here's how it went down:
Started off with running Genesis v1 Beta 6.
Ran G2x batch clean up tool w/ CWM Touch
Flashed cyanogen_p999-ota.eng.feli.zip in CWM
* At this point my phone would not make it past more than 1 minute after booting. It would boot up, but after approx. 1 minute, it would reboot, no matter what I did w/ it. This happened several times
Wiped everything through CWM, flashed Genesis again (default install)
*Had same reboot issues listed above
Used NVFlash to push stock V21e firmware http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
*After this, My phone would not make it past the "T-Mobile G2x with Google" splash screen. You would hear the T-mobile jingle, then the screen would "get stuck" for about one minute, and then the phone would reboot and go through the LG logos to the splash screen and repeat endlessly until I performed a battery pull
Restored stock recovery using NVFlash
*Did a reboot and suddenly saw the boot animation from Genesis!? Not sure how that happened, but it never made it past the boot animation
Ran G2x batch clean up again to try to "clean" the phone, and pushed the V21e firmware again
*Same boot problem
Flashed stock recovery again, then attempted to use KDZ. KDZ will continue to force close midway through the operation, and I cannot get it to work
Pushed V21e yet again
*Now it started making it to the initial set-up "Touch the android..." dialog. I could actually make it through this part, and then the phone would reboot again
*Somewhere in the middle of this, my battery went from reading 95%(The few times it would actually boot) to reading 0%. I wiped battery stats in CWM, but it didn't fix it. "Hey, maybe my battery actually died," I thought, so it's now on the wall charger, waiting for me to try to rescue it again.
I'm going to *attempt* to install a nandroid in CWM, and pray that it fixes things, but if that does not work, I'm at a complete loss
mt3g said:
if you've actually tried things you might want to post exactly what you have tried what were the outcomes and so on and so on. I'm not going to assume what you have tried and assume what the process you did and where you might have messed up. I'm sure neither is anyone else. So unless you help me help you we together are not going to get anywhere.
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More info would be great!
If I were you, would give a shot of mansa_noob's clean up tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590523
It will reorganize your partitions. Then you just need to flash CWM recovery, then the stock ROM.
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Just saw your new post, wow that's interesting. I'm not too sure if the touch CWM has anything to do with it, how about to try the normal recovery version of the clean up tool, then maybe a different stock ROM?
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
the only thing I can think of will get me flamed lol, don't use those clean up tools unless it is a last resort! I can say I've never had an issue with just flashing after going through mounts and storage (data, system,cache) and wiping the main things.
The fact that the phone can be booted and it is showing images on the screen means you are not bricked. On the other hand, I've yet to read the issues you are describing, ever. You got quite mess on your hands.
KDZ is your best bet, what do you mean it just "continues to force close"
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Just saw your new post, wow that's interesting. I'm not too sure if the touch CWM has anything to do with it, how about to try the normal recovery version of the clean up tool, then maybe a different stock ROM?
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
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Tried CWM 5.0.2.0, also. I've tried both the stock ROM and the basic cyanogen ROM (Sorry, can't remember exactly where in the cycle those fell...I've repeated several steps several times)
Alright, so It's fixed! Thanks for the interest.
Just for the sake of somebody who (somehow) might have something similar, here's what fixed it....and be warned, this is QUITE unorthodox:
My phone was fully charged (turned off, showing the charged battery icon). I removed the battery, the SIM, and the SD card, and stuck my phone in the fridge for about 10 minutes...That's right, the fridge. I read somewhere that this may help when writing to the disk, and I figured "why not?"
I then pushed V21e using NVflash again, and, lo and behold, it works like a champ! Now just to get the latest OTA update, sit back, and wait for the latest and greatest ROMs to trickle down.
Also, sorry about the original post being kind of vague...It was posted after literal hours of searching and trying different things, and the frustration clouded my brain.
that is crazy lol, but glad something worked for you...
mt3g said:
the only thing I can think of will get me flamed lol, don't use those clean up tools unless it is a last resort! I can say I've never had an issue with just flashing after going through mounts and storage (data, system,cache) and wiping the main things.
The fact that the phone can be booted and it is showing images on the screen means you are not bricked. On the other hand, I've yet to read the issues you are describing, ever. You got quite mess on your hands.
KDZ is your best bet, what do you mean it just "continues to force close"
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Hey buddy. I won't flame. You are absolutely right. I don't use the cleanup tool a lot either but then since my bluetooth issue is fixed I am slacking .
I am curious though why it did not work but will respond to op in a minute.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA
rtotheichie said:
Alright, so It's fixed! Thanks for the interest.
Just for the sake of somebody who (somehow) might have something similar, here's what fixed it....and be warned, this is QUITE unorthodox:
My phone was fully charged (turned off, showing the charged battery icon). I removed the battery, the SIM, and the SD card, and stuck my phone in the fridge for about 10 minutes...That's right, the fridge. I read somewhere that this may help when writing to the disk, and I figured "why not?"
I then pushed V21e using NVflash again, and, lo and behold, it works like a champ! Now just to get the latest OTA update, sit back, and wait for the latest and greatest ROMs to trickle down.
Also, sorry about the original post being kind of vague...It was posted after literal hours of searching and trying different things, and the frustration clouded my brain.
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I am afraid if my theory is correct your flash (memory) may be going. The symptoms you have described and the fix you mention would suggest a data retention problem. If it breaks again (i hope that I am wrong and it won't) you may have to stick it in the fridge again but if that happens get rid of it fast!
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA
rtotheichie said:
Alright, so It's fixed! Thanks for the interest.
Just for the sake of somebody who (somehow) might have something similar, here's what fixed it....and be warned, this is QUITE unorthodox:
My phone was fully charged (turned off, showing the charged battery icon). I removed the battery, the SIM, and the SD card, and stuck my phone in the fridge for about 10 minutes...That's right, the fridge. I read somewhere that this may help when writing to the disk, and I figured "why not?"
I then pushed V21e using NVflash again, and, lo and behold, it works like a champ! Now just to get the latest OTA update, sit back, and wait for the latest and greatest ROMs to trickle down.
Also, sorry about the original post being kind of vague...It was posted after literal hours of searching and trying different things, and the frustration clouded my brain.
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Yet another proof of G2X's unbrickable fame with a happy ending.
Happy for you!
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
So following the instructions here I rooted my LG Tribute 5 when I got it with Kingroot. And everything was fine for months. Until System Updates started to pop up regularly but I could never get them to install(they would error out). After a quick search I learned the updates won't install cuz the device was rooted. And a quick unroot would get the install to work.
I just unrooted through the kingroot app and started the updated. Before, when I tried the update it would error out about a quarter of the way through. This time the bar made it all the way to the end and then error'd out. I didn't think much of it. So since the device was stuck I took my battery out and back in. The device went through the boot process, then a No Command error popped up. Never saw that before.
So I tinkered with it a bit and kept getting the error. So I got into the Recovery Menu to do a full wipe and factory reset. I did that, but the No Command still popped up.
I know I can put a custom rom file on my external sd card and install that through recovery, right? The thing is I would like to install Slimrom, but there are a ton of downloads on the sites download page. So I'm asking for a little help on directions on a slimrom that will work on the LG Tribute 5.
And if there isn't a custom rom that works with a tribute 5,can I get a recommendation of one a custom rom that does? I'm into lightweight and minimalistic. By the way, I didn't have a custom rom on my phone, just had it rooted.
Thank you so much in advance for any and all help
No-one has any advice for me?
A little more info, the phone was on Android 5.1.1 before it started erroring out.
No-one has any advice for me?
A little more info, the phone was on Android 5.1.1 before it started erroring out.
Do you have a custom recovery as well? If it is only the stock recovery, which blocks most zips, your very option may be to use LG UP and the stock dz file and return the device to stock. The process to update can be done from that point.
I'm pretty sure I only have the stock recovery. I knew i should have installed TWRP...
So just search for LG UP and the stock firmware and they should be easily accessible?
Thanks for the reply xanscorp.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0KV4b0_G1PQZW95ZmloejU5dFk
The LG UP program and .dz file are in there.
That's awesome! Thank you very much for linking the files for me.
I'm gonna do this in a couple hours when I get home and I'll let you know how it went.
Much appreciated xanscorp
One last stupid question... Just the LG Up and.dz files are the only two I need right?
I'm guessing so, but just wanna be sure.
Yes. It'll put you back to stock.
Unfortunately I haven't yet found how to get the ZV5 firmware fully rooted (i.e. a custom recovery) but it can be partially rooted with KingRoot. (http://www.kingroot.net/wap)
I just finally got around to giving this a shot. Sheesh....
Anyways I downloaded the files, put them on my external SD card, popped my SD card into my phone, then booted my phone to recovery. I went to install update from SD, and the phone didn't find any files. Hmmm....
I'm definitely doing something wrong. The .msi file looks like an executable. So I hopped onto Windows to install it. It installed, but when I run the program it can't find my phone when I plug it in.
I'm about to just give up, trash this thing, switch to a different provider and get another new phone. This time I won't mess with Kingroot. I'm pretty positive that's the app that screwed things up. I've had three different phones, rooted all three through different methods, and never had a problem.
Things files are to restore from a pc using LG Up for Windows... that's why it's a Microsoft Installer (.msi) file.
Yeah I figured that. But when I plug my phone into the computer my phone isn't recognized. I'm assuming because it boots straight to a No Command screen.
So since the computer doesn't recognize it neither does LG Up. Any trick to get around this?
Still haven't gotten this phone back to working. This is the first time I've really been stumped after a brick.
Please...anymore help?
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You find annything cause my same phone did the same thing
Sure haven't bud.
I've tried the help in the thread with no success