I have a MotoG GPE (I buy from Google Play Store) but when I get it I convert from GPE to non GPE so I can install ROM like Cyanongen or others. Now I'll like to test new 5.0.1 via OTA since there is no factory images yet I I'll like to know which are the steps I should follow in order to do this. I have this files in my power: 4.4.2(Android) KOT49H(Build) 41.05(Bootloader) 1032.340.63.00R(Baseband), 4.4.4(Android) KTU84P(Build) 41.13(Bootloader) 1032.390.81.01P(Baseband), 5.0.1(Android) LRX21Z(Build) 41.18(Bootloader) 1032.3108.94.00R(Baseband) so should I downgrade to 4.4.2 then upgrade to 4.4.4 and then upgrade to 5.0.1? Is that the right flow? If this is is the right flow then for downgrade to 4.4.2 I should do it using this:
Code:
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk3
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot
Then repeat the whole process for 4.4.4 and then sideload 5.0.1 OTA update? Is that right? I have fear since I see many bricked their phones and I tried some days ago and get stuck on the Google boot logo for at least 5 min and get back to TWRP recovery for restore the previous backup was tedious almost 5 hours to get back my phone, so I need some advice from experts here. What are the right steps to update my phone and what you would say for this 5.0.1 will be good to leave a custom ROM for get into this one?
Hello guys, I´m in doubt here, and although i´ve been reading some posts, I cannot seem to understand the procedure to install Motorola´s 5.0.2 in my Moto G, actually on 5.0.1 GPE.
As far as I know, I need to wipe it off, then convert partitions to f2fs and then flash via custom recovery?
I´ve tried twice, but cannot install TWRP, will try with Phillz.
BTWy, my device is rooted and bootloader unlocked.
Thanx for any guidance you may lend me, I´m at work and cannot dwelve deep into hundreds of threads. I have already downloaded Blur_Version.210.12.40.falcon_umts.Brasil.en.BR.zip the official Motorola 5.0.2.
Thanks!!
you need the 4.4.4 firmware first and mfastboot v2 files to go back to stock motorola firmware.
and since you updated to 5.0.1 GPE, your bootloader has been updated, so when you downgrade to 4.4.4, you will see screen flickers.
Here are the commands,you must enter these commands one by one using command prompt (hold shift, and right click and choose open command window here) in the folder where the firmware files are (including the mfastboot files)
connect your phone to the computer with usb cable and type the command to go into the bootloader
adb reboot bootloader
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot
and you need this firmware to be installed first before installing the lollipop update
XT1032_RETAIL-BR-SS_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.40_42_cid12_CFC_1FF
Thanx!
Well thank.you sir, very informative response.
Just to be super super-sure, no need to un-root or lock the bootloader right?
AgentChaos said:
you need the 4.4.4 firmware first and mfastboot v2 files to go back to stock motorola firmware.
and since you updated to 5.0.1 GPE, your bootloader has been updated, so when you downgrade to 4.4.4, you will see screen flickers.
Here are the commands,you must enter these commands one by one using command prompt (hold shift, and right click and choose open command window here) in the folder where the firmware files are (including the mfastboot files)
connect your phone to the computer with usb cable and type the command to go into the bootloader
adb reboot bootloader
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot
and you need this firmware to be installed first before installing the lollipop update
XT1032_RETAIL-BR-SS_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.40_42_cid12_CFC_1FF
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Hello guys I would like to do the same, I have the Gpe and install Motorola 5.0.2, but before I want to know how to fix the flicker screen, I don't get it using android but when I'm on twrp, it's annoying, do you have any idea how to fix it?
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nice!
So i´ve flashed 5.0.2, with the method described here, it was *too* easy.
I did not, how ever, get the flickering screen bug...
So thanks again. and this is a safe way to go from gpe 5.0.1 to moto 5.0.2.
donlloreda said:
So i´ve flashed 5.0.2, with the method described here, it was *too* easy.
I did not, how ever, get the flickering screen bug...
So thanks again. and this is a safe way to go from gpe 5.0.1 to moto 5.0.2.
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Which recovery do you have?
antarix said:
Which recovery do you have?
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Stock recovery mate, well my happy story has come to a misterious error I cannot by any means sort out..
please see this post: Weird issue
I've been reading forums on here all day and nothing seems to match my problem down to the letter.
Here is my problem, I thought this morning it would be fun to upgrade my Moto G, was rooted on Kit Kat (perfectly fine -_-) to Lollipop. I followed a tutorial with great feedback and thought what could go wrong? Turns out everything could go wrong and after following every step perfect, my phone was bricked. It just displayed the Warning: Bootloader Unlocked screen and does nothing else.
I'm able to get in to recovery, have all the ADB tools installed, tried every tutorial, non-stop, the entire day and nothing is working.
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot
When I type almost any of these commands I'm met with this: "error: cannot load 'gpt.bin': No error" not just for gpt.bin though, for anything? Althought these commands worked fine when bricking my phone
My phone is a single sim XT1032 Moto G. Can someone please help? I just want my phone fixed. I don't care if I never have to have Lollipop on it, it was fine the way it was and wish I'd just left it that way.
What lollipop ROM are you trying to flash? The gpe ROM uses a slightly different file format than a retail lollipop ROM.
I know the title is a bit confusing, but I will try to explain the context of my situation so you can understand it better.
I have a x1032 since the end of 2013. When the first image of the Google Play Edition went "public", I converted my device to it, and it stayed that way, doing all the OTA updates, until the 5.1 GPE appear.
When I did the update to this version (5.1 GPE), my compass didn't work with some apps (for example, GPS tools and c:geo), and as it is a sensor that I use most of the time, I decided do revert my device from fastboot to the 4.4 “stock Motorola” (don’t remembre if it was 4.4.2 or 4.4.4) and then update it to the 5.0.2.
In the process, I think that I had a soft brick: when I turned on the device, he stayed in the “unlocked bootloader” image, and he didn’t move forward. But, after trying, I saw that I had access to the bootloader menu and to the recovery, without any problem. I tryed to install the images via fastboot, even the new 5.1 GPE and 5.02 Motorola ones, but none of them works.
I searched, and searched, and finally understand that in this cases, the problema is the /system, /data and /cache partitions that need to be formated, and then I can flash any zip rom via recovery.
And now, this is where I stay: Via fastboot I installed the 5.1 GPE rom. Then I installed philz touch recovery, formated all partitions in ext4, wipe them all (just to be sure ), and did an adb push to have the GPE 5.1 zip ROM from @lost101 in my sdcard, and installed it. AND IT WORKS!
Now, the actual problem: I’m having form time to time some random reboots. They always appear after I try to turn the screen on, and after 3 or 4 seconds, the phone reboot.
Can this be related to the softbrick? I tought it could be a rom problem, but no one else have the same complains and @lost101 says that maybe this is from my phone.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long text and my bad english.
I suggest you try flashing the GPE 5.1 Firmware Image available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/index-moto-g-falcon-factory-firmware-t3110795
Make sure you use only the following commands and use mfastboot available here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567719065
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot
You should not need to manually format partitions. The above commands will do everything for you. The reason for your sensor issues are that the fastboot flashing previous was not successful.
Please do the fastboot commands manually, one at a time, and log everything and post it here.
lost101 said:
I suggest you try flashing the GPE 5.1 Firmware Image available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/index-moto-g-falcon-factory-firmware-t3110795
Make sure you use only the following commands and use mfastboot available here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567719065
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot
You should not need to manually format partitions. The above commands will do everything for you. The reason for your sensor issues are that the fastboot flashing previous was not successful.
Please do the fastboot commands manually, one at a time, and log everything and post it here.
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You are absolutely right: there were no errors (except the "normal" validation erros because it's a GPE image), and in the end, I didn't need to format the partitions manualy.
I think the problem was the fastboot (I was using the one from the sdk... my bad!).
Now I know that any problems don't come from the software side, because in that part, everthing is ok.
I will just ask you two more things:
- What custom recovery do you recomend?
- Your Low Memory Killer Tweak works without any problem in the 5.1 GPE installed via fastboot?
Thank you very much for your help. You really made my day.
RBras said:
I will just ask you two more things:
- What custom recovery do you recomend?
- Your Low Memory Killer Tweak works without any problem in the 5.1 GPE installed via fastboot?
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Latest TWRP. Yes, the LMK Tweak will work in that case.
lost101 said:
I suggest you try flashing the GPE 5.1 Firmware Image available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/index-moto-g-falcon-factory-firmware-t3110795
Make sure you use only the following commands and use mfastboot available here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23578570567719065
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot
You should not need to manually format partitions. The above commands will do everything for you. The reason for your sensor issues are that the fastboot flashing previous was not successful.
Please do the fastboot commands manually, one at a time, and log everything and post it here.
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Unfortunately, random reboots are still present
I have installed 5.1 Google Play edition factory image, with the mfastboot you told me, but it still reboots randomly. Did the same with the 5.02 EU from Motorola, and it behaves the same way.
The random reboots happen more or less, one time a day, and it's when I try to turn the screen on, it doesen't respond, and after 3 or 4 seconds, the system reboots.
Any clue of what can be? Is there a way to grab some logs to try to understand what's happening, or it is too difficult and it's better I don't have too many hopes?
It would appear some sort of corruption has occured. I can't say anything with certainty - but I do believe Bootloader corruption could cause what you are experiencing.
It's possible you could fix this by reflashing the Lollipop Bootloader. I did not include the fastboot command to do this above.
Here it is: mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
Try that and report back.
lost101 said:
It would appear some sort of corruption has occured. I can't say anything with certainty - but I do believe Bootloader corruption could cause what you are experiencing.
It's possible you could fix this by reflashing the Lollipop Bootloader. I did not include the fastboot command to do this above.
Here it is: mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
Try that and report back.
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During my time with Moto G, I flashed it using fastboot, dozens of times, but I was so desperate in the other day that I didn't even notice that your list with commands didn't have the bootloader one.
Now I undestand why the bootloader I have is the one from 5.1 GPE.
I'm gonna try it. In the last 2 days I didn't have any random reboot, but I will take my risk and flash the bootloader from the 5.0.2 EU, and I will report back in the next days.
I'm buying you a beer today, for being so helpful and nice. Thank you very much.
I'm reopening this thread to try to see what's happening with my phone.
So, after flashing the bootloader of the 5.1 GPE, the phone was really better than it was in the OP.
My Moto G didn't reboot anymore when I tryed to turn the screen on, but instead, it started to reboot randomly every 2 or 3 weeks, without needing to touch the phone (the phone was rebooting by itself).
In the last month or so, I'm using the XT1032 Retail EU 5.1 (Optimized) v1.0 from @lost101, and now the behavior is, once again, the described in the OP: I try to turn the screen on, the phone doesen't respond, and after 3 or 4 seconds, it reboots by itself.
And this is happening once every 1 or 2 weeks.
So, can anyone give me some help to try to understand what's happening? @lost101 @luca020400 @LuK1337 @matmutant
Usually, I have the original firmwares from Motorola or GPE, or I can have the optimized versions from @lost101 with TWRP.
Thanks for your help, guys!
Just for the record, I get occasional sudden / unexpected power off. It's rare, but stuff can happen when you are dealing with a complex device such as a smart phone. This is especially so, if you are rooting / modifying the operating system.
The problem could be related to something you are installing. Also, I recommend a clean install once every few months.
Good Afternoon all at XDA,
Hoping that somebody here will be able to help me. In december I unlocked my bootloader using some instructions found on your website.
This allowed me to install some apps that weren't available via google play and this worked great.
However, I finally got tired of not being able to use Online Banking apps with my unlocked bootloader, so decided to revert to the factory moto g image which I backed up before unlocking.
This left me stuck in a reboot loop. between the unlocked bootloader warning and an android with spinning metal cogs in its chest.
I tried some other images, found on this site, but was left either in a reboot loop, or with the Moto logo, and the phone occasionally emitting a vibrate every couple of seconds.
I have tried loading the images using the built in Motorola recovery and/or clockworkmod recovery.
The outcome has been the same or similar either a reboot loop or stuck on moto logo occasionally chirping the vibrate.
I feel like XT1039 is not the full model number of my phone, or that I'm missing something else.
Please could someone shed some light on which Rom I should be using, and a step by step of how to get my phone back to life.
Many Thanks
Vinny
This is the firmware you need to download: http://www.filefactory.com/file/7df...S_4.4.4_KXB21.14-L1.56-1_cid7_CFC_1FF.xml.zip
Then follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219
You need to perform the pre-requisites and steps 1,2,3b (This will restore to fully stock and delete any data you have on the phone)
In step 3b enter the following commands instead of the ones in the guide:
Code:
mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin
mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img
mfastboot flash logo logo.bin
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
mfastboot erase modemst1
mfastboot erase modemst2
mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot
Good luck!