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[Q] Bricked phone, help please

Hello xda.
I bought a D2G from eBay that came with MIUI, I wanted a stock android so I downloaded a supposedly stock ROM and flashed it with CWM included in MIUI.
It bricked my phone but I can still get to stock recovery, I've read a bit but I'm still confused of how to unbrick it. I watched a Youtube vid that was a guide to do that, however some people say that one of the files is corrupted.
I already have RSD Lite and the drivers, what do I have to do next, please help me.
Thank you very much.
EDIT: Is very probable that the ROM I flashed wasn't the correct one because it was about 100Mb in size.
EDIT2: If it helps in any way, if I turn on the phone it shows the MIUI logo and then goes blank (well grey).

try wiping data in stock recovery
edit: what was the file name and how did you flash it, clockwork or bootloader mode
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Thank you for your response I'll try that now, by the way, can I charge battery in stock recovery? because I don't know how much do I have left.
EDIT: The file is in the other computer, I'm downloading right now another called DROID2WE_X6_2.4.29_FULL.sbf.zip, I entered MIUI recovery then with that I entered CWM and flashed it. Another question, how do I wipe the data? thanks again

not likely, but if white charging light, next to usb port comes on you should be good
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you need to unzip that file and flash with rsd lite with phone in bootloader mode
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read this http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/SBF
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the name of the file flashed was D2G.2.4.330.Deodex.Root.Busybox.2.4.29apks.zip
It shows the white LED =D
Thanks for the link, I loled when I saw Cirno as the logo.

stock recovery http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/Android_Recovery
you need 4.5.608 sbf if you want newest software, that can be rooted http://www.droidknows.com/showthread.php/364-Gingerbread-Full-SBF-4-5-608
don't use 2.3.4/4.5.629 unless all else fails because there is no going back
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zoteman94 said:
the name of the file flashed was D2G.2.4.330.Deodex.Root.Busybox.2.4.29apks.zip
It shows the white LED =D
Thanks for the link, I loled when I saw Cirno as the logo.
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not sure what that is, what that is, but its not what you need now
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Yes, you're right. Wiping didn't work. I'll download 4.5.608 then. Just if you're curious Cirno is a character from a game known for being stupid.

zoteman94 said:
the name of the file flashed was D2G.2.4.330.Deodex.Root.Busybox.2.4.29apks.zip
It shows the white LED =D
Thanks for the link, I loled when I saw Cirno as the logo.
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ok looked it up, if you where on 2.2 / 2.4.33 when you flashed this, wiping data should work
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i looked that up too
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member Gasai Yuno wrote the wiki

zoteman94 said:
Thanks for the link, I loled when I saw Cirno as the logo.
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Well, I didn't bother making a proper logo so I took the one I use at hisouten.koumakan.jp, another wiki.

Thank you, I now have stock android installed. When I saw battery life after flashing... 90%.

are you on verizon?
if so your phone will, try to update, to 4.5.629, which is fine if you are not interested in rooting, but you can not go back
if you do not want to update you need to root with Pete's root tools, and rename motoblurupdater
if you want to know more just ask, or check out the link in my sig
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It doesn't matter if you're on VZW or not, stock firmware checks for updates and tries to install them via WiFi/mobile data regardless of your carrier choice.
The files in question to be renamed are
/system/app/BlurUpdater_VZW.apk
/system/app/BlurUpdater_VZW.odex

I had wondered if the wiki was your work, G.Y.
Thanks for compiling that, it's helped me many times.

Anyone tried/using clockworkmod touch recovery?

The question says it all. I think a touch based recovery would be rad, and we all know CWM is legit. Does anyone use it? If so, does it work well?
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Fall of Enosis said:
The question says it all. I think a touch based recovery would be rad, and we all know CWM is legit. Does anyone use it? If so, does it work well?
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I highly doubt it will work for our phone. Considering we had to have nitroglycerine33 whip us up a custom CWM that would work on our phone, I doubt that touch cwm would work...

Lol, duh. Think before you post fall. Ha!
I guess if I could use touch recovery I wouldn't be using Bootstrap. Roflcopter!
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we are able to flash the bionic recovery with rom manager, so maybe it is possible to use a bionic build of CWM touch, if there ever is one.
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or this for the razr maybe? http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...-interesting/page__hl__jydaddy__fromsearch__1

i flashed the razr touch and it boots to it from are bootstrap so i would say it works. i haven't tried flashing anything from it or nothing yet but it's a good sign.
Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1509127
I just tried making a backup and it said it couldn't mount system. so it won't work as it is now. but it's a start.

+1 for trying.
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I was able too take parts from our bootstrap and I got the razr touch recovery to where it was able to make backups. But I'm not going to restore it at work. I can't go 6 hours without my phone if it craps out.
If I did get it working I'm not going to release it til I get permission from everyone involved in the two recoveries that I used to do it.
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rdhoggattjr said:
I was able too take parts from our bootstrap and I got the razr touch recovery to where it was able to make backups. But I'm not going to restore it at work. I can't go 6 hours without my phone if it craps out.
If I did get it working I'm not going to release it til I get permission from everyone involved in the two recoveries that I used to do it.
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Sounds great man! Thanks for working it out!

I went ahead and restored after I uninstalled some apk's and there back and my phone boots. When I get home I'll try flashing a rom.
But for now it looks like we have a winner!
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nice, can't wait to try this out

It flashes rom's so i'll say its good to go. i'll PM nitroglycerine33 and see if he care if i share it. if he don't i'll have it out in a day or two.
nitroglycerine33 was fast getting back with me. Download thread is now up http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1686598

[Q] Help installing custom or stock rom.

So here's the story so far.
I have unlocked the boot loader. I have CMW installed. I can't seem to install a custom rom, and everytime I try, it hangs up on the htc screen forever.
Phone shows s-on. Is that a problem? Current rom doesn't appear to be working properly. Super user is installed but wifi doesn't work.
Any clues?
Thanks!

Since you are S-ON you need to extract the boot.img from the ROM zip and "fastboot flash boot.img" from your computer.

Interesting. And this applies to any custom rom? What I'm getting to is, should I do this instead of the rom provided instructions?
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I see now. Found the tutorial based for the One S, but I assume it applies to this, too.
Thanks. Will post results later.
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Worked like a charm, thanks!
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Sorry it took me awhile to get back to you. I'm glad you figured it out. There's a guide on the Ace Think Tank thread in General that has other helpful stuff as well.

Pigbenis12 said:
Worked like a charm, thanks!
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Hey man, I'm new to htc...I've seen so many different ways to root this thing but I'm somewhat lost...which method worked for you ? Ya think you could point me in the right direction....so far I've seen bubby one click gui, that hack kit...I'm on 2.3.3, I'm not sure what kind of RUU it has all I do know is I'm feeling really ignorant about now
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Currently there are 2 methods: unlocking the bootloader and AAHK. Both are explained in the guide in the Ace Think Tank thread in DHD General forums.
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824379.
EDIT 2: note that the Desire HD and the Inspire 4G are essentially the same phone. You will see more development (ICS and JB) on the DHD forums. So you can use the ROMs and unlock methods from there. Just be careful with radios.

Jesus Christ, that's a ****load of info thrown at me....but thank you....one small question...I have a sdcard that doesn't seem to work with any phone or my ps3...I'm guessing its because its the wrong format....
It's a class 4 16gb micro SD hc card....do you know how I could make it compatible with this phone and my ps3 (alittle off topic)
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Do NOT attempt to downgrade a Inspire or DHD shipped with Gingerbread with a Froyo RUU
This is what I don't understand...how do I know what RUU I have...I have a software version under 3.06....
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Is there anyway I can know for sure which radio is meant for each device or rom ?
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Jrhodes85 said:
Jesus Christ, that's a ****load of info thrown at me....but thank you....one small question...I have a sdcard that doesn't seem to work with any phone or my ps3...I'm guessing its because its the wrong format....
It's a class 4 16gb micro SD hc card....do you know how I could make it compatible with this phone and my ps3 (alittle off topic)
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Regarding your card, can you hook it up (through an adapted, if necessary) to your PC? If so, use a format tool for it (such as SDFormatter) and give it a proper format and resize (again, if necessary).
Fat32 that ***** up!

I just wanted to make sure I fully understood every instruction b4 I ended up bricking this device....I should be good to go...I'm going to format my card tomorrow with my gf's computer than use that hack kit thing and get this thing rooted....that ace think tank thread is packed full of information though..I'm quite surprised though because over in LG forums, tutorials aren't that advanced....I still don't have a full grasp on s off and bootloaders and all of that but by the looks of that hack kit it seems to take care of all that...all I wanted for now was to get it rooted so I can flash an ICS rom and get all of this bloatware removed...one thing I haven't seen though is a list of items I can safely delete....
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I was looking through your profile and realized I hadn't responded to this.
I remove:
Apollo.apk
CMFileManager.apk
CMFileManagerThemes.apk
CMUpdater.apk
CMWallpapers.apk
Email2.apk
Exchange2.apk
Galaxy4.apk
GenieWidget.apk
MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk
NoiseField.apk
PhaseBeam.apk
Talkback.apk
Term.apk
VisualizationWallpapers.apk
I have also removed Calendar.apk and Gmail2.apk to replace them with ones from the Play Store (so I can back up their settings in TiBu) but I haven't lately. The list is up to you; that's just what I do. And if you flash a lot of ROMs you could make a flashable zip to customize it exactly how you want it more easily every time; for example, in addition to deleting stuff, mine also add a build.prop DPI change and some other small things I do every time I flash a new ROM.

Quick question...
I can't seem to get this phone to show S-OFF. Is it possible? I mean I do have SU installed and such, obviously CWM so what am I missing here?

You need to use AAHK. Check the guide in my signature.

Interesting. Is it best, perhaps, if I begin from scratch? I mean, can I go back to stock first?

Exploit on Jelly Bean - Root with locked Bootloader

anyone tried this Rooting Atrix HD (and other Motorola 4.1.2 builds) on Jelly Bean

Re: Exploit on Jelly Bean - Root without locked Bootloader
Yeah tried it on my Telstra Australia ROM got the read only file system error some of the other people are getting.
Could be something I'm doing wrong. Haven't had another go yet.
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Well, i tried it several times, no luck. Got also the read only filesystem error. I am in contact with the dev, will report the findings here.
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I tried...
Well, I tried this on my VZW Razr Maxx HD. There was one issue for me, this phone's File Manager app does not allow you to mount a remote location like a Samba share. Instead it only has backup assistant as an option with all the local storage. Unless I just missed that option.
With that said, I did try some third party File Managers (Astro and ESstrongs). You need to do it with the Motorola File Manager though. It looks like the Motorola File Manager will mount the share as /storage/rfs0/ or something similar. The other file managers do not do this. When it comes to the "sudo /tmp/share/adb shell /storage/rfs0/pwn" part of the instructions no rfs0 exists on my phone to work that way. I couldn't find it under a different folder name either.
Lenny

I did that on my Atrix HD, worked awesome, I'm allready rooted on jb with my HD so I can't try it on that.
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IDroidThere4Iam said:
...When it comes to the "sudo /tmp/share/adb shell /storage/rfs0/pwn" part of the instructions no rfs0 exists on my phone to work that way. I couldn't find it under a different folder name either.
Lenny
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but when it comes to this point of the instructions you already worked with the samba folder. you downloaded motoshare.gz, extracted it, gave permissions etc.. so this folder must have exist.
maybe it's
Code:
sudo /tmp/share/adb kill-server
what's happening if you skip this part of the instructions?

onmomo said:
Well, i tried it several times, no luck. Got also the read only filesystem error. I am in contact with the dev, will report the findings here.
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Hey, Yeah I tried it too kept getting the same error. And I've been going at it for days. Just have to hope and wait for an exploit that'll work properly for us. Also yes please do keep us updated. Very very much appreciated.
Also To Lenny Someone else has had that problem too I'm not sure if it was you who posted. But someone did send a link for the file manager apk so you can find that and try again i guess.

bgumble said:
but when it comes to this point of the instructions you already worked with the samba folder. you downloaded motoshare.gz, extracted it, gave permissions etc.. so this folder must have exist.
maybe it's
Code:
sudo /tmp/share/adb kill-server
what's happening if you skip this part of the instructions?
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Hey bgumble,
You're right, I did download to the samba share, but that was all on the host PC running Ubuntu, not on my phone. This folder existed on my host as /tmp/share. I successfully downloaded motoshare.gz there and extracted the files, changed permissions, etc.
I'm not sure what would happen if I skipped those parts of the instructions, I don't recall an error when I ran it. I believe the way this exploit works is when File Manager mounts the samba share on your phone it does so as /storage/rfs0/. That's why you can then run /storage/rfs0/pwn as if it were being executed locally on your phone. My error at this point was that /storage/rfs0/pwn could not be found.
Since the VZW version of the File Manager doesn't allow you to mount network shares and third party apps don't mount shares as /storage/rfs0 (I don't know where they mount them), I couldn't get this to work.
There is a chance I'm not understanding how this works, but I'm pretty sure this is it.
Thanks,
Lenny
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Hey, Yeah I tried it too kept getting the same error. And I've been going at it for days. Just have to hope and wait for an exploit that'll work properly for us. Also yes please do keep us updated. Very very much appreciated.
Also To Lenny Someone else has had that problem too I'm not sure if it was you who posted. But someone did send a link for the file manager apk so you can find that and try again i guess.
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Yeah, good heads up on the File Manager. I did download it and try to install it, but I get an error saying it could not be installed, I think because it tries to install as a system app.
On a side note, after unsuccessfully trying to install it, my real File Manager disappeared. I'm not heart broken, but its kinda weird.
Thanks,
Lenny

Didn't get an answer from the dev yet.
The ones without the stock filemanager app could try with a different file manager. Once the samba "share" folder is mounted on the device, you could type "adb shell mount" on the host machine or just "mount" on the device in an terminal emulator. This will give you a list with all mounted file systems, The "mount list" should output the mount path of the "share" folder on the host machine.
Now replace the path "/storage/rfs0/" with the path you could find in the "mount list". For example "sudo /tmp/share/adb shell [your-mount-path]/pwn".
Please note that this exploit will never work with a third party filemanager if the hack is based on a stock filemanager vulnerability...

Same read only issue here, decided to give up waiting and unlocked bootloader

Yeah that's my next step, just got to get find the time. Did unlocking the bootloader wipe you're phone ?
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onmomo said:
Didn't get an answer from the dev yet.
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I hope he does eventually respond. Did you maybe try writing to the 2nd poster in the thread, the one who promised to give tech support?

If you guys have XT926, You can just downgrade to Ice Cream Sandwhich, use the working root, then upgrade back to JB with VooDoo's OTA root keeper.

Is there a generally accepted way to do that downgrade (JB to ICS on a Verizon XT926)? Something that's relatively simple for the noob-ish? I have a Razr Maxx running ICS and a Razr Maxx HD running JB (both rooted) and I'd like to try running ICS on the Maxx HD for a bit.

lesdense said:
Is there a generally accepted way to do that downgrade (JB to ICS on a Verizon XT926)? Something that's relatively simple for the noob-ish? I have a Razr Maxx running ICS and a Razr Maxx HD running JB (both rooted) and I'd like to try running ICS on the Maxx HD for a bit.
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Razr HD Utility. Is the method. You'll need to google it.

can't use atrix root exploit on vzw droid razr hd, can't unlock bootloader either
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Same read only issue here, decided to give up waiting and unlocked bootloader
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I get to the same step, `adb /storage/rfs0`
but if I run `adb mount` there is no rfs0
I can't add remote storage to my droid razr
I have the atrix filemanager.apk, but I can't install it
I can't unlock my bootloader (and that's not what I want anyway, not ready yet for cm10, still happy with moto) bc not vzw dev model
sigh
I can wait
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Trying to install atrix file manager.apk also removed my files app (or at least I can't see it anymore) for me too.
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Same situation for me
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I talked with dev (@djrbliss) and the exploit absolutely does depend on the Motorola stock FileManager app that can mount network shares as rfs0. So droid RAZR HD/MAXX HD users are out of luck.
There is no writable executable place to manually mount a network share ala `mount -t smbfs -o blah blah` so you can't manually use this exploit either on RAZR HD.
Finally, the FileManager application is a system app so you **can't** install this app. In fact trying to will make your original droid RAZR HD File app disappear along with access to vzw cloud storage.
I really appreciate Dan's work on this - it's nothing short of amazing - but the sad truth for RAZR HD users is that there is no way to use this exploit. It's a catch22 - you need root to use it.
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Sounds like the dev doesn't realize there is a difference between xt926 and xt925
Those of us with xt925 are not on verizon, and DO have the stock filemanager app on our phone.
Now if the RazrHD filemanager app is somehow different than the Atrix's, that's a different story.

And that's the rub - @djrbliss says the exploit absolutely does depend on the stock FileManager app.
Also - 3rd party apps do not (can not) mount remote storage using libc.mount() because that requires root which no app has. Again catch-22 - can't use matrix HD exploit on RAZR HD. Sorry.
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Telstra can root using Motorola's boot loader unlock code here:
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/87215
Then download Koush's clockworkmod recovery and fast boot. Then in recovery install clockworkmod su. See this xda post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39167385#post39167385
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bwanamarko said:
And that's the rub - @djrbliss says the exploit absolutely does depend on the stock FileManager app.
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Sorry I don't see what the "rub" is?
RAZR HD (xt925) has stock FileManager app.
Is someone saying that the RAZR HD FileManager app is different than the one on Atrix? If so, why would the dev say this should work on RAZR HD? There's some confusion here...

OTA update for Maxx

Woke up this morning to the new ota downloading. As of this time it is on ask me later.
I know enough to know that it could not be installed with root so I started reading the xda forums for the best method. I originally rooted with moto root, then later updated to pwnmymoto. I have also installed safestrap 3.63a and used xposed framework to allow unlock with NFC. My question is if I uninstall all of these (they all have the uninstall feature) can I install the ota? Sorry if I missed this some where else, but I havent seen anyone with a similar set up comment. Any help is greatly appreciated. I forgot to mention I have read about fxz with houseofmoto but have never used adb so am a little nervous to do this if not necessary.
Thanks,
JD
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You will need to go back to stock. Otherwise you'll bootloop. You can remove the update zip from cache and place on your SD so you don't accidentally take the update. Try houseofmoto for returning to stock while saving data! Sry I don't have the link.
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House of moto is a utility for fxz back to stock. You won't need to set up adb for that. Just download and set the proper files and run the utility. RockMyMoto by jcase is the exploit you will need to reroot once you take the upgrade. You WILL need adb for that as of now.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I was leaning towards houseofmoto but wanted to see what was best.
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