Soft Bricked ??? - Motorola Atrix 2

Hello everyone..
I believe I have soft bricked my phone.
I was on the ICS OTA, then I rooted my phone some days back.
Last night I installed busy box for some reason and then uninstalled it.
Now my phone is boot looping.. it keeps showing that vibrating motorola logo but wont start up.. Please help !!!

mmotorwala said:
Hello everyone..
I believe I have soft bricked my phone.
I was on the ICS OTA, then I rooted my phone some days back.
Last night I installed busy box for some reason and then uninstalled it.
Now my phone is boot looping.. it keeps showing that vibrating motorola logo but wont start up.. Please help !!!
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Sounds like its time to fxz, unless u can get into recovery and flash a flashable busy box .... it might fix stuff for ya...
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daavvis said:
Sounds like its time to fxz, unless u can get into recovery and flash a flashable busy box .... it might fix stuff for ya...
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Nope this is not fixable and an FXZ is the ONLY way. Once you remove busybox, it will bootloop you, and there is no fixing it, even by trying to put it back in place from CWM, because CWM can not even mount /system after this since, mount won't work, see my comments below here:
The reason you NEVER, EVER remove busybox after installing it, is because there is a little mini version of busybox that motorola puts in our software load called motobox, and it only has a small subset of commands that are linked to it, like mount, umount, fdisk, format, etc... these are low level *nix commands, that the OS needs to work correctly. Once installed busybox will break those links to motobox, and put it's own in place and link those same commands and a ton more in /system/bin, to itself, but when it uninstalls, it does not re-link motobox to those commands, so.... you can see where this is headed.
I have also seen this do very nasty things to most other phone models as well, not ours or motorola, in general.

FXZ finally !
Thank you guys !
I fxz'ed my phone and it worked.. (though not to mention that when I uninstalled busybox, my phone only had 20% battery, and when I tried fxzing my phone through RSD lite, it kept giving error for low battery, then I finally managed to get an external charger and charged the battery..) huh.. lot of work but happy at last ! and learnt a lesson !

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[Q] Atrix 2 - Wont load and tried everything!

This is my first post so please bear with me. I searched and searched and tried everything and havent been able to do this.
After rooting atrix 2, went to delete some bloatware...think i accidentally deleted something crucial (as most noobs do I am sure ). Now the phone will not boot fully - it gets stuck at the moto emblem in a kind of boot loop. Just going to give you info about what I have done so far:
Once i boot after a hard reset- in recovery mode tried to install stock rom. Did not work. This is because it said E:Signature did not get verified. ALSO pls note that I do not have cwm or any other custom boot program - so I am unable to see any uncheck the e signature option. I tried to find any rom which might have a signature so i can get that and then put the stock on subsequently - no good so far - of the mere 2-3 roms I found all showed the same problem with E-signature.
I tried to see if I could install cwm. I installed sdk tools on my computer - however I dont know how to install cwm without phone being fully on. Nor can I find a file for the Atrix 2 to do it. The ones I found were the bootstrap ones in .apk files which i dont know how to install on bootlooping phone.
Spoke to some android pros - tried the suggestions above they gave me and nothing so far. I think it was android phone portal that I accidentally removed...
Also note that I am in India and my stock rom is the India version NOT the AT&T/Verizon.
Im a bit scared to use the RSDLite application as I am not proficient with the workings of that software and I dont want to cause any more damage.
Is there any rom for atrix 2 that has a valid E:Signature? Is there any way to bypass this on stock bootloader. I repeat I do NOT have clockwork..Only options are to Reboot, Install package from SD, Format and Clear Cache.
PLEASE HELP...as a last draw will take to the service center...this phone is only 1 month old so I dont want to risk losing warranty (
Have you tried flashing an FXZ as in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396650
Sorry just re-read your post see you are in India and not on AT&T version.
Your best chance is to use RSD Lite to flash the stock Indian ROM. Here is the whole list of known fxz's for the A2. The Indian Retail ROM is "5.5.1-EDEM-27-SEARET."
When you first try to flash, it might error out depending on if you are on the latest update for your firmware. If so, just post the screenshot of the error it gives.
Do you think maybe i can flash it to this at&t firmware and then install cwm and then restore to india stock flash as with cwm i would be able to bypass signature authentication?
Please let me know.
Thanks.
dheerb said:
Do you think maybe i can flash it to this at&t firmware and then install cwm and then restore to india stock flash as with cwm i would be able to bypass signature authentication?
Please let me know.
Thanks.
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Yes, you can do it that way, but it is rather indirect way of doing it. The easiest thing to do is flash the Indian firmware with RSD Lite.
yes i tried that but for some reason rsd lite does not detect my device (yes i have downloaded all relevant drivers).
And now whats worse :
I used moto-fastboot to flash the system files and i got the dreaded low battery fail. As expected this has caused Flash Mode (S) Flash Failure - is this mean its beyond repair by me? If there is a way please let me know.
As of now i have connected it to the wall charger hoping that by tomorrow morning I should have battery for me to try again (I tried again after a half hr or so of battery charging and it didnt work - gave the same error)...
Worst case Ill take it to the service center - would they be able to repair it does anyone think? Is this something they will do? (I understand warranty might be void)...
Please tell me I'm fretting big time...I cant afford a new phone
Oh and I tried with the Indian rom too but didnt work again coz rsdlite didnt register my phone connected despite drivers being installed.
Tutorial videos were hard to find but atrix 4g and original atrix show the boot mode as RSD protocol boot mode....this is not to be found on my atrix 2 boot mode - only thing is AP Fastboot - maybe its the same I do not know...
Also another question - will my phone battery charge when phone is connected to wall charger while the persistent flash failure Fastboot is showing on screen...
If all fails I really hope the service center can repair this...this is possible right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
this should work I've used it a couple times now
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chrisn91 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
this should work I've used it a couple times now
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^^ this is your best bet at a fix. Once your battery is high enough, RSD Lite should detect your phone (I'm assuming that that's why it doesn't show up in RSD but it does in fastboot).
alright seems a bit mechanical...probably a last resort...
are you saying the battery will not charge when connected to the wall charger though?
Also if i do it the way the thread says...how long do i keep it connected?
thanks!
dheerb said:
alright seems a bit mechanical...probably a last resort...
are you saying the battery will not charge when connected to the wall charger though?
Also if i do it the way the thread says...how long do i keep it connected?
thanks!
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I've done it a couple times I usual wait like 10 mins before starting the rsdlite but leave the micro usb and mcgyver method plugged in. As also read so where on here that the batter will charge in recovery mode as well. Never tried that
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PHEW
hey guys thanks so much for all your support and help! Ive just managed to get it back up and running...guess the wall charger did charge it just enough (literally just - started with 8% battery )
now will start restoring things one by one... (and happy to do it too after this ordeal)
One last question - is it worth me rooting again? Before this crisis everything was fine after i attained successful root...problem came after i deleted bloatware where I think I stuffed up by deleting phoneportal...
Thanks again...happy days again!
If yo u do root heres a link that coukd help u out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330235
[Reference] List of things that are safe to freeze
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dheerb said:
...One last question - is it worth me rooting again? Before this crisis everything was fine after i attained successful root...problem came after i deleted bloatware where I think I stuffed up by deleting phoneportal...
Thanks again...happy days again!
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Its always best to freeze unwanted apps, rather than deleting. Also, if you re-root, there's several roms that are de-bloated already.
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Apex_Strider said:
Its always best to freeze unwanted apps, rather than deleting. Also, if you re-root, there's several roms that are de-bloated already.
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I agree with apex, just because you can delete it, doesn't mean you should. Be VERY careful when. Deleting system apps. When in doubt, freeze it out!
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Fall of Enosis said:
I agree with apex, just because you can delete it, doesn't mean you should. Be VERY careful when. Deleting system apps. When in doubt, freeze it out!
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IMHO, Titanium Backup is a must have for all rooted users. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
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Apex_Strider said:
IMHO, Titanium Backup is a must have for all rooted users. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
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Be vary wary of TIB....
It is best to just freeze anything with something like eazy freezy in market, and backup everything with CWM.
TIB was great, maybe 3 years ago before CWM was the thing. It has not innovated and the things it does can break things a lot... I bought it a long time ago, and I have not liked using it in over 2.5 years now. I stopped loading it last year, when it would give erreranous errors about incorrect permissions, and fail to restore things correctly, and using it to remove and "freeze: things tends to cause more FCs than I care to count.....
There are several on the Atrix2 forum that have seen these same issues, and have even been soft bricked by TIB.
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Be vary wary of TIB....
It is best to just freeze anything with something like eazy freezy in market, and backup everything with CWM.
TIB was great, maybe 3 years ago before CWM was the thing. It has not innovated and the things it does can break things a lot... I bought it a long time ago, and I have not liked using it in over 2.5 years now. I stopped loading it last year, when it would give erreranous errors about incorrect permissions, and fail to restore things correctly, and using it to remove and "freeze: things tends to cause more FCs than I care to count.....
There are several on the Atrix2 forum that have seen these same issues, and have even been soft bricked by TIB.
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I didn't realize there was such issues with TB... I haven't really used it for freezing, but new it held that option to do so. I've used to backup apps so as to not have to re-download my apps each time after flashing new roms. Is there something better for this purpose?
CWM backs up everything, like rom and apps and so forth, right? What about just backing up apps only?
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Apex_Strider said:
I didn't realize there was such issues with TB... I haven't really used it for freezing, but new it held that option to do so. I've used to backup apps so as to not have to re-download my apps each time after flashing new roms. Is there something better for this purpose?
CWM backs up everything, like rom and apps and so forth, right? What about just backing up apps only?
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Backing up and restoring apps can be risky when flashing ROMs. You are best to use the option with the market/play to backup what apps you have installed, then when you install a new ROM, and sign into the market/play, it should download and install all the apps you had before. I have had the best success with this.
jimbridgman said:
Be vary wary of TIB....
It is best to just freeze anything with something like eazy freezy in market, and backup everything with CWM.
TIB was great, maybe 3 years ago before CWM was the thing. It has not innovated and the things it does can break things a lot... I bought it a long time ago, and I have not liked using it in over 2.5 years now. I stopped loading it last year, when it would give erreranous errors about incorrect permissions, and fail to restore things correctly, and using it to remove and "freeze: things tends to cause more FCs than I care to count.....
There are several on the Atrix2 forum that have seen these same issues, and have even been soft bricked by TIB.
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REALLY? Man, i'm kinda with apex on this one. I have never had any issues with TIB.
Guess the primary reason I like it over the store restore is that it restores all apps. Even the ones not on the store. IE: Cheesecake. It also restores all system settings like text messages, settings, stored passwords. wifi/bluetooth settings. Everything.
However, I trust your wisdom Jim. I will be wary of its usage in the future. Just saying I haven't ran into it... Yet.
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[Q] Atrix 2 Stuck on Dual Core Technology Rooted

Hey guys I didn't find any useful posts for this device with the same problem.So I started a new thread. Well I was googling and texting and all of a sudden my phone reboots. I thought well it's nothing and put my phone down, 15 minutes later I was hoping for it to be on and ready to be used and all I saw was Dual Core Technology. I rebooted it countless times to see if it'll come alive and no luck. I did root the phone awhile back and never had any problems with it until now.
I did try to go to recovery and all it shows is the android with an exclamation mark. I can get into fast boot and everything but I am a noob with fast boot so I don't exactly know how to wipe the phone by using that.
So I am counting on you guys to help me out. I don't even know if my phone is charging atm I just have it plugged into my power port and all it shows is Dual Core Technology and the battery is dead for letting it sit on that screen for about 30 minutes. I hope you guys can help.
Thanks,
Mike
Have you tried to fxz back to stock using RSD Lite? If not make sure your battery is charged before doing so. That should do the trick. If you have a back up try the recovery. When the Android with the exclamation comes up hit both the up and down volume keys at the same time.
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MaTrixJ said:
Hey guys I didn't find any useful posts for this device with the same problem.So I started a new thread. Well I was googling and texting and all of a sudden my phone reboots. I thought well it's nothing and put my phone down, 15 minutes later I was hoping for it to be on and ready to be used and all I saw was Dual Core Technology. I rebooted it countless times to see if it'll come alive and no luck. I did root the phone awhile back and never had any problems with it until now.
I did try to go to recovery and all it shows is the android with an exclamation mark. I can get into fast boot and everything but I am a noob with fast boot so I don't exactly know how to wipe the phone by using that.
So I am counting on you guys to help me out. I don't even know if my phone is charging atm I just have it plugged into my power port and all it shows is Dual Core Technology and the battery is dead for letting it sit on that screen for about 30 minutes. I hope you guys can help.
Thanks,
Mike
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Couple things we need to know mate. What firmware are you running? 2.3.5? 2.3.6? Or ICS?
These all play into how you are going fix your phone. And frankly your stock recovery is not going to do you any good with this issue. You WILL have to FXZ back, UNLESS you have a backup made in a different recovery system, IE: bootstrap, or bootmenu. Once again all dependent on what firmware you are on. If you can answer those questions, we can help you with the right procedure.
A good thread to start with is this one: Noobs guide to Android and the Atrix 2
It will give you all the info you need on the FXZ and fastboot.
More info and we can fix ya! :highfive:
EDIT: just saw your battery issue. Pull your battery until you are ready to flash in Fasboot. You need to conserve. How much battery do you think you have? Or is it dead? Flashing in FB and having your phone die due to low battery is a SURE way to hard brick your A2.
Fall of Enosis said:
Couple things we need to know mate. What firmware are you running? 2.3.5? 2.3.6? Or ICS?
I am running 2.3.6 stock
These all play into how you are going fix your phone. And frankly your stock recovery is not going to do you any good with this issue. You WILL have to FXZ back, UNLESS you have a backup made in a different recovery system, IE: bootstrap, or bootmenu. Once again all dependent on what firmware you are on. If you can answer those questions, we can help you with the right procedure.
A good thread to start with is this one: Noobs guide to Android and the Atrix 2
It will give you all the info you need on the FXZ and fastboot.
More info and we can fix ya! :highfive:
EDIT: just saw your battery issue. Pull your battery until you are ready to flash in Fasboot. You need to conserve. How much battery do you think you have? Or is it dead? Flashing in FB and having your phone die due to low battery is a SURE way to hard brick your A2
I have a way to charge the battery up without the phone so that's fine ill let it charge tonight and do it in the morning..
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Axis_Drummer said:
Have you tried to fxz back to stock using RSD Lite? If not make sure your battery is charged before doing so. That should do the trick. If you have a back up try the recovery. When the Android with the exclamation comes up hit both the up and down volume keys at the same time.
I'll definatly try holding both volume keys at the same time next time, thanks!
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Oh and do you guys know what exactly caused this to happen?
Mike
It could've been caused by a number of things. The A2 is an unpredictable phone. Somethings that happen to one person may not happen to others. From my experience.
Did you make any changes to any system files or anything of the such? I see you was rooted, but did you have a custom ROM or custom recovery? I'm assuming since you tried to get to recovery and got the android on its back, that that you didn't have a custom recovery installed..
If someone knows the exact reason this happened, let us know. This is twice I've come across someone with this problem.
FXZ should work for sure though. All is well.
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No I don't think I modified anything except rooting and installing cheesecake but I didn't use it. I don't remember having a recovery installed either.
What I did was use android recovery by pushing vol up and down and I reset it. Works fine now I lost root though so I'm going to reinstall it and reset my server on cheesecake because I can't add a motoblur account right now then uninstall it again Lol.
I really appreciate the help. I almost hate the A2. 2 phones 2 unique problems, like you said some people experience a issue that no one else has.
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Atrix 2 ics leak #2 stuck on cm10 boot!

Okay, so here's a long story short. I flashed AT&T ICS leak #2 when I first got my replacement due to a brick. I ran SCV7 for a week or so and decided to try out CM10. I restored my backup of stock/rooted backup. Uninstalled highjacks, packages and app (bootmenu) itself. I then installed our OG A2 bootstrap, installed fine, installed CM10, played around with it for awhile. Realized I didnt reinstall the OG A2 Bootstrap so went ahead and did that. (without booting into recovery yet) I then later in the day decided to REBOOT my phone to only find me stuck on the CM10 boot animation. I battery pulled, plugged in to see if any recovery would show, none, just the battery charge percentage. I then battery pulled again, got into stock recovery, tried a data and cache wipe to no effect. My problem is, there is NO FXZ for the AT&T leak #2, I have no recovery besides stock and the only thing I can do is take my 32GB SD card out and add/delete files/everything. I saddly did not make a copy of the system.img but was wondering if anyone else possibly did? This would be greatly appreciated as I am stuck with a soft brick until then or a new FXZ to work with AT&T leak #2. Any suggestions or help is very much appreciated. Thanks all for reading and I'm praying for a miracle in my phone right about now lol!
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Okay, so here's a long story short. I flashed AT&T ICS leak #2 when I first got my replacement due to a brick. I ran SCV7 for a week or so and decided to try out CM10. I restored my backup of stock/rooted backup. Uninstalled highjacks, packages and app (bootmenu) itself. I then installed our OG A2 bootstrap, installed fine, installed CM10, played around with it for awhile. Realized I didnt reinstall the OG A2 Bootstrap so went ahead and did that. (without booting into recovery yet) I then later in the day decided to REBOOT my phone to only find me stuck on the CM10 boot animation. I battery pulled, plugged in to see if any recovery would show, none, just the battery charge percentage. I then battery pulled again, got into stock recovery, tried a data and cache wipe to no effect. My problem is, there is NO FXZ for the AT&T leak #2, I have no recovery besides stock and the only thing I can do is take my 32GB SD card out and add/delete files/everything. I saddly did not make a copy of the system.img but was wondering if anyone else possibly did? This would be greatly appreciated as I am stuck with a soft brick until then or a new FXZ to work with AT&T leak #2. Any suggestions or help is very much appreciated. Thanks all for reading and I'm praying for a miracle in my phone right about now lol!
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Hey, and sort of welcome back...
But I hate to be the bearer of bad, bad news... you have a softbrick, and there is NOTHING you can do.
Next time, read everything in an OP... LOL, look who I am telling this to....
The CM10 installs come with their own CWM built in, and flashing bootstrap is what bootlooped you, so after you get another warranty replacement (yes, you HAVE to do this), I would install leak #1 ONLY, then flash cm10 with bootstrap, then do not reinstall any boot hijacks or CWM "like" recovery (bootmenu), because all you have to do it hit the vol down button right as you see the blue led flash during the M dual core logo.
Or enter the CM10 recovery menu and so on and so forth.
This is how I got out of a cm10 boot-loop.
I just restored from bootmenu backup via adb.
tcf38012 said:
Or enter the CM10 recovery menu and so on and so forth.
This is how I got out of a cm10 boot-loop.
I just restored from bootmenu backup via adb.
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he can't, he installed bootstrap while on cm10m, so he can't get to cwm anymore.
Scratch that ----- Deleted
Well, thanks everyone. Specially you jim. Anyone wanna throw me an fxz they think MIGHT work for the second ICS leak? I'm willing to take the risk since I have nothing else to lose. Ill be most likely calling AT&T tomorrow and give some excuse. Soft brick or hard brick...Ill get a replacement...
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Well, thanks everyone. Specially you jim. Anyone wanna throw me an fxz they think MIGHT work for the second ICS leak? I'm willing to take the risk since I have nothing else to lose. Ill be most likely calling AT&T tomorrow and give some excuse. Soft brick or hard brick...Ill get a replacement...
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I will get with alteredlikeness and see if we can possibly think of something together on this one. The first thought would be to try an mearet/searet fxz for 2.3.6 since they can fxz back with out any mods to thier 2.3.6 or 2.3.5 fxz from thier ICS leaks, but I am thinking that will still brick you, but interested to see anyhow.
So I will see if alteredlikeness and I can think of some other way to try. He or I will PM you either way.
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I will get with alteredlikeness and see if we can possibly think of something together on this one. The first thought would be to try an mearet/searet fxz for 2.3.6 since they can fxz back with out any mods to thier 2.3.6 or 2.3.5 fxz from thier ICS leaks, but I am thinking that will still brick you, but interested to see anyhow.
So I will see if alteredlikeness and I can think of some other way to try. He or I will PM you either way.
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he can flash just a system. img from ics though, And that should recover it
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lkrasner said:
he can flash just a system. img from ics though, And that should recover it
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You know, I was seeing in recovery how youbcan flash an update through sd AND system which has a lost and found folder and recovery folder. Dont know if this is of any info but either way because I wouldnt know how to put anything in system since I cant seem to get adb to recognize or moto-fastboot...I'm in a very confused state of mind and almost came to the point of hard brick but I refuse. I'll leave it up to ya devs. Thanks againg everyone.
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i have same issue , any way to flash system img, and where whould i get system img from? i have preiviously backed up thru cwm
justdrew said:
i have same issue , any way to flash system img, and where whould i get system img from? i have preiviously backed up thru cwm
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Try following this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926873
First Softbrick it seems In Trouble
jimbridgman said:
Try following this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926873
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Guys need your urgent help i am into a trouble what is it called technically may be a Soft brick but this is what has happened.
I was trying the Magic mod the installation went superb booted the phone it worked properly and then i used the bootstrap :silly: and tried starting the phone in recovery after which my phone is now stuck at magic mod boot animation. PLEASE HELP.
I am upto a point where have installed drivers latest rsd lite 6.0 ready with the extracted fxz 6.7.2_EDEM-18-SEARET_cfc.xml but phone is not showing up in rsd lite so that i can flash my phone. Phone says USB connected in AP Fastboot mode have a look at the attachment of my desktop. Please HELP guys....
Thanks & Regards,
Beginner Android (Ravi D)
havent you just posted this in the any question answered here thread and getting help there ??
Wow, almost forgot I made this thread lol. But sounds like your drivers need a good updating. Reboot PC after updating and try again is all I can say. Hope this helps.
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Another update failed post.

I tried to update my A2 this morning and I got the update failed. I was searching around ancient looked at the last-log file in mt file explorer. It said there was no activity. I am rooted obviously, I didn't bootstrap, I have busybox. I didn't debloat anything because I didn't want to brick the phone. Do I need to in root and factory reset or is there something that the big brains here can suggest.
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at2smithjason said:
I tried to update my A2 this morning and I got the update failed. I was searching around ancient looked at the last-log file in mt file explorer. It said there was no activity. I am rooted obviously, I didn't bootstrap, I have busybox. I didn't debloat anything because I didn't want to brick the phone. Do I need to in root and factory reset or is there something that the big brains here can suggest.
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Need more info.
What version are you currently on?
How did you root?
Are you connected to wifi?
at2smithjason said:
I tried to update my A2 this morning and I got the update failed. I was searching around ancient looked at the last-log file in mt file explorer. It said there was no activity. I am rooted obviously, I didn't bootstrap, I have busybox. I didn't debloat anything because I didn't want to brick the phone. Do I need to in root and factory reset or is there something that the big brains here can suggest.
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There is a log file that is produced while the update runs. Check /cache/recovery/last_log. See post for all of the info. Please review and/or post the log file.
So now I have no operation system on my phone. I dont know what happened. after the first fail, I did a lottle more research and i saw a post from apex (i think it was apex at least) saying that someone else was having the same problem as I was. They needed to delete all of their root apps and clear the data that they left behind. So thats what I did and after that I soft bricked. The phone wouldnt do anything. Right now all i get is the motorola logo and then a black screen. I can still get into recovery and try to wipe and restore, but with nothing to restore nothing happens. I need to get everything to RSD back to 2.3.5 so that i can ota to 2.3.6 and then to 4.0. Can someone point me to those threads where there is a good file to download to get back up and running. PLEASE and THANKS.
at2smithjason said:
So now I have no operation system on my phone. I dont know what happened. after the first fail, I did a lottle more research and i saw a post from apex (i think it was apex at least) saying that someone else was having the same problem as I was. They needed to delete all of their root apps and clear the data that they left behind. So thats what I did and after that I soft bricked. The phone wouldnt do anything. Right now all i get is the motorola logo and then a black screen. I can still get into recovery and try to wipe and restore, but with nothing to restore nothing happens. I need to get everything to RSD back to 2.3.5 so that i can ota to 2.3.6 and then to 4.0. Can someone point me to those threads where there is a good file to download to get back up and running. PLEASE and THANKS.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32113181
You'll find the (GB to GB) 2.3.6 fxz file here. Download it and run it in RSD.
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So, thanks to everyone here that helped me. I finally got my phone back up and runing and now updated on ICS.

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So I have an old Infuse that my kids use and it went crazy the other day. Not sure what happened. Long story short I keep getting a boot loop at the ATT screen. This phone is not rooted and I'm not sure if it was on Froyo or GB. I've flashed every return from brick I can find on XDA. I'm using Odin and I'm pretty familiar with flashing/rooting etc. Can't figure this one out. The only thing I can think is the boot loaders are not the correct ones? Not sure, I keep seeing GTG's ultimate unbrick but all the links I get to it don't work. this is the only thing I haven't tried. Any help would be appreciated.
Edit to add: After I flash in Odin it goes to reboot then does the open update, verifying update, installing update, successfully installed update package.
Copying media files it says failed to mount/sdcard, can't mount /sdcard your storage not prepared yet please use UI menu for format and reboot. ??? I think that's the problem. How do I fix??
Just search in the stickies for bootloaders. That will solve your problems
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COfatboy said:
So I have an old Infuse that my kids use and it went crazy the other day. Not sure what happened. Long story short I keep getting a boot loop at the ATT screen. This phone is not rooted and I'm not sure if it was on Froyo or GB. I've flashed every return from brick I can find on XDA. I'm using Odin and I'm pretty familiar with flashing/rooting etc. Can't figure this one out. The only thing I can think is the boot loaders are not the correct ones? Not sure, I keep seeing GTG's ultimate unbrick but all the links I get to it don't work. this is the only thing I haven't tried. Any help would be appreciated.
Edit to add: After I flash in Odin it goes to reboot then does the open update, verifying update, installing update, successfully installed update package.
Copying media files it says failed to mount/sdcard, can't mount /sdcard your storage not prepared yet please use UI menu for format and reboot. ??? I think that's the problem. How do I fix??
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If you'd like to try GTG's Ultimate Unbrick, you can find a working download here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22404446&postcount=391
Tried everything and no go. Not sure where to go from here. Sure seems like a hardware issue.
COfatboy said:
Tried everything and no go. Not sure where to go from here. Sure seems like a hardware issue.
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You mentioned it's boot-looping at the Samsung logo - perhaps there's an issue with the power button.
Here's a couple of threads that may be helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107558
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996709
prairied0gg said:
You mentioned it's boot-looping at the Samsung logo - perhaps there's an issue with the power button.
Here's a couple of threads that may be helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107558
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996709
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It goes past the Samsung logo screen then to the ATT Rethink Possible screen then keeps looping on that screen over and over. It charges normally also.
COfatboy said:
It goes past the Samsung logo screen then to the ATT Rethink Possible screen then keeps looping on that screen over and over. It charges normally also.
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I would try flashing just a kernel (not the whole unbrick package). I have been in a similar situation and after trying everything imaginable that's what ended up fixing it for me.
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prairied0gg said:
I would try flashing just a kernel (not the whole unbrick package). I have been in a similar situation and after trying everything imaginable that's what ended up fixing it for me.
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Tried that earlier I thought, tried again just to make sure. Still no go. I appreciate all your help! :good: I'm gonna give up for tonight anyways.
COfatboy said:
Tried that earlier I thought, tried again just to make sure. Still no go. I appreciate all your help! :good: I'm gonna give up for tonight anyways.
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This happened to me earlier. What I did was-
1 Went to full stock using heimdal one click, After completetion, U may stuck in bootloop in at&t as you said
2 Flash efs.zip found in the link below using odin. put efs.zip in odin and untouch any other setting and flash, (Ur imei may be previously corrupted so u got bootloop). This doesnot do any harm. So flash with confidence. If ur device doesnot show up in odin after u flash with heimdal one click , reinstal drivers with kies mini
Link for download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1729838
3 Now u'll be out of AT&T bootloop if ur imei was previously corrupted.
I was in similar situation. And this solved my proble.
Hit me thanks if I helped you :good:
Thanks for all the advise. Still not working. Tried everything above and much more. Different things I do give different results but pretty much the same in end. Either sticks in recovery or boot loops one way or another. Really don't see how this could be related to software but you never know I guess.
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