Moto g
charliesutton said:
So I have a Moto G with an unlocked bootloader but no root. So I wanted to flash an android L cyanogen mod rom onto it and I first of all had to install custom recovery. I decided to use twrp. I downloaded all the latest drivers from motorola and the adb folders. I downloaded the recovery image and put it into the 'platform-tools' folder with 'fastboot.exe' in it as well (the boot image was specifically for the moto g btw) and flashed it onto the phone. It installed it but when I went on recovery the boot up image showed for about a quarter of a second but afterwards I was returned back to the moto g fastboot screen with some returned text on the bottom saying 'Boot up failed'. I had followed every step and I tried redoing the process but that didnt work. So I restored my device so I got the stock recovery and I tried cwm instead. This returned the same error message. Im not really sure where I went wrong in the process.
I also have some other questions as well though. I thought that maybe if I put the boot.img boot image from the cyanogen mod folder into the platform tools folder I could open cmd and type 'fastboot boot boot.img' and maybe it would flash it straight on however I dont want 'Boot up failed' from both 'Recovery' and 'Normal Powerup' in the fastboot menu. I was also wondering if I could convert the zip file for the custom rom to .tar.md5 and maybe flash it from odin? However whenever i watch odin tutorials they always use a samsung device and it also says that its for samsung. Or preferably just some help to get past the 'Boot up failed' error would be appreciated. Thanks
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Odin is a Samsung factory restore tool. Rsd lite is for motorola. I just got got this phone today so I'm not familiar with it yet to know anther way, sounds like you may just need to download your stock firmware and rsd. that should get ya back to stock at least
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Hey,
I'm new to all of this so I really don't know what I'm doing wrong.
I got the normal Moto G running on 4.4.4, unlocked bootloader and rooted.
I've read that if no system files are changed I can just normally update the phone. So I flashed stock recovery (I had CWM before) using MotoTool AiO. But when I want to enter recovery it just gives me the "No Command." screen.
Only other thing I have different is, that I deleted some preinstalled Google and Motorola apps.
When I try to update the phone it just reboots after about 10 seconds telling me the update failed. (I always have to download the update again.)
I hope you guys can help me get to 5.0.2.
Thanks
You need certain Motorola Apps on your phone before the OTA update will work. Also, it's best to be unrooted.
Is there a way to restore the Motorola Apps? With the app i deleted them I can't, because I deleted them completely. (I didn't thought I would need them again.)
I'm not sure if you can find the proper APKs.
It may be easier to just flash back to stock and take the OTA update.
Okay, so I tried to get back a custom recovery so I can flash 4.4.4, but the problem is I still only get the no command screen when entering the recovery.
First I tried flashing CWM with the MotoTool AiO, but I still couldn't enter recovery, so I tried Philz Recovery, but I got the same problem there.
How the hell can I get a recovery, so I can flash 4.4.4?
You need to flash a completely stock ROM, including recovery.
You should download the stock 4.4.4 ROM for your phone and manually flash each partition using fastboot or mfasboot commands.
I tried it with help of this thread.
But it always says i can't find the command mfastboot and with the command fastboot it tells me it can't find the files and when I'm entering the folder it says it can't find the command. And even if I move the extracted files to the same folder (Where the fastboot.exe is) it tells me the files can't be found...
Like I said I'm new to all of this and little more detailed help would be appreciated
PS:
I still got the same .zip with the stock 4.4.4 I used to flash the first time (After that I deleted the system apps)
And in this .zip is an app folder with all the apks, so is there a fast way to just reinstall all of them?
Enable USB debugging and use the Moto AIO tool's Utilities tab to flash APKs to your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2635706
In MotoTool when I'm in fastboot it tells me device not found (Minimal ADB and Fastboot can find my device, and yestery MotoTool could find it, too. USB-Debugging is active.) and when the phone is normally stared in the cmd window it tells me [failed] ... (Can't read the rest, because the window closes instantly), but MotoTool says the installation worked
You need to be booted into ROM in order to use the APK installer.
When installing an APK, you may be prompted on the phone screen to allow your computer to have access to the phone.
Okay I managed to flash 4.4.4 and then I could update to 5.0.2, thanks for the help.
That's great. Glad I could be of some help.
Hello Everyone,
My moto g phone suddenly started giving errors saying "unfortunately "xxxxx" not working. xxxx is like google play and many more system services. I cannot do anything as it gives the error continuously.
I was trying to factory reset the mobile and I got the error of "boot up failed". I searched for this and found out that I need to go for custom recovery(I'm new to this) to avoid this error and get my phone back to normal.
I found that I need to unlock boot loader to for custom recovery. After trying and searching a lot I managed to do that finally with the help of a thread in this forum.
From that time I tried with many img files like TWRP, CWM and philz. But, still I could not manage to get my phone back to work.
Last 3 days I was fully in to this searching and finding solution and finally thought to write here(I'm not feeling to give up on this). I can provide you with any information needed.
I read in some guidance of CWM recovery that I need to get CWM model to process further after the below command.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recoveryimage.img
Instead my screen stays with the below content for whatever .img file I pass for the above command
"Android system recovery <3e>
LXB22. 46-28. 1"
Appreciate any help or support on this to get my phone back to work. Thanks in advance
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Hello Everyone,
My moto g phone suddenly started giving errors saying "unfortunately "xxxxx" not working. xxxx is like google play and many more system services. I cannot do anything as it gives the error continuously.
I was trying to factory reset the mobile and I got the error of "boot up failed". I searched for this and found out that I need to go for custom recovery(I'm new to this) to avoid this error and get my phone back to normal.
I found that I need to unlock boot loader to for custom recovery. After trying and searching a lot I managed to do that finally with the help of a thread in this forum.
From that time I tried with many img files like TWRP, CWM and philz. But, still I could not manage to get my phone back to work.
Last 3 days I was fully in to this searching and finding solution and finally thought to write here(I'm not feeling to give up on this). I can provide you with any information needed.
I read in some guidance of CWM recovery that I need to get CWM model to process further after the below command.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recoveryimage.img
Instead my screen stays with the below content for whatever .img file I pass for the above command
"Android system recovery
LXB22. 46-28. 1"
Appreciate any help or support on this to get my phone back to work. Thanks in advance
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Rename the twrp or cwrecovery as recovery and copy to adb folder. Fastboot command is
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, (not fastboot flash recovery recovery image .img)
pradeeppk said:
Rename the twrp or cwrecovery as recovery and copy to adb folder. Fastboot command is
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, (not fastboot flash recovery recovery image .img)
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it is not "recoveryimage". I just used it for this question. I tried with many files. So, I gave the name of the file and used the command and I got the success message also in CLI saying "Okay" and finished. But no file made any difference to device.
I had a pass code to unlock my screen. Two times I was able to get the screen (Other times it become dark after loading M) and it required the authentication code I gave to enter unlock screen. and I was filled with errors showing continuously "unfortunately not loaded 'system files' ". I suspect that whether the flash worked properly because it was asking for the screen unlock code.
After trying for over three hours, reading what seems like all threads on the whole of xda and some other sites... i am ready to eat my phone. Ok, must get myself together :-/ . Here we go.
Specs:
Moto G 4g on dutch carrier (vodafone), XT1039
Situation:
Came from completely stock lollipop system, then succesfully unlocked phone via motorola website using the fastboot proces. Intending to install custom rom, first need a recovery. I am now stuck at this step. When booting i now get a screen "warning bootloader unlocked" before the moto splash begins, this is normal as far as i understand.
Problem:
Unable to boot into recovery. Directly after flashing any recovery (with fastboot) and choosing "recovery" from the bootloader i get the message "boot up failed"
After restarting the phone and choosing "recovery" from the bootloader i get the android on its back picture stating "no command"
Already tried:
installed the android sdk, fastboot and mfastboot.
Am able to send commands to phone with (m)fastboot. Flashing works.
I flashed: openrecovery twrp 2850 xt1032, clockwork 6047 falcon, philz touch 6587 falcon, twrp 2870 falcon m stock, twrp 2801 titan v2 and twrp 2860 xt1032
all give exact same result
"fastboot boot NAME of IMAGE"
"fastboot erase userdata & cache"
"fastboot erase recovery"
did the above things in any imaginable combination
I hope someone has some fresh suggestions for me? Thanks for your time.
Bro as far as I know the recovery is not installed u should install twrp from this thread the one on the official site gave me soft brick
Now about the dead android with no command shows that you are on stock recovery and u have booted into it successfully to go further into stock u have to press power and volume up at the same time (like u lock ur phone) but it won't help in installing anything try the recovery I linked (first format your phone complete data and cache wipe from stock recovery not necessary actually) install it through fastboot command and let me know if it worked (with thanks button) BTW what's ur bl ver
thanks for your fast response faizxy, as stated i already tried the one from that thread (i did not use the identical interpunction to describe it but to be clear it is twrp-2.8.7.0.-falcon_M_STOCK.img)
Where do i find my bootloader version? It is the one that came with the device, factory issue...
Some extra info, that might anwser faiz' question: when i boot the bootloader it shows:
"AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S) 41.1A (sha-80481ae, 2015-04-10 14:30:28)
Hope you guys will forgive me for bumping a bit soon, but I really hope some one has a solution! Tomorrow I have time to tinker some more
Have you tried at least one recovery that is actually for your phone (peregrine)?
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Have you tried at least one recovery that is actually for your phone (peregrine)?
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Ah. I guess not. Did not know that there where recovery's specifically for the peregrine/xt1039. I searched for "moto g" but apparently is wrong model. DOH!
Thanks for helping out! My problem is solved.
For future reference; finding working pergerine recovery was quite difficult; most mirrors are down. I found one here: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_peregrine and then under header "installing recovery.." under step 2 the download link (i avoid deeplinking)
This one seems to work for me. Now lets find a nice custom rom!
The ones listed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/4g-development/progress-twrp-2-7-1-0-source-t2807585 dont work for me. One gives black screen, the other one shows an unlock slider which is unresponsive.
Hi,
Try this one... With encryption abilities or without, your choice...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2996266
hello
i've bought used moto g 2015 from spain.
the problem is that the device is locked with status code 0.
i've been trying to unlock it, but with no luck.
everything gives the error failed(remote failure)
recently i've used windroid toolkit to unlock bootloader and install twrp like in some tutorials, the app says it's done, but after i enter a recovery the phone hangs and boots again to fastboot.
any help will be appreciated
EDIT:
invoking "mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin" command gives the error too so i am unable of installing stock firmware too
EDIT2:
i've successfully installed stock package but there is still a problem - boot loop.
you need to flash stock rom to remove boot loop.
here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/general/index-moto-g-factory-firmware-images-t3169639
sachin09 said:
you need to flash stock rom to remove boot loop.
here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/general/index-moto-g-factory-firmware-images-t3169639
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I have already flashed the rom but now i think it could be a bad package. My phone is from spain and i installed before:
XT1541_OSPREY_ORAES_6.0_MPI24.65-33_cid7_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml
now i'm downloading
XT1541_OSPREY_RETES_6.0_MPI24.65-33_cid7_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
is there any way to find out which package should i use for sure?
the last package i mentioned doesnt change anything. phone boots to bootloader not to system.
any news i have the same thing with my device everything was flashed but i get boot faillure ??
nothing... i'll get my money back i guess
Hi! My old phone is booting into fastboot mode, when I try to boot normally I get a black screen, the "Power off" button appears when I hold the power button. The bootloader is not unlocked and the phone was never rooted. Wiping the user partition does not help. It is visible in fastboot mode and I can enter stock recovery, though trying to adb sideload a stock rom returns an error (footer is wrong; signature verification failed). Trying to fastboot boot twrp or recovery.img doesn't work either. I've ran out of ideas, what should I do to get this phone to work?
Try flashing the stock ROM with fastboot. I'm pretty sure ADB doesn't let you flash onto your phone because using your phone with ADB means that it's still powered on - which can cause some issues. You can also try and unlock your bootloader through fastboot, and then flash a recovery and custom ROM.
Both failed. I attached the errors I recieved.
crepper4454 said:
Both failed. I attached the errors I recieved.
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Try "fastboot bootloader unlock", maybe. Also: Is there a flashall.bat in the stock ROM folder? If there is: Connect your device while in fastboot, and double-click it.
crepper4454 said:
Both failed. I attached the errors I recieved.
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Try this maybe. I know you can't wipe through the stock ROM, so, try the command: "fastboot -w". That'll wipe everything off the device.
[INDEX][Osprey][Merlin] Moto G Factory Firmware Images
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for anything that happens as a result of flashing these files. Your destiny is your own. Moto G (3rd Gen) Factory Firmware Images - Provided by Firmware TEAM - Please report broken links. New Mirrors welcome...
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I can wipe through stock recovery. I did fastboot -w and it cleared the cache and userdata partitions, they were already clean afaik. Typing fastboot bootloader unlock returns unknown command. There are no .bat files in my firmware. I can try downloading one from the site you linked, but I don't know what to do with it if fastboot flash does not work.
crepper4454 said:
I can wipe through stock recovery. I did fastboot -w and it cleared the cache and userdata partitions, they were already clean afaik. Typing fastboot bootloader unlock returns unknown command. There are no .bat files in my firmware. I can try downloading one from the site you linked, but I don't know what to do with it if fastboot flash does not work.
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Try this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-osprey-fastboot-flashing-factory-firmware-images.3187750/
It says there that the "preflash validation failed" error occurs when the firmware being flashed is older than the one already installed. I will try downloading a newer version and flashing it. Will update here.
Update: I have dowloaded a newer rom and tried to flash it. This time got different errors (picture attached, this went for every sparsechunk). I think I know the reason but I do not know how to solve it. This might not be the exact stock rom of this phone so I cannot flash it with a locked bootloader. Could someone help me finding the correct rom or suggest a different solution?
Yooooo. I have the Moto e5 Cruise and so does my wife. We bought them in 2018 from Cricket and last night hers went to emmc failure, also known scientifically as 'no worky' mode.
The phone would only load in fastboot and had tried to use my Moto RSD tool to reflash but the phone would not detect in anything but fastboot mode.. Here's where it gets interesting....
There is a piece of software called the Lenovo (which now owns Moto) Rescue and Smart Assistant that can reflash your phone back to factory, no matter your sub-variant (cricket, metro, etc). Without having a fresh backup on hand, you're going to be beholden to the last cloud sync or manual backup you have because all data will be wiped in the below process.
BTW: Just run the assistant as it seems to be the easiest 'back-to-stock/working' tool I can find. Going to fastboot alone yielded weird errors since i didn't have the unlock code for the 'fastboot oem unlock [code goes here]' command.
**RESTORATION PROCESS**
This will apply to multiple Lenovo/Moto Mobility devices. Unknown at this time how many have been impacted by this seemingly pre-planned failure on Lenovo's part.
If your phone is stuck in fastboot mode where MTK download mode does not load, nor does adb, follow these simple steps:
(NOTE: BACKUP YOUR FILES IF POSSIBLE)
1. Click the link above to be directed to the Lenovo software download page and run the installer on your PC (Sorry Mac users :'().
2. The software, once installed, will require you to sign up for OR link a google, fb, g+, etc account to it for purposes of creating a Lenovo ID. Once signed in, click on 'Rescue Now'.
3. With your phone in fastboot mode, allow the software to download the firmware for your phone.
4. Once the firmware has finished downloading and validating, click on 'Rescue Now' once again. Your phone will begin the reflashing process.
That... actually worked. The program found the required ROM and flashing went without problems. Thank you very much @kmt5150 .
crepper4454 said:
That... actually worked. The program found the required ROM and flashing went without problems. Thank you very much @kmt5150 .
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No problemo! Glad it worked!