[Q] My moto g doesn't work after flashing a mod - General Questions and Answers

Dear reader,
Yesterday I rooted and unlocked my phone, but something went terribly wrong. When I tried to flash a rom, I thought it worked and i wanted to reboot my phone. Now it doesn't boot up anymore. I have a moto G first gen (xt1032). This is what my phone does when i try to boot it up:
It keeps saying the motorola warning message that my phone has been unlocked, it vibrates 1 short time (as normal when the moto g should boot up) but then doesn't do anything anymore. I can get into bootloader, but not in recovery. I tried to select Factory reset in the bootloader, but then I get the same as when I boot up my phone. When I connect my phone to my laptop my laptop plays the sound when you connect it to your computer, but I can't enter the files of my phone.
I think there might be no OS on my phone anymore, but I really don't know. I'm a noob in this, my first root was yesterday. Can someone please help me out?
Edit: I think I don't have a backup... I don't know for sure but did Titanium Backup made one on my phone itself? And I also tried to do this, but it didn't succeed: i tried to wipe everything via fastboot

May be you have flashed a wrong ROM.
Download the usb/adb driver fir your model and download adb(just do Google)
After connecting phone to computer, in the adb shell type the following
Adb devices
Reboot recovery
May be this helps you
Thank me if it helped you
If not reply me

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[Q] Android noob Moto G bricked?

Hello, I've bricked my device (( moto g xt1032, I bought the device from Tesco back in 2013 and I just wanted to get the lollipop update on my phone, I looked online and found this video: watch?v=-L44JqysUy8 it didnt do as intended it rebooted and my device was ok, so I looked again and came accross a thread here on XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/gpe-ota-lrx21z-5-0-1-xt1033-xt1032-t2969847
first mistake I made was doing step 2.1 instead of going straight to 2.2, my phone rebooted and got stuck in a boot loop (i think, it was a black powered by android screen) I looked on google yet again and found an article that told to clear the cache in recovery I did that and it didnt work, boot loop again, then I found a forum post saying that having bluestacks on your machine will cause a conflict I uninstalled that and started from scratch with the same problem, I re did the steps seen in the above youtube video thinking that would put my device back to normal and still stuck in bootloop with the blue motorola m logo, I cant enter recovery of the fast boot menu anymore and my battery doesnt seem to be charging, its essentially a paperweight.
paulh2k8 said:
Hello, I've bricked my device (( moto g xt1032, I bought the device from Tesco back in 2013 and I just wanted to get the lollipop update on my phone, I looked online and found this video: watch?v=-L44JqysUy8 it didnt do as intended it rebooted and my device was ok, so I looked again and came accross a thread here on XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/gpe-ota-lrx21z-5-0-1-xt1033-xt1032-t2969847
first mistake I made was doing step 2.1 instead of going straight to 2.2, my phone rebooted and got stuck in a boot loop (i think, it was a black powered by android screen) I looked on google yet again and found an article that told to clear the cache in recovery I did that and it didnt work, boot loop again, then I found a forum post saying that having bluestacks on your machine will cause a conflict I uninstalled that and started from scratch with the same problem, I re did the steps seen in the above youtube video thinking that would put my device back to normal and still stuck in bootloop with the blue motorola m logo, I cant enter recovery of the fast boot menu anymore and my battery doesnt seem to be charging, its essentially a paperweight.
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im now back to the boot loop thing not much better lol, is it fixable or should i just not bother
If it is booting up, then probably it is soft bricked. Not hard bricked.
If it can detect in ADB, re-flash the recovery?
Thankyou both for your replies, I dont know why I bothered back in the day symbian was so much easier lol, im an absolute noob when it comes to this so how would i go about getting to the recovery you mention, i can get to the fastboot menu but after selecting recovery the phone just loops at the boot logo
SInce it is bootlooping, I'm not sure which ROM is currently on your phone.
Try and flash the recovery from the ROM you tried to install by finding the recovery.img file, boot the phone into fastboot, and type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" or, if using mfastboot commands, type "mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img".
If you can't get into recovery, flash the recovery from your original ROM.
If you still can't get into recovery, flash your stock ROM, one partition at a time.
In fastboot, which bootloader version is on your phone?
the last thing I flashed was the link provided in the youtube vdeo if that helps, ive done the recovery thing and it still loops, my bootloader hmm im not sure heres the details from the fast boot screen..
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S)
41.13 (sha-7dc8e78, 2014-06-16 16:33:29)
Device is locked Status Code (0)
is it because my bootloader is locked, I fail
You need to unlock your bootloader via the motorola website.
Thanks for your reply it turns out its not eligible for unlock for some reason so I'm deciding its a decent paper weight and giving up, I really appreciate the replies and the time the posters have taken out to help, I'll know to take my time to read every detail if I decide to do this again, thankyou!!
Are you sure it's not eligible? I thought my Telus xt1032 was not eligible but it turns out I mistyped a couple of numbers.
I tried a few hours later and I got the code from Motorola.
audit13 said:
Are you sure it's not eligible? I thought my Telus xt1032 was not eligible but it turns out I mistyped a couple of numbers.
I tried a few hours later and I got the code from Motorola.
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I copied and pasted direct from the cmd, I read on another forum that you needed to be logged into the phone with the Motorola account which I didn't
I don't recall logging into the phone, I just recall logging into the Moto site with a google ID.
Don't worry bro just try and you will be successful. I'm also bricked my Micromax Canvas A1 on first try.
audit13 said:
I don't recall logging into the phone, I just recall logging into the Moto site with a google ID.
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Thanks ill try it again
lol i need to wake up, I had spaces when iIcopied from the cmd its working now... and I have the code!!!
and im unlocked ! so what do i do know, i dont want to ruin it all now
Excellent. Boot into fastboot and post your bootloader version. It should be 41.xx.
41.13 ? thats on the second line in the boot menu
You have a KK bootloader. I suggest downloading the stock 4.4.4 ROM for your carrier and flash everything except the gpt and motoboot file. Once you finish flashing all partitions via fastboot, use the phone's volume button to boot into recovery, wipe perform a full wipe, and reboot.

[Q] What are essential things I do before I root?

I (assumed) bricked my Moto G LTE today and just ordered another one. How it happened was that I factory reset my phone, but the setup stopped working after I finished it so I had no launcher. I naturally panicked and booted into recovery using ClockworkMod, but it didn't work. Eventually it got to the point where it was stuck at the Motorola "M" logo, so I continued to factory reset with ClockworkMod and installed a zip hoping a stock would fix it. It did not, since I misunderstood and now my phone is currently stuck at the warning bootloader screen (replaced by "Motorola powered by Android").
So I gave up and ordered the "Motorola Moto G - Universal 4G LTE - GSM Unlocked - 8GB (Black)" from Amazon.
To prevent something like that happening again what are some things I need to do to ensure I'll always have a safe recovery? I'm also overwhelmed by how many ways there are to root a Moto G LTE and could use some direction. I'm also confused on how I can find the appropriate stock ROM of 4.4.4 for my new XT1045.
Blkdrgn415 said:
I (assumed) bricked my Moto G LTE today and just ordered another one. How it happened was that I factory reset my phone, but the setup stopped working after I finished it so I had no launcher. I naturally panicked and booted into recovery using ClockworkMod, but it didn't work. Eventually it got to the point where it was stuck at the Motorola "M" logo, so I continued to factory reset with ClockworkMod and installed a zip hoping a stock would fix it. It did not, since I misunderstood and now my phone is currently stuck at the warning bootloader screen (replaced by "Motorola powered by Android").
So I gave up and ordered the "Motorola Moto G - Universal 4G LTE - GSM Unlocked - 8GB (Black)" from Amazon.
To prevent something like that happening again what are some things I need to do to ensure I'll always have a safe recovery? I'm also overwhelmed by how many ways there are to root a Moto G LTE and could use some direction. I'm also confused on how I can find the appropriate stock ROM of 4.4.4 for my new XT1045.
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I am in no way an expert but here is my few cents :
0) make sure your bootloader is unlocked, see motorola website
1) Install TeamWin recovery latest version. For that just use adb to connect to your phone in debug mode and flash it, read up on that. Its easy process once you know it.
2) Hold vol down and power for a bit then release power, that goes into fastboot/bootloader, in which you press down then up to get into recovery.
3) erase everything from recovery, this should destroy your OS, to start at a clean slate.
4) make sure all your drivers are install on pc, for all modes that the phone can be in, so in the recovery now you should even see ur phone using adb devices
5) do a side load using adb of the rom your want to load, should take seconds
6) restart phone, rom should work, check it all out
7, if there is no root, then go back into recovery and install Super SU zip file, you can find.
Look at this guide: http://www.swedroid.se/forum/thread...nlock-recovery-root-guide-for-windows.106595/ it has all the tools you should need.
Oh, and don't panic, its very hard to really brick your phone.
Thanks for the help. Is it OK to use the guide even though it's intended for 4.4.2? What's the difference between CWM and TWRP, which one is better? In the scenario where I need to load the stock ROM because of corrupted recovery like before, how would I do that?
Blkdrgn415 said:
Thanks for the help. Is it OK to use the guide even though it's intended for 4.4.2? What's the difference between CWM and TWRP, which one is better? In the scenario where I need to load the stock ROM because of corrupted recovery like before, how would I do that?
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For the Moto G hands down twrp
You can even flash IMG files after 2.8( if you even need to heh)
I just got my new phone today from Amazon. Apparently it's a XT1039 rather than my old XT1045. Is there a difference? I'm in the U.S. if that matters.
Edit: While following the guide @MuhammadA linked, I can't flash any recovery for some reason. When I try to flash them, my phone says "Mismatched partition size (recovery)" and when I try to launch "Recovery" it says "Boot up failed"
Edit: Found the problem. I don't know what it was, but I used a different version of CWM called "Unofficial CWM - 6.0.5.0 - peregrine" by Shabbypenguin and the OUDHS.
Edit again: The first thing I decided to do when I installed CWM was to backup my system, the first backup to my phone which went well and finished in a minute or so. When I started another one to my external SD card, it's stuck on "Generating MD5 checksums..." for about 20 minutes. Is it safe to force restart it via the power button?

Phone will not boot after re-flashing TWRP

So, I wanted to go to the newly released snapshot of CM12, so I decided to update my TWRP as well. Turns out, that was a terrible mistake, because not only did it not work (so I can't go into recovery), but I believe I soft-bricked my phone, because I cannot boot into it regularly. I can still go into the bootloader (which means I can use ADB), but that's it. Hitting recovery in the bootloader is an infinite screen, and booting regularly is an infinite screen. I followed this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HWj_1KHbuY . After it didn't work, I did a command that cleared the cache of my phone, and tried the same thing again. Now my phone is not working, and I'm going to cry myself to sleep. Please help.
Right now I am on a Mac that I've never used ADB on before, so it doesn't recognize my phone, so I cannot use it. If there is a way around confirming the ADB connection from my phone and forcing ADB to work with it, that would be good to know. I will be back to my PC that knows my phone on Sunday, so I can do that then.
Is an RUU the best thing to do? I'm fine with losing everything on the phone.
Hmm i installed the latest verison of twrp with my mac via fastboot ( followed directions from twrp site for the commands). I would try to get adb/fastboot to work on your mac first and maybe try to fastboot flash twrp again? and if that does not work i would just do a RUU honestly, but i'm sure someone smarter than me can chime in and get it resolved . For instructions to install adb/fastboot on a mac i followed this http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-...-mac-os-x-send-commands-your-htc-one-0151178/ If it does not recognize your device try installing htc sync manager.
darthnix said:
So, I wanted to go to the newly released snapshot of CM12, so I decided to update my TWRP as well. Turns out, that was a terrible mistake, because not only did it not work (so I can't go into recovery), but I believe I soft-bricked my phone, because I cannot boot into it regularly. I can still go into the bootloader (which means I can use ADB), but that's it. Hitting recovery in the bootloader is an infinite screen, and booting regularly is an infinite screen. I followed this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HWj_1KHbuY . After it didn't work, I did a command that cleared the cache of my phone, and tried the same thing again. Now my phone is not working, and I'm going to cry myself to sleep. Please help.
Right now I am on a Mac that I've never used ADB on before, so it doesn't recognize my phone, so I cannot use it. If there is a way around confirming the ADB connection from my phone and forcing ADB to work with it, that would be good to know. I will be back to my PC that knows my phone on Sunday, so I can do that then.
Is an RUU the best thing to do? I'm fine with losing everything on the phone.
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You could go find the ruumode-flashable recovery that I think is in one of dottat's ruu threads (5.0.1 one I think). Then change the name of the file to 0p6bimg.zip and flash it in bootloader. That should flash twrp to a phone without adb/fastboot.

I made a goof rooting my phone, please help

So, I followed all the basic instructions of getting ADB, downloading and flashing twrp, and my goal was solely to root my phone so I went ahead and got SuperSU as well and installed it through twrp. Everything went fine until I went to reboot my phone and it wouldn't work, it would only boot into twrp no matter what I did. In a moment of foolishness, I decided to go to the reset section of twerp, and switched to partition A (it was on partition B, where everything had been installed). Now my phone only has a black screen, and no amount of trying to soft reset or anything is turning it on. The only indication I have that my phone is doing anything, is that when I plug it in to my pc I can hear the connection sound. I can't access any files on the phone, and ADB doesn't recognize that the phone is plugged in. It's a Moto g7 power phone, and I used the latest versions of the programs. Also, I did do something of a ****ty backup before I started the process, but since my phone wasn't rooted I don't know how much that'll help me. All the stuff I find online says to just install a stock rom or whatever; but I can't even access my phone to do that. Is there ANYTHING I can do or am I ****ed?
Thanks so much for any and all help
Zacigator said:
So, I followed all the basic instructions of getting ADB, downloading and flashing twrp, and my goal was solely to root my phone so I went ahead and got SuperSU as well and installed it through twrp. Everything went fine until I went to reboot my phone and it wouldn't work, it would only boot into twrp no matter what I did. In a moment of foolishness, I decided to go to the reset section of twerp, and switched to partition A (it was on partition B, where everything had been installed). Now my phone only has a black screen, and no amount of trying to soft reset or anything is turning it on. The only indication I have that my phone is doing anything, is that when I plug it in to my pc I can hear the connection sound. I can't access any files on the phone, and ADB doesn't recognize that the phone is plugged in. It's a Moto g7 power phone, and I used the latest versions of the programs. Also, I did do something of a ****ty backup before I started the process, but since my phone wasn't rooted I don't know how much that'll help me. All the stuff I find online says to just install a stock rom or whatever; but I can't even access my phone to do that. Is there ANYTHING I can do or am I ****ed?
Thanks so much for any and all help
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U are in edl mode u need to search for blank flash it should get u back up and running
Zacigator said:
So, I followed all the basic instructions of getting ADB, downloading and flashing twrp, and my goal was solely to root my phone so I went ahead and got SuperSU as well and installed it through twrp. Everything went fine until I went to reboot my phone and it wouldn't work, it would only boot into twrp no matter what I did. In a moment of foolishness, I decided to go to the reset section of twerp, and switched to partition A (it was on partition B, where everything had been installed). Now my phone only has a black screen, and no amount of trying to soft reset or anything is turning it on. The only indication I have that my phone is doing anything, is that when I plug it in to my pc I can hear the connection sound. I can't access any files on the phone, and ADB doesn't recognize that the phone is plugged in. It's a Moto g7 power phone, and I used the latest versions of the programs. Also, I did do something of a ****ty backup before I started the process, but since my phone wasn't rooted I don't know how much that'll help me. All the stuff I find online says to just install a stock rom or whatever; but I can't even access my phone to do that. Is there ANYTHING I can do or am I ****ed?
Thanks so much for any and all help
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Did you get it running

Idiot worked here --> Bricked Moto G7 Power, cant root it...

I got a few Problems, at first i tried to unlock the bootloader, after a while i got that, bootloader unlocked.
Then i tried to root my Moto G7 Power, with bad results... Tried to install TWRP with the fastboot commands etc. I got into TWRP but couldnt install it permanent, tried it in different ways but nothing worked. After hours of testing my phone decided to stop working and it bricked.
I can get into fastboot mode, but every time ill try to start it the screen with "Your device has been unlocked and can`t be trusted." shows up, then it goes off and the same screen comes back again, tried to get ride of that but with no results.... Can anybody help me with that?
Second thing: How the hell did i install TWRP permanent on my phone??
I had to do the Thing with the img again and again to get in, tried to push the zip to my internal storage and install it from there, the red warning "Failed to mount system root" showed up...
Its my first phone im trying to root since years, and my knowledge and english is pretty bad^^
Thanks for your answers
Gousch said:
I got a few Problems, at first i tried to unlock the bootloader, after a while i got that, bootloader unlocked.
Then i tried to root my Moto G7 Power, with bad results... Tried to install TWRP with the fastboot commands etc. I got into TWRP but couldnt install it permanent, tried it in different ways but nothing worked. After hours of testing my phone decided to stop working and it bricked.
I can get into fastboot mode, but every time ill try to start it the screen with "Your device has been unlocked and can`t be trusted." shows up, then it goes off and the same screen comes back again, tried to get ride of that but with no results.... Can anybody help me with that?
Second thing: How the hell did i install TWRP permanent on my phone??
I had to do the Thing with the img again and again to get in, tried to push the zip to my internal storage and install it from there, the red warning "Failed to mount system root" showed up...
Its my first phone im trying to root since years, and my knowledge and english is pretty bad^^
Thanks for your answers
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Go to the Moto g7 power suport group in tellagram there is some people that can help

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