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[Q] Help please!

With the release of Android 4.4 coming, I'm thinking of flashing the latest Cyanogen rom. But, this is my first time owning an Android phone, or any smart phone at all. So I was wondering:
Can I upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S2 SPH-D710BST to the latest version?
If so will I have to reinstall my apps and etc.?
If I use custom firmware can I still activate and use my phone to call? (This is all assuming I still haven't gotten around to activating my phone)
If so will i have to use Boost Mobile to activate my phone? (As indicated by the model number)
Thanks in advance for any advice!

ShikiSatsu said:
With the release of Android 4.4 coming, I'm thinking of flashing the latest Cyanogen rom. But, this is my first time owning an Android phone, or any smart phone at all. So I was wondering:
Can I upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S2 SPH-D710BST to the latest version?
If so will I have to reinstall my apps and etc.?
If I use custom firmware can I still activate and use my phone to call? (This is all assuming I still haven't gotten around to activating my phone)
If so will i have to use Boost Mobile to activate my phone? (As indicated by the model number)
Thanks in advance for any advice!
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hey there, welcome to the world of android friend! so if you were to have cm 10.2 (android 4.3) on your device and decide when a stable version of 4.4 comes out you want to flash it, you will have to reinstall all your apps, if you were to come from android 4.1 to 4.2 you wouldnt have to reinstall them. android 4.1-4.3 dont have very much changes, just a little of ui change and hardware changes to use left memory. now to see if your galaxy s2 will get 4.4? nobody will know, i dont think anybody knows if cyangenmod will make more roms, they recently annouced something that sounded like they were making their own android handset. if you use custom firmware, yes you can still use it as your phone and activate it, im sure not allot of people would flash roms to not be able to use their phones . i looked up the model number and it looks like the carrier is boost mobile. hope you figure out what you want man, please if you have any questions i would love to answer them, i love to see the notification numbers go up xD

Thanks! I already knew my phone was from Boost, I was just asking if activating it with them was a MUST. Also my phone has that manufacturer's error with the dropping cell signal repeatedly activating the menu. I tried the fix where you clear the cache partition, but that was only a temporary fix.
So, to fix the phone I have to get it repaired at a Sprint?
If so, how much?
Or, alternatively, could re-imaging the phone with a new "OS" fix it? (Only asking since the cache wipe worked for a while.)

[Q] Getting Jelly Bean 4.3 on Moto G LTE?

I understand the Moto G LTE never came with JB, but I'm curious what your thoughts on the possibility of taking the JB build for the regular Moto G and installing it on the LTE model?
The reason I'm asking is because I use to own the non-LTE Moto G. It came with KitKat out of the box, but through one of the great threads here on this site I was able to downgrade it to 4.3. The benefits for me were two fold, at least an additional 1-1.5 hour of screen on time, and most importantly the old webkit. I'm willing to sacrifice battery, but the lost of the old webkit is the most frustrating part. In a nutshell, The text reflow and zoom settings found in browsers such as Opera/Dolphin just don't compare to what I was able to get with webkit browsers that are not crippled by KitKat.
My thoughts on this matter:
- JB from the non-LTE Moto G is probably already 80% compatible with the LTE model
- Problem points: missing drivers for new radio and gyroscope.
- OS probably already supports sd card
I'm curious what your thoughts are on this? Has anyone tried flashing the Moto G JB rom on to the G? Is anyone working on JB roms for this phone?

StOrmCatz said:
I understand the Moto G LTE never came with JB, but I'm curious what your thoughts on the possibility of taking the JB build for the regular Moto G and installing it on the LTE model?
The reason I'm asking is because I use to own the non-LTE Moto G. It came with KitKat out of the box, but through one of the great threads here on this site I was able to downgrade it to 4.3. The benefits for me were two fold, at least an additional 1-1.5 hour of screen on time, and most importantly the old webkit. I'm willing to sacrifice battery, but the lost of the old webkit is the most frustrating part. In a nutshell, The text reflow and zoom settings found in browsers such as Opera/Dolphin just don't compare to what I was able to get with webkit browsers that are not crippled by KitKat.
My thoughts on this matter:
- JB from the non-LTE Moto G is probably already 80% compatible with the LTE model
- Problem points: missing drivers for new radio and gyroscope.
- OS probably already supports sd card
I'm curious what your thoughts are on this? Has anyone tried flashing the Moto G JB rom on to the G? Is anyone working on JB roms for this phone?
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Why should devs work on 4.3? We have 4.4 and we'll have "L" soon
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The lazy buggers, haha jelly beans feels like GB to ICS now.. No one wants it.. I guess there's the excitement of seeing " a update is available "

StOrmCatz said:
I'm curious what your thoughts are on this? Has anyone tried flashing the Moto G JB rom on to the G? Is anyone working on JB roms for this phone?
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It's an interesting thought. Have you unlocked the boot loader on your LTE model? If so, why not try flashing the main system partition from one of the stock Moto JB builds for the non-LTE G, clear your cache and userdata, try booting it, and see what happens? (I'd leave everything else untouched...radio firmware/baseband, bootloader, probably even the partition table.) My guess: assuming that the KK partition table on the LTE model has a space big enough to accommodate the system partition, it will probably boot up just fine. The question is going to be whether any of the radios (cellular or WiFi) work at all in the stock JB (included drivers might not work).
-- Nathan

nlra said:
It's an interesting thought. Have you unlocked the boot loader on your LTE model? If so, why not try flashing the main system partition from one of the stock Moto JB builds for the non-LTE G, clear your cache and userdata, try booting it, and see what happens? (I'd leave everything else untouched...radio firmware/baseband, bootloader, probably even the partition table.) My guess: assuming that the KK partition table on the LTE model has a space big enough to accommodate the system partition, it will probably boot up just fine. The question is going to be whether any of the radios (cellular or WiFi) work at all in the stock JB (included drivers might not work).
-- Nathan
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Unfortunately my bootloader is not unlocked. I'm kind of waiting it out a bit just in case I need warranty. However, it's definitely something worth trying when I decide to unlock and there is still no good alternative to the old webkit. Any ideas what the risks could be with a bad system partition? Is it possible for that to brick the phone or cause something irreversible? As it's I imagine just the OS software, I'd expect possibly a boot loop. But I'm not familiar enough to know if could cause other issues.

StOrmCatz said:
Any ideas what the risks could be with a bad system partition? Is it possible for that to brick the phone or cause something irreversible?
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I don't see how. You aren't touching anything especially low-level. You would be leaving the bootloader alone, the partition table alone, the modem/baseband firmware alone...if the system image from the non-LTE version cannot boot for whatever reason (likely lack of proper hardware support for whatever is different), you would just force it back into fastboot mode and reflash the system image you were using before.
Oh, you will probably also need to flash over boot.img (which is the Linux kernel, not the bootloader...bootloader is motoboot.img) in addition to system.img, since the two are generally paired together. But, again, I can't fathom how a bad kernel could brick the phone. Just flash back boot.img and system.img from the stock Moto G LTE release you were on before, and everything should be back to normal.
If you ever end up trying this, please report back and let us all know how it went. I will be most curious to know if it works.
-- Nathan

nlra said:
I don't see how. You aren't touching anything especially low-level. You would be leaving the bootloader alone, the partition table alone, the modem/baseband firmware alone...if the system image from the non-LTE version cannot boot for whatever reason (likely lack of proper hardware support for whatever is different), you would just force it back into fastboot mode and reflash the system image you were using before.
Oh, you will probably also need to flash over boot.img (which is the Linux kernel, not the bootloader...bootloader is motoboot.img) in addition to system.img, since the two are generally paired together. But, again, I can't fathom how a bad kernel could brick the phone. Just flash back boot.img and system.img from the stock Moto G LTE release you were on before, and everything should be back to normal.
If you ever end up trying this, please report back and let us all know how it went. I will be most curious to know if it works.
-- Nathan
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Thanks Nathan for the helpful responses! I have decided to go a different route and customize a KitKat rom with the classic 4.3 webview. I figure when the time comes, it'll be easier to go with supported Android versions than going backward. As there are no custom roms yet available for the Moto G LTE, I've instead made one for the non-LTE variant based on CM11. I've made a thread here looking for people to try it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/help/trying-moto-g-falcon-cm11-build-classic-t2822006

FreedomPop Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE xt897c, want help with Cyanogenmod

Hi xdadevelopers,
I ordered a Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE (xt897c) phone from FreedomPop for $25 and 28 days later it has arrived. My experience with FreedomPop has been decidedly mixed. Lots of hassle from customer service combined with a product that is sometimes very useful and always cheap. (Unless you use over 2GB of data per month) The phone itself seems very adequate for an excellent price. I would like your assistance in putting Cyanogenmod or another appropriate ROM on it.
Here's where I am,
The phone appears to have been rooted out of the box according to "Root Checker Basic" from Google Play
I installed "Superuser" from Google Play and that seems to work correctly
Busybox seems to be present already according to "Online Nandroid" from Google Play
I have created a TWRP Backup using Online Nandroid without modifying the recovery
The phone currently has Android 4.1.2
Where I want to be
I want to install a custom recovery, preferably one I can make backups from
I want to update to a more recent version of Android such as the stable one found here DUCK RULES cyanogenmod bot org /?device=xt897c or another version where everything just works
Notes. I have ADB and Fastboot installed from "Android Studio". I have an appropriate USB cable. I do not have a microsdhc card right now. It appears "Sandisk 64GB Extreme Micro SD (SDXC) Card + Adapter 60MB/s Class 10 U3 UHS-1" at DUCK RULES amazon bot com /gp/product/B00N98QLRQ is a good choice for a good price. I have this on order and should have it within the week.
I understand this phone has a locked bootloader. The "Messaging" app from FreedomPop available in Google Play seems to control messaging and the phone dialer. I went to the official Motorola Bootloader unlock page DUCK RULES motorola-global-portal bot custhelp bot com /cc/cas/sso/redirect/standalone%2Fbootloader%2Funlock-your-device-b I booted into recover with Power and volume up and volume down held, selected fastboot, connected to the computer , ran fastboot, as described, got the code, put the code in the webpage as described, and got a blank page. This happened 2x, with no emails form Motorola. I tried a third time 6 hours later, and it loaded a page with more instructions and I had the bootloader unlock code in my email instantly (There were no preceding messages, they didn't go to spam or somewhere else). I have installed TWRP Manager by Jmz software from Google Play. The standard reboot method doesn't work I changed the settings to "Reboot using an alternate method". I attempted to the TWRP recovery with the "Install TWRP". One must select their device and the closest thing to mine was "Motorola Photon 4G" codename "sunfire". This didn't appear to be it exactly but there wasn't a better choice. The next line down says "custom recovery not installed or detected". Then I selected the recovery version to install "2.6.3.0" "openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-sunfire.img appeared the most recent, then I attempted to "Install Recovery" The phone downloaded the image, and said "Ensure the partition listed below is the correct one for your device..." "/dev/block/mmcblk0p10" how do I know if that's correct or not? I said yes to the question and went ahead, the phone rebooted to an Android on it's side with a yellow triangular sign with an exclamation point above it. Thirty seconds later the phone rebooted normally and everything worked no custom recovery was flashed.
Also thanks to the xdadevelopers community for your past and future efforts. I threw in my lot with Android when the neXus One launched after watching the keynote, buying it full price and paying extra for next day air shipping. I stayed stock despite the cool stuff being done by the development community until Google fell behind in updates. Then I started with CM6 and later went to CM7. That was wonderful software, thanks everyone who was involved in that. Unfortunately way late in the life of my phone I was homeless and got robbed for it. I got a used HTC HD7 Windows Phone for free from a friend. It was great for movies and music with a great screen and touch sensor but it was very early in the life of the new Windows Phone and there wasn't a lot of quality software being developed. That, and it just wasn't Android, and I longed for freedom. The integrated Web browser IE 9 variant sucked, and T-mobile denied me the final Windows Phone 7 update. The phone has gotten less and less useful as time went by though it always sucked for web browsing. This fall I got a One Plus One, it made a wonderful Wifi phablet, but when I tried to use it as a phone I found the radio was severely deficient in range, possibly due to defective manufacture as it got better range in colder weather. I had to initiate a chargeback with my credit card company to get support to talk to me and then ultimately get a refund. That's how I got where I am now and this is the first time I've needed to register for an account here. Thanks again xdadevelopers.
What is the best way to proceed? Semi detailed logical instructions please, as while I am intelligent and not a noob, I have been out of the game since CM7
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Holy wall of text. This seems to be the crux:
Aslan_ said:
I have installed TWRP Manager by Jmz software from Google Play. The standard reboot method doesn't work I changed the settings to "Reboot using an alternate method". I attempted to the TWRP recovery with the "Install TWRP". One must select their device and the closest thing to mine was "Motorola Photon 4G" codename "sunfire". This didn't appear to be it exactly but there wasn't a better choice. The next line down says "custom recovery not installed or detected". Then I selected the recovery version to install "2.6.3.0" "openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-sunfire.img appeared the most recent, then I attempted to "Install Recovery" The phone downloaded the image, and said "Ensure the partition listed below is the correct one for your device..." "/dev/block/mmcblk0p10" how do I know if that's correct or not? I said yes to the question and went ahead, the phone rebooted to an Android on it's side with a yellow triangular sign with an exclamation point above it. Thirty seconds later the phone rebooted normally and everything worked no custom recovery was flashed.
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Why would you flash something that is OBVIOUSLY not for your device!? I sincerely hope it did nothing because you could do some permanent damage to your device by flashing stuff that's not made for it.
Did you bother looking for any recovery threads? Say my TWRP thread?
I recommend 2.7.1.2 in that thread, which is fine for CM11. If you want CM12, grab 2.8.5.0 in that thread.
Flash it per my directions using fastboot in my TWRP thread.

Got it thanks, now which rom?
Thank you very much arrrghhh. First off I sucessfully flashed TWRP 2.7.1.2. I did see the "[recovery] TWRP 2.7.1.2" thread, but it was from 2012 and it's 2015 now, plus it was 25 pages. Now I do see that the initial post was last edited 23rd July 2014, so that's better, but that's still over six months ago, so I'd have asked the question anyway having seen that. Several things to note, GooManager has been retired since the new cdn for goo.im was implemented, so that should be removed from the post. I like apps, they make me feel like there's less risk in my actions, though after some poking around I see it's probably the opposite. People are doing so much more low level stuff in apps compared to CM7 it's amazing.
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I recommend 2.7.1.2 in that thread, which is fine for CM11. If you want CM12, grab 2.8.5.0 in that thread.
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It would be nice to see that info in the 2.7.1.2 thread. that the newer version is recommended for CM12 and where to get it, that would show you're on top of the latest changes not to mention make the thread even more useful. Perhaps include the reason for stopping at 2.7.1.2, the SELinux split. Seeing a new version that works always makes me want to get the newer version, but in this case there's a good reason not too.
I'm always hated vague it's broken posts that don't adequately describe the problem, the hardware used and the environment, so I head in the opposite direction with mine.
Next question is which rom should I choose? I want something stable and secure with everything or just about everything working. I like Cyanogen Mod, but I'm open to other things. As new as I can get, but stable. I thought I needed something from download bod cyanogenmod bot org /?device=xt897c , but now looking around it looks like I might be able to use other sources like download bot cyanogenmod bot org /?device=xt897 I'm not sure though. Again I have the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE which is CDMA, from FreedomPop running on the Sprint Network.
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.. (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-'
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.. (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-'

Aslan_ said:
Thank you very much arrrghhh. First off I sucessfully flashed TWRP 2.7.1.2. I did see the "[recovery] TWRP 2.7.1.2" thread, but it was from 2012 and it's 2015 now, plus it was 25 pages. Now I do see that the initial post was last edited 23rd July 2014, so that's better, but that's still over six months ago, so I'd have asked the question anyway having seen that. Several things to note, GooManager has been retired since the new cdn for goo.im was implemented, so that should be removed from the post.
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I no longer use this as my primary device, so my threads are basically stagnant. fastboot always works, where apps come and go... I'll try to find some time to adjust the post.
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It would be nice to see that info in the 2.7.1.2 thread. that the newer version is recommended for CM12 and where to get it, that would show you're on top of the latest changes not to mention make the thread even more useful. Perhaps include the reason for stopping at 2.7.1.2, the SELinux split. Seeing a new version that works always makes me want to get the newer version, but in this case there's a good reason not too.
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Reason for stopping at 2.7.1.2 was they implemented MTP in 2.8.x, and I could never get it working right for both Win & Lin. I spose my bar was too high and I should've just released it, but I hate releasing half working stuff. It was a new feature that didn't work right.
Again, this is no longer my primary device so I'm not working on it very much at all. I have to pry the thing from my roommate's hands to even play with it, I haven't flashed CM12 yet (because it's no longer my device really).
I'd like to update the official TWRP, but in the meantime the CM maintainer has taken care of updating it so F2FS can be utilized.
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Next question is which rom should I choose? I want something stable and secure with everything or just about everything working. I like Cyanogen Mod, but I'm open to other things. As new as I can get, but stable. I thought I needed something from download bod cyanogenmod bot org /?device=xt897c , but now looking around it looks like I might be able to use other sources like download bot cyanogenmod bot org /?device=xt897 I'm not sure though. Again I have the Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE which is CDMA, from FreedomPop running on the Sprint Network.
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Well obviously some of that does go down to choice - if you want CM, it is a little confusing. The device started out in CM10 as its own device, xt897 for GSM xt897c for CDMA. Then in CM11 they merged the devices into moto_msm8960. Of course they had to split again when the new bootloaders were released for the other moto_msm8960's (Razr HD, Atrix HD, etc) and moto_msm8960_jbbl was kind of a stopgap device at the end of CM11. Again, reading is your friend here although I realize all of that history is hard to glean. At least read the OP of the CM thread:
kabaldan said:
Please note:
In CM12, the Motorola 2012 msm8960 device line has been de-unified again, so moto_msm8960/moto_msm8960_jbbl builds are dead from now on.
Please check the xt897 device link for new Photon Q builds.
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Good luck. The device is now semi-unified (GSM & CDMA), as xt897.

Aslan_ said:
[*]I have created a TWRP Backup using Online Nandroid without modifying the recovery
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Would you mind terribly to share this? My device shipped with a Sprint branded ROM and I'd like a proper backup.

I flashed CM 12.1 and lost data (3g/LTE) connection
I tried to flash FreedomPOP APN fix but it did not help
Anyone knows how to fix this?
How do I update PRL/Profile on CM 12.1?

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I flashed CM 12.1 and lost data (3g/LTE) connection
I tried to flash FreedomPOP APN fix but it did not help
Anyone knows how to fix this?
How do I update PRL/Profile on CM 12.1?
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You don't update PRL/Profile in CM, you do that on the stock ROM. Make sure EVERYTHING works on stock before flashing CM.

I found another APN fix and it worked.
So the result of the update PRL/Profile is stored somewhere in the phone and does not get lost when I flash a new ROM, is that correct?
The only way to update PRL/Profile is to flash back to stock, do update, reflash back to custom, right?

turbozapekanka said:
I found another APN fix and it worked.
So the result of the update PRL/Profile is stored somewhere in the phone and does not get lost when I flash a new ROM, is that correct?
The only way to update PRL/Profile is to flash back to stock, do update, reflash back to custom, right?
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Correct.

turbozapekanka said:
I found another APN fix and it worked.
So the result of the update PRL/Profile is stored somewhere in the phone and does not get lost when I flash a new ROM, is that correct?
The only way to update PRL/Profile is to flash back to stock, do update, reflash back to custom, right?
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Can you share this "another APN fix"?

already shared here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60153295&postcount=18

Anyone still have issues? I was running a June Nightly and it was working somewhat. It would randomly lose connection and I would have to flash the APN.zip. It happened again a few days ago and I decided to go up to 722 Nightly and now I haven't been able to connect. When I go to APNs the list is empty and even if I manually add one it does not seem to stick. The APN zip doesn't help either. The phone is connected but shows an exclamation mark next to the signal and I have no data.
Sort of solved my own problem
Flashed back to stock Spring using RSD lite and a modified XML that didn't flash the system.img since it kept giving me errors. Found a stock TWRP dump on the forums and flashed that. Updated PRL and Profile, reflahsed back to CM11 Snapshot and flashed the 2015 FreedomPOP APN fix. Working for 1 day now.

[Q] Old Moto G no mobile data after flashing

Hi,
I have an old Moto G (XT1032, no LTE, no GPE) phone, bought from Amazon. I've installed CM 11 on it but after facing insurmountable stability issues I decided to go back to stock Android 4.4.4. Now, the thing is that I had no back-ups at all. It was stupid, I know.
I had to install a stock ROM from FileFactory (XDA rules prevent me from posting the full link). I chose the one called RETAIL_XT1032_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.61_cid9_CFC.xml.zip. Everything works fine, except mobile data. When I'm on WiFi I can access the Internet, though. I've been researching the issue and I've learned that the problem might be caused by a ROM mismatch. Unfortunately, I don't know how to check whether this is the case. I used the 'fastboot getvar all' command to get the CID. It matches that of the ROM but I don't know if I was lucky when I installed it or if the ROM rewrote that variable.
I don't think this is an APN configuration issue. I've never had to manually configure APN settings before.
Any ideas?

ROM Upgrade Options for Moto G Purchased 4/2014 Running VZW Android 4.3 US

Hello, this is my first post on these forums, but I have used several threads found on here previously. A little background: I purchased my Moto G from Boost Mobile back in April of 2014, ran it for a month on the Boost network, then unlocked the bootloader, rooted it, and loaded the Verizon Android 4.3 US rom and ported it over to Page Plus, and I have been there ever since.
My question now is, I'd like to get a clean factory reset on it in hopes of restoring some performance. It lags from time to time and has developed some quirks over the year and a half. I know Android 4.3 is an old version, would I benefit from any newer ones? I've been having trouble finding the correct rom I should be using for my phone. The link I originally got the VZW 4.3 US Rom from is no longer working, and I'm not sure where else to look.
I've backed up my user apps+app data with Titanium Backup Pro, my WiFi passwords, SMS, and this time, remembered to transfer my pictures as well as the backup files themselves off my internal storage/SD card. I think I am ready to flash.
What options should I look into for a new start? TIA.

Try here > motofirmware.center
Sent from my XT1031

ATTACK said:
Try here
Sent from my XT1031
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Thanks, I'll take a look at that link today.