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[Q] How to uninstall OpenRecovery

Hi,
Can someone explain how to delete OpenRecovery in case of we have to send back our to Motorola to fix and harware problem.
Thank you

Zachary57 said:
Hi,
Can someone explain how to delete OpenRecovery in case of we have to send back our to Motorola to fix and harware problem.
Thank you
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The safest bet is to flash your SBF using RSD Lite/sbf_flash. You should make sure that you have the appropriate sbf somewhere in your possession now so you don't have to hunt for it later. If you have ever used RSD Lite/etc to flash a sbf that isn't your carrier's, you should use RSD of the whole sbf because some parts can't be flashed in nandroid.
Sneaky Open Recovery suicide mode: If you want to get really tricky you can extract the system, logo (the white M--only if you changed it) and boot partitons from the appropriate sbf and use nandroid to apply them. On linux you can do this with "sbf_flash -x your.sbf" and then CG39.img is system.img, CG42.img is logo.img, and CG35.img is boot.img and they can be restored using nandroid after you create .md5 sums and put them in a /sdcard/nandroid/openrecovery/suicide directory on your sdcard. You want to use the ones for your carrier.

you are way ahead of me...
I'm still trying to figure out how to install it...

SilverKeiser said:
I'm still trying to figure out how to install it...
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Follow Dexter's instructions to install 1.3.

Zachary57 said:
Hi,
Can someone explain how to delete OpenRecovery in case of we have to send back our to Motorola to fix and harware problem.
Thank you
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Uninstall the app, if Motorola say anything just say you wanted to back-up your system ,

mintaeroboy said:
Uninstall the app, if Motorola say anything just say you wanted to back-up your system ,
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That won't remove the Open Recovery hijack. Look at /sdcard/OpenRecovery/orbootstrap/install_script.sh for more info about what modifications Open Recovery makes.

[Q] Renaming the RECOVERY instead of deleting it when INFUSING?

Noob.
Trying to flash to INFUSED V2
one step says to DELETE the RECOVERY file.
Can I rename it instead (like "Recovery2")?
Why delete when I can rename?
Noob
Thanks so much!

benyben123 said:
Noob.
Trying to flash to INFUSED V2
one step says to DELETE the RECOVERY file.
Can I rename it instead (like "Recovery2")?
Why delete when I can rename?
Noob
Thanks so much!
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Rename should work fine. Untested though.

Entropy512 said:
Rename should work fine. Untested though.
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thanks!
If I delete it, though, how will I recover my phone in case something goes wrong (sorry is this a stupid question?)?

benyben123 said:
thanks!
If I delete it, though, how will I recover my phone in case something goes wrong (sorry is this a stupid question?)?
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The kernel in Infused comes with an alternative (and standard in the third-party Android world) recovery called Clockworkmod Recovery. Deleting the "original" recovery prevents it from interfering with CWM.
Also, even if you delete Samsung's 3E recovery and CWM is hosed, the phone still has download mode (aka Odin/Heimdall mode). Odin/Heimdall can be used to recover the phone from anything except a bad bootloader flash. Our phone has a lot of protections against this, to the point where there is a grand total of 1 hardbricked Infuse, and that was a volunteer running a known dangerous experiment.
For more information on your "safety net" look at AdamOutler's Heimdall One-Click or gtg's Ultimate Unbrick. (These are basically the same thing with different user interfaces.)

How to root the Triumph?

I am in no way new to rooting I had an evo 4g and currently have a Samsung Epic 4g touch but my friend just got this phone and he wants to put custom roms on it because he doesnt like the stock rom. If I am reading correctly all I need to do to root it is install clockwork mod is that correct? Any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks.

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rbtrucking said:
I am in no way new to rooting I had an evo 4g and currently have a Samsung Epic 4g touch but my friend just got this phone and he wants to put custom roms on it because he doesnt like the stock rom. If I am reading correctly all I need to do to root it is install clockwork mod is that correct? Any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks.
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First I would download a rom and put it on the sdcard (as well as gapps for cm7), then you put it in download mode, hook it up to your computer, open the mobile partition and rename the recovery something like recovery.bak, then put it CWM and make sure its named reovery make sure that it has the .img extension. After that boot into CWM volume buttons and power button and go to backup and restore and backup. Then do a wipe and flash one of the roms.

marc12868 said:
First I would download a rom and put it on the sdcard (as well as gapps for cm7), then you put it in download mode, hook it up to your computer, open the mobile partition and rename the recovery something like recovery.bak, then put it CWM and make sure its named reovery make sure that it has the .img extension. After that boot into CWM volume buttons and power button and go to backup and restore and backup. Then do a wipe and flash one of the roms.
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Thanks allot! You dont have a how to video by any chance do you? I feel allot more comfortable when I have step by step on screen instructions.

rbtrucking said:
Thanks allot! You dont have a how to video by any chance do you? I feel allot more comfortable when I have step by step on screen instructions.
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go to the all root section on android forums motorola trimuph section. http://androidforums.com/triumph-all-things-root/

marc12868 said:
go to the all root section on android forums motorola trimuph section. http://androidforums.com/triumph-all-things-root/
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Hey how come when I try to download that gingerbreak my antivirus recognizes it as a trojan and wont let me download it? Should I just turn off my antivirus or is this really a bad file? I dont wanna brick my friends phone.

rbtrucking said:
Hey how come when I try to download that gingerbreak my antivirus recognizes it as a trojan and wont let me download it? Should I just turn off my antivirus or is this really a bad file? I dont wanna brick my friends phone.
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It shouldn't be a bad file... But if you are installing a custom rom then you don't even have to download and use gingerbreak, since the bootloader is unlocked and all the custom roms already have root permission.

marc12868 said:
It shouldn't be a bad file... But if you are installing a custom rom then you don't even have to download and use gingerbreak, since the bootloader is unlocked and all the custom roms already have root permission.
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So basically all I need to do is put clockwork mod on here like you said in your first post?

rbtrucking said:
So basically all I need to do is put clockwork mod on here like you said in your first post?
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Also when you say make sure the recovery file has the .img extension do you mean I should rename the file recovery.img or just leave it as recovery because when I go to the properties of the file it does say file type is .img Also should I unzip it? Sorry for the all the questions but rooting my epic was allot easier than this and I just wanna make sure I have everything all set right.

rbtrucking said:
Also when you say make sure the recovery file has the .img extension do you mean I should rename the file recovery.img or just leave it as recovery because when I go to the properties of the file it does say file type is .img Also should I unzip it? Sorry for the all the questions but rooting my epic was allot easier than this and I just wanna make sure I have everything all set right.
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Yea you should just have to put CWM mod into the mobile partition by booting into download mode. And don't rename it if it already has the .img file extension. Yes you have to unzip it, or just take the recovery file out and put it in the mobile partition don't put the whole zip there. And questions are fine. And just rooting the triumph is as easy as downloading and installing gingerbreak and rooting it so it's easy to root, it's just installing a custom rom that gets a little more difficult, but is still failry easy. But like I said if your installing a custom rom there's no need to root it.

marc12868 said:
Yea you should just have to put CWM mod into the mobile partition by booting into download mode. And don't rename it if it already has the .img file extension. Yes you have to unzip it, or just take the recovery file out and put it in the mobile partition don't put the whole zip there. And questions are fine. And just rooting the triumph is as easy as downloading and installing gingerbreak and rooting it so it's easy to root, it's just installing a custom rom that gets a little more difficult, but is still failry easy. But like I said if your installing a custom rom there's no need to root it.
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I put clockwork mod on there but for some reason I cant boot into recovery I tried power + vol up and it just boots normally.

rbtrucking said:
I put clockwork mod on there but for some reason I cant boot into recovery I tried power + vol up and it just boots normally.
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You have to use both volume buttons plus power.

marc12868 said:
You have to use both volume buttons plus power.
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Alright thank you very much!! Got everything up and running with CM7! I really appreciate all the help!! Couldn't have done it without you!!

rbtrucking said:
Alright thank you very much!! Got everything up and running with CM7! I really appreciate all the help!! Couldn't have done it without you!!
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No problem! Happy to help!

Simple install Gingerbreak & run the app, presto Triumph is rooted & busybox is installed done deal. Then do the clockwork imgage copy & paste in downloader mode & your good to go

jaaydogg said:
Simple install Gingerbreak & run the app, presto Triumph is rooted & busybox is installed done deal. Then do the clockwork imgage copy & paste in downloader mode & your good to go
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You don't even need to root if you flashing a custom rom though. Only if your gonna stay on the stock rom.

marc12868 said:
You don't even need to root if you flashing a custom rom though. Only if your gonna stay on the stock rom.
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Hmm I usually boot into recovery from cwm program...Does not work on triumph, say's error occurred while running privileged commands. Going to try holding buttons to get into recovery, and that did not work guess it's ginger break for me. edit used it and a ok here is the link to the new gingerbreak guide
http://androidforums.com/triumph-all-things-root/455603-guide-rooting-your-motorola-triumph.html

Every time I try to buy CWM it dosent seem to support my phone. Which version of CWM did you install?
Device using Xda Premium

Droid Razr Maxx HD xt926 recovery issue

So i have a Droid Razr Maxx HD xt926
it is on the latest 4.2.1 ota
It was starting to run slow, so i figured it was time to root and get a custom rom. but what i didn't realize is you cant unlock boot-loader.
So i rooted the phone, no issues. i tried to flash TWRP and CWM and both failed.
So when i go to recovery all i get is a black screen with white writiing that says
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (s)
10.9B(#) (sha-1e9f, 2013-05-25 01:04:26)
eMMC info: Size 32GB
Divice is LOCKED, Status Code: 0
Battery OK
Connect USB
Data Cable
Failed to hab check for recovery: 0x56
Fastboot Reason: Boot Failure
I can exit out and get back to android.
Since i can get the bootloader unlocked (at least i dont think there is a way) i want to flash everything back to factory, it can be unrooted as well. just want a clean start on it.
any help would be great thanks.

Can't flash twrp or cm on locked bootloader.
Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using xda app-developers app

xlow78 said:
Can't flash twrp or cm on locked bootloader.
Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using xda app-developers app
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Yea i figured that out, so i was triing to get it back to stock.

Figured too late though .
Did you try rsd lite?
Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using xda app-developers app

soloblazer said:
So i have a Droid Razr Maxx HD xt926
it is on the latest 4.2.1 ota
It was starting to run slow, so i figured it was time to root and get a custom rom. but what i didn't realize is you cant unlock boot-loader.
So i rooted the phone, no issues. i tried to flash TWRP and CWM and both failed.
.............
any help would be great thanks.
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sounds like you jacked stock recovery. if it will boot up, try using this http://www.mediafire.com/download/tt7cwwua49n24uv/Razr_HD_Recovery_Flasher_V7.rar to put the stock recovery back on. i cant say for sure it will work but i think it will.

bweN diorD said:
sounds like you jacked stock recovery. if it will boot up, try using this http://www.mediafire.com/download/tt7cwwua49n24uv/Razr_HD_Recovery_Flasher_V7.rar to put the stock recovery back on. i cant say for sure it will work but i think it will.
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If the bootloader is locked, it's highly unlikely that attempting to flash a recovery would've touched the stock recovery. With that being said, you can use one of the utilities to flash back to completely stock or use RSD and flash the most up-to-date XML from here:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/vanquish/list.php

RikRong said:
If the bootloader is locked, it's highly unlikely that attempting to flash a recovery would've touched the stock recovery. With that being said, you can use one of the utilities to flash back to completely stock or use RSD and flash the most up-to-date XML from here:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/vanquish/list.php
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true but you have to modify files before rsd will work, and the utilities say dont use on the latest update (locked) unless there is one i haven't seen, correct?

bweN diorD said:
true but you have to modify files before rsd will work, and the utilities say dont use on the latest update (locked) unless there is one i haven't seen, correct?
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I've never had to modify the XMLs to work in RSD, but you might have to for some of them. You can swap files in the utilities and put the newest update in there. Also, flashing your zip or any other zip should clear the flash fail.

RikRong said:
I've never had to modify the XMLs to work in RSD, but you might have to for some of them. You can swap files in the utilities and put the newest update in there. Also, flashing your zip or any other zip should clear the flash fail.
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Hey guys thanks for all the answers, i will try this monday, sorry for late reply, had some things come up this weekend, so wont have time to work on it. I just want to get it back to completely stock since i cant unlock the bootloader and isntall custom rom.

soloblazer said:
Hey guys thanks for all the answers, i will try this monday, sorry for late reply, had some things come up this weekend, so wont have time to work on it. I just want to get it back to completely stock since i cant unlock the bootloader and isntall custom rom.
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Ok guys i am ready to try. How do i flash a zip file if i cant get into recovery?
What should i try first?

soloblazer said:
Ok guys i am ready to try. How do i flash a zip file if i cant get into recovery?
What should i try first?
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boot the phone up (just power on), after on plug it into your pc, use the tool i posted in #5 (just going off what RikRong said, any successful flash should clear the failure) flash "stock recovery", let it reboot and see if its fixed.
if its not fixed, im still under the impression you will have to do one of 2 things to fix it from what i read others post previously,
-replace the files in matts utility with the latest ones from the stock files, or
-modify the xml file in the latest sbf to get rsd to work without failing

bweN diorD said:
boot the phone up (just power on), after on plug it into your pc, use the tool i posted in #5 (just going off what RikRong said, any successful flash should clear the failure) flash "stock recovery", let it reboot and see if its fixed.
if its not fixed, im still under the impression you will have to do one of 2 things to fix it from what i read others post previously,
-replace the files in matts utility with the latest ones from the stock files, or
-modify the xml file in the latest sbf to get rsd to work without failing
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First one worked, thanks guys, phone is good to go. Does anyone know if there will ever be a unlocker for the bootloader?

soloblazer said:
First one worked, thanks guys, phone is good to go. Does anyone know if there will ever be a unlocker for the bootloader?
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unlikely
btw, i swapped the files in Matts utility for the latest update if you want it. im working on switching out the root method in it too to the new one.
its posted in the dev forum

CM10.1 Android 4.2.2 Razr HD XT925
Already installed various recoveries only my device so enter the stock recovery, bootloader unlocked with this, I want to install cm10.1.3 4.2.2 and I can not, can someone help me?

My Droid Razr HD is doing the same thing
My screen says all of that also.
its says its locked and the battery is ok and all of that
I was trying to root my phone which was unsuccessful.
Now I cannot start and run my phone properly.
when it comes on it has me choose a language and press start and then acts like its loading and says it may take a few minutes. It will do that for hours and never move on to the next step.
How did you fix yours and recover it?
None of the other options on the reboot screen work...
I had tried:
normal start up
AP fast Boot
Recovery
BP Tools
They all lead to the same thing with the language selection and so on.
What can I do?

McmanisCody said:
My screen says all of that also.
its says its locked and the battery is ok and all of that
I was trying to root my phone which was unsuccessful.
Now I cannot start and run my phone properly.
when it comes on it has me choose a language and press start and then acts like its loading and says it may take a few minutes. It will do that for hours and never move on to the next step.
How did you fix yours and recover it?
None of the other options on the reboot screen work...
I had tried:
normal start up
AP fast Boot
Recovery
BP Tools
They all lead to the same thing with the language selection and so on.
What can I do?
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assuming you have a 926, re-flash it with this.
if you have a 925 do NOT use ^^ that. you will have to use rsd instead.

I am having a similar issue but my bootloader is unlocked and no matter what I flash to recovery recovery won't work anymore whether it being a factory reset or trying to just plain boot in to it.

CONC3PT said:
I am having a similar issue but my bootloader is unlocked and no matter what I flash to recovery recovery won't work anymore whether it being a factory reset or trying to just plain boot in to it.
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on the bootloader screen it says "status code 3" correct?
you cant flash cwm or twrp with fastboot?
what exactly is it doing or not doing and does the flash dialog indicate it flashing ok?
you imply, you cant boot into recovery, then say a factory reset wont work. what happens exactly in either of those attempts?
after you flash a custom recovery, you have to power off the phone and boot right into it and flash the su zip (do not boot the system in between), you know that correct?
any other info you can provide that i may have left out could be helpfull in getting this working for you.

Hello everyone,
I know this tread is old but, I have a problem and I hope someone here can help me. I have a mot razr 926 with these specs:
android version 4.1.2;
System version 9.30.1.XT926.Verizon
Kernel 3.0.31 ( I believe is stock)
Build number 9.8.1Q-94-1
My phone was rooted before with stock rom; I had to do a factory reset; so I reset, rooted again and my mistake it was trying to unlock the bootloader ( I know, I know, it's 9.30....)
Now my problem is that I don't have "recovery" or I don't have access to it. Things that I have tried:
Moto utility 1.34
Moto utility 1.3 gpt fix
Razr HD Recovery flasher V7 (tried to install cwm and stock)
I'm just trying to get any recovery working.... any help would be appreciated
Thanks

kpitao said:
Hello everyone,
I know this tread is old but, I have a problem and I hope someone here can help me. I have a mot razr 926 with these specs:
android version 4.1.2;
System version 9.30.1.XT926.Verizon
Kernel 3.0.31 ( I believe is stock)
Build number 9.8.1Q-94-1
My phone was rooted before with stock rom; I had to do a factory reset; so I reset, rooted again and my mistake it was trying to unlock the bootloader ( I know, I know, it's 9.30....)
Now my problem is that I don't have "recovery" or I don't have access to it. Things that I have tried:
Moto utility 1.34
Moto utility 1.3 gpt fix
Razr HD Recovery flasher V7 (tried to install cwm and stock)
I'm just trying to get any recovery working.... any help would be appreciated
Thanks
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Have you tried the stock recovery??, it can be tricky to get into stock recovery by pressing the correct combination of buttons
EDIT: You can use RSD Lite to update your phone to 182.46.10 and use Towelroot to re-root the phone. Once rooted, you can use Motoapocalypse to unlock bootloader.
EDIT 2: Read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-hd/general/index-motorola-droid-razr-hd-2015-t3167557

Stock ROM for RAZR HD XT926?

Anyone know where I can get the latest stock ROM for a RAZR HD XT926 from a trusted source? I'm a bit nervous about downloading just any old file that claims to be a stock ROM. Who knows what could be embedded in it.
The latest OTA update from Verizon contains a bug fix that I desperately need, but my phone refuses to apply the update. I've given up working with Verizon and Motorola on this. Motorola level 2 support says they won't help because the phone is rooted, even though it wasn't at the time I spoke to them on the phone.
I've decided to go the route of flashing the ROM myself. I'm now rooted, bootloader is unlocked, safestrap is installed, and I've backed up the my working system with it. I've also installed rootkeeper so I can temporarily unroot before flashing.
Also after doing this will I need to reinstall and reconfigure all my apps? If so is there an easy way to back that all up so all I need to do is restore the backup?

Here you go!
chuckh1958 said:
Anyone know where I can get the latest stock ROM for a RAZR HD XT926 from a trusted source? I'm a bit nervous about downloading just any old file that claims to be a stock ROM. Who knows what could be embedded in it.
The latest OTA update from Verizon contains a bug fix that I desperately need, but my phone refuses to apply the update. I've given up working with Verizon and Motorola on this. Motorola level 2 support says they won't help because the phone is rooted, even though it wasn't at the time I spoke to them on the phone.
I've decided to go the route of flashing the ROM myself. I'm now rooted, bootloader is unlocked, safestrap is installed, and I've backed up the my working system with it. I've also installed rootkeeper so I can temporarily unroot before flashing.
Also after doing this will I need to reinstall and reconfigure all my apps? If so is there an easy way to back that all up so all I need to do is restore the backup?
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Go to sbf dot droid-developers dot org That's where you'll find them!

Thanks. Are you pretty confident that they are clean?

Clean
chuckh1958 said:
Thanks. Are you pretty confident that they are clean?
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Yes. I'm very confident they are. I've always used these to restore mine to stock when needed.

Awesome! Thanks. Now I just need to figure out how to flash the one I want. This is my first time. I'm guessing I just put the zip file on my sdcard and tell SafeStrap to recover using it.
Will I need to reinstall all my apps? Is there a way to prevent that? Mostly I'm concerned about apps that I've spent a lot of time setting up custom configurations for.

Back to Stock
chuckh1958 said:
Awesome! Thanks. Now I just need to figure out how to flash the one I want. This is my first time. I'm guessing I just put the zip file on my sdcard and tell SafeStrap to recover using it.
Will I need to reinstall all my apps? Is there a way to prevent that? Mostly I'm concerned about apps that I've spent a lot of time setting up custom configurations for.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176753
That post will walk you through how to flash back to stock.

So I can't use safestrap to flash the stock ROMs downloaded from sbf dor droid-developers dot org?

Safestrap
chuckh1958 said:
So I can't use safestrap to flash the stock ROMs downloaded from sbf dor droid-developers dot org?
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No you cannot.

I've got RSD Lite installed now and it successfully detects the device is fastboot mode. Next step is to unzip the XML file I downloaded and plug it into RSD Lite. Right?
How much risk do you think there is that I end up bricking the phone? Keep in mind that OTA updates always fail because the hash on the build.prop file doesnt match what its expecting even though I've never changed the build.prop file.
Will I be able to use SafeStrap recovery if the phone gets bricked?
Like I said this is the first time I've tried this and I'm trying to cover all the bases before I do anything dangerous.

chuckh1958 said:
I've got RSD Lite installed now and it successfully detects the device is fastboot mode. Next step is to unzip the XML file I downloaded and plug it into RSD Lite. Right?
How much risk do you think there is that I end up bricking the phone? Keep in mind that OTA updates always fail because the hash on the build.prop file doesnt match what its expecting even though I've never changed the build.prop file.
Will I be able to use SafeStrap recovery if the phone gets bricked?
Like I said this is the first time I've tried this and I'm trying to cover all the bases before I do anything dangerous.
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You don't unzip the .xml, you just flash it in RSD. When you use RSD, you will no longer have SafeStrap installed. SafeStrap is only an app, not a true recovery replacement, it works in conjunction with the stock recovery. You can't use a true recovery replacement since your bootloader is locked.
If you're not comfortable with RSD, try the House of Moto here:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/28162-house-of-moto-20/

RSD Lite failed to flash the phone. Error message was "failed flashing process - unknown fastboot command, (getvar).I do have the latest Android SDK installed (32 bit version) and it's in the my PATH. I can run fastboot from the command line and it does show a getvar command.
Prior to running RSD Lite I did temporarily unroot the phone with rootkeeper. Could that be the problem?

Ok I got to flash by ...
manually extracting the zip file
editing the xml file, and removing 2 lines that contained the text "getvar"
pointed RSDlite to the XML file instead of the zip file
From what I can see everything looks good on the phone. Now I just have to let it finish reinstalling all the apps.
I just wanted to post the steps here in case anyone else stumbles onto this thread and has the same problem.

I did lose root. Any way to get it back?

chuckh1958 said:
I did lose root. Any way to get it back?
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We have root on the newest build now! In the general forum.