Right guys firstly i would like to make a massive shoutout to @fl4m3y
Brilliant work on your efforts for the community!!
Without his guide found HERE i would never have been able to leave any 4.4.4 custom rom!
Thankyou friend.
Disclaimer
I am not 100% this will work for you. Use at YOUR OWN RISK.
I will not be held responsible for anyone saying, "omg, my phone had a chance of coming back to life, now your guide has killed it off"
Because that wasn't and isn't the case for me. It has worked 100% STOCK flash by FASTBOOT
95% of this is @fl4m3y credits all thanks go to this guy. Nor will @fl4m3y be blamed as he has stated in his thread. .​Right i will tell you what i did.. everything i did, dont do anything i didnt do. or it probley wont work. same goes for skipping things out.
Firstly
I need you to follow this Guide.
Troubleshooting: (These are some errors i came across, managed to fix them these ways)
The CWM Backup won't push to /sdcard
This happened to me, i don't know why but i managed to fix this by going into 'Mounts and Storage and Mounting STORAGE'
it was unmounted for some reason. Double check this..
It wont start restoring i get MD5 sumcheck failed error.
You need to go into Advance settings in Backup and Restore and uncheck 'check md5sum' (Not sure what it was called just look for something to do with md5sum and make sure there isnt a x next to it)
I Get a Error Resoring /data or /system
go into Backup and Restore and select to do a Custom Restore. Now just as if you where fastboot flashing something, restore each of them speratly..
i started from the top. (Boot.img i think it was then selected to restore and them moved down the list)
now there should be 3 parts to all of them. i went through every single one just to make sure it went well.
so in system there was 3 diffrent files relating to system .. restore them all then move on..
Once you have followed this and your phone has rebooted Sucsessfully you need to download this Official 4.2.2 GPE Fastboot Firmware
Now this is a OFFICIALLY SIGNED FASTBOOT FIRMWARE.. i think thats why it has worked.
The Thread is HERE if you want to look where i found it
Now you need the fastboot files. If you dont have the here they are
I would download them anyways just to make sure its followed exactly how i did it.
I downloaded everything to my Desktop and extracted to my desktop. it makes it easy for me to organise.
Now put your phone into bootloader
Heres for the next part. Extract the Fastboot files into the folder with the Firmware files. There is a .bat file inside that autoflashes everything
Do not press it! We dont need all the files flashed!
Ok so i need you to go to the folder with the firmware in and: Press and hold Right Shift and right click on the file and select to open cmd window here.
Now Type: Fastboot Devices
this is just checking everything is working.
Copy each of these and paste them into your cmd window
fastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk3
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot reboot
Your phone should Reboot with 100% STOCK GPE.
i am going to try fastboot flash over this a UK Retail Firmware and see what happens.. i will report back if we can now sucsefully flash firmwares other then this one.
@gd91
Confirmed working
Nop its not working for me...I am stuck at google logo...but my moto is xt1033 maybe that is why its not working? ;P
Oh, maybe does everything flash okay?
Sent from my Moto G using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Yeah everything flashed okay except those warnings that are allways there...restoring backup went well too thx to your guide on how to avoid those mount problems
Guys, can i use this guide to downgrade from GPE 4.4.4 to GPE 4.4.2 and then to stock 4.4.2 ?
No. You will have to wait for 4.4.4 stock partition. And boot loader. Its being pushed out now or soon.. Then you can flash over GPE to stock. This only putbstock GPE back on my phone
Sent from my Moto G using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Clarkiieh said:
No. You will have to wait for 4.4.4 stock partition. And boot loader. Its being pushed out now or soon.. Then you can flash over GPE to stock
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
People keep saying this, but nobody explains the rationality behind it.
2 things:
1) How does having the 4.4.4 GPE files help in any way with downgrading? If I downgrade, I'd want to downgrade all components, including the bootloader, no? Are you thinking that it is impossible to downgrade the GPT and bootloader after they have been upgraded, even if your bootloader is unlocked, so you would flash the 4.4.4 versions of those but the system partition and modem/baseband from whatever version you want to downgrade to?
2) Even if what you are saying is true, that you would need the 4.4.4 GPT and bootloader in order to perform a successful downgrade to an earlier version, the fact is that the gpt and motoboot files are already available today, extractable from the OTA zip that has been making the rounds. They have already been extracted by others and posted elsewhere. So what more do you need/want out of the 4.4.4 fastboot-flashable release?
-- Nathan
You have miss understood.. We can downgrade to 4.4.2 GPE ( i don't think It was shipped with Jelly Bean) its a dodle
Although!
People who dont want to be on GPE 4.4.2 or 4.4.3 or 4.4.4, and want to go back to the Motorola Stock 4.4.2 will have to wait for the 4.4.4 Stock Motorola update to come to their region ATM it is only hitting certain areas for the time being..
Sent from my Moto G using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
The process will go like this..
Flash GPE 4.4.4 then flash over that the morotorola stock 4.4.4
Sent from my Moto G using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Clarkiieh said:
You have miss understood.. We can downgrade to 4.4.2 GPE
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ah, okay, yes, I guess I did partially misunderstand. But I have been seeing people talk about the problems they have been having downgrading even to 4.4.2 GPE from 4.4.4 GPE. I see that people have stumbled across various convoluted workarounds, but for some reason it is not just as easy as reflashing all of the necessary files while in fastboot. I suspect that the fact that this doesn't work even when trying to go back to 4.4.2 GPE is related to the problems people are having when trying to return to 4.4.2 Motorola.
Clarkiieh said:
People who dont want to be on GPE 4.4.2 or 4.4.3 or 4.4.4, and want to go back to the Motorola Stock 4.4.2 will have to wait for the 4.4.4 Stock Motorola update to come to their region
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, then I still don't understand. If you are running 4.4.4 GPE, why do you have to first flash to 4.4.4 Motorola before downgrading to 4.4.2 Motorola? If you can't go directly to 4.4.2 Motorola from 4.4.4 GPE, what makes you think that having access to 4.4.4 Motorola would make this procedure work? I guess that's the part that is missing for me. Nobody is explaining why they believe that having access to 4.4.4 Motorola will assist in a downgrade to older versions of stock Motorola.
Clarkiieh said:
The process will go like this..Flash GPE 4.4.4 then flash over that the morotorola stock 4.4.4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
...and then flash 4.4.2 stock Motorola over 4.4.4? Why will that work if flashing directly from 4.4.4 GPE wouldn't?
-- Nathan
GPE and Motorola have totally different file systems.. I dunno.. Its all confusing I haven't really been told myself but just buy reading what others have said and what has worked for me, I cannot flash 4.4.2 over my GPE 4.4.2 that has been brick recovered I need the 4.4.4 boot and gpt.. I think when you convert to 4.4.4 there are files and partitions you cannot flash over unless you have the whole thing. I think the big issue isnt partitions it's the bootloader, I cannot flash any other but 4.4.4 I don't know why eve after flashing 4.4.4 gpt.bin
Sent from my Moto G using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
GPE edition mean only single sim working???
sanads said:
GPE edition mean only single sim working???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes there is only single sim variant of moto g gpe edition as I know of...
Yes but there are new way people have found
Sent from my Moto G using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
I recently tried to downgrade my Boost Mobile Moto G from 4.4.4 to 4.4.2. well, it soft bricked, and the only way for me to fix it is to flash the GPT.bin from the 4.4.4 update to my phone.
I have very poor internet that cannot download large files, like the entire firmware package. Can someone please link me to the GPT.bin from 4.4.4? Just that file, not anything else?
VictoriousShooter said:
I recently tried to downgrade my Boost Mobile Moto G from 4.4.4 to 4.4.2. well, it soft bricked, and the only way for me to fix it is to flash the GPT.bin from the 4.4.4 update to my phone.
I have very poor internet that cannot download large files, like the entire firmware package. Can someone please link me to the GPT.bin from 4.4.4? Just that file, not anything else?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If You Updated Your Phone(4.4.4 GPe) Via OTA,So Does Bootloader Too.
You Can't Flash 4.4.2 Partition.
If You Have Link Of 4.4.4 GPe Firmware Package,Gimme I'll Download And Give That File To You,.
Hello fellow moto heads. I'd like to convert my recently purchased xt1032 to GPe complete stock. The brand new phone came with 4.4.4 so it's always had bootloader 41.13. I've unlocked it and found the gpe full stock 4.4.4 images easily enough. However I'm getting prevalidation errors trying to flash gpt.bin and mboot. I figured I shouldn't try to keep going with the next images. I suppose the flashable zips could work if I flash the stock kernel as well, and convert /data to ext4.
This thread can be deleted, I just went ahead and flashed GPE_XT1032_KTU84P.M003_CFC.xml ignoring the preflash errors and the hab bad crc errors and its working well
Hello, two days ago i installed the app droid optimizer, and used the option for cleaning trash, the app cleaned 5 GB and the phone bricked, i have been used the firmware stock from my company (Personal argentina 4.4.2 kitkat), i tried to install the retail brasil, the electrify and others firmwares, on rsdlite all gived me the same error, 2/22 gpt signed, i tried to flash from fastboot and all gives me an error like cannot load, and i tried to flash the partitions and i have the error `cannot determine image filename for gpt.bin ` and others. thanks for reading, im sorry for bad english, anyone can help me?
well this is interesting whenever I try to flash the stock firmware for my Moto G xt1031 ... it goes into a boot loop upon it saying "starting services" the only fix I found is to install a custom ROM... and I also cannot activate it with boost since I want to sell this phone.
Look for correct firmware for your Moto..
And local firmware..
Need more info...
What firmware are you flashing?
What's your system version?
What's your bootloader version?
Did you erase userdata?
Did you flashed the lollipop soak test?
Did you "upgrade" your bootloader?
Are you getting any errors when you flash the stock firmware?
Are you flashing with fastboot or mfastboot?
Sent from my XT1031