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[Q] Flashing Stock Firmware Issues

Hi!
Recently i started to "play" with my new moto G, i unlocked the bootloader and i flashed some roms but...
Yesterday i decided to restore my phone to stock firmware but when i was trying to restore using this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
I received 2 warnings.
1. When i was trying to flash gpt.bin, fastboot screen shows a message like "Downgrade for tz" or... Something like that.
2. When i was trying to flash motoboot.bin... Other issue was displayed (like in the point one), this time was something like this: "Downgrade for xxxx".
Really i dont remember the exact messages
I continue flashing the next files and installation ends succesfully but...
I dont trust in that errors... Its normal??
My phone is XT1032 in Telcel MX.
I flashed 4.4.2 and then via OTA 4.4.4

motoboot.bin is the bootloader. You are effectively trying to downgrade your bootloader and get that error because of that. If you flash a 4.4.4 firmware image you will not see this.

lost101 said:
motoboot.bin is the bootloader. You are effectively trying to downgrade your bootloader and get that error because of that. If you flash a 4.4.4 firmware image you will not see this.
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And the gpt file is part of bootloader?

vok01 said:
And the gpt file is part of bootloader?
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No, that's the partition table - the partition structure for the phone's storage.

lost101 said:
No, that's the partition table - the partition structure for the phone's storage.
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Jeje ok, im really noob with this phone and this errors are new for me.
I suppose that gpt isnt flashable with an unlocked bootloader, right? Or why this error appears?

vok01 said:
Jeje ok, im really noob with this phone and this errors are new for me.
I suppose that gpt isnt flashable with an unlocked bootloader, right? Or why this error appears?
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If you flash a 4.4.4 firmware image you will not see any error messages. They are being caused because you have the latest bootloader and are attempting to flash a firmware that is not 4.4.4.
You do not need to unlock the bootloader to flash the Motorola firmware images.

lost101 said:
If you flash a 4.4.4 firmware image you will not see any error messages. They are being caused because you have the latest bootloader and are attempting to flash a firmware that is not 4.4.4.
You do not need to unlock the bootloader to flash the Motorola firmware images.
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Ok, when 4.4.4 firmware update came, i update it, but in firmware pages in the post that i use only have until 4.4.2, and this firmware i use to restore to stock.
Thanks, you solve my doubt

Follow this thread for links to the latest firmware images:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2546251​

lost101 said:
Follow this thread for links to the latest firmware images:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2546251​
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Its the same page where i download the stock firmware, my provider (Telcel) just have here the 4.4.2 and one week ago they roll out the 4.4.4 via OTA.
Can I use another soft, like retail us or brazil? Or this change could bring problems with my phone company?

vok01 said:
Its the same page where i download the stock firmware, my provider (Telcel) just have here the 4.4.2 and one week ago they roll out the 4.4.4 via OTA.
Can I use another soft, like retail us or brazil? Or this change could bring problems with my phone company?
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If you look through the comments in that thread you will see 4.4.4 image links. This post has the Telcel Mexico 4.4.4 image:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55131440&postcount=380​
If you have an XT1032, you should be able to flash any XT1032 firmware (including GPE) and still use your current provider.

lost101 said:
If you look through the comments in that thread you will see 4.4.4 image links. This post has the Telcel Mexico 4.4.4 image:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55131440&postcount=380​
If you have an XT1032, you should be able to flash any XT1032 firmware (including GPE) and still use your current provider.
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Thnx!! I'll flash it today before go to college... You're a lifesaver

[Q][HELP] Getting Moto G back to stock

So here I am worrying about bricking my device if I go back to stock.
Here is some insight-
I have an unlocked XT1032 US retail moto g running Cyanogenmod 11 m4 snapshot. I am also running clockworkmod recovery and everything is working fine. I have heard of many people bricking their devices when they try and flash stock because the version doesnt match up with the bootloader version or something like that. My bootloader version is reported to be 4111.5 (The bootloader menu version is 41.11) from the "fastboot getvar all". So if I want to flash stock firmware what version do I need to choose. (can someone give me a link to the download?) Also is there any easier way to do this, perhaps can someone give me a clockworkmod backup of stock firmware and i can flash it via restore in the recovery. Also is there a way to get .img files of my whole phone via the dd command on the superuser shell. (Someone please give me a list of those commands to make a full image of my phone) so I can restore incase something goes wrong.
So pretty much all in all can someone please give me a link to the correct stock firmware for my phone that I can flash with NO issues and a list of commands that I can use to flash.
And just wondering what is mfastboot and how is it different from fastboot.
I should have made a backup with cwm recovery before I installed cm11 but I forgot which is why I made this thread. ALL HELP IS APPRECIATED! THANKS!

hey try downloading stock firmware from this link http://sbf.droid-developers.org/download.php?device=14&file=786
then follow instruction from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
if you failed once don't panic... just try another firmware from here http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14
just make sure you choose firmware which is for retail US and also choose right version of android... but first try the firmware i have mentioned above...

skyguy126 said:
So here I am worrying about bricking my device if I go back to stock.
Here is some insight-
I have an unlocked XT1032 US retail moto g running Cyanogenmod 11 m4 snapshot. I am also running clockworkmod recovery and everything is working fine. I have heard of many people bricking their devices when they try and flash stock because the version doesnt match up with the bootloader version or something like that. My bootloader version is reported to be 4111.5 (The bootloader menu version is 41.11) from the "fastboot getvar all". So if I want to flash stock firmware what version do I need to choose. (can someone give me a link to the download?) Also is there any easier way to do this, perhaps can someone give me a clockworkmod backup of stock firmware and i can flash it via restore in the recovery. Also is there a way to get .img files of my whole phone via the dd command on the superuser shell. (Someone please give me a list of those commands to make a full image of my phone) so I can restore incase something goes wrong.
So pretty much all in all can someone please give me a link to the correct stock firmware for my phone that I can flash with NO issues and a list of commands that I can use to flash.
And just wondering what is mfastboot and how is it different from fastboot.
I should have made a backup with cwm recovery before I installed cm11 but I forgot which is why I made this thread. ALL HELP IS APPRECIATED! THANKS!
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XdroidBD said:
hey try downloading stock firmware from this link http://sbf.droid-developers.org/download.php?device=14&file=786
then follow instruction from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
if you failed once don't panic... just try another firmware from here http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14
just make sure you choose firmware which is for retail US and also choose right version of android... but first try the firmware i have mentioned above...
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Yes what this guy says will work

Almost hard bricked my phone
Tomsgt said:
Yes what this guy says will work
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during flash gpt.bin it said preflash valadition failed and on the bootloader screen it said partition table downgraded. Used CWM backup to restore and my phone is functioning again but I am still not stock. Please tell me what I am doing wrong? I have attached a screenshot of the command prompt screen.

Q30: i encounter '(bootloader) Preflash validation failed' error message when flashing Firmware Image
You may have updated to Android 4.4.4 via firmware image or OTA update. In this case you now also have the latest version of the Bootloader. That is why you get the above output when attempting to flash a 4.4.2 firmware image. ==> simply flash 4.4.4 images instead.
If the error still occurs, even with a 4.4.4 firmware image, then unlocking bootloader will be necessary.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537119​
There is no 4.4.4 Retail US yet. You can flash 4.4.4 Retail EU just fine. Recovery flashable zip here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/development/rom-stock-motorola-rom-collection-t2854688​

I have the retail us version though. She. Will the retail us 4.4.4 be available? And one important question when I do go back to stock 4.4.4 with the link you gave me via recovery, will my custom recovery get overwritten with the stock one?

XT1032 is a Global GSM model. you can flash an XT1032 ROM from anywhere in the world and it will work.
It's currently unknown when 4.4.4 US Retail will be available, but I do not think it will take too much longer.
Those zip files only include ROM and Kernel. Recovery will not be changed.

I'll be trying that tomorrow and I'll let you know if it works or not asap. But for now thanks!

You might also need to flash the 4.4.4 EU Retail radio zip available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2649763​

I read somewhere that when you flash stock ROM even though the recovery is not being changed, the stock ROM will overwrite the custom recovery in start up.
Is this true?

skyguy126 said:
I read somewhere that when you flash stock ROM even though the recovery is not being changed, the stock ROM will overwrite the custom recovery in start up.
Is this true?
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Please help my phone is stuck in CWM recovery during the flash and I think the recovery is frozen. Can I hard reboot back to recovery or is my phone totaled? :crying:

This worked for me - http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...-gpe-4-4-4-t2824377/post55768571#post55768571. Once back to 'base' you can update to 4.4.4 OTA or flash another ROM. And if you get stuck again, re-run this process. Three downloads, a few scripts to run; double-click easy.
Good luck.

Back at stock, just had to give CWM 10mins! Thanks everyone!

Help please! Moto G stuck in bootloader, any help is appreciated!

Hey All,
I have a Moto G 2013 (1st gen I believe). A while back, I wanted to install lollipop without it being available so I flashed the Brazil 5.0 ROM. Now, for some reason it won't boot and I got my phone stuck in bootloader. I can go to TWRP and the bootloader mode right now. I'm not sure what version it is, but I think its the XT1032 (non-lte for sure) and I've used it on Bell, Canada
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I'm trying to follow a guide to restore back to stock but im not sure which model I should be downloading the firmware for. Can anyone help?
I'm using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219 and I tried a XT1032 ROM (Brazil) but when following the first command "mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin" didn't work. Should I just ignore this and move forward? I believe somewhere in the thread it said to ignore it but I'm not positive. Note: I dont want service, I want to use it as a glorified mp3 player for my car
Thanks in advance and any help is appreciated!

EDIT: I tried flashing a couple of roms in bootloader mode via adb from the aformentioned tutorial, but I keep getting errors when trying to flash the recovery, boot, partition, etc. Can anyone please help? Thanks.

mohitrocks said:
EDIT: I tried flashing a couple of roms in bootloader mode via adb from the aformentioned tutorial, but I keep getting errors when trying to flash the recovery, boot, partition, etc. Can anyone please help? Thanks.
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It is strange that you can flash ROM in recovery but cant flash rec, my suggestion is checking your rec file,substitute with a Twrp rec and flash again. if success, you can try to flash a zip ROM.

Thankyou for the response! I appreciate it. Sorry, I should've been more clear. I was trying to flash official firmwares through bootloader, not roms. I tried flashing two different firmwares (XT1032, as per the barcode setting on my bootloader mode), and I keep getting errors when trying to flash using adb commands. It sends the files correctly but fails at writing them. I'm not sure what the issue is, but it may be because I was on Android 5 (lollipop) and I was trying an older firmware (i.e. older partition table). Currently trying a 5.0 firmware (brazil XT1032!) If anyone has any advice, please let me know! Thanks again!

KitKAt Firmware Brick

Hello guys well a friend of mine handed me his phone because it was having some problems ( he couldnt change the date and this bringed him all sorts of problems), so i performed a factory reset and it didnt help. After this i got a hold of the KitKAt firmware to re-flash it (it was already on 4.4.2 i believe or at least 4.2.2 ?? anyway im sure it was already on KitKat, the only version of KitKat i have been able to find is this one. ( http://www.grupoandroid.com/topic/110965-firmware-razr-hd-xt925-kit-kat-android-442/ ).
I tried with RSDLite first and it gave me back an error on boot.img so i tried the flash_all.bat that came with the download and i got the same error, something like failed to check Hab on boot.img , so i tried the Manual Fastboot method and to no avail. IT gives me preflash validation failed on both boot.img and recovery.img.
Im guessing this is the kind of error yo uget if your phone doenst have the boot loader unlocked and you want to go to a previous firmware, and well yeah.. i mesed up and didnt unlock the bootloader first so it is LOKCKED, but to my knowledge i should be able to flash the same version of the Firmware right? and if this isnt the KitKAt already on the phone where do i get it..
Im Stumped..
hopefuly one of you guys can help me.
thanks

For anyone interested, the problem was that i already had the 4.2.2 firmware on the device ( im not sure how they managed this).. then i tried to flash over it with the 4.2.2 i found there and i hadnt unlocked the bootloader and although to my knowledge this shouldnt be a problem well.. that hapenned.
So i went through the process of unlocking the bootloader via fastboot and the motrola unlock your bootloader site and it worked, i succesfully unlocked the bootloader and then the KitKat firmware flashed with no problems. the only problem peristent her ei sthat i cannot change the date.. aghh

XT1039 and Lollipop OTA update problems with wrong bootloader

Hi guys,
several months ago, when Motorola released Lollipop for my rooted XT1039, i tried to update via OTA, but the device got stuck in a bootloop, showing a message that i found out after searching, means that i have the wrong bootloader(I´m using CWM Touch 6.0.5.0)
So my question is, what is the best and safest way to get Lollipop working on my phone.
Should i flash the stock XT1039 version of Lollipop or can i use the Motoflasher to flash the correct bootloader and update?
Thanks in advance

Just flash the original recovery from your device, as you cant update via OTA from a custom one

Ok, thank you.
What I've seen ist the MotoFlasher the best choice, as it has the new Moto G Recovery, should i use this program?

Motogrine said:
Ok, thank you.
What I've seen ist the MotoFlasher the best choice, as it has the new Moto G Recovery, should i use this program?
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If you change you bootloader to the latest version and after that upgrade to lollipop officially your device will be HARDBRICKED! Search on google the download of the recovery of your phone and android version, afther that flash whit adb and fastboot

Henriquefeira said:
If you change you bootloader to the latest version and after that upgrade to lollipop officially your device will be HARDBRICKED! Search on google the download of the recovery of your phone and android version, afther that flash whit adb and fastboot
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Ok, so I need the bootloader for Android 4.4.4 and my phone and flash this one?
Just wanna be sure

Motogrine said:
Ok, so I need the bootloader for Android 4.4.4 and my phone and flash this one?
Just wanna be sure
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Yes keep the bootloader and flash the original 4.4.4 Recovery